Lean In 32: Truth; Following your heart to live a creative and vibrant life with Chocolako
Release Date: 05/17/2020
Lean In 42: Consciousness Rising; Stepping boldly into the full expression of yourself with Nadine McNeil
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Welcome to Lean In, a podcast that explores ordinary people’s extraordinary lives through honest storytelling. My guests share with me their journey of discovery, laughter, personal experiences and healing. If you are going through a change or challenging period in life, Lean In is the space where we can surrender to the cycle together. “We are all in the same storm, but we are not all in the same boat” this quote struck me from my conversation with todays guest Nadine McNeil as we were talking about the current global climate - pandemic, racial protests, war, refugee’s and everything...
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Your Space Episode 41: Releasing Overwhelm
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Welcome to ‘Your Space,’ an embodied and direct experience that allows you to engage in a restorative moment of calm, to unwind, reflect and be nurtured. We are living in a time of great change. Old power structures throughout the world are changing and dismantling and shaking us up in a huge way. We are currently dealing with increased racial prejudice, natural disasters, climate change, a global pandemic on top of all the pain and suffering that is happening around us and inside of us every single day. It is an uncertain time, a time of great challenge. It is also a time where, for most...
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Lean In 40: Authenticity; Finding your own way and reaching your fullest potential with Chris Dufey
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Welcome to Lean In, a podcast that explores ordinary people’s extraordinary lives through honest storytelling. My guests share with me their journey of discovery, laughter, personal experiences and healing. If you are going through a change or challenging period in life, Lean In is the space where we can surrender to the cycle together. Authenticity is a word that gets thrown around the self developing world like a hot potato. But what does it mean to truly live an authentic life? What does it take to live true to your core values, your heart centered intentions and your own personal goals?...
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Lean In 39: Survival. One brave man's unbelievable story of survival with Abdi Aden
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Welcome to Lean In, a podcast that explores ordinary people’s extraordinary lives through honest storytelling. My guests share with me their journey of discovery, laughter, personal experiences and healing. If you are going through a change or challenging period in life, Lean In is the space where we can surrender to the cycle together. Today I have the extreme pleasure of introducing you to someone who has experienced the unbelievable and conquered the impossible; Abdi Aden. Abdi’s world completely changed when he was only a very young teenager and Somalia’s vicious civil war hit...
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Lean In 38: Acceptance; It is perfectly ok to not be ok with Clare Boyd
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Welcome to Lean In, a podcast that explores ordinary people’s extraordinary lives through honest storytelling. My guests share with me their journey of discovery, laughter, personal experiences and healing. If you are going through a change or challenging period in life or just want a deeper level conversation, Lean In is the space where we can surrender to the cycle together. Acceptance is something we will all have to experience at some point within our own lives. On the healing journey it is an absolute allay that provides so much space and expansion for our minds and souls. Acceptance of...
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Your Space Episode 38: Acceptance
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Welcome to ‘Your Space,’ an embodied and direct experience that allows you to engage in a restorative moment of calm, to unwind, reflect and be nurtured. This session of “Your Space’ is the partner for Lean In 38: Acceptance; It is perfectly ok to not be ok with Clare Boyd. We live in a time where there is little encouragement for paying attention to our body’s needs and natural energy levels. Often when we are really exhausted, we ignore our longing for rest and rejuvenation and instead manipulate our bodies with caffeine, sugar, and other stimulants to create a false sense of...
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Your Space Episode 37: Expression
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Welcome to ‘Your Space,’ an embodied and direct experience that allows you to engage in a restorative moment of calm, to unwind, reflect and be nurtured. This session of “Your Space’ is the partner for Lean In 37: Expression; Exploring the depths of personal truth through creativity, art, and relationships with Christina Zipperlen. Creative expression can be seen as one of the most potent forces in the world and crucial in all aspects of our lives. It can point us to new paths, new ways of seeing and solving. Creative expression is rooted in the capacities for observation, discovery,...
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Lean In 37: Expression; Exploring the depths of personal truth through creativity, art, and relationships with Christina Zipperlen
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Welcome to Lean In, a podcast that explores ordinary people’s extraordinary lives through honest storytelling. My guests share with me their journey of discovery, laughter, personal experiences and healing. If you are going through a change or challenging period in life, Lean In is the space where we can surrender to the cycle together. In its most expansive definition, Art contains all forms of creative expression. Creative expression can be seen as one of the most potent forces in the world and throughout all aspects of our lives. It can point us to new paths, new ways of seeing and...
