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SOBER YOGA GIRL: Available Now. Fourteen months after I got sober, I started writing. I had no idea what I was doing or why I was doing it. I just knew that once I began, I couldn’t stop. It felt like I was digging myself out of a deep, dark hole with every word I put on the page. What I discovered was I actually wasn’t just a “Former Party Girl” 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️ but actually a girl who was really really sad and searching for solutions at the bottom of a bottle. Step 4 of the 12 step program is to make a “searching and fearless moral inventory” and writing this book was an inventory for me. What are my problems? How have they affected me and others around me? How can I proceed to recovery? This story started out as a personal project. And then, the deeper I got into my work in sobriety, the more I realized how universal pain is. And how our stories become other people’s survival guides. And so the book took on greater meaning. I spent one whole year working with @salonilakhia from 2020-2021 on this. I cried and cried over zoom as she dissected my work. After we finished, I then proceeded to let the book sit on my hard drive, which I’m grateful for. In that time a number of conflicts with myself and others came to conclusion that altered the way I saw the world and the message of the book. I worked with the incredible @smillman0 who dissected this book yet again, and transformed it. Finally with @fuzzyflamingodesign for the final layout. Many friends read the book and gave me feedback. And finally - four years, three editors, 67 chapters and over 115,000 words - Sober Yoga Girl is almost here. ❤️✨ It’s coming soon. If you want to be the first to know when it’s out head to www.soberyogagirl.com and drop your email. When Taylor Swift released TTPD, she wrote on Instagram, “This period of the authors life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.” ❤️https://www.instagram.com/alexmcrobs/https://www.instagram.com/themindfullifepractice/https://stan.store/alexmcrobs

One of my all time fave guests* is back!! *Yoga Instructor & Meditation Guide (among many other talents) Jeff Lester.As per usual, our unscripted conversation goes through a variety of thoughtful topics...✅ Find Jeff:www.jefeliving.comhttps://www.instagram.com/jefe_af/👉Listen to our EPIC 8-part podcast series:https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jefe-living--5596318

Adam joins the show to talk Men's Mental Health, the importance of fitness & nutrition and how to change your identity to design the life you want.Adam has an incredible story of recovery from drugs & alcohol, which is where the episode starts...This is a CAN'T MISS episode!✅Find Adam:@iamadamcarroll (IG)

Today, we talk about Sound Therapy & Holistic Health with my guest - Mayara Souza!(**special shout-out to the American gypC Podcast for introducing Mayara and me!)Her bio:"Mayara grew up in Brazil and she had to overcome a very adverse and traumatic childhood. She has a history of physical, mental and sexual abuse that led her into an intense dependency on alcohol since her early years. Mayara finally moved to America in her mid twenties when she started her healing process that continues to evolve every day. Today, after a decade of healing work and extensive research on trauma and consciousness, she is a certified Sound Therapist and uses acoustic sound to relax the nervous system helping her clients to release emotions that might be trapped somewhere in the body causing mental, physical, and emotional unbalance and distress."Topics include:- poor background- growing up with a scarcity mentality- her father passed away at age 37 (she was only 4)- got into drinking in her early teens- had a fantasy to move to the USA through movies- alcohol was a tool to escape- moved to USA in her mid-20s- she discovered she had been drinking to erase the trauma of her childhood- going on a big journey of heeling and self-discovery- why do we meditate?- "hygiene for the mind"- allowing flexibility to your daily routinesFind Mayara online 👀✅ https://mayara-souza.com✅ https://www.instagram.com/iammayarasouza✅ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClMY0Xiib8HkYUwkDs7RMyw✅ https://www.facebook.com/mayarasouzaholisticwellnessPS: Mayara has a 30-Day Challenge for you at the end of the podcast!!Make sure you listen to the end!#allow, #balance, #biofield, #chakra, #chakrahealing, #healing, #holistichealth, #meditation, #recovery, #sober, #sobriety, #soundtherapy, #trauma

We are nearing the end of this epic 8-part journey with Jeff Lester!!Today, we talk about all things meditation: how Jeff got into meditation, his challenges with the practice (yes, he DID have the usual challenges we all seem to have) as well as some strategies for effective practice.Jeff has an awesome quiz you can take on his website that leads you to customize a 30-day meditation program - HIGHLY recommend you check it out, and participate!Find Jeff 👀✅ https://jefeliving.com✅ https://www.instagram.com/jefe_af/

Welcome to Part 4 of the 8-part-mini-series with Jeff Lester.Today, we talk about the dualities of life, the darkness & the light, the Yin & the Yang.Fresh off one of Jeff's Yin Yoga classes we both had the idea to discuss this topic, independent of each other! Clearly it was meant to be.Jeff releases some of his signature insight and value-bombs on how more "Yin" in your life can really help all avenues and aspects of your experience.☯️ Yin = surrender, letting things happen, breathing, awareness & observation, resting...☯️ Yang = exercises such as running, resistance training (weights), thoughts, "get er done" attitude...Jeff also gives some GREAT suggestions on how to start allowing my Yin into your life, one small step at a time!Find Jeff 👀✅ https://jefeliving.com✅ https://www.instagram.com/jefe_af/

From Oct 7th, 2021Jeff Lester of 'Jefe Living' is back for Part 2!We take a deeper dive into the "8 Limbs of Yoga", as well as what the Chakras of the body represent..we also get into a discussion of learned behaviours & ancestrally-passed-down behaviours, and even delve into the subject of Karma!Find Jeff :✅ https://jefeliving.com✅ https://www.instagram.com/jefe_af/

From Sept 20, 2021:Jeff Lester of 'Jefe Living' is on the show today!He brings his extensive knowledge and perspective on Yoga and life, in general.It was very apparent when we were halfway through our booked time - there is going to be a Part 2!! ....stay tuned.Find Jeff:✅ https://jefeliving.com✅ https://www.instagram.com/jefe_af/