The ModernZen Collective Podcast
Are you ready to elevate your mind, body, and spirit? Join Lizzy Sutton and Nikki Sucevic on The ModernZen Collective Podcast, where conscious women come together to explore the art of living with purpose, balance, and spiritual grounding. Whether you're a single professional navigating the pressures of urban life or a stay-at-home seeker yearning for deeper connections, this podcast is your sanctuary for holistic practices and personal growth.
Tune in as Lizzy and Nikki delve into ancient wellness secrets, expand your consciousness, and help you discover your true life purpose. We tackle the challenges of work-life stress, the quest for inner peace, and the journey of rediscovering who you truly are, to be able to live in alignment. Here, we embrace the unconventional, celebrate community, and empower you to step beyond societal norms to find balance, joy, and holistic living.
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The ModernZen Collective Podcast
Discovering Your Dharma: A Journey to Align with Your Soul's Mission
Ever wondered what it truly means to live a life aligned with your soul's mission? Join us, Lizzy and Nikki, as we journey through the transformative power of discovering and embracing your life purpose, or dharma. We're here to guide you through the nuanced and evolving path of understanding your unique calling. Life purpose is not a final destination, but rather a spiral. Together, we unravel how personal growth, through tools like intentional journaling and human design, plays a key role in peeling back societal expectations to reveal your core essence.
We share personal stories that illuminate how discovering your life purpose can transform your everyday existence. From navigating the corporate world to reigniting passions through yoga and coaching, our experiences showcase the pivotal moments that can reshape your life's direction. We discuss the power of intuitive decisions and how following those exciting impulses can lead to significant life changes, proving that small, intentional steps are just as powerful as grand transformations. If you've ever felt stuck or out of alignment, our stories offer inspiration and actionable insights to help you reconnect with your passions and purpose.
As we embark on launching our new business, we delve into the importance of setting boundaries and protecting your energy, especially when facing resistance from others. Trusting your intuition is paramount, and we emphasize patience and self-compassion as you nurture your understanding of purpose. The journey isn't always easy, but remembering that life happens for you, not to you, can make all the difference. Join us for an episode filled with wisdom, encouragement, and practical guidance to help you take the first steps toward a life that's not only fulfilling but resonates with your deepest passions and callings.
Episode Resource Links:
6-Week 1:1 Life Purpose Coaching with Lizzy
5 Lessons to Live By - Dr.Wayne Dyer
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Hi, I'm Lizzie and I'm Nikki. Have you ever felt that your life was missing purpose, joy or deep connection? Welcome to the Modern Zen Collective Podcast, where we embrace holistic living for a joyful, purpose-driven life.
Speaker 2:In this podcast, we'll explore holistic practices, consciousness expansion and spiritual alignment. We will dive into personal development practices that connect mind, body, spirit and share secrets that ancient cultures have known for centuries. Together, we aim to guide, educate and connect individuals eager to transform their lives.
Speaker 1:Join us weekly on the Modern Zen Collective podcast and elevate your mind, body and spirit. And now on to today's episode this episode.
Speaker 3:Hello friends, Welcome to another episode of the Modern Zen Collective Podcast.
Speaker 3:Lizzie here with my wonderful co-host, nikki. Hi everyone, welcome, welcome, welcome. We're so excited, we're so juiced up for today's conversation because we are both very, very passionate about this topic of living your life purpose. I'm a certified life purpose coach like legitimately went to school to, like got a certification to help people with this shit. And Nikki is just like deep in this. I mean she and I would not be here today if we were both not deep in this. And she not only helps people with this, she also has a HR and recruiting company called Wild Soul Recruiting that literally uses life purpose to help match people with the right companies, the right positions, all that kind of stuff.
Speaker 3:So I'm in this in one way. She's in this another way. We're bringing life purpose to the forefront here, very passionate about it. It's one of our pillars here at Modern Zen Collective is living your life purpose. So today we're going high level here because you're going to hear us talk about life purpose all the time. I'm pretty sure we've already recorded like four different conversation podcasts and we brought it up in every single one and it was at least five minutes. So enjoy learning and talking about life purpose forever with us.
Speaker 2:Exactly so passionate we can't stop talking about it.
Speaker 3:We just can't. We just can't. So we're not going to go too crazy today, but we want to Just know we want to. So we're not going to go too crazy today, but we want to Just know we want to. So we're coming back at you at some point with that. So what even is your life purpose? And another word that you'll hear me use for it, because the Sanskrit word is dharma. So dharma and life purpose interchangeable here. So whatever word you prefer to use, we will be using both.
