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Finding Resolve: Releasing Past Trauma to Step into The Present with Amelia Zachry
Somewhere in America, every 2 minutes, a woman is raped. National surveys of adults suggest that between 9-32% of women and 5-10% of men report that they were victims of sexual abuse and/or assault during their childhood.
Despite the fact of these harrowing tragedies, our ever vigilant efforts as a society, and of what we now know as the “#MeToo” movement- We still witness such a confounding and painfully small reduction in the frequency by which these ghastly atrocious acts against another occur. Often feeling the shocking pull of rape culture.
Enough is enough. Our answer- Become the solution.
Our guest today- Amelia Zachry, knows all-to-well the painful scar left on ones soul as victim of rape and sexual assault. Having experienced for over twenty years, the trauma first hand trauma inflicted by this most handouts and horrific act. Her struggles of overcome such adversity and the stigma are never-ending, yet today, she has found the light to prevail.
Join us as Amelia shares her story of how she was able to overcome the often debilitating trauma of rape, so she could find the inner peace and serenity in the present moment, allowing her to truly LIVE AGAIN.
Tune on to find out how on The Light Inside.
For further support for rape victims, their families and resources for advocates against sexual assault:
please visit www.NSVRC.com.
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Recognizing Trauma Triggers: Understanding How Blind Spots Effect Emotional Reactivity
Most of us have such psychological “blind spots,” aspects of our personalities that are obvious to everyone but ourselves. You can find the answers if you care to—or more accurately, if you dare to. This is the roughest mission you can undertake: a direct seek-and-destroy attack on your own pockets of denial.
Identifying your own blind spots is an exercise in paradox, because if you’re aware of a problem, it doesn’t count.
Our guest today, Joe Ryan, has been on a lifelong journey of overcoming trauma, shame, and the demons that plague him as a result of childhood abuse.
With often bone-jarring honest and authentic vulnerability, he is sharing his invaluable insight; paving the way to help others heal from the turmoil and distress of past traumatic experiences.
Joe and I explore how we each can become more emotional connected to uncover and understand our emotional blind spots, empowering us to recognize past trauma triggers behind emotional reactivity.
Being emotional and emotionally connected to self are two very unique and different states.
Joe teaches how to go inward, facing our trauma triggers, so we might uncover those hidden blind spots which allow us to become fully engaged and present.
Tune in to find out how lean into those often uncomfortable emotions. In the process, learning how to become more comfortable with your authentic self on this episode of- The Light Inside.
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Colours by Tori Wolf
Into The Burning Flame by Jeb Keep
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Sweet Surrender: The Role Ego Plays in Spiritually Evolving Past Patterns of Addiction with Dr. Linville Meadows
Spiritual Teacher Eckhart Tolle tells us:
“Ego is presented as an accumulation of thoughts and emotions, continuously identified with, creating the idea and feeling of being a separate entity from one's self.”
We learn only by disidentifying one's consciousness from it can one truly be free from suffering.
Psychologist and author Dr. Nicole LePerla shares this: “The Suffering within our world comes from the human egos misguided attempts to keep us safe. It’s always creating stories.”
When we stop to reconsider the words of both Tolle and LePerla, one has to ask- are these stories truly serving me and feeding my spiritual evolution, or are they leading to a destruction of self?
-The Me that is within.
Our guest today, Dr. Linville Meadows knows the often devastating effect of allowing our egos to step into the driver seat. Having walked the journey of his own recovery and through collecting the lessons, tips, and techniques he used to get sober.He adds his observations from over twenty years of helping addicts and alcoholics. Now, as an author, incorporated these ideas into his recently released book, “A Spiritual Pathway to Recovery from Addiction, A Physician's Journey of Discovery"
Linville is hear to today to share his perspective. Tune it to find out The Way Doctors Do It on The lIght Inside.
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Bryant Bark by Dylan Sitts
The Light by Loving Calibre
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Be a Dick: How One Person Can Change the World in the Most Unexpected Way with Marc Ensign
In a world where we can each be ANYTHING we want.
Ironically, we often discover a world which feels like it's filled with jerks. Some dick's are a special breed of jerk— they give offense to the world without a shred of awareness that they’re doing so, and deny they have a role when relationships go wrong.
The sad truth is, anybody can be a dick sometimes.
Yet, Our guest today, Marc Ensign, is here to reach us that being a dick is often the best thing we can be, if we hope to make close connections and build solid relationships while we travel along our journey of success.
Learning when to be a dick is one thing. Many of us must master when and how not to be a dick. Or , when at our best, become skillful, in being the right kind of Dick. What happens to those who DON'T learn this artful skill...
