On The Verge with Cara Bradley
Cara Bradley - Author, Body-Mind Expert
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Join Cara Bradley, a best-selling author, body-mind expert, and former pro skater for no-hype advice to settle down, show up and shine. Every week Cara shares essential practices and strategies to shift busy to best. Find out more at www.carabradley.net
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#15: MORNING MESSAGES | I See Your Brilliance | Cara Bradley
I sense your intelligence, your wisdom and your creative impulse. When you start to trust yourself to live from your brilliance instead of fear and doubt, the game changes.
1 day ago
#14: MORNING MESSAGES – A New Conversation
We are not going back to normal. How will you change the conversation you have with yourself about your needs, desires and dreams? It's a huge question.
2 days ago
#13: MORNING MESSAGES – Spark Your Curiosity
Learn a simple exercise from Flow Experts to spark your curiosity and ignite your sense of aliveness.
3 days ago
#12: MORNING MESSAGES – Beyond Right and Wrong
Rumi said, "Out beyond the idea of right and wrong there is a field. I'll meet you there." Get out of our own way and we're available to greet each other fully.
4 days ago
#11: MORNING MESSAGES – Your Wild Child
Today is a call to be imperfect and unscripted. You may discover genuine desires and inner wisdom hanging out underneath the static of “doing.”
Jul 31, 2020
#10: MORNING MESSAGES – Walk With Me
Ram Dass said, “We are all walking each other home.” Morning Messages are an invitation to “walk with me” and explore this precious human experience.
Jul 30, 2020
#9: MORNING MESSAGES – The One Thing
As you do one thing, you do all things. How do the little things inform us of how we do the big things. And, once you get this, it’s hard to forget.
Jul 29, 2020
#8: MORNING MESSAGES – Clean Out. Put Back In.
What if you could clean out everything. And then, put back in only that which is useful and brings you joy? What would that leave you with?
Jul 27, 2020
#7: MORNING MESSAGES – The Invitation
The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer—a collection of words that has had its way with me for decades. Sit back. Let yourself be moved.
Jul 27, 2020
#6: MORNING MESSAGES – Defying Self-Help
Defying self-help doesn't mean turning against everything out there. It's a reminder to trust your wisdom and intelligence and—above all else—to "do you."
Jul 24, 2020
#5 MORNING MESSAGES – You Already Know.
You have the intelligence you need to live intentionally but likely drown your inner voice whispering wisdom and guidance. Go find that voice.
Jul 23, 2020
#4 MORNING MESSAGES – Start Small. Stay Steady.
Start small. Stay steady. Build from there. Our lives are built upon our daily practices. Tune in for more.
Jul 22, 2020
#3: MORNING MESSAGES – Your First 10 Minutes
What do the first ten minutes of your day look like? Tune in and hear what I do to prepare for a positive and powerful day.
Jul 21, 2020
#2 MORNING MESSAGES: Make This Day Extraordinary
Today's inquiry - How can we make this day extraordinary? What can we do to care for ourselves and others and to ease our stress and struggle?
Jul 20, 2020
#1 MORNING MESSAGES: Intro-The What and Why
Here it is! Quick, raw and unedited. Morning Messages--hits of inspiration, practices, stories and possibilities delivered in six minutes or less—every day!
Jun 29, 2020
ENTREPRENEUR | #4 This Will Not Fail
The intention of this short series is to offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the highs and lows of starting and running businesses.
In this episode, I talk about my greatest professional accomplishment — Verge Yoga — my good, bad and brave moments.
Thank you for listening to this series. Talking about the details of my career colored with failures and successes has been therapeutic for me. I hope it's been helpful for you.
For more on Verge Yoga go to: https://vergeyogacenter.com
The Entrepreneur Series was produced by Julianna Bradley
May 29, 2020
ENTREPRENEUR | #3 Central Park, Halfpipes & Ice Cream
Sharing the full picture of starting and closing businesses including the often left out stories of “crash and burn” failures. Next up: Rollerblade!
May 6, 2020
ENTREPRENEUR | #2: That Was Mistake Number One
I started Blade Skatewear 30 years ago. No matter how much time has passed, the sense of failure is lurking just under the skin. It never really goes away.
Apr 23, 2020
Entrepreneur | #1: Ideas Into Action
Stories of digging deep to find purpose, turning ideas into action, and finding the grit and motivation to keep on going.
Apr 14, 2020
NEW SERIES: Entrepreneur (Trailer)
Tune into the trailer for a sneak peek of Cara Bradley's new series about creativity and the behind-the-scenes truth of running a business.
Mar 22, 2020
#153: Step. Step. Don’t Know.
The state of "not knowing" is brutal. It can make us suffer—greatly. Learning to live in this uncertainty can be liberating and filled with possibility. Tune in for more...
Mar 15, 2020
#152: I Used To Feel So Free! [MINI-MESSAGE]
Are you longing for those days when you felt lighter and brighter? Tune into this Mini-Message for an inspiring story of a 7-year old and a toddler.
Mar 6, 2020
151: (3) Be Mentally Fit In A Fast-Moving World
Cara interviews Dr. Shawn Talbott, a stress expert and psychonutritionist. Learn about the relationship between mental fitness and the gut-brain connection.
Feb 27, 2020
#150: (2) Be Mentally Fit In A Fast-Moving World
Join Cara for a 3-part series on how to turn chronic stress into mental fitness. Discover how to feel clear, have more energy and feel awake and alive.
Feb 21, 2020
#149: (1) Be Mentally Fit In A Fast-Moving World
Join Cara for a special 3-part series about turning chronic stress into mental fitness. Hear stories about what works to reduce the effects of stress, feel clearer and calmer, have more energy, and feel alive again.
Feb 16, 2020
#148: Pushing To Produce
Do you feel like you are pushing projects or forcing things to happen? Listen in as Cara shares her struggle with being patient and how she is breaking her habits of pushing to do, achieve and produce.
Feb 10, 2020
#147: A Respite From Doing [MINI-PRACTICE]
What if the peace you are seeking is already right here, waiting for you to pause? Experience calm by tuning into this short meditation practice.
Jan 31, 2020
#146: Stability [MINI-MESSAGE]
Stability. It's the intersection of strength and flexibility. Tune into this Mini-Message for more on cultivating stability of body and mind.
Jan 23, 2020
#145: The Verge – Where Life Thrives
A verge is a boundary or edge. It's a threshold between being over here and over there. The verge is where shift takes place. It's also where we thrive. Tune in as Cara talks about big changes and edges as she transitions out of her business Verge Yoga.
Jan 19, 2020
#144: What If You Stopped?
Would happen if you stopped all of the busyness? Take inventory of how you're spending your precious life by answering a few thought-provoking questions.
Jan 16, 2020
#143: Slow Down and Stop [MINI-PRACTICE]
Pausing to turn down the volume outside and turn up the volume of your inner experience is not only relaxing, it is also necessary for optimal mental wellness. Join Cara for this short guided meditation to slow down your thinking mind.
Jan 8, 2020
#142 Slow Down. 15. [MINI-MESSAGE]
Tune into this quick-hit tip on how a middle school crossing guard reminds us to slow down as move through the world.
Jan 5, 2020
#141: What Are You Tired Of Talking About?
Negative thinking is like little pokes at your self esteem. It does little to improve your life. What you are tired of thinking? Name it to change it.
Jan 2, 2020
#140: High-Quality Intentions [MINI-PRACTICE]
Bring a quality of attention and intention to your life by developing moment to moment awareness. Learn how in this short guided meditation.
Dec 29, 2019
#139: How To Be Impeccable
Being impeccable means to move in the world in alignment with high level values like love, truth and service. Learn how to be impeccable in this new year and new decade by bringing a quality of attention and intention to everything you do.
Dec 25, 2019
#138: Joy To The World! [MINI-MESSAGE]
Eckhart Tolle asks, "Are you polluting the world or helping to clean it up?" In this quick tip episode, Cara talks about how to catch yourself and shift your state when your mood turns negative or your actions turn sour.
Dec 22, 2019
#137: Double-Down On Tenderness
Everyone you meet is dealing with some level of struggle. Learn how let go of the judgment of others (and yourself) and to instead try a little tenderness.
Dec 17, 2019
#136: Be Kind (to You) [MINI-PRACTICE]
Try this quick loving-kindness practice to lift your mood. Loving-kindness, called metta in Pali, is not a romantic type of love, but rather a behavior, an offering of friendliness toward all living beings — including yourself. Especially yourself.
Dec 15, 2019
#135: After The Holidays. Really?
This rerun episode is a call to stop the insanity of putting your wellbeing off until "after the holidays" (or after the summer, or after the fill in the blank). Tune in to learn how to set priorities and put YOU first.
Dec 11, 2019
#134: Move Now to Energize! [MINI-PRACTICE]
Pull your hand away from that afternoon snack. Don't pour the coffee! Instead, wake up your brain in just a few minutes in Cara's Spinal 6 Mini-Win Practice.
Dec 8, 2019
#133: Your Untapped Potential [MINI-MESSAGE]
Potential. It represents capacity—your capacity. Potential is your unique qualities to touch, serve, educate and inspire others. Untapped potential means those qualities lay dormant. They are yet uncultivated. Tune in to learn how to begin manifesting or awakening your potential. It’s easier than you think.
Dec 4, 2019
#132: Ground Yourself [MINI-PRACTICE]
Practice alert! Get grounded, steady and stable in this short guided meditation with Cara.
