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The Morning Light Show with Adair Cates

by Adair Cates

Turn off the morning news and tune into an episode of The Morning Light Show for inspiration, insights & practices to free your spirit, open your heart and start your day off LIGHT and BRIGHT! 20-minutes-or-less monologues and dialogues focused on showing up and bringing out the best in others.

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Episodes

  1. Reflections and Time-Hacks for the Nearly Burnt Out

    Because BUSY is a drug many of us are unconsciously addicted to, we choose to act on things that may or may not make a meaningful impact. We spend our time instead of investing it. During this season of going back to school and juggling a million and one things in the middle of a pandemic, it's…

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  2. Episode 276: Moving Through Life with Grace & Grit An Episode for 3 Special People in My Life

    Last week someone gave me a beautiful compliment that brought tears to my eyes and resonated deep in my soul, all while reminding me of my Nanny and inspiring me to BE grace and grit for my daughters. Today's episode is about moving through life with grace and grit - through the joys, tears,...

  3. Episode 275: Personality Isn't Permanent with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

    On today's episode, we have Dr. Benjamin Hardy who is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn’t Work and Personality Isn't Permanent. His blogs have been read by over 100 million people and are featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, Big Think, and many…

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  4. Episode 274: Eyes Wide Open - Choosing to See Even When It's Hard

    Step into your life with an EYES WIDE OPEN approach 👀. Yes, there will be things that you're not excited to see (extra rolls on your belly, too many digits on your debt, toxicity or codependence in a relationship etc). But there will be many good things to celebrate too🎉. If you remind yourself...

  5. Episode 273: Four Things Your Future Self Is Begging You to Give Up

    On the road to becoming who we choose to be, we often focus on what we have to start or do to get there, and rarely, if ever, consider what we have to give up along the way. Quitting things is absolutely part of winning at our futures. On today's episode, learn the four things to give up or…

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  6. Episode 272: Awaiting Results: Being Psychologically Flexible In Scary Uncertainty

    Cold symptoms 10 days after a hospital visit with my daughter + a low grade fever had me get tested for COVID-19 early this week. The onset of the symptoms, and where my mind went after that was NOT a place I want to spend a lot of time (way worse than a dark alley in the middle of the night!). I...

  7. Episode 271: Three Practices to Move Through RoadBlocks With Ease When You're Creating BIG CHANGE

    Without fail, when we stretch ourselves into new territory with a goal that's outside of our 'norm,' something will come along to try and stop you. Because we memorize ways of being and states of reality in every cell of our bodies through our actions and habits, when our chemistry gets 'off' as…

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  8. Episode 270: How to Stop Avoiding the Hard Things with Cherry Rose Tan

    How good are you at talking about the hard things? How comfortable are you with the discomfort of facing your pain and using it as your greatest teacher? With 12 years of expertise in psychology, Cherry Rose has guided thousands through the trenches of mental health. A fifth-generation...

  9. Episode 269: Clearing Abundance Blocks to 8x My Income in One Month

    I've read countless books on creating wealth, attended numerous webinars, workshops and retreats, listened to podcasts etc etc etc yet I still couldn't get past my abundance blocks to generate the income and profit I choose for myself. With a new 'why' as I uncouple and build a new life to…

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  10. Episode 268: Your Personality IS Flawed AND It Doesn't Matter

    Have you ever taken one of those personality assessments? 📝 Perhaps the Myers-Briggs (ENFP baby!), Enneagram (I'm a 7) or Hogan (my personal go-to). Have you heard the quote "The greatest predictor of the future is the past?" 🗣️ It doesn't have to be that way! While they're helpful in telling…

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  11. Episode 267: Leading Well From Within During Extraordinary Times with Dr. Danny Friedland

    If you've been grappling with how to show up for yourself and others in recent weeks amongst the racial unrest in our country, this episode will bring you resources to lead well from within. On today's episode, Dr. Danny Friedland, a renowned doctor in the Evidence-Based Medicine movement…

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  12. Episode 266: The Three Steps of Deliberate Creation with Spiritual Musician & XCHANGE Guide Brotha James

    Now more than ever, it's critical for each of us to show up powerfully and take FULL responsibility for our energy because our frequency directly impacts how we give, love and serve in the world. On today's episode, musical sensation Jeremy Reisig (aka Brotha James) shares through our buoyant yet...

