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The Emotional Alchemy Podcast146. Balancing Dopamine is the Key to Staying Grounded During a LaunchSend us a textJoin us as we uncover how dopamine, the powerful neuromodulator, influences your motivation, desire, and action, especially during the high-pressure process of launching new offers. We begin with a somatic exercise inspired by the book The Molecule of More to understand what dopamine feels like in our bodies before delving into the biological rhythms set by dopamine and how it influences our emotional and behavioral highs and lows. I offer practices for maintaining long-term motivation and mental well-being by counterbalancing dopamine with molecules like serotonin and oxytocin. Resources:
2024-06-0659 min
The Emotional Alchemy Podcast117. PEOPLE PLEASING: Integrating the Self-Abandonment Wound with Venessa Rodriguez and Lindsey LockettSend us a textIf you’ve caught yourself bending over backwards to accomodate others only to feel drained and undervalued, this is a must-listen episode for you. My dear friends Nervous System Coach Lindsay Lockett and Intuitive Nourishment Guide Vanessa Rodriguez join me in a vulnerable chat about a survival mechanism we unwittingly latch onto - people pleasing. We dissect the roots of this behavior and its relationship to how we relate to the energetic resources of the Earth Archetype. Drawing from our personal journeys, we illuminate how this behavior stems from societal and par...
2023-09-111h 55
The Emotional Alchemy Podcast110. SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Navigating Anger, Fear and Emotional Health in Business with Holistic Psychologist Janine KreftSend us a textEmotions can impact everything from your physical health to yes, your business. We discuss just how powerful this connection can be in this conversation with Janine Kreft. In sharing her recent experience with a pain flare in her neck and shoulders, Janine helps us explore the metaphor of the spine, the body as the storyteller of our life, and the importance of honoring our own energy. Navigating intense emotions such as fear and anger can be challenging, especially with cultural conditioning at play. I share the concept of "Hwabyeong", a Korean te...
2023-06-221h 20The Emotional Alchemy Podcast91. SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP + FIVE ELEMENTS: Water Element - Resting to Plant the Seed of Aligned Action with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textListen to this Episode If…You are a spiritual entrepreneur who is feeling a lack of clarity and groundedness in yourself and your business. You feel compelled to be productive all the time which makes you feel as if you are spinning your wheels and overworking while not seeing the changes you would like to see. You want to know more about how slowing down and looking inwards can help you harness the power of the Water element and use the quiet introspection of Winter to ground yourself and re...
2022-12-141h 29The Emotional Alchemy Podcast84. SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP + FIVE ELEMENTS: Metal Element - Pruning to Make Room for Abundance with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textListen To This Episode If…You are a spiritual entrepreneur who wants to follow the seasonal cycles and integrate the 5 elements of Daoism into your business and life. You have been feeling as if you just take on more and more in your business and have no breathing room. You want to find out how Autumn and the Metal element can facilitate a slowing down and inspire you to shed what no longer serves you.What You'll Learn in this Episode:
2022-10-051h 05The Emotional Alchemy Podcast83. SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP + FIVE ELEMENTS: Earth Element - Receiving Abundance and Returning to Your Body with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textListen To This Episode If…You are a Spiritual Entrepreneur who feels out of sync with the natural rhythms of the seasons and the transitional times at the beginning and end of each one. You want to know more about how the changing seasons and the cues from your body can tell you what you need so that you can align with each season. We explore the abundance of Late Summer and how it is an opportunity to return to our body, tune in to its cues and discover wh...
2022-09-0154 minThe Emotional Alchemy Podcast77. Fire Element / Summer Season Energetics for Spiritual Entrepreneurs with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textListen To This Episode If…You are a spiritual entrepreneur who has feelings of guilt around the need to slow down or the urge to some take time away in the summer months. We explore how you can honor the natural seasonal rhythms and use the natural pause in summer to tap into the heart-mind, set boundaries and clear intentions, and work on openness, connection and communication with your clients.SHOWNOTES: My dear friend Christina Cecconi returns for her 9th appearance on...
2022-06-231h 06The Emotional Alchemy Podcast70. Wood Element / Spring Season Energetics for Spiritual Entrepreneurs with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textListen To This Episode If…You are a spiritual entrepreneur at the beginning of your journey or stepping into a new phase of your business and want to move forward with intentionality Christina Cecconi is returning to the Empowered Curiosity Podcast this year for a new series. We'll be exploring the Five Elements/Seasons as seen through the Daoist Medicine tradition applying the energetics of these cycles to a spiritually aligned business. What You'll Learn in this Epi...
