WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.080 Hi everyone, and welcome back to the podcast episode. My 2 00:00:02.160 --> 00:00:04.599 name is Lisia Gogan, the host of the Globe Secause podcast. 3 00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:06.960 Wll I help you expand your mind and become more 4 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:09.080 self aware so that you can glow up into the 5 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:14.720 best version of yourself. Hello and happy Sunday. We have 6 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:16.519 made it to the last Sunday of the month. I 7 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:20.079 can't believe it. I hope everyone. Summer has been good 8 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.600 so far. Hopefully we have some more plans. I have 9 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:25.199 some as well, which I'm going to talk about the 10 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.039 end of these episode, some things that we're gonna be 11 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:32.079 like planning for for the podcast and some updates, so 12 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:34.039 if you're interested in that, it'll be at the end. Now, 13 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:37.159 today's episode is kind of gonna be just like off 14 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:41.799 the whim here because during this week, I didn't really 15 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.439 have anything to give for the podcast, Like there's nothing 16 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:47.200 I really wanted to talk about, There's nothing heavy on 17 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:49.520 my heart. There was nothing I was really like going 18 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:52.920 through that was like so impactful or I wanted to 19 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:55.679 share with you guys things like that. And I've changed 20 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:58.799 my relationship towards when I'm feeling like I have nothing 21 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.119 to give, it's okay that I have nothing to give. 22 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:05.879 Sometimes sometimes life happens and things get really busy for me, 23 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.799 so maybe I'll skip an episode here and there. But 24 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:11.480 there's something in me that didn't want to skip an episode. 25 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:14.680 But I also did not know what to talk about. 26 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.560 And this is clearly a theme that I'm currently experiencing 27 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:21.519 for many reasons, and it's amazing to be able to 28 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:22.879 bring this to the podcast because I think that some 29 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.959 of you guys will relate to this. But during this week, 30 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:29.000 I was feeling like nothing really to give. But then 31 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:30.840 I knew, okay, you know what, it's fine, Like let's 32 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.040 just sit on it. Maybe something will come up. Usually 33 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:35.159 that's what happens, and that's how I create a lot 34 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.719 of my episodes anyways, So I wasn't like stressing out 35 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.599 too much about it. But also, as you guys know, 36 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:46.400 I've been working on a journal series that's basically what 37 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.319 it's going to be, and so I did a lot 38 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:54.400 of basically like the first phase of working on it, 39 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:57.319 and I've come to an end on the first phase 40 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.920 in a way, and so I felt myself being like, okay, 41 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.680 like what's the next step, Like what's the next thing? 42 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:05.680 Like where do I go next? How do I take 43 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:07.959 more action, but there was nothing really coming up with 44 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:08.520 that as well. 45 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:09.960 So I felt like the past. 46 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:12.199 Like week week and a half, I kind of came 47 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.639 to an ending of things, and I felt myself feeling 48 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:17.879 the urge to want to know the next step, the 49 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:19.719 next answer, like to go, go go. 50 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:21.960 And also, I. 51 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:24.479 Am literally just about to get my period, like I'm 52 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:26.879 basically day one in my period, and so my hormonal 53 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:30.400 clock is literally coming to an end and I'm restarting, 54 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:35.879 and I feel this sense of kind of not wanting 55 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.639 to even do anything, like not wanting to take action 56 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:40.599 on anything. And that's typically like what will happened at 57 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:42.240 the end of my luteal phase into my mental face. 58 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.360 So I feel like there's just this nothingness that I've 59 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:50.199 been residing in. And what I came to realize in 60 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:54.560 my morning practice was sometimes the best next step is 61 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:58.080 to just do nothing. And the reason why I'm saying 62 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:01.560 this is, you know, sometimes yes, we need to take 63 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:05.319 action and move things forward, but I look at this 64 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:08.360 very cyclically as well, like the way my body is, 65 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:13.000 but also nature and life. But with anything, sometimes there'll 66 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.879 be an ending of something and before you start the 67 00:03:15.919 --> 00:03:20.039 new thing, you need to create space for you to 68 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:25.039 