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Are you ready to connect? This is the Empowered Connection Podcast where we empower our listeners to connect more fully to themselves, to each other, and to something greater. We do this with the help of myself & special guests including healers, coaches

Damodar Cordua


    • Sep 4, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 136 EPISODES

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    The Empowered Connection Podcast is an incredibly valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their relationships and engage in self-development. Damodar, the host, shares insightful and practical tools for creating amazing relationships in all areas of our lives. The podcast features guests who contribute valuable stories and information that inspire self-reflection and growth. Whether it's relationships, spirituality, or personal development, this podcast is a must-listen.

    One of the best aspects of The Empowered Connection Podcast is its ability to provide tangible insights that are relatable and well-spoken. Damodar summarizes, dives deep, and recaps each episode, making personal growth feel fun and exciting. The podcast offers a wealth of wisdom and guidance that can be easily implemented into daily life. It is a true companion on the journey towards self-discovery.

    One potential downside of this podcast is that some listeners may find it difficult to relate to the spiritual aspects discussed. While the podcast offers valuable insights regardless of one's beliefs, those who are not inclined towards spirituality may not resonate with certain episodes or topics. However, even for those who do not identify as spiritual, there are still many practical tools and advice provided that can benefit personal growth and relationship-building.

    In conclusion, The Empowered Connection Podcast is an exceptional resource for anyone seeking personal growth and improvement in their relationships. Damodar's words of wisdom are valuable and relatable, providing guidance that can be applied to all aspects of life. The podcast strikes a balance between spirituality and practicality, making it accessible to a wide range of listeners. Overall, this podcast is highly recommended for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of themselves and their connections with others.



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    Latest episodes from Empowered Connection Podcast

    A Chat with a Sex Therapist: ADHD, Sexual Empowerment, & Much More with Charmaine Ensinger

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 54:45


    Themes: Sex, Partnership, Relationships, ADHD, Neurodiversity, Self Empowerment, Intimacy, Love Charmaine Ensinger LMFT (she/her) - Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider, Certified Sex Therapist with AASECT and IBOSP, AAMFT Approved SupervisorAs a certified sex therapist and a marriage and family therapist, Charmaine Ensinger is uniquely suited to understand complex relationships in all areas of life. Charmaine enjoys working with people of every ethnic, gender, and sexual background and finds a special connection with people who feel misunderstood, marginalized, or like an “outsider.” As an ADHD-certified clinical services provider, she is poised to address the complexities of ADHD symptoms and management. Charmaine is currently enrolled in the Clinical Sexology Ph.D. program at Modern Sex Therapy Institutes, where her doctoral project is focused on sex therapy and ADHD.  Additionally, she teaches Human Sexuality as an adjunct professor at Rowan University.For those looking to empower their sex and their relationships!  In this informative and fascinating podcast, host Daniel Cordua speaks with Charmaine Ensinger on these topics:- What is sex therapy?  And how could it be helpful to our lives & our relationships?- Demystifying The scripts about sexuality we learn at a young age- How couples can get stuck into a pattern of a sexless relationship- & How couples can bring sexual connection back into a relationship when it is lost- Sex and ADHD- Creating more mutual pleasure and awareness in our sexuality- Exploring our sexuality with more fullness & play- How our sexuality shifts in a partnership over time - Key sexual empowerment practices ... and so much more!Connect with Charmaine here*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Empowered Connection MEN'S CIRCLE starts in-person, in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday September 14th at 2pm.  Email me to register - empoweredconnection.me@gmail.com.  Online Men's Circle starting soon!!Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Are My Partner and I Too Different? with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 25:10


    Themes: Relationships, Partnership, Love, Conflict, Healthy Relationships, Interdependence, Doing the Work, Conscious Relationships, Self Understanding, DifferentiationHave you ever felt stuck in your partnership because you feel like your loved one is too different from you?Are certain differences in relationship incompatible?How alike do my partner & I need to be for this relationship to survive… let alone thrive?  Join Empower Connection Podcast host Daniel Cordua on this solo podcast episode as he sheds light on..  & gives tools + perspectives on:- Are differences in relationship good? Bad?- What are the challenges in relationship when we are reckoning with our differences?- What are the ways we hide from our differences, & hide from our individual truth,  in relationship & what does that create?- What do couples most need to have in common for their relationship to survive… and thrive?- The MOST important thing to have in common in order for health, possibility + longevity in your partnershipand more!*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Empowered Connection MEN'S CIRCLE starts in-person, in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday September 14th at 2pm.  Email me to register - empoweredconnection.me@gmail.com.  Online Men's Circle starting soon!!Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    How Vedic Astrology Can Empower Our Relationships with Christine Rodriguez

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 61:30


    Themes: Astrology, Relationships, Self Awareness, Partnership, Love, Dating, Spirituality, Yoga, Jyotish, AyurvedaChristine Rodriguez is a Vedic Astrologer, coach, and host of the Astrology Now Podcast.  She has been studying Jyotish, or Vedic Astrology, for over 10 years.  Her mission is to combine coaching, Vedic astrology, and other Vedantic studies to support others in living in alignment with their personal constitution, karmic makeup, astrological imprint - and how to use this information to their advantage, creating a life of meaning and purpose.Christine believes that relationships and intimacy act as powerful mirrors for personal development and our partners can be some of our greatest teachers. She views relationships as sacred… and also really, fascinating & challenging!  She combines personal inquiry, self-discovery, and Vedic Astrology to work with couples & individuals in relationship.Christine's background also includes an undergraduate & graduate degrees in Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.In this fascinating podcast episode, Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar Cordua talks with guest Christine Rodriguez about the intersection of vedic astrology, love, relationships, dating, self growth, spirituality and more - including these topics:- What is Vedic Astrology?- Learning more about our karmic blueprints & how they can help us be & become ourselves in the fullest way- Using birth charts to understand more about ourselves & our partner- How Vedic Astrology give us powerful resources & perspectives for navigating relationship with clarity, awareness + potential- Greater tools for dating & new relationships- Karmic perspectives that can empower how we traverse the seasons of our life both individually & when in relationship with others- Employing our karmic blueprints to help us surrender into our spiritual path, as opposed to trying to over-control our lives Connect with Christine hereChristine's upcoming Vedic Astrology Foundational CourseMentioned in the episode, Astrology Now podcast on the difference between Western & Eastern Astrology*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Am I Co-Dependent? The Tell Tale Signs of Codependency with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 24:27


    Themes: Codependency, Relationships Problems, Healthy Relationships, Partnership, InterdependenceThis word is often thrown around a lot, but what does “codependency” actually mean?  And… how do we know if we are in a codependent pattern or relationship?Join Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Cordua for a special episode that defines, researches, and explores the nuances of co-dependency.Learn:- What exactly is codependency?  And how common is it?- How do I know if I am codependent or in a codependent relationship?- What are the key signs & symptoms of codependency?- Why is a codependent relationship unhealthy?- What are the ways of consciously doing relationship that can stop codependency?… and so much more!If you are looking to understand your own patterns and your patterns in relationship to others more deeply AND empower & improve your relationship to your own self and to others, this episode is a must listen!*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF all coaching journeys and packages by mentioning Empowered Connection - ends next week!Partnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    How to Navigate Power Dynamics In Partnership with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 24:28


    Themes: Relationships, Partnership, Power, Interdependence, Co-dependence, Unhealthy Relationships, Healthy Relationships, Mutuality, Conscious CouplesIn this solo episode, Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Cordua helps the listener navigate the tricky relational terrain of power dynamics in our most important relationships - namely, partnership.To help give more awareness, tools, and empowerment around how to traverse power in partnership, this episode explores"- Why discussing power dynamics and "doing power" consciously is important in partnership- The three general types of power: power over, power under, or power with- Why certain power dynamics are extremely unhealthy in our partnership - What is an "interdependent relationship" and how can we establish one- 5 Tips on how to explore and develop sharing power in our relationship with more mutuality and interdependenceand much more!*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF all coaching journeys and packages by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    From Victimhood to Authorship: Find Your Primordial Power with Amanda Freed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 57:33


    Themes: Self Empowerment, Victimhood, Authenticity, Healthy Relationships, Nervous System Work, Boundaries, Healing, Trauma, Attachment StylesAmanda Freed is a bodyworker, anatomist, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness teacher,  speaker, and presenter. Her career spans more than three decades serving humans of all ability levels including collegiate, Olympic, and pro athletes, special needs groups including those on the spectrum, TBI and stroke survivors, and people living with Lupus. Amanda works with high level leaders, corporate groups, 1:1, and facilitates onsite workshops and retreats nationally and internationally. Her current passions include facilitating Vagus Nerve Reset and helping humans to reclaim their Primordial Power through mindfulness, meditation, and movement.In this inspiring & empowering conversation, Empowered Connection podcast host Daniel Cordua and Amanda talk about:- Finding Your Primordial Power- Working with Past Memories and Bringing Them to Light In a New Way- Honoring Our Need to Blame and then Moving Past Blame- Exploring Our Earlier Childhood For the Moment Right Refore We Gave Up Our Power- Starting Our Story with Ourself- Journeying from Victim to Empowerment - Becoming our Own Protector- Finding our Acceptance, Safety & Security From Within  - Leveraging How We Are Feeling Right Nowand so much more!Find out more about Amanda here:Instagram - afyoga25Tik Tok - afyoga25Facebook - AF Yoga  *Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF all coaching journeys and packages by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    What is Self Love & Why It is It an Absolute Necessity in Our Lives & in Our Ability to Love Others with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 17:43


    Themes: Self Love, Relationships, Partnership, Self Awareness, Conscious Relationships, Shadow Work, Parts Work, How To Love, Relationship ProblemsIn this shorter podcast episode, Empowered Connection host Daniel Cordua discusses a popular topic: SELF LOVE.What, exactly, is self love?Why is it more important - and much less superficial - than we realize?Why do we need to develop it?And why is it a necessity in creating healthy, conscious relationships with our most loved ones?A powerful episode to inspire your relationship to your own self, and the possibility of your deepest relationships to others.*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF all coaching journeys and packages by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!

