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The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCharitable leadership“Yea, he who is a true king of men, will not say to himself, 'Lo! I am worthy to be crowned with laurels;' but rather will he say to himself, 'What more is there that I may do to make the world the better because of my endeavours?” ― Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His KnightsLeadership is more thank just showing up being the boss. It is about leading the way towards growth and evolvement. A leader is a role model in their community. Charitable leadership is not about being everything to everybody, but showing up as...2022-10-071h 19The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCharitable leadership“Yea, he who is a true king of men, will not say to himself, 'Lo! I am worthy to be crowned with laurels;' but rather will he say to himself, 'What more is there that I may do to make the world the better because of my endeavours?” ― Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His KnightsLeadership is more thank just showing up being the boss. It is about leading the way towards growth and evolvement. A leader is a role model in their community. Charitable leadership is not about being everything to everybody, but showing up as...2022-10-071h 19The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceRelationshipsShift your perspective on what relationships are“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is a reaction, both are transformed.” – Carl Gustav JungMost of us would limit the idea of relationships to the interaction between people, but the it is in fact defined as, “the way two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected”. Personally, I add to that list, “experiences”. The experience of a relationship is how we view ourselves in relation to the world around us. It is, thus, through our relationsh...2022-09-231h 20The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCoping MechanismsCoping mechanisms are gateways to understanding what needs healing“Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heart aches of life.” – Richard Paul Evans, “The Christmas Box”Coping mechanisms are any tools and strategies we employ to deal with stress and/or trauma to help us manage our difficult emotions. They are strategies to shift us towards emotional equilibrium and balance. Coping mechanisms can be adaptive or maladaptive. Examples of adaptive coping mechanisms:Seeking supportRelaxation/meditationProblem solvingHumour that helps release energyPhysical activityExamples of maladaptive coping mechanisms:“Escape”Self-soothingNu...2022-09-161h 57The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBringing Energy to Old Paradigm Businesses"Power in organisations is seen as a scarce commodity worth fighting for." - Frederic Laloux, "Reinventing Organizations""Shop floor operators craft the products; the CEO and staff at best serve to support them, at worst are costly distractions" Extract from the list of "assumptions" from FAVI S.A. as part of their self-management structure, taken from "Reinventing Organizations" by Frederic Laloux As humanity is exponentially waking up to the multidimensionally of us individually as well as collectively, we seek authenticity in our internal as well as external experiences. Our workplaces are no different and as cliques of collective consciousness...2022-09-091h 36The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceDisappointmentWhat discovering disappointment has taught me“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” – William BlakeIn this article I am sharing my first person perspective on the healing process as I work through it from discovery, through observation, to healing. Disappointment comes out of attachment. If we aren’t attached to the outcomes of our experiences we would not end up disappointed. We can come up being disappointed with:lifepeopleanimalsplanetexperiencesourselvesMuch of what I write in this article I’ve discovered over the past month since the topic was revealed t...2022-09-0254 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceUnconditionalityBeware of your expectations and conditions“Kindness is nota business. true kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.” – Roy T. Bennett, “The Light In The Heart”We place our expectations on ourselves and the world around us, many times without expressing or understanding these expectations; they become our conditions for our experiences. Are we even capable of unconditionality in our experiences? Unconditionality is a mindset that we develop based on our own choices and is initiated by intention. Expectations are when when have a stated or unstated desired result of an experience...2022-08-261h 15The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperiencePositive IllusionsDon't deceive yourself with positive illusions“Positive Illusions are unrealistically favourable attitudes someone has towards themselves, their experiences, or other people.”We find the concept of Positive Illusions first in Taylor and Brown’s paper from 1988 entitled, “Illusion of Wellbeing: A Social Psychological Perspective On Mental Health”. It is truly a fine line to balance between positive illusion and perception. In some aspects of the New Age movement there is the thought that all you do is to ignore the “bad” and just thing good thoughts and the “bad” will disappear. This approach is very different to the practices of p...2022-08-191h 13The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceConnecting through ReTribe“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” ― Mother TeresaWhen we lose the connection to our reality we tend to lose our purpose and motivation. Coping mechanisms, like alcoholism, will further disconnect us and drive us on a spiral downwards. Listen to Nick Rothwell's story of childhood trauma pushing him to succeed at any price to finally crash and wake up to his own reality. Spoiler alert, allowing himself to connect with people and nature gave him the opportunity to get, and stay, on the path of recovery. We d...2022-08-121h 56The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBlocksBlocks are your perceptions of your past experiences that prevent you from growth and evolvement“Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.” – Dr. Roopleen, “Words To Inspire The Winner In You”Blocks are whatever in your life is holding you back from flowing with your purpose. These blocks can reside in, and have counter parts, in any of your bodies; physical, mental, energetic, soul and astral bodies. However, for most of us they come to our conscious awareness in our physical and mental bodies, and...2022-08-051h 27The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBizShui – Organise Your Business For Energetic Flow"The BizShui Method helps create better flow in hom offices and work spaces by integrating a blend of proven traditional Feng Shui principles with modern business and personal needs, reducing physical and emotional stresses to increase productivity, loyalty and profitability." - Clair BoscqThe application and the practices of Feng Shui are fascinating. We move into some of the principles of it in this episode, but the key in this episode is for you to connect with the energetic flow in your work environment. We are able to help some of our audience members to address some of their...2022-07-291h 43The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceConnecting Emotionally With A Business Purpose"The first thing that you can learn as a leader is that you are not working with robots but with emotional beings." - Pooja Agnihotre, "17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail : Unscrew Yourself from Business Failure"What is it that makes us connect emotionally with a business? There are certain conditions that have to be met in order for that to happen. I think we can all agree that the owners making as much money as possible limits the number of people that can emotionally connect with that purpose. Despite this fact, businesses today continue focusing on profits