Episodes

  • 184: Your Mind vs. Your Intuition

    184: Your Mind vs. Your Intuition
    Jul 29 2019
    “What you are doing as you do this work is you're bringing online an aspect of you that has been in atrophy.” - Guy & Ilan Ferdman(click to tweet)  Our minds are all about patterns. We are naturally wired to respond to anything and everything we encounter with the survival instinct that will keep us safe. On the contrary, our intuition has a mind of its own. Intuition is that wild idea you have that seems risky and nonsensical. Intuition is that fun adventure that popped up that seems ridiculous and even dangerous to try. Intuition is that voice that many of us are taught to basically silence, but it has so much to tell us if we listen.That’s why on today’s episode of Personal Development Without The Fluff, we are discussing the challenges, the importance, and the characteristics of a journey towards understanding and listening to your intuition more frequently. It’s an invaluable skill that we’ve constantly been indirectly taught to ignore by society. Tune in to this conversation to learn about possible challenges you’ll face as well as tools to help you further fine-tune your ear for your inner-intuition’s voice. “Just because we can’t verify something today scientifically, doesn’t mean it’s outside of the realm of reality.” - Guy & Ilan Ferdman(click to tweet) The Cliff Notes:Personal development and intuition work is largely about reawakening your child-like inner-self.Listening to your intuition will seem like it doesn't make any sense to your logical brain at first.When things don't go right, it's often when we aren't operating from a relaxed state.Most beautiful things in life happen “over the edge.”The mind’s job is to keep you alive so it will naturally go against your risky intuition.Growth is rarely comfortable.When we're dealing with difficulty and discomfort, the mind is often the one producing that.“The irony is that when you actually quiet yourself down is when the world gets loudest for you.” - Guy & Ilan Ferdman(click to tweet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • 183: Give Your Skin The Food It Deserves with Trina Felber

    183: Give Your Skin The Food It Deserves with Trina Felber
    Jul 22 2019
    “What I learned is that if you feed your largest organ food, it heals.” - Trina Felber(click to tweet)  Do you love your skin? Do you take care of it? Most of us are probably pretty comfortable with saying they take decent care of their skin. The problem is that we are sold mainstream products that aren’t actually that healthy for our skin and riddled with dangerous ingredients. So even if we have a good regimen, it can be even better!That’s why on today’s episode of Personal Development Without The Fluff, we are joined by Trina Felber, the founder and Creator of Primal Life Organics. She’s a dental health and natural skincare expert, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist and a mother of three.  Tune in to this conversation to learn about Trina’s company Primal Life Organics to learn about treating your skin with the food it needs.You can learn more about Trina and her company here: https://www.primallifeorganics.com/“Everything comes down to cellular activity.” - Trina Felber(click to tweet) The Cliff Notes:You may think you are stuck in your career, but look at it as a stepping stone.Commercial skincare products are harsh on your cells.When water evaporates from your skin it also dries out the natural oils your skin needs.Skincare and hygiene projects should improve the health of your body, not just make it appear healthier.Brushing your teeth with mineral based products such as Trina’s product “Dirty Mouth Tooth Powder” rather than fluoride helps your teeth revitalize.Dehydrated skin will expedite the wrinkling process.Think “skin-food” instead of “skincare.”“When I create products, I look at what I want the product to do in terms of healing the body.” - Trina Felber(click to tweet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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  • 182: Losing The Facade With Kristina Mänd Lakhiani

