August 31, 2023 • 41 mins
Amy and her cousin, Amanda Rieger Green, just got back from a restorative getaway trip! It was good for the soul in so many ways: laughter, meaningful conversation, time in nature, Lifetime movies, good food, time to EXHALE & more...
A quote from Rumi that came up on their trip that will change the way you think:
“It's your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.”
In other words, if you don't find the courage to go after what you want in life, you'll never get it. Amanda is personally working through this as we speak!
OTHER THINGS DISCUSSED WITH AMANDA:
- Taking 5 minutes per day to meditate (also loaded on your 4 Things feed today is a free 5-min meditation led by Amanda. Try to do it every day this week because it will be a game-changer!)
- Challenging yourself to feel better & create balance
- Recognizing the call to action and TAKING THE ACTION
- Knowing that everyone is going through something even when from the outside they seem to have it all together
- Taking the word “bad” out of your vocabulary
- The data is in the doing (and you only get data by TRYING/DOING)
- Having courage to look back at your past to move forward
- Forest bathing, grounding, negative ions
- Paying attention to who you can be your best, silliest, light-hearted self around (shout out Danae Hays & Lispy Linda!)
- Therapy & knowing your worth
- Acting As If (special 4-part mini-series that will drop on the 4 Things podcast feed on Labor Day - this coming Monday!)
Listen. Enjoy. Like. Subscribe. All the things. And most importantly, have the day you need to have!
HOST:
Amy Brown // RadioAmy.com // @RadioAmy
GUEST:
Amanda Rieger Green, MPH // soulpathology.com // @soulpathology
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Good cass up thing, little food for yoursel.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Life.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Oh it's pretty bad.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Hey, it's pretty beautiful thing beautiful.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
For that for a little more. Family's exciting, said he
your kicking with full thing with Amy Brown.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Happy Thursday, four Things Amy Here, and my guest today
is Amanda Rieger Green.
Speaker 5 (00:37):
Hey, Amanda, Hi everyone.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
I mean it's my cousin and she's in town right
now in Nashville. We're sitting up in my house and
we just returned from a weekend retreat that we designed ourselves.
We went away to a place pretty close to my house,
like thirty minutes away, and it was awesome, Like I
have full vacation. I could have gone anywhere, but we
decided to just go right up road because we knew
(01:00):
we didn't want to be tired from travel. Because originally
I wanted to go to Paris. I've never been there before.
And I called Amanda a few months ago and I said, Amanda,
you need to take a trip. You've had one heck
of a year. Let's go somewhere together. And if y'all
follow Amanda, which on Instagram, she's at Soul Pathology, you
may listen to her podcast, which is called soul sessions.
But you know that Amanda has lost her mom if
(01:23):
you follow along with that, or if you've listened to
the Four Things podcast earlier this year. She came on
and talked about her experience with that, and Amanda was
her primary caregiver.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
So I'm like, you deserve a trip, Let's go.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
And then Piara's seemed really exhausting and not something you
want to plan last minute, even though we had a
few months.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
It just needed more thought.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
And so I was like, Okay, you're flying to Nashville
and we're going to go to a hotel here, and
we are going to leave this two or three days
completely rejuvenated. And do you feel that we mission accomplished that?
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
You asked me this morning, you said, do you think
our weekend flew by or dragged on?
Speaker 5 (02:01):
And I said neither or maybe both.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
It was just right, just on time, time expanded and
it gave us space.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
And something we did every day while we were there
was meditation. And meditation is a practice that is new
to me. As of twenty twenty three, I did a
thirty day meditation challenge and it changed everything for me.
I feel so much better when I meditate. And anytime
I talk about it, especially five minute meditations that I
do and I pay for a service where I get them.
(02:33):
But I mean it was like, well, I can do
meditations and we can start loading them up on the podcast,
and you listening right now you can download them for free.
So something that's going to load after this episode is
a five minute meditation led by Amanda that's going to change.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Your life absolutely, And don't be afraid of meditation. It
doesn't have to take a long time, and especially guided
meditations help you to get into your body, get into
your braain, recognize the chatter of your mind, not judge it,
and begin to clear it.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Yeah, and you have some on your website too, because
we'll load them on the podcast.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
But yeah, at soulpathology dot com there are resources that
include free downloadable meditations now and I'll be adding more.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
The one that we're going to put up after this episode.
Give yourself a challenge, maybe try to listen to it
every day for the next week, especially if it's new
to you. If meditation isn't new to you, then give
yourself the challenge of every day for the next two
weeks and see if you start to feel different. I know.
I certainly do whenever I do it several days in
(03:38):
a row.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
Yeah, the dedication and the repetition is what helps.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
I pulled up your Instagram and it says here under
your bio, I'm a passionate spiritual and public health advocate
dedicated to astounding people with their innate abilities hashtag human potential.
And how I feel after a weekend with you, even
though I talk to you often.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
I feel as the so I got that.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
So benefit of this being Amanda's specialty and her passion
is that I got to spend a weekend with her.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
My cup is full for sure.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
But for people that maybe are new to Amanda Riger Green, which,
by the way, my last name's Brown and hers is Green.
So at the hotel, anytime they would call us fire
last names, we felt like we were in a game
of Clue. Colonel Mustard in the library, Yes, Amanda Green
in the spa with a.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
With a crystal in the spa with a crystal. That
would be more appropriate for me.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
She's the one that did it. So anyway, Clue is
one of my favorite games as a kid. But that's
me too. Now what we're talking about, we're talking about
your Instagram, bio and what you're passionate about, because then
we're going to speak to that. Even though this is
what you do for people on a daily basis, that
you can still have doubts of your own when it
comes to yourself, and that not everybody has it figured out,
(04:56):
even though they can give the best advice in the world.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
But growth healing and they take dedication and awareness, which
means I'm constantly paying attention to my state of being
and it can be in disease at any given moment,
and whether it's physical, mental, emotional, energetic, I'm always looking
(05:19):
at those things and it shows up in my life
just like it does for everyone else. Sometimes I can
be impatient and aggravated, and whether it's with someone else
or myself, I always come back to my side of
the street. What's going on within me that is creating
this sort of behavior, so I can modify it. I
(05:40):
can clean it up or examine it and then be
able to create greater healing and awareness. And that's the
kind of stuff I get to see in other people
and share with other people. And sometimes it's long journey stuff,
big tweaks that have to be applied over time with
dedication and routines, and other times it's something small like okay, Amanda,
(06:03):
pouse and breathe, you're not breathing. One of the women
at the SPA this weekend she said, you need to exhale.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
And she said, I don't mean.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Right now, I mean in life, And she hit the
nail on the head because I knew exactly what she meant.
It's like I can hold my breath in and it
creates anxiety and agitation, like something is coming. And she said, no,
it's just exhaling in life, and I said, I got you.
I knew what she meant, but it was just the
(06:32):
visual of that, the sensation of what it feels like
to take a deep inhale and then when we hold
our breath and forget to release it. But then when
you exhale fully. Our inhales are supposed to be as
long as our exhales, and a lot of times were
really shallow breathers. We breathe from the chest up. So
I know when I do a full inhale and then
I exhale as long as I inhale, it creates this balance,
(06:56):
and that's what she was referring to.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
But I got it.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
As a bigger life, life lesson than just regular breathing.
She said, exhale in life.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
But you know that, and you were able to take
that from her and then reapply it. And so one
of the other things that came up, which read the
roomy quote, because that's sort of where this all started.
These are from a stack of cards that my sister
Christy sells at her coffee shop in Colorado. It is
called Roothhouse Coffee, and I'm trying to get her to
put them online because I feel like they would do
(07:26):
really well. It's the stack of quotes on this cute
like paper and you should random ones, you just pull them,
and so I grabbed a stack before we went through
them in my bag and we went through some of
them while we were in our hotel room.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
And which one stood out to you? It's the roomy one, right.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Yes, and it's beautiful quote. It's your road and yours alone.
Others may walk it with you, but no one can
walk it for you, roomy.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
And that one stood out for Amanda because I had
just said to her, listen, I think that you could
really benefit from doing some content like this, and I
think it's outside looking in who knows it may not
be the right thing, but I know that I would
love to see you do something a certain way, even
(08:14):
for my benefit, because I would want to pull it
up and I'd.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Be like, oh yeah, thank you, Amanda.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
But just sharing some of your knowledge in a way
that's really accessible and digestible. And I showed you an example.
And what's so funny a synchronicity of sorts is that
then you had a client email you almost exactly what
I said in the same day, which what are the
odds of that?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Well, that's divine synchronicity and what I've learned from that,
and first of all sharing it with you. It's that
energy of sharing it with another. I can be the
only one to do it, and we get people to
walk with us on our journey. But there's this element
of I take the action and then I share it.
