What would it feel like to stop creating self-imposed obstacles and live your wild, audacious dreams in the NOW? Sunrise in your Pocket is a weekly podcast where you’ll find playful, easy to implement guidance for reconnecting to the inner strength and wisdom that is always with you. Elena Sonnino i…
What would feel delicious? Is it to wear your pearls? This week, Elena is sharing her favorite tending practice to connect to your inner joy, peace, and embody self-love. This episode is for you if you need a nudge to connect with you what lights you up so that you can BE the best YOU on any given day. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/wear-your-pearls
Do you ever fall down the what-if rabbit hole? In this week’s episode, Elena shares the question: what if the squirrel falls as a nudge to consider flipping the switch on your what-if thinking. This episode is for you if you are ready to turn your walls of what-ifs into doors of possibility. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-if-the-squirrel-falls
We all have “doing” moments in our lives, where we are creating, doing, and showing up in big ways. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a hot seat coaching session with Amy, all about giving yourself permission to cocoon, without guilt. This episode is for anyone who feels guilty about giving yourself moments to pause or rest. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/give-yourself-permission-to-cocoon
Raise your hand if you feel overwhelmed? If you are like many of us, you spend a lot of time thinking about feeling overwhelmed, which only makes you feel – more overwhelmed. In this special hot seat coaching edition episode, Elena shares a coaching session with Kim – that will offer you a new way to think about overwhelm. This episode is for anyone who is ready to shift your story around what it means to be overwhelmed so that you can feel more peace and joy in your life. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/new-way-to-think-about-overwhelm
You’ve been waiting. Feeling like you are in limbo. We all have. And yet...what if you didn’t have to keep waiting to live your life? In this episode, Elena offers a nudge to start living the life you want to live, today. Right now. This episode is for anyone who is ready to embody a no more waiting attitude and create pathways of possibility in your life. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/no-more-waiting
What does it mean to choose to be alive? To choose aliveness? In this week’s episode, Elena invites you to consider the question: what if this is where it all begins? This episode is for you if you are ready to ALLOW yourself to be even more present in your life. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-if-this-it-where-it-all-begins
What does aliveness mean to you? What does it look like? How does it feel? In this week’s episode, Elena shares two stories to illustrate what aliveness IS and ISN'T. This episode is for you if you want to reconnect with your aliveness each and every day. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-aliveness-is-and-isnt
How do you tend to your roots? How do you allow expansion in your life? In this week’s episode, Elena shares a story that reminds us to tend to your roots so that your intentions, dreams, and best self can actually grow. This episode is for you if you are ready to up-level your aliveness. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/tend-to-your-roots
Belonging is an inside job. It starts with you. And yet, how many of us feel like we don’t belong? In this week’s episode, Elena invites you to allow yourself to belong to the person that matters the most – you! This episode is for you if you create walls or put up barriers that keep you from belonging and are ready to stop getting in your own way. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/allow-yourself-to-belong
Expectations are the distractions that keep us out of thriving and aliveness. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a story that reminds us to live with more delight so that you don’t have to wonder what you are missing out on. This episode is for you if you’ve been feeling distracted and want to reset your thriving. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-are-you-missing-out-on
You know how it feels to go ALL into a project or task. But what happens when progress isn’t linear? Or when you get distracted. In this week’s episode, Elena reminds us about the truth of when you go all in. This episode is for you if you go gangbusters into something and then find yourself surprised that it isn’t as easy as you thought it might be. Show notes available here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/when-you-go-all-in
Do you ever limit how good you feel? Or perhaps there are limits to how much you can let yourself feel? In this episode, Elena invites you to steep like tea, and expand your capacity. This episode is for you if you are ready to ALLOW yourself to feel more love, more joy, more success – or whatever it is you want to cultivate. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/steep-like-tea
Overthinking is a pattern that gets in our way and creates a spin-cycle. And just like any pattern, you have the ability to change this habit. In this week’s episode, Elena shares one powerful question to help you stop overthinking. This episode is for you if you get caught up in what-ifs and uncertainty. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/stop-overthinking
Glue helps things stick. Paper. Projects. But also – dreams and visions. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why you might need glue to hold yourself accountable to your dreams. This episode is for you if you have a hard time sticking to your goals. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/do-you-need-glue
De-cluttering isn’t just for your closet or garage. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a reminder that to delegate your dirt – instead of doing everything yourself as a way to create space for your thriving. This episode is for anyone who is a “do-it-yourself-er” but is ready to find big and little ways to up-level your thriving. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/delegate-your-dirt