    182: Losing The Facade With Kristina Mänd Lakhiani
    Jul 15 2019
    “I understood that what I am inside is not what I showed to the world… because that’s the weird thing about delusion. You do not know that aren’t seeing the right picture.” - Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani(click to tweet)  Have you ever felt like you’re constantly chasing something more? You checked off your boxes, you’ve crossed off your list and you’ve reached your financial goals. Yet, for some reason you still feel a void. What is that about?It’s normal for us to put our self-worth and value in milestones and tangible accomplishments. It’s what the world tells us to do. But once we reach those goals and still feel unfulfilled, why doesn’t the world tell us what to do then? Suddenly we don’t know what to do. Yet, the people around us think we’ve got it all figured out. Surely something is wrong with us...Right?Well, believe it or not, life is about more than success stories. Therefore, maybe there’s some inner work for each of us to do. That’s why on today’s episode of Personal Development Without The Fluff, we are joined by Life Philosopher and Co-Founder of Mindvalley, Kristina Mänd Lakhiani to discuss authenticity and the way it affects us and others around us.Tune in to this conversation to learn what we might encounter in life as we begin stripping away layers of our facades and coming to know our true selves.You can learn more about Kristina in the links below.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristinamand Instagram: @kristinamand  Website: www.kristinamand.com“I was just trying to understand who I am. And when I did, the beautiful facade of my life completely crumbled and fell into pieces.” - Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani(click to tweet) The Cliff Notes:Even people who have “made it” can be teachable. Many incredibly “successful” people tend to be driven by a feeling of “not enough-ness.”Achieving careers or wealth are only bandaids to the real personal development that gets to be done.Looking at only your faults that need to be fixed is an unhealthy habit.Masks are appropriate and necessary sometimes. The problem comes when we start to rely on them. Sometimes we have to admit hard things to ourselves that might go against society’s tradition.It’s inevitable that being your authentic self might hurt people you love.  “There will be the moment when you’ll have to communicate, to the world and to the people you love the most, something which might hurt them. And you will still have to be true to that.” - Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani(click to tweet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • 181: Self-Love and Personal Mastery With Adam Roa

    181: Self-Love and Personal Mastery With Adam Roa
    Jul 8 2019
    “To me, an artist is someone who translates their creative energy into tangible form.” - Adam Roa(click to tweet) So many of us are often told “you have potential.” We’re given platitudes of our “could-be” future but not all of us are given personal development tools to help us reach that potential. It can be frustrating to always feel like you aren’t where you could be. Well, what if there was a way we could take more of the driver-seat approach to life? What if we could stop letting life happen to us and allow us to happen to life?On today’s episode of Personal Development Without The Fluff, we are joined by the multi-talented, touring spoken-word artist, author, motivational speaker, filmmaker and life coach Adam Roa. Adam tours the world opening the minds of many by artistically sharing his message to resonate with people at the core. The result? Many changed lives.Tune in to this conversation to hear how Adam is using his art and life experiences to help people change their own reality. Also, stay tuned to grasp knowledge and wisdom that will lead you down the path of changing your own life too!You can learn more about Adam at his website https://www.adamroa.com/The Cliff Notes:There’s a difference between understanding art on a logical level versus feeling the experience emotionally. Art allows us to glorify and admire the things we see as mundane.Our fear to embrace our uniqueness is a biological result of our ancestors’ survival instincts.People often act in patterned behavior rather than conscious intention.Everyone is essentially loving themselves in the best way they know how. Forgiveness is an act of self-love, but not an act of condoning.Seeing our enemies with compassion is an act of self-love.Generational genetic trauma can be broken by the work of healing. When you make changes in your own life, you give others access to new possibilities.Growth is not linear. Growth is an upward spiral.“Anything that you can imagine for your life right now is a limitation.” - Adam Roa(click to tweet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • 180: Walking In True Guidance With Paul Selig

