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Jereshia Hawk on Connections + Conversations that Convert Jul 21, 2020

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Are you making consistent income selling your services?

Jereshia Hawk, is an income strategist, business coach, and preacher of Truth. She teaches service-based business owners how to sell effectively, serve impeccably, and finally create consistent income to crush it online.

Jereshia was a full-time corporate career leading multimillion-dollar engineering projects. Jereshia would go to meetings, and people assumed she was the assistant; it wasn't uncommon for people to ask her to grab them coffee.

A mistake is a mistake, and that's no problem, but this is part of a bigger picture. The lack of representation of women of color in leadership is APPALLING, and it's a BIG part of the reason Jereshia is here doing this work today.

While still in corporate, Jereshia started her coaching business, and Jereshia got more and more clear on who she served, how she helps, and what the benefits were. After three months of consistent income and a serious conversation with God, Jereshia quit her job and stepped fully into her business.

Now, Jereshia lives a life of freedom. Jereshia lives a life where she doesn't have to look at her bank account to decide what kind of experience she will have. Instead, Jereshia decides the experience she wants and works backward from that. Because reverse engineering is what having a business allows you to do– it will enable you to choose what you want, embrace who you are, and create the life you desire.

In this episode, Jereshia brings the HEAT. We have a robust conversation about selling. (Spoiler alert: You do not need a sales page to sell!) In reality, you need to create connection + conversations. We dig deep into the unique barriers that women and women of color face in corporate settings. Plus, we speak about why we need to be willing to do the work and how Jereshia utilizes ad campaigns and selling through direct messages.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Jereshia Hawk [ 0:45 ]
How to sell without sales pages [ 6:25 ]
Why we need to sell high-ticket items [ 9:05 ]
Who is Jereshia [ 13:10 ]
How women + women of color do not have a voice in corporate settings [ 24:50 ]
Why we need to be willing to do the work until it works [ 31:00 ]
How to not only make money but make profits [ 39:40 ]
The ways that Jereshia utilizes ad campaigns [ 43:20 ]
Tips for selling through direct messages [ 48:20 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Connection + conversation is where we notice the best conversions with the highest profit margins."
"Life is happening for you; it's not happening to you."
"What are we made of?"
"Faith is a verb – it is something that we do."
"Be willing to do the work until it works."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
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Text me at 603-931-4386

Learn more about Jereshia Hawk by following her on Instagram or heading to https://www.jereshiahawk.com.
Listen to The Jereshia Said Podcast

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Christine Hassler on Overcoming Obstacles + Living Our Fullest Life Jul 14, 2020

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What is holding you back from the life you want?

Today's guest, Christine Hassler, is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, master coach, and podcast host who is committed to guiding people and organizations into their highest potential. She left her successful job as a Hollywood agent at 25 to pursue a life she could be passionate about . . . but it did not come easily. After being inspired by her own unexpected challenges and experiences, she realized her journey was indeed her destination.

In 2005, she wrote her first book 20 Something 20 Everything and then The 20 Something Manifesto in 2008. Her latest best-selling book Expectation Hangover: Free Yourself from Your Past, Change Your Present and Get What You Really Want is the guidebook for how to treat disappointment on the emotional, mental, behavioral and spiritual levels.

Today, she supports individuals in answering the questions: "Who Am I, What do I want, and How do I get it?" Christine is a master coach who combines life coaching with the principles of spiritual psychology. She is passionate about supporting people out of suffering and limitation and into fulfillment. Her superpowers of intuition and compassion help people breakthrough challenges that at one time seemed insurmountable. Bottom line: she helps people get "over it and on with it!" with love.

In this episode, Christine goes deep around forgiveness + standing in our truth. Christine explains how we can use jealousy as a tool. When we feel resentment, there is some separation within us. After acknowledging the jealousy, we need to snap back into self-love + self-acceptance.

