1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,840 Hello and welcome to the Awaken Together Podcast. I am Jen and I'm Kat. And thank you so much 2 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:24,760 for joining us today for another episode. So you heard our stories in episode 1 and 3 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:34,480 2 and now we are ready to start getting into the work. So here we go. Yes. So feel free for this 4 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:41,120 episode to grab a notebook because we are going to unpack the personality, the ego, and what's 5 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:50,040 beneath it all, our intuition, our soul, and our higher self. So for those of you new on the 6 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:56,560 spiritual journey, one of the most important things you can do early on on this life path 7 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:03,040 is really review the labels that you've placed on yourself along the way. So these labels are 8 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:10,140 usually based on the circumstances we've been through, sometimes our hobbies, what we do for 9 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:18,320 work or for living, what our beliefs are, and there can be labels tied to gender, relationships, 10 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:24,280 and so sometimes these are ones that we put on ourselves and also the labels can come from other 11 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:31,040 people. So it can be what we are told as we're growing up, what we get complimented for, what 12 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:40,000 we receive attention for. So all of these labels kind of making up our personality. Yeah, that's 13 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:47,280 right. There's so many boxes that we put ourselves in, like Jen said, and some of this comes from a 14 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:55,000 place of biological, maybe physiological as well, and then a lot of it is also learned. So I'll 15 00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:01,320 start by sharing a little bit about the boxes that I put myself in when I was growing up and how that's 16 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:07,680 changed a bit through the years. So if you know me in person, you know I'm really short. I'm 5'1". 17 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:15,280 I'm 5'1 too. I'm 5'1 too. Oh my gosh. Did we ever put that together? Another parallel. I don't think so. That's hilarious. 18 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:22,640 Just another connection here. Right, two shorties just talking about our spiritual journeys. Totally a label 19 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:28,360 thrown on me as well. Oh yeah. I bet. How can you not be, right? It's like either you're really short, 20 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:33,200 you're really tall, or the only time your height doesn't get brought into the picture is when you're 21 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:42,120 somewhere in between. So yeah, with that small label I was told that I was cute a lot, that I was sweet. 22 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:50,200 Also somewhere along the lines I developed this idea that for a small, cute person I had to also 23 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:58,480 be ditzy. And so that was something that in high school I started kind of acting and taking on 24 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:06,600 myself because yeah, I just felt like that's who I was supposed to be. Whether I felt that way or 25 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:12,200 not really, like inside, didn't really matter because that's how I was expected to show up. This is a 26 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:19,480 story that my ego told me. Another box is that I'm fun so people could always look to me when they 27 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:24,280 wanted to have a good time. They could turn to me, they could shoot me a text, and I would always give 28 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:31,720 them something fun to do whether I had the energy to do it or not. So yeah, growing up that's kind of 29 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:41,240 like the person, the mold that I fit into. And what happened with that is I fell in this line where I 30 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:47,400 didn't think that I could be bold when I really wanted to be. When I wanted to speak my mind and 31 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:53,960 be serious and have those sorts of conversations, I didn't feel like it was my place. And when I grew 32 00:03:53,960 --> 00:04:00,760 up, when I graduated high school and started to understand what I was doing to myself and the 33 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:08,360 molds that I had created, I really didn't like that. And I wanted to challenge that and I wanted 34 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:13,640 to be taken seriously above all. I was at that place where, you know, I was in college, I was a 35 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:20,520 college girl, and I wanted to be taken seriously and like the intelligent person that I knew myself 36 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:26,760 to be. I'm small but I always tell people this, I don't feel as small as I am, I feel tall. 37 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:31,880 Would you say something similar Jen? I don't know. 38 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:41,400 Yeah, that was so well said. And so yeah, that is 100% it is that these labels that we put on 39 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:48,440 ourselves, we feel like we always have to show up as those things. And when we have like a different 40 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:54,120 persona we're wanting to bring to the table, like one day we're feeling a ton of emotions and maybe 41 00:04:54,120 --> 00:05:00,520 we can't be as sweet and kind, then we don't feel like we can show up as that because it feels, 42 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:06,280 yeah, it doesn't feel connected to us because that is not a label that we have previously 43 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:13,560 identified with. So growing up for me, I was told Jennifer is so good with people, she's always so 44 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:23,000 extroverted and smiley, I got called smiley, smiley shorty. I'm always happy, I was known as being 45 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:28,920 really loud, that was always like huge. So I was always a little self-conscious about that. 46 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:36,280 And then I really struggled with weight growing up. So not only the doctors telling me I'm overweight 47 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:41,560 at any appointment I went to, but yeah, there's obviously little comments made from peers 48 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:47,080 tied around that. So I really believed like, okay, well, I'm overweight, but I have this fun 49 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:53,320 personality and at least people like to be around me, but I would have never challenged those beliefs. 