Shocked Into Awakening

Do you ever feel isolated, like no matter what you do, you can't connect with certain people in your life? Do you feel like there are walls up, for both you and the other person? Does it feel like you're literally talking to, or hitting your head against, a brick wall? In this episode I briefly go into 4 ways that we experience these 'brick walls of thought'. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and TikTok - @shockedintoawakening ------------------------- Intro music credit: uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Today's special guest is my personal coach and friend Viktor Saghy! Viktor coached me for 1.5 years 2023-2025. He is an amazing coach and mentor. In this episode, we spend the first half discussing his coaching approach and the second half him live-coaching me! I was in a bad place with my speech and this was the support I needed. I delayed putting this episode out for 15 MONTHS! I kept avoiding. What becomes obvious to me is I was ashamed of my stuttering 'relapse' here. This was when I was going through a bad time with my speech. I had done hypnotherapy and seen temporary improvement, and yet had a huge relapse. Where my fear levels and stuttering had increased back to previous levels. I was distraught. And yet, what I hear when I listen back, is the amount of value that is in this episode. I have been robbing the world of gold, because of my selfishness. Because of my own insecurities. Because of my own shame. I am supposed to be better than this. I am supposed to be guiding us all. I have let you, me and us all down. I will be better. Enjoy the episode. x Viktor's bio: Be Unstoppable: Coaching That Actually Moves the Needle Viktor helps high-achieving health leaders and individuals stop overthinking, reclaim their power, and create the life they know they’re meant to live. Whether it’s elevating their career, leading with heart, healing relationships, or showing up courageously in the world—clients come to Viktor when they’ve hit a ceiling and are ready to finally break through. They walk away with more time, more income, more clarity, better relationships—and most importantly, a deeper relationship with themselves. Viktor has helped clients: - Raise their income 30% in one session - Launch businesses they’d been sitting on for years - Transform self-doubt into public speaking confidence - Heal long-standing self-criticism, anxiety, and mental health challenges - Stand up for themselves and finally claim their power - Repair strained relationships and reconnect with their families - Take bold action that collapsed timelines from “someday” to “right now” What do clients say? Viktor is the coach who’s all heart and no fluff. He sees what clients can’t see, says what others won’t say, and challenges them in ways that feel safe and empowering. He walks with them through it all—with fierce care and a relentless belief in their potential. Viktor brings two decades of leadership and entrepreneurial experience, an ICF-accredited coaching background, and deep training in communication, somatic work, and personal transformation. He’s invested tens of thousands into mastering this craft—because he lives what he teaches. But none of that matters if real change isn’t created. That’s what this work is about. If clients are ready to stop settling and start leading their lives from the inside out—Viktor would love to meet them. ------------------------- Follow me on Instagram and TikTok - @shockedintoawakening ------------------------- Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Part 2 of the Ego Sabotage/Letting Go episode series! We spoke about feeling triggered in the last episode, where the fight/flight centre of our brain gets activated. We spoke about bringing awareness to these sabotaging thoughts. Dealing with them on a thought-level. In this episode we speak about letting go of the feeling on a somatic body emotion-level. This process has changed my life in numerous ways. Being able to regulate your feelings, and let go of our trauma in the body, is the single most useful technique you can learn to live a peaceful life. Note that this is a 2-part episode. Please listen to"🧠006 - Ego Sabotage" for part 1. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and TikTok - @shockedintoawakening ------------------------- Intro music credit: uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Do you feel like your mind hijacks you sometimes? Your ego sabotages your growth? You behave in ways you later regret? When we feel triggered, we are activating the amygdala, the fight/flight centre of our brain. We are NOT being ourselves. Find out why this happens, and the first step in changing your behaviours, in this episode. Note that this is a 2-part episode. Please listen to"❤️006 - Letting Go" next week (Feb 25). ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and TikTok - @shockedintoawakening ------------------------- Intro music credit: uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Today's episode is a very special one to me. You see, I met Alex Manzi on a personal development course back at the start of 2023. This was a course which launched me into embarking on my podcast journey. But whilst the inkling for the idea had formed on the course, it was Alex who massively encouraged and guided me on getting setup with my recording equipment and the "how to". He is a fantastic life coach and his podcast was rated the top life coaching podcast a few years ago. He has had amazing people like Amy Johnson (author of 'Being Human' and 'Just A Thought') and Wretch 32 (famous UK rapper) on there, sharing their knowledge. This episode is a full circle moment for me, as Alex committed to me that he would be on the podcast, provided I put up 5 recorded interviews. And here we are, with the 5th one going live. Thank you Alex for pushing me to be better! Here's a bio written by the man himself: "Alex Manzi is a Creator and Coach who works with Creatives and Entrepreneurs to help them optimise their mindset so that they can bring their dream projects to life. Alex is also the host of 'In The Moment with Alex Manzi' which is one of the most downloaded self development podcasts in the UK as well as author of the book 'The Search For Clarity' which he released in 2020." ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and TikTok - @shockedintoawakening ------------------------- Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Why do we never trust our hearts or our guts? We used to when we were kids... we would laugh, love and cry. Create and play all day! Then we developed thought. The mind started trying to keep us small. Make us play it safe. It wants everything to be CERTAIN. Life is uncertain. Enough. Start building trust. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @sanjogsandhu Update: Starting from 🧠004, each episode type will follow on from each other. E.g. 🧠004,🧠005, 🧠006... will be sequential. Same with ❤️004, ❤️005, ❤️006... I hope that this will make your listening experience better, and aid you on your journey from the mind to the heart. Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Do you feel trapped by your mind? Does it feel like it's caging you in, with no way out? Do you feel helpless, even after trying postitive affirmations, therapy and numerous ways to 'change' your thoughts? What if there was another way? A way that didn't involve changing any thinking. A way that showed you who you truly are. A way where you realise you aren't trapped inside the cage, but rather you are the one observing the cage. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and TikTok - @shockedintoawakening Update: Starting from 🧠004, each episode type will follow on from each other. E.g. 🧠004,🧠005, 🧠006... will be sequential. Same with ❤️004, ❤️005, ❤️006... I hope that this will make your listening experience better, and aid you on your journey from the mind to the heart. ------------------------- Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

