Drunk on Spirit

Please enjoy this dispatch from a public park in Sydney, Australia where I try to navigate profound topics like the past lives and fields of quantum potential while tourists take selfies and helicopters fly overhead. Hopefully this meandering talk, including an impromptu guided meditation brings you into a personal exploration of all the lives you could have lived and the new ones that await you.

These are challenging times my friends and perhaps we can be the heroes of our own story. It requires a paradigm shift that begins within ourselves. From one of seeing ourselves and each other as objects, that can be judged and discarded. To one of seeing ourselves and each other as sacred expressions of life to be respected, valued and loved. It's moving out of tribal dynamics and all the isms that separate us into a new world of co-creating, self-respect and life-valuing. It won't be easy, but one by one, when each of us practices this, perhaps we have a chance to shift the collective. Sending hugs.

In this dispatch from Bali, I talk about the proactive work we must do in order to architect a deep and solid sense of worthiness. I cover the impact of our childhoods and how it can fracture or create a fissure in our self-worth and how perhaps that fracture is purposeful. It is designed to get us to look within, to remove any belief systems born out of mythology and to install new belief systems of self-worth and self value. This is powerful work, friends, because there is a direct correlation between what we believe about ourselves and our experience of life. The new world and the new self, await.

Sometimes we find ourselves in the space between two versions of our lives. One that doesn't quite feel right anymore and one that has yet to present itself. While this space can be challenging (and the disillusionment that comes with it), it's actually the bridge between two worlds. I talk about the importance of this phase of life transformation, what it requires, how to show up for it and how to get the most out of it. If you find yourself in a moment of transition, this episode is for you. Get curious, get exploratory, grab a blankie and warm up to this episode.

This episode is an important one friends. It's a blueprint for how to access what your heart truly wants - the clues and insights around who you truly are, what you are here to do and experience and be. And that accessing this treasure can only be done by resolving some emotional residue from past experiences. I give you an explanation on how to understand introspection, resolving past hurts and how doing that releases clues around what your heart truly wants. Have a listen.

This episode explores fear in identity. Fear has a role in life - it's designed to keep us safe. But fear in identity separates us from true aspects of us. This exploration shines a light on why we might be afraid to become more truly us. And likely much of the fear comes from values or qualities that our upbringing system did not value or actively suppressed. Then those qualities get wrapped in fear, shame and not good enough - and our loyalties to that system keep those qualities suppressed. I explore everything from sexuality to creativity to other qualities that perhaps need to be liberated from an old value system that is no longer relevant to you. Enjoy.

Happy 2023 friends. After a bit of a break, I return with this episode on the storied self - the character that we create based on the stories of our lives and the vastness, which is the expansiveness of the soul. We dive deep into a life update, a transformative psilocybin journey and my attempts to language the unlanguageable aspects of living from the soul. Enjoy.

Breathe, feel, listen, see - that is how we enter the heart and understand the unique experiences that our soul wants. This episode is about learning the language of the heart in order to access the unique blueprint of living that is etched in it. I discuss the power and limitations of the mind and how to move to the heart and use it as a decision-making tool. I do believe we are in a time in human evolution where the heart is awakening and it is ready to be heard, understood and lived from. Enjoy.

Happy 2022 friends. This first episode of the year is a deep and personal exploration of what we carry - pain, fear, doubt, etc. We carry belief systems born out of personal trauma, ancestral values and collective/global challenges. And those beliefs can really hinder our enjoyment of being us and living. I talk about negotiating outdated belief systems and how the challenging of these things can actually make our lives more enjoyable and true.

This episode picks up from Part 1 and focuses on the intersection between the process of becoming and our need to belong. As children, we decipher what we perceive as the terms of belonging - who we need to be in order to be loved and accepted in our culture. Sometimes the need to belong can obscure or hide certain parts of us. This episode talks of the need to consciously negotiate belonging and becoming.

This episode introduces a fresh perspective on the process of becoming and how to witness it and support it in our lives. It's the understanding that we are always unfolding - new things coming on line and old things going away. We can claim who we are today, but we have to leave room for whom we could be tomorrow. The last 5 mins of the episode unpack a huge central challenge that I will talk about in Part 2.

