Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

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This podcast is to educate, inside, and inform the listeners of various pathways to wholistic well being. This information is not to replace the advise of your physician, specialist, medical doctor, therapist, nutritionist or dietician. Please refer to full Medical Disclaimer Here.

06/09/22 • 38 min

Ep 145 A Feminine Approach to Entrepreneurship with Suzanne Acteson

Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

06/02/22 • 52 min

Suzanne is a Transformation Business Coach, former advertising executive turned entrepreneur. She is on a mission to help women personally define their freedom and redefine the way they do business using smart strategies fused with feminine energy. Suzanne is a leap-taker and dream-maker, hails from Canada but is a global trailblazer who lived Australia for nearly 20 years and now resides in SW France with her husband Rob and 3 boys, soaking up all that the more simple life in France has to offer.

Key Notes:

How to reconnect with what matter most
How to be comfortable in just being
How to surrender to how it’s going to happen

Show Notes:

(00:20) Jen introduces this week’s guest

(05:32) Suzanne shares her journey where her creative spark came from and how she transitioned to the work she’s doing right now

(12:34) Suzanne shares how she learned how to be and how to be comfortable in just being

(16:10) Suzanne shares how they were willing to take risks to do and follow their dreams

(17:23) How you have to be prepared to be super vulnerable and know that it’s not going to be smooth sailing

(21:06) Suzanne shares where her work is centered around

(25:45) Suzanne shares the tools she loves to share and integrate with her clients

(34:08) What kind of freedom are women seeking?

(42:52) Suzanne shares when and how she felt aligned

Quotes:

(10:55) In searching for more, we actually found less

(17:42) I started adding tools to my toolbox to make the journey easier

(33:15) Everything is seasonal

(35:56) If we’re pouring from an empty cup, then we’ve got nothing to give our husbands, our kids, our family and everything else that falls after that

(39:21) Am I really feeling aligned with who I am?

Connect with Suzanne:

Website: www.suzanneacteson.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/suzanneacteson

Facebook: www.facebook.com/suzanneacteson

Resources:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFG_uyCRg9nxM43jS9mvUg

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06/02/22 • 52 min

Ep 144 The Embodiment of your Gifts through Shadow Work with Xavier Dagba

Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

05/19/22 • 60 min

In this episode, Jen interview Xavier Dagba. Xavier is a trauma-informed transformational life coach and shadow work facilitator. He loves to think of himself as an emotional alchemist. His work and teachings are infused with the intent of transmitting the sacred wisdom of the heart. Xavier's own transformational journey brought him to dive into the universe of shadow work and he tends to think that only when you are willing to integrate your shadows, can you fully feel alive. He feels alive the most when he helps people shed their limitations, embrace their repressed power, and live their lives from their hearts, not their wounds.

Key Notes:

What is shadow work?
How you learn to show up in specific situations
Leading life from our hearts and not our wounds
What is the highest purpose of navigating deep fear?

Show Notes:

(01:50) Jen introduces this week’s guest

(05:21) How it’s really serious when we’re working on our personal transformation

(07:47) Xavier shares the definition of shadow work

(08:10) What are the misconceptions about shadow work

(09:44) Xavier shares one of the things that really humbled him in his journey

(13:17) How we are entering the paradigm of Grace when it comes to transformation

(16:55) How are reactivity can be very costly

(19:55) How you will learn to relate to the reactive self not from the reactive self

(22:05) What is the intention of leading your life from your heart and not from your wound?

(25:42) Xavier shares what refined willpower is

(28:50) How we’re navigating a huge collective turmoil

(32:01) What is the highest invitation of uncertainty

(35:16) How evolution collectively happen?

(43:33) The three words that describe the receiving, and the stepping out of the push and the pull

Quotes:

(05:42) A good sense of humor can be a great edge to the presence

(08:36) The journey of consciousness where we embrace all that you are.

(10:17) There is a huge difference between pain and suffering

(10:43) It is possible to navigate pain with Grace

(17:54) There is an unconscious choice to become consumed by your reactive self

(31:07) There is always a higher purpose

(33:30) What used to be true yesterday is not true today, what is true today probably won’t be true tonight

(35:05) When we learn how to embrace the higher purpose, the collective must adjust to meet the energy of every single human being

(47:14) Without compassion, healing gets really challenging

Connect with Xavier:

Website: https://www.xavierdagba.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xavier.dagba/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/xavierdagba

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/xavierdagba

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xavier.dagba.xd/

Resources:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFG_uyCRg9nxM43jS9mvUg

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05/19/22 • 60 min

Ep 143 Is your Extreme Independence a Trauma Response?

Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

05/12/22 • 24 min

In this episode, Jen invites you to join her in a conversation around independence. She deep dives into how you have shown up into extreme independence in your life and if this is related to a trauma response.

Key Notes:

The different reasons why we become extremely independent
How extreme independence is a result of a need for safety and to feel valued
How extreme independence doesn’t invite vulnerability
How did you become extremely independent?

