Courageously Questing for Ease in Turbulent Times w/ Krystal Brandt

08/12/20 • 51 min

Ep. 15: Today's episode is all about reframing our notion that "hustle and struggle equals success" – and opening up to allow the ease and abundance that is our birthright. I sit down with Krystal Brandt an Ease Mentor and Intuitive Business Strategist who helps fast-paced go-getters to slow down and cultivate sustainable self-care practices to live a soul-aligned life. She shares her story of leaving the corporate world behind to follow her inner calling (spoiler alert: it wasn't a smooth and shiny ride!) and drops a ton of actionable tools and strategies to reset your relationship with obligation and create a life filled with self-care, nourishment, and yes – lots of ease.
We dive into:

The importance of creating your team of mentors
Her journey from the corporate cubicle to discovering herself
How she moved from people-pleasing to following her soul’s calling
What self-care really is, and how our society makes it so difficult to follow this path
Giving yourself permission to divorce obligation and create your soul priorities
How living counter-culture and listening to her inner truth shifted her entire path
Why allowing social constructs to break down can be pivotal towards your growth
Learning to trust yourself and show up for yourself in bigger ways
The big question she uses to define self-care (and why you should be using it!)
The importance of discovering your core values – and her simple way to find them
Her top tip for using your core values as a tool for self-nourishment
How to turn self-care from an item on your to-do list, to an organic, non-negotiable part of your life
Integrating the masculine and feminine in your daily life
Dancing between the masculine structure and “doing”, and the feminine intuition and “being"
How nature can be our muse for ease
Why ease has everything to do with mindset
The art of allowing ease and abundance
How we can reframe comparison to expand our growth
Ease and self-care tools to navigate these turbulent times
Why grounding is one of the most important tools you can use right now

Resources from this episode:

Astrology/Human Design readings:
https://www.krystalbrandt.com/readings

Ease resources:
https://www.krystalbrandt.com/resources

Krystal's website:
www.krystalbrandt.com

Follow Krystal on IG:
http://bit.ly/KrystalBrandtIG

The importance of creating your team of mentors
Her journey from the corporate cubicle to discovering herself
How she moved from people-pleasing to following her soul’s calling
What self-care really is, and how our society makes it so difficult to follow this path
Giving yourself permission to divorce obligation and create your soul priorities
How living counter-culture and listening to her inner truth shifted her entire path
Why allowing social constructs to break down can be pivotal towards your growth
Learning to trust yourself and show up for yourself in bigger ways
The big question she uses to define self-care (and why you should be using it!)
The importance of discovering your core values – and her simple way to find them
Her top tip for using your core values as a tool for self-nourishment
How to turn self-care from an item on your to-do list, to an organic, non-negotiable part of your life
Integrating the masculine and feminine in your daily life
Dancing between the masculine structure and “doing”, and the feminine intuition and “being"
How nature can be our muse for ease
Why ease has everything to do with mindset
The art of allowing ease and abundance
How we can reframe comparison to expand our growth
Ease and self-care tools to navigate these turbulent times
Why grounding is one of the most important tools you can use right now

Previous Episode

Shamanic Tantra as a Path to Inner Liberation (Our ISTA Experience) w/ Kacper Postawski

Ep. 13: Today's episode is a peek behind the scenes at my experience with ISTA – the International School of Temple Arts – immersing in a weeklong Shamanic Tantra and Sacred Sexuality training. I recorded this with Kacper, a soul brother I met on the ISTA journey, shortly after our training completed.
I love this episode, because it's such an raw view into our experience in this sacred sexuality immersion, and the insights and transformations we received on all things shadow work, healing shame, emotional processing, and creating authentic intimacy with ourselves and others.
We jam on all things:

What ISTA, sacred sexuality and the temple arts are all about
Our intentions coming in, and how they shifted through the process
Going through death and rebirth in the transformation process
How ISTA helped us bring up and heal our shame around sexuality
What shame really is, and why we have to move through it to release it
Why tantra is so much about intimate connection with self
Dealing with massive triggers in an intimate container
What is "the shadow", and how to integrate with it to become more whole
Becoming resilient to the daggers, thorns, and shadows we face in life
Dealing with projections that others put onto us
The power of emotional release
How others can be our mirror for shadows in relationships
Healing shadows from childhood trauma
Uncovering the shadow of "unworthiness" in relationships
Understanding the masculine/feminine dynamics of polarity
What’s behind “White knight” syndrome
Finding the distinction between authentic love and the need for validation
Processing the toxic patterns behind a breakup
Bringing our anxiety up from the unconscious to conscious to transmute and transform

Resources from this episode:
ISTA (International School of Temple Arts)
www.ista.life

Next Episode

Who is Our True Self? Behind the Scenes of My Journey

Ep. 16: In this solo jam session, I'm coming to you from my childhood bedroom (literally!) to dive into some of the questions we can ask to understand more about our True Selves.
We'll get into:

Looking at the subconscious layers that get put on us as we grow through life
Unpacking our belief systems and where they came from
A few of the key transition points that put me on the path to living as my True Self
Several tools to get in line with your guiding compass
What core values and belief systems have to do with your True Self
The death and rebirth cycles that are an inherent part of our life and growth
Key questions to trigger your growth and self-inquiry
Embodiment tools to connect to your purpose and power
Exploring your fullest potential as your True Self

I will be guiding an 8-week journey for a small, soul-centered tribe to uncover the Purpose, Power, and Potential of our True Self. It begins September 1 – if you feel called to join us, mention this podcast for $50 off the journey. ❤
True Self Journey:
kristenyates.com/trueself
Email me for more information/to connect with any questions!

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