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Spiritual GritEp 243 - Election Anxiety? Focus on The Big PictureIt goes without saying that most folks are feeling election anxiety and there’s lots of conversation around who to vote for. But here’s the thing: there’s only so much we can control. We can’t control the results; we can only control the choices we make. It’s important to make decisions that feel right for you, that sit well in your heart – and not one based on fear. It’s hard, I know. But if we focus on the big picture –like, Universe-level– then we can understand that our work does not stop with casting one vote. Liberati...2024-10-3032 minSpiritual GritEp 229 - What do you imagine liberation to look like?As the world continues to burn and we continue to fight for social justice, the question that comes to mind is this: what does liberation look like? Yes, we know what we don't want. But have we envisioned what we do want? What world do we want to create on the other side of this burning? We need to imagine it in order to understand how to get there. And we need to ground ourselves.
Tune into this week's episode to feel into possibilities. And to start a conversation about what is possible.
Also note...2024-07-2531 minSpiritual GritEp 228 - Create in the Face of DestructionAs the world continues to burn (in my eyes, it's the burning down if oppressive systems), it's easy to lose sight of the big picture and fall into hopelessness when you witness so much destruction over and over. How can we continue to sustain our fight for liberation? How can we keep going when the allure of despair calls us?
The answer: we create!
What does that mean? What does that look like? And why does it work? Tune in to learn more and hear suggestions on how to get creative!
And if...2024-07-1733 minSpiritual GritEp 227 - Reclaiming Your Power: Asking for help is NOT a sign of weaknessIt takes courage to ask for help, at least for the kind of help that feels vulnerable. But this is power. And this is the kind of power we must remember that we possess. We have to power to choose how we want to experience what the world brings into our lives.
In this week's episode, I accidentally get meta with my own teaching. Haha! I'm sharing wisdom about remembering our innate power through the challenges we face in our lives by telling you about an experience that I had. Tune in to learn more!
2024-07-1037 minSpiritual GritEp 226 - The world is on fire. Is spirituality the fire hydrant we need?After the appalling decisions made by Scotus this past week (being homeless is a crime & presidents can get away with anything), many of us are falling into despair or rage or both. What is this world we live in and how did we get here? Are we going to survive?
In this week's episode, I'm bringing our focus back to the bigger picture: we exist beyond this three-dimensional plane. So how does this world on fire help us to grow and evolve as spirit-souls? If you think about the universe, there are plenty of things dying and...2024-07-0341 minSpiritual GritEp 225 - Share your gifts! Don't keep them hiddenHow do we know what our gifts are to the world? And how do we know with whom to share them? Do we even want to share them? The body can help. Tune in to learn more!
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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:
Oracle card: Oyster
“We Might Have To Medicate You” by Hafiz
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Subscribe to “Adventures in Midlife” newslet...2024-06-2623 minSpiritual GritEp 223 - Cultivating discernment when connecting with communitySince the quarantine years, many of us have been hungry for community. We've been longing for real connection. But how badly do we want it? At what cost?
Not all communities are created equal. Not all communities are built with your best interest in mind. Are we willing to compromise who we are in order to feel like we belong somewhere?
During this time of jen-0cide of Pali-stin-ians, it's becoming harder to find communities of care and support. It's on us to create them and communicate that it's a safe place. Tune in to...2024-06-1227 minSpiritual GritEp 222 - Is it okay to thrive during such a violent time?The world is on fire. How can we continue to live our lives while so many lives are being lost every day? How does our passion, our calling in life matter during times like these? How do the things that light us up help fight for a free Palestine?
What about our relationships? The ones where the people we love have been silent. Not those actively advocating for the elimination of an entire people, but rather those who have not spoken out. Why have they not said anything? Do we cut them off entirely? O...2024-06-0534 minSpiritual GritEp 220 - Community is Crucial to ThrivingAfter the quarantine years, a lot of us have forgotten how good it feels to be in community with others. A lot of us have even forgotten how to do it. It's kind of like when you are sick for an extended period of time that it becomes your new normal and you don't know what it feels like to be healthy until the sickness goes away and then you remember.
Do you remember what it's like to feel seen? To be in a group where people get you? Or what it's like for someone to train...2024-05-2241 minSpiritual GritEp 219 - Finding balance between the personal and the collectiveHow do we stay present for the people in our lives while we are fighting for social justice? How do we stay vigilant about not becoming consumed by our activist work? And when it comes to conscientious parenting, how much do we guide our children and how much do we allow for them to figure it out on their own? The line keeps moving… in waves.
And while we ask these questions, our personal relationships start to come into question as well. Maybe some of your friends are aligned in social justice, but when it comes to ge...2024-05-1528 minSpiritual GritEp 217 - Grounding Ourselves During ActivismI’m gonna let you know: this is a messy low-quality recording. So much is unfolding at once and in some cases, escalation is building quite rapidly that I didn’t have time to set up my usual mic – I just used some plug-in earbuds with a mic. This is an indication of how urgent and important it is for all of us to understand that “normal” no longer exists. That in order for us to integrate the shifts happening around us (because there’s *no way* we can avoid these shifts at this magnitude), we need to root down into ou...2024-05-0219 minSpiritual GritEp 216 - Caring for yourself as an activistTo put it simply: there's a hell of a lot going on right now and activism is growing exponentially. There is an urgency in the air that cannot be ignored. And with that urgency, momentum swells and we activists tend to forget that it's necessary to fill our own cup.
We MUST take time to nourish ourselves, to replenish our energy, to rest and restore. This is the long game. And we must remember that we are not doing this alone. When we work in community, we can lean on each other for what...2024-04-2426 minSpiritual GritEp 215 - Expressing yourself opens a valveHow many of us stuff down our feelings when it comes to sadness or grief? How many of us try to hide our tears or look away when we are not able to? Our society has taught us to repress the emotions that make people uncomfortable. It has taught us that we are wrong or weak when we experience things like rage or grief. What happens when there's a buildup of these emotional energies that stay trapped in the body? When there's nowhere for them to go, the body starts to break down. Tune into this week's episode where...2024-04-1733 minSpiritual GritEp 212 - Your life's purpose is not about youThere's a lot of talk about one's purpose in life and often, in the West, it is individualistic: what will fulfill one's desires? How can one manifest the car/house/partner that they want?
