Ep 157 - Soulful Science & Sacred Spaces: Bridging the Analytical and Mystical with Crystal Cassidy (1/3 Emotional Manifesting Generator) - The Provoking Prosperity Podcast I Supporting Creatives to Break Free From The Constraints of Conformity & Infuse Their Business With Purpose & Authenticity

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Welcome to today's episode of the provoking prosperity podcast, where I explore the transformative journeys of visionary leaders.
.999Our guest today, Crystal Cassidy is the CEO and founder of soul pod, a soulful wellness app, redefining spiritual awakening through community.
After a life changing near death experience, Crystal dedicated herself to unlocking the powerful inner potential within us all blending her background in biochemistry, with a heart centered approach to spirituality.

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.899226757And in this episode, we dive into Crystal's journey of integrating science and spirituality, balancing feminine authenticity leadership, and staying aligned with her mission to inspire collective awakening. 5 00:00:43,134.795773243 --> 00:00:55,244.795773243 I am Miranda Mitchell, the host of the Provoking Prosperity Podcast, where we dive into the journeys of creatives, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who are redefining success and prosperity in today's world. 6 00:00:55,724.795773243 --> 00:01:04,634.795773243 In an era saturated with distractions and a growing disconnect from our deepest emotions, we celebrate the importance of creativity as a beacon of authenticity. 7 00:01:04,809.895773243 --> 00:01:13,669.795773243 Join us as we explore how creatives are breaking through the noise, embracing their unique voices, and inspiring others to do the same. 8 00:01:13,829.795773243 --> 00:01:15,119.795773243 Hello, beautiful souls. 9 00:01:15,139.795773243 --> 00:01:18,419.795773243 This is Miranda Mitchell at the provoking prosperity podcast. 10 00:01:18,419.795773243 --> 00:01:21,919.795773243 I have crystal Cassidy on so grateful that you're here. 11 00:01:21,919.795773243 --> 00:01:28,554.795773243 I'd love to hear what you a little bit about your magic because you created the space and you created the soul pod. 12 00:01:28,564.795773243 --> 00:01:37,244.794773243 And I want you to share with us from the heart and from your being what this was for you and why you created this app. 13 00:01:38,614.794773243 --> 00:01:40,844.79477324 So happy to be here with you, Miranda. 14 00:01:40,924.79377324 --> 00:01:41,774.79377324 My name's Crystal. 15 00:01:41,774.79377324 --> 00:01:48,374.79377324 I'm CEO and founder of soul pod, which is a spiritual wellness app for lovers of the woo. 16 00:01:48,964.79377324 --> 00:01:51,14.79377324 We go beyond mindfulness. 17 00:01:51,254.79377324 --> 00:02:02,794.79377324 We work a lot with the energy centers of the body, the intersection of the physical and the spiritual, and we personalize paths for people to explore in small groups. 18 00:02:03,54.79377324 --> 00:02:12,884.79377324 So instead of there being, thousands of different options and you're trying to figure out where do I start based on where I'm at in my spiritual development, we help you. 19 00:02:13,124.79377324 --> 00:02:15,194.79377324 Figure out where that place may be. 20 00:02:15,624.79377324 --> 00:02:25,814.79377324 And we're big on breath work on contemplation on mantra and free kind of meditative time, self guided time. 21 00:02:26,544.79277324 --> 00:02:47,944.79377324 And as far as what brought me to develop it, I've worked in the sciences most of my career and big on mindfulness, but after meditating for 10, 15 years, Mostly on a daily basis, this whole other realm opens up beyond the control of the breath, the mystical experience, Kundalini awakening. 22 00:02:48,244.79377324 --> 00:02:55,474.79377324 And there really weren't spaces for me to both explore those concepts and connect with others around it. 23 00:02:55,884.79277324 --> 00:02:58,14.79277324 So that brought me to build soul pod. 24 00:02:58,944.79277324 --> 00:03:00,144.79277324 Oh, that's beautiful. 25 00:03:00,314.79277324 --> 00:03:03,594.79277324 So you've had long experience with meditation. 26 00:03:03,604.79277324 --> 00:03:07,944.79377324 How did you start in that process? I was very lucky. 27 00:03:07,944.79377324 --> 00:03:12,784.69377324 I was forced into it at a young age, reluctantly, but I studied martial arts. 28 00:03:12,784.69377324 --> 00:03:19,904.69377324 So very traditional Okinawan based style of martial arts of which meditation was a part of that practice. 29 00:03:20,134.69377324 --> 00:03:34,339.69427324 At 12 years old, I was meditating and exploring my mind and starting to become familiar with that link between if I can find that inner alignment, my outer performance is going to go to another level. 30 00:03:34,749.69327324 --> 00:03:36,229.69427324 And then it just evolved from there. 31 00:03:36,249.69527324 --> 00:03:47,219.69527324 Lost it a little bit in my twenties, as you do, but came back to it and realized, what a powerful important tool this inner technology is arguably. 32 00:03:47,494.69527324 --> 00:03:49,694.69527324 More powerful than external technology. 33 00:03:49,704.69527324 --> 00:03:49,934.69527324 Yeah. 34 00:03:50,594.69527324 --> 00:03:51,104.69527324 Yeah. 35 00:03:51,104.69527324 --> 00:03:53,184.69527324 So very blessed to have that at a young age. 36 00:03:53,214.69527324 --> 00:03:57,364.69527324 I'm hoping more and more people are able to bring that to their children. 37 00:03:57,909.69527324 --> 00:03:58,419.69527324 Yeah. 38 00:03:58,579.69527324 --> 00:03:59,439.69527324 I think it's happening. 39 00:03:59,449.69527324 --> 00:04:00,219.69527324 I think it's happening. 40 00:04:00,659.69527324 --> 00:04:01,299.69527324 I do, too. 41 00:04:01,489.69527324 --> 00:04:02,219.69527324 In hopes. 42 00:04:02,299.69527324 --> 00:04:05,129.69527324 I know I'm doing it with my daughter in some way, oh, amazing. 43 00:04:05,189.69527324 --> 00:04:05,689.69527324 Yeah. 44 00:04:05,739.69527324 --> 00:04:06,729.69627324 It's such a gift. 45 00:04:06,959.69627324 --> 00:04:22,729.69527324 Your journey from the world of biotechnology to launching SoulPod is unique how do you balance staying true to your personal vision while navigating the structures of business? Ooh, good question. 46 00:04:23,9.69527324 --> 00:04:26,179.69527324 Stay true to my personal vision while. 47 00:04:26,559.69527324 --> 00:04:27,669.69527324 Building a business. 48 00:04:27,719.69527324 --> 00:04:42,829.69527324 I think for me, there's many things that I do, but I think the first one that's most important to me that I'm very clear on is because we're building a spiritual business, a network and a community. 49 00:04:43,289.69527324 --> 00:04:46,489.69627324 My own spiritual practice is first and paramount. 50 00:04:46,569.69627324 --> 00:04:48,249.69627324 I need to wake up every day. 51 00:04:48,249.69627324 --> 00:04:52,689.69627324 I give myself about two hours in the morning for my practice and my meditation. 52 00:04:53,329.69627324 --> 00:05:04,949.69627324 And I don't take any meetings until 10 AM, which Old crystal and biotech Silicon Valley is like, that's crazy, but it can be done. 53 00:05:05,79.69627324 --> 00:05:16,109.69527324 And I found that since I have made that agreement with myself, as far as a business owner and my own spiritual development, which has to come first it's just been, wonderful. 