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EP 256. Raj Jana- October Reflection: Surrendering To A Vision Bigger Than You

“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 window – proof that many shifts can happen when you move through life consciously and with vulnerability and authenticity. 

I often remind myself that I’m the common denominator in all areas of my life. How I show up in one context impacts how I show up in others. In this episode, you’ll hear how I’ve used my relationship and creativity as dojos – places to practice peeling off masks and connecting more intimately with the authentic me. I’ve also been exploring the power of surrendering to a vision bigger than myself – a practice vastly different from how I used to operate in business. These intentions became catalysts for a lot of growth, as you’ll hear in the episode. 

As always, I hope that this episode will inspire a practice of reflection in your life. Reflection can be a superpower because the more we know our authentic selves, the more we can navigate fear, manage adversity, regulate our nervous system and step into the greatest forms of love we were born to express.

Key takeaways:

  • Learning to show up imperfectly. 
  • Overcoming my fear of being seen to fail. 
  • Speaking on the same stage as Dr. Joe Dispenza. 
  • Creating from a place of collaboration over competition. 
  • Turning away from ME projects into WE projects. 
  • Leveraging vulnerability as a tool for healing 
  • Humans are inherently good
  • Having the courage to take off your mask. 
  • The desire to know who you really are. 

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EP 250. Raj Jana: My Eight Year Journey To Self Love & Liberation

“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 had no idea about the journey I was about to take. The journey to internal liberation isn’t easy. My life has changed entirely since releasing my first episode in 2017, but the path to this point has been riddled with the most extreme highs and lows.

The game of BEING is confusing because it’s filled with guesswork, detours, and setbacks.

But hindsight brings clarity.

As I reflect over the past eight years (and the thousands of dollars and hours I invested), I’m clear on what worked and what didn’t. I’m now confident about what levers to pull and where to focus my time, energy, and resources so I can keep experiencing unshakeable confidence, freedom, clarity, and self-love.

No one should have to invest as much as I have into healing our minds, bodies, and souls in order to experience wholeness. I believe it’s our birthright to feel good about who we are. We shouldn’t be living in a constant state of anxiety or fear. We should be learning how our nervous systems are wired from an early age so we can properly tend to it as we grow through life. It’s why I’ve decided to share my journey so far with you — with no stones left unturned – so that you can see how a dedication to the “inner work” can lead to permanent shifts in your mental & emotional well-being.

Key takeaways:

  • How a book transformed my perspective of what’s possible.
  • My quest to seek missing feelings through entrepreneurship – only to fall short of what I wanted.
  • How a drive to infuse meaning & purpose into my side hustle birthed Stay Grounded.
  • Forcing change through the game of DOing.
  • External success will only take you so far. You’ll eventually hit a wall.
  • Opening to my emotions through plant medicine. Breaking open to build myself up.
  • Discovering what’s under the hood. Moving into the realm of root cause exploration.
  • Differentiating between MY vision for my life and the vision that others had for my life.
  • Unlocking mirror work through community-based healing. My Journey groups.
  • Working with hypnotherapist Grace Smith.
  • Ending a nine-year relationship and confronting uncomfortable truths about myself.
  • Inner work has the answers, but it’s hard, expensive, and time-consuming.
  • Inner work shouldn’t be for the privileged few with resources. It should be accessible and effective for EVERYONE. And that’s what I’m excited to share with you all.

On October 5th, I will be doing a teaching a live masterclass about a data-driven, heart-centered, and personalized approach to the inner work that removes confusion from the process altogether. Please visit www.rajjana.com/masterclass to join!

EP 248. Raj Jana- August Reflection: Burning Man – The Frequency Of Liberation

“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 into an environment with zero judgment and radical inclusion, driven by a gifting economy, was wildly transformative. For the first time in my life, I got to experience the frequency of liberation — where I could feel the infinite possibilities of the human spirit and potential. 

Burning Man allowed me to experience a life that side-steps the ego and follows the calling of the heart. In the infinite expanse of the desert landscape, I felt safe to calibrate to the speed of my soul. 

There’s so much to talk about and reveal. I’m grateful to have Georgina El Morshdy with me to guide the conversation.

Key takeaways:

  • My raw integrations and lessons from Burning Man. 
  • What is Burning Man in a nutshell (in case you haven’t heard of it). 
  • The possibilities for living inside a judgement-free space. 
  • How a new environment can change your life – radically. 
  • Side-stepping ego and allowing intuition to guide my decisions and experiences. 
  • The power of a gifting economy. 
  • Burning the man and the temples. 
  • Burning my perfectionist tendencies to experience liberation. 
  • Owning my soul gifts. 
  • How to integrate profound shifts so they remain a permanent part of who you be and do. 
  • Tapping into energetic frequencies as a gateway for creation.

