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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome back to the
newly rebranded show.
Now, what was once theconnection equation is now
transitioning into amillennial's guide to healthy
emotional regulation in life andbusiness.
So this episode is going to bea quick little story, a little
share, so that you canunderstand where this is coming
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from.
Why did we make this transitionand why do I feel like this is
going to be an absolute, dare Isay, game changer?
So let's get into it.
It all started when I wascreating these episodes for the
Connection Equation and I wasrealizing, for whatever reason I
wasn't connecting, and itwasn't for lack of intention, it
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wasn't for lack of focus and inunderstanding who's on the
other side of the camera andspeaking to them.
It wasn't because I wasn'tfollowing all the tips I was
sharing, it was because mymessaging was off, and I don't
mean it was bad messaging, Ijust mean it wasn't my messaging
.
It wasn't the thing I needed tobe talking about, it wasn't me
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100% in alignment, and I didn'tknow what that meant.
I didn't know what that lookedlike, and so I took a hiatus, I
took a break, I stopped creatingepisodes in July and I started
just listening.
I went through some experiencesand since then we have nailed
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our messaging and we haverebranded in a way that feels so
aligned.
But before we get into howthings are going now and where
we're going in our future, Iwant to just talk about a few of
the things that did happenbetween July and December, some
things that happened that helpedme through this pivot, because
maybe you're going through apivot yourself.
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Maybe you've had a business fora while that just hasn't quite
taken off.
You've been sharing the samemessaging, trying to make tweaks
, and it's just not happening.
It feels like there's so muchresistance.
Well, that's what I was feeling, and I truly believe that
resistance is a sign of lack ofrapport, and that's not just
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resistance in a conversationwith another person.
That can be resistance withinour own lives, our own careers.
So for me, I found that I wasmeeting resistance and I didn't
quite know where to turn.
But I knew what I was doingwasn't going to work, and so,
after having launched the appHealthy Emotional Regulation on
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the App Store in June, I justkind of backburnered it.
I wasn't 100% sure how I wasgoing to drive people to it.
I knew the podcast would play arole, but I didn't know how,
because I was talking aboutconnection on the podcast and it
didn't directly connect withthe app, and so it kind of felt
a little bit weird runningcommercials for it or ads or
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talking about it.
I wanted it to feel natural.
I wanted it to be the obviousnext step, not some side curve
ball where it's like okay toconnect with myself.
Now I got to go get this appabout emotions Like what is
happening here.
I wanted to make it so crystalclear.
So I sat back and the firstthing that I did was I stepped
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away from my business and Istarted working on someone
else's business, and what thiswas was this was limiting
beliefs.
This was me slipping into thewool.
I'm kind of desperate in thismoment and I allowed scarcity to
take over, and so I thought, oh, I'll just do this project for
someone else.
It's easier to build someoneelse's business than it is to
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build my own, and so I leanedinto that and I did a tremendous
amount of work helping to buildthe foundation of someone
else's business, only to then,in turn, get disrespected in the
process, and that wasn't okay.
But here's the thing is that itwas such a subtle disrespect,
such a subtle disconnect, that Iwasn't picking it up on a
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conscious level.
To me, consciously, everythingwas great and I was keeping high
hopes, staying optimistic,seeing the future, buying into
the dream.
And it wasn't until my eyesslowly but surely started to
develop severe eyelid eczema.
They started to get red andcrusty and gooey and they
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started to swell shut.
I couldn't stare at thecomputer screen anymore and do
work.
I couldn't get on a podcast andrecord it.
Well, I could have, but I wasnot feeling my best.
So it was hard to thinkstraight.
It was hard to be present.
It was hard not to touch anditch my eyes.
I just wanted to close them andgo to sleep.
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And I took everything in my lifeand I flipped it upside down.
I started an elimination diet.
I started pulling out all ofthe skincare things I was using,
checking if they were expired,checking if they have
complications when mixedtogether, checking if my skin
even liked them anymore,although I had been using the
same thing for years and notchanged anything, but I was
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still open to exploring.
I eliminated all of the thingsthat I was eating, except for
beef, butter, bacon, eggs.
That's it.
Those are the four things Ikept in my life for six weeks
and I let everything else go.
I started a probiotic that wasspecific to people with eczema.
I was reducing my stress in thephysical world, not working out
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as intensely.
I was doing all the things toallow my body to heal, but then
it didn't really fully hit meuntil one day I pulled up my
photo album on my phone andevery single time I took a
picture of the flare-ups of myeyes.
I compared that to my calendarand was able to see that they
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all correlated with certainbusiness meetings that I was
having, certain businessmeetings where I was building
someone else's business andbeing disrespected in the
process.