54 00:05:16,239.69527324 --> 00:05:24,839.69627324 So I really, I like that part of bridging my own personal work and supporting a business. 55 00:05:26,684.69627324 --> 00:05:44,934.69627324 That's beautiful when you're able to do that because that's honestly owning your own business, that's the gift of it, but so many people get wrapped up in to the point of when I get to a certain place, then I'll do that for myself, but then they're constantly just in the external waiting to get to that space. 56 00:05:44,944.69627324 --> 00:05:52,904.69527324 So it's you've already created that space for you to then create your business within the energy that you want to have on a daily basis. 57 00:05:53,544.69627324 --> 00:06:01,474.69727324 Yeah, it was, even when I was in biotech and at a startup, life was very crazy, very early days at this startup. 58 00:06:01,994.69727324 --> 00:06:06,364.69727324 But I also found time during those crazy days. 59 00:06:06,364.69727324 --> 00:06:13,504.69727324 I remember people would wonder why I was over in the warehouse meditating, but you really can find time for it. 60 00:06:13,564.69627324 --> 00:06:19,124.69627324 If you really want to, but it is tricky and it takes some rewiring and it takes some intention for sure. 61 00:06:19,124.69627324 --> 00:06:29,151.39627324 Have you noticed that since you've made the time that It actually makes time go slower and you still get everything done in a more calm way. 62 00:06:29,151.39627324 --> 00:06:29,954.69627324 It's amazing how that works. 63 00:06:31,604.69627324 --> 00:06:33,764.69627324 You let go of a little bit of control. 64 00:06:33,804.69627324 --> 00:06:34,974.69627324 I'm also a Virgo. 65 00:06:35,14.69627324 --> 00:06:35,984.69627324 I love a plan. 66 00:06:36,674.69627324 --> 00:06:47,224.69527324 I love to, have my list, but sometimes it's like hand a little bit of that off to the universe and the unknown and the field of possibilities or whatever you want to call it. 67 00:06:47,694.69527324 --> 00:06:48,674.69527324 And you'd be amazed. 68 00:06:48,774.69527324 --> 00:06:51,814.69527324 Things can take care of themselves and line up easier that way. 69 00:06:52,714.69527324 --> 00:07:01,844.69527324 And the energy that you experience and put yourself out into the world is so much more grounded than it would be if you just got up and went a hundred percent the minute you got up. 70 00:07:02,379.69527324 --> 00:07:02,979.69527324 Yes. 71 00:07:03,109.69527324 --> 00:07:03,639.69527324 Yes. 72 00:07:03,869.69527324 --> 00:07:04,549.69527324 You're aligned. 73 00:07:04,619.69527324 --> 00:07:05,319.69527324 Big difference. 74 00:07:05,319.69527324 --> 00:07:13,139.69527324 And I've noticed on the rare day that I don't get my practice in the morning, you can feel the difference in how my energy evolves through the day. 75 00:07:13,899.69427324 --> 00:07:14,299.69427324 For sure. 76 00:07:14,359.69427324 --> 00:07:20,289.69427324 That even goes even with the contact of who you are in contact with and how you make decisions. 77 00:07:20,289.69427324 --> 00:07:21,719.69427324 It's more so a priority. 78 00:07:21,719.69427324 --> 00:07:25,959.69427324 And once you start doing that, you start realizing how important it truly is. 79 00:07:25,959.69427324 --> 00:07:26,439.69427324 So that's. 80 00:07:26,939.69527324 --> 00:07:39,399.69527324 Such a gift with what you brought the world is being able to support people in that and prioritizing that in a way that is not as difficult as so many people feel like it has to be. 81 00:07:40,839.69527324 --> 00:07:42,139.69427324 Yeah, absolutely. 82 00:07:42,259.69527324 --> 00:07:44,319.69527324 It is a challenge at first, for sure. 83 00:07:44,429.69427324 --> 00:07:45,624.59527324 I totally get that. 84 00:07:47,204.69527324 --> 00:07:54,174.69527324 So you have mentioned the challenge of maintaining a feminine approach in a traditionally masculine business world. 85 00:07:54,984.69527324 --> 00:08:03,54.69427324 How does this influence your day to day decisions with SoulPod? Such a good question. 86 00:08:03,264.69427324 --> 00:08:04,374.69427324 We could go in a few different. 87 00:08:04,384.69427324 --> 00:08:17,989.69527324 I think it was important to me that in building SoulPod's team, that it was There's not, there's more of us, but there's still not a ton of female entrepreneurs. 88 00:08:17,989.69527324 --> 00:08:25,109.69527324 And as you probably know, only about 2 percent get venture capital funding, which is crazy. 89 00:08:25,749.69527324 --> 00:08:29,539.69527324 So there's still a lot of headwinds for female entrepreneurs. 90 00:08:29,729.69427324 --> 00:08:36,339.69527324 So there were a few things important to me to actively ensure that I had a majority female team. 91 00:08:37,89.69527324 --> 00:08:47,39.69427324 Looking for that head of marketing, that designer, the developer that is female takes conscious effort to bring that forward. 92 00:08:47,599.69427324 --> 00:09:02,434.69327324 That was really important to me and Connecting with other female entrepreneurs as well because there's not a ton of us that space, those women, yourself included that are building these spaces and creating in the world. 93 00:09:02,444.69427324 --> 00:09:04,624.69327324 I think it's so important to support one another. 94 00:09:05,4.69427324 --> 00:09:08,304.69327324 So that's been really important to me as well. 95 00:09:08,794.69327324 --> 00:09:12,924.69327324 And all that being said is we really wanted SoulPod to be for all genders. 96 00:09:13,304.69327324 --> 00:09:24,574.69227324 So definitely inviting the feminine into SoulPod spaces and supporting the masculine the healed and awakening masculine is really important to us as well. 97 00:09:25,894.69127324 --> 00:09:27,824.69227324 The healed and awakening masculine. 98 00:09:28,604.69227324 --> 00:09:30,344.69227324 It's beautiful. 99 00:09:30,624.69227324 --> 00:09:34,544.69227324 And more and more of it is starting to happen. 100 00:09:34,924.69227324 --> 00:09:43,34.69227324 And it's so different than the masculine that we've known for so long. 101 00:09:43,324.69227324 --> 00:09:47,204.69227324 Yeah, they're really powerful and it's so exciting. 102 00:09:47,664.69127324 --> 00:09:52,284.69127324 I'm very excited about the men that I've met recently that are on this path. 103 00:09:52,674.69127324 --> 00:09:57,334.69127324 And, we attract The frequency and energy of who we are and who we be. 104 00:09:57,494.69127324 --> 00:10:09,714.69027324 But soul pod and doing our practices when we raise our frequency, understand ourselves at a deeper level, then we attract those people into our lives which then creates even more ripple effect. 105 00:10:09,724.69027324 --> 00:10:16,694.69127324 So I love that you said that masculine that you're meeting recently is a different type and it's because. 106 00:10:17,94.69127324 --> 00:10:18,514.69127324 You're doing your work too. 107 00:10:18,524.69127324 --> 00:10:20,224.69127324 So you're calling that in. 108 00:10:20,654.69127324 --> 00:10:24,714.69027324 I used to think externally, there's so much going on. 109 00:10:24,724.69127324 --> 00:10:34,994.69127324 How can I make an impact? But all you need to do is to know yourself, heal yourself, understand yourself, love yourself, and then that attracts. 110 00:10:35,684.69127324 --> 00:10:39,914.69127324 A frequency, and then it brings out a frequency with every person you come into contact with. 111 00:10:39,924.69127324 --> 00:10:43,634.69127324 So just by understanding yourself, you're helping heal humanity. 