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EP 243. Raj Jana- July Reflection: Discovering The Art Of Self-Love

“True liberation is found in the journey of self-love”

After my experiences during July 2022, I’ve come to believe that the entire game of life is about discovering how to love yourself.

The month started with a vulnerable conversation with Gina about codependency and outsourcing the responsibility we both have to self love. What followed was a month of expansive exploration round what it means to love myself and a renewed commitment to creating a f*ck YES, 10/10, conscious and flowing relationship. 

I’m sharing everything I learned in this episode, so it’s full of practical tips as well as vulnerable personal reflections. You’ll discover self-love examples and definitions to understand what self-love looks like. You’ll explore how life offers mirrors to ignite a self-love expansion. And perhaps most valuably, you’ll learn my systematic framework for loving yourself. 

As usual, Georgina El Morshdy is here to help guide the conversation. This one’s a doozy. Don’t miss it!

Key takeaways:

  • Relationship mirrors for igniting an exploration into self-love
  • What it’s like to demand a 10/10 relationship for yourself
  • Replacing codependency with self-love
  • Why we outsource self-love
  • Understanding how self-love is an inner game
  • My systematic framework for loving yourself
  • How to ensure a desire to ‘be better’ doesn’t become a destructive force
  • Why we feel the need to DO in order to be loved
  • What nature teaches us about self-love
  • And more…

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EP 242. Dr. Sherry Walling: Being Fully Present With Grief & Loss

“I’d watch so many people find their way through painful experiences so that when I experienced mine, I had this deep sense of knowing that I wouldn’t get lost in it, that I would meander out eventually.”

Dr. Sherry is a clinical psychologist, speaker, podcaster, yoga teacher, mental advocate, and bestselling author who’s just published her latest book – Touching Two Worlds. Through her company, ZenFounder, Dr. Sherry empowers leaders and entrepreneurs to do hard things by exploring creative ways to get unstuck.

Despite grief being a certainty, most of us struggle to navigate the landscape of loss. Dr. Sherry lost her dad to cancer and her brother to suicide within six months of each other. In this episode, Dr. Sherry shares what she learned through her experience of “touching two worlds.” This conversation is a potent exploration of death, loss, and grief inspired by Dr. Sherry’s own lived wisdom combined with her experience guiding others through painful experiences.  

Sherry’s wisdom inspires the confidence to learn how to grieve while providing an invitation to explore your own relationship with death and dying.

Key takeaways:

  • Differentiating between moments to learn and moments to grieve and feel. 
  • Integrating the mind, heart, and body. 
  • Meaning-making as a strategy for escapism. 
  • Allowing as a tool for presence and integration. 
  • Sherry’s experience of fighting for her brother. 
  • “I love you”… the most powerful force on this planet. 
  • Noticing the traces of love throughout our lives. 
  • The art of touching two worlds. 
  • How circus arts helped Sherry navigate grief.
  • Making an appointment with grief. 
  • What is aliveness?

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EP 236. Chef Rick Moonen: Taking A Bite Out Of The Ass Of Life

“I just made a decision in the seventies when I went to culinary school to change my life and this career and everything that I’ve done in my career has supported those changes. It’s just given me a place to be so grateful because it’s been successful.”

 

Chef Rick Moonen is a multi-award-winning celebrity chef and restaurateur known as the “Godfather of Sustainability”. He’s currently the Master Development Chef for Perry’s Restaurants and Chef Advocate for Feast It Forward, which was where we met and recorded this interview.

For over 25 years, Chef Rick has been a leading advocate for the sustainable seafood movement. He’s been featured in everything from USA Today, to Forbes, Food & Wine, SAVEUR, and GourmetMagazine. He’s also received a number of awards to acknowledge his advocacy for sustainability including Chef of the Year by the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 2011; and Humanitarian of the Year by the American Culinary Federation in 2013.

It was such a privilege to grab this quick conversation with Rick at the Feast It Forward Festival. We chatted about his love for cooking, how he got started, and so much more.

 

 

Tune in now to hear Rick and I explore: 

  • How Chef Rick Moonen uses cooking to feel connected with himself.
  • When Chef Rick Moonen fell in love with cooking.
  • How Chef’s mom influenced the way he cooked.
  • Understanding your relationship with fear.
  • Cooking for his dogs.
  • Cultivating an adoration for life.
  • And more…

 

 

There’s so much power in hearing someone’s origin story and getting an insight into how they found their passion and purpose in life. In this power-packed episode, Chef Rick shares some potent life philosophies that will inspire you to stay grounded in the things you care most about.

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