I was getting frustrated, Iwasn't able to say the things I
wanted to say, I was trying tohold back out of respect and my
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eyes were telling me no, thisisn't it, you're not in
alignment with.
And it took me a while, butonce I saw that then I said,
okay, I'm going to give it up,I'm going to surrender and I'm
going to listen to my body,because clearly it doesn't like
this.
Clearly this is not okay.
And so I sent off an email anda voice note and let that person
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know and let the rest of thecompany know I was going to be
stepping back from the role, Iwas going to relinquish it to
someone else.
It just wasn't in alignment forme.
And only two days after that, myeyes completely cleared up and
I have not had an issue since.
That was all, because I justlistened to my body.
That was all because I wasfalling back into those old
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limiting beliefs that were basedout of fear.
It's because I wasn't allowingmyself to see that this, in fact
, was not a pattern, it was justa test.
I kept saying that I wanted todo my thing, but I wasn't
actually taking steps in it.
I just kept turning around andtrying to build someone else's
business.
So it was time.
It was time for me to finallylet those limiting beliefs go,
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find closure, make new decisionsand build new behaviors and
move forward.
And then, right as I starteddoing that, my grandmother
passed away.
And the loss of my grandmotherimpacted me more than I could
have imagined.
Impacted me more than I couldhave imagined.
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There were so many learninglessons through that process of
being there in the last few daysshe had on this planet, having
these conversations that hadbeen long unhad, allowing myself
to find peace in the transitionthat was made and redefining
the meaning behind that.
And in that process Irecognized that all of the
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skills that I have been buildingin the area of healthy
emotional regulation finallycame to pass.
They all went into play and Iwas able to fully grieve that
within 36 hours 36 hours, 36hours, less than two days later,
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I was back to normal, same oldme, and I had people who were
saying to me Jaina, how did youdo that?
How did you grieve so fast?
It must just have been a quickwave and it'll hit you again.
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It hasn't Many months havepassed and I haven't sat in that
again, because I went fullforce.
When it hit, I allowed it to hit.
I sat in the discomfort ofsaying goodbye.
I allowed myself to cry.
I didn't hold back.
When the anger came up, Iallowed myself to process
whatever those emotions were,the deep pits in my belly.
I did not push away.
I sat in that pain.
I forgave every aspect myself,people on the other side of the
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fence.
I forgave all involved and Ileaned into the communities that
I have around me.
I leaned into those peoplearound me who said, jaina, do
you need someone to listen?
No one gave me advice, they alljust sat and listened and I had
five close people to me call methe day that it all happened.
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Five people sat and listened tome talk through this, talk in
circles most of the time, butjust talk over and over and over
, telling the story over andover, realizing that each time I
told the story it got easier.
Each time I told the story Ifound more clarity in the
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meaning I was taking from that.
Each time it stung a littleless and each time I accepted it
a little bit more.
And that is how I processedthat within 36 hours, and I
realized that the gift that I'mable to give people is the gift
of holding that space.
The same way those around meheld space for me.
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The same way those around meheld space for me.
The power of allowing people tojust sit in the pain and,
instead of telling them what todo to fix themselves, instead of
offering solutions, I just sitin the mud with you.
I validate your feelings, I letyou know you're being seen,
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you're being heard and thateverything's normal and okay.
That permission to cry, thatpermission to just let it out,
is something so many people arebegging for, so many people are
seeking in their life.
And I feel like this ability tomove through the ups and downs
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of these emotions in life, theability to sit in them when they
happen, is a superpower.
It is something that becomes socritical to actually getting
past the emotions.
It might be cliche, but it isso true.
You have to feel it to heal it.
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We can't just stuff down theanger and expect it to go away.
All it does is fester and turninto rage and then pop out of us
when we're least expecting it.
Instead, when the anger happens, let it out.
Find a healthy way to let itout.
Same with sadness and guilt andshame and fear and all of these
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emotions.
They're all good emotions whenwe allow them to process.
They become bad emotions whenwe stuff them down and they
fester for years and years andyears, altering our belief
system, altering our identity,altering our belief system,
altering our identity, alteringour story and how we show up in
this world.
So anything that that I can do,you also can do, and it is my
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honor to teach you these skillsso that you don't have to choose
suffering for months or yearson end.
You can choose to just let thatflood of suffering come over
you for a few hours and a fewdays and then, when you are
ready, you can simply choose tolet them go.
That is the gift that I get togive and through this, through
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recognizing, through taking astep back, after three years of
doing high level vip days, alsocalled breakthrough sessions
it's a 12 hour day with mefollowed by six months of
follow-up coaching.
