Rebel Buddhist

This week, we dive into Spiritual Practice vs Consciousness Exploration - and the dangers of not knowing the difference. I’ll talk about how we can use conscious exploration to nurture our spiritual growth (instead of letting it distract us) and how we can approach altered states with caution. Plus we’ll take a look at what Buddhism has to say about this and other psychic skills like telepathy, astral travel, and dream yoga

You will learn:

// The difference between conscious exploration and spiritual growth

// How conscious exploration can distract us from our spir...

In this week’s episode, we dive deeper into the concept that freedom is a FEELING - and not only the freedom TO, but freedom FROM. We’ll also jam on when to know it’s time to let go, and how our freedom affects more than just ourselves.

You will learn:

// Freedom ACTUALLY is (and what it isn’t)

// How to know when it’s time to let go

// The two sides to freedom

// How freedom isn’t just personal - it’s collective

Resources:

// Episode 2...

This week’s episode is short and potent reminder that joy is your birthright. In remembering our inevitable death and lack of control around it, we discover that we were ALL made for joy. I share a poem from the Persian mystic, Hafez, that is a mic drop moment you’ll want to hear, and invite you to begin to explore what fills your cup, and discover the special moments between despair and joy. 

In this episode, you will learn:

// Why living each day as if it were our last can lead to JOY

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In this week’s episode, we revisit my own story of creating my coaching business and how I learned the hard way that defining success and having enough wasn’t just some random number I could throw out and work to achieve. We’ll jam on how to find your own version of “enough” and how that can naturally lead to abundance.

You will learn:

// Can money really buy happiness?

// Why do we correlate money with emotional wellbeing?

// How patriarchy has skewed our version of “enough”

// How “enough” can naturally lead to...

This week, we’re throwing it back to an episode celebrating our rebel minds ones. And yes - that means we’re celebrating YOURS, too! We’ll jam on some of my fave concepts and teachings from past episodes and why each one is a rebellious act on its own. Plus, we’ll review some of the most counter-culture concepts of all.

You will learn:

// Why the consumerist, materialistic world can never free us from unnecessary suffering

// Some of the most rebellious ideas and teachings from the past 200 episodes, including:

> Impermanence & non-atta...

This week’s episode is about enlightenment. We’ll break down one of my current fave quotes by Nisargadatta Maharaj and talk about the paradox of being both empty and full - nothing and everything, in our everyday lives.

You will learn:

// Why “nothing” isn’t a scary void, but a limitless place of freedom and wisdom, and how we can touch it

// How realizing the illusion of separation can lead us to love

// Where wisdom and love meet, and why living there IS the path

// Ways to find this in ou...

This week we’re going to dive into a simple - but not easy - experiment:mWhat if we assumed shit just might work out for us, instead of worrying it won’t? Join us as we explore this way of thinking that’s 100% available to all of us.

You will learn:

// Why we often struggle to control how things will work out

// Why worrying about the future is useless

// How we can begin to change our mindset

// How thinking that shit will work out can change our lives for th...

This week we dive into one thing that we all need to cultivate to really experience a good life: AWE. We’ll talk about all the ways we can experience awe (because it’s more than just sunsets and mountain splendor), and some practices we can do to cultivate awe in our daily lives.

You will learn:

// What awe is and why we need it to live a good life

// The different types of awe we experience, and why they’re all so critical in today’s world

// How awe connects us to ea...

This week we dive into our Foundational Attachments, exploring our relationships with nature and humans, and why we might see them as separate in the first place. This impacts how we experience the world, as well as how we suffer unnecessarily, AND how we find joy.

You will learn:

// How we cultivate (and have wounds) in our foundational attachments to Humans and Nature

// Why some people trust nature more than humans, and others trust people more than nature

// Why our ultimate wholeness includes BOTH other humans AND nature

// The...

This week, we dive into a truth that we often forget: We are the dreams of our ancestors. Join us as we explore the ways we can honor our ancestors in the lives we live today and how we can move forward in healing their wounds AND ours, not just for our own good, but for the good of our communities. Knowing this helps us get through anything, and this is the type of resilience many of us need right now.

