MONSOON SEASON

Join the Monsoon Season newsletter: https://asayee.substack.com/About this episode:We don't want what we think we want — we want the feeling underneath it, and until we learn to name that feeling, we will spend our whole lives chasing the wrong things.

Subscribe to the newsletter on Substack for weekly podcast breakdowns, free guided meditations, and vulnerable weekly newsletters.https://asayee.substack.com/ 💌 About the episode:A dented candle in a cluttered garage looks like trash. Place the same candle in a gallery with intention and it becomes art. The candle did not change. The context did. In this episode I am talking about why so many talented creators and entrepreneurs stay invisible, not because their work is not good enough, but because nobody taught them to build the room. Inspired by the late Virgil Abloh, we explore the difference between perfecting your craft and building the cultural context that lets your work actually land. I share three practical ways to start building your room today, including the What I Am and What I Am Not exercise that will change how you think about your brand, your content, and everything you create.

Join the newsletter → https://asayee.substack.com/ The most dangerous place you can be as creator or someone building a personal brand is almost committed. Not checked out, not fully in. Almost. Because almost gives you just enough activity to avoid confronting the fact that you have not actually decided yet.In this solo podcast episode I am pulling back the curtain on every content mistake I made over fifteen years and what they all had in common. They were all half measures. Posting inconsistently. Creating on platforms I hated. Sharing watered down versions of my real opinions. Spending months on branding before I had said anything worth branding. This one is for anyone who feels like they are showing up but not breaking through.The half measure is why. And going full measure is the only way out.

About this episode: I spent decades identifying as someone with zero discipline who could not be consistent. That was my story and I wore it like a badge. This year that all changed. In this solo episode I am pulling back the curtain on what actually made the difference, and it has nothing to do with motivation, willpower, or getting your life together. It starts somewhere much quieter than that.We get into the real reason consistency feels so hard, why starting small is not giving up, what meditation taught me about joyful effort, and the one phrase that changed everything for me: suck but don't skip.If you have started over more times than you can count, this one is for you.Subscribe on Substack for episode breakdowns, essays and free guided meditations: https://asayee.substack.com/ Need more 1:1 support? I coach creatives and entrepreneurs to help clear inner blocks so they can tap into their authentic encoded gifts and build what they were meant to build. Book a discovery call to connect and figure out if we could be a solid match. https://calendly.com/asa-yee/private

You are not a broken, incomplete, unfinished project. In this episode I get personal about spending a lifetime trying to fix myself. This one is about learning to create from wholeness instead of from the wound of lack, and what it actually feels like in your body when you finally do.Join the community on Substack for free guided meditations, offerings, deep dives, and a weekly newsletter sharing Five Vulnerable Things (nuggets of wisdom): asayee.substack.com References: Human To Human Vol 1.1 Jill Scott x Tyler, The Creator

Most of us think we have a competence problem. We don't. In this episode, we break down why you're likely misdiagnosing yourself, how fear shapeshifts into "I need more training" or "I'm just not ready," and the five questions that will tell you exactly what's in your way. Subscribe to the newsletter for weekly nuggets of wisdom, daily dharma, and free guided meditations.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Most of us are living on autopilot without even realizing it. Meditation and breathwork teacher Kat Ladcani joins Monsoon Season to talk about what it costs us to go through the motions, the intuition that led her to teacher training without knowing why, and the small practices that can wake us back up to the life we are already living. We also talk about grief, impermanence, the gift of boredom, and why today — exactly as it is — is enough. New episodes of Monsoon Season every Monday.WHAT WE EXPLORELiving on autopilot — what it looks like, what it costs, and how long we can go before the bill comes due.Death and impermanence — how what she learned during meditation teacher training gave her a framework to grieve her mother and find her way through loss.Three tactical ways to wake up — including a two-minute balance breathing practice you can do right now.ABOUT KATKat Ladcani is a 200-hour certified meditation and breathwork practitioner based in Miami, FL. She helps people wake up to the life they're already living through breathwork, meditation, and nervous system regulation. Kat teaches at BreathTribe Miami and works with everyone from corporate professionals to wellness communities. Her mission is simple: help people stop going through the motions and start showing up wholeheartedly within their lives. CONTACT & LINKSInstagram: @katladcaniTikTok: @katladcaniWebsite: katladcani.coLocation: Miami, FL

You were taught that needing help was weakness. That holding it all together was strength. This episode is for the children of immigrants, the high performers, the quietly suffering ones who say "I'm fine" and mean it less and less. We explore where self-sufficiency becomes armor, why receiving is a muscle most of us never built, and the unexpected reason your business might not be growing. Anchored by one quote that stopped me cold: "Giving someone the opportunity to serve is an act of service." New episodes of Monsoon Season every Monday.

