United By Stoke is RAVEN 425

There is always something in our day we probably DO NOT Look 👀 forward to doing maybe :working - cleaning- paying taxes ... u know what I'm talking about right!🙌 -this happened to me this morning I had a full day 10 hours of doing things related to my business that I just was not looking forward to at all. From past experience I knew if I kept this mindset minute after minute hour after hour ......

In this episode I speak about how my lesson last nigh in my under ground hand to hand combat training group was a massive massive learning lesson for me- again after 9 years of mental strength training and self awareness learning and almost 2 years of this under ground training I was left with another failing forward moment 🤔 we were taught a technique and we went at it for 2 hours. After about 3...

As a group of us (adults)sat around in the kitchen area - the moms of the group put their children 👶 in front of the TV for a movie 🎥 so that they could join in on the adult time ... after maybe 15-20 mins some of the mothers were trying to talk to their kids.... but there was absolutely no reply- these kids were gone/lost/overtaken by what they were watching - so much so that it became a joke....

In my mind studies class or mindfulness class we had a great 👍 new speaker 🔊 who had a perfect way to word things - it was a reminder that even for them after 30 plus years of practice even they never stop ✋ learning - how refreshing is that to 👂 hear - we truly are like children 👶. She spoke about the importance of not passing on your suffering but rather your wisdom... and how that change t...

In my first ever voice over gig offer -I can tell you how excited I was to be asked to represent for such a good cause and great 👍 company... and what an opportunity for myself as well. Yet on the day of the actual studio booking my mind started to play tricks on me- and I always speak on this : how the mind tries to control us through the subconscious negative 👎 bias- the things it was bringing...

We continue on about how important this very moment is to make change for the better. None of us are immune to sickness 😷or death 💀... but having said that why would we not work our hardest to be and stay healthy and at our peak for as long as possible to enjoy all the beauty this amazing 😉 planet 🌎 has to offer. 🤔even as we get to the older stages of our life the 70-80-90 ... to be able to m...

I was told today by my friend who is a pretty good 😊 old pal that 1 - he planed to retire on this day and 2- he was given only something like 6 months to live after his doctor 👨‍⚕️ visit... could you image working your whole life and then being told that right when you decide to really start living the life your dreamed of. I speak on how and why I think what we put into our body from food to st...

As I sat in a wave pool 🏊 area last night in a non judgemental state... just vibin with the kids we took down to the area with their parents and because I was not going into the water 💦- I sat on the sidelines and cheered on the splashing many other parents sat beside me to converse and after about 40 minutes I noticed a very normal theme- and from there I wondered about the future of the childr...

I finish off this epic learning curve with the fact that back when in the ancient days of the Greeks and Romans debate was a form of education for all parties involved yet in this highly educated group the minutes they would put out THEIR idea 💡 or better yet belief they would then shut down that conversation so as they called it NO FEELINGS would get hurt 😭.... they just did not want any rebutt...

In a highly educated group of doctors lawyers and mental health practitioners ... I sat in awe and being out of my league when it came to the schooling matrix I was truly blown away and yet so so acutely aware of how whatever book 📚 aka bible or schooling aka indoctrination we follow really does dictate our belief system. I was told how pop does not effect our system negatively as it has never be...

I continue on about how all the past memories that are stored in our cells our DNA and how that came to my awareness every time I took a punch 🤛 all the past pain hurt and fears of the pain and hurt came flooding into my head forcing me to move backwards instead of forwards- this is so the same for almost all decisions we face in life. Most of the time we base them on our past experiences which k...

I speak about my underground 🚋 fight crew I belong to...how this month and especially last night has been all about moving in and never retreating- this whole situation relates to life in so so many ways! For me in this group I am by far the smallest and lightest person there - so it is very difficult mentally to start -as there are no weight categories so the way the human mind works is "they bi...

In this follow up to my chat about the fellow soon to be side hustler aka business women aka entrepreneur boss lady.... I go a little deeper into the exact ideas 💡 and moves we all need to take to make our goals turn into action and then work those actions until it all becomes a habit and reality - to start to think outside the box 📦 there are no ideas to big - just keep asking and doing!!