Speaker 3:But your life purpose, your dharma, is your mission statement, it's your why. It's not what you do, it's how you do it and why you do it. So, really, your soul's purpose, or your divine purpose, you know all of these things, whatever really resonates with you, is the big reason why you're here, why did you choose to incarnate at this moment in time, with this family, in this place, as this soul, in this body? And your dharma is really not a one-time thing. You don't just all of a sudden figure out what your life purpose is, and it never changes. As we change, as we shift, as we have new experiences, as the way that we think changes, as the way that we live changes, our dharma shifts too. It's not going to be something completely different, but the way that it shows up, the way we express it, the way that feels the best for us, will shift as we shift. So it's more, instead of like a linear thing with like an end point, it's more of like a spiral. So you're always deepening into different levels of your Dharma. It's never ending, it's always continuous. It shifts as you shift. You're not going to have the same dharma you had at 15 as 65. You're not the same person. So why would you still have the same purpose?
Speaker 3:So, really, we all were born with our purpose. It's our life's purpose. This is why you're here. We're all so unique. We all came into this world liking different things, having different energetic signatures. We're all individuals, we're all part of the collective, but we are an individual expression of the collective. And so we're all born with our own unique purposes, our own unique dharmas, but we're not born embodying them. Like, how could we? We're just little pieces of mush at this point, like part of our agreement to come here is that we forget and we start over and we have to relearn and we have to remember, and so we really. Our lives are meant to put us through all these different obstacles, have all these different experiences, meet all these different people, learn all these new things, and all of these put together, mushed up into our experience, really solidifies us and anchors us into our purpose.
Speaker 3:So, without all of the hardships that I had gone through, as in my youth, through work in my personal life, my physical ailments, the things that I have had to cross over mentally and emotionally If I didn't go through all those things, how could I be a life coach, a life purpose coach, and that is truly my dharma at this point? My purpose right now is to be here with Nikki, starting this company, helping heal the world together in a much larger way than I could do by myself, with someone that I really wanna do it with, so we can both amplify our impact and really help the collective move forward. But when I get so juiced up during my coaching, but if I didn't go through all the things that I went through, how could I ever pretend to be someone who could be there for people when they're going through these kinds of things or different stuff like that? So I think one of the ways that I have faith in my life is knowing that things happen for a reason and we still are able to choose what we do, how we respond, how we react, what we choose, the choice we make after these things happen and how we want to look at them.
Speaker 3:I think, for me, that belief, that personal belief of mine, how we want to look at them, I think for me, that belief, that personal belief of mine, has really helped me have a much better, more positive, larger scale outlook on the hardships that I've been through throughout my life to looking at.
Speaker 3:I would not be here today, in this moment, with this woman recording this podcast for our launch, with a child in my belly, with a two-year-old, with my husband on this ranch. You know like this moment in time would not be possible without everything that I went through, both wonderful, both very hard, everything. So that's not something I'm saying everyone needs to believe, but that's something that I believe and I think it really correlates a lot to life purpose and Dharma, because it's the obstacles that we've been through in our lives are things that we can help others through, and whether that's for me like different kinds of those kinds of hardships and I turn into a coach, or whether that's for you not having a tool that you needed to fix your bike and now you created this tool, because everybody needs this tool to do this thing. That you didn't have something for that's an obstacle. That you're fixing this translates across everything.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's interesting, right? Because what I believe is that we incarnate into this world and we have amnesia. We don't come down and be put exactly in the spot to have everything be easy, but there's no wisdom in that and the wisdom is what is deep into ourselves and helps us to grow and evolve. I also believe that and this was something that has taken a while for it to come full circle but that life happens for us and not to us, and that whenever we are going through anything, it's there for our highest good. So we bring that up because we also can have a shadow side, and the shadow side can be something we don't want to look at, we're embarrassed about, or we don't want to be seen, we don't want to share with the world, etc. Often that shadow that we're ignoring, that we don't want to step into, is part of our purpose, something that had, you know, deep emotions or deep trauma in it, and whenever you are sharing that in the way that feels genuine for you, you're able to help others that are either going through that or have someone close to them, et cetera. So Dharma is also about like shining the light on the things that you might not think are all pretty wrapped up in a bow and it looks great and you can display it to everyone and this is who I am, et cetera.
Speaker 2:Like Dharma is like we came to earth school like it's gritty we're, we're getting things done, we're learning through experience, we're having these emotional connections, these waves of emotion. There's a lot of ups and downs here at earth school. So with that like starting to, when you're looking at your purpose and you're looking at what could it be, you can start to peel the layers of what are these? You know, either things that you've overcome or things that you've gone through or things that you hide about yourself. That really could help you step into that.
