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The Spiritually Expressed HumanEP 48 - Detachment and Surrender to Choose HappinessEPISODE NOTES:In this episode, Susan discusses:Happiness is truly a choice, but not that simple and not as simply as “just choose.”Detaching and surrender isn’t as scary as you may have been taught to believe, but it is also not as easy when you’ve believed it was for so long… simply takes practice. Changing your story narrative and discovering who you really are paramount to happiness and having the ability to choose. Key Takeaways:Choosing happiness isn’t just choosing – it’s releasing attachment to old stories, conditioning, expectations, and roles so you can s...2023-02-2238 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEP 47 - Change and our "Comfort" ZonesIn this episode, Susan discusses:Changes and how they're constant and we can learn to not be pulled out of our comfort zones when changes happen.The fact that comfort zones do not actually exist (just like "buttons" people say can be pushed) and they are simply feelings and a mindset that one can learn to shift in order to handle changes well.Changes are nothing more than a set of unknowns and one can learn how to "know" the unknowns. Key Takeaways:Changes affect comfort zones because they're unknowns and we can learn ho...2023-02-0734 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEP 46 - Baaaccck from the Shadows!In this episode, Susan discusses:How she came back from the shadows that caused health issues over the last 3 years and began a different level to her healing journey.How to face your own shadows and illuminate them in such a way as to honor your authentic self.How we can integrate the shadow parts of us and live the life we truly desire as our own true visionary. Key Takeaways:Shadows, obstacles, walls that we put up, the fears of our ego may trigger a lot, but it truly is not as scary a...2023-01-3134 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 45 - Creating that Authentic Version of YouEps 45 - CREATING THAT AUTHENTIC VERSION OF YOUDesigning your authentic life and self with Susan:Defining authenticity as it relates to yourself and your life.Past conditioning robs you of your authenticity.Exercise activities to aid you in uncovering who you are and what authentically living means to you.The authenticity journey begins with you knowing what is true for you and living your vision… and not someone else’s truth or vision for you.Key Takeaways:Living authentically starts with you speaking your truth, deciding what is important to YOU, and then usin...2022-01-0438 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 44 - 2022 and a New You!Eps 44 - 2022 and a New You! Creating a NEW YOU for 2022 with Susan:The Distraction Disruptors are key if you are going to be successful in meeting your goals and creating a new you in the new year. Self-Discipline is not about doing… it’s about how you feel about yourself.Reigniting passion in your life for the things that make you feel alive, joyful, and happy.Creating a version of you that makes you fall in love when you look in the mirror.Key Takeaways:Self-Discipline is key to beating procrastination, a lack of...2021-12-2833 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 43 - Holiday and Emotional DiversityEps 43 - Holiday and Emotional DiversityUnderstanding holiday periods and emotional diversity with Susan:There are many different religious and cultural holidays celebrated by people throughout the world during the month of December - what some of them are. December can be fraught with all kinds of fluctuating emotional states for people regardless of their celebrations or lack thereof. Looking through different lenses to dictate your behaviors toward others who may not believe, think, feel, or experience as you do. Practicing kindness and generosity during this time of sharing and giving. Key Takeaways:Holidays are as i...2021-12-2241 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 42 - Creating from the Heart with Nid RaEps 42 - Creating from the Heart with Nid RaSensing, Feeling, and Being to Create from the heart with Susan and Nid:Understanding what creating from the heart is, means, and how to apply it in your life. Becoming more aware of the Mind/Body connection and how this can create a Constriction Loop. Inner resistance is normal and can teach you how to relax into your heart. Yoga Nidras take you to the hypnagogic state by going through a rotation of consciousness to your body parts. Key Takeaways:When you feel something, bring a consc...2021-12-141h 37The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 41 - Chronic Pain and the Cures with Dr. Tawny KrossRecognizing your inner healing abilities with Susan and Tawny:Understanding what the goal is (beyond being pain free). How the brain chooses to understand and produce pain. Hypersensitivity, noticing, and awareness. The need for global learning about chronic pain, fear, and awareness. Key Takeaways:Most people don’t know what pain is and they are living with an understanding of the old pain model. There is nothing imaginary about pain when the brain produces it, even if it is a psychological, emotional, or spiritual threat, and not just a physical threat. The brain learns by experi...2021-12-071h 15
Intuitive IntelligenceSpiritual Bypassing on The Spiritually Expressed Human PodcastListen to an Energizing Podcast Interview on The Spiritually Expressed Human with Host Susan Dascenzi.