Well, they usually end up F#&Ked!
Remember, success is in the eye of the beholder. And we often fail to see, how being the RIGHT kind of Dick will move us into alignment with this vision- Ultimately allowing us to reach our destination.
Tune in to find out if your Dick game has what it takes to get the job done on The Light Inside.
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1-800-DIRTY by Fasion
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Episode 71 - Projected Patterning: The Journey Back to Our Authentic Self
When we each embrace our personal journey throughout life, we each get to uniquely become the authors of our own story. Its a narrative that only we get to chose, unless we surrender this role to others.
The unknown is too vast to live within known unhappiness. We remind ourselves- We are all important parts of a much larger system, pieces of the universe’s puzzle that would not be complete without us.
As we launch into this journey to find our way back to our authentic self, There comes a time to consider the possibility that there is a self—a part of us that is real, unique, and essentially us; an us which can be seen as distinct from what we’ve incorporated as an identity based on others' projections, rejections, actions and reactions towards us.
Our guest today is Life Transition Coach, Suzanne Reilley. Suzanne and I share a conversation discussing how projected patterns of belief often hold us from aligning and being our authentic self.
Tune in to find out how to break the pattern, and
re-engage with the authentic you on this episode of The Light Inside.
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Episode 70 - Just Be Quiet Already: How Intermittent Silence Recharges and Rewires our Brains with Dr. Krishna Bhatta
As we lean into this conversation today
I am reminded of the words of Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna -
"He who is rooted in oneness realizes that I am in every being; wherever he goes, he remains in me.”
Yet, as human beings, we are often disconnected, not only from the oneness that is self, but also the oneness that is the universe surrounding us.
Until we reunite the two - we remain simply ; at odds.
Our minds are our greatest tool, and when empowered, an become our greatest asset. But often our minds are cluttered with distraction, causing us to lose our focus and connection to the source of this energy.
The antidote- silence.
When we quiet our mind, we recharge our energies. Yet many of us fear this silent reprise. Silence isn't empty, it's full of answers.
We must remind ourselves, as in the immortal words of the poet Rumi- The quieter we become, the more we learn.
Our guest today, Dr. Krishna Bhatta, is here today, to teach us how intermittent silence serves as the doorway to meditation and recharging our minds! His meditation app RELAXX is an advanced program for achieving peace, happiness, tranquility and relaxation through understanding of body, mind, and what Krishna calls The Flame of consciousness.
Tune in to find out how to apply this super simple practice to your everyday life on The Light Inside.
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Formless Sleep by Lotus
West Coast Dreams by Ben Curtis
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Episode 069 - The Empowering Energy of Choice: Becoming Creative on Purpose with Scott Perry
Between stimulus and response there its a space.And in that space lies our ability to choose our response.
As we are determining the course of our life, When we create on purpose - that space between sorry and congratulations is all that matters. How we chose to fill this space is of the most significance in establishing the meaning which we might achieve within everything we endeavor.
Sharing his insights on how we can to learn how to differentiation between work you have to do and the work you want to do - Our guest Scott Perry guides you towards:
- Outlining your core values
- Empowering your ability to decidedly chose.
- We learn that Embracing your authentic self automatically becomes the difference only you can make in determining your ultimate fate.
Tune in to find out how to discover greater meaning in your life, by becoming creative on Purpose
On this episode of The Light Inside.
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Minitaur by Tigerblood Jewel
Not What I Expected by Smartface
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Episode 068 - The Mosaic: Understanding How Listening is The Alchemy Of Life with Danny Bruce Levin
When you step back and take a look at the picture of your life do you like what you see?
If not, don’t worry, you are not a jigsaw puzzle where every piece only fits in one place; You are a mosaic, free to alter the picture you were given. In a mosaic, every piece can go wherever you, the author and owner, want it to go.
If you are ready to have the image of your life reflect the person you truly are - Our guest today is ready to guide you. Helping you call in and align the pieces of your mosaic so that what people see is who you really are.
As a former Corporate Head, Danny Bruce Levin was the Director of Business Development at Hay House, playing a crucial role in helping it grow exponentially over a 10 year period -turning it into a powerhouse player in the publishing industry. Danny walked away from it all, becoming an ordained Rabbi then spending 10 years as a Monk, living in a monastery in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Now, as a much respected author and visionary - Danny is teaching others to discover how The connections you align determine the life you make.