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Lean In 36: Your Space Special Edition: Opening our capacity to feel, heal and grow
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Fear is a tricky thing. It shape shifts as many different emotions, experiences, thoughts and even actions. It can get a hold of us and become destructive if we let it, allowing it’s resistance to block us from feeling, seeing and experiencing our own truth. Right now, it feels like the entire world is in a panic, and it’s so hard to see what tomorrow will bring, let alone the future. I know with my whole heart and soul that we were made for these times and I encourage us all to take a collective breath, and let the fear and uncertainty work its way through us. There’s an old saying in...
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Lean In 35: Nourish; Finding nourishment through activism, yoga, internal healing and taking action with Bex Tyrer
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Welcome to Lean In, a podcast that explores ordinary people’s extraordinary lives through honest storytelling. My guests share with me their journey of discovery, laughter, personal experiences and healing. If you are going through a change or challenging period in life, Lean In is the space where we can surrender to the cycle together. When we arrive in this world as children our early years are shaped for us. And yet occasionally certain traits of our individual personalities buck the status quo and reveal deep parts of what our soul is here to do in this lifetime. Activism and the desire...
info_outlineWelcome to Lean In, a podcast that explores ordinary people’s extraordinary lives through honest storytelling. My guests share with me their journey of discovery, laughter, personal experiences and healing.
If you are going through a change or challenging period in life, Lean In is the space where we can surrender to the cycle together.
Quite often in life we follow a path that may feel as though it is somewhat planned out for us. We can easily fall into the way of following what we ‘should do’ or what we think is “the right thing” or what other people tell us to do. If we do not ask ourselves what it is we truly want out of life we may end up on a path that might not be entirely true for our soul.
Our life's choices and decisions may not bring us experiences that bring out the best in ourselves and the authentic expression of who we are.
Many of us do not even realise we are not fully living in our truth until a specific moment will hit us in various different ways. This “wake up” is always an invitation for us to dig a little deeper, to ask ourselves different questions and to determine the basic truth; “Am I happy?”.
One vibrant, soul-stirring, colorful and passionate lady who has walked the path of truly tapping into her soul, listening to it’s whispers and following her own rhythm in life is the unforgettable Chocolako.
First generation American born and raised with a strong Nigerian heritage & ancestry,
Chocolako has been on the journey of discovering not only who she is and what she is here to do in this life but most importantly what are the things that “bring her alive ''.
From her professional career in public health to becoming a world renowned yoga teacher,
Chocolako travels the world and is committed to working with forward thinking creatives and professionals who are open to embrace continuous awakenings, outperform limiting stories and reach more expansive versions of themselves. Her focus is to support, uplift and uplevel curious souls to remember their unique pathway. “… you’ll feel her before you see her” is one way of describing an encounter with Chocolako. She’s full of love with a notable infectious smile that calls forth her ancestors. Her soul stirring reminders weave effortlessly and leave an indelible imprint that is truly delightful to experience. In this episode we get to tap deeply into her wisdom, history and magic.
We dive into;
● Chocolako’s parents arranged marriage in Nigeria
● Growing up as a first generation American with Nigerian Ancestry
● Trying to ‘fit in’ and integrate to American culture whilst honoring her roots
● How we pick up imprints as children
● How we try to please and impress our parents as children and how that carries on into adulthood
● Following the path that our parents desire for us and how that can play out if it is not aligned with our own personal truth.
● How Chocolako started her career in Public Health
● Why customizing your own path brings freedom for your soul to express itself
● What living in Africa as an “expatriate” was like
● The yoga movement in Nigeria and how it started to open and expand rapidly
● What it really means “follow your heart” and jump into something headfirst.
● Why studying yoga is something that cracks you open on all levels of your being
● Why it is crucial to understand all aspects of ourselves on our healing journey
● How can we nourish ourselves to support our spiritual path of awakening
● Why it is so important to always try new things
● Why we must continuously dance outside the rules we place on ourselves to truly understand who we are
● Why creating keeps us connected to a-live-ness
● What it means to be an active participant in your own life.
● Presence is our key to having a fully embodied and exciting life.
● Why we need to trust our own growth process
● Way it is so healing to “find your tribe and love then hard”
You can find out more about Chocolako here;
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If you are feeling as though you need a little extra support, nourishment, guidance and understanding in your own healing journey right now then please join me and jump on a FREE 15 min nourish and support call with my extraordinary team of wholistic health practitioners. This is time to focus solely on you, your personal experiences and how you can move forward with your own health, wellness and healing.
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