But what's interesting about the client emailing me at the
(08:58):
same time basically the same thing you said. It's like
when God knocks, God may knock twice, but then what
do I do with the information? So I take the journey,
I take the step, I take the action, but recognizing
when things come up two or three times in a row,
in a short period of time. It's a call to action,
(09:20):
and when you hear the call, what action can you take?
And it doesn't have to be massive leaps of faith
or walking through huge doors. Sometimes it's just making a decision.
The biggest thing for me is just making a decision
to take action.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Which I think the quote is a third knock because
all of that was in the same day. And I
love that you said it doesn't have to be anything huge,
because in your case, it's literally a thirty second video
of sorts, right, And to me, I'm like, yeah, you
could totally do this, But in your mind, you're like, well, sure,
I thought about it, but I have this thought that
(09:58):
pops through my head, and that thought and then I'm
overthinking it, and then that thought and then I'm just
don't end up doing it, and then whila. The Roomy
quote comes into play. After I said it, your client
said it, and then Roomy's basically saying, Okay, if you
want to do this, this is up to you, and
you're the only one that can do it.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
This is your life. And I think you know that
you need to do it, but.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
You need to let go of any of that doubt
or whatever's holding you back or whatever's limiting you to
just do the thing absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
And one of the things, of course, for me that
comes to mind, because I am a numerologist, the number
three is a divine number, and you just said it
was a third knock. The three is the number of creation,
and of course it comes up biblically multiple times, the
number three does. But three is about creating, and part
of creating is action, and that's very divinely orchestrated.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
So third knock, well, I didn't even know that, and
I was even thinking of that being a number of
knocks until you said, when God knocks twice or he
could knock one time two times, but then what are
you going to do with it?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
And I was like, well, technically, Amanda, he.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Knocked three times exactly within like a couple of hours.
So with that said, I want y'all to know that
this is me seeing Amanda as an expert that probably
tells her clients all day long all of this stuff
that she literally needed to hear. But it's just so
refreshing to know that we all go through stuff, whether
(11:24):
we have it figured out or not. The self doubt
is there, But if you're aware and paying attention to
your surroundings. You can see where encouragement is coming from
and then decide what it is that you need to do.
And now you know, Amanda, that this is a step
you're going to likely take.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
I don't want to speak for you.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Yes, I am going to take action.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
A lot of it for me is the fear of
putting myself out there. And while most people know me
I am very extroverted, I do put myself out there,
but it doesn't mean that I don't have the fear
and the insecurity or the self doubt. And when I
recognize I get into a place of stagnation or I'm
living in that self doubt or pulling myself back. It's
(12:10):
like when do you get out of the unstuck? It's
getting unstuck and taking the action. So making the decision,
and also you are a safe space for me to
be accountable in that when I say, guess what I
did today and that feels good, I put it out
there it felt good or I shared this, and so
much of what we're talking about me sharing is to
help other people see their own potential to be inspired
(12:35):
to align with something. So the aim is much higher
but I get to take action that aligns with me
and then hopefully will inspire other people.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
So also, on the same day as the card and
me saying it and your client saying it, Ruby, this
was the following day I saw an Instagram post regardless.
I was like, oh, this is kind of saying that
you got to just start sometimes. But I love Amanda's
thoughts around the word bad, and it's similar to an
episode I did on here months ago about using more
(13:07):
positive language. And so I'm going to read the post
as it is, but then Amanda's going to change things
for you so that in case you need this encouragement,
you can get it with the positive twist. And so
(13:30):
I'm going to read the post as it is, but
then Amanda's going to change things for you so that
in case you need this encouragement, you can get it
with the positive twist.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
So Barbara Corgrin had posted this.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Your first workout will be bad, your first podcast will
be bad, your first video will be bad, your first
speech will be bad, your first article will be bad.
But you can't make your one hundredth without making your first.
So put your ego aside and start, which that is
very powerful and you know, reminds us that we don't
(14:04):
have to get it right, especially out of the gate,
but we just have to start at least moving in
that direction. And Barber's the one that posted it, but
the credit she gave is unknown. So this isn't directed
to anybody that ever uses the word bad by any means.
But we're going to take this and put a little
spin on it so that the word bad isn't even
(14:25):
in there because we don't want the negative connotation in
our mind. Because our brains have a negative bias. So
a lot of times when you have a bad word
or a negative word, even if it's not meant to
be negative. This whole post or that I just read
is encouraging and it's meant to be positive, but because
our brains have a negative bias, we may end up
focusing on the negative word in the statement.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
So what is it you try to do? Amanda?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
I love this because it's a starting point. It's not
that the first thing is bad, it's the first thing
is a start, and the first thing is making the
decision doing something one time and making the decision to
do it again, even if it's uncomfortable, even if it's
not our greatest or proudest moment, even if it is
kind of wonky and can use a lot of tweaking.
(15:12):
That's how we start something, and then the dedication and routine.
Next thing you know, you're at fifty, you're at sixty,
you're at one hundred. Whether it's a workout or drinking
more water or starting a meditation practice, a journaling practice.
I'm going to start going back to church regularly on Sundays.
And next thing you know, three or four weeks in,
(15:35):
something shifts and changes three or four times in, five
or six times in and it goes from ugh, I
have to do this, or I should do this, and
I don't love half to or should But that's where
my unconscious brain and mind and patterning goes. But I
know when I'm dedicating some time, then I start to
build traction and routine and it's like, Ooh, I get
(15:57):
to go do this today, or ooh I want to
go work out, or ooh, I'm just drinking more water
because now it feels good in my body. So it
becomes more natural after the first handful of times. But
with me, it's also in the decision. Making a decision
is a lot of times that first action right, And.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
By the way, what podcasts are you on right now
for soul sessions? How many are out now? Seventeen eighteen
something like that, I'm sure doing. The first one was
you knowing you had more to learn. And so that's
where replacing the word bad is. Okay, this is my
first podcast, and I have a lot of room to grow.
(16:36):
The word bad is not in the mix.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
This is my.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
First speech, like, I have a lot I could learn
from this, and so that way you eliminate the negative
word of bad.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Yeah, And in the podcast, we're starting to create traction.
We're tweaking things in the formulary, in the way it
looks the production, what's working, what clicks, and also what
is enjoyable because I know when I am recording or
sharing information when I feel energized, joyful, excited, on fire,
(17:12):
versus when it feels like, Okay, I've got to get
all this done today, or I need to get this
figured out, or okay, or there's anxiety around it, and
that energy to me is actually restrictive, and I am
aware of that today. But I do know when I'm
in a synergy and enjoy So what we're doing with
the podcast is finding what the joyful energizing moments are
(17:37):
and prioritizing and creating more of those. And in order
to do that, I have to do it. I have
to collect the data. I have to analyze the data.
Which the data is in the doing.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Yes, I feel like Leanne says that all the time.
Speaker 5 (17:51):
Does she say that?
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Yes, she says exactly that, Leanne Ellington, the data is
in the doing, which on Monday, This Monday, are acting
as if four part series is going to drop here
on the fourth Things Feed and Leanne is my co
host for that. It's bonus episodes are going to be
four of them that drop in a row. And the
(18:13):
first one is thinking, the second one is feeling, the
third one is believing, and the fourth one is doing.
So think, feel, believe, do, and that's the order where
if you're wanting to rewire your brain to do something
and actually really connect with it mind body connection, mind body, spirit,
all the things, because all of that is important for
(18:34):
the true rewiring to happen. But you're saying that made
me think of lean So just kind of a little
snippet there about what's to come on Monday. But back
to the data is you do have to collect that.
In order to collect it, like you said, you have
to get episode one under your belt, or speech number
one or workout number one or whatever it is that
you're trying to do that you haven't done yet. And
(18:58):
you know you mentioned at the beginning about evolving and
you want to be able to evolve, and that's part
of evolving too, is trying those new things and giving
it the first try, the second try, the third try,
and it may constantly involve. This podcast alone has been
up for over five years and it is very different
than it was in the beginning.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
Thank goodness, thank goodness, thank goodness for the growth. One
of the things I love about Joel Ostein, by the way,
is when he took on his father's ministry when his
father was sick and dying. He was not intending to
carry out that ministry. He was very much behind the
scenes as a sound engineer, a sound tech, and he
jumped in and he gave his first sermon, and it
(19:42):
was scary for him, and it was being asked of him,
and he felt it in his heart and the calling.
Once he started doing that, he was very good. He
communicates this often about listening back to his sermons, looking
at his sermons. Where can I improve? Where can I
get better? Where was the joy? Where was I on fire?
