Women Awake

If you have subscribed to the hustle culture, over use coffee to get you though the day, experience anxiety or stress, this episode is for you. Amelia interviews Safiya Bouhouch about overworking in the hustle and grind of Hollywood led to burnout, adrenal fatigue, panic attacks and a nervous breakdown at work in her early 20's. Her experience led her to break the mold and go her own way into creating a culture and community of wellness, helping others prevent and recover from exhaustion. 

Safiya Bouhouch is the founder of I Am Well, a holistic wellness community for female creatives. Safiya educates women on how to heal from anxiety and burnout while building a foundation of health to thrive through mentorship, events, and retreats. Certified as a yoga & meditation instructor and health coach, Safiya uses yoga and meditation as tools to help women heal and empower themselves. A disruptor of hustle culture, Safiya is passionate about educating women on how they can take tangible steps towards incorporating self-care and mindfulness into their daily lives. She believes that you don’t have to sacrifice health to make an impact, and that health looks different to each person.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Preventing burnout in a world that promotes hustle culture

Totally Stoked Book Club Selection:

The Dark Side of The Light Chasers by Debbie Ford

The Universe Has Your Back by Gabby Bernstein 

Offerings:

Reconnect to Your Purpose Retreat in Morocco 

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From trafficking cocaine and nearly being murdered by her husband, to speaking on sold out stages and writing a bestselling memoir, Nichole Sylvester is the epitome of mind-blowing transformation story. In this episode Amelia interviews Nichole Sylvester about her journey from an abuse-filled childhood and upbringing of drugs and depravity to her current life of Harmonious Hustle - you'll listen in awe of the depths Nichole and Amelia explore in this deeply honest expository conversation.

Nichole Sylvester is a bestselling author, spiritual teacher, podcaster and creator of The Harmonious Hustle. Her story of radical transformation has inspired her audience to dig deeper and uncover their latent potential. After recovering from addiction and escaping violent abuse, Nichole dramatically turned her life around via spiritual practice. Studying with profound teachers all over the world, she soon went from struggling single mom to operating a half-million dollar business helping others step into their greatness.

• How childhood trauma repeats if not healed

Totally Stoked Book Club Selection: 

Oh Shift by Nichole Sylvester

Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi

A Course in Miracles

Think and Grow Rich was written by Napoleon Hill

Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams by Gabrielle Bernstein

Glow Up Bali Retreat

Harmonious Hustle Podcast

The Harmonious Hustle Seven Day Shift Workbook (FREE!)

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If you're curious to learn more about astrology this episode is for you.

In this episode Amelia Travis interviews Raquel Reyes to break down what astrology is, how it's meant to be practiced, what the sun sign and moon sign is, what it means to go through your saturns return and whether astrology is legit or bullshit.

Raquel Reyes is an free spirited Astrologist and Mentor based in Los Angeles, CA. who specializes in evolutionary astrology and predictive transit astrology. Using Astrology as a basis, she has guided 100’s of clients through personal transformations and self-discovery. By studying the Planets and how they relate to us as humans, she’s able to help people tap into their gifts, Soul’s calling and deep dive into love, healing, and wealth creation. 

In this episode, we talk about:

• Raquel's journey to becoming an expert astrologer

Totally Stoked Book Club Selection:

The Inner Sky: How to Make Wiser Choices for a More Fulfilling Life by Steven Forrest

Raquel's Offerings:

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In this episode you'll hear Amelia Travis interview Sandy Vo on self-care, meditation, healing from childhood trauma, benefits of slowing down, money mindset and so much more.

Sandy Vo is a meditation teacher, business + lifestyle designer, podcast host & Co-Founder of Ladies Aligned. Through the practice of meditation, Sandy helps high performing women optimize their energy & break up with burn out so they can LIVE a fully expressed & joyful life. Her unique approach to mind/body wellness helps her clients to design a lifestyle around what they value so they can build thriving businesses from a sustainable place. Her commitment to helping more women implement ancient techniques for mental & spiritual growth is the cornerstone of her work.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Deconstruct the belief that you can’t make money while having a spiritual biz

Totally Stoked Book Club Selection:

The Heart and Science of Yoga by Leonard T. Perlmutter 

Offers support and insights to advance your understanding, deepen your practice and nurture your Self-transformation. This title helps you to find easy-to-learn meditations, prayers, teaching stories from the world's great spiritual traditions, breathing practices, and an introduction to ancient Ayurvedic health principles.

