The Metamorphosis Monologues

Self-Esteem and Addiction directly impact each other. The two work together and affect the other making the healing and recovery process reliant on building self esteem. Jason Wittman specializes in the enhancement of self-esteem/love, the lack of which is the root cause of all addictions. Jason is a counselor and coach since the 1980s. He's had personal experience with and sees in his work with clients. He coaches and advises every kind of person recovering from alcoholism and various forms of addictions guiding them to work and live at their exquisite best. His latest book - “Designing Your Great Life! ~ Time-Tested Prescriptions for a Life Worth Living” http://dyglbook.com is the result of having worked with city mayors and corporate execs to teens living on their own and hustling on the streets.

Jennifer Melyan came of age as a chubby brown child in the 90's in Taiwan, where heroin-chic models were the norm and light skin preferred. Bombarded with nonstop messages about why her body wasn't right, she developed a severe eating disorder to compensate. It took years of learning how to love herself bit by bit, body part by body part, in order to stand confidently in her current form and encourage others to do so as well. By addressing issues such as puberty, sexuality, assault, eating disorder, and body dysmorphia in her upcoming book My Body Of Work, Jennifer aims to inspire others to liberate themselves from disempowering body-related narratives and beliefs.

Our emotional state affects the people around us. Maybe that's why we often hear people say that laughter is infectious. When we laugh, when joy or excitement bubble up from us, we are putting positive ions of energy out there and people feed off of it. The same is true for less bouyant moods. Ever spend time with an inconsolabe baby or a child throwing a tantrum and feel your insides freaking out right along with them? Well, we can take charge of the mood we carry around and spread. It's a process but it can be done and it does make life a lot more pleasant. 

Twenty-five pills a day by the time she was 30, Emily Shaules was not well enough to sustain the legal career and suburban life she was already in. Her illnesses redirected every aspect of her life. She divorced and moved to Asheville. She tried new things but everything proved to be too much for her body.  Turns out, the signals her body sent would become the most important teacher and guide, leading her to trade the life she thought she was supposed to a life she loves.  A former high-powered attorney, professional actress, health food company founder, and CEO, Emily designed her dream life and wants you to help you design yours too! https://www.masterpathcoaching.com/  

Family dynamics are important to understand to help lead a more emotionally healthy life. Without a solid understanding of your own unique family dynamics, you may not feel fully in tune with why certain experiences are triggering, or why you are drawn to certain careers, relationships, and friendships. This is a short story about family dynamics and me, trying to understand some of mine.  www.sharireinhart.com

At 16 Danielle Pardoe lost her father unexpectedly. Then one night while out socialising, she signed up to the military as part of a drunken bet and was accepted. At 24, 1 year into her military career, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Very soon after radiation therapy, she survived a near fatal car crash. Danielle broke through military barriers and broke down stereotypes, excelling throughout her military career despite the obstacles. Now a New Zealander (Kiwi) living in Australia for the past 6 years, Danielle is teaching businesses and management to challenge the status quo.

Grief is an expression of love taken from us. It can be deep, wrenching and painful but it also holds grace and miracles within it.   Having recently lost my sister to a pretty terrible accident, I share what I am learning through this recent visit with sudden loss.  www.sharireinhart.com

 When Israel Smith exposed his confused and vulnerable self to someone he trusted the floodgates to a whole new life, marriage and career opened. But first, it took lots of hard conversations, discipline and commitment to get himself there.  These days, Israel Smith works with Dads in Business and Leadership who are overwhelmed, sick of yelling at their kids, and tired of arguing with their partner. With over a decade of successfully managing his own depression and anxiety without medication, Israel is now a coach and speaker, and uses his “Source Method” to help his clients lead richer, more aligned lives.

In popular psychology, the inner child archetype is akin to an unconscious sub-personality It consists of what a person picked up, perceived and experienced in the earliest years of their life. And it has a lot to do with how we function as adults. Which one (or few) are you?

