Stay Grounded with Raj Jana

How do you navigate life when your reality doesn’t align with your expectations?  February was a month of deep and difficult reflection for me. I found myself revisiting the topic of attachments and expectations - in business, health, and relationships.  In many ways, I’ve been battling with myself as I cultivate the courage to stay connected to the magic of the moment instead of dwellin...

I’ve been wanting to bring someone on the show to discuss the safe and effective use of psychedelics for leadership development and mental health for some time now - and this week’s guest couldn’t be a more perfect human to help us all get acquainted with the power of these transformational tools. Paul Austin is a coach, author, and founder of Third Wave, one of the worlds most comprehensive resou...

Danielle Sunberg is such a delight. Because of her background as an attorney, she loves to ask questions, and her questions are extremely thought-provoking.  After winning the biggest trial of her career, Danielle left behind the world of traditional success to travel the world and follow the voice in her heart. She is an author, a transformational coach, and an international keynote speaker...

This episode is my January reflection, a practice that has changed its flavor over time. Instead of finding lessons to learn from my reflections, I'm discovering patterns; it's like I keep coming back to what has worked and keeps working, and I find myself doubling down on what is true. Perhaps these reflections are transitioning into affirmations.  As usual, I'm joined by my dear friend Geor...

This episode is a conversation with my friend, Rick Cowley. We go IN on all things purpose. Rick Cowley is the founder of VysionQuest, a company that has programs and retreats geared to helping you unlock your life’s true purpose. His company was born from him being a cancer survivor in his early 20s.  What I love about Rick is he LIVES his life's purpose. His cancer diagnosis spurred an unap...

This episode is my 2022 yearly reflection, and the 3rd consecutive annual reflection that I’ve shared publicly on the podcast. This one was really interesting for me because in hindsight, I can see how the last 3 years were truly just one LONG initiation - with 2022 being the final chapter of an era.  In this reflection episode, we cover: Why awareness is the most powerful medicine of them al...

This episode is a conversation with my new friend, Oren Harris—love leader, mastery coach, transcendent artist, and awakener of evolutionary potential.  Oren Harris is a mastery coach whose mission is to help others actualize their fullest potential. He does this by showing people how to tap into their unique flow to experience the full expression of their soul’s gifts. He’s on a mission to h...

December’s monthly reflection was such a gift to record. In this episode, I share everything I’m learning from a month of living in Costa Rica and the efforts I’m taking to recalibrate my nervous system to a slower way of being, while leaning into indigenous spiritual practices to access the infinite wisdom that exists in each and every one of us. It’s been one of the most profound months of learn...

This episode is a re-release of our most downloaded episode from 2022, and one of the most instrumental people to enter my life - Dr Amy Albright. I first met this episode’s guest at a dinner earlier in the year. We had an instant connection that led to us spending time on the podcast, in private coaching sessions, healing journeys, and beyond.  At the time I met Dr Amy, I was really curious...

This episode is a re-run of one of my favorite episodes from the year with my dear friend, mentor, and soul brother - Steve Little.  As I get ready for my yearly reflection, I’ve been going back through old notes and episodes to revisit key principles that made the most profound shifts in the way I live my life. Steve’s perspectives on “efforting” led to some pretty important breakthroughs, h...

This episode is a conversation with Victoria Rose - a writer, teacher, and traditional birth witness, pre- and perinatal educator, and birth consultant.  Through her work, Victoria helps people access their birth memories, offering deep healing for individuals on the path to greater mental, emotional, and physical health. Here’s a beautiful website excerpt highlighting her body of work. ...

This month was one of the more potent months of change, which as always, creates the most potent containers for reflection. I moved out of my home in San Diego and decided to move to Costa Rica with my beloved, got rid of 90% of my stuff, and embarked on a deep mental, emotional, and physical cleanse in preparation for an indigenous medicine ceremony in the jungles this month.  2023 has been...