EPISODE NOTES
Recognizing Spiritual Bypassing and the dangers of it with Susan and Bernadette:
What spiritual bypassing is (and the detriment of toxic positivity).
The difference between IQ, EQ, and SQ.
Lessons learned from the spiritual teachers in our lives.
Paying attention to the whole, not just the self, even in your spiritual journey.
Key Takeaways:
All change and growth happens when we are not comfortable and when we are not happy.
True spiritual seekers ask “why” all the time...2021-12-011h 19The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 40 - Spiritual Bypassing with Bernadette GoldRecognizing Spiritual Bypassing and the dangers of it with Susan and Bernadette:What spiritual bypassing is (and the detriment of toxic positivity).The difference between IQ, EQ, and SQ.Lessons learned from the spiritual teachers in our lives.Paying attention to the whole, not just the self, even in your spiritual journey. Key Takeaways:All change and growth happens when we are not comfortable and when we are not happy.True spiritual seekers ask “why” all the time. They want to understand and bring coherence to the rational mind and their emotions.When we hold...2021-11-301h 18The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 39 - Being Scared, Being Fearless, and Kicking those ButsIn this episode, Susan discusses:How using excuses (buts) can keep you from moving forward and finding your passionLearning to honor the shadow parts of you without letting it have power over youHow the language we use can help to uncover obstacles that are holding you back Key Takeaways:Honoring the shadow parts of you that are scared, frustrated, confused, or angry will allow you to decide who you choose to have in the driver’s seat of your life vs giving your power away to those parts that are negatively impacting youUsing the wor...2021-11-2530 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 38 - Holley Mignosi - The Art of Body Language and Storytelling - Part 1Connecting and communicating with those around you with Susan and Holley:Noticing the whole in any conversation. The body language cues of leadership. Crafting your story (and how body language plays a factor in your story).The layers and lessons in your stories that can only be learned through sharing it. Key Takeaways:We set our own intentions and, then, allow our body language to speak to that. The body and the neurology are their own feedback loop. Look for clusters of three. There should be three indicators of what people are feeling, not just...2021-11-161h 53
The Birth Ease Podcast115 Birth Trauma and Babies with Susan DascenziMichelle shares her guest spot on Susan Danscenzi’s podcast, Kick Your Buts. In this foundational interview for expecting parents, Susan and Michelle touch on what trauma is, explain how stress during pregnancy and birth can have an impact on the child, define trauma within birth, the importance of finding tools to mitigate stress, and practices to help support a new family. "There is a sad statistic 35-50% of women experience birth trauma, 2.5%-9% will experience birth-related PTSD, and many pre and perinatal psychologists feel that the birth trauma for babies is epidemic right now. That sets the...2021-11-101h 14The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 37 - Becoming a REAL Badass!Redefining BADASSERY with Susan:What is the REAL definition of being a Badass?Living as a fully, spiritually expressed, divine badass human isn’t hard at all.It’s not the stereotype you’ve been taught to believe it is. Key Takeaways:Being a Badass is sexy and authentic, generates charisma, and causes people to gravitate toward you.When you show up as the authentic you, and are not afraid to be the Badass you were born to be, you will find your life changing in ways you could not imagine!Living a life of bein...2021-11-0930 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 36 - Feeling Worthy and Imposter SyndromeWorthiness, Money and Imposter Syndrome with Susan:There ARE differences between Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, and Self-Worth - they may not be what you think.There is a Money exercise that can help you uncover the worth issues holding you back.Imposter Syndrome is a big issue with all the pivots we’ve had to make as a global society and how we’re lacking that “normalcy” with pre-and current Covid times and is tied to integrating the selves.Vows are important and critical pieces that get held in the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental bodies that block self integration. 2021-11-0237 min
The Birth Ease Podcast113 Know Your Rights in Childbirth with Cristen Pascucci part 2Cristen Pascucci and Michelle continue their conversation regarding human rights in childbirth in part two of this replay episode. They delve into the fact that everyone brings their own background, biases, and trauma with them to the birth room. Cristen sagely points out that it is irrelevant whether or not birth is safe. If anything, the riskier it is, the more imperative that is that a person's autonomy is retained. Cristen shares why the environment in which someone decides to give birth is a huge determining factor in how the birth actually unfolds. "Your rights are only as...2021-10-2743 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 35 - Meditation - Releasing Negative EmotionsA meditation to release negative emotions and thoughts with Susan:A simple and short meditation to release negative emotions and thoughts.Stored energy in the body will keep coming up for release in a variety of ways and through the physical, emotional, mental, psychological, and spiritual bodies.Less than 15-minute meditation you can do anytime, anywhere, and for any reason. Key Takeaways:Everyone has negative emotions and thoughts daily - the average is 60,000 thoughts/day and we don’t even remember 1% of them = 600 thoughts!Emotions are simply “Energies in MOTION” which are stored in the bod...2021-10-2619 min