Show Notes:

(00:50) What this week’s episode is about

(03:17) How most of our behaviors that we embody through our life are the result or our childhood experiences

(06:37) How one of the most common threads that Jen noticed is a need for safety

(09:07) How extreme independence often comes from a need of safety and a lack of trust

(11:38) Where has seeking for approval externally gotten you?

(12:20) How your extreme independence is your survival strategy

(15:15) How extreme independence can be a result of lack of trust

(17:47) Jen invites you to journal about extreme independence if it resonates about you

Quotes:

(09:00) It can look very different on the outside than how we experience it in the inside

(10:20) We choose to align our actions with our values, not our wounds, not our needs, but our values.

(10:33) Live your life by who you’re becoming, not who you’ve been

(16:24) The attachment that we had being extremely independent has hurt us in some ways

(17:23) Have the gratitude for the courage and the strength that you have to be independent

Links Mentioned:

13 Moons of Devotion: https://www.jenmons.com/13moons-of-devotion

Resources:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFG_uyCRg9nxM43jS9mvUg

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05/12/22 • 24 min

Ep 142 Spiritual Toxicity

Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

05/04/22 • 44 min

In this episode, Jen deep dives into the idea of spiritual toxicity is. She also deep dives into the different areas or forms of spiritual toxicity.

Key Notes:

What is Spiritual Toxicity?
What is Spiritual Bypassing?
The difference between ascension and embodiment
The different areas and forms of spiritual toxicity

Show Notes:

(00:35) Jen shares what this week’s podcast is about

(05:40) How we saw a lot of Spiritual Bypassing the past few years

(09:52) The difference between a coach and a therapist

(11:38) How everything is in a cycle

(12:08) How spiritual bypassing is extremely unhealthy

(13:50) How the conversations in our life is an opportunity to notice and learn something about ourselves

(18:00) Jen shares how we can gather information in an empowering way and how we can shift our energy so that we can show up differently in it

(20:40) How manipulation is another form of spiritual toxicity

(27:37) How manipulation shows up

(33:36) How everything is just a process and a journey and just keep taking that next step forward

(34:09) How scarcity is the lack of trust

(37:28) How our voices matter in order to create a shift and change

Quotes:

(03:35) Keep whatever it is that you’re healing sacred until you are through it

(08:50) I believe us as a whole being integrated holy into the wholeness of who we are

(10:52) There’s always a contraction before an expansion

(13:05) Experiences that happen in our life are there to reflect back to us

(23:40) Too much truth can be harsh. Too much compassion can be enabling.

(28:32) To live in integrated wholeness and well-being

(33:42) People will show up in your life at the right time

(35:04) There is nothing you have to do to earn love

(36:31) At the end of the day, we are all responsible for our own experience

Links Mentioned:

NVC: https://www.cnvc.org/

Resources:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFG_uyCRg9nxM43jS9mvUg

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05/04/22 • 44 min

Ep 141 Spiritual Life Lessons and Laughter with Glenn Ambrose

Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

04/28/22 • 56 min

Glenn Ambrose is a Spiritual Teacher and Life Coach, Author of the book Down To Earth – The Spiritual Being’s Guide to a Happy, Human Experience and Host of the international podcast Life, Lessons, & Laughter with Glenn Ambrose and has been working with clients all over the world for many years.

Key Notes:

What is Spiritual laughter?
How we are Spiritual beings first having a human experience
The three things that are needed for change
How it’s easier than we think

Show Notes:

(00:32) Jen introduces the guest for this week’s episode

(03:29) Glenn shares the work he does and his journey on how he got to it

(09:19) What is Spiritual laughter?

(11:48) How do you practice laughter if you’re not feeling it?

(22:05) What is Spiritual integration and how important is it for us to understand it?

(27:25) Glenn shares how he believes we should be living our lives

(35:04) How Glenn has been aware of a Spiritual shift that is happening in the planet

(37:57) How we’re seeing the illusion of safety breaking down

(39:39) Why are we masters of distraction?

(49:20) Glenn shares the three things that are needed for change

Quotes:

(05:31) I’m able to see underneath everything and understand the dynamics and not get caught up with the specificity of things.

(08:25) One of the things that I love about Spirituality is the laughter.

(11:32) It’s just heartfelt giggle that comes from inside and it’s just beautiful Spiritual practice.

(12:39) You can’t force yourself into Spiritual laughter. It has to come spontaneously.

(16:46) When we effort, it’s constricting

(17:21) Go play around with things that bring you joy. Those are hints to what your purpose is.

(37:49) Often there’s a breakdown before a breakthrough

(53:06) The joy is in the journey

(53:09) Happiness is not a destination, it’s a means of travel

Connect with Glenn:

Website: https://glennambrose.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlennAmbroseLC

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/GlennAmbrose

Life Lessons and Laughter with Glenn Ambrose:

$25 Special on Transcend Suffering Through Love 10-part course: https://lovingnation.org/courses/transcend-suffering-through-love/

Resources:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFG_uyCRg9nxM43jS9mvUg

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04/28/22 • 56 min

Ep 140 30 Minute Gentle Morning Yoga

Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

04/13/22 • 33 min

In this episode, join Jen in this 30 minute gentle morning yoga.