Later, Christine talks about unpacking our lives' pain and deepening into a global understanding of our patterns. That way, we can rewire our thoughts + patterns. Once we rewire those familiar behaviors, we can finally let ourselves live in our fullness.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Christine Hassler [ 0:45 ]
Who is Christine [ 4:50 ]
How our identity will get wrapped in our compensatory strategy [ 8:45 ]
The ways we can use jealousy as a tool [ 18:50 ]
How our triggers are actually opportunities [ 22:15 ]
About becoming a mother + father to ourselves [ 24:50 ]
The ways we can misidentify anxiety [ 33:10 ]
How we should address judgment [ 39:30 ]
The ways that Christine changed her health goals [ 43:20 ]
About Expectation Hangover [ 50:45 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"Jealousy is just a mirror for what we think we're lacking."
"Unfollowing isn't a good way to grow and learn."
"Have the courage + vulnerability to allow yourself to feel deeply."
"What do we need to get to the other side of that we need to teach?"
"One of the superpowers of the feminine is resistivity."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386

Learn more about Christine by following her on Instagram or heading to https://christinehassler.com.
Listen to Over It & On With It.
Follow Shop Christine Hassler's Products and Books.

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Amber + Ben: Mid-Year Refresh 2020 Jul 07, 2020

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Ben and I sat down for our annual mid-year refresh and check-in for 2020. (Whew! There was a LOT to cover.)

We talked about how the pandemic has affected our personal lives, our business and beyond. The current political and social climate we're all in. Plus, Ben opens up about his former career as a police officer, his views on the Black Lives Matter movement + racial injustices, and what his thoughts are on defunding the police (and what that actually means.)

It's an honor to do life with such an incredible human, and I'm so excited to share this beautiful conversation with you.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

The last few months and what that's been like for us [ 1:35 ]
Our biggest challenges + triumphs [ 3:20 ]
What we're working on with our daughter right now [ 9:20 ]
The ebbs and flows of Ben's business during the pandemic [ 15:35 ]
What's been happening in my coaching business and how we've pivoted [ 24:04 ]
The loss of our beloved pet and how we've slowed down as a family [ 26:20 ]
The Black Lives Matter movement and the heightened focus on police brutality [ 36:57 ]
Ben's beliefs about the movement and his stance on oppression, and his experience as a former police officer [ 39:42 ]
The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the blatant abuse of use of force [ 50:55 ]
Ben's thoughts on defunding the police and what that actually means [ 58:20 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"We're kind of like a team where we tag in and out." - Amber
"We have had to amplify and improve upon our communication." -Amber
"As a family, generosity is one of our core values." - Amber
"All people deserve the same rights afforded to them." - Ben
"Everyone has to be behind it to help create the change that we want to happen." - Ben
"All people have the capability to be good or bad." - Ben

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386
Learn more about Ben by following him on Instagram or heading to www.benlilyestrom.com.

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David Neagle on Overcoming Oppression By Sharing Our Privilege Jun 30, 2020

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Where do we draw the line for what is acceptable to us a human beings?

Wealth Consciousness Mentor, David Neagle, joins me for a deep and enlightening conversation on to help you achieve whatever dream your heart desires - no matter where you're starting from.

After a brush with death, David began to study his own potential. In the 12 months following his accident - despite being unable to walk for more than a month - he tripled his income! By December of 2000, David had expanded to become an executive corporate manager, a stock investor, and a business owner!

Today, David Neagle is the President of Life is Now, Inc., a multimillion dollar global coaching practice dedicated to teaching entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers, and service providers how to use the power of Universal Law to rapidly create quantum leaps in both business and personal arenas.

Forever an avid student, David's core mission is to bring expanded awareness & higher consciousness to as many people as possible, and to find greater ways of helping entrepreneurs to create massive cash injections more rapidly, so they can lead their greatest possible lives and serve the greatest number of people.

