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Nourish Balance ThriveHow to Get the Right Kind of LightBack on the podcast, today is sleep, nutrition, and metabolism expert, Greg Potter, PhD. Through his academic research, public speaking, consulting and writing, Greg empowers people to make simple and sustainable lifestyle changes that add years to their lives and life to their years. His work has been featured in dozens of international media outlets, including Reuters, TIME, and The Washington Post, and he regularly contributes to popular websites, blogs, and podcasts. In this podcast, Greg is talking about light, including the importance of getting out in the sun and also modern problems with artificial light. He di...2022-06-101h 41Nourish Balance ThriveHow to Get the Right Kind of LightBack on the podcast, today is sleep, nutrition, and metabolism expert, Greg Potter, PhD. Through his academic research, public speaking, consulting and writing, Greg empowers people to make simple and sustainable lifestyle changes that add years to their lives and life to their years. His work has been featured in dozens of international media outlets, including Reuters, TIME, and The Washington Post, and he regularly contributes to popular websites, blogs, and podcasts. In this podcast, Greg is talking about light, including the importance of getting out in the sun and also modern problems with artificial light. He di...2022-06-101h 41
A State of BalanceDiscovering Our Inner LightThis is our season finale, we'll be back to bring you new ideas, concepts, and tools within a few weeks for season 2. Thank you for all the love and support throughout this journey it means everything to us!
Gabor Maté says, if we travel to find our inner light, to our truest nature within, we’ll be a lot kinder to ourselves and a lot kinder to nature.
The journey to recognizing our inner light is for every single one of us. It is not only a responsibility but a gift to look deeper within our...2020-04-2232 minA State of BalanceWhy Should We Meditate: The Power of MindfulnessMeditation is a form of presence, allowing us to be with our true self, allowing us to be with what is. It is the practice of focus, loss of focus and the regain of focus. The ability to be with our thoughts that arise with no judgment, letting go of control and allowing these thoughts to pass through us. When we notice the mind wandering, we practice the return to the breath which cultivates attention and mindfulness. Learning how to return and remain in the present moment, anchoring ourselves in the here to respond with purpose and intent.
2020-04-0800 minA State of BalanceHow to Create Boundaries AND Have CompassionThe recognition of personal space, personal values and personal needs define our boundaries. Understanding that we have a choice to be active or passive in our responses. To create and to have boundaries are a necessary part of our self-love and self-care. It's also healthy and beneficial to have these boundaries when interacting with others and having relationships. In creating boundaries we can naturally become more compassionate towards ourselves and others. Because the way to establish our boundaries is to truly know the self, to dive deeper within and to understand our deepest wounds or triggers. In becoming aware o...2020-04-0233 minA State of BalanceThe Art of Surrendering: Letting Go of ControlWhat does it mean to Surrender? In this episode, Megan & Leilah introduce the topic via COVID-19 Mindful Consumption tips. They expand on what they have been doing to take care of themselves in order to take care of others. Then they explain that these adjustments and shifts have been in favor of surrendering to what is.
Surrendering is difficult because we often find ourselves wanting to put our input, our two cents in making things happen or taking control of the situation. We try to control things because of what we think will happen if we don't i...2020-03-2329 minA State of BalanceWhen Sh!t Hits the Fan: From Reaction to ResponseOften times we find ourselves in a situation or in front of someone reacting in disproportion to what is. This happens when we allow ourselves to react out of our emotional programming rather than responding through mindfulness and our spiritual practice. Each and every opportunity that we are presented with is actually space for us to rise up to our higher consciousness. When we are faced with conflict can we begin to practice Mindfulness: adding pause, taking a deep breath and adding a layer of observation.
Responding with purpose and intent takes practice and being calm and b...2020-03-0942 minA State of BalanceSpiritual Activism IS For EveryoneFrom The Network of Spiritual Progressives: A spiritual activist is one who is a courageous warrior of love! Being a spiritual activist means working to create a loving, just, sacred, and sustainable world through means that are also loving, just, sacred, and sustainable. A spiritual activist practices empathy in word and deed as a way to build beloved communities and transform consciousness.
What we do makes such a difference in this world and we all have the decision to decide what KIND of difference we can make. Most of the times we think to ourselves, ‘Who am I...2020-02-2930 minA State of BalanceThe Road Less Traveled Pt. 2In this next podcast episode, Megan and Leilah talk about how the road less traveled can sometimes be a lonely one, but one that essentially yields to a more wholesome life. First, it all begins with the self. In truly healing and aligning with who we really are, we contribute to the healing of the world. We let go of things that have attempted to harden us and allow for our true being to arise. By understanding who we are and knowing our worth — we then can consciously filter out those not meant for us. This allows us to al...2020-02-1925 minA State of BalanceThe Road Less Traveled Pt. 1In this next episode, Megan and Leilah talk about how being creative means recreating with the Universe. When we participate in creative processes we allow ourselves to bask in the fullness of who we truly are. Because like Elizabeth Gilbert says, a creative life is an amplified life. We all know that creating is hard, its real, authentic and vulnerable for us. But it’s more rewarding than anything else we could do because creating is how we find ourselves in the universe. The process of creating is simply connecting with ourselves and a deeper divine energy. This gateway to...2020-02-1239 minA State of BalanceCheck Your Ego, AmigoOsho says, "The ego lives in the tension between what you are and what you want to be." In this second episode, Megan & Leilah dive deeper into topics surrounding what ego really means and how it affects our daily lives. The ego works to protect our dignity and to keep us comfortable not to make us truly happy. In this conversation we find out that essentially true happiness is the death of the ego. That we can gradually move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul the more we take part in our spiritual practices and me...2020-02-0237 min
A State of BalanceAbout Us & Our IntentionIn this intro episode Megan & Leilah introduce themselves and give insight on their journey that led them up to creating this intentional podcast. We give some tools that have helped us navigate everyday life situations and also let you know what you can expect from future episodes.2020-01-2835 min