Dec 3, 2019
#131: You are #1 [MINI-MESSAGE]
Put yourself first! Yes, you can! This mini-message explores how to finally, once and for all, put your needs and your health first in line. We'll talk about how to make sure that you are feeding and fueling your body and mind to be your best self (instead of that, not so fun, busy, speedy, distracted self).
Nov 24, 2019
#130: Be Nothing Less Than Fully You
In this episode Cara shares how she's gone from inauthentic and living with soul-crushing self-doubt, to committing to being nothing less than 100% authentic. She offers practical steps to show up fully you right away.
Nov 10, 2019
#129: Flip This Switch In The Morning
Do morning monsters overtake you before you even get out of bed? Do you wake up with a heavy feeling of dread in your chest? In this episode, Cara shares the importance of paying close attention to your thoughts in the first minutes upon waking.
Oct 26, 2019
#128 Being Busy Is A Choice
Why are we rushing through life proclaiming to be so "crazy busy?" Stop this insanity! Learn how to go beyond your busy self and start being your best self.
Oct 12, 2019
#127: Come Home To Yourself
What are you doing to tap into your deepest desires, curiosities and passions? In this episode Cara shares how, up until recently, she had lost her connection with herself, she had forgotten to tend to her fire, her inner fire. If you feel lost in the daily speed of your growing lists and over-crowded schedules, you might be in the same boat.
Sep 29, 2019
#126: Are You Willing to Come Undone?
Feeling stuck in your body, work or in a relationship? Explore how to let go and come undone. We can’t force what’s been hidden to come forth. We can’t force our shadows to reveal themselves. In fact, we’ve become expert at keeping our shadows undercover. That’s why we call them shadows. But, we can be willing to come undone just enough for our deep feelings of fear or inadequacy to be exposed.
Sep 15, 2019
#125: Wake Up Call: How Do You Hide?
If you strive to be fully authentic, don’t miss this episode. Getting deeply personal, Cara shares why she’s been hiding beneath veils of loneliness and sadness and how she’s now finally able to name her shadows.
Jul 30, 2019
#124: Be Willing to Show Up and Suck
In order to succeed at anything, you’ve got to be willing to show up and suck. Eleanor Roosevelt famously said, “Do something that scares you every day” (and be willing to suck at it). What are you currently doing that scares you—even a little bit? What is making you uncomfortable? In this fiery episode, Cara talks about growth—your growth—and how doing stuff that scares you is the path of growth.
Jul 14, 2019
#123: Strike A Pose!
If you didn’t know her before, you know her now. Megan Rapinoe, is the captain of the US Women’s National Soccer Team. She is also that purple haired, top scoring, and charismatic total badass who has recently inspired women around the globe with “the pose.”
Jul 7, 2019
#122: Exhausted No More
Do you feel exhausted more often than not? If so, the antidote may not be to get more rest. If you feel depleted and exhausted all of the time, you may not need more space or time alone. In this show Cara brings you a passionate talk about about dilemma many of us face day in and day out— feeling overworked and overwhelmed. She also chimes in about a common habit you may have adopted (along with the rest of us). It’s the unskillful (and unattractive) habit of blaming the world for your crappy mood or negative state.
Jun 2, 2019
#121: Wake Up. You’re Not Dead Yet.
Looking to the outside world to make things better? Wake up and try being a self-authoring human being instead. Do you feel overwhelmed, overworked and over scheduled? Do you feel as though there’s not enough time, space or peace in your life? If so, then wake up and tune into this episode. You’ll hear my passionate plea about waking up and becoming a self-authoring and anti-fragile human being.
May 19, 2019
#120: Alive Scale – 1-5 How Alive Do You Feel?
Fully Alive, Engaged and Awake: Live at four or five and there’s no stopping you. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself, “How awake and engaged am I in my life right now?” If you’re like most people, the answer is likely to be not often or never. In this episode, Cara brings you her Aliveness Scale. A way to measure states throughout the day—the Alive Scale is new. You’re getting it hot off the presses and still somewhat unformed (which is sometimes the best, isn’t it?)
May 13, 2019
#119: How Struggle Leads To Flow
Your struggle is not only useful, it’s necessary for growth and creativity. Are you struggling in a relationship or with a project at work? Don’t wish it away! There’s good news. In Cara’s latest short snippet of no-hype advice, she talks about struggle, your struggle, her struggle and how our struggle can lead us into flow—where we feel bigger, brighter, and better all around.
Apr 28, 2019
#118: Start Before You Are Ready
Start now. Get going. Stop waiting around for everything to “line up.” Do you have a great idea for a project, business, lifestyle but can’t seem to jump start it? Or, are you waiting for more information, more expertise, more something? In this episode, Cara talks about how to find the courage to start before you “think” you are ready — a concept she learned from motivational speaker Mel Robbins.
Apr 21, 2019
#117: Feedback Stings—Use It To Get Clear
Find out how to use feedback to get clear on what’s holding you back. We are brilliant beings with intelligence flooding, our systems. 24/7. We each have unique gifts to share with the world—our own unique version of lightness and brightness. However, oftentimes feedback gets in the way. It happens all the time. We receive constructive criticism and we shut down. We block ourselves from really listening. We hold ourselves back from showing up in our brilliance.
Apr 14, 2019
#116: Rekindle Your Childhood Aliveness
Find out how to spark aliveness and the sense of optimism, courage, confidence and contentment that comes along with it. We spend way too much time living in our heads feeling dulled and disconnected. As adults we move further and further away from natural childhood curiosity and excitement. We mute our enthusiasm for the delightfully simple things in life in exchange for getting more stuff done. In this episode, Cara talks about a better way to live by being a kid again.
Apr 7, 2019
#115: What Are You Most Curious About?
Find out how to spark your natural seeking curiosity and feel more alive. Did you know that humans are hard-wired to seek out new and different territories? In other words, we are born naturally curious beings. Being interested in new stuff is our survival mechanism! Unfortunately, as we get older (and busier), we seem to get less curious and more passive. For instance, we may unconsciously jump on Netflix rather than read a non-fiction book, or, scroll through Facebook rather than learn about melting glaciers or the new species of ants recently discovered.
Mar 29, 2019
#114: A Great Tool to Make Time Your Ally
Learn how a tomato and 25 minutes gets you into flow every time. In this episode Cara talks about a powerful tool called The Pomodoro Technique also know as the Tomato Timer. (fun, isn’t it?). She explains how it has been a game changer in her life. In short, it’s helped her make time her ally and not her enemy. In other words, she’s learned to work with time, not against it. Furthermore and most importantly, she talks about how this simple productivity tool gets her into Flow.
Mar 17, 2019
#113: On Balancing Knowing and Being
Knowing and being. Learn how to balance the two, what it feels like to be at the extremes, and how to play and dance in flow. In this episode Cara talks about paying attention to our need to know and yearn to be.
Mar 10, 2019
#112: Your Body Tells The Story
Your body is telling your story. Before you even open your mouth others can sense who you are. Your state of being walks in the room before you utter a word. Discover how to become fluent in the language of your body by tuning into your nervous system and your state all day long. In this episode Cara talks about the importance of making our state our priority.
Jan 31, 2019
#110: When Needy is Creepy and How to Stop Neediness
Being needy feels creepy—in our bones. Learn how to notice and move past expecting. How does it feel to be needy? Do you feel creepy when you expect, want, hope someone will do something for your benefit? What does it feel like in your body? In this episode Cara explores this provocative phrase she first learned from master coach Rich Litvin. She describes her own experiences of feeling needy and how awfully inauthentic it feels to want others to “do” or “give” you something.
Dec 16, 2018
#109: This Moment Is Your Life. Don’t Miss It.
Life is happening. Your life is happening. Right now your life is in process. Moments are coming and going, never to return again. No matter what you’re doing or not doing or what you’re saying or not saying, this moment matters as much as any other you’ve lived.
Dec 2, 2018
#108: Returning To Center
Return to center and you’ll move in the world feeling “just right.”
What does it feel like to be centered, why does it matter and how do we get there? In this episode Cara explores shares how she taps into her natural state of clarity and calm.
Nov 18, 2018
#107: When Simple Is Profound
We are not equipped for the speed of the 21st century. Simple practices can show you how to adapt. Meet Johnny Gillespie—a master mechanic of body and mind with decades of experience teaching simple ways to move and breathe more efficiently and live with more integrity and joy. In this episode we talk about morning routines, essential practices for healthy living and, of course, living in flow. Tune in for a delightful conversations between old friends chock full of laughter and ah-ha’s.
Nov 4, 2018
#104: Finding White Space
White Space. They are moments, minutes, or hours of unscheduled time when you stop doing stuff and simply experience life as in real time. One of the benefits of getting older is being able to predict on Monday morning how I’m likely to feel by Friday afternoon. This crystal ball shows up as my color-coded weekly calendar. The more color on my spreadsheet, the more I need to pay attention. Here’s why:
Oct 28, 2018
#103: What Makes You High? What Are You Waiting For?
Get high on life. Step up to the plate and bang this day out of the park. Consider this, what makes you high and what if it sounds crazy, and is different than how you’re living right now? What really makes you high? Tick tock, tick tock. C’mon just answer the question. These days are going by fast. If we don’t take the time to know what makes our heart sing, we may die wondering. Don’t die wondering. Pause. Be willing to get real with yourself and name what makes you high. Then, go and schedule a few dates with yourself in your calendar. Schedule time to be with friends or to take that class you’ve been wanting to try or better yet, do something completely out of character
Oct 21, 2018
#102: Stop With The Self-Help
Stop wasting your time on self-help. Instead, lean into what makes you come alive. Do you know what makes your heart sing? If not go find out. And then go do it. In this fiery episode Cara encourages you to get off the self-help hamster wheel and get back to living your life. Stop the self-loathing and the shame. Stop the constant and never-ending improvement. Instead of wasting your time with self-help books and stuff you don’t like to do, lean into what makes you come alive. Spend more of your few and precious days doing that.