I hope you enjoy this very special episode with my friend Essi Virtanen; a lovely inspiring heart leader! We met through a mutual friend of ours and instantly hit it off, with similar views on life and how the heart triumphs the mind in all facets of life. Why be thoughtful, when you can be heartful? She has recently launched her FIRST book called Heartful, which can be found on her website below! I've read it and it's wonderful. Here's a little more on Essi: Essi believes connection is the foundation for our wellbeing. She is an Intuitive Wellbeing Coach who holds a BA in Journalism and MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. By combining her communications expertise, positive psychology knowledge and her gift of connecting with people, Essi founded Connected You to bring women together to support each other, connecting heart to heart for wellbeing, work on personal development through workshops and events, and share experiences to make long-lasting connections. Everything she doed is to help you to create a Connected YOU: who feels connected within You, with Others and the wider world and the Universe to create a heart-led, fulfilling life. Essi also does 1:1 coaching on her HEARTFUL method which is about supporting people to reconnect with themselves after heartbreaking life events or through big life transitions, find their direction for a fulfilling life and support them to start and go after it! https://www.essiaugustevirtanen.co/  ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram & TikTok  - @shockedintoawakening  Update: Starting from 🧠004, each episode type will follow on from each other. E.g. 🧠004,🧠005, 🧠006... will be sequential. Same with ❤️004, ❤️005, ❤️006... I hope that this will make your listening experience better, and aid you on your journey from the mind to the heart. ------------------------- Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

The start of the new Heart series. What IS the heart? The heart is the part of you that has remained unchanged since you were born. The heart is the absence of problems. The heart is the antithesis of the mind. The heart is peace. The heart is expansion. The heart is infinite. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @sanjogsandhu Update: Starting from 🧠004, each episode type will follow on from each other. E.g. 🧠004,🧠005, 🧠006... will be sequential. Same with ❤️004, ❤️005, ❤️006... I hope that this will make your listening experience better, and aid you on your journey from the mind to the heart. Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

What IS the mind? Do you often find yourself wondering what exactly is going on in your head? Do you feel like your thoughts are frantic and chaotic? Have you tried countless affirmations and positive thinking to try and change your mind, but nothing worked? What if there was another way? ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and TikTok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) Update: Starting from 🧠004, each episode type will follow on from each other. E.g. 🧠004,🧠005, 🧠006... will be sequential. Same with ❤️004, ❤️005, ❤️006... I hope that this will make your listening experience better, and aid you on your journey from the mind to the heart. ------------------------- Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Wow wow wow! What an incredible episode this was. Meehir and I met at a personal development course in March 2023 and immediately hit it off because... well... let's just say he doesn't hold back with the jokes! He's an amazing heart-centred person, and when I say that, I don't mean "la-di-da-di-da, life is amazing all the time, sunshine and rainbows, peace love and unity". I mean he stands for the truth at all times. He has been through some very dark days and the only way I can describe him is a true "heart warrior". He was the perfect guest for this podcast. Here's a little bio about Meehir, written by the man himself: Meehir Patel is an Executive Facilitator and Personal Leadership Coach at Creative Self-Mastery.   His journey has led him from wanting to jump in front of a train at Tottenham Court Road Station in London, to owning the truth that your demons hold no bearing on the life you want to create and who you want to become.... for him that was being the most empowered version of himself and to have his life and reality reflect that new found power. Meehir is committed to supporting his clients in experiencing that same empowerment for their own journey and transformation. His coaching has a 'no stone unturned' and a 'no nonsense approach' to actualising his client's leadership potential and their deepest desires. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) ------------------------- Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Today we have a very special episode to bring you in to your heart. This is the Innocence (In No Sense) meditation. I first heard a similar meditation during William Whitecloud's Create Your Destiny course. Since then, I have used this meditation every single time I create something, whether that be a video, a podcast episode, a post, a speech. I also use it when my mind is frantically trying to figure something out. It brings me into alignment, where I can hear my heart and my intuition.  Once I tune in to that, it is obvious which choice I should make, or which step I need to take. Once you're in the Innocent state, set an intention or ask a question in your mind. It can help to visualise what you want in a circle. Then, imagine yourself stepping in to the circle, and wait for an answer to come. It will often come as a shape, symbol, feeling, or vague idea. Do not rationalise or think about it. Say/write "what becomes obvious to me about [symbol] is..." and start speaking or writing immediately. The first thing that comes up. Again, do not question or doubt. You do not want your mind to get in the way. We are speaking the language of the heart here. Intuition is not logical and does not make 'sense'. But, after all, that is why you are here. To find yourself In No Sense. Feel free to reach out to me if you want further guidance. This is genuinely one of the most useful things I have ever come across. It simplifies all 'hard' decisions and allows creativity to flow, even when you feel blocked. I hope you find this useful in your life. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @sanjogsandhu Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM  