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Are you ready to unpack your old belief systems and believe in yourself? Listen to this episode if you’re ready and willing to change your perception and take your power back. Catherine talks all things from quantum physics, epigenetics, neuroscience, and we get into the woo woo grounded in scientific evidence. 

Catherine Plano is an International Keynote Speaker and Executive Coach, Leadership Development Professional, Queen of Transformation, a Creative Soul Adventurer, a Theorist, Provocateur of Change, an Agent of Philosophy, Author, Podcast Host, Innovative Leader and Creative Entrepreneur who specializes in helping people achieve their goals and dreams. She is passionate about assisting others to reach their highest ambitions and live a life that is rich and fulfilling. Catherine thinks BIG, encourages possibilities, honors individual wisdom and strengths, and is valued for helping leaders build stronger and more effective teams that come to think strategically and engage in meaningful conversations that allow for reflection, change and growth. Catherine believes that the more people we help tap into their potential power, the more the population will become awake to a consciousness shift towards the global mindset for the betterment of all humankind.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How science grounds "woo woo"

Totally Stoked Book Club Selection:

Getting to the Heart of the Matter: No Nonsense Guide to Personal and Professional Transformation by Catherine Plano

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In this episode Amelia Travis and Moun D'Simone discuss radical self-expression, body love, body image, reconditioning ourselves, connecting to breath and heart space to be present.

Moun D’Simone is a Spiritual Mentor, Meditation Teacher, and Speaker. Born in Brazil, Moun moved to the U.S. at 15 years old, and after a decade of working as a model then photo editor at an international fashion magazine, she left NYC, on a one way ticket to India. She spent several years studying Yoga, meditation and Tibetan Buddhism in India, Thailand, Indonesia and Nepal, with some of the masters of our time. She became certified in Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga, MBSR Trainee, she also studied Contemplative Psychotherapy at Nalanda Institute in NYC. Her early life struggles with anxiety, self loathing and eating disorders have propelled her to explore the connection between mind, body and heart towards self healing and transformation. Leading her to create a unique trauma-informed method, combining modern science and ancient wisdom, based in meditation, yoga, breathwork and contemplative psychotherapy. Moun is passionate about supporting others restore their relationship with their bodies as a doorway into their hearts, and building a meaningful life. She is known for her contagious self expression, that compels you to want to be around her.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Learn to reset and release with face stretches

Moun's Offerings:

Check out Moun’s newly released Three part meditation, How To Love Yourself A Little More Today on the Insight Timer Meditation app.

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Totally Stoked Book Club Selection: 

Women Who Run With Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzburg

Cave In The Snow: Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment by Vicki Mackenzie

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What does it means to be whole, holy and sexy? As humans we have a full spectrum of emotions and that is a vital, fundamental part of this human experience. Being willing to look at our lightness and dark, accessing shadow work is necessary to live from the truth of who we really are. We discuss the intersection of spirituality and sexuality, and how healing from religious shame can make space for pleasure in our lives.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Accessing light and dark to find wholeness

• Importance of sitting with your shadow self

• How to trust what lights you up & allow it to guide you

• Ways to heal from religious shame

• Self-Image & how we heal our own gaze

• Embodying your own feminine wholeness

Totally Stoked Book Club Selections: 

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

The Dance Of The Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd

Tantric Jesus by James Hughes Reho

The Meaning of Mary Magdalene by Cynthia Bourgeault

Women’s Anatomy Of Arousal by Sheri Winston

Morgan's Offerings

Morgan is running the #sexyselfiesexysoul course again this fall and offering a 5-day intensive for Heal Your Own Gaze.

Sophia Retreats in Italy and Australia 

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What if you could access the depths of your past trauma in order to set yourself free? Would you? In this episode, Amelia interviews one of her dearest longtime friends, singer-songwriter and restorative justice advocate, Maya McNeil. Maya was the special soul who recently held space for a radical and powerfully transformative healing immersion Amelia experienced on a recent retreat in the Mojave desert. 

