I needed to soul dump some thoughts that I've had since quitting my job and travelling for 3 months! It's giving stoner musings but unfortunately this is just what my inner dialogue is like! This is for anyone who has considered taking a break from work but might be fearful. There is lots more to share so if you have a question, send it my way.

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In the final episode of our series on How to Love Your Work, Gina talks us through the systems that are holding us back in the modern workplace. These structures are heavily masculine with little use of our powerful feminine energy. Due to this imbalance, women are often underperforming relative to their potential in corporate roles while working against more friction than men. Gina explains that by bringing more feminine actions and methods into the workplace, we can actually be more efficient, powerful and creative. This energetic balance is key to loving your work because your genius is your focus, but your feminine energy is how you bring that vision into the world with far greater reach, ease, and joy.

My Current Obsession: Tiny Beautiful Things

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Gina Marotta is back! This time she guides us through the process of uncovering your genius - this is your innate talent that points you to your most aligned career path and your true purpose. In Part 1 of our 3-part series, Gina set the foundation for a career change towards work that you love by teaching us the significance of reconnecting to our creative power. In Part 2, she now empowers us to identify and honor our natural-born gifts, as well as the environments that best support the expression of those gifts. She shares the clues that she looks for in her clients and what to do with your genius once you begin to recognize it. Think you might be not be working in your genius? Listen in to clarify what that feels like and how to instead enjoy ease and flow in the work you do!

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Gina Marotta is here to show us how we can love our work by finding our genius. In part one of our three part series, Gina recounts her personal evolution from a career as a criminal defense attorney to her calling as a career coach, spiritual guide and inspirational speaker. Central to this transition was Gina's first epiphany - she needed to reconnect with her inner power to create so that she no longer felt like a victim to her work or other people's desires. She shares her philosophy behind the significance of this, how you can easily do it yourself, and how it will ultimately connect you to your unique genius. We cover spirituality, creative expression, the societal conditioning that keeps us small, and the pleasure of exploring purpose.

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A solo episode to close out 2023 by recapping my top 18 takeaways from the first 20 episodes. These takeaways are basically a step-by-step to creating a deeply fulfilling life that you love. The first 11 center around discovery while the final 7 are focused on creation. I also share my plans for a break from recording! Taking a step back from consistency and discipline scares me, so I know that it's my growth edge. Normally I would buckle down and push through but I've learned that the opposite is often the medicine, so I'm experimenting with that by leaning into rest instead. Listen in to prime yourself for a more intentional 2024!

Episode References:

Katina Bajaj - Tune into your mind - Zoom out and become an observer of your circumstances

Sierra Santal - Tune into your mind - Neuroplasticity and reprogramming beliefs

Sean Nicole - Joy is a requirement - You will the most impact by focusing only on what is truly joyful, rather than what sounds good. Following your north star.

Fran Alarcon - Detach from the outcome - Pursuing joy not knowing where it could lead

Barre3 Studio Owners - Detach from the outcome - Committing to the thing that brought them the most joy

Maria Valladares - Manage your effort - Giving just enough effort that you're not stressed while finding just enough relaxation without collapsing

Ashlene Elizabeth - Manage your effort - Stepping back from her business to remove pressure, resulting in business expansion

Jennae Cecelia - Cringe is a requirement - Who are you impacting when you are brave enough to share

Rajashree Varma - Facing fears, uncertainties, and doubts - A logical process to address each

Corina Weibel - Check in with yourself - Allow life to show you your opportunities rather than forcing your own ideas

Rajashree Varma - Big Hairy Audacious Goals - What steps need to be taken and WHY

Jana Galán - Developing self trust

Katina Bajaj - Gratitude - The importance of collecting positive moments and training your brain to treasure them

Clinical psychology researcher, founder, published author and blogger Katina Bajaj joins us to break down why creative health is fundamental to everybody's overall wellbeing (especially "non-artists") and how you can address yours with simple actions today. She shares her own experience with languishing during her time in investment banking which inspired her to question the commonly accepted systems in society that are making us less human and more robot. She confirms from a scientific perspective that we're all capable of flourishing, but many of us are stuck in a state of 'blah'. We discuss why it's important to address this state, how she got out of it herself and the career journey that it inadvertently sent her on. Katina and her co-founder, Dupi, have designed a platform called Daydreamers to provide tools that will send your brain and life on an upward spiral by getting you into a flow state, thinking critically and improving your creative health. Listen in to hear how Katina is applying science and her personal experience to reject hyper-productivity, hustle culture, and obsessive achievement while building a company in a way that feels good and produces better results.

My Current Obsession: A mindful morning routine

• Meditate (UCLA Mindful)
• Dry brush
• Short awe walk

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Today we're graced with the wisdom of intuitive guide, Human Design and Akashic Record reader Sean Nicole. She shares what these gifts are, her journey to discovering each, and how she has incorporated all three into a session to understand your soul's highest path and what is blocking you from living it today. We discuss big concepts like whether you should be in pursuit of a purpose, whether it should be "noble", how your highest path feels, seeking clarity vs finality, whether entrepreneurship is for everybody, integrity and so much more. Sean uses her own beautiful story as an example to break down how we might experience these concepts in our own day-to-day life. You'll even hear a few takeaways from my session with her! Listen in for a deep knowing that you're exactly where you need to be on your path.

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Sean’s Resource: A Return to Love

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Best-selling author and poet, Jennae Cecelia, takes us 'behind-the-scenes' of writing and self-publishing 12 inspiring poetry books. She shares what it took to overcome the self-doubt and fear of judgement that she felt in her senior year of college when she published her first book, Bright Minds Empty Souls, without even telling her creative writing teacher! We discuss the struggle of *not* receiving praise from her closest circle and publishers in the early days, which taught her the power of self-validation and self-belief. She shares the practices that built her confidence, how she finds motivation through impact, the logistics of self-publishing and even how she started selling books without a massive social media following. Tune in to hear how she continues to grow her business and improve her writing by vulnerably sharing her truths.

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