In this week's episode, I'm talking about what your purpose in life actually is and how you can get closer to figuring it out. Also, if your life's purpose isn't about you, then what is it about? Who is it for? And is anyone paying attention?
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Ora...2024-03-2725 minSpiritual GritEp 211 - When two diasporic women have a conversation... with Sofia Ali-KhanIn this week's episode, I'm in conversation with Sophia Ali Khan, activist, public interest lawyer, and Canadian-based author of *A Good Country: My Life in Twelve Town and the Devastating Battle for a White America*.
We talked about a wide range of things, playing with the intersection of activism and spiritualit: from the current genocide (do we take the first flight out to Rafah?) to resonance with our ancestral homeland (what is embedded in our DNA that signals we are home?); from balancing being a mom with activism (how does one guide one’s ch...2024-03-201h 01Spiritual GritEp 209 - Duality and Non-duality in ActivismUh, say what? What the heck is duality and non-duality? It’s a spiritual philosophy and teaching, one of which I’m still trying to unpack (and will likely be doing for the rest of my life!). But I wanted to pose this question of duality vs non-duality in activism: how do we understand these concepts and how do we apply them to real world situations like gen0-side? Is it useful to do so? Or is it akin to spiritual bypassing? Depends on who you are and how you use it.
I’m going...2024-03-0633 minSpiritual GritEp 183 - Best of Spiritual Grit - Creating Connections with IntentionHumans are a communal species. I have said this before, yes. In this episode, I first invite you to take some time to rest and restore, to create mini vacations for yourself in your daily life. But know that there is a difference between a restorative retreat and tipping over into isolation. Balance is key.
I also talk about being intentional with whom we connect. Who drains us? Who nourishes us? Do we spend time with people in meaningful conversations? Or is it just small talk? And what about connections in the digital spaces...2023-08-3034 minSpiritual GritEp 177 - Being Your Authentic Self in a World Full of Fakes🎙️ Prepare for an unforgettable auditory experience and full of learnings! 🎧
Join us in the latest episode of our podcast as I share about being your authentic self in a world full of fakes.
Can you be your most authentic self? What does that even mean? Who is your authentic self? What does that look like? And how do you do it?These are some questions on exploring and this week's episode. In a world where more people are talking about being authentic, how many of us are actually doing it? How...2023-07-1934 minSpiritual GritEp 176 - Representation matters: "Here Lies Love" and "Joy Ride"And this week's episode, I'm talking about the balance of give and take, of giving and receiving. I'm inviting folks to consider shifting away from the closed-off-ness of individualism ("I'm going to do my own thing and I don't care what anyone else does.") and stepping into collective care. How can we be mindful of how our actions affect others? How can we pay attention to our role in the collective while?
Which then shifts the conversation to representation. For folks who are from marginalized communities, we are used to seeing the varied stories...2023-07-1244 minSpiritual GritEp 175 - Communities of Care Can Support the Rest We NeedIn today's episode, I'm talking about Trisha Hersey's Rest is Resistance and how important it is for us to rest, for us to resist the capitalist structures that tell us to Go!Go!Go! How can we remember that we are divinity itself? That what we "do" does not determine our worth? We are worthy simply because we BE.
But it's not easy to step into this practice of resting after being indoctrinated--since birth-- by the ideas of continual labor as worthiness. A community of care can make all the difference in breaking out...2023-07-0537 minSpiritual GritEp 174 - Being Intentional with Magic and CreativityWhat lights you up?
In this episode, I talk about the word “creativity”, how it sometimes carries so much weight that people deny they are the least bit creative. What if we defined it? What if it wasn’t about painting a masterpiece? Or writing the great American novel (whatever the *heck* that is!)? What doors would open up for people? What magic might unfold?
I believe that we can create whatever we want and view it as magic. Magic is real. Magic is energy. When we step intentionally into a space of wonder, delightful surpris...2023-06-2833 minSpiritual GritEp 173 - Remembering the Wisdom Within OurselvesWith the speed of life today, it is so easy for us to forget. To forget what we were doing in the middle of doing it. To forget why we do the things that we do. To forget that we have physical bodies because we are so immersed in what's happening on a screen.
The biggest forgetting is that our bodies hold so much wisdom. Our bodies never lie to us. Our bodies guide us to what's right, to what's aligned with our souls, to the path of our dharma (aka our life's purpose).2023-06-2136 minSpiritual GritEp 172 - Community is Right in Your FaceWhat's getting in your way? What patterns or behaviors are keeping you stuck? Where is your focus? Is that focus preventing you from seeing beyond?
Sometimes we look for things we want in the wrong places. Sometimes they're right in front of our faces.
I've been talking about community and what it is (or can be) and how we can create & build one.
So what is community really? And how do you know that you're in one? What presumptions do you have that prevent...2023-06-1441 minSpiritual GritEp 171 - Co-creating Communities of CareWe live in a world that moves so fast that we miss a lot of things, including nuance. We are eager to do-do-do (I can't help but hear BlackPink here. Haha!) and achieve things and solve problems as quickly as possible. This is not sustainable. And while that might be an obvious statement, it needs to be said out loud. Everyone is exhausted and burnt out and overloaded. As a result, we might inadvertently harm other people in the process. Our fuses are short. Our attention spans even shorter.
Which is why it's more...2023-06-0739 minSpiritual GritEp 170 - Interrogating Spiritual Practices As a Woman of ColorIn this episode, I'm exploring ways in which spiritual teachings and manifestation practices can intersect with activism. I'm interrogating spiritual teachings as delivered by white folks and how they leave out the part about having to exist in this three-dimensional world that includes systemic racism, an inextricable part of my own human existence. Folks of color can't just think positive thoughts to get out of oppression. At the same time, I don't want to discount how our thoughts and beliefs do create our experience of the reality we live in. So how do we bring both seemingly separate worlds...2023-05-3139 minSpiritual GritEp 169 - Creating Connections with IntentionHumans are a communal species. I have said this before, yes. In this episode, I first invite you to take some time to rest and restore, to create mini vacations for yourself in your daily life. But know that there is a difference between a restorative retreat and tipping over into isolation. Balance is key.