50 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:59,880 So the issue is that even though some of these labels can hold a more positive charge, like being 51 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:06,920 seen as kind can feel really good, like I love to be a kind person. And then there can be the more 52 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:12,440 like painful and negative charged ones, like yeah, overweight or ones that are very personal to your 53 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:20,040 body image, those can hold a lot more negative. But the issue is, is we start attaching so much 54 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:27,880 to those labels that we always have to show up personifying these blocks that we've created. 55 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:35,160 And if any, if we're ever going to show up any other way, it, yeah, we, we just can't do it or we, 56 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:39,720 we feel so much internal resistance to showing up in those other forms. 57 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:46,440 Right. So I think some of that comes with like maturity, right? In questioning, 58 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:51,240 questioning those boxes as we get a little bit older, like I remember having a moment where I was 59 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:57,320 like, you know what, screw that ditzy girl I've been pretending to be. I'm not aloof. I'm not that 60 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:03,320 fairy like personality. I'm actually pretty composed and focused. So going back to seeing 61 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:08,440 those high school friends after I made these like align changes with who I actually felt like, 62 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:13,560 I remember people telling me I changed when really I was just acting the way that I truly 63 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:19,880 felt on the inside. So we're met with that, right? Yeah. And so that's it. People notice and they 64 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:24,360 start, they'll judge and question you when you show up as different. I think that can make us 65 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:31,080 really insecure. Like, you know, that's when we can still hide. So even if you showed, like, 66 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:36,040 if you showed up like very passionate and more intense one day, they'd be like, what's with Kat 67 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:41,160 today? Like, why is she being like that? Why is she being like so mean? Like what got, yeah, 68 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:47,160 what got you down? And then those questionings and judgments that we receive from others, 69 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:55,160 that can make us hide back into our shells. But the point is, as we are moving through the world, 70 00:07:55,160 --> 00:08:01,080 it's not meant to look one way. It's meant to be ever shifting. But the attachment to these 71 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:05,800 identities, if you don't stay in constant check with it, you're not staying in check with the 72 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:13,640 ego because the ego, this is the fuel for it. I am, I am this, I am that. The ego loves to have 73 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:23,720 control and set presets to things. And this leads to though, when we look at those boxes, so yeah, 74 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:29,960 maybe you even pause the podcast right now and start to actually put them down on paper. I have 75 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:36,040 so many notebooks of little boxes and then the words that I started to believe. And then look 76 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:41,640 at those boxes, those identities that you've given yourself and ask yourself when those things are 77 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:47,080 challenged, when someone, you know, brings up a question about one of those identities, what do 78 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:53,800 you feel? What happens? And then also looking at, are these things still serving me? Like, have I 79 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:59,880 always showed up this way? When did I start showing up this way? And do I, do I need this anymore? 80 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:05,240 Like, was this, yeah, maybe more for my youth? Did I, did I attach to it based on my family 81 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:13,160 circumstances? What can I release and surrender and let go of? Such an awesome exercise. Journaling 82 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:20,200 can just help bring so much more awareness to what your subconscious knows. And it just comes out 83 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:26,360 through your pen to the paper. So it's an awesome exercise. I hope you all take some time to do that. 84 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Yeah. And so that's, that is what it's about. It's, it's learning and unlearning how we want 85 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:40,200 to be perceived and how attached we are to that. And so another awesome tool, so if you're 86 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,200 doing the journaling and you're having trouble even pulling up, like I don't even know some 87 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:51,560 of the labels. I don't really know how people see me, which can definitely, it's sometimes hard to 88 00:09:51,560 --> 00:10:00,680 flip the mirror and look at yourself. I love using personality tests and not for the reason of, 89 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:07,160 you know, using them as an excuse, like, oh, well, I'm an ENFJ, so that's just how it is. 90 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:14,280 You know, Myers-Briggs, I love the Enneagram. I love the love language tests that you can do. 91 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:20,360 And all of these are just Google searched, uh, quizzes you can take. But sometimes when we can 92 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:28,760 make a list of the results of these tests, we can get that lens of how did I answer those questions? 