Oct 14, 2018
#101: Don’t Die Wondering. Come Alive Today.
Feeling fully alive. Schedule some into your day, week and month. What does it feels like to come alive? When was the last time you felt exhilarated or electrified? What were you doing and who were you with? In this episode Cara challenges you to think about what lights you up and makes your heart sing.
Oct 7, 2018
#100: Blow Your Mind With Sky Gazing
In this episode, Cara explains why this micro-practice opens our mind. You’ll learn how catching a glimpse of the expansive sky is not only settling, it’s downright mind blowing. Furthermore, discover how this simple Tibetan Buddhist practice comes from the tradition of Dzogchen aimed at discovering and continuing in the natural state of being.
Sep 30, 2018
#99: Try This Micro-Practice To Find Your Flow In 15 Minutes
Learn this 15 minute micro-practice and shift into flow—your optimal state of focused attention and effectiveness. There’s a reason the typical TED talk lasts around 15 minutes. Research shows that our focus starts to drift at the 10-15 minute mark of a talk or lecture. In other words, our attention has a shelf life. In this episode Cara offers you a micro-practice, or quick strategy, to make the most of your finite attention span.
Sep 23, 2018
#98: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Tomorrow is today. Do you sense the fierce urgency of now? Now. It’s elusive and slippery. Now. It’s all we have—and it’s going by fast. Stuck in our head, preoccupied with “he said, she said,” we miss the moment that we’re in. Poof. It’s gone, never to happen again. How do we show up right now? How do we not miss this moment? These questions and more drive me into my daily body-mind practices.
Sep 9, 2018
#97: Below the Stream of Busyness
Busyness, it’s a national addiction. When was the last time you hung out with nothing on your schedule? Are you an obsessive list maker, planner or organizer or forever seeking self improvement? If so, you may be harboring unconscious and even addictive patterns of behavior resulting in low-level stress or anxiety. Learn how taking an hour or two a week without your phone, lists, plans or self-help schemes can expose your unhelpful patterns and how interrupting them is not only necessary, it’s downright liberating.
Sep 2, 2018
#96: Your “Hell Yeah” Wake-Up Call
I’m still buzzing from a powerful exercise I (sort of) made up about finding my “hell yeah.” It’s inspired by the bestseller Tools of Titans in which author Tim Ferriss engages with programmer-philosopher Derek Sivers about saying hell yeah and saying no. Sivers writes: “If I’m not saying “HELL YEAH!” about something, then I say no. If I feel anything less than “Wow! That would be amazing! Absolutely! Hell Yeah!” — then my answer is no."
Aug 12, 2018
#95: The Power Of Pause
Power pause. Discover how to up your game and perform your best. We are starving for stillness and silence in our culture. Doesn’t it seem like there is noise and chaos everywhere? The truth is that the world is not going to slow down and get less noisy simply because you want it to. You have to commit to taking time to pause. I’ve grown to appreciate that pausing truly is golden. Taking breaks settle me in a matter of minutes.
Aug 5, 2018
#94: No Speed. No Struggle.
[rebroadcast] Speed creates struggle. Slow down and stop moving so fast.
Let's talk about stress and struggle and how we race around town. There's the obvious physical speed but there's also mental and emotional speed. Learn to notice speed and how running too fast causes accidents and mistakes. Discover how to pause and slow your life down.
How to slow down? Try these tips.
Sticky notes - Put simple messages around your home, office (and car) to slow down.
Bells - Use dings and boings to remind you to pause
Thresholds - Notice your state of being when transitioning from one room to another
Red lights - Watch your breath during the stop
Arrive early - Try being ten minutes early for appointments to avoid stress
What are some of the benefits of moving slowly?
Experience more mental space and clarity
Sense life more fully, i.e. your cup of coffee, your lunch, the conversation
You become more efficient and effective
At the end of the day, people who move more sl…
Jul 29, 2018
#93: Solitude: Are You Getting Yours?
Being alone is not time wasted. Solitude is time well spent.
Do you spend time alone? Where do you find solitude? Also, what do you do when by yourself? In this episode I pose these questions and more and encourage you to meet yourself in the quiet spaces of your mind. More importantly I share how it's precisely in those quiet spaces in which you unlock your true yearning and wisdom.
How do you find solitude away from outside influence, in your own inner whispering, in your own radiant brilliance?
Is it in the early morning or late at night?
Furthermore, when do you meet yourself in unscheduled, unstructured, unrushed time and what do you do discover?
If you’re not spending time in solitude, I encourage you to ask why? What are you avoiding? If you're intrigued, I encourage you to start simple in some of the following ways:
Get up 15 minutes earlier
Write 2-3 pages in your journal every day
Get outside and look at the sky for 5-10 minutes
Take a walk without extra entert…
Jul 22, 2018
#92: Stop It! There Is No Normal.
There is no normal so why are you trying to control everything?
Life is unpredictable. But you already know that. There is no normal even though you wish there was. But you already know that too.
What you may not be aware of is that when you try to make life predictable (and normal) you set yourself up for more stress. In other words, try to control life—situations and people—and suffering rolls right in.
Consider what you are trying to normalize (or control). Get honest about the people and situations you try to manipulate on your behalf. Ask yourself the following questions:
What/who are you trying to control?
Does drama follow you around? If yes, what/who specifically is causing the drama?
How is trying to normalize life working out?
What are you willing to stop trying to normalize?
The great news is that letting go of control sets you free. When you give others freedom to be as they are (instead of trying to control them), you not only free yourself from unnecessary…
Jul 15, 2018
#91: Get Out Of Your Mind And Live Body-First
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Live body-first. Shift beyond just thinking about life into the full sensory flow of life.
Do you ever feel like a brain on a stick, drowning in mental chatter and disconnected from your body? Learn how to get out of your mind and live body-first and in flow where you experience less thinking more being.
In this episode Cara describes how living in flow is at the tip of your nose and the soles of your feet. She talks about how being stuck in your thoughts disconnects you from your body and senses and can leave you feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. In addition she explains how getting out of your mind and into your body stabilizes and energizes you in the following ways:
Out Of Your Mind And In Your Body
When you're out of your mind:
Mental chatter settles
Your inner critic goes quiet
When you live in your body:
You feel strong, stable and clear
Your senses light up
You experience life in high definition
You’re feel more connected to your body…
Jul 8, 2018
#90: Why Being Stable is Sexy
Stability is not only sexy, it's downright powerful.
Stability gets a bad rap. In our culture of more and better and “new and shiny” being steady and stable seems boring and unattractive.
I beg to differ. As a teacher and coach I witness transformation every day. When we learn to settle down and steady our body and mind we quickly become clearer, brighter, and yes, sexier.
In this episode I talk about three types of stability—physical, mental and emotional—and why being stable in not only sexy, it’s downright powerful. You'll learn to identify stability and you’ll learn how to return to your stable base when you’re feeling shaky and unsteady. Furthermore, explore ways to train your body and mind to be more stable more often.
Finally, learn to be more stable and steady in a world that is becoming more and more speedy and noisy and you’ll consistently feel more balanced and cheerful, more open and available. Ultimately as you stabilize and integrate your systems you’…
Jun 24, 2018
#89: Waking Up is Both a Blessing and a Curse
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Waking up. Get underneath your mental clutter to see what's really going on.
Waking up. It’s the buzz in spiritual circles. What does it mean and why does it matter? Also, what are we waking up from? The answers to these questions are not always easy to hear. They may reveal deep truths about how we are living, what we are doing or not doing, saying or not saying. One thing is for sure, once we wake up it is hard to fall back asleep.
Waking up is a fancy way of describing what it feels like to get a dose of reality. Call it a whisper it your ear or a slap in the face. And when it happens there is place to hide
Waking up can be both a blessing and a curse (so be careful what you ask for.)
Wake Up From Your Dreams
Waking up can feel refreshing like when you first open your eyes in the morning. Refreshed from a good night’s sleep you wake up from your dreams and have to reorient yourself for a moment. Dreams from the night before may appear foggy or unclear. As…
Jun 17, 2018
#88: Can You Handle The Truth?
Don't wait another day to acknowledge the truth. 3 steps to getting clear.
If you keep doing what you’re doing you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. The truth is deep down you already know what you want and you already know what you need. Are you willing to hear the answers?
In other words, can you handle the truth?
In this episode I talk about the veil that exists between you and the truth of what you really, really want. In the long run, if you keep running circles around the obvious, you’re going to find yourself stuck with the same problems a decade from now.
Over your lifetime you accumulate patterns and conditions that separate you from deep yearnings. It’s your responsibility to get clear. No one will do it for you—ever.
3 Steps to Getting Clear
Here's a quick version of the steps I further explain in this episode.
Get quiet: Get up early or stay up late.
Ask the question – What do I really, really want?
Write it down: Put pen to paper. Fill three pag…
Jun 15, 2018
#85: Stress: Name Yours to Drastically Change Your Life
Want to Drastically Change the Quality of Your Life? Name Your Stress.
Stress is a sneaky bugger. Like an invisible gas, stress creeps into our systems and slowly disassembles our life. We have no idea how much we absorb. Furthermore, we are unconscious about how much we manifest.
According to the Mayo Clinic, being able to recognize common symptoms of stress can give you a jump on managing them.