Speaker 2:Like, for instance, if you really enjoy being let's not even say really enjoy your proclivity, you're naturally going towards being behind the scenes, so working on the set for a play and getting things together and having your head down and not being seen. But you feel there's a pull, that there's something else going on and you can't really figure out what it is and you're not sure of being seen and being the star. And that moment that you might be asked to step in if someone was sick or you're just thrown in or you get that realization of, okay, I'm going to try this and step through that thing. That's uncomfortable, that we shadow, that we hide from ourselves, and then that really opens you up to see, okay, that stepping through part might've been hard, but now my nervous system feels settled, that I'm getting to where I'm supposed to be.
Speaker 2:I guess, lizzie, what do you think about? Like you mentioned, it evolves as we grow. Do you think Dharma, or life purpose based on your experience, is like an overarching emotion that then can merge and have different outlets, like as we're growing and evolving as a person?
Speaker 3:I think that we all have our own natural strengths. We all were born with our own like things that we're just really good at and ways of being in this world and this goes back to this can touch any of these things. I'm talking like the disc Enneagram, astrology, the freaking StrengthsFinder love me some CliftonStrengthsFinder, your human design. I'm saying, like all of these ways that we have of like looking at ourselves, we naturally lean into different categories and so I think we're born with different strengths, with different gifts, with different unique abilities. That when we lean into those, it makes us easier to find the way that our purpose, our dharma, shows up in this world, that our purpose, our dharma, shows up in this world like the way that we do it with everyone. So I think your fundamental strengths and nature and energetic blueprint and all of this kind of stuff, that's the same.
Speaker 3:That's who you are, and a lot of the work that we do with people is uncovering, peeling back all the layers of all these things that society told you you are, and a lot of the work that we do with people is uncovering, peeling back all the layers of all these things that society told you you are and is true and who you ought to be in order to be successful.
Speaker 3:So you've taken on all these things to change how you operate and how you talk to people and how you do things and the way you problem solve all this different stuff, and so we do a lot of work with people to let go of all those to get back to this original essence of who you are here, and so I think life purpose and dharma ties exactly to that essence. But, as we're talking about, as you're shifting, as you have these experiences, as these things, these traumas and wonderful successes and shifts happen to you, it affects how you view the world, your knowledge base, it affects your expertise, it affects all these different kinds of things. So the way, then, that you share that with the world shifts as you shift. So I think the bottom, the foundation, stays the same, but the physical representation and manifestation of how you bring it to the world changes.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's beautiful, and the more that we grow and evolve, the more wisdom, like you were saying, we receive, and we embody, I guess, wisdom more so embody than receive. So with that, the way that we are sharing our Dharma with the world and being able to serve others is evolving, even though it has this centralized foundation of who we truly are and what our unique blueprint is. For me, finding my Dharma happened in 2020, when I think a lot of us were starting to have that step back of am I really doing what I really want to do or could there be something different? That's scary. I have a really good paycheck, or my company's downsizing, or I got furloughed, I got laid off. There was just so much happening throughout all of that time and in 2020, I really dedicated my time during that to seek my authenticity. I really felt I was a people pleaser. I wanted to make everyone happy, felt I was a people pleaser. I wanted to make everyone happy. I really didn't want to rock the boat and was really living that dream that is sold to us, which, very well, is many people's dream, that they feel very fulfilled, doing those things where you go to university, you graduate with your degree, you start a role, you grow within that role, et cetera grow, grow, grow, grow, grow.
Speaker 2:And for me, whenever I was in 2020 and we started to work remotely, my job was very intense. From my perspective, it was very intense lots of moving pieces, lots of things going on, lots of managing and making big decisions. Throughout that time, and with getting back to my authenticity, I worked with a coach and that started to really peel back the layers and it also really shined a light on what would happen if I never followed this inner pull I feel inside of me to do something different, like to do something different, to share what I have inside of me and to take a leap, get uncomfortable, be seen, all of these things that you know. As a people pleaser, you don't want to say something that makes someone upset or just, you know, make some agitated or angry or things like that. So there was definitely a lot of growth during that and during that time in 2020, it was when I also started to really listen and read a lot from Wayne Dyer.
Speaker 2:I talk about Wayne Dyer a lot. He's now, you know, on the other side and, from my perspective, from a spiritual standpoint, I consider him a guide. He really comes through. If you're spiritual and you want wisdom, wayne Dyer comes through. But he has this beautiful talk where he mentions don't let the song die inside of you, and he talks a lot about how people on their deathbeds like a lot of the biggest regrets where I was too worried about what other people thought and I never did that thing that I wanted to do.