    180: Walking In True Guidance With Paul Selig
    Jul 1 2019
    “It's about realizing who one is without the mask that one has negotiated a reality through.” - Paul Selig(click to tweet)  Purpose is ultimately the goal that most of use live our lives for. We want to find out why we're here and we want to find our meaning. We search everywhere for purpose, but sometimes we are unaware that it’s already being fulfilled. That’s why on today’s episode of Personal Development Without The Fluff, we are joined by Paul Selig, an incredibly wise and well respected author of spiritual guidance literature. Paul Selig is considered to be one of the foremost spiritual channels working today. In his breakthrough works of channeled literature, I Am the Word, The Book of Love and Creation, The Book of Knowing and Worth, The Book of Mastery, The Book of Truth and The Book of Freedom, author and medium Paul Selig has recorded an extraordinary program for personal and planetary evolution as humankind awakens to its own divine nature.Paul was born in New York City and received his master’s degree from Yale. A spiritual experience in 1987 left him clairvoyant. As a way to gain a context for what he was beginning to experience he studied a form of energy healing and began to “hear” for his clients. Described as “a medium for the living,” Paul has the unique ability to step-into and “become” the people his clients ask about, often taking on their personalities and physical characteristics as he “hears” them telepathically. Paul’s work has been featured on ABC News Nightline, Fox News, the Biography Channel series The UneXplained, Gaim TV’s Beyond Belief and the documentary film PGS: Your Personal Guidance System. He has appeared on numerous radio shows and podcasts including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and Bob Olson’s Afterlife TV.Paul offers channeled workshops internationally and serves on the faculty of The Omega Institute, The Kripalu Center and the Esalen Institute. Also a noted educator, he served on the faculty of NYU for over 25 years. He directed the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Goddard College for many years, and he now serves on the college’s Board of Trustees. He lives in New York City where he maintains a private practice as an intuitive and conducts frequent live-stream seminars.Tune in to this conversation to journey into the vividly profound and eye-opening experience that we had the pleasure of interviewing him about.You can learn more about Paul at his website www.paulselig.com “The guides say the action of fear is to claim more fear and every choice you make in fear gets you more of the same.” - Paul Selig(click to tweet) The Cliff Notes:"Guides" are there to help us navigate our journey and life.Self-realization allows you to be without fear.We are constantly fulfilling a purpose even when we're completely oblivious to it.You are not defined by your career. Your purpose does not rely on your occupation.If we are looking for what could be called God, we need not look anywhere but in front of us because God is in all things.When we view all things and people as interconnected by a source, we experience life more vividly.Sometimes what we think we want has the potential to derail us from a better journey.“I don't know what there is to aspire to once we understand that all we really have is right now anyway.” - Paul Selig(click to tweet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 179: What Does Parenting Mean Today?

    179: What Does Parenting Mean Today?
    Jun 24 2019
    “I find it to be of paramount importance that you first have to lead.” - Guy and Ilan Ferdman(click to tweet) We’ve previously discussed aspects of parenting in our podcast on episode titled “Don’t Make Parenting Harder Than It Needs To Be,” but we all know parenting is forever a learning process. There is so much to take into account when we are dealing with the changes in culture from our generation to theirs. Although we all have our own styles of parenting, there are some tools that can help any parent begin the process of building healthy or healthier relationships with our children. That’s why on today’s episode of Personal Development Without The Fluff, we’ll be diving into practices that could potentially change your entire experience of raising a family. Tune in to this episode as well as episode 174 to begin either developing a better relationship with your child or preparing yourself if you plan to have children in the future!“At the end of the day, I don’t care how amazing of a household you create and how good you are as parents… They’re receiving reality through their own filters and constructs.” - Guy & Ilan Ferdman(click to tweet) The Cliff Notes:Unconscious parenting is when you try to get your children to live the life you wish you lived.Conscious parenting is about nourishing your child to flourish in whatever direction they’re gravitated to.Your children are constantly watching and imitating the way you act and react to life.Competition is a culture that the new generations are seemingly detaching from.When we get frustrated at our children, it’s important to ask ourselves why we responded that way.To ask your child for forgiveness when you make mistakes is to show them that you are just as human as they are.Instead of being a parent to only tell your children what to do, consider being a parent that grows with your children. When children see that you’re unwilling to grow, they will imitate that behavior.“I think the new generation is seeking cooperation over competition.” - Guy & Ilan Ferdman(click to tweet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    53 mins
  • 178: Discover Your Purpose and Intuition with David Solomon