The Birth Ease Podcast112 Know Your Rights in Childbirth with Cristen Pascucci part 1Have you ever wondered what your rights are during pregnancy and birth? Listen in to part one of this replay episode as Cristen Pascucci, founder of Birth Monopoly shares with Michelle how the experience of her son's birth provided the impetus that led her to become a leading voice for human rights in childbirth. “There is that perception that in some situations, your consent doesn’t matter. As a woman, when it comes to sex and reproduction there are some situations where you no longer own your body. Someone else has the authority over your body. That is rea...2021-10-2048 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 34 - Invitation to Stop Playing SmallFinding your new normal by living more authentically and with your fullest potential with Susan:Reasons why we may play small and not live to our fullest potential.Identifying when you are keeping yourself small and hiding out.Living beyond the fear of criticism and judgment. Key Takeaways:Keeping yourself small does not serve you or those who are waiting for you.COVID-19 is giving us a rare and valuable opportunity to reevaluate ourselves, our lives, and our potential future.You have gifts and talents to share and an impact to make. People are o...2021-10-1934 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 33 - Accidents, Gratitude, and Love - Ties that BindMoving into gratitude, even when it is difficult with Susan:Finding gratitude even in the downs and twists of life.Discovering your journey in the “lucky” moments of life.Embracing the emotion under the experience. Key Takeaways:When trauma happens, it is important to give yourself a moment to sit down, breathe, and allow yourself to feel all of the things that are going through your body.Sometimes it is a matter of one baby step at a time, taking care of one small thing at a time.There is opportunity in every moment of li...2021-10-1242 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 32 - From Sorrow to Joy with Linda ShivelyThe coexistence of deep sorrow and deep joy with Susan and Linda:Linda’s journey to reclaiming joy after an abusive relationship and losing her young daughter.Becoming the Chief Joy Officer in your own life.Learning to navigate and tame the Joy-Stealing Dragons. Key Takeaways:There are always layers - we all need support, especially for those of us who give a lot of ourselves to others.You are the only one who has control over you. Even when the dragons are trying to steal your joy, you can tell them to back off...2021-10-051h 12The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 31 - Michelle Nedelec: Laws of Nature, Onion Layers, and Our Internal HolodeckLearning to love every aspect of ourselves with Susan and Michelle:The energy in our thoughts and the laws of nature that govern our success.Focusing on what your client wants and providing the correct information.The onion layers that make up every human, no matter their experiences. Key Takeaways:The laws will always work for you, the question is what internal resistance do you have against those laws of nature?When you get rid of that resistance, you start doing the things you need to do and it doesn’t bother you anymore.You...2021-09-281h 02The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 30 - The Grand Canyon and Flow - The Majesty WithinUnderstanding the depths of our true limitless nature with Susan:Creating beauty when you stop resisting the flow.Accepting the divine "right" timing and flow of life and looking for the gifts in all things.Stepping into the flow of your true purpose, true power, and true self. Key Takeaways:The universe is always working for us, it is never working against us.There is beauty and majesty that continues to be created when we allow the energy to flow around us and through us, and wash away the things that are concealing the b...2021-09-2131 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 29 - Triggers and Mirrors - Two Sides of the CoinChoosing your reality when you are feeling reactionary with Susan:Reacting when you feel dismissed, overlooked, or ignored vs choosing to view the feeling through awareness that it is a mirror for your emotional body.Being seen, heard, and validated as a desire of being human.Standing up and allowing yourself to have a voice. Key Takeaways:Nobody can make you feel a particular way. It may feel that way when something external happens, but it is really just an internal warning bell alerting you to an issue that can become your most powerful m...2021-09-1429 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 28 - How Feeling Limited is Actually Being LimitlessSitting in your quicksand to realize your limitlessness with Susan:Understanding the importance of limited beliefs and where those beliefs are coming from.Moving through things by sitting in the muck.Using the limitedness to find your limitlessness. Key Takeaways:Limited beliefs are warning systems to the mind, psychological, and emotional bodies body that something is going on.Take a look at your limited beliefs and see what your if-then statements