not know the next step, or to reside in that nothingness, 69 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:28.000 that blank space, that presence really and I think that 70 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.159 that presence is very, very vital for you to then 71 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:35.599 figure out what that next step will be. Or for instance, 72 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:39.360 with my mental cycle, this is the most important time 73 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:42.879 for me to really slow things down right and take 74 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:45.360 a moment for myself, maybe focus on self care, whatever 75 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:46.960 the case is. But I have a lot of clarity 76 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:50.560 during this time that really allows me to see what 77 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:52.680 my next month will kind of be, and also for 78 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:55.080 me to reflect on the past month as well, and 79 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:59.080 that is so vital for personal growth and just life 80 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:03.479 in general. And I think sometimes we can get really 81 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:08.319 stuck or feel really stuck, or create more anxiety or 82 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:12.599 scarcity within our own lives simply by not understanding that 83 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:17.279 this should really be a part of our life process, 84 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:22.720 whether it's creative or hormonal, whatever it is, to understand 85 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:24.920 that there's going to be a period where it's okay 86 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.480 and it should be allowed for us to kind of 87 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:31.000 not know an answer. And I truly think that you 88 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:34.639 accepting that fact and you being a little bit more 89 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:38.399 comfortable with not forcing anything right now, or if you 90 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:41.199 don't have an answer for something, or you don't know 91 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:43.360 the next step, or you don't know what to say 92 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:47.959 that it's okay to create space for that. That's when 93 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:51.879 clarity for the next thing will actually come as well. 94 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:53.360 And so that's what I was kind of doing this 95 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:54.800 past week and a half. I didn't know what I 96 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:58.519 wanted to talk about. Same with my mental phase yesterday, 97 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:00.639 I kind of like felt intuitively like I wanted to 98 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:04.199 have like a quote unquote do nothing day. And when 99 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.800 it comes to knowing that I need to rest and 100 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:11.079 feeling that urge to rest, what I have experienced in 101 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:15.199 the past is not being able to actually rest unless 102 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:18.439 everything is done. But what I've learned is there is 103 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:20.959 always going to be something to do, like something on 104 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:24.279 your to do list. So if you're waiting for the 105 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:26.959 day that you don't have things to do in order 106 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.720 to rest, that, in my personal opinion, is not the 107 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:32.879 right way to rest. There's no real right way to rest, obviously, 108 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:36.439 But the reason why I'm saying that is sometimes, let's say, 109 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:39.519 when you're about to get your period, that's the best 110 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:42.240 time to rest for yourself, and intuitively you'll know, like 111 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:44.759 you sometimes have a feeling of when it's time to 112 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:47.079 just end something or to just rest, or you just 113 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:49.720 don't have the answer or you don't know, and that's 114 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:52.680 a perfect time to rest. But sometimes we only allow 115 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:54.920 ourselves to rest when, Okay, I'm going to get all 116 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:57.480 these things done, and on this day is when I'm 117 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.360 gonna rest, or like every Friday, at this time, I'm 118 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.560 gonna rest. Which that can be great, and that can 119 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:05.000 be helpful for people who are working on burnout and 120 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:08.240 productivity and things like that, but there's gonna have to 121 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:13.079 be some room for the messiness of the resting in 122 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:17.040 your life, which is those days where your soul is 123 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.920 calling for something different that day and you're really wanting 124 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:22.319 to move something forward, but nothing is really coming. Like 125 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:24.560 that is the time where you really need to allow 126 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.800 yourself to not know. And now, in a perfect world, 127 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.720 we could just rest whenever we want and release all responsibilities. 128 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:34.240 But that's in a perfect world, and sometimes we don't 129 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.920 live in a perfect world. So even for myself, there's 130 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:40.879 still things that I do, you know, like the actual 131 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:43.360 act of making sure that I'm taking care of myself 132 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.720 or eating nourishing meals, or if I need to answer 133 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:50.040 an email or you know, record a video things like that. 134 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:54.399 But within my day or within the phase. 