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Lee Harris: Energy Speaks for a New Decade Jan 15, 2020

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Lee Harris is an intuitive guide, speaker, musician and author of Energy Speaks: Messages from Spirit on Living, Loving and Awakening. Lee Harris’s journey as a channeler began in 1998 when he first heard the voice of his spirit guides, known as The Zs, while on his way to work on the London Underground train. I first became aware of Lee’s work in 2016 when I was looking for resources for a quickly changing world and navigating some fairly sticky challenges. Lee documents the powerful spiritual wisdom that the Zs have provided him over the last two decades in his book Energy Speaks. In this interview, we explore Lee’s journey as an intuitive, and how he is managing the responsibility of leadership as his influence and organization experience rapid growth. As we move into a new decade, Lee’s work and the Zs message on living, loving, awakening, and leading are more relevant and powerful than ever. Conversation highlights The story of when Lee first met The Zs When your spiritual search asks you to return to your human life with all you’ve learned Why using your spiritual power for negative, egoic desires never works. What the Zs are really talking about when they say, “You are a Lightworker.” Moving self care from concept to action. Why holding a lighter place and finding your strategies are important in challenging times. Practicing ultra discernment: How Lee views and practices his responsibilities as a leader. The energy exchange when we relate to each other. How The Zs view enlightenment. Why getting caught in wanting the world to be harmonious is a trap. Radical Expression: How to hold a loving, gracious, but clear place around speaking your truth. Memorable moments: “Spending too long in despair about world not looking the way you want it to, is not going to get you anywhere.” “The way I live my life now – focus one day at a time as much as I can, to pay attention to my own personal balance as much as I can, while I’m also serving the things that I serve in the world.” Mentioned in this episode: Lee Harris’ book Energy Speaks: Messages from Spirit on Living, Loving and Awakening Visit Lee’s website – leeharrisenergy.com Follow the Free Your Inner Guru Podcast Instagram – @freeyourinnerguru Facebook Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

2020 Preview of Free Your Inner Guru Jan 10, 2020

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“I want you to think of listening to Free Your Inner Guru as an act of self care in increasingly intense times.” Listen to this first episode of 2020 for a preview of what you can expect in the coming weeks and months on Free Your Inner Guru. Mentioned in this episode: Want daily inspiration delivered to your inbox? Sign up for Laura’s Daily Letters Episode 32: Jessica Tracy – The Impact of Pride on Success and Authentic Leadership Episode 36: Karen Haycox – Take the Next Right Step Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Robyn Spizman: The Gifts of Loving Out Loud Dec 22, 2019

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Robyn Spizman wants you to share the love in your heart out loud. In these times where there’s so much divisiveness and division, New York Times bestselling author and media personality Robyn Spizman is on a mission to inspire us to share the love in our heart out loud. In her book Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word, Robyn shares specific ways you can strengthen the bonds with the people you care about, guide you to connect with the world around you in a more meaningful way, and what you can do today to jump start a more loving life now. In this heartwarming conversation, Robyn shares her wisdom as she and Laura trade stories of simple kindness in every day life. Conversation highlights Closing the gaps in our kindness without feeling inadequate. Things you can do today by developing habits of kindness. Why you should stop being interesting and try being interested instead Why Vanessa Redgrave kissed Laura on the cheek, and other stories of spontaneous kindness that show the power of human connection. How to be open to relationships that serve and support you. Creating a Loving Out Loud legacy. Memorable quotes “Kindness has prevailed. Civil society is not what we all should be doing. It’s because it’s the right thing to do to sit on the side of kindness. Sitting on the side of kindness is the only thing to do.” “When we give without a selfish motive, expecting someone to be just like us, guess what happens – our hearts are pure. That’s where integrity comes in, the human value of being kind because it’s the right thing to do.” “You can leave behind a trail of light.” Mentioned in this episode Robyn Spizman’s book – Loving Out Loud: The Power of a Kind Word Visit Robyn’s website Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Dr Adit Margaliot: Your Brain on Self Care Dec 03, 2019