While it's necessary to understand the physical effects of stress, it's also equally important to understand what is stressing us out. In other words, bring your anxieties and inconveniences out in the open for investigation instead of shoving down or ignoring their causes.
That is to say, not dealing with stress can result in more stress.
In this episode, I get personal about my own stressors and why, lately, I am actually feeling clear and calm. Also, I share the effects stress has had on my body and overall wellbeing, i.e. weight gain, irritability, etc. To illustrate my point I share…
Jun 10, 2018
#87: 3 Ways to Clean up your Sloppy Brain
Avoid Accidents and Incidents. Clean up Sloppy Brain.
I call my busy mind my “sloppy brain” when I’m distracted and feel clumsy and out of sorts. Let’s face it, sloppy brain happens to all of us. I once went to work with my slippers on. No joke! Luckily, as a yoga teacher, I spend most of my workday barefoot, but that still didn’t protect me from the loving abuse I took from colleagues and students.
I see examples of sloppy brain on the highway, in the grocery store — everywhere. Too many of us are sloppy in how we show up in our day-to-day lives.
This isn’t a judgment, just a fact.
Put simply, your sloppy mind is in a weakened state. It speeds through life and doesn’t slow down to take even a few seconds to tell you to, say, mindfully place your phone and keys in the same place, set your teacup away from your laptop, or notice the stop sign in front of you.
Furthermore, accidents happen when you get stuck in the loop of the sloppy brain. Some of these incidents are…
Jun 3, 2018
#86: Wearing Jeans: Not too tight. Not too loose.
Live your life the way you wear your jeans — not too tight and not too loose.
Finding the perfect fitting pair of jeans is an art form, much like life. After time, tight jeans make us cranky and the loose ones make us feel sloppy. Much like life, well fitting jeans make us feel alert to what's happening yet relaxed with what is. What does this all mean?
In this free-form episode Cara shares how she was recently inspired with a great idea for a talk but she put off recording a podcast episode thinking she could save it for another day. As a result of her procrastination, she learned that you cannot recreate creative impulse. Furthermore, she discovered that genius happens in the moment so we need to be ready for it.
When a moment of inspiration strikes, what do you do? Does your chronic perfectionism set in? Do you procrastinate? When you are hit with a great idea or stroke of genius do you listen carefully and take action right away?
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May 20, 2018
#84: Be Free. How to Get Out of Your Own Way
Be free and get out of your way. What does it mean to do so and how do we do it every day?
Feeling free is our birthright. The truth is, however, that we get in our own way of feeling free all the time. In this episode I talk about what happens when you place obstacles in your path to your freedom and to realizing your potential. I'll also discuss what it feels like to block our light and how to remove such obstacles so that you can get on with the business of showing up and shining in all areas of your life.
There's a lot in this episode so be sure to listen to the end. We'll explore what happens when you get in your way, what it feels like in your body, heart and mind. In addition we will look at the patterns and conditions that hold us back and block our path including, doubt, judgment, comparison, anxiety, envy, etc.
I talk about my obstacles including playing small, giving away my power, diminishing myself and to often deferring to experts for advice when I already have the answ…
May 13, 2018
#83: Morning Dread and the Beckoning of Your Inner Voice
Dread is the sense of apprehension or fear.
Dread, we all face it from time to time. It manifests as uneasiness in our gut. Also felt as a quickening in our heart or a clenching of our throat, dread is your inner voice offering you a message. Call it an impulse, yearning or a beckoning, the truth is we don't like to listen to dread. We speed right past the tightening and tension in order to not face the truth these messages bear. In fact, we're more likely to drown apprehension by staying busy or pushing fear so far down in our gut that it remains out of sight (or so we think.)
The bottom line is we submerge dread and it's subtle signals arising from our head, heart and gut all of the time. Signals that offer guidance, direction and insight into what we truly desire and what's working or not in our lives. Such messages disguised as sensations emerge to poke and prod at our consciousness trying to wake us up out of our slumber.
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May 6, 2018
#82: How Playing Small Hurts
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It hurts to hold back and play small. Find out how you may be holding back and how to stop it right now.
Are you playing small in life? Do you hold back from speaking the truth, voicing your opinion, asking for what you want? Also, have you ever felt the pain of feeling insignificant? In this episode Cara shares her own battle with playing small and how she's doing her best to shed this unhelpful, and often destructive habit. Especially relevant is an inspiring quote by Marianne Williamson that is fueling her motivation to stop playing small.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't…
Apr 29, 2018
#81: Get to Know Flow to Live in Flow – On Purpose and On Demand
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Get to know what it feels like to be in flow in order to consistently live in flow.
Flow is a sense of expanded awareness and full engagement when you feel better and perform better. It's a sense of aliveness, connection and natural confidence. Do you know what it feels like to be in flow?
In this episode Cara compares the sense of being in flow to surfing a wave or floating down a river. Better yet she asks you to recall the scene in the smash hit Finding Nemo when Nemo’s father, Dory and their new turtle friend found their way onto the Eastern Australian Current (EAC). This current carried them (and other fish-types) throughout the ocean. The film portrays riding the EAC to be an experience of joy and connection, delight and wellbeing. Cara compares being in flow, our natural state of aliveness, to floating (and sometimes flying) on the EAC.
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Apr 18, 2018
#80: Flow State – Learn to Return. Train to Sustain.
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Flow State: Learn to return and train to sustain this clear, calm and stable state.
Flow is extraordinarily ordinary. This natural way of dancing with life hides beneath our every day busy-ness. Conditioned to live in the mindset of “crazy busy,” we get stuck in our head and forget there’s a vast and intelligent sensory system communicating with us. As a result, we miss messages. Because of this, we focus more on doing than on experiencing and more on thinking than on feeling.
In flow we feel clear, alert and engaged.
In flow we move through life with a natural effortlessness regardless of external resistance or stickiness.
In flow we feel confident and strong.
Living in this powerful state we see more, feel more and know more not only from our head, but also from our heart and gut. We shift from swimming in the chaos of frantic thinking to slipping into a bright aliveness. Awareness expands to include a full spectrum of intelligence where we access i…
Mar 28, 2018
#79: 3 Ways to Make a Switch — Right Now
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Switch it up! Shift your state. Elevate your focus. Upgrade your connection.
Being present slows time down. It opens us. Showing up in the moment offers us a glimpse into the space where we find the courage to change — to switch. In this episode Cara takes you through the process of how to make a switch — right now. You’ll learn how to:
1) Notice and name when you feel off-center, out of balance, stressed or uneasy.
2) Decide if you need to make the switch in your body, mind or heart. Discover how to shift your physical state, elevate your mental focus and upgrade your emotional connections with yourself and others.
3) Take action on something immediately that will positively change your life. She talks about mini-wins to maintain and sustain balance and clarity.
Cara leans into this episode with a challenge to stop feeling badly and to start switching up your life.
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Mar 11, 2018
#78: What is your Kryptonite?
Name your Kryptonite. Then let it go.
Kryptonite is a fictional substance best known as SuperMan’s weakness. It's a special rock that, when held, makes his eyes blurry and knees buckle. Kryptonite diminishes the super in SuperMan. You have kryptonite too. You have weaknesses that sap your strength and shut you down. What are they? In this episode Cara tenderly names her kryptonite — self-doubt — and how it has plagued her for years. She gets real and challenges you to do so too.
As she play with her new challenge, she identifies three steps to analyzing self-doubt. Give them a try.
Name a weak pattern that is holding you back from doing what you really want to do.
Sit down with it and have a grown up conversation.
Explore what this weakness feels like when it takes hold of you. For example, my gut clenches, I get hot, my throat closes etc.
As Cara explains, getting real about our weaknesses is the direct path to being free of them. Find the courage to…
Mar 1, 2018
#77: The Undercurrent of Being Alive
Imagine an all-pervading intelligence that moves through every cell of your being — an undercurrent of aliveness that fuels your fire. Most of all, this deeply loving energy is not only nurturing and patient, but is also fearless, unwavering and fiercely pure. In this episode Cara tenderly speaks about the recent death of her father and her life-changing intimacy with primordial intelligence.
Feb 18, 2018
#76: Why Mindfulness Matters with Cheryl Jones
Why mindfulness matters and how it helps to reduce stress and be happy.
Join Cara and mindfulness teacher Cheryl Jones for a casual conversation that offers an inside view about how meditation has changed their lives. Learn how to notice your busy mind, shift beyond over-thinking and the importance of getting out of living in a chronic state of stress reactivity. You'll also discover how awareness of breathing can help you get back to rest-and-digest so you can arrive with clarity and calmness in the moments of your day.
This episode is Part 1 of a 3-Part Series. Go to YouTube for Parts 2 & 3.
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Feb 11, 2018
#75: Tending to Self. Drop Below Busy.
Is being busy worth it?
Beneath the busyness lies the space where we know exactly what we need to feel great. The problem is that we rarely take the time to pause and drop below the noise. In this episode Cara talks about what she learned about tending to the self on a recent retreat and how she’s learning to self-care and listen to her deepest needs for stillness and silence. She offers tips on how tend to your self right away.
Episode #74: Energy Bank Account - Is yours full or empty?
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Feb 4, 2018
#74: Energy Bank Account. Is Yours Full or Empty?
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We spend energy and renew it everyday. Using the analogy of an energy bank account, Cara teaches how to recognize energy deposits and withdrawals. Some are obvious and some are not so obvious. She explains that drama drains our energy, focus fuels us and how being present is the best way to recharge. In this lively episode Cara explains how to manage energy when dealing with difficult people and situations. She offers mini-wins and micro practices or simple strategies to maintain energy deposits, reduce energy withdrawals and to ultimately feel happier and healthier.
