Shadowlight: Transformation, Healing, Activism, Mental Health, Mindset, Spirituality, Biohacking, Trauma, Personal Growth

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Welcome to Holistic Life Design, formerly known as Shadowlight: the Podcast. This show is the same as before, but different. Moving from emphasis on the shadow, on the unconscious (Shadowlight!) to emphasis on conscious co-creation, on making your whole life your unique work of art. Moving from surviving, deepening… to thriving, expanding… blending both paradigms together. Whole-ism. Integrating all parts for aligned, joyful, sovereign, multidimensional living. Whole-istic Living… by your own Design. A container for even more magical conversations about all things energy, artistry, intuition, feng shui, holistic healing, subconscious reprogramming, conscious business creation, abundance, activism, mental health, mysticism, and so much more… All of it belongs here. All of you belongs here. And so it is.

In this episode, I am offering a quick process for subconscious reprogramming that will help you take your power back and step back into the shoes of the conscious co-creator you truly are... no matter what is happening in your life.   WORK WITH BRYANNA Subconscious Self Mastery Waitlist (Group Coaching Program beginning October 2021) Go Deep -- 1:1 Coaching   CONNECT WITH BRYANNA Website | Instagram | TikTok | Pinterest  

In this episode I am going to share how you can cultivate positivity and maintain a high vibration in your life. I'm talkin true, powerful positivity... not performative positivity. Spoiler alert: the secret is to FEEL ALL OF YOUR FEELINGS. Even (especially) the low vibe feelings. No amount of masking or repressing negative, low vibe feelings will make you high vibe--to the contrary, you will hold onto those negative emotions and stay in those low vibes. Feel them, heal them, alchemize your energy & experience.   WORK WITH BRYANNA Subconscious Energetics Masterclasses Subconscious Self Mastery Waitlist (Group Coaching Program beginning October 2021) Your Subconscious Home Waitlist for 1:1 Coaching (next opening end of July)   CONNECT WITH BRYANNA Website | Instagram | TikTok | Pinterest  

Your subconscious is energy. Everything is energy. Energy is everything. ;) Understanding this is key to deep and expansive holistic healing and powerful co-creation.   WORK WITH BRYANNA Subconscious Energetics Masterclasses Subconscious Self Mastery Waitlist (Group Coaching Program beginning October 2021) Your Subconscious Home Waitlist for 1:1 Coaching (next opening end of July)   CONNECT WITH BRYANNA Website | Instagram | TikTok | Pinterest  

In this episode, I am sharing my experience in our mental health and legal system &&& why I left it all behind four years ago to teach and coach. This episode contains my most candid share to date about my personal life experience that led to my professional obsession with advocacy and activism work. It also contains my most candid share about what I witnessed through both my personal and professional experiences and how that influenced what I understand and teach now, on so many levels. This episode is the context that creates all of the content. IFYKYK. ;)

Rebirth, rebrand, reframe. Same as before, but different. Moving from emphasis on the shadow, on the unconscious (Shadowlight!) to emphasis on conscious co-creation, on making your life your work of art. Moving from surviving, deepening… to thriving, expanding. Integrating all parts for aligned, joyful, sovereign, multidimensional living. A container for even more magical conversations about all things energy, intuition, feng shui, holistic healing, subconscious reprogramming, conscious business, activism, mental health, mysticism, and so much more… I love you all. Thank you for being here.

A riff on what it means to expand/raise consciousness and how to do it. Hint: the what doesn't involve suddenly becoming "more woke" than someone else and judging them for where they are at, and the how does involve looking into your subconscious.   Work With Me: 1:1 Coaching Program 6 Month 1:1 Coaching 60 Minute Breakthrough Session Group Coaching Program 6 Month Your Subconscious Home Course

Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 1/1/21. This week’s episode is with Coach, Sound Meditation Healer, Podcast Host, and Mama Bear, Brittany Pollard. In this episode, we talk all about the courage it takes to dream up and actually create your dream life, burnout and the importance of slowing down through the creative process, wellness, and so much more. Brittany is a dear friend and profoundly wise being that I am thrilled to share with you all.   Connect with Brittany: Instagram: www.instagram.com/brittanychenise   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/   Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 1/1/21.

Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 1/1/21. You are a powerful creator of your own reality. LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 10/25/20. This week’s episode is with Self Love Coach and Breathwork Facilitator, Stevie Wright. In this episode, we talk about all things masculine/feminine energy, embodiment, breathwork, Self love, creating your reality, relationships, and so much more. Stevie is one of my best friends and we have both come together to heal some major relational trauma in the past year, and we share a lot about that in this episode.   Connect with Stevie: Website: https://www.steviewright.co/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevielwright_/    LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/   Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 10/25/20.

Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 10/25/20. Rob Starbuck is a Breathwork Facilitator and Artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Rob brings a unique and powerful energy to creating transformative breathwork journeys ranging in size from 10 - 300+ people in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and locations around the world. Rob believes deeply in the power of the breath’s natural ability to transform lives and strip out old belief systems, limiting fears, false identity, and chronic stress that humans experience in today's world. Rob’s message is that we are all-powerful and that our bodies carry infinite information. This raw information becomes unburied through breath and, when integrated, allows us to grow in the purest form.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT What breathwork is, how breathwork affects our brains and bodies and how it can help us interrupt patterns that we want to shift. What to look for in a breathwork experience and facilitator. Rob’s transformational journey with breathwork and how it’s helped him create space within to heal, live from the heart, and explore his inner depths. How Rob guides others through their own transformational journeys. Rob’s experience with clearing a sexual assault that was suppressed for twelve years through a breathwork session and how that led him to a space of clarity and liberation. Plus so much more... Here is a link to experience a free breathwork journey with Rob: http://www.abreathworkjourney.com/freejourney   CONNECT WITH ROB Website: robstarbuck.com Instagram: @starbuck.rob   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Pinterest: pinterest.com/bryannadee   Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 10/25/20.

This week’s episode is with my dear friend and law school classmate, William Igbokwe. William is both an attorney and a performer in Portland, Oregon. He views his career in law as just a piece of the larger part of his life’s work as an advocate. In this interview, we discuss a wide range of issues (hence the lengthy title!) primarily related to the law and social justice and how these macro issues affect each of us on the micro-level. This is my second interview with William and is really a furthering of the conversation we had in Episode 21. Definitely check out that episode first if you haven’t already!   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT Why we can’t talk about wellness without talking about social justice and how both are intertwined within each other. This is a time for people in the wellness industry to become more active in how they can more holistically support the collective. How COVID-19 sparked an intense community wellness responsibility, but the killings of unarmed Black men and women didn’t invoke the same amount of pressure to protect each other’s safety. Manueving wellness as a Black man with all that’s happening in society and how William has had to look at wellness in a different way.  How we can be both perpetrators of injustice and victims of trauma, and why it’s important to recognize that about ourselves (and others) and reconcile it.   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Pinterest: pinterest.com/bryannadee

Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 10/25/20. This week's episode is with a dear mentor and friend, Alexandra Roxo. Alexandra is an artist, writer, storyteller, and mentor and teacher for women. Her career has traversed genres, but always with a through-line of exploration of the female body and the exploration of feminine traditions and narratives associated with divinity. Alexandra has been making art, writing, and sharing her heart publicly for nearly two decades. She has been featured on TV shows such as Slutever on Viceland, Sex/ Life on Epix, YouTube shows, podcasts, and international publications for her work as a writer speaking up about the modern feminine experience.  She sees clients in one-on-one coaching and mentorship, leads retreats, and groups monthly online in her online community Radical Awakenings.  Her ideas and stories have been featured in the New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, The Guardian, Nylon, Playboy, and many other international publications. Her first book F*ck Like a Goddess: Heal Yourself. Reclaim Your Voice. Stand in Your Power. debuted on July 21, 2020, with publisher Sounds True.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT Alexandra as my coach / my personal experiences with her. Making the choice to go deep into our pain and sorrow so we can become more intimate with our truth and get to know our true Self. Being willing to be vulnerable with our painful experiences so we can make them a part of conversations and create change within our Self and in the world. Showing up to life without the need to perform and project for validation, coming forward as who we are, and opening up to the ways that we can create and share from our true Self. Creating a business that accepts all parts of you and allows you the space to be the multidimensional being that you are. And so much more.   CONNECT WITH ALEXANDRA Website: alexandraroxo.com Instagram: @alexandraroxo   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Pinterest: pinterest.com/bryannadee   Apply for Subconscious Self Mastery - my six-month-long group mentorship program beginning 10/25/20.

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Hey y'all! I have been on a little podcasting hiatus (if you follow along on Instagram you have been in the loop... if not, come join!! @bryannasayingthings). Over the past couple of months, I have been taking my time to record new episodes and interviews and really intentionally decide what I want to do with this show moving forward. I was in no rush, but with everything happening in the world right now, I am feeling called to just jump back in and show up to serve. So I ditched the "welcome back" episode I had planned and am mixing things up! Diving in with my read on the big picture of what this pandemic and all the uncertainty around it is showing us all right now. Apply to join Subconscious Self Mastery, my 12-week mentorship program designed to help you reprogram your subconscious and redesign your life, beginning 3/23/2020. If you missed the deadline to apply for this cohort, click the link to join the waitlist for the next round! http://bit.ly/subconsciousselfmastery 

Aarona Lea is the author and co-creator of The Moon Deck, an intuitive oracle deck designed to help you ritualize self love, a deeper connection to your intuition, and emotional health. She is also a teacher, a speaker, and a coach, who has worked in the wellness/healing space for over a decade. What started as a personal need for survival, eventually became a passion turned profession. Starting her healing journey as a child, Aarona had a natural pull towards spirit which helped her to feel safe and connected during unstable times. Her curiosity led her on a life-long journey of study and ritual where she explored the shadowy depths of healing trauma, fully recovered from a 10-year cycle of bulimia, and continues to help normalize conversations around emotional health and intuitive living.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Aarona's story, her personal experiences and deep healings that guided her into her work (both personal and professional) The conceptualization, creation, and now running the business of The Moon Deck How your personal work feeds your professional work and vice versa, even if you aren't working in wellness What self-love really is and how to find it, even in your darkest moments The importance of lovingly holding yourself accountable in your life - how to balance monitoring your emotional health and your language without bypassing or ignoring Plus so much more…   We are doing a giveaway right now for anyone who leaves a review on iTunes for the show–take a screenshot of your review before you submit it and email the review to hello@bryannadee.com. We will send you a forgiveness hypnosis recording–one of the most powerful tools for cutting energetic chords and releasing the hold that your past and/or other people have on you–as a thank you for loving and supporting the show!   Connect with Aarona Lea: Website: Aarona Lea, The Moon Deck Instagram: Aarona Lea   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Danielle Moss is a blogger, the Co-Founder of the popular websites The Everygirl and The Everymom, a Co-Founder of the interior design store Anecdote, a mom, and a wife. Her work revolves around design and curation, both in her online platforms and now in her interior design store. But that isn't all she does—she also shares a lot online about her personal story and struggles, and she does a beautiful job of blending the curated and inspirational with the real and personal. She is a great example of someone who has repurposed their struggles and heartaches into their life's purpose and work, by creating resources to help others, and who shows up openly to share about it.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Danielle's personal story and struggles, from her childhood to her expectations throughout her 20s, moving from California to Chicago to start over, building multiple businesses, dating, getting married, having a baby... the whole thing! How Danielle repurposed her struggles and pain into her life's purpose and work, creating resources to help others Sharing authentically on social media, how she assesses what to share and when to share it Navigating sharing as a mom, what she considers when sharing her daughter online Her experience with therapy Dealing with internet trolls Plus so much more…   We are doing a giveaway right now for anyone who leaves a review on iTunes for the show–take a screenshot of your review before you submit it and email the review to hello@bryannadee.com. We will send you a forgiveness hypnosis recording–one of the most powerful tools for cutting energetic chords and releasing the hold that your past and/or other people have on you–as a thank you for loving and supporting the show!   Connect with Danielle Moss: Website: The Everygirl, The Everymom, Danielle Moss, Anecdote Instagram: Danielle Moss   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Learning how to see the gift in your wound, cultivating the gift, finding the power inside of the pain, so that you can share your gift with the world -- instead of sharing your pain with the world. And how life becomes easier and more connected as you do this.   We are doing a giveaway right now for anyone who leaves a review on iTunes for the show–take a screenshot of your review before you submit it and email the review to hello@bryannadee.com. We will send you a forgiveness hypnosis recording–one of the most powerful tools for cutting energetic chords and releasing the hold that your past and/or other people have on you–as a thank you for loving and supporting the show!   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Mark Wolynn's story and his journey to working in and leading the field of intergenerational trauma How we inherit stress responses from family patterns (trauma that originated somewhere in our family line) How to tell when a stress response is ours or inherited Mark's research and understanding of the field. Case studies and scientific studies that demonstrate these family patterns and our ability to reframe the stress responses, heal, and end the patterns Plus so much more…   Mark Wolynn is North America’s leader in Inherited Family Trauma. He is the Director of The Family Constellation Institute, The Inherited Trauma Institute and The Hellinger Institute of Northern California. He is a sought-after lecturer, he leads workshops at hospitals, clinics, conferences, and teaching centers around the world. He has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, the Western Psychiatric Institute, Kripalu, The New York Open Center, The Omega Institute, The California Institute of Integral Studies. His book IT DIDN’T START WITH YOU: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (Viking/Penguin) is the winner of the 2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award in psychology. Mark specializes in working with depression, anxiety, obsessive thoughts, fears, panic disorders, self-injury, chronic pain and persistent symptoms and conditions.   We are doing a giveaway right now for anyone who leaves a review on iTunes for the show–take a screenshot of your review before you submit it and email the review to hello@bryannadee.com. We will send you a forgiveness hypnosis recording–one of the most powerful tools for cutting energetic chords and releasing the hold that your past and/or other people have on you–as a thank you for loving and supporting the show!   Connect with Mark Wolynn: Website: www.markwolynn.com  Instagram: Mark Wolynn   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