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Dr Adit Margaliot's journey as a medical doctor has been to question dogma, break away from stale thinking, and listen to her inner wisdom. Dr Adit Margaliot is an MD who specialized in neurology and neuromuscular disorders. After years of listening to her patients struggle with their neurological conditions, and their sleep, she wanted to better understand this problem and how to help them manage it. She went on to study sleep medicine and obtain her designation as a specialist in the field. This was a start to her exploration of how lifestyle impacts health and disease. More recently she has been formally studying functional medicine, an approach that seeks to identify the core triggers and contributors to ill health on a systems-based approach, and how to allow the body to heal through nutrition, lifestyle, sleep, stress management etc. Incorporating these principles into her practice, and emphasizing a collaborative relationship with her patients, has brought a deep sense of energy and joy to her work. In the process of building a practice that aligns with her values and goals, Dr Margaliot has learned the importance of questioning dogma, breaking away from stale patterns of thinking, and listening to one’s inner wisdom. Conversation highlights: I love this conversation because A) I learned a ton, and B) as an avid pursuer of all things alternative therapy, everything seems to be coming together to form a picture of why proactive maintenance can make a very real, quantifiable difference in how we experience our body – and consequently life – over the long term. As I was listening and preparing this episode, I was reminded of an anti drug ad campaign that ran in the 1980s. At the beginning of the ad, a whole egg is held up to “This is your brain.”, Then it’s cracked into a hot frying pan to “This is your brain on drugs.” If I were to summarize today’s episode it would be to show the egg in the frying pan as “This is your brain.” And then roll it in reverse, back up into the whole egg while saying “This is your brain on self care.” I don’t know about you, but I’d rather my brain be the whole egg. As Dr Margaliot says at the very end, it’s important to get the message out! Mentioned in this episode: Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study Upcoming Winter of Self Care – 10 week live online coaching program with Free Your Inner Guru host Laura Tucker Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Marc Lesser: Leadership is a True Mindfulness Practice Oct 02, 2019

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CEO Marc Lesser is on a mission to make mindfulness an essential practice of leadership. Marc Lesser is a speaker, workshop leader, and executive coach. Marc is known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the author of 4 books, including Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, and CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company. Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) leadership program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. He founded and was CEO of 3 companies, and has an MBA degree from New York University. Marc was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world. Memorable quotes: “Leadership is essentially about integrity. Integrating a vision, sense of urgency with heart, morals, sense of ethics.” “I identify myself as a social entrepreneur – business as a force for solving problems and doing things that matter. Whether I’m in Google or a large company, many people are identifying as a social entrepreneur.” “Part of my mission in life is to ground mindfulness. To show what I think the depth and breadth of it. On one hand to demystify it, and on the other to show the mystery.” “I’m more and more up front that so many people who want to have a meditation practice struggle with it. My response is try sitting with others. I don’t think that meditation was meant to be an individual sport. I think it was meant to be a group sport.” “We’ve become separate from nature, and therefore separate from ourselves.” I just thought I was going to be practicing meditation and then found myself working with other people and leading. I thought, “This is the real thing, this is the practice.” Mentioned in this episode Marc Lesser’s book – 7 Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen Free Your Inner Guru Episode 49 with meditation teacher Mark Coleman Connect with Marc Lesser online: website Twitter – @marclesser Facebook Connect with Laura and #FYIGPodcast online: website Facebook Instagram Twitter Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Martha Henderson: The Real Gold is in the Journey Sep 18, 2019

