life is happening FOR you, not to you.

your access to freedom is right here and now - in the chance and opportunity to trust when your faith is shaken.

on this week's episode, i give you background into how this mindset is keeping me steady and strong after finding out i may have to leave my home of three years on a week's notice (stay tuned to find out what happens next week! figuring sh!t out in real time! haha! it's so not funny! but i have to laugh! because what else! is there! to do!! haha!!)

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Chapters:

0:00-4:30: If You're Forcing: Stop.

4:30- 13:00: Backstory of Being (potentially) Displaced in NYC:

13:00: Resisting vs Surrendering, The RatRace & Hamster Wheel

15:00: There is nothing that could take you from your path. it will emerge

19:00: tests of trust come through uncertainty

23:00: the process is the point

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This episode is an ode to reclaiming your creativity and individuality after being flooded and energetically dulled from phone addiction, a noisy world of aesthetics and trends, and overstimulation.

In it, I give you a six-step ritual to reclaim spaciousness inside of your own head, to hear your own voice, and to unravel the subtle signal of yourself beneath all of the noise.

In a world that demands so much of our attention, where every desire is boxed into a trend or an aesthetic to curate onto a Pinterest board, where we are drowned by stimuli the moment we step into the deep-end of unlocking our phones - individuality and autonomy is no longer a birthright, but a skill.

And in a culture of immediacy and urgency, choosing to listen, have patience, and prioritize play is a radical act.

This is not performance.

This is learning how to breathe again.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00-2:00: Coming Home to Yourself. Even "Good Noise" Is still Noise

2:00-10:00: What Inspired this Episode: My Experience with Energetic Density

10:00-13:00: Energetic Hygiene: All it Takes

13:00-14:00 The Art of Hearing Your Own Voice

14:00-17:00: The Unraveling, Creativity Cave, Sensory Reclamation, Boredom As A Portal

17:00-19:00: We Have to remember this was always Ours

19:00-21:00: How Trends, Labels, and Aesthetics Keep us in a Box

21:00-27:00: The Artist's Way is the Spiritual Path

27:00-34:00: Dopamine & Scrolling

34:00-39:00: Oh My Darling, It was Never That Serious.

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What if your expression: your voice, your vision, your rebellion was the most direct line to the divine? What if Art was your prayer?

In this conversation with my dear friend Etai, we explore the thin veil between art and spirituality and the daily devotion of creativity and leading life with an open heart.

We discuss in depth - The Artist's Way, fear, rejection, finding the right audience, living with an open heart, and returning to wholeness through expression.

Etai has built an online community of over 400,000 who use his yoga videos to get closer to themselves and their truths. He's built this platform in the last year through a brave spirit of pure authenticity as he finds himself calling other parts of the globe his home and sharing his truth. May his words, voice, and presence inspire your path forward and let you live in your calling.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00-07:40: Discovering Oneself

07:40-10:20: One Year of Solo Travel & Spiritual Unfolding Showing Up Online

10:20-14:00: The Sacred Contrast: Collectivism vs. Free Expression

14:00-17:00: Showing Up Online, Yoga as a Muse, Building a Digital Devotional

17:00-20:00: Living with an Open Heart & True Authentic Freedom

20:00-25:00: The Artists Way + Inseparability between Art & Spirituality

25:30-35:00: The Company We Keep

35:00-40:55 – Yoga as Muse & Art as Offering

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