112 00:10:43,634.69127324 --> 00:10:46,694.69127324 And that's the easiest thing to do, I feel, rather than the external. 113 00:10:47,574.69127324 --> 00:10:48,974.69027324 And you can get very overwhelmed. 114 00:10:49,544.69027324 --> 00:10:50,154.69027324 Very. 115 00:10:50,564.69027324 --> 00:10:52,274.69127324 Yeah, I totally agree. 116 00:10:52,304.69127324 --> 00:11:02,404.69127324 I like the concept that each healed person, it's not a linear line, that each healed person is this exponential. 117 00:11:02,724.69227324 --> 00:11:04,494.69227324 affect exponential ripple. 118 00:11:04,874.69227324 --> 00:11:09,504.69227324 If you're thinking about even just myself healing, that's going to have such an impact. 119 00:11:09,514.69227324 --> 00:11:11,274.69227324 Bigger than I think people realize. 120 00:11:11,794.69227324 --> 00:11:12,914.69227324 It's not one to one. 121 00:11:13,374.69127324 --> 00:11:16,764.69227324 So that's a very empowering way of thinking about healing. 122 00:11:17,294.69327324 --> 00:11:18,824.69327324 And like you said, not overwhelming. 123 00:11:19,594.69327324 --> 00:11:23,754.69327324 Creativity and self expression are clearly at the core of your work. 124 00:11:24,144.69327324 --> 00:11:30,754.69327324 How do you keep this flow alive, especially when the demands of running a company can feel all consuming. 125 00:11:32,124.69327324 --> 00:11:33,224.69327324 Absolutely. 126 00:11:33,404.69327324 --> 00:11:36,244.69327324 It's a constant balance, I would say. 127 00:11:37,754.69327324 --> 00:11:46,444.69227324 I'm still trying to figure out what the balance is on the creative space and being in the business, working on the business, being in the business. 128 00:11:46,994.69227324 --> 00:11:55,319.69327324 But it's so important because I like to think of businesses as their own energy, their own entity. 129 00:11:55,789.69327324 --> 00:11:58,69.69327324 It's not really about me. 130 00:11:58,79.69327324 --> 00:12:04,939.69327324 It's more about me being a vehicle for something to come forth into the world, which is inherently a creative endeavor. 131 00:12:05,979.69327324 --> 00:12:11,149.69327324 Have you read Rick Rubin's recent book? I think it's called maybe The Creative Way. 132 00:12:12,229.69327324 --> 00:12:13,189.69327324 I have. 133 00:12:13,319.69227324 --> 00:12:14,639.69327324 Yeah, it's so good. 134 00:12:14,639.69327324 --> 00:12:18,939.69327324 And I think he really nails like the idea of the creative process. 135 00:12:19,419.69327324 --> 00:12:21,219.69227324 And there's many different phases to it. 136 00:12:21,239.69327324 --> 00:12:33,159.69327324 And so I try to be sensitive to ensuring that I give myself space and time to go back to the conceptual phase or the fine tuning phase. 137 00:12:33,679.69327324 --> 00:12:39,779.69327324 And sometimes that looks like actively making sure I take a week off, like I just did this last month in Venice. 138 00:12:40,209.69327324 --> 00:12:56,479.69327324 To myself, my husband didn't come, I didn't know anybody in the city, I didn't have any big plans to do tours or whatever, I just wanted to be in a new place, in a new energy, and work on creative things, give them some space. 139 00:12:56,974.69327324 --> 00:13:15,484.69327324 Which is so hard to do and I'm very privileged I was able to do that but I do try and be cognizant of needing that space because certain types of creativity and certain things that want to come through from the unknown into the known they're not going to come through until you give it that space. 140 00:13:15,554.69327324 --> 00:13:19,74.69327324 And so I'm constantly listening to those whispers. 141 00:13:19,624.69327324 --> 00:13:27,304.69327324 Do you find that travel helps support you in that and getting away from your everyday? I love, yeah, I am such a travel nerd. 142 00:13:27,394.69327324 --> 00:13:43,124.69427324 First of all, I just love seeing the world and I'm so curious but it does give you this nice shake up in your daily habits so that you can get a little bit of space from again, the known and go more into the unknown, which is where creativity likes to live. 143 00:13:43,624.69427324 --> 00:13:45,104.69427324 So that's, yeah, absolutely. 144 00:13:45,104.79427324 --> 00:13:45,112.19427324 Yeah. 145 00:13:45,112.19427324 --> 00:13:45,119.59427324 Absolutely. 146 00:13:46,879.69427324 --> 00:13:54,819.69427324 And I also feel like getting out of the everyday normal type of things opens up your mind to new ideas. 147 00:13:55,59.69427324 --> 00:13:55,619.69427324 Different things. 148 00:13:55,619.69427324 --> 00:13:57,929.69427324 The energy is different. 149 00:13:58,249.69327324 --> 00:14:01,609.69427324 And I've noticed with my personal self that same thing I can get. 150 00:14:01,904.69427324 --> 00:14:07,964.69427324 So caught up in the every day that my creativity gets stagnant and stale. 151 00:14:08,374.69427324 --> 00:14:16,514.69427324 And then when I just decide I'm going to go away on a trip and not have anything that I have to do, just be in that creative flow. 152 00:14:16,794.69427324 --> 00:14:19,514.69427324 Beautiful things come back in them because I'm rusted. 153 00:14:19,784.69427324 --> 00:14:25,544.69427324 When I come back home, all of these things start flooding in, but it is something that. 154 00:14:25,809.69427324 --> 00:14:32,249.69427324 Entrepreneurs have to be aware of because we can get so stagnant and stuck in just doing that every day. 155 00:14:32,519.69427324 --> 00:14:35,379.69427324 And then we lose that connection of creativity. 156 00:14:36,379.69427324 --> 00:14:37,129.69427324 Absolutely. 157 00:14:37,189.69427324 --> 00:14:37,869.69427324 Totally agree. 158 00:14:38,29.69427324 --> 00:14:38,619.69427324 Yeah. 159 00:14:39,239.69427324 --> 00:14:43,549.69527324 Now you do bring a beautiful blend of practical and the mystical to your vision. 160 00:14:44,69.69327324 --> 00:14:55,4.59427324 How do you bridge these realms when communicating soul pods mission, especially to those who may be new to the practices? Yeah. 161 00:14:55,944.69427324 --> 00:14:59,104.69427324 The empirical and the mystical dance together. 162 00:14:59,174.69427324 --> 00:15:12,404.69327324 I have a degree in biochemistry and I've worked in oncology research and genomics, and I'm a huge fan of science as a language, but it's not the only language. 163 00:15:12,954.69327324 --> 00:15:31,474.69227324 in science and math, we're trying to take something complex and distill it down into an equation or something that's its simplest form so that we can understand it and apply it in different areas so that we can understand how the universe works. 164 00:15:32,74.69227324 --> 00:15:34,234.69227324 I think we sometimes forget that. 165 00:15:34,699.69327324 --> 00:15:51,169.69327324 Personal experience, which I always tell people, don't take my word for it as far as what you discover when you go deeper into meditation, go deeper into meditation and discover it for yourself because it's there waiting for you, but personal experience and it's there waiting for you. 166 00:15:52,789.79327324 --> 00:15:56,9.79327324 When you start to have those experiences, it is a data point. 167 00:15:56,49.79327324 --> 00:15:57,409.79327324 I like to think of it as a data point. 168 00:15:57,409.79327324 --> 00:16:05,79.79327324 It is science because you are having, you're making an observation that maybe is hard to explain, given your human senses. 169 00:16:05,559.79327324 --> 00:16:09,709.79227324 And so that's the mystical the empirical and the science can certainly support. 