52 | Amber Hawken | Is It Worth It? The Ceremony of Life | The Amber Hawken Podcast
Release Date: 01/22/2021
Ep 57. Adam Kavanagh: The Primal Switch
Deep Currents
Do you know who you are in the face of danger? Adam Kavanagh is an Australian survivalist who has dedicated much of the last decade to getting back to basics and living off the land in the remote areas of northern Australia. Initially triggered by a health crisis and then evolving into a way he chose to live, his deep connection to nature has profoundly shaped his understanding of bushcraft and survival skills. Adam was invited to learn and hang out with the Indigenous communities of Doomagee, where he spent nearly five years living solo, aside from the times he spent with the locals....
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Ep. 56 Deep Currents | Reviving Sacred Birth w. Michelle Palasia
Deep Currents
Michelle Palasia is the first guest on Deep Currents for a very good reason. Deep Currents is all about the stories that connect us and the wisdom that helps us remember who we are and what we are. From my 12 years immersed in Rites of Passage work, I know how babies are born—including the mother’s state, the birth itself, and the care of both mother and baby in the early years—shapes the rest of their lives. In the creation of life, the connection to the core of our Spirit is either nurtured or fractured. This connection is key to our capacity for wholeness, intimacy, relationships,...
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Ep. 55 Deep Currents with Amber Hawken
Deep Currents
After a three-year break from this podcast, it's back. It has a different name, a more refined intention, and is still connected to the art of storytelling. I touch on how currents, vibrations, and resonance are the cause and effect of life itself, taking you on a short journey from the beginning of time. I speak to the power of story and how it has shaped history and our culture. I also discuss how currents, connections, and stories can support us in returning to a deep place of belonging. I share a little about my journey of being smashed into a million pieces by Motherhood and what...
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54 | Adam Kavanagh | The Primal Approach | The Amber Hawken Podcast
Deep Currents
Adam Kavanagh lives like a caveman in outback Australia. He shares how he healed hyperthyroidism, depression and panic attacks when he began living paleo, stipping things back and striping back to the basics. He shares his experience of being on Naked and Afraid (the US reality show) where he was dropped in the middle of Africa with a woman he had never met and had to survive for three weeks.
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53 | Laura Corcoran | Contradictions of Psychology and Giving The Power Back To The Person
Deep Currents
This episode is vast in its topic and while it begins with the contradictions around some of the principles of psychology, we weave in and out of rabbit holes that most people can relate to including repressed trauma emerging in the *stressful* now of life and toxic bonds in passion relationships.
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52 | Amber Hawken | Is It Worth It? The Ceremony of Life | The Amber Hawken Podcast
Deep Currents
This is a solo session with a four-step self-assessment of your entire life. How often are we sacrificing happiness, joy, spaciousness, peace, love and orgasms for a cost we will pay 10 x time, at least, sometime in the future? Let's see.
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51 | Sammi Jane | Awakening Womb Wisdom | The Amber Hawken Podcast
Deep Currents
Sammi Jane is a deliciously wise woman who brings light to the consciousness of the womb and its wisdom. And no, you don't need a physical womb in order for this to make sense, matter or tap into the flow of life's infinite energy.
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50 | Dr Jeremy Goldberg | Creative Integrity And How To Have Hard And Life Changing Conversations | The Amber Hawken Podcast
Deep Currents
Creative integrity is all about being self-aware, knowing that intention is far more important than productivity and how it is possible to have hard conversations that better your relationships and change your life.
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49 | Jamie Rea | The Power Of Vulgar Expression & Healing The Over/Under Functioner Within | The Amber Hawken Podcast
Deep Currents
One of the most misunderstood types of expressive writing is that of the vulgar kind.
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48 | Scott Reardon | Why Presence Trumps Skill | The Amber Hawken Podcast
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From an amputee to a 4-time Paralympic gold medalist; Mindfulness Techniques for gold medals, finding fulfillment beyond achievement.
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I have a really rad friend called Benny and he developed an app based on vice optimisation.
Basically, you check in the next day after getting on the booze and decided if it was worth it or not.
This reflection practice, alone, has proven to support humans in staying in integrity and showing signs of increased happiness by up to 400%.
I actually made that up that stat, but who hasn't been 400% more stoked when they've been able to pause and shift direction from an otherwise destructive path? Exactly.
I borrowed my mate Benny’s idea and held that question up with a magnifying glass to my life and business.
My priority is joy, that's my measuring stick for 'worth it'. Because - joy.
Usually, people look at the return and if it's shiny or powerful looking enough, they sacrifice the juiciness and don't question the burnout factor or the destruction of busyness.
In fact, there's a virus nestled in the minds of humanity that if it had a voice it would say, "The more time and energy you put in, the more worth it, it is. Never mind the collateral damage to your mental health, wellbeing, relationships and happiness - it's the outcome that counts”.
It would also be in Trump's voice…..maybe, I don't know. But you get the idea.
How often are we sacrificing happiness, joy, spaciousness, peace, love and orgasms for a cost we will pay 10 x time, at least, sometime in the future?
I have been known to be guilty of such things and right now is a great time to pull things apart and examine what’s working, honest and fulfilling and what’s not.
Below is a solo-session podcast talking you through the process.
My anthem is - self-lead geniuses for the win. You being the genius, me leading you to the water and you drinking form your own genius pond.
Have a listen here. There is a step by step on the page as well as a 12-minute breakdown of how to do it.
I hope you enjoy looking at the inside of your life; the sacredness and ceremony of energetic flow itself.
And while we are on the topic of things that are worth it.
SuperCharged is almost full. All you fence-sitters, let's jump or you will miss it and it'll be sad and you'll have to turn to Ben and Jerry's half baked ice-cream to grieve the spot you didn't claim as yours.
Proces:
Stpe 1. Grab a piece of paper and split it into three columns.
Column 1 = list.
Column 2 = is it worth it?
Column 3 = action.
Step 2. Write your list of the following in column 1
- List all the things you do in a day, week, month and year.
- List the 10 relationships you invest the most time in.
- The three things you spend the most money on.
- List the 10 thoughts that ruminate through your mind.`
- The top five food/beverages you ingest.
- The beliefs you am currently choosing to believe about money, time, energy and making stuff happen!
Step 3. Assess what is worth it or not and mark it with a Y or N.
Step 4. Next to the things that are an N, write what action you will take to either reduce the amount of time/energy/money invested or remove it altogether.
Enjoy. There are no rules, adapt to your life.
Be Honest.
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