March 3, 2025 • 25 mins
In this episode, I dive deep into my personal journey of prioritizing peace, share valuable insights and realizations that have shaped my relentless pursuit of peace which I believe is the ultimate form of success. Join me as I explore the transformative power of peace and how it can elevate your life to new heights. Tune in to get inspired and discover practical ways to make peace your priority—because a life rooted in serenity is the true luxury we all deserve!
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Theresa Cesare (00:06):
Hey guys.
Welcome to Heart to Talk thepodcast.
I am the host and creatorTheresa Cesare My intention for
this podcast is to deliver toyou wisdom, inspiration, and
consciousness.
Through solo episodes andconversations amongst insightful
people.
It is my greatest honor to bringto you talks that come from the.
(00:32):
Thank you so much for joining mefor another episode.
For those who have been on thisjourney, thank you.
Thank you so much.
And if you're new, welcome tothis podcast where I love
sharing just incredibleprocesses, topics that have
anything and everything to do.
With personal development,growth, spirituality, health and
(00:57):
wellness, you name it.
I come on and I share soloepisodes.
On things that I feel I'm anexpert in and areas that I've
mastered for areas that I havenot, I bring on the expert in
that zone of genius or whateverit is to share with us their
wisdom.
(01:17):
So that is just this podcast ina nutshell.
And a lot of people will asklike, what's your process like?
Do you just, map everything out?
The only thing I map out is thatI aim to launch two episodes a
month and if it in between thattime I find an aligned guest
(01:39):
have a new connection to bringon, I do that.
Or I'll just do these soloepisodes that I keep short and
sweet, and I just lead byinspiration.
I take inspired action ineverything I do.
That's where the magic is.
I don't force and.
A lot of times the topic willcome to me because it's
(01:59):
something I'm working oncreating and I'm like, Oh my
gosh, I'm ready to do this.
Other times it doesn't comeright away and so I'll just pray
and meditate on it and just belike, God, universe show me,
show me, use me what needs to besaid?
What needs to be heard and whatI know to be true.
(02:24):
Use me.
and.
And then I go on about livinglife, right?
I go and to work and take careof my kids.
And so today in Zumba class, itcame to me as I was like
breaking it down.
peace, we're going to dive intopeace and it's in those moments
(02:45):
when I'm on my runs, when I'm onmy walks, when I'm just in pure
joy And moving my bodyespecially is when ideas I'll
get, like I call them divinedownloads.
So peace came over me becauseI'm like, Oh my gosh, I am
living out, three years of whatI call peace and Peace is power.
(03:07):
When you are in a life that istrue peace, it changes you on a
cellular level.
Like your face, your sleep, yourenergy.
Have you ever paused to askyourself what peace looks like
for you?
If you had to rate your peacelevel on a scale from one to
(03:28):
five, one being chaos thatdemands immediate attention and
five being the serenefulfillment of your soul.
Where would you end?
Are you a one, two, three.
3.
5.
Now don't judge yourself, butit's really important to know
whether you're grappling withpersonal challenges, family
(03:51):
dynamics, or simply attractingchaos at every turn.
I think you're going to lovethis episode.
If you know anyone that'sstruggling and living a chaotic
life opposite of peace, sharethis episode with them.
I'll always be straight up andbe so honest But with class and
(04:11):
elegance, I do believe you canbe vulnerable say your truth,
but protect aspects of it.
I'm going to share my journeywith you, the work, the
struggles, and the realizationsthat have led me to understand
that much of what I am todaystems from my relentless pursuit
of peace.
(04:32):
So friends, let's get started.
I'm so proud of my twoincredible kids.
They are literally dreams ofmine come true everything about
them.
I am seriously like, Oh my gosh,I've created this.
They came out of me.
(04:53):
They grew inside me, but justlike looking at them growing and
becoming who they are, that Iget to have a hand in that and I
get to be the mother chosen islike the thing I'm most proud
of, but I'm going to tell you,I've done a lot of things I'm
proud of and a lot of thingsnot.
I've created this podcast that Ilove and I'm proud of being the
(05:14):
first in my family to go tocollege.
But one of the things I willtell you that is my biggest flex
the highest form of success.
Is peace I made peace mypriority four years ago I didn't
really have the vocabulary.
I Just knew I was in trouble Iwas in trouble.
(05:40):
My soul was dying.
I thought I would literally dieif I went another day Living out
the beliefs, living out theactual life that I was living in
so many ways, like my choices,the people, and just a mixed bag
of things.
