inside OUT: Navigating the Mental, Emotional & Spiritual with Jojo

Mini MES: Reflect. Release. Realign. Repeat

Jojo Cottle Episode 43

Feeling off lately? You’re not alone. In this quick-hit episode, Jojo guides us through the recent eclipse portal, the energetic new year, and what it means to shift mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. From karmic redirections to spiritual rebirth, it’s time to reflect, release, and reset. Because the only constant is change. Take a walk, take a breath—and let’s get MESy.

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Jojo (00:07.276)
Welcome to the Inside Out Podcast. I'm your host JoJo and this is where we will navigate the mess together that is mental, emotional and spiritual. Let's get messy.

Jojo (00:26.183)
Hey everyone, happy Equinox, happy fresh start, happy new energetic year in a lot of ways. Thank you for tuning in this week. This one's going to be a really quick mini episode because I want us to take a second and reflect. I have been in a very reflective place in my life the past month and it has been really

eyeopening to just sit in stillness, sit in quiet and to really just unpack the energy that's happening and like what's really, really going on. So I invite you to pause, take a deep breath and just think and see what comes up. Well, I kind of fill you in on some shifts, some changes and really what's happening universally that we can access right now. So.

A lot of, a lot of newness is in flux. We just went through an eclipse portal or season, which started on September 7th and actually ended September 22nd. So in those two weeks, you probably noticed that everything was for lack of a better word, turning upside down. Things were shifting. Life was getting crazy and it was probably like.

Wait a second, what's happening here? This eclipse portal is, and I don't want to get super astrological because I'm not an astrologer, but it really was a time for endings and beginnings. Very karmic time for endings and beginnings. So maybe look at where in your life things were shifting. Things were ending, new beginnings are happening, and maybe you were feeling like totally thrown off kilter. I know for me, massive shifts.

have been and are taking place, especially right now, which is such a blessing in, in the bigger picture, but I don't want to say like, it's easy. it's fun. it's this, it's that it's challenging. We are being tested right now to really see those old patternings and those old stories and narratives that we've been holding and we're being asked energetically.

Jojo (02:51.941)
foundationally to really shift and make some changes. So maybe there are places in your life that you are really, really feeling that right now. We also started the fall equinox. Depending on where you are in the world, if you are in Australia, for instance, you started the spring equinox. So that is a, time of rebirth of new beginnings. And that is definitely.

the phase and place energetically that we are in right now. It is Rosh Hashanah right now as this episode is releasing. And what I'm finding very interesting is Rosh Hashanah is the new year. And I'm not talking about religion. I'm talking about energetics here.

It is a time to really release those old patternings and programs and shame and guilt that we've been holding onto in the past year and really getting clear and intentional on the things that we want to set forward into motion. And I think right now, which is why I didn't want to release a full episode, because I didn't think that was appropriate in this energy that I'm in. A lot of my friends are feeling right now.

Honestly, every conversation I have had with people over the past month has just been like, everything's upside down. Things are like wild. Everyone's just for a lack of a better word in sort of a mess. So I want you to take a moment and really, really reflect on what changes have been happening for you specifically in this past month and have they been challenging? How have you been handling them?

Have they been good for you? Have they been bad for you? Do you know that this is redirecting you? I love that phrase. Rejection is protection and redirection. I'm not saying you're rejected. I'm just saying like where in your life are you feeling like, and that you are karmically being redirected right now. So maybe my favorite thing to do, go take a walk and really reflect. Don't put music in your ears.

Jojo (05:04.08)
Don't turn anything on. Don't have a conversation. Just look inward at your life and back at the last, whether it's a couple of weeks or month or even last six months, what has really shifted in you? And then look externally and look at your surroundings. The leaves changing. Is the weather changing? Is life just shifting? Because what I love about spring and fall, especially is

that death and rebirth, but death doesn't mean done. Doesn't mean the end. means a new beginning. Cause when leaves fall off trees, they go into the soil, they fertilize. The tree goes through its transition in the winter and then new life happens. And when we look at our lives, we are in seasons. We are in seasons of change, maybe we're in seasons of flow. Another thing that I really

hold onto is that the only constant is change. And if you're not growing and you're not evolving, you're stagnant, you're complacent, and that's death and that's stuckness. And I don't think any of us want that with our lives. So while you're on your walk, look inward, then look outward and see, and then maybe get out your phone, type it in, what the changes are, what you're releasing, or the most powerful thing, journal.

Write it out. Really write it out. There's something so powerful about pen and paper and I don't think we do enough of it. So I encourage you in this newness to really try that this time. Let's get messy mentally, emotionally, and spiritually mentally. What patterns, maybe they're, they're mental loops or cycles. What is not serving you anymore? What feels like an old narrative that you're ready to release?

Emotionally, where have your feelings been tested lately? Where have your relationships been tested? What feels ready to be healed or what feels like it's still hurting you? Get honest with yourself. Look at that. And spiritually, what has been the karmic reveal during this time? Has something really come to light?

Jojo (07:29.604)
Has something shaken up and really been like, this needs to change? What are you being asked to trust more? What feels uncertain? Can you lean in to having certainty that everything will work out no matter what? Can you trust that maybe energetically this is meant to be happening right now so that you can release and let go and transition and transform and reach your highest potential?

And what do you really want to call in for this energetic new year, this energetic new cycle, this new beginning, seasons are changing. Life is moving on. What do you want your life to look like? Set that intention. Now is the time to do it. And then take a deep breath because this isn't easy. Reflection, redirection, change.

evolution, transformation, you look back and you're like, well, thank God. But when you're in it, when you're in the muck and the mess, it doesn't feel good. But this is the time you're being stretched to really hold that space for your highest potential. So instead of fighting it and getting down on yourself and getting angry at the world, embrace it, live in that, feel it. And I guarantee you, your life

especially this year and moving forward is going to be unrecognizable because of how intentional you're being right now. And that's all I have for you this week. So really look inward, make those changes, become aware of it and watch how it ripples out in your life. And with that, I hope you guys have an amazing week. You guys know where to find me at underscore inside out dot podcast. Please share this with a friend and or

and I'll see you guys soon. Have a great week. Bye!


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