Unwrap Your Mind

Welcome! :) Are you longing for relationships where you can truly be yourself? Relationships where you can experience joy, love, pleasure, aliveness and support? If yes: You are not alone! I believe we are all longing for that. I believe it is human and we are social beings. We didn't come here to be completely isolated and exclusively with ourselves. I mean, wherever you go, you are in relation all the time. Even when you're at home by yourself. Because then you are in relation to yourself. Being in relation also comes along with senses. It comes along with an experience. You experience something in and through relationships. Are you curious what sensitivity and an expanded awareness has to do with open, deep and honest relationships? >> Listen to this episode :) ☽☽☽ Do you long for being supported in creating those kind of relationships? I invite you to have a look at my website mariaplahl.com. And feel if it resonates with you. I would love to connect with you! I am looking forward to hear from you! ☽☽☽ Some basic information and updates for you: ☽ NEW Instagram account: @mariamagdalena.plahl From now on, I am only sharing content on this new account. I am looking forward to seeing you there and connect with you there.

Welcome! :) "I am not better than you. I am not worse than you. I am not equal to you. I am just me. And you are you." I believe we all have a seed in ourselves that longs for it to grow. Do you allow yourself to let this seed sink into your heart? Do you allow yourself to give it nourishment and light? This episode is seeding you with the energy of openness to vulnerability. Let yourself be touched for at least the period of this episode. ☽☽☽ Book your energy-healing session via mariaplahl.com to let yourself be supported in your process! ☽☽☽ Some basic information and updates for you: ☽ NEW Instagram account: @mariamagdalena.plahl From now on, I am only sharing content on this new account. I am looking forward to seeing you there and connect with you there.

Hello :) Welcome here! Are you curious about how to improve your relationships? Do you ask yourself the question about how to express your needs and wants more clearly? ☽☽☽ In my opinion, one of the most or maybe even THE most relevant opportunity for growth are relationships. Relationships of all kinds have the possibility to show us some of our patterns and may help us to step into our truest potential. Of course, we need to be open for that. I know you are open to it, otherwise you wouldn't even read these words now. So, let's celebrate that already! ☽☽ Check out Episode 3: "Communication Through Sharing", if you want to dive deeper into the topic of empathic listening and aspects of win-win-relating. ☽☽☽ Some basic information and updates for you: ☽ NEW Instagram account: @mariamagdalena.plahl From now on, I am only sharing content on this new account. I am looking forward to see you there and connect with you there.

A warm welcome :) No, this is not a “question episode”, which I said I will do from now on. I'm sorry. I know they will come as well - just not now. I want to take you with me on the shift that I am in right now. I thought I need to get this done by myself and then I can just share all the knowledge etc. with you. Haha. (That might have been my ego thinking that) Well, maybe not. I decided to not wait any longer for a big bang to happen but rather share with you raw and open how it sometimes feels like being in an in-between. And I am happy to remember my first thoughts and words on this podcast at the beginning of last year. There I said, that I want to have these podcast episodes like voice messages to a friend. So, here I am. Sharing. I send you love and hope it can make you feel less alone in whatever you are in right now. I share about… ✨… emotions, emotional waves and emotional responsibility. ✨… my own insecurities and I lay open how reality sometimes looks different than we think. ✨… who we truly are. Here are some impulse questions for you in addition:

There are times, where we are exhausted and overwhelmed by many different stressors. We might not even be able to identify all of them immediately. But how about that is okay? Just think about this idea that maybe it is okay to feel exhausted and tired. Maybe, that is what you are here to learn right now - to let go. I talk about... ✨… breaks & pauses and how different that might look like for each one of us. ✨… a metaphor that might helps you to trust and surrender more. ✨… how to deal with expectations. Another previous episode that might inspire you also on that topic is:

To me, to not-know is scary. I do not only like to know things - I love to know! And there is nothing wrong with it. Curiosity is beautiful and such a helpful tool for growth, BUT if there is at the same time the fear of the unknown, then it becomes a stop sign. There is so much conditioning out there that ‘forces' us to know. It not only creates pressure but also stops the magic to enter your life fully. Learn more about it in this episode! Get your headphones, open ‘Unwrap Your Mind' on Spotify or any other provider, and go on a podcast-walk-date with me and enjoy :) I talk about... ✨… how to deal with the pressure of the need-to-know and come into a space of ease and breathing. ✨… the beauty of not-knowing and what it reveals for yourself. ✨… why knowing is a blind-spot. ✨… what not-knowing has to do with creating a deep connection in your relationships. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

Everyone talks about ‘just flow'. Did you ever hear that statement? What does it mean to ‘flow'? And how is it linked to goals. Do we then need goals in life? Or can we just flow? In today's episode I talk about goals and unravel all of these questions around manifesting goals. I talk about my own experiences when it comes to reaching a goal. Especially when I am in conversations with family members, it is not always so understandable for them how I go towards my goals in life. And I share with you in this podcast episode, what it means for me and how I keep reaching the goals that are aligned with my heart. I talk about... ✨… why living in the moment doesn't mean to not have goals. ✨… how to manifest your goals and visions. ✨… how to be in the flow and connected to your goals at the same time. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

