The Aligned Love Podcast

Annalie Howling on Instagram

E23: Annalie Howling - Unapologetically Living To Your Fullest Potential With Integrity Jun 03, 2024

Show notes

One way to tell if someone maintains their integrity is by observing their consistent actions, and today’s guest thrives when her clients step into their fullest potential with solid integrity. Joining Lauren on the Aligned Love podcast today is Annalie Howling, a highly qualified performance coach with over 20 years of experience working with leaders in business, elite athletes, and members of the armed forces. Her specialty lies in transitional support, and through her unique approach, Annalie ensures that her clients overcome self-imposed limitations, achieve their goals, move forward with confidence, and thrive in a fulfilling life. Tune into this powerful episode as we explore her journey, her relationship with integrity, the process of eradicating shame, and how you can truly step into your most authentic voice.

Key Points From This Episode:

The story behind Annalie’s beautiful platform.
Annalie unpacks her relationship with integrity and how it has shifted and morphed through different phases of her life.
Her favorite way to determine whether someone is intact with their integrity.
How she helps people reclaim integrity, or step into it for the first time.
The only way to kill shame.
How you can begin to notice shame as a ruling factor in your life.
We talk about the moment before massive shifts or decisions (and the high-level anxiety).

Quotes:

“My favorite description and way of telling if someone is intact with their integrity is what they consistently do. That is someone’s integrity.” — Annalie Howling [0:10:10]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Annalie Howling

Annalie Howling on TikTok

Annalie Howling on YouTube

Annalie Howling Email

Annalie Howling Shop (Masterclass & More)

Mindset Memos

Lesley Logan on Instagram

E22: Lesley Logan & Brad Crowell - Honoring Your Journey To A Beautiful Relationship May 27, 2024

Show notes

Finding your person is only one facet of entering (and maintaining) a beautiful relationship. It also requires self-knowledge, growth, and intentionality. Joining us today to shed light on this topic are two wonderful guests, who, together, have built a beautiful relationship, not just as life partners, but as business partners too! Lesley Logan is the co-founder of Lesley Logan Pilates Inc., the parent company to LesleyLoganPilates.com, OnlinePilatesClasses.com. and ProfitablePilates.com, which she runs with her husband Brad Crowell, who serves as CEO. In this episode, you’ll learn about the journey of self-discovery that led Lesley to her relationship with her husband, Brad, and how they navigate the ups and downs of being in business together. Find out how therapy helped Lesley enter into relationships with a healthier mindset, the essential skills that will help you work with your life partner, and Brad and Lesley’s advice for being intentional with your relationship, even in business.

Key Points From This Episode:

Lesley sets today’s intention: You are enough.
The journey that led Lesley to her relationship with her husband, Brad.
How she learned to address red flags instead of staying quiet.
Brad’s belief in Lesley’s work and how they started working together full-time.
Insights on navigating a relationship when you are also in business together.
How open communication has helped Brad and Lesley maintain their relationship.
The value of creating a safe space for communication outside of work.

Quotes:

“Intentionality is key. There are going to be moments where it's more work than play or more play than work. But you always have to [understand] that you don't get to set it and forget it. You can automate a lot in the business, [but] you can't automate how you are in your relationship.” — Lesley Logan [0:35:16]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Lesley Logan

Lesley Logan on LinkedIn

Brad Crowell on LinkedIn

Be It Till You See It Podcast

Be It Till You See It on Instagram

OnlinePilatesClasses.com

OnlinePilatesClasses.com on YouTube

OnlinePilatesClasses.com on TikTok

OnlinePilatesClasses.com on Facebook

Profitable Pilates

StrengthFinders2.0

Shannon Kaiser on LinkedIn

E21: Shannon Kaiser - Redefining Self Love and Self Worth May 20, 2024

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Authentic self-love is an essential element in helping you find aligned love. Today on the Aligned Love Podcast, we welcome bestselling author, empowerment coach, and self-love teacher, Shannon Kaiser to discuss how we can redefine our sense of self-worth. More specifically, you’ll hear about what self-love means to Shannon, the deeper layers of self-love, how healing your wounds through compassion can help you find deep love for yourself, and how you can awaken yourself to your worth. We also delve into the importance of learning to say no to red flags early on in dating before discussing how operating from a place of freedom can help you find love. Shannon even tells us how to identify ‘unsafe’ relationships, what is next for her, and what an aligned relationship means to her. Thanks for tuning in!

Key Points From This Episode:

What self-love and its deeper layers mean to Shannon.
How to heal your wounds through compassion in order to find self-love.
The first step to awaken yourself to your worth when you feel lost.
Why creating clarity about what you want based on your values is imperative.
How healing your self-worth will help you say no to red flags faster.
Operating from a place of freedom instead of fear and how that will help you find real love.
How to know when you’re in an ‘unsafe’ relationship.
A sneak peek at what’s next for Shannon and her career.

