i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living

Yvette Bowlin Yoga, for me, was a life-changer. When I first discovered it for myself firsthand in 2006, I went in blind but open. Eager for the experience, actually. And I had always heard that you are what you think about. But at that point in my life, I didn’t find it easy to shift my thoughts … Continue reading "EP48: The Benefits of Yoga" The post EP48: The Benefits of Yoga appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Omari Broussard, mentor and coach, joins me today to discuss how to mind map and the benefits of mind mapping. All the nuances of mind mapping contribute to the overall goal of decluttering your mind–clearing out the cobwebs and allowing your brilliance to peek through during a brainstorming session. Free-flow brainstorming using a mind map … Continue reading "EP47: Mind Mapping" The post EP47: Mind Mapping appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is it with fear of rejection? The sweaty palms, the butterflies, the paralyzing sensation. What is at the root of that fear and how can we begin to empower ourselves in face of that fear? This fear affects our behavior. So everything we do in life is an effort to avoid pain, humiliation, and … Continue reading "EP46: Fear Of Rejection" The post EP46: Fear Of Rejection appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin We dive into how to learn anything with today’s question. The power of our mind is at the root of our being able to learn and accomplish anything. So, how do we tap into that inherent power to learn and achieve anything we want? It’s a lot easier than you think. But before we answer … Continue reading "EP45: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A" The post EP45: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is inner peace? What keeps us from inner peace? How can we achieve inner peace? This week’s episode goes into these questions and reveals the simplicity and ease of falling back into peace whenever you want. As easily as making the decision to have peace. It’s not about achieving peace as it is remembering that … Continue reading "EP44: Inner Peace" The post EP44: Inner Peace appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Self-actualization and self-discovery–which are commonly referred to as personal development, self-help, and self-improvement–all titles that have the “quest for perfection” in common. According to psychologist, Alexander Maslow, a man’s life is based on his search for fulfillment and realizing his full potential. Maslow’s philosophy speaks of these ambitions across man’s lifetime. And Maslow’s notable Hierarchy … Continue reading "EP43: Self-Actualization & Self-Discovery" The post EP43: Self-Actualization & Self-Discovery appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is your authentic self? At your core, the only emotion is peace, abundance, freedom, love, and joy. That’s your true nature. In this body, you are peace, love and joy incarnate and you have access to all of those feelings at any time you choose. It may take some working toward it, but know it’s possible. … Continue reading "EP42: Our True Nature" The post EP42: Our True Nature appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is clarity? What are the benefits of clarity? How can you get clarity? Today we discuss these questions and get to the heart of clarity–why does everyone want it?! And what does meditation have to do with it? Well, this is a perfect time to talk about clarity, because did you know 2014 is … Continue reading "EP41: Clarity" The post EP41: Clarity appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin 2014 is just a few days new and ready and open to become whatever you want to make of it. Isn’t this an exciting place to be? To be facing a new chance, a new opportunity, a new year to make what you want happen? How can we make this our best year yet? What’s … Continue reading "EP40: A New Year" The post EP40: A New Year appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Today’s question comes from Helen and she wants to know how she can manifest a better body without the disappointment of yo-yo dieting? How many of us have the same question–especially as we write our resolutions for 2014? There is an essential area that you want to become clear on when attempting to lose weight … Continue reading "EP39: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A" The post EP39: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is fear and how does it show up in our lives? Is it always that debiliating, paralyzing thing that keeps us from moving forward? Yes, it is! Fear is there, will continue to be there, but it doesn’t have to control us. How can you regain your power over it? By becoming present and … Continue reading "EP38: Fear" The post EP38: Fear appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Gratitude is that glow you have when you come from a place of love and appreciation. The role of gratitude in making life enjoyable, liveable, and the best it can be is so important. And it’s actually an easy thing to do, be and have–gratitude! Gratitude is not about material possession, money, resources, or status—you … Continue reading "EP37: Gratitude" The post EP37: Gratitude appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Don’t you just