Oh dear. I tell you, one of my biggest challenges in life has been so far (and still is!) to ENJOY. It's almost as if I did not know the word fun and ease. It was as if it's not for me. Okay, now I'm maybe a bit too hard on myself but I would for sure set joy and ease not on the first pillar of life. Of course, I would have wanted it so badly to enter that state, but I didn't really know how to. Sounds weird right? But yes, that's how it felt to me. And at the same time, I step into my fullest potential if I follow my joy. So of course, it is also again a way of self-sabotaging to not step into joy, because then I would also be in my fullest potential. And a part in me doesn't want that. The part that tries to protect me from getting hurt. Luckily, I can say now, that I found a way to integrate more joy and ease into my daily life! A big LIFE-CHANGER. I wish to share that experience and my tools with you that helped me. I talk about... ✨… why self-development doesn't mean to not enjoy. ✨… how you can say “good-bye” to the too-seriousness. ✨… how music and dance changed my relationship to joy. ✨… how to stop being a slave of your inner pusher. ✨… how you break out of a pattern. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

Over the last few weeks, I was facing a lot of self-sabotage in myself and I asked myself the question, how I can bring together the spiritual aspect in me and the physical world. Self-sabotage can show itself through different faces. And unless we become aware of it, it rules your life without you even noticing. Self-sabotage is a protection layer that we once took on. We take on these shields when we try to control upcoming events because we once experienced one, that was too painful. Why changing it, if you might not even notice it? Ask yourself: Do you want to be ruled and directed in life by someone telling you what to do? Or do you want to decide by yourself what is good for you? To look at these aspects is a part of coming back to your inner authority and inner power! I talk about... ✨… how you can bring your spiritual aspects into the physical world here on earth. ✨… how you give the direction for your own life. ✨… how you can identify self-sabotage and how you can shift out of it. ✨… how you shift from any fear back to love. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

In your life, do you want to react to fear? Or do you rather want to choose to act from love? Do you want to be driven by expectations and “have-to's”? Do you want to keep REacting to your circumstances? Or do you say, that it is ENOUGH and IT IS TIME to live from your own inner power source? And you choose, that it is time to become the creator of your own life? IT IS TIME, that we all step fully into the creator of our own life! And yet, that decision comes with a price. Which price? Find out by listening to today's episode :) And let yourself be inspired. Let your inner fire be turned on again! I talk about... ✨… what does it mean to be a being in action. ✨… the difference between reacting and acting. ✨... how to shift from doing to being. ✨… how to act from your inner power source. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

There are many different natural universal laws. And one of them is the law of polarities which Sanna talked about in today's podcast episode. As the word says, there are always two poles. Plus and minus, darkness and light, feminine and masculine. It is about balance and not seeing one without the other. With these words, I feel it saying in me, that without part 2 of this beautiful conversation I had with Sanna 3 weeks ago, it would not be complete. Therefore, today's episode is the second part of our conversation with many more great topics. We talk about... ✨ … the universal law of polarities. ✨ … how to come to a place where you can hold yourself. ✨... the divine feminine and the divine masculine. ✨ … creating space and its importance. ✨ … boundary setting. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

What is the truth? What is the path? What if THE truth is that there is only YOUR own truth. What if this one truth is, that we are all here on earth to remember our own truth? What is true for you? What is your path? From my own experience, we get most in contact with our own truth through the meeting with others. On my own path, Sanna Karlsson plays a big part in it. Through the connection and work with Sanna, I got in touch even deeper with my own sensitivity and allowed myself to open up to energy work and my soul's calling. For that reason, that Sanna inspires me, I invited her to Unwrap Your Mind so that she can also inspire you! If you want to let yourself be inspired by her perspective and through that meeting with her being guided to your own truth - THEN a wonderful episode is waiting for you on Spotify, iTunes, or any other podcast provider. And it comes even better. You will have two episodes in a row with her. So if you can't get enough inspiration, stay also tuned for the following week. In this episode, we talk about... ✨ … inner alignment, what it means that only you can heal yourself, ✨ … and what the ‘role' of a space-holder is in that process. ✨ … how to get deeply in contact with what is the best for your own healing. ✨ … why connecting to the heart is so powerful and how to connect to it. ✨ … what dedication and courage have to do with choosing to follow your heart. ✨ … why we need your excitement and aliveness on earth and how to find it in your life. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

Let me tease you a little bit and let me tell you that you DO NOT live your full potential right now! Why am I being so direct why do I think I have the right to say that? Not to tell you off or demotivate you. The opposite is actually true. I say that statement because I KNOW there is more in you. Because we all do not live our full potential even if we're already living a lot of it. What if it is okay where you are in this moment in your life and yet there is more in you that can be brought to life? I want to invite you to just be open for it for a moment. And let me tell you that I've got triggered a lot when I heard that being said to me in the past. Because I thought that I am already doing sooo much and I just can't anymore! It made me so angry to hear it. And yet, there was a part in me that knew, “Yes, these words are true. There is more in me.”