You will learn:

// How I was inspired by my Black dharma teacher, Noliwe Alexander...

This week I reflect on a recent visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, and how a simple experience of crossing the street turned into a very healing and eye-opening lesson in trust and interdependence. We’ll talk about how in the US, when it comes to navigating traffic and driving, we are taught to assume we are invisible. Drive defensively. Cross streets assuming no one sees you. In Hanoi, it was the opposite. If you wanted to do something as basic as cross the street, you have to assume you would be seen, and that people cared and would take care. I...

This week’s topic is all about judgment and discernment. We can often default to judging situations and people, especially if we've been through trauma and we’re on the lookout for threats. Add to this a history of being gaslit, and it gets even harder to trust our inner wisdom. But understanding the difference between judgment and discernment can completely change how we respond to life and to other, making it more compassionate, expansive and creative.. The good news is that cultivating discernment is possible. In this episode, we dive into a practice that helps you do exactly that...

This week’s episode is about the importance of letting in what restores and realigns us so that we can let go of what no longer serves us. We’ll talk about the concept of crowding out and how we can use that as a framework to practice letting in wherever we find ourselves stuck in our old patterns.

You will learn:

// What “crowding out” is and how we can use to help us let go of what no longer serves us

// How to know what the rights things to let in are

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This week we talk about the importance of showing up authentically in relationships… even when we are afraid the other person won’t accept us for who we are. I’ll share my own story about how my husband and I could have ended it… and how my choice to speak and act wisely changed the course of our relationship and our parenting forever (and for good)! 

Things you will learn:

// The truth behind why we fear being our true selves with others 

// How we can finally find out if we should stay or go 

This week’s episode is all about Sacred Discipline - not the authoritarian, “I told you so” type of discipline, but a sacred discipline that comes from creating what WE wants. A Sacred Discipline that can set us free and help us live our Soul Purpose into the world (which, BTW, really needs it right now!). We will explore how Sacred Discipline isn’t anti-freedom at all, and jam on some ways to develop our own Sacred Discipline in a daily practice.

You will learn:

// How our sneaky minds make us resist discipline - even when it’...

This week’s episode is all about forgiveness as a practice, and beginning again (and again). We often think of forgivensss as a singular act, but if you’ve ever tried to truly forgive, you likely know it’s a process. And if we succeed, it’s also something we might have to go through again when old wounds are reopened. We’ll be jamming on WHY we have to revisit forgiveness over and over again, and I’ll give some tools that will help you approach forgiveness as a practice.

You will learn:

// Why forgiveness...

This week’s episode is all about breaking the rules - really! We’ll jam on why some rules should be broken, and the importance of breaking little rules every day. Plus I’ll tell you some ways you can figure out which rules should be broken in the first place.

You will learn:

// Why some rules are worth breaking

// What “resistance calisthenics” are, and how we can apply them to our own spiritual practice

// How to discern if a rule is worth breaking

// The importance of practicing being rebellious...

This week we’re going to dive into how discomfort doesn’t always mean danger. We’ll also explore how we need not look for guarantees of complete safety - because nothing can guarantee 100% safety and comfort for everyone. You’ll also learn about some ways we can practice stepping INTO discomfort when we’ve found our safe enough space.

You will learn:

// Why there’s no such things as 100% safe 

// The trap of equating comfort with safety 

// The difference between discomfort and true danger

// How to use “safe enough” to step...

This week we talk about what we CAN do when - for myriad reasons - we can’t show up the way we’d like to in the world. We’ll talk about why we tend to ignore the not-so-awakened moments in our practice, and how that actually limits our growth. Plus I’ll tell you how we can look at our journey with a little more self-compassion and give you a super-special mantra from Larry Yang that can help us in these times.

You will learn:

// How moments of our non-awakened mind are essential to awake...

This week’s episode is a reminder that safety, stillness, and connection are our birthright. We’re going to remember what’s possible, what’s available, and what we most need today, in this moment. And we’re going to explore ways we can tap into all of it, right now, wherever we are.

You will learn:

// Why safety, stillness, and connection are our natural birthright

// What keeps us from experiencing them more regularly

// How to reclaim our birthright & unlearn the unhealthy patterns that keep us from it

// Ways we can pra...

