Podcasts about live your sunrise

Elena Sonnino, Life coach, Speaker, and Yoga Teacher, helps successful but stressed out women in midlife to write a new chapter in their life filled with more purpose, wellness, and joy. She holds a space for people to help them be present and more comfortable with themselves. Elena shares her personal story of being in "survival mode" after get the diagnosis of Cancer in her early 20's. She talks about her own fears and her tendency to push and strive rather than allowing things to unfold. Elena learned through her own yoga and mindfulness practice to be present with her feelings and allow feelings even when they are uncomfortable. She talks how to ground yourself to your "inner knowing" to be able to experience the width and depth that life has to offer. Elena will share with us her morning routines for grounding, anchoring, and noticing what is going on in the present moment. Elena talks about how "spinning in doubt" can create anxiety when we focus on the "worst case scenario or the "what if's" of life. She helps people uncover stories they are telling and notice their habits of thought. She explores how we can listen to intuition, discern what is best, and be true to our core values. Elena will help us explore the importance of cultivating compassion for ourselves and others. We can nourish ourselves through simple act of nurturing and savoring what is here now. Learn how to receive through breath work and decluttering the mind. Elena will help you "Live Your Sunrise" and enjoy the well-being of living in the now. https://www.elenasonnino.com/

Every day, we make choices. With our actions, with our words, and in the way we approach experiences and interactions. Perhaps one of the most important ways to live fully in the now is to consider the idea that our mindset matters. This week, I am exploring how our mindset is a key in creating the life we want to live. “The universe buries strange jewels deep within all of us, and then stands back to see if we can find them.” ~Elizabeth Gilbert Highlights for Mindset Matters What is a mindset? And why is it a key self-help tool for sustainable transformation? (2:35) The difference between mindsets and why it matters (3:00) Are you more likely to notice what is wrong with judgment, or can you give yourself permission to look for opportunities for potential? (6:30) Cultivating a mindset to create ripples of potential (9:00) Consider these four keys to explore a mindset of possibility (10:55) Your Invitations for this Week Pay attention to the mindset that you bring with you through your day. What do you notice? Where can you release judgment and notice potential? Practice cultivating a mindset of possibility – what wants to be revealed? Resources Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Dr. Carol Dweck Join Me on Facebook Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun with daily doses of encouragement and motivation. Share the Sunrise in Your Pocket Spread the ripple! Write a review on iTunes of how this episode resonated with you. Know someone who might benefit from this episode? Share it with a friend who could use this nudge to explore mindset as a tool. And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.  

We are human. We want things. We strive for outcomes. But what if the desire for attainment wasn’t what we really need? What if we could cultivate attunement instead of attainment? In this week’s episode, I am exploring the idea of cultivating attunement. Rather than striving for outcomes and perhaps being perpetually unsatisfied, consider this a nudge for attuning to what resonates deeply within you. Like an orchestra or chorus attunes one sound to another, we can use the practice of attunement to connect to how we want to feel and practice being in the moment. Highlights for Cultivate Attunement What is attunement? (2:50) Distinguish between the practice of alignment and attunement (5:15) What would it feel like to release striving and attainment and practice attunement instead? (6:55) Awareness is a journey (7:35) When we synchronize our energy and embody our energy from the inside, we are reminded to be present in the moment (8:05) What are the ways you can cultivate attunement? (8:35) Connect to your inner vibration to find your inner ripple (9:45) Use your senses to cultivate attunement (10:50) What will you choose to attune to each day? (11:35) Consider how attunement meets manifestation (13:25) Attunement is an invitation to allow what is within you and around you to emerge and expand (15:05) Your Invitations for this Week Try this guided visualization to practice cultivating attunement. What will you choose to attune to? Create your own attunement playlist. Resources Chip Conley on Good Life Project Elena’s Say Yes to My Expansion playlist on Spotify The Power of Singing Daily on Higher Perspectives Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun, with daily doses of encouragement and motivation. Share the Sunrise in Your Pocket Share this episode with a friend who might benefit from the idea of cultivating attunement, and remember to rate the show and leave a review wherever you’re listening to this podcast! And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.