What if it is okay? What if whatever is shown and presented in your life right now, at this moment, is okay? What would that give you? How would you feel if it is okay? I feel free. I feel spacious. I feel alive when IT IS OKAY. What does it mean “it is okay”? It is a state of allowance. And this allowance is a part of vulnerability to me. This episode evolved out of an inquiry into myself about the purpose and reason why I am doing what I am doing. From Friday to Monday (today), I have dropped the idea of having a podcast, having my website, offering coaching sessions. I was inquiring into it if this is what my soul wants to express. I wanted to see the depth of my soul's motivation for doing my work. I asked myself what happens and evolves if I fully drop the motivation that comes from a place of doing things out of a habit or because we are supposed to do something. I allowed this state of emptiness for 2 full days. And it was fascinating what evolved. I want to bring more vulnerability into the world, allowance towards vulnerability, and encourage one to live from one's own heart's guidance. It starts with understanding on an experiential level who we really are. How are you? In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … what the solar system has to do with your being in the world. ✨ … what to answer when someone asks you “How are you?” ✨ … the depth behind the word “I AM”. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

What comes to your mind when you think about self-care? Do you brush your teeth after your meals? Do you wash your face and do you shower? I think so. Do you also take a ‘shower' for your energy body every day? Maybe you never thought about it. Do you sometimes feel drained in your energy? Or do you tend to feel attachment towards certain people or situations from time to time? This happens if your energy is not with you and when your energy is hooked with another energy system. And we are always in interaction and ‘in communication' with all the energies around us. Self-care for your energy body is essential! You might ask yourself now, why you need to shower every evening - find out in this episode. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … what your energy body is. ✨ … why it is so important to care for your energy body. ✨ … why one shower is not enough. ✨ … my own experience around the energetic body and why it has been so hard for me to speak about this topic in the past. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

Talking about the physical body is so close to my heart. Seeing the inner hatred towards the own physical body within others and experiencing it in myself hurts a lot. Your body, my body, our all bodies, is the home of our own soul. Through our body, we are able to experience life here on earth. And yet, there is so much judgement and criticism towards our body. So much trying to push the body into perfection and not feeling grateful for it. When there is the loving connection to your own body though, you experience automatically a life filled with so much more love and abundance. And I know it from myself, that it is oftentimes not easy to create that loving connection to our body. Many of us empaths also left the body at some point in their life, because it was too painful otherwise. And now is the time to come back into your body! Let's have this beautiful talk together in my new episode. Tune in. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … how you can see your body from eyes full of love. ✨ … how to practice self-love when it comes to your physical body. ✨ … how to gain gratitude towards your physical body. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

Whenever we are in between our dreams and the critic against it, whenever we are between our potential and our wounds, whenever we are between our light and our shadows - we are split from within. It does not only cost a lot of energy to jump back and forth between these two poles. It is also causing this manifestation of that gap in the outside, in your life. It is unsatisfying. What we experience right now in our society is a gap, a split. And it is because you are split from within. It is because I am split from within. It is because we are split from within. And at the same time, it is now the time to close that gap within you! It is time that you allow yourself to dream. It is time that you live your potential. We all have dreams. You have dreams. Every dream, no matter how small, counts! Go and live. Go and close that gap. This episode will give you impulses and a perspective of how you can close your inner gap. Allow your heart to heal in order to bridge the gap. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … why we all have an inner critic and an inner dreamer. ✨ … how you can follow your dreams even though you have this critical voice in your head. ✨ … how to let your inner critic become silent whenever you wish to. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

Do you keep working on the same wounds, on the same topics over and over again? And you feel that this is never going to end? Wound Healing is a big topic and at the same time not I feel. We all have emotional wounds that we carry in our system. And sometimes you might ask yourself why these wounds keep ripping open again and again. Do you? To be honest with you, yes, some wounds are very deep and they need a lot of healing. More than others and they are coming also back for the next layer to heal. And at the same time, when it comes to wound healing, there is also a huge trap you can fall into. Maybe it is you that keeps ripping these wounds open again and again. Maybe the wound is already ready to heal. Maybe it is you who is standing in the way to finally let this wound heal. Maybe you are not wounded beyond healing. What if? In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … how the wound healing on the physical body helps us to understand emotional wound healing better. ✨ … how to stop walking towards your future backward. ✨ … why it is in your own power to let your wounds heal. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

There is something to celebrate. Unwrap Your Mind is now one year old. Wow. Time really is just a concept. Sometimes it feels like it's never going to pass and sometimes it feels like things have just happened yesterday even though one year passed. First of all, I want to thank you for listening to Unwrap Your Mind. Maybe you are here from the beginning or you jumped on this boat on the journey. No matter how long you are already part of this community - it is so beautiful that you are here :) Starting a creative project that includes my personal essence wasn't always easy yet always worth it. I share with you what came to me when I reflected on the last year regarding this Podcast. And there was a lot, that Unwrap Your Mind taught me - I am so glad for that! Maybe you are also bringing your heart's truth into the world? Maybe you are also creating a project, art, your own business or you are a mother/father or a friend? And you are bringing your authenticity, your heart into that relationship - then I am sure you know that it's not always easy yet so valuable. Do you reflect on these creations? Your projects, your relationships what they taught you? In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … what it is that I love about Unwrap Your Mind. ✨ … why this is now Episode 41 and not 52 as I foretold at the beginning. ✨ … all the lessons that Unwrap Your Mind taught me and how it affected me personally. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

