Starting With Gratitude

🎙️ "We may lose touch with our hearts but our hearts never lose touch with us . " - Jocelyn Let's talk about the breakup heartbreaks I've experienced and how I've chosen to heal from them. Trigger warning... I do bring up a toxic relationship and how I experienced abuse but I don't go into detail, I simply bring it up! As difficult as each breakup heartbreak was in it...

🎙 "You have to live life to tell films." - Sade Ndya Moving with intention will get you far and Sade Ndya - a young, deservingly successful cinematographer recently signed to The Gersh Agency - is a prime example. It's less about becoming represented by an agency, though, and more about fostering meaningful relationships and saying yes to the projects that genuinely, creatively exci...

🎙️ "Now I know that I can unconditionally love someone without sacrificing my love of Self . " - Jocelyn Unconditional love is greatly misunderstood. And this misunderstanding has caused so many of us to attract and remain in unhealthy relationship dynamics. We believe that because we unconditionally love someone, we must accept the harm they may cause us. This is not true.  We believe t...

As spirituality grows popular, so does our need to practice discernment and respect for indigenous practices and ancient traditions. In a society and culture where quick fixes gain attention and instant gratification, it is important we remember that healing takes time, returning home to our true selves takes time, unlearning and relearning takes time. Holy Guardian, Sovereign, Lakȟóta-Norse Myran...

🎙️ "There are no healthy relationships without truth and therefore, there are no healthy relationships without hard conversations." - Jocelyn In the last conversation between you and I, I expressed my gratitude for my willingness and how willingness changed my life. One willingness I am especially grateful for is my willingness (and honestly eagerness) to have hard, honest conversations....

Coming into 2020, Licensed Psychologist Dr. Lydiana Garcia had a gut feeling to step back, retreat from the world, and begin pouring into her own cup. Following this gut feeling marked the beginning of a new journey for Dr. Garcia that has since sprouted the inspiration to question societal programmings, reflect on her own ancestral cycles, shift how she is showing up in the world, and acknowledge...

🎙️ "...I came to the knowing that it was and has been and continues to be my willingness that is largely responsible for my growth, for my transformation, for my ascension . " - Jocelyn What are you willing to do? Who are you willing to be? And why? If willingness were a job, I think it would be thankless. And by that I mean... I feel willingness doesn't get the gratitude or credit...

🎙️ "If you are intentional, if your heart is in the right place, and you're putting in the effort, the outcome will always be in your favor. You'll always win." - Jasmine Collier 2021 was a year of (grateful) growing pains for artist and tour manager, Jasmine Collier . Following an unpredictable year, Jasmine experienced a beyond your imagination success in the debut album drop...

🎙️ "I am no longer quick to plant seeds. I am no longer rushed to grow them." - Jocelyn This episode is my thank you letter to 2021 and all it's gifted me. This year I became a wiser student and gardener. I expand on this in my letter - as well as how this year was a foundational year, one that I know will contribute to my success for many years (and lifetimes) to come. I pray this...

Welcome to the Starting with Gratitude podcast! This is a safe space intended to host heart-centered conversations exploring all topics of the human and spiritual experience.   At a time where so many of us are returning back home to our authentic selves, committing to our healing, exploring the spiritual path, aspiring to fulfill our soul purpose and undergoing transformation because of it all, I...

🎙️ "I know what's ahead of me is much bigger than what's in front of me." - Savannah Britt We can all agree that the past couple of years have shifted the way we respond to life and have gotten us reflecting on how we are choosing to live it. For Savannah Britt, Founder of The Brittprint Agency , this year has left her feeling proud of herself for growing through the highs and...

🎙️ "I think one reason why we are so fearful of feeling our emotions is because we fear that we are going to become them." - Jocelyn What if we could feel our emotions without becoming them? Well, we can. We don't have to become what we feel. We can simply feel what we feel and acknowledge that what we are feeling is an experience, not an identity.  In our last one-on-one conversati...

🎙️ "[Imposter syndrome] literally blinds you from all the greatness that you are and that you're capable of." - Jennifer Torres Trying new things may have you questioning yourself, it may trigger imposter syndrome, and it may test your confidence but it also may surprise you in ways that uplift your spirit. We are worthy of allowing ourselves to try new things, to test new grounds,...

🎙️ "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 supp...

🎙️ "Anything is attainable and I think... that has been my biggest realization." - Brittany Chavez So much can change in one year, especially if you're investing in your healing and coming into your spirituality. You can find yourself in the depths of shadow work and heartache, releasing old paradigms and outdated relationships, and a year later be living in a whole new city announc...

🎙️ "Thank you for seeing the God in me." - Jocelyn This is my last week being twenty-seven and I am making sure to express my gratitude and transition out of this year intentionally because this was a year I will forever look back on with awe. Twenty-seven is the most healing and awakening year of my life and that is all due to how my twenty-seven year old self allowed herself to experie...

🎙️ "Once you move past the fear of vulnerability... it's gorgeous." - Junae Brown Junae Brown's expression of gratitude for the power of forgiveness and self-awareness led to  an episode on acknowledging both sides of every story, on acknowledging that we are all human, and (ultimately) on acknowledging the importance of acknowledging. We are all healing from something and we a...

🎙️ "The way that someone is able to show up for others is a reflection of the way that they are able to show up for themselves." - Jocelyn Let's express gratitude for the awareness of what a safe space looks and feels like, as well as the capacity to hold space space for self and others. The topic of safe spaces has come up for me frequently recently and I thought of how impactful i...

🎙️ "...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 mirro...

🎙️ "Lately change has just been looking like asking pointed questions." - Cat Lantigua If you're a millennial who has been feeling the weight of the world and the responsibility to provide solution, you'll appreciate this honest conversation acknowledging how many of us are (and have been) really feeling. At some point, yes, we'll be hitting the ground running with collect...

🎙️ "There's a big emphasis on 'it's not what you know, it's who you know' but you also have to have something to offer." - Sebastian Experiencing sunshine after a season of drought is always a special moment and our guest, Sebastian Rodriguez, is in this moment now. 2020 was tough for freelancers and business owners. And the absence of a career that took up so mu...

🎙️ "Because I have the conscious awareness, I have the resources, I have the energy to invest in my healing, and I have the willingness to open myself up to all that that healing comes with, then, it's my responsibility to take action on making sure that these cycles don't continue." - Jocelyn Blessings community, Let's express gratitude on all the ways we are breaking gen...

🎙️ "The road less traveled has more grip." - Hef's Dad Blessings community, Have you ever experienced a season that made you so uncomfortable you almost called it quits on your dreams, your goals, your efforts? Have you ever manifested a dream and then realized it's not what you thought it'd be? Have you ever had a gut feeling that you needed to pave your own path, even th...

🌻 "My self-evolution will bring about new versions of me that others may not be interested in or may no longer be able to relate to, and that's okay."   We are currently living in a time where a lot of truths are becoming unearthed, where a lot of truths are making themselves known to us. These truths are about the state of our world, about the society we live in, about our communi...

"Slowing down is an act of self-love." - Manoj Dias Slowing down feels hard to do at times. Committing to your evolution feels hard to do at times. Allowing yourself to feel certain emotions feels hard to do at times. And in this episode, we remain honest about the practices that ultimately lead to us becoming our more accepting and mindful selves. As honest as this conversation is, it i...