    How to Learn About & Heal Burnout with an Expert Burnout Coach with Lauren Baptiste

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 63:48


    Themes: Burnout, Life Balance, Self Empowerment, Relationships, Healing, Ayurveda, Yoga, Self Care, Self LoveLauren Baptiste is enhancing today's work culture with a simple strategy: prioritize well-being as the "hardest-working" professionals climb the corporate ladder. As a burnout coach, life coach, and consultant on a mission to help women level-up at work and at home, Lauren brings more than 13 years of experience in corporate culture and workplace burnout alongside her knowledge as practitioner of Ayurveda, hormonal health and other evidenced-based modalities. This results in clients shifting from exhausted to energetic, cynical to optimistic, and ineffective to empowered.​Lauren is also an international speaker on the topics of burnout, mindfulness and women in leadership, and has consulted for a wide range of clients including IBM, TD Securities, EY, NFL, Warner Music, Estee Lauder, Standard Chartered Bank and the United Nations. Lauren has been published in many established outlets, such as Forbes, Thrive Global, Medium and Authority Magazine. In this conversation with burnout expert, coach, & speaker Lauren Baptiste of Acheloa Wellness and Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Cordua, we dive into these insight topics and helpful tools:- What exactly is “burnout?”- Lauren shares her personal story of burnout and how it brought her into her healing + towards her mission- What are the internal stories + patterns from within that bring us to the external circumstances that lead to burnout?- Living in a culture of over-doing in the West that enables & encourages burnout- The tell-tale signs that we, or someone we love, is going through burnout- How to give ourselves the space in our lives, simple boundaries and the self love to create proper awareness, presence + accountability… & help shift a dynamic that could lead to burnout- Daniel shares his story of burnout as a small business owner in the healing industry- How we can show up for others in our lives if and when they are experiencing burnout- Lauren's 5 step process of rebuilding a foundation within ourselves + our lives that can prevent burnout- How the improper use of the senses to cope with burnout create more damage to ourselves & more cycling into patterns of burnout-How to take on a vision of our our life as a "long game"And much more!Connect with Lauren's work here: acheloawellness.comFollow Lauren on Instagram for burnout tips: @acheloawellness*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF all coaching journeys and packages by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!

    Our Wounds Are the Next Door Neighbors to Our Gifts with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 21:15


    Themes: Self Empowerment, Hurt, Wounds, Self Awareness, Family of Origin, Healing, Wholeness, TransformationIn this solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Cordua directs our attention and intention towards our own unique gifts... specifically, the fact that those gifts had their origin story in our early wounding.In this episode, Daniel explores this challenging, yet beautiful and celebratory, truth.  He also gives the listener tools + tips in how to not only see this truth with more empowerment, but to celebrate our gifts without having to minimize them, feel shameful or guilty about them, or cut them off during the course of our healing journey.This is an inspiring episode for those looking to reclaim their power while transforming the past.*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF all coaching journeys and packages by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA !! For Philadelphia area yogis & seekers looking to dive deep into their yoga, this is a transformative journey of Self & connection in inspiring communityFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness - RECEIVE 15% OFF  by using the code EMPOWEREDCONNECTION (one word, all caps) at checkout!

    It's Time to Allow Yourself to Be Cared For with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 28:06


    Themes: Receiving Support, Overfunctioning, Self Empowerment, Intimacy, Self Love, Relationships, Relational Growth, Needs, Emotional IntelligenceIn this solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Cordua explores the tendency in many of us to neither receive nor bid for the care and support of others.Breaking down the reasons why we might push away being cared for, Daniel dives into why "learning how to receive" can deeply benefit and empower our lives and our relationships.With actionable tools and self reflection prompts, this podcast episode is an important listen for those don't allow for there own needs (while over tending to the needs of others) and for those who love them.*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA !! For Philadelphia area yogis & seekers looking to dive deep into their yoga, this is a transformative journey of Self & connection in inspiring communityFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    The Difference Between Guilt & Shame and How to Move Through Both with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 27:15


    Themes: Shame, Guilt, Self Compassion, Self Empowerment, Self Love, Self Awareness, Self ExplorationWhat exactly is "shame" and how does it differ from "guilt?"How do I move through shame and not become disempowered by it?How does guilt help me grow and when does it hinder my self growth?In this solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua explores and explains the key differences in our emotional experience of shame VERSUS guilt.This exploration is key in our ability to understand the patterns behind our feelings and thinking that might be keeping us stuck.Most of us aren't able to discern between these two emotional states.  Listen to today's episode and not only learn how to do so, but also learn how to use your awareness to empower your life and your relationships... and act with more love, acceptance, empowerment and self compassion towards yourself & others...*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA !! For Philadelphia area yogis & seekers looking to dive deep into their yoga, this is a transformative journey of Self & connection in inspiring communityFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness

    You Are Not “Better” or “Worse” Than Anyone Else with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 31:10


    Themes: Healing, Spirituality, Spiritual Bypassing, Shame, Self Empowerment, Shadow Work, Self Growth, Guilt In this solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection podcast host Daniel Cordua rounds out the last month's themes of spirituality, self empowerment, spiritual bypassing, and religious trauma with a talk on the tension between being inherently already whole and taking on a practices to make one whole.There is a sigh of self compassionate relief in the profound spiritual understanding that we don't need to" fix "ourselves, but are already whole.And it begs the classic question: if we are already love and loved, why must we take on paths, ideas, communities, or practices that prove or find that we are?This irony is both beautiful and dangerous.It shows that we are not better or worse than anyone, for we are all equal on a fundamental level of the Self (the beautiful)... yet that same understanding is leveraged by others to have power over others - or us to have shame towards ourselves - by stating you must "earn" that wholeness and equality by being part of a group, guru, or specific path (the dangerous or ugly) and proving your worth.In this episode Daniel explores the beautiful sides of this paradox and the shadow sides, allowing the listener to have more empowered awareness of their own self and their self growth and/or spiritual practices and longings.  *Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA !! For Philadelphia area yogis & seekers looking to dive deep into their yoga, this is a transformative journey of Self & connection in inspiring community Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness

    Journey Into the Bhagavad Gita: A Guide to Bringing Profound Metaphysical Knowledge Into Your Life with Hari Kirtana Das

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 58:59


    Themes: Spirituality, Yoga, Religion, Psychology, Social Activism, Personal Empowerment, Religious Trauma, Karma, ConnectionAttention yoga teachers, yoga students, spiritual enthusiasts, those wounded by religious experience and those would like to reconceptualize their relationship with god, and fans of human psychology, spiritual leadership and activism:Hari-kirtana das is an author, yoga teacher, and mentor who guides people on journeys of self-discovery, spiritual reconstruction, and personal transformation. He's been practicing various forms of yoga and meditation for more than 40 years, has lived in yoga ashrams and intentional communities, worked for Fortune 500 companies and Silicon Valley start-ups, and brings a wide range of spiritual knowledge and life experience to his books, talks, workshops, and courses. His talent for making complex ideas easy to understand, keen sense of humor, enthusiasm for meaningful dialogue, and passion for critical thinking have made him a sought-after yoga teacher training instructor and public speaker. Hari's articles and essays about the enduring relevance of yoga's ancient wisdom appear in various forums and journals. His latest book is called Journey Into the Bhagavad Gita: A Guide to Exploring Timeless Principles of Transcendental Knowledge and Integrating Them Into Your Life.In this inspiring podcast Hari Kirtana & podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua cover these personally empowering & spiritually inspiring topics:- Why The Bhagavad Gita?  What is so important about this spiritual text?- How The Bhagavad Gita can help us reclaim our spirituality after religious trauma or abuse - A fresh conception of “God” and our relationship to Spirit- How to be an eternal being while having a temporary human experience- Understanding the law of karma & transmigration of soul- The 4 primary metaphysical principles of The Bhagavad Gita- What is “dharma” from the yoga perspective?- Who is the Bhagavad Gita for?And so much more!Buy Journey into the Bhagavad GitaLearn more about Hari Kirtana and find him on Instagram and Youtube*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA !! Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness

    Navigating Spiritual Abuse & Religious Trauma with Kayla Felten

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 64:08


    Themes: Religious Trauma, Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality, Religion, Trauma, Healing, Relationships, Self Empowerment, Inner Wisdom, Patriarchy, Kayla Felten, MSW, LICSW  has been an advocate for religious trauma and spiritual abuse survivors throughout her career, as the co-founder of the Reclamation Collective and as a Psychedelic Therapist in her clinical work.  Kayla has been able to support those in the process of reclaiming their inner peace, relational harmony, autonomy, pleasure, and authentic self.  She was initially invited to facilitate support groups for survivors of spiritual abuse due to abuses of power taking place in plant medicine and yogi contexts within Minnesota. This experience helped expand her understanding of spiritual abuse both within and outside of religious contexts, and has allowed her to become a voice of advocacy within the psychedelic and therapeutic communities she shows up in. Through years experience facilitating support groups, integration circles, retreats, and teaching workshops for folks navigating themes of religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, and reclamation through the Reclamation Collective, Kayla aspires to curate expanded offerings for survivors on their healing trajectories that prioritize personal autonomy and pursue radical authenticity.This is powerful conversation between Kayla & host Daniel Cordua - an important listen for those who have felt religious trauma in their lives, who are part of spiritual and/or religious communities and/or take on teachers from those circles, who are leaders in those communities, or who have experience spiritual abuse.We talk about:- What is trauma?  How do we know we are experiencing it?- What exactly is religious trauma?  How do we experience it?- Kayla's own experience experiencing and then navigating her religious trauma- Gaining distance, perspective, clarity and a life-giving deconstruction of our religious experiences- Religious trauma for women, trans-communities, queer folk, and all gender identifications- What is spiritual abuse?  How do we experience - and/or perpetrate it consciously and unconsciously- Power dynamics in religious communities, spiritual communities, healing spaces, therapy, and plant medicine circles- The amazing “Spiritual Power Inventory” tool that I think all religious, spiritual, & healing communities, members and leaders should employand much more!Connect with Kayla & the Reclamation Collective: reclamationcollective.comConnect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PAFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness

    These Are the Roadblocks to Conscious Connection & Conscious Communication with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 30:07


    Themes: Conscious Communication, Conflict, Relationship Tips, Self Regulation, Emotional Intelligence,  Compassion, Relationship Problems- Looking to empower your relationships?- Looking to connect more deeply and compassionately to others?- Ready to do conflict with more success, potential, and growth?- Tired of compromising both yourself and your relationships to others?In this solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection host & relationship coach Daniel Cordua explores some key roadblocks in our ability to consciously connect and communicate with others.Noticing these roadblocks - and then moving through them - within our own life and relationships will improve the quality of our connection and communication with others.Listen to this podcast episode and learn how!Other helpful episodes to listen to in relation to this theme: #119#118#107#99*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsSUMMER SALE ! Get 25% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:June 1st - Emotional Intelligence and Conscious Communication Immersion in Philadelphia, PA*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA*Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    10 Pros & Cons I Learned While Being In Spiritual Communities with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 32:04


    Themes: Spirituality, Self Empowerment, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Bypassing, Spiritual Connection, Religious Trauma, Spiritual Community, Healing Journey, YogaIf you are interested in healing, self empowerment, spiritual paths, and spiritual connection, this episode is a must listen!In this solo podcast episode, Daniel Damodar Cordua brings the listener into important reflections he gained spending many years in yoga, spiritual paths and spiritual communities.Expressing both the deep, profound benefits AND the possible drawbacks and disempowering snares of spiritual paths + communities, Daniel paints a more comprehensive portrait of what it means to be "spiritual."This guidance and these reflections will help the listener inspire their own journey of healing + connection in healthy, safe, conscious, and integrated ways.Listen now to:- leverage your life through the inspiration of spirituality- become more conscious of spiritual + religious trauma- learn of the importance of like-minded communities of healing & connection- save yourself from falling into abusive patterns found in spiritual communities & spiritual hierarchies- become well-rounded, both open-hearted and discerning your own internal compass,  in your awareness of spiritual paths- create better boundaries in your healing and buy-in into spiritual teachers and teachings*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsGet 10% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:June 1st - Emotional Intelligence and Conscious Communication Immersion in Philadelphia, PA*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA*Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Traversing Another's Triggers with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 29:44


    Themes: Relationships, Partnership, Couples, Conflict, Triggers, Conflict, Emotional Intelligence,  Connection, Self Regulation, Co-regulation, Healthy Relationships, LoveIn this solo episode - part 2 of a series on navigating conflict in relationship - Damodar focuses on how we can be with & navigate another's triggers when in conflict...  AND throughout other moments of our relational life with others.An important episode full of practical, transformative & helpful perspectives and tools that will bring you to a better place in successfully managing another person's triggered state and emotional intensity - not only when in conflict with your loved ones, but during lots of life's other relational situations. Damodar specifically presents FIVE STEPS to drastically improve your ability to “be with," sooth, and find connection when present with another's triggered state... that will help you improve your relationship's success, rather than damage it.This is a special rerelease of podcast #52  which is part of our series on navigating conflict in our relationships with more potential, success, and connection.*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsGet 10% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:June 1st - Emotional Intelligence and Conscious Communication Immersion in Philadelphia, PA*Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA*Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic healing product line Bhava WellnessFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Traversing Your Own Triggers During Conflict with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 23:46


    Themes: Relationships, Partnership, Couples, Conflict, Triggers, Self Regulation, Healthy Relationships, Love, Emotional Intelligence,In this solo podcast episode, Damodar dives into part one of a two part (or possibly 3 part!) series on conflict in our relationships.  Difficulty navigating conflict can be one of the major roadblocks in the health & connection within our relationships.But, where do we start?  First, we start with our own selves.In this episode, part 1, Damodar focuses on how we can be with & navigate our own triggers when in conflict both externally with another and internally within our own selves.An important episode full of practical, transformative & helpful perspectives and tools that will bring you to a better place in successfully navigating getting triggered when in conflict with your loved ones.  Damodar specifically presents two great, simple & actionable strategies to drastically improve your ability to “be with” and gain more information from your triggers to improve your relationships success, rather than damage it.This is a special rerelease of podcast #50 which is part of our series on navigating conflict in our relationships with more potential, success, and connection.*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsGet 10% OFF by mentioning Empowered ConnectionPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.UPCOMING EVENTS:June 1st - Emotional Intelligence and Conscious Communication Immersion in Philadelphia, PA *Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA*Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic healing product line Bhava WellnessFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices with Damodar on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.me*Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    The Power of the Pivot & Our Purpose with Marissa Rose Nash

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 60:40


    Themes: Self Empowerment, Leadership, Pivoting, Mentorship, Yoga, Consciousness, Abundance, Manifestation Marissa  Rose Nash fell in love with the practices of self-discovery & yoga 11 years ago after taking one yoga class in college. She's since completed two 200 hour yoga teacher trainings, her 300 hour YTT in Yoga Psychology with Ashley Turner, has studied Jon Kabat Zinn's mindfulness based stress reduction meditation program, and completed a masters in organizational leadership and executive coaching.She's been a certified holistic life coach for 7 years and is being privately mentored under world renowned yoga teacher,  Elena Brower. In 2023 she completed a 60 hour meditation course with global Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Kia Miller.Marissa has taught over 3,000 hours of yoga, led 11 yoga teacher trainings, traveled and led 3 international retreats, and taught yoga for the Eagles football in 2022. She currently lives in New Mexico and is the founder of The Well Studio, where students tap into their own wellbeing, self-discovery, and body/mind wisdom on their yoga mats in both Philadelphia & New Mexico.Classes with Marissa are tantric in essence, weaving all layers of being into an experience of self-knowing that will rejuvenate you, awaken you, empower you, & remind you of who you truly are.In this episode host Daniel Damodar Cordua talks with Marissa on these inspiring topics:The need for intimate, sacred healing spacesNavigating life pivots with bravery, resource and empowerment Learning to do own our dharma, even as it changesThe universe's tendency to reciprocate with our desireMentorship as crucial in our own personal & occupational growth & service to the worldWhy consciously being present in liminal spaces is so important and so generativeThe practice of “doing nothing” as expansionConscious leadershipYoga teachers as the world's new leadersAnd so much moreConnect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session -  for individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsGet 10% OFF by mentioning Empowered Connection Partnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.IG - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:June 1st - Emotional Intelligence and Conscious Communication Immersion in Philadelphia, PA  *Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA*Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Learning How to Repair is the First - & Most Important - Step In Navigating Conflict Better with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 23:48