04/13/22 • 33 min

Ep 139 Sacred Rebel Sisterhood: Finding Joy in Spiritual Growth with Hannah McKenna

Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

04/06/22 • 54 min

In this episode, Jen interviews Hannah McKenna. Hannah McKenna is a life coach and retreat facilitator obsessed with healing in community. Her coaching business is based on the Sacred Rebel archetype, inviting radical authenticity into every step of our lives, relationships, and healing journeys. With 1-on-1 coaching, Hannah guides her clients from self-doubt to unshakeable self-love with laughter and tears and everything in between. Her signature group program, The Sisterhood, is a holistic support space for women to intentionally heal, laugh, and grow together. She built The Sisterhood for women who desire more connection, friendship, healing, and fun. It's the friend-group you've always wanted. Since Hannah is allergic to any program that is all serious, all the time, she invites joy and play into even the deepest healing. In her programs, there is always room for ALL of who you are, even if you're still figuring that out.

Key Notes:

What is sacred rebel?
How we can show up in a healthy way
What The Sisterhood is all about
The 3 Blinders in the Spiritual Communities

Show Notes:

(00:35) Jen introduces the guest for this week’s episode

(04:10) Hannah shares how the sacred rebel language came to her and what it means to her

(05:33) How she is a rebel within the sacred communities and in regular life

(08:12) How we all have the intense desire to belong within our tribes or groups

(12:50) Hannah shares what top 3 blinders there are in spiritual communities

(16:16) Hannah shares the moment she shifted and decided that she can still be a person who can stand in clarity to say that I am still sacred in my own space without living up to anyones expectations

(24:25) How Hannah realized that she doesn’t need the pattern to be always healing something to belong to the spiritual community

(29:10) Hannah shares what the sisterhood she’s in is all about

(31:27) How the patriarchy hurts all people not just women

(40:49) How within The Sisterhood, we all belong

(46:14) How The Sisterhood is intentionally co-creating how they want it to function

Quotes:

(04:17) Sacred label language is putting a language to the thing I’ve always felt

(16:50) Why am I always the issue?

(18:55) The point of being here is to be human, to experience who I am.

(19:13) If I am a sacred being then the desires of my heart are sacred

(25:53) Deep healing happens in community

(32:39) Manifestation is not positive thinking, it’s believing full that I am worthy of having the thing that I want

(40:27) The desires in our hearts are signposts toward what we are meant to do in this lifetime

Connect with Hannah:

Instagram: Www.Instagram.com/hannahmckenna__

Website: Www.Hannah-McKenna.com

Resources:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFG_uyCRg9nxM43jS9mvUg

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04/06/22 • 54 min

Ep 138 Healing Breast Implant Illness with Amanda Porta

Body and Soul Wisdom Podcast

03/30/22 • 72 min

In this episode, Jen interviews Amanda Porta. Holistic beauty coach, Amanda Porta blends her love of aesthetics and natural health to help her clients achieve optimal results. She has worked in all areas of the beauty industry for 18 years and has trained under some of the best practitioners in the country. Early on, in order to get the best results for herself and others, Amanda realized the importance of incorporating holistic health into all of her treatment plans.

Her love of innovation inspired her to introduce the concept of wellness to the plastic surgery industry in 2012. She created a non-toxic skincare line and strategized business relationships with wellness and beauty brands for a prominent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. She is passionate about educating and inspiring people to become their personal best.

Ms. Porta has found a niche as a patient advocate for women going through Breast Implant Illness. Having gone through the illness herself, she has explanted, detoxed, healed, and can guide women through their own explant journeys. She has advised thousands of women around the world from celebrities to athletes to prominent businesswomen that have trusted her expertise to support them through this health crisis. Amanda has received her certification as a wellness coach through Trinity School of Wellness. Amanda has appeared on KIRO TV, KTLA Channel 5 and the podcast What Say You with Gavin McCleod- Valentine, Awesome In and Out with Sarah Anne Stewart, Be Real Babe Podcast, Be You Podcast with Jill Herman.

Key Notes:

What is breast implant illness
Amanda’s big why and her mission
What Amanda is most passionate about and how that journey began

Show Notes:

(00:30) Jen introduces this week’s guest on the show

(08:00) Amanda shares what she’s most passionate about her life

(09:15) What was Amanda like before things begin to shift?

(14:10) Amanda deep dives into how and why something needed to change

(27:40) How with Amanda’s mom, they rarely take antibiotics

(30:35) Amanda shares her experience when she realized she had breast implant illness and how her awakening took 7 years

(50:27) Amanda shares what she would say to the woman who needs to hear what she has to say about Breast Implant Illness right now

Quotes:

(08:22) I’m here for something really important when I grow up.

(11:46) The lack of a father in my life created a lot of pain for me

(53:26) I believe chronic illness is an opportunity for us to heal

Connect with Amanda:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theholisticbeautycoach/

https://www.instagram.com/kevinbrennermd/

Website: https://www.kevinbrennermd.com

Resources:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFG_uyCRg9nxM43jS9mvUg