are about them. You will often discover that understanding those beliefs from a new perspective gives you limitless possibilities.This is an individual j...2021-09-0737 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 27 - Moving Through the Illusion of TraumaUnderstanding the illusory nature of trauma narratives with Susan:What trauma is - beyond the dictionary definition.Understanding the story, narrative, and illusionary bubble you have put (or been taught to put) around trauma that keeps it in play.Looking at trauma for what it is, not the story being told around it. Key Takeaways:Trauma does not manifest in the same way for every person. Every traumatic experience is not experienced in the same way, even by the same person.Trauma can be anything. One type of trauma is not greater or lesser t...2021-08-3152 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 26 - Attachments and Letting GoFinding more peace, joy, and abundance in letting go with Susan:Understanding the depth and reasoning for our attachments, both good and bad.Beginning to let go of attachments.Moving past the titles and roles to understand our identities. Key Takeaways:Attachments have the meaning that you give to them, for good and for bad."Trying" is a word that represent a state of commitment and non-commitment.Who you are at your core is more than the labels that you assign to yourself. "It was really then about me letting go of...2021-08-2441 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 25 - Being Stuck and Breaking FreeChoice, action, and getting unstuck with SusanWhat is meant when you are stuck (and how to recognize when you are stuck).The power of choice recognition in diminishing individual stuckness.Resiliency to continue moving forward and trusting in the end goal. Key Takeaways:Getting unstuck requires action - you know what you need to do, but you do need to follow through with those actions.If you look at the end result of the journey, every step will feel long. If you look at the steps you’re taking forward, you will realize how...2021-08-2433 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 24 - Dear Susan - Where Have You Been?Getting unstuck and honoring all that you are with Susan:Susan’s journey over the last 8 months, physically, spiritually, and mentally.Discovering who you are and living your full authentic life.Moving beyond the labels you are hiding behind. Key Takeaways:You know yourself and your body. Don’t be afraid to push back if your doctor is not listening to what you have to say.Look at yourself and see if there are any areas where you are living inauthentic to yourself.Honor those feelings that guide you to act in certain directions, that...2021-08-2447 min
Off My Duff - The Entrepreneur PodcastSusan Dascenzi – The Spiritually Expressed HumanNever feeling like she belonged, Susan Dascenzi had lived through 6 violent sexual assaults starting at the age of 5. After the last one at the age of 28, she was prepared to end it all and wrote her 2-year-old son her suicide note. Reading it over, she found herself reconnecting with her 4-year-old self that renewed her belief that we are more expansive than just our physical human self. From there she decided to live a life of no more fear and began her journey into becoming a Licensed Psychotherapist and Spiritual and Emotional Resiliency Coach.
Don’t miss th...2021-03-0928 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 23 - Lana Kirtley: Empowering Your HealthLearning, growing, and evolving with Susan and Lana:The importance of your headspace when dealing with stress.Appreciating who and what you are at every interval of your life.The roles to get done in life, there is no pink and blue roles, only roles that need to be done. Key Takeaways:You bring different energies into your world depending on what you are putting out into the universe.We have the choice of tapping out or of sticking it out and, not necessarily getting it right, but getting it better.Every cell, every m...2020-12-221h 08The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 22 - The GENIUS Inside...Where’s Yours?Living true to the deepest part of you with Susan:Your infinite connection, potential, and knowingness.Tapping into your genius and finding what causes you to feel alive.Channeling who you are and how you want to show up in the world. Key Takeaways:You are a being of infinite love and potential and you have the ability to connect to the deepest part of you to step into, and allow, that innermost expression to make an impact on the world.You are ready to birth the genius within you… you wouldn’t be liste...2020-12-1531 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 21 - Mellissa Seaman: Channeling the Genius WithinBeing responsible for the forms of impact we make in the world with Susan and Mellissa:Being a co-creator with the genius that flows through us and into the world.Mellissa’s journey to align both the business and the spiritual side of herself.The different spiritual gifts and how they can manifest in people. Key Takeaways:Our best genius is not learned in school and it is not based in our analytical mind. Genius is the spirit of intelligence and love that downloads into us, that flows through us, and that births wonderful thi...2020-12-0855 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 20 - Boundaries and YOU!Understanding and communicating boundaries in a healthy way with Susan:Setting good boundaries while dealing with outside noise and past conditioning.Different types of boundaries and how they may