About this EpisodeJiva Smith left a corporate executive career at NBC Peacock managing teams of 50 and $120M budgets and stepped into transformational coaching. But the real story started before that. In this conversation we explore fatherhood as a spiritual practice, what it means to take 100% responsibility for your own regulation, the concept of honey on a razor blade, and how the hardest season of his life became the doorway to everything.About JivaJiva Smith guides leaders toward soul-deep satisfaction, blending business acumen and spiritual depth to share powerful, proven tools drawn from his own journey of transformation. A new kind of success. One that’s soul-deep rather than surface level.Website →LinkedIn →Instagram→Join the Soulsmith Collective → A free community call and space to explore the everyday challenges of life, love, work, and happiness through ancient wisdom.References: The Courage to Be Disliked — Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

If you've ever held back a teaching, a post, or an idea because you thought someone else already said it better — this episode is for you.Join my newsletter and community: https://asayee.substack.com/

In this episode of MONSOON SEASON, we explore the powerful idea of "new choice" — the sovereignty to pivot, change your mind, and move completely differently at any given moment. From improv class to meditation teacher training to finding my way back to the podcast after a layoff, this episode is a permission slip for anyone who has been waiting to start over.Subscribe to the newsletter to go deeper: https://asayee.substack.com/

if you're a good person, self-promotion probably feels gross — even manipulative. but what if that discomfort is the very thing keeping your work hidden from the people who need it most?in this episode, we get into why good-hearted people struggle to be seen, and what it actually looks like to promote yourself with integrity.if this episode hit home, come deeper into the world → i write about self-mastery, spirituality & the art of becoming over on substack. sign up here: 🌧 https://asayee.substack.com/

in this episode of monsoon season, we’re diving into week 02 of the artist’s way and the 10 rules every true artist must follow. if you’ve been feeling creatively blocked, stuck in overthinking, or afraid to begin before you’re ready, this is your gentle but honest reset.i share the key takeaways from week 2, how these rules actually show up in real life (and business), and why creative recovery is less about perfection and more about devotion.subscribe to my newsletter:✨ https://asayee.substack.com— asa 🧡

I’m starting The Artist’s Way again. This episode is a grounding conversation on why now, how I’m approaching it differently, and what this work has meant to me in the past. If you’ve done The Artist’s Way, I’d love to hear what it brought up for you. I’m doing this slowly, honestly, and for real this time.More reflections along the way on my Substack.

A raw reflection on breaking addictive patterns by refusing the reflex to fix, numb, or distract. This episode sits inside the discomfort — where false problems dissolve, and stillness reveals what was never broken to begin with.

Inspired by Thích Nhất Hạnh, this episode explores how real love creates freedom—not attachment—and how abandonment wounds distort love into clinging, vigilance, and fear of being left. A reflection on choosing presence over possession, and trust over grasping.

In this episode of Monsoon Season, Asa sits down with Keiron Miller — Transformational Coach, TEDx Speaker, and host of The Inner Game Podcast for a raw and honest conversation on what it truly means to rebuild yourself from the inside out.Keiron opens up about his own “monsoon season”:grieving the loss of a loved onenavigating post breakup awakening to sexual healing as a pathway back into the bodyand answering the call to guide men and masculine energies into deeper intimacy, safety, and embodimentTogether, we explore the role of sensuality, grief, masculine lineage work, and how sexual energy becomes a vehicle for profound reinvention.BONUS SEGMENT – unplugged After the official recording ended, Asa kept the mic running—and what unfolded was a coaching session on her subtle throat-chakra block.Keiron reflects what he hears in her voice: the micro-hesitation that appears right before greatness.We move through:the energetics of holding back vs. letting power throughwhy receiving is a skillhow creators unconsciously self-censor when they’re expandinghow to open the throat, heal expression, and allow deeper resonance with guests and listenerstactical protocols Keiron uses with clients to dissolve expression blocks and amplify the nervous system’s capacity to be seenreferencesSexual healing facilitation – @sashacobraBook on self-censorship – The Third Perspective: Brave Expression in the Age of Intolerance by Africa Brooke