How to reframe the moments you feel stuck in life, particularly in personal growth and healing. Understanding the four different levels of learning (based on the "conscious competence" learning model, relates to the psychological states involved in the process of progressing from incompetence to competence) and why it sometimes feels like we are going backward or not moving in the process.   We are doing a giveaway right now for anyone who leaves a review on iTunes for the show–take a screenshot of your review before you submit it and email the review to hello@bryannadee.com. We will send you a forgiveness hypnosis recording–one of the most powerful tools for cutting energetic chords and releasing the hold that your past and/or other people have on you–as a thank you for loving and supporting the show!   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Suzy Batiz is the CEO and Founder of Poo~Pourri and Supernatural Clean. She is also a master of transformation; whether she's transforming literal shit into a pleasant-smelling experience with Poo~Pourri or people’s lives with her growing personal brand. Suzy is a revolutionary explorer of infinite potential in the playground of life who loves to inspire others and bring them along for the ride. Suzy experienced some of life’s lowest lows — poverty, sexual and domestic abuse, depression, two bankruptcies and a suicide attempt — which led to what she calls the luxury of losing everything. After harnessing the power of intuition, her journey led her to building her businesses from the ground up without ever taking a dollar of outside investment. Suzy harnessed the power of true transformation and turned ALIVE IDEAS into a $500+ million empire. Suzy knows that money is simply energy and by focusing on your energetic state, abundance in all areas of your life naturally follows: your energetic state improves, and you will lead an Alive as Shit life. She wants every person to know that they already have everything inside of them to make their dreams come true.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Her journey from poverty, sexual and domestic abuse, depression, two bankruptcies, and a suicide attempt ... to starting a $500 million+ business and creating a life of abundance and liberation beyond her wildest dreams How business can be the greatest catalyst for personal and spiritual growth ... and how personal and spiritual growth contributes to business growth, too How she operates her business off of feelings and intuition over strategy, and some of her experiences in navigating this in a large company Creating your own rules, in your life and in your business How to create and KEEP massive abundance in your life The importance of following your, you guessed it, feelings Plus so much more…   Connect with Suzy Batiz: Website: www.suzybatiz.com  Instagram: Suzy Batiz   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

My thoughts on what constitutes healthy vulnerability in sharing our stories. Some things to consider when deciding if, when, and how to share your story with other people or on public platforms. How I make those decisions for my Self. I get these questions from y'all a lot. And this is such an important conversation to be having in today's age of oversharing and contrived vulnerability (aka sharing vulnerably just for marketing or sales). The answers to all of these questions are so subjective and personal that nobody can answer them except for you! So I share my own process in hopes that it gives you something to consider throughout your own process.   We are doing a giveaway right now for anyone who leaves a review on iTunes for the show--take a screenshot of your review before you submit it and email the review to hello@bryannadee.com. We will send you a forgiveness hypnosis recording--one of the most powerful tools for cutting energetic chords and releasing the hold that your past and/or other people have on you--as a thank you for loving and supporting the show!    LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Shaman Durek is a 6th generation shaman who has devoted decades to study and practice in becoming a thought leader and spiritual enthusiast for people all over the world. His focus is educating people on how to make shamanism a lifestyle choice for evolutionary adaptation. He is an author, activist and a women’s empowerment leader.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: What a shaman is & the difference between a shaman and someone who works with plant medicine Spirituality, religion, what God is Understanding quantum energy How to transcend living in duality (right v. wrong, this v. that) Living in true self-love The power of play Love, love, love, love Plus so much more…   Connect with Shaman Durek: Website: www.shamandurek.com  Instagram: Shaman Durek   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

In this episode, I am sharing my story/relationship with religion & spirituality. To date, I have avoided sharing much about my own spiritual beliefs/experiences publicly... and yet it is one of the most important pieces of my life. And it is something that we ALL have some kind of relationship with, even if the relationship is that we do not identify as being religious or spiritual. I have some upcoming interviews that will dive more into these topics, but I decided to open the conversation through a share of my experience because I know there is someone else who is going to relate.   We are doing a giveaway right now for anyone who leaves a review on iTunes for the show--take a screenshot of your review before you submit it and email the review to hello@bryannadee.com. We will send you a forgiveness hypnosis recording--one of the most powerful tools for cutting energetic chords and releasing the hold that your past and/or other people have on you--as a thank you for loving and supporting the show!    LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

My beliefs about what is underneath all addiction (any numbing compulsions)... and what true, lasting recovery (healing!) is.   We are doing a giveaway right now for anyone who leaves a review on iTunes for the show--take a screenshot of your review before you submit it and email the review to hello@bryannadee.com. We will send you a forgiveness hypnosis recording--one of the most powerful tools for cutting energetic chords and releasing the hold that your past and/or other people have on you--as a thank you for loving and supporting the show!    LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Earlier this year I sat down with Sahara Rose (www.iamsahararose.com), Sophie Jaffe (www.thephilosophie.com), and Ali Bonar (www.kween.co) to chat all things boobs, body image, sexuality, birth control, and having a spiritual relationship with these things. Today’s episode of #shadowlightpodcast is the audio from this conversation.   All three of these womxn are incredible, loving powerhouses who share so openly and directly about these topics from their experience and understanding. I am so grateful for this conversation—for the content and the candor—and am thrilled to be able to share it with y’all! And really hope it inspires the other womxn tuning in to have these kinds of conversations with your friends!   Of course, there is a backstory to why this conversation is so dear to my heart. And it’s an important one for me to start sharing more about even though it honestly still feels uncomfortably embarrassing and vulnerable for me.   In 2012 I had breast implants put in. After years of disordered eating and losing 20 pounds the month after my mom died (when I was already below average weight), my boobs completely deflated. I also didn’t have a period, lost a bunch of hair, and had a myriad of other health issues.   But, at the time, my titties were my biggest concern. That is just a display of where I was at in life. (Hint: it didn’t work; actually complicated things even further.)   Desperately trying to fix everything on the outside, in hopes it would make me feel better on the inside.   I wanted implants so badly that I packed my apartment up into a storage unit and moved in with my grandma for 6 months so I could afford them.   6 months after having the implants put in I started experiencing autoimmune symptoms. And have been in and out of chronic pain, inflammation, hormonal issues, thyroid and adrenal issues, and more ever since.   My intuition told me the implants were related and I asked multiple doctors about whether they could be related.   Which, I should note, is not to say that they were THE cause… I also had a lifetime of chronic stress and trauma that certainly contributed to my body’s breakdown… but at least the straw that broke the camel’s back?   BUT EVERY SINGLE DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT WASN’T A THING. The implants aren’t related to the symptoms, there is no reason to think that would be true.   So I believed them. Because, obviously, doctors are smarter than me?   This was also a theme for ~4 years of my life, as I went in and out of doctors office for my autoimmune illness and was given different diagnosis after different diagnosis and basically written off like it was all in my head.   2 years ago I started hearing about Breast Implant Illness. And was like WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK! So I started researching it and so much clicked.   Why did I never even think about all of the plastic and CHEMICALS sitting INSIDE of my body?   Especially as a highly sensitive person.   By this point, I had already stopped eating out of any plastic and had stopped purchasing anything wrapped in plastic (to my best ability) … and to be totally honest, that didn’t start because of my concern about the environment. I started doing it because of my concern about ingesting chemicals that leaked out of plastic.   AND HERE I WAS WITH PLASTIC TITTIES.   Plus, they felt totally out of sync with who I was anymore. I had purged so much emotionally, moved across the country, purged my physical belongings, purged friendships and family members that were toxic … total clean out … except for these heavy bags of old pain on my chest.   So in December I had them removed.   And the aftermath has been far greater than I could have imagined.   Mostly emotionally.   Realizing how disconnected I had been from my body. And my heart. Literally blocking my heart off from the world with a plastic wall. After having my heart shattered by the loss of my mother.   And then from openly sharing my experience with other people.   Since having them removed, I have had SO many conversations with other womxn about the topics in this podcast episode.   Some who had implants, some who wanted them, some who admit that they judge people who have them, some who were totally impartial or hadn’t given any of this more thought, the whole gamut.   But a constant amongst EVERY womxn I have spoken to has been the deeper understanding and connection with the larger message, the body image issues, putting things in our body that can disrupt our health without appropriate information (birth control, other meds, etc.).   And I started realizing how much more of this we ALL need.   Honest, direct, vulnerable, REAL conversations about the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual realities of how we relate to our bodies and what we put in and around them.   Without shame or blame or judgment or assumptions about another person’s experience or story.   This conversation is just a small piece of that. It goes deep from the drop-in, and stays there all throughout. It is short (around 30 minutes) but powerful.