Quotes:

“Self-love is a journey and it’s – an expansive experience. To be alive is to constantly re-find yourself, re-meet yourself, and fall in love with yourself.” — @shannonlkaiser [0:04:05]

“Our truest self – craves connection, wants intimacy, [and] wants to be loved for who we are. We [need to] start by doing that to ourselves on every level. We [need to] become the relationship that we want.” — @shannonlkaiser [0:22:20]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Shannon Kaiser Linktree

Shannon Kaiser on X

Shannon Kaiser on Instagram

Play With The World

The Self-Love Experiment

B Side App
The Basement Podcast

E20: Tim Ross - Navigating Faith, Courage and Vulnerability Without Fear May 13, 2024

Show notes

Tim Ross is a Professional Podcaster, Social Media Influencer, Preacher, Author, Businessman, and most recently, App Creator! His unorthodox approach to spirituality has guided him on a constant journey of evolution and progression in his life. After spending years preaching and teaching for some of the most prominent ministries in the world, he founded Embassy Church in Irving, Texas. He joins us today to tell the story behind the beautiful, God-centered relationship he has with his wife, Juliette and his personal journey to finding and creating love. Tim considers vulnerability his superpower and tells the story of the events of his childhood and how finding healing made him who he is today. He gets candid about why he would gladly accept a do-over of the first five years of his marriage if given the chance, lets us in on the details of turning from preaching to podcasting, and much more.

Key Points From This Episode:

How Tim made vulnerability his superpower and transformed his trauma into healing.
What happens when leaders choose vulnerability.
Why he would accept a do-over of the first five years of his marriage in a heartbeat.
Overcoming porn addiction during his marriage and shifting to a relationship based on truth.
His process of transitioning from preaching to podcasting.
When a divorce from the previous version of your relationship is necessary.
Why it is so important to go to therapy and do the work.
What it means to Tim to be in an aligned relationship with his wife.
Where the glue of relationships really resides: in the mundane.

Quotes:

“There’s too many men that try to use their wives as a crutch and try to make their freedom contingent on their wives’ involvement. That’s not how freedom from addiction happens. It is solely on the addict.” — Tim Ross [0:13:58]

“Not everybody is going to be meant for you when you speak your truth and you honor yourself from a place of true transparency and vulnerability.” — @LaurenZoeller [0:25:11]

“I believe the deepest relationship equity happens in the days that are the most mundane.” — Tim Ross [0:36:54]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Tim Ross on Instagram

Tim Ross on TikTok

Embassy City Church

The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Holistic Life Navigation Podcast

E19: Luis Mojica - Fawning: Unpacking The Most Rewarded Trauma Response in Society May 06, 2024

Show notes

Joining Lauren on the Aligned Love Podcast today is Luis Mojica. Luis teaches people how to find safety in themselves through somatic education and nutrition. Through his work, he aims to destigmatize trauma and addiction through compassionate understanding. Amongst other accolades, Luis teaches an online course to thousands of people across the globe, leads retreats, hosts a weekly podcast, and boasts a plethora of knowledge on somatics, nutrition, and the nervous system. Don’t miss out on this incredibly insightful conversation with Luis as we dive into his unique journey into somatic work. He also defines the concept of co-regulation, how that differs from co-dependence, and how to set and keep healthy boundaries with it. We dive deeply into the fawning response as Luis unpacks it beautifully, including how to first recognize fawning in your life, society’s influence on it as the most rewarded trauma response, and how fawning impacts sexuality and sexual intimacy. Join the conversation to hear all this, and so much more, from our amazing guest on today’s episode!

Key Points From This Episode:

He details his story and unique journey into somatic work, which he pairs with nutrition.
Luis shares the concept of co-regulation, offering listeners a clearer grasp of its meaning and sensation within the body and nervous system.
How co-regulation and co-dependence differ.
We dive into the term empath and how co-regulation functions within the dating world.
He delves into the process of first recognizing the fawning response, society’s influence on fawning, and then how to initiate a conscious shift.
Luis shares how listeners can start their journey into awareness of the fawning response.
The importance of connecting with yourself (stepping into awareness with yourself).
Luis shares his answer to our wrap-up question: what does aligned love, or being in an aligned relationship, mean to him.