    Themes: Relationship Problems, Conflict, Intimacy, Partnership, How to Improve Your Relationships, Love, Marriage, Healthy Relationships, Conscious Partners Are you looking to do conflict better in your most important relationships?Is the cycle of conflict, rupture, and fights creating too much stress in your partnership?Do you have a hard time navigating rupture or disconnect with your most loved ones?Are you ready to create a more connected, loving partnership or other relationship?Join Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Cordua for this special, shorter, solo podcast on the first and most important step in doing conflict more successfully in your relationships: REPAIR.What is repair?  How do we do it and why is it the most important first step in navigating conflict more successfully and empowering our relationships?Join Daniel for this solo podcast episode and learn more...*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship & Self Growth Tools + Tips on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:June 1st - Emotional Intelligence and Conscious Communication Immersion in Philadelphia, PA  - more info coming soon!  Mark your calendarsEmpower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PAElevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 *Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    The Deeply Empowering Practice of Holding Two (at Times Opposing) Truths at the Same Time with Daniel Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 16:08


    Themes: Self Empowerment, Relationships, Self Compassion, Presence, Self Awareness, Gratitude In this shorter, solo episode, Empowered Connection podcast host Daniel Cordua explains, explores, and gives inspiring examples of a simple, yet deeply empowering practice: holding two truths in our awareness at the same time. This practice will allow you to find more depth and gratitude within your life, more compassion for yourself,  more presence and self awareness, and more possibility within your relationships.Take a listen and bring valuable, actionable, and relatable tools into your life and your journey now... and far into the future!*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship & Self Growth Tools + Tips on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:June 1st - Emotional Intelligence and Conscious Communication Immersion in Philadelphia, PA  - more info coming soon!  Mark your calendars Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PAElevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 *Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    A Vision to Integrate Our Medicine: Creating Empowerment in Your Healing Journey with Josh Whitely

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 52:24


    Themes: Integrative Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Healing, Self Empowerment, Jyotish, Vastu, Medical Models, Self Advocacy, Spirituality, Vedic ArtsJosh Whitely is a Registered ER Nurse, Licensed Acupuncturist, Vedic astrologer, and Ayurvedic practitioner in the Tucson, Arizona area.  Founder of Common Roots Acupuncture clinic, josh has practiced acupuncture for over 10 years and is also a graduate of the Ayurvedic Institute previously based in Albuquerque, NM and an accomplished Ayurvedic practitioner and Vedic (or Jyotish) Astrologer.  Currently informed by his experiences as an Emergency Room Nurse, Josh has be profoundly inspired by the possibility of integrative medicine, bringing both Western allopathic methods in deeper relationship with Alternative and Eastern modalities.  He is also the second repeat guest on the Empowered Connection podcast.  What I love about Josh is his expert knowledge on a vast array of healing modalities, East and West, Alternative and Allopathic, and his ability to dance within all and integrate them in inspiring and relevant ways.  In this informative and fascinating podcast, Josh and and I chat about a lot of inspiring topics in the wellness, healing, and spiritual worlds.Including:- Visionary and empowering ideas of how integrative medicine can bring more potential to our healing and our future as a species- The states of shamefulness present in alternative medicine communities - How to create personal agency, empowerment, and choice in the way we navigate the medical system- Powerful examples of where the east and west can be bridged and brought into our own unique lives and experiences- The importance of conscious communication and the role between client and practitioner in the healing process - Inspiring ideas around Vedic Astrology, called Jyotish, as a medical model (which is what we talked about in length during our first interview with Josh - episode #4 from back in February 2022 - listen to that episode here- A fun and valuable lesson in the basics of Vastu, or Vedic Feng Shui and much more!Connect with Josh's Vedic Astrology & Ayurveda practice here*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship & Self Growth Tools + Tips on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PAElevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 *Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    When "Conscious Communication" Can Be Unsafe & Abusive with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 21:24


    Themes: Relationship Problems, Emotional Abuse, Conscious Communication, Relational Safety, Relationship Tools, Boundaries, Abusive Relationships In this shorter, solo podcast episode Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua shares a pivotal story from his own journey of relationship that explores how "conscious communication" can be used to perpetuate abusive and harmful relational dynamics.In this episode you will explore:- when we tend to betray our integrity for connection- how to tune into our own body and mind when in an abusive dynamic with another peson- advocating for ourselves in relational difficulty and verbal abuse  - when people "use" conscious communication ideas to perpetuate harmful relational dynamics- safety as the most important factor in relationships- creating appropriate boundaries when we feel unsafe in a relationship- "ghosting" someone as an appropriate measure to navigate feelings of relationship harm and lack of safety- living with and standing strong in our own integrity, even as others challenge that integrityand much more....!*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection.Find Daily Relationship & Self Growth Tools + Tips on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:April 6th, 2-6pm How to Live Your Yoga: An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy & The Bhagavad Gita, explore the depths of spirituality and personal empowerment in this special, inspiring, and transformative immersion at Palo Santo Yoga in Philadelphia or OnlineMay 1st - Empowered Connection Men's Circle in Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia at Sacred Path Collective - more details coming soon!Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PAElevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 *Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    More Pleasure, Better Boundaries, and AWE with Jami Lynn Bula

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 59:21


    Themes: Intimacy, Relationships, Sex, Boundaries, Partnership, Pleasure, Presence, Connection, Spirituality, Tantra Yoga, Love Jami Lynn Bula is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor & practices at IPNB Psychotherapy of Austin.  She completed a masters in counseling with the goal to support people through challenges inherent in relationship, sex, and love. Her passion is to help people define and create the relationships they crave. She works with individual adults and couples who want deeper connection, healthy partnerships, and a more satisfying experience of sexuality. She believes people are drawn into relationship from a deep need to connect- this pull is part of being human. Yet, most of us were not taught how to be in relationship well. Jami Lynn counts herself in this group; as she had to learn everything she knows about healthy, fulfilling relationships. In fact, she is still learning and will continue to learn for the rest of her life. In this inspiring conversation, Jennifer and host Daniel Damodar Cordua talk about: - Bringing nature & the natural world and our relationships- Moving past that which blocks pleasure in our lives- How to reclaim pleasure strictly for you, fully and entirely- Practices for slowing down and becoming present in our relationships - Building boundaries for more fun, intimacy, and sexual pleasure- Physical, internal embodied boundaries and psychological boundaries- The relational resource of awe experiencesAnd so much more…Connect with Jami Lynn Bula HEREAnd check out her Instagram HERE*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Find Daily Relationship & Self Growth Tools + Tips on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:April 6th, 2-6pm How to Live Your Yoga: An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy & The Bhagavad Gita, explore the depths of spirituality and personal empowerment in this special, inspiring, and transformative immersion at Palo Santo Yoga in Philadelphia or OnlineEmpower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PAElevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 *Sponsored by our internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    How Learned Optimism Can Shift Your Life (& How Pessimism Can Too) with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 28:02


    Themes: Self Empowerment, Positive Psychology, Optimism, Pessimism, Self Criticism, Self CompassionIn this solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua explores the researched concept of "learned optimism" and how optimism can shift the course of your life, your happiness, your relationships, and your resilience. Daniel gives researched tips from positive psychologist Martin Seligman and others on how to retrain our minds towards empowering optimistic perspectives and when - and when not - to take on pessimistic points of view... Because, guess what?  Pessimism can be helpful too.*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship & Self Growth Tools + Tips on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:April 6th, 2-6pm How to Live Your Yoga: An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy & The Bhagavad Gita, explore the depths of spirituality and personal empowerment in this special, inspiring, and transformative immersion at Palo Santo Yoga in Philadelphia or OnlineEmpower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA!Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 *Sponsored by our beautiful, internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    The Three Main Patterns of Conflict in Relationships with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 22:18


    Themes: Conflict, Relationships, Partnership, Love, ConnectionIn this solo podcast episode, host Damodar Damodar Cordua addresses one of the most important topics in relationship and partnership - navigating our patterns of unproductive conflict.In order to do so, he explores and illuminates the three main patterns that couples and dyads move into.  Listen to this shorter episode and shine more light on how you may now or in the past danced in a cycle of conflict with your loved one... and gain the tools to shift that dance - and with it, the possibility of your relationship now or a relationship in the future - with your newfound awareness.  Shift the possibility of a partnership with this podcast!*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship & Self Growth Tools + Tips on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:April 6th, 2-6pm How to Live Your Yoga: An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy & The Bhagavad Gita, at Palo Santo Yoga in Philadelphia or OnlineEmpower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA!Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 *Sponsored by our beautiful, internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava WellnessEMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Intellectual Bypassing, Healthy Sexuality, & Parts Work for Inner Awareness with Jennifer Minor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 60:41


