Conscious Matters ® Podcast

As we navigate the winding and looping roads of life, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle and lose sight of the present moment. Happiness isn't a destination we reach; it's a state of being we cultivate each day, right here, right now. It's about savoring the small joys, embracing life's imperfections, and finding peace amidst the chaos. Today, we'll e...

We’re now closing off January – the month of fresh starts, goal-setting frenzy, and the infamous New Year's resolutions. Since the month started, we've all been motivated by the collective momentum of a new beginning but oftentimes than none, that only lasted the first few weeks. Soon contemplating quitting before we even get to fulfil our goals or whatever we set ourselves out to do or...

Another year to go, another one to come. With every year passing, we receive profound lessons through experiences and encounters, let's see which ones 2023 taught us that we can keep with us and implement into the new year. So let's wrap up 2023 with gratitude and start 2024 with intentionality so we can make it work for our highest good.  Listen up to this gem, Namaste listeners!  GROW...

We’ve all heard about Feng shui, this ancient Chinese philosophy developed over 5,000 years ago. Turns out Feng shui is more than having a beautiful home with lots of flow and pretty decoration, it’s also about mindset. Today, let’s uncover how decluttering our minds through Feng shui can bring us mind clarity and improve our mindset.  I invited, Jeannette Cieszykowski, founder of Elemental Clarit...

As a follow-up to last month's episode which pushed us to overcome change and uncertainty when faced with newness. Today we're fully jumping into our next chapter, accepting it all, even when it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Yes, new things - including great opportunities or living our dreams often lead us to a very layered experience making us feel both gratitude and excitement...

Change is scary yet inevitable and it can bring so many gems into our lives. In this episode, I go over the concept of embracing change as your ally on your journey to personal growth by exploring practical strategies to conquer the fear of change and step into a brighter future. Listen up to this gem, Namaste listeners!  GROW - CONNECT - PROFIT  GROW   by learning about -  Letting go; Releasing a...

I believe to sustainably carry out a healthy diet it needs to be more than a diet but habits rooted in mindfulness and enjoyment. Let's talk about plant-based nutrition from a holistic perspective and learn how transformational it can be in concomitance with grounding mindfulness practices such as yoga.  For this conversation, I invited the radiant Whitney Miner, a certified holistic nutritio...

If you want a healthy brain you might want to look at what’s on your plate. The brain takes up 20% of our energy resources. And the only way for our body to fill up our energy resources is with food but not any kind of food. I invited Doctor Jaz Robbins, a therapist and board-certified holistic nutritionist to educate us on the strong link between our dietary patterns and our mental health. This c...

As a "recovering perfectionist", I’ve already talked about perfectionism several times on this podcast but it’s always a good reminder to revisit the subject because sometimes we have to heal the same thing multiple times to fully remove all of the remnants of it. I am super honored to have Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani discuss this very subject with me today. Kristina is the co-founder of the...

Our beliefs shape our reality. Throughout life, starting with childhood, we pick up beliefs from others along the way. We definitely cannot control everything, we actually have little control in life but what we control is our thoughts. The ones we choose to feed and interact with. We can rewire our thinking patterns to empower ourselves and live the life we desire, instead of suffering through li...

“ Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength .” – Dalai Lama Everyone has their own way to deal with their pain. Nonetheless, oftentimes, we tend to opt for hitting where it hurts when we are hurt by another person or just hurt for whatever reason. As a way to cope with our pain, we share or deflect our pain on someone else, we point fingers and blame others becaus...

Have you ever found yourself getting caught up in negative self-talk? Maybe you've thought to yourself, "I can't do this" or "I'm not good enough." It's easy to fall into this trap, but what if I told you that the way you talk to yourself can have a profound impact on your confidence, motivation, and overall success? Today, I want to talk about the power of...