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Jan 28, 2018
#73: Wake Up Now (or Miss your Life)
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Most of the time we are not aware that we are not aware. We spend long pockets of time in the dream state—sort of here and sort of not. In this episode Cara takes you through the five levels of awareness she writes about in her book On The Verge: Busy Mind, Wake Up, Power Pause, Glimpse, and Living on the Verge. She sheds light on what happens when we wake up from the passive states of drama and distraction and how to keep from falling back asleep.
Episode #71: Speak the Truth. Find your Ground
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Episode #63 : Move The Ball Forward
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Jan 21, 2018
#72: (3) Dirty Little Words
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In this episode Cara talks about the three dirty little words she hears most. These words are uttered under our breath when we feel overwhelmed and exhausted. They slip out when we're hypercritical. Tune into this episode to learn your dirty little words and what to do to bar them from your life including bodymind mini-wins and micro-practices to restore balance and maintain focus.
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Jan 14, 2018
#71: Speak The Truth. Find Your Ground
In her now infamous Golden Globe acceptance speech Oprah Winfrey told the world that the most powerful thing we could do is to speak the truth. Inspired from this speech Cara explores what it takes to speak the truth and what holds us back from doing so. Cultivate a strong base through practice she recommends. From a stable ground we access the confidence to fully express ourselves. From steady place we find the courage to fly.
Episode #70: Find A Way
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Jan 7, 2018
#70: Find A Way
In this episode Cara talks about the inspiring swimmer Diana Nyad. Her slogan "find a way" helped her swim from Cuba to the US after several failed attempts. Cara talks about her inspiration to "find a way" to achieve her personal and professional goals. She explains how she sets goals and breaks them down into smaller, daily goals. Find a way to succeed every day and your life will be a masterpiece.
Find A Way: The Inspiring Story of One Woman's Pursuit of a Lifelong Dream by Diana Nyad
Blog: (5) Crystal Clear Intentions for 2018
Episode #69: (5) Get Clear in 2018
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Jan 1, 2018
#69: Get Crystal Clear. 5 Intentions for 2018.
In order to create serious long lasting change, we need strong intentions. In this episode Cara passionately encourages you to commit to the “big rocks” instead of small pebbles — to be more of a "we" and less of a "me." She offers 5 intentions called the “4 C’s and a P" including: Care, Connection, Contribution, Creativity and Play. Cara explores these game changing intentions at depth and explains how they will shift you at your core. Buckle your seatbelt. This episode is loaded.
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#68: Let’s Get Knee to Knee
Doesn't it feel amazing to really connect with another human? Not just a fly-by connection, but a real, honest human connection. True intimacy happens when we stop trying to be so efficient and slow ourselves down long enough to meet one another — at the human level. In this episode Cara shares her curiosity with being knee-t0-knee with others. She explores how to both notice and create opportunities to have real human connection every day.
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Dec 10, 2017
#67: Be the Guardian of You
How often do you check in with yourself? Are you able to easily snap out of a negative mood? Do you find yourself riddled with anxious thoughts unable to stop the frenzy? In this episode Cara shares how to become hyper aware of your state and how to shift from frazzled to focus in minutes. She encourages you ask the question, “Am I “in sync” or “out of sync?” Discover a few best practices to quickly shift yourself from anxious, frustrated or sad to strong, stable, and clear.
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Dec 3, 2017
#66: Light Dancing on Water
Do you allow yourself to pause to take in the moment? Are you missing opportunities to experience the brilliance of life streaming both around and within you? In this episode Cara describes the essence of why she teaches. It's called soul force —the intelligence moving through each of us in every moment. Our soul force inspires us to connect, empowers us to create and drives our actions and words. Don't let the busyness of life keep you from discovering your soul force.
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We are just walking each other home - Ram Dass
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Nov 26, 2017
#65: After the Holidays… Really?
Cara gets real in this episode with a call to stop the insanity of putting off your wellbeing off until "after the holidays" (or after the summer, or after the fill in the blank). She talks about setting priorities to put wellness first. She also suggests asking your family to list their favorite traditions and to delete the other busyness that's no longer essential.
Cara encourages you to commit to 5 daily practices: Breathing, Moving, Finding Stillness, Being Quiet, and Getting Outside and to stop the crazy year end cycle of binging and purging
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Nov 19, 2017
#64: Costs Nothing and Goes A Long Way
In this episode Cara describes her practice of really “seeing” people including: making eye contact, deep listening, meeting others where they are, recognizing what they’re going through and finally encouraging people to really shine. She shares a personal story of feeling “seen” and how it not only changed her life but also shifted how she meets family, friends, co-workers and even strangers.
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THE SWITCH - January 24, The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
Episode 47: The Ripple Effect
Episode 33: Becoming A Bigger Container
Blog: Are you a We or a ME?
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Nov 12, 2017
#63: Move The Ball Forward
What are you doing to move the ball forward in your life? In this episode Cara uses a football term to talk about habits and patterns and how what we do today affects the quality of our lives ten years from now. She shares how she deals with anxiety and how her daily body/mind/sacred practices move her ball forward. Cara gets right down to the details of our unhelpful and unconscious habits and how you may be moving your ball backward instead of forward.
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Nov 12, 2017
#63: Move The Ball Forward
What are you doing to move the ball forward in your life? In this episode Cara uses a football term to talk about habits and patterns and how what we do today affects the quality of our lives ten years from now. She shares how she deals with anxiety and how her daily body-mind practices move her ball forward. Cara gets right down to the details of our unhelpful and unconscious habits and how you may be moving your ball backward instead of forward.
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Episode #36: What are your Non-Negotiables?
Episode #25: What's Working. What's Not
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Nov 5, 2017
#62: Your Messy Brilliance
In this episode Cara interviews Kelly McNelis, founder of the on-line community Women For One, and the author of the new bestseller Your Messy Brilliance. They share a lively conversation about how to stop "trying" to be perfect and tell stories of their own imperfections. Kelly offers tools to embrace the messiness of life and how doing so not only frees us from the strife of perfection but also deepens our connection to others and ourselves.
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Oct 29, 2017
#61: Take it. Chuck it. Give it Away.
Clean up the clutter and lighten your load. In this episode Cara talks about the art of placement and how to apply it in your life. She shares how to feel lighter and brighter by keeping only what is essential and trashing the rest. You’ll learn how to start with the stuff in your home and how to then move on to your body, mind and heart. You'll feel better with less by assessing your physical blocks, mental junk and emotional clutter. You'll feel great by letting stuff go.
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
The real miracle in life is not to walk on the earth but to walk on the earth and be present in the moment. Thich Nhat Hanh
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Episode #39: You Get to Make it Up
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Oct 22, 2017
#60: Prioritize. Play Simple. Batch.
Are you in a chronic state of “crazy busy?” Do you have the tools to shift into calm and clear when needed? Fresh off of a few weeks away, Cara shares her commitment to not get overwhelmed while moving from house to apartment. She explains three intentions that keep her sane amidst the crazy busyness: prioritize, play simple and batch. Tune in and learn how to “get things done” without losing your cool.
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Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
10-year McKinsey Flow Study
Episode #59: Stay in your own Lane
Episode #43 : Force, Fix, Flee
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Oct 16, 2017
#59: Stay in Your Own Lane
If you want the freedom to be as you want to be, you’ll need to give others the freedom to be as they want to be. In this episode Cara talks about giving up the habit of trying to control others. She describes her challenge as business owner and mother and knowing when to manage and when to let go. She shares strategies on how to stop getting overly involved in the business of others. Discover how we’re not only easier to be around but also happier when we learn to “stay in our own lane.”
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Adyashanti
The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
Episode #57: You Already Know Who You Are
Episode #43 : Force, Fix, Flee
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Oct 8, 2017
#58: Feet Planted. Eyes Steady.
In this episode Cara offers you a way to feel stable, focused and clear. She shares the practice called Feet Planted. Eyes Steady she uses as the mental strength coach for the Villanova Football team. Cara explains that when our feet are planted on the ground we feel more stable and steady and when are eyes are fixed on one spot, we feel clear and directed. This simple practice can shift your state when on the field, the boardroom or with your kids. Listen and then go give it a try.
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Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are: Amy Cuddy TedTalk
Episode 54: What Holds Your Mind
Episode 45: Be Nimble and Pivot
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Oct 1, 2017
#57: You Already Know Who You Are
In this episode Cara reminds you to trust you already know who you are, you know what you want and the answers are available at your fingertips. In order to build trust in your knowing, she explains, it’s helpful to calm your body and settle mental chatter. To get started, Cara describes simple daily practices she calls “Move. Breathe. Sit.”
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At the center of your being you have the answer.
You know who you are and you know what you want. - Lao Tzu
We are all walking each other home. - Ram Dass
It's all raw material for waking up. - Pema Chodron
Episode 55: Stop Trying So Hard
Episode 53: What a Relief!
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Sep 24, 2017
#56: You Have Reached Cruising Altitude
Do you spend more time being effortful or effortless, forcing or in flow? In this episode Cara continues on her theme from #55: Stop Trying So Hard and takes it further by comparing our habitual “efforting” to a plane during take off — noise and all. She also explains how allowing life to unfold more gracefully feels like the moment a plane reaches cruising altitude. Cruising is when flow happens, when we lose our sense of self, feel at ease and do everything better. Enjoy!
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Episode 55: Stop Trying So Hard
Episode 53: What a Relief!
