29. Why moving from the energy of devotion is so healing
Courtney Cries A Lot
This episode goes deeper into stage 3 aka the energy of devotion. (Listen to episode 28 first if you haven't yet!) I talk about: -why stage 3 is really the best of stage 1 and 2, without the depleting parts -why stage 3 leaves so much space for RECEIVING. When you do your part but also open to receive support from life -how stage 1 is very "do - have - be" while stage 3 is "be - do - have". Frequency precedes form. Feeling drives what we DO and then eventually what we have. So by continually feeling proud of yourself, you're gonna keep doing good -examples of stage 3 energy in my...
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28. The kind of motivation I've been missing
Courtney Cries A Lot
I've had a complicated relationship with motivation, productivity and consistency. I'm so used to yoyo-ing between two ways of going about life or working towards goals: 1 - Hustle, grind, action action action. Make to do list upon to do list and check things off until I deplete myself and burn out 2 - Let go, surrender and allow. Remember it's not all on my shoulders. That I'm a spiritual being having a human experience. Allow more acceptance for exactly where I am. Relax more and just float down the river of life The second option feels like relief from the first until it doesn't....
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27. Getting laid off and flying by the seat of my pants
Courtney Cries A Lot
This episode is about getting laid off, getting a puppy, having no idea what's next in my life and fully surrendering and choosing to trust. Being an "interesting daughter" as my dad says :)
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26. A wave of acceptance for all the different parts of you
Courtney Cries A Lot
Walking you through a simple visualization to cultivate a wave of acceptance for all the different parts of you. I find this practice to be very grounding and soothing. May it find whoever needs it <3
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25. On surrender + what makes your soul feel like it's dancing
Courtney Cries A Lot
This episode is about surrender. Prioritizing your inner frequency over your outer attachments. How that naturally aligns you with what you value most. And how that alignment puts you on a wavelength where trust, satisfaction and nourishment are abundant.
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24. When your inner teenager wants to rebel and escape
Courtney Cries A Lot
On escapism, numbing, self-compassion and validating your inner teenager <3
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23. I'm so much more than a scared little chihuahua
Courtney Cries A Lot
I once briefly dated a guy who told me I was like one of those scared little chihuahuas that's always trembling. A dagger to my heart especially bc I was like.. shit... I definitely kinda relate to that sometimes.... A large part of my experience as a human being so far in this lifetime is wondering if I’m good, trying to be good, scared that I’m bad, trying to avoid being bad, and hence a lot of rigidity, control, fear and neuroticism. This episode is weird. It's vulnerable, honest, and kind of funny? It's definitely a glimpse inside the inner landscape of someone (me) who grew up...
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22. A powerful question to anchor you
Courtney Cries A Lot
This episode details a powerful reframe that I got from Elizabeth Gilbert's Substack last Sunday. I've been using it all week as an anchor and I'm grateful to have it in my toolbox for whatever the heck is next in the wild unfolding of this country/world.
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21. I created space + more aligned things came to fill it
Courtney Cries A Lot
What if it's all easier than we think? What if we're supposed to be doing less and trying softer rather than trying harder? In this episode I talk more about the absence of doing all the things I used to do out of fear/anxiety. And how now that I'm not doing them so much, there's space. And the space is uncomfortable. It brings up a lot of unknown. Bc at least when you're doing things that aren't aligned, you know what comes next. It's at least familiar even if it sucks. But when you stop, and you majorly slow down and create space that wasn't there before... at some point, something is gonna...
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20. Be patient with the shelter dog parts of you
Courtney Cries A Lot
This episode is for when you need a reminder to be extra gentle and forgiving towards yourself So often we think we need to be hard on ourselves, critical of ourselves in the name of being honest and and in the name of CHANGE. Like.. if I want my future to be different and better, I need to get on myself about wherever I'm currently falling short or not being as good as I think I could be When really, the way to eeeease into a more loving, safe, abundant, joyful energy is to slow down, soften and allow yourself to ease into it right now. Not later when you think you'll be safe enough or good...
info_outlineOnce you own what you really want in life, it's common to resent where you're at now. To see your current reality as something you just need to get through, so you can get to where you really want to be. And to see who you are now as inferior to the person you'll become once you have what you want.
When that's your mindset, you're essentially putting your desired future on a pedestal, and making the present a problem. A problem that you think you need to solve.. and once you solve it, you'll get to what's up there on that pedestal.
That mentality is called problem frequency. And problem frequency only perpetuates more problem frequency. Because you keep moving the bar of “ok, once this is like this, then I'll be happy. But until then, I got problems to solve.” So you keep looping in Problem Land, and where you are right now is never good enough compared to where you'll be someday.
So this episode is about *befriending the now*. Dropping the judgment of your current reality. Reframing and adding a different context to what’s here now, so it's no longer viewed as a problem. It's exactly where you're supposed to be right now, and it's offering you all the gifts and wisdom necessary to help you co-create your desires. When we appreciate where we are now, it puts us on a frequency that matches what we desire. Because we desire more to appreciate. We don't desire problems.
The key is to get good at pivoting from problem frequency to appreciation mode. When we remember who we are, a spiritual being having a human experience, it's about a million times easier to pivot into a place of appreciation for this present moment. Versus when we forget who we are.. we tend to judge our current reality as wrong/bad/inferior. No thank you to that mode of life. Yes please to befriending the now and remembering.
You can also watch this episode on YouTube.