Jennifer Anderson was powering through her career and family until her the day her life took a surprising turn. She had always prioritized health, fitness and nutrition so when the cancer diagnosis came, she was thrown. CEO of Moving Forward Solutions, Jennifer Anderson helps tech leaders become the leader that everyone wants to work for. She is a wife, mom, bonus mom, and colon cancer survivor. Jen has consulted with national and international companies, spoken at many conferences and is published in Forbes and quoted in several trade magazines. She is the host of Today's Top Leaders, a podcast for tech sector leaders. For more information and to get in touch with Jen Anderson, you can find her at MovingForwardSolutions.com.

As a young girl I kept a diary. I wrote daily entries committed to it like a young lover obsessed with her partner, and maybe also afraid that if I missed an entry I would lose the only place I had to release my feelings. Talking about yourself is not indulgent, it's healing. 

 “The next time you look at an ‘addict,' ‘druggie,' or ‘junkie,' try seeing a human being instead. You'd be surprised how much showing a little compassion can help someone else.” ~ Thom Delaney                                                                                                With a career as a business development executive in the education sector, Delaney had a life that he said “appeared happy externally.” But Thom was using drugs as a way to self-medicate after a traumatic childhood and adolescence. He started with alcohol, then turned to cocaine use at 18 years old, and continued on with exploring other drugs, including ecstasy, acid, MDMA, and ketamine. His dependency on drugs took “everything precious” in his life from him and the ketamine destroyed his bladder. Doctors warned him that if he didn't quit he'd be dead in a month. Thom didn't want to be dead more than he wanted the drugs so that death notice was what he needed to seriously step into the world of recovery and a whole new life. Need inspiration? Search Thomas Delaney Addict for any number of podcasts, articles and other media

They tried to 'fix' him. They saw only one way for a young student to be but this was John Lennon and he had ideas that did not fit the norm and he was not going to fit in and behave for the sake of school rules. 

Jess Bonasso dedicated every ounce of energy in her 20's to corporate ladder climbing. The more she climbed, the more exhausted she got but Jess wasn't paying attention. Then, in her business-building 30's, Jess became undone. She unraveled at a cellular level leading her into the perfect storm of burnout, breakdowns & a proverbial midlife crisis. Today, Jess Bonasso is a recovered worn out working wonder woman  and uses what she learned the hard way to teach worn out working wonder women how to master the art of self-rescue so they can work smart, live large & love life without sacrificing their soul, sanity or health. https://jessbonasso.com/

Finding the way back to ourselves and one another. In Atlas of the Heart, helps us map language to the emotions and experiences without which it is hard to find and maintain meaningful connections to the self and to others.  www.sharireinhart.com

When Jason Galvez was just a boy, he and his family returned home to find it gutted. There was nothing to save. The family was never the same, Jason was unsafe with his mom after his dad left the family and at 14 years old, he was safer on his own.  He kept himself going by making one bold decision after another and taking bold determined action to get ahead. Today Jason uses this high form of self leadership in service to others.

A  Personal Story, including book suggestions and an exercise Rising above the fake, externalized people-pleasing me who's the only version of me who ever used to show up in the world.  The perfect storm that this created that kept me chronically and chaotically unhappy.  And now, experiencing a higher energy state is my addiction. 

Your vibration frequency is an active energetic participant in your enjoyments of life.  Want to live more holistically by discovering and integrating the gifts offered by cosmic consciousness, the quantum field, and subtle energy? Enter into the awareness of your high and low vibration frequencies into the quantum field.

Sharing her story is one way that Petrona Joseph is contributing to breaking the cycle of stigmatization, shame, fear, and guilt that compounds our efforts to heal our mental health. This conversation exposes childhood events and adult behaviours that led Petrona through a life riddled with guilt, shame, panic attacks, depressive episodes to finally realizing that all she needed was love, acceptance and mental health care to be okay. Petrona's book Stigmatized can be found on Amazon.

How one man's confrontation with his nemesis in the face of a metastatic lung cancer brought him to the forgiveness work that he credits for turning his dying life around. Based on “The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness: Feel, Think, and Live Better Than You Ever Thought Possible” (HarperCollins). © 1995 by Greg Anderson.

Let's touch upon, from the rising male persepective The patriarchy, the matriarchy Not living up to expectations, not being enough Healing vs. integration Religion, spiritually, religion PLUS spirituality #metoo, #mentoo In this episode, I Am Not Who They Say I Am, Paul Simard takes us back to his decades long journey through examining his beliefs, redefining his place in the world and finally, in 2017, beginning the process to reclaiming his humanity.  