And that's when, years ago, Iset out on this journey to what
(06:03):
I call now peace, like truepeace.
Not the piece that going toHawaii gives you, not the peace
that one meditation class willgive you, or a spa day.
And those are important, doingthose over time, adds to a life
of peace.
(06:25):
And I believe peace is when yournervous system is calm.
I feel peace is when I'm withGod, close to God, when I'm
aligned with my values, when myloves are in order.
But I'm proud that I chose, fouryears ago the path to what I
(06:46):
need to do to get to peace.
That's when I dove into,personal development learning
everything, meditations readingpodcasts.
and when I was learning all thisI was like, Oh my gosh, this is
insane wisdom.
That's when I literally wouldcall it like that awakening
(07:06):
where I was activated.
Like my spark, that spark.
that sparkle that my 10 year oldself had, that along the way
dimmed, would come back and thenjust for whatever reason was
almost lights out, and that'swhen affirmations came in.
So affirmations has, I want tocall me becoming the author of
(07:31):
my affirmations.
Life story, the chapters that Iwrite, I literally use my
affirmations like I am, I can, Iwill, whatever it is I want, I
create an affirmation and that'swhy I'm the affirmation babe,
I'm a living proof, anyone thatknew me and has known me my
whole life, they're like, Whoa,that works because I've been
seeing you, and so ultimately,no matter what my chapters have
(07:55):
been called, And who I'mbecoming, the foundation of who
I am today and what is my NorthStar.
Even though I pick a word of theyear, I have different
affirmations, goals.
Peace is my priority.
(08:17):
It's a requirement, my peace.
And I remember a time in mylife, and I don't know if any of
y'all can relate.
You know, maybe you're in thisseason right now, maybe you're
in it in one area of life orall.
So areas of life, relationships,job, work, career, business,
(08:38):
finances, your health, youstruggle with weight or mental
health.
Sometimes we have peace in acouple areas, but not all right.
And like I said, years ago, Ididn't know what to reach for
because I didn't even know whatI wanted.
(08:58):
You can't really make moves andcreate when you're not really
sure where to go.
Clarity is everything.
But the one thing I always wouldrepeat, my affirmation was a
word.
Peace.
I said it.
I freaking said it.
Peace.
I want peace, peace, peace.
I mean, It was like the echo ofmy soul and I couldn't reach for
(09:23):
a lot, but I reached for theword peace became my mantra and
it became literally my filterfor life.
So if a person didn't bring mepeace, I was out of there and it
took practice because one thingabout peace.
(09:47):
You have to choose it anotherthing about peace, it's your
responsibility.
Just like happiness, everythingis a choice.
And I'm going to tell you a lotof people don't live in peace
because they're not willing todo what it takes.
(10:07):
There's a cost, right?
And for me, I was willing, I waswilling for people to be mad at
me for people to judge me I waswilling to do it because I knew
that at the end of that, that iswhat my soul was telling me I
needed to do and it's theepitome of intuition, peace is
(10:29):
the highest form of success.
Peace is A luxury.
It's luxurious.
And the journey to peace wasn'tlike sexy, The journey to peace,
like I said, disappointedpeople.
I even disappointed myself alongthe way.
(10:49):
It's a journey.
So.
figuring things out and that'sokay.
To get to peace, I had todownsize,, to get to peace.
I had to let go.
I had to start over, andeverybody's journey to peace
looks different but to get topeace literally in all areas of
life, that was for me what I hadto do.
(11:12):
But then you ask, like, how dowe get there?
How do we cultivate this elusivepeace?
It's crucial to understand thatit isn't something you find
after a single day of meditationor a blissful trip.
to Hawaii, being by the ocean,those moments can offer a
(11:32):
temporary and much neededescape.
A beautiful band aid on life'scomplexities and circumstances
and situations, but true lastingpeace is so much far profound.
It's a deep layered experienceand feeling that touches the
very core of your soul.
(11:54):
It's It's not about achievingperfection or believing that
life will be free of challenges.
Life is bound literally toalways throw something at you.
The real measure of our peacelies in how we respond.
And I'm practicing that everyday and I'm not here to say that
(12:17):
Because I own that I havecreated a life that is peace.
I have inner peace at the sametime.
I still have, challenges.
I still am practicing how torespond in peace to something
new, to something that I'vealready handled before.
Oh yeah.
I'm pretty much, I got this, butit's normal when an experience
(12:40):
or crisis or.