135 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:56.160 That I'm feeling like it's time for me to rest, 136 00:06:56.519 --> 00:07:00.319 I just put off the things that I'm really just 137 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:04.160 forcing myself to do and reminding myself that I will 138 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:07.160 come back to this when I feel good and ready, 139 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:10.560 when I feel more revived, when I feel like there's 140 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:13.639 something to speak on or an idea that's going to 141 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:16.040 pop back in my head, and when I allow myself 142 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:19.800 to move more into this nothingness of you know what, 143 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:21.959 I don't got an answer, I don't really know yet. 144 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:25.279 It actually just allows me to do other things that 145 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.680 I have either put off or things that I want 146 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.120 to explore that I haven't really put my attention to 147 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:34.639 because I've been in this go go go energy. So 148 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.680 maybe it's just like a new topic that's really sparking 149 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:41.439 my interest that month. Like, for instance, right now, I've 150 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.279 been really learning about a lot of herbalism for canines. 151 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:47.519 I have a dog, if anyone is new, and he's 152 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:49.800 sleeping on me right now, so we're just gonna hope 153 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:50.279 that he's. 154 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:52.560 Gonna stay sleeping. Anyways. 155 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.079 I listened to a really good podcast on What to 156 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:59.879 Jews podcast with Olivia and she had a canine herbalist. 157 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.279 She is also in the like that world and like 158 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:05.439 a bunch of other things, and I'm really into like 159 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:09.120 holistic health and wellness and things like that. So I 160 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.560 listened to that episode and ended up buying the herbalist book. 161 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:14.759 And so I'm really just interested. 162 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:16.480 In that topic right now, and like learning more about 163 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.839 my dog and everything really makes sense for me when 164 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:22.480 I'm learning about this stuff, and so I spend a 165 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:25.000 lot of time reading, like reading up on this topic. 166 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:27.519 I've also been having a really big pull to listen 167 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:31.600 to more spiritual podcasts, reading my books that are more 168 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:34.240 spiritual and things like that as well. So I'm just 169 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.840 kind of following my intuition when it comes to that 170 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.879 and letting go of like what I think that I 171 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.759 need to be focusing on or doing during this time. 172 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.360 Something else that I find myself doing a lot when 173 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:49.080 I release this urge to need to have things go 174 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:51.399 a certain way or I need to know answers. Is 175 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:54.000 that I have this motivation all of a sudden to 176 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:55.879 do a bunch of things on my to do list 177 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:58.159 that I've been putting off all month because I'm kind 178 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.960 of in this flow stay of like I'm just gonna 179 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:04.279 do whatever I want today, and like it almost feels 180 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.120 a little bit like a game, like a little bit 181 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:08.559 like life is just not as serious as I'm making 182 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.480 it be, which makes sense because I'm really in this 183 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:14.679 energy of it not being serious when I'm not forcing things. 184 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:17.639 And so I'll do some of the things that in 185 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:19.240 my head I put on my to do list that 186 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:22.320 sounded and felt like it was so big and annoying 187 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:24.039 and it's gonna be this huge thing and I just 188 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:27.240 don't whatever, Like I'll do it, like things like bookkeeping 189 00:09:27.399 --> 00:09:32.639 or I have to get my passport copies for something 190 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:37.200 for American taxes, and all of these things. I typically 191 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:40.840 will find myself having no blocks to do even those things. 192 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:43.600 So I'm just saying all that because I think there's 193 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:48.480 a lot of benefit of you allowing yourself the space 194 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:52.399 to be like, I don't know what to do right now, 195 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:54.799 and I'm not going to force it as much as 196 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:59.879 I can, And there is wisdom always in doing that. 197 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.279 And actually, this morning, as I told you guys, I've 198 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:07.120 been reading some of my spiritual books again, and I 199 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.759 came back to reading The Mystic Jesus A Mind of 200 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:13.200 Love by Maryanne Williamson. I love her, I love her work. 201 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:17.000 Please go listen to her podcasts, go get her books. 