Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast
Spontaneous Brilliance is more than just a podcast - it is a journey that we are all taking together. We are building a community where we can all learn to recognize the unique creative genius inherent to each person. Our host Sandra Cavanaugh, will guide you through our journey together in this 24/7 improvisation of life. This podcast is for you - some episodes will be Sandra sharing wisdom and others will be with you, yes, YOU. We want you to reach out to us at [email protected] to share ideas and concepts you would like to explore, AND to join us on the podcast to chat with Sandra! This is your offer - all you have to do is accept it! You can also visit our website at www.Spontaneousbrilliance.com to learn more.
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THE MIRROR IMAGE OF THE GOLDEN RULE
11/15/2024
THE MIRROR IMAGE OF THE GOLDEN RULE
EPISODE #22 “THE MIRROR IMAGE OF THE GOLDEN RULE” Sandra flips the script that we all know as “do unto others” to help us explore what our lives might be like if we “do unto ourselves as we would do unto others.” And if it’s hard to get into that practice, Sandra invites you to write her an email at or sign up for a free laser coaching session with her at so that she can not only be your accountability buddy, but help you offer the love, grace, and empowering belief to yourself that you would offer to anyone else. As always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more Spontaneous Brilliance, you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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JOY
11/08/2024
JOY
EPISODE #21 “JOY” Join Sandra for this uplifting and joyful exploration of joy! In the episode, Sandra shows us how to find the joy in “what is.” We must remember, or perhaps realize for the first time, that joy is not a reaction, joy is not circumstantial, joy is the essence of who we are. If we believe that joy is subject to what happens in our life, then we will only be joyful when we have judged what is happening to be worthy of experiencing joy. If we believe that joy is subject to what happens, then we abdicate our ability to create, to manifest, to be conscious creators. We can take 100% response-ability for our lives. We can take responsibility for our offers! You are pure joy, pure spirit, pure love expressing. And when you offer that truth of who you are, you cannot help but be in a perpetual bliss loop. As always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more Spontaneous Brilliance, you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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ASSUMING BRILLIANCE
11/02/2024
ASSUMING BRILLIANCE
EPISODE #20 “ASSUMING BRILLIANCE As Sandra says: “There is no shortage of brilliance on this planet, just a reluctance to offer it and a resistance to accepting it.” Imagine how our world would change, imagine how our relationships would change if we assumed that every person we came in contact with was brilliant and we treated them in that way! We must assume that our job as a fellow player on the great stage of life, as a fellow human being, is to recognize, nurture, and respect that brilliance. When we see one another and ourselves through a prism of possibility, we open all of us up to the field of limitless possibilities. Treat everything about every person you are in relationship with on the great stage of life as an offer. Sandra encourages us to let go of our judgements and imagine how profoundly our world would change if we knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is an unending font of genius within each and every one of us. As always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more Spontaneous Brilliance, you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon or Barnes & Noble The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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ACCEPTING YOUR PERFECT
10/12/2024
ACCEPTING YOUR PERFECT
EPISODE #19 “ACCEPTING YOUR PERFECT” When we chose to come into this life as this character on the great stage of life, we meant to show up as the human being we are. We are therefore perfectly ourselves. We are perfectly suited to bring our perfectly unique brilliance to the world. For this time, in this place, you’re here for a reason. And you are absolutely perfectly suited to meet that purpose you came here to bring to fruition. In this episode, Sandra helps us to remember that we are perfect versions of ourselves, and we must be willing to trust, honor, and offer the perfection of our unique creative genius. As always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more Spontaneous Brilliance, you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon or Barnes & Noble The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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PLAYING THIS ROLE, AT THIS TIME, ON THE GREAT STAGE OF LIFE
10/04/2024
PLAYING THIS ROLE, AT THIS TIME, ON THE GREAT STAGE OF LIFE
EPISODE #18 “PLAYING THIS ROLE, AT THIS TIME, ON THE GREAT STAGE OF LIFE” Everyone is a spiritual being having a human experience, not just the ones that we like and understand. In this episode, Sandra helps us remember that the principles of Spontaneous Brilliance apply to all circumstances and relationships that we find ourselves in–personally, locally, and globally. Together, we will walk through how we can apply the techniques, precepts, and practices of the metaphorical, metaphysical guide that is Spontaneous Brilliance intentionally, purposefully, and consciously. As always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more Spontaneous Brilliance, you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon or Barnes & Noble The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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TRUSTING THE TEXT WITHIN