    Themes: Inner Work, Self Growth, Self Empowerment, Parts Work, Therapy, Sexuality, Vulnerability, Intellectual Bypassing, Social Media, Gen Z Jennifer Minor is a licensed professional counselor who helps courageous humans create safer inner worlds, so they can build safer external worlds. With an emphasis on holistic wellness, healthy sexuality, and cultivating curiosity and compassion, Jennifer doesn't view herself as just your average “professional listener.” She is a personal co-pilot, life cheerleader, compassionate confidant, parts warrior, and the occasional “tea sipper.” With a knack for untangling life's inner webs, she helps folks navigate the intricate peaks and valleys of their emotional landscape with grace, humor, and a sprinkle of psychology. She guides her therapeutic work with sensitivity and a mixture of strategy, creativity, and the right amount of whimsy. When not decoding the mysteries of the mind, body, spirit connection, you can find her throwing 1-2 punches at her local boxing gym, or simply relishing in the fact that she's “off-duty” for the moment and engaging in a restful, mindLESS activity.In this inspiring conversation, Jennifer and host Daniel Damodar Cordua talk about:- Witnessing the inner world and inner growth of people that we don't usually see- Holding space for all the parts of ourself and noticing which need to come forward or be updated- Intellectually bypassing our healing with self growth ideas- Coaching & therapy as containers that reveal our inner awareness- Generation Z's use of technology, social media, and self diagnosis- The deep vulnerability & empowerment of being fully present with another human being- What is healthy sexuality?- Normalizing communication around sex - How “practicing ease” can bring more empowerment into our lives and much more!*Connect with Jennifer hereBring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership  Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship & Self Growth Tools + Tips on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:April 6th, 2-6pm How to Live Your Yoga: An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy & The Bhagavad Gita, at Palo Santo Yoga in Philadelphia or OnlineEmpower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training July-August 2023 in Philadelphia, PA!Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training for Yoga Teachers starts this June, 2024 *Our beautiful, internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTIO

    Exploring Spontaneous & Responsive Desire For Better Intimacy & Pleasure with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 26:51


    Themes: Sexuality, Intimacy, Relationships, Partnership, Desire, Pleasure, Love, Romance, Sensuality,  Connection Do you ever feel your sexual desire is different than your partners?  (or previous partners?)Do you struggle to get connected and on the same page sexually with your loved one?Does your sexual desire towards your partner feel unreciprocated?Does the style of sexual desire from your partner sometime shut down your desire?Are you ready for more pleasure in your life?In this solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua will answer these questions and explore how to deepen intimacy through an investigation of DESIRE.Specifically, Daniel talks about how understanding - and exploring - the difference between spontaneous desire and responsive desire can create more potential within our sexual lives and our relationships.Listen in and gain more tools, awareness, and growth within your sexual satisfaction, pleasure levels, and partnerships.*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:April 6th, 2-6pm How to Live Your Yoga: An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy & The Bhagavad Gita, in-person at Palo Santo Yoga in Philadelphia or Online Via ZoomAttention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024 Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, ArizonaComing this July!  Empower & Evolve 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training!  Info Coming Soon*Brought to you by Bhava Wellness... Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    How Defensiveness is Hurting Your Relationships & How to Stop It with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 24:30


    Themes: Relationships, Conflict, Defensiveness, Partnership, Conscious Communication, Self Regulation, How to LoveIn this shorter, solo podcast episode Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua breaks down and helps heal "defensiveness" within our relationships.  Although an understandable pattern of protection, too much unconscious defensiveness in our relationships - especially partnership - can wear down the foundation of our connection and create negative cycles of conflict and rupture.  Some relationship experts call defensiveness one of the death knells of partnership.Listen in to today's episode and learn:- What is defensiveness exactly and why do we engage in it?- The unhealthy cycles that defensiveness creates within our most important relationships- Signposts that will help us figure out when we are becoming too defensive- Ways to deal, heal, and move through our defensiveness during relationship dynamics that will lead to more connection - to other and self - and less conflict, stress, and rupture.this, and much more...*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Brought to you by Bhava Wellness... Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, organic and hand-crafted with intention healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    Intuitive Rebirth: Living Free & Authentic to Your Deepest Truth with Rhiannon Heins

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 61:36


    Topics: Spirituality, Personal Empowerment, Authenticity, Energy Work, Spiritual Journey, Self Growth, Divine ConnectionRhiannon Heins is an Rhiannon is an intuitive channel, a bestselling author, and an energy worker.  She dedicates her life to her soul-work and underpinning her vision at every stage of her journey has been a desire to initiate as many gifted light-workers as possible into their roles on Earth at this time.Rhiannon has spent the past ten years working and lecturing as a remedial massage therapist, teaching yoga, meditation & breathwork, and facilitating yoga teacher trainings internationally. Now, using her signature Intuitive Rebirth energy-work method, Rhiannon is empowering healers to step into their power as high earning, transformational energy-workers.Her books include 2023's “The Keepers of the Light Codes” and The Intuitive Rebirth” and can be found wherever books are sold.This inspiring conversation between Rhiannon and Daniel Damodar Cordua explores: - The authentic spark of truth within us all- How we are all already unconditionally, everything and we are infinite - Shaking off the shackles of the paths that liberated us, but now bind us- How to integrate a peak experience of awakening into our day-to-day life- How to everyday hold our intention to be a vessel for spirit- With our empowerment comes great responsibility- Love as a practice - Our whole life is ritual and much more...Connect with Rhianna Heins:https://www.intuitiverebirth.com/Rhiannon's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0BCXG8DGS*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Brought ot you by Bhava Wellness... Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    Love Is a Skill, Not Just a Feeling with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 21:10


    Themes: How to Love, Relationships, Connection, What Love Is, Partnership, Spirituality, Self WorkIn this shorter, solo podcast episode Empower Connection host Daniel Damodar Cordua dives into the levels of what love is: from it being a feeling, to it being our true nature, and, finally, to the necessity to practice love as a skill.We are all entities made up of love, it is our soul's essence.  Yet, the difficulty arises when that love gets blocked, covered, jammed up, overflowed, overused, or dried up.Listen to today's episode and find a metaphor and a strong invitation into learning how to be a channel for love to flow more fully, freely, and sustainably within your own life.Heed the call and empower your relationship to others, to the world, and to your own self.*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Looking for a special gift of all natural, organic herbal wellness remedies & skin care this holiday season?  In need of natural immunity to navigate the season?   Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    What is Skin Hunger & How to Satisfy It with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 24:10


    Themes: Intimacy, Connection, Touch, Happiness, Relationships, Sensuality, Sexuality, Nervous System RegulationIn this shorter, solo podcast episode host Daniel Damodar Cordua explores the relational, sensual  topic of "skin hunger" in order to give you, the listener, more self empowerment, relational awareness, joy, and connection.  We explore our human need and desire for touch, covering these topics: - What is skin hunger?- How is it beneficial to our lives?- How do we explore more about our own skin hunger needs and nuances?- Examples of skin hunger within our lives and an analogy that will help you in your exploration of consensual touch - How we can satisfy our skin hunger while being single, not in a partnership? - How couples can investigate skin hunger together and leverage their relationship for more connection, joy, and happinessand much more*Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Looking for a special gift of all natural, organic herbal wellness remedies & skin care this holiday season?  In need of natural immunity to navigate the season?   Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    Validating Another's Experience is Your Relational Superpower with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 21:18


    Themes: Relational Empowerment, Conscious Communication, Partnership, Friendship, Conflict, Difference, Healthy Relationships, Human Connection, Relationship Problems, How to Love, Compassion, EmpathyIn this shorter solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua shares one of the most important relational “superpowers” you can start to easily practice in your own life - validating another's experience.In this actionable episode, learn one of the most common, and negative, liabilities to creating better connection during difference with others in our life.AND, learn a major antidote that will simply, yet profoundly, shift how you connect with others during conflict and how you can express your own truth while at the very same time holding space for another's *Bring the lessons of our episodes into your unique journey!  Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Looking for a special gift of all natural, organic herbal wellness remedies & skin care this holiday season?  In need of natural immunity to navigate the season?   Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    The Heart Space: Empowered Sacred Sisterhood & Conscious Connection with Leila Dylla