202 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:18.559 Our Return to Love is a really good place to 203 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:21.480 start as well. And I'll have my book recommendations linked 204 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:24.240 down below. In like the description, I have a lot 205 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:27.840 of books that I read or have read in the past. 206 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:32.600 And so there was this chapter on morning routines, the 207 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.000 power of morning routines or like the power of your 208 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:38.759 morning essentially and connecting to God and praying or meditation 209 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:42.080 or even if you're not like religious or believe in God, 210 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:43.879 just like connecting with yourself and things like that. And 211 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:45.879 I've talked about this, and I don't know if it 212 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:48.039 was last week's episode, but I've been telling you guys 213 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:51.080 just how much clarity and work that I've been actually 214 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:54.399 getting out by simply really making a morning practice a 215 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:57.519 huge important piece of my day. And I usually do, 216 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:00.519 but like, really just dive me back into that. And 217 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:05.440 so I was reading a chapter of the morning section, 218 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:07.480 and I kind of want to tell you what I 219 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:09.919 was journaling when I read a certain part. I'm not 220 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:11.720 going to read the entire section, but a part of 221 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:14.519 it says, as part of your daily spiritual practice this 222 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:17.039 morning prayer from a course in miracles is a powerful 223 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.440 directive for your subconscious mind to do the bidding of 224 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:22.600 the Holy Spirit. And she writes out three things that 225 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:25.480 you could ask God or Spirit or whatever you believe in, 226 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:28.000 and it says, where would you have me go? 227 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.200 What would you have me do? And what would you 228 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:35.159 have me say? And to whom? And so I. 229 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:37.399 Used one of those and wrote down I basically was 230 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:39.960 like asking God, and I just picked the one that 231 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:42.919 felt the most intuitive, and I asked what would you 232 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:48.559 have me do? And what came up was really what 233 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.639 I was experiencing with the not knowing, not having too 234 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:54.639 much of an answer, of idea of even for the podcast, 235 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.799 like a bunch of things right the ending of the 236 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:00.360 phase one of my journal series like very much so 237 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:04.759 really urging and wanting to go in that direction of 238 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:08.559 stressing about not knowing and forcing answers. But I'm very wise, 239 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:10.679 like I know this cycle, I know what it is, 240 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:13.519 and I'm more comfortable with like chilling in that. 241 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:15.320 So I basically wanted to know. 242 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:19.559 The wisest part of spirit, what would you have to 243 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.320 strengthen my belief in already kind of knowing what is 244 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.759 true because I already kind of know this. And basically 245 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:29.159 what I got was God would want me to release 246 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:33.559 the fear that I'm holding. And this is what it 247 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:37.919 really is coming down to when you realize, oh, I 248 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:40.600 don't have an answer, I don't know, I don't know 249 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.639 where to go. It's coming from a place of fear, 250 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.399 and God said, I want you to release that fear. 251 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:50.399 I want you to remember that I give you the 252 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.679 opportunity to wake up every single day and have all 253 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.720 of these blessings. I give you opportunities, I give you time, 254 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.639 I give you freedom, I give you your mindset to 255 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:05.399 be able to seek out new information and wisdom. I 256 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.679 give you so many things, and you're operating as if 257 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:09.519 I don't give you those blessings. 258 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:12.120 But also you don't see it. You forget that I 259 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:12.840 give you this. 260 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:16.960 You forget that you have this life that is full 261 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:20.639 of opportunities and full of blessings and that you are safe. 262 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:24.080 And so that's what I got out of my journal practice. 