93 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:34,040 What result did that bring up? And that can sometimes be a good map to unlearning yourself. 94 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:41,240 So sometimes we have to learn what we have become. And I put that in quotations so that we can 95 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:48,040 unlearn those things and realize that, yeah, that is, that is not what I want to, um, that's not how 96 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:53,480 I want to move through this, this life anymore. That's such a great point. I remember like taking 97 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:59,000 some personality tests back in the day and not liking my results and then questioning myself 98 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:07,160 and then taking it again to change my answers to get what I wanted. Yeah. Yeah, it does not always 99 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:12,840 mean that that is what we are. And so I think there can be a shadow side to the personality test of, 100 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:19,320 you know, people using it as an excuse to not do the work, but it can be an awesome map for the 101 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:24,440 work. So, okay, you just answered that way. That doesn't mean that that's what you are and that 102 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:31,000 you have to, it's not to give you another box. It's to help you unbox yourself. And I think that can 103 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:36,040 be a really good tool to use for that. I agree. It's very illuminating no matter what. 104 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:46,360 Yeah. And so, yeah, we're peeling back the layers. Once we start to shed more and more of these 105 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:53,560 things, that is what is underneath all of it is our intuition and it's our connection to that soul 106 00:11:53,560 --> 00:12:01,080 and higher self. Um, into intuition is this deeper understanding beyond personal senses. So 107 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:06,760 it's that inner knowing. It can be our hunches where we really feel like, I think I'm supposed 108 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:12,040 to go talk to that person. I just feel like I should say something or it can be just those gut 109 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:20,840 visceral reactions. It can be a sense of trusting what's coming next. Um, it can be like, I know I'm 110 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:27,160 supposed to be here. I feel like I, I meant to be in this space at this time. And it can be that 111 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:32,680 perfect idea that just pops into your head where you just know like, wow, that's genius. Let me 112 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:38,600 write that down or that's such a good idea. Those are the moments when we're, we're hearing from 113 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:46,600 that intuition side. That's right. The ego and the intuition, they work side by side, but they are 114 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:52,200 very separate. And so I loved what you shared about the intuition. And really the more that we 115 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:57,880 can get into the place of getting comfortable listening to our bodies, the more easily we'll 116 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:04,920 be able to trust from that place of intuition. So you've probably heard trust your gut, right? It's 117 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:12,040 like a common expression. Um, the word gut teams up with the word feeling a lot. And there's good 118 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:18,920 reason for that. Research actually suggests that when, um, emotion and intuition, they have a 119 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:26,440 physical presence in our guts. Our guts are lined with a network of neurons and it's actually called 120 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:34,280 the second brain. It's known as the enteric nervous system. And there's just like millions of neurons 121 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:43,720 firing at all times. So, um, whenever you don't trust your gut, you can physically get sick. You 122 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:49,400 can also get sick about just having to make tough decisions. Like you'll feel it in your body. Your 123 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:54,760 stomach will be upset. You might get a headache. You might get a little shaky. Like we all know 124 00:13:54,760 --> 00:14:01,720 what that feels and it's, it doesn't feel good. So, uh, we can be doing a lot of things to 125 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:08,600 strengthen our guts as well in order to come from that place of really heightened intuition and 126 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:17,000 being open to receive and really lead from that place. So one way that you can do that is by 127 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:24,920 eating healthy, clean, whole, unprocessed foods. So the gut loves fermented foods, 128 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:31,960 foods that are rich in pre and probiotics like kombucha. I love brewing my own at home. So fun. 129 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,360 Uh, Jen, I got a scoby for you if you ever want to brew your own too. 130 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,120 I do. Yeah. I want to hear that. Like I have questions now. 131 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:46,120 Yes. It's like part of my self care Sunday routine. It's just something to do that. 132 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,280 Nice. We'll do a workshop. 