I also talk about being intentional with whom we connect. Who drains us? Who nourishes us? Do we spend time with people in meaningful conversations? Or is it just small talk? And what about connections in the digital spaces...2023-05-2434 minSpiritual GritEp 168 - Best of Spiritual Grit: Cultivating a New Way of BeingIt is crucial for women of color to share their stories, to let others know they are not alone in the experiences that challenge us. In this episode, I talk about how to create new ways of being, how to lean into self-trust as you step into the mystery of not knowing what’s ahead. Everything we know is being dismantled. The rules we used to go by no longer apply. It’s a whole new game that we’re learning how to play as we go. How do we build a new paradigm when we don’t have an examp...2023-05-1738 minSpiritual GritEp 164 - How spirituality supports activism“I’m in it. I’m in the Academy, and so this opportunity to go on strike and demand what’s right, this is a huge coalition” - Leslieann Hobayan
With the Rutgers strike last week, I was able to experience first hand how my spiritual practices, along with the progress I've made on my healing journey, have helped me show up as an even stronger activist than ever before. So many of us activists know how draining it can be to proactively fight for social justice. We know how our nervous systems can get fried and how ar...2023-04-1941 minSpiritual GritEp 163 - Slowing Down to Be Fully Human“Its about continuing the practice over and over again where you can create awareness in a way that becomes second nature” - Leslieann Hobayan
We live in a time where everything is moving so fast that we miss half of the experiences of our life. It's like we're chasing the finish line so that we can finally rest and enjoy our lives. What we don't know is that there is no finish line. There is only Now.
It is time for us to slow down. To rest and rejuvenate. To l...2023-04-1235 minSpiritual GritEp 161 - Envisioning While Steeped in the MysteryWhat do you envision for your life? When you are in that place in-between, in that place of uncertainty and change, can you see it as a place of exploration rather than panic? A lot of us let fear of the unknown keep us stuck. Our ego's voice feels really loud with fear. Can we reframe the unknown as an opportunity to re-vision our lives and take aligned steps towards making that vision a reality? Movement gets us unstuck. Making a decision gets us unstuck. How can you shift out of indecision? What will you decide today? How can...2023-03-2931 minSpiritual GritEp 160 - What If You Possessed the Time Stone?“Can we trust that we have all the time we need to do what lights our souls?” - Leslieann Hobayan
What is your relationship to time? Do you feel like you never have enough of it? What is that about? Time, as we understand it in today's society, is a construct. Meaning, that we can break it and maybe actually play with it. We can stretch it and compress it as we like. Do you ever have those moments when you are having such a good time with friends that you lose track of time...2023-03-2241 minSpiritual GritEp 159 - How to Get Unstuck With TarotWhen we’re stuck, we don’t know what to do. We’re paralyzed by so many things, but usually it’s fear – fear of the unknown.. Our ego tries to keep us safe by staying in the same place, but our higher self is like: “Girl, you don’t know what you’re missing! You’re meant for so much more!”
But you know what else? We spend a lot of time looking at what other people are doing. We’ve got our faces inside screens for a big chunk of our waking hours. And this contri...2023-03-1528 minSpiritual GritEp 158 - Cultivating a New Way of BeingIt is crucial for women of color to share their stories, to let others know they are not alone in the experiences that challenge us. In this episode, I talk about how to create new ways of being, how to lean into self-trust as you step into the mystery of not knowing what’s ahead. Everything we know is being dismantled. The rules we used to go by no longer apply. It’s a whole new game that we’re learning how to play as we go. How do we build a new paradigm when we don’t have an examp...2023-03-0838 minSpiritual GritEP 156 - Lean into the mystery of not knowingMidlife is chock full of surprises. Identities falling away, unknown futures ahead. What's not to love? Haha! But more importantly, how can you ground yourself and hold yourself through the portals of change and transformation that are inevitable? How can you lean into trust of yourself and the universe? Can you allow yourself to surrender to the natural unfolding of your life's purpose as you make your way toward elderhood? Get curious! Play! Experiment! Get comfortable with the uncomfortable! And know that our community, aka the MCCollective, is walking right alongside you! Listen in to get a glimpse into...2023-02-2236 minSpiritual GritEp 155 - Spiritual Exploration as a Third Culture Kid in America with Ravi Shankar“Spiritual practice will inform and will give you strength and resilience when it comes to advocating” - Dr. Ravi Shankar
I sat down with Ravi Shankar Ph.D., a creative writing professor, translator, Pushcart Prize–winning poet and author of 15 books. He teaches creative writing at Tufts University and his memoir "Correctional" was published in 2022. In this episode with Dr. Ravi, we discuss:
The concept about having a soul / spiritual name
Being raised as a Hindu boy and having a life with Christian experience in the US.
How he was shaped to where he is...2023-02-1548 minSpiritual GritEp 153 - Midlife Doesn’t Have to Suck“It doesn’t matter what other people think, because they’re gonna think what they think no matter what we do ” - Leslieann Hobayan
If you look at mainstream media, it paints this picture that midlife sucks. You have to try to compete with the youth by buying into tha anti-aging culture. Or there are ads about the latest medication to help you with whatever latest breakdown is happening in the body. If you’re not self-aware, chances are, you’re believing the message that midlife sucks. But guess what? It doesn’t have to. YOU are in...2023-02-0134 minSpiritual GritEp 152 - It’s Time to Build New Paradigms“You don’t know when your last breath will be..” - Leslieann Hobayan
Happy new year! Kicking off the year with this brand new episode (recorded while sick ), I invite you to change things up in more meaningful ways. This is the year of The Chariot, which, in essence means, it's a year of moving. It's time to do things differently. What we've been doing isn't working as well as we'd like. now is the time to take more dramatic action. What will you do to shift your ways of being so that you can actually change your l...2023-01-2524 minSpiritual GritEp 151 - Best of Spiritual Grit: Find Your True Shine: Aligning With Your Inner Light For A Fulfilling Midlife“I am in service of women of color, particularly those in midlife and midlife is when you get this sudden awareness of where you are in life.” - Leslieann Hobayan
How many of us go through life feeling lost, feeling like we're not quite sure who we are or what we're meant to be doing? It's a feeling that a lot of us in midlife are familiar with. For the first part of our adult lives, we tended to just go through the motions, not really living, not being fully present. But then we reach a point wher...2023-01-1143 minSpiritual GritEp 150 - Best of Spiritual Grit: Change Your Reality: Be a Prophet For Your Future“It's better to create prophecy than live in prediction” - Leslieann Hobayan
What’s your biggest seemingly out-of-reach dream that you knew could change your life if it came true? Many of us think we know the outcome of what our lives will be like. If we follow X, then we will get Y. But what if, instead, we just went for our hairy-scary dreams, wholeheartedly believing that they will come true? What if we “saw the vision” of our lives as a prophet might? How would your current reality be different?
