Starting With Gratitude

Jocelyn Valencia

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Welcome! I'm grateful you are here. This podcast holds a safe space to host heart-centered conversations exploring all topics reflecting the human & spiritual experience. Our inspiring guests from all walks of life & I expand on our lessons, awakenings, relationships, careers, healing, feelings, transformations, & beyond. These honest & vulnerable conversations intend to touch your heart, mind, & Spirit. I have always deeply felt that in sharing our truth we cultivate community & foster growth. So, that's what we're doing here. Every conversation starts with gratitude & remains rooted in gratitude. New episode every Tuesday. Listen on your favorite podcast platform & watch on Youtube. Please rate & review the podcast if you enjoy it! Let's feel grateful, practice conscious awareness, & journey through expansion together. Ya girl, your host - Jocelyn

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Tiana Bryant Is Grateful For Love Overall: Coping with Depression, Overcoming Intrusive Thoughts, & PMDD

Starting With Gratitude

01/12/21 • 59 min

Another conversation between kindred spirits, Tiana Bryant is a contagious light of gentleness, understanding, and genuine kindness. We have been following each other on socials for a while and we always felt called to each other's energy and spirit, as if we'd already known each other as good friends. This is our very first full conversation and I am so grateful for it and for Tiana's vulnerability to share her experience, her awareness, and her perspective.
You may follow Tiana and her journey @tianabrynt on Instagram :)
In this episode, we discuss topics including but not limited to: what is Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and Tiana's experience with it, coping with depression and anxiety, overcoming intrusive thoughts and what they look like, ritualizing self-care, the importance of exploring your body and understanding your emotions, taking medicinal microdoses of psilocybin (shrooms), and more.
I, myself, learned so much from this conversation and as I continue to listen to it over and over again, I am led to self-inquiry in gentle and expansive ways. I hope you are led to (self)discovery, as well.
If you feel you are experiencing PMDD, I encourage you to dive into more research and consult with your doctor if you are able! If you are experiencing depression and/or anxiety, gentle reminder that you are not your thoughts and you are very much so loved and purposeful. Please try to seek out a safe space with a loved one and express yourself.
All that is mentioned in this episode is rooted in personal experience. Consult a professional, as needed.

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Réyel Byrd Is Grateful For Gods Timing: Liberating Your Self, Being Spirit-Led & Opening Your Heart

Starting With Gratitude

10/11/22 • 132 min

🎙 "If we don't have our heart open, our blessings don't come." - Réyel Byrd
From the deep desire to expand and experience higher potentials to reprogramming the subconscious to opening your heart and beyond, this conversation with Afro-Indigenous Medicine Woman and Spiritual Teacher, Réyel Byrd, walks you through the spiritual, the awakening, the healing journey. Whether you are in the depths of the journey or just recently have begun dipping your toes in its infinite pool, this expansive conversation will surely resonate with you and will deepen your conscious awareness.
We begin by touching on the current season of the collective and intuitively transition through some of the core experiences that come with choosing the Spirit-led and heart-centered path, such as: questioning the Self and life, seeking liberation, learning how to take accountability, doing inner-child work, purifying your Self from illusions, experiencing sacred solitude, and trusting the unknown.
If you enjoy deep conversations about the human and spiritual experiences, then this conversation is especially for you! Learn more about Réyel and her offerings/services here.
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Topics we touch on in this conversation include (but are not limited to):

practicing true self-love
tuning into your heart
dark night of the Soul
disassociating
understanding the ego
trusting your Higher Self
healing your throat chakra
apologizing to your Self
the veil and the subconscious
allowing your Self to feel anger
the power of words

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Bernie Is Grateful To See The Work Jump To New Levels: Lessons Learned, Healing Sadness, & Graphic Design

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04/06/21 • 64 min

Collage OG and designer, Bernie, also known as Bernz, is our guest for episode 14. Overcoming a season of sadness and loss comes a season of discovery and self-love. As we are in the midst of our one year quarantine anniversary, where all of our lives changed, Bernie and I touch on what these changes looked like for him and what lessons came from them.
Having been in the game for years, Bernie just now feels like his work is beginning to unfold in ways that cultivate a bigger picture and bring forth abundance. With this, we discuss navigating freelancing in the beginning, expanding the work through fun, the importance of being yourself, good communication, and more goodness.
You can explore Bernie's work here.
If you are an artist currently experiencing or overcoming a tough season, if you are feeling lost in a relationship, if you are interested in being a graphic designer, if you are wanting to learn about someone else's lessons so you don't repeat the same mistakes - this conversation is especially for you.