Children are curious. They explore just because, and they make decisions based on what feels good. But as adults, we no longer practice curiosity, opting instead to be guided by shoulds, deadlines, and a need for specific outcomes and certainty. This week I’m exploring curiosity as a mindset. Why be curious? Curiosity is one of my favorite practices for releasing a need for outcomes and creating space in our lives for new possibilities. Yet, many of us rarely give ourselves time to be curious … to wonder … to do something just because. “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” ~Albert Einstein Highlights for Cultivate Curiosity as a Mindset What makes children so curious? (3:10) Curiosity isn’t about outcomes. It involves willingness and wonder, listening and discerning (3:30) Consider the reasons and habits that erode our curiosity (4:15) Release yourself from the trap of “I don’t know” (5:45) “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” ~Albert Einstein (6:45) What is it like to see something and become so intrigued you can’t help but be curious? (7:35) Notice aliveness and awakeness in yourself and in your life (14:30) What does it take to cultivate curiosity? (14:35) Consider this question to let go of expectations and cultivate curiosity (17:45) Your Invitations for the Week Ask yourself the question: “What would I be curious about if I knew I had nothing to lose?” Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun, with daily doses of encouragement and motivation. Share the Sunrise in Your Pocket Share this episode with a friend who might benefit from the idea of cultivating curiosity, and remember to rate the show and leave a review wherever you’re listening to this podcast! And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.  

Have you ever had one of those moments when you feel like you are on top of the world, confident and connected to your purpose, yet at the same time, you feel like you are tumbling out of an airplane towards the earth in a free fall? Today, I’m talking about what could happen if you gave yourself permission to free fall … to feel the intensity of being so crystal clear and committed that your heart is on fire while also being vulnerable to the unknowing of it all. Because perhaps it is in those moments of free fall that we actually learn to fly. Highlights for Give Yourself Permission to Free Fall Consider the possibility of saying YES to something so important that it induces the free fall feeling (2:35) Explore the human tendency to pump the brakes (3:40) Relate to my free fall stumble and see how I got out of my own way (6:35) “What if I fall? Oh but my darling, what if you fly?” ~Erin Hanson (11:30) What would it take to give yourself permission to free fall? (12:05) Reflect on the idea that perhaps you can feel the intensity of a free fall and know that it is just right (12:50) Moving from Cloud 9 into the unknown (13:35) Where can you stop slowing yourself down? (14:20) Use these 3 tools to catch yourself when you realize you are pumping the brakes (14:55) For more about being your own disruptor, getting out of your head, and getting grounded, click here » 7 Ways to Be Your Own Disruptor Your Invitations for the Week Consider: When was the last time you felt on top of the world? Give yourself permission to say Yes to something that feels so big inside you that it might induce a free fall – and then consider this: What would it take for you to learn to fly? Share this episode with a friend who might benefit from the idea of giving themselves permission to free fall, and remember to rate the show and leave a review. Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun, with daily doses of encouragement and motivation. And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.

What would happen if you could learn to notice – and to see – the self-imposed obstacles you put in your path? Today, I am sharing how we can learn to get out of our own way by spotting the hurdles we create for ourselves. Let’s be real: life happens, and obstacles that are not in our control happen. But the self-imposed obstacles that take up our energy are like clutter – they keep the important stuff from being noticed or being seen. More importantly, we need to know what our stories and self-imposed obstacles look like, so we can spot them when they appear. Once we learn to recognize them, we can more easily notice them and see them for what they are, and then choose our next steps from a place of awareness and discernment.   Highlights for Get Out of Your Own Way The difference between external and internal (self-imposed) obstacles (1:35) How getting in your own way creates clutter and “energetic sinkholes” (3:10) “When we are able to know the self, all else is known.” ~Bhagavad Gita (4:05) Be a butterfly catcher: Create your own net to catch yourself in awareness (5:40) What are some of the ways you get in your own way? (7:00) Consider who you are and who you become when you get in your own way (13:30) Use these 3 questions to start naming the hurdles you put in your path (14:50) Invitations for the Week Spend a day or two noticing the obstacles you put in your path. Observe their triggers and how these self-imposed obstacles make you feel. As you name them, write them down or just note them in your mind. And maybe even ask yourself one of my favorite questions: What am I waiting for? ...and why? *** Don’t forget to rate the show and leave a podcast review. Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun, with daily doses of encouragement and motivation. And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.