In this episode, we talk about the unearned power and privilege that comes with being white, and what that has to do with healing and the spiritual journey. We will take a deep dive into the transformational moments of Amelia’s entheogenic healing journey, and preview an acoustic release of Maya's song, Avalanche, a powerful song addressing sexual violence.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why being a multi-passionate woman is a blessing, not a curse

• How creativity and songwriting can heal 

• Unwinding white privilege to better serve the world

• How to question the stories which shape us

• Why discomfort is an essential part of the spiritual path

• How nature and prayer support the healing of trauma

Maya McNeil is a Modern Mystic, Ceremonial Musician, Songwriter, bodywork based health care practitioner, Space Holder, healing friend and day dreamer. If Maya had one super power, it would be to activate full understanding of one another, and all of life around us. If they could make a wish right this moment, it would be for the human concepts of inferiority and superiority to evaporate. Maya lives in the Bay Area, loves every single dog that they meet, and regularly puts too much maple syrup in their coffee, with no regrets. 

Editor's Note

We respectfully issue the following corrections regarding tribal territory recognition:

A•wee•swaz, not Awaswa, is the correct pronunciation of Awaswas-Ohlone tribal land commonly known as Santa Cruz mountains. Joshua Tree National Park is the tribal land of the Serrano, Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, and the Mojave people.

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Maya's Indie Gogo: indiegogo.com/projects/waiting-for-the-light-to-change-album-fundraiser

Maya's Resource List: 

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh 

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

10 Tips on Receiving Critical Feedback: A Guide for Activists by Brooke Anderson 

Me and White Supremacy Workbook by Layla Saad

White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun

Intersectionality & Positionality by Zetta Elliot 

Kimberlé Crenshaw TedTalk on Intersectionality

Shuumi Land Tax: a voluntary annual financial contribution that non-Indigenous people living on traditional Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone territory (SF Bay Area) make to support the critical work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led community organization that facilitates the return of Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone lands to Indigenous stewardship.

If you do not live in the SF Bay Area, please research what local tribal land you live on or spend time on in your state. Learn how you can acknowledge their history and discover where you may contribute to or support tribal community restoration work and tribal causes. What is the health of the water in your area?

*This is a brief and potent resource list, meant as a gateway into deeper self education for those dedicated to understanding and unwinding from whiteness, white supremacy, racism, and maintained internalized systems of injustice. There is a wealth of information available on all areas briefly mentioned in the podcast, please do your own research, compile a resource list, share with your community, and always, give credit and compensation where it is long overdue, which is Black, Indigenous, and People of Color authors, educators, and content creators. Thank you. 

Though today she is a wildly successful coach running a million dollar digital empire serving women with actionable tools for mindset, spirituality, and business, Lauren Eliz Love has been through hell and back to get where she is now. In Lauren’s journey to success, she navigated shame, sexual assault, and mental health challenges like depression and agoraphobia - all of which she now speaks of from a place of confidence, grace and power.

Lauren's journey took her from Catholic school to the psych ward all before age twenty. She shares about the shame and stigma of pursuing divorce upon discovering, at age 21, that she was married to an addict. Facing a dark night of the soul, Lauren learned to listen to and cultivate the whispers of intuition that now guide her path. Starting over at 26, she abandoned a career in network news to pursue her dream of sharing her story with the world via blogging and digital communications. 

My favorite part about Lauren is that there’s no bullshit, and she goes deep. We talk about learning to trust our inner knowing, identifying the first steps in healing, and how to deal with the obnoxious inner critic who keeps telling us we are crazy, or doing it wrong. You don’t want to miss this juicy episode and chance to learn from a modern spiritual leader and empire building badass business babe. 

About Lauren:

Lauren Eliz Love is the founder of Badass Business Babe and has dedicated her life to transforming businesses and the women who run them. In 2015 Lauren left her corporate job as a National TV News producer and stepped into online entrepreneurship with zero back up plan and a desire to help women step into their highest version of self. Today she runs a million dollar business providing transformational tools for women everywhere.

In this episode, we share:

• How to invite vulnerability and being seen

• Turning your mess into your message

• How Lauren navigated sexual assault and depression

• Her secret to building a million dollar business

• Why dialogue is essential for healing 

• Ways to fully show up despite your past

• How to listen & find the answers you’re seeking

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Web: badassbusinessbabe.com

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/badass-business-podcast/id1319373506

#BBBNation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatisperfection/ 

Lauren's Book Club Selection: A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

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• Why living in integrity matters - especially when it's the hard choice