and shareholder value...2022-07-222h 04The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBusiness EnergyHelp your business to become the best version of itself“A healthy business is a collaboration of individuals with matching energies, directing that energy in to their individual passions towards a mutual goal.” – The Alchemy ExperienceConceptualising all elements of a business as energy and any interactions as energetic flow allows us to assess the effectiveness, and ultimately to improve, any business, regardless of age, size, geographic location or industry. In simple terms, as the statement at the top points out, all business energy should flow to support the ultimate purpose of the business. Any interaction between any ele...2022-07-151h 01The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceConscious Entrepreneurship"Take the challenge of your life. Reach out to your goals. There is no limit to what you can achieve." - Lailah Gifty AkitaThe basic foundation of conscious entrepreneurship is to always let your intuition have the last word. I write that with the caveat that you need to be in tune with your intuition and have cleared your energy to be able to have the discernment to be properly guided. Most of the most brilliant entrepreneurs I know were told at the beginning of their journeys that they were nuts to pursue the path they set out...2022-07-081h 16The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCordsBecome the optimal version of yourself to release your cords“Forgiveness is required to dissolve all the negative energy cords because it releases shame, guilt, anger, hatred, etc.” – Hina Hashimi “Your Life: A Practical Guide to Happiness, Peace and Fulfilment”I define a cord as, “An energetic linki that connects us to a person, place or an event”. It can be conscious or subconscious. If you are not connected with your own energy body, or simply don’t subscribe to the concept, you can see the cord as a representation of your attachments, or the attachments of others to you. T...2022-07-011h 02The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceProcrastinationUnderstand the source of your procrastination and you have the road map to resolving it“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choices made for him by circumstances.” – Hunter S. Thompson, “The Proud Highway Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman”Procrastination is a form of self-regulation failure characterised by the irrational delay of tasks despite potentially negative consequences. Mentally it is a result of lacking will power to take action and the the reward is perceptually diminished in comparison to the possible negative outcome. We might also lack discipline, self-control and motivation, resulting in procras...2022-06-241h 30The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceExpressing EmotionsExpressing emotions to release them“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” – Sigmund FreudWhen we pay attention to our emotions we realise they don’t emerge from our heads, they surface somewhere in our bodies. Those emotions are triggered by external events or our feelings triggered by our thoughts/memories. This means they were always there, but have we always been familiar with them, or are we yet to get to know them? My experience is that we label the emotions as we experience them in our chil...2022-06-171h 10The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceEmpaths and HSPSensitivity is a human superpower“She had a very inconvenient heart. It always insisted on feeling things every so deeply.” John Mark GreenA Highly Sensitive Person is defined in psychology as someone with a high measure of sensory processing sensitivity, i.e. someone who feels things far deeper than the next person. It is considered a personality trait. It was defined by Elaine and Arthur Aron in the 1990’s and they based their work on Wolfgang Klage’s work in the 1970’s. It is estimated that 20% of the world’s population is HSP. Empathy is defined as...2022-06-101h 03The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceDisciplineBuild your discipline to move towards what you want out of life“Spirituality is man’s attempt to shed ties with the various impulses promoting self-destruction” – Patricio Tehman ChincocoloFollow along here: discipline requires habitual practice, but habitual practice requires discipline. So which comes first? I think the answer is either one, but if we have neither we start off with sheer willpower. Discipline is underpinned by:MotivationWillpowerPassionGoalsWillpower is the starter fuel, like sugar it is used up quickly and then needs to be replaced by the other elements, but can be used o...2022-06-031h 10The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBehavioursDo you know your own behaviours?“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviours.” – Stephen M.R. Covey “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”Behavioural science is defined as, “any of various disciplines dealing with the subject of human actions.” Our behaviours are based on our; experiences, conditioning, core wounding, programming, karmic energy, perceptions, etc. Most of us go through life asleep at the wheel justifying the behaviour based on our past. We allow our past to dictate our behaviour and we victimise ourselves by blaming it for our behaviour. Common excuses...2022-05-2759 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceActionsTake action with purpose supporting your highest good“The future depends on what you do today.” – Mahatma GandhiThere are, in my opinion, two types of action; inspired action and re-action. Resorting to re-action comes out of our core wounds and traumatic experiences that remain unhealed. From that, when emotions and fear are evoked and we are stuck in our heads unaware of our process, we react instinctively without control, in the heat of the moment as it were. Inspired action comes from our intuition and inner guidance. When we are guided by our purpose and what feels...2022-05-201h 08The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceWordsAre your words spreading high or low frequencies?“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.In terms of energy, words are expressed on one hand and received on the other. They hold an energetic frequency charged by our perception and intention. As we well know, we can use words to build up people or tear them down. We also know through such practices as hypnosis and Neuro-linguistic Practices (NLP) that we can influence and manipulate others subliminally and subconsciously. Such are the po...2022-05-1355 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceThoughtAre you your thoughts or are you the thinker of those thoughts?“What you you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.” -Maya Angelou “Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now”Thought is energy that triggers chemical and neurological impulses that allow us to perceive the thought. Thoughts are triggered by:Past experiencesFuture expectationsFantasy and imaginationEmotionsIn contrast to emotions, feelings are triggered by our thoughts. According to some estimates we...2022-05-061h 06The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceAwakening - The BasicsAre you awakening to your experiences, or will you hit snooze yet again?