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Jocelyn Is Grateful For Choosing To Surrender: Resisting Change, Surrendering To The Universe, & Choosing Peace

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07/13/21 • 15 min

"What is meant to be comes with ease. Remind yourself that."
I have been acknowledging the peace I currently feel and reflecting on what has contributed to this peace. Almost exactly a year ago, I was going through a lot of sudden shifts and unexpected changes that honestly led to am emotional (and spiritual) breakdown.
Looking back at this time, I realize that the moment I decided to (finally) surrender to the flow of these shifts and changes was the moment I chose peace, too. It was in my resistance where my fear cultivated.
In this episode, I am expressing gratitude for choosing to surrender, practicing surrender, and holding space to share a bit on my thoughts and reflections on surrender.
If you find yourself in a season of resistance, in a moment of fearing the unknown, I am encouraging you to surrender to the flow of life and of change! Choose faith over fear. Choose to believe that all is working in your favor and for your highest good. Know in your heart that what is meant for you does not cause dysfunction in any light of the word.

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Jocelyn Is Grateful To Expand Her Conscious Awareness Of Who She Is & To Not Limit Herself To Identities

Starting With Gratitude

03/09/22 • 21 min

🎙️"When we identify with these societal and cultural and overall human identities, we are not only our limiting our perception but limiting the abundance and expansiveness of who and what we truly are." - Jocelyn
Initially... this episode was going to be dedicated to my expression of gratitude for experiencing Jocelyn - and yes, I mean to say that in third person. But for many to truly understand what I mean by this, what I mean by me being grateful to experience Jocelyn's personality, Jocelyn's soul development, Jocelyn's journey... I had to have this conversation with you about identities.
A huge aspect of my most recent, significant spiritual awakening was "identity work." I invested time and energy into really observing and contemplating societal and cultural and overall human identities and how they influence us in how we show up in the world. Long story short, our identities are our limitations.
There's more I have to expand into in regards to this and who we truly are but I am excited to share with you my current outlook, understandings, and reflections in this episode.
The main topics I touch on in this episode include:

what a spiritual awakening is
how spiritual awakenings impact us
societal and cultural programmings
who we truly are and who we truly are not
expanding our perceptions
identities and the standards/expectations they come with
self-liberation
becoming the observer of our thoughts
creating the idea of separation
understanding oneness
reinventing ourselves
healing relationships

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Réyel Byrd & Jocelyn Are Grateful For Their Saturn Return: What Is Saturn Return? Why Is It Life-Changing?

Starting With Gratitude

03/07/23 • 111 min

This episode is everything you need to know about Saturn Return, which is a deeply transformative experience we all grow through. While our returning guest, Afro-Indigenous Medicine Woman and Spiritual Teacher, Réyel Byrd, is commencing her Saturn Return on March 07, 2023 - ya girl, your host, is ending her Saturn Return.
In this conversation, Réyel shares her wisdom through her knowledge and insights, and I share my wisdom through my recent experience in my Saturn Return. We define what Saturn Return is, as well as expand on the overall energy of Saturn. We also expand on the many life-changing themes that our Saturn Return brings, such as initiating into adulthood/womanhood, developing a spiritual foundation, aligning with your purpose, having integrity, trusting your intuition, and more.
Whether you're entering or exiting your Saturn Return (or are simply curious about it), this episode is especially for you. (I honestly wish I had this episode to listen to before I entered my Saturn Return!)
Learn more about Réyel and her services here

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Jocelyn Is Grateful To Allow Herself To Feel Her Emotions: Remaining In A State Of Flow

Starting With Gratitude

11/30/21 • 17 min

🎙️"You choosing to suppress an emotion is actually you choosing to hold onto it." - Jocelyn
It truly is so wild how we as a collective have created the response to suppress our emotions - for generations - thinking that suppressing our emotions make them go away. This could not be more wrong. As quoted above, us choosing to suppress our emotions is us choosing to keep them. When we suppress them, they don't disappear - they become blocked in our system and cause dysfunction in our lives.
We are emotional bodies! When we have an unhealthy relationship with our emotions and the way in which we respond to them, we manifest an unhealthy body. Emotions are energy in motion. We must allow them to flow.This episode was definitely channeled by the divine and just felt like what I was/am meant to speak on at this time. I hope those of you who tune in feel seen and inspired by what I share. May this lead you towards a healthier relationship with your emotions.
The main topics I touch on in this episode include:

the importance of allowing yourself to feel
why suppressing our emotions causes dysfunction
mind, body, spirit are all interconnected
being in a toxic relationship that manifested emotional suppression and sickness
why our emotions are a gift

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:45 Seeing Emotions As A Gift
3:48 Not Allowing Myself To Feel Does Me A Disservice
5:11 Suppressing Our Emotions
8:46 My Personal Experience With Emotional Suppression
14:56 All In All...