Jonathan Robinson is a psychotherapist, multiple-time best-selling author, and professional speaker from Northern California. His practical methods have reached over 250 million people worldwide, and his work has been translated into over 46 languages. Jonathan has interviewed everyone from the late Mother Teresa to the Dalai Lama, and has spent over 35 years studying the most practical and powerf...

The last time I was with Panache was right before the COVID lockdowns. The time I spent with him as he launched his book, You Are Enough - Revealing the Soul to Discover Your Power, Potential, and Possibility, changed my life profoundly. Thanks to his spiritual wisdom and loving support, he inspired the courage to look at the parts of myself I was afraid to look at and dive deeper into my own spir...

“I realized that joy is about working through your emotions, releasing your emotions, and also being intentional about your joy.” Loka Pandya is a motivational speaker, serial entrepreneur, a DeLorean collector, and a passionate life enthusiast who’s dedicated to deep healing work.  In his work, Loka is on a mission to awaken the inner child joy that lies within all of us. Loka’s passion for...

“Your intimate relationship is the most profound mirror for you to actually connect to that foundation of love within yourself.”  The last time I recorded a reflection episode was at the end of August - just after returning from Burning Man. As an experiment, I decided to wait a couple of months before publicly reflecting again. It’s been interesting to see the arc of change over a two-month...

“I master my fate and captain my soul… I need to take radical responsibility for my life. I can create anything that I want out of my life.”  Like many entrepreneurs, Andrew Kroeze achieved massive success through the hustle-and-grind culture only to find the tactic wasn’t sustainable.  After experiencing burnout, Andrew had no choice but to reinvent himself. But the changes didn’t fully...

“Vulnerability to me is an expensive gift, and you shouldn't expect it from cheap people.” “I mean, the quality of your life comes down to the quality of relationships. If you want good quality relationships, you have to be able to embrace vulnerability and that uncertainty sometimes.” Jayson Gaignard is a rare breed of entrepreneurial leader because of his willingness to be visible when vulnerabl...

“ I think our culture has tricked ourselves into thinking there are cute things that we can do that will make us automatically on the other side of the doorway, and there isn't. You have to walk through the doorway.”  Although darkness is an inevitable aspect of life, our culture offers few pathways through it. In many ways, modern life has distanced itself from indigenous rituals that have b...

“Doing the work is the journey of questioning. Once you question and you become aware, it's making choices.”  Over the last four years, I’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of hours on my inner work journey. I chose to turn myself into my own research project, and this time in my life has been a period of massive growth, reflection, and expansion.  In this episode, I...

“We can learn something from everyone. Mirrors exist everywhere. All of nature is contained in the fractal pattern of a single leaf or a single feed”  About 4 years into my personal growth journey, it became clear that there was only so much inner work I could do on my own. My solo efforts often gave me a breakthrough, but my deepest inner work always came when engaging in community.  Co...

“Even though on paper I had all the markings of someone successful, I didn't feel it. That really confused me.”  As a 250th episode special, I wanted to share all the lessons I’ve learned from investing multi-six figures and thousands of hours into my personal journey to create a life of alignment and liberation that I feel so grateful to be living today.  When I started this podcast, I...

“So much of our desires are culturally programmed desires. If I can begin to understand who I am, then I can begin to stop doing the things that are not for me and are not me. ”  Trey and Grace Stinnett are the founders of the Academy of Conscious Entrepreneurs - an organization that helps people grow a company without sacrificing time at home by aligning business with personal flow. Informed...

“Infinite possibility lives in the unknown. Can I trust the frequency of truth and presence over the ego hits that my mind is craving?” I’m just back from my first ever Burning Man experience, and it was life-changing. In this month’s reflection episode, I share the raw integrations and lessons from my time in Black Rock City.  Stepping out of the constraints and conditions of everyday life 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, multiple talents, multiple ways you see yourself interacting with the world?  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 sits at your core.&...