present.Controlling what we can control. Key Takeaways:Boundaries are critical in order for you to step into what you are desiring.In order to hold your boundaries, you need to know what they are and where they are being violated.When you set boundaries for yourself (and schedule time for yourself) hold yourself to it and give yourself that time. "As we...2020-12-0128 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 19 - HOW to be Unapologetically YOU!Trusting the deeper knowingness within with Susan:Doing what comes to you naturally and not forcing what you think is right.Being present in the moment and taking a pause.Making choices based on our heart’s voice instead of the one in our head. Key Takeaways:Stop “should-ing” on yourself! It’s not listening to the shoulds within ourselves, it’s about allowing that deeper knowingness within you to impact the world.Allowing our innate knowingness to give us that pause without trying to pick it apart and overanalyze every aspect of what we are doin...2020-11-2431 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 18 - Being Unapologetically YOU with Lisa CherneyBeing an evolving expert and living your deepest truth with Susan and Lisa:Getting f’ing real with yourself, being 100% honest, and figuring out what you are tolerating and what is in your way.Showing who you truly are in all situations.The GFR questions and commandments and how they can help you live your truth. Key Takeaways:We can induce, but the end results may still have to just come naturally.It’s not balanced! Your heart, your intuition, your gut, your spirit, your body, all those things that guide you must be in the...2020-11-1758 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 17 - Overwhelm and Forging Your PathGetting out of our own way, getting out of our head, and taking actions aligned with our deeper knowing with Susan:Understanding your top priorities and taking discerning action.What to do when you are feeling overwhelmed.Getting out of overwhelm and determining what is in your best and highest interest. Key Takeaways:Regardless of other people’s ideas, expectations, and deadlines, we need to listen to the voice in our head that keeps us aligned with our hearts knowing and our internal deep purpose.Take a look at the projects you have on the...2020-11-1319 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 16 - Marc Guberti: Deciding YOUR course in Life and BusinessChoosing your response and living your life how you want with long-term focus with Susan and Marc:Committing with a long-term focus on everything you do.Defining yourself beyond your age or any other factors that others want to throw on you.Continuing forward on your business, especially during the pandemic. Key Takeaways:You can’t peg excuses as to why you haven’t reached a certain spot in life. Rather, look inward and ask yourself: Where have I been lacking? How do I fix the gaps? How do I move on and be bette...2020-11-0349 min
The Not Old - Better Show#492 Suicide and Isolation Among Seniors - Susan DascenziSuicide and Isolation Among Seniors - Susan Dascenzi The Not Old Better Show Author Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #492. As part of our Art of Living Series, today’s guest is someone you will just relate to, trust, find helpful, and, just as I do, find to be an amazing person. Susan Dascenzi is a licensed Psychotherapist, MSW, is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and much more. Susan Dascenzi practices in psychotherapy and coaching, helping others to help you...2020-10-3030 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 15 - Finding YOUR Divine Sexuality and PowerConnection, love, and divinity with Susan:Connecting to our sexuality, our sensuality, and our power.Defining “human-ness” beyond the feminine and masculine...in a divine way.Loving ourselves and finding a connection to ourselves. Key Takeaways:Understanding your divine sexuality is not about sex itself. It is about how we really feel inside and connecting with ourselves.We are a sum of all we have experienced up to this point. If some aspect of your life is not working for you, take a deeper dive to look at it.Write down all the ways that...2020-10-2743 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 14 - Reclaiming our Divine Sexuality with Victoria Vives KhuongRecognizing and reclaiming womanhood, femininity, and sexuality with Susan and Victoria:Victoria’s incredible journey from growing up in an ultra conservative, traditional culture to the vivacious, divine self she now embraces.The difference between the feminist movement and femininity.Forgetting our part of nature and reclaiming the strength that comes from remembering we are animals.Bringing awareness to, and granting permission for, our own forms of self care. Key Takeaways:We all have a blend of the masculine and the feminine - embrace the dichotomy, both are part of you.As women, we fee...2020-10-201h 00The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 13 - Taming the Passive-Aggressive BeastTaming the passive-aggressive beast by looking within with Susan:Finding ways to speak your truth in all situations.Living to your truth, not in boxes others create for you.Working on ourselves by asking ourselves questions to find the truth within. Key Takeaways:A way to begin to tame that passive-aggressive beast is to take a look within to where you're not living authentically you.“Overreacting” is just a judgment put on your reaction and truth and feelings. It is always 100% okay to feel what you are feeling, the difference is how you choose to re...2020-10-1337 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 12 - The Passive-Aggressive Beast - Coaching with Cindy KokeGranting yourself permission to feel all emotions with Susan and Cindy:What passive-aggressive behavior is and how it can manifest in our lives.Looking at the three types of truth, expression, perspective, and communication.Coming from a place of love in all your interactions.Managing feelings when you are in the midst of the emotions. Key Takeaways:It’s an amazing ride when you get out of your own flippin’ way!The foundation of passive-aggressive behavior is being afraid of how you will be perceived and not speaking your truth because of that fear and p...2020-10-061h 21