Speaker 2:And you know, we can give ourselves a lot of reasons why not to do the thing. It can be there's not going to be money, or I'm going to lose my security, or people are going to judge me, or why would I do that, or that's silly, et cetera. But it's our thing for a reason, and we're all meant to be so unique and so different that when each of us express ourselves in that way that's unique to us, we ignite everyone else as well, something that really started to talk more and more and more in 2020. And then it really gave me the ping push to leave corporate without a backup plan.
Speaker 2:I was fortunate enough to do so and then to really decide what I wanted to build from there. I remember telling people I have no idea what I'm creating, but I'm going to leave and go, try to figure this out and listen to my intuition. And I still have that tangible side inside of me, so I knew I needed to be grounded during it. But that was my beginning of finding my own dharma. What about you, lizzie? How did yours all come together?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think I've always felt so connected to different things. For me it's the physical body, movement, activity, playing and nature. Nature has always been such a big thing for me in my life and so I think for a long time when I was growing up I thought my purpose was to start my own summer camp nonprofit summer camp because I'm just obsessed with the experience that summer camp can give. If it is run properly. You have to have the right people running it and as counselors and it's a people thing. So if you really want this to change kids' lives, you have to have the right people working there. And I was a parks and rec major and I just did everything outside.
Speaker 3:I lived in nine different states before I moved to Texas and did different kinds of jobs, everything from camp counselor at a dude ranch to a wilderness program director to a horticultural therapy program in Hawaii to running the ski lifts in Aspen to all these just backcountry hiking and rock climbing walls and shit, just like all these things.
Speaker 3:And so I think I had this like one kind of narrow view of what my purpose was and what I'm here to bring the world view of what my purpose was and what I'm here to bring the world and what's here to say that I'm not here to be multimillionaire, here in my 40s and I fund someone else's summer camp? Maybe that's going to come in a different way than what I initially thought, with me being the director and running the thing and raising my family, blah, blah, blah, like the vision you know. So it's so interesting because I think I was in that for so long and then when I moved to Texas and I stopped working outside like I don't know if you guys have ever been to Texas, but it's prickly Like everything is prickly the trees are prickly, the grass is prickly, the flowers are prickly, the trees are prickly, the grass is prickly, the flowers are prickly like don't touch anything, don't frolic there's no climbing trees.
Speaker 3:There's no running through high grasses and thinking you're not getting burrs all over you and cacti stuck in your legs like I literally lost my whole life when I moved here and started working behind a desk. This is when I started in. Corporate. America is working behind one of those double screen computers with the headset on, dictating my entire day by what emails and what phone calls I got throughout the whole day, like, oh, do I have time to go to the bathroom in between phone calls or eat somewhere other than my desk? My three minute and 30 second warmed up frozen meal from the microwave Shit man.
Speaker 3:I think I got so far away from that. The eight years I ended up spending in transportation and logistics brought me so far away from the life that I had loved, always living paycheck to paycheck, though, and then instead now having this stability in this form of a check that comes every week, with all these benefits and all this different stuff. I kind of traded my soul in for a while, but I think all the experiences I had, I needed to have those experiences in that world, in that world of business, especially with the people I had them in, to be able to feed this other side of myself that is so interested in the creation process of a business and how to optimize and strategize and put all these different things together. I learned so much that, emerging on the other side of that business, when COVID happened just like you're saying 2020, that transportation business just shut down and I was like left with like okay, well, what do I want to do? You know, like you're talking about Nikki, and I was like I don't. I just got out of something that pigeonholed me so much, like there was so much structure because of this job. I wanted to really lean back into something that I loved and I met this woman who runs a yoga teacher training but she owns a yoga studio here in Fort Worth, happened to meet her during a training on meditation and there was something about her that was like wow, she's I like need to know her more.
Speaker 3:I'm looking for a new studio. Maybe I'll just email her, literally emailed her and was like hey, do you offer any in-person classes? Height of COVID. I'm like I want to come in, I don't want to do yoga by myself. And she's like yeah, I actually am, you know, middle of July. I'm like perfect, I'll be there in the middle of July. And I literally just showed up and I was the only one there. And so she and I ended up talking for an hour and a half after her yoga class and she's like I have a yoga teacher training starting in two weeks. I was like, oh yeah, she's like yeah, and if you want to pay upfront and in cash, I'll give you a discount. I was like, oh yeah, she's like yeah.
Speaker 3:And I, you know, what's funny is I had been saving $50 here and there randomly over all these years for yoga teacher training because it's something that I wanted to do. And I was like well, I don't know when I'm going to do this, because the 200 hour yoga teacher training is very intensive, and I'm like how am I ever going to step away from work, you know, to do this. But I was saving the money and I met her at the right time. I was open and available to hear what she was offering. I had the cash. I literally went and saw her the next day with like $2,800 in cash in an envelope and I was like here you go, I will be seeing you every day for the next six months. It was a good day for her too.