    178: Discover Your Purpose and Intuition with David Solomon
    Jun 17 2019
    “If the internal voice is calm and consistent, it’s much more likely your intuition.” - David Solomon(click to tweet) One of the most valuable things to possess is purpose. Decisions, relationships, career choices, and much more usually tend to become much more meaningful and beneficial when we can attribute them to a purpose in our lives. Although many of us know that having purpose is valuable and beneficial, it can be difficult to discern whether our actions and decisions are guided by purposeful intuition, or just emotional reaction to a circumstance. The ability to trust your intuition is not something that is automatic. It takes practice, experimentation and time. That’s why on today’s episode of Personal Development Without The Fluff, we are joined by David Solomon, a seasoned Shaman, coach, healer and researcher, to discuss the invaluable skill of intuition. In this episode you will gain tools that you can practice to learn how to discern which of your inner voices to listen to in your life journey. Tune in to this conversation to take yet another invaluable step towards becoming more and more aligned with yourself and your journey.You can learn more about and connect with David through the links below:www.magicalgoldenage.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmagicsolomon/https://www.facebook.com/DavidMagicSolomon“If we honor our intuition, it usually gets louder and if we don’t, it becomes more silent.” - David Solomon(click to tweet) The Cliff Notes:Intuition is your calm consistent internal voice, not your frantic, emotional and impulsive voice.Experiment with your internal dialogue to learn how to discern your intuition.Often the frantic voice is the defensive one that tries to protect you from vulnerability.When trying to discern you internal dialogue, journal the two voices and start to look for patterns over time.A useful follow-up tool to this discernment is giving these voices distinct names and identities.All of your internal voices involved have a unique purpose.Trusting your intuition is a skill that takes time and practice.“When a voice tells you to do something and you’re wondering if it’s your intuition, if you just keep asking why, you can often get to the core root of it.” - David Solomon(click to tweet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    49 mins
  • 177: Listening To Your Body’s Language with Dr. Allen Bittaker

    177: Listening To Your Body’s Language with Dr. Allen Bittaker
    Jun 10 2019
    “The perfect combination of chaos and stability creates growth.” - Dr. Allen Bittaker(click to tweet)  Physical pain is one of the main forms of communication that we listen to in our bodies. It grabs our attention immediately and sometimes we can’t manage to take our attention away from it once it’s there. It communicates that something is going on that the body is not used to and that you need to be made aware of it. And although pain is what we are most familiar with in terms of our body telling us something, it’s not the only thing our bodies tell us.Our body communicates with us in numerous ways that take time and mindfulness to become aware of. Thankfully there are practices that help us do just that: listen to our own body language. That’s why on today’s episode of Personal Development Without The Fluff, we are joined by Allen Bittaker, a skilled chiropractor who practices a nontraditional technique called Network Spinal technique which integrates both mind and body to release tense energies that the body might have deposited. Tune in to this conversation to grasp concepts of becoming more in-tune with practices that help you listen to your body and release energy that needs to be relinquished.  You can learn more about Allen Bittaker here:https://www.facebook.com/pg/Dr.allen.bittaker/services/“This world is made up of language whether it’s spoken or not.” - Dr. Allen Bittaker(click to tweet) The Cliff Notes:Chiropractic is a practice of physical and spiritual merging.A crucial part of growth and release is less forcing and more allowing of the self to grow.Rolfing is a practice that reorganizes and restructure the fascia in the body.The philosophy of pain being crucial to growth isn’t necessarily valid. Growth can be effortless.The human body contains far more microbes than it does cells.A big part of our anxiety is that we run from it too often rather than sit with it.Talking out the things that come up for you are crucially therapeutic.Human beings make decisions but rarely make choices.“A rule for me is to listen to what I say because when I say things, that’s my truth.” - Dr. Allen Bittaker(click to tweet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    2 hrs and 40 mins