When we parent from fear we project fear onto our kids. Unless they refuse to feel your fear. Quentin Tarantino figured this out from a young age and refused to buy into it.  And so the question... Can we do right by our children when we parent from our fears?  

It started with... A woman seduces Margot's husband. Margot's husband falls in love with this other woman. Margot betrays her own self by trying to hold onto a marriage that was in his heart and her own, over. This is the betrayal triangle.  After a year of intense struggle, the act of accepting the end of her marriage was the catalyst for Margot Zaher's healing journey. A healing journey that led her to experience a profound sense of gratitude for this new beginning and gratitude even for the woman who had seduced her ex-husband.  As a result of this powerful transformational journey, Margot now knows how not to ever betray herself again and is now blessed to be in the relationship of her dreams with her soulmate.  

How to thrive as an introvert or an extrovert When do you feel socially depleted? Is it due to the lack of (you're likely an extrovert) or the overabundance of socializing (you're likely an introvert)? If your cause of depletion depends, you're probably an ambivert. Know what fills and what depletes your social battery Give your battery the charge it needs when it empties Check out Susan Cain's book "Quiet"  

Nick Demos is a Tony and Olivier Award winning producer (Memphis and Come From Away), Filmmaker, Soul Aligned Business Coach and host of The Creative Soulpreneur Podcast.   Sounds good, right? Even enviable, maybe too, yes? Well, what happens when your dreams come true only for you to ARRIVE, and find you're miserably unhappy? Let's find out! https://www.thenickdemos.com/

Self-care can be massages and spa days but there are higher forms of self-care that contribute to calming the central nervous system in more practical and sustainable ways. Either way, not taking care of what your body/mind needs is an act of self-betrayal.

At 25 years old Maylen Tara had her first burnout that launched her on a pretty intense journey to uncover the root of her burnouts, generalized anxiety and depression.  The imperfections of the pursuit of perfection Every burnout another layer to peel back Taking time to unravel what burnout came to teach Breaking the mold of fitting into societal and organizational norms to build a life of joy Podcast Host: Journey to Imperfection, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/journey-to-imperfection/id1552478591 https://www.instagram.com/maylentara/ https://maylentara.com/

Of my 3 children there is my eldest with whom we share lively debates between what science must prove to be believed and what my spiritual growth shows me. I think I now have a case that could substantiate my arguments for “but I don't need the science to prove what I believe at a cellular level is true.” This here is the bridge. Panpsychism.

Julie Scott. A classic story of a people-pleasing good girl who got the rewards of praise, acceptance and love but who was chronically unhappy. She would scold herself, “be grateful. Look at all you have. So many people have it worse.” And then she'd suck it up, not believing that happiness was something she deserved to have. Until she figured out how to put herself first. Julie Scott is a self-expansion coach helping women connect with their bodies, release weight, gain confidence and enjoy living life. https://www.facebook.com/groups/567793640559038  

When Rhodie passed it didn't teach me the meaning of life but it did profoundly change my attitude. How lucky am I to be here for all of it, including the laundry. For more conversations like this, join us https://www.facebook.com/TheMetamorphosisMonologues

"... and yet all I could see was my failure..."  "it was the most selfish act I could do to save the sanctity of myself..."  "... it can really be traumatic to put yourself first..."  Charlie Beswick shares the incredible impact of her own self talk and empowers people to break through their own limiting beliefs. Facebook - CharlieBeswickSpeaker Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/charlie_beswick/ Website - https://www.charliebeswick.com Book – Our Altered Life - https://tinyurl.com/2dvakx78  

A return to indigenous wisdom for the global transformation that is coming. How does indigenous wisdom relate to our challenges in the modern world? What can we learn from ancient cultures, and how can we more wisely seek our own transformation? We can see the shift already occurring in our own lives as many people are choosing to own less, simplify their lives, adopt new spiritual practices, and give attention to what is most fulfilling, such as spending more time with family or retreating into nature.    