This is a candid share about my personal experience with mental health -- growing up with mental illness in my family, my own struggles, then going on to work in the mental health field, in mental institutions, nonprofits, prisons, courtrooms, etc. To sum it up, our mental health medical model is actually a mental illness model that medicalizes and profits off of human despair. We deserve a lot more.   We have to become activists for our Self and demand more. Which, first, requires having more of these candid conversations.   We are doing a giveaway right now! If you leave a review for this show on iTunes, take a screenshot before pressing submit and email it to hello@bryannadee.com. To thank you for loving and supporting the show we will send you a free recording of a powerful forgiveness hypnosis!

This episode is a solosode with Bryanna... full of updates about this summer break, where she has been/what has been going on behind the scenes/a vulnerable life update, what is around the corner for this show, and so much more. As always, if you love this show, please be sure to leave a review on iTunes sharing what it is that you love! That is the best way to support the work we do here and to help us attract even more SPECTACULAR guests. With love & gratitude. ✨✨✨ The Shadowlight Team

Here is the long anticipated episode all about human design! Those of y’all who have been tuning in for a while know how obsessed I am… I often talk about it in episodes and so many have asked for more info. The time has arrived! Erin Claire is an expert in Human Design and a leadership coach who uses Human Design to help leaders and teams step into their highest potential by offering them the self-knowledge and tools to perform at the top of their personal and professional games. She has consulted for startups all over the world, built companies supporting executives, partnerships and small teams to operate more harmoniously and effectively, and conducted research on leadership challenges at 90+ early-stage companies. So basically, Erin takes something that many consider to be super “woo”... a system that brings together The I Ching, astrology, Kaballah, Hindu-Brahmin chakra system, and quantum physics… and makes it easily digestible and actionable in both personal and professional settings.   Try Sakara plant-based meal delivery service… life-transforming, plant-rich super meals delivered to your door… for 15% off your first purchase with code REF_SHADOWLIGHT15 IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:   What is human design How to figure out your human design What the different energy types are and what they inform (a breakdown of each) What to look at first, how to get the best information 3 most important parts to understand first - type, strategy, decision making Things become more relevant when you actually live your design (so integrate what you learn in chunks before trying to learn all the pieces, massive amounts of info) Plus much more… RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE   https://www.mybodygraph.com/   Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down- who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes. Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face. Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away. I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver Connect with Erin: Website: www.erinclairejones.com Instagram: @erinclairejones     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/  

Stefanos Sifandos is a coach and teacher of all things healthy masculinity, sacred union, and living in a place of heart-mind(ful) balance. Stefanos brings so much wisdom and embodied experience to his teachings; he has traversed the depths of his own pain and fears to overcome destructive patterns in his life, he has been deeply immersed in studies of eastern and western methodologies and philosophies, and he has worked at the forefront of the personal transformation, relationship, and leadership space for ~18 years. He now dedicates his life to sharing what he has learned (and is still learning) in order to help others awaken their inner truth in order to achieve their full potential.   Try Sakara plant-based meal delivery service… life-transforming, plant-rich super meals delivered to your door… for 15% off your first purchase with code REF_SHADOWLIGHT15 IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: What it means to be a healthy man in contemporary times Stef’s story of transforming his greatest voids into his greatest values The importance of asking for help, the importance of self-reliance, and what balancing the two can look like Living in integrity How to be present through difficult/uncomfortable moments and why it is really healthy to express where we are at in a moment Understanding relationship as sacred union What the “self-love” conversation looks like for the masculine Plus much more… RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine   Connect with Stefanos: Website: www.reclaimyourkingdom.com Instagram: @stefanossifandos     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/  