An obstacle happens that youhaven't handled that you're not
going to be perfect atresponding to it.
And that's okay.
That's a life of inner peace iswhere I don't beat myself up.
I just love myself through allof those moments, right?
When you cultivate this deeperpeace, you develop resilience.
(13:01):
You learn to navigate the stormsof life with grace and
composure, understanding thatwhile you cannot control the
chaos outside of you, you cancontrol your inner response,
your inner world.
It's self mastery the true magichappens.
(13:21):
When your piece becomes anunshakable foundation that
guides you through every trial,through every obstacle.
So I'm going to share with you alist kind of like my criteria of
how to live a life and bepeaceful in all areas or have
(13:42):
this unshakable foundation ofpeace to say that, yeah, I've
got peace and I protect it toown that statement cultivating a
actual life of peace is work.
It's microsteps every day overtime that literally gives you
peace from the inside out Theenergy of peace is synonymous
(14:04):
with the energy of happiness, ofjoy and love.
It has the same magic.
And so there's layers that keepus from peace power, we can call
it.
And a give and take.
It's a letting go and it'sbringing in.
So what do we let go?
And what do we bring in?
Letting go just in general,letting go our attachments,
(14:26):
releasing control, releasingperfection, people pleasing,
surrendering to a higher power.
And it's not like you're givingup, it's you're giving over,
pieces.
letting go of regrets andremorse, shame, pieces.
Letting go of judgment onyourself and others punishment
(14:47):
on yourself and others piecesletting go of complaining
Procrastination being late.
This is huge making excuses.
You know especially in myfamily, I don't know about you
all, it's a Hispanic thing, butlike the whole late thing is
crazy the balls in my court whenit comes to that, right?
(15:08):
Like I can control thosefactors, but I don't know if
there's an addiction to chaosthat people must have sometimes
or to the pressure of being lateI have a friend, she's so cute.
She's always I like to givemyself serenity time and I'm
like, oh my gosh, that's peace.
So as we let go of thosetendencies, habits, and beliefs
(15:28):
what do you bring in, peace isbeing Who do I have to be?
To be the most highest form ofpeace.
What I need to say, how do Ineed to move?
what is someone that's apeaceful person do?
How do they respond?
What do they do in the morning?
What do they not do?
That's where the power is.
What we put out we get back forevery action.
(15:50):
There's an equal and oppositereaction.
That's How you show up foryourself.
What are you doing in theshowing up of your everyday
life?
And these are the micro stepsthat matter, So bring in the
self trust.
Have your own back.
And don't let yourself down.
And each of us knows exactlywhat that is.
(16:10):
You have the answers.
We just ignore it.
And we like to blame andvictimize ourselves over this.
Bring in boundaries.
Owning your truth, beingauthentic.
Your authenticity is your soulmade visible.
Taking your power back andcontrol over the things you can,
(16:31):
and taking that away fromothers.
As I'm becoming this woman thathas cultivated a life of peace,
that I own the power of peace,it's my affirmation.
I had to take my power back andI'm still taking my power back.
Giving my power away to people,letting them make the choices in
my life for me and then beingmad because they did, but I
(16:54):
participated in that.
So part of living a life that ispeace is taking responsibility.
Own your stuff.
Own your stuff.
That's when you take the powerback.
What takes away peace iscomplaining and victimization
notice where in your life thatyou're doing that, And literally
(17:18):
this year, there was a fewthings where I was like, I'm
totally being victim.
Changing my story.
And just giving new meaningsand, definitions for things has
been a game changer and reallyhave been removing the space
between me and deeper peace.
I have peace, but like no limitsand how deep that this piece can
go.
I don't know if any of youlistening could relate, but I
(17:41):
was like, okay, if I make thisamount of money all my problems
will be solved and I've madethose goals.
It's funny because I can be amillionaire and I'm going to
still have the same problems ifI don't heal and work out some
of the, the ways I manage moneyor the way I think about money.
And that true to all areas oflife.
In love or in your body and yourhealth and wellness, like it's
(18:03):
all the energy and mindset andwhat blocks need to be removed
and owning it, when you can ownyour truth, you can convert it.
It's powerful.
And part of that is havingcourage.
So living a life that's broughtme peace.
I've had to be courageous.
I've had to be friend fear, notbe like, I'm fearless.
No, like I did everything hellascared.
(18:26):
But I just transform it becausefear is an energy and you can
transform it elevate it to ahigher, more positive energy.