“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.” – Tich Nhat HanhThere are comprehensive books written on the subject of awakening, so let’s not pretend that this article, nor the connected podcast will be the same. However, the intention is to present a basic understanding that anyone experiencing an awakening can resonate with. Actually there are almost 100 hours of recordings in the form of The Alchemy Experience Podcast that address a variety of human experience that in essence tie back to this topic...2022-04-291h 06The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCognitive BiasesTake a good look at your cognitive biases“Oh, the irony. Cognitive Biases prevent us from understanding cognitive biases.” – Eric Barker, “Barking Up the Wrong Tree”Cognitive biases are unconscious errors in thinking that arise from problems related to memory, attention or other mental mistakes. Essentially, how do we attribute these mental experiences? As is pointed out in the initial quote, lacking the ability to reflect on oneself perpetuates the cognitive biases. The list of cognitive biases of very long and growing. Below is a small selection for illustrative purposes:Actor-Observer: tendency to attribute one’s own a...2022-04-221h 12The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceNarrow FramingLearn to see the forest despite the trees“Most of us operate from a narrow frame of reference than that we are capable, failing to transcend the influence of our particular culture, our particular set of parents and our particular childhood experience upon our understanding” – M. Scott Peck ” The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth”Narrow framing is “a tendency of people to evaluate a risky prospect in isolation rather than in context with other risks”. It is a cognitive bias based on our conditioning and past experiences. A good example of nar...2022-04-151h 05The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperiencePurposeWhat will it take for you to start living your purpose?“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Our purpose in life is not immediately revealed to us. We may be fed bits and pieces as we go along, but those pieces feel like our purpose in that moment we are pursuing it. However, most of us have our purpose firmly shielded from our conscious purview until we awaken to it. Awakening from our slumber of conditioning and living a “good” life. We go through life feeling “this is it, this is w...2022-04-081h 24The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceWealth Mindset With Zachary Juergensen"The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down." - Stephen Richards "Cosmic Ordering: You Can Be Successful"The wealth mindset nowadays is intrinsically linked with materialistic wealth, but there must be more to it than that, mustn't it? I like to think of it in terms of "abundance" as opposed to "wealth". That shift allows me to be freed from the limitations of societal conditioning. Abundance encompasses all the aspects that make our lives rich; comforts, love, connections, experiences, etc. However, it also implies a balance between the aspects we prioritise and value. If...2022-04-011h 40The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceParadigm Shift - The Transition"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." - Isaak AsimovTransition between paradigms is, in my experience, akin to near death experiences. From one day to the next you shed your identity and you have to figure out who and what you are, that is the transition. We all approach transition and a variety of different ways, some seek out coping mechanisms, others turn inwards, some may seek out religion, causes or something else that brings meaning. It is really a process or discovering one's own authenticity and learning about oneself in the...2022-03-251h 15The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceShifting Paradigms Later in Life"The sequence is, suffering, insight, will, action, change." - Allen Wheelis "How People Change"The process of paradigm shift is through profound change. It is awakening to a desire to discover and express one's authenticity. If we ignore the nudges long enough, the point at which we shift will be immediate and drastic, hitting rock bottom for many. The path we choose is a choice, we can choose to externalise the problem and try to use materialistic things to abate the challenge, or dive deep in the sea of one's own authenticity. It is a challenging journey, but there...2022-03-181h 27The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceAnxietyAnxiety can lead you to what you need to heal“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our hearts, we still cling to anything – anager, anxiety, or possessions, we cannot be free.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, “The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy and Liberation”Anxiety, in contrast to Depression, which concerns the past, is a fear about a future event. We essentially feel threatened at one level or another. Our perception of our fear is going to be filtered through the lens of our past experienc...2022-03-111h 31The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCollective EmotionsWhat are you taking from and feeding into the Collective Emotions“I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions to ask. Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment” – Elon MuskCollective emotions, is that even a possibility, you may ask. Well, have you ever walked into a room or a party and immediately had a sense of the prevailing energy? I bet you have, even if you aren’t consciously aware of it. In fact...2022-03-041h 25The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceA Shaman's Path to Mental Wellbeing"My teachings are about finding this balance between the physical world and the spiritual world." Mark Weisman, https://akulfhednar.com/Úlfhéðnar (sing. Úlfheðinn) were the elite shock troops of the Norse. Apart from being the most fierce warriors they also embodied a deeper spiritual connection. It is this Celtic Norse spiritual connection that Dr. Mark Weisman connects with and follows. Mark spent many years suffering from addiction, homelessness and mental unhealth, which has led him to where he is today. His connection with his spiritual and cultural heritage came about in the past few years, but b...2022-02-251h 22The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceAbundanceAre you feeling the abundance?“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle “A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life’s Purpose”Abundance is defined as, “A very large quantity of something”. In our modern, industrialised world, abundance has become synonymous with external accumulation of quantity. The challenges with this mindset are that it is limited and an illusion. We will never truly feel abundant in the external world. Many rich (materialistically wealthy) people often end up feeling trapped by their wealth and empty inside, turning to paranoia and fea...2022-02-1854 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceMental RigidityRelease yourself from the prison of your own mind“Somebody whyo is very rigid in his thoughts and emotions believes he is perfect becausehe does not allow room for any other way of looking, thinking, or feeling” – Sadguru, Breaking Your Barriers of RigidityMental Rigidity is a cognitive bias where we find it challenging to change our perception or recognise those of others that differ from our own. The foundation is, in my view, a fear of change. Our minds seek comfort in the known and familiar. Anything challenging that stability can be perceived as a threat. In...2022-02-1151 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceDiscernmentFeel what is right for youSome people think they have discernment when they are actually just suspicious. Suspicion comes out of the unrenewed mind; discernment comes out of the renewed spirit.” – Joyce Meyer, Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your MindDiscernment is defined as “the ability to judge well”. In the context of guidance and intuition that means knowing that the information is for you and for your highest good. When we are at a low frequency, it can be challenging to determine what is coming from a benevolent place, and what is c...2022-02-0447 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceRight ActionRight Action is Your Best Action“Stop doing what is easy. Start doing what is right.” – Roy T. Bennett, The Light in The HeadRight action is referred to in Buddhism as “Wise/Ideal Morality”. Right action is doing what is right for you at that very moment. That does not mean there is an opposite and wrong way, whatever action we take is Right Action. However, is it the right action to be in the flow of life or right action to experience resistance? We