A reflection on processing flowers, clarity, and the tiny things that disrupt our inner ecosystem. In this episode, we explore how a single “leaf” — a habit, a decision, a project, even a well-intentioned creative idea — can cloud the water of your mind and your work. This is a dharma talk on attention, care, and the art of keeping your inner bucket clean enough to hear your life clearly.

When we stop forcing, life begins to breathe.Inspired by Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, this 20-minute guided meditation invites you to soften your grip and let life work through you.When we surrender control, what we’ve been trying to shape finally starts to move — the energy, the creation, the healing.Breathe. Surrender. Remember: you don’t have to make yourself; you only have to meet yourself.

A raw reflection from a vulnerable session with Maggie McCall. In this episode, I explore the hidden cost of managing other people’s inner state, the pressure to always “get it right,” and what it means to release that weight in entrepreneurship and in life.Book a session with Maggie: maggiemccallcoaching.carrd.co

Time isn’t linear — here’s how to bend it, reclaim it, and step into the future waiting for you now.

A reflection on the small, steady lights that carry us through the dark nights of the soul.

Why your old ways of running life no longer work — and how to install the inner software that actually serves you

The standards your future self refuses to compromise on, and how to start living them today.

What happens when the mask finally slips and you’re left with nothing but the raw face of your truth.

A meditation on the split lives we live — and what it means to bring the halves back into wholeness.

rebecca mcneill is a researcher and writer exploring people-pleasing and perfectionism. in this episode, we switch it up — rebecca interviews me as part of her research process. what started as a research call became a rich conversation worth sharing, filled with insights on how people-pleasing shapes our lives.together we explore:defining people-pleasing in a grounded waythe hidden costs and subtle benefits of ithow perfectionism weaves into everyday choicespractices for moving toward authenticity and easelisten if you’ve ever wondered where the line is between kindness, obligation, and self-abandonment.get connected with rebecca: linktr.ee/RebeccasMindSoup

Pulling Back the Veil on Spirituality & ChannelingIn this milestone 30th episode, I sit down with psychic medium and Akashic Records reader Maddi Mincey (@chronicallyclairvoyant) for a conversation that feels like opening a door into the unseen. Together we explore the mystical, the grounded, and the deeply human threads of spirituality—what it means to channel, to hold neutrality, and to remember the gifts we already carry.This episode is a journey into the waters of the unseen, but always with our feet on the earth.✧ Chapters & ThemesThe Akashic Records UnveiledWhat they are, how they’re accessed, and why they serve as a soul-level library of wisdom.Gifts Coming Back OnlineRemembering innate psychic gifts and the courage to trust them.What Channeling Really MeansDemystifying the practice of channeling and recognizing the states that make it possible.The Kryptonite of ChannelingThe subtle forces and inner blocks that keep us from accessing our full capacity.Neutrality: Carrying the Water Without Losing OurselvesThe art of being a clear vessel, without dissolving into what we carry for others.Defining Monsoon SeasonWhy cycles of intensity and cleansing are necessary for transformation.Pulling Back the VeilDe-glamorizing spirituality and bringing the unseen back into everyday life.✧ Connect with MaddiInstagramTikTokSubstackWebsite / Book A Reading✧ Referenced in this Episode@thatglasgowwitch — battery metaphorJack Kornfield’s A Path With Heart (1993)✧ Support MONSOON SEASON ☆ Leave a review wherever you listen☆ Share this episode on social media☆ Send it to a friend who would love it☆ Carry any wisdom from this convo into your own heartThank you for listening, supporting, and being part of this unfolding journey.

What happens when our old programming ripens as we step into a new identity?