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 57:54


    Themes: Divine Feminine, Sisterhood, Relationships, Connection, Spirituality, Healing, Trauma, Conflict, Love, Women's Circles, Sacred RitualLeila Dylla is a modern-day mystic that lives life passionately devoted to healing, wholeness, and honoring the sacred thread that ties us all together.Her entrepreneurial journey began in 2011 after her first Yoga teacher training and has continued to be filled with personal development training, world travel, and deep esoteric studies. Leila has a degree in physiology and kinesiology, she is an 800 hr Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, breathwork facilitator and trainer, reiki practitioner, trauma-informed life coach, writer, spiritual teacher, and self-taught gourmet chef. She lives an unconventional lifestyle of freedom, beauty, and BOLD self-expression. She strives to inspire brilliance and divine reconnection in all that she meets and is devoted to weaving her Soul's purpose into each moment.Leila serves as a mentor for women, couples, and communities. She is the founder of The Heart Space Mission. The Heart Space is a sacred community of Heart Led women who live their lives devoted to spiritual evolution. She is a retreat leader, teacher trainer, and spiritual guide for many who are walking the path back to true power, freedom, the divine, and life of sacred service.In this podcast episode, host Daniel Damodar Cordua & Leila dive deep & provide so much resource on these topics:- The deep healing of coming together in community as women - Bringing an empowered, sacred feminine into the world-at-large, transforming society- Learning to connect with others with our armoring or performing in order to that heal intergenerational wounds - The simple, yet profound, practices of ritual that bring us back together as human beings- Syncing with another person in presence & authentically disturbs us enough to shake us from our patterns- Conflict as a gateway to deeper connection - The sacred, magical, and space of possibility created in the “we” or relationship - you, me, and the collaborative, magical, potential of “we”- Slowing down in our relationship to ourselves others in order to allow grace, God, and mystery to come in - True power is being both influenced AND influencing in relationshipand so much more!Connect with Leila and learn more about her online community here:the-heart-space.comwww.leiladylla.com*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastPartnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meEMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    Why Do We Give Unsolicited Advice? An Exploration with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 19:24


    Themes: Self Awareness, Conscious Communication, Self Exploration, Relationships,  Inner Work, Self Empowerment, How to Love, Couples Wisdom, Self GrowthIn this solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection host Daniel Damodar Cordua talks about our proclivity to give unsolicited advice towards people in our life.  Problematizing this very human urge, this podcast episode not only gives the listeners a better option of how to mindfully & successfully relate to our loved ones, but goes even deeper in - in order to unpack, why do we tend to give unsolicited advice in the first place?Turning the mirror back upon ourselves, this episode gives the listener valuable questions & perspectives of self exploration - surfacing, with compassion and self love, the reasons behind our desire to give uninvited advice and unlocking some keys to our own self awareness, self growth, and empowerment.Learn more about yourself via this series of powerful questions and uplevel your communication with loved ones, your self, and your relationships in the process*Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection Podcast Partnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Looking for a special gift of all natural, organic herbal wellness remedies & skin care this holiday season?  In need of natural immunity to navigate the season?   Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    The Two Ways to Deal with Regret with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 24:30


    Themes: Regret, Loss, Self Empowerment, Blame, Shame, Self Criticism, Self Compassion, Self Love, Self GrowthIt's the 100th episode of the Empowered Connection Podcast! We extend our deep gratitude to you - our listeners and to expert special guests who have made this podcast such an inspiring resource for self growth, relational awareness, healing, consciousness, and spirituality.  Please join us to celebrate and please join us for our NEXT 100 episodes!In this solo podcast episode, podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua takes on a timely subject - the experience of regret.  Sometimes the New Year inspires us to think about the future and what goals we have coming next, sometimes it asks us to celebrate all that we have done in the previous year, and sometimes it leaves us lingering with the feeling of regret.  Sometimes it can bring up, bubbling into our hearts, the losses, the difficulties and the misses.In this episode, Daniel explores two distinct ways that we can deal with regret - one that is natural and tempting but filled but with liability and the other more challenging but empowering.Listen in and explore the ways we deal with loss & regret and be inspired by tools & perspectives that can shift our hearts into fuller potential and opening.Connect with Daniel for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND  Get 10% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection Podcast  Partnership Full of Possibility for 2024 - for couples ready to up-level their partnership & bring more possibility into their ability to communication, navigate difference & conflict, explore more potential and create more intimacy + deeper connection. Get 10% OFF your 6 session couples coaching immersion by mentioning the Empowered Connection Podcast Find Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Looking for a special gift of all natural, organic herbal wellness remedies & skin care this holiday season?  In need of natural immunity to navigate the season?   Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION 

    The Wellspring of Our Possibility Begins With Our Nervous System with Samantha Jo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 55:19


    Themes: Somatic Experiencing, Self Empowerment, Pleasure, Trauma, Spirituality, Embodiment, Relationships, Self Awareness, Self RegulationSamantha Jo is a mother of two, a multi passionate created and a Transformational Somatic Coach.  She is all about supporting others in having MORE - more peace, more purpose, and more pleasure.  Samantha Jo has been a yoga teacher for over a decade and is an advanced student of Somatic Experiencing.  She is also a survivor of domestic abuse.  Her journey of healing brought her to this profound somatic work - something that has been life changing, to say the least.Her Somatic Coaching practice started in 2020 and Samantha Jo has had the privilege of serving many individuals on their paths of personal healing & liberation.  Her work in this field is unique in that it interests with spirituality and has a particular focus on pleasure as the antidote to stress and trauma.In this empowering episode filled with tools, perspectices and guidance, Samantha Jo talks with Empowered Connection podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua on these topics:- How "neuroception" precedes perception - our mind's thoughts follow our nervous system's habits- Moving from surviving to thriving: expanding our repertoire of responses, choice and possibility in life- Thinking into empowerment VS feeling into empowerment - The language & lexicon of sensation- Pleasure as the antidote to what ails us on the micro and the macro- Being with what feels alive: practicing the skill of noticing what feels good - Clearing emotional charge and creating emotional intelligence from within- Somatic Tools for Self Empowerment and Relational Growth - The spirituality of presence in the now VS the spirituality of striving for the future and so much more!Connect more with Samantha Jo via her InstagramGet the Somatic Healing Handbook and more from Samantha Jo hereConnect with Damodar for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND Get 20% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meUPCOMING EVENTS:Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Looking for a special gift of all natural, organic herbal wellness remedies & skin care this holiday season?  In need of natural immunity to navigate the season?   Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    The Three Ways of Knowing Ourselves with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 24:19


    Themes: Self Awareness, Self Exploration, Relational Awareness, Society + Culture, Empowerment, Family Dynamics, Inner Work, Yoga PhilosophyJoin Empowered Connection host Daniel Damodar Cordua for this shorter, solo podcast and explore a simple, yet profound premise that will teach you how to see yourself, your patterns, and your relationships more deeply, more fully and more comprehensively.In the stories of yoga, the divine entities Shiva & Durga both carry tridents.  These tridents are viewed as having various metaphors -  one insightful metaphor is that the three prongs of the trident represent the three levels - or ways - that we can understand ourselves -  personal karma, our relational karma and our karma in connection to the larger time in history we are part of.In this episode, Daniel Damodar will explore this metaphor and how it allows us to see our lives in three profound ways: intra-pyschically, interpersonally, societallyListen to the end and gain practical tools from this framework that will help you understand yourself, your life, your relationships, and your connection to all more deeply and profoundly.That, and much more...Connect with Damodar for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND Get 20% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here monthly in-person in PhiladelphiaUPCOMING EVENTS:1/20-1/21 - Divine Self Men's Circle Day Retreat in Tamaqua, PA (outside of Philadelphia)  In this day-long retreat, explore the depths of what it is to be a concsious male & practice valuable tools you can bring into your life in order to show up as your hightest self whille in conscious community with other menAND  Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, Arizona*Looking for a special gift of all natural, organic herbal wellness remedies & skin care this holiday season?  In need of natural immunity to navigate the season?   Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness.  Use EMPOWEREDCONNECTION at checkout and receive 15% off your order!EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Building Healthy Boundaries For Couples & Individuals During the Holidays & Beyond with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 24:15


    Themes: Boundaries, Family, Holidays, Self Empowerment, People Pleasing, Partnership, Couples Goals, Over-functioning, Self Betrayal, Self Love,  Codependency, Conscious Communication, Relationships, Self AwarenessEmpowerment Connection podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua takes a deeper look at how to cultivate better boundaries during the holiday season with family and friends.  Even though it is a festive, social and loving time of the year, the holidays can also be challenging when navigating the nuance of relationship.In this solo episode, Damodar gives us a series of helpful tools for navigating this season AND the rest of the year, including:- a meditation to help us find our center and navigate creating a healthy boundary practice during the holidays and during all times in our lives- effective + helpful communication & team-building with our partner when navigating family holiday engagements as a couple- individual awareness and helpful tips for standing in our integrity and practicing boundaries with family, friends and more during the holidaysAnd so much more...Connect with Damodar for your Free Discovery Session and start your journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsAND Get 20% OFF your coaching journey by mentioning the Empowered Connection PodcastFind Daily Relationship Tools + Tips & Self Growth + Empowerment Practices on Instagram - @empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here monthly in-person in PhiladelphiaUPCOMING EVENTS:1/20-1/21 - Divine Self Men's Circle Day Retreat outside of Philadelphia, PA ! AND  Attention Yoga Teachers!  Elevate & Expand 300 Hr Yoga Teacher Training starts this June, 2024  Join us for a deeply integrative educational offering with modern approaches of trauma informed, therapeutic + holistic practices blended seamlessly alongside deep roots of ancient wisdom + spiritual lineage.  This training offers 12 full weekends in-studio in South Philly and ends with an Immersive 5 Day Desert Retreat right outside of Phoenix, ArizonaLooking for a special gift of all natural, organic herbal wellness remedies & skin care this holiday season?  In need of natural immunity to navigate the season?   Check out our beautiful, internationally adored, hand-crafted healing product line Bhava Wellness.  Use EMPOWEREDCONNECTION at checkout and receive 15% off your order!EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Channeling & Honoring the Energy Around Us as a Path to Service, Devotion & Love with Corey Sokoloff