09/27/2024
TRUSTING THE TEXT WITHIN
When an actor prepares to play a role on the stage, they analyze the text to learn all that they can about their character. But as we strive to authentically play our character on the great stage of life, where is our text? Many of us default to ancient texts, or even the teachings of someone in our own time–like an author, speaker, or podcaster. Sandra helps us to remember that the only way to know the real truth of the character we are playing here and now is to access the text within. That is where our own brilliance lies. Honoring our brilliance is what we came here to do. The wisdom that you seek is inside of you. And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more “Spontaneous Brilliance” you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon or Barnes & Noble The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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FINDING YOUR BLISS
09/20/2024
FINDING YOUR BLISS
In this episode Sandra takes accepting your role to the next level. Finding Your Bliss shows us that in order to show up authentically on this great stage of life, we have to find the bliss, the passion, the purpose that is calling to us. If we offer what we were born to bring onto the planet and we do not block that calling inside of us, that is how we fully and completely accept the role that we came here to play. Finding the love at the center of how we intended to show up on this planet, weeding through all the misapprehensions, fears, and blocks, we can bring our unique creative genius into the light. Wherever you are, whatever stage you are on in your life, it is time to start seeking, and finding, your bliss, and taking the action steps in that love at the center of your character. “If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.” Joseph Campbell And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more “Spontaneous Brilliance” you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon or Barnes & Noble The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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ACCEPTING YOUR ROLE
09/13/2024
ACCEPTING YOUR ROLE
Each of us is perfectly cast in the role we are playing on the great stage of life. You were born with the perfect qualities and abilities to play that role. And yet, we all tend to spend a great deal of time and attention judging whether or not we are good enough just as we are. In this episode, Sandra helps us to see that all the inherent talents, qualities, abilities, propensities, and even the perceived challenges that make up our unique character are all wonderfully perfect. We have to begin by fundamentally accepting that everything about us is exactly how we are meant to be in order to play this particular role, at this particular time, in this particular production on the great stage of life. You are perfect for this role! As Uta Hagen said, “Overcome the notion that we must be regular; it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.” And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more “Spontaneous Brilliance” you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon or Barnes & Noble The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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SPONTANEOUS THOUGHT - WHERE GENIUS RESIDES
08/31/2024
SPONTANEOUS THOUGHT - WHERE GENIUS RESIDES
In this essential episode, Sandra helps us recognize the profound importance of Spontaneous thought in our process of conscious creation. Most of us don’t allow, celebrate or explore our spontaneous thoughts. But that is where our genius is hiding, just waiting for us to grab ahold of it, nurture it, and most importantly share it. Join us for this simple reminder that when we open up to that spontaneous thought, we open up to the possibility of brilliance. And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more “Spontaneous Brilliance” you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon or Barnes & Noble The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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IMAGINATION - THE PLAYGROUND OF THE SOUL
08/23/2024
IMAGINATION - THE PLAYGROUND OF THE SOUL
In this episode, Sandra reminds us that our imagination is our most important and powerful form of thought–a conscious and deliberate use of it is how we playfully and purposefully access the field of infinite possibilities. As Sandra says, “Our imagination is the bridge between the soul and the mind. It’s the way in which we bring what might be into what is.” Join us for this fun and inspirational exploration of your imagination, or what Sandra calls The Playground of Your Soul! And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . AND if you would like more “Spontaneous Brilliance” you can find Sandra’s internationally bestselling book in paperback, kindle, or audiobook on Amazon or Barnes & Noble The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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THE MYTHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY
08/16/2024
THE MYTHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY
In this episode, Sandra literally redefines creativity itself, as she reminds us that every human being we encounter is a unique creative genius (including ourselves). We have so many misperceptions and misunderstandings regarding creativity that we lose faith in the creativity of ourselves and all those around us. We have even gone so far as to identify a so-called “creativity crisis.” But there is no such thing!!! Our creativity isn’t broken! Our understanding of it is. In this uplifting and truly defining episode, Sandra gets to the heart of what it means to be a Conscious Creator. And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With the Trees” by Rex Miller
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WELL MEANING MONKEYS
08/10/2024
WELL MEANING MONKEYS
The Metaphorical Metaphysical Guide to Life that is Spontaneous Brilliance was inspired by Sandra’s two favorite metaphors. In this inspirational episode Sandra focuses on her second favorite metaphor: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” - Albert Einstein. How do we show up fully as the wonderful fish, giraffes, and pangolins that we are in a world where the systems we live, learn, and work within are designed by and for the “well meaning monkeys”? And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at [email protected]. The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With The Trees” by Rex Miller
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RELATIONSHIPS
08/02/2024
RELATIONSHIPS
Sandra takes us on a deep dive into the concept of our Relationships. She takes us through the 7 types of relationships that we experience here on the Great Stage Of Life with 1) Ourselves, 2) Other People, 3) Other Living Creatures, 4)Things, 5)Systems, 6) Our Environment, and 7) The Universe. Join us on this festive journey of understanding our response-ability for offering, accepting, and not blocking in each of our relationships. Join us for this aha-rich exploration of how each of us can develop a more conscious and loving relationship with ourselves as well as everyone and everything else on the planet! And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at [email protected]. The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With The Trees” by Rex Miller
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Blocking Ourselves
07/26/2024
Blocking Ourselves
Each of us is a unique creative genius! So why is it so hard for us to believe that is true?! When our spontaneous ideas come to us, every one of us has a default tendency to want to block those ideas from being expressed. Sandra reminds us to say “Yes, And….” to the offers that come to us from our soulful selves and to continue to focus on the positive, find the love, and take inspired action to make offers into our own lives. Our job as players here on the great stage of life is to make our offers and remember that no one and nothing can truly block us, but us! And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at [email protected]. The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With The Trees” by Rex Miller
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UNITING OUR TWO SELVES
07/19/2024
UNITING OUR TWO SELVES
Who are our two selves? Join Sandra as she takes us deeper into the metaphorical metaphysical guide to help us fully accept our role as both the player and the character on the Great Stage of Life. Learn the 3 Keys to uniting our two selves (with a special 4th Key that’s a Key to the Keys). Let’s authentically express oursleves in this field of infinite possibilities. It’s time to stand center stage and fully accept the person we came here to be! And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at . The Spontaneous Brilliance Podcast is produced by Miracle Communications Group Producer: Michelle Oneida Sound Engineer: Cory Mikhals Theme Song: “Dancing With The Trees” by Rex Miller
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THE MAGIC OF OUR WORDS
07/05/2024
THE MAGIC OF OUR WORDS
Your word is your wand, the most powerful tool you possess. And just like Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, we are swinging our wand around without understanding the power we are wielding. We are responsible for our creative energy, whether we are conscious of it or not. We are creating constantly and our words are the wand that focus that creative energy. Come and play with Sandra as she looks at how to use our magic for the greatest good of all! And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have a topic you want to discuss, explore, respond to, email us and let us know. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to her at .
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IN ACTING AS IN LIFE - THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE ART FORM
06/29/2024
IN ACTING AS IN LIFE - THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE ART FORM
In this episode, Sandra reminds us that, as important as it is for us to recognize and respect our own creative genius, it is equally essential that we expect, recognize, and respect the brilliance of everyone else on the planet! We are in this together! Sandra takes on a revealing look at the bad “C Words” (Comparison, Conformity, Compromise, and Competition) that get in the way of us showing up authentically as the unique creative genius that we came here to be. Take a listen to learn the good "C Words" that we can focus on so that we can not only be, do, and share all that we came here to be, do, and share on the great stage of life, but to ALSO to fully expect and respect the genius in our fellow players on the great stage of life.