In this episode, David and I have a candid conversation about white privilege and what it means to be a successful white male. David explains his relationship with racism and equity while serving others profoundly and directly. We also talk about the mindset shifts that need to happen to step into our personal leadership and to transform through these tumultuous times collectively and individually.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, David Neagle [ 0:45 ]
About the climate of our world right now [ 6:20 ]
Why leaders need to know when to be good followers [ 18:05 ]
How we can lead ourselves during this time [ 20:30 ]
Why we need to find our role in the solution [ 24:15 ]
How white privilege plays a role in these conversations [ 32:00 ]
The way race can play a role in mindset shifts [ 39:00 ]
What holds women back from reaching their greatness [ 41:20 ]
About David's near-death experience [ 50:50 ]
Why we need to trust ourselves first [ 58:15 ]
What drives David every single day [ 62:50 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"A person experiences their reality as their reality."
"If we have a distortion of the facts, we can't make logical decisions."
"Everybody can't be part of the solution in the same way."
"The changes that we make will change how other people think about us."
"The problem is we are not sharing the privilege with everybody."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386

Learn more about David by following him on Instagram or heading to https://davidneagle.com.
Get The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You Want and Have an EPIC Life!
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Tim Storey on Overcoming Prejudice with Grace Jun 23, 2020

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In such a pivotal moment in history, I choose to look to the leaders and teachers that have paved the way for change with compassion, faith and love.

Tim Storey, a man I am honored to call a dear friend and one of my greatest teachers, is a perfect example of this. Tim leads with love and faith in all things, and offers such radical empathy in the face of all that he has experienced as a Black man in this country.

Tim joined me a few weeks back for an incredible conversation on IG live. We talked about everything from radical empathy, to being a leader wherever you are, to how to overcome prejudice with grace and love, instead of fear and hate.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

Today's IG live with Tim Storey [ :37 ]
Tim Storey [ 5:00 ]
The moment in time we're living in + the calling it's offering us [ 6:30 ]
What happens right before the comeback [ 9:00 ]
Why we need not feel hopeless right now [ 10:30 ]
What we can learn from our children and why they should be included in this moment in history [ 14:30 ]
What the word "prejudice" actually means [ 16:15 ]
How survivors of trauma who are triggered can be helpful right now [ 18:15 ]
What Tim believes the Black community needs to do to break the cycle of generational trauma [ 23:00 ]
What we need, as white people, to hear and absorb [ 26:20 ]
How we can choose to walk in love [ 31:00 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"The Real You will make a demand on the You that you've become."
"Be a good leader where you are."
"An "aha" moment is not always a revelation of greatness. Sometimes it's a revelation of change."
"The more I become whole, the more I am able to become the person that God created me to be."
"God's opinion makes man's opinion irrelevant."
"What a gigantic wake up call to all of us to be what God called us to be."
"Choose to walk in love."
"Grace fills in the gaps."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386
Follow Tim over on Instagram: @timstoreyofficial
Learn more about Tim on his website: www.timstorey.com

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Amber Lilyestrom on Reaching for the Root of Real Change Jun 16, 2020

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In what feels like the mass and collective chaos of today's world, it can be easy to keep our focus on everything and everyone else.

It is no secret that we are living in a different world today than we were 3 months ago- one that is more awake, more vigilant, more aware and more activated + polarized than ever before. It's easy to keep our focus outward on the problem, but doing so is not a way to get to the solution.

In today's solo episode, I'm speaking on what it means to get to the ROOTS of change, and why radical personal responsibility is more important in this moment than it ever has been.

I truly believe that we can't enact change in our external world, if we don't first begin with seeing what needs to be changed in ourselves.