The Birth Ease Podcast057 That's Grief You're Feeling... The Emotional Toll of the Pandemic with Susan DascenziIn this very personal episode, Michelle and Susan Dascenzi have a conversation regarding the multitude of losses the pandemic has brought us. They discuss how the strong emotions and overwhelm people are experiencing globally are due to grief. Susan shares what can happen if we push our feelings aside as we work to get back some normalcy. Together they dig deep into the places that we may not even realize that what we are experiencing is grief, where we may be in grief overload, the differences between emotions and feelings, Michelle’s own grief, why we can have a di...2020-09-301h 34The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 11 - Feeling Lost and Finding Your WaySearching inside and embracing what is within us to honor who we are and find our way with Susan:Feeling lost and the disconnection we have with ourselves.The four roots that grow core branches common across many people.Honoring and really connecting to ourselves. Key Takeaways:We are all unique, and every one of us has beautiful gifts and talents to share, and our own unique experiences that bring a particular perspective to the table for someone else that only we can bring.The truth is: when we feel lost on our path a...2020-09-2936 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 9 - Becoming YOU Through Granting Permission and ReframingPrioritizing purposeful actions in YOUR life with Susan:The state of commitment and non-commitment.Using different language to reframe your thoughts and give yourself permission.Clearing the clutter that is part of the day-to-day existence in all aspects of our life. Key Takeaways:Replace “trying” with “working” when you are examining your beliefs. Then ask yourself the questions.When you clear the physical clutter, it clears the energy stored in your physical, emotional, and mental bodies. This now makes room for more expansiveness - in your bodies, mind, heart and soul.You know why you are h...2020-09-1543 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 8 - Kim Sutton: Giving Permission, Clearing ALL Clutter, and Being YOULearning to give yourself permission to clear the unnecessary clutter of your life to become the YOU that’s waiting to emerge with Susan and Kim:Embracing creativity wherever it comes to us, even when it’s not a glamorous time or location.Reframing your thoughts and giving yourself permission.Clearing the physical and emotional clutter...making room for the authentic YOU. Key Takeaways:There is a sense of accomplishment by sticking to it when you want to give in.Everything builds upon itself if you’re doing the right activities to build.You aren’t...2020-09-0853 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 7 - Becoming a Change-Maker Through TransitionsThe transition process we are all facing with Susan:Recognizing your highest power within you to live your best life.When we change how we see ourselves, we open up new opportunities and pathways.Learning and growing from all choices that we make. Key Takeaways:Life isn’t as serious as we sometimes believe it is, so it’s important to lighten up because worry and fear are about the future and it’s important to live in the present moment.You are incredibly valuable and worthy because you're alive right now, on this planet...2020-09-0142 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 6 - Life Transitions, Rebuilding, Finding Your Path with Paul VogelzangLiving your life with love and spiritual strength with Susan and Paul:The impact of COVID-19 on the 50+ community.Love at the core of who we are in all that we are.Finding success and love in your life and in what you do. Key Takeaways:Talk to others. Listen. Learn from them and about them. Learn from yourself and about yourself.Mindset is key - do those things that keep your mindset in a way that it will serve you, not inhibit you.Your spiritual growth, whatever that means for you, can help y...2020-08-251h 06The Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 5 - Becoming a Freedom Fighter for YourselfStepping into a place of real power and real voice with Susan:Embracing and living your own truth.Hearing the questions and seeking out answers.Continually evolving as the best you that you can be and looking at your experiences with compassion. Key Takeaways:We're never going to achieve perfect balance in our lives. If that scale is level, there is no growth - no movement. What we do want to see is some movement, on either side, because that means there’s a little growth and we’re listening more to the voice of ou...2020-08-1847 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 3 - Mindset, Procrastination, and Boundaries with Kim Sutton - Part 1Moving through procrastination and old