Stay Grounded with Raj Jana

“The reason most people suck at conflict and struggle and get divorced and separated and whatever, is because they have a very low threshold for discomfort around their own triggers and the other person’s triggers.”  Learning to walk through life with other people is an art in itself because we inevitably trigger and activate each other! No wonder conflict creates havoc in our most important...

“The thing you’re seeking outside of you from someone else is the thing you need from you.”  It’s wild how much has transpired in 2021 so far and August was no exception!  This has been a BIG month and as always, I’m super excited to share my biggest lessons, takeaways, and healings. In this episode, you’ll discover why I cut my hair and all the symbolism around that. You’ll also hear ab...

“The more I trust myself, the more I listen to myself, the prouder I am of myself.”  This episode’s guest feels like a soul brother to me. Vipul Bhesania and I had an instant resonance when we first met, and since then we’ve had so many profound conversations on and off the mic.  The conversation we recorded together for this episode was so rich. We took a meandering path through many co...

“The better our boundaries are, the more powerful our presence will be in the world.”  I’m super excited to re-release this incredible conversation I had with Karlee Fain earlier last year. After feeling a strong need to revisit my own boundary setting, I tuned into this conversation and took so many gems from it. Thanks to Karlee’s insights, I found it easier than it may have been to create...

“The truth is heart-centered. The truth just beams from your master source of intelligence, which is your intuition.”  Kyle Brown was fully invested in the hustle culture. He played competitive water polo in college and was also a competitive bodybuilder. His lifestyle revolved around pushing and going and everything he did was focused around competition and competing against himself. But tha...

“Your inner critic is actually meant to serve your brain. It’s not meant to hurt you.”  The month of July was hectic, heartbreaking, and healing for me. An incredible friend of mine passed from stage 4 cancer, and yet again, end of life taught me some potent lessons, which I share in this episode.  Looking back, it’s clear to me that this month’s events have allowed me to become deeply i...

“I think identity alchemy is finding who you are at the core.”  How do you identify and define yourself when you have multiple interests and multiple talents? How do you encapsulate it all under one umbrella with a common message?  For Nick Onken, the answer is Identity Alchemy - the creative art of deconstructing who you are [and who you’ve been] so you can discover the essence that sit...

“The breath knows us better than we know ourselves.”  On average we breathe around 20,000 times a day, but how many of those breaths are conscious?  Breathwork is a practice that can deepen your awareness, cultivate presence, and help you find, release, and move through discomfort in your body. Best of all, this tool is accessible to all of us and it’s completely free.  I’ve been ex...

“Belief and trust and faith and ultimately courage comes from understanding that when we move first, the universe actually follows.”  When I first met this week’s guest, there were firecrackers! We had an instant connection, and I knew this conversation would be phenomenal.  Susanne Goldstein is a high-end coach and mentor for purpose-driven humans who desire to be a force for good in th...

“When your power is attached to feelings you can create inside of you, there’s absolutely nothing that keeps you caged.”  As I bring you my June reflection, we’re now officially halfway through 2021. This episode is especially powerful for me because I’m noticing how my reflection process is deepening and evolving as I dig in more. As a result, my personal growth is accelerating, and my insig...

“The things I’m most grateful for in this moment are actually the lessons and the experiences I had when things were hardest.”  One of the things I love most about Stay Grounded is the opportunity it provides to meet people from all walks of life. Over the years, I’ve interviewed some fascinating people, and this episode is no different…  Apart from the way that Joseph Billotti and I met...

“When we’re experiencing peace, we’re authentically being who we are.”  I recorded this conversation with spiritual leader Panache Desai just before the first COVID lockdown hit in early 2020. In this interview, Panache gave an insight into his own experience of crisis and suffering and how it created an experience for spiritual and personal growth.  I found Panache’s perspective so empo...