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Martha Henderson is an Olympian, keynote speaker, and host of the Rising Tides Speaker Series. Martha Henderson represented Canada with her sailing team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. As an Olympian, the pursuit of excellence is in her blood. She is known for inspiring beliefs that you can achieve outcomes beyond your expectations. In this conversation with Free Your Inner Guru host Laura Tucker, Martha shares her roller coaster ride to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, including what happened when her worst nightmare came true! Martha also shares why she used to suppress her Olympic experience, and why she speaks about her story with people today. Memorable quotes: “When I started to explore all the elements that went into the Olympic journey, I started to realize that it’s a relatable story for people in any situation who have to reinvent themselves.” “Your worst nightmare can come true. And you can still make your dream come true. I fell out of the boat!” “Olympian is another word for expert. Someone who has dedicated time and effort to a singular thing.” Mentioned in this episode Upcoming Rising Tides Speaker Series in Toronto on Tuesday, October 22nd – Click here and use code EARLYBIRD on or before September 30 to deduct $10 off your ticket. Find Martha Henderson online: risingtides.ca Facebook Instagram Rising Tides Events website Facebook Curious about coaching with Laura? Visit lauratucker.com/leadership-coaching for more information. Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at patreon.com/freeyourinnerguru

Lisa Mattam: Ayurveda in Life and Business Sep 04, 2019

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Lisa Mattam is the CEO of Sahajan, an evidence-based natural skin care line based on the 5000 year old science of Ayurveda. Lisa shares the milestones and the challenges of her journey from strategic consulting in the pharmaceutical industry to founding her own skin care line that reaches back to her family’s roots in southern India. Moments before this interview, Lisa Mattam and Laura Tucker discovered they went to the same grade school in Toronto. This surprising common ground laid the foundation for a big conversation about doing your best to do life and business in alignment with your values. Named by Profit Magazine as one of the Top Ten Emerging Women Entrepreneurs in Canada and recognized by the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce as Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Lisa has become a thought leader in the areas of entrepreneurship, resilience, the advancement of women, and diversity. Conversation highlights How growing up as the lone Indian girl in school shaped Lisa’s sense of culture and tradition. Lisa explains how Ayurveda helps you proactively manage your life’s path. The story of how Lisa decided to integrate Ayurveda into her business. The three surprising challenges Lisa Mattam faced in the three years since she launched Sahajan. (The third one is shocking!) Integrity, values and ethics in Sahajan’s business culture. The heartbreak of realizing not everyone shares the same values as you, and what you can do about it. The role of intuition in refining business and leadership skills. Prioritizing purpose over profit: How Lisa and Sahajan give back in partnership with Plan International’s Because I am a Girl Initiative. Your purchase of Lip Karma gives a girl in a developing country a day of school. &nbsp Mentioned in this episode Book – The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz Find Lisa Mattam and Sahajan online: Sahajan.com Instagram – @sahajanskincare Facebook – click here Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community.

Sonya Cote: We Are Here to Connect Aug 20, 2019

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Sonya Cote wants you to own your body and connect with others. On this week’s episode of Free Your Inner Guru, Laura is joined by Sonya Cote. Sonya is an actress, singer, speaker and author of I’m Not Naked (Anymore): Memoirs of a Contemporary Jezebel. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, the stories of Sonya’s life center around creative self expression, and fully owning her body, while having fun in the process. She is a vivacious and tenacious woman who embraces her journey and the wisdom she has accumulated along the way. Sonya continues to work full time in the entertainment industry, teaching workshops and speaking to share the wisdom she has gained from her life experience. Conversation highlights Why Sonya calls herself a Contemporary Jezebel There is always a path, even though we can’t always see it at the time Perspective on sharing stories and the difference it makes in the world Post #metoo – what has changed in relationships, the acting industry? The real point of sharing your story. How Sonya’s relationship with her mother was affected by the publishing of her book The power of forgiveness Taking responsibility, admitting mistakes and move forward anyway The importance of human connection and community Sonya’s current fitness competition – the next step in Sonya’s journey of the body The role of discipline and how it spills into other areas of your life Menopause and Sonya’s moment of “I’ve got to reinvent myself!” Mentioned in this episode Sonya’s Book – I’m Not Naked (Anymore): Memoirs of a Contemporary Jezebel Website – sonyacote.com Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Carly Pollack: Feed Your Soul from the Inside Out Jul 23, 2019