A little life update — I got laid off from my big corporate job. But honestly? It feels like divine timing. In this episode, I reflect on what it’s like to be cracked open, let go of old versions of success, and finally say yes to the version of me I’ve been dreaming about. If you’re in a season of surrender or reinvention… this one’s for you.

A heartfelt raw reflection through a difficult time.

Fresh from a 7-day silent meditation retreat, I’m sharing the insights that cracked my heart open. These aren’t just lessons—they’re invitations. To soften your grip, attune to the quiet, and return to what’s always been within.What’s one insight that stayed with you? Or—if you’ve ever longed to retreat from the world—what would you hope to hear in the silence?Three Jewels NYC: https://www.threejewels.org/

Creative Freedom & the Courage to Let GoWhat does it really mean to be free? In this tender, truth-filled episode, I sit down with meditation teacher and freedom coach George Poulos to explore what I’ve come to call his shedding season — a time when the heart knows what must be released before the mind can catch up.We talk about:the quiet grief that follows letting gocreative freedom and how it gets blocked by ancestral woundsshapeshifting what romantic love can look likenumbing patterns that keep us safestaying open to divine connection, even after heartbreakthe moment his inner child finally spokeand why the spiritual path often feels like emotional minimalismPlus — stay ‘til the end for a surprise you won’t want to miss.Thank you for listening.Stay soft.🌿 Connect with George Poulos✨ 1:1 Guidance & Mentoring Sessions📸 Instagram🌀 Creative Community on Patreon📬 Newsletter on Substack🎥 YouTube Channel📚 Referenced in this episodeWalden by Henry David ThoreauHealthyGamerGG on YouTube (Dr. K)Travel Light by Light WatkinsThree Jewels NYC – Meditation Teacher Training

We all have our version of the $90 leggings — the thing we think will finally make us whole. This episode is about illusion, identity, and walking away from the dream that never truly belonged to us.

What if you didn’t have to convince anyone of your worth? What if being fully yourself—honest, open, rooted—was the invitation all along?

You came here to dive, not open a coffee shop. But somewhere between stretching and self-doubt, you built comfort where you were meant to leap. This one’s for anyone stuck in the prep phase of their becoming.

Disappearing isn’t always a cry for help—it’s what we do when help feels too far away. But reaching out to just one trusted friend can remind you: you're not a burden, you're human.

a vulnerable glimpse inside my mentorship call, NAOKA’s rebirth, and the soft beginning of be the portal.

what tarantino’s final showdown taught me about alter egos, anger, and personal power.

a quiet story about finding clarity through no’s, and why the truth hits harder after the fall.

on over-preparing, self-blame, and the quiet power of not taking it personally.

On Pamela Anderson’s makeup-free comeback, feeling scattered, and anchoring back into my why. I love you. Asa

Today's episode is a cozy and intimate. I'm sharing some very raw revelations and reflections I've been doing in healing. We explore how powerful it can be to own your story, so you can truly step into a season of freedom.

Welcome to The Muse Room. ◡̈   In this episode we unravel why leaning into big life changes can help us get out of our own way. Watch the YouTube episode version here: https://youtu.be/Ad8fhO1yt1Y?si=L4ugCi7a3cvZdnms xx Asa

Welcome to The Muse Room. ◡̈   In this episode we unearth how we pivot out of a self-sabotaging spiral on a day-to-day basis. xx Asa

Welcome to The Muse Room. ◡̈   In the first episode this year I share the challenges of getting through the resistance that comes with January, and the big takeaways that happen when we honor the *scary yes* and live life as a practitioner, instead of a theorist. Thank you for being here. xx Asa Mentions + Credits: Know Thyself podcast with guest, Mike Posner The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest (highly recommend)

Welcome to The Muse Room. ◡̈   In this week's episode I share a recent experience I had that helped me understand the different ways we approach challenges, and the key to changing our attitude in the face of adversity, and difficulty.

Welcome to The Muse Room. ◡̈   In this week's episode we dive into a Buddhist proverb that can teach us how to not get distracted by success, but to focus on the mundane work. Only in that space can we grow, and feel fulfillment.

Let's talk about the visions that didn't find their way to manifestation. What can we learn about this, and how do we move forward?