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 64:33


    Themes: Spirituality, Service, Prana, Pranic Healing, Subtle Energy, Bhakti, Love, Devotion, Prayer, Ritual, Intention, Coffee, Yoga Corey Sokoloff is a Certified Pranic Healer, Arhatic Yogi, 200HR CYT and accomplished drummer and percussionist. Corey implements yoga philosophy and eastern medicine to help achieve inner peace and physical well being.  He's is deeply passionate in helping others do the same. In 2008, Corey began his training in Pranic Healing: Basic, Advanced, Pranic Psychotherapy, and Pranic Crystal healing courses. Today, Coreyʻs practice flourishes locally and abroad with remote and in-person healing sessions, mentoring and workshops. His love for Bhakti Yoga and sacred music brought him to perform with renowned Kirtan Artists: David Newman (Durga Das), Jai Uttal, and many others. In 2021, Corey's passion for specialty coffee, kirtan and community inspired him to launch Japa Coffee. Crafting coffees that nature the soul, taste great, and harmonize well with your system - body, mind, & spirit. He brings his years of experience as a coffee professional, Pranic healer, and devoted yogi to each and every bag and each and every sip.In this deep, fascinating, & inspiring conversation we cover some of these topics:- What is Pranic Healing? What is prana?  How do we channel prana and what blocks our ability to channel it?- Awe & reverence to higher energies around us & living a life of serving others - How we can spiritualize & make sacred what we consume & what we create- Coffee as plant medicine & the divine energies within coffee- The real, simple transformative nature of prayer, sacred intention, and well wishing towards others - How to live from the heart, instead of the head with kirtan  - Clearing & cleansing our auric body to allow the soul to shine through our life in day-to-day life... and to allow us to receive the love + connection of othersand much more!*Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationshipsConnect with Corey here:IG: @coreysokoloff & @japacoffeejapacoffee.com*Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here monthly in-person in PhiladelphiaUPCOMING EVENTS:12/9 - Bhagavad Gita Immersion AND Kirtan + Storytelling in Phoenixville, PA at Nectar Yoga1/20-1/21 - Divine Self Men's Circle Day Retreat outside of Philadelphia, PA ! EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Lessons on Intimacy Pt. 3: Creating Better Physical Intimacy in Our Relationships with Daniel Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 24:05


    Themes: Intimacy, Partnership, Relationships, Sexuality, Sensuality, Relationship Problems, Conscious Relationships, Healthy Relationships, Deep Connection, Eroticism, Emotional Awareness, Love, Nervous System RegulationIn this third part of a series of episodes on intimacy, join Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua and learn how to nurture the fertile groundwork for deeper physical intimacy in our partnerships & relationships.In many long term relationships, physical intimacy starts to lag or go underground.  In this episode, Daniel explores what is need to re-blossom physical connection, touch, intimacy and sexuality.  He also gives specific practices and concepts that will ensure more possibility and connectivity in our physical connection with our loved ones now and always.Listen to this Empowered Connection podcast episode & bring the needed tools + perspectives to step into a deeper connection with your high stakes relationships.  And do it now - for intimacy not only creates a beautiful appreciation of ourselves and others, but it also functions as the cornerstone to our relationships' health... and our own health & joy - mentally, emotionally, and physically*Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia - click to learn moreUPCOMING EVENTS:12/2 - Winter Deep Dive 1-3pm in Tucson, AZ at YogaPod12/9 - Bhagavad Gita Immersion AND Kirtan + Storytelling in Phoenixville, PA at Nectar Yoga1/20 - Divine Self Men's Circle Day Retreat outside of Philadelphia, PA ! More Info Coming SoonElevate & Expand 300 Hr  Yoga Teacher Training - details to be released soon!Sponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Narcissism Explained, Spiritual Perspectives on Narcissism, & Narcissism in Spiritual + Healing Communities with Chaitanya Lila Pankhania

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 75:19


    Themes: Narcissist Personality Disorder, Narcissism, Psychology, Psychological Disorders, Narcissistic Abuse, Self Help, Healing, Religious Trauma, Gurus, Spirituality, Religion, Trauma, Vedic Astrology, Bhakti,Chaitanya Lila Pankhania is an England-based Integrative Psychotherapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Journey Therapist, Past Life Regression Therapist, & EMDR trauma therapist.  She works with the subconscious mind - working with deep rooted beliefs, past negative memories, and emotion reactions that block a person from being able to live at peace with themselves in the present. She was also raised in the Bhakti Yoga spiritual tradition and she blends eastern philosophy into psychology as a way to deeper understand the mind and the SelfIn this rich, deep & informative podcast with Chaitanya we delve into these topics:- What is a narcissist?  What are the tell tale traits of a narcissistic?- What is the difference between narcissist personality disorder and having narcissistic traits?- Self help gurus, spiritual leaders & religious communities  and narcissism- Tips on how to watch out, notice the patterns, and protect yourself from becoming entrenched with a narcissist in relationship- How to navigate the decision to stay in relationship with a narcissist or leave a narcissist- Empowering + compassionate spiritual perspectives on narcissism- Jyotish - or Vedic astrology - as a resource for healing, dealing with + understanding narcissismAnd SO much more…ResourcesCheck out all that Chaitanya offers and her vast wealth of enterprise + services here:www.trikayapsychology.comAnd her instagram with tips on narcissism, narcissistic abuse, psychology, and much more:www.instagram.com/trikaya_psychologyAs referenced in the podcast, Sam Vaknin's work as a self-proclaimed narcissist teaching about narcissism:www.youtube.com/channel/UCLadFapyecCYAeuTqc12avA*SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY SALE! Receive 25% OFF all coaching packages and journeys with Damodar from Friday 11/24 to Monday 11/27Sign up for Empowered Connection Emailer HERE  for all the detailsOR  follow us on IG at @empoweredconnection.me and DM 25% off *Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia - click to learn moreSponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Lessons on Intimacy Pt. 2: Safely Nurturing & Communicating Self + Emotional Awareness

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 25:35


    Themes: Intimacy, Partnership, Relationships, Relationship Problems, Conscious Relationships, Healthy Relationships, Emotional Awareness, Inner Work, Deep Listening, Connection, Love, Family, FriendshipsIn this second episode in a series of episodes on intimacy, join Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua and learn how to develop deeper intimacy through becoming more emotionally aware of our own selves, developing deeper self understanding, and learning to safely + mutually share that awareness + understanding with our loved onesThe depth of our intimacy with another only goes as deep as the depth of our intimacy with our own self - and the sacred act of safely + securely sharing of that intimacy with our loved ones.  If we don't develop that inner emotional awareness & share it, our close relationships will feel stunted, superficial, and lack depth.  Furthermore, if we can't access or be with those intimate parts of our own self, we will undoubtedly push away those deeper parts of our loved ones.   Only if we learn to be with our own deeper emotions and share them with our loved ones in ways that are safe, & secure, AND - at the same time - listen to, hold lovingly, & validate our loved ones' deep emotional experience, can our intimacy grow.Listen to this Empowered Connection podcast episode & bring the needed tools + perspectives to step into a deeper connection with your high stakes relationships.  And do it now - for intimacy not only creates a beautiful appreciation of ourselves and others, but it also functions as the cornerstone to our relationships' health... and our own health - mentally, emotionally, and physically*Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia - click to learn moreSponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Lessons on Intimacy Pt. 1: The Intimacy of Difference, Conflict, & Repair

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 16:30


    Themes: Intimacy, Partnership, Relationships, Relationship Problems, Conscious Relationships, Healthy Relationships, Conflict, Deeper Connection, Love, Family, FriendshipsIn this first episode in a series of episodes on intimacy, join Empowered Connection Podcast host Damodar Cordua and learn how to find intimacy in a very surprising place: the conflict, difference, rupture - and then repair - we have with our loved ones.Some of us may think intimacy - the rich, connective space of deeply of knowing another - happens when we are not in conflict, when things are easy.  Even though there is a truth to this, there is also another deep truth.  Damodar illuminates that real, vulnerable intimacy actually happens when we can stand in our difference, in our polarity with another, and bridge that difference with healthy reconnection, validation, safety, and revelation.Listen to this and the future Empowered Connection podcast episode on intimacy and bring more possibility & potential  into your life + relationships.*Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia - click to learn moreSponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Developing Self Trust & the Power to Pivot with Scott & Shate Hayes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 56:20