Simple delights are everywhere. But more often than not, we make things so much more complicated than we need to. In this week’s episode, Elena shares an example of what it looks like to celebrate simple delight as a way to build your thriving muscle. This episode is for anyone who is ready to unleash and uplevel your thriving, one small step at a time. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/celebrate-simple-delight
You know what it feels like to feel BAD. To focus on what hasn’t happened or what doesn’t feel like enough. But what about feeling GOOD? How often do you SAVOR the good in your life? In this week’s episode, Elena reminds us to celebrate feeling good as a practice. This episode is for you if you are ready to unleash your thriving, up-level your joy, and become fluent in the language of progress Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/celebrate-feeling-good
What do you want to feel more of? No really? The more specifically you can name how you want to feel, and then CLAIM it, the more you can supercharge your intention and goals. In this week’s episode, Elena reminds us to name it, claim it, feel it, and BE it. This episode is for you if you need an injection of energy and are ready to write a new chapter in your story. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/claim-it
Accountability is a BIG topic. An important ingredient when you are trying to build consistent habits and practices. While we often look for accountability outside of ourselves, in this week’s episode, Elena offers the power of being accountable to yourself and be the hand on your back. This episode is for you if you are ready to take responsibility for, commit to, and uplevel your thriving. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/be-the-hand-on-your-back
Do you ever feel like you’ve lost your motivation? Your momentum? What if the change you wanted, didn’t require to to “find” anything? In this episode, Elena shares the idea that consistency is a muscle, and that you can create more of what you want by taking one step at a time. This episode is for anyone who feels like they are full of ideas but fall short on follow-through. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/consistency-is-a-muscle
What would it take you to believe that curiosity and delight are available EVERY single day? In this episode, Elena has a dare for you. To create space for unexpected moments that touch your heart, EVERY day. This episode is for you if you need a nudge to move out of judgment and into curiosity and noticing to uplevel your thriving. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/i-dare-you
We all have a kryptonite. A something that zaps us of our superpower and keeps us from being our truest and best selves. In this episode, Elena invites you to explore what is your kryptonite so you can see it and thrive no matter what. This episode is for you if you are want to uplevel your thriving and mindset to embody your truest self every day. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-is-your-kryptonite
Ah procrastination. For many, putting things off is a habit. Big things, little things. You put things off all day long. In this week’s episode, Elena shares an invitation to notice where and what you are procrastinating. Because you don’t have to wait anymore. This episode is for anyone that has been putting off joy, peace, success, or love and is ready to Be the thing you’ve been waiting for. Show notes available with all links mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/what-are-you-procrastinating
Life is full of uncertainty. Not just in 2020, but always. In this week’s episode, Elena shares a story that reminds us that we can move beyond catastrophizing and living in what-ifs. You can celebrate or grieve until the day you can’t. This episode is for anyone who feels stuck in uncertainty, fear, or worry. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/celebrate-or-grieve
Raise your hand if you’d like to feel a little more inner peace and little less chaos right about now? So many of us are searching for inner peace. And yet, in that search – so many of us also judge ourselves for NOT feeling that way. In this week’s episode, Elena is debunking the myth around the quest for inner peace, because perhaps it isn’t about feeling all warm and fuzzy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This episode is for you if want to set yourself up for success to cultivate inner peace in a sustainable way. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/the-quest-for-inner-peace
You’ve probably heard the idea that you are your very best teacher before. And yet, why is it so hard for us to believe that? The truth is that we are masters at seeking inspiration, validation, and transformation. But the truth is that you don’t have to look outside yourself to thrive. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing the importance of claiming your own identity as the ONE you’ve been waiting for. This episode is for anyone who is ready to take responsibility for their own thriving. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/you-are-the-one-youve-been-waiting-for
Our brain is very good at noticing what went wrong or what you could have done more of. But we can give it new evidence to keep track of – to start rewriting your thriving narrative. In this week’s episode. Elena is sharing her favorite way to track your thriving with an evidence jar. This episode is for anyone who is ready to up-level your mindset and celebrate progress. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/track-your-thriving-with-an-evidence-jar
We all need the reminder to get out of our own head and dial-up our thriving. wonder and curiosity. In this week’s episode, Elena invites you to explore a hot damn experiment to reset and kickstart your courageous and audacious self. This episode is for anyone who is ready to up-level your courage and inner thriving. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/the-hot-damn-experiment