“Just show up for the plan that the Universe has already provided for you.”  We’re living in an age of collective evolution where we’re relearning what it means to be human. More and more people are challenging the old paradigms of success and fulfillment; finding new ways to be, have, and do the things we desire.  Dr Bo Cicak is one of these humans.  Voted San Diego's #1 Chiropract...

“To me, the courage to rise in love is the idea of facing everything in front of us with the lens of love.”  It’s that time again! The episode where I take you through my monthly reflection and all my learnings from May 2021. This is my fifth reflection this year and I’m seeing such a huge benefit from this deep-dive process. When you get intentional about your life and pay attention to what’...

“To get to that emotion, to get to that connection that I think we all crave, you have to be a good listener.”  Humans have been connecting through stories since time immemorial. There’s something about stories that hook us in, build meaningful connection, and even leave us forever changed.  This episode’s guest has been extracting and telling other people’s life stories for decades. Mik...

“There is a fundamental and universal... almost like a human right, for us to be happy.”  If you ask parents around the world what they most want for their kids, most will answer happiness. You could say that happiness is the core aim of the human experience. So why do so many people struggle to experience one of the feelings we crave the most?  This episode’s guest is Dr. Elia Gourgouri...

“My story about the world and everyone in it is what’s making me feel these things, and so I’m the one that has the power to shift that story.”  Have you ever wondered why people don’t implement good advice… even advice that they pay for? The answer is your underlying belief system. If advice contradicts or conflicts with who you believe yourself to be [and what you believe is possible], the...

“When you can trust in the unfolding, you know that every hardship you’re experiencing is only a hardship because it hasn’t fully blossomed into the blessing yet.”  I’m super excited to release this latest reflection episode. April 2021 held a lot of teachings and because it was also the last month of my 20s, this reflection holds an extra special meaning. This month, I’ve been learning to cu...

“Loss is part of life and we have to be able to support people better.”  COVID interrupted our lives in so many unexpected ways. As the fallout of the pandemic continues, people across the world are experiencing loss and grief in ways we couldn’t have predicted.  Some people are working through job losses, business closures, and shifts in the way we socialize, travel, and work. Others ar...

“When you reflect on your journey, you’re better able to connect the dots.”  What do YOU think about the world?  How can you differentiate between the knowledge you’ve acquired from books and the wisdom you’ve embodied as your own?  What is the truth of who YOU are - and how can you go about finding it all?  Vipul Bhesania’s life transformed when he developed severe eczema whil...

“Inspiration really comes in the quiet moments.”  We all have the ability to be creative, the question is, how do you access your unique talents and allow yourself to be inspired? The good news is there are specific acts you can take to awaken your creative being so you can express your essence and become your authentic self.  This episode’s guest is Tracy Matthews - a jewelry designer,...

“If we truly want to heal as a country, as a society, as a world, we need each other.”  Rewind the clock to 2020 and consultant, coach, author, speaker, and connector Andy Storch was riding a momentum train.  He’d re-designed his in-person training business post-COVID and was getting ready to launch and promote his new book - Own Your Career Own Your Life .  During this same period,...

“The more you can allow yourself to be seen, the more you heal.”  For me, reflection is a practice that sparks accelerated growth. I’ve always got a journal near me because I know the value of capturing insights and deep-dives when they show up. Moving through life with this level of awareness helps me bend time around my learnings and lesson. It’s one of the reasons I can move fast, but with...

“A legacy is living in a way that the world is better every day, not just when you’ve gone.”  We’re at a pivotal point in human evolution. As a collective, we have huge challenges to solve, and a growing number of people want to make an impact and create a better world.  The desire to make a difference has been at the core of society for millennia. As humans, we instinctively want to hel...

“The divine itself is hidden like a treasure, like a gift inside of every single one of us.”  There’s another dimension to life that’s beyond what we can physically detect with our physical senses. Whenever you call it energy, intuition, instinct [or something else], this essence holds the potential to deepen our understanding of who we are and what we came here to experience in this lifetime...