Speaker 3:Up it lined up and it's so funny because that moment, that, yes, that following of the intuitive hit to reach out to her after I was on an online virtual class with her, which I'm sure nobody else from that whole freaking class of 100 people messaged her. You know what I mean. And so, following that started everything. You know, that started me being here today. I would say I mean not that all the other stuff didn't, but I would just say that in that moment, deciding to follow something that I really wanted to do and what I was passionate about and get back to that, is what triggered.
Speaker 3:The sequence of events to like lead me to completing my yoga teacher training, going on to get specializations in yoga, breathing in yoga for mobility and flexibility training, continuing on again then with the Dharma Coaching Institute, which is the Life Purpose Coaching Institute. It's not called that anymore, it has changed its name but I was a part of the inaugural class, the first class of DCI, and it was absolutely incredible. It was eight months of like super intensive training. Nikki knows, because she was actually one of my coaching clients during my program. Because you know you got to practice or there's no way you're going to graduate and be able to be a coach, you know. So, really, yoga teacher training led me to DCI to becoming a double certified spiritual life coach and life purpose coach, and then has led me to my Reiki practitioner certification and brought us together through all of this. Starting that yoga teacher training started me hearing about spiritual things in a different way, thinking about things in a different way, starting to choose differently and lead a different kind of lifestyle. That is what brought me to Sahara Rose, to her podcast, to her membership group, which brought us together. It's like all of these things are interconnected.
Speaker 3:To me saying yes to something that I've been wanting to say yes to for a long time and the opportunity finally presenting itself to me where I was open and available to doing that, and so I mean it can come down to a moment, to a decision. Really, you know, and I could have easily been like you know that's not the right time. I need to go back and get another paycheck, you know a salary, job, and who's to say that all of this doesn't happen anyways, but like 20 years from now, but because I decided to take the leap, the risk, know that I'm not doing anything else Like this is my priority for the next six months. I'm not going to have a ton of money coming in or any money coming in Like this. Is it Like the risk? Like you're talking about leaving your corporate job.
Speaker 3:Thank God we did that.
Speaker 3:Thank God we did that, because I don't know that activity that you were saying your coach did with you about really looking at what happens if you don't do it. That, honestly, when you were talking about that, I was like that like kind of gave me a little anxiety Cause I'm like damn, like that's so in your face. About like if you don't seize hold of these like hits, these pings, these things that are telling you to do this and are presenting these opportunities that are so easy for you to say this and are presenting these opportunities that are so easy for you to say yes to and you're still saying no to them. It's so in your face about where you can be in 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 years when you take the time to sit down and think about that. And that's why I think a lot of times we don't think about that, we choose to not think about that because we're like shit, we're going to have to choose differently once I decide to see what's actually like, what my future is, if I don't.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and when she had me do that exercise, it wasn't just work, it was health, it was relationship, it was where I'm living, it was all of these different things because we run as humans on autopilot, on our subconscious, like 95% of the time might be 99. I believe it. I think it's 95% of the time where we do everything. Most of our days are exactly the same and a lot of it is fantastic because we don't have to think to brush our teeth or how to do it. We don't have to think to drive a car, we don't have to think to walk. All these things are already programmed inside of us. But it takes the awareness that you want to grow and then it also takes the discipline to make those steps, like Lizzie's saying, to do something that might feel uncomfortable but you can feel that it's going to lead you somewhere else. Another thing that she said was no choice is the wrong choice if you are choosing fast because the right choice is going to, rather than having death by a thousand paper cuts and prolonging a choice for 10 months because you just can't decide. Just make a choice in that moment and if it was the wrong one, the right one's going to come around, but at least you move the energy around to get to where you're supposed to be, rather than staying in the same exact space every single day, like right now. It's November 2024. Time is flying by so fast, so the more from like a Dharma life purpose perspective, we can not only have awareness of this inner ping and fire inside of us, but also take those aligned action steps to move the energy and start to like I call it shaking the tree, right when you don't feel like you should be reaching out to someone to collaborate, or you should collaborate, or you don't feel like saying the thing you want to say, or writing the book, or writing the blog, or even like speaking up at work or painting or doing something creative, whatever it is. If you just start to take those steps forward, listening to that inner fire, then energy starts to shake. So it might not the person you reached out to to collaborate with, it might not be that person, but the energy has been moving forward. Movement toward your dharma is such a dance so that you can best serve others with your dharma and with your life purpose and then feel fulfilled inside of you.