Millana Snow is an energy healer and founder and CEO of WellnessOfficial.co, an online community and marketplace revolutionizing the wellness industry by democratizing holistic wellness for practitioners and brands globally. She is also the host of This Is Wellness with Millana Snow, Dash Radio’s first wellness show. Former actress and model for Project Runway, Millana left the limelight to pursue her calling as a spiritual worker and healer. Millana is passionate about pushing the boundaries of holistic health in the mainstream, as a practitioner she's on a mission to normalize energy healing and empower people to seek to heal themselves by exploring and expanding deeper consciousness in their everyday lives. Millana is a true powerhouse, as a woman, a healer, an entrepreneur, and in all things she shows up for. She is the real deal - I have been so moved by her presence and her practice (seriously, y’all… book a session!) and I know you will be too!   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Millana’s career path and spiritual path, and how they have merged How all of her life/career/spiritual experiences are integrating to make a huge impact as a healer and as an entrepreneur The healing modalities she uses in her practice, including reiki and breathwork (obvi) Millana’s dark night of the soul… and how she used it as fuel to flip her life around What it really takes to bring yourself to the next level (hint: radical self-responsibility and doing the work. Sexy, no?) The importance of investing in your Self Spiritual bypassing, when you are actually using spirituality / wellness / “being a good person” as a mask All about her new business / platform for practitioners, WellnessOfficial.co The importance of healers and spiritual practitioners to thrive financially The balance of operating both a business and a practice = supporting and being supported What inclusion and diversity really looks like in wellness Plus so much more...   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Hounds of Love - Olesya Rulin Conversations with God - Neale Donald Walsch   Connect with Millana: Website: www.millanasnow.com // www.wellnessOfficial.co Instagram: @millanasnow // @wellnessofficial QUOTES (8:34) “I was so disconnected from my own feelings. I was so disconnected from how I was moving through the world. I knew that I was doing my best to be a good person, I knew that I was constantly seeking and studying spiritual practices, but I didn’t actually know that I was sad.”   (17:41) “I knew that I needed to take my self-education to another level because clearly I was not able to handle what I had stepped into to the extent to which was called for… but at the same time it was also the best gift.”   (25:39) “I made the choice at 10 that I’m a leader, I’m not a follower. So over the years, when I would study spirituality, and I would have these downloads and messages, I believed that was true for me and that’s it. I’m not going to listen to what somebody has to say about whether it is true or not. If I see it in my mind, that’s it.”   (26:19) “In those moments where you have literally the lowest moments of your life, you really have to dig in and be like, who really am I? And if I actually am that person, I have to show up that way. And that energy is a boundless, infinite well of power.”   (35:40) “Wellness is for everyone. All shapes, all sizes, all backgrounds, all languages, all spiritual and religious beliefs, everybody gets in on this. That’s what I’m excited about seeing with wellness going mainstream.”   (44:45) “You realize that this is an investment and you are literally changing your life. That’s what I am about; I’m about changing our lives so we can be who we came here to be. So, I’m willing to invest in that. And those who are aligned with that vibration of, like, yo I want to be and feel and do who I came into this physical body to be, feel, and do, that’s freaking worth the investment… whatever that is.”     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Robert Mack is an ivy-league-educated Celebrity Happiness Coach, Positive Psychology Expert, Published Author, and TV Host/Personality. He writes and speaks to people about how to live happier lives from the inside, out. His passion for this work comes from his own experience living with depression even though all looked well in his life from the outside. He realized he was focused on external measurements of success and was living in a depressing way. So he decided to change his life… one happy choice at a time.   Try Sakara plant-based meal delivery service... life-transforming, plant-rich super meals delivered to your door... for 15% off your first purchase with code REF_SHADOWLIGHT15   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: What is happiness? How do you increase success and happiness in your life? The importance of living in flow state What really gets in the way of true happiness? How mindful observation can be more transformative than hard work Rob’s story, his experience with depression, success, and happiness How to figure out what makes you happy, what you want in life How to end the cycle of constantly wanting more How small changes can make huge shifts in happiness and why you probably don’t need your whole life (and definitely don’t need to do it all at once) Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE   Good Morning Lala Land   Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi   Connect with Rob: Website: http://www.coachrobmack.com/about-rob/ Instagram: Rob Mack   QUOTES   (6:19) “It’s about diving deep into what you are passionate and purposeful around, what feels authentic to you, and doing it for the intrinsic value and reward and motivation itself—so, for joy’s sake alone, and for love’s sake alone.”   (8:00) “It’s the stories that we have about our lives and ourselves and other people that ultimately block true happiness, true love, true peace, true success.”   (19:00) “Putting the mind aside and simply, just being in the silence is everything. You can believe all of this on an intellectual level, that there is no separation, but it’s kind of like needing to jump into that puddle to discover there is no water. You can’t do it any other way. You have to jump in. You can intellectually get it, and the intellectual part is what we call faith or belief, but what we’re all really after is an experiential faith that knows we are all one in the same way that we know that wall is white—we don’t question it, we just live it.”   (30:55) “How can you ask for more when you haven’t used what you have?”   (41:57) “Following your bliss is not about doing something differently in the world, it’s about doing something differently within. My bliss ultimately exists within—in fact, I would say that I am bliss. I am life and life is bliss and bliss is perfect peace. It’s peaceful aliveness and alive peace.  And that is something you always are. When you’re thinking too much you don’t experience that, in the same way that when you are thinking too much you can’t hear the music in the background.”     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Yesterday was my 30th birthday... 30 on March 30th!! Meaning this is my golden year ;) And boy does that feel true! I have never felt so happy, in purpose, in alignment, at ease in my life as I have over the past few months. Not because of anything that has come into play in my external world--the past few months have actually been pretty overwhelming and have thrown me for quite a few loops, business and personal. Instead, my inner world has shifted so much that, at this point in my life, everything just feels easier. At ease. Perspective, amiright? Having struggled with depression and anxiety for as long as I can remember (my first official diagnosis was around 13 years old), it brings me so much JOY to realize where I am today and to reflect upon what I have learned/what has made the biggest SHIFT in my life. So I decided to stream of consciousness a list of 30 things I have learned in these 30 years, in hopes of sharing even just one lesson that might help you shift something in your life! Thank you all for the love and kind messages on my birthday. This podcast has legitimately changed my life and it is such a privilege when I hear back from y'all and are able to connect with those of you who make all of this possible! Xx   Try Sakara plant-based meal delivery service... life-transforming, plant-rich super meals delivered to your door... for 15% off your first purchase with code REF_SHADOWLIGHT15

Meghan Wallace James is an (intuitive) Feng Shui consultant, a momma to two beautiful boys, and a dear friend who has taught me so much about slowing down and appreciating the beauty that exists in every moment, in every place. She has also helped me clear out and activate my home, infusing principles of feng shui and intuition in order to create the foundation for the life I am calling in right now… aka, using Feng Shui as a manifestation tool. I am a total homebody who has been obsessed with design for almost a decade, but this new understanding of building home through energetics and desires has Changed. The. Game. Having grown up in an active renovation site—witness to chaos in home and in life—Meghan quickly developed a keen understanding of spaces in movement, how energy shifts with active changes in the home, and how that energy co-creates our lives from. As such, she has been in this practice of using home as a co-creator long before she understood it as Feng Shui. Throw in a degree in engineering, a degree in fashion design, multiple certificates in Feng Shui, and her experience in creating/re-creating so many different homes… Meghan’s expertise is well rounded and is just as grounded in pragmatism as it is wildly intuitive. This episode is full of flowy, poetic nuggets of wisdom, as Meghan does all things. She is the real deal and I know y’all will love her just as much as I do!   Try Sakara plant-based meal delivery service... life-transforming, plant-rich super meals delivered to your door... for 15% off your first purchase with code REF_SHADOWLIGHT15    IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Meghan’s story, how her life experiences led her to Feng Shui, and how her namesake’s consultancy was birthed How your home is a story about who you are, how your home informs your life What it means to activate your home and how to activate your home (using Bry as a case study) How the home can be used as a tool for manifestation, to co-create the life you are calling in What is Feng Shui? What a Bagua Map is, what it consists of, how to use it to understand and communicate with the spaces in your home The importance of having sacred space so you can really feel Slowing down and really seeing the beauty in the process, in the mess, in the creation; in each moment, in every place Plus so much more...   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: The Surrender Experiment by Michael Alan Singer   Connect with Meghan Wallace James: Website: www.meghanwallacejames.com Instagram: @meghan.wallace.james   QUOTES (7:10) “It’s my mission to give people sacred space.”   (8:12) I am someone who is never ready to do anything, I’m a perfectionist, but I thought— if that life experience to date isn’t enough to be ready to do this… oh and I’ll throw in a couple of certifications… but it was just like, duh.”   (18:31) “I just need to see it, to touch it and feel it, as spiritual as I am, for it to be real.”   (19:48) “Feng Shui is a way of manifesting in the world at large through what we do in the home. Ask me tomorrow and I will have a different definition. It’s for sure just a way of interacting with space. It’s therapy, it’s design, it’s everything. I keep it nebulous on purpose because what I do with you is different than what I would do with someone else.”   (34:00) “I was enjoying just the intuitive Feng Shui; I ordered a bunch of books—I didn’t find a lot that I really resonated with but I pieced it all together, which I think everyone should do anyways with anything, right? Take what works, don’t knock the rest, but you don’t have to adhere to it all.”   (35:36) “I talk a lot about space to feel because I wasn’t raised where it was safe to have my feelings. My feelings were an inconvenience.”   (39:55) “I’m so tired of everyone living for some magical future thing. Let’s love where we live right now. If that means investing in white paint for a rental apartment, so be it, it’s gonna make a world of difference. There is just something so powerful about owning a moment in time. Because as soon as you do, guess what happens? You get fast forwarded to wherever you need to be."      LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Musings on not taking life or your Self so seriously... especially when life throws you curveballs, when you are in deep healing, when you care a TON about the work you are doing in the world, and more.   Try Sakara plant-based meal delivery service... life-transforming, plant-rich super meals delivered to your door... for 15% off your first purchase with code REF_SHADOWLIGHT15   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryanna Dee Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/   Support the show by leaving a review for the podcast on iTunes and sharing an episode with a friend who could benefit from the messages within. Xx