Tune in today, to learn how you can become the author and owner of the mosaic of your life - on The Light Inside
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You Thought I Knew by Snake City, Tilden Parc
You Thought I Knew by Particle House
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Episode 067 - What's in It for Me: Building Relationships Through Interdependence with Maxwell Ivey
Mahatma Gandhi tells us-
“Man is a social being.”
And “Interdependence is and ought to be”
As much our ideal as self-sufficiency. In fact, the fundamental law of humanity is interdependence. A person is a person through our connection to others.
And A sense of Competition breeds separation, rather than guiding us towards forming collaborative bonds. Our interaction with others aligns us and allows us to do great things.
Our guest Maxwell Ivey shares insight from A Blind Man’s Inspirational Guide to Success, as we explore the all-to-important reason why our interactions with others allows us to form greater bonds and build deeper connection,leading us towards our limitless potential to collaborate and communicate-create. So often we are taught to view dependency as a negative thing.
Join Max and I as we dispel this inaccurate mistruth on The Light Inside.
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Your Touch by Particle House
Blind Spot by Wai
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Episode 066 - Adversity Rewired: Adapting Positive Psychology to Develop Emotional Stamina with Lori Marini
Theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, once shared:
“Adversity introduces a person to themselves.”
Very often, your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, determines how our life’s story will develop.
Our guest today, knows a thing or two about standing tall in the opportunities presented in our personal challenges, reframing our perspective on them. Having courageously endured her experience with cancer, Author and Motivational Coach, Lori Marini is giving others the necessary inspiration to empower and motivate them to live a life which truly thrives. Reminding us in the process; Just because you may feel like you are struggling, it does not mean you are failing.
Today we want to explore how finding gratitude can fill you with the strength and emotional endurance to not only face these opportunities- but to also evolve past these potentially daunting experiences, giving you the tools to thrive.Tune in to find out how you can find the courage and mental determination to endure any adversity on The Light Inside.
Resources-5 Keys to Developing Emotional Stamina:
- Effectively Processing Emotions
- Holding Space for Faith
- Adaptability; so often we talk about mind set, being able to move with fluidity and becoming comfortable with change. Releasing a need to control.
- Balancing your energy to engage productive action based tasked
- Releasing reactionary emotions like anxiety. fear and worry - focus on what can effectively be executed
- Developing Resilience
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Hurts by Snake City
Let Yourself Go by Ooyy
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Episode 065 - Self-Mastery: Owning Your True Self with Lucy Smith
Our guest today encourages us all to explore our goddess within, going on to sharing that, Yes, even us dudes have a goddess hidden somewhere within us.
Through her coaching practice; Persephone’s Jewels, Lucy is guiding others towards building self-esteem and identity exploration filtered through the lens of the Greek goddesses.
American singer, songwriter, actress, author, and television personality, Kelly Clarkson Tells us:
“Confidence is seen, not heard.”
Yet we all deserve to feel heard, validated, hopeful, inspired, motivated, and empowered.
We discover that, by accepting authorship and ownership in your life - You can achieve this all with a simple belief in yourself.
Proving we can all rise above our story with a with an affirmative “Hell Yes, You can” attitude- Lucy shows us how you CAN change your identity with inspiration, building a new life starting with a single thought.
When you boost your connection to Source:
YOU CAN be happy, fulfilled, and loved... exactly for
for who YOU ARE.
Our discussion today will enlighten your mind and nourish your heart, giving you the tools to turn soot into gold on The Light Inside.
-Resources
Let's start by looking at who the Greek goddesses are and what gift they identified with carrying:
- Aphrodite: Self-esteem- confidence, fire, resiliency
- Artemis: Independence- embodiment and owning who you truly are.
- Athena: Drive- setting values, goals and establishing focus and purposeful intention
- Demeter: Family- being vulnerable, but leaning into others for support and strength
- Hera: Partnerships- forming string bonds and relationships with others
- Hestia: Enlightenment- developing a strong sense of adventure, curiosity and discovery. Becoming more aligned and aware of your work and the world around you.
- Persephone: Self-mastery- Agency, self-efficacy, self-control. Empowering your ability to choose you direction and purpose.
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Nobody Else by Swif7
Sword of Light by Kristu
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Episode 64 Delegation: Building Your Vision By Empowering Others with Paul and Kelsey Tompkins
A house is not a home without a heart in it.
Today we are going to teach you how to inspire and ignite teams which positively effect and impact your teams bottom line.
Building effective teams and empower others to grow exponentially -
while also avoiding burnout, anxiety and stress.
Sometimes if you want to go far you have to take others along for the ride.
In order to empower others- you have to have a clear vision of what the mission is and the systems and processes which create them.
How do you feel we effectively form how we create that vision:
- How do we effectively communicate vision, mission, purpose and goals to others?
