Illumination Podcast with Nick & Kisma

This week's episode is Why You Don't Have What You Want, Part 2. We wanted to look at how one might stay in the past and this will create a form of resistance. Staying in the past means that we are in attachment to things that have happened. It also may mean that we are using a past mindset, a past energy. Which can keep us from what we want. Hosts: Nick and KISMA 02:33 The Reset Button There's a...

This week's episode Why You Don't Have What You Want, Part 1 is about understanding if you don't have what you want, you're resisting it in some way, shape or form. When we understand why we don't have something, our dreams, our desires, et cetera, we get to shift it. So let's dive into the shift! Hosts: Nick and KISMA 03:28 Resistance Stops You So we want to understand why we don't have what we w...

This week's episode has a special guest: Cathy Heller. Cathy Heller hosts the podcast Don't Keep Your Day Job, which has 8 million downloads and features conversations with creative entrepreneurs like actress Jenna Fischer, blogger Seth Godin, and more. She's a phenomenal coach and she's sparking a movement for every soul to add their gift to the world. Hosts: Nick and KISMA Special Guest: Cathy H...

This week's episode is all about unpacking the 3 Ways to Overcome Obstacles. This episode is very effective and relevant for coaches, healers and business owners who have people come in because their prospect faces what we would call an obstacle. We are going to discuss how to move past a problem to get the result. Hosts: Nick and KISMA 04:30 Something Came UpScenario: someone wants to purchase a...

This week's episode has a special guest: Melanie Klein. A sought after empowerment coach, thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment and visibility. Melanie is also a successful and highly acclaimed writer, speaker and professor of sociology and women's studies. So without further ado, I am so excited for this episode with Melanie Klein. Hosts: Nick and Ki...

This week's episode is all about How to Have Confidence Part 2. During this episode we are going to deep dive into how when we break agreements with ourselves we are eroding our confidence layer by layer. Learn the key questions to ask yourself to ensure you are saying yes to what you can commit too and how to restore your confidence when promises are broken. Hosts: Nick and Kisma 03:35 - BEFORE W...

This week's episode is all about How to Have Confidence. In part 1 of this 2-part series, there are three main areas that will really trip people up when standing in their own personal confidence; Specific things that can put a chink in our armor without even realizing what is happening. You'll also discover some simple hacks to regain your confidence and ground yourself in your truth. Hosts: Nick...

This week's episode is Part 3 of Seven Secrets to Prosperity. Just to reiterate, we talked about what prosperity is in Part 1. It's wealth, energy, love, and spirituality, but it's also flow in your life. The seven secrets we share in this series are really about what it means to get unstuck and find that flow again. That's what we're talking about in this episode: being open to receiving. If you'...

This week's episode is a continuation of everything we discussed last week. In Part 2 of Seven Secrets to Prosperity, we discuss what it looks like to have a healthy relationship with debt. Debt can really stress people out, but it shouldn't. Instead, debt can be a way to see all the opulence around you. Building a new relationship with debt, including understanding that debt is just another way t...

This week's episode kicks off Part 1 of our next series, Seven Secrets to Prosperity. We talk a lot about prosperity on this podcast, but it's time to really dive in. Prosperity is important to talk about in general, but it's something that often gets missed. The truth is, prosperity is essential to healing and transformation. In Part 1, we define what prosperity is, how to prevent congesting our...

In this week's episode, we're discussing the importance of Creating Space; we also have an interesting announcement to share with you! With regards to Creating Space, we talk through how to handle this at, both, the micro and macro level. Simply put, sometimes we just need a moment. Taking a moment doesn't mean we're stopping; it means that we're taking time to reassess the current situation, take...

Coming off of the tail end of episodes 159 and 160's Being Prosperous series, this week's topic of discussion is about How to NOT take on Negative Energy. What better way to maintain a prosperous vibe than keeping negative energy at bay? So, how can we do it? How can we not take on the negative energy of others? It's important to note that energy is energy, however, labels are often apart of the c...