love the holidays? The holidays are not always eggnog, candy canes and movie scenes, are they? We have a laundry list of to-dos to get the house ready for guests, a long list of secret santa gifts to buy, errands to run, people to entertain, work to do. It can make your … Continue reading "EP36: Decluttering For The Holidays" The post EP36: Decluttering For The Holidays appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Productivity is a major aspect of manifestation. When you get down to it, manifesting your dreams takes intention and action. But how do you drill down to the most precise action steps to get to your goals, doing what you know how to do and doing it effectively and in a timely manner? You do … Continue reading "EP35: Productivity" The post EP35: Productivity appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Career clutter is that fear that holds us back, keeping us from moving forward on that project, that new business pitch, public speaking, or asking for that promotion. It keeps us stuck in our insecurity, to the point that we stay put, right where it feels “safe.” Ah, but that’s a false sense of security. … Continue reading "EP34: Career Clutter" The post EP34: Career Clutter appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Today’s question is about body clutter: where does dieting fit in? Let’s take a deep look at dieting; what it is and why we do it. Why do we diet in the first place? Is it some obsession to look and be different than what we are–trying all the means that have worked for other … Continue reading "EP33: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A" The post EP33: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin We explore the deeper side of commitment and how we can hang on to it as long as we remember it’s all our decision. We’re one decision away from committing…or ending a commitment. Why do we commit in the first place? And how can we benefit most from commitment? One idea is to use commitment … Continue reading "EP32: Commitment (Part 2)" The post EP32: Commitment (Part 2) appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin When there’s no reason to attach to people or things, what would be the reason to commit? What’s behind our inclination to commit to anything or anyone? The dictionary defines commitment as, “the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.; or an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action.” So … Continue reading "EP31: Commitment (Part 1)" The post EP31: Commitment (Part 1) appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin When it comes to love, there is no attachment. Love doesn’t mean to hold someone in your care, under your responsibility, as your possession. Might sound cold-hearted, but when you don’t “care” about what happens to your loved one, that’s love. When your ability to enjoy and hold compassion for this person doesn’t wane with … Continue reading "EP30: Detached Attachment" The post EP30: Detached Attachment appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Heart clutter, nothing but thoughts, memories and stories that keep us stuck in pain. Keep our hearts in protective custody behind barbed wire and brick walls. Who can break those down? No one. Only you can clear that clutter away. Clearing away your heart clutter can mean drastic improvement in all of your relationships. How … Continue reading "EP29: Heart Clutter" The post EP29: Heart Clutter appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin We’re still on the subject of body clutter–all the junk that corrupts our minds about our bodies, and therefore corrupts the healthy flow of blood and nutrients throughout our bodies. This episode isn’t about the how-to of dieting and fitness routines, though…that discussion would never end. Besides, there’s always some new research coming out to … Continue reading "EP28: Health & Fitness" The post EP28: Health & Fitness appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Today we’re answering a question about expectations versus agreements. The question is: Do you feel like agreements put strain on a relationship like a pre-nup? If there are too many rules and contracts, do we lose the freedom of being in love? What a great question! We go into that and more about relationships in … Continue reading "EP27: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A" The post EP27: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Everywhere you look, you can see manifestations of body clutter. Even when you look at yourself. There is obesity, anorexia, alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, self-mutilation, and so much more that is the result of body clutter. Is it safe to say there’s something about your inner functioning or outer appearance that you wish you could … Continue reading "EP26: Body Clutter" The post EP26: Body Clutter appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Perception is reality. Our world is what we make it out to be; what we tell ourselves it is. Just by thinking we see, hear, smell, taste, or touch a thing helps create this reality we live in. So our experience is our reality. And what creates the experience? Thought. That’s all. Just our thoughts, … Continue reading "EP25: Perception Is Reality" The post EP25: Perception Is Reality appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin We’ve all heard them, the voices in our heads. The ones that won’t shut up and keep us riding this emotional roller coaster (and yelling “stop” doesn’t help). How do we calm that mental chatter and bring more peace and presence into our lives? There are many ways to bring that chaos under control. This … Continue reading "EP24: Mental Clutter" The post EP24: Mental Clutter appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin We are walking zombies; every day engulfed in a full on trance, constantly thinking about what just happened that caused us pain or humiliation, what’s about to happen that could cause us pain or humiliation, and what has to happen next in order to prevent pain or humiliation. That’s our meter, we gauge everything according … Continue reading "EP23: Power of Thought" The post EP23: Power of Thought appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is an affirmation? How do you create one? What’s an effective way to use affirmations to change your life? What is the origin of affirmations and how did this practice come to be? There’s so much to learn about affirmations and more so in the way that they can help change your life. When … Continue reading "EP22: Affirmations" The post EP22: Affirmations appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Today we’re answering a question about meditation. The question is: I struggle with sitting still, I’m a runner and I like to keep a busy schedule—makes me feel productive. How can I settle down and sit still in order to meditate? Learn more about meditation and how to get disciplined to do it! Episode 21: … Continue reading "EP21: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A" The post EP21: ‘Conversation About Life’ Q&A appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin We can’t talk about success without addressing failure. What is failure? What’s keeping you stuck in failure? Why is it that everything is a struggle? If you believe you’re a failure, you’re a failure. We set ourselves up for either course, success or failure, just by the way we think. Like success, failure is just … Continue reading "EP20: Failure Is…" The post EP20: Failure Is… appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is success? We all want to be successful, but what does that mean? How do you define success for yourself? What is the indicating factor that you’ve finally arrived? Is your definition something you came up with or a definition you read somewhere? Are you comparing your level of success with what others have? … Continue reading "EP19: Success Is…" The post EP19: Success Is… appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is regret? What is acceptance? They are our gauge for how we’re experiencing each moment. Our quality of experience is contingent on which of these we exercise at any moment. Regret leaves us stuck in the past and causes us to justify, complain, harbor, resent, and stall. Acceptance just allows everything to be and … Continue reading "EP18: Regret & Acceptance" The post EP18: Regret & Acceptance appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin How would it feel to make peace with the past, forgive who you were way back when and allow your growth to unfold as it may? That would require you to stop judging the past! Would that feel nice, not to be judged anymore? Well, as much as you make others the defendant on your … Continue reading "EP17: Judgment" The post EP17: Judgment appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Sex, Dating and Relationships Expert and certified life coach, Natalie Vartanian, joins me to discuss how to keep your sex and dating lives healthy. She answers the questions: how do you heal from negative relationship baggage, how do you make commitment work, how do you get over your inhibitions in the bedroom, how do you … Continue reading "EP16: Sex, Dating & Relationships" The post EP16: Sex, Dating & Relationships appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Relationships don’t have to be hard. The effort you continue to put into your relationships might be going into the most inefficient places. You might be sabotaging your relationships because you just don’t know better. For instance, are you making demands or requests of others in your relationships? Are you requiring certain things from others … Continue reading "EP15: Expectations vs Agreements" The post EP15: Expectations vs Agreements appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Forgiveness is to stop feeling resentment toward someone for not meeting your expectations. I like to say it’s to let someone off the hook for the way we feel–since what we feel is only a result of our interpretation of what we think happened. We all make mistakes; we do the best we can with … Continue reading "EP14: Forgiveness" The post EP14: Forgiveness appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Happy Father’s Day! Just like our fathers kissed and bandaged our boo-boos and kept us safe from the boogeyman, as we age and become more aware, it’s up to us to heal our own wounds. The wounds I’m speaking of are more psychological and emotional than physical, but these wounds are debilitating. These wounds keep … Continue reading "EP13: Healing Wounds" The post EP13: Healing Wounds appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Journaling