Did you ever ask yourself how you are able to hold yourself in times when it gets very challenging? Have you been dependent only on support from the outside and it broke you when you realized that things just got worse? Do you sometimes ask yourself how to lift yourself up out of tough times? These were thoughts I once asked myself. And in this episode, I share with you my experiences of differences in how to deal with tough times. As I shared in previous episodes before, having moments where we face challenges is normal and also a way of growing and maturing. Yet, there are different ways how to experience these times and one of my key 'secrets' of self-empowerment are reconnecting to your own resources. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … the difference of inner- and outer-resources. ✨ … how you can empower yourself in challenging situations. ✨ … how you can find out about your inner resources. ✨ … the power of being able to hold yourself. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

In order to live in alignment and in balance, I believe it is about aligning our body-mind and soul from within. Meditations are a great tool to practice this alignment and especially experience it. To let go of everything that is not serving us anymore is a big part of living this alignment. Natural cycles of seasons and the moon are supporting this process too. Nevertheless, we can always create a space to let go of the old and used and start inviting the new and the freshness. This beautiful meditation is for you to support you in this process. Take these 30 minutes for you (your soul) to refresh yourself and to reconnect to your inner senses and inner wisdom. I wish you a lot of joy with this meditation and a great experience. This episode is about... ✨ … letting go of the old, ✨ … and inviting the new. ✨ … a meditation for your soul and ✨ … all your senses. Here some impulse questions for you in addition:

I guess we can all agree that it is not a pleasant feeling to feel drained in ones energy and demotivated. I can at least speak for myself, that of course I enjoy the fun and pleasurable moments in life more than the moments where I feel low, tired and totally demotivated. And yes, I have those moments too. I am even pretty sure that we all as human beings have ups and downs to some degree. Why this is so, you will find out in this episode. Yet, there are different ways to experience these ups and downs. And it is also possible to not need to fall into deep holes anymore as more as we see why these deep lows are there for. I've been in many of these deep lows including a period in my life where I was mentally and physically so exhausted that I didn't see a way out of it anymore. Remember, that this is not forever and whenever you feel stuck right now, there is a way out of it. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … why ups and downs are natural. ✨ … what to do when you are in a low and you feel like you can't shift. ✨ … what self-care has to do with managing these phases. ✨ … why a low is a beautiful opportunity for your life to become more full and real. ✨ … what boundary setting has to do with it. Here some impulse questions for you:

Uncomfortable situations are facing us sometimes more often and sometimes less often in our life. I have had a very uncomfortable period in my life for the last 12 months and especially the last 6 months when it came to the housing situation I was facing at this time. In this period of time, I got confronted with the term "Get comfortable with discomfort." - many times! I was internally fighting against it. Because I hated this discomfort. I was faced with one of the most uncomfortable situations, for me personally when it comes to physical comfort. So, do we have to get comfortable with a very uncomfortable situation? In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … my interpretation of discomfort. ✨ … facing uncomfortable situations in life and how to overcome those. Here some impulse questions for you:

We all have different parts within ourselves. These parts are like subpersonalities. One part that is oftentimes quite present and strong is the inner controller. This part wants to take control over your life and over situations in your life. This part may likes proof. Proof of things that could foresay the future. These proofs could be manifested in your life through the eagerness for knowledge or evidence through certificates and science. That part, your inner controller is ruled by fear. But where does this fear come from and how can you come in contact with this part of yours? In my life, the controller was and sometimes still is, very strong. Perfectionism was one of my strategies to keep everything under control. I had such a strong fear of loss throughout my whole life. It ruled my relationships and it put me under tremendous stress. This stress in the end was manifested in my body which was aching everywhere and screaming for a change. I take you with me in a 'conversation' with my inner part to show you one way how I self-reflect on it. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … our inner controller. ✨ … why our world is ruled by control. ✨ … what we can all do with this inner part. Here some impulse questions for you:

So often we come across competition in our life, right? At least I do. Having an athletic background, it is almost like growing up with competition. But not just at sport you are faced with the topic of competition. It is literally everywhere - on social media, in school, at work. Creating my own business, I got faced with this topic again and I started questioning it. What is that thing, that we are doing and calling "competition"? Why are we doing this? Why did I compare myself always in the past? I like to question things and start to build my own ideas about it. So do I encourage you to do the same! In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … why it is so important to question things. ✨ … what competition has to do with lack. ✨ … how to see competition in your personal life and in your career. Here some impulse questions for you:

Welcome you wonderful being! It is time for another inspiring interview. This time I talk with Joe Obidiegwu. He was born in Africa, lived in Florida to play tennis and to study before he followed his heart and moved to Sweden to become a teacher at his school in 2012. The interview touched my heart and is absolutely inspiring when it comes to trusting in your own heart and in the mystical of life. Joe never intended to become a teacher. He, in fact, hated school, he said. But through that criticism, he found now a way to bring a new way of teaching into our school system. A school (Spiraskolan in Stockholm), where the focus is on teachings in connection to the body, the mind and the heart. In this episode, we talk about... ✨ … the pain of the split between one's own hearts truth and the outside expectations. ✨ … the synchronicities and magic that happens, one's saying “yes” to its own heart. ✨ … how his school integrates teachings for the body, the heart and the mind.