170 00:16:09,709.79327324 --> 00:16:14,49.79277324 We've got plenty of it in SoulPod for those who enjoy it like I do. 171 00:16:14,499.79277324 --> 00:16:27,519.79277324 We try and provide that as grounding, but also encouraging you to explore and be the spiritual scientist and discover what happens when your brain goes from linear to nonlinear. 172 00:16:27,929.79177324 --> 00:16:34,709.79377324 And what does that mean for you in your journey? And that's what I'm most excited about and what we try to balance in SoulPod. 173 00:16:35,839.79377324 --> 00:16:38,89.79377324 I love that spiritual scientist. 174 00:16:38,229.79377324 --> 00:16:38,819.79377324 Yeah. 175 00:16:39,239.79377324 --> 00:16:39,689.79377324 Yeah. 176 00:16:40,119.7937732 --> 00:16:40,849.7937732 Go explore. 177 00:16:41,549.7937732 --> 00:16:47,189.7937732 So Pod's mission seems to thrive on exploration and the potential for transformation. 178 00:16:47,809.7937732 --> 00:17:08,179.7947732 What grounds you as you guide others on their own awakening journeys? What grounds me? And has there been a pivotal experience that shifted your own perspective on change? I think the idea that change is constant. 179 00:17:08,719.7947732 --> 00:17:11,399.7937732 The ego likes to control. 180 00:17:11,569.7937732 --> 00:17:14,829.7927732 Likes to find its ways to keep you safe. 181 00:17:14,929.7927732 --> 00:17:17,109.7927732 Biologically, that's how we're wired. 182 00:17:17,109.8927732 --> 00:17:26,199.8927732 And so when it comes to transformation, I think of it as you can either, either it's going to come to you one of two ways and it's probably going to be a mix. 183 00:17:26,439.8927732 --> 00:17:29,929.8927732 One is into your experience when you least expect it. 184 00:17:29,929.8927732 --> 00:17:40,899.8917732 For me, severe illness or something else is coming into your experience and you're forced to transform you're forced to go through this change that certainly you wouldn't otherwise have taken on. 185 00:17:41,279.8917732 --> 00:17:43,809.8917732 And we've all experienced that in our lives. 186 00:17:44,294.8917732 --> 00:17:47,764.8917732 So that is transformation, that is change, that is growth. 187 00:17:48,354.8917732 --> 00:17:57,974.8917732 But I think there's also another way to bring that into your life, which I really love the idea that you can be conscious transformers. 188 00:17:59,174.8917732 --> 00:18:08,804.8917732 You can take that on yourself and you can bring this transformation into your life in a very conscious way, a very intentional way. 189 00:18:09,364.8917732 --> 00:18:15,684.8917732 And you might find when life hits you in the face a little bit, starts to become maybe a little bit less. 190 00:18:15,684.8917732 --> 00:18:17,254.8917732 I'm not saying it's ever going away. 191 00:18:17,264.8917732 --> 00:18:29,624.8917732 But I think for me, what's really grounding about change and transformation and what we support in SoulPod is that you can do this consciously and take it into your own hands in a way. 192 00:18:30,94.8917732 --> 00:18:34,234.8917732 And I think you go so much further faster by doing that. 193 00:18:34,719.8917732 --> 00:18:35,629.8917732 The embodiment. 194 00:18:36,169.8917732 --> 00:18:36,709.8917732 Yeah. 195 00:18:37,409.8917732 --> 00:18:45,559.8917732 And it takes a heavy dose of courage to do that because when you do start to sit with yourself, we're sitting with everything. 196 00:18:45,569.8917732 --> 00:18:52,399.8907732 We're sitting with the sides of ourselves that we don't necessarily want to see and that takes courage for sure. 197 00:18:53,129.8907732 --> 00:18:55,499.8907732 And also the beautiful parts of yourself you start to see. 198 00:18:57,99.8907732 --> 00:18:59,429.8907732 Oh, yes, true. 199 00:18:59,509.8907732 --> 00:19:06,109.8907732 So many people focus on the parts that they don't want to see that they forget about the parts that they get to see. 200 00:19:06,849.8907732 --> 00:19:07,279.8907732 Yeah. 201 00:19:07,319.8907732 --> 00:19:09,289.8897732 The unlimited you exists. 202 00:19:09,309.8897732 --> 00:19:09,929.8887732 It's there. 203 00:19:10,659.8897732 --> 00:19:11,719.8897732 And that's exciting. 204 00:19:14,89.8897732 --> 00:19:38,609.8907732 So in leading a community like SoulPod, what does it mean to create a space where others can feel grounded and free to explore their own transformations, which you just explained? And how do you cultivate that balance? we just had a retreat and I told the participants, I will walk with you to that cliff edge. 205 00:19:39,794.8907732 --> 00:19:44,544.8907732 And I'll hold your hand, and I'll take you there, and you're safe, and you're always safe. 206 00:19:45,769.8907732 --> 00:20:01,609.8887732 At some point, ultimately, in your transformation and your change in your inner journey, it's up to you whether you want to jump off the cliff and know that you're going to be caught in the field of possibilities, in the ether, in the astral in the quantum, whatever you want to call it. 207 00:20:03,94.8897732 --> 00:20:06,194.8897732 But it is ultimately in their hands. 208 00:20:06,194.8897732 --> 00:20:08,124.8897732 It's in everyone's hands. 209 00:20:08,154.8897732 --> 00:20:10,364.8897732 There's free will, there is choice. 210 00:20:10,934.8897732 --> 00:20:15,884.8897732 Some people may not decide in this lifetime that doing the conscious inner work is for them. 211 00:20:15,944.8897732 --> 00:20:18,814.8897732 I've talked to a few of those people and they're aware of it. 212 00:20:18,864.8897732 --> 00:20:26,814.8897732 They're like, you know what, maybe next lifetime I'll go deep and fully self realize or awaken and that's also okay. 213 00:20:26,834.8897732 --> 00:20:30,414.8897732 So I think the balance there is that we provide structure. 214 00:20:31,644.8897732 --> 00:20:44,964.8897732 We provide support, we provide inspiration, and we also provide space for you to explore as a spiritual scientist that you are, and ultimately it's in your hands and how far you want to go. 215 00:20:44,964.8897732 --> 00:20:57,309.8897732 I love that you brought up in this lifetime because with a lot of the studies that Everything that you do. 216 00:20:57,309.9897732 --> 00:21:02,769.8897732 And this is something that supported me in continuing my growth, because a lot of people do feel overwhelmed. 217 00:21:02,769.8897732 --> 00:21:18,989.8897732 What am I going to do in this lifetime? I'm not going to be able to do all these things in this lifetime, but within that, the belief of everything that we do in this lifetime gets carried over to the next so that we're born into a family that is. 218 00:21:19,424.8897732 --> 00:21:25,524.8897732 bringing us further along than we would normally be or it's not like we forget anything. 219 00:21:25,524.8897732 --> 00:21:27,534.8897732 We get to bring it with us. 220 00:21:27,984.8897732 --> 00:21:40,224.8892732 So that's something I reflect back on sometimes when I feel like I'm getting older and all these things and I'm not, there it's everything I am doing though I get to bring into the next. 221 00:21:40,234.8892732 --> 00:21:43,34.8892732 So it's not like we're rushing to this end result. 222 00:21:43,354.8892732 --> 00:21:45,94.8892732 You get to learn experience. 