Quotes:

“The really simple way to put it is co-regulation is when your body experiences safety or calm or ground with another being or another body.”— Luis Mojica [0:08:15]

“Fawning is a hybrid; it’s freeze met with performance — you freeze your authentic expression [and] perform the opposite.” — Luis Mojica [0:17:32]

“When you stop fawning you become seen, your honesty comes through, and you disappoint people naturally. Because that’s what we do when we are in honest relationships, we disappoint each other, we trigger each other, we create frictions, that’s beautiful [and] is part of intimacy.” — Luis Mojica [0:33:12]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Luis Mojica on Instagram

Luis Mojica Linktree

Holistic Life Navigation

Join Holistic Life Navigation Newsletter

Fawning Webinars

Try The Being Method for Free Using The Code ALIGNED

E18: MJ Renshaw: The Truth About Breathwork Apr 29, 2024

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The term ‘breathwork’ has gained a lot of buzz in recent years and has made its way into many of our social media feeds. But what exactly is breathwork? And how should we be engaging with it? Joining us today is MJ Renshaw, a breathwork facilitator and founder of The Being Method, an in-depth science of spirituality course. She joins us to talk about the power of breath, her experiences with breathwork, and why there is no one-size-fits-all approach to healing. Tuning in you’ll learn how her interest in science and spirituality led to the founding of The Being Method, why breathwork can sometimes be retraumatizing, and how she implements her trauma-informed approach to breathwork. She also describes what participants can expect from The Being Method, what she values most in relationships, plus a whole lot more. So let’s take a collective breath and let's get started!

Key Points From This Episode:

How she created The Being Method from her interest in science and spirituality.
Why MJ believes there is no one-size-fits-all formula for healing.
What made her gravitate towards breathwork.
MJ’s trauma-informed approach to conscious breathwork.
Understanding the impact of breath on our health and mindset.
The power of permitting yourself to do the things that bring you joy.
What defines MJ’s idea of an aligned relationship.
Where you can find MJ online and learn more about The Being Method.

Quotes:

“There's a lot of a lot of foundational health issues that can be cleaned up simply by changing the way you breathe.” — MJ Renshaw [0:16:00]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

MJ Renshaw on Instagram

The Being Method

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Douglas DiSiena on LinkedIn

E17: Dr. Douglas DiSiena - Understand Neural Integration and Unlocking Your Best Self Through a Healthy Brain Apr 22, 2024

Show notes

Are you ready to geek out about the nervous system? Joining Lauren on the podcast today is Dr. DiSiena, also known as Dr. D!
Dr. D shares about his career and life journey, including his life message of taking back control of a hijacked brain. He also unpacks (in its simplest form) what neural integration is all about. Tune in to hear more from Dr. D, a master of understanding your brain-body connection!

Key Points From This Episode:

Maintaining a state of chronic connection, for a better world.
Dr. D takes listeners through his career (and life) journey.
His life message: taking control of a hijacked brain.
Dr. D unpacks neural integration, in its simplest form.
What happens when you don’t understand neural integration.
Why you can’t think your brain into integration.
What it means to Dr. D to be in an aligned relationship
How his practice approaches neural integration work, and where to find Dr. D.
His upcoming Stress Reset Retreat.

Quotes:

“My highest intention is for all of us to be in that calm, connected, and loving state.” — Dr. D. DiSiena [0:02:54]

“When the brain is not integrated, you can’t just think it into integrated. You have to do things to change the paradigm of the wiring — we call it neuroplastic changes, you literally need to change it.” — Dr. D. DiSiena [0:19:06]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Douglas DiSiena on Instagram

Dr. Douglas DiSiena

DiSiena & Irvine

Robert M. Sapolsky on Instagram

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Third Edition

Will Rezin: How to Understand Your Body for Deeper Relationships (Part 1)

E16: Will Rēzin - How to Understand Your Body for Deeper Connection Part TWO Apr 15, 2024

Show notes

Welcome to part two of my conversation with Will Rēzin about understanding your body to create deeper relationships. If you haven’t listened to the first part of this conversation, you can find the link in the show notes! You’ll hear about Will’s transition from working in restaurants to working in the arts, how he and his mother healed their collective trauma and rekindled their relationship, and his introduction to hypnosis. We delve into what inspired him to train as a coach and how his emotional journey while traveling helped him lose weight. Will has always felt compelled to change the world and after his trauma training, he decided that working with wealthy, influential people was the way to go.
When Will discovered what he calls the ‘holy grail’ of understanding the human condition (somatics) his coaching shifted and in this episode, he talks about attachment, trauma, the importance of communication in relationships, and marrying the understanding of the mind and emotions. Will even gives us an incredible description of Trauma and Somatics and how to join his training. You don’t want to miss out on this fascinating episode so be sure to press play now!

Key Points From This Episode:

How he and his mother rekindled their relationship and healed their trauma together.
Learning about hypnosis, studying with Linda and Michael Brady, and training in coaching.
How Will discovered somatics and why he sees it as the ‘holy grail’ of understanding humans.
Attachment, trauma and the importance of being present.
How Will navigates his dynamic of being in a romantic relationship
A description of Trauma and Somatics and how to train with Will and his team
What being aligned in a relationship means to Will.

Quotes:

“Trauma is that which fragments us and ties us to the past.” — Will Rezin [0:27:26]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Will Rezin

Will Rezin on LinkedIn

Will Rezin on Instagram

Will Rezin on Facebook

Trauma and Somatics

Linda and Michael Brady

Bodymind