choose, and whatever path we choose is the right one. Now, most...2022-01-281h 02The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceSufferingGaining perspective on your suffering“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningMany of us were raised with the idea that emotions are bad and are best avoided. Unfortunately, avoidance does not mean escape, it merely means delay. When we avoid dealing with the inevitable pain we push it away to be dealt with another day. However, when we keep doing that, the pain piles up until we reach breaking point, i.e. “awakening”. Hopefully, you are able to reflect on yourself so that you may not have to co...2022-01-211h 13The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperiencePatiencePatience is the gateway to experience the joy of life“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet” – AristotleOur level of patience is a measure of how timely we will experience what we set our intention to experience. Patience doesn’t speed up your journey the same way impatience would slow it down. When we are patient we trust in our journey and trust in perfect timing (or for those that are so inclined; devine timing). It implies unconditional trust in that we will receive what we are supposed to in the time we are supposed to. Wher...2022-01-1446 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceSuperbold With Fred Joyal"Increasing your potential, elevating your capabilities and expanding your impact on the world will be where the true meaning comes in your life. It will only stop when your heart does. So, show up and present the real best you to the world every day. The new and improved one that is just a little bit better than yesterday." - Fred Joyal, "Superbold - From Underconfident to Charismatic in 90 Days"Finding the balanced version of bold that you have within you takes practice. Just like with attraction the experiences you desire in your life, taking steps that you can...2022-01-071h 30The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceEnergyJust because you cannot see it doesn't mean it isn't there“True pillar of subtle light embraces humanity between dimensions, they are serene consciousness washing the pain of all souls.” – Dave ZebianThe energies we have discovered and are established today are; thermal energy, radiant energy, chemical energy, nuclear energy, electrical energy, motion energy, sound energy, elastic energy and gravitational energy. None of these energies you can really see, you can perceive them, but they are not visible to the naked eye. So, prior to their discovery, did they not exist since we could not conceptualise and measur...2021-12-311h 07The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceGivingWhat are your motives for giving?“No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank, Diary of Anne FrankThere are many types of giving, and many motives for it too. One can give:Material thingsExperiencesSpace, geographic and mentalTimeExpertise, knowledge and skillsEnergyHealing (giving guidance to find one’s own source of healing), mental, physical and energeticMany studies have been conducted as to the benefits of giving, and the results all point towards some major benefits to our mental wellbeing. In my experience, however, in order to amplify the benefits, we tap into the moti...2021-12-241h 04The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceStep Into Your Greatness With Joy Willett"Joy is about mindset, how you view the world, and your place in it. How you engage with challenges in life and what sorts of thoughts and perspectives shape your day-today" - Joy Willett, "I Am Joy...And So Are You: 19 Authentic Ways to Uncover and Elevate Your Natural Happiness" In this discussion we go through the process from not being in joy and not knowing how to move into joy, to rediscovering joy and how you use your newfound joy to manifest all that you desire. About Joy Willett"I have always...2021-12-171h 53The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceConscious Entrepreneurship with Nicholas Richards"I was set free, because my greatest fear had already been realised, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so, rock bottom became the solid foundation on which to rebuild my life" - J. K. Rowling, "Very Good Lives; The Fringe Benefits of FAilure and the Importance of Imagination"Nicholas, on paper, would have his future secure. Growing up in a wealthy and privileged home in Sweden. However, it doesn't matter how well off one's family might be when it comes...2021-12-102h 07From Depression to ExpressionFrom Depression to Expression#004 Christopher Lembke - The Alchemy Experiencen this episode we have Chistopher Lembke coach and podcast host from “The Alchemy Experience”. We go deep on the Alchemy of self finding and changing your life. Being aware of yourself, and become the observer of your experience. We talk about the different times Christopher has been depressed and how he handled the situations. What helped him to wake up, to be able to change his life and see the path ahead of him. As well of how he is able to help others to find themselves and start to express authentically without fear. Another deep disc...2021-12-032h 06The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBlind Spots and Denial"If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill, let yourself fall ill." - RumiThe aspects of ourselves that we refuse to accept and that hide from us remain in our blindspots. The denial of our whole person; the good, the bad and the ugly, without that kind of judgement nor labelling is the resistance we exercise preventing us from moving into flow and our greateness. Blindspots and denial are the unconscious and conscious aspects of the same process. Our limiting beliefs and blockages are sometimes quite plain for us to see, but we aren't aware of t...2021-12-031h 08The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceChoices And AccountabilityRealising your accountability for your choices will shift your world“A man is whole only when he takes into account his own shadow.” – Djuna BarnesIf you embody nothing else, take this in; choice is a superpower. You choose how you think, speak and act, the three only things you control in life. Every choice activates a chain reaction of consequences for which we can only be accountable for our choice. However, being accountable for our choices does not equate to apportioning blame, it means you are aware of your choices and accept them and, if needed, forgiv...2021-11-261h 10The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceScience of Consciousness - With Allyn Evans and Bob HolbrookThe definition of Consciousness has eluded science thus far. As you will discover in this conversation, when we go into a state of expanded consciousness the ability to measure the brain activities stop. However, this fact does tell us when a person goes into that state, i.e. the lack of measurements is the clue, we can tell where the gate is, but we cannot peer through it with technology, we can only experience it within ourselves. Subtle energy changes with the expansion of consciousness, and that we can measure, so there are ways we can start to connect...2021-11-191h 30The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceLaw of TransformationMark Boldizar, co-author of “Unleash Your Future” and co-founder of “New Science of Success”, joins us to talk about the Law of Transformation and how you really go about manifesting your reality. His work is beyond the gimmicky world of the Law of Attraction systems that promises instant riches, you put in the effort and the work and you reap the rewards.If you are new to empowering and manifesting your life, then Mark is the best starting point. If you have tried and succeeded or failed with the plethora of Law of Attraction systems out there, Mark's s...2021-11-121h 45The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceFearless Entrepreneurship with Shaahin CheyeneNothing motivates you to move forward in life as when you have lost everything. However, once you taken yourself out of the swamp, you can with the right mindset, you can also move through life without fear of having nothing, because you know you got out of it once before, and you can do it again. Shaahin Cheyene epitomises the journey “from rags to riches”. From making himself homeless at the age of 15 to putting drug barons out of business on the rave scene with his legal Herbal Ecstacy pill, to inventing the Vapir Vaporizer, to now teaching people Amaz...2021-11-051h 27The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceFree Will and Potentialities"When I discover who I am, I will be free." - Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man"Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future. There are no limits to what you can achieve on your journey through life , except in your mind." - Roy T. Bennett, The Light In The HeartThe concept of "potentiality" goes back to Aristotle, looking at "Actuality, or Activity" and "Potentiality". Intellectually it is not too challenging to understand the concept on its face value, i.e. what is your potential and what is what you actually manifest from...2021-10-291h 49The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceAuthenticityWho am I?