Take a few minutes to...2023-01-0429 minSpiritual GritEp 149 - Best of Spiritual Grit: The Magic and The Power of Choice“Keep cultivating the life you want within you and watch the magic of the universe line up to create the thing that you want” - Leslieann Hobayan
There’s all this talk about self-awareness and how it’s so important for our personal development and how practices like meditation can help. But you might be thinking: why do we even need it? What’s the purpose? Once I cultivate self-awareness, then what? How does that help me evolve? Have you ever asked yourself: “I am aware that I’m doing something but sometimes I can’t stop myself, so what’...2022-12-2830 minSpiritual GritEp 147 - Suffering is Optional: the Power of ChoiceYes, we all experience pain. And it might be particularly acute during this season. But choosing how we create meaning around it is ultimately up to each of us. When we choose to label pain as suffering, we give our power away. It's the "woe is me" thinking. It's a position of victimhood. Is that why we’re here? What can happen if we shift our view of a painful experience into something else? What can that something else be? What learnings can be had? Is this part of our evolution? Tune in to find out!
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In this episode, I talk about why it's important for me to focus solely on creating and supporting communities for women of color. Take a look around. Mainstream media shows that support for mental health and spiritual growth are designed for white communities. (For example, it took a long time for Lululemon, a popular yoga clothing brand, to have any models of color in their marketing.) But let's also look at age demographics. How much does the media talk about midlife? Often, it's invisible. But us G...2022-11-3040 minSpiritual GritEp 144 - Find Your True Shine: Aligning With Your Inner Light For A Fulfilling Midlife“I am in service of women of color, particularly those in midlife and midlife is when you get this sudden awareness of where you are in life.” - Leslieann Hobayan
How many of us go through life feeling lost, feeling like we're not quite sure who we are or what we're meant to be doing? It's a feeling that a lot of us in midlife are familiar with. For the first part of our adult lives, we tended to just go through the motions, not really living, not being fully present. But then we reac...2022-11-2343 minSpiritual GritEp 143 - Rituals: Connecting The Inner World with The Outer“A ritual connects the visible with the invisible, it opens up that space of asking” - Leslieann Hobayan
Ritual opens a portal to help make the intangible more tangible. It's a physical act that gives shape to insights and interior understandings. We all have them and engage in ritual, whether we know it or not. It's a matter of being intentional versus running on autopilot. What's possible when you enter ritual with intention? What insights might you be able to embody? How can you get deeper understandings? Tune in to find out!
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2022-11-1639 minSpiritual GritEp 142 - Change Your Reality: Be a Prophet For Your Future“It's better to create prophecy than live in prediction” - Leslieann Hobayan
What’s your biggest seemingly out-of-reach dream that you knew could change your life if it came true? Many of us think we know the outcome of what our lives will be like. If we follow X, then we will get Y. But what if, instead, we just went for our hairy-scary dreams, wholeheartedly believing that they will come true? What if we “saw the vision” of our lives as a prophet might? How would your current reality be different?
Take a few...2022-11-0929 minSpiritual GritEp 141 - Surrendering to the Sweetness of Life: A Journey to What Matters Most“Its human for us to fluctuate, the more we practice awareness, consciousness and, meditation, our response time begins to become quicker” - Leslieann Hobayan
Savor the moment. How many of us run around trying to get to the next thing before we’ve even completed the thing we’re doing? How many of us are trying to desperately to check off the to-do list that we miss the moments of sweetness in our lives? We spend too much time trying to check things off a list, believing that once we “get it done” *then* we’ll be abl...2022-11-0239 minSpiritual GritEp 140 - Unlock The Power Of Embodying Your True Authentic Self“Keep in mind that life on this planet is fun and the planet is the playground” - Leslieann Hobayan
This week, I talk about embodying our true selves to express what is within us. And how important it is to PLAY!
How can we allow ourselves to fully experience our emotions, even if they are uncomfortable? We must first listen to what our emotions are trying to tell us. We all have moments when we feel like there's something inside of us that we can't quite get out. So how can we use...2022-10-2642 minSpiritual GritEp 139 - The Magic and The Power of Choice“Keep cultivating the life you want within you and watch the magic of the universe line up to create the thing that you want” - Leslieann Hobayan
There’s all this talk about self-awareness and how it’s so important for our personal development and how practices like meditation can help. But you might be thinking: why do we even need it? What’s the purpose? Once I cultivate self-awareness, then what? How does that help me evolve? Have you ever asked yourself: “I am aware that I’m doing something but sometimes I can’t stop mys...2022-10-1930 minSpiritual GritEp 138 - Forge Ahead, One Step at a Time“The words that we use fall short of the feelings that we embody.” - Leslieann Hobayan
As I continue to process and integrate my experience on the Green River in Utah, more understandings are unfolding. In today's episode, I talk about how we don't need to wait for someone else to lead the way or to give us permission. We can forge our own path. We can be leaders of our own lives.
But sometimes it's hard to know which direction to take. And so we must listen. Deeply. But also to be o...2022-10-1232 minSpiritual GritEp 136 - Best of Spiritual Grit: A Beginner’s Mind Being Open To PossibilitiesBest of Spiritual Grit
“We don’t know what we don’t know so be open to possibilities”-Leslieann Hobayan
For today’s episode, I invite you to be open to possibilities. Back in the day, I worked (temporarily) at a corporate law firm in Manhattan. We all make assumptions what that was like. What I discovered was that it was possible to be creative, thrive, and enjoy that space. These days, what’s coming forward for me now is tarot. I didn't expect it to become such a big presence...2022-09-2833 minSpiritual GritEp 134 - Going On Retreat to Hone Your Visions & Manifest Them“Whatever you declare, is the thing that happens” - Leslieann Hobayan
How Do You Know What You Want?
In this episode I’ve tackled about how hard it is to know exactly what you want if you don't know where you're going. What would I do if I knew I could not fail? How would my life change if I had this? What would success feel like? These are just some of the questions you may encounter if you have the fear of failure.