Really looking at it? And I know for many of us,
(20:05):
we don't like to go back and review our stuff
because it's scary or we might hear flaws. And we're
all very We can be very self critical. I can
be very self critical. I am my own worst critic
and the voice in my head. And that's where the
evolution in the growth is the courage to look at
what I've done in the past, what went well, and
(20:27):
where I was challenged, or what can be tweaked or altered,
or where I can practice more So, it's looking at
myself even if I'm like, oh, I don't want to
go back and look at that.
Speaker 5 (20:37):
What if I don't like it? Or what if I'm upset.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
With myself because I didn't perform well enough. And that's
all that old unconscious patterning that is limiting and heavy.
And I want to grow And why do I want
to grow? I want to feel better. I want to
use my God given gifts and I want other people
to do the same thing.
Speaker 4 (20:57):
And as our friend Rumy says, you are the one
that has to do it. Nobody else can do it.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
Nobody can do it before me.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
It's and I think about medicine and the alleopathic approach
to medicine, which is there is a pill for everything.
I can't just take a pill and be the best
or get better. I mean, yes, some things can alleviate
certain certain stuff going on, but I also I have
to take do the work, or take the pill consistently.
(21:27):
If it's a treatment, whatever it may be, I must
show up and I must do the work to heal,
to evolve, to grow, And then who knows where it
can go from that and what doors will open or
resources will appear, or creative insights and ideas. That's God's plan,
not mine. That's the other thing that I'm reminded of
(21:47):
all the time. Oh my gosh, Amanda, Like God's got this.
And when I take that weight off of my shoulders,
I God didn't wake up today and say, hey, Amanda,
can you come run the universe. I'm gonna go on vacation,
you know, can you be my executive assistant? That's like, no, Amanda,
I'll take the weight off your shoulders, but can you
do your part and show up?
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (22:10):
Which also speaking of Leanne, which we did not talk
about this before. Now I hadn't held any of this,
so I was like, oh, this is a good time
to share about the four part series Acting as If.
And then Leanne's podcast trailer drops on Monday as well
over on her new podcast which is coming out officially Tuesday,
September twelfth. But the title of her podcast is literally,
(22:31):
What's God Got to Do with It?
Speaker 2 (22:33):
You all have been recording in here, correct? Yeah, Okay,
I'm picking up on her energy. It must be what
some of it is. It's like because I've I didn't
know that any of that, So that's what it is.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Yeah, What's God?
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Which I love it is because Leanne's got some phenomenal
stuff and some great, great energy and is extremely brilliant.
So I'm picking up on her vibes. I'll take it.
Thanks Leanne well.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
And speaking of medicine and a pill for everything, one
thing Amanda and I did this weekend during our getaway
was room service and laying in our hotel room just
in our beds, like trying to get rest. And my
mom when she was alive, she loved Lifetime movies like
they were her jam. She watched them all the time,
and so in honor of my mom, we watched a
(23:19):
lot of Lifetime and okay, the movies, they're basically the
same as they were years ago, and they're still so
good if you're into that type of stuff. But there's
commercial breaks all the time, and they're mostly for some
sort of a pill for insert any type of ailment.
There was so many that I looked at Amanda at
(23:40):
one point and I was like, people are just going
to start thinking that they're sick with something after watching
this mini commercials about pharmaceuticals.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
It's true, And I was laughing because I had had
the same experience. We were watching something. They were a
ton of commercials and they're all about very obscure diseases
that I know exist, but I have no clue what
they are. And there's oh, if you've got this, treat this,
but here's all the side effects, and some of the
side effects are pretty dire. So we were just laughing
about it and also looking at what we were doing
(24:11):
by resting, having down time without the computer, without the phone,
without other distractions, creating that time and you and I
have talked about this before, creating time and really dedicating
ourselves to being present. It rejuvenates the mind, body, and spirit,
and for me helps me feel more creative, more alive,
(24:33):
more awake, get to see things that in a different
light because we had the space to do that in
an intimate way, but also in this healthy environment that
gave us the space to just be.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
Yeah, which I don't know about you, but it's like, Okay,
go see the Eiffel Tower for the first time ever
in person, or lay in a hotel room bed just
outside of Nashville watching Lifetime movies I and we laughed.
I pick the Lifetime movie trip. That's what we're gonna
call it. It was our lifetime movie trip. But that
was a way where we honored my mom and something
(25:09):
that she did, Like we literally did that to not
just feel closer Amanda and I, but Amanda loved my
mom and my mom loved Amanda, and so that was
something that we got to do to connect with Judy
while we were there, and of course we went hiking
as well. We tried to be one with nature. I've
talked about forest bathing here on the podcast, and I
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laughed out loud when I walked into one of the
I don't know, spa rooms or whatever, and they had
books you could choose from, and one of the books
was literally an entire book written by some doctor about
forest bathing. The title of the book was force Bathing.
And I pulled it up and started flipping through, and
I thought, oh, I took a screenshot at this one
page about negative ions, and I'm telling Amanda about it,
(25:54):
and of course she's like, yeah, duh, I already know that.
That's why grounding is so good. If you like, take
your shoes off and put your feet grass.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
This speaks to how poignant, fast and immediate responses are
in our brain, in our biology, in our consciousness. And
that comes back to being aware when we listen, when
we pause, when we listen to the voice in our head,
and whether it's a challenging negative voice or it's an
(26:22):
uplifting voice, being able to recognize that so you can say, Okay,
this is needing to be healed or quieted. This is
what I want to build on. And it's that discernment
of becoming aware, becoming more self aware, and that's where
our empowerment is, and that's where our opportunity to get
unstuck or take action is and then find inspiration, create traction,
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create fill in your blank.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
Yeah, I'm glad we were able to also take that
time this weekend because I feel as though I'm going
to be more aware. I created that space for myself.
You did as well, And that's where this came through
this weekend, this awareness of that you have an opportunity
to maybe do something that there's a little bit of
fear surrounding it, but you're gonna you're gonna take action,
(27:12):
right because I am going to take Okay, we're taking action.
A man, you heard it here. Can't wait for y'all
to see these thirty second videos. She's gonna start posting.
They're gonna be so encouraging.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Well, and I will tell you this, the fact that
now we're publishing this, so that even gives me more
motivation and incentive for accountability, because I like accountability is
a thing for me. I am a pretty accountable and
sometimes to a fault, because you want to you want
to perform.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
I want to perform.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
I'm also you know, it's the people pleasing that you
know I recognize and work on all the time. But
it's really more about being aligned and honest with myself. However,
God shows up that way for me. Even you saying
that out loud right now is like, that's even to
me another sign where God saying, Okay, you've got this,
do it?
Speaker 5 (27:57):
Why not.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
We also tried to make space for laughter and being silly,
and I think that that's really good for the soul.
And you may not be able to get a weekend
away with your friend or your cousin or your loved
one or whatever, your significant other, that's not necessary for
this type of thing. The space for awareness or stuff
(28:29):
to come through. Like I mean I said, it might
just be closing your eyes for five minutes or one minute,
but doing that every day for a week could be
a game changer for somebody. Or maybe it's that on
a Saturday you have four hours where you can go
do something like this with someone special in your life.
But one of the things that really made Amanda and
(28:49):
I laugh on our trip, for sure, was when we
tried to reenact one of Denay Hayes's prank calls. So
Denay was on the podcast a couple weeks ago, and
she's a comedian and one of her characters is Lispie Linda,
and she has this one prank call where Lispie Linda
is calling a hotel to complain about bedbugs, and so
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Aman and I were just at the hotel and decided
to we recorded ourselves. We didn't call the hotel we
were at, We did a voice recording and then we
sent it to Denay as a joke.
Speaker 5 (29:24):
By the way, I'm having a hard time.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
I want to just I'm like trying not to bust
out laughing because I am that memory is creating so
much laughter that it's almost absurd. And I mean, my
whole body language has shifted now that I'm thinking about this,
which again speaks to what we're talking about. I am
laughing at something in my body right now, thought I'm
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having a thought of, and my whole body just I'm
sitting straighter. I'm almost about to burst out laughing. I
can feel the energy rise in a really healthy, lighthearted way,
and that's the energy of inspiration and creativity. And we're
talking about something that was so silly.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
And honestly that we might only think is funny. I mean,
I'm gonna play it for you right now. I don't
know if y'all are gonna get it, or you're even
gonna laugh, but we're gonna share it because it made
us laugh, like we were just giggling and it was
all just sort of off the cuff, and we recorded
it and sent it to Denay. So this really wasn't
something I've planned on sharing here. It's just kind of
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coming up because I think being silly is a huge
part of making space too.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
That comes through in sessions with clients often is lightheartedness.