“The outer world is a reflection of the inner world. Other people’s perception of you is a reflection of them; your response4 to them is an awareness of you.” Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the HeartIf you are familiar with psychology, you can compare authenticity to Carl Rogers’ identification of the “Organismic Self”. With that he refers to that aspect of ourselves where we spend our lives trying return and express. It is the original true self that we were before we started taking on conditionings from our external world and processing t...2021-10-221h 01The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceEmpathySpend time in someone's darkness“Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear, all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort.” – Roy T. BennettEmpathy is the ability to put oneself in the situation of another experiencing emotions, ideas or opinions of that person. Whereas, sympathy is feeling bad for someone’s suffering, but cannot feel or resonate with the actual feeling of that person. In order to be empathetic we must have experienced the feeling...2021-10-1548 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceSynchronicitiesPay attention, there is gold in them there hills“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic – the inexplicable connectedness we sometime experience with places, people, works of art and the like, the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we are alone.” Charles de LintThe concept of “synchronicities” was popularised by Carl Jung in the first part of the 20th century. As a definition, a synchronicity is the acausal connection of two or more psychic and physical phenomena. It is in essence a connection between your deepest fe...2021-10-0857 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceGuilt and ShameBeing able to feel guilt and shame is good“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, incluyding yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially, your heart” – Jim Henson, Creator of the Muppets.David R. Hawkins (https://veritaspub.com/) his scale of consciousness in his book “Power vs. Force”, more commonly referred to as the “Hawkins Scale”. It measures one’s level of consciousness, by a function of emotion that you hold in your body, on a scale between 0 and 10...2021-10-0159 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCore WoundsIt's never too late to choose life“To avoid experiencing the anxious quiver at the core of our being, where we might feel the chaos of uncertainty or the pain of unhealed wounds, we weave a protective cocoon of beliefs and identities.” – Ezra Bayda, At Home in the Muddy WatterMany of us have one or several main core wounds and a bunch of minor ones. In psychology they are also known as “Original Sensitising Events” (OSE’s). These are all based in experiences from the past where we were left with an impression that stayed with...2021-09-241h 03The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBiasesIs your glass half empty or half full?“The eye only sees what the mind is ready to comprehend” – Robertson Davies, Tempest-TostThe general attention of your mind is your mindset or bias. Some common biases are:PositiveAmbivalentNegativeAggressiveDefensiveControllingSubmissiveThese occur through establishing patterns and behaviours based on our experiences. For example, the brain does not know the difference between fear and excitement, it is our perception based on our experiences that determine whether the signals go to the the amygdala or the nucleus accumbens. It has been said that “brain cells that fire together, and your...2021-09-171h 04The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCollective ConsciousnessWhat's your contribution?“Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field. I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full, to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other” doesn’t make any sense.” – RumiThe collective consciousness was very much the territory of philosophers, mystics and spiritualists up until the late 1970’s when research started out, slowly to begin with, to progressively build up in density among projects over the next 50 years; and counting. With such prestigious organisations as Stanford University, University of...2021-09-101h 20The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceLoss AversionAvoiding our greatness out of fear“Tim and again, we let the fear of loss overpower rational decision-making and often make ourselves worse off just to avoid a potential loss. Psychologists call this loss aversion, and it means we often tend to prefer avoiding losses at the expense of acquiring gains” – L. Jon WethereinYou may be familiar with the saying, “Better the devil you know.” This mindset of keeping ourselves small prevents us from moving on to becoming better versions of ourselves. We rather keep ourselves in a job, relationship or other situation that makes us miserable...2021-09-031h 11The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBoundariesDo you trust yourself to know your boundaries?“When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack which they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behaviours or a choice.” – Brené Brown, The Gift of ImperfectionContrary to popular beliefs, boundaries are not hare borders nor fences. We tend to put them up before anyone even threatens them; our fight or flight systems are perpetually firing pumping out harmful cortisol in our bodies. We use any transgression to show our strength and power to thos...2021-08-2755 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceIntuitionTo trust or not to trust, that is the question“Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.” – Paulo Coelho, The AlchemistTo me Sonia Choquette is one of the more prominent teachers of intuition specifically. She divides intuition into three areas:Red – survival and instinctGreen – creative opportunities and ideasWhite – purpose and callingRed intuition you will probably have heard of being referred to as your “gut feeling”. It is when you have a “bad” feeling in your abdominal area about a situation, something just doesn’t feel right. Often times...2021-08-2055 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceConsciousness Experienced - With Luigi Sciambarella from The Monroe Institute"Who am I?", is most probably the question people ask themselves once they have an out-of-body experience (OBE). Imagine, you are fully awake, laying in your bed, eyes closed, and suddenly you feel your whole body vibrating like a train is rocking through your room. You find yourself more curious than afraid, but just as suddenly as they began the vibrations are gone, but now you are "standing" on the floor next to your bed looking down on your body. This reality appears more real to you than the on you experience while in your body, how is this...2021-08-131h 