In order to manifest anything, we need t...2022-09-1429 minSpiritual GritEp 133 - Best of Spiritual Grit: Identifying Who You Are and Your Whole Being“The things that we want are not an accident. The things that we want are put there by the divine intelligence. It’s our calling.” - Leslieann Hobayan
For today’s episode, I talk about identity - being your true authentic self.
Is it possible to be your true authentic self and have a good life? Is there a way to break through the clutter of the world and really find yourself? This is a topic I have been exploring for some time because too many of us are hiding.
If you’re reading th...2022-09-0839 minSpiritual GritEp 132 - Creating / Planting from the 5-part Self-Awareness August seriesEp 132: Creating / Planting from the 5-part Self-Awareness August series
“Plant the seeds of what you desire” - Leslieann Hobayan
In the final part of this 5-part series, Self-Awareness August, it’s time for us to plant seeds, to create what we want– what our heart desires! We’ve built our self-awareness in grounding, opening, allowing and aligning. Now it’s time to clear the clutter and CREATE! In this growing awareness of who we are, we now have a vision of who we are meant to be. And now it’s time to plant seeds that support t...2022-08-3125 minSpiritual GritEp 131 - Aligning from the 5-part Self-Awareness August seriesEp 131: Aligning from the 5-part Self-Awareness August series
“Time is a limited resource, so be mindful about how you use that time.” - Leslieann Hobayan
For part 4 of this 5-part series in Self-Awareness August, I focus on alignment. Once we’ve grounded and opened ourselves up to receive, how can we build upon that self-awareness? Sometimes, we might wonder: what’s the point of self-awareness when I don’t know what to do with it? The next step is to pay attention to the energy in your body. When you make a decision, when you move out a...2022-08-2420 minSpiritual GritEp 130 - Allowing / Softening from the 5-part Self-Awareness August seriesEp 130: Allowing / Softening from the 5-part Self-Awareness August series
“Allowing is also for you to move through the process of healing” - Leslieann Hobayan
In part 3 of our 5-part series for Self-Awareness August, I talk about how allowing is a subtle shift from opening. What’s the difference? It sounds like the same thing. Well, we might be open to receiving, but are we allowing for that love to come in? Do you feel your muscles start to contract when a message approaches or someone offers love? Can you soften those muscles? Can you allow? Tune i...2022-08-1721 minSpiritual GritEp 129 - Opening from the 5-part Self-Awareness August series“Opening is inviting us to receive what is meant for us” - Leslieann Hobayan
Join me for part 2 of this 5-part series, Self-Awareness, August: Opening! Once we get grounded, our bodies can begin to feel safe enough to open up. Open up to what? you might wonder. To receiving love. To receiving messages from your Higher Self, from the Universe. To gain divine guidance. When we open ourselves, possibilities that we didn’t see start to show up in our lives. What lies beyond your closed state of protection? Listen in to find out!
Today’s poems...2022-08-1022 minSpiritual GritEp 128 - Grounding from the 5-part Self-Awareness August series"Grounding is to be aware of the body" - Leslieann Hobayan
As we work to cultivate more self-awareness, we must first begin with a solid foundation. We need to establish where we are at this present moment in time before we can understand how we got here and where we want to go from here. Grounding is key to anchoring into our bodies before we dive within. Take a listen to find out more!
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Tarot Ca...2022-08-0326 minSpiritual GritEp 127 - Connecting with Your Intuition: Part 4 of 4 Series: Journey To Thrive“Connection to intuition is everything” - Leslieann Hobayan
This is the final part of the 4-part series of Journey to Thrive. In this episode, I talk about connecting with intuition and its important role in your healing journey.
Living in today’s society, we have lost our connection to our inner guidance, our intuition. There are so many external messages about what we’re supposed to do and who we’re supposed to be. When we listen to these, we lose our way. And when that happens, we live a life of struggle...2022-07-2743 minSpiritual GritEp 126 - Boundaries and Feeling Safe: Part 3 of 4 Series: Journey To Thrive“This journey does not end. Its just chapters of a very very long book .” - Leslieann Hobayan
This is a 4-part series of Journey to Thrive. In this 3rd episode, I talk about boundaries and feeling safe. This is key for women of color as we work to shift out of survival mode and into thriving, as we heal the people pleaser within us so that we can say Yes to ourselves.
The people pleaser is always putting others first and neglecting their own needs and has no boundaries. They often say "yes"...2022-07-2033 minSpiritual GritEp 125 - Play Part 2 of 4 Series: Journey To Thrive“Play is anything that brings you delight .” - Leslieann Hobayan
This is a 4-part series of Journey to Thrive. In this 2nd episode, I talk about PLAY.
If you have experienced a traumatic event in your past or if someone you know has, PLAY can play an important role in their healing process. It might be difficult for people to find opportunities for healing and personal growth but as long as PLAY comes to the scene, it helps us to thrive.
When we hear the word trauma, our minds immediately go t...2022-07-1327 min
Spiritual GritEp 124: Release - Part 1 of 4 Series: Journey To Thrive“The old patterns, the old habits, the old ways of being are still rooted on you and its now time to release that, let it go.” - Leslieann Hobayan
This is a 4-part series of Journey to Thrive. In this 1st episode, I talk about RELEASE.
What are the things that are holding you in survival mode? It’s time to let them go.
We spend a lot of time worrying about what other people think and that has to do with survival. If someone didn’t like us back in neand...2022-07-0636 minSpiritual GritEp 123 - It’s a Matter of Choice and Sovereignty over Our Bodies“Abortion is healthcare. They take away the women’s freedom of choice over their bodies, their full sovereignty ” - Leslieann Hobayan
For today’s episode, I talk about the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade, which eliminates the legal right of abortion. But it’s not that simple. This is about women’s healthcare and full access to that kind of care. This episode is about what abortion is NOT.
The pro-life folks are truly not about honoring the sacredness of life. If they were, they’d help put structures into place tha...2022-06-2931 minSpiritual GritEp 122 - Identifying Who You Are and Your Whole Being“The things that we want are not an accident. The things that we want are put there by the divine intelligence. It’s our calling.” - Leslieann Hobayan
For today’s episode, I talk about identity - being your true authentic self.
Is it possible to be your true authentic self and have a good life? Is there a way to break through the clutter of the world and really find yourself? This is a topic I have been exploring for some time because too many of us are hiding.