Be sure to grab some paper and a pen for some journal prompts at the end of the episode (or look ahead in the show notes for them!) The world needs us now, in this moment, to show up for it- let's get started.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

The state of our world and how I am personally navigating these times [ 0:40 ]
How to get in touch with how we're individually feeling and getting to the root causes [ 2:19 ]
What this moment in time is offering us [ 6:49 ]
The Importance of radical personal responsibility right now [ 11:59 ]
What I've noticed in other's response to the Black Lives Matter movement [ 14:50 ]
Why the awareness of our own actions/inactions is so important [ 19:42 ]
Things we all need to be reminded of right now [ 23:57 ]
Prompts for you to dive deeper [ 28:20 ]
- What triggers are arising for me today and where are they tethered?
- Why am I trying to over control this?
- What do I believe the control is going to save me from?
- Where have I been showing up as a victim or a co-dependent?
- Where is my guilt leading me to not be helpful, and actually more harmful?
- What would happen if I decided to step into my personal leadership?
- What does radical personal responsibility look like for me today?
- What is my inner oppressor telling me?
- What do I know that I need to do in order to get out from under that rule?
- What does my inner activist want me to do today?
- What does she need, in order for me to be able to do that?

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"We teach what we need to develop."
"Nothing changes until we change first."
"We don't get free until we understand what it is we're trying to free ourselves from."
"We must go back to the roots, it's the only way."
"Recognize the ways in which the victimhood experiences of our past are rippling into the new experiences of our present."
"Being a part of the solution is going to require radical self-care."
"If the whole world is a mirror for our own personal experiences, we must look at the places where we hold ourselves in bondage."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386

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Jeanine Staples on Generating Our Personal Liberation Projects Jun 09, 2020

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In light of the current social justice movement + Revolution for the liberation of Black American's, I have decided to re-release some of the most impactful and enlightening conversations I have had on the podcast with Black women and men.

These are conversations that have educated and inspired listeners over the years, and my hope is that now that an even brighter light is being shone upon the issues covered in these conversations- they will continue to deepen our understanding of the current tasks at hand.

As many of you know, Jeanine Staples is a force to be reckoned with, and a woman I have called a friend and teacher for years. She was one our most talked about 2019 Ignite Your Soul Summit speakers, and the work she is doing in the world is unparalleled. We had this conversation back in 2017, and white supremacy and white privilege were two of the many topics we covered back then, making this a really powerful discussion to bring back into the light today.

Jeanine stunned the world (and me) with her TED Talk, "How To Die Peacefully", when she challenged the notion that humans are born, they live and then they die. No- Jeanine believes we are born and then we die a thousand tiny deaths. She claims, we can only learn to live, when we learn to die those deaths peacefully.

… and this is just what I learned before our conversation.

Dr. Jeanine Staples is the Associate Professor of Literacy and Language, African American Studies, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Penn State University. She is the founder of "The Supreme Love Project" , a movement which seeks to embolden marginalized people to heal their souls and liberate themselves. Not to mention, she is a genius, a soul excavator, a humanist and an all around "Be Your OWN Hero", kind of Wonder Woman.

I am beyond thrilled and honored to share this conversation with you. I just know that these words will touch you in a way that could literally shift the way you live your life, today- if you let them.

So, grab a notebook for this one, sit down, and get ready to let it all sink in to your soma (how Jeanine refers to our bodies) and your souls. I hope you find this conversation as powerful as I do.

In This Episode You Will Learn:

How our to heal our soul terrors and begin our own Personal Liberation Project
Why seeking external affirmation can only lead to suffering
What it means to "Go Deeper"
The truth about our conditioned fear of experiencing pain
How to teach our children to understand their body and their pain
How your unconscious beliefs about money hold you back from being free
What it means to own your womanhood
What your "lover identity" is
How to begin to stand up for social injustices and become a voice for for the voiceless

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"My generation of terror was so complete and so huge, I didn't have that ability to bide my time and create a status quo. I had to break."
"I was at what I thought was my bottom. And the voice of God, the Holy Spirit said… "Go deeper."
"There's so many of us who run from pain. It's suffering that we need to cease, not pain. Suffering is this long term uninterrupted source of despair without hope. That's what we need to move away from. But pain, pain is actually what we need to generate bigger emotional muscle. To grow the capacity to go deeper."
"Let your child get attuned to their body. Because their bodies are instruments for their emotionality."
"Our salvation and our liberation project would not exist, unless there was something we were in bondage to. And that bondage is your pain. Best to become really enamored with it."
"You can only be satiated from the inside out."
"Do I feel real? Or do I feel like I am wearing labels and descriptions that had been given to me."
"I had to really do the work of saying, I am not the woman I want to be. I am not the woman I say I am. And I want to be congruent. I want to BE that person, and not perform that person.
"Your interior life is the precedent to any other exterior attachment or endeavor that you want to take part of."