59The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceSelf-Care"Don't sacrifice too much, because if you sacrifice too much there is nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you." - Karl LagerfeldIf you sacrifice yourself to your own detriment, you are a hero; that is the societal norm. However, the problem is that when you sacrifice yourself without any self-care you deplete yourself and you end up needing others to come to your rescue, by which time they will be used to you sacrificing yourself and now that you need help they will not accept the change. This is why, when people wake up...2021-08-061h 04The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCore Wounding on You Are Amazing TVFrom a child's point of view, it doesn't matter how consciously aware a parent is, there is always going to be trauma and core wounding appearing as we go through childhood. Children grow up in an an adult world, which is an entirely unknown dimension as far as the child's mind is concerned. As unique individuals we are always going to, at some level, feel like we don't fit in or that we have to work hard to be "normal". Often times we grow up and look back with comparative eyes thinking "I have nothing to complain about my...2021-07-301h 49The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCarte Blanche: VisioningIn this epispode Barbie Layton and I discuss "Visioning". Visioning is different from visualisation in the way that you tell the story and the energy you build up to fuel the manifestation. With visualisation techniques, the visuals are the focus, whereas with visioning the visuals are a means to an end. They are used to build up a story that excites you and evokes the embodied feelings that you desire when you have the experiences that you visualise. It is important in visioning to use your language, body and speach to build up the excitement. The excitement is used...2021-07-231h 16The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceJudgementKnow your judge to master it“We never know the quality of someone else’s life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.” – Tami Hoag, “Dark Horse”The verb “to judge” means to form an opinion or conclusion about something or someone. Technically, this means that everytime you voice your opinion about someone you are in judgement. For me, I think there is a distinction between being judgemental and sharing concern for someone; it comes down to the motives behind the opinion. I try to ask questions such as; “For whose benefit am I having this opin...2021-07-161h 00The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceTriggersDon't waste a good trigger“Everything you do is triggered by either desire or fear.” – Brian TraceyIn life we are all triggered. Triggers are far more complex than I have space in this article to go into, but in line with my coaching practice I seek to boil concepts down to their bare essentials. In my experience the sequence of events within us is: trigger -> (stress) response -> fear -> validating experiences from the past -> Original Sensitising Event (OSE). The OSE is where we experienced the fear in that form the very first time, it was...2021-07-091h 08The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBeing the Light in the DarkShow up as a role model to engage“We did not arrive on this planet to lead a cheerful carnival parade into the perfect New Eart Paradise. There is much work to be done before anyone will enter that promised land.” -Anton St. MaartenWhether you awaken to your own spirituality, your need to take care of your mind and body, right the wrongs in society, save animals, reform businesses, etc., you most probalby find a yearning to share your discoveries, and doing so quite enthusiastcally. However, we tend to come up against unexpected resitance, since, “Why would...2021-07-021h 14The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceQuestion Everything“I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.” – Noam ChomskyWhen we make absolute statements about our notion of truth, we close the door to our autenthicity. The only way for us to evolve and self-actualise is to continously question our words, our thoughts and our actions. As you can read in my article “The Paradox of Truth Will Set You Free“, truth is not static, it is your perception of your experiences, based on your perception of your past experiences. As we move through life and, hopefully, become more aligned with our authenticity our perception...2021-06-251h 02The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceConflictShow up as the Best version of yourselfBravery is the choice to show up and listen to another person, be it aloved one or perceiv3ed foe, even when it is uncomfortable, painful, or the last thing you want to do.” – Alaric HutchinsonWhy do we have conflict? Why can’t people just get along? Essentially, we show up in our experiences with clinging to our stories, so, whether it is on a global, national or personal scale, we are determined to protect something. This something can be money, resources, people, pride, honour, etc. What we are tr...2021-06-181h 18The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceFlow"Be like water making its way through cracks. Don't be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves." - Bruce LeeFlow is a state of mind and an experience where we are in full alignment with our authentic selves, our passion and purpose. It is a perspective of life where we perceive challenges from a perspective of acceptance and they are no longer unsurmountable obstacles. Flow does evade most of us; why is that? To answer that, let's l...2021-06-111h 10The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceToxic Positivity“Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaingful life” – Dr Susan DavidMost of us are conditioned to, “suck it up”, “keep your chin up”, “this to shall pass”, etc. Our conditioning from childhood dissallows us from experiencing the challenges of life and the emotions that come with that. Since we learn this from our earliest ages, we then bring that to our own children, and thusly we perpetuate this forced false positivity. Toxic positivity is essentially where we pretend everything is ok, when, in fact, it isn’t. Doesn’t this contravene all the wonderful anecdotal evidence we h...2021-06-041h 08The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceTrust“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” – Maya AngelouAs the magnificient and wise Maya points out, trust requires courage. In our lives as we go through experience after experience, we are conditioned to learn about our external environment, not about how we react to stimuli in that environment. In doing so, we end up building our parameters of trust around what we have learned about others and the experiences we have had with them. The challenges with that are twofold; your external environment and stimuli change and you can’t control anything...2021-05-281h 00The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceAgainst All Odds - With Nolan PillayNolan Pillay is born and bred in South Africa. Everyting was stacked against Nolan from the start. He grew up in a township and as being black, apartheid had it written in law that he should not succeed. As if those challenges weren't enough he had himself to battle as well. Listen to Nolan tell his story about obstacles, seemingly unsurmountable, his work to overcome them and using his hero's version of events to empower others to reach beyond their limiting beliefs and step into their greatness. Nolan's gentle and humble energy is magnetic, so...2021-05-211h 06The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceFreedom"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson ManelaMost of us in the world take freedom as a pillar of our existence. However, externally there are many who are not fully free, such as people in North Korea, China and prisoners. There certainly are other countries where freedoms are curtailed, but they would be too numerous to list here. The spectrum of collective freedom, going from absolutely curtailed to absolutely unlimited. The latter is an oxymoron because with a...2021-05-141h 11The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceDivisionAll for one, and one for all. United we stand, divided we fall." - Alexander Dumas "The Three Musketeers"We are living in a time of great polarisations. Politicians are flagrantly fanning the flames of fear and the chasms of division in society, and the media is perpetuating the messaging under the guise of "reporting the news". Everybody is blaming everybody else, and round we go. So, who actually bears the responsibility for this calamity? There is a two step answer to that question and it is the collective consciousness, that then comes down to our individual responsibility. 