If you’r...2022-06-2242 min
Spiritual GritEp 121 - Reconnecting With Your Divine Self Part 4 of Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and Spiritualities“Be the leader you wish you had. ” - Leslieann Hobayan
Welcome to the final part of the 4-part series: Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and Spirituality. For today’s episode, I talk about reconnecting with your divine self.
In this conversation, I use tarot and oracle cards to reconnect with the divine self that lives within each of us. Tarot and oracle cards are one of the great ways to get guidance from your divine knowing. The Starseed oracle card that came forward in this episode was, ‘Forge, Don’t Follow’. It’s about b...2022-06-1435 min
Spiritual GritEp 120 - Where Do You Go From Here? Part 3 of Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and Spiritualities“Keep holding the vision because this world needs you to step in and visualize your dream” - Leslieann Hobayan
We are on our 3rd of the 4-part series: Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and Spirituality. At the start of the series, we looked at how far we’ve come. Last week, we took inventory of where we are now. For today’s episode, I ask: where do we go from here?
When you’ve been living your life for others this whole time, your dream becomes a stranger. You forget your true visio...2022-06-0829 min
Spiritual GritEpisode 119 - Where am I Right Now? Part 2 of Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and Spiritualities“Whatever space you make, the thing that you most desire will come to trust that the universe has your back and magic will happen as it always does.” - Leslieann Hobayan
We are on our 2nd of the 4-part series - Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and Spirituality. In this conversation, we will lay out where we are right now.
Midlife women are in, what I’m calling, “the threshold of change”. This is the point in most people’s lives where they pause, look around, and say: “This is it? I thought ther...2022-06-0142 min
Spiritual GritEp 118 - How Far Have You Come? Part 1 of Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and SpiritualitiesHow Far Have You Come?
Part 1 of Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and Spiritualities
Healing has many layers, just because we think we feel one thing, doesn’t mean that we’re done, it's just this continual peeling away of layers” - Leslieann Hobayan
In today’s episode, we have the 1st of the 4-part series I’m calling the Light of the World: Midlife Transitions and Spirituality. It’s my hope that over the next four episodes you can create a map of your life – where you’ve been, w...2022-05-1846 min
Spiritual GritEp 115 - Pursuing Your Passion Towards Ease and Effortlessness“When things start to settle down, you start to less stimulated so how do you continue the practice, how do you continue to be inspired?”-Leslieann Hobayan
For today’s podcast, I am looking at how we can be passionate and driven by the things that light us up. How can following our passion create a life of ease and flow? How can it create a life of abundance? Some people give up their passion because it doesn’t pay the bills, so they don’t have time for it. But what is your life’s pur...2022-04-1936 minSpiritual GritEp 114 - A Beginner’s Mind Being Open To Possibilities“We don’t know what we don’t know so be open to possibilities”-Leslieann Hobayan
For today’s episode, I invite you to be open to possibilities. Back in the day, I worked (temporarily) at a corporate law firm in Manhattan. We all make assumptions what that was like. What I discovered was that it was possible to be creative, thrive, and enjoy that space. These days, what’s coming forward for me now is tarot. I didn't expect it to become such a big presence in my life and in what I do to connec...2022-04-1333 minSpiritual GritEp 113 - What is Possible Beyond Sight?“We are at a time in this life, in this era where we are coming to a realization that what other people expect of us doesn't always serve our life’s purpose, our inner truth”-Leslieann Hobayan
In this episode, I talk about how experiences can bring about big realizations in life, particularly those during this time of c*vid. It seems we, collectively, have come to understand that there is more to life than living up to other people’s expectations. Many of us are asking: what is our life’s purpose? There has to be...2022-04-0526 minSpiritual GritEp 112 - Tuning Into Tarot to Expand Your Mind“Your body is the best truth-teller, ever. Your body and its vibrations help guide you in the direction you need to go” - Leslieann Hobayan
In this episode, I talk about how we can turn to the tarot for guidance. We are limited to what we know. How do we expand beyond that? Tarot can create a new awareness around how we see our lives. With this awareness, we start planting good thoughts in how we perceive our world. We can shift our mindset into positivity even if it doesn’t feel that way in tha...2022-03-2940 minSpiritual GritEp 110 - Compassion in The Time of Violence“Who we are being already changes the world.” -Leslieann Hobayan
In this episode, I share my thoughts about the pain and suffering that’s happening all around the world, particularly the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
There are a lot of conversations arising on this topic, from what is behind the invasion of Ukraine to neighboring countries opening their borders to refugees. What I’ve noticed is that white folks have been easily welcomed as refugees while brown folks who were also feeling conflict and seeking refuge were being denied entry, often to the p...2022-03-1541 minSpiritual GritEp 108 - Best of Spiritual Grit: Free to Move, Moving to be FreeIn case you missed this great conversation...
In today's episode, Leslieann talks about Free to Move, a movement workshop for people of color with Rahnee Haskins, and about how crucial it is for folks of color to be in community with each other. How powerful it is to be in a space where you feel like you belong, to be seen for who you are, to let your guard down. To be among your people. You don’t have to explain a thing. You don’t have to apologize for your accent or your thic...2022-03-0239 minSpiritual GritEp 107 - The Evolution of Blossoming: A Road Taken Towards Growth“There is a time of transition, and it's important for us to honor that, to not rush things.” -Leslieann Hobayan
In this episode, I recall the time I entered college, not knowing what to do with my life. I didn’t know who I was or who I wanted to be or what I wanted to do. The suppression of my true self had gone on so long that I had forgotten. So my path was chosen for me: pre-med student. There’s a running joke (which is not really a joke, but fact) that Asi...2022-02-2336 minSpiritual GritEp 106 - What Imprisons Your True Self?“Being human has unexpected turns, it has surprises and perfection does not exist” -Leslieann Hobayan
In this episode, I shared how the adults around me told me how to act “appropriately” or behave properly. Little girls didn’t sit with their legs spread or play with boys in the dirt. Anytime I did something “wrong”, I was punished. As a result, my authentic self was suppressed. Growing up as a kid of Asian immigrants, my true self was beaten down into hiding. I obeyed everything they told me to do out of fear. But my authentic s...2022-02-1625 minSpiritual GritEp 104 - Living in the Space of In-Betweenness“We only have control over who we are being and how we respond to the external stuff. We can only control how we are in relationship with ourselves deep within.” -Leslieann Hobayan
This week is all about living in the space of in betweenness. In this episode, I take a look at how we can move through these ever-changing times and find places to land. In my own life, I’m between residences. I found a landing place at my mom’s house where my daughters and I are staying while we wait for our own...2022-02-0227 minSpiritual GritEp 103 - Spiritual Moving Day: Decluttering, Packing, and Moving“With this move, support is really crucial. It helps to work with somebody in clearing the emotional and spiritual spaces and to allow for growth to happen” -Leslieann Hobayan
This week’s episode is all about MOVEMENT. I recently moved out of my house–where I lived for 11 years– and am now ready for big changes and new beginnings. In packing up and sorting through the clutter, I got to see first hand –and literally IN my hands– the growth and evolution of me and my family. This whole process of moving is an apt metaphor f...2022-01-2736 minSpiritual GritEp 101 - Best of Spiritual Grit: Setting Intentions: Evolving and Growing Out Of Our Old VersionsIf you have missed this episode, now's a great time to listen to this one. A very timely episode for this new year, 2022!