  In 2020, Maren Montalbano wrote and produced a one-woman show about her personal story involving romance novels and sexual abuse called The Bodice Ripper Project.   In the process Maren realized there was still suffering, so she went in deep. When she performed, the physical act of singing such raw material with her audience, was deeply healing on a cellular level.   It was an incredible journey to her inner world and as the performance ended, she left behind her on the stage, a big heap of emotional baggage.   BIO Maren Montalbano is an opera singer, business coach, and writer, whose voice appears on 3 GRAMMY Award-winning albums. She premiered The Bodice Ripper Project as an interactive digital performance at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. That show, along with the accompanying podcast of the same name, became an exploration of sexuality, feminism, and the journey to self-empowerment through the lens of romance novels. https://marenmontalbano.com https://bodiceripperproject.com

Inspired by a passage I read from "Grow a New Body" written by Alberto Villaldo, it bears repeating that as humans we are a symphony of the masculine and feminine energies. When we enslave ourselves with one only, refusing to allow the  other, we don't experience harmony within ourselves and in our lives.

Lis Cashin's life was devastated when, at just 13 years old, she accidentally killed a friend in a school sports day event. In this episode, Lis explains what it took to live with her involvement in the tragedy that took her childhood friend and ultimately reclaim her life. Bio Lis Cashin is an award-winning author, TEDx and global speaker, and passionate mental health, wellbeing, and people development consultant. With an inspirational mental health journey of her own, Lis delivers mental health awareness and workplace wellbeing consultancy and trainings to empower organizations to develop mentally healthy cultures that increase employee engagement and productivity and in which everyone thrives. She also delivers keynote talks and is on speaker panels to challenge the stigma around mental health.   Links web, soc med, products…. www.liscashin.com Twitter: @liscashin Insta: @liscashin LinkedIn: Lis Cashin | LinkedIn FB: @liscashintalks Newsletter: https://www.liscashin.com/15-minute-wellbeing-hacks Book: This Is Me: My Journey To Mental Wellbeing: Amazon.co.uk: Cashin, Lis: 9781913479787: Books TEDx: Mental health awakening: Suffering is Surmountable | Lis Cashin | TEDxNorwichED - YouTube    

An introduction to trailblazer Dr. Nicole Lepera who brings psychology out from behind closed doors and into the online space with her 3.8 million followers. A brief discussion on the combination of psychology, polyvagal theory, epigenetics and conscious awareness to strengthen mental health and heal your suffering.

How mean can you be to your body? Several years back, Nicole Ayers realized she wasn't okay. She was experiencing rampant thoughts and having nightmares, and old wounds she thought she had buried were reappearing. This led Nicole on a journey of self-discovery only to find that she didn't like myself very much, especially her body. She was horrified by how cruel she was to her body and now, with two daughters (ages twelve and ten), she couldn't allow her body-shaming be the model for how they might relate to their bodies. Nicole set herself on a mission to be a better role model for her girls and she did this through, of all things, writing letters. She started a daily journaling practice of writing love notes to her body and all its parts. The transformation was liberating and was the tool that silenced the voice of shame.         Bio: Self-love sage and author Nicole C. Ayers is a dynamic and engaging speaker who gets real, raw and vulnerable about her personal journey to finally loving herself. And all her body parts. She's a strong voice for female empowerment and the freedom it brings. Nicole's speaking style is just like a warm embrace, pulling people in and leave with transformative tools to get to know themselves.   Nicole is the award-winning author of Love Notes to My Body, recognized as one of 2020's best life-changing books, and its two body-positive companion books. She's been invited by local and national media to speak about the importance of body acceptance and where she encourages everyone to disrupt the narrative that tells them they are not enough. And that their bodies are not beautiful.   Contact Info: Website: https://nicolecayers.com/ Email: nicole@nicolecayers.com Instagram: @nicolecayers Phone: 704-451-8489   Links to three women whose bodies of work are significant to me: Elizabeth Dialto, Wild Soul Movement: https://wildsoulmovement.com/ Taryn Brumfitt, The Body Image Movement: https://bodyimagemovement.com/ Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/  

If we can change the way that we think about death in our lifetime we might be able to remove the fear of death in our END time. And for where I am at now in my death, dying and grief contemplation I know for sure that I don't want to handle the business of death until I first embody the belief that dead is not gone forever, but gone from form. And that the love endures.