  13. Episode 265: The Power of Your Well-Being & Being Unmuted

    Rachel Drukenmiller was the #1 health promotion professional in the United States and a Director of Well-Being for a large consulting firm before starting her mission-driven business as a speaker and facilitator to help people get unmuted. Through her personal experience of singing in a gospel...

  14. Episode 264: Fiercely Finding and Re-Connecting to the SOURCE of all Change (within and without)

    I experienced a bug invasion in my studio that rocked my world this week. After denying it, resisting it, fighting it, getting pissed off at it, blaming my landlord about it, I came to a place of peace. Once I had let go of that lower energy to embrace a higher vibration, I found what I had been...

  15. Episode 263: Shining a Light On, Inquiring Into and Clearing Away What's Not Working (without the heaviness of shame)

    One day we will look back at this very moment in history and think to ourselves, "Wow! That was really hard." It's not easy to face the things that are not working as individuals or the collective. Over the last ten days, I've been getting very real with myself around my finances. At the same…

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  16. Episode 262: What to Do When You Realize You're a Deprivation Addict

    The Quarantine was a time to be with ourselves (and our loved ones) in a way like never before. > Words that recently jumped off of the pages of articles and books that...

  17. Episode 261: Releasing Inertia and Letting Go of Excuses

    Before I knew the world would be put on a mandatory "time out," I chose to put myself on one to rest, heal and see what would emerge. Now I'm realizing that my inertia has gotten the best of me and it's time to record this show again, show up for people and share my own struggles and...

  18. Episode 260: Four Telltale Signs That It's Time for a Reboot

    Have you heard the quote, "If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always gotten?" Yep. If I keep doing this podcast with the low level of energy I've been putting into it, nothing good will come of it. On today's episode, I'm announcing a pause of the show for…

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  19. Episode 259: Three Future Hacking Practices for Enjoyable Manifesting

    Think of a time when you manifested something that you got really excited. Maybe it was meeting an idol, landing your dream job or encountering your soulmate. What can you notice or appreciate about how it happened? Who were you being in the process? How did you feel when it happened? As I…

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  20. Episode 258: Do Us All A Favor & Have Some FUN!

    If you were to give yourself a score, 1 to 5 (5 being exuberant, ecstatic joy and 1 being total doom and gloom), how would you rate your sense of inner aliveness, joy and pleasure right now? Inspired by my Mama Gena reading of late, I've shifted my life to put pleasure at the top of my to-do…

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  21. Episode 257: Tuning in to the Wisdom of Your Intuition with Julie Reisler

    Have you ever made a decision that wasn't logical but that you KNEW in your heart of hearts was right? Have you ever gotten a surprising sign from the Universe to let you know that you're on track? Have you ever overridden your heart with your head and later been disappointed? Today's episode is...

  22. Episode 256: Are You Unwilling to Learn These Lessons from the Dead of Winter?

    Nature is a great teacher that we're usually too busy to learn from. We've been trained to value production, getting shit checked off our list and doing things we may not love to make money, because irregardless of what's happening in nature, we're desperate to prove our worth. Today's episode is...

  23. Episode 255: My Most Uncomfortable Episode To Date on Achieving Goals

    After doing a few transformational processes by my coach, Allana Pratt, I woke up over the weekend feeling a new level of embodiment of my goals. It was a strange feeling, but it felt right. I felt SURE that my goals were not only possible but DONE. It was like they moved deeper inside of me, and...

  24. Episode 254: Are You Practicing These 5 Ways to Live A More Fully Engaged Life?

    Think of a time when you felt fully alive, fully yourself and in your highest vibration. THAT is how you were born to feel more frequently than you are right now. On today's episode, learn the 5 elements of living a fully engaged life and receive an invitation to go deeper into your engagement…

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  25. Episode 253: Stop Reframing Your Way Away from Negativity

    Changing your viewpoint to see things in a more positive manner seems like such a productive, uplifting way to live. And it is in so many ways. It makes you more vibrant, pleasant to be around and resilient. But it also shortchanges your chance to just FEEL what you FEEL with no judgement, label…

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  26. Episode 252: A Simple Practice to Close the Year (and Decade!) and Choose Powerfully for 2020

    Instead of reflecting on your year, celebrating your wins and thinking about what you need to let go of as you move into a new year, you've likely rushed into thinking about what you want to create in 2020. On today's show, I encourage you to slow down and reflect to close out your year (in 60...