Speaker 2:The thing she would always say to me is like, do you want to wake up? And you're 65 and you never did any of this stuff. And I was like, no, I don't, I don't want to wake up. And you're 65 and you never did any of this stuff. And I was like, no, I don't, I don't want to wake up when I'm 65 and have that. So it's really, really interesting. And that's where I would not have had that perspective had I not had a coach. So you know, having a coach helps you to look at things from a different perspective.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and I think you know something that we're really trying to do is like leave y'all with real tools and resources and stuff on from these podcast episodes of like things that you can actually do if you're interested in taking action or doing anything about any of these things that we talk about on these. And you know, really having a coach like Nikki is talking about having a whether that's a life purpose coach or a health coach or a chant intuitive channel coach, like I mean there's all these different kinds of coaches. So, like, which way do you want to go with it? But having a coach, especially someone like a life purpose coach who's trained in it, can really help you move the ball forward on figuring out what your dharma is, what it looks like at this point. Having a blueprint to move forward and put some of this stuff into action to where you're living your life purpose here in three months, four months, five months, however long feels good to you, whereas it would take a lot longer if you do it on your own and it's not to say you shouldn't do it on your own.
Speaker 3:Nikki and I both started. She started with a coach. I started a little bit on my own. But when I went through the Dharma Coaching Institute, life Purpose Coaching Institute this isn't like you just learn about this shit, you have to go through it too. So I went through eight months of coaching, realistically, from these people that are facilitating the program of finding my own life purpose and how it speaks, how I am here to share with other people, and after I graduated, I still had a freaking life purpose coach.
Speaker 3:Nikki has had many coaches Like, if you are going to a coach and they're not being coached, something's wrong because we need to be improving too. You know, and we should be drinking the Kool-Aid. If we're trying to sell you the Kool-Aid, we should be drinking the Kool-Aid. So I think like, yes, having a coach is a great, it's a great thing to move you forward in a more efficient, straightforward. This is the process we're going to go through way.
Speaker 3:However, there's many other things you can do and I think one of the things Nikki talked about and we talk about often, is following these hits. Like Nikki was saying these intuitive things, like speaking out to somebody when you feel like you want to going for that yoga class, going to that pottery class, signing up for the photography class, like going to the coffee shop. When you hear about this coffee shop and it's like I want to try that, and you go to the coffee shop because you're supposed to meet someone at the coffee shop, like an easy thing that you can start doing is starting to follow these little things that are telling you to go do something that's out of your norm. And the other thing that, like we really talked about, is like and Nikki really hit on in the beginning is like what excites you, like what is getting you excited right now? Because, like, one of the best things I learned in DCI was, you know, excitement. That's the breadcrumb guiding us towards our Dharma. So when we follow, like what we're excited about, we're naturally guided to what's next.
Speaker 3:So it's like little stepping stones, you know, we see this whole living your life purpose as this huge thing. Oh, I got to quit my job and start my own business and do it all myself and make all these things and do blah, blah, blah. Maybe, but that's not how we do it, that's not even how we start, that's not how we get there. How I started was I reached out to Brynn and then I went to her class and then I paid her the money and then I showed up. It's the little things, they're stepping stones. It's not this grand, large change we need to make. It's what's exciting.
Speaker 3:You, right now, go do it. What told you you should go do something? What told you you should go do something? Go do it. You know it's like it can be and it is that simple, but we don't hear of the people who are doing it until they're doing it. Like we don't see the people we don't see. Dave Asprey, we don't see. You know, all these. Joe Rogan. You know we don't see all these people living out their life purpose, showing up the way they do.
Speaker 1:Catherine Zanchino we don't see them when they started.
Speaker 3:We see them when they're doing it, when they're living it, when it's undeniable. You're like man, they're so good, they just got it. We see that. But there were all these little decisions they made and these steps they did and these things they followed and, you know, made themselves uncomfortable to get to this place. So I think, like that's just one thing is like we. I think we think this this put this on this pedestal like living your life purpose, but that's that's like the culmination. You know there's so much to get there and so just take some little steps, that's all you need.
Speaker 2:Yeah, taking little steps and then knowing that whenever you take steps that are different than the way that you've been going, some people that are close to you might try to warn you or tell you like that's not a good idea, or have you thought about this through, or whatever?
Speaker 2:So there's you know a lot of these. You know more influential people that are living their purpose and talking. Also talk about this part, too, where, when you start to take those leaps and get into the part that's uncomfortable, you're becoming a version that's different than what the people around you know. And there's going to be people around you that feel very excited and ignited that you're turning into this new version of you and they're there to empower you and they are there with you no matter what. And there's other people who might have their own shadows and worries and it's themselves talking to themselves whenever they're telling you that this might not be a good idea, you might not want to do this, et cetera. Typically from just what experience is, and then also seeing you know Catherine Zanchina and others talk about this those people end up coming back around whenever you are established. So it's almost like they weren't an early adopter, like in technology. They had to wait to make sure that everyone else trusted it and things are good and you have that notoriety and you're moving forward and now they're coming around to work with you or do something like that or get advice from you.