After speaking about my Formula for coming from nothing to something... I spoke on how it was like a part of me... in my DNA ... like putting on underwear you don't remember how or why you started you just do it - its routine 🤔so after a very very deep hearted conversation with a fellow human who is somewhat lost with the future of her career- I started spouting off ideas 💡 but they made no sens...

I continue on about my DNA my formula for making it this far on my own... the how's the what's the time it takes and the dedication to mental and physical health that allowed me to excel along the way. It's simple to put in more hours allows you opportunity to bank more dollars 💵 for our goals dreams hopes and aspirations ❤️👊🙌

I've been asked of late the actual blue print the HOW to of my journey- the out on your own so early .... then how were you able to 1. Make money and 2. Then save that money - It took me a minute to remember where the teachings were installed into me and from whom... but I been doing it for so long that it's just a part of my DNA now.... so here is my formula in these 2 episodes

I never want to get political so I won't but what has been showing up on news feeds on line got my heart a little heavy. When I think of some of our most powerful influences in society in the 100 years- Mr Gandhi, Mr Martin Luther King Mother Teresa... they all say things such as : darkness can not bring us light - hate will not over come hate ... only love and light can do that. So as I view peop...

I somewhat lost my voice...it was a new experience for me and it got me thinking of a lesson we do often in soto zen which is the lesson of "what if I die tomorrow" we keep the presence of our mortality in our awareness so we can be very astute of how important and or not important things are in our day to day life. So my lesson my light bulb 💡 moment the last couple of days was... what if my voi...

One ☝️ thing that has become very clear to me so I am sure some of you must experience the same vibe is how confusing the idea of how to eat health is! 🙏🤔I mean there must be a zillion different ways that people claim are the ONLY WAY we should be eating~ man I am a seasoned vet when it comes to knowledge on food and even I get confused 🤷‍♀️- yet there really really is a simple answer. So first...

Not even a week or 2 into the New Year and so so so many people are telling me just how awesome 😎 amazing 😉 brilliant 2018 has been and how utterly horrible horrid and unacceptable 2017 was...My mind has been blow away yet again. 2017 - 365 days.... and they all sucked??? 5 plus days into 2018 and it’s magical 🧙‍♀️ euphoric- the best ever??? For me I look 👀 at the game for what it is the long...

A lesson I learned from the old zen monks about 4 years ago... has resurfaced into my present day awareness. As I continue on in my personal journey of life... I sometimes as we all do being human stumble and have to pick myself up and in those moments there are times that I wonder wouldn't it just be easier if someone gave me this.... just this one time just this one ☝️ thing... why do I always h...

I had 2 encounters this week with a close group of family friends - they were as well together with their entire family when I ran into them. We spoke each time about their brother whom at one ☝️ point was a very good friend of mine. Over the years he has been having issues and his health relationship and job statues which have all been effected. Numerous times we have broke bread -chatted and mad...

The trifecta of true healing as told to me by numerous indigenous people and as well eastern healers is the mind body and soul connected- the yin and the yang - the energy counts in our body and around us and if that is out of wack .... meaning if we are truly unhappy 😔 with our life but put on a smiling face to impress others.... or living our life for others - at some point ☝️ this off balance...

The term splintered or shattered soul is a known way of thinking in the eastern healing ways. I was told today that I can eat kale and do yoga 24/7 but if my mental game was not on point ☝️ then at some point through all the micro issue that come from being unhappy angry sad.... whatever the case may be - that at some point year after year this shows up in our body as some form of disease 😕🤔- so...

I met a man who is in his mid 50's today and as we spoke he dropped the word BITCOIN... and I was like hey 👋 hold on how u know about that?!!! He then proceeded to tell me that the job he was doing while talking to me (security guard) was just one of his 3 jobs he does to make money 💰 to keep a roof over his head while he puts himself through a business degree at a university😳🤔 I was taken bac...