Silliness is such an empowered place for creativity and inspiration
is silliness and lightheartedness. So my question is always who
are the people in your life that help you be lighthearted,
silly and joyful? Not related to work, not related to
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home and family, not related to all the things that
we have in our life. Who in your life helps
you to let loose, be totally silly and free. Prioritize them,
make time for them, tell them, so pick up the
phone and call take the action.
Speaker 4 (31:08):
Take the action, and you're the only one that can
do that. Okay, here is the voice memory we sent Tonay.
This is our spin on list Fielinda.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
Hi, Yes, We're at Falthall and room pat out then,
and I've taken a bath with my cousin Amanda Anthee
had little bumps on her booty, and I think you
have bath bugs.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
So I just thought, it's no.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
Amanda, do you have anything to think One of the
bugs I have it's kind of pussy.
Speaker 5 (31:43):
Do you think it needs to be popped?
Speaker 2 (31:46):
You can somebody from room service help me pop the pussy?
Speaker 5 (31:50):
Pussy, pussy pop.
Speaker 4 (31:54):
Okay, you're stupid, Okay, So that's what we sent Tonay
and at the and you heard me say, Okay, we're stupid,
but we were. We were just being silly and stupid
for nobody but ourselves. And yeah, Lispielnda, that was us
giving our own you know her lisp Blnda Denay's character
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said that her husband had bites on his booty from bedbugs.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
But I was saying Amanda and I were taking a.
Speaker 4 (32:21):
Bath together and that they might have bath bucks, and
then I needed room service to come assist me with
the boats. You said that out of nowhere, and I
was dying laughing because I was like, that's such a
clever line to ask for room service to come and
p pussy.
Speaker 5 (32:38):
I mean, we can't even stop laughing now.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
And I hope you're laughing because you're like, Wow, they
are just strange, but maybe not. Maybe you're like, oh
my gosh, when was the laugh last time I laughed
my behind off with someone and felt childlike, wondrous and silly.
That's a very very powerful emotion and energy field to
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be in.
Speaker 4 (33:01):
Yeah, when it comes to the weekend that we had together,
I walked away with so much gratitude. In fact, when
we were at the spa, which we weren't we didn't
get treatments all day long by any means. We were
at the hotel for the weekend and they had a spa.
We each just got a massage, which was amazing. But
then that's the beauty of when you even just get
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one treatment, you get the spa experience experience for as
long as you want. So of course we stayed there
for most of the day and sat in you know,
the sauna and this magnesium tub or something. There was
a big sign posted next to it.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (33:38):
There was like sixty minerals that were supposed to be
in this water and it says if you have had
diarrhea in the last fourteen days, you're not allowed in
the pool. And that's because of the magnesium I assume, right,
because is just like com I just.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
Go in twenty five places about bowels and diarrhea. So
you may not let me loose on this podcast with
my mind here.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Yeah, I won't. I won't.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
We're going to do gratitude anyway. But just made me
think of how it had that we were dying laughing
at that. Nobody warned us about that. By the way,
we were already in the pool when we saw the
warning sign, and I thought, well, surely if they take
that seriously, they would have said something to us like, hey,
have you had diarrhea in the last fourteen days, which
I thought, gosh, two weeks.
Speaker 5 (34:26):
I don't know if I can remember back that far.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
That's a long time. Well, I mean, but if you
had had diarrhea before that, you would know. But if
you had had it four days earlier, you wouldn't be
able to get in the pool. And like, who's going
to be like, Oh, I had diarrhea twelve days ago,
so technically I shouldn't get in. But so much gratitude.
When we were sitting in the little lounge chairs outside
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of the spa next to the pool, relaxing, we also
journaled during that time, and I just kept writing all
the things I was thankful for and even look overt
Amanda and just said, oh, I just have so much
gratitude right now, even for just this opportunity to do this,
because there's so many that don't have the chance to
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take a break like this or to have an experience
like this with someone they love and getting that reset
that we were able to do. And so I hope
that if you do need a reset, you're able to
find a way that works with your schedule and your
lifestyle and your family dynamic or whatever it is that
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might feel limiting to you, Like, I don't know how
I would create that space or that time that you
would just ask, you know, ask for it, ask God, Like, Hey,
what would it look like if I were to create
space for myself?
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Can you show me?
Speaker 4 (35:44):
Can you show me some ways that I can carve
out time here and there that will be rejuvenating.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
And if you know too that you really need a vacation,
you really need some time away. And right now it's
all the big questions come up. I don't have the time,
I don't have the resources, I don't have someone to
take care of my kids. Know, all of that laundry
list comes down stop there for a minute and say, Okay,
(36:11):
how can I create the space right now? It's the
acting as if that you and Leanne are talking about.
It's okay, I can't take a vacation next month, don't
have the time resources fill in the blank. But what
can I do today to demonstrate not only to God
but in my life and my body and to myself
that I am going to start making room to create
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the space, Because that's the traction that builds, So maybe
it starts with a few breaths. One of the biggest
things I suggest to people is when you are able,
if you go get manicures or pedicures. So often when
I get to go spend time and do that, I
can remember being in the pedicure chair and being on
(36:52):
my phone and sending emails or taking calls. I haven't
done that in years. When I have time to go
do a pedicure, I sit down, I put my phone
in my purse, and if I need to tell someone, hey,
I'm not going to be available for the next thirty
or four forty five minutes, I do that, but I
intentionally put the phone in the purse and I sit
there in the massage chair and I relax into the time.
(37:14):
But so often if I'm there, there are so many
other people on their phones, talking on the phone, doing
things and not relaxing, and there's no judgment there. I
just recognize, oh my goodness, I'm here spending this bum
money treating myself. I want to enjoy that thirty minutes
because I need that space and time to relax and rejuvenate.
(37:35):
And that's a huge bonus in my month, my every
six weeks, whenever I get to do that, if I
can treat myself to it, I take the quality in
that thirty minutes and I enjoy and absorb every minute
of it intentionally, if I can.
Speaker 4 (37:50):
I thought about that being intentional with those things that
you may already have on your calendar, that are built
into your routine, that are built into your budget. If
you're someone that gets a manicure or pedicure here and there.
But yeah, if you're intentional about that time, how much
more you're going to get out of it than if
you're on your phone or multitasking the whole time.
Speaker 5 (38:13):
Yeah, it's even like it, but I don't love.
Speaker 4 (38:16):
I'm not like my mom, Judy love to go get
Manny Petty and so I feel like anytime I go,
I go for her. But that is not self care
for me. Self care looks different for everybody, but that's
not enjoyable to me. But also I have not tried
it your way. I am on my phone or my
computer or multitasking the whole time. So maybe if I
relax a little more, I would enjoy it.
Speaker 5 (38:38):
I know too.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
There have been many times and a lot of people
get in this place where you work through lunch. So
you're eating and sending emails and eating and working, and
you may not have the luxury of taking thirty minutes
for your lunch. But can you, out of the few
minutes you're eating lunch, can you stop sit down and
(38:59):
just eat lunch. We do so many things and clutter
our time in our space. Can I just sit down
for seven, ten, fifteen minutes and eat the food in
front of me and relax into that. But a lot
of times we'll be on our phones, or we'll have
a TV show on, and I do these things too,
And then when I recognize it, I say, let's just
sit down and eat lunch or eat dinner, share a meal,
(39:22):
share a conversation, share it with myself share it with
someone else. One time a day is not a big ask.
Hopefully we get to eat more than a one time
a day.
Speaker 4 (39:32):
Yeah, it's like, gosh, yes, this is a lunch break
too much? Yeah, to ask to give ourselves, surely not.
But you know everyone's schedules ninety to nothing. Trust me,
we get it. I'm trying to just implement this into
my own life, coming off of this weekend with you
and knowing that I'm going back into my normal routine.
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I want to be different, and I'm sure my old
patterns will creep back in, but for now, acting as
if this is how I behave for the rest of
my life. I'm acting as if, which again that the series,
the four part series is going to drop on Monday,
this coming Monday, which is a holiday. So maybe if
you've got a road trip, which hopefully if you have
off of work, if you're working, well, then maybe on
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your drive to work, you drive home from work, you
can listen. If you're traveling, maybe you can listen. Or
if you just have some extra time where you're doing
things around the house and you want to listen to
the four part series. We dropped all four episodes in
a row so that you could binge it if you
wanted to and really get a lot out of it,
because I think some people are going to want to
listen to it more than once because it's a lot
of information. And then you may be someone that you
(40:38):
want to listen to the first one. Let that absorb
a few days later, listen to the second one. Regardless
whatever type of listener you are to something like this,
it's going to be available to you. So that'll be
on Monday. Amanda, where can people find you.