The things that have taken awayand stripped my pieces when I
was out of alignment with myvalues and when I didn't have my
loves in order, Like the lovefor myself, God and my kids, the
love for my work.
(18:47):
So when you put the love forshopping or the love for
partying or something that is,Not your highest love.
That's when we get into trouble.
Gary Zukav said that we don'tsin.
Sin is really when we put ourloves out of order And I just,
(19:09):
it always stuck with me.
So if I'm not feeling peacefulI'm like, ah, do I have my loves
out of order?
And it's usually true.
I'm like, I'm not close to Godright now.
I'm literally putting my focuson this material thing or this
desire.
That yes, I deserve but itshouldn't go before my
connection to God or shouldn'tgo before my kids or if I'm
(19:30):
working too much and not puttingboundaries with work and not
getting my kids, my fullpresence, I'm putting my loves
out of order.
So my loves are in order.
I'm in alignment.
And then that right there ispeace.
Alignment is peace and you knowyou're in alignment because
you're in flow, patience.
And this is one that probablysteals my, my peace the most.
(19:54):
There are certain areas of lifewhere Maybe not as patient.
And so I'm working on, um,pieces, owning your time and
managing wisely in this righthere.
I want to say this is anotherbig contributor to my piece, my
time.
I own my time.
(20:14):
I protect my time.
It is currency, right?
There's no debts when it comesto time.
My time is everything when itcomes to my peace.
And peace is the present moment.
And people talk about all thetime, but it takes practice, but
it is literally peace becausewhen you're not in the present
moment, you're either in thepast or you're in the future.
And both of those are going togive you stress.
(20:36):
I think they say something likegoing in the past gives you
depression and then going to thefuture gives anxiety.
Peace is letting go of regrets,but going after your dreams.
when you do that thing thatscares you and you just do it
anyways.
It's like little to big, andthat's why I think I have the
most peace because I'veliterally done everything I said
I was going to do and peace isdoing one thing at a time, and
(20:59):
focusing on that.
Your focus is your power andthat's peace, peace is order.
Peace is clean it's literallykeeping my car clean and my
house when I have those areasclean, I feel peace.
Peace is falling in love withthe process.
(21:19):
It's part of being patient whereI'm like, Oh my gosh, I really
like already want to be so goodat, you know, say it was
podcasting when I first started.
But fall in love with me.
That's like messy at thebeginning fall in love with the
version of me That isn't perfectbecause you grow so much in that
space and that's wisdom I canhire a coach to tell me one two,
(21:43):
three, four five the steps butthe most powerful things that
I've ever done created and haveshowed up for Were the things
that I had to figure out on myown and embarrass myself a
little, make a mess.
You have to fall in love withthe process or else you're going
to be miserable.
You won't have peace.
I'm going to fall in love withthe process of what it takes to
(22:06):
get this podcast to a millionlisteners.
We're always like, Oh, when Iget there, I'm going to feel so
good.
But then I'm here now I'm whereI'm supposed to be.
So love where I'm at.
Again, that brings you back towhat I said, being present.
So falling in love with theprocess literally goes hand in
hand with being present andbeing patient.
And peace is a life that feelsgood.
(22:29):
Might not look good.
People might look and be dang,Teresa 10 years ago was at and
now she's or whatever thejudgment might be.
But I feel like I'm the richestI've ever been.
That's what peace has broughtme.
I have prosperity if you want apiece of this, you don't know
where to start.
(22:49):
start with your, I amstatements, your affirmations.
You start changing the way youthink you change your life.
You change the way you speak.
You change your life.
Affirmations have been thebiggest contributors to my
peace.
Some of my favorite affirmationsfor peace I am protecting my
peace.
Peace is my birthright.
I'm a magnet for peacefulenergy.
(23:11):
And I love to say everything isalways working out for me.
All is well.
I surrender to a plan greaterthan my own I also have a
masterclass.
Words that manifest and I callit a master class because I
believe that mastering yourselfis where the power is.
We're, we're so fixed onmastering anything and
(23:32):
everything outside of us, butmastering your mindset,
mastering your energy, masteringyourself will then take those
exterior things to new levels.
When you master yourself, youcan master.
Being the best partner, parent,all of that.
The link for that will be in myshow notes.
as well as the link for myaffirmation deck.
(23:54):
So as you move forward from thisepisode, remember that Peace is
the highest form of success wecan achieve in the biggest
luxury peace is a consciouschoice.