263 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:26.039 And it's just a reminder of like, you know, I 264 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:30.559 am okay, and I will find the answers, and I 265 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.879 do have so many blessings and resources and all of 266 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:36.039 these things around me and I have to remember that, 267 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:37.759 and I really have to stop operating. I have this 268 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.320 place of not having that because that's not true. I 269 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:46.360 am not unsafe. I am very blessed, I am protected, 270 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.600 and I do have time. And I think that that's 271 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.240 another thing that we really struggle with when we're forcing 272 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:55.279 answers or trying to find the next thing, is we 273 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.919 are under this illusion that we have no time, that 274 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:02.080 we have to rush, we have to keep going, and 275 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:05.279 that's really an illusion. It's all coming from fear. And 276 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:08.480 I really do think when you connect to something like spirit, God, whatever, 277 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:11.279 it can really really help you during the times where 278 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:15.120 you feel anxiety, you feel like you're rushing through life, 279 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:17.840 you feel like you are in fight or flight. It 280 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:20.480 can really really help ground you. And I think that's 281 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.480 why it's important to have a morning practice as well. 282 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:24.440 And actually, one last thing that I'm gonna read from 283 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:27.519 this book. It's from chapter two, Reflections of the Light, 284 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:31.000 and it says people can have an almost pathological need 285 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:33.919 to make something of themselves, as though who they already 286 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.000 are simply isn't enough. To the ego, you will never 287 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:39.519 be enough. It doesn't tell you that you did something wrong, 288 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:41.679 It just tells you that you are wrong. Few of us, 289 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:45.159 no matter how kind our parents or how healthy our upbringing, 290 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.840 survive into adulthood without an arsenal of rockets in our 291 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.039 head shouting us down before anyone else has a chance to. 292 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:55.080 That's why knowing who you are spiritually is essential to 293 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:57.679 a healthy sense of self. If we only accept the 294 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:01.159 world's estimation, then will never feel like we're enough, because 295 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:04.399 the world is dominated by the egos vicious nonsense. If 296 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:07.600 we accept ourselves as God created us, we recognize we're 297 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:10.320 no better and no worse than anyone else. All of 298 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:12.440 us are special, and none of us are special. At 299 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:15.000 the deepest level of our spiritual identity, all of us 300 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:17.879 are perfect creations of God. And this actually moves into 301 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:20.279 the morning practice as well. So I think that basically 302 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:22.279 she was kind of setting it up to say, like, 303 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:27.759 it's really important that you do connect to something bigger 304 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:30.320 than the lies and the fears that we typically operate 305 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:32.399 out of in the morning, so that you can move 306 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:35.600 through this life with less fear and less urgency. Because 307 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:38.039 we know where fear and urgency really takes us. We 308 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:42.440 know that it takes us into scarcity and taking action 309 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:45.279 that is not even aligned. We burn ourselves out, we 310 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:49.200 feel unhappy, we feel depleted, and we can't operate like that. 311 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:51.840 And the only way that you're going to be able 312 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:54.679 to operate the opposite way is for you to slowly 313 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:57.879 start having the practice and calming your nervous system and 314 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:01.080 connecting to yourself and reminding yourself, I am safe, I 315 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:04.240 have these blessings, I have these resources, I have time. 316 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:06.799 But you don't operate naturally out of that because you've 317 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:10.679 been programmed from society, from parents, from everything. 318 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.960 It doesn't even matter. 319 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.240 How good or bad your upbringing was, like most likely 320 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.279 your programmed in your head to keep going and going 321 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:19.000 and going and seeking and operating out of fear. And 322 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:21.120 that's why a lot of us who are interested in 323 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:24.159 self development as well get stuck in this loop because 324 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.879 we are the ones who are operating out of fear 325 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.879 the most, because we've typically have gone through a lot 326 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.279 of trauma which has created the sense of I need 327 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:35.039 to find safety and find control, which is understandable. We're 328 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:38.080 just trying to stay safe, but in doing that, we 329 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:42.120 typically will create more unsafety in the sense of burning 330 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.000 ourselves out and staying in that fight or flight. So 331 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.559 I just wanted to really share that with you guys. 332 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:52.080 That's kind of where I'm at in my life and. 333 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.879 Hopefully that will help. 334 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.080 And that's really on that topic, but I just wanted 335 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:58.000 to quickly talk about like a few other things that 336 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:01.679 will be happening so podcast up days. I feel like 337 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:04.200 I haven't said anything about like updates or my life 338 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:05.839 or anything like that in a very long time, because 339 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:08.920 I don't know, we moved from doing like off topic 340 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.599 episodes and stuff. 