Ksenia Avdulova is a public speaker, founder of the award-nominated digital platform Breakfast Criminals, and host of Woke and Wired podcast—a podcast focusing on expanded consciousness and entrepreneurship in the digital age. She built her career Instagram post-by-post after losing her visa, dream job, and boyfriend all at once (and thinking that she lost her shot at her American Dream). She has been named "one of the pioneers of conscious social media," and her work has been featured in well-renowned publications, alongside international powerhouse brands. She even graces the cover of Kashi GOLEAN cereal boxes nationwide (without being a pro athlete). Ksenia now shares her story as a point of inspiration and empowerment, and she teaches other entrepreneurs how to build an authentic and conscious platform.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Ksenia’s upbringing in Russia and her American Dream. Losing her visa, dream job, and boyfriend all at once… and how that laid the foundation for her to become a successful entrepreneur and transformational public speaker.  The power of listening to your body and trusting the messages/guidance surrounding you.  Ceremonial Cacao + the power of mindful rituals that help you connect to something deeper. Creating an authentic presence on social media platforms and how to consciously leverage your platform for your business. Successful brand partnerships Ksenia has created authentically by reaching out to companies that align with her lifestyle. Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Ceremonial Cacao Woke & Wired Podcast www.myheartbowl.com www.ksenia.nyc   Connect with Ksenia on Instagram: @breakfastcriminals @wokeandwired @crystalcriminals   QUOTES (3:52) “I would hold onto anything that would give me that glimpse of feeling good about myself until I really started finding it within myself with the help of yoga and meditation.”   (6:35)  “In that situation (losing her visa/dream job/boyfriend), the seeds were planted for Breakfasts Criminals because the idea was really me sharing me going through this difficult time in my life and reminding myself to start everyday with self-love, nourishment and kind thoughts to myself even if there is no guarantee.”   (8:44) “How to find your voice, how to use it and how to use social media to amplify your message to create business, to feel clarity and be aligned with who you are, where you are going and how you are putting it all out there.”   (15:51) “It’s interesting how in the moment it seems like it’s the end of the world and I can’t stay here and I’m losing my dream job and then it just led me to the craziest experiences where my work just ends up in the right place, in the right time, around the right people.”   (35:41) “The truth is you can’t be a conscious entrepreneur if you’re not a conscious human.”   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/    

Melissa Monte is the host of the popular podcast, Mind Love. Not long ago, Melissa was spiraling. She was bulimic, self-destructive and had no sense of self-love. The darker her inner world became, the more her life seemed to follow. Melissa had the outer life experiences that could understandably justify the darkness of her inner world—she was sexually assaulted, twice; she struggled with a destructive eating disorder for 10 years; her best friend committed suicide; she lost a parent from lymphoma; she was emotionally trapped in a manipulative relationship that ultimately landed her in jail for someone else’s crime—however, it was ultimately through changing her mind about her perception of her experiences and her Self that she turned her life around. Now, through her podcast, Mind Love, she teaches other people the many tools that she used to light up her inner world. In this interview she shares raw stories about her past, what she did to move through it, how she is still processing parts of it, and how she has turned it into her purpose and life’s work.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: How your life reflects your mindset Opening your mind + expanding your possibilities through inner work Melissa’s background and what led her to do the deep inner work Some of the tools Melissa used to change her mind Why it is important to be patient with yourself while unpacking trauma How she navigates the “unpacking” now Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE  Mind Love Podcast Catch Melissa on Instagram Catch Mind Love Podcast on Instagram   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryanna_dee Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Alua Arthur is a death doula and founder of Going With Grace, an end-of-life agency which exists to support people as they answer the question "what must I do to be at peace with myself so that I may die peacefully?" and to support family members in completing the affairs of their loved one's life after a death.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:   Alua’s story and her career transition from lawyer to death doula What a death doula is How death brings people to life The importance of planning for your death What legacy projects are and how they help families through the grieving process How to support someone you love who is dying How to talk to kids about death Where the death industry lacks and how our medical system makes death feel like a failure instead of a natural part of life Musings on the meaning of life Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Mentioned:   Momento Mori Middle Sex by Jeffrey Eugenides Song of Solomon by Tori Morrison Die Wise by Steven Jenkenson Tibetan Book Of The Dead   Connect with Alua: Website: www.goingwithgrace.com Instagram: @going_with_grace     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/         The Guest House   This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice. meet them at the door laughing and invite them in. Be grateful for whatever comes. because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.   -Rumi

We are returning after taking our conscious pause with a new episode. But first, here is a little taste of the soul reset that occurred during the pause. I have so many fantastic guests and episodes lined up and can't wait for you to hear them. It feels so good to be back! Xx   Shadowlight: The Song Copyright/Ownership Rights: Bryanna Dee Burkhart Vocals/Songwriter: Cristina Perez Guitar: Joshua Starkman Drums/Mixing: AJ Hall Bass: Max Moran Clarinet: Gregory Agid