Are you always CERTAIN of things? Do you always try to be RIGHT? Is that getting in the way of you experiencing your natural flow state? Could the one thing you think makes you so much smarter than everybody else (your mind) be the one thing that is stopping you from reaching the peaceful intuitive heart? ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) ------------------------- Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

This is an amazing episode I recorded with an incredible human being, Raj Gorsia. I met Raj during a personal development course at the beginning of 2023. The level of prescence and heart-centredness he brings when you speak to him is something to admire. You can tell he's deeply listening and from a very calm place. His voice alone brings a sense of ease and calmness; a fact that many people have told him! I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! Here's a little bio for Raj: Raj would summarise himself as an alchemist; someone who likes to mix modalities and turn them into one unified approach for helping people to thrive. He is a leader with many titles: he's an ICF qualified coach, mindfulness teacher, retreat host, kundalini yoga mentor, business coach, qualified fitness and nutrition expert, and a huge traveler. Beyond all of that, to Raj, it's all about energy. How to align the energies, and explode them out in a calm and effective way. Get in touch with Raj: Instagram - @rajgorsia Website - withraj.com ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Are you holding back in expressing yourself in life? Do you worry constantly about other people's opinions of you? Censoring your own opinion, for fear of standing out. Why do we do this?  Why do we forsake our heart's truths moment to moment. We betray ourselves. Betray our truth. Betray our souls. Are you speaking your truth? Start now. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Do you really want to change? Have you been working towards a goal, and not seeing results? Or you keep sliding back and can't figure out why? What if, consciously you want to change, but subconsciously you don't. What if there's a certain comfort that resides in staying the same? What if there's a benefit to you NOT achieving what you're trying to achieve? What if there's comfort in staying small? ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM  

I have a very special guest on today's Inspire episode - Moritz Lambert. I met Moritz at a personal development course in March 2023. He is a remarkable young man with a lot to give in this world. Here's a description of who he is: Moritz lembert is a Leadership and life coach, a teacher, and a writer who loves to dance.  After 12 years in the world of professional dance and bodywork, he transitioned into coaching and leadership training. He went from expressing himself on stage to helping others to express themselves fully in their business and life through his coaching practice, his knowledge of the body, and the programs he runs.  Moritz is a stand for people to be free to be and act from their unique self-expression, leaving you to take bold actions on what matter most to you, creating the possibility of having it all. Moritz's Instagram: @moritz_lembert (instagram.com/moritz_lembert) ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM

Are you resisting what's happening in your life? Desperately wishing things were different to how they are? What if we stopped resisting our problems and, instead, tried the opposite? What if we relaxed into the thoughts and feeling surrounding them and actually 'wanted' them? How would that look? ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM  

Are you spending all your time thinking about an idealised future? Where you have something you desperately need? Or you have finally gotten rid of something you hate? We're always chasing that carrot on the stick. Running after it. Chasing that magical thing... But we're missing life. We're missing the life that is happening right Now. Don't forget to look around and enjoy what's going on. Maybe the carrot is an illusion. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM  

Welcome the podcast! Before we get fully stuck in with our journey, moving from the head to the heart, I thought I would share a little about my own journey and how I stumbled upon the concepts we'll be discussing during our months/years together. ------------------------- I hope you enjoy the episode. Much love. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok - @shockedintoawakening (Instagram) & (TikTok) Intro music credit: https://uppbeat.io/t/bosnow/street-knowledge License code: JPCSG6EUHTGFMOYM