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Laura Grant Is Grateful For The Growing Ability To See Adversity As A Gift: Twin Flame Journey, Masculine & Feminine Energy

Starting With Gratitude

10/05/21 • 60 min

🎙️"...falling in love with the concept of trusting the unknown is really making life exciting right now." - Laura Grant
There are three healing and awakening truths that really came into the forefront of my journey this past year and are highlighted in this episode: one, healing our relationships with our parents is important, two, looking at your relationships through the lens of mirror reflections is enlightening, and three, acknowledging we all have both masculine and feminine energies within us is necessary for our ascension.
Aligning with Laura Grant's work during my twin flame journey and my spiritual awakening this past year was an alignment I needed to affirm I was on the right path, specifically by deciding to turn inward. In this conversation, we are going in-depth on what both wounded and healthy masculine and feminine energies look like, as well as what it looks like to balance these energies and how it impacts the world around us. This is a MUST LISTEN episode for anyone curious about these energies and/or about the twin flame union.
Laura Grant is a Masculine and Feminine Energy Teacher and Intuitive Coach providing relationship and purpose guidance. You may learn more about Laura here.
Some of the main topics we touch on in this episode include:

balancing the masculine and feminine energy within us
the twin flame journey, union, and significance
healing codependency and awakening interdependent relationships
acknowledging the link between woundedness and child development
seeing the blueprint of our karmic cycles and ancestral loops within us
seeing our personal journey reflect in the collective journey

🕰 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:48 Starting with Gratitude
6:16 Getting to Know Laura
9:48 Child Development & Adulthood
13:35 Healing The Wounded Inner Masculine
16:18 Wounded Father Archetype
20:00 The Imprint Of Our Caregivers
22:50 Twin Flame Journey
28:40 Conscious, Karmic, & Toxic Connections
36:00 Collective Energy & Soul Groups
37:04 Shadow Work In The Twin Flame Journey
43:15 Dismantling Toxic Masculinity
46:48 Interdependent Relationships
49:02 Healthy Masculinity & Femininity
53:20 It All Begins With Self
54:21 Building Inner-Union

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Valentina Padilla Is Grateful To Express Herself: Going Plant-Based, Growing Pains, & Listening To Your Body

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05/18/21 • 50 min

Did you choose the plant-based life or did the plant-based life choose you? In this episode, we are touching on various aspects of wellness with Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Sustainability Advocate, and Influencer, Valentina Padilla (also known as Sunflower Valentine).
Passionate about raising awareness on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA immigration), we begin by discussing the beginning of Valentina's advocacy. Having been born in Venezuela and immigrating to the states at a young age with her family, Valentina holds space for educating others on the topic.
Founding Thank You Plant Based God, a platform focused on sharing plant-based recipes and wholesomeness, Valentina and I bring awareness to how listening to your body strengthens your intuition.
Other topics of discussion in this episode include: finding your voice, being an authentic creator, defining what it means to be an influencer, starting a jewelry line, experiencing growing pains, and more!

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Jocelyn Is Grateful To Have Rekindled Her Relationship With Spirit & With Her True Self

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05/03/22 • 14 min

🎙️"I realized that when we are in tune with our true selves, we are in tune with Spirit. For me, now, my true Self and Spirit are one in the same." - Jocelyn
Lately I have been reflecting a lot on just how grateful I am to have simply rekindled my relationship with Spirit. I will never forget the moment I thought to myself how disconnected I felt from Spirit, from divine guidance and protection. In this moment, I was in a toxic relationship that last four years. When I finally broke off this relationship and began my healing journey, I realized why I felt so disconnected, so out of tune.
When you lose yourself the way I lost myself, you never ever want to lose yourself again and when you reawaken, you will make sure it never happens again. That moment where I acknowledged how distant I felt from the light within changed my life forever, changed my relationship with my Self and with Spirit forever.
This is a short, yet honest and impactful conversation where I expand on this moment with you and on my sincerest gratitude for having reconnected with all that is divine.
Topics we touch on in this conversation include:

being in tune with Spirit
reconnecting with your true Self
how we become out of alignment with the divine
why our relationships matter
how we manifest toxic relationships
listening to your intuition
gifting yourself grace in your healing journey
generational patterns and cycles
cultural and societal programming/influences

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How many episodes does Starting With Gratitude have?

Starting With Gratitude currently has 105 episodes available.

What topics does Starting With Gratitude cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Healing, Motivation, Spirituality, Mental Health, Awakening, Wellness, Podcasts, Inspiration, Self-Improvement, Education, Business and Gratitude.

What is the most popular episode on Starting With Gratitude?

The episode title 'Jennifer Torres Is Grateful For Another Day: Trying Your Best, Imposter Syndrome, & Coming Back To Self' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Starting With Gratitude?

The average episode length on Starting With Gratitude is 52 minutes.

How often are episodes of Starting With Gratitude released?

Episodes of Starting With Gratitude are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Starting With Gratitude?

The first episode of Starting With Gratitude was released on Dec 21, 2020.

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