Helping people become financially free is Joel Salomon’s life work. He spent decades in the finance industry—running his own hedge fund, being a portfolio manager for one of the largest banks in the world, and analyzing, rating, and reporting on global insurers—before stepping into his current role as a Prosperity Coach (or, as some people say, a “money shrink”), where he works with his clients to help identify and overcome the roadblocks standing in their way of personal financial freedom. He is the author of a book titled Mindful Money Management, which is a must-read for anyone interested in making smart money decisions.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Joel’s extensive background in finance and how that led him to his current role (his true purpose) as a Prosperity Coach What a money mindset is How your money mindset affects your bank account Why happiness and gratitude are an important part of your financial plan How your thoughts create your reality + how to use manifestation for prosperity How do you manage your money mindfully (in mindset and in strategy) Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Connect with Joel: Website: https://www.salaurmor.com/     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryannasayingthings Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Jason Russell is a director and activist who co-founded Invisible Children, the organization on the front line of an international movement against the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, in Central Africa. Jason is also the man behind the viral campaign Kony 2012 (y’all, it has over 102,242,971 views on YouTube alone). That campaign produced an onslaught of criticism and accusations and negative publicity which led a sleep-deprived, stressed out Jason to a mental breakdown that was equally as publicized. He shares his experience candidly in our interview with a candor and strength that is inspiring, and he shares his experience in the aftermath of that experience. He has since stepped back in his role in Invisible Children (although he is still on the board) and has stepped back out into the world. Quite literally. He and his wife recently sold all of their stuff and took their kids around the world on an activists’ adventure. Radical.   (But y’all, most importantly, OPRAH HAS BEEN TO HIS HOUSE.)   Shop Soul CBD www.mysoulcbd.com     IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: How Jason got into USC Film School, one of the most competitive programs in the country (hint: he didn’t take no for an answer) The creation of Invisible Children and the process of putting it out into the world (hint: he didn't take no for an answer) How Jason talks to his kids about the tragedies and injustices of the world, and what it was like for him to bring his children to the Rwandan Genocide Memorial How every single person is really doing the best they can (yes, really) How Jason got Oprah’s attention… more than once (hint: he didn’t take no for an answer) Using social activism to move legislation and create a movement His experience with having a public mental breakdown The importance of sitting with the shadows of life and getting really honest about ourselves and the world around us Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Mentioned: Onsite Workshops   Invisible Children     Connect with Jason: Website: www.alittleradical.com Instagram: Jason Radical Twitter: JasonRadicalRussell Email: jason@broomstickengine.com   QUOTES   “When I look at approaching any project, I’m always really curious about how to do it differently. How to do it, like, no one has ever done it like this before… and then taking the risk.”   “I didn’t really know about the tragedies or injustices of the world until I went to college or post-college and I think that is a disservice to young minds. I think it is important for them to grasp some of the challenges in the world early on. I think that they actually have solutions or ideas that grown-ups aren’t thinking of. The older you get, the more you start to believe that the way things are is the way things have to be, but children don’t see it that way because they haven’t been brainwashed into the politics or media.”   “I can’t tell you how freeing it has been to tell my story, which is different than yours, but there are similarities. And you can look at each other and say, me too.”   “My story might help someone else. I love the idea of encouragement because encourage at its root means to give courage. So it’s like I am giving courage to other people to go speak their truth.”   “Even just right now I feel like I am coming out of the idea that life will go on outside of Invisible Children, even though my identity was so wrapped around it. I didn’t view it as my work, I viewed it as my life.”     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryanna_dee Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/       I said to God, ‘Let me love you.’ And he replied, ‘Which part?’ ‘All of you, all of you.’ I said.   ‘Dear’ God spoke, ‘You are as a mouse wanting to impregnate a tiger who is not even in heat. It is a feat way beyond your courage and strength. You would run from me if I removed my mask.’   I said to God again, ‘Beloved I need to love you – every aspect, every pore.’   And this time God said, ‘There is a hideous blemish on my body, though it is such an infinitesimal part of my Being- could you kiss that if it were revealed?’   ‘I will try, Lord, I will try.’   And then God said, ‘That blemish is all the hatred and  cruelty in this  world.’   -St. Thomas Aquinas

Danette May is a leading healthy lifestyle expert, renown speaker, and best-selling author. She also runs an international eight-figure business with a mission to help women step into radical self-love. Her current personal mission, and the focus of her new book, is all about the rise. She tells us her own story of rising and shares the tools that she used to create big transformation in her life and to step into her fullest self-expression. Danette is a testament to the power of self-love, perseverance, vision, and how tapping into your greatest Self can bring both immense personal fulfillment AND financial abundance.   Soul CBD www.mysoulcbd.com     IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Danette’s story: where she is at now, her “pinch me life”, and how she got here Danette’s experience with loss, divorce, and financial struggles Her business mission—to help women step into radical self-love Her current personal mission—the unapologetic rise of each individual How she focuses on small things every day in order to make big impact (“small hinges move big doors”) What her three pillars + three non-negotiables are, and they helped her transform her life How she infuses her message into her family life and into her business culture Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Mentioned: The Rise by Danette May   Connect with Danette: Website: www.danettemay.com Instagram: Danette May   QUOTES   “My passion right now is really the unapologetic rise of each individual, rising into their fullest expression—standing more fully in their voice, standing on top of their stories, and really connecting and truly starting to see one another for who we are. Not what we do, not what we look like, not the differences that we have, but really the underlying current of our soul.”   “I had two choices: to stay in victim mode, or take 100% responsibility for my life.”   “As women, we need to celebrate our light and our victories and our genius just as much as we need to celebrate our darkness.” re “The quickest way to change our state is through movement. Not meditation, not smiling; those things are great but if you want to shift your state quickly, move. Movement is like the clearing of the cobwebs of the soul.”   “When you’re in your mess, you do not feel like being grateful. You do not feel like doing affirmations. You do not feel like eating something green and healthy. You just don’t feel like it, so don’t wait until you feel like it because you never will. Because you’re just in it. That’s ok, but the decision comes when you decide to do these things especially because I don’t feel like it.”     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryanna_dee Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/

Guy Macpherson is the founder of The Trauma Therapist Project and The Trauma Therapist Podcast. He has a doctorate in clinical psychology and does not offer or provide therapy. Instead, he focuses on bringing awareness to trauma issues and on helping educate, support, and inspire the individuals who are interested in learning more about trauma and who want to help people who have been impacted by trauma.   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: What trauma really is and why it is so important to acknowledge and recognize What inspired Guy to pursue a career in trauma therapy What The Trauma Therapist Project + Podcast are, and how they came to life What makes a therapist (trauma or otherwise) great Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Mentioned: Letters to a Young Poet by Rilke Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog by Bruce Perry   Connect with Guy: Website: https://www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/   QUOTES  “Neurobiologically speaking, trauma has a detrimental impact to the central nervous system, such that it dysregulates it. People experience a variety of things—people can experience anxiety, people can experience depression, people can experience sleepiness or mood disorders; a variety of symptoms.”   “There are a lot of other symptoms that can manifest and that often go undiagnosed because people don’t think they have been traumatized.”   “When you’re working with a kid who is 11, 12, 13, they don’t care where you’ve gone to school. They don’t care how many degrees that you have. They care if you’re authentic. They care, and they will know, if you’re able to handle the shit that they have gone through. And you won’t be able to do that unless you have done your own work.”   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryanna_dee Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/  