223 00:21:45,474.8892732 --> 00:21:49,174.8892732 This life and know that it's not going to be lost. 224 00:21:49,434.8892732 --> 00:21:49,924.8892732 It's not. 225 00:21:49,944.8892732 --> 00:21:50,684.8892732 Oh, yeah. 226 00:21:50,914.8892732 --> 00:22:13,409.8892732 Yeah, you I like what? Esther Hicks says Abraham Hicks if you listen to them She says you never get it done and never get it right and there's something very liberating about that I think in spiritual development we think about hitting this point of enlightenment And I think enlightenment is more of a stepping stone. 227 00:22:13,409.8892732 --> 00:22:15,79.8892732 I don't think it's, that's not it. 228 00:22:15,99.8892732 --> 00:22:16,139.8892732 That's not the end. 229 00:22:16,239.8892732 --> 00:22:20,379.8892732 There's more to expand into whether it's in this realm or other realms. 230 00:22:20,839.8892732 --> 00:22:26,359.8892732 And so for me, that's a really liberating concept because. 231 00:22:27,289.8892732 --> 00:22:39,329.8892732 That means that you're perfect where you are and you're perfect for desiring where it is you want to go and knowing that there's always something to expand into takes a little bit of pressure off, I think. 232 00:22:39,689.8882732 --> 00:22:40,19.8882732 Yeah. 233 00:22:40,19.8882732 --> 00:22:41,199.8882732 And there's no rush to get there. 234 00:22:41,209.8872732 --> 00:22:41,979.8882732 You get to be in that. 235 00:22:42,679.8882732 --> 00:22:48,79.8882732 moment and fully embrace whatever it is in that moment. 236 00:22:48,829.8882732 --> 00:23:03,229.8882732 I will say with that, that I do think it's a special time on the planet right now where there is this opening for expansion and change that is unique. 237 00:23:03,229.8882732 --> 00:23:05,89.8882732 It doesn't mean it's never going to happen again. 238 00:23:05,199.8882732 --> 00:23:22,909.8892732 I think it'll be around for a while, but There are these moments in time where we're invited, the invitation is there and it's up to you whether you want to take it or not, but I find that also very exciting that there is this kind of collective awakening momentum that you can join. 239 00:23:24,634.8892732 --> 00:23:33,264.8882732 And there's a lot of different things with fear and chaos and it is how people respond to it. 240 00:23:33,274.8892732 --> 00:23:39,414.8882732 Because if you think about it, it takes a lot of chaos for any change to be happening. 241 00:23:39,414.8892732 --> 00:23:48,934.8892732 When there's been something that has been so consistent for so long, of course there's going to be chaos when things start to shift and change. 242 00:23:48,944.8892732 --> 00:23:49,644.8892732 So although it's. 243 00:23:50,64.8892732 --> 00:23:58,434.8892732 Scary for many of us that feel like this earth is shifting and growing and evolving, it means it's shifting, growing and evolving. 244 00:23:59,334.8892732 --> 00:23:59,724.8892732 Yeah. 245 00:23:59,884.8892732 --> 00:24:00,114.8892732 Yeah. 246 00:24:00,174.8892732 --> 00:24:01,394.8892732 So it is a beautiful time. 247 00:24:01,634.8892732 --> 00:24:05,194.8892732 I totally agree with you as a leader. 248 00:24:05,204.8892732 --> 00:24:17,644.8892732 How do you approach moments of uncertainty or when complex decisions need to be made? How do you approach those uncertain moments? The unknown. 249 00:24:18,174.8892732 --> 00:24:20,954.8892732 For uncertain moments as a leader. 250 00:24:21,939.8892732 --> 00:24:27,899.8892732 I think it's important for me to get out of my head sometimes and back into my heart. 251 00:24:28,399.8892732 --> 00:24:34,339.8897732 I have a natural inclination because of my background in science that this is I love hanging out in the analytical. 252 00:24:34,669.8887732 --> 00:24:37,639.8887732 And so sometimes I have to be like, okay, we've got the numbers. 253 00:24:38,4.8897732 --> 00:24:44,134.8897732 Now, let's drop it into the heart space to really feel into what's the best next thing. 254 00:24:44,684.8897732 --> 00:24:46,714.8897732 The mind thinks, but the heart knows. 255 00:24:47,184.8897732 --> 00:24:48,54.8897732 I love that. 256 00:24:49,264.8897732 --> 00:25:01,134.8897732 And I think also being really open and transparent with all of those involved at that time when you're trying to navigate uncertainty and change in business and in life. 257 00:25:01,559.8897732 --> 00:25:07,789.8897732 Is keeping those communication channels open so that inspiration can flow to you from other sources as well. 258 00:25:07,789.8897732 --> 00:25:10,619.8897732 You could meet the right person at the right time. 259 00:25:11,289.8887732 --> 00:25:16,749.8877732 So staying open instead of closing down in uncertainty is a big thing for me. 260 00:25:18,309.8877732 --> 00:25:29,804.8887732 And how has doubt shaped your path? How do you move through questioning to finding clarity in those moments of doubt? Another great question. 261 00:25:29,834.8887732 --> 00:25:30,444.8887732 I love it. 262 00:25:31,14.8887732 --> 00:25:38,474.8882732 I think doubt is, doubt's always going to be around when we're in a human body. 263 00:25:38,474.8882732 --> 00:25:41,274.8887732 The ego is here and grounds us into the human experience. 264 00:25:41,914.8877732 --> 00:25:58,864.8887732 What I have learned over the years, especially since my severe illness, is that I always ask myself, where do I want to place my energy? What is the best use of my energy? And doubt is usually not a great. 265 00:25:59,604.8887732 --> 00:26:09,704.8887732 use of my energy, I would much rather transition that and transmute that into positive expectation or possibility. 266 00:26:10,234.8887732 --> 00:26:15,919.8882732 I think when I'm in doubt, I'm in the narrowed, funnel of consciousness. 267 00:26:15,919.8882732 --> 00:26:17,339.8882732 I'm narrowed down. 268 00:26:17,839.8882732 --> 00:26:25,109.8882732 This is usually when you're like the sympathetic nervous system, the analytical mind, and you can see maybe only one possible outcome. 269 00:26:25,109.8882732 --> 00:26:32,479.8882732 Like I have to get healed or I have to hit this number or you only see one outcome. 270 00:26:33,369.8882732 --> 00:26:51,704.8892732 Whereas if you let the doubt go, and this is why spiritual practice is so critical for me, I can expand my awareness a little bit into the upper funnel and then You start to see potentials and options that the analytical mind just wasn't able to see. 271 00:26:52,124.8892732 --> 00:26:58,424.8892732 I use doubt as a very helpful flag that I need to move my awareness back up the funnel. 272 00:27:00,254.8882732 --> 00:27:01,794.8892732 That's a great answer. 273 00:27:02,724.8892732 --> 00:27:03,104.8882732 Thank you. 274 00:27:03,734.8882732 --> 00:27:09,324.8882732 I love the way your mind thinks and your heart thinks. 275 00:27:10,699.8882732 --> 00:27:19,159.8882732 Because this is why I love meeting people through podcasting because we all think and are so different. 276 00:27:19,669.8882732 --> 00:27:23,259.8882732 And I'm not a person that is very analytical. 277 00:27:24,329.8882733 --> 00:27:27,379.8882733 I'm like, not in the head at all. 278 00:27:27,629.8882733 --> 00:27:29,179.8882733 I'm constantly in the body. 279 00:27:29,439.8882733 --> 00:27:40,179.8882733 So to be able to witness and to be able to listen, you express the connection helps me, and I'm sure it helps others too, that don't have that connection. 280 00:27:40,189.8872733 --> 00:27:45,899.8872733 And this is why it's so beautiful to recognize our differences as strengths. 281 00:27:46,589.8882733 --> 00:27:57,739.8872733 We get to learn new perspectives and ideas and connections between just having a conversation or listening or witnessing something. 