133 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:56,120 I love it. Sounds good. Got some kombucha, some kimchi, sauerkraut, yogurt, 134 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,640 sourdough bread. Another thing I love to make at home. 135 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:07,240 Oh my gosh. Your sourdough bread photos like that's Paula Katz Instagram. Oh, 136 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:12,200 you had my mouth watering the other day with a photo. Oh, I love it. 137 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:17,880 Honestly, it's not that hard and it tastes so much better than what they make at the store. And you 138 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:24,280 know exactly what's going into it. It's like two ingredients. So super simple. And there's something 139 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:30,040 to like making your food with love at home. Definitely. And knowing that it's good for 140 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:38,120 your gut. It's just an extra benefit. Also good for your gut, those prebiotics. So these are 141 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:43,400 different than the probiotics. Of course they're similar, but prebiotics are naturally found in 142 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:50,840 onions and garlic. So those are two really common household ingredients that prebiotics are rich in. 143 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,720 So again, good for your gut. You can use these to flavor foods. I use them in my cooking every 144 00:15:55,720 --> 00:16:05,160 single day. And yeah, you just brush your teeth after and it's fine. Your gut's happy. Yeah. 145 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:14,760 Yeah. So the reason the gut kind of falls into under this roof and under this lens is because 146 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:20,280 when we're talking mind, body, and spirit, you hear that term really thrown around. So some of 147 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:27,320 this unveiling of the mind, like catching your thoughts and how they're tied to identity. But 148 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:37,240 the body and the mind work so much together. 95% of the serotonin that our brain receives comes 149 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:44,360 from our gut. So there is a huge link to the body having to work with the mind and there being this 150 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:52,360 tie. So even if you're doing all of this work to strip away some of your actions and to figure out 151 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:58,440 some of the, yeah, the intention behind what you're doing and how you're showing up, there can still 152 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:07,000 be a really big disconnect if our body is being really ignored and we tend to, you know, we can 153 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:12,920 get very overwhelmed by the external. There can be a lot of numbing and checking out from the body, 154 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:19,560 a lot of escaping, a lot of, you know, there can be that binging or the, you know, there's so many 155 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:25,800 different nutritional factors that we can deep dive into. But the important part is knowing that 156 00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:31,640 when the mind and the body are working together and we put more intention behind how we're treating 157 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:38,360 our body and what we're actually taking in and the mind and body are starting to work together, 158 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:43,880 we're keeping more consistent energy throughout the day, that makes us more intentional in how 159 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:50,520 we're moving. But mind and body connection also leads to the spiritual side of things just like 160 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:57,080 attaching right into you. So there is definitely a magic whether you've felt this or not. In the 161 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:03,400 spiritual community, I think a lot of people started off with just mental work and then some 162 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:09,320 people get tied into just physical work, just doing a lot of focus on the body. But when we mesh 163 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:15,640 those two together, that's when the spiritual world seems to find you. That's when more profound 164 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:21,320 experiences start happening. That's when our intuition gets louder and starts telling us more 165 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:28,440 and we start really belonging in the present more. We're not so tied up in the past or worried about 166 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:34,280 the future that we're not dropping fully in. It really helps with that drop into the present. 167 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:41,880 Yeah. So I'll paint a picture of how you can actually feel your intuition in your body. 168 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:51,880 Okay. So think about the last time that you've had a really intuitive moment. So whether it was 169 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:57,560 a hunch on something that you didn't understand fully where this feeling was coming from, 170 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:02,520 but you knew you just had to listen to it. Chances are you felt it in your belly, 171 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:10,200 maybe the pit of your stomach. Maybe you got some goosebumps on your skin, a shiver down your spine. 172 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:17,640 Maybe your heartbeat begins to race, your breath begins to quicken. Sometimes it's even more 173 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:22,760 subtle than that though. And sometimes you might just describe it as like a deep knowing. 174 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:30,040 You really feel when something is right though. It feels clear, nourishing, it feels enriching. 175 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:37,960 And conversely on the other side, you'll feel it when something is off. So for me, this can be 176 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:46,520 a feeling of anxiety of not knowing what's off, but knowing something's off. It can also feel like 177 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:53,160 deflating. Like if my intuition was telling me something and I didn't act on it, then I'll feel 178 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:58,360 rather deflated for a little while until I truly understand where it's coming from and can take 179 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:04,840 action on it. And it does take a little while to get used to these signs and trusting your intuition 180 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:11,720 might be difficult at first if you're not used to it, but truly it all happens with time. So just 181 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:18,120 trust it bit by bit and try to act on it when you get these little signs in your body and just know 182 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:25,160 it's all worth it. Yeah, I think for me, I notice when I'm kind of out of that mind body spirit 183 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:33,000 sink when I start looking at other people as being separate