Speaker 2:So it's an interesting thing I bring that up because you don't have to share everything you're doing with everybody.
Speaker 2:You can keep you know some of these things you're doing for your purpose until you feel so solid in your foundation that you're going to share it with someone, that if they say something it's not going to throw you off kilter, that you're going to second guess yourself.
Speaker 2:And that's part of the journey of stepping into your purpose is, you know, especially especially now well, actually, now that we're moving into the age of Aquarius and with that we're moving into the age of independence and inner knowledge, inner knowing, intuition, feminine flow, et cetera there's going to be a lot more people following their purpose and moving into it. So it's going to feel a little bit more like you have community because others are going to be doing it as well. But just know that if you have these things that come up or other people that are telling you it might not be a good idea, et cetera, know that. Only you know what's inside of you and in your intuition and in your soul, and then also you just, yeah, follow that. And it's never a bad thing to get alternative opinions and just have discernment on what works for you, seeking other opinions, but having that discernment for your inner purpose.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you need to protect yourself. You're going against the grain, you're doing things that are outside of the norm. You're not just accepting what everybody tells you to accept as what's good for you and what you should ought to be doing, what success means to you. So you got to protect yourself because we're vulnerable, especially in the beginning, when we're not even sure what the hell we're doing and what we're choosing and where we're going. But we know it's right and we might not have the words to tell people why. We are so convicted in this feeling that sometimes we begin to question ourselves. And so, like Nikki's saying, be discerning. You know who you can share these things with and who you can't, and sometimes we're going to share them more and be like, oh shit, I shouldn't have said that to you. And it can be. Honestly, it can be really hard because, nikki knows, we've been friends for a long time now. When I was going through my yoga teacher training and all this stuff, I had a really hard time with half of my family. And I will say time with half of my family and I will say it was half of the family that I did not think that I would have a hard time with, and then the other half that I thought would be like what the hell are you doing Was very supportive. So it can be hard to like. Come to a realization about who's actually there for you and who isn't, irregardless of what you choose to do. And so be gentle with yourself. Whenever you feel ready to share, share, however little, however much.
Speaker 3:Nikki and I are launching this business tomorrow, on the 11th. We're getting some stuff done right before and that's fine. It's actually great. We were talking about how great it was to be under a crunch. Now we just got the juices. But there's a lot of people who didn't know that I was doing this with Nikki, because I just didn't want to tell anybody. You know, and that is okay, you know, like it's okay, it's, I'm so excited about it. But I just didn't even want to invite anyone else's opinions or questions about what we were doing in until we were solid, and we're fucking solid and so we're out here now sharing everything.
Speaker 3:But it's like, you know, you can feel really good and confident about things and you still don't have to talk about them or you can shout them from the rooftop. So you just you got to feel into what's right for you and where you're gonna be able to hold up those boundaries, those energetic and emotional boundaries, so that people aren't knocking you down and you're fighting against something that's unnecessary when you're already doing so much to change and shift. So I think I know it's unfortunate, but a lot of people don't have people that they can safely and freely speak to about their dreams, their hopes and their dreams and what they actually want out of this life. So you know that's really what a life purpose coach and what I'm here for. So, if you know, talking about this life purpose stuff and it's something that you're really interested in learning about yourself and maybe taking some steps to bring that into your life Maybe not switching your whole job, dropping your business, but like bringing this into your life in general. I'm here for you and I just want to highlight one of my main things that I do at Modern Zen, outside of run the whole platform with Nikki is I'm really passionate about life purpose coaching and doing it one-on-one right now yes, there are group things, but I just love really getting to know you and uncovering things and helping you see how incredible and amazing and strong and all these things that you have, all these gifts you have, like I'm here to shine a light on them. I'm here to hold a space for you to be like your authentic self, to talk about the things that maybe you don't have anybody else to talk about, and to help you like remember what you're here for and like let's do it, let's bring it into your life in some way or another. I'm very action oriented, so I love to work with you every week on small steps that we can actually take to where, when you leave the program, when you go back out, you are in a different place and you have a blueprint for what to continue to do, to really live out like what you're here to be doing here on this earth. So I just wanted to share that.