282 00:27:57,739.8872733 --> 00:27:59,729.8882733 So I wanted to thank you for that. 283 00:28:00,649.8882733 --> 00:28:01,219.8882733 Yeah. 284 00:28:01,259.8882733 --> 00:28:02,69.8892733 And thank you. 285 00:28:02,69.8892733 --> 00:28:04,129.8872733 It's such a superpower to be in your body. 286 00:28:04,679.8872733 --> 00:28:07,119.8882733 There's it's so intelligent. 287 00:28:07,239.8882733 --> 00:28:09,589.8882733 So that's a very powerful tool. 288 00:28:11,809.8882733 --> 00:28:14,699.8882733 As someone who guides others through their awakenings. 289 00:28:15,4.8882733 --> 00:28:23,244.8892733 What's your approach to helping people who feel lost or uncertain? I think the first thing is that you're never actually alone. 290 00:28:23,764.8892733 --> 00:28:28,964.8892733 So I think sometimes when we're feeling lost or uncertain we can also feel very lonely. 291 00:28:29,624.8882733 --> 00:28:36,354.8892733 And What I've come to know through spiritual practice is that you're never truly alone. 292 00:28:36,734.8892733 --> 00:28:41,894.8892733 Your guides are here, your connection with source is always there so you're not alone. 293 00:28:41,894.8892733 --> 00:28:51,494.8897733 And then the other thing that I like to think about when people are feeling lost or uncertain is that you're in a really big vortex of potential at that time. 294 00:28:51,679.8897733 --> 00:28:54,409.8897733 So I actually get very excited for those people. 295 00:28:54,409.8897733 --> 00:28:59,379.8897733 And I've been talking to a few people, even in the last few months who feel like this. 296 00:28:59,899.8897733 --> 00:29:01,429.8897733 And I'm like, congratulations. 297 00:29:02,559.8897733 --> 00:29:06,679.8877733 They're like, what? I'm like you're in the unknown. 298 00:29:06,739.8887733 --> 00:29:08,829.8887733 You're the explorer right now. 299 00:29:08,829.8887733 --> 00:29:10,49.8897733 You're the wanderer. 300 00:29:10,449.8897733 --> 00:29:15,29.8897733 And you're picking up nuggets of inspiration along the way. 301 00:29:16,339.8897733 --> 00:29:22,739.8897733 And this can be such a fertile ground for creating where you're going. 302 00:29:23,89.8897733 --> 00:29:26,879.8897733 And so I get very excited about this uncertainty. 303 00:29:26,939.8897733 --> 00:29:33,29.8897733 I do also understand how the ego can get inflamed because it likes certainty. 304 00:29:33,109.8907733 --> 00:29:36,229.8907733 Our minds and body are wired for certainty. 305 00:29:36,249.8907733 --> 00:29:37,499.8907733 It likes the known. 306 00:29:37,999.8907733 --> 00:29:50,909.8907733 You're rewiring some things at the same time and it makes sense that doubt can come in, that feeling aimless can come in as well, but I like to redirect that into you're in a very potent vortex of opportunity. 307 00:29:52,249.8907733 --> 00:29:59,909.8907733 So is that what you feel is essential is letting them know that it's actually an opportunity rather than yeah, I think so. 308 00:30:00,789.8907733 --> 00:30:01,329.8907733 I think so. 309 00:30:01,549.8907733 --> 00:30:05,99.8907733 Looking back on the times in my life that I felt lost It's not easy. 310 00:30:05,309.8907733 --> 00:30:10,279.8907733 I'm certainly not saying that it is, but looking back on it. 311 00:30:10,279.8907733 --> 00:30:17,639.8907733 I'm like, wow, I was in such a beautiful opportunity of transformation and creation. 312 00:30:18,229.8907733 --> 00:30:19,479.8897733 And I wouldn't have it any other way. 313 00:30:20,59.8897733 --> 00:30:27,719.8897733 I'd love to go into a little bit on your thoughts on New Earth and its potential.. 314 00:30:28,469.8897733 --> 00:30:28,859.8897733 I know. 315 00:30:28,859.8897733 --> 00:30:30,29.8897733 Not a big question. 316 00:30:30,529.8897733 --> 00:31:11,994.9922733 Yeah, what we were talking about is the we're redefining what it means to be human and, think how consciousness plays a role in what it means to be human what spirituality means in being human and a new earth, I think back to our prior conversation about feeling lost and uncertain moving from that uncertainty into something new and the new earth, I think is a humanity that has learned or is learning how to use their inner technology, how to activate it. 317 00:31:13,44.9922733 --> 00:31:25,324.9932733 And that's moving up the ladder of consciousness from a fear based consciousness, not saying everybody is, but humanity as a whole. 318 00:31:25,864.9932733 --> 00:31:30,219.9932733 Are we resonating more in fear, shame, guilt? Unworthiness. 319 00:31:31,79.9932733 --> 00:31:43,589.9932733 to moving past that point of courage, which I think is a pivot point in spiritual development, and into this new way of being, this kind of grounded state for humanity. 320 00:31:44,539.9932733 --> 00:31:49,109.9922733 And we're collectively all being invited to be a part of that. 321 00:31:49,539.9932733 --> 00:31:54,109.9932733 Then I think the other pivot point with consciousness is when you come to the point of love. 322 00:31:54,709.9932733 --> 00:32:04,99.9932733 Not just romantic love, but this remembering of our connection, a true knowing that we are connected we're not separate. 323 00:32:04,349.9932733 --> 00:32:18,379.9922733 And when that starts happening on a collective level, and I don't even think it takes that many people, then that's going to set a new baseline for humanity in this planet, which is intertwined consciousness. 324 00:32:20,314.9932733 --> 00:32:25,254.9932733 I think big changes and very exciting things start to happen when that happens. 325 00:32:25,309.9932733 --> 00:32:28,849.9932733 Would you say that's already starting to happen? I think so. 326 00:32:28,969.9932733 --> 00:32:30,139.9932733 I think so. 327 00:32:30,439.9932733 --> 00:32:30,709.9932733 Yeah. 328 00:32:30,709.9932733 --> 00:32:31,189.9932733 I do. 329 00:32:31,189.9932733 --> 00:32:42,974.9932733 I think we're right smack in the middle of it, and I think there's probably other beings, evolved beings that are watching very closely and cheering us on. 330 00:32:43,534.9932733 --> 00:32:45,124.9932733 I got goosebumps when you said that. 331 00:32:45,124.9932733 --> 00:32:48,294.9932733 I know when I get goosebumps that, that's magic. 332 00:32:48,294.9932733 --> 00:32:49,374.9932733 It's my body responding. 333 00:32:49,374.9932733 --> 00:32:50,124.9932733 Ooh, I just got it too. 334 00:32:52,589.9932733 --> 00:32:54,329.9932733 Oh, isn't that interesting? Yeah. 335 00:32:54,959.9932733 --> 00:32:55,909.9932733 Full body. 336 00:32:56,309.9932733 --> 00:32:56,829.9932733 Wow. 337 00:32:57,539.9932733 --> 00:32:57,919.9932733 Yeah. 338 00:32:57,969.9932733 --> 00:32:58,469.9932733 Okay. 339 00:32:58,469.9932733 --> 00:32:59,489.9932733 Something's, yeah. 340 00:33:00,539.9932733 --> 00:33:01,569.9932733 That's the magic. 341 00:33:01,635.0932733 --> 00:33:02,924.9932733 That's it. 342 00:33:03,234.9932733 --> 00:33:03,654.9932733 That's it. 343 00:33:04,384.9932733 --> 00:33:15,324.9932733 How do you see soul pod contributing to this vision? Yeah, this really is truly the reason that I created soul pod is to give. 344 00:33:16,84.9932733 --> 00:33:27,919.9932733 I think there'll be no shortage of places that people will need to be supported in this process and in different approaches are going to resonate with different people. 345 00:33:28,529.9932733 --> 00:33:38,929.9932733 And I wanted to provide a avenue for helping people along that process of awakening because it can be sometimes confusing. 346 00:33:39,199.9922733 --> 00:33:44,869.9912733 For me, I started seeing ghosts for a few years when I hadn't seen disembodied consciousness before. 