Heavenly Human
Welcome to the Heavenly Human podcast where we help you pause and pivot toward true fulfillment.
Have you ever felt that stirring deep inside — that quiet voice telling you there's something more for your life? That feeling that despite all your success, something still feels missing?
We’ve been there. We are you. Three years ago, co-host Laura King was at the peak of her career as an Executive Recruiter. On paper, she had it all. Awards, accolades, and a healthy bank account. But each night, she’d come home feeling slightly off, a bit disconnected, and wondering, "Is this it?"
In 2023, it all came crashing down with a triple diagnosis - severe anxiety, ADHD, and sleep issues. Her body was screaming what her heart had been whispering for years. There was another path. There was another way of being.
Co-host Mondo experienced a similar calling. Three years ago, he was living what many would consider the dream — a successful startup founder with a six-figure lifestyle. Then, his heart called him to something radical: surrendering 99% of his material possessions to pursue a completely different path.
What Laura and Mondo both discovered through deep conversations, healing, tears, breakthroughs, and countless moments of growth was that we were being called to our unique sliver of Heaven on Earth — what we now call, Heavenly Human.
We've now joined forces to create this podcast, sharing what we've learned with other believers who feel that same nudge toward something more meaningful. We're here to guide you toward fulfillment through the embodiment of heaven on earth.
Peace, Love, Joy, Freedom, Abundance.
It’s all waiting for you.
"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
Heavenly Human
Forrest Gump & The Power of Being Last
Have you ever felt like you're constantly putting others first while watching them succeed ahead of you? This powerful conversation explores the counter-cultural wisdom that "nice guys and gals finish last, but they finish with the biggest blessings."
Some people are specifically called to be the supporters in their circles—those with enough endurance to watch others accelerate while remaining patient in their own journey. It can feel isolating and lonely to consistently be the helper, the one who ensures no one gets left behind. Yet this position isn't random—it's connected to your unique attributes and purpose.
Using the beautiful analogy of Forrest Gump repeatedly running into danger to rescue soldiers before finding his friend Bubba, we explore how being last requires exceptional character. Like Forrest, those called to this role show up with kindness and compassion, never chosen to be first for anything, yet consistently finding themselves in the right place at the right time. They possess a special combination of will, faith, and grace that allows them to help others break through barriers.
This conversation offers validation and encouragement for anyone feeling the weight of being last. While warning against self-depletion and premature pursuit of external achievements, the message remains clear: if you stay the course and focus on blessing those around you rather than chasing fame or fortune, extraordinary blessings await. Your position isn't a punishment but a preparation for something remarkable—if you have the courage not to give up or pivot away from those who need you right now.
Ready to embrace your role as the supporter? Listen now and discover the power and purpose of finishing last.
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So I'm pretty sure you've heard the statement nice guys finish last, right, that's. That's nothing new. We've all heard that before. I chose a few years ago to add on to that you can adopt this if you want. I now say nice guys and gals finish last, but they finish with the biggest blessings. Gals finish last, but they finish with the biggest blessings. Nice guys and gals finish last, but they finish with the biggest blessings. So I'm going to say more about that, but first let's listen to this clip from last episode about being last.
Speaker 1:In my life, I feel like I'm the number four person like last. So like Laura's winning, other people in my life are winning and God is still saying Mondo, it's not your time yet. And so I just really want to talk to that person who notices a bunch of people starting to accelerate, but you're still on pause. I'm talking to you and I'm talking to myself at the same time Continue to have patience, continue to trust in God's plan, because there's just no other way around it. And so, like it's just, it's resonating with me right now a lot because, like I'm just in that season of enduring being last this long but also knowing that there's purpose to it, right. So Laura said, now, when I start my purpose, workshops, like I pray, like I had, there's a different type of spirit that I bring. And so I believe that, because I've chosen to be last, and some other people who may have to be last in their circle, because you choose to be last, there's going to be a unique gift, a unique thing that, like you have, and you have alone, simply because you were the one who was called to be last in your circle, so there is this endurance that one must have to be last. Right, like so many people are in front of you, moving quicker, having experienced the glory in advance, smiling, living the gleeful life Right. And it's your responsibility to still put in the work. And that can be hard, it can be lonely, it can be isolating, but it is for a reason Right the, the fabric of your attributes, like what you were built to do. It's it's, it's just part of who you are right, that servant, that helper, that person who's just not going to allow somebody else to, to suffer if they want to get out right, if they want to be quote unquote saved. Not that it's your responsibility or that you can save anybody, I'm not saying that. I am saying it's your responsibility to offer support or offer guidance or offer help to help somebody get unstuck, so then they can go do the rest of the work. To help somebody get unstuck, so then they can go do the rest of the work. Here's a visual that, whenever I talk about being lies like, hits my spirit. So who loves the movie Forrest Gump, so you know.
Speaker 1:Forrest experienced so many blessings in that cinematic masterpiece. But the one story or season of Forrest Gump that I never forget is when he built a relationship with Bubba. Right Like everybody loved Bubba with that big old lip Right, because Bubba knew how to make shrimp any other, every kind of way. But there was a moment when they went to war and he had to go save Bubba, right Like the planes or whatever were dropping bombs in the forest or the village or whatever, and he was like oh, bubba's not with me, right, and he had to go back and get them. And yet every time he ran back into the forest he found somebody that wasn't Bubba and he carried them out, dropped them on the edge and ran back in, found somebody else that wasn't Bubba, picked him up, put him on his shoulders, carried him out, ran back in over and over and over. He was unwilling to allow someone else to suffer and he chose to be last Right and eventually he found Bubba. No need to talk more about that.
Speaker 1:But Forrest, to me, is an example, is a representative of what it looks like to be last Right. Always looked at as being the underdog, nobody believed him in him, but somehow, some way, always found himself in the right place at the right time. He just showed up with kindness, with compassion. He did what mama said. Right, like Forrest, was a pure example of being a nice guy, and nowhere in the story was somebody picking Forrest to be first up, to be first on the team, to be first for anything. He was around him. He's a nice guy that finished last, but finished with the biggest blessings.
Speaker 1:So For you, in real life, you may be the person in your inner circle who is supposed to be last, simply because you have enough will, you have enough muscle, you have enough faith, you have enough grace in your being, in your essence, to not give up, to support the people who are around you, to help them break through whatever that barrier is in front of them. For some reason you just have that gift and for some of us, we know it's just our responsibility to not leave anybody behind. Yes, and let's be sure to pause when we need to to make sure we don't deplete ourselves. Right. We still have to be the with mom or dad or brother or sister or cousin or best friend, or go chase something else that's outside of those people that we care about.
Speaker 1:Go chase a business prematurely. Go chase a job prematurely. Go chase a job prematurely. Go chase a drug. Go chase fame. Go chase fortune. Right, those things will always be there and there are many people already in front of you chasing them. I am here to say that, if you choose to be last and focus on blessing the people that are right around you, if you are that person right, I'm talking to a very specific person and if this isn't resonating with you, I'm not talking to you, but there is somebody that needs to hear this. What I am telling you is the biggest blessing that you can possibly imagine will be delivered. Just keep going, Do not give up, do not pivot away from those loved ones around you that need you right now. Peace.