When was the last time you weren’t trying to change something about yourself? Today, Elena explores the mindset shift that comes from living our life rather than constantly trying to fix our life. When we are in fixing mode – which, for many of us, is most of the time – we spend our days rooted in expectations, not-enoughness, and past or future thinking. When we spend our time living, we connect to the present moment.   Highlights for Less Fixing, More Living What does less fixing, more living mean? (2:20) “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change.” ~Carl R. Rogers (3:30) Choose self-compassion instead of self-improvement (3:45) Setting goals without intention focuses on the finish line and often leads us to being perpetually unsatisfied (4:00) Get off the hamster wheel of doing (6:00) Stop waiting for the future or for conditions to be perfect and start noticing what already exists in your life (6:40) Celebrate the now with awareness instead of judgment (9:40) Use these 5 tools to practice living instead of fixing (11:10) Will you spend your time in judgment and expectation or in nurturing, nourishment, and intention? (15:05) When we stop fixing and start living, we are invited to be vulnerable. That is where the magic and growth happen (15:35) “Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. You’ve been stony for too many years. Try something different. Surrender.” ~Rumi (16:30) Invitations for the Week How can you fix less and live more this week? Maybe even ask yourself one of Elena’s favorite questions: What would feel delicious today? Where does what you crave already exist in your life? Don’t forget to rate the show and leave a review on iTunes. Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun, with daily doses of encouragement and motivation. And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.

In Episode 1, Elena shared that we carry with us a magical source of knowing – our inner strength and wisdom. Today, she begins to offer insights on how to cultivate a relationship with this inner guidance. Inner strength and wisdom don’t appear in our lives as neon signs. Although this knowing is accessible to each of us, there are practices that help us connect – or reconnect – to our essence. In this episode, you’ll be introduced to three practices: one of breath, one of mind, and one of body. The question that many of us ask is: How do we get the faith to rely on inner guidance, not just when life is easy but also when life gets hard and stormy? If there is one thing Elena believes for sure about life, it is that we have everything we need and crave already within us. While the help of a guide, a life coach, a teacher, or a great book can help put us on a path and help us get out of our own way, the true teacher already exists inside – if only we’d create the space to connect and listen.   Highlights for Cultivate a Relationship with Your Inner Strength and Wisdom Connecting with inner guidance is a practice that requires effort and willingness (2:45) Reconnecting to the wisdom inside you is like attuning to your energy with subtle tweaks and adjustments (4:40) Move from project managing your life to being awake to what is happening inside you, including your feelings and emotions (5:35) Asking the questions and allowing sensations to be there isn’t easy (5:45) Practice #1: Use 3 breaths to get grounded in the present moment and in yourself, no matter where you are (7:45) Practice #2: Notice and allow the emotions or thoughts that arise in you instead of pretending they don’t exist (9:25) Practice #3: Observe and witness the benevolent messengers within your own body. What does your body want you to know? (10:50) Try these three practices to cultivate a relationship with and to understand your inner wisdom (11:45) Make the choice to be swept up in the storm or to connect to what you know is within you and most important (13:20) Invitations for the Week Use these three questions to be curious and begin a dialogue with your inner strength and wisdom: What do you want me to know? What wants to emerge? What energy do I need today? Don’t forget to rate the show and leave a review on iTunes. Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun, with daily doses of encouragement and motivation. And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.  

What is a sunrise in your pocket, and why should you care? Those are the BIG questions that Elena dives into today, describing why sunrise – instead of sunset – is so powerful. If there is one thing Elena believes for sure about life, it is that we have everything we need and crave already within us. While the help of a guide, a life coach, a teacher, or a great book can help put us on a path and help us get out of our own way, the true teacher already exists inside – if only we’d create the space to connect and listen.   Highlights for What Is a Sunrise in Your Pocket? What is a sunrise in your pocket? (2:00) Darkness is the potential for light (2:45) Sunrise can be beautiful and bold, but it can also be subtle or hidden by clouds or fog. Yet it is always there as a reminder of something we can believe in, even if we can’t see it (4:00) Your inner strength and wisdom are with you every step of the way if you are willing to cultivate a relationship and a connection (4:40) Our bodies have the power to heal from within (6:00) Your best teachers aren’t the self-help teachers and life coaches out there. Become your own go-to source of clarity and wisdom rather than relying on others (9:30) There are no neon lights, but there is wisdom wanting to emerge (11:00) The reason we often don’t have faith in our inner wisdom is because we want answers quickly and we want to be certain (13:15) Invitations for the Week Notice where and how your inner strength and wisdom have shown up in your life and in the now, the moments where your heart of hearts has felt clarity. How would it feel to believe, without a shadow of a doubt, that you have an inner guidance system with you, every step you take? Don’t forget to rate the show and leave a review on iTunes. Join the Live Your Sunrise community on Facebook for even more Sunrise In Your Pocket fun, with daily doses of encouragement and motivation. And if you greet the dawn and post a picture of your sunrise on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, include #sunriseinyourpocket so all of us can find you.