It's a journey worth taking,embrace it, nurture it, and
allow it to guide you toward alife full of abundance,
(24:16):
fulfillment your highestpotential and deepest connection
to yourself to source and theworld around you.
Until next time, may youcultivate peace in every ounce
and corner of your existence.
Thank you so much for tuninginto this episode.
(24:37):
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podcast.
Also, be sure to visit mytheresacesare.com to check out
my inspirational merch, connectto my social accounts, and much
more may you continue to befilled with wisdom, inspiration,
and consciousness.
Otherwise, friends, I will beback for another episode of
Heart to.
Hey guys.
Welcome to Heart to Talk thepodcast.
I am the host and creatorTheresa Cesare My intention for
this podcast is to deliver toyou wisdom, inspiration, and
consciousness.
Through solo episodes andconversations amongst insightful
people.
It is my greatest honor to bringto you talks that come from the.
(00:32):
Thank you so much for joining mefor another episode.
For those who have been on thisjourney, thank you.
Thank you so much.
And if you're new, welcome tothis podcast where I love
sharing just incredibleprocesses, topics that have
anything and everything to do.
With personal development,growth, spirituality, health and
(00:57):
wellness, you name it.
I come on and I share soloepisodes.
On things that I feel I'm anexpert in and areas that I've
mastered for areas that I havenot, I bring on the expert in
that zone of genius or whateverit is to share with us their
wisdom.
(01:17):
So that is just this podcast ina nutshell.
And a lot of people will asklike, what's your process like?
Do you just, map everything out?
The only thing I map out is thatI aim to launch two episodes a
month and if it in between thattime I find an aligned guest
(01:39):
have a new connection to bringon, I do that.
Or I'll just do these soloepisodes that I keep short and
sweet, and I just lead byinspiration.
I take inspired action ineverything I do.
That's where the magic is.
I don't force and.
A lot of times the topic willcome to me because it's
(01:59):
something I'm working oncreating and I'm like, Oh my
gosh, I'm ready to do this.
Other times it doesn't comeright away and so I'll just pray
and meditate on it and just belike, God, universe show me,
show me, use me what needs to besaid?
What needs to be heard and whatI know to be true.
(02:24):
Use me.
and.
And then I go on about livinglife, right?
I go and to work and take careof my kids.
And so today in Zumba class, itcame to me as I was like
breaking it down.
peace, we're going to dive intopeace and it's in those moments
(02:45):
when I'm on my runs, when I'm onmy walks, when I'm just in pure
joy And moving my bodyespecially is when ideas I'll
get, like I call them divinedownloads.
So peace came over me becauseI'm like, Oh my gosh, I am
living out, three years of whatI call peace and Peace is power.
(03:07):
When you are in a life that istrue peace, it changes you on a
cellular level.
Like your face, your sleep, yourenergy.
Have you ever paused to askyourself what peace looks like
for you?
If you had to rate your peacelevel on a scale from one to
(03:28):
five, one being chaos thatdemands immediate attention and
five being the serenefulfillment of your soul.
Where would you end?
Are you a one, two, three.
3.
5.
Now don't judge yourself, butit's really important to know
whether you're grappling withpersonal challenges, family
(03:51):
dynamics, or simply attractingchaos at every turn.
I think you're going to lovethis episode.
If you know anyone that'sstruggling and living a chaotic
life opposite of peace, sharethis episode with them.
I'll always be straight up andbe so honest But with class and
(04:11):
elegance, I do believe you canbe vulnerable say your truth,
but protect aspects of it.
I'm going to share my journeywith you, the work, the
struggles, and the realizationsthat have led me to understand
that much of what I am todaystems from my relentless pursuit
of peace.
(04:32):
So friends, let's get started.
I'm so proud of my twoincredible kids.
They are literally dreams ofmine come true everything about
them.
I am seriously like, Oh my gosh,I've created this.
They came out of me.
(04:53):
They grew inside me, but justlike looking at them growing and
becoming who they are, that Iget to have a hand in that and I
get to be the mother chosen islike the thing I'm most proud
of, but I'm going to tell you,I've done a lot of things I'm
proud of and a lot of thingsnot.
I've created this podcast that Ilove and I'm proud of being the
(05:14):
first in my family to go tocollege.
But one of the things I willtell you that is my biggest flex
the highest form of success.
Is peace I made peace mypriority four years ago I didn't
really have the vocabulary.
I Just knew I was in trouble Iwas in trouble.
(05:40):
My soul was dying.
I thought I would literally dieif I went another day Living out
the beliefs, living out theactual life that I was living in
so many ways, like my choices,the people, and just a mixed bag
of things.