“There seems to be no purpose to your meditation if you don’t set the intention” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today's podcast is about intention. Intention is everything -- it is the thing that makes the difference where it allows us to evolve and grow out of our old versions. Ask yourself: Is setting the intention helping you grow? Is it helping you evolve from the place you we...2022-01-0540 minSpiritual GritEp 100 - Best of Spiritual Grit Podcast: Online Mocking: The Hidden Racial BullyingIf you missed this great conversation, now's the time to press that play button and listen to this meaningful and worthy episode.
In today's episode, Leslieann shares about her recent experience in a writing community she’s part of where she offered a program for writers to help them avoid emotional hangover. Then the (white) gatekeepers came for her, demanding she show her credentials, which was really a guise for “who do you think you are?”. This incident is an example of how systemic racism puts high expectations on folks of color, where we have t...2021-12-2946 minSpiritual GritEp 99 - Best of Spiritual Grit Podcast: Creating Safe Spaces for Women of Color“One way to fight the system of oppression is to not participate in it. Step away and rest your mind, body and soul.” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today's podcast is about creating spaces for Women of Color. We live in an environment where we experience suffering and pain because of who we are. We feel like we do not belong. Creating safe spaces only for WOCs gives us the opportunity to freely share our experiences. No judgement, no explanation. It’s important to celebrate who we are being, hold each other up, and step into our power. How can co...2021-12-2236 minSpiritual GritEp 96 - Take the Leap Into New Chapter of You“We are coming to a close of that potent energy that magnified the shifting of our lives, what else needs to be let go of?” - Leslieann Hobayan
As we approach the end of the year, let’s take a look at what worked and what didn’t. I start this episode by consulting my oracle deck and the Autumn card came forward. It’s an invitation to release what’s no longer serving us. What’s holding you back? Is it doubt? Is it fear? Fear of the unfamiliar, of the unknown? Are you willing to...2021-12-0131 minSpiritual GritEp 94 - Ancestral Inheritance in the Diaspora with Lisa Factora - Borchers“The deeper you look into your ancestry, you will see both.” - Lisa Factora-Borchers
In today's episode, we have Lisa Factora-Borchers, a Filipinx American writer, activist, and co-publisher of Guernica magazine. She was recognized by Rewire. News as one of the five revolutionary Asian American activists who are leading the fight for reproductive freedom. She is a board member for Zora’s House, an entrepreneurial think tank and haven for women of color, and a political thought leader for OPAWL (Ohio Progressive Asian Women’s Leadership). She cofounded and cofacilitates a healing justice group Feminist...2021-11-1658 minSpiritual GritEp 93 - Free to Move, Moving to be FreeIn today's episode, Leslieann talks about Free to Move, a movement workshop for people of color with Rahnee Haskins, and about how crucial it is for folks of color to be in community with each other. How powerful it is to be in a space where you feel like you belong, to be seen for who you are, to let your guard down. To be among your people. You don’t have to explain a thing. You don’t have to apologize for your accent or your thick thighs. You get to be you. That kind of magic is pote...2021-11-1039 minSpiritual GritEp 92 - Online Mocking: The Hidden Racial BullyingIn today's episode, Leslieann shares about her recent experience in a writing community she’s part of where she offered a program for writers to help them avoid emotional hangover. Then the (white) gatekeepers came for her, demanding she show her credentials, which was really a guise for “who do you think you are?”. This incident is an example of how systemic racism puts high expectations on folks of color, where we have to prove time and again that we are capable and competent human beings. It also highlights the VERY unaware people who reinforce this oppressive system. In the in...2021-11-0346 minSpiritual GritEp 91 - Finding Joy in the Midst of Struggles and Uncertainties“We forget who we are. We are love made manifest.” - Leslieann Hobayan
In today's episode, Leslieann talks about joy and trying to find it in the middle of an argument or struggle. At our core, we are all divine light but because of the conditioning we received as children, we’ve forgotten about that light. So many messages from our external world tell us that who we are is wrong. So many expectations are placed on us to perform as people we are not. As a result, out of protection, we hide our true s...2021-10-2734 minSpiritual GritEp 90 - Choose Your Own Adventure in Sacred Texts and Poetry with Kazim Ali“It's important for each person to find their own way of connecting beyond our current reality.” - Kazim Ali
Welcome to another episode of Spiritual Grit Podcast!
In today's episode, I have a very special guest, Kazim Ali! Kazim was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the United States, Canada, India, France, and the Middle East. His books encompass multiple genres and he is also an accomplished translator of Marguerite Duras, Sohrab Sepehri, Ananda Devi, Mahmoud Chokrollahi and others, and an editor of several anthologies and books of crit...2021-10-1853 minSpiritual GritEp 89 - Examining Religion’s Role in Our Spiritual Lives“Interpretation evolves. It changes with the people who are changing.” - Leslieann Hobayan
Welcome to another episode of Spiritual Grit Podcast!
In today's episode, I talk about my recent Catholic mass experience (thankfully I attended virtually for reasons you’ll soon find out). The new priest gave his homily, stating his beliefs plain and simple: marriage which is for only a man and woman only; being gay/homosexual is a sin; divorce is also a sin. He really jammed all the hot button issues into one foaming-at-the-mouth speech. There was no nuance, no roo...2021-10-1245 min
Spiritual GritEp 87: Setting Intentions: Evolving and Growing Out Of Our Old Versions“There seems to be no purpose to your meditation if you don’t set the intention” - Leslieann Hobayan
Welcome to Spiritual Grit Podcast! New name, new logo but same topics, with just a little more edge.