At 21, Carrie Grossman traveled to India where she was introduced to Kirtan (call and response mantra chanting). The beauty of the practice inspired her to sing, but due to shyness and self-doubt, 10 years went by before the music within her emerged.  It wasn't until a difficult life period, when someone gifted her with a harmonium that she began to play music and write songs. In this episode we are led by Carrie Grossman, in a mantra meditation, Ra Ma Da Sa, used for healing in the Kundalini yoga tradition. Carrie Grossman (Dayashila), is a devotional singer, composer, and lifelong student of the mystical traditions. For over 20 years, she has studied the art of sacred sound, guiding people into the sublime realms of the heart through her concerts, workshops, and retreats. With a warm, approachable style, Carrie weaves together music and mantra, meditation, healing modalities, and wisdom teachings to nourish and inspire seekers from all walks of life. Her acclaimed albums include Soma-Bandhu: Friend of the Moon, The Ram Sessions, and Pranam. You can find her creations on iTunes, Spotify, and the popular meditation app, Insight Timer. https://www.carriegmusic.com/ https://insighttimer.com/carrieg108  

A short story about how love that was forbidden was actually meant to be and Divinely ordered. And the message: if you think you're seeing signs from the universe, you are!

As a child, Eunice Nuna suffered the impact of growing up in a village life of extreme poverty, worsened by her parents' constant arguing that almost always escalated to violence. Throughout her teen years and in her early twenties her mental health and well-being were wounded from all the trauma of bearing witness to anger, violence and abuse. This would greatly inform Eunice's view of the world. She left high school with strong grades and a teacher who saw potential in her but her growing struggles of shame and guilt got in the way of her ability to succeed. Not quite 18 years old, with a burning desire for more she fled to the city of lights, Nairobi, in search of a better life. Well, on the first night there, she ended up drugged, raped and getting pregnant on her first night by a person she trusted. A policeman. Eunice's story is fraught with trauma but she harnessed her suffering and starting talking about her traumas, leading her to the joyful purpose of helping other women escape from, heal and triumph over sexual abuse. Bio Eunice Nuna is an intuitive Psychosocial Counselor and empathetic storyteller, mentor, and life coach. She graduated with a degree in counseling Psychology from Africa Nazarene University and is currently pursuing a Masters in Peace and Development. She is the founder of the Wounded Healer Foundation. She shares stories of women survivors of sexual violence, who are thriving, liberated and passionate to end the cycle of sexual violence, she equips survivors to grow in self-dependency, leadership and healing through her gift of counseling. Eunice is dedicated to giving all children and Women the ability to protect themselves against all types of violence including gender-based and sexual violence. Contact info Mobile +13512779324 Email eunice@woundedhealer.org Website www.woundedhealer.org   LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/eunice-nuna-gga-01683a77/   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011614267368   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/freespirithuman/?fbclid=IwAR2uMUrRMEmFxRRJhT53lHQb_UMqfmncPsCiPGmAxPUtocjSOA7irRKOsBU

The Triangle of Disempowerment; victim, the rescuer, the perpetrator... which one are you and can you recall times when you were another point of the triangle?   Getting out of the Triangle of Disempowerment means recognizing your stuck patterns, recognizing your responsibility for them, and recognizing that you are worthy of moving forward. This minisode comes to you courtesy of Melissa Dawn, ceoofyourlife.com I have asked for and attracted the most beautiful souls into my life. Some of them work with me when I am feeling disconnected from myself, or in some emotional or physical pain. My coaches, guides and healers have helped me in so many ways to become more of who I really am, and less entangled in the triangle.   