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In her book Feed Your Soul, Carly Pollack combines practical guidance on what to eat with timeless wisdom. Being a conscious leader requires focus, clarity, and energy. In this episode, Carly Pollack and Free Your Inner Guru host Laura Tucker explore why many people experience wellness as a battle between two voices – our compassionate Higher Self and our obsessive, punishing lower self – and why our relationship with food is a mirror for where we are on our spiritual path. Carly Pollack is the founder of Nutritional Wisdom, a thriving private practice based in Austin, Texas. A Certified Clinical Nutritionist with a master’s degree in holistic nutrition, Carly has been awarded Best Nutritionist in Austin five years running and has helped over 10,000 people achieve their health and happiness goals. “Instead of someone outside of you – or a book or a person…Feed Your Soul is really a book about teaching you how to find your own boundaries. It’s not ‘Hey, I’ve never met you in my whole life, but I’m going to write a book telling you how I think you need to eat.’ It’s different for everyone, and different at different seasons of their life.” – Carly Pollack Conversation highlights Carly shares her experience of being at war with her body, a constant chaotic battle with 2 sides. The role of awareness in guiding your health. Why focussing on the food and the movement is ineffective. When you feel like your emotional wellness is easily being tripped up by external triggers, you need to look at your spiritual practice and strengthen it. The difference between judgment and holding yourself to a high standard Where Carly stands on the two opposing camps in woman’s wellness Simple but impactful guidance on what to eat: foods that rot. Why the white potato is a victim of dogma. How to apply the 80/20 rule to nutrition. What it was like to approach publishers with a book that contains no hook or quick fix. Carly Pollack’s Memorable Quotes “Obsessiveness and awareness cannot coexist.” “I can’t influence myself if I’m judging myself.” “I don’t want to take the life out of food, I want to take the power out of food.” “To demonize the banana, we are missing the point. We are doing this a lot to distract ourselves from the bigger picture of doing the deeper work.” Mentioned in this episode Carly Pollack’s book – Feed Your Soul -Nutritional Wisdom to Lose Weight Permanently and Live Fulfilled Website – carlypollack.com Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

Mark Coleman: The True Promise of Mindfulness Jul 09, 2019

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Mark Coleman is a mindfulness teacher, wilderness guide, and author. Mark Coleman is the author of From Suffering to Peace, Make Peace with Your Mind, and Awake in the Wild. As a rebelious young man living in London, Mark stumbled upon a meditation centre at the height of the punk era. His discovery began a lifelong journey of exploring the mind, meditation, and causes of suffering and happiness. Mark is the founder of the Mindfulness Institute and has an MA in clinical psychology. Mark has guided students on five continents as a corporate consultant, counselor, meditation teacher, and wilderness guide. Conversation highlights: Concern that mindfulness is being touted as a panacea and reduced to bite size parts Mindfulness as a way to gain understanding, insight and inner freedom. How Mark found mindfulness in the midst of the London punk era. Don’t have time to meditate? Mark shares practical ways you can choose mindfulness over numbing in the midst of a busy life. Our default node network and negativity bias: the physiological and psychological reason we are wired to be slightly negative with a meandering mind. The body as the best way to train to be present. Kindness as an important element of finding capacity to hold an experience and not suffer with it. Fairy tale spiritual mythology is not the path to awakening. The shift from self centredness to service. Despite a general feeling of powerlessness, serving the people around us has the power to ripple out and create influence. Mark Coleman’s Memorable Quotes: “You may not have time to meditate for half an hour, but you have time to be present to a whole host of activities including driving, conversations, cooking, cleaning.” “We all want the happily ever after story; the fairy tale spiritual mythology. I thought that too. I wanted to get enlightened so I wouldn’t have to feel and deal with the messiness and painfulness of life.” “Remember that mindfulness, which is awareness, is a quality within us all. Awareness is our birthright.” “Since we are an interconnected web of life, influencing one small thread of that weave influences the whole tapestry.” Mentioned in this episode Mark Coleman’s book, From Suffering to Peace: The True Promise of Mindfulness Website – markcoleman.org Want more conscious conversations in your life? Support the podcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru® Leadership Community at freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community

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