And that's when, years ago, Iset out on this journey to what
(06:03):
I call now peace, like truepeace.
Not the piece that going toHawaii gives you, not the peace
that one meditation class willgive you, or a spa day.
And those are important, doingthose over time, adds to a life
of peace.
(06:25):
And I believe peace is when yournervous system is calm.
I feel peace is when I'm withGod, close to God, when I'm
aligned with my values, when myloves are in order.
But I'm proud that I chose, fouryears ago the path to what I
(06:46):
need to do to get to peace.
That's when I dove into,personal development learning
everything, meditations readingpodcasts.
and when I was learning all thisI was like, Oh my gosh, this is
insane wisdom.
That's when I literally wouldcall it like that awakening
(07:06):
where I was activated.
Like my spark, that spark.
that sparkle that my 10 year oldself had, that along the way
dimmed, would come back and thenjust for whatever reason was
almost lights out, and that'swhen affirmations came in.
So affirmations has, I want tocall me becoming the author of
(07:31):
my affirmations.
Life story, the chapters that Iwrite, I literally use my
affirmations like I am, I can, Iwill, whatever it is I want, I
create an affirmation and that'swhy I'm the affirmation babe,
I'm a living proof, anyone thatknew me and has known me my
whole life, they're like, Whoa,that works because I've been
seeing you, and so ultimately,no matter what my chapters have
(07:55):
been called, And who I'mbecoming, the foundation of who
I am today and what is my NorthStar.
Even though I pick a word of theyear, I have different
affirmations, goals.
Peace is my priority.
(08:17):
It's a requirement, my peace.
And I remember a time in mylife, and I don't know if any of
y'all can relate.
You know, maybe you're in thisseason right now, maybe you're
in it in one area of life orall.
So areas of life, relationships,job, work, career, business,
(08:38):
finances, your health, youstruggle with weight or mental
health.
Sometimes we have peace in acouple areas, but not all right.
And like I said, years ago, Ididn't know what to reach for
because I didn't even know whatI wanted.
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You can't really make moves andcreate when you're not really
sure where to go.
Clarity is everything.
But the one thing I always wouldrepeat, my affirmation was a
word.
Peace.
I said it.
I freaking said it.
Peace.
I want peace, peace, peace.
I mean, It was like the echo ofmy soul and I couldn't reach for
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a lot, but I reached for theword peace became my mantra and
it became literally my filterfor life.
So if a person didn't bring mepeace, I was out of there and it
took practice because one thingabout peace.
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You have to choose it anotherthing about peace, it's your
responsibility.
Just like happiness, everythingis a choice.
And I'm going to tell you a lotof people don't live in peace
because they're not willing todo what it takes.
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There's a cost, right?
And for me, I was willing, I waswilling for people to be mad at
me for people to judge me I waswilling to do it because I knew
that at the end of that, that iswhat my soul was telling me I
needed to do and it's theepitome of intuition, peace is
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the highest form of success.
Peace is A luxury.
It's luxurious.
And the journey to peace wasn'tlike sexy, The journey to peace,
like I said, disappointedpeople.
I even disappointed myself alongthe way.
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It's a journey.
So.
figuring things out and that'sokay.
To get to peace, I had todownsize,, to get to peace.
I had to let go.
I had to start over, andeverybody's journey to peace
looks different but to get topeace literally in all areas of
life, that was for me what I hadto do.
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But then you ask, like, how dowe get there?
How do we cultivate this elusivepeace?
It's crucial to understand thatit isn't something you find
after a single day of meditationor a blissful trip.
to Hawaii, being by the ocean,those moments can offer a
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temporary and much neededescape.
A beautiful band aid on life'scomplexities and circumstances
and situations, but true lastingpeace is so much far profound.
It's a deep layered experienceand feeling that touches the
very core of your soul.
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It's It's not about achievingperfection or believing that
life will be free of challenges.
Life is bound literally toalways throw something at you.
The real measure of our peacelies in how we respond.
And I'm practicing that everyday and I'm not here to say that
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Because I own that I havecreated a life that is peace.
I have inner peace at the sametime.
I still have, challenges.
I still am practicing how torespond in peace to something
new, to something that I'vealready handled before.
Oh yeah.
I'm pretty much, I got this, butit's normal when an experience
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or crisis or.
An obstacle happens that youhaven't handled that you're not
going to be perfect atresponding to it.
And that's okay.