In this episode Mat explains the connection between  the untold story of his biological roots and his career success. For Mat Boulé, the desire to know his biological roots intensified as he got older. In his experience, he didn't have fewer questions as he got older, on the contrary, the more he matured into his own self, the more he needed to know about his history, pre-adoption. The unanswered questions left a gaping hole in Mat and drove him to spending much of his life overachieving, over giving and overworking in the effort to prove to himself and the world that he is worthy of love and belonging. He was curious and restless and high achieving and even though he knows how much his adoptive family loves him, there was only one thing to fill the hole. Answers. Show quote: “I'm getting better at it but for me, it's always been an unhealthy compensation of more learning and more work. Anything to avoid empty time to think or for my mind to rest. Anything to fill the void of not knowing my biological roots.” BIO: Mat Boulé is an Osteopath, Posturologist & Educator who is passionate about the human body and his work is aimed at improving the way it functions FAST! Mat created his own intervention model for physical performance, the Integration Therapy System - a combination of posturology, functional neurology and osteopathy. https://matboule.com/          

The fear in ego is healthy when we are in danger but it is an obstruction to living a wholehearted and creative life. You can measure your worth not by your successes or failures but by the merit of your efforts. For help with creative elements in your writing pursuits,  www.sharireinhart.com

A reading of Jeff Foster's blog post, "It's about waking up..." 

Using a personal story of my own, I discuss the experience of having interactions that leave us feeling dissatisfied or emotionally disconnected. We all have important relationships that could use some updates or tweaking but how do we do that?

What happened next for Bhaskar is not anything he would ever wish on anyone. Sudden and complete paralysis. No sign. No warning. In this episode, Bhaskar shares with us the debilitating fear that got the best of him until he decidedly worked on shifting his mind out of fear and into the “what is” of radical acceptance. Show quote: “When I was in that state of absolutely helpless pain I was suicidal. I was trying to be present with what was happening, but I was really suffering for several weeks of my entire body laced with pain. My martial arts teacher gave me permission to leave that reality and it gave me so much relief. When I woke up the next morning the clear thought was; this is how it is. I cannot pray it way or wish it away. The very next thought was, Okay, let's dance with this.” Bhaskar Goswami is an acclaimed speaker and a senior yoga and meditation teacher from Assam, India. He is an embodiment specialist dedicated to helping people access the wisdom of their bodies through mindfulness practices. Bhaskar is the founder of BODHI, an organization offering genuine wellbeing to people in homes, businesses, schools and special care centers. He is also the founder of daana, a CBC award winning non-profit organization providing contribution-based wellness activities around the world. Bhaskar has published two international albums, Open Yoga and Wisdom Stories and is the author of Wisdom Stories - Book 1. Bhaskar has a Masters Honors in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham (England) and a 10-year international engineering career. He lives in Montreal (Canada) with his family of three children.  What his bio doesn't tell you but I will, is that Bhaskar stands for justice, equal access for all to the health and wellness sector. He is a man of rare discipline and perseverance, dependable and a cornerstone of his community. bhaskargoswami.com    

In this second of a trilogy, Bhaskar invites us into the messy inside of what picture perfect success looks like up close. His story of an ideal family life that ended up painfully ruined by his unconscious thirst for praise. Meanwhile, while life at home was beginning to unravel, Bhaskar entered into a 10 day meditation and came through it with a profound realization that would transform his need for praise. Show quote: “In my meditation, I was sitting with the praise sensation for hours and hours one day and I realized, ‘look, this is what I'm addicted to! I've been lying, cheating and exaggerating all my life just to avoid the sensation of rejection and blame.'”   Bio: Bhaskar Goswami is an acclaimed speaker and a senior yoga and meditation teacher from Assam, India. He is an embodiment specialist dedicated to helping people access the wisdom of their bodies through mindfulness practices.   Bhaskar is the founder of BODHI, an organization offering genuine wellbeing to people in homes, businesses, schools and special care centers. He is also the founder of daana, a CBC award winning non-profit organization providing contribution-based wellness activities around the world.   Bhaskar has published two international albums, Open Yoga and Wisdom Stories and is the author of Wisdom Stories - Book 1. Bhaskar has a Masters Honors in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham (England) and a 10-year international engineering career. He lives in Montreal (Canada) with his family of three children.  What his bio doesn't tell you but I will, is that Bhaskar stands for justice, equal access for all to the health and wellness sector. He is a man of rare discipline and perseverance, dependable and a cornerstone of his community. bhaskargoswami.com  