behavioral patterns by addressing mindset and boundaries with Susan and Kim:Reprogramming the old program of lack of follow-through from childhood into your adulthood.Raising your zero to see progress and changes and moving to the next level.Moving past the fears to break the cycle of inconsistency and disappointment through mindset and boundaries. Key Takeaways:Our goal is feedback: acknowledgment, approval, acceptance, awareness, or validation. There are two pieces that are in competition with each other 100% of the time for that feedback: A Hope for Gain and a F...2020-08-1854 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 2 - Spiritual and Human Expression MeaningsBecoming more than you think you are with Susan:What authenticity really means and what it means for you, specifically, in your life.Navigating the human experience of our past that does not allow us to thrive and makes us think that we are not “enough.”Understanding the language we say to ourselves and the signs and symptoms our bodies tell us.Laying the foundation to become the YOU that you are choosing to be. Key Takeaways:Spiritually expressed means becoming the badass of your own life.If we listen to the voice in our h...2020-08-1838 minThe Spiritually Expressed HumanEp 1 - Welcome to The Spiritually Expressed Human Podcast!Welcome to The Spiritually Expressed Human Podcast! We’re embarking upon a journey together to discover and embrace those infinite possibilities and potentials within you. Each week we will begin moving through those things that are holding you back so you can become a fully expressed spiritual and emotionally resilient human being. Through Susan Dascenzi’s own personal experiences, professional knowledge, hand-selected guests, and on-air coaching, you’ll find honest and real-life guidance so you can become the fully expressed YOU that you are meant to be. You will walk away with tools and skills you can immediately apply to you...2020-08-1215 min
Beyond the BarsNavigating Your Path to Inner Freedom and Peace : Susan DascenziSusan L. Dascenzi, MSW, VSTCLP, LCSW, has invested the last 27 years as a Licensed Psychotherapist, Transformation and Emotional Resilience Coach, Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur who guides her clients in uncovering and removing the root emotional wounds that hold them back from stepping into their full potential and living their infinite possibilities. Taming the inner critic, removing head trash, dismantling past conditioning, and healing traumas of all types is paramount to navigating the human experience so each person can become the spiritually expressed badass they were born to be. After learning to thrive in the face of seemingly insurmountable personal obstacles...2020-05-2254 min
The Birth Ease Podcast026 Understanding Trauma with Susan Dascenzi- part 2 In this second half of this two part interview, listen in as Michelle and Susan Dascenzi continue their conversation regarding trauma. They discuss the secondary post traumatic stress that can impact birth workers, hospital staff, and care providers. They touch upon the ways conditioning, past painful learning, and/or trauma constrict a person's ability to give voice to their wants, concerns, and needs— particularly during their pregnancy and birth. Susan explains why having tools and a road map are essential to creating post traumatic growth. She shares valuable tips to begin working through something traumatic and how to...2020-02-2639 min
The Birth Ease Podcast025 Understanding Trauma with Susan Dascenzi- part 1In this two part interview, listen in as Michelle and Susan Dascenzi delve deeper into what trauma is and the concept of Big ‘T’ and Little ‘t’ trauma as it relates to pregnancy and birth.
"Trauma is anything that is shocking to our system and that we then have a difficult time either making sense of, understanding, or receiving the experience as something that we can manage and handle. So it becomes kinda this loop that happens in our mind where we pick apart every piece of it and we often insert self-blame into it." —Susan Dasc...2020-02-1939 minThe Birth Ease Podcast023 Trauma Can Begin at Birth- Interview on Kick Your Buts PodcastIn last week’s episode, Michelle and Dr. Lyndsey Sutherland touched upon the stress and trauma that her pediatric families are experiencing within their pregnancies, during the birth of their babies, and the implications this is having on her tiny patients. That conversation prompted Michelle to share her guest spot on Susan Dascenzi’s podcast, Kick Your Buts. In this foundation interview, together Susan and Michelle touch on what trauma is, explain how stress during pregnancy and birth can have an impact on the child, define trauma within birth, the importance of finding tools to mitigate stress, and practices to he...2020-02-051h 13
Kick Your Buts009 Scared and Fearless SusanIn this episode, Susan discusses:
How using excuses can keep you from moving forward and finding your passion
Learning to honor the part of you that is afraid without letting it have power over you
How the language we use can help to uncover obstacles that are holding you back
Key Takeaways:
Using the word "but" causes one to hear ONLY what comes AFTER the word "but"...not what comes before
The impact of the language you verbally use, as well as what you hear in your head, is huge and makes all the...2019-11-2600 minKick Your Buts008 Angela Sturgeon: Creating Lift in Your LifeIn this episode, Susan and Angela discuss:
Adapting to constantly changing circumstances
