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
The Promotion That Changed Nothing
Ever landed that dream promotion only to feel more lost than before? You're not alone. That crushing disappointment reveals one of the most persistent myths about success—that external achievements will finally make us feel complete.
After conducting 30,000 interviews with successful people, I've discovered a profound truth: if it doesn't feel good now, it won't feel good when you "get there." We're constantly postponing our joy until the next achievement, turning happiness into a destination rather than a practice.
Ready to stop chasing satisfaction and start creating it? That shift is available to you right now.
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Hey, it's Laura, welcome to this week's Peak of the Week and goodness gracious it has been. Whew, it's rocky, it's a little rocky, I don't know about you, but a little topsy turvy, rocky, I don't know what other words could describe the state. But guess what, no matter what happens on the external, on the outside world, we can always turn internal, and this is your time to turn internal, shinebrighter to read. Or, if you already have it and it's sitting on your nightstand, go ahead and pick up that book, because Shinebrighter, the High Performer's Guide to Purpose, presence and Peak Living. This is everything to me, my gift, my offering to you. And if you are here, I know you are a very, very, very, very, very special person and you are on a very, very, very special journey. So keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. What are we talking about this week?
Speaker 1:This week is the myth about success will finally feel good once you reach the next level. So this week I'd like to share a little story with you to illustrate a myth. A woman that I know fairly well had been promoted to head up an entire division for her company. The role she'd been working towards for several years Team of 50 people, budget authority that she'd never had before. And then, let's say, six weeks into the position, she called me exhausted. Laura. I thought this would be my moment. I thought I'd finally feel like I'd made it be my moment. I thought I'd finally feel like I'd made it, but honestly, I feel more lost than ever. The imposter syndrome is worse, the pressure is crushing and I keep thinking there has to be more to success than this. This, right here, captures one of the biggest myths that we tell ourselves about success. We believe that success will finally feel good once we reach the next level. Be honest, how many times have you told yourself some version of this story? Once I get the promotion, I'll feel confident. When I hit six figures, I'll finally relax. After I lead this major project, I'll prove my worth. When I get recognized as the expert, I'll stop doubting myself. We've turned happiness into a destination, a reward that we'll unlock after we've jumped through how many hoops, climbed high, high, how high, and achieved how much. But what I've learned after 30,000 interviews with successful, successful people? If it doesn't feel good now, it won't feel good there. Do you get that Like? If you don't decide to feel good now, it's not going to feel good when you get there.
Speaker 1:I see this pattern everywhere. The director who thought becoming head of the department would bring fulfillment, only to discover they missed the hands-on work they used to love. The manager who believed leading the biggest team would prove their leadership skills, only to find themselves drowning in administrative tasks. The specialist who thought getting recognized as the go-to expert would boost their confidence, only to realize the pressure to be perfect all the time was overwhelming. Each level brings its own challenges, its own emptiness, its own version of is this all there is? Because the truth is, external achievements cannot fill an internal void. When you're waiting for success to feel good someday, that, someday when you X fill in the blank, whatever, whatever you decide, you're essentially putting your life on hold. You're postponing joy, you're postponing satisfaction, you're postponing fulfillment until some future moment that never quite arrives. That's just a little bit further out in the future what actually works. So those who break this pattern make one simple but profound shift. They stop treating alignment as a reward they'll earn later and start recognizing it's something available right now. Be it now. Alignment isn't a trophy that you get for climbing high enough. It's not a bonus that comes with the corner office or a six-figure salary Alignment is a choice you can make today. In whatever role you're in, with whatever resources you currently have, you decide that you're enough. You're enough, you're worthy just as you are. It's about showing up authentically in your current position just as you are. It's about showing up authentically in your current position, leading from your actual values, instead of what you think leadership should look like Making decisions based on what energizes you, not just what impresses others being you.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you about Jennifer. She was a senior manager who spent three years positioning herself for a director role, convinced that leading the entire division would finally make her feel like she'd arrived. When she got the promotion, the initial celebration lasted about two weeks. Then reality set in Endless budget meetings, difficult personnel decisions, less time for the creative work she actually loved. That's when she came to me questioning if she'd made a mistake. Instead of looking for another rung on the ladder, we worked on something different. We focused on how she could bring more of her authentic leadership style to her current role. We identified what actually energized her about leading people and found ways to structure her time around those core elements, even within her new responsibilities. The transformation was remarkable. New responsibilities. The transformation was remarkable Same position, same challenges, completely different experience.
Speaker 1:She started feeling the satisfaction she'd been chasing through titles by simply aligning more deeply with her natural way of leading. Eight months later, she was offered a promotion to regional director, but this time, this time, the opportunity felt like a natural extension of the work that was already fulfilling, not a desperate attempt to find validation through a bigger title, your micro move this week. Are you ready to test this? Instead of waiting for the next achievement to bring satisfaction, ask yourself what would it look like to find fulfillment in what I'm doing right now? Right now, maybe it's having more authentic conversations with your team. Maybe it's approaching your current projects from your natural strengths instead of what you think is expected. Maybe it's setting boundaries that honor your values, even in your current role. Try one small experiment, one small experiment in alignment this week. See what shifts when you stop postponing satisfaction until someday.
Speaker 1:Because the truth, well, success that feels good starts from the inside and works its way out, not the other way around. You don't need a new job, a bigger title or a different life to start experiencing fulfillment. You need a new way of showing up in the life you already have the corner office, the salary bump, recognition, wonderful, they're all wonderful, but they're not the source of satisfaction you are, and the funny thing is, those things do show up. They do when you make the internal move first, when you align with who you really are. When you align with who you really are, what genuinely, genuinely matters to you. Success becomes a natural expression of that alignment, not a desperate attempt to feel worthy and that. That kind of success. It feels good, it feels satisfying, it feels like you. Are you ready to stop chasing satisfaction and start creating it? That shift is available to you right now. Right now, just make the choice.
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