That's a life of inner peace iswhere I don't beat myself up.
I just love myself through allof those moments, right?
When you cultivate this deeperpeace, you develop resilience.
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You learn to navigate the stormsof life with grace and
composure, understanding thatwhile you cannot control the
chaos outside of you, you cancontrol your inner response,
your inner world.
It's self mastery the true magichappens.
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When your piece becomes anunshakable foundation that
guides you through every trial,through every obstacle.
So I'm going to share with you alist kind of like my criteria of
how to live a life and bepeaceful in all areas or have
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this unshakable foundation ofpeace to say that, yeah, I've
got peace and I protect it toown that statement cultivating a
actual life of peace is work.
It's microsteps every day overtime that literally gives you
peace from the inside out Theenergy of peace is synonymous
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with the energy of happiness, ofjoy and love.
It has the same magic.
And so there's layers that keepus from peace power, we can call
it.
And a give and take.
It's a letting go and it'sbringing in.
So what do we let go?
And what do we bring in?
Letting go just in general,letting go our attachments,
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releasing control, releasingperfection, people pleasing,
surrendering to a higher power.
And it's not like you're givingup, it's you're giving over,
pieces.
letting go of regrets andremorse, shame, pieces.
Letting go of judgment onyourself and others punishment
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on yourself and others piecesletting go of complaining
Procrastination being late.
This is huge making excuses.
You know especially in myfamily, I don't know about you
all, it's a Hispanic thing, butlike the whole late thing is
crazy the balls in my court whenit comes to that, right?
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Like I can control thosefactors, but I don't know if
there's an addiction to chaosthat people must have sometimes
or to the pressure of being lateI have a friend, she's so cute.
She's always I like to givemyself serenity time and I'm
like, oh my gosh, that's peace.
So as we let go of thosetendencies, habits, and beliefs
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what do you bring in, peace isbeing Who do I have to be?
To be the most highest form ofpeace.
What I need to say, how do Ineed to move?
what is someone that's apeaceful person do?
How do they respond?
What do they do in the morning?
What do they not do?
That's where the power is.
What we put out we get back forevery action.
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There's an equal and oppositereaction.
That's How you show up foryourself.
What are you doing in theshowing up of your everyday
life?
And these are the micro stepsthat matter, So bring in the
self trust.
Have your own back.
And don't let yourself down.
And each of us knows exactlywhat that is.
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You have the answers.
We just ignore it.
And we like to blame andvictimize ourselves over this.
Bring in boundaries.
Owning your truth, beingauthentic.
Your authenticity is your soulmade visible.
Taking your power back andcontrol over the things you can,
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and taking that away fromothers.
As I'm becoming this woman thathas cultivated a life of peace,
that I own the power of peace,it's my affirmation.
I had to take my power back andI'm still taking my power back.
Giving my power away to people,letting them make the choices in
my life for me and then beingmad because they did, but I
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participated in that.
So part of living a life that ispeace is taking responsibility.
Own your stuff.
Own your stuff.
That's when you take the powerback.
What takes away peace iscomplaining and victimization
notice where in your life thatyou're doing that, And literally
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this year, there was a fewthings where I was like, I'm
totally being victim.
Changing my story.
And just giving new meaningsand, definitions for things has
been a game changer and reallyhave been removing the space
between me and deeper peace.
I have peace, but like no limitsand how deep that this piece can
go.
I don't know if any of youlistening could relate, but I
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was like, okay, if I make thisamount of money all my problems
will be solved and I've madethose goals.
It's funny because I can be amillionaire and I'm going to
still have the same problems ifI don't heal and work out some
of the, the ways I manage moneyor the way I think about money.
And that true to all areas oflife.
In love or in your body and yourhealth and wellness, like it's
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all the energy and mindset andwhat blocks need to be removed
and owning it, when you can ownyour truth, you can convert it.
It's powerful.
And part of that is havingcourage.
So living a life that's broughtme peace.
I've had to be courageous.
I've had to be friend fear, notbe like, I'm fearless.
No, like I did everything hellascared.
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But I just transform it becausefear is an energy and you can
transform it elevate it to ahigher, more positive energy.
The things that have taken awayand stripped my pieces when I
was out of alignment with myvalues and when I didn't have my
loves in order, Like the lovefor myself, God and my kids, the
love for my work.
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So when you put the love forshopping or the love for
partying or something that is,Not your highest love.
That's when we get into trouble.
Gary Zukav said that we don'tsin.