Speaker 2 (40:55):
At soul Pathology. That's my Instagram and sole Pathway dot
com is my website, and our podcast is soul Sessions
with Amanda riger Green on iHeart or wherever you find.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
Your podcast like and subscribe.
Speaker 4 (41:11):
Absolutely hope y'all have the day that you need to have,
and remember nobody else can do anything for you. I'm
paraphrasing our friend Rumy, but you're the only one that
can make any of this change.
Speaker 2 (41:27):
I'll read it again for everybody. It's your road and
yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no
one can walk it for you.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
Film better said that way. Bye Bye,
Good cass up thing, little food for yoursel.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Life.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Oh it's pretty bad.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Hey, it's pretty beautiful thing beautiful.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
For that for a little more. Family's exciting, said he
your kicking with full thing with Amy Brown.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Happy Thursday, four Things Amy Here, and my guest today
is Amanda Rieger Green.
Speaker 5 (00:37):
Hey, Amanda, Hi everyone.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
I mean it's my cousin and she's in town right
now in Nashville. We're sitting up in my house and
we just returned from a weekend retreat that we designed ourselves.
We went away to a place pretty close to my house,
like thirty minutes away, and it was awesome, Like I
have full vacation. I could have gone anywhere, but we
decided to just go right up road because we knew
(01:00):
we didn't want to be tired from travel. Because originally
I wanted to go to Paris. I've never been there before.
And I called Amanda a few months ago and I said, Amanda,
you need to take a trip. You've had one heck
of a year. Let's go somewhere together. And if y'all
follow Amanda, which on Instagram, she's at Soul Pathology, you
may listen to her podcast, which is called soul sessions.
But you know that Amanda has lost her mom if
(01:23):
you follow along with that, or if you've listened to
the Four Things podcast earlier this year. She came on
and talked about her experience with that, and Amanda was
her primary caregiver.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
So I'm like, you deserve a trip, Let's go.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
And then Piara's seemed really exhausting and not something you
want to plan last minute, even though we had a
few months.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
It just needed more thought.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
And so I was like, Okay, you're flying to Nashville
and we're going to go to a hotel here, and
we are going to leave this two or three days
completely rejuvenated. And do you feel that we mission accomplished that?
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
You asked me this morning, you said, do you think
our weekend flew by or dragged on?
Speaker 5 (02:01):
And I said neither or maybe both.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
It was just right, just on time, time expanded and
it gave us space.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
And something we did every day while we were there
was meditation. And meditation is a practice that is new
to me. As of twenty twenty three, I did a
thirty day meditation challenge and it changed everything for me.
I feel so much better when I meditate. And anytime
I talk about it, especially five minute meditations that I
do and I pay for a service where I get them.
(02:33):
But I mean it was like, well, I can do
meditations and we can start loading them up on the podcast,
and you listening right now you can download them for free.
So something that's going to load after this episode is
a five minute meditation led by Amanda that's going to change.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Your life absolutely, And don't be afraid of meditation. It
doesn't have to take a long time, and especially guided
meditations help you to get into your body, get into
your braain, recognize the chatter of your mind, not judge it,
and begin to clear it.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Yeah, and you have some on your website too, because
we'll load them on the podcast.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
But yeah, at soulpathology dot com there are resources that
include free downloadable meditations now and I'll be adding more.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
The one that we're going to put up after this episode.
Give yourself a challenge, maybe try to listen to it
every day for the next week, especially if it's new
to you. If meditation isn't new to you, then give
yourself the challenge of every day for the next two
weeks and see if you start to feel different. I know.
I certainly do whenever I do it several days in
(03:38):
a row.
Speaker 5 (03:39):
Yeah, the dedication and the repetition is what helps.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
I pulled up your Instagram and it says here under
your bio, I'm a passionate spiritual and public health advocate
dedicated to astounding people with their innate abilities hashtag human potential.
And how I feel after a weekend with you, even
though I talk to you often.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
I feel as the so I got that.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
So benefit of this being Amanda's specialty and her passion
is that I got to spend a weekend with her.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
My cup is full for sure.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
But for people that maybe are new to Amanda Riger Green, which,
by the way, my last name's Brown and hers is Green.
So at the hotel, anytime they would call us fire
last names, we felt like we were in a game
of Clue. Colonel Mustard in the library, Yes, Amanda Green
in the spa with a.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
With a crystal in the spa with a crystal. That
would be more appropriate for me.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
She's the one that did it. So anyway, Clue is
one of my favorite games as a kid. But that's
me too. Now what we're talking about, we're talking about
your Instagram, bio and what you're passionate about, because then
we're going to speak to that. Even though this is
what you do for people on a daily basis, that
you can still have doubts of your own when it
comes to yourself, and that not everybody has it figured out,
(04:56):
even though they can give the best advice in the world.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
But growth healing and they take dedication and awareness, which
means I'm constantly paying attention to my state of being
and it can be in disease at any given moment,
and whether it's physical, mental, emotional, energetic, I'm always looking
(05:19):
at those things and it shows up in my life
just like it does for everyone else. Sometimes I can
be impatient and aggravated, and whether it's with someone else
or myself, I always come back to my side of
the street. What's going on within me that is creating
this sort of behavior, so I can modify it. I
(05:40):
can clean it up or examine it and then be
able to create greater healing and awareness. And that's the
kind of stuff I get to see in other people
and share with other people. And sometimes it's long journey stuff,
big tweaks that have to be applied over time with
dedication and routines, and other times it's something small like okay, Amanda,
(06:03):
pouse and breathe, you're not breathing. One of the women
at the SPA this weekend she said, you need to exhale.
Speaker 5 (06:10):
And she said, I don't mean.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Right now, I mean in life, And she hit the
nail on the head because I knew exactly what she meant.
It's like I can hold my breath in and it
creates anxiety and agitation, like something is coming. And she said, no,
it's just exhaling in life, and I said, I got you.
I knew what she meant, but it was just the
(06:32):
visual of that, the sensation of what it feels like
to take a deep inhale and then when we hold
our breath and forget to release it. But then when
you exhale fully. Our inhales are supposed to be as
long as our exhales, and a lot of times were
really shallow breathers. We breathe from the chest up. So
I know when I do a full inhale and then
I exhale as long as I inhale, it creates this balance,
(06:56):
and that's what she was referring to.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
But I got it.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
As a bigger life, life lesson than just regular breathing.
She said, exhale in life.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
But you know that, and you were able to take
that from her and then reapply it. And so one
of the other things that came up, which read the
roomy quote, because that's sort of where this all started.
These are from a stack of cards that my sister
Christy sells at her coffee shop in Colorado. It is
called Roothhouse Coffee, and I'm trying to get her to
put them online because I feel like they would do
(07:26):
really well. It's the stack of quotes on this cute
like paper and you should random ones, you just pull them,
and so I grabbed a stack before we went through
them in my bag and we went through some of
them while we were in our hotel room.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
And which one stood out to you? It's the roomy one, right.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Yes, and it's beautiful quote. It's your road and yours alone.
Others may walk it with you, but no one can
walk it for you, roomy.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
And that one stood out for Amanda because I had
just said to her, listen, I think that you could
really benefit from doing some content like this, and I
think it's outside looking in who knows it may not
be the right thing, but I know that I would
love to see you do something a certain way, even
(08:14):
for my benefit, because I would want to pull it
up and I'd.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Be like, oh yeah, thank you, Amanda.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
But just sharing some of your knowledge in a way
that's really accessible and digestible. And I showed you an example.
And what's so funny a synchronicity of sorts is that
then you had a client email you almost exactly what
I said in the same day, which what are the
odds of that?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Well, that's divine synchronicity and what I've learned from that,
and first of all sharing it with you. It's that
energy of sharing it with another. I can be the
only one to do it, and we get people to
walk with us on our journey. But there's this element
of I take the action and then I share it.
But what's interesting about the client emailing me at the
(08:58):
same time basically the same thing you said. It's like
when God knocks, God may knock twice, but then what
do I do with the information? So I take the journey,
I take the step, I take the action, but recognizing
when things come up two or three times in a row,
in a short period of time. It's a call to action,
(09:20):
and when you hear the call, what action can you take?
And it doesn't have to be massive leaps of faith
or walking through huge doors. Sometimes it's just making a decision.