This week’s episode is all about being a Cycle Breaker. We’ll dive into our lineage of trauma and wounding, how we’re already doing the work to break the cycle of generational trauma, and what we can do to help others break the cycle for themselves. Yes, even in these times.

You will learn:

// How generational cycles and trauma get passed on to future generations

// How to take creaking the cycle of trauma at an individual, family, and community level

// Ways we can meet the challenges of these times withou...

This week, we’re talking about how life is full of unpredictability and change and how resisting reality and clinging to the way we think things “should” be leads to unnecessary suffering. We also explore what we can do to learn to let it all BE, without losing our capacity to take actions for a better, more compassionate world.

You will learn:

// What the Bardo is and how we can shift our reactions to the unexpected endings we experience through our day to day lives

// How to let go of resistance to change and le...

This week, we’re diving into an essential topic for these times - how to stay through difficult experiences with others. I’ll talk about the importance of staying with discomfort for the benefit of our community and the more-than-human world around us. Plus we’ll talk about the key elements we need to help stay through the challenging times as well as when to say, “Thanks but no thanks!” and leave with integrity.

You will learn:

// Why discomfort is inescapable in any community… and how it’s a GOOD thing

// Why it’s important to s...

This week’s episode is all about the concept of KINDfulness and the way that being mindfully kind can have an impact on our world and our day-to-day lives… for ourselves, for others, and for the more-than-human world around us. After all, the world could use more kindfulness now, more than ever.

You will learn:

// What KINDfulness means, and why it’s important in our daily practice

// Stories of KINDfulness that touch the heart

// Why if we want to be “selfish,” we should be kind

// How tiny acts of kindfulnes...

This week’s episode is an extra special one, as we talk about how we can help each other during a crisis or disaster. I'm sure you agree this is a good time to learn these skills! I'll teach you some super practical tools to use when others are processing a recent crisis, and I’ll tell you some things NOT to do - and why. 

In this episode, you will learn:

// Ways we can all help one another stabilize and heal from disaster or crisis of any kind - even when you're not a thera...

Let’s take a deep dive into my word of the year: P A T I E N C E. Not the kind of patience like when we’re waiting in line or sitting quietly while our life happens TO us. I’m talking about the radical, world-shifting practice of patience that rewires how we engage with ourselves, others, and this messy, beautiful, unpredictable process we call being human.

You will learn:

// Why patience is such a difficult + rebellious act in today’s world

// The root causes of IMpatience

// What practicing patience...

Today we talk about how to assess how “awake” we are in the various areas of our spiritual journey and the complexity of this process. This is essential because we can have made amazing progress in one area of awakening (like spiritual insight) but be still lacking in others (like ethics, or relational skills). 

We enter into real danger when we mistake progress in one area with progress in other areas - think of the example of a spiritual teacher who teaches about their very real experience of unity consciousness while exploiting their students at the same time...

This week we talk about the difference between settling vs accepting, and how that helps us live our best life during the precious time we have left in this life. Plus I’ll give you some ways you can begin to change your mindset from shifting to accepting, starting right now. You’ll also learn how to spot BS when you think things are “good enough” but know in your bones that’s far from the truth.

You will learn:

// How settling relates to fear and scarcity

// The key to leaving fear + scarcity behind

In this week’s episode, we’re diving into the arrival of Winter Solstice (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least!) and the importance of embracing and becoming familiar with the inner and outer darkness it brings. We explore remembering the light we all carry within no matter the season; our ziji, our radiant inner confidence, and set the intention that this Solstice be a time of connection - to yourself, your light, and to the gifts that the dark can bring.

You will learn:

// How to use your ziji - radiant inner confidence - as your...

This is a replay of one of my favorite episodes, because if you’re anything like me and you have a tendency toward some major FOMO with a dash of perfectionism, you can spend some serious energy debating all the options for any decision that comes your way. And we have a lot of decisions to make this time of year!

In this episode you’ll learn:

// The key differences between maximizing and satisficing
// Why too many choices can be a bad thing
// How to make decisions and avoid regret
// Why satisficing ulti...

