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
They're not your enemy -- They're your reflection
Ever wonder why certain people drive you absolutely crazy? That irritating colleague who dominates every meeting with their achievements? The friend whose humblebrags make you want to scream? They might be your greatest teachers in disguise.
This episode takes you on a journey through my own moment of uncomfortable self-discovery when I realized why "Jessica" – a woman whose constant self-promotion made me cringe – triggered me so intensely. The revelation? She was mirroring back parts of myself I hadn't fully accepted.
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Hey, it's Laura. Welcome to this week's Peak of the Week. Before we get into it, I just want to say thank you, everyone who is following along in real time. Here we are about 30 days away from the launch of Shine Brighter. I cannot even begin to put into words my level of giddiness to have that out in the world and in people's hands. Um, so whenever you are listening to this, you might be able to buy it. Go on Amazon, go on Barnes and Noble, um, or just check my website. But for those of you who are like, really here in real time and sending goodness and love, thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Okay. So today, that person who drives you crazy yes, they're your teacher.
Speaker 1:Okay, so I want to tell you something that happened to me that was equal parts mortifying and eye-opening. There's a woman in my professional circle let's just call her Jessica who used to make me want to crawl under a table every time she spoke at events. She'd go on and on about her latest wins, drop client names like confetti, somehow make every single conversation circle back to her achievements. I'd sit there internally rolling my eyes, thinking everything is about her. It's exhausting. I was complaining to my husband about her. Yet after another networking event, when he asked me something quite powerful, he goes what exactly about her bothers you so much? As I started listening all of her annoying traits something uncomfortable started stirring in my chest. Because if I'm being really honest really honest, I used to. Okay, I'm still do those exact same things. Oh no, that night I couldn't sleep. I kept thinking about all the times I would steer conversations toward my revenue numbers, my latest placement that I'm the breadwinner, my professional wins. How many times had I really just dominated with stories about my success? It's like all of that was replaying in my mind. And so it hit me. Jessica wasn't annoying me because she was terrible. She was annoying me because she was showing me a part of myself that I fully hadn't made peace with yet. The part of me that tied my worth to achievement, the part that needed everyone to know how well I was doing in life, the part that felt invisible unless she was impressive. I thought I'd moved past that version of myself, but watching Jessica, I realized I had not fully processed my shame. Was it my shame about my desire to feel special or my like? Where did that come from, Right? So that led to a whole other. This could be the whole next week's peak of the week about what I had to do to heal those pieces of me, but here I'll keep this high level.
Speaker 1:When someone gets under your skin, it's usually not about them, it's about you. It's about you recognizing something familiar, something you either have not fully accepted in yourself, or something that maybe you've changed but you haven't forgiven yourself for. Think about it. There's probably a lot of people who do things you don't love, but they don't all trigger you the same way. Sometimes you just like pass someone and you're like, okay, well, it's not my style, and you and you move on. But the ones who really get to you, yep, those are your mirrors, those are your mirrors.
Speaker 1:And once I realized what was happening with Jessica, everything shifted. Instead of avoiding her, I started watching with curiosity. I could see underneath all of that self-promotion was someone who felt like she had to prove her worth constantly. That was me, Someone just like me, who didn't quite believe she was valuable just for being herself. So at the next event I saw her and when she started sharing her latest success story, I actually listened without judging, without judging. And you know what? Then I could see it. I could see she was genuinely excited about helping her clients. The name dropping was just how she knew to share. That's just how she knew how to share that joy. So when she paused, instead of changing the subject, I said that sounds really meaningful, Like your clients are lucky to have someone who cares that much. And the shift in her face was instant, Like I she relaxed, she smiled, she could stop performing and we could actually connect. So something beautiful happens when you stop judging someone else. When you judge someone else, you judge yourself. Let me say that again when you judge someone else, you are judging yourself. So when I started extending that same compassion that I gave to Jessica to myself, instead of feeling shame about my achievement-obsessed, validation-seeking version of Laura, I began to understand that she was doing the best she could with what she had, the best she could, with what she knew, the best she could. She wasn't wrong. She was just trying to feel worthy the only way she knew how. And when I healed that relationship with my past self and I forgave myself, Jessica stopped triggering me entirely. She's still proud of her work, as she should be, and I can celebrate her wins without feeling any angst.
Speaker 1:So here's my question for you who in your life is currently pushing your buttons? Instead of asking, why are they so annoying? Try these, Remember, because the quality of your questions indicates the quality of your life. Like ask better questions. So ask yourself what specifically about their behavior triggers me. When have I acted in a similar way? What part of myself might I be judging?
Speaker 1:This isn't about excusing harmful behavior or forcing yourself to love everyone. Some people genuinely are not good for us and boundaries matter, but if someone gets under your skin in ways that feel bigger than they actually should be, it made me like you're like. Why am I spending so much time on this? Why does this keep dominating my thoughts? It's hello, your cue to look deeper. What if that person is just showing you something that you need to heal? It's just like this red light indicator beep, beep, beep, beep. Look here.
Speaker 1:When you heal your relationship with those parts of yourself, when you stop judging yourself, you free yourself Freedom. You also create space for true connection. When you're not busy judging someone, you can actually see them. You can actually love them. The people who frustrate us most are often reflecting back the parts of ourselves we need to love more fully. Let me say that again the people who frustrate us most are often reflecting back the parts of ourselves we need to love more fully. What mirror has been trying to get your attention lately? I can't even begin to tell you how many other like, as I asked myself that question, I'm like, oh boy, let me think of the people who are triggering me right now. Okay, where do I need to look within myself? There's always more Like this work.
Speaker 1:It's not like one and done. It's about continuous self-awareness, when we can be aware of these emotional reactions we're having and be able to clear them and then approach it with fresh eyes. Just think. Think of what world we're creating Self-love, compassion, forgiveness of self in order to extend that to others. I hope this got you thinking today, and it is just my pleasure and my joy to be coming in your ears. I don't take that for granted. I treasure it. Please send me a text, Please reach out, Please let me know what this meant to you today, Because guess what? You matter. You matter a lot. You matter a lot and I believe so much in your magnificence and your desire to put out so much good in this world. So keep shining. I'm so excited for Shine Brighter to be out in the world only a month away. Shine brighter.