The biggest thing for me is just making a decision
to take action.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Which I think the quote is a third knock because
all of that was in the same day. And I
love that you said it doesn't have to be anything huge,
because in your case, it's literally a thirty second video
of sorts, right, And to me, I'm like, yeah, you
could totally do this, But in your mind, you're like, well, sure,
I thought about it, but I have this thought that
(09:58):
pops through my head, and that thought and then I'm
overthinking it, and then that thought and then I'm just
don't end up doing it, and then whila. The Roomy
quote comes into play. After I said it, your client
said it, and then Roomy's basically saying, Okay, if you
want to do this, this is up to you, and
you're the only one that can do it.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
This is your life. And I think you know that
you need to do it, but.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
You need to let go of any of that doubt
or whatever's holding you back or whatever's limiting you to
just do the thing absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
And one of the things, of course, for me that
comes to mind, because I am a numerologist, the number
three is a divine number, and you just said it
was a third knock. The three is the number of creation,
and of course it comes up biblically multiple times, the
number three does. But three is about creating, and part
of creating is action, and that's very divinely orchestrated.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
So third knock, well, I didn't even know that, and
I was even thinking of that being a number of
knocks until you said, when God knocks twice or he
could knock one time two times, but then what are
you going to do with it?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
And I was like, well, technically, Amanda, he.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Knocked three times exactly within like a couple of hours.
So with that said, I want y'all to know that
this is me seeing Amanda as an expert that probably
tells her clients all day long all of this stuff
that she literally needed to hear. But it's just so
refreshing to know that we all go through stuff, whether
(11:24):
we have it figured out or not. The self doubt
is there, But if you're aware and paying attention to
your surroundings. You can see where encouragement is coming from
and then decide what it is that you need to do.
And now you know, Amanda, that this is a step
you're going to likely take.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
I don't want to speak for you.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Yes, I am going to take action.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
A lot of it for me is the fear of
putting myself out there. And while most people know me
I am very extroverted, I do put myself out there,
but it doesn't mean that I don't have the fear
and the insecurity or the self doubt. And when I
recognize I get into a place of stagnation or I'm
living in that self doubt or pulling myself back. It's
(12:10):
like when do you get out of the unstuck? It's
getting unstuck and taking the action. So making the decision,
and also you are a safe space for me to
be accountable in that when I say, guess what I
did today and that feels good, I put it out
there it felt good or I shared this, and so
much of what we're talking about me sharing is to
help other people see their own potential to be inspired
(12:35):
to align with something. So the aim is much higher
but I get to take action that aligns with me
and then hopefully will inspire other people.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
So also, on the same day as the card and
me saying it and your client saying it, Ruby, this
was the following day I saw an Instagram post regardless.
I was like, oh, this is kind of saying that
you got to just start sometimes. But I love Amanda's
thoughts around the word bad, and it's similar to an
episode I did on here months ago about using more
(13:07):
positive language. And so I'm going to read the post
as it is, but then Amanda's going to change things
for you so that in case you need this encouragement,
you can get it with the positive twist. And so
(13:30):
I'm going to read the post as it is, but
then Amanda's going to change things for you so that
in case you need this encouragement, you can get it
with the positive twist.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
So Barbara Corgrin had posted this.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Your first workout will be bad, your first podcast will
be bad, your first video will be bad, your first
speech will be bad, your first article will be bad.
But you can't make your one hundredth without making your first.
So put your ego aside and start, which that is
very powerful and you know, reminds us that we don't
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have to get it right, especially out of the gate,
but we just have to start at least moving in
that direction. And Barber's the one that posted it, but
the credit she gave is unknown. So this isn't directed
to anybody that ever uses the word bad by any means.
But we're going to take this and put a little
spin on it so that the word bad isn't even
(14:25):
in there because we don't want the negative connotation in
our mind. Because our brains have a negative bias. So
a lot of times when you have a bad word
or a negative word, even if it's not meant to
be negative. This whole post or that I just read
is encouraging and it's meant to be positive, but because
our brains have a negative bias, we may end up
focusing on the negative word in the statement.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
So what is it you try to do? Amanda?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
I love this because it's a starting point. It's not
that the first thing is bad, it's the first thing
is a start, and the first thing is making the
decision doing something one time and making the decision to
do it again, even if it's uncomfortable, even if it's
not our greatest or proudest moment, even if it is
kind of wonky and can use a lot of tweaking.
(15:12):
That's how we start something, and then the dedication and routine.
Next thing you know, you're at fifty, you're at sixty,
you're at one hundred. Whether it's a workout or drinking
more water or starting a meditation practice, a journaling practice.
I'm going to start going back to church regularly on Sundays.
And next thing you know, three or four weeks in,
(15:35):
something shifts and changes three or four times in, five
or six times in and it goes from ugh, I
have to do this, or I should do this, and
I don't love half to or should But that's where
my unconscious brain and mind and patterning goes. But I
know when I'm dedicating some time, then I start to
build traction and routine and it's like, Ooh, I get
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to go do this today, or ooh I want to
go work out, or ooh, I'm just drinking more water
because now it feels good in my body. So it
becomes more natural after the first handful of times. But
with me, it's also in the decision. Making a decision
is a lot of times that first action right, And.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
By the way, what podcasts are you on right now
for soul sessions? How many are out now? Seventeen eighteen
something like that, I'm sure doing. The first one was
you knowing you had more to learn. And so that's
where replacing the word bad is. Okay, this is my
first podcast, and I have a lot of room to grow.
(16:36):
The word bad is not in the mix.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
This is my.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
First speech, like, I have a lot I could learn
from this, and so that way you eliminate the negative
word of bad.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Yeah, And in the podcast, we're starting to create traction.
We're tweaking things in the formulary, in the way it
looks the production, what's working, what clicks, and also what
is enjoyable because I know when I am recording or
sharing information when I feel energized, joyful, excited, on fire,
(17:12):
versus when it feels like, Okay, I've got to get
all this done today, or I need to get this
figured out, or okay, or there's anxiety around it, and
that energy to me is actually restrictive, and I am
aware of that today. But I do know when I'm
in a synergy and enjoy So what we're doing with
the podcast is finding what the joyful energizing moments are
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and prioritizing and creating more of those. And in order
to do that, I have to do it. I have
to collect the data. I have to analyze the data.
Which the data is in the doing.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Yes, I feel like Leanne says that all the time.
Speaker 5 (17:51):
Does she say that?
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Yes, she says exactly that, Leanne Ellington, the data is
in the doing, which on Monday, This Monday, are acting
as if four part series is going to drop here
on the fourth Things Feed and Leanne is my co
host for that. It's bonus episodes are going to be
four of them that drop in a row. And the
(18:13):
first one is thinking, the second one is feeling, the
third one is believing, and the fourth one is doing.
So think, feel, believe, do, and that's the order where
if you're wanting to rewire your brain to do something
and actually really connect with it mind body connection, mind body, spirit,
all the things, because all of that is important for
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the true rewiring to happen. But you're saying that made
me think of lean So just kind of a little
snippet there about what's to come on Monday. But back
to the data is you do have to collect that.
In order to collect it, like you said, you have
to get episode one under your belt, or speech number
one or workout number one or whatever it is that
you're trying to do that you haven't done yet. And
(18:58):
you know you mentioned at the beginning about evolving and
you want to be able to evolve, and that's part
of evolving too, is trying those new things and giving
it the first try, the second try, the third try,
and it may constantly involve. This podcast alone has been
up for over five years and it is very different
than it was in the beginning.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
Thank goodness, thank goodness, thank goodness for the growth. One
of the things I love about Joel Ostein, by the way,
is when he took on his father's ministry when his
father was sick and dying. He was not intending to
carry out that ministry. He was very much behind the
scenes as a sound engineer, a sound tech, and he
jumped in and he gave his first sermon, and it
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was scary for him, and it was being asked of him,
and he felt it in his heart and the calling.
Once he started doing that, he was very good. He
communicates this often about listening back to his sermons, looking
at his sermons. Where can I improve? Where can I
get better? Where was the joy? Where was I on fire?
Really looking at it? And I know for many of us,
(20:05):
we don't like to go back and review our stuff
because it's scary or we might hear flaws. And we're
all very We can be very self critical. I can
be very self critical. I am my own worst critic
and the voice in my head. And that's where the
evolution in the growth is the courage to look at
what I've done in the past, what went well, and
(20:27):
where I was challenged, or what can be tweaked or altered,
or where I can practice more So, it's looking at
myself even if I'm like, oh, I don't want to
go back and look at that.
Speaker 5 (20:37):
What if I don't like it? Or what if I'm upset.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
With myself because I didn't perform well enough. And that's
all that old unconscious patterning that is limiting and heavy.
And I want to grow And why do I want
to grow? I want to feel better. I want to
use my God given gifts and I want other people
to do the same thing.
Speaker 4 (20:57):
And as our friend Rumy says, you are the one
that has to do it. Nobody else can do it.