Episode 43: Force, Flix and Flee
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Sep 18, 2017
#55: Stop Trying So Hard
Are you a chronic striver or over-doer? Do you feel like you try so hard to make life happen in a certain way? How's that working out for you? In this episode Cara encourages you to stop pushing "pedal to the metal" 24/7 and explore the freedom that emerges when we let go of forcing. She shares her struggle with over-doing and striving and how she's created new, healthier habits to get things done.
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Episode 53: What a Relief!
Episode 43: Force, Flix and Flee
Blog: What is your Busy Mind so Busy Doing?
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Sep 10, 2017
#54: What Holds Your Mind?
Mistakes happen when we are not fully present — when we’re sort of here and sort of not. Being distracted in any given moment will always — without fail — cut you off from your full potential. In this episode Cara asks the question, “What holds your mind?” as a way to get to know what your busy mind is so busy doing. She offers tools to get to know the distracting and disruptive thoughts that are blocking you from showing up and shining.
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Episode 51: Hint: The Garage Door is Open
Episode 6: Your Busy Mind
Blog: What is your Busy Mind so Busy Doing?
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Sep 3, 2017
#53: What A Relief!
What a relief! These words are often used to describe the feeling of letting go. In this episode Cara offers you a meditation of sorts guiding you to tune inward and recognize your natural state clear aliveness. In this state, this "ground of being," we feel relieved of carrying the often heavy burden of our roles and responsibilities. Cara points to the incredible lightness of being that arises when we set aside our struggles, even for a moment and offers ways to recognize the freedom that awaits you right now.
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Episode 50: Stable Mind. Stable Body
Episode 46: Put the Luggage Down and Dance
Episode 20: Meet Your Mind
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Aug 27, 2017
#52: Nama… What Did You Say?
If you knew how powerful your words really are you'd think twice before unconsciously throwing around rote sayings, prayers and terms of endearment. In this episode Cara brings you her inspiration about words, their transformative power and how, if we want to share and influence others, we best be aware of what we're saying. She offers you examples of deliberate speech, such as Mr. Fantastic, and how to wake up and be intentional with your words as well. Mastery comes by getting crystal clear on how we're living and fine tuning we're saying should be at the top of the list.
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Episode 25: What's Working. What's Not.
Blog: What's Working. What's Not.
Sermon on the Mount – Emmett Fox
The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
Why "No Problem" is a Big Problem - The Whil Blog – Joe Burton
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Aug 20, 2017
#51: Hint: The Garage Door is Open
The freedom we seek is hidden in plain sight. Everything we desire— love, peace, clarity, ease of being is waiting for us, often times right in front of our nose. In this episode Cara shares her daylong interaction with a young bird in her garage. She uses her story to compare how we close off from life separating ourselves by our limiting beliefs. She encourages you as she encouraged the young bird to look up and look out from beyond your small self as the doorway to freedom is right in front of you.
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Episode 44: Be a Fire Hose
Episode 3: Being Fully Alive
Blog: What makes you feel Fully Alive?
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Aug 13, 2017
#50: Stable Body, Stable Mind and the Purpose of Meditation
Most people want to feel better, calmer and more at ease. Most want to settle their frenzied, non-stop mind. In this episode Cara debunks and demystifies meditation and the purpose behind this invaluable mental practice. She explains why stabilizing your nervous system ultimately settles your mind and how breathing in a deep and balanced pattern immediately calms your body and mind. Clear your schedule for a few minutes and prepare for a guided breathing meditation with Cara towards the end. Don't forget to download the guided practice.
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Episode 20: Meet Your Mind
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Aug 6, 2017
#49: Wake Up, Show Up and Shine
Wake up, show up and shine. In this episode Cara shares her main message and why these simple words fuel her teaching. She explains how waking up from your busy mind and showing up fully engaged for this moment will open the gateway to your ever-present, ever-ready potential/brilliance/genius. Cara shares how you feel great and do great when you allow yourself to ride the wave of emerging and expanding intelligence in this moment, and this one, and this one...
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Episode 44: Be a Fire Hose
Episode 3: Being Fully Alive
Blog: What makes you feel Fully Alive?
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Jul 30, 2017
#48: Be Your Own Guru
Stop believing everything you hear and be your own guru. In this episode Cara encourages you to explore and experiment and not worry what every one else is saying. What does it feel like to be in sync or out of alignment? This simple question reveals the truth about what's working and what's not. This is how we become our own guru. Cara explains that when you stop looking outside for answers and start trusting your own genius, you become the wise teacher you’ve been searching for.
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Episode 38: I do not have my Sh*T together
Episode 25: What's Working. What's Not.
Blog: What's Working. What's Not.
Tim Ferris Podcast
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Jul 23, 2017
#47: The Ripple Effect
Choose your state or the world will choose it for you. In this episode Cara explains how your current state has a ripple effect on how you experience life and who you choose to be right now determines you're life tomorrow, next year, a decade from now. She encourages you to take responsibility for your current state of being and offers a simple three step process to consciously choose how to live more positively and powerfully.
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Episode 44: Be a Firehose
Episode 38: I do not have my Sh*T together
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Jul 16, 2017
#46: Put the Luggage Down and Dance
It’s not until we change perspective that we’re able to see where we've been closed off to experiencing the joy of being fully alive. In this episode Cara talks about a recent moment of awakening—a moment when she felt as though she’d lifted her head out of the sand. In a flash, she saw how she’d been shut down in silence, closed off from music, dancing and laughter for eight years. In telling her story she hopes to stir something in you. Cara asks you to contemplate where in your life you're shut down and emphasizes how it's our birthright to consistently experience ecstatic joy and lightness of being.
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Episode 44: Be a Firehose
Episode 3: Being Fully Alive
Bruce Springsteen Video
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Jul 9, 2017
#45: Be Nimble and Pivot
Can you be nimble? Are willing to shift perspective? How do you pivot? In this episode Cara talks about being flexible, staying astute, and choosing our state. She describes being nimble as a practice of seeing and how being available to shimmy in any moment opens us to multiple opportunities in any moment. This episode is packed with encouragement and real life examples of how to pivot, open your mind to possibilities and continue moving in the direction of your desires.
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Episode 44: Be a Firehose
Episode 43: Force, Fix. Flee.
Episode 41: Get Out of the Mud
Episode 40: You are not stuck
Episode 32: Becoming a Bigger Container
Episode 32: Jumping Patterns
Episode 25: What’s working? What’s not?
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Jul 2, 2017
#44: Be A Fire Hose
"The greatest gift you can give the world is a fully healthy you." This episode is a call to action — a call to amplify your commitment to self-care. Cara reminds you that your wellbeing must be your number one priority. She asks you to admit where you're not balanced, stable, clear, and steady in your life. What are you resisting? Where are you leaking energy? Where are you not functioning at the highest level? Where are you holding negativity? Cara is on a roll this week reminding you that now is your time to step up and be a positive fire hose of life force for the world by committing to being the most fully healthy you possible.
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Episode 35: Where Do You Live?
Blog: Is Your Own House Clean?
Caroline Myss at myss.com
The Tao of Leadership by John Heider
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Jun 25, 2017
#43: Force, Fix, and Flee
This week Cara talks about the On The Verge strategy, Let It Go, Let It Be and how we create struggle by forcing, fixing and fleeing situations and people. She explores forcing as our tendency to manipulate life to move in our favor, fixing as our tendency to make things better, and fleeing as our tendency to ignore, dull or mute. You'll be encouraged to drop your struggle and open to space of infinite possibility waiting outside the realms of forcing, fixing, and fleeing.
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Episode 40: You are not stuck
Episode 33: Becoming a Bigger Container
Episode 32: Jumping Patterns
Blog: Goodbye Careful Cara
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Jun 18, 2017
#42: Ready to Rock My Birthday
In this episode Cara shares her birthday bliss by describing her simple daily practices and how they help her build a framework for maintaining balance and steadiness. She offers advice on how to stay committed and flexible to a set of practices that include moving your body, breathing, and meditation. Cara is particularly pumped up in this episode and shares her positivity for being awake and alive at this time in history.
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Episode 40: You are not stuck
Episode 37: Where do you live?
Episode 3: Feeling Fully Alive
Blog: Catch a Glimpse of Being Fully Alive
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Jun 11, 2017
#41: Get Out Of The Mud
In this episode Cara offers you another perspective on not feeling stuck. She encourages you to "get out of the mud." With spirited enthusiasm, Cara offers strategies for managing your energy and shifting your state. She shares her passion for not taking anything personally, lifting yourself up and staying nimble. This episode is packed with insight, common sense and fierce positivity!
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Episode 40: You are not stuck
Episode 37: Where do you live?
Episode 3: Feeling Fully Alive
Blog: Catch a Glimpse of Being Fully Alive
Caroline Myss
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
New World Library
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Jun 4, 2017
#40: You Are Not Stuck
We may think we're stuck but we're not. This week Cara explains how we convince ourselves that we're stuck or trapped in situations or relationships and how to recognize moments outside our "stuckness." She also offers three practices to recognize the wiggle room that already exists in every moment and how to dissolve the deep patterns that cause us to feel trapped. Are you ready to get unstuck? Have a listen!
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Episode 32: Jumping Patterns
Episode 30: Do Three Things Really Well
Blog: Change is the Only Constant
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May 28, 2017
#39: You Get To Make It Up
We are unique individuals having extraordinary human experiences. This week Cara offers you encouragement to play with the rules, to make stuff up, to jump outside of the box and to wake up to how you're living right now. If something isn't working, change it, make up something new. In the end, you get to make up how you are living your life. This is your life. Have a listen!
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Episode 34: What's Your Hell Yeh?