Speaker 3:I do a six-week one-on-one life purpose coaching program and I walk you through the Dharma Discovery Method, which is a method I learned in my coaching institute, and obviously I have my own little twists on things based on my own experiences and knowledge base and things like that. But we spend six weeks together, an hour a piece, just one-on-one. We talk about your Dharma archetype, how you communicate, your obstacles, what excites you, your superpowers, and then you get to leave with this Dharma blueprint, which really takes you through actionable steps for you to be able to live out your Dharma, to live out your life purpose, and whatever that looks like, how big or how small, how in-depth that's up to you and we figure that out together. And so it's an intensive program. I will say it's six weeks. We do not skip a week. It's an hour a week. You've got action items. Like you're going to have homework, I'm definitely going to check in on you. It's very important to have accountability or we don't do things and that's just being human. I'm the same way. So it really is designed to help you discover your dharma, find your purpose and start living it out. So I do. It's six weeks. It's $1,500.
Speaker 3:But I wanted to offer a special for you podcast listeners that made it through the entire episode here with Nikki and myself and have been here with us since the beginning. So this coupon code is going nowhere else, nowhere else since the beginning. So this coupon code is going nowhere else, nowhere else. But we want to give you guys $300 off and give you my six-week one-on-one life purpose coaching for $1,200. And the coupon code for that when you check out is MZCP, so like Modern Zen Collective Podcast. Modern Zen Collective Podcast M-Z-C-P-L-P-C Life Purpose Coaching 300. Because that's how much you're getting off. So M-Z-Z-P-L-P-C 300. It's a mouthful, but it makes sense when I wrote it out. So you know what. That's what it is. Modern Zen Collective Podcast Life Purpose Coaching 300.
Speaker 2:Why not?
Speaker 3:Why not Trial and error people over here? Trial and error. It's my first coupon code. What are you going?
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Speaker 3:Okay, acorns, I'm talking to you and, honey, I know you people out there because I use you, you people out there, because I use you.
Speaker 2:I think that is such a. It's just so. It's so great that you have not only this experience but also you, you know, have your credentials in Dharma coaching and you know, if this is something you're interested in, you can always reach out to us and ask us any questions about it as well. I will attest I'm not just saying that because we work together, but Lizzie was my coach whenever she was going through everything and even then so many things that I was able to have forward movement on and step into. When I left corporate, I was definitely staying in the shadows, and working with Lizzie helped me to understand being seen and also you know that I'm a manifester in human design, that I'm supposed to be, and I was trying very, very hard not to be, so Lizzie opened my eyes for that. So it's great, if you have that it's a nice intensive for that six weeks that you get to have accountability and forward movement and, like we talked about, moving that energy forward.
Speaker 3:Thanks, Nikki.
Speaker 2:You know it.
Speaker 3:We you know, Nikki and I would not be here today if I didn't coach her and she didn't coach me, because we just really know how each other works from inside out. And I will say that all of my past coaching clients because I'm not here to be your coach forever unless you want me to be, you know, whatever but all my past coaching clients and I, we remain friends and we still share resources and things like that to this day because, you know, you really do connect in a deeper level when you share these kinds of things with people. And, yeah, it brings me so much joy to see the transition in all these women, all their lives, from working together and what everything looks like, and even to this day we haven't worked together in a while some of them and seeing where they are now, it's just I love it so much, it gives me so much joy. So that's my purpose, my iteration of my life purpose in this moment is to help you find yours and to be here with Nikki on the Modern Zen Collective. Like 100%. That's my purpose, 100% right now. So I'm so happy that we're here together, that we're here with you, that you decided to listen.
Speaker 3:We do not take it lightly that you give us your time and your energy and let us be in your space in your life. So thank you so much for being here. You know this is just the beginning. This is just the beginning of everything. So we're happy that you trust us enough to give us, give us this attention for now, but we're here to keep building that trust, to hold that trust, to be a place for you to come when you just need some answers, need some help, need a community. And thank you so much for coming today and look out for our special practice meditation that we're also releasing. We're going to be releasing both conversations, interviews with guests, especially our practitioners, that are part of our database. We trust them and love them and we want to share them with you, so they will be on here. We'll be sharing lots of practices that we love subliminals, meditations, all this different kind of stuff. Healing hurts, music. So we're here to just be a resource for you. So thank you so much for joining us.
Speaker 2:Thank you for being here and sticking with us for these 50 minutes. We really appreciate it. You know, good luck with your dharma and finding it and following through and everything for these 50 minutes. We really appreciate it. You know, good luck with your dharma and finding it and following through and everything that works for you. We're here to support you.
Speaker 3:Yes, if it's not with us, that's okay. Just make sure you do something right.
Speaker 2:Follow that inner fire Exactly.
Speaker 3:Yes, see you next time.
Speaker 2:Bye everyone.
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