- Creating open and authentic cultures is so important when creating effective buy-in and instilling passion in others
- Why building a solid culture which energizes your community matters in your success?
You and your team want more than showing up- everyone wants significance and a sense of fulfillment.
Phenomenal results and knowing you made a difference becomes so rewarding, instills gratitude and leads not only to accomplishment but ultimately joy.
That’s what makes us HUMAN. It creates a family and community environment of shared heart and mind.
This is our focus on todays show…
As we are joined today by The dynamic husband and wife duo of Real Estate Investors, Paul and Kelsey Tompkins. The Tompkins have fast become known for their success as entrepreneurs, real estate investors, speakers, and coaches.
Completing so many fix and flip real estate deals that people began referring to them as the House Flipping Experts & the nickname stuck!
Armed with their expertise in the industry- Paul and Kelsey have gone on to become the founders at Flippin Experts Academy, have created the most comprehensive real estate investors academy with all of the training, tools and knowledge needed to become a successful and profitable real estate expert.
All while also avoiding the pitfalls of burnout, anxiety and stress.
Find out how to Effective Delegation becomes a key element in Building Your Dream By Empowering Others on this episode of The Light Inside.
Key takeaway:
Effectively delegating to others empowers you to more effectively focus your growth while expediting the speed and pace of your strategy.
- Developing clear and effective communication skills
- Holding space and showing compassion for others
- How to effectively correct course
- Managing disputes
- Creating measurable benchmarks
- Why Sharing in the victories and successes are so important- hint buyin, gratitude, ownership, reward, fulfillment
- Being a mentor, educator and spiritual guide- creating a legacy of example
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Music Score by Epidemic Sound
Bright Shadows by Kristu
Learning Empathy by Kristu
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Feature Author
Marc Ensign
Marc Ensign is a prolific storyteller, creative marketer, and accomplished musician. After spending more than ten years playing bass in the Broadway show Rent, Marc learned that he had a gift for marketing and a desire to leverage that gift to change the world.
light reading
Be a Dick
The 7 Key Abilities
The Mosaic
How One Person Can Change the World in the Most Unexpected Way
We all have that moment in our lives when we look back and question whether we have made a difference in the world. And no matter who we are or what we have done, the answer is always no. Because we have this idea that you have to do something grandiose in order to be someone worth remembering.
After a lifetime of searching for that superhero moment, Marc Ensign found the answer in the most unexpected place. His new neighbor Dick. Through his mentorship, Marc learned the secret behind what it truly means to change the world. And the proof that we already have that ability ingrained in us.
The Mosaic
The 7 Key Abilities
The Mosaic
A ground-breaking book in the tradition of The Alchemist and The Celestine Prophecy, The Mosaic, by marketing expert and activist Daniel Bruce Levin invites you to see the world from a new point-of-view― one that focuses on what connects us to each other and brings us happiness.
The Mosaic follows the journey of Mo, a boy who loses his parents two years apart on the same day.
When he asks the adults where his parents went, they tell him they are in heaven. Mo sets out to find the place called heaven and along the way, he meets an assortment of ordinary people, who are anything but ordinary.
The Mosaic is a magical book that will inspire conversation around the possibilities that exist when we are able to see what we do not see. It will entertain and uplift you through the magic of connection, and it will linger with you well after you finish its story.
“The most profound and lasting way to learn is through story, and a story that reflects so many aspects of our shared human journey keeps the lessons learned alive in the heart forever. This is one such beautiful and lasting story.“ ― Sonia Choquette New York Times best-selling author of The Answer is Simple...Love yourself, Live your Spirit! .
The 7 Key Abilities
The 7 Key Abilities
The 7 Key Abilities
Everyone needs a few key abilities to obtain success—seven, to be exact. The good news is that these abilities are available to us all. The 7 Key Abilities is a proven formula you can use to seriously succeed. It equips you with tools and techniques that will allow you to protect your peace of mind while increasing the bottom line…in all areas of your life! We’re talking professionally and personally.
Are you ready to accept and appreciate your awesomeness? Are you ready to break down all of the barriers between you and the life you’ve always wanted? Are you ready to succeed…7 days a week?
By the end of reading The 7 Key Abilities, you’ll know exactly how to: Tap into the profound power of continuous gratitude Become the master of your mind Dig deeper relationships and create long-lasting, life-giving links Make room for what matters while removing what doesn't Unmarginalize your life…with margins. Become skilled at acquiring new skills.
Show up and hold yourself accountable to maximizing your potential And truly succeed 7 days a week!!