Episode 32: Jumping Patterns
Episode 27: Let's Optimize Today
Episode 25: What's Working? What's Not?
Blog: What's Working? What's Not?
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May 21, 2017
#38: I Do Not Have My Sh*t Together
"We are all just walking each other home." Ram Dass. This week Cara lays it all on the line. She explores how being intimidated by others is futile and how she, like everyone else, does not have all her sh*t together. If you tend to constantly compare yourself and are easily intimidated by the accomplishments of others then don't miss this episode.
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Episode 15: The Art of Failing
Episode 28: Falling on my Face
Episode 32: Walking into Walls
Blog: Standing on Shaky Ground
Teacher Ram Dass
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May 14, 2017
#37: How Bout This Life?
How bout this life? In this episode Cara shares how asking this powerfully positive questions interrupts our patterns of wallowing in the should's, can't's, want's and won't's. Learn how these four words shift us from looking down (in the dumps) to looking up and out at the wonder and beauty happening right now. This simple inquiry reminds us of the privilege of being alive and catapults us beyond our busy mind and out of our own way into a more empowered and positive state.
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Episode 36: What are your non-negotiables?
Blog: Your HELL YEAH! Wake-Up Call
Episode 34: What is Your Hell Yeah?
Episode 32: Jumping Patterns
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May 7, 2017
#36: What Are Your Non-Negotiables?
What are your non-negotiables — the stuff that you do every day that set you up for your optimal health and well-being? These are the practices that you don't let anything else interfere with and the areas of your life where there is no drama and little compromise. This week Cara talks about finding freedom in discipline as she shares four of her non-negotiables: 1) Moving 2) Breath work 3) Brain training 4) Practicing gratitude and she challenges you to list you own.
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Blog: Your HELL YEAH! Wake-Up Call
Episode 34: What is Your Hell Yeah?
Episode 21: Are You Breathing?
Tim Ferriss 5 Minute Journal
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Apr 30, 2017
#35: Where Do You Live?
Where do you live? This week Cara proposes this loaded question and encourages you to see where you're spending your precious time and energy. Ask this question and discover what holds your attention (old grudges, old sports injuries, worries, what if’s, etc.) in your body, mind and heart. Knowledge is power. Get clear on what drains you, holds you back and what fuels you to show up and shine.
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Johnny Gillespie: Balanced Athlete and Empowered Yoga
Blog: Your HELL YEAH! Wake-Up Call
Episode 34: What is Your Hell Yeah?
Episode 33: Becoming A Bigger Container
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Apr 23, 2017
#34: What is Your “Hell Yeah?”
In this episode Cara walks you through her recent practice in which she identifies what projects/potential projects are a HELL YEAH, a KINDA COOL, and a just an ordinary MEH. She encourages you to find out your HELL YEAHs, what activities/products/types of people energize you, light you up and make you tremble with excitement (don't worry, we keep it clean).
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Episode 31: What Are You Waiting For?
Episode 30: Do Three Things Really, Really Well
Read: Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss (go to page 386)
Read: Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
Read: Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal
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Apr 16, 2017
#33: Becoming A Bigger Container
"Life is big," said Maya Angelou during a talk with Oprah. In this episode Cara talks about becoming a bigger container (ABC) as a way to experience the fullness of each moment. How we do that is up to us and changes constantly. Cara shares her experiences in the patterns and practices she's cultivating to tone her systems to hold bigger life experiences.
Mentions and More:
Episode 31: What Are You Waiting For?
Episode 30: Do Three Things Really, Really Well
Read: Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
Read: Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal
Check out the my book On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine and on the free On The Verge app iTunes and Google Play.
Apr 9, 2017
#32: Jumping Patterns
Getting stuck in patterns makes us inflexible to change. This keeps us stuck in unconscious routine muting our direct sensory experience. This week Cara talks about jumping patterns and living "outside the box." In doing so we become more nimble and flexible in our lives. Learn how Cara’s “changing it up” and feeling more alive than ever, and how you can do so too.
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Episode 31: What Are You Waiting For?
Episode 30: Do Three Things Really, Really Well
Read: Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal
Check out the my book On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine and on the free On The Verge app iTunes and Google Play.
Apr 2, 2017
#31: What Are You Waiting For?
In this episode Cara doesn't hold back. She asks, what are you waiting for? What's holding you back from realizing your potential? Are you waiting for something to happen before you can be bold or lean in? What you saying you "need" to do? She challenges you to make one small change today. She encourages you to look ahead, not behind, and make the effort to shift something today. Doing so will not only put a little spring in your step, it'll provide you with confidence and momentum that bigger changes are possible.
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Episode 30: Do Three Things Really, Really Well
Blog post: It Goes By Fast
Blog post: Catch a Glimpse of Being Fully Alive
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Mar 26, 2017
#30: Do 3 Things Really, Really Well
This week Cara talks about showing up and being fully engaged for exactly what you're doing right now (and doing it well). She encourages us take on this practice and starting small by focusing on doing just three simply things with a quality of excellence everyday. This includes anything from listening, to cooking or sending a kind email. Being excellent in what may seem to be "small stuff" trains us to be excellent in the supposedly bigger things in life and may fall into three categories: create something, connect with someone, or find a way to contribute to the world.
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Episode 28 Let's Optimize Day
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Mar 19, 2017
#29: Finding White Space
White Space - moments, minutes, or hours of unscheduled time when you stop doing stuff and simply experience life as in real time. In this episode Cara talks about the joy of lingering in white space, how to schedule empty pockets of time and how to sneak moments of white space throughout your day.
Mentions and More:
Episode 28 Let's Optimize Day
Blog post: White Space part 1
Blog post: White Space part 2
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Mar 12, 2017
#28: Falling On My Face
Adaptability and resiliency, it's why we train our body and mind with physical and mental fitness drills. This week Cara shares mishaps and technical difficulties and how she remained calm in the middle of chaos. She explains how strengthening our body and mind with daily practice prepares us for those inevitable days when things fall apart.
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Episode #15 The Art of Failing
Blog post: Trading in Unworthiness for Kindness
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Mar 5, 2017
#27: Let’s Optimize Today
Cara tells all this week by divulging her quiet passion for optimizing her life. She shares her morning routine of listing how to optimize her body, mind, work and relationships. She explores optimizing as a way of being efficient and effective while also feeling effortless and having fun. This episode will make you think about how you're optimizing your own life and how to get started if you're not.
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Episode #25 What's working. What's not working.
Blog post: What's working. What's not working.
Tim Ferriss's 5-Minute Journal
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Feb 19, 2017
#26: Spontaneous and Unexpected
In this episode, Cara diverts from her planned talk and allows herself to trust what's spontaneously arising. She shares her experience with following her gut instinct. Doing so, she explains, is more of a reminding than a learning. She explains how to practice sensing what's arising in the moment, to trust the impulse, and to move and speak from there.
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#24 Radical Shift 2017 part 2
#23 Radical Shift 2017 part 1
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Feb 12, 2017
#25: What’s Working. What’s Not.
In this episode, Cara talks about getting down into the roots of what’s working and what’s not working in our lives in order to finally wake up and radically shift into a lifestyle that makes us feel fully alive. She describes the 4'c needed to make long-lasting change: courage, curiosity, compassion, and commitment and offers her perspective as she goes through big changes in her own life.
FaceBook group: Radical Shift 2017.
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#24 Radical Shift 2017 part 2
#23 Radical Shift 2017 part 1
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Feb 5, 2017
#24: Radical Shift 2017 part 2
Stop wasting your time trying to change your life by struggling to make smalls shifts at the surface level. In part 2 Cara continues sharing how she's radically shifting her life and how you can too. By honestly looking at the root of how we're living — eating, moving, breathing, recovering — like a neuroscientist, we can better discern what's working and what's not working. With unbridled passion Cara discloses exactly how she's changing inviting you join her on the journey by connecting on the new FaceBook group: Radical Shift 2017.
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#23 Radical Shift 2017 part 1
#20 Are You Breathing?
Stress Doctor App to monitor Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
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Jan 29, 2017
#23: Radical Shift 2017 part 1
Did you start the year hoping for big changes? This week Cara shares her intentions to radically shift her life with an inside view of what she's committed to changing and how she's going to make them stick. There's no holding back in this episode as Cara explains the courage and fearlessness needed to make radical changes in your body, relationships, creative endeavors and vocation.
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#5 Intentions in Motion
#15 The Art of Failing
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Jan 22, 2017
#22: Be You and Find Flow
This week Cara enthusiastically talks about hacking flow, an optimal state of energy and aliveness, and how she trains to experience flow, tap inner intelligence and sustain presence. She explores natural genius, our essence, and how training the body, mind, and breath opens us up to intelligence, grace and flow.
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Flow Genome Project
The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by Steven Kotler
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Jan 15, 2017
#21: Are You Breathing?
In this episode Cara takes a deep dive into the importance of balanced or coherent breathing and why it's essential to pay attention to the quality of your inhale and exhale. She explains the impact our breathing pattern has on our nervous system and ultimately on the quality of our life. Cara explains HRV or Heart Rate Variability and how this measure can be used to assess our overall level of clarity and vitality. This episode is packed with information to get you motivated to notice how you're breathing and to strengthen your breathing muscles to support your life.
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Stress Doctor App
The Healing Power of the Breath by Richard P. Brown, MD and Patricia Gerber, MD
www.coherent.com
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Jan 8, 2017
#20: Meet Your Mind
You likely have a daily regime to train your body to be fit and healthy. Have you ever considered having a daily practice to train your mind? This week Cara talks about mindfulness meditation as mental strength training. She explains how "meeting your mind" can help you not only get to know yourself better but to also improve focus, reduce stress, and even improve sleep. Get ready as you'll be asked to pause for a short breathing practice in the middle of the show. Enjoy.
