128: Book Reflections| The Mastery of Self by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.
“This book is a master class on how to release false ideas about your reality, dissolve outdated agreements that do not serve your true nature, and step into your role as the passionate artist of your own life.” Don Miguel Ruiz
This book is a must read! I absolutely loved it and just love the powerful messages contained within. Our reality is a creation by up domesticated state of awareness. If we can shift our awareness and realise the our reality is within out control, releasing ourselves from any false beliefs or attachments, we can open up a path in life that is absolutely our own.
Don talks about domestication in greater detail in this book but essentially it is how from a young age we are domestic by receiving rewards and punishment that build to form our beliefs and behaviours and therefore depicting our current reality. We often attach ourselves to these states of being that are responsible for holding us back from living a truly authentic life.
The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past. Simon Sinek
When you face challenge and experience adversity – do not give up! It is within these moments that we really need to test ourselves. If we stop due to self-doubt and limiting beliefs we will never reach our ultimate desires. We must push forward.
It is within the faces of challenge that really makes life exciting however often in challenge we start questioning our own ability. These thoughts can slow us down or stop us altogether on our progress forward. Clear those thoughts and knock down the wall. The lessons learnt are divine and make life grand.
Preserver and persist – you will get there! Enjoy my thought and this show. Peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
Karan Bajaj is a #1 bestselling Indian novelist with more than 200,000 copies of his novels in print, both optioned into major films. Karan’s first worldwide novel, The Yoga of Max’s Discontent, has been called “The greatest adventure of our Generation” by The Daily Telegraph and was inspired by Karan’s one year sabbatical traveling from Europe to India by road and learning yoga and meditation in the Himalayas.
From being born and raised in India, Karan now lives and works our of Brooklyn, New York, sharing his work on writing and meditation with over 100,000 subscribers each week.
In this episode we go on a spiritual journey reviewing the states of Dharma and Karma. We bring the East to the West. What it means to live towards your innate tendencies, striving to purify thoughts and actions and how through the law or Karma does every action have an equal and opposite reaction.
We discuss meditation, silence, yoga and even touch on the thought of death and how that relates to living a life with passion and purpose.
I really hope you enjoy this interview with Karan as much as I did and until next time, peace, passion and purpose.
On Following Your Passion and Awakening To Your Authentic Path
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” May Sarton
When you take the courage to take that first step towards living a life that is more authentically your own, you may never look back. In todays show Aleesha and I chat and about what it means to connect more deeply with your passions and how in doing so you start to connect again with your true self. In doing so you awaken yourself to a much more beautiful and meaningful life.
This journey is not always easy but we can all take it. We can all cut our own trail forward and leave behind our own path. Aleesha shares her recent discoveries on how she made this possible and while she has greater dreams and desires still to be fulfilled, she certainly agrees that life is already much richer simply by stepping out from the life that she thought she had to live.
Take our hands and let us inspire and encourage you to step up to the plate and start hitting the home runs in life that you deserve to be hitting. Enjoy!
Peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
“You are a fish out of water.”
Amazon Best-Selling Author, Podcaster, lover of iced tea and snarky banter, Faydra is determined that no one facing a crisis feel alone. Known in pop culture as America’s Crisis Coach™ Faydra interviews high-achievers who have faced unimaginable obstacles and come out on top. Her bold approach to crisis management is out of the box and is changing lives.
In this episode we talk about how to get out of the fire and overcome crisis. Faydra shares her expertise and some positive light on how we can deal and manage with these challenges we face so that we can go on living a kick ass life.
Discussing the beauty and importance of expressing your self, how to deal with fear and conformity, the value of communities, the grief and loss cycle, the concept of grace and validation and also how to manage forgiveness. So much gold in this show.
I really hope you enjoy this chat and would like to ask you to please leave your thoughts. Until next time, get out of the crisis and into a life you love. Peace, passion and purpose.
On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine by Cara Bradley
Today I review a book on what it means to live life on the verge. The verge is a place, as Cara describes, where two rivers join. It is here where life flourishes greatly. In life this place called the verge exists by living in the now.
By waking up to each moment will allow you to appreciate life more deeply and calmly. It is also that by becoming more attuned in the present that you and all your brilliance flourishes.
If you with to seek some new perspective as well as insights and techniques on how to tap into you personal power then this is a great read.
“I don’t know enough to worry, so don’t worry.” Jeffrey Slayter
In this episode I discuss why the differences between beliefs and behaviours and why beliefs don’t always need to come before behaviours, which is commonly thought the case.
Action helps change. Action takes you towards those goals you desire to achieve. You must take action. It is actually through action also that you will build powerful, more deeply imbedded beliefs, that will propel you forward in your success.
We all have pre-existing beliefs and certainly need to build our beliefs to a certain level to help us to take the first step and to take action, but it is actually in action our beliefs form much more strongly.
Make sure you check out my interview with Jeffrey Slayter here. And until next time, leave your thoughts and comments, peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
John Chapman is a serious adventurer and has become a well-known name in the Australian bush-walking scene and as a world explorer. His passion began as a student when him and some buddies decided to do some walking – from there the passion grew. He created a keen interest in climbing and has climbed some of the greatest peaks around Australia and across the globe.
His serious experience navigating the bush and tracks around the globe lead him to writing articles for various magazines and publication and then onto writing books. He held various jobs throughout his adventures to fund his trips and feed this style of lifestyle. He know writes guide books that while don’t pay very well certainly allow him to take longer trips away to fulfil his passion.
In this episode we chat all about hiking, climbing and simply following your passion. If you want to enjoy what you do then you may need to make some compromises in life.
Passion filled and very enjoyable, I hope you felt the same. Until next time peace, passion and purpose.
Your Guide To When Saying Yes & No Is Appropriate
In this episode I share my thoughts on when it is appropriate to say yes and when to say no. This are two very powerful words and both have the ability to transform our lives.
One is not necessarily more favourable than the other, both have there time and there place however there is much literature and talk out there that says you need to master the art of saying yes or saying no. I believe you must master the art of saying both and this is simply by becoming more aware of when its suitable to use either one.
Enjoy my thoughts and make sure you check out my blog post here for more details. Until next time, peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
Jason Wrobel is a world-renowned leader in organic raw vegan cuisine, culinary education and epicurean entertainment. With a focus on radical simplicity and artful presentation, he imbues his ecstatic raw food creations with the energy of fresh, local, organic produce and the healing properties of raw superfoods.
“My goal as a culinary artist is to use organic raw and living foods as a catalyst to heal our bodies and increase our longevity,” said Wrobel.
He does this by using food, music and entertainment to inspire people’s creativity, tantalize their imaginations and turn them on to how fun, easy and incredibly tasty healthy organic cuisine can be. His dishes have become hands-down favorites among celebrity clients who consistently rave about his healthy, innovative and delicious plant-based creations.
In this episode we discuss his passion as he inspires and shares the wonderful world of food and all its benefits. It is not all Vegan yet more a multi-dimensional approach to both food and health. Discussing the ins and outs of certain types of foods and specific benefits and the overall reason for adopting such a way of life. He is both knowledgeable and thorough on this topic.
I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did and until next time, can’t wait to hear from you, peace, passion and purpose.
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