What it takes to create lift in your life
Emotions that come through challenges
Key Takeaways:
Someone’s home life can be supportive and loving, and the person still has difficulty processing experiences and takes on limiting beliefs
Shedding the weight of limiting beliefs, and finding balance, is vital to creating lift
"Flipping the opposition" that we encounter is an opportunity for growth
"I needed to learn how to forgive myself. I needed to learn how to trust myself an...2019-11-1900 minKick Your Buts007 The Energy in Motion WithinIn this episode, Susan discusses:
Defining trauma
Journey work
Awareness is the key and learning to become aware
Key Takeaways:
Trauma is anything someone views as so shocking to the system it’s hard to process
We are more than a physical body; we have thoughts with the ability to choose what has meaning and what does not
We don’t change when we are comfortable, we ONLY change when we are UNcomfortable
"When you start to become aware of the things that you are thinking and feeling, physically and emotionally, and...2019-11-1200 minKick Your Buts006 Sherry Anshara: The Power of Cellular MemoriesIn this episode, Susan and Sherry discuss:
Connecting to the cellular level for healing
Becoming a non-emotional observer
Near death experiences and the enlightenment they brought
Key Takeaways:
Our body has the innate ability to heal itself
Categorizing fears into self-judgment, self-lack, or self-takeaway
Vulnerability is a strength
"Emotions are the basis for every disease on this planet. Every disease has an emotional attachment to some sort of belief system that forced us into something that really isn’t ours." — Sherry Anshara
Connect with Sherry Anshara:
Twi...2019-11-0500 minKick Your Buts005 Michelle Smith: Trauma Can Begin at BirthIn this episode, Susan and Michelle discuss:
The role of a doula
Defining trauma within birth
Practices to help support a new family
Key Takeaways:
Doula’s help bring intimacy and safety to the start of life
Stress during pregnancy and delivery has a huge impact on the child, even physiologically
Finding the tools to mitigate stress is key
"There is a sad statistic 35-50% of women experience birth trauma, 2.5%-9% will experience birth related PTSD, and many pre and perinatal psychologists feel that the birth trauma for babies is epidemic rig...2019-10-2900 minKick Your Buts004 Laying the Foundation Part 3In this episode, Susan discusses:
How our mind interprets reality
Hope for gain and fear of loss
Learning to adapt and adopt a new belief
Key Takeaways:
Feedback, verbal or nonverbal, guides our mind
We are hardwired to move away from pain and towards pleasure
It is possible to work through learned habits or negative thinking from childhood
"These meanings that we have learned to give things through our life experiences, from childhood on up, become the things that drive and dictate us on what we choose and how we will behave in future situations." — Sus...2019-10-2200 minKick Your Buts003 Laying the Foundation Part 2In this episode, Susan discusses:
The roller-coaster of being an adult
Her background in understanding philosophy and the universe
Being friends with the pain
Key Takeaways:
We are spiritual beings have a human experience
Wanting to understand what commonality brings us all together as human beings
Moving through the pain is important, you can’t ignore it or push it away
"We are bigger than what we seem to be. We are love in the core." — Susan Dascenzi
Connect with Susan Dascenzi: Twitter: @susandascenzi Facebook: Infinite Possibilities Website: SusanDascenzi.com 2019-10-1500 minKick Your Buts002 Laying the Foundation Part 1In this episode, Susan discusses:
Fighting who we think we’re supposed to be versus who we really are
Welcome to the emotional health and resilience movement
How she got into psychotherapy
Key Takeaways:
Pushing down feelings instead of facing them can cause addiction and people pleasing tendencies
Learn to dismantle the lies and find our own voice and truth
Emotions are not real; they are illusions you have learned to believe are truths
"My main goal will always be to help you learn how to become an emotional master and be that change you wi...2019-10-1500 minKick Your Buts001 Welcome to the Infinite Possibilities Podcast!Welcome to the Infinite Possibilities Podcast! In this episode, we meet Susan Dascenzi, our host of the Infinite Possibilities Podcast. Through this podcast, we will learn how to move through the negative aspects of being an adult that we all think and feel. By moving through this negative conditioning, you will learn to become an emotional master of your own life. We are both a human being having spiritual experiences and a spiritual being having human experiences and this human part is often the hardest to master. When given the right tools, learning the skills needed, and practicing how...2019-10-0700 min
Special Guest Interview- Susan L. DascenziIn this program of Sovereign Self, we are honored to interview Susan Dascenzi. Susan is a Licensed Psychotherapist, Emotion and Vision Coach, also a #1 International Best-Selling Author, and Speaker with over 20 years of experience in providing therapy, coaching, and speaking services to a diverse clientele around the world. She is the owner and founder of True Visionaries, Inc., an organization dedicated to assisting those who desire emotional freedom from the past wounds that can trap and prevent them from living their true potential and from listening to the monkey mind chatter, instead of the voice of the heart. As a...2017-07-2959 min