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Finding Mastery with Michael Gervais
Episode #4 Your Busy Mind
Check out Chapter 10 - Meet My Mind: On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine
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Jan 1, 2017
#19: I See Your Brilliance
Underneath chatter and busyness awaits your natural genius. It's right on the other side of your thinking mind. In this episode Cara offers 3 simple steps to experiencing your brilliance in any and every moment. 1) Get to know what your busy mind is so busy doing. 2) Settle down and land in the center of the present moment. 3) Experience your natural genius right here and now. Recorded on New Year's Eve, this episode offers you a great start to 2017.
Mentions and Stuff:
Episode #17 Being versus Doing
Episode #4 Your Busy Mind
Blog - What is Your Busy Mind So Busy Doing
Book: On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine
Dec 25, 2016
#18: Peace On Demand
What if the peace you are seeking is already here ready to access on demand? In this episode Cara slows things downs and walks you through a short breathing practice to help you pause and shift into the space where peace is always and already present. You'll also learn five simple ways to recognize and experience peace in every day life.
Mentions and Stuff:
Episode #4 Finding Inner Silence
Episode #17 Being versus Doing
Blog: Finding Inner Silence
Chapter 19: Welcoming Peace: On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine
Adyashanti - Teacher on meditation and awakening
Dec 18, 2016
#17: Being Versus Doing
We are human beings not human doings. We easily get caught in the habit of doing and forget to be here now, in our lives, in this moment. In this episode Cara shares a simple breathing technique to remind you how to pause and show up for your life — to be more and do less.
Mentions and Stuff:
Episode #2 We Keep Missing The Moment
Episode #3 Being Fully Alive
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Check out my daily Note To Self on Facebook
On The Verge mobile app iTunes and Google Play
You can read more about the topics in this podcast in my new book On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine.
Dec 11, 2016
#16: Don’t Mute Your Enthusiasm
There is an aliveness pulsing through you prodding you to wake up and recognize it. Call it energy or life force, Cara calls it enthusiasm. This week Cara talks about what happens when we mute our enthusiasm to create, connect and contribute and how we move mountains when we allow our unbridled enthusiasm to soar.
Mentions and Stuff:
Episode #15 The Art of Failing
Notes To Self: Check out my daily Note To Self on Facebook
On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine.
On The Verge mobile app iTunes and Google Play.
Dec 4, 2016
#15: The Art of Failing
Let's practice failing — every day. This week Cara talks about failing big and small. She talks about failing often. She explains how if we're not failing all the time we're not opening to possibilities. She describes how failing makes her feel fully alive. This episode comes loaded with stories and suggestions of welcoming the unwelcome and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Fail. Fail Again. Fail Often by Pema Chodron
Women for One
Kelly McNelis Upcoming Book: The Messy Truth
Brene Brown
Lisa Kohn Writes
Flow Genome Project - Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler
Misquote:
Barking up the wrong tree - not the wrong alley! I do mismatch quotes and idioms all the time and get major grief from my family :)
Cara's Stuff:
Episode #5 Intentions in Motion
On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine.
On The Verge mobile app iTunes and Google Play.
Nov 27, 2016
#14: Thoreau and Living in Flow
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows. ~ Henry David Thoreau
This week Cara dissects how amazing it feels to be in flow or as she calls it "in sync" with life and also what it feels like to be "out of sync." Learn how to recognize flow every day and some simple ways to shift your state from feeling off course and unstable to in the flow and on the verge. Cara shares the Primer Practice - Continuous Breathing as a tool to shift from out of sync to in sync in minutes.
For more on being In Sync and Out of Sync read Cara's bestselling book On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine. Also check out the Primer Practice: Counting Breath on the free On The Verge mobile app iTunes and Google Play.
Nov 20, 2016
#13: Plugged In and Lit Up
When you show up in the moment you move in the world with high definition clarity and high voltage energy or as Cara puts it in this show — you're plugged in and lit up.
This week you'll sit in on a session Cara presented to students in her Verge Yoga Teacher Training program. She talks about our natural state of Clear Mind, Bright Body, and Open Heart and how to use practices such as yoga and mindfulness as tools to get to know your naturally powerful way of being. Cara also passionately encourages you to put down your practices and get back to living life.
Also check out:
Spiritual Teacher Caroline Myss
On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up and Shine in paperback, e-book and audiobook
On The Verge mobile app iTunes and Google Play with supporting audio and video practices
Nov 13, 2016
#12: Beyond Over-Thinking and Over-Doing
What happens in the moment between thoughts?
What arises when we stop doing?
In this episode Cara talks about the space beyond our mental junk and emotional baggage where we experience a sense of spaciousness and relief. In this space between planning and achieving, we drop into a state where we access our natural intelligences and experience a sense of "all is well." Discover this space for yourself as Cara guides you through a short exercise in pausing and resting in the space beyond over-thinking and over-doing.
Also check out the Primer Practice: Stop. Take 5. Experience on the free On The Verge mobile app iTunes and Google Play.
Nov 6, 2016
#11: Walking into Walls
Accidents happens when we're not aware.
In this episode Cara chats about how not being mindful or aware causes mishaps and accidents. She shares her recent experience walking into a wall and explains the five levels of awareness and how they help you distinguish when you’re aware and engaged and when you’re not aware or distracted.
Level 1: Busy Mind
Level 2: Waking Up
Level 3: The Power of Pause
Level 4: Glimpse of Natural State
Level 5: Living on the Verge
Cara also talks about how when you’re aware that you’re aware, you glimpse your direct experience in this moment. This is living on the verge — your full participation in this moment when you feel awake and fully alive.
Also check out the On The Verge mobile app on iTunes and Google Play.
Oct 31, 2016
#10: No Speed. No Struggle.
What's the big rush?
In this episode Cara chats about the stress and struggle we create when we run around on speed. With loads of examples (and personal experiences) Cara shares how to notice mental, emotional, and physical speed, how speed causes accidents and mistakes, and how to remember to pause and slow down.
Also check out the No Speed. No Struggle Primer Practice on the free On The Verge mobile app on iTunes and Google Play.
Oct 23, 2016
#9: A Life Changing Flight
Our lives can shift on a dime. We have no idea what's going to happen around the corner. This week Cara describes a flight she recently took from Rome to New York and why her life will never be the same.
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More on Cara and her book On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine
Check out the free On The Verge mobile app on iTunes and Google Play for practice and strategies on being awake and fully alive.
Oct 16, 2016
#8: Move your Body. Train your Brain!
Moving and breathing in rhythm will turn your walks or workouts into a powerful game-changing mindfulness practice. In this episode Cara talks about how to move in a way that not only gets your blood pumping and invigorates each of your cells, but also shifts your mind and nervous system from frazzled to focused. When we move with the intention of synchronizing mind and body through movement and breath, we release tension from places we didn’t even realize were tight, reboot our systems, readjust our focus, and feel awake and fully alive. Don't miss this one.
Check out the free On The Verge mobile app on iTunes and Google Play for Cara's moving practice videos.
Oct 9, 2016
#7: This Moment is the Verge
Enjoy a sample chapter of the audiobook version of On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine. Cara Bradley talks about the life shifting college track race that propelled her on a search for a way to realize her full human potential and how she found her answer on the verge.
Download the full audiobook version read by Cara Bradley on Audible.
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Oct 2, 2016
#6: Your Busy Mind
What is your busy mind so busy doing? What is going on between your ears? In this episode Cara gives you clues. She explains the 5 qualities of the Busy Mind including Sloppy Brain, Information Overload, and Auto-Pilot. Cara also encourages you to understand the benefits of mental strength training or mind training. Lastly, there's also a short meditation practice at the end to help you shift from your Busy Mind to a space where you slow down and feel more alive.
Links mentioned in the show:
Get the App! On The Verge iTunes and Google Play
Buy the book! On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine
Sep 25, 2016
#5: Intentions in Motion
Our intentions have transformative power. What we think matters. Setting an intention is like planting a seed, with the right nurturing it will grow. Trust that it's already happening — your intention is already in process. In this show Cara shares a story of how an intention she set two years ago seemed to unfold in just 24 hours. Take a peek at this Mindful Magazine link for a sneak peak.
Sep 18, 2016
#4: Finding Inner Silence
Silence is golden but is lacking in our culture. We are constantly barraged by outer and inner noise leaving us feeling frazzled and depleted. Finding silence is like finding the pause button enabling us to put everything on hold and get clear on direction guiding us from within. In this episode discover how to reduce your outer noise and tap in your inner silence.
Check out: On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine, Chapter 12: Be In Sync, for more on outer and inner noise and outer and inner silence
Sep 11, 2016
#3: Being Fully Alive
What does it feel like to be present? What places, people, or situations make you feel bright and fully alive? Have you ever paused to investigate what "being here now" feels like for you? Explore these questions and more in this week's episode in which Cara offers instructions on how to recognize moments of presence and glimpses of aliveness every day.
Sep 6, 2016
#2: We Keep Missing Moments
If you feel like your life is speeding by, you'll want to listen to this episode. Find out how to notice when you're missing moments and how to show up and experience life right here and now.
Aug 29, 2016
#1 – Where Life Thrives
Welcome to the first episode of On The Verge with Cara Bradley where you'll get an inside look at what it means to live on the verge and how doing so will help you wake up and experience your life fully. Check in weekly for new shows. For more information go to www.carabradley.net