Links Mentioned:

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Text me at 603-931-4386
Learn more about Jeanine by following her on Instagram: @jeaninestaples
Learn more about Jeanine's offerings at jeaninestaples.com

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Tajci Cameron on Navigating Life Transitions May 26, 2020

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What is your path, and how does it serve others?

My good friend and soul sister, Tatiana "Tajci" Cameron, is an award-winning music artist, published author, inspirational speaker, and certified transformational and spiritual life coach.

She has many passions and is dedicated to helping others while also creating an enriched life for herself and her three sons. When Tajci is not on the road performing gigs, she volunteers with local organizations dear to her heart, spends time with loved ones (often involving music!), and collaborates with other artists to bring creative projects to life.

Tajci's most recent projects include a meditation CD, an annual retreat & sea cruise in Croatia (that she organizes and hosts), and a multimedia CD/book (Un)Broken: Songs My Father Taught Me.

In this episode, Tajci discusses her transformation from Croatian pop star to an inspirational speaker and spiritual life coach. Tajci needed to be really honest with herself by acknowledging the nudge of her soul to find the courage and leave something she worked extremely hard for.

We talk about showing up every single day as ourselves and why the end goal always needs to be service. Tajci dives deep into her story and explains how she navigated her husband's diagnosis and eventual passing. Plus, Tajci reveals how gratitude moves her + why we need the encouragement to heal.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Tatiana "Tajci" Cameron [ 0:45 ]
About who Tajci is at the core of her heart [ 4:50 ]
How Tajci transformed into her new identity [ 7:30 ]
Why we have to show up every single day [ 17:45 ]
How Tajci navigated her husband's diagnosis + passing [ 22:15 ]
About Tajci's coaching and service work [ 32:40 ]
All about Tajci's mantra [ 37:40 ]
Why we need the encouragement to heal [ 54:00 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"All we need to do is show up and be ourselves."
"Gratitude brings us into the present moment."
"We have to move through grief and let it go."
"Spend more time in silence + stillness."
"Surrender means that we are surrendering our idea of the outcome."
"Gratitude is our salvation."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386

Learn more about Tajci by following her on Instagram or heading to www.wakinguprevolution.com.
Listen to Keep Your Head Up.

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Sandra Chuma on Achieving Our Greater Purpose May 19, 2020

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What is it that makes you come alive?

Today's guest Sandra Chuma, is a storyteller, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. For more than 15 years, Sandra has successfully blended business leadership, entrepreneurial innovation and creativity. In 2001, prior to attending Columbia University, Sandra partnered with her husband to create OBP (Open Business Process), an IT and management consulting company. Over the course of 7 years they grew the company into a highly successful consulting firm, offering guidance on IT and business strategies, and employing more than 60 consultants. Together, Sandra and her husband led their team in supporting clients operating across the globe, specifically in North America, Europe and Africa.

Sandra understands that stories of inspiration have the power to shape lives. During her studies at Columbia University, she was captured by the ability of documentary film to tell complex and multi-faceted narratives with sensitivity and depth.

Sandra's most recent project PLUS!, a documentary about the plus-size fashion industry, was highly regarded for its wit and energy and won her a 2016 Gracie Award. She was also awarded first prize in the NBC Sports CPTR'D Contest for Queens & Knights, her profile of the Gotham Knights – an inclusive rugby team in New York City, which she co-directed and produced.

The concept for Ndini was born from Sandra's desire to support and empower the young women in her life, having endured a personal struggle to find representation in the media that celebrated true African potential. Still feeling as though the narratives are restricted, Sandra hopes to provide access to the untold stories of exceptional African women that will resonate, inspire and ignite strength.