I've done this with 31 peoplenow and, if I take a step back,
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one of the predominant patternsthat I see through all of my
clients was this request Jaina,I'm crying every day, can you
just help me stop crying?
Yeah, I can, and I have.
I have helped multiple womenwho've said Jaina, I have a
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happiness podcast and I cryevery day, help me.
And now they've gone on torecreate and recreate new brands
and found new messaging andstepped into a whole new version
of themselves.
They're hitting top broadcastsof the year, podcasts of the
year.
They're getting awards left andright.
They're being invited toprivate parties and high-level
networking events.
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These things could never havehappened if they hadn't learned
to master their emotions, ifthey hadn't learned to step into
certain mindsets.
Then we're going to set them upfor success.
We're going to help themrecognize the opportunity versus
recognizing the pain.
All of these things are thingsthat I teach, not because I'm on
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a high horse or because I'mlooking down on anybody.
No, it's because I've beenthere, it's because I'm walking
the path with you and, as Ilearn, I teach because it would
be so selfish of me to learnthese things and not pass that
on to you.
So I'm here to share with youall of the different lessons,
whether that's throughstorytelling formats, teaching
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formats I enjoy both and so I'mgoing to do both.
This podcast, you'll find.
I'll tell a lot of stories,we'll teach a lot of things,
I'll give you more resources tomore books and to continue your
education.
And all of it's going to comeback to the same core message
that if you seek more healthyemotional regulation on a daily
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basis, you can develop the skillto choose inner peace, no
matter what is happening outsideof you, which will inherently
help you save time and regulateyour emotions so that you can
invest more time and not justtime, but quality time with your
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loved ones.
So I'm here to encourage you todo these five things every day.
Movement move your body, whetherit's a walk around the
neighborhood, dancing to yourfavorite song, stretching, or
going to the gym and actuallylifting some weights.
Just move your body.
Meditate a minimum of 10minutes a day Either sit in the
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uncomfortable silence andstillness around you or listen
to a guided meditation and allowsomeone else to lead your
journey.
Mindfulness Learning somethingnew each and every day, staying
curious and investing time intoconstantly growing Manifestation
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, where we speak your visioninto the world, whether that's
through affirmations alone inyour bedroom by yourself, or
whether it's in conversationwith someone else that you're
sharing your mission, yourvision, your values and how
you're impacting the world withthem.
But speaking that future intoyour life now, so that you can
shift those inner belief systems, to start to recognize the
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opportunities that already existaround you.
And then more More is thesexual, health and the
self-celebration side of things,where you learn to more deeply
connect with yourself on aphysical and a spiritual level,
so that you can start tonaturally and abundantly attract
the things into your life thatyou are looking for.
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So these are the five things,each and every day, that I'm
going to encourage you to do,and through this podcast, I'm
going to talk to you about morespecific ways that you can take
control, more specific ways thatyou can master your emotions,
ways that you can take control,more specific ways that you can
master your emotions so that youcan navigate life and business
with ease and effortlessness.
Because I know you have thepower to do any and all the
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things that you set your mind to.
It is simply whether or not youapply the tools and resources
that you have around you.
So I'm going to encourage youto do just that that you have
around you.
So I'm going to encourage youto do just that.
Don't just listen to thesepodcasts, actually implement
them, do something with them,and then let me know about it,
because I'd absolutely love toknow what helped, what hurt and
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what you could use a little bitmore of.
Because I know one thing is forsure that changing the name of
this podcast and shifting thebranding to a millennial's guide
to healthy emotional regulationin life and business is a clear
winner, considering I changedthe name and the description of
the podcast, along with thecover art, about two to three
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months ago and have consistentlybeen getting about seven to 10
downloads every single weekwithout posting something new in
the last 170 days.
So I hope that you are just asexcited as I and, obviously, the
rest of you podcast listenersout there are, about this new
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revamp of the same intention,the same energy as before, a
calm and curious conversationwith each other as we navigate
life and business, so that youcan connect on a deeper level,
you can save time and you caninvest into yourself and others
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in a way that's going to helpyou build that life that you
deserve.
Let's do it together.
If there is something more thatyou'd like to learn about,
please let me know.
Otherwise, the best way for meto figure out what it is you
guys want to hear more about isby looking at the downloads.
So listen to your favoriteepisodes, share your favorite
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If you can leave a review, itwill better help me create
episodes specific to you.
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with us on social media.
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You can find me at jainaswan,or you can hang out with us at
Healthy Emotional Regulation onInstagram.
You can find all of the detailsin the description below, and I
cannot wait to restart thisjourney with you.