This episode is an ode to reclaiming your creativity and individuality after being flooded and energetically dulled from phone addiction, a noisy world of aesthetics and trends, and overstimulation.

In it, I give you a six-step ritual to reclaim spaciousness inside of your own head, to hear your own voice, and to unravel the subtle signal of yourself beneath all of the noise.

In a world that demands so much of our attention, where every desire is boxed into a trend or an aesthetic to curate onto a Pinterest board, where we are drowned by stimuli the moment we step into the deep-end of unlocking our phones - individuality and autonomy is no longer a birthright, but a skill.

And in a culture of immediacy and urgency, choosing to listen, have patience, and prioritize play is a radical act.

This is not performance.

This is learning how to breathe again.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00-2:00: Coming Home to Yourself. Even "Good Noise" Is still Noise

2:00-10:00: What Inspired this Episode: My Experience with Energetic Density

10:00-13:00: Energetic Hygiene: All it Takes

13:00-14:00 The Art of Hearing Your Own Voice

14:00-17:00: The Unraveling, Creativity Cave, Sensory Reclamation, Boredom As A Portal

17:00-19:00: We Have to remember this was always Ours

19:00-21:00: How Trends, Labels, and Aesthetics Keep us in a Box

21:00-27:00: The Artist's Way is the Spiritual Path

27:00-34:00: Dopamine & Scrolling

34:00-39:00: Oh My Darling, It was Never That Serious.

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What if your expression: your voice, your vision, your rebellion was the most direct line to the divine? What if Art was your prayer?

In this conversation with my dear friend Etai, we explore the thin veil between art and spirituality and the daily devotion of creativity and leading life with an open heart.

We discuss in depth - The Artist's Way, fear, rejection, finding the right audience, living with an open heart, and returning to wholeness through expression.

Etai has built an online community of over 400,000 who use his yoga videos to get closer to themselves and their truths. He's built this platform in the last year through a brave spirit of pure authenticity as he finds himself calling other parts of the globe his home and sharing his truth. May his words, voice, and presence inspire your path forward and let you live in your calling.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00-07:40: Discovering Oneself

07:40-10:20: One Year of Solo Travel & Spiritual Unfolding Showing Up Online

10:20-14:00: The Sacred Contrast: Collectivism vs. Free Expression

14:00-17:00: Showing Up Online, Yoga as a Muse, Building a Digital Devotional

17:00-20:00: Living with an Open Heart & True Authentic Freedom

20:00-25:00: The Artists Way + Inseparability between Art & Spirituality

25:30-35:00: The Company We Keep

35:00-40:55 – Yoga as Muse & Art as Offering

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We become so busy "getting our lives together" that we forget that we've achieved some of our childhood dreams.

Let this episode allow you to remember.

You are right on time. This episode is an ode to LIVING and restoring your inner vision.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00-6:00: But, where is your joy?

6:00:-8:00: Forgetting we've achieved our childhood dreams

8:00-9:30: The Lower Self / Higher Self & Pendulum Swing of Shadow + Light

9:30-12:00: Raising Your Baseline, Sitting with the Self in 40 days of Silent Meditation

12:00-16:00: Transformation is a process that is not linear

16:00-19:00: Vision without Strategy is just a To-Do List

19:00-23:00: The Proverbial "mountain," Sometimes It's Easier When You're Farther Away

23:00-27:00: How Would You Act If It was All Working out?

27:00-30:00: When You're Ready to Change, YOU WILL

30:00-37:00: Costa Rica, Artist's Way Circle

37:00-43:00: Create What You Wish Existed

43:00-44:00: If I'm still here I have a 100% Survival Rate!!

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