from me, there's definitely this 184 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:40,440 when I look over and I start hearing myself have more judgmental thoughts or I, this can happen 185 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:46,360 as you step into the spiritual community as well of this, well, I'm doing the work, so why is no 186 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:54,040 one else doing the work? There can be ego creeps in over and over and over again and tries to add 187 00:20:54,040 --> 00:21:00,760 separateness from yourself and to others. So I can feel when I'm not living by intuition because 188 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:05,880 there's a disconnect from me and everyone around me. When I'm really in tune to the three parts 189 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:12,040 working together, I really look around and I see through the lens of love so much more when I'm 190 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:20,120 dialed in. I think I can look at everyone and see myself and I see this like very, I have this really 191 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:25,000 strong sense that I'm meant to take in all the details that I meant to feel everything in the 192 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:30,360 moment. So I'll notice, yeah, what the wind feels like on my skin, what my feet feel like standing 193 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:37,400 on the ground. It brings so much awareness to the present and all the sensations that I'm feeling. 194 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:45,320 That's when I know like I'm in the flow, I'm not attaching, I'm not falling into an ego trap. This 195 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:52,920 is a beautiful moment and that's when I know. Yeah, finding that time to be still and silent 196 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:59,800 and present with whatever you're experiencing. It's all about staying open, right? To be able to 197 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:07,880 receive what's coming your way. Definitely and that is a huge part of the work. That is the, 198 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:16,200 it's this awakening together journey is constantly coming back and recognizing like that little map 199 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:21,160 that you draw of all your ego identities. You might need to be doing that every month because 200 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:27,240 you're going to constantly pick up new things. So it's, yeah, it's easy to put a bumper sticker on 201 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:33,400 a car but peeling it off is always the tricky part and that really is how it goes and we do it over 202 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:41,880 and over again. But that connection to intuition, you probably have, yeah, recognize and look at the 203 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:49,160 way you feel intuition in your body. So use the the writing prompts to also say how do I feel 204 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:55,640 when I'm feeling that real sense of alive and connectedness to the things around me. 205 00:22:55,640 --> 00:23:03,640 Yeah, I love that. Such great ideas. And it also makes me think about like what else is going on 206 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:10,200 in our lives as we're trying to come to this place of listening to our intuitions really closely, 207 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:17,480 separating our egos from our true and ourselves and our stimuli, our external stimuli has a lot 208 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:24,120 to do with how open we're able to be. So think about like people in your life. There's people 209 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:30,120 who are probably positive influences who encourage you to be your best, to reach for the stars, 210 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:37,240 who inspire you to become the person that you want to be. And then there's probably other people who 211 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:42,200 drain you and who just kind of add to the noise and make it more difficult to hear what your 212 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:47,640 intuition wants you to hear. We all have them, right? It's life. There's always going to be those 213 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:54,280 people on both sides, because we don't live in bubbles as much as sometimes I want. I wish I did. 214 00:23:54,280 --> 00:24:01,560 It's just not reality. And it's not necessarily positive to create echo chambers of only the 215 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:09,480 people that we are around. Yeah, but just being still for that time, your intuition will be 216 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:18,440 trying to talk with you. And keeping those people who enrich and empower you nearby and walking away 217 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:25,880 from those who drain you is a big step in just aligning your energy with how you want it to 218 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:35,000 move forward. Yeah, I fully, fully agree. And just if you have those negative, the people that do 219 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:41,800 drain you those negative around, I talk about this a lot, but we can learn a lot from the people that 220 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:48,920 drain us too. That can sometimes be when our intuition can speak a little louder. The next 221 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:55,000 time someone really bothers you, that is some of the best work we can do with tapping into our 222 00:24:55,000 --> 00:25:02,600 intuition and the why, is the people that trigger all those unhealed feelings. Not that we want to 223 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:10,280 stay and surround ourselves with those people, but it's going to happen. You can't avoid entering a 224 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:18,680 space with someone that can maybe pull from you more than add to you. But we can learn a ton about 225 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:25,720 our reactivity in those moments, what that creates inside of us, what our instincts are. It can be a 226 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:33,000 map to a lot of those preset beliefs and how we respond to them. So the next time you really feel 227 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:42,280 that internal flare up from somebody, handle it with grace in that moment. You want to always 228 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:48,760 shine kind of a connectiveness. We're meant to be a light for others, but take that information, 229 