Welcome! :) Do you know that feeling of being drained after a (long) time in the city? Do some people or situations affect your energy? Or do you feel an attachment towards someone or something and that impacts your own energy negatively? I personally can answer all of those questions with a "yes". I am happy, that I have now the awareness and the tools that help me to keep myself in my own energy, most of the time. And that has a huge impact on my creativity, my mood and my motivation towards almost anything in life. Since this topic affects so many of us, especially if you are a bit more sensitive to energy, I want to share what helps me in those situations. I share a story about myself in where I felt a strong attachment towards someone, how it affected me and what I did to come back to myself. The beautiful thing is, that I recorded a wonderful mediation for you. You can listen to it whenever you need to ground yourself, to clear out your energy field and to come back to your centre. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … attachment towards people, situations and things. ✨ … what to do when you feel drained. ✨ … energy “vampires", grounding and alignment.

Welcome :) Thank you for being here. This is the first step of being at home. Why am I saying this? Because episode 32 is all about coming home to yourself. We were away for too long. We all were too long in our own spiral of suffering. Now is the time to come back home. Our souls, our spirit needs to come home. Being at home in your body, being at home in yourself opens the doors to the mystical, to creativity, to ease and to the flow of life. It is not always easy to be present in the moment and yet, it is needed in order to be at home. Basically, it is the same. And to make this a bit easier to follow or to picture it in front of your mind's eye, I talk about the soul's apartment in this episode. Stay tuned and let yourself be inspired. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … what it means to come home. ✨ … how to come home to yourself. ✨ … what the present moment and pauses have to do with being at home.

Welcome :) Do you recognize the scenario that sometimes you forget about the importance of a morning routine? Do you find yourself in those thoughts like 'Why do I need a morning routine?', 'I get up so early, I have no time for a morning routine.' and so on. I know both groups of thoughts in myself. Yet, since I let go of that pain that is underneath those thoughts, and since I started to pay attention to how I spend my morning, things changed drastically. Honestly, I believe a morning routine is essential for success in our life. In this episode, I talk about... ✨ … morning routines (10 minutes and up). ✨ … the importance of daily intention setting. ✨ … ideas on how to create your own morning routine.

Welcome to 2021 and to my podcast. :) My intention for Unwrap Your Mind in 2021 is to be as open, as vulnerable and as much connected to my hearts truth as it is possible for me. I wish for more vulnerability, authenticity and heart connections on our planet. And I will do my best to participate in that creation among others through this podcast. Thank you, that you are here and also part of this creation, which is so much needed right now! What is your wish for 2021? In order for your dreams not to be just empty promises to your life and yourself, it is important to understand the difference between goal setting and intention setting. Let's manifest and take your dreams into action. I talk about ... ✨ … why goals ≠ intentions. ✨ … inner parts, that can block us from manifesting. ✨ … what difference it makes to focus on what you want instead of on what you don't want.

Hello wonderful souls! This very interesting and also challenging year 2020 is almost over. I want to invite you with this episode to reflect on it. Coming more from a point of honouring and gratitude as from frustration and judgement. Even though all emotions are as always welcome here :) Now, let's take a comfortable position, get your notebook and a warm cup of tea and let's reflect on 2020. This time of reflection is just for you and your soul. I talk about ... ✨ … my reflection ritual. ✨ … 5 steps you can use to reflect on something. ✨ … how to close this intense year 2020.

Merry Christmas to all of you :) If you celebrate, what is Christmas to you? Do you look forward to this time of the year? Or is there already a big knot building up within your belly when you think about it? Or do you might have mixed feelings about it? All is welcome here, that's for sure. In anyway, to connect back to a sense of sacred unity and connectedness through non-violent communication, is for sure a good way to prepare. In this episode it is all about ... ✨ … connection. ✨ … sacred unity. ✨ … communication.

Hej my dears :) Quite some challenging times right now, hm? It can get so overwhelming and emotional sometimes. What to do with all that energy? I want to share something with you, because I keep realizing how much I benefit from the tools and my daily practice of mindfulness, especially in challenging times. And it makes me see that it's so essential to practice self-healing in (emotional) overwhelming and challenging times. Right now, we are all in a challenging time. For some of us it's challenging in that way and for some in that way. We also don't need the exact story about it, if you have the intention to not get stuck with the story all the time. How does it sound for you to have a simple and at the same time very effective self-healing practice, which you can do within five minutes and up? I talk about ... ✨ … the concept of protecting our heart and why we do/did it. ✨ … a 5-steps self-healing practice to release tension in your energetic and physical body. ✨ … what a resource list is and what it's good for.