This week we’re diving into the difference between intellectually understanding concepts and knowing them in our BONES. We’ll talk about how we can find true realization on our own path, and the importance of applying it to the real world. We’ll also explore one of the trickiest parts of this all: being radically honest with ourselves about how embodied our wisdom really is.

You will learn:

// The sneaky ways not being honest with ourselves can sabotage our path

// How to bring your wisdom out of your head into the real messy...

Ryan Allen Bell talks about how to overcome challenges, keys to staying motivated and become successful in your network marketing business

Who is Ryan Allen Bell

Ryan Allen Bell worked as an EMT working the 911 system for 6 years before he got started in MLM.

Today, he’s a 10-year network marketing professional, a 6 figure earner with over 150 active distributors and 4,000 high-ticket customers.

Ryan credits his success to his faith and his ability to implement quickly on what he’s learned.

He and his wife, Jeannise are building a power coup...

This coming weekend is the anniversary of my mom’s passing from this life. I have a lot of grief around our relationship in the last couple years of her life.I was impatient and bitchy, sleep deprived and in the throes of postpartum depression, while also getting my doctoral degree and going a shitton of solo parenting.

You Will Learn:

// Why we often believe we aren’t good enough… and why that’s absolutely NOT true

// What “the best you are able” means for you and your practice

// How to accept the b...

This week is for those of us who feel a sense of grief that we may have started our spiritual journey “too late.” Who feel we’re way late to the party.  I’m going to help you rethink that by showing you why right now is the perfect time for you to begin your path. We’ll also be busting a few myths about what we often think our path should look like, versus what it really is.

You will learn:

// Why it’s never too late for you to dive into your spiritual journey

This week we'll talk about what's possible when we drop our stories. We'll ask ourselves, “Is this STILL a story that applies to me?” and "Who am I without my story?” We’ll revel in what freedom from the past feels like, how redefining personal narratives can impact the collective, and how this is especially relevant in these times.

You will learn:

// What is the difference between facts and a story

// The top reasons we hold on to our stories - even when they’re painful 

// The importance of meaning-making that we assign t...

This week we’re going to explore what we can do as individuals and as a community when we feel ungrounded during uncertain times. I’ll give you an important first step toward healing and action, lessons from 4000+ year-old trees, and reminders that help keep the spark of hope alive and well. We’ll zoom in and out to make current events more manageable within our hearts, minds, and spirits. 

You will learn:

// Why it’s so important to mourn when dealing with challenges in our lives

// How to focus on our communities and becom...

This week, we dive into those unforgettable moments when we realized, “Holy shit—I have it in me!” Together, we’ll explore the times life called for a strength we didn’t know we had, and how reconnecting with these hidden resources can empower us for whatever comes next. Through reflection, storytelling, and a bit of awe, we’ll uncover the courage and resilience that have always been a part of us, ready to rise to any challenge.

You Will Learn:

// The importance of remembering times when we surprised ourselves with our capacity

// Why it can b...

This week is all about why we ALL belong… no matter how different we might feel from the world around us. I’ll break down why we often feel out of place with the world around us when we’re on our spiritual path and why that can actually be a GOOD thing. Plus we’ll jam on some great ways you can help to remember and feel connected with your inherent belonging in the world, and how the very thing that might have you feeling isolated is the very thing that will connect you to all that is.

Yo...

This week is all about the power of a self-generated ceremony. I’ll open up about my own recent experiences while on a 4-day, 4-night wilderness solo fast and how I created ceremonies right there for the major moments throughout my life. I also share how my heart was cracked open, and jam on some ways you can create your own ceremonies, including questions you can use to get started.

You will learn:

// How ceremony can help us get unstuck

// What a self-generated ceremony is and why it can be more potent than on...

This week I talk about my recent wilderness solo fast and all of the clarifying moments I had about living a life of no BS and no regrets. We’ll jam on the top 5 regrets of the dying that Bonnie Ware wrote about, and what we can do to work on preventing them. Plus I’ll give you some

tools for overcoming the fear and doubt that’s keeping us from making changes right now. 

You will learn:

// How my wilderness solo fast helped me come to terms with my regrets BEFORE it was too...