    Themes: Self Empowerment, Self Awareness, Mindset, Relationships, Purpose, Mental Health, Partnership, Upleveling Scott A. Hayes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience as a mental health practitioner. His professional interests are in educating minority populations regarding the importance of integrating systems to include regular mental health care as a part of overall health and wellness, which he promotes on the community health panels he's regularly invited to join. Shaté L. Hayes is a creative at the intersection of education and media production with a passion for producing programming that inspires personal and professional advancement, especially for marginalized communities. She leads a high volume educational content production team at a market-leading ed tech company and is actively engaged in the community through career panels and regular contributions to Dance, Pointe, and Dance Teacher magazines. This is an inspiring conversation with an inspiring couple who share in their intertwined purpose, wisdom, mental health, and personal empowerment.  Join myself, Scott and Shate for a collaborative conversation on these empowering topics:- The humbleness, larger awareness, and power to pivot in our lives, our purpose, our relationships, our careers- Developing self awareness as a key to our relationships, our growth + our empowerment - How to develop self trust and why self trust is so important - Finding grace in our failures, exhibiting grace towards others failures- Mindset & the need for a willingness to be uncomfortable - Creating momentum in our lives even when it feels absent- Self Compassion, self acceptance, and allowing ourselves to be in process- Relationship wisdom for partnersAnd so much more!*Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia - click to learn moreSponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Do This To Transform Your Relationships & Transform the World with Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 14:30


    Themes: Conflict, Conscious Communication, Nonviolence, Relationships, Partnership, Listening, How To Love, Navigating Difference Join Empowered Connection Podcast host Damodar Cordua for this shorter solo episode and learn one of the most important practices in transforming your relationships - and the world.During a time of external conflict, difference, and strife, NOW is the time to let your own relational life be an example to others in how to: do conflict with more connection, navigate difference, repair after rupture, and stand for your truth while being in loving, compassionate acceptance of another's truth.Listen to today's podcast and learn how. *Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia - click to learn moreSponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Ways To Build Intimacy With Your Own Self with Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 23:31


    Themes: Self Exploration, Self Awareness, Self Discovery, Parts Work, Self Knowledge, Intimacy, Relationships, Presence, Connection, In this solo episode join Empowered Connection Podcast host Daniel Damodar Cordua for an exploration of self intimacy and self discovery.Learn ways to connect deeper to all the parts and aspects of who you are - especially the ones you might hide from or push down - and bridge your self awareness + connection to deeper connection to others in your life.A short, simple, yet inspiring episode to call you more profoundly into your relationship to your own self.*Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia - click to learn moreSponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    STRONG: A Relationship Guide for the Modern Man (& Us All) with Kristal DeSantis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 55:52


    Themes: Partnership, Relationships, Contemporary Man, Healthy Masculinity, Men's Mental Health, Sex, Yin & Yang, Conscious Living, Communication, Conflict, Self EmpowermentKristal DeSantis is a Texas Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Clinically Certified Trauma Professional, Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional and a State of Texas approved Premarital Education Provider. She is the creator of The STRONG model of Relational Therapy and is the clinical director of Austin STRONG: Relationship Building Center, a group therapy practice in Austin, TX.Her specialties include: Couples' Therapy (including sexual desire discrepancy/ out of control sexual behaviors/recovery from infidelity), EMDR for trauma and PTSD recovery, PREPARE/Enrich Premarital Counseling, Conflict and Communication skill-building for high conflict couples, Emotional regulation and healing from attachment trauma.Her passion populations are high performing/self-identified hyper-masculine men and those who love them.STRONG: A Relationship Field Guide for the Modern Man is her first book … which I had the chance to dive into - I highly recommend it!Today's episode is one of my favorites - a deep conversation with two relationship nerds and experts passionate about teaching + learning relational skills.  It was such a fun and engaging time to connect with Kristal, learn more about her inspiring work + new book, and really stir the pot around:- Empowering relationship tools for all people- Partnership tips & ideas that will shift the way we “do” partnership- Problematizing & workshopping the role of the contemporary man in society & in relationship- Creating more conscious & “updated” contemporary masculine roles for more potential in partnership- The energy of the feminine/masculine or yin/yang generally speaking within all our relationships- Breaking down the “STRONG” method in ways that will create more potential in romance, life partnering, and all your relationships- The importance of beginning all our relationships with a foundation of Safety, Trust + Respect- Practicing love, rather than "finding" or "falling into" love... And so much more!Connection with Kristal here www.austinstrongrbc.comAnd her new book: STRONGReach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meUpcoming Events:Emotional Intelligence + Conscious Communication Immersion in-person, in Bradley Beach, NJ at Ohana Rising - 10/14 learn more & register HEREDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia & once a month online from around the world - click to learn more*EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    A Few Things I Wish I Knew About Relationships That I Know Now (Pt. 2) with Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 33:29


    Themes: Relationships, Partnership, Relationship Tips + Tools, Self Empowerment, Human Connection, Conflict, LoveIn this shorter solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection Podcast host Damodar Cordua talks about some of the key ideas + realizations he has learned over the years being both a relationship coach + expert and living in relationship to others within his own life.Explore practical self and relationship wisdom that will give you the inspiration and frameworks to empower both your life and all your relationships - with friend, family, lovers, and moreThis is a Part 2. following episode #85, showcasing more tips, tools, and ideas to give you more self & relational potential!Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meUpcoming Events:Emotional Intelligence + Conscious Communication Immersion in-person, in Bradley Beach, NJ at Ohana Rising - 10/14 learn more & register HEREDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia & once a month online from around the world - click to learn more*Sponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    Learning All About Tarot & Tarot Reading with Jessi Huntenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 58:35


    Themes: Tarot Reading, Self Awareness, Self Growth, Self Empowerment, Spirituality, Tarot Cards, Mysticism, Life Inspiration, Human Potential, Relationships  Jessi Huntenburg is a tarot deck creator and tarot consultant who helps seekers of all paths invoke and channel their unique creative divine. She's a three-time Tarot Reader's Academy instructor, and she's conducted workshops for Sage Priestess Training and the Fully Lit Business Mastermind. Her tarot deck and guidebook, the Genius Garden Tarot, was self-published in August of 2023.In this fascinating, inspiring, and empowering conversation, Empowered Connection Podcast host Damodar Cordua talks with Jessi about all things tarot.  If you are interested in learning more about this self growth, awareness + empowerment tool, listen to this full episode and learn more about:- Tarot's ability to nurture a greater understanding of the self and tease out what is hidden in our pysche into the light of our awareness- Tarot as an intermediary that unearths exploration, rather than tells us what to do- Why people get tarot readings & why YOU should get a tarot card reading- The role of the tarot card reader - Jessi's own journey of creating her tarot deck, the Garden Genius Tarot- How to use tarot decks in a variety of self empowering + inspiring ways- Hear Damodar's own tarot reading LIVE on the podcast!- The ethics of tarot card reading and using tarot cards- How to honor & respect the tarot deck itself as an intermediary & guide ... And so much more Connect with  guest Jessi Huntenberg HERE - geniusgardentarot.com and also learn more about her new tarot deck and all the resoures she has to offer!*Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meUpcoming Events:Emotional Intelligence + Conscious Communication Immersion in-person, in Bradley Beach, NJ at Ohana Rising - 10/14 learn more & register HEREDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia & once a month online from around the world - click to learn more*Sponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

    A Few Things I Wish I Knew About Relationships That I Know Now (Pt. 1) with Damodar Cordua

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 23:16


    Themes: Relationships, Partnership, Relationship Tips + Tools, Self Empowerment, Human Connection, Conflict, Love In this shorter solo podcast episode, Empowered Connection Podcast host Damodar Cordua talks about some of the key ideas + realizations he has learned over the years being both a relationship coach + expert and living in relationship to others within his own life.Explore practical self and relationship wisdom that will give you the inspiration and frameworks to empower both your life and all your relationships - with friend, family, lovers, and moreAnd stay tuned for part 2 for more tips, tools, and ideas to give you more self & relational potential!Reach Out to Empowered Connection podcast host Damodar for your FREE Discovery Session - and start your 2023 journey of self & relational discovery & empowerment... for both individuals + couples who are ready to explore, illuminate + empower their lives & their relationships*Follow Damodar on Instagram for Daily Self Growth & Relationship Tips + Tools:@empoweredconnection.meUpcoming Events:Emotional Intelligence + Conscious Communication Immersion in-person, in Bradley Beach, NJ at Ohana Rising - 10/14 learn more & register HEREDivine Self Men's Circle  more info here once a month in-person in Philadelphia & once a month online from around the world - click to learn more*Sponsored  by Bhava Wellness all organic, consciously crafted herbal remedies, skin care, incense, and more&  EMPOWERED CONNECTION

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