2021-05-071h 08The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceNow, And No ButsBeing in the present moment and practicing non-resistance is a complex practice. When we look at life and all the paradoxes that exist, being present is only one of many, that are all interlaced, it gets very complicated from that perspective. In my practice I have found that boiling everything down to their bare essentials is helpful. When you are in a meditative state and have quieted your mind, you find yourself very much in the present moment; time and space all but dissolve. As long as you perpetuate your stories and the values of your present...2021-04-3059 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceLaw of Attraction"What you stay focused on will grow" - Roy T. BennettLaw of Attraction is the concept that you attract what you hold in your mind. However, that is only part of the story. It is like paining a painting without any passion or feeling, no one will buy it, it lacks that something extra. The same goes for visualisation, if you don't add the feeling, there is no value. Law of Attraction is considered one of the Universal Laws, similar to the Laws of Physics, but for metaphysics. The idea is that if you can see i...2021-04-231h 16The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceGrounding"Get yourself grounded and you can navigate even the stormiest roads in peace." - Steve GoodierGrounding, aka earthing, is a practice of putting your skin in direct contact with the earth, or through earthing products in your house. Some forms that you may be familiar are the Japanese practice of "forest bathing" or the increasingly popular practices of natural water swimming. When we feel "ungrounded" we can experience dizziness, anxiety, depression, feelings of not belonging, etc. So, mentally, it has immediate impacts to no be grounded. However, it has been found that physiologically it has equally profound impacts. 2021-04-1658 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceAnger"Angry people are not always wise" - Jane Austin "Pride and Prejudice"Psychology researchers are pretty much split down the middle as to whether anger is an emotion or an expression of an emotion. I subscribe to that anger is an expression of emotion just like laughter is. However, I see it as the underlying negative emotion transforms into anger if we lack the emotional intelligence to identify and and consciously express the original negative emotion. So it becomes a "catch-all" for any negative emotion we cannot name. Because of this, anger is not something you can c...2021-04-091h 19The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceConscious Partnering with Ken BechtelKen Bechtel consciously didn't know what was awaken within him when he was asked, and complied, to officiate the wedding of a couple of friends in the playground as a child. As for so many of us he resisted his calling for as long as possible until he ran out of excuses.Today Ken is a highly acclaimed relationship mentor who helps people that are challenged by relationships to become better partners and help their partners to do the same. His typical clients have had forays into relationships already. As he describes, the younger generations are convinced...2021-04-021h 52The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceSpiritual Bypass - Follow-upAs we delve back in to the concept of Spiritual Bypass, we share some stories of our own experience with it. We can all agree that in order to do one's own "work", we need to develop a keen sense of self-awareness and being in constant observation of one's own experiences. Eckart Tolle describes the process of learning to observe oneself beautifully in the his ground breaking book "The Power of Now"; a must read for anyone serious about evolving. The more you observe yourself and start making conscious choices about the three things you can control...2021-03-261h 00The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceResistance"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." - Lao TzuWe do not control anything but our thoughts, our words and our actions, yet we are insistent on controlling our external experiences. Like a river that doesn't control the path it takes, nor does it stop when ever there it are obstacles in its way, it flows where it is meant to flow. Life is the same process of flow. When we live life by resisting...2021-03-191h 13The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceSpiritual BypassAs with all choices in life, we are individually responsible for the ones we make. Spiritual bypass is such a choice, however, not necessarily a conscious one. Often the choice is made in order for us to learn a very valuable lesson; what spiritual bypass is and how it feels and what to do to avoid it going forward. Below is a beautiful excerpt from an interview with John Welwood by Tina Fossella (full interview):I noticed a widespread tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished...2021-03-1256 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBalancing Male and Female EnergiesYou may reach Barbie Layton on www.youareamazing.online. Our societies, communities, religions, etc. dictate to us the ideal versions of men and women. However, these ideals are tens of thousands of years old. They did fulfil a purpose when we  were in groups and communities where assigning roles based on physical and mental abilities by gender made sense. Today we have evolved past that, but as always society is slow to catch up. We are still instilled with the programming that men should not show emotions or cry and women should not be tough and strong. I...2021-03-051h 16The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperiencePivot Within Your Passion to Find Your True Passion - Halima FerreiraHalima Ferreira was born in Africa and went to culinary school in South Africa. She calls the UK home and a base for now. She started her career working on cruise ships before starting to work more as a private chef. She has built up a very strong demand on her services among the super wealthy and royalty around the world. To an outsider the idea of working in exotic locations in beautiful palaces and being jetted around in private jet planes, and who could blame us. However, the pressures and levels of stress are immense and...2021-02-261h 18The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperiencePivot Within Your Passion to Find Your True Passion - Halima FerreiraHalima Ferreira was born in Africa and went to culinary school in South Africa. She calls the UK home and a base for now. She started her career working on cruise ships before starting to work more as a private chef. She has built up a very strong demand on her services among the super wealthy and royalty around the world. To an outsider the idea of working in exotic locations in beautiful palaces and being jetted around in private jet planes, and who could blame us. However, the pressures and levels of stress are immense and...2021-02-261h 18MediumPodden - Vivi & CamillaMediumPodden - Vivi & CamillaAndlig maskering - Spiritual bypass med Camilla och Christopher LembkeSpiritual bypass kallas det när man använder en andlig mask eller fasad för att undvika att jobba med sina egna grundläggande utmaningar.Christopher Lembke är bosatt i Oxford, England och jobbar som transformationscoach för