There is no better time than the month of love to talk about the heart. The one that is responsible for making us feel and connect with self and others. The one that sometimes makes us think that it has a mind of its own, communicating messages to both our brain and our gut.   To uncover the secrets or maybe the superpower of the heart, I’ll be discussing it with Dr. Madalina Petrescu, a leading c...

The first thing that comes to mind when we think about health is physical health, right? At the beginning of the year, many of us have new resolutions usually around health that essentially revolve around our bodies. But we often forget that the state of our body is also a consequence of the state of our mental and spiritual health.  I understand being healthy as something transcendental to the bo...

Closing off the year with some reflection on 2022: grasping the gems I got out of the lessons I went through this year. Expanding my outlook on life to gear toward an even more empowered and carefree energy to bring into 2023 and beyond. Listen up to this gem, Namaste listeners!  GROW - CONNECT - PROFIT  GROW   by learning about - Navigating the ebbs and flows of life; Living in the right here rig...

We’re back with writer, Elizabeth Thorn today talking about mindset work to find or find again our most authentic self and true path. If you have already listened to part 1, last month, you can skip the intro (the episode starts at 04:33 min), and if you haven’t keep listening and don’t forget to catch the previous episode which is the first part of this discussion around mindset work.  Listen up...

We all want to live the life of our dreams, and I’d say we’re very much in our right to want so. Nonetheless, to get to the desired destination we cannot avoid going through the journey of life full of ebbs and flows. I overcame most of the challenges in my life thanks to triple-ling down on mindset work. That journey actually led me to create Conscious Matters platform. As you know by now, I just...

As some of you know now, I expanded Conscious Matters to YouTube! I’m starting my journey there, experimenting, delivering talks, and chitchats still centered around empowering ourselves through holistic wellness especially mindfulness. I’ll be so happy if you guys explore with me, supporting my mission of raising the collective consciousness by subscribing and sharing the content over there. In a...

Have you ever said yes to something out of obligation, guilt, or fear when you really did not want to? Have you ever felt taken advantage of or disrespected to a certain extent?  I’ve been mentioning boundaries a lot throughout many episodes already but I think I’ve never fully dived into the nitty gritty of it. It’s super important to talk more about boundaries and how lacking them can be stressf...

This month we’re trying to tame the plague of self-sabotage. Getting our inner critic to go from being our biggest enemy to becoming our best friend. Stopping it in order to prevent us from growing, expanding, reaching our wildest desires, and truly living the life we aspire to.    What better way than discussing this subject in a way that helps us re-frame the scary parts of our ego, from battlin...

We're back to talking about depression but from a lighter perspective. Who would have guessed that one of the worst period of your life could actually be a blessing in disguise? That's what I realized when I went through my own depression a few years back which eventually brought me to this path of awareness and this conscious lifestyle. That's also what - New York Times best seller...

This month we’re taking advantage of this new moon right now to clean the slates and start anew stronger than ever but in order to move on healthily and efficiently, forgiveness is key.  To me, forgiveness is an essential part of your growth, it’s about giving that grace to yourself by letting go of past painful experiences. Freeing yourself from the poison of anger, bitterness, resentment, and an...

Now that the travel restrictions seem to have been lifted in most countries, I asked myself if travel, money, the lack of ties or commitments, or any external element for that matter - is what we define as true freedom? To me, freedom is about liberating your mind first- which means liberating yourself from the inside. Liberating ourselves from our mental prison. We can be free from an external pe...

Let’s talk about a specific modern reality that most of the time hinders our best self. Yes, I’m talking about the one and only star of capitalism (right after money): performance productivity! The one which is often the root cause of depression, anxiety, imposter syndrome, self-sabotage, and many more mental and physical health issues. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with being busy but here I’m...

February the month referred as the “month of love”. This specific date … celebrations in general, can be seen as a good reminder to keep on putting out intentional efforts throughout the whole year towards that something that you’re celebrating on that day, to keep that energy all year around. Today, I’ll be touching on a subject very dear to me that I’d like to show more love for - even if I have...