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:55,320 notice it, go process it and sit and either dump it, journal it, meditate on it, figure out 230 00:25:55,320 --> 00:26:03,160 what did that bring up and why did that create such an internal conflict. I have learned some 231 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:12,200 of my best lessons on where I get judgmental, where I get harsh and disconnected from those 232 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:18,680 triggering people. So that can be a huge map into figuring out where that ego comes in and goes, 233 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:25,240 well, yeah, they're clearly not on my level. So yeah, I don't need this. But we can walk away from 234 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:31,080 those circumstances without putting down the other person and to still use that as a map. But 235 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:38,120 surrounding yourself with people that are embracing your intuitive nature and helping to fuel your 236 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:46,520 spiritual journey is also so key. Absolutely. And you're so right. We need to be ready to let bad 237 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:53,480 feelings go. And I'll take that back. I don't like bad feelings because all feelings are valid and 238 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:59,080 just and have their time and place. But the ones that kind of bog you down and keep you in a lower 239 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:07,400 vibrational state, feelings of guilt, of shame, of embarrassment, all of those, those are really the 240 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:13,960 lowest vibrational energies. And it's hard. It can be really hard to break out of a cycle when 241 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:19,880 there's a lot in your life that's affecting keeping you in that place because negative emotions will 242 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:24,600 cloud your intuition. I know that whenever I'm feeling down in the dumps, it's physically 243 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:31,960 impossible for me to tap into my intuitive nature. And research actually backs this. It's found that 244 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:39,080 people made better intuitive choices in any task when they were in a more positive mood as compared 245 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:46,600 to when they were in a negative mood. So like Jen said, journaling, processing things, letting them 246 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:54,120 go and being really ready to part with them sometimes is the key to it all. Yes. I wrote 247 00:27:54,120 --> 00:28:01,160 another quote down that I wanted to share too that the intuition, I got this from the seed of the soul, 248 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:06,280 but the intuition is a walkie talkie between the personality and the soul. So I love that as an 249 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:11,240 analogy that I love that. Yeah. We're not going to shed the ego. We're not going to get rid of the 250 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:16,920 ego. It's going to keep coming back. It sits with us, but it's, it's that walkie talkie between both 251 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:22,520 sides. So we have to stay just as in check of the ego to, to connect with the soul. So there is a 252 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:28,840 back and forth there. So yeah, I wanted to share that as well. I love that. Just like the image of 253 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:36,360 the walkie talkie in between the ego and the soul. And it's the method of communicating. So that's 254 00:28:36,360 --> 00:28:43,880 really neat. And one other thing I was thinking about is sleep. Since we are holistic beings and 255 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:50,040 knowing that we are mind, body, spirit, we need to be able to recharge our bodies and our minds in 256 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:56,360 order to connect with that, that space of spirit and dream time. It's really the brain's way of 257 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:03,160 processing information that's left over from the day. There's so much like really valuable data 258 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:09,640 through the experiences, memories, and learnings that happen during our dream time. So paying 259 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:15,080 attention to your dreams can provide lots of juicy information that maybe you're not, 260 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:20,200 you don't normally have access to when you're awake. So pay attention to what those are, 261 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:26,040 write them down. Maybe you have a little notebook next to your bedside table or right, 262 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:29,800 right when you wake up in the morning, you write down what your dreams were the night before and 263 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:35,960 see what that means to you. What you think your subconscious is trying to tell you based on what's 264 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:43,720 been going on in your life. So good. Yes. Mind, body, spirit, throwing a lot of good stuff at you. 265 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:49,560 And if it's not clear, we really want you to have a lot of journals around. Yes. We love our journals. 266 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:56,360 Yes. I think you can spot a spiritual person a lot. There's so much writing involved in this 267 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:05,320 awakening and unveiling. I have notebooks for days. Same here. Same here. So, oh man, I think 268 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,760 we are, we've talked about a lot today. We've talked about- 269 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,040 Yeah, thanks Kat. I love it. 270 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:11,240 Of course. Super productive. 271 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,520 My five one, but not attached to it. Love. 272 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:20,360 Yes. Right. Short sisters for life who actually feel tall. 273 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,240 Yes. Yes. I love it. 274 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:29,560 Amazing. Well, thank you all so much for joining us for another episode of Waking Together. 275 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,120 We can't wait to see you all next week. 276 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:33,160 Bye. 277 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:43,880 Bye.