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"Physical touch can help build bonds and can reduce perceptions of loneliness." Happy February, aka the Month of Love! In celebration of love in all of its form, every mini-sode this month will focus on a different form of love: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. In this mini-sode, we explore physical love - how it is shown, when to know there is an imbalance and how to bring balance to th...

"Become a friend to your Self. Accept yourself for who you truly are." Today's mini-sode welcomes love and light from Susanne Müller. Susanne focuses on guiding people to live a life connected to their truth. In this mini-sode, Susanne and I sit down at Yoga On Seven in Vaughan to discuss where we are right now at the beginning of 2023 - as individuals and as a society - and how we can deepen our...

"You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves." - Hermann Hesse Take a few mindful moments to remember your power. In this meditation, we breathe into our tensions and fears to release them, and visualize ourselves in a new light. Honor your self with a powerful guided meditation and healing sound bath by LUCIANA . Li...

“Our intention creates our reality.” –  Wayne Dyer With the start of January comes the start of goal-setting, resolution-making, and otherwise hopeful and overly optimistic thinking about what the next year has in store and what we can create. This is not for everyone nor does a new calendar year immediately inspire a lot of people. For the last two years, I've enjoyed setting a one-word inte...

Imagine 2023 as a blank canvas, what do you want to create? Happy New Year! Personally, I am SO excited for this new year and have been anticipating this new beginning. I am grateful for the lessons and blessings 2022 brought. Last year was filled with endings and closures to old storylines, rhetoric, and limiting beliefs and I am so ready to breathe new life into 2023! This mini-sode explores 5 w...

This is a time of new beginnings. Honour your light and give birth to new possibilities. Wishing a very merry Christmas to all celebrating! My first holiday mini-sode is inspired by love and rebirth. Following the winter solstice, we have entered a period of time signaling us to go within, introspect, and contemplate how we wish to show up moving forward. This mini-sode explores the significance o...

When things are uncertain around you, come back to what keeps you grounded. I've spent the past 3 weeks experiencing flu-like symptoms which forced me to self-isolate, go within and introspect. I personally love this especially as we come to the culmination of 2023 and welcome a new year. This mini-sode shares the most important message I've received during this time: Give yourself permission to e...

There's no better place nor time to start than right here, right now. Happy December! I find it so interesting how the final month of the year can bring about such a variety of emotions across the human population. On one hand, there is pressure that the year is ending, on another, there is relief. This mini-sode explores how we can take inspiration from the year's end to start creating our best l...

Your soul always knows. Those moments where we feel a burst of emotion, sense of peace, or have a gut feeling aren't by chance - they are messages from our soul. Do you listen to them? This mini-sode explains the importance of listening to your soul - your inner knowing and how it can be our guide through life. Newsletter Subscription and Feedback Form (please fill this out if you'd like to be a p...

With acceptance, we can show gratitude for where we are in life. This weekend taught me how to fully surrender to life and all its happenings in the present moment. Nothing went as I had planned in my mind which started negative self-talk, then led to gratitude after a few mindful moments. In this meditation, I share the mindful moments that helped me accept and have gratitude for where I am in li...

Never say no to evolving. You may have noticed that Catalyst has a new look! I recently rebranded to allow the brand to better reflect my evolution - personally and professionally. As we flow through life, changes and growth are inevitable. However, we don't always choose change, and how we deal with it is debatable. In this mini-sode, I share my own perspective and insights on personal evolution...

Creativity has the power to heal us. Have you tapped into your creativity lately? Our creativity is inspired by our true nature, before societal conditioning and expectations - which makes it so powerful! This mini-sode explains how creativity can heal us, and the world. Newsletter Subscription and Feedback Form (please fill this out if you'd like to be a part of this mindfulness community!): http...

"My sun sets to rise again." -Robert Browning Tomorrow is Halloween or Old Hallow's Eve! This mini-sode explores the deeper significance of this time of year, beyond trick-or-treating, costumes, spooks and scares. With mentions of Celtic traditions and Samhain, there is great spiritual significance of Halloween and an opportunity to reflect upon life and rebirth within our own lives. Newsletter Su...

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." We are now entering eclipse season! The partial solar eclipse and new moon approaching on October 25, 2022 inspires this mini-sode all about the eclipse and the meaning it holds for you. Newsletter Subscription and Feedback Form (please fill this out if you'd like to be a part of this mindfulness community!): https://forms.gle...

"Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into." -Wayne Dyer Tune into our natural frequency of abundance, in this fully guided meditation. Honor your self and aid your growth with a healing sound bath by LUCIANA . Newsletter Subscription and Feedback Form (please fill this out if you'd like to be a part of this mindfulness community!): https://forms.gle/YPYRJtdQPTYfN9eF9 Mom...

"Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change." In every conversation and across every person I meet, the sentiment of "things are changing" is one we share. Whether big or small, internal or external, wanted or not, change is inevitable and we are all going through some form of change in this present moment. Take a moment to acknowledge the changes calling for your attentio...

"Listening to your body and honoring its signals is one of the true forms of self-love." As we experience the change in seasons, where else are you noticing changes? Our bodies are constantly sending us messages every day, all throughout our lives. Maybe it's time to listen. This mini-sode explores the different signals we may receive and the importance of listening. Newsletter Subscription and Fe...

" When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower ." You may find resonance in this quote in a variety of times, including now, during a clear shift in seasons and life phase. Experiencing the equinox - either autumn or spring - is a call to find and create balance within our lives. This mini-sode encourages you to contemplate the different types of balance a...

"You have no need to travel anywhere. Journey within yourself, enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendor of your own Light." -Rumi Thank you for all the love on my first ever mini-meditation last month. Here is another fully-guided visualization meditation to turn your attention inward. Kind reminder to observe any thoughts and emotions that arise without judgement, and release them. Honor...

Your inner-child is you. How often do you think about your younger self, or inner child? This mini-sode explores our relationship to our inner child and how our ambitions, interests or goals as a kid may not have changed much even now, as we grow older. Tune in and connect your inner child - yourself! - a little more today. Newsletter Subscription and Feedback Form (please fill this out if you'd l...

"Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much." Being in different social settings this summer highlighted just how many communities we encounter in our lives, and the different levels of involvement we may observe or have within them. This mini-sode encourages you to reflect upon the communities you're a part of, or wish to be a part of, and how you can change it to your liking. Newsle...

Where ever you are, be present. The last two weeks of my life have been exciting and adventure-filled, which called for a major pour back into my cup. I planned to take a break from publishing a mini-sode this Sunday, until I realized that a mini-meditation is exactly what I needed - what many of us may need. Honor your self with a guided visualization meditation and healing sound bath by LUCIANA...

"Everything in moderation, including moderation." This is a phrase I heard once, and it stuck with me ever since! Many would agree that life is all about finding a balance - and moderation helps with that - nothing in excess and nothing in short. This mini-sode explains the concept of moderation and how it may guide your lifestyle habits, behaviors and choices to help you achieve a healthy balance...

Find your edge - with comfort and stability. Do you know the eight limbs of yoga? Lately, I've been rediscovering my yoga asana practice - more commonly known as yoga postures - which is just one of eight limbs of yoga! This mini-sode waves a hand to the origins of yoga and the yoga sutras, while explaining the concept of the "edge" and how it translates into daily life in the workplace. Newslette...

"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are." Thank you for joining me for this anniversary segment! It's been 52 weeks/one year of podcasting and over this time, I've embraced how natural podcasting has felt for me- because it is authentic to me. This mini-sode explores my personal embodiment of authenticity while prompting you t...