Sin is really when we put ourloves out of order And I just,
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it always stuck with me.
So if I'm not feeling peacefulI'm like, ah, do I have my loves
out of order?
And it's usually true.
I'm like, I'm not close to Godright now.
I'm literally putting my focuson this material thing or this
desire.
That yes, I deserve but itshouldn't go before my
connection to God or shouldn'tgo before my kids or if I'm
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working too much and not puttingboundaries with work and not
getting my kids, my fullpresence, I'm putting my loves
out of order.
So my loves are in order.
I'm in alignment.
And then that right there ispeace.
Alignment is peace and you knowyou're in alignment because
you're in flow, patience.
And this is one that probablysteals my, my peace the most.
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There are certain areas of lifewhere Maybe not as patient.
And so I'm working on, um,pieces, owning your time and
managing wisely in this righthere.
I want to say this is anotherbig contributor to my piece, my
time.
I own my time.
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I protect my time.
It is currency, right?
There's no debts when it comesto time.
My time is everything when itcomes to my peace.
And peace is the present moment.
And people talk about all thetime, but it takes practice, but
it is literally peace becausewhen you're not in the present
moment, you're either in thepast or you're in the future.
And both of those are going togive you stress.
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I think they say something likegoing in the past gives you
depression and then going to thefuture gives anxiety.
Peace is letting go of regrets,but going after your dreams.
when you do that thing thatscares you and you just do it
anyways.
It's like little to big, andthat's why I think I have the
most peace because I'veliterally done everything I said
I was going to do and peace isdoing one thing at a time, and
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focusing on that.
Your focus is your power andthat's peace, peace is order.
Peace is clean it's literallykeeping my car clean and my
house when I have those areasclean, I feel peace.
Peace is falling in love withthe process.
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It's part of being patient whereI'm like, Oh my gosh, I really
like already want to be so goodat, you know, say it was
podcasting when I first started.
But fall in love with me.
That's like messy at thebeginning fall in love with the
version of me That isn't perfectbecause you grow so much in that
space and that's wisdom I canhire a coach to tell me one two,
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three, four five the steps butthe most powerful things that
I've ever done created and haveshowed up for Were the things
that I had to figure out on myown and embarrass myself a
little, make a mess.
You have to fall in love withthe process or else you're going
to be miserable.
You won't have peace.
I'm going to fall in love withthe process of what it takes to
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get this podcast to a millionlisteners.
We're always like, Oh, when Iget there, I'm going to feel so
good.
But then I'm here now I'm whereI'm supposed to be.
So love where I'm at.
Again, that brings you back towhat I said, being present.
So falling in love with theprocess literally goes hand in
hand with being present andbeing patient.
And peace is a life that feelsgood.
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Might not look good.
People might look and be dang,Teresa 10 years ago was at and
now she's or whatever thejudgment might be.
But I feel like I'm the richestI've ever been.
That's what peace has broughtme.
I have prosperity if you want apiece of this, you don't know
where to start.
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start with your, I amstatements, your affirmations.
You start changing the way youthink you change your life.
You change the way you speak.
You change your life.
Affirmations have been thebiggest contributors to my
peace.
Some of my favorite affirmationsfor peace I am protecting my
peace.
Peace is my birthright.
I'm a magnet for peacefulenergy.
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And I love to say everything isalways working out for me.
All is well.
I surrender to a plan greaterthan my own I also have a
masterclass.
Words that manifest and I callit a master class because I
believe that mastering yourselfis where the power is.
We're, we're so fixed onmastering anything and
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everything outside of us, butmastering your mindset,
mastering your energy, masteringyourself will then take those
exterior things to new levels.
When you master yourself, youcan master.
Being the best partner, parent,all of that.
The link for that will be in myshow notes.
as well as the link for myaffirmation deck.
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So as you move forward from thisepisode, remember that Peace is
the highest form of success wecan achieve in the biggest
luxury peace is a consciouschoice.
It's a journey worth taking,embrace it, nurture it, and
allow it to guide you toward alife full of abundance,
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fulfillment your highestpotential and deepest connection
to yourself to source and theworld around you.
Until next time, may youcultivate peace in every ounce
and corner of your existence.
Thank you so much for tuninginto this episode.
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Please download, rate,subscribe, and share this
podcast.
Also, be sure to visit mytheresacesare.com to check out
my inspirational merch, connectto my social accounts, and much
more may you continue to befilled with wisdom, inspiration,
and consciousness.
Otherwise, friends, I will beback for another episode of
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