  27. Episode 251: One Essential Self-Love Practice to Thrive During the Holidays

    "Love is a mirror, it reflects only your essence, if you have the courage to look in its face." -Rumi This 'most wonderful time of year' is full of frenetic, consumeristic, rushing, busy energy that drains our souls and leads us to wonder why we're not feeling so wonderful. In this time of forced...

  28. Episode 250: How to "Unsettle" and Be a Deliberate Creator - Part II

    In Episode 249, you learned how the amygdala processes the familiar / unfamiliar, the 'why' behind the internal and external factors of creating sustained change and exactly how to drastically change your personal reality through the power of up-leveling your baseline. On today's episode, dig…

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  29. BONUS: Guided Meditation - Creating Your Future Now

    Review your top 10 goals, put on your headphones and unplug to this relaxing meditation that invites you to co-create your future with the Divine.

  30. Episode 249: The Science of Settling (And How to Break Free From It!) - Part I

    Do you feel like you're settling for something less than you desire or deserve in one or more areas of your life? Is there's something that you've always really, really wanted, but didn't know how to create it? On today's episode, learn how the amygdala works (it's not the fear-based, fight or...

  31. Episode 248: Harnessing The Millionaire Inner Zone & Manufacturing Synchronicities

    To maximize the possibility of living in full alignment with our most abundance selves, it's imperative to consider both the inner and outer worlds from which we create. Our guest today, JV Crum III, is the author of the book and podcast host of the show Conscious Millionaire. His passion is...

  32. Episode 247: ThanksRECEIVING: 2 Ways to Receive More Abundantly & Gratefully

    'Tis the season of giving, so much so that we forget there's a receiving element to the equation that's a necessary part of the flow. My kids have no problem with this. They gladly receive (barely saying thank you) and certainly don't offer any apologetic justifications for their receptivity. On...

  33. Episode 246: Your Vibe & Clear Intentions Create Your Life

    Clear Intentions + Elevated Energy = The Future Your Desire Being super aware of your personal vibration as I spoke about in the last episode is the first step in creating the future you desire. You can measure your personal vibration with a HRV (heart rate variability) monitor to get a clear...

  34. Episode 245: Elevating & Sustaining Your Personal Vibration to Lead A Life You Love

    You personal vibration is the combination of your thoughts, feelings, attitudes and behaviors that literally creates a field of energy around your body. Your current life circumstances are what they are because they align with your current vibration level. If you want to create (and sustain) a…

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  35. Episode 245: Connective Conversations and Thriving Workplace Cultures with Mo McKenna

    Today's guest, Mo McKenna, has an incredible energy, passion and desire to learn. Her journey in the corporate world and watching people be laid off in a non-caring way led her to learn about Organizational Development and the Appreciative Inquiry method over 20 years ago. Today she helps...

  36. Episode 244: Tapping Into 4 Levels of Intuition & Heart Intelligence

    When was the last time you followed your gut? Where did it lead you? You may understand what it means to follow your intuition, yet not know how to do that by choice and not just by chance. On today's episode, explore the four types of intuition as laid out in the book Heart Intelligence and…

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  37. Episode 243: Don't Be Scared, DARE to DREAM (Your Pre-Gratitude Challenge Commitment)

    What do you really, really want? That was a question I opened many coaching conversations with in the past, and every time I would ask it, I would notice people's eyes turning up, which means they're engaging they're pre-frontal cortex (right behind the brow) in actual thinking v. default mode...