Do you know that feeling, when you worked on a project, that's really important for you and it didn't turn out as planned. Then thoughts and self-criticism shows up. "I'm not good enough", "I should do better", "Something is wrong with me", and so on. How would it be to not feel bad about your own mistakes? That would be wonderful, wouldn't it? I know it from myself, it is so easy to get stuck in self-criticism. So easy, to talk oneself bad and small. But it doesn't have to be like that! This episode is all about others ways to deal with mistakes and failures. I talk about ... ✨ … one way to shift your failure- and mistakes-mindset. ✨ … the importance of allowing our feelings to be there. ✨ … why our brain has the tendency to focus on the negative.

In this episode, I would like to introduce you, to my wonderful friend Antonia Rothschild. Antonia is working with the Kriya Lightning Foundation, where she holds powerful healing sessions. Besides of that, she is also participating in the same Zen Coaching Training as I am. The other days, we had a sharing together and out of that really empowering insides about selflove popped up. So many of us, including myself, know these thoughts "I am not good enough". That's why I believe, that this episode with Antonia can change a lot and show us all a new perspective. We talk about the importance of … ✨ … following your intuition. ✨ … selflove. ✨ … and how community supports our growth.

In previous episodes, I talked a lot about awareness in our personal life. In fact, from my perspective, work is possibly a big part of our life. If you look at your life-timeline and mark the area where you work - the main part is work. In that case, to do something that we love to do is one thing. Besides that, I believe practicing awareness at work can improve a lot too. In this episode, I talk about how awareness can improve your workflow or business. And remember, if something shifts within you, something on the outside will change too. That means you are an important part of the whole work-chain. So, are you ready to shift something? No matter if you're running your own business, working in a team, or in a bigger company, you'll be in contact with at least one other person. So what can you do? And what has awareness to do with all of that? In that episode, I will break the word “awareness” more down and talk about process- and goal orientation in the work-context. I talk about… ✨ … my own experience of how being present and relaxed without pressure can influence oneself positively in remembering more knowledge and having full access to it. ✨ … how we can apply this experience of being present in our work environment and how it leads to more efficiency at work. ✨ … the difference between goal orientation and process orientation at work. ✨ … why process orientation doesn't mean that no more goals are set. ✨ … how to identify if you are process orientated and what to do to get there. What do you think?

Mediation became one of my daily practices nowadays. Why? Because I want to make a shift in my life. To be present in the moment and to be aware of my body is one key factor to do so. Meditation helps us to practice awareness and presence. This is why I am sharing a meditation with you in this episode. We will go on a journey to your true self and discover the limitations that stop you from going for what you wish for in life. We will clean up all the limitations and connect you to your true longings. It will be transformational! Let's start.

What does it mean for you to be authentic? How do you act if no one is watching? How do you move if no one is watching? How do you dance if no one is watching? How do you speak if no one is listening? What kind of jokes would you say if no one would judge? IF EVERYTHING IS WELCOME, WHO WOULD YOU BE? We are all as unique as our finger print of the thumb. There is no second you, here on earth. Authenticity is just one of the topics I talk about in this episode. Even though authenticity is like a red thread followed in that episode, because I took you with me on a journey of self-inquiry. Basically, I was curious what would happen if I just start talking into my mic without preparing ANYthing in advance. I was curious what would show up. And I was surprised what actually did. ✨ I talk about the relation between two powerful words ‘YES' and 'NO' and why it's important to always take both in consideration. Do you feel like your ‘No' isn't strong? Or maybe your ‘Yes' to something? I talk about the reason. ✨ I talk about a way to inquire yourself by taking you with me on my own self-inquiry. ✨ I talk about authenticity and the power that comes with it. For me, that was probably the most vulnerable episode so far. Why? Because my ‘inner-controller' was on vacation for almost 45 minutes. (I hope he enjoyed it and wants more time off in the future!) I want you to encourage to show yourself more vulnerable. It is powerful! It is human!

Can you see yourself as being exactly where you need to be on your path? Or is there any kind of "No, I don't want to be here. If xy would happen, I'd feel more free/comfortable/better."? We could call it a path, adventure, or simple life. And let's say on that path, we face different situations, points, or intersection with which we eventually need to deal with. Especially if those situations are challenging or uncomfortable, we might catch ourselves saying that we don't want to be at that point in life. Are you willing to grow? Are you willing to become the more pure version of yourself? Are you willing to live a more fulfilled life? If you can answer one of those questions with a "Yes", then I am sure this episode is for you. Because if we are willing to grow in some way in our life, then each situation has the possibility to teach us something in life. In this episode, I talk about... ✨... why it is so important to say "Yes" to where you are at that moment. ✨... how to find out if you are really okay with being where you are on your path. ✨... and how to find out what is the hidden benefit of being in that situation/how to find out why life puts you in that kind of situation.

I guess self-love is a huge topic. At least it was and still is for me. You might have heard that statement before 'You can just love others if you love yourself' or something like 'As much as you are able to love yourself, as much you are able to love others'. I agree on some points with those statements, but not absolutely. That is the reason why I talk about self-love in this episode. In this episode, I talk about... ✨... what is self-love. ✨... what happens when we're with others in relationship and at the same time don't love ourselves fully. ✨... the victim versus the creator role in terms of self-love.