In this episode, Sandra describes the inspiration behind her Woman on Fire Summit and reveals how she navigates fear. Then, Sandra dives deep into her story and explains how she uses her words to inspire others.

In this Episode You'll Learn:

All about today's guest, Sandra Chuma [ 0:45 ]
About the Woman on Fire Summit [ 5:45 ]
How to navigate our deepest fears [ 16:30 ]
About Sandra's story [ 21:40 ]
How Sandra navigates the guilt of having it all [ 28:45 ]
Why curiosity is essential for our purpose + evolution [ 39:30 ]
How Sandra elevates her human on a daily basis [ 46:30 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"When fear shows up, it is all about our ego."
"Everything is a blessing."
"The more money we make, the more we can help."
"Purpose is an evolution."
"Purpose is the thing that lights our heart on fire."

Links Mentioned:

Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients
Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts
Text me at 603-931-4386

Learn more about Sandra by following her on Instagram or heading to www.sandrachuma.com.
Sign up for the Woman on Fire Summit.
Listen to Ndini.

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Mark Nepo on Becoming Intimate with the Unknown and Awakening to a New World May 12, 2020

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It goes without saying that it is an honor to have today's guest, Mark Nepo, back on the show for a 3rd time.

Mark is one of the kindest and wisest souls I have had the gift of knowing, and he is by far one of my greatest teachers- as I know he is to millions across the globe. With over a million copies sold, Mark Nepo has moved and inspired readers and seekers all over the world with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. Beloved as a poet, teacher, and storyteller, Mark has been called "one of the finest spiritual guides of our time," "a consummate storyteller," and "an eloquent spiritual teacher." His work is widely accessible and used by many and his books have been translated into more than twenty languages. A bestselling author, he has published twenty-two books and recorded fifteen audio projects. In 2015, he was given a Life-Achievement Award by AgeNation. In 2016, he was named by Watkins: Mind Body Spirit as one of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People, and was also chosen as one of OWN's SuperSoul 100, a group of inspired leaders using their gifts and voices to elevate humanity.

Mark and I went straight for the good stuff during this conversation to talk about what it means to BE during this global pandemic, his new book, Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living What Matters, and how our habit of distraction can keep up from living our lives to their fullest expression.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

Today's guest, Mark Nepo [ :55 ]
The Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living what Matters [ 4:30 ]
What lead Mark to write his new book [ 5:05 ]
Living and BEING through the global pandemic [ 8:49 ]
The habit of distraction [ 17:35 ]
What it means to initiate the gift and how we do that [ 29:47 ]
How to not allow the fear of being seen as unloveable stop you from initiating your gift [ 36:23 ]
What the "Prison Tree" is and the true cost of not being who we are [ 43:33 ]
How to navigate the confusion of what it means to be our full selves [ 49:25 ]
Research and INsearch and what that means [ 52:20 ]
Mark's parting words as we all continue to navigate the unknown [ 1:02:20 ]
Mark's webinar series [ 1:04:05 ]

Soul Shifting Quotes:

"I write about what I need to know, and what I don't know, not what I know."
"Once we're here, we enter a second labor, and that is the labor of a lifetime of experience that births the soul on earth."
"Everyone one way or another will be dropped into the depth of life, and that's when the spiritual journey takes a deeper turn."
"Fear is to be moved through, not obeyed."
"We're all being asked to become intimate with the unknown."
"We are being forced into a global Sabbath."
"The inner world is even more vast than the outer world."
"If you devote yourself enough to the energy of what's calling you, your gift comes up to meet you."
"We have to practice being true to what is heartening and enlivening, no matter what."
"There's a difference between being hidden and being inaccessible."
"All of us are awake and asleep at different times. There is no us and them."
"As soon as I start to count or compare, I can't be present."
"The only thing that restores worth and connection is presence."
"The time when we need to drop things is the time when we're clinging."
"Everything is holy."