  38. Episode 242: Do You Want to Transform Your Life in 30 Days? Join My November Challenge!

    Life is messy and imperfect, and on top of that, you're too busy to take time for yourself to participate in something that may actually heal your life. What if I offered you a practice that will take you less than 20 minutes a day (15 minutes in the morning and 5 minutes right before bed) and…

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  39. Episode 241: Making Your Health A Non-Negotiable with Sherry Thacker

    Today's episode is an opportunity to check in on your physical well-being. Here are some questions for you: How at home are you feeling in your body? How well are you nourishing yourself with life-giving foods? How are you doing with movement and exercise? Sherry is passionate about helping women...

  40. Episode 240: The POWER of pLaY

    Most people think that trainings and conferences have to be serious, jam-packed and buttoned up for there to be learning; however, the XChange training I attended last week and the facilitation methodology I use totally debunk that myth. On today's episode, learn how to incorporate play into your...

  41. Episode 239: Innovate & Implement - The Last Two Steps of the XChange Cycle of Transformation

    This week, I'm attending another round of XChange training in Cleveland learning, teaching and enjoying my high vibe tribe. On today's episode, learn the last 2 steps of the XChange cycle that I use to facilitate retreats, masterminds and large corporate summits that can be applied to you as an...

  42. Episode 238: Initiate, Inquire & Imagine - The 1st 3 Steps of the XChange Cycle of Transformation

    This week, I'm attending another round of XChange training in Cleveland learning, teaching and enjoying my high vibe tribe. On today's episode, learn the first 3 steps of the XChange cycle that I use to facilitate retreats, masterminds and large corporate summits that can be applied to you as an...

  43. Episode 237: Silence Your Inner Critics & Get LOUD with guest Kelly Cochran

    How good are you at listening to your empowering inner voice and taking action on the guidance you receive WITHOUT letting your inner critic get in the way? If you still haven't mastered that (I'm certainly still a work in progress), you'll love today's episode with Loud Blonde Kelly Cochran. We...

  44. Episode 236: Twelve Reflection Questions for Intentional Change

    If you're feeling a sense of uneasiness, uncertainty or downright despair in one ore more areas of your life, it's time to go within to ask yourself some questions about what's really going on inside of you. While you learn a lot from life experience, you learn even more by reflecting on those…

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  45. Episode 235: Shaking Things Up & Do-Able Life Design with Cheri Honeycutt

    Have you ever wanted to make a change, but had no idea where to start? Cheri Honeycutt of Life by Design, is a life designer who invites you to shift your environment when you don't know where else to start. As a student of feng shui and Enneagram, and a master coach, Cheri encourages constant...

  46. Episode 234: Navigating the Messy Middle (aka the Liminal Space)

    My friend Barbara Leahy introduced me to a new word that she knew would spark this episode! Are you ready for it? LIMINALITY - the in between moments, the space between the inciting incident and the protagonist's resolution. It is often a period of discomfort, of waiting, and of transformation. A...

  47. Episode 233: What if there's nothing to worry about?

    "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorry; it empties today of its strength." -Corrie Ten Boom After receiving guidance from my angel card deck that 'there's nothing to worry about' on today's episode, I to share with you the same message AND tell you about how my grandfathers have been guiding...

  48. Episode 232: Knowing the Source of EGO to Live A More Aligned Life

    As humans, we all have an ego. Wayne Dyer said the E.G.O. stood for Edging God Out. Matt Kahn says the ego is the result of an overstimulated nervous system. Whatever you believe it to be, it is not who you are at your core. It shows up fiercely to falsely inflate your sense of worth, and just as...

  49. Episode 231: Are You Overdoing it with Self-Help?

    We're taught from early on that the most valuable wisdom we can seek comes from outside of us. We listen to our school teachers, parents and other 'experts' who know better than we do because they're older or more educated. Even when we awaken to our own consciousness and learn about our innate...

  50. Episode 230: A Simple Solution to All Your Problems

    It's easy to stand back, observe someone else's life and say, "Ah, easy. They should do this or that." When we think that way, or even worse, when we give people advice based on this thinking, we shortchange the opportunity to truly hold space and connect with one another. On today's episode…

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Turn off the morning news and tune into an episode of The Morning Light Show for inspiration, insights & practices to free your spirit, open your heart and start your day off LIGHT and BRIGHT! 20-minutes-or-less monologues and dialogues focused on showing up and bringing out the best in others.

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