What would be different if you were your own best friend? If you could be your own sources of inspiration and motivation? You often think you need inspiration, direction, or advice from others. And sometimes yes, a gentle nudge or the occasional shove from someone else can be helpful. But the essence of what we need is already within us. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing 5 ways to be your own BFF. This episode is for you if you are ready to connect with your most important relationship – the one with yourself. Show notes available with all links mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/be-your-own-bff
When was the last time you took yourself on an adventure? Just because? There are always reasons or excuses why now isn’t a good time, but imagine what would happen if you gave yourself permission to experience the delight of saying YES to yourself and what your heart craves. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why you should create your own adventure, right now – no more waiting. This episode is for you if you are feeling stuck and in need of a nudge to get out of your own way. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/create-your-own-adventure
We all have moments where we feel overwhelmed. But in this Sunrise in Your Pocket episode, Elena shares how to get out of overwhelm and the idea that overwhelm is often a self-imposed, self-perpetuated emotion. This episode is for you if you feel frustrated, stuck, or yes – overwhelmed and are ready to move beyond the story that your brain is telling you. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/get-out-of-overwhelm
Clutter has a way of creeping up on us. In our literal spaces and in our figurative mind. But what if there was a practice that you could use to help you de-clutter your mind and create space for what matters? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why brain dumps are your friend and how you can get the thoughts out of your brain so that you don’t need to keep track of them anymore. This episode is for you if you spend time lost in thought especially about what happened in the past or what might occur in the future. Show notes available here:www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/brain-dumps-are-your-friend
What would be different in your life if you believe you could have what you wanted? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing a story about the realization that sometimes it really can be this easy to feel the way you want to feel and bring your intentions to life. This episode is for you if you ever get in your own way or believe it has to be hard when it comes to manifesting or creating the life you want. Show notes available here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/it-really-can-be-this-easy
What would you do if you had nothing to lose? This question might seem cliche’, but in this week’s episode, Elena is sharing the power of embodying a “you have nothing to lose” mindset to thrive in your life. This episode is for you if you feel stuck in judgment and expectation or “I don’t know” thinking when it comes to putting yourself out there or creating your ideal life. Show notes available here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/you-have-nothing-to-lose
Focus on what matters. You hear this all the time. But, how do you do that when you are in survival mode? The secret is that you need to know what actually matters to you. In this week’s episode, Elena shares what it would look like to know and embody your core values, the traits that make you uniquely you. This episode is for you if you feel like you’ve lost parts of yourself and would benefit from a bit of structure to thrive even more in your life.
What would it be like to get to know your truest self? To connect with the deepest parts of yourself so that you can thrive even more in your life? In this episode, Elena is sharing her signature stick figure tool to meet with and connect with your truest self. T his episode is for you if you want to fully embody your best self so you can thrive even more in your life but aren’t quite sure where to begin. Show notes available with all links mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/your-truest-self
Most people hear the word "celebrate" and think of fireworks, balloons, and all the things. They associate this with big occasions, big milestones, and all-out fabulousness. But what if celebrating you didn't require fanfare or bubbly. In this episode, Elena shares why you don’t need to hit a major milestone or scale a personal mountaintop to celebrate you. This episode is for anyone who struggles to answer the question “what is working” in their life without minimizing their efforts. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/celebrate-you
Raise your hand if you crave more self-care. But what if there was a way to redefine this practice and make it not only sustainable, but truly beneficial? In this episode, Elena shares why you don’t need self care but you do need nourishment for thriving in your life. This episode is for anyone who wants to move out of survival mode – not just once in a while, but as a lifestyle. If this episode resonates with you, be sure to apply for the See You. Be You. Circle here > https://www.elenasonnino.com/see-you-be-you-group-circle Show notes available with all links mentioned here > http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/you-dont-need-self-care
Do you have a morning practice? A consistent morning practice sets us up for success in our day and in our life and yet, why does it feel so hard to create this habit? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing her thoughts on the importance of creating your own morning practice in your own way to center and ground you. This episode is perfect for anyone that has struggled with creating a sustainable morning practice. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/morning-practice-101