Letting go isn't always easy. Knowing when it's really time to let go even less. One thing is for sure: We let go of people, situations and circumstances a lot in our entire life. Are you in a situation where you don't know if it's time to let go? I can congratulate yourself already now because you are in the first step of "realization/awareness"! That is amazing. You might even have this intuition/inner feeling that knows what is the right thing to do next. Then this episode might be the kick-off for this next step to take. And if you don't know at all what to do, I'm sure you'll come closer to that part after that episode. In this episode, I talk about... ✨... one of my own experiences when I was in the situation of deciding to let go or not. ✨... steps to take to come closer to your inner guidance. ✨... possible reasons why we are sometimes confused and can't hear our intuition that guides us. ✨... the power of asking yourself questions.

This episode is about finding your own truth. "What is true?", "What is THE truth?" - these are big questions. I personally believe that there is not the one and only truth in life. I believe that we are all creators of our own truth and our reality. We were shaped and wrapped into beliefs, which we define as the truth. We are influenced by our culture, religion, family, friends and so much more - basically by everything that surrounds us. We often try to correct others by considering their views as wrong. This creates a lot of friction between us all. Why don't we instead try to find out what is right for us individually? Why don't we instead try to listen to others with curiosity and try to understand them? In this episode, I talk about... ✨... steps on how you can get more clarification about what is true for you. ✨... and what could help you to understand your own beliefs better. Let's be curious about what we think. Let's get more clear about what we want.

Hej beautiful soul. Today's episode is about saying 'no' and meeting your needs. We all have needs. You have needs. I have needs. And those needs might be completely different from person to person. But what do your needs have to do with saying 'No'? Well, a 'No' is a 'Yes' to other needs. I experienced for myself that it is not always so easy to say 'no' and it sometimes even comes with feelings like guilt. There might be some situations in life where it is easier for you to say 'no' and in some, where it's not. That is normal. Many of us are going through that learning process. But wouldn't it be beautiful to understand why it is so hard sometimes to stand up for yourself and to speak up for your needs? ✨ In this episode, I talk about my experiences with that topic and how the connection to my inner self/ my inner child helps me to embrace those feelings and to discover my needs.

Hej hej. - 'Sweden' - To live in Sweden, that was something I really wanted to experience for years. I had this vision that I followed, or how I would call it in this episode "A seed was planted". A few of you were interested in how I eventually ended up in Sweden. And to be honest, I was it too. That's why I then decided to write a text about it, which I read out loud for you in this episode. By reading these lines, I sometimes really wonder how miracles happen when you do certain things towards this direction you want to head to. ✨In this episode, I also share a powerful metaphorical story about choosing the 'right' path to reach a specific goal in life. ✨ I also would like to use that episode to share a book, that I read very recently, which inspired me a lot in terms of creativity. This book is written by Elizabeth Gilbert and calls "Big Magic". I would love to use that platform as well to share books that inspired me and at the same time, I'd love to hear about your favorite books.

Hej amazing people :) Today, I share with you my first interview. My guest for this episode is Kinga Kożurno. We had a wonderful, inspiring talk about love. I am very happy to share her message and her view about love with you. Kinga is a Zen Coach and we both met in Ängsbacka in Sweden. In this special episode, you will learn more about her work as a Zen Coach. ✨What is Zen Coaching (04:20')? ✨In what way is "Zen Coaching" different from "Life Coaching" (09:15')? ✨We will talk about Love (10:00') and how Kinga deals with suffering - if love is not "coming back" from that one person (14:04'). ✨We talk about the powerful connection between the present moment and painful feelings like suffering (17:46'). ✨Moreover, I asked Kinga, how she receives love (22:40')? For me, this interview was super exciting and beautiful at the same time. I hope you can get as much out of this talk as I did. Get inspired. Thank you to Kinga for her time. If you would like to connect with her, you can find her @https://zen-coaching.com/coaches/ as well as on her website @www.zen-coaching.es Let me know what you think about it. I would be very happy to hear from you under the post of this episode on Instagram @mariaplahl or Facebook @Maria Plahl. And share it with someone you love. It also would make me very happy if you give me a review on iTunes for my podcast. Love, Maria. You can find my podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cF0WnzxwApBcnqBLkcAjN?si=Kjm6HS66QqqifPlVI3F6PA ; iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/unwrap-your-mind/id1505271594?l=en ; GooglePodcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly8zenVyZ3MucG9kY2FzdGVyLmRlL3Vud3JhcHlvdXJtaW5kLnJzcw ; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl279-2Nvc65gyJZL5BATbw

Do you doubt yourself sometimes? Do you sometimes doubt that you are good enough in what you are doing? Do you sometimes not feel pretty enough, not powerful enough, not good enough in general? You are not alone with those feelings. I think it is one of the biggest fears we need to deal with in our life. What if there is a way out of that mind-chaos? Well, there is. There always is. One way out of it could be the act of appreciation. You will learn more about it in this episode. Enjoy it. How do you deal with the fear of "not being good enough"? I would love to hear from you under the post of this episode on Instagram @mariaplahl or Facebook @Maria Plahl. If there is anyone, who you could think can get an inspiration out of it, please share it and make someone's life happier today. I also would make me very happy if you give me a review on iTunes for my podcast. Have a wonderful week. See you next Monday. Love, Maria. You can find my podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cF0WnzxwApBcnqBLkcAjN?si=Kjm6HS66QqqifPlVI3F6PA ; iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/unwrap-your-mind/id1505271594?l=en ; GooglePodcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly8zenVyZ3MucG9kY2FzdGVyLmRlL3Vud3JhcHlvdXJtaW5kLnJzcw ; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl279-2Nvc65gyJZL5BATbw