Bhaskar Goswami takes us back to his childhood as a refugee adjusting to new customs, expectations and dealing with the exclusion that inevitably comes with being an outsider. He revisits the stepping stones that took him on a journey from ambitious pursuits to pursuing meaning in servitude. In his mid-twenties he did what not many young people manage to do. He turned his back on a lucrative career that his ambitions and education provided him to identify where he might find fulfillment, purpose and servitude. This led him to a reinvention as a Yogipreneur, bringing wellness into the workplace long before it was a thing. Show quote: "There's an ancient principle called Dharma. It's the understanding that we are all born in unique ways. And what Dharma speaks to is the understanding and mastering and refinement of our unique gifts so we can offer them to the world. That's kind of what this is about. The pre-conditioned ambition that I realized, ‘is not me.'”   Bio: Bhaskar Goswami is an acclaimed speaker and a senior yoga and meditation teacher from Assam, India. He is an embodiment specialist dedicated to helping people access the wisdom of their bodies through mindfulness practices.   Bhaskar is the founder of BODHI, an organization offering genuine wellbeing to people in homes, businesses, schools and special care centers. He is also the founder of daana, a CBC award winning non-profit organization providing contribution-based wellness activities around the world.   Bhaskar has published two international albums, Open Yoga and Wisdom Stories and is the author of Wisdom Stories - Book 1.   Bhaskar has a Masters Honors in Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham (England) and a 10-year international engineering career. He lives in Montreal (Canada) with his family of three children.    What his bio doesn't tell you but I will, is that Bhaskar stands for justice, equal access for all to the health and wellness sector. He is a man of rare discipline and perseverance, dependable and a cornerstone of his community. bhaskargoswami.com    

How would you react if someone told you that you could be happy no matter what? Well, if someone had told me that 25 years ago I would have not have understood how that could even be possible. Enter don Miguel Ruiz's The Four Agreements and the Toltec Tradition that encourage people to connect to their inherent wisdom, power, goodness, and divinity. Applying these tools require discipline and dedication. Use them and your life will be transformed. And the happiness I had never experienced? Well...  

In this episode, Lisa McKenzie shares her story from being hit with a physical crisis to realizing the spiritual gift of her body and the intelligence it allows her to access every day to tune into her intuition.   Denying her truth in every cell of her body and intellect. Denying her connection and the abilities she had pushed away as a child for fear of no one understanding or worse, dismissing her. She diminished her truth so deeply so as to not draw attention to who she really was, that it was setting her body on fire to get her attention. She saw more than 17 health professionals who could not explain what she had or how long she would have it.  After more than a year of numbing the pain and having grown exhausted from trying to find a medical explanation for this crisis, she was confined to her bed that summer for 2 unable to even turn around without the fiery pain. In those two weeks, she numbed herself with any distraction until the pain got so bad and her face was so inflamed that now, she could barely open her eyes.  THAT'S WHEN SHE SANK WITHIN and for the first time in a very long time, she listened. In Lisa's words, “I was in too much pain to worry, to plan, or to think about anything else. I just surrendered and waited for guidance. I waited, forgave myself for any expectation, and waited some more until I heard it. At that moment I promised my soul that I would no longer dismiss it in fear but would welcome my knowing with curiosity until I could feel it throughout my body. Until the knowing became my being.”  I PROMISED MY SOUL THAT I WOULD FOLLOW MY GUT, LISTEN WITH MY HEART, AND ACT ON MY INTUITION. WEEKS LATER, ALL MY SYMPTOMS WERE GONE.” Lisa is an Intuitive business, branding, and marketing mentor + strategist with 14+ years of experience guiding coaches, authors, and business owners to realize their genius and turn it into a profitable and fulfilling business. She is also an Embodied leadership coach, leading you on the journey of building your business by taking you out of your head and into your heart. Grounded in the mystic, she hosts intimate gatherings where women come together to work, play and ground themselves in their creative flow and inspired action. You can find Lisa at www.LisaMcKenzie.com Facebook @ LisaMcKenziebiz And Instagram @ LisaMcKenzie  Book a Sacred Strategy session with Lisa to turn your soul vision into the business you've dreamed of. https://lisamckenzie.com/sacred-strategy/