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Faith & Miracles
06/08/2024
Faith & Miracles
In Episode #5, Sandra takes us on a fun and enlightening journey of exploration of what she calls The 5 Steps to Miracles. She helps us remember that it’s not just about believing that something is possible. We are on a path through a universe of infinite possibility. And our dreams, that divine inspired dream that we have (as Anthony Hopkins once told Sandra) “already exists, we just have to be smart enough to catch up to it." We get caught up in thinking that if we haven’t seen evidence of it happening to someone else, that it can’t happen to us. But this life is totally about finding our dream, choosing faith over fear, and taking inspired action. By stepping out in faith, allowing change, and being willing to let go of control and expectation, we allow our life to go beyond its present form, and “we will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” And, as always, remember this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra, reach out to us at . Come and have a chat with Sandra!
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The Magic in This Present Moment
06/01/2024
The Magic in This Present Moment
In Episode #4 Sandra explores our concept of time. What is our relationship to time? What is our relationship to the past, to the future, and to this present moment? Are you accepting it? Are you welcoming it? Do you see it as a gift? Do you see it as better or more important than any other moment? Are you honoring it? Are you blaming it? Sandra helps us see that our memories of the past and our imaginings of the future are only thoughts. If we are pain about our present not being what our past was… then that is a choice we are making right now. It’s an illusion to believe that the past has a power in our lives except for the power we choose to give it. And the more attached we are to the future outcomes the more likely we are to block the beautiful possibilities in this moment. Every moment is a precious opportunity. Let’s say Yes… And to every moment! Let’s make the choice to embrace the magic of this present moment! And, as always, remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra - reach out to us at - come and have a chat with Sandra!
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Becoming a Conscious Creator
05/24/2024
Becoming a Conscious Creator
In Episode #3 Sandra explores what it means to be a conscious creator. We become conscious creators by having a conscious and loving relationship with ourselves. Everything in our life is a result of the choices we make, the thoughts that we focus on, the beliefs that we hold, our response to circumstances and the actions that we take or don’t take in pursuit of our dreams. Whatever is in our life is there “on purpose” and if we are taking 100% Response-ability for everything in our lives. Sandra teaches us the 2 questions to ask ourselves in order to keep us living gently and lovingly in a conscious relationship with ourselves. Remember that this podcast is for you! Join Sandra at the intersection of personal responsibility, creative imagination, and inspired action. If you have heard something today that made you feel like you want to talk about it further with Sandra - reach out to us at - come and have a chat with Sandra!
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YES, THANK YOU, AND...
05/17/2024
YES, THANK YOU, AND...
In Episode 2, Sandra is exploring the concept of Accepting. Joseph Campbell said “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” If we can learn to embrace the cycle of accepting every offer and then offering back something that builds upon that offer, we will discover a constant state of ease and grace. Sandra shows us how to accept EVERYTHING that comes into our life as a gift to be learned from, grown through, and embraced… even if it seems really hard. Learn to say “Yes, thank you, and…” to every offer that comes into your life! Remember that this podcast is for you! If you have heard something today that made you feel you want to talk about it further with Sandra - reach out to us at - come onto the podcast and chat with Sandra!
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Our Journey Starts Here
05/10/2024
Our Journey Starts Here
We invite you to join Sandra Cavanaugh and learn about the foundations of Spontaneous Brilliance. In this episode, we invite you to begin a journey with us to live our lives in alignment with our sacred purpose. Life is supposed to be fun and we are here to Act ON PURPOSE, in alignment with Our Dreams-intentionally. Learn to treat yourself as if you don't know there is anything you cannot do! This podcast is for you - some episodes will be Sandra sharing wisdom and others will be with you, yes, YOU. Reach out to us at to chat with Sandra.
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