What do you prioritize in your daily life? In this week’s episode, Elena is inviting you to move from prioritizing what is urgent with what is important. Many of us move through our day putting out all the fires of daily life. But what if we could create space to say YES to what feels important to our heart, to our core values, to our truest self? This episode is for anyone who frequently pushes off what feels important for tomorrow and beyond. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/move-from-urgent-to-important
Owning your power is a theme that is often tossed around in the self-improvement space. But what does it mean? And what does it look like? In this week’s episode, Elena reminds us that each day is an opportunity to own your power by valuing, nurturing, and magnifying the truest parts of you. This episode is for anyone who has fallen prey to feelings of not-enoughness or acting out of fear of what other people might say or think. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/own-your-power
Crazy ideas are everywhere. We have them all the time. The question is: what do you do when you have one? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing what to do when you have a crazy idea as a practice for replacing judgment with curiosity and thriving in your own life. This episode is for you if you regularly dismiss the whispers or outrageous dreams that seem to bubble up out of nowhere. Show notes available here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/when-you-have-a-crazy-idea
Permission slips are not just for grade school. In this week’s episode, Elena is inviting you to write your own permission slip as a way to give yourself what you crave and need. Too often we wait for others or circumstances to give us the green light. This episode is for anyone who needs a nudge to be unapologetic about what you crave and need to nurture and nourish your truest self. Show notes available here: http://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/write-your-own-permission-slip
When was the last time you were breathless? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing why you might want to give yourself permission or even cultivate moments to be breathless. What if we could see being breathless as an opportunity to notice strength instead of as a sign of weakness? This episode is for you if you’ve told yourself stories about being “not enough” or that you “should be stronger” when things are challenging. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/be-breathless
Have you ever felt stuck? Or maybe you have had a moment where you weren't sure of which direction to take or how to proceed? For many of us, doubt has a way of multiplying itself exponentially and creates stuckness. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing an experience with equine facilitated learning and how it offered insight into navigating doubt. Tune in for an idea for how to navigate the moments when you aren’t sure with less judgment and more curiosity. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/when-you-arent-sure
Life happens. Things get lost. Big things, little things. And while our brain knows that things are just material objects, in many cases, our things represent moments and memories that mean something. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing the story of what happened when she lost two important things, and what was found in their wake. This episode is perfect for anyone who needs a reminder that even the most unexpected moments can be beautiful in their own way. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/lost-and-found
In all the busyness of our lives, many of us go through our on autopilot. Autopilot may be boring, but it is sometimes easier than feeling. And yet, what if we could cultivate awakeness? In this week’s episode Elena is asking the question: Are you awake as a way to remind us that each day is an opportunity to live fully, with eyes and heart wide open. This is the perfect episode for anyone who wants to be more present in their life and in their heart. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/are-you-awake
Our lives are made up of stories. And those stories are made up of chapters. Each new season in our life is an opportunity to write a new chapter. To align ourselves more fully with our truest selves. In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing a practice to consider what it would look like to do more of what makes you awesome, so that you can write a new chapter in your life inspired by your inner knowing. This practice is great anytime you need a reminder or reset to focus on what matters or a nudge to get unstuck. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:https://www.elenasonnino.com/podcast/do-more-of-what-makes-you-awesome
Life is precious. Everything changes. Nothing is permanent. We hear these things all the time. But we don’t always pay attention. When was the last time you woke up in the morning thinking about someone? Did you reach out? Elena is honoring the passing of her friend, mentor, and teacher with a reminder to inspire each of us to connect more and to be more present with the people, places, and things in our lives. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/connect-more
Reacting a human response. We take in information and we respond. Our emotions respond. Our thoughts respond. Our words and actions respond. And sometimes responding is appropriate. But other times, and perhaps most of the time, our responses come from a place of reactivity rather than true awareness. In this week’s episode, Elena is exploring the practice of equanimity, or to react less, as a way to pause first and then respond from a place of inner calm. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here: http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/react-less
How many times have you told yourself, “I am not motivated.” Or, “I can’t seem to get anything accomplished.” What if you didn’t have to measure your motivation by your productivity or accomplishment? What if you could decide that CAN get motivated, and find a wellspring of energy along the way? In this week’s episode, Elena is sharing the secret to finding your motivation within yourself and cultivating a mindset that believes that you CAN get motivated. Show notes available with all LINKS mentioned here:http://elenasonnino.com/podcast/you-can-get-motivated