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Every moment of every day you make a choice. You can select pain and frustration or happiness and joy. Are your choices helping you, or are they keeping you small? Join podcast host, meditation instructor and author Tomás Garza as he takes you on a spiritual deeper dive, and reach the next level in your personal growth. Allow yourself to open to a whole new level of experience. Gain confidence, true power, and certainty. Make the simple choice. Decide to Transform.
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Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
No matter what your spiritual background or alignment, it is easy to see that the world is going through tremendous change these days. You could label this change upheaval and destruction, and you could also see it as an opportunity--a tremendous opportunity as it turns out.
My guest on this episode of Decide to Transform, Selena Ella Moon, sees a new earth coming through, one that replaces old paradigms of conflict with expressions of unity and love.
The journey is not all rainbows and unicorns, however. A lot of work is involved in re-making yourself to meet the demands of the world as we now know it. Shadow work will be involved, facing and releasing your darkness.
Selena shares her story with us on this episode, how she suppressed her own needs, gave too much, then undertook a "self-inflicted silent retreat" to reset and recalibrate. Through a series of travels and a great deal of personal work, Selena arrived at a place where she can now guide others on the journey of self-discovery.
Join us here to find out more!
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Selena Ella Moon is an intuitive coach and transformational facilitator with a background in Psychosomatic Therapy, NLP, and Energy Healing. Dedicated to the journey of self-discovery, she believes it is possible for the human race to evolve radically beyond our limitations by becoming self-aware. Selena is passionate about working with individuals who are ready to break through their own limitations and create substantial shifts in their lives.
For further information on working with Selena, visit selenaellamoon.com .
Selena is also a Council and Founding Faculty Member of the International Academy of Universal Self Mastery (IAUSM), a global social learning platform launching October 2020. IAUSM offers courses and instruction in many subjects related to wellness, personal growth, and spirituality. For more information on IAUSM, and to subscribe to the newsletter, visit iausm.com .
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Radical Self-Honesty.
That's the theme of this episode of Decide to Transform. What does it mean to you? Are you radically, painfully honest with yourself, or are you just staying comfortable, i.e. playing small?
Each of us has a tendency to avoid pain. We construct our lives around never having to feel it. This leaves us craving familiarity and comfort, and sometimes it leads to addiction. Sometimes people seek to numb or distance themselves from pain with alcohol, drugs, sex or gambling. We all too often seek escape rather than owning what is deep inside us.
My guest on this episode, Dylan Hunter Olson, is all too familiar with avoidance and addiction. Join me as Dylan takes us through his journey of addiction, as well as how he succeeded in moving beyond it. How did he overcome this? With Radical Self-Honesty.
Radical Self-Honesty means taking personal accountability for your actions in life, as well as for the results of those actions. Yes, pain will come up, old wounds, dark and scary concepts. They are coming up for release. They emerge in your experience so you can recognize them and get rid of them, not with a violent dumping but by remaining calm and present and simply letting them pass.
Dylan has learned this, and now lives each day like a lifetime. He encourages you to commit to Radical Self-Honesty in your own life, and in turn you commit to your own growth and to Love.
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Dylan Hunter Olson is an independent singer/songwriter, mentor, transformational teacher, and writer based in Boise, Idaho. After struggling for many years with drug addiction and alcohol abuse, he had a series of experiences that served as his awakening and went through a massive transformation that has made his life an inspiration to all those who meet and know him, and he strives to share his story and mission with the whole of humanity through the languages of music, writing, speech, comedy, and love.
Dylan is a Council and Founding Faculty member of the International Academy of Universal Self Mastery (IAUSM). IAUSM is a worldwide online social learning platform launching October 5, 2020. For more information on IAUSM please visit iausm.com.
Dylan can be found on Facebook at Dylan Hunter Olson and via email at dolsonh@gmail.com .
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Do you possess a big and magnanimous energy that other people just don't understand? Have you always known that you are destined for more, and is this a deep calling for you?
My guest this week, Ayse Hogan, can relate. For years she considered her big energy a liability, a curse even. Many people had difficulty relating to her. Many felt threatened. Through it all, Ayse felt a deep calling to do something more.
Earlier this year, Ayse received a vision during meditation that let her know that not only would she find herself doing something absolutely huge, but that she wouldn't be doing it alone.
From this vision, IAUSM was born. Standing for the International Academy of Universal Self Mastery, IAUSM is a worldwide collaborative and interactive social learning community, all online and launching in the fall of 2020.
IAUSM is already 150 Faculty Members strong with holistic and alternative teachings for the mind, body, and spirit. It is a welcoming space for people to heal and practice self mastery. Its bigness is beautiful, and beyond all limitations.
Join Ayse and me as we discuss the unfolding of this vision.
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Ayse Hogan is a high speed vision-manifesting catalyst with a background as an Energy Worker, Hypnotherapist, and Self Mastery Coach. She is the Founder and CHIEF of IAUSM.
Ayse can be reached via email at ayse@iausm.com .
For more information about the International Academy of Universal Self Mastery, and to sign up for the IAUSM newsletter, please visit iausm.com .
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Join my special guest Bradford Scott Walton and me this week as we take a deeper dive into a timely and very important subject: the masculine + feminine energetic equation.
After 30 