Last week, I had a talk with a lovely friend of mine. She is currently suffering from chronic skin problems. Even if she is aware and knows that there might be a deeper meaning behind the cause of that suffering, it still shows up over and over again. What if there is still a closed-door, blocking the message that your body wants to tell you. This episode is for her and for everyone who is suffering from physical pain (back pain, headaches, etc.,) and skin problems, that are chronic and therefore coming over and over again. I talk about that topic from an emotional and energetic level, not from a medical one. What if there is a role behind the pain? I talk about how you can open up to the message that your body might wants to tell you. I am convinced any pain is a gift in some way. There are always two sides of a situation: What did it take away from me? And, what does it give me? Remember, you are not alone. I am happy to hear from you under the post of this episode on Instagram @mariaplahl or Facebook @Maria Plahl. It also would make me very happy if you give me a review on iTunes for my podcast. Love, Maria. You can find my podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cF0WnzxwApBcnqBLkcAjN?si=Kjm6HS66QqqifPlVI3F6PA ; iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/unwrap-your-mind/id1505271594?l=en ; GooglePodcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly8zenVyZ3MucG9kY2FzdGVyLmRlL3Vud3JhcHlvdXJtaW5kLnJzcw ; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl279-2Nvc65gyJZL5BATbw

Our body - We are always and anytime connected to it? But are we really? Are YOU really connected to your own body? Why is it so important to have a healthy connection to your body and why are we so often disconnected from it? Even if you think, that your connection to your own body is unimprovable, listen to this episode. You might get some more insights about the importance of that connection and the steps towards it. Because, how can we be too much connected to our body - it is a home. I am happy to hear from you under the post of this episode on Instagram @mariaplahl or Facebook @Maria Plahl. I also would make me very happy if you give me a review on iTunes for my podcast. Love, Maria. You can find my podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cF0WnzxwApBcnqBLkcAjN?si=Kjm6HS66QqqifPlVI3F6PA ; iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/unwrap-your-mind/id1505271594?l=en ; GooglePodcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly8zenVyZ3MucG9kY2FzdGVyLmRlL3Vud3JhcHlvdXJtaW5kLnJzcw ; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl279-2Nvc65gyJZL5BATbw

Resistance to situations in life can feel exhausting and difficult. But why do we sometimes still resist it? How can we surrender to these moments? And anyway, what is surrendering anyway? I am talking about resistance and what resistance is (05.57'). How we can deal with situations where we don't want to be (07.59'). I'm also talking about how we can identify if we are resisting a situation (10.53') and what we can do in that case (13.03'). I am happy to hear from you under the post of this episode on Instagram @mariaplahl or Facebook @Maria Plahl. I also would make me very happy if you give me a review on iTunes for my podcast. Love, Maria. You can find my podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cF0WnzxwApBcnqBLkcAjN?si=Kjm6HS66QqqifPlVI3F6PA ; iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/unwrap-your-mind/id1505271594?l=en ; GooglePodcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly8zenVyZ3MucG9kY2FzdGVyLmRlL3Vud3JhcHlvdXJtaW5kLnJzcw ; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl279-2Nvc65gyJZL5BATbw

Is there anything in life you fear? Yes? Then, I have a good message for you. It is totally normal to be in fear sometimes. Even your biggest role model or the most successful person, who appears to have everything going on simply and happily in life is afraid. Because we all have one thing in common which is being a human being. In that episode, I will share with you a personal story of myself, in which I talk about how I personally cope with anxiety. No matter what you are dreaming of or what your passion is, I want to encourage you not to hold back by fear. I am happy to hear from you under the post of this episode on Instagram @mariaplahl or Facebook @Maria Plahl. Love, Maria. You can find my podcast at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cF0WnzxwApBcnqBLkcAjN?si=Kjm6HS66QqqifPlVI3F6PA ; iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/unwrap-your-mind/id1505271594?l=en ; GooglePodcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly8zenVyZ3MucG9kY2FzdGVyLmRlL3Vud3JhcHlvdXJtaW5kLnJzcw ; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl279-2Nvc65gyJZL5BATbw

Do you sometimes ask yourself how does it work to manifest something in life? With that episode I will take you with me into my thoughts. I will share with you a metaphorical way of manifestation. I am very thankful that you are listening to the podcast and that you are willing to unwrap your inner light, layer by layer. If you like the episode, I am very happy if you share it with your loved ones and/or write a short review on iTunes. Keep on shining. Your Maria. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_maria__pl/ ; Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6cF0WnzxwApBcnqBLkcAjN?si=yx4YikcZR2eTQG2NnYqKPQ ; iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/unwrap-your-mind/id1505271594?l=en ; Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?q=unwrap%20your%20mind ; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl279-2Nvc65gyJZL5BATbw