can be a life-changing spiritual living tool! In the same way you seek a therapist to listen to your concerns, dilemmas, problems, sadness or happiness, we can listen to ourselves! We can do our own inner probing–not that a journal should replace a therapist for some, but it could be a nice supplement. With … Continue reading "EP12: The Benefits of Journaling" The post EP12: The Benefits of Journaling appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is eating for nutrition? To piggyback on last week’s episode, we’re still talking about food! This time we’re talking about eating for nutrition with Camille Macres, chef and founder of Recipe RX. She recommends we eat according to our own body type and dietary needs–we’re all different so we have to consider our own … Continue reading "EP11: Eating For Nutrition" The post EP11: Eating For Nutrition appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin This episode’s about mindful eating. Are you eating just to eat, or are you consciously aware of why and what you’re eating? How do you become aware of food, its ingredients and how it’s prepared in order to make better decisions for your dietary needs? Listen to this episode for some tips on how to … Continue reading "EP10: Mindful Eating" The post EP10: Mindful Eating appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin It’s time to get serious about decluttering your life. But to declutter means so much more than cleaning your desk off, or donating clothes to Goodwill. So much more is involved. It’s actually a job for your mind. Once you get your mind committed to the change of living a clutter-free lifestyle, all else–the physical … Continue reading "EP9: Declutter Your Life" The post EP9: Declutter Your Life appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin In honor of Mother’s Day, let’s look at unconditional love. What is unconditional love and how can we express this in all of our relationships? Is it even possible to? This is what we explore in today’s episode. Have you mangled what true love is with your expectations and demands? Or decided that someone’s love … Continue reading "EP8: Unconditional Love & Relationships" The post EP8: Unconditional Love & Relationships appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Go with flow. We can’t control what happens only how we choose to see what does. What if we allowed things to unfold as they will, and what does happen is a better outcome than we would have even known to ask for. Lao Tzu, founder of Taoism and author of ‘Tao te Ching’ says, … Continue reading "EP7: Resistance & Flow" The post EP7: Resistance & Flow appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is meditation and how does it serve you? This is your crash course in meditation–learn quickly and easily what it is, what it does and all that’s available in this discipline. We’ll dive into the root of meditation, the benefits of meditation, various meditation techniques and by the end, I’ll lead you through a … Continue reading "EP6: What Is Meditation?" The post EP6: What Is Meditation? appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is mindful awareness, or mindfulness? Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of, Wherever You Go, There You Are, and founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), defines it as “moment to moment non-judgmental awareness.” Mindful awareness is of Buddhist origin but is applicable to all aspects and walks of life. It is awakening to each moment, opening our … Continue reading "EP5: Mindful Awareness" The post EP5: Mindful Awareness appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Dr Steve Taubman, author of UnHypnosis: How to Wake Up, Start Over, and Create the Life You’re Meant to Live joins me today to reveal his COUGAR goal setting method. Delve deep inside yourself to find out what really matters to you, not what someone told you to care about. Once you’ve connected to what’s important … Continue reading "EP4: Goal Setting" The post EP4: Goal Setting appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin We all believe something. That belief either limits us or empowers us. It’s our choice what our beliefs will be and therefore how they will affect us. Limiting beliefs keep us down, drained, devoid of energy and fervor. Who wants to live that way? Would you change it if you could? With the help of … Continue reading "EP3: Limiting Beliefs" The post EP3: Limiting Beliefs appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin What is faith? Is faith a religious thing? Does faith imply a conviction in something? Really, faith is just a belief we tell ourselves to believe. What do you have faith in? You can have faith in hope or hopelessness. Faith in possible or impossible. Faith in what could be or physical circumstances. To light … Continue reading "EP2: Faith or Fiction?" The post EP2: Faith or Fiction? appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.

Yvette Bowlin Did you know that the creation of life begins in your mind? What we put our minds to, we can do. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone,” says Neale Donald Walsch. Episode 1: Leap of Faith Be sure to subscribe to the podcast for future episodes!   The post EP1: Leap of Faith appeared first on i heart life: The How-To of Spiritual Living.