Hi Friends. I am back from taking a summer break from Drunk on Spirit. And this episode is about what I learned - notably about the power of trusting yourself, the work required to feel at home in yourself and how when you do those two things - how the outer world can respond. It was a wonderful time in Europe and I am excited to share the stories with you all. Have a listen.

The world is changing and the next decade will see even more changes. We need to learn how to feel safe within these shifting sands. This episode is about understanding how to build that safety: through inner intimacy - developing a familiarity to our inner landscapes. Through connecting with kin - intimacy, vulnerability and openness. And, lastly, through the natural world, which can ground us - should we take care of it. Have a listen.

Enjoy this soothing guided journey to come home to ourselves. Imagine creating a space within yourself to relinquish the needs and the demands of the day and to descend into a place of deep stillness. It is in this place where we are safe; where we are whole and where, in this moment, all is well. Enjoy this as an end to your day. Ideally listened to in bed, under the sheets, with the lights off.

Is achievement or the constant push for what is next exhausting you? Are you tired of trying so damn hard to win, to matter, to be relevant? Well, this episode is for you. It's about understanding that there are multiple paradigms with which to live - achievement is just one. There's the Play paradigm and the Come Be Nothing At All paradigm. They are all based on the singular understanding of our worthiness, wholeness and completeness. And arms us with the ability to live life on our terms. 

Enjoy this short reset to come home to yourself. Use it to start your day or end your day. A moment to take a break from our needs and desires. From our worries and fears. Our goal is to get below all of that. To go deeper and deeper into a place within us that we can call home - where we are whole and complete. Enjoy this self-affirming reset with the sounds of birds from Kona, Hawaii.

Life is always changing - and so are we. In every single moment, some part of our beingness is changing. The trick is understanding what all the micro changes within you, are leading to. This episode is about understanding and recognizing the process of transformation that is unfolding and what to do about it. Because sometimes we have to initiate, do and act and sometimes, we simply have to allow for parts of us to reveal themselves. Knowing what to do when, is well, the process of living.

I truly believe the journey to self-respect is one of the most powerful adventures we can embark on. And one of the most important. In this special episode, I describe my own experience of finally arriving at a state of respecting myself - the totality of what I see in the mirror - the light and the shadow. I describe a powerful Ayahuasca ceremony that I helped me get there. Enjoy this very personal account of one man getting right with himself.

Happy New Year my friends. This episode talks about the potential of 2021 that the challenge of 2020 set up for us. If last year gave us restriction, it also gave so many of us clarity and solidity - about who we are, what we value and believe. That knowing sets up 2021 as the year of action. It's a time for creation and community. We take what we have learned and apply it to create a new world that benefits us and the collective simultaneously. Both are possible in the new world. Enjoy.

This episode is about identity and how to have a richer understanding of who you are. It's about recognizing the trinity in us - our power, our shadow and the unseen. Mastery is about having a healthy relationship to all three. I explain the process of evolution is about rescuing parts of us that live in shadow and bringing them into light - understanding that our deepest power comes through our deepest shadow. And the Unseen is the special sauce that makes life, and us, interesting.

This time is asking more of us - and it's for sure asking leaders to step up in bigger ways. This episode is a synthesis of the concepts and tools that leaders I work with have used to move their teams and businesses forward. We will explore how to humanize work, the need to articulate a mission or purpose, the value of short-term goals, new ways to diagnose cultural health and leadership self-care. Important concepts for leaders or aspiring leaders of all levels.

What is the cost of fear? What does it prevent in our lives? This episode explores fear and the power that it has to separate us from us. Parts of ourselves are literally lost or hidden because of the power we give to fear. Understanding that cost is vital in transcending the fear. Included in this episode is a guided visualization and exercise to understand your personal fears and the cost of it. Worksheets at sohailcoelho.com/drunkonspirit .

Resilience is built. And there's no silver bullet. It's a practice. 2020 has been tough and there's still more left. This episode covers 5 ways to build resilience for the times ahead. We are in the midst of huge change in the world - the next decade will transform every aspect of our lives. Now is the time we get really good about building resilience in us so that we are ready to navigate the challenge ahead. We all have work to do.

Welcome to the Akashic Records - a field of information that sits just adjacent to our world - containing the experience of every soul. This episode explains what it is and showcases the wisdom retrieved from this amazing resource. I cover topics like purpose, home, land and how to really understand our inherent power. Learn more after the episode at https://www.sohailcoelho.com/akashic-readings.