347 00:33:45,639.9912733 --> 00:33:50,179.9912733 There's all kinds of things that happened on the spiritual awakening journey. 348 00:33:50,589.9902733 --> 00:33:58,319.9902733 That's what SoulPod is all about, is supporting that process of awakening, of moving through different levels of consciousness. 349 00:33:58,349.9892733 --> 00:34:17,609.9902733 I also think that each energy center has its own consciousness, so I like to spend time with those energy centers and that consciousness to help you integrate it, understand it, embody it, explore it and what role does feminine authenticity play in this collective awakening as well? Juicy question. 350 00:34:18,209.9902733 --> 00:34:19,899.9902733 Feminine authenticity. 351 00:34:21,949.9902733 --> 00:34:31,699.9892733 I think, and let me know if you agree, I think that the feminine has had to operate more so in the masculine for a long time. 352 00:34:31,909.9882733 --> 00:34:42,999.9892733 We've had to adjust even in business, you could say, in a lot of ways, especially in my career, I had to adjust how I was to fit with the masculine expectations. 353 00:34:43,639.9882733 --> 00:34:46,29.9882733 And I do feel that shifting. 354 00:34:46,419.9882733 --> 00:34:49,789.9882733 as we speak, where we can be truly feminine. 355 00:34:50,199.9882733 --> 00:34:57,19.9882733 We can grow our businesses in a way that is sustainable, that is feminine, that is caring. 356 00:34:57,639.9872733 --> 00:35:01,159.9892733 And I feel like I'm rediscovering what that really means. 357 00:35:01,249.9892733 --> 00:35:05,929.9902733 And I think it's the time for the feminine to really be leading. 358 00:35:06,559.9902733 --> 00:35:12,979.9902733 And that can be in all kinds of different spaces that have traditionally been led by the masculine. 359 00:35:13,244.9902733 --> 00:35:29,834.9892733 We're getting this opportunity to be led by the feminine, and I think there's going to be this amazing supportive balance that starts to happen as we explore what does it mean to be feminine and in our energy and in our authenticity at this point. 360 00:35:30,64.9902733 --> 00:35:32,384.9892733 And I think that's really exciting. 361 00:35:33,354.9892733 --> 00:35:34,494.9892733 Yeah, I agree. 362 00:35:34,594.9892733 --> 00:36:07,95.0892733 And I also, you mentioned, it's like reconnecting with what feminine is because yeah, we have only a preconceived notion of what we thought feminine was because we were not allowed in certain aspects to be a certain way within business or in relationships even, and even with self expression and holding ourselves back and not letting ourselves be bold and be out there. 363 00:36:07,325.0892733 --> 00:36:18,485.0892733 So there's many aspects that I feel like we are reconnecting to the soft feminine, the loving feminine, the caring, the dark feminine. 364 00:36:18,485.1892733 --> 00:36:21,115.0892733 There's All these warrior feminine. 365 00:36:21,115.0892733 --> 00:36:22,355.0892733 I love the warrior feminine. 366 00:36:22,775.0892733 --> 00:36:23,945.0892733 I can see that for you. 367 00:36:24,45.0892733 --> 00:36:26,835.0892733 Actually, I can so see that for you. 368 00:36:26,855.0892733 --> 00:36:28,825.0882733 And that's a lot of my chart is warriors. 369 00:36:29,65.0892733 --> 00:36:29,445.0892733 Warrior. 370 00:36:29,445.0892733 --> 00:36:30,645.0892733 Is it really? Oh yeah. 371 00:36:30,655.0892733 --> 00:36:31,195.0892733 I knew it. 372 00:36:31,235.0892733 --> 00:36:34,665.0887733 I knew it because when people are like, Oh, think of a goddess. 373 00:36:34,665.0887733 --> 00:36:39,475.0892733 I'm like, no, I'd rather be on a horse with all the stuff like warrior type. 374 00:36:39,685.0892733 --> 00:36:40,245.0892733 Yes. 375 00:36:40,275.0892733 --> 00:36:40,815.0892733 Yes. 376 00:36:41,205.0892733 --> 00:36:41,445.0892733 Yeah. 377 00:36:41,455.0892733 --> 00:36:42,355.0892733 We, yeah same. 378 00:36:42,785.0892733 --> 00:36:43,235.0892733 Yeah. 379 00:36:43,235.0892733 --> 00:36:49,665.0882733 So it's there's all these different aspects of feminine that was suppressed that we weren't allowed to be. 380 00:36:49,675.0892733 --> 00:36:59,625.0882733 And now we are able to reconnect to it and see who our true authentic feminine aspect is within each one of us. 381 00:37:00,395.0892733 --> 00:37:02,715.0892733 So you've walked a path that balances science. 382 00:37:03,300.0892733 --> 00:37:05,620.0892733 and spirit, structure, and flow. 383 00:37:06,370.0892733 --> 00:37:25,90.0892733 For the listeners just beginning to question traditional ways of being and feeling that pull towards something deeper, what would you say to challenge them to trust in their unique path? The right teachers, guidance, modalities will show up at the right time. 384 00:37:26,70.0892733 --> 00:37:32,620.0892733 I know it's been true for me and I know it to be true for others. 385 00:37:32,910.0892733 --> 00:37:47,810.0892733 So trusting in the universe to provide that information and that path and that if you have a curiosity about something to trust that and follow it and explore it there is no wasted. 386 00:37:48,70.0892733 --> 00:37:50,10.0892733 effort and time when it comes to that. 387 00:37:50,360.0892733 --> 00:37:56,580.0892733 If you explore it and you discover it's not for you, that's valuable time and information. 388 00:37:57,190.0892733 --> 00:38:07,940.0892733 So absolutely trust your process, trust your curiosities, the things that come across your path that lights you up, that you get curious about and you can't go wrong. 389 00:38:08,675.0892733 --> 00:38:35,695.0892733 And soul pod could actually do that because the thing that comes up for me is the shiny object syndrome where a lot of people, they see all these different modalities, so having that support and guiding you, like trusting your intuitive knowing and what you're drawn to, and also staying with it, because it's not going to be, yeah, it's not going to be easy all the time. 390 00:38:35,705.0892733 --> 00:38:40,105.0882733 And usually when it gets hard, that's when it's starting to work. 391 00:38:40,665.0892733 --> 00:38:44,735.0892733 Oh my gosh, a hundred percent, like totally agree. 392 00:38:44,845.0892733 --> 00:38:48,605.0892733 And SoulPod really is for the person that's ready to go deeper. 393 00:38:49,305.0892733 --> 00:38:51,795.0892733 And, the biohacking. 394 00:38:51,825.0892733 --> 00:39:01,315.0882733 There's some things about biohacking that I'm a fan of, or maybe I do but I do think you can get distracted a little bit sometimes by the next big thing. 395 00:39:01,805.0892733 --> 00:39:14,535.0907733 When ultimately, even when it comes to psychedelics, I think psychedelics and consciousness altering experiences can be little portals that can show you what's possible, but nothing is really going to replace. 396 00:39:14,755.0907733 --> 00:39:18,255.0907733 Your inner engineering that you do throughout your life. 397 00:39:18,915.0907733 --> 00:39:24,275.0907733 And the way to mastery is. 398 00:39:25,70.0907733 --> 00:39:27,790.0907733 consistency, increasing your duration. 399 00:39:28,220.0907733 --> 00:39:37,130.0907733 And to your point I so agree with this because I was in a four hour meditation once and my body fought me so hard. 400 00:39:37,170.0907733 --> 00:39:39,190.0897733 I felt like I was on fire at one point. 401 00:39:39,230.0897733 --> 00:39:41,40.0897733 I thought I was going to have a heart attack at another point. 