privatpersoner, företag och ledare. Han driver podden The Alchemy Experience och i den här episoden delar han med sig av insikter kring andlig psykologi och olika sätt att uppnå personlig transformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-02-2239 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceGratitude"Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren't grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more?" Roy T. Bennett "The Light in the Heart"Gratitude practice is in vogue at the moment, and rightly so, and it isn't a day too late. As a foundation for this interest are a plethora of studies that have been to ascertain the effect of practicing gratitude. When we receive a compliment, a gift or something else we can feel grateful for it, but it wears off quickly...2021-02-1952 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceForgiveness"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule" - Siddhartha Gautama "The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha"Forgiveness is both a process and a result. However, forgiveness as a result is binary in nature; either you have forgiven or you have not. Our relationship with forgiveness and our misconceptions of it comes from our societal programming. We are raised to tell people we perpetrate against that we are sorry. What does that actually mean? We aren't told to ask for forgiveness, we are not taught how to repent nor are we...2021-02-121h 06The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Conscious Liquor Baron - Hamish Gordon from 'The Driver's Tipple'The Driver's Tipple (https://www.thedriverstipple.com/), on the surface, is a gin replacement product without the alcohol. However, once you scratch the surface, there is a deep and profound tapestry of philosophy and ethos that emanates from the founder and owner; Hamish Gordon.Like many other successful brands, The Driver's Tipple comes off the back of the creator having a real problem. Hamish had quit alcohol, not on account of addiction, but because he didn't resonate with it anymore. His challenge was the dilemma of not drinking alcohol, but having a rich social life all around...2021-02-051h 17The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceAcceptance"Once you can accept the Universe as matter expanding into nothing, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy" Albert EinsteinWhen we perceive life as happening to us and viewing our experiences as extrinsic to our internal processes, we are challenged to accept life. Acceptance is not about giving up or accepting "your place".  It's about accepting that you are where you are and that you have a choice about where you are going. However, that choice might instead be about your attitude to your current situation. Acceptance is being ok what is and what has been, but striving for o...2021-01-291h 05The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceCompassion"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of HappinessWe may have moments where we are acting out of compassion, but that does not make us compassionate by definition. To be compassionate one has to embody it and allow it to permeate one's existence. Compassion is unconditional and an absolute state of being. Embodying it means that one does not make any exceptions in where we direct your compassion; it is an absolute state of being. On my journey I have come...2021-01-2258 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceFinding Resilience and Purpose After TraumaJason Holzer, The Author Of His Brilliant Book "Shattered By Suicide, Renewed By Resilience", lost his father when he was 17 years old. The first half of the book will grip you and have you bawling your eyes out. Here Jason shares the aftermath, seen through the eyes of his 17 year old self, of his father's demise, by suicide. It is raw and authentic. Jason shows up with vulnerability that pulls you in to his plight and allows you to fully hold space and empathise with him. Bring your box of tissues.Link to the book on Amazon...2021-01-1554 minThe Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceFear"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve, the fear of failure."I put fear into two categories; existential and notional fear. Existential fear is fear of an experience that has death as a direct result, and notional fear is fear of an experience that has an outcome that could result in death with a one or several sequential experiences after it. Fear of poisonous or other animals that can kill us would be classified as existential fear, if there is a reasonable probability that you would encounter such an animal in your...2021-01-081h 06The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceControl"Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't" (Steve Maraboli, "Life, the Truth of Being Free") We meander through life with an idea that we can control the outcomes of our experiences. Sometimes, things work out more or less the way we intended, but most of the time they don't or we have an adverse side effect because of our need to control the outcome. One day you wake up and you realise that having control...2021-01-011h 11The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceBend It Like BarbieBarbie Layton, intuitivebarbie1@gmail.com, made a conscious decision in March of 2020, as the world was going into lockdown, to say yes to the Universe when it came knocking. She is an amazing connector and promoter of people. Barbie is an intuitive coach with a deep rooted connection to the ethereal and spiritual. Her enthusiasm and positive energy will knock the unsuspecting recipient off their feet. She is a graduate of "Spiritual Psychology" from Santa Monica and was part of the "USM Prison Project", based on Viktor Frankl’s work, at the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla Ca...2021-01-011h 58The Alchemy ExperienceThe Alchemy ExperienceIn The Beginning...On my journey and in my practice, I have discovered many superpowers. Some fantastical and others seemingly quite mundane. One of these superpowers is "choice". You have free will and choice. You can choose to believe what you have been told about life and the universe or you can start asking yourself questions. Now, be careful, because once you start asking questions you cannot "unknow" the answers. Also, once you realise you have a choice in life you have to recognise you part in all the experiences you've had and hold yourself compassionately accountable for all the choices you've...2021-01-0121 minThe Oliver Schirach ShowThe Oliver Schirach Show12. December Christopher Lembke presents "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz & Janet Mills"The Oliver Schirach Podcast Advent Calendar Special" Listen to the podcast episode on www.anchor.fm/schirach Spotify & Apple Podcast and more Behind today’s door we find: 12. December: With Christopher Lembke presents "The Four Agreements - A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom" by Don Miguel Ruiz & Janet Mills www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005BRS8Z6 Welcome to the 2020 #ChristmasSpecial, #AdventCalendar During this #Xmas season we will be opening together a new #Podcast door every day from the 1. December - 24. December. A new gu...2020-12-1221 minThe Oliver Schirach ShowThe Oliver Schirach Show12. December Christopher Lembke presents "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz & Janet Mills"The Oliver Schirach Podcast Advent Calendar Special" Listen to the podcast episode on www.anchor.fm/schirach Spotify & Apple Podcast and more Behind today’s door we find: 12. December: With Christopher Lembke presents "The Four Agreements - A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom" by Don Miguel Ruiz & Janet Mills www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005BRS8Z6 Welcome to the 2020 #ChristmasSpecial, #AdventCalendar During this #Xmas season we will be opening together a new #Podcast door every day from the 1. December - 24. December. A new guest that is presenting a book that has some special meaning to her or him. Yo...2020-12-1221 min