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I did promise you a last episode on Ayurveda: aligning your soul with Ayurveda to complete the Ayurveda mind-body-soul series. I decided to switch it up by simply taking this Ayurvedic concept of following your Dharma aka your soul purpose in this life and yet still keep my promise.  What a better way to start off 2022 than assessing our purpose?  Do you think we all have a role to play in our liv...

I usually like taking the last week of December as a good time to take a breath and reflect on the last 12 months, step back, slow down to mindfully close this chapter before jumping into the new year. You perhaps feel the same at this time. Inspired to look back, contemplate and evaluate what has been going on in your life, your experiences, challenges, choices, commitments and desires, and now r...

As Jung wrote, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Just like mentioned in the previous episode "Shadow self - Transmuting the unconscious into the conscious" shadow work is about bringing onto the forefront of our mind what has been hidden for the longest time with the aim of being free from hinderances and become whole again to...

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate” - Carl Jung - psychiatrist who revolutionized the field of psychology. Fall, Halloween, Scorpio season is here so what is better than diving deep into the shadow of life. To be aware, acknowledge, accept and embrace our unconscious. To shed light onto our shadow self.  Listen up to this gem, Namaste list...

Taking a little break from the Ayurveda series before the last episode of it and surfing back onto the solo rant wave.  So here I am talking my thoughts out loud to y’all - once again!  My today’s inner reflection is about the art of letting go. Something that we all need some more practice in, I believe. We get so attached to things, to people, to places, even unhealthy habits that it often becom...

What is a healthy body without a balanced/healthy mind? There is no denying that the two are inherently linked together. The mind has a tremendous influence on our overall health. That's what I want to keep on dissecting today: how to heal our minds on all levels from the subconscious to the superconscious part of the brain with the three regulatory principles of the body, mind, and soul in A...

My obsession with the mind continues.  I just find its abilities, depth, and power so incredible and fascinating. As a continuation of my Ayurveda series: A journey to healthy living with Ayurveda medicine , we’ll explore the mind from an Ayurvedic standpoint.  We previously talked about aligning your body with Ayurveda medicine. But what is a healthy body without a balanced healthy mind? The mind...

As I like experimenting with different things, I felt that it was time for me to give  Ayurveda a try. Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been incorporating few Ayurveda practices here and there. I wanted to take you on my discovery journey of this ancient holistic medicine. Ayurveda medicine is so many things in one. I’ve got so many questions. Since Ayurveda is all about aligning our body, m...

As I like experimenting with different things, I felt that it was time for me to give  Ayurveda a try. Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been incorporating few Ayurveda practices here and there. I wanted to take you on my discovery journey of this ancient holistic medicine.  Ayurveda medicine is so many things in one. I’ve got so many questions. Since Ayurveda is all about aligning our body,...

In this world there is a lot of miscommunication. Words matter, they’re important and powerful. Like we discussed in the last episode about the subconscious, words are crucial when you talk to yourself. But what about using clear and effective communication that kindly expresses your thoughts, needs, and feelings to others too?  What's our why when communicating? How does our communication st...

" To shift your life in a desired direction, you must powerfully shift your subconscious. " - Kevin L. Mitchell author.  The famous philosopher, Sigmund Freund, in the 19th century, actually ranked the 3 states of mind: the conscious mind, the subconscious mind, and the unconscious mind. Today we'll focus on the 2nd one: the subconscious mind.  If you have been a regular listener, y...

It's Valentine's day! Yep, we're back at it again and while I love celebrations, to me there is no better way to celebrate love than starting with self-love. I did an episode on self-love last year, go check it out if you missed it. So to follow up, I now want to focus on self-care. We should love and care for ourselves everyday but I see Valentine’s day as a reminder of that in cas...

It’s that time of the year when we transition from one year into the next. Ending one cycle and beginning a new one. Saying goodbye to the one of a kind 2020 and hello to 2021! Now with 2021 on the horizon, we are at the beginning of a new adventure. Despite 2020 being a rollercoaster all year long, there were some positive elements that contribute to living more consciously. So why not listing th...

I finally crossed the other side and left my twenties behind me. Celebrating your big 30s during a worldwide pandemic and under full lockdown is not ideal and definitely not what I expected when looking forward to this pivotal moment in my life. Nonetheless, it gave me the opportunity to have this calm and slowness to reflect back on my past. So I felt like starting off this new decade of my life...

GROW - CONNECT - PROFIT  GROW by learning - IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT: The confusion between creativity and artistic talents. The creative process. Incorporating creativity in daily business tasks.  Resisting inner limiting beliefs and negative self-talk with creativity. Mindfully coping with negative feedback. Gaining more confidence and practicing self-advocacy through creativity. Using crea...

Today, I invite you to connect, get to know a bit more about what I do outside of this podcast and keep on exchanging on conscious matters. Suggestions, feedback, and questions are always welcome. Don't be shy, let’s connect: About me and my brand strategy & design consultancy agency for companies and organizations driven by improving the world. Website: www.wahayu.com More about Consciou...

Today I would like to talk about something that has been pressing me even though I hesitated for a while before allowing myself to put my voice out there about it. So get ready for another solo episode because I’ve got things to say!  The world has been sheltering and been on strict lockdown for almost 3 months. Now some cities are gradually starting to open up but we’re encountering other very di...

Being mindful of our wellbeing is not only about the physical aspect. Yes! It’s very important to take care of your body, to improve your physical health, look into what you're eating and exercising regularly but what about the magnificent gift you’ve been graced with, the one that allows you to do literally everything - big or small: your mind. Are you taking good care of it? Is your mind he...

Valentine’s day, that time of the year when it’s all about love everywhere but … let’s switch things up a bit. Instead of falling into the business aspects of this day such as buying gifts, flowers and also looking for approval of someone else and calling your partner your “half”; let’s focus this talk on YOU, on self-love. The type of love that nourishes you deep inside and which is the key to lo...

I decided to theme 2020: unleash your inner power. Even though we can reassess ourselves at any time, to me this beginning of the new year feels like the perfect time to set my intentions of what kind of life I want to live and love. A time to live in my truth, speak up, advocate for what I stand for, embrace my full-self and share my gift to the world. In this episode, I exchange with Tedx talk s...

With a following of almost 200K people on YouTube, Pura Rasa is the meditation teacher and energy healer everybody talks about. With her eclectic panel of visually animated meditations, she is revolutionizing the way we usually see this practice. With Rasa’s soothing voice meditation is the opposite of boring, long and dreadful. Her meditations repertoire touches so many different themes from deep...