Shayla Quinn is the founder of Namastshay, a hub for all things yoga, positivity, health, and PINK. She is a full-time blogger, yoga teacher, and inspirational human being. She is also one of my oldest friends! Shayla has a beautiful story that is truly an example of what you can create in your life when you devote all of your energy… literally ALL OF IT… into transmuting your pain and your shadows into your brightest light. Our choices create our life, not our circumstances. And it is never too late to choose again.   INVICTUS by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.   In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.   Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid.   It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.     IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Shayla’s background, moving to LA to pursue a career in acting + hustling to support herself while chasing her dream Losing herself in an abusive relationship, trying to leave for five years but always feeling sucked back in How Shayla finally left the relationship and refocused all of her energy on her Self How she rebuilt her life from the ground up by facing her shadows but focusing on the light How yoga went from being her place to escape from her reality to being her actual reality How she started her blog and what she did to create her dream life The power of taking a leap of faith and investing everything you have into yourself Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Mentioned: Alo Yoga Invictus by William Henley You Are A Bad Ass by Jen Sincero You Are A Bad Ass At Making Money by Jen Sincero   Connect with Shayla: Website: Namastshay Instagram: @shaylaquinn YouTube: NamastShay Pinterest: NamastShay     QUOTES “When things would get really bad I would go to my mat to try to find the answers. Just as quickly as I would find them, I didn’t feel strong enough to actually do anything about it.”   “Yoga was my passive way of escaping but not actually admitting that I needed to escape, but just being like, I’m going to class.”   “There was a point where I really felt like my only option was to just not be here anymore. It felt like I had dug myself in such a deep hole of shit with him, and there were things that I experienced that I thought that I could never get over. I just sat there for a while and thought long and hard about it and there was something inside of me that said you have to try one more time.”   “I was like, how am I going to get out of this? I need to get more involved in yoga. I want to start my blog. I need to keep myself busy. I am not going to live alone. I am going to just try to focus all of my energy on the things that feel good and bring me joy and hopefully by doing that I will get past this.”     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryanna_dee Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/    

Marine Sélénée is a practitioner of Family Constellations Therapy, an innovative healing process that reveals the truth behind your patterns and blocks through insights about your family lineage. She is also the author of The Movement, a book that utilizes Family Constellations to teach you how to release limiting beliefs that keep you down, to clear attachment to your past story so you can move forward and live authentically, to recognize that your story is not your identity, and to accept your family system and resolve any issues.   Viome Microbiome Test for GUT HEALTH www.viome.com/BRYANNADEE    IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Marine’s therapy modality—Family Constellations—what it is, how it works Marine’s background and what led her to her life’s work How we make healing more complicated than it needs to be What epigenetics is, and how this science proves that trauma can be passed down through family generations How healing yourself really heals your whole family Why growth is a mandatory part of every relationship Marine and Bryanna’s experiences with sexual assault, why it is important to talk about, and how the way we talk about it matters Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Mentioned: The Movement by Marine Sélénée Victor Hugo Poetry The Man Who Wanted To Be Happy by Laurent Gounelle   Connect with Marine: Website: www.marineselenee.com Instagram: Marine Sélénée   QUOTES “My answer is—always go back to your past, or the past of one of your family members, because the answer may lie in there.”   “Healing is not complicated, we make it complicated.”   “Your pain becomes your purpose. I was in pain with my father. I was in pain with my story because I was like, that was not fair. Why me? But actually, why not me?”   “We will have ups and downs, we will have obstacles, we will lose people that we really, really love, but at the end it’s about having fun. Enjoying the ride. Making connection. Helping others. Loving and loving again. This is the miracle of life.”   “Good things take the stairs.”   “I didn’t want to show up as a victim, I just wanted to show up with my truth. This is what happened. However, this does not define me. And it will never define me.”   “I think this is the only thing we want: just telling our story, our truth. We don’t want the victim status, we don’t want pity, we just want to be recognized.”     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryanna_dee Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/      

Dr. Loretta Breuning is the founder of the Inner Mammal Institute. She is also an author, a retired college professor, a mom, and a grandma! Loretta’s life work is teaching people about the brain chemicals that make us happy and how we can use our understanding of our mammalian brain chemistry to hack our happiness.   Viome Microbiome Test for GUT HEALTH www.viome.com/BRYANNADEE   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Loretta’s background and interest in this work What chemicals in our brain make us happy and how understanding our brain chemistry helps us to moderate our happiness A deep dive into three of our happy chemicals à dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin Why happiness is not a quest for euphoria and why it is not sustainable to feel elated all of the time Why antidepressants are like asprin and are not a long-term solution Some core skills that help us train our brains and moderate a healthy sense of confidence and happiness by building new neuropathways Why bridging fragmented relationships is more important to our health than fleeting feel-good moments with people you will never see again The importance of finding gratitude for your Self and your own abilities in promoting sustainable happiness Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Mentioned: Habits of a Happy Brain by Loretta Breuning The Science of Positivity by Loretta Breuning How I Escaped Political Correctness And You Can Too by Loretta Breuning Playground Politics by Stanley Greenspan   Connect with Loretta: Website: The Inner Mammal Institute   QUOTES “What makes us happy are these certain brain chemicals, but they are not designed to be on all of the time. They are designed to be released in short spurts, in situations that would promote, let’s say, a monkey’s survival.”   “If you’re an animal and you go after a bit of food, you don’t always get it. Disappointment is a part of life—if you would get the reward of the good feeling without actually getting the food then our ancestors would have starved to death, so our brain is designed to reward realistic progress.”   “It was sort of a relief to forgive myself and forgive everyone around me and not to imagine that I have to find this perfect place where everybody is happy all of the time, this is just how mammals are.”   “We are meant to have ups and downs, but we can moderate them so that our downs don’t spiral and we can have confidence in our ability to create an up in a healthy way. These are skills that anyone can learn and pills are not going to do it.”   LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryanna_dee Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/      

Ali Bonar is the Kween behind granola butter. (Have you tried it yet? GO GET IT RIGHT NOW!) Ali went to UC Berkeley to study nutrition and quickly found herself obsessed with eating “perfectly”, which led her to a cycle of binging and restricting and constantly being stressed about food. With the help of a nutritional therapist and an amazing community (both on social media and IRL), Ali began to heal her relationship with her body and with food. Now, she owns a food company with a mission of eating food that nourishes your body and also makes you feel good, and she uses her social platform to spread a message of healing, self-love, and body positivity.   Viome Microbiome Test www.viome.com/BRYANNADEE   IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: Ali’s history with disordered eating and her journey into intuitive eating Why opening up about an eating disorder (or anything that you are ashamed of and hiding) is the first big leap towards healing What inspired her to start Kween foods How she made the decision to leave her career to be a full-time granola kween The energy and headspace that obsessing over food takes up… and the energy and headspace that you have to create when you are not obsessing over food Finding balance in social media when it’s such a big part of your business What’s next for Kween & Co. Plus much more…   RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE Mentioned: Balance By Molly   Milk & Honey by Rupi Kaur The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson You Are a Bad Ass at Making Money by Jen Sincero   Connect with Ali: Instagram: @avokween Website: Kween Foods   QUOTES “Nut butters in particular were something that I felt like I didn’t have control around. So I wouldn’t even keep them in my dorm.”   “I noticed a lot of these companies were like, buy our product because X-Y-Z-nutrition. I didn’t see a lot of companies out there with a mission that’s similar to ours, which is, nourish your body with food that makes you feel good, but also live your best life.”   “Looking back, yes, I definitely had an eating disorder. Was it something that was black and white, one diagnosis? No. I would say it was periods of restriction, followed by periods of binging, followed by body dysmorphia. Overall, I think the biggest thing was just a general anxiety around food.”   “It was a clear signal of, Ali, there are somethings that you are naturally good at. And there are some things that you need to push through and work to really get. But there are some things where you are just swimming upstream and working so hard that you need to just surrender and go a different direction.”     LET’S CONNECT Website: Bryannadee.com Instagram: @bryanna_dee Facebook: Facebook.com/bryannadee Pinterest: Pinterest.com/bryannadee/