2022-03-151h 16The Emotional Alchemy Podcast68. SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Why Entrepreneurship is a Spiritual Practice with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textThis one is a love note to the entrepreneurs, healing professionals and artists in the Empowered Curiosity community who feel a deep calling to serve their communities and feel nourished by the work they do, but are experiencing blocks in their business.Let me know if this is something you’re grappling with in your business…You take the business courses and know what you “should” do, but can’t follow through You feel frozen and stuck when you think about getting started You keep looking for the next sales p...
2021-12-091h 13The Emotional Alchemy Podcast57. Exploring Earth Element/Late Summer Season Energetics with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textMy bestie Christina Cecconi and I have been taking you on a journey this year to do a deep dive and explore the energetics of each of the Elements and Seasons. We are finishing the Five Elements Wisdom Series today.In this week’s episode we are going to explore nourishment as seen through the lens of the Late Summer and Earth Element. What You'll Learn in this Episode: How over-serving is a survival strategy and how it actually leaks ener...
2021-09-031h 20The Emotional Alchemy Podcast47. Exploring Fire Element/Summer Season Energetics with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textThe inevitability of our human experience is that we will, at some point, lose sight of our purpose. When we are misaligned with purpose, we get pulled into the vortex of addictions, avoidant/anxious attachment strategies and generally feeling disempowered in our own lives. On the flip side, when we can identify and make explicit what our purpose is, have a sense of what drives us, understand what lights us up with bliss, we are able to settle into what our Dao is. In today’s conversation, Chinese Med...
2021-06-161h 06The Emotional Alchemy Podcast38. Exploring Wood Element/Spring Season Energetics with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textAs we transition into a new season, regular podcast guest Christina Cecconi joins me once again for a chat about the energetics of Spring and the Wood Element. We are inching closer to Spring Equinox and you’ve likely been feeling the stirrings within your own body and spirit. To move, to be creative, to bring things to life, to plant seeds. But this also comes with the challenges of Spring. When we prioritize progress and movement over alignment, we fall into the trap of creating action for action’s sake. When...
2021-03-231h 02The Emotional Alchemy PodcastCreating Purposeful Movement in the Wood Element and Spring Season with Christina CecconiAs we transition into a new season, regular podcast guest Christina Cecconi joins me once again for a chat about the energetics of Spring and the Wood Element. As we inch closer to Spring Equinox, you’ve likely been feeling the stirrings within your own body and spirit. To move, to be creative, to bring things to life, to plant seeds. But this also comes with the challenges of Spring. When we prioritize progress and movement over alignment, we fall into the trap of creating action for action’s sake. When things don’t turn out as we plan...
2021-03-171h 02The Emotional Alchemy Podcast29. FIVE ELEMENTS: Flow into the Water Element + Winter Season with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textI spent the majority of my life doing all the things, forcing things to happen, running to and running away from all the things before I discovered that there is another way. No wonder I was burnt out. I had completely lost sight of who I was and what I wanted. Christina Cecconi is one of the loudest voices in my life who reminds me of the other way. She reminds me that rest is not just for the weary, that there is space in my life to slow down, that...
2020-12-161h 25The Emotional Alchemy Podcast21. FIVE ELEMENTS: Surrendering into the Metal Element and Autumn Season with Chinese Medicine Practitioner Christina CecconiSend us a textYesterday was the Autumn Equinox. And I couldn't think of a better way to usher in this season than inviting my good friend Christina onto the podcast to nerd out about the Autumn/Metal Season. This year has felt like we're going through a collective Autumn since March. We've had to shed many, may layers of perceptions, stories and conditions. Perceptions of how the world works or "should" work has shifted. And it's been a haaaaaaard year, y'all. The thing with Autumn is that it lays everything bare. We ca...
2020-09-221h 30The Emotional Alchemy Podcast6. Connecting with Your Essential Nature, Mourning Ego-Death and Stepping Into Your True Self with Acupuncturist Christina CecconiSend us a textHave you gone through life ticking off all the right boxes?Your life is as you believed it should be. Career, relationship, home, kids...you invested in all that external structure that you believed would make life feel stable and secure. But somehow all the right boxes don’t add up to you feeling connected and whole. You’re starting to wake up. Meaning...you are finally starting to pay attention to your body. You are ready to stop apologizing for taking up space in your own life...
2020-05-301h 18