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Pure Light — 158 episodes
The key to success
"Are you sure? Think about what you're doing!"
Two kinds of fear
Emotional healing & processing with GuruMeher Khalsa
The upside of fear
An antidote to fear
What fear really is
How to stop being a people pleaser
Thinking vs. feeling
Where do emotions come from?
Two ways to be happier
Emotional setpoint
Are thoughts about your future clouding the present?
Are you responding or reacting?
Perspective & polarization
Inherited emotional clutter
Healing individual & ancestral trauma with Demetria Jackson
Two types of emotional clutter
Are you ignoring your feelings?
How are you meeting the present moment?
Embracing uncertainty with Leo Babauta
The power of the present moment
How to let go of the past
How to create a new future
"It's never gonna happen."
The magic of creativity
The benefits of creativity
Creative energy
How to break the pattern of beating yourself up (Part 2)
How to break the pattern of beating yourself up (Part 1)
The biggest problem with beating yourself up
Is it possible to make peace with social media?
A subtler form of comparing yourself to others (and trying to conform)
The illusion of security
Is it riskier to avoid risk?
Safety, stuckness & self-negativity
What the internet has to do with indecision
Nervous energy
Two kinds of uncertainty
Negative thinking spirals
"What's wrong with me?"
"I should feel…"
An unexpected way we numb ourselves
"I'll feel better when..."
Feeling all the pandemic feels
How to stay sane in the midst of a global pandemic
"This shouldn't be happening."
How to find peace in times of massive uncertainty
Two kinds of hesitation
Are you abandoning yourself?
The moment you're faced with uncertainty
How do you react to uncertainty?
Indecision & assumptions about life
What is indecision costing you?
2 strategies to break the cycle of indecision
What procrastination is really doing to you
Are you willing to explore your power?
What is your relationship with life?
"I can't do that. That's crazy."
How to break free from the rules inside your head
Where the rules inside your head come from
The choice you're really making when you follow the rules inside your head
"I'm trying to be good."
Are you giving away your power?
What happens when you follow the rules inside your head
The rules inside your head
Permission
"But what will people think?"
A re-frame on self-doubt & negative thoughts
Are negative thoughts getting in your way?
The biggest way we set ourselves up for failure
Two more ways we set ourselves up for failure
Are you setting yourself up for failure?
A subtle form of trying to be normal
Another form of self-rejection
Self-rejection
Are you letting past ideas about yourself make your decisions for you?
Autopilot & assumptions about yourself
What compulsive thinking has to do with self-image (and self-worth)
How to change your self-image
Self-image
"I would never do that."
Judgment
3 strategies to stop self-judgment
What happens when you judge yourself?
Where self-judgment comes from
What happens vs. the meaning you give it
4 things I've learned in 40 years
Are you on the right path?
How to stop comparing yourself to others
What it really means to believe in yourself
What hesitation has to do with confidence
The upside of rejection
Do you need to worry?
What it really means when you beat yourself up
Say goodbye to negative self-talk
How to stop thinking about your to do list
Clearing mental clutter: Conversations in your head
The word that prevents self-love
"I can't do that. That's impossible."
Do your dreams seem impossible? Here's why that's a good thing
What jealousy is trying to teach you
What commitment looks like
How to stop shrinking (because of who you think you are)
What resistance looks like
A meditation for self-love
The gifts of failure
3 strategies to let go of your fear of failure
Do you trust yourself? Here are three ways to tell
3 reasons you're ignoring your intuition
An unconventional reason to eat healthier
Why your old patterns keep coming up (and what to do about it)
4 strategies to stop emotional eating
Feeling triggered? Try this meditation
The upside of jealousy
The stories we tell ourselves (but not others)
What your fear of judgment is trying to tell you
What your habit of judging others is trying to tell you
Autopilot
Are you distracting yourself from your inner knowing?
Where limiting beliefs come from
What happens when you try to fix or change yourself
Trying to fit in
Are your excuses getting in your way?
A meditation for inner peace
Ever get in your own way? Try this
Procrastination & perfectionism
Are you trying to be normal?
The first step towards inner peace
Are you waiting for permission?
How to reset yourself (in 3 minutes)
Who are you trying to impress?
Inner critic
A simple practice to rise above fear
5 ways to deal with fear
5 signs you're stalling out of fear
Procrastination & the path forward
How to do the thing that scares you (that you've been avoiding)
Emotional clutter
Inner resistance
The end of worry
What we can all learn from Kate Spade
Signs from the universe
How to accept compliments (even when you don't believe them)
Procrastination & pre-requisites
How to get out of your head
Worry
Automatic patterns
The voice inside your head
The dangers of self-definition
The real point of meditation
What image are you trying to project?
The fear of missing out (aka fomo)
"I can't do that. I'm not that kind of person."
Confidence myths
The compulsion to compare
Fear of judgment
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