Today's podcast is about intention. Intention is everything -- it is the thing that makes the difference where it allows us to evolve and grow out of our old versions. Ask yourself: Is setting the intention helping you grow? Is it helping you evolve from the place you were when you started? Why sit in medita...2021-09-2940 min
Spiritual GritEp 86 - Creating Safe Spaces for Women of Color“One way to fight the system of oppression is to not participate in it. Step away and rest your mind, body and soul.” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today's podcast is about creating spaces for Women of Color. We live in an environment where we experience suffering and pain because of who we are. We feel like we do not belong. Creating safe spaces only for WOCs gives us the opportunity to freely share our experiences. No judgement, no explanation. It’s important to celebrate who we are being, hold each other up, and step into our po...2021-09-2237 minSpiritual GritEp 85 - Practicing Devotion and Sacred Action in Everyday Life“We are born perfect. We are living our own human design before conditioning starts” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today's podcast is about practicing devotion and sacred action in your everyday life. In this episode, you will learn that everything is a learning experience. This is our journey: to continually learn lessons to become better human beings and more connected with each other. How can you use devotion as a practice to being present in your life? How can you keep the everyday sacred? Self-awareness is a part of the process. Leslieann offers ways to evolve, dive...2021-09-1535 minSpiritual GritEp 80 - Using Magic in Healing“Where does my belief in divination tools come from?” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today’s episode is about magic in relation to healing. How does magic play a role in healing? How do you connect with your inner self? By divination tools? Meditation? What can magic reveal about ourselves? Relatedly, how can our relationship with these tools inform us about limiting beliefs we hold that we may not have been aware of? Examining the origins of our belief systems is key to permanent healing.
Listen along to the full episode as we incorporate some p...2021-08-1134 minSpiritual GritEp 79 - Your Imperfect Teacher“Listen to your heart, to your gut, your inner knowing and your instinct. Look for teachers, but always know that YOU ARE the teacher.” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today’s episode is about how we personally interact with our educators. How do you connect with them? Is there any chemistry?
It is important to be in integrity with who you are, who you want to be, who you need to be, and who you look up to. People seek more and wonder if there is more to life. We see things that can unfold...2021-08-0450 minSpiritual GritEp 78 - The Trauma of Hustle: Living the American Dream“Enjoy life and if you feel guilty doing it, do it anyway. You deserve a rest.” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today’s episode is about going after that “American Dream”, one of success and riches. As immigrants and people of color, we’re told that we need to hustle in order to get there. Are you hustling hard to make it and chase the American dream? Are you a woman of color living an exhausting life?
This episode takes a look at how we, women of color are conditioned to do things above and beyond o...2021-07-2831 minSpiritual GritEp 77 - Truth About the Symptoms of Trauma“Trauma shows up in different ways. It shows up in more undercover ways-- more than we expect” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today’s episode is about trauma. I take a look at how trauma occurs, how it gets stuck in the loop within our body, how we push through with it (which is not necessarily the best thing), and what steps we can take to overcome it. I also shared the differences between trauma from physical experiences to those of psychological damage. How is impostor syndrome connected to trauma? What are other ways that trauma shows...2021-07-2136 minSpiritual GritHow To Reclaim Rest | Vinyasa in Verse Podcast Episode 75“Are our minds resting or are they being distracted by other things?” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today’s episode is about what it means to rest and to go on a retreat. What are your perceptions or expectations when you hear the word 'Retreat'? Is there a schedule full of yoga and hiking? How important is it to rest and reset? We live in a culture and society where there's a lot of focus on DOing in order to be considered a contributing member of the society. You are expected to produce something, but what would...2021-07-0722 minSpiritual GritTranslating Racial Trauma | Vinyasa in Verse Podcast Episode 74“We see the wound, we see how it got there, now the next thing to ask is how do I heal the wound, how do I stitch it up?” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today’s episode is centered around racial trauma. What does it look like? How does it show up in our lives? How are we affected by the deeply ingrained racism of today’s society? For many of us, people-pleasing or looming fears can be the results of this trauma. We can see it in the small acts of racism many people of color ar...2021-06-3044 minSpiritual GritPeeling Back Layers: Finding Our Way Back to Intuition | Vinyasa in Verse Podcast Episode 73“Intuition is our hotline to the divine. ”- Leslieann Hobayan
In this episode, Leslieann talks about intuition. It’s not always readily accessible for a lot of people. Why? Because we’ve been conditioned to look for answers externally. When our intuition speaks to us, the external world tells us it’s crazy, illogical, unreasonable, irrational. And as children, we want to be safe, so we listen to the adults. We trust them to guide us. This is how the layers of conditioning begin to muffle our intuitive voices. Listen in on how we might star...2021-06-2340 minSpiritual GritCreating Solid Boundaries | Vinyasa in Verse Podcast Episode 72“If you don't take care of yourself, no one is, there is no one else who is going to take care of you except you.”- Leslieann Hobayan
In this episode, we are asked to be reminded that we are spirit souls having a human experience and that we are here for a purpose.// Be mindful of how you use your energy. Yuu don't want to give your energy away to a drain. Ask yourself: does this nourish me? // Boundaries. What are boundaries? How can we think about setting boundaries for ourselves that help us k...2021-06-1622 minSpiritual GritYou Are Truth: Smashing Imposter Syndrome | Vinyasa in Verse Podcast Episode 71“Truth is who you are at your very essence - at your core” - Leslieann Hobayan
Today, I’m talking about identity. In this episode, I explore the layers of identity and of coming back to your own self - returning to your truest self. // How people perceive us as an idea of who THEY think we are. They already have this projection that has affected us in some ways even though it's not true. // Sat Nam is a mantra that means truth is your essence. “Sat” means truth. “Nam” mean name. You are declaring your...2021-06-0952 min
Spiritual GritEp 9: What Lessons Does This Pandemic Teach Us?In this episode, Leslieann invites us to consider what we might learn from this quarantine experience. How can we grow from this global moment in time? Eckhart Tolle reminds us to be present in the NOW – that the past is a longing for something we used to have and the future is an imagined outcome. There is nothing real but the present moment. So how can we be present in the age of self-isolation and social distancing when we are distracted by fear? How can we turn our focus to getting centered and being present in the now? // Hafiz’s poem...2020-03-2533 min