We are in the midst of a time of great change and, in many ways, it could be igniting you with a deeper sense of purpose. It could also be making you crazy. This episode is about understanding what this time in human evolution means for you. What is ending in you? What is being birthed? What do you believe? What is your value system? Are you acting in accordance with it? Time to get clear. Time to step up.  

The killing of George Floyd and subsequent protests have awakened the world to generations of injustice. Change must happen at many levels - and lasting change starts from within. This episode hopes to inspire that inner change. To heal the wound we all carry from generations of violence. Our collective trust is broken. This I believe to be the root of racism. It’s time to heal that broken trust. The future of the human species depends on it. More info: sohailcoelho.com/healingtrust - it's time, my friends.

This episode is part-talk, part-workshop about getting clear on what really matters right now. Perhaps we can only focus on the short-term - how to meet the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs for ourselves and our families. Or maybe we are ready for a deeper exploration - for where our life could go. For this, download the worksheets on drunkonspirit.com and listen to the episode on constructing a life design with joy, purpose and magic. Let's go! 

In Part 2 of this series, we hear from people from the UK, Cape Town, South Africa, Porto, Portugal and Barcelona, Spain around life under the Covid-19 quarantine. We hear about the current state of these locations, how they personally are coping, and their quarantine routines. This episode has dispatches from those locations along with a summary of themes across both episodes. Enjoy.

In this episode, we hear from people from Portugal, Mumbai, Berlin and New York City on their personal experiences of this global crisis. As a collective, we share this time of lockdown, of quarantine, of doing more with less. And it's happening around the world in unprecedented ways. Listen to Part 1 of this series. 

This guided meditation is a journey inward into the heart. A place that we create inside of ourselves, for ourselves. In times like this, a moment of stillness and deep inner connection can revitalize us and enable us to show up for our friends, family and community in bolder ways. Grab a blankie, kick back and carve out 15 minutes for yourself.

In challenging times we want to believe that the best, warrior-self shows up. But, sometimes, that best version of us isn't available - and maybe that has to be okay. This episode is about self-compassion, enoughness and just being the few things that our people need us to be. I'll also explore the role of pragmatism and trust in these challenging times. Stay safe friends and enjoy.

What does Awakening mean? And if we're not awake, are we asleep? This episode explores the meaning of and the process of awakening. To the truth of who we really are and the stark clarity of why we do what we do. Listen to the core elements of the awakening process and create your own relationship to it.

Welcome to 2020 everyone and here's Season 2 of Drunk on Spirit. This season uses the myth of Prometheus to explore rebellion and awakening. It's about understanding that we have to rebel against something inside us, in order to find a fire, a magic, a genius that is unique to us and then bring that out into the world. And when we do, we benefit and so does the world. Giddyup! If you know people who are doing this, I want to talk to them for this season. Message: hello@sohailcoelho.com.

Dynamic leaders make a huge difference in a company. They create fertile environments, they mentor, they think, they fight for their people, they experiment fearlessly, they connect with their hearts as much as with their minds. This episode is all about dynamic and embodied leadership and how the archetypes of the warrior, healer, artist and sage give us a lens into qualities that make a leader great. Regardless of your role, this episode, will help you grow.

Phew, exhale, maybe we don't have to try so hard to be seen as great. What if chasing being seen as great takes us off course because we follow some blueprint to perceived greatness versus crafting our own paths to personal greatness. This episode explores how chasing being seen as great has its costs - where we run past truer selves, where we can't enjoy any win because we're too busy running after the next thing. And if you're Jessie Spano fans, stay until the very end of the episode.

What if the act of becoming is actually the act of remembering? What if we had to go through the veil of forgetting to enter the light of knowing. It's a time of great awakening and great disruption. This episode is about understanding who the essential self is, who the programmed self is and how to move closer to remembering who you have always been. The last 10 minutes is a mini-workshop, with a series of questions to make this relevant for you. 

How do we accept our insecurities and simultaneously evolve? How do we showcase our insecurities as a way to be more us and to create intimacy with others? In this episode, I offer a conceptual model for the role our pain and insecurities have in our lives. I explore an enhanced way to think about the power of love and the connection between insecurities and intimacy and how one actually enables the other. 