Speaker 5 (21:03):
Nobody can do it before me.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
It's and I think about medicine and the alleopathic approach
to medicine, which is there is a pill for everything.
I can't just take a pill and be the best
or get better. I mean, yes, some things can alleviate
certain certain stuff going on, but I also I have
to take do the work, or take the pill consistently.
(21:27):
If it's a treatment, whatever it may be, I must
show up and I must do the work to heal,
to evolve, to grow, And then who knows where it
can go from that and what doors will open or
resources will appear, or creative insights and ideas. That's God's plan,
not mine. That's the other thing that I'm reminded of
(21:47):
all the time. Oh my gosh, Amanda, Like God's got this.
And when I take that weight off of my shoulders,
I God didn't wake up today and say, hey, Amanda,
can you come run the universe. I'm gonna go on vacation,
you know, can you be my executive assistant? That's like, no, Amanda,
I'll take the weight off your shoulders, but can you
do your part and show up?
Speaker 1 (22:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (22:10):
Which also speaking of Leanne, which we did not talk
about this before. Now I hadn't held any of this,
so I was like, oh, this is a good time
to share about the four part series Acting as If.
And then Leanne's podcast trailer drops on Monday as well
over on her new podcast which is coming out officially Tuesday,
September twelfth. But the title of her podcast is literally,
(22:31):
What's God Got to Do with It?
Speaker 2 (22:33):
You all have been recording in here, correct? Yeah, Okay,
I'm picking up on her energy. It must be what
some of it is. It's like because I've I didn't
know that any of that, So that's what it is.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Yeah, What's God?
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Which I love it is because Leanne's got some phenomenal
stuff and some great, great energy and is extremely brilliant.
So I'm picking up on her vibes. I'll take it.
Thanks Leanne well.
Speaker 4 (22:57):
And speaking of medicine and a pill for everything, one
thing Amanda and I did this weekend during our getaway
was room service and laying in our hotel room just
in our beds, like trying to get rest. And my
mom when she was alive, she loved Lifetime movies like
they were her jam. She watched them all the time,
and so in honor of my mom, we watched a
(23:19):
lot of Lifetime and okay, the movies, they're basically the
same as they were years ago, and they're still so
good if you're into that type of stuff. But there's
commercial breaks all the time, and they're mostly for some
sort of a pill for insert any type of ailment.
There was so many that I looked at Amanda at
(23:40):
one point and I was like, people are just going
to start thinking that they're sick with something after watching
this mini commercials about pharmaceuticals.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
It's true, And I was laughing because I had had
the same experience. We were watching something. They were a
ton of commercials and they're all about very obscure diseases
that I know exist, but I have no clue what
they are. And there's oh, if you've got this, treat this,
but here's all the side effects, and some of the
side effects are pretty dire. So we were just laughing
about it and also looking at what we were doing
(24:11):
by resting, having down time without the computer, without the phone,
without other distractions, creating that time and you and I
have talked about this before, creating time and really dedicating
ourselves to being present. It rejuvenates the mind, body, and spirit,
and for me helps me feel more creative, more alive,
(24:33):
more awake, get to see things that in a different
light because we had the space to do that in
an intimate way, but also in this healthy environment that
gave us the space to just be.
Speaker 4 (24:47):
Yeah, which I don't know about you, but it's like, Okay,
go see the Eiffel Tower for the first time ever
in person, or lay in a hotel room bed just
outside of Nashville watching Lifetime movies I and we laughed.
I pick the Lifetime movie trip. That's what we're gonna
call it. It was our lifetime movie trip. But that
was a way where we honored my mom and something
(25:09):
that she did, Like we literally did that to not
just feel closer Amanda and I, but Amanda loved my
mom and my mom loved Amanda, and so that was
something that we got to do to connect with Judy
while we were there, and of course we went hiking
as well. We tried to be one with nature. I've
talked about forest bathing here on the podcast, and I
(25:30):
laughed out loud when I walked into one of the
I don't know, spa rooms or whatever, and they had
books you could choose from, and one of the books
was literally an entire book written by some doctor about
forest bathing. The title of the book was force Bathing.
And I pulled it up and started flipping through, and
I thought, oh, I took a screenshot at this one
page about negative ions, and I'm telling Amanda about it,
(25:54):
and of course she's like, yeah, duh, I already know that.
That's why grounding is so good. If you like, take
your shoes off and put your feet grass.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
This speaks to how poignant, fast and immediate responses are
in our brain, in our biology, in our consciousness. And
that comes back to being aware when we listen, when
we pause, when we listen to the voice in our head,
and whether it's a challenging negative voice or it's an
(26:22):
uplifting voice, being able to recognize that so you can say, Okay,
this is needing to be healed or quieted. This is
what I want to build on. And it's that discernment
of becoming aware, becoming more self aware, and that's where
our empowerment is, and that's where our opportunity to get
unstuck or take action is and then find inspiration, create traction,
(26:46):
create fill in your blank.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
Yeah, I'm glad we were able to also take that
time this weekend because I feel as though I'm going
to be more aware. I created that space for myself.
You did as well, And that's where this came through
this weekend, this awareness of that you have an opportunity
to maybe do something that there's a little bit of
fear surrounding it, but you're gonna you're gonna take action,
(27:12):
right because I am going to take Okay, we're taking action.
A man, you heard it here. Can't wait for y'all
to see these thirty second videos. She's gonna start posting.
They're gonna be so encouraging.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Well, and I will tell you this, the fact that
now we're publishing this, so that even gives me more
motivation and incentive for accountability, because I like accountability is
a thing for me. I am a pretty accountable and
sometimes to a fault, because you want to you want
to perform.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
I want to perform.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
I'm also you know, it's the people pleasing that you
know I recognize and work on all the time. But
it's really more about being aligned and honest with myself. However,
God shows up that way for me. Even you saying
that out loud right now is like, that's even to
me another sign where God saying, Okay, you've got this,
do it?
Speaker 5 (27:57):
Why not.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
We also tried to make space for laughter and being silly,
and I think that that's really good for the soul.
And you may not be able to get a weekend
away with your friend or your cousin or your loved
one or whatever, your significant other, that's not necessary for
this type of thing. The space for awareness or stuff
(28:29):
to come through. Like I mean I said, it might
just be closing your eyes for five minutes or one minute,
but doing that every day for a week could be
a game changer for somebody. Or maybe it's that on
a Saturday you have four hours where you can go
do something like this with someone special in your life.
But one of the things that really made Amanda and
(28:49):
I laugh on our trip, for sure, was when we
tried to reenact one of Denay Hayes's prank calls. So
Denay was on the podcast a couple weeks ago, and
she's a comedian and one of her characters is Lispie Linda,
and she has this one prank call where Lispie Linda
is calling a hotel to complain about bedbugs, and so
(29:12):
Aman and I were just at the hotel and decided
to we recorded ourselves. We didn't call the hotel we
were at, We did a voice recording and then we
sent it to Denay as a joke.
Speaker 5 (29:24):
By the way, I'm having a hard time.
Speaker 2 (29:26):
I want to just I'm like trying not to bust
out laughing because I am that memory is creating so
much laughter that it's almost absurd. And I mean, my
whole body language has shifted now that I'm thinking about this,
which again speaks to what we're talking about. I am
laughing at something in my body right now, thought I'm
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having a thought of, and my whole body just I'm
sitting straighter. I'm almost about to burst out laughing. I
can feel the energy rise in a really healthy, lighthearted way,
and that's the energy of inspiration and creativity. And we're
talking about something that was so silly.
Speaker 4 (30:04):
And honestly that we might only think is funny. I mean,
I'm gonna play it for you right now. I don't
know if y'all are gonna get it, or you're even
gonna laugh, but we're gonna share it because it made
us laugh, like we were just giggling and it was
all just sort of off the cuff, and we recorded
it and sent it to Denay. So this really wasn't
something I've planned on sharing here. It's just kind of
(30:25):
coming up because I think being silly is a huge
part of making space too.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
That comes through in sessions with clients often is lightheartedness.
Silliness is such an empowered place for creativity and inspiration
is silliness and lightheartedness. So my question is always who
are the people in your life that help you be lighthearted,
silly and joyful? Not related to work, not related to
(30:54):
home and family, not related to all the things that
we have in our life. Who in your life helps
you to let loose, be totally silly and free. Prioritize them,
make time for them, tell them, so pick up the
phone and call take the action.
Speaker 4 (31:08):
Take the action, and you're the only one that can
do that. Okay, here is the voice memory we sent Tonay.
This is our spin on list Fielinda.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
Hi, Yes, We're at Falthall and room pat out then,
and I've taken a bath with my cousin Amanda Anthee
had little bumps on her booty, and I think you
have bath bugs.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
So I just thought, it's no.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
Amanda, do you have anything to think One of the
bugs I have it's kind of pussy.