341 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:11.240 I know a lot of you guys like those episodes 342 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.160 where I'm just chit chatting. 343 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.880 But anyways, I guess this can kind of be it. 344 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:18.960 Next week, which will be August third, I'm gonna skip 345 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.759 an episode, and that's because August, guys, is gonna be 346 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.279 busy for me. 347 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.119 But I'm excited. 348 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:27.519 So the week following this episode that's coming out, I'm 349 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:29.960 going to Rufus Desoul with my boyfriend, so that will 350 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.039 be really fun. I'm going with Liquid Ivy. They sent 351 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.599 me to Tate last year, which was just such another 352 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:37.359 like blessing and I'm so happy about that, so that 353 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:38.119 will be really fun. 354 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.240 Going to a concert. 355 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.160 I love concerts and I love festivals and even house 356 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:44.079 music like I love all types of music, and so 357 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:46.680 we're gonna be doing that during the week and with that, 358 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:48.759 I'm actually gonna be getting my hair braided, which you 359 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:51.119 guys will see eventually the day before that, so that's 360 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:53.039 gonna be like another full day. And then the day 361 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:56.160 after Rufus, I just want to chill obviously, and then 362 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.400 I'm prepping into a long weekend. I don't know if 363 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:02.559 it's like this in America or other places. 364 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.200 I don't think so. 365 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:07.240 But we have a long weekend coming up like every year, 366 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.079 the August basically the first weekend of August, and so 367 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:13.440 we're moving right into that long weekend. So it's just 368 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:15.000 gonna be long weekend vibes. I have a lot of 369 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:18.400 plans with people, friends that are coming in, and then 370 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.519 we're doing day three of Velds. 371 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.519 I love Velds. 372 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:24.079 I've basically gone like every year, but as I get older, 373 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:26.880 I typically just go like one day. I go like 374 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.839 half the day, like into the night type of thing, 375 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:31.720 because I just can't be doing a super long festival 376 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:34.680 unless I was going to like Rolling Loud or EDC 377 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:37.240 or Ultra and it was like a whole trip. But 378 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:40.880 veld in the city I live downtown Toronto. I just 379 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:43.039 kind of pop in and pop out. So anyways, we're 380 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:46.319 going mainly because John sum is gonna be performing and 381 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:49.000 he is so good. I saw him last year at 382 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:50.480 Budweiser and he's just so good. 383 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.119 Guys. 384 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.599 Okay, if you like House, then he is the DJ 385 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:56.400 for you. So I'm gonna be going with a bunch 386 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:58.640 of friends. So that's gonna be that weekend. So I 387 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:01.160 just kind of want to have a week to prepare 388 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.799 and do all that kind of stuff and then we'll 389 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:07.400 be back to regular episodes after that. But I'm also 390 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:09.599 going to be going to a cottage the weekend after, 391 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:11.880 and then I have a weekend in between, which I'm 392 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:13.400 sure I'm going to have lots of plans for that, 393 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.039 and then I'm going to another cottage with my set 394 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:18.440 of friends. The first cottage is with my boyfriend's set 395 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:21.640 of friends, so lots of things going on. So August 396 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:23.279 is going to be busy. I'm going to try and 397 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:25.799 do my best to get out episodes. I know you 398 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.000 guys will also understand as well, and I hope that 399 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:30.000 you guys are living your best lives as well, and 400 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.079 it's not all about like self development. 401 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.319