This week brings the second half of the Being Prosperous series: The Frequency of Prosperity. It's important to note that the frequency of prosperity cannot be achieved without a prosperous mind; the topic of last week's episode - Part 1, The State of Mind of Prosperity. To sum up the connection, we attract what we are and that begins with what's in our thoughts. In this week's episode, we discuss...

We're back this week and very excited to be discussing prosperity. We kick off the conversation with a new series: Being Prosperous. In this episode, Part 1, we cover the State of Mind of Prosperity. This conversation ties back to teachings that we've discussed in previous episodes, surrounding The Law Attraction. Quite simply, we attract what we are - so we think, we become. As with anything, cha...

This week's episode is the final part of our Accessing Your Gifts, Talents and Magic series. Two weeks ago, we started the conversation with Part 1 on how to identify our magic. In last week's episode we discussed how to activate our magic and today, we're bringing it full circle, with how to own it. We've all felt that sparkle - the happiness, joy, and awe that occurs when we're in full creative...

This week's episode brings Part 2 of our series, Accessing Your Gifts, Talents, and Magic. We started last week with the discussion on how to identify our gits; today, we're shining light on how to activate the magic in our DNA. When we reference our gifts and magic, we're talking about our creative expression and joy, the things that speak to our soul and that many of us are crying out to do. For...

It's no secret that we love a good series; this week brings Part 1 of How to Access Your Gifts, Talents, and Magic. This topic was Nick's idea as he's a big fan of magic and creating space for us to explore the gifts that we all possess. Part 1 focuses on our ability to identify our gifts. There are many of us who are on the journey of exploration yet we don't know what it is that we're looking fo...

We welcome a very special guest in this week's episode…..one that may come as a bit of a surprise. You may have an idea of who it is, as we've mentioned our guest - The Mystic Next Door, in some of our previous episodes. He steps into the guest seat and talks to us about his journey into creating The Mystic persona, fully stepping into it and why he felt he had to hide being the incredible healer...

This week's episode is a personal one. It touches on conversations that we've had during our earlier episodes about radical authenticity, ruthless honesty, and courageous vulnerability. Speaking of vulnerability, we deep dive into a very vulnerable moment for Nick. He has a confession that he shares with us, along with the lessons that he garnered from it. We talk about this often that, in every s...

This week's episode welcomes a very special guest, a magical being whose presence in the studio created such an awesome vibe throughout the entire building: Nicola Moras. Nicola is an online visibility expert, sought-after speaker and author of Visible, a guide for business owners on how to generate financial results from social media and digital marketing. Nicola helps clients around the world ac...

This week's episode is a juicy one - it's the last (at least for now) of the India Series. We jump right in at the top of the episode with the discussion on Mental Conviction. This topic came up while Kisma was at the Vedanta Academy and she wanted to share some of the amazing lessons that came from the discussion. Kisma raised the question, 'what is the difference between fanaticism and convictio...

Welcome to part 3 of the India Series: So You Think You Can Meditate. Meditation has become immensely popular within the past decade. There are countless apps, programs, videos, books on how you can incorporate meditation into your life. We really love the fact that it's also being introduced, in Western Culture, to younger audiences - even being integrated into some school curriculums... It's ben...

This week brings Part 2 of the India Series: It's Not What You Think. With wanting to share more of Kisma's experience at the Vedanta Academy, we dive into a bit of a heavy topic: that the world in an illusion. We read a few passages from Swami Parthasarathy's, Vedanta Treatise - The Eternities, to share some of Vedanta's philosophy. Not to worry, we bring it full circle with examples of how this...

We're very excited about our reunion this week! Kisma's back from India and we're looking forward to bringing you some of the amazing highlights from her trip. In true Illumination Podcast fashion, we're kicking off a series about some of the teachings at the Vedanta Academy. In part 1 of the series, we're discussing a day in the ashram life - an ashram is a spiritual community. It's a place where...

We're very excited this week to welcome our special guest, Marc Cordon, to Illumination Podcast. As we mentioned last week Kisma is away on her trip - she sends her love and light from India and will be checking in soon; be on the lookout for a special solo episode or two. Marc a positive psychology coach, the author of Beyond Resilient: The Coach's Guide to Ecstatic Growth and co-founder of Joy R...