Speaker 5 (31:43):
Do you think it needs to be popped?
Speaker 2 (31:46):
You can somebody from room service help me pop the pussy?
Speaker 5 (31:50):
Pussy, pussy pop.
Speaker 4 (31:54):
Okay, you're stupid, Okay, So that's what we sent Tonay
and at the and you heard me say, Okay, we're stupid,
but we were. We were just being silly and stupid
for nobody but ourselves. And yeah, Lispielnda, that was us
giving our own you know her lisp Blnda Denay's character
(32:15):
said that her husband had bites on his booty from bedbugs.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
But I was saying Amanda and I were taking a.
Speaker 4 (32:21):
Bath together and that they might have bath bucks, and
then I needed room service to come assist me with
the boats. You said that out of nowhere, and I
was dying laughing because I was like, that's such a
clever line to ask for room service to come and
p pussy.
Speaker 5 (32:38):
I mean, we can't even stop laughing now.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
And I hope you're laughing because you're like, Wow, they
are just strange, but maybe not. Maybe you're like, oh
my gosh, when was the laugh last time I laughed
my behind off with someone and felt childlike, wondrous and silly.
That's a very very powerful emotion and energy field to
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be in.
Speaker 4 (33:01):
Yeah, when it comes to the weekend that we had together,
I walked away with so much gratitude. In fact, when
we were at the spa, which we weren't we didn't
get treatments all day long by any means. We were
at the hotel for the weekend and they had a spa.
We each just got a massage, which was amazing. But
then that's the beauty of when you even just get
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one treatment, you get the spa experience experience for as
long as you want. So of course we stayed there
for most of the day and sat in you know,
the sauna and this magnesium tub or something. There was
a big sign posted next to it.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (33:38):
There was like sixty minerals that were supposed to be
in this water and it says if you have had
diarrhea in the last fourteen days, you're not allowed in
the pool. And that's because of the magnesium I assume, right,
because is just like com I just.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
Go in twenty five places about bowels and diarrhea. So
you may not let me loose on this podcast with
my mind here.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Yeah, I won't. I won't.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
We're going to do gratitude anyway. But just made me
think of how it had that we were dying laughing
at that. Nobody warned us about that. By the way,
we were already in the pool when we saw the
warning sign, and I thought, well, surely if they take
that seriously, they would have said something to us like, hey,
have you had diarrhea in the last fourteen days, which
I thought, gosh, two weeks.
Speaker 5 (34:26):
I don't know if I can remember back that far.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
That's a long time. Well, I mean, but if you
had had diarrhea before that, you would know. But if
you had had it four days earlier, you wouldn't be
able to get in the pool. And like, who's going
to be like, Oh, I had diarrhea twelve days ago,
so technically I shouldn't get in. But so much gratitude.
When we were sitting in the little lounge chairs outside
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of the spa next to the pool, relaxing, we also
journaled during that time, and I just kept writing all
the things I was thankful for and even look overt
Amanda and just said, oh, I just have so much
gratitude right now, even for just this opportunity to do this,
because there's so many that don't have the chance to
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take a break like this or to have an experience
like this with someone they love and getting that reset
that we were able to do. And so I hope
that if you do need a reset, you're able to
find a way that works with your schedule and your
lifestyle and your family dynamic or whatever it is that
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might feel limiting to you, Like, I don't know how
I would create that space or that time that you
would just ask, you know, ask for it, ask God, Like, Hey,
what would it look like if I were to create
space for myself?
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Can you show me?
Speaker 4 (35:44):
Can you show me some ways that I can carve
out time here and there that will be rejuvenating.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
And if you know too that you really need a vacation,
you really need some time away. And right now it's
all the big questions come up. I don't have the time,
I don't have the resources, I don't have someone to
take care of my kids. Know, all of that laundry
list comes down stop there for a minute and say, Okay,
(36:11):
how can I create the space right now? It's the
acting as if that you and Leanne are talking about.
It's okay, I can't take a vacation next month, don't
have the time resources fill in the blank. But what
can I do today to demonstrate not only to God
but in my life and my body and to myself
that I am going to start making room to create
(36:32):
the space, Because that's the traction that builds, So maybe
it starts with a few breaths. One of the biggest
things I suggest to people is when you are able,
if you go get manicures or pedicures. So often when
I get to go spend time and do that, I
can remember being in the pedicure chair and being on
(36:52):
my phone and sending emails or taking calls. I haven't
done that in years. When I have time to go
do a pedicure, I sit down, I put my phone
in my purse, and if I need to tell someone, hey,
I'm not going to be available for the next thirty
or four forty five minutes, I do that, but I
intentionally put the phone in the purse and I sit
there in the massage chair and I relax into the time.
(37:14):
But so often if I'm there, there are so many
other people on their phones, talking on the phone, doing
things and not relaxing, and there's no judgment there. I
just recognize, oh my goodness, I'm here spending this bum
money treating myself. I want to enjoy that thirty minutes
because I need that space and time to relax and rejuvenate.
(37:35):
And that's a huge bonus in my month, my every
six weeks, whenever I get to do that, if I
can treat myself to it, I take the quality in
that thirty minutes and I enjoy and absorb every minute
of it intentionally, if I can.
Speaker 4 (37:50):
I thought about that being intentional with those things that
you may already have on your calendar, that are built
into your routine, that are built into your budget. If
you're someone that gets a manicure or pedicure here and there.
But yeah, if you're intentional about that time, how much
more you're going to get out of it than if
you're on your phone or multitasking the whole time.
Speaker 5 (38:13):
Yeah, it's even like it, but I don't love.
Speaker 4 (38:16):
I'm not like my mom, Judy love to go get
Manny Petty and so I feel like anytime I go,
I go for her. But that is not self care
for me. Self care looks different for everybody, but that's
not enjoyable to me. But also I have not tried
it your way. I am on my phone or my
computer or multitasking the whole time. So maybe if I
relax a little more, I would enjoy it.
Speaker 5 (38:38):
I know too.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
There have been many times and a lot of people
get in this place where you work through lunch. So
you're eating and sending emails and eating and working, and
you may not have the luxury of taking thirty minutes
for your lunch. But can you, out of the few
minutes you're eating lunch, can you stop sit down and
(38:59):
just eat lunch. We do so many things and clutter
our time in our space. Can I just sit down
for seven, ten, fifteen minutes and eat the food in
front of me and relax into that. But a lot
of times we'll be on our phones, or we'll have
a TV show on, and I do these things too,
And then when I recognize it, I say, let's just
sit down and eat lunch or eat dinner, share a meal,
(39:22):
share a conversation, share it with myself share it with
someone else. One time a day is not a big ask.
Hopefully we get to eat more than a one time
a day.
Speaker 4 (39:32):
Yeah, it's like, gosh, yes, this is a lunch break
too much? Yeah, to ask to give ourselves, surely not.
But you know everyone's schedules ninety to nothing. Trust me,
we get it. I'm trying to just implement this into
my own life, coming off of this weekend with you
and knowing that I'm going back into my normal routine.
(39:54):
I want to be different, and I'm sure my old
patterns will creep back in, but for now, acting as
if this is how I behave for the rest of
my life. I'm acting as if, which again that the series,
the four part series is going to drop on Monday,
this coming Monday, which is a holiday. So maybe if
you've got a road trip, which hopefully if you have
off of work, if you're working, well, then maybe on
(40:15):
your drive to work, you drive home from work, you
can listen. If you're traveling, maybe you can listen. Or
if you just have some extra time where you're doing
things around the house and you want to listen to
the four part series. We dropped all four episodes in
a row so that you could binge it if you
wanted to and really get a lot out of it,
because I think some people are going to want to
listen to it more than once because it's a lot
of information. And then you may be someone that you
(40:38):
want to listen to the first one. Let that absorb
a few days later, listen to the second one. Regardless
whatever type of listener you are to something like this,
it's going to be available to you. So that'll be
on Monday. Amanda, where can people find you.
Speaker 2 (40:55):
At soul Pathology. That's my Instagram and sole Pathway dot
com is my website, and our podcast is soul Sessions
with Amanda riger Green on iHeart or wherever you find.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
Your podcast like and subscribe.
Speaker 4 (41:11):
Absolutely hope y'all have the day that you need to have,
and remember nobody else can do anything for you. I'm
paraphrasing our friend Rumy, but you're the only one that
can make any of this change.
Speaker 2 (41:27):
I'll read it again for everybody. It's your road and
yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no
one can walk it for you.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
Film better said that way. Bye Bye,
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