Happy Pride my friends. This episode is all about the art of becoming yourself, of coming out of the shadows, of claiming who you are and living it. I share my coming out story as a way to bring to life the powerful process of self-rejection, hiding, then move into self-acceptance and coming out of hiding and into the light. This is something, regardless of your sexual or gender tendencies, we all have to do. It's time to live in the light.

Sometimes we have to let go to make room for the next level of our lives. And this process of death, letting go, and rebirth isn't always easy. I talk about how to move through these cycles, which are for us, to grow, to evolve and come closer to the truth of who we are. How to know when something is ending, how to let go of it, how to operate in the space between the old and the new and then how to graciously step forward into the next chapter of our lives. Follow along on this episode from Paris.

This episode explores the power of the narratives that play out on the inside of our minds. What we, not only tell ourselves, but how we convince ourselves, sell ourselves, of a certain "truth" that can limit our power, that can create self-doubt and playing small. I'll explore the belief systems upon which those narratives are based and how to change our self-talk to empower ourselves and live a life we believe in.

This episode I dug deep, ripped out my guts, and really our collective guts and laid it bare to be seen. The guts are our inner desire to be wanted, claimed and possessed and all that we do to get it. I'll talk through the the primal link between survival and social acceptance, the pattern of yearning that plagues us all, and "spiritual dispossession" (feeling like we fell from God) as contributing factors. I cover how to become aware, how to reclaim your power and how to possess yourself. It's a good one.

Where do passions originate? What are true soul passions versus more transitory base passions? How do you uncover what you really care about in life that bring you both pleasure and a deep sense of purpose. How do you navigate fear in pursing passions? This episode covers all that and how to use both introspection and experimentation to integrate passion into your life. Grr tiger, go get 'em. 

You have to fight my friends, against everything inside of you and outside of you that’s going to tell you that who you are, as you are, is not good enough, is not lovable. We take on these codes of lovability from our ancestry, our parents, our culture and then we embed them deep into our psyches. We attack ourselves when we fail to measure up, but this pattern doesn't have to ensure. This episode shows us how to win the war where the final prize is our own self-love. 

Sitting by the Salmon River near Portland, Oregon, USA - I talk of the challenge of feeling stuck in life and how to transform it and flow. For me, stuck is more a mental concept than anything else. Our minds think we are not progressing, but life is always moving forward, there is no stasis. This episode covers how to see ourselves as empowered creators of our own reality, how to re-contextualize a phase of life when the outer world moves slower and how to free ourselves to flow, one baby step at a time. 

On a particularly warm day in February, I went to a beach near Barcelona and with the gentle sound of the waves, I recorded this episode. I talk of friendships, being open, allowing friends and partners to see and know more of us, how to deepen intimacy and how to work with and understand rejection. Hope you enjoy this more informal beach blanket style episode.

From a bird-filled park in Barcelona, this episode on confidence was born. It’s all about redefining how we think about confidence, how to uncover the natural confidence that exists in us, how identity expansion and identity innovation are directly linked to confidence and how a spirit of experimentation can enable deeper confidence. And if that none of that interests you, perhaps that epic bird sounds in that park, will. Enjoy.

What if aspects of you were lodged in different parts of the world? What if you had to follow the map in your heart, go to those places and put yourself back together? In this episode, I talk about travel and adventure and how it’s not just a cultural experience or holiday but a pathway to discovering more of who you are. Join me on this journey around the world, from climbing Kilimanjaro to the jungles of the Amazon to see how land has the power to put us back together again.

A personal story of my experience with the feeling of loneliness and how a lifetime of battling it has finally transformed into something deeper. I’ll cover how a broader spiritual perspective helps to understand the experience of loneliness, how the mind tries to turn it into a story and eventually an identity, and how the heart can offer you a pathway out of it into a deeper state of union. I hope my story offers some perspectives with which to enhance your own relationship with that feeling and maybe connect us into a shared experience of unity. Enjoy.

In this first episode, learn about who I am and how I interpret spirituality. For me, spirituality isn’t a convenient moral compass or code that gives you all the rules with which to reach nirvana or heaven. It’s a perspective that asks you to know yourself differently and empowers you to make your own choices, screw up, win and learn from everything in between. I’ll cover juicy things like reincarnation, past-lives, why feelings are so important, self-worth and belonging, and how to free yourself. Kick back relax and have a listen.