402 00:39:41,560.0897733 --> 00:39:43,540.0897733 And that's just an example of the body. 403 00:39:43,760.0907733 --> 00:39:58,700.0907733 Revolting against you, which it will do because it doesn't want to go into the unknown, but on the other side of that resistance, if you can stay with it and stay consistent and increase your duration is a massive breakthrough. 404 00:39:58,890.0897733 --> 00:40:02,450.0897733 And that's been true every single time, even in daily meditation. 405 00:40:02,850.0907733 --> 00:40:11,330.0907733 When I have that moment where I want to get up and I'm looking at my clock and I'm like, I've been here for 45 minutes, like 10 times out of 10. 406 00:40:11,400.0907733 --> 00:40:13,180.0907733 If I go back in and I. 407 00:40:13,480.0907733 --> 00:40:21,110.0907733 I say to myself, I'm not getting up until I feel unlimited or expansive or loved or in bliss. 408 00:40:21,750.0897733 --> 00:40:22,540.0897733 It comes. 409 00:40:22,995.0907733 --> 00:40:26,255.0907733 And it's wild to me that's the case, but it is the case. 410 00:40:26,265.0907733 --> 00:40:29,945.0907733 So I 100 percent agree stick with it when it gets hard. 411 00:40:30,425.0907733 --> 00:40:38,965.0897733 I wanted to ask you, how long is your daily practice usually for meditation? On average, I do at least 20 minutes. 412 00:40:39,175.0907733 --> 00:40:42,565.0907733 At least a couple times a week, I'll do about an hour and a half. 413 00:40:43,115.0907733 --> 00:40:46,385.0902733 I like to push that duration longer and longer. 414 00:40:46,385.0902733 --> 00:40:49,295.0907733 And the longest I've done is about four hours. 415 00:40:49,795.0907733 --> 00:40:51,865.0907733 And that's a real journey for sure. 416 00:40:53,275.0897733 --> 00:40:58,715.0907733 And what type of meditation is it that you practice? That's a good question. 417 00:40:58,725.0907733 --> 00:40:59,765.0907733 I don't know if I have. 418 00:41:01,55.0907733 --> 00:41:03,645.0907733 A one like a lineage answer on that one. 419 00:41:04,5.0907733 --> 00:41:07,405.0907733 It's a mixture of all kinds of things that I've picked up over the years. 420 00:41:07,955.0907733 --> 00:41:20,624.9907733 But I would say, Kriya Yoga and Kundalini Yoga and the associated yogis and masters have been very influential for me. 421 00:41:21,124.9907733 --> 00:41:22,954.9907733 I do a lot of breath work. 422 00:41:23,134.9907733 --> 00:41:25,554.9907733 I do some mantra work. 423 00:41:25,764.9907733 --> 00:41:29,694.9917733 I do some unfocused expansion work as well. 424 00:41:30,404.9917733 --> 00:41:32,144.9917733 I just kind of experiment. 425 00:41:32,394.9917733 --> 00:41:35,89.9927733 So even though It is consistent. 426 00:41:35,139.9927733 --> 00:41:36,319.9927733 It's still. 427 00:41:36,619.9927733 --> 00:41:37,749.9927733 Very experimental. 428 00:41:37,939.9927733 --> 00:41:38,529.9927733 Yeah. 429 00:41:38,929.9927733 --> 00:41:49,39.9927733 I'm constantly exploring if I introduce this, what will happen? When I had a Kundalini awakening, there was a lot of experimentation on what brought that on. 430 00:41:49,59.9927733 --> 00:41:54,799.9927733 How can I allow it? But yeah, I'm very, I love thinking about it as being a spiritual scientist. 431 00:41:54,799.9927733 --> 00:42:07,309.9927733 So last question, if you could plant one seed in the hearts of those on the cusp of their awakening, something to help them break free from old beliefs and step boldly into their unique purpose. 432 00:42:08,164.9927733 --> 00:42:12,34.9927733 What would that be? One seed. 433 00:42:12,254.9927733 --> 00:42:13,984.9927733 I think courage is that seed. 434 00:42:15,134.9927733 --> 00:42:16,974.9927733 Courage in your journey. 435 00:42:17,364.9927733 --> 00:42:19,414.9927733 Knowing that you're right where you need to be. 436 00:42:21,4.9927733 --> 00:42:26,144.9927733 And I think optimism for what can come. 437 00:42:28,764.9927733 --> 00:42:31,634.9927733 That was more than one seed, but That's okay. 438 00:42:32,354.9927733 --> 00:42:53,184.9927733 Is there anything else you want to share about soul pod? I think for those of you that are looking to go deeper and and further into your awakening journey and looking to connect with people who are also on that path, that are also courageous and curious and maybe like the mystical and the a little bit we'd love to support you. 439 00:42:54,804.9927733 --> 00:43:12,554.9927733 And I love the practical too, so it is so nice because then they can feel safe and dipping their toe into the woo, because, a lot of times there's a lot of fear that comes up with that and misunderstandings or judgment. 440 00:43:12,894.9927733 --> 00:43:17,184.9927733 So it's beautiful that you bring both of those and can support. 441 00:43:17,639.9927733 --> 00:43:23,19.9927733 Both types of energies and people and have a safe space for them. 442 00:43:23,359.9927733 --> 00:43:24,29.9927733 Absolutely. 443 00:43:24,69.9927733 --> 00:43:26,229.9917733 We've got a nice dose of analytical mystical. 444 00:43:26,889.9927733 --> 00:43:27,499.9927733 I love it. 445 00:43:27,899.9927733 --> 00:43:29,159.9927733 Thank you, Crystal, for being here. 446 00:43:29,159.9927733 --> 00:43:29,999.9927733 I appreciate it. 447 00:43:30,9.9927733 --> 00:43:33,339.9917733 For all of you listening, definitely check out SoulPod. 448 00:43:33,389.9927733 --> 00:43:38,549.9927733 All the information will be in the And the show notes And again, just grateful to connect with you. 449 00:43:38,599.9927733 --> 00:43:44,89.9917733 I love everything that you're bringing to this world and helping new earth a weekend. 450 00:43:44,549.9917733 --> 00:43:45,389.9922733 I appreciate it. 451 00:43:45,439.9922733 --> 00:43:47,789.9912733 It's us that are doing these things. 452 00:43:48,69.9912733 --> 00:43:50,69.9922733 So I appreciate being able to be in your energy. 453 00:43:50,79.9922733 --> 00:43:50,919.9922733 Thank you so much. 454 00:43:51,449.9922733 --> 00:43:52,169.9922733 Thank you, Miranda. 455 00:43:52,179.9922733 --> 00:43:58,539.9922733 I appreciate being in your energy and what you're doing with this channel is so interesting and so fun. 456 00:43:58,909.9922733 --> 00:43:59,999.9912733 So thank you for having me. 457 00:44:01,439.9922733 --> 00:44:04,429.9922733 And for all of you, love you all till next time. 458 00:44:06,334.6589399 --> 00:44:11,74.5589399 Thank you for joining us on another insightful episode of the Provoking Prosperity podcast. 459 00:44:11,74.6589399 --> 00:44:18,774.6579399 We hope today's conversations have emphasized the vital role of creativity in a world often numbed by distractions and disconnected from truly feeling. 460 00:44:19,194.6589399 --> 00:44:23,654.6579399 Remember your creativity is a potent catalyst for change and genuine connection. 461 00:44:24,64.6589399 --> 00:44:27,94.6579399 If you've been inspired by what you've heard today, take action. 462 00:44:27,524.6589399 --> 00:44:34,424.6589399 Share your creativity with the world, support fellow creatives, and join us in provoking prosperity in our lives and the world around us. 463 00:44:35,74.6589399 --> 00:44:36,774.6579399 Don't forget to hit the subscribe button. 464 00:44:37,124.6589399 --> 00:44:41,614.6589399 Until next time, stay inspired and continue to create from the heart.

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Ep 157 - Soulful Science & Sacred Spaces: Bridging the Analytical and Mystical with Crystal Cassidy (1/3 Emotional Manifesting Generator)

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