There are times I sit with a crystal and it speaks to me beyond what my mind knows.

As I’ve dived deeper into my healing journey, I’ve become increasingly fascinated with different healing modalities. Recently, I got interested in crystals and during my last trip to San Diego, life took me to Phil Fischman’s incredible shop – Beads, Crystals, and More.

The more I got talking with Phil, the more I was drawn in by his passion, dedication, and reverence for stones. Phil has been a lover and steward of crystals, gems, and beads for the past 50 years; he’s dedicated his life to uplifting others by connecting them with the healing frequencies contained within the earth’s elements.

This incredible episode was recorded inside Phil’s shop. As you step into the episode, allow yourself to be infused with the power of the stones and ancient beads that surrounded us as we talk.

Phil is a gemstone expert, crystal healing practitioner and the founder of Beads, Crystals and More – a repository of earth-wisdom. He’s a nationally certified Gemologist, trained at the world-renowned GIA and was a Senior Founding Member of the National Association of Gem and Jewelry Appraisers.

In this powerful episode, you’ll get to hear how stones have a life force that can communicate with you. They express energy. They can invite an opening inside of you that connects you to something deeper. Stones can teach us a lot – and in this week’s episode, Phil is here to share his decades worth of experience of working with stones – to help you better understand the healing role they can play in your life.

Here’s a taste of what Phil and I explore together:

1. How the energies of crystals can communicate with us.
2. How to start working with crystals.
3. How Phil works with his stones.
4. The different frequencies expressed by stones.
5. Why size doesn’t matter when it comes to stones.
6. Healing, energetic vibrations, and the reason certain crystals speak to different parts of the body.
7. Using crystals as a gateway into your being.
8. How Phil uses crystals to stay grounded.
9. And more!

If you’re curious about how stones can ground you back into nature and remind you of the reverence of life, this beautiful conversation with Phil will open your heart and take to your soul. I can’t wait for you to check it out.

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Phil Fischman

Awareness is what enables neural rewiring. It’s the behavior change that occurs when our brains change.

Mental health is a growing problem in our modern world – and it’s a problem that continues to grow as we factor in the challenges of a global pandemic the resultant shifts in the way that we live.

Right now, we’re seeing that issues such as loneliness are on the rise – as are levels of depression, stress, and anxiety.

This episode’s guests – Mike Cline and Aydika James – describe themselves as analysers of life. They both have a passion to make an impact in the world of mental health and communication. They believe everyone deserves a happy brain, and they’re on a creative mission to make this vision a reality.

YourPetBrain.com is the home of a cuddly, huggable brain with a purpose. [I named mine “Squish!”]

“Brain” is on a mission to create a million happy brains, with 50% of all profits going toward bringing the best mental health resources and “edu-tainment” to the world. Ultimately, the goal is to make mental health something cool to talk about – because it is!

Mike and Aydika made Brain to remind people that they deserve a relationship with their brain that empowers and supports them.

Conversations about how the brain works and how to support your mental health can support this goal. It’s one of the reasons why we’re talking about all things brain in this episode!

Tune in now to hear us explore:

1. How to create space and safety inside a noisy environment.
2. The importance of the feeling of the word ‘home’.
3. How awareness can help us to achieve flow states.
4. How a sense of belonging ties into safety
5. Why kindness and humor can defuse challenging situations and spark meaningful conversations.
6. Why ‘stick to the end’ can help you move through stress and challenge powerfully.
7. Why Mike and Aydika created a giant squishy brain toy – and how it can nurture your mental health.
8. The power of personalizing your brain.
9. Tips for sparking a different relationship with your brain.
10. And more!

2020 was such a tumultuous year for so many of us. Our lives were rocked by forces outside of us which forced our brains to go into overdrive. Mike and Aydika are here to show you how you can train your brain so it can support you better in your day-to-day lives.

So if you want to learn how to use your brain to create a more fulfilling, fun, loving life, tune in now.

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Mike Cline & Aydika James

Mindful eating is a process of connecting to your body more and letting your body be the guide of how you should be eating.

For many people, January represents the chance to start afresh. Health plans often top the list with people choosing new diets and setting resolutions around their food habits.

If you’re someone who’s struggled to create long-term results from dieting, or you find it difficult to take control over food, this powerful episode is for you.

Most of us haven’t been trained to be mindful eaters. Instead of using food as a vehicle to connect deeply with our bodies, we get lost in emotional or comfort eating.

As unlikely as it sounds, there is a way to change your eating habits without the need for calorie counting, meal plans, or regimented diets. Each of us has innate wisdom coursing through our body. We can use this wisdom to guide our dietary choices – and create more health and fulfillment in the process.

This episode will show you how.

This week’s guest is Gina Worful; a registered dietitian and master of human nutrition.

Gina became passionate about behavior re-patterning after seeing so many people frustrated with their self-sabotaging habits and repeatedly failing to stick to their nutrition program. This led to the development of her published book, Mastering Mindfulness, and her method that has been presented at conferences nationwide.

In this episode, Gina and I explore:

1. What is mindful eating?
2. How to use food as a way to reconnect with your body.
3. What kids can teach us about intuitively eating.
4. The psychology of comfort food and emotional eating.
5. Why willpower alone won’t help you stick to a diet.
6. The power of starting with a breath.
7. How you can learn to trust yourself with food.
8. How to start a mindful eating plan.
9. Why your body already knows what it wants to eat.
10. The power of playing with colors in food.
11. The role of intuition in eating.
12. And more…

If you’re ready to ditch the diets and create a guilt-free, empowering relationship with food, this episode is packed with insights, ideas, and inspiration that will help you make 2021 the year you kick dieting for good.

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Gina Worful

The reaction to the trauma doesn’t necessarily stop with the people who experienced it.

Do you have symptoms that you can’t explain? For example, are you overly anxious for no obvious reason? Do you instinctively push people away or intentionally disassociate from difficult feelings in your body? Do you have irrational fears or thoughts about what could happen that don’t make logical sense?

If so, there’s a chance you may be experiencing inherited trauma; that’s trauma, which started with your parents or your grandparents – not you. 

Generational trauma can impact our lives in profound ways. Fortunately, there is something you can do to transform the fears and soothe the feelings. There is a way to break the pattern so that the ancestral trauma stops with you.

Mark Wolynn – author of It Didn’t Start With You and the director of The Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco has devoted his life to understanding and healing inherited family trauma. In this must-hear episode, Mark reveals how his work holds the potential to wildly transform your life as well as the life of your children and grandchildren [even if they’ve not yet been born].

The concept of inherited trauma is backed by science. As Mark explains in the episode, as we learn more about epigenetics, our clarity about the way trauma is passed on increases.

Ancestral trauma is often behind the curtain. Logic can convince us that certain things are best left unsaid. But just because we don’t hear things doesn’t mean we can’t feel things.

Mark’s work empowers people to dig deeper into their familial setting so they can understand the reactions and feelings locked in their body. As a result, his clients get to experience unimaginable feelings of freedom, closure, and clarity.

You can get a taste of the potential that healing ancestral trauma could have for you when you tune into this episode.

1. What is inherited trauma?
2. What’s a healthy way to experience a healing event if you can’t tap back into the original trauma?
3. How can you learn to be present with what is?
4. How to differentiate between attachment and generational trauma.
5. Why traumas affect fathering and mothering.
6. The profound difference between forgiveness and understanding.
7. What is inner child healing and why is it powerful healing work?
8. How healing generational trauma impacts your children [and your children’s children].
9. Changing how our genes express to protect our kids [and grandchildren].
10. Why Mark is passionate about this work [and how it healed his sight].
11. The significance of Mark crying into his mother’s clothes.
12. And more…

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Mark Wolynn

I’m trusting my own spirit over my mind and over what anybody else thinks.

Is there a part of you that knows your true path follows a different track to the one you’re walking currently?

Do you have an inner knowing that your life could be different – if only you had the courage to follow the beat of your own drum?

If so, you’re not alone. In this age of transformation and chaos, more and more people are questioning the conventional path through life. More and more people are looking to explore the truth of who they are and authentically express their inner being.

Makhosi Candiss Pitts is an Abundance Activator & Authentic African Shaman who helps seekers create an extraordinary business and life using mindset, mindfulness and metaphysics mastery.

She guides people to develop their intuition and cultivate the courage to trust their personal truth – so they can create limitless abundance, unparalleled freedom and exceptional impact.

And in this powerful episode, she’ll help you do the same…

Makhosi has had an indelible impact on my own spiritual path. If you’re a spiritual seeker who’s ready to go deeper, you’ll love her energy as well as resonate with her own story of transformation and insane personal growth.

In the past, Makhosi walked the traditional path too – until she reached a point where she was no longer willing to compromise her soul desires. In this powerful interview, we explore how you can take the leap and develop the trust you need to be your authentic self.

Here’s a taste of what we explore:

1. Why do humans crave a sense of sovereignty?
2. What does it feel like to be a sovereign being?
3. How do you know when you’re experiencing oneness?
4. How do you learn to trust your intuition?
5. How do you know what to trust in the present moment?
6. What is freedom?
7. Was there a time when you were afraid of making a big decision?
8. Makhosi’s journey to becoming a shaman.
9. And more…

Makhosi Candiss Pitts

EP. 122 Crisis is something that we create for ourselves in order to return to authenticity.

I believe this is the most important episode of Stay Grounded I’ve ever recorded. We’re living in unprecedented times and a new world is unfolding with each new day. Every single one of us are facing new choices and challenges as we adjust to the far-reaching impact of this global pandemic.

Now more than ever it’s important to stay grounded in the things we love and the moments that matter. It’s true that the things, which brought us certainty in the past have been turned upside down. But maybe this crisis offers us a chance to unlock a new sense of meaning. Maybe this crisis will empower us to turn our attention to our inner world so we can find lasting peace and finally realize that we are enough. This is Panache Desai’s empowering perspective on crisis. He believes crisis is something we create for ourselves so we can return to authenticity – and in this beautiful episode, Panache explores how we can walk the path to enoughness with grace, surrender, and divinity.

Panache Desai is a visionary thought leader and a life catalyst in the area of human development. This incredible human has appeared on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday, he’s collaborated with Depak Chopra and has worked with everyone from Neale Donald Walsh to Joe Dispenza, Brian Weiss, Ram Dass, James Redfield, and other luminaries in the fields of spiritual and personal development. Panache is also an international bestselling author and at this pivotal point in human history, he’s published a new book – You Are Enough – Revealing the Soul to Discover Your Power, Potential, and Possibility. 

There’s no question for me that Panache is a source of divine light. I had the privilege of recording this episode in person and the way his energy made me feel was like nothing I’ve experienced before. I guarantee this episode will inspire a new way of thinking; leaving you empowered to approach today’s world with a sense of hope, faith, and peace.

Here’s a taste of what Panache and I discuss:

1. Why Panache’s daughter forced him to surrender to the uncertainty of life – and the beautiful healing journey that happened as a result.
2. The priceless gift of struggle and suffering.
3. What does peace and surrender feel like?
4. What is the essential self?
5. Does ego ever help us play at our highest level?
6. How can you get to the point where you feel enough?
7. What we have to learn about enoughness from squirrels.
8. What role does the mind play in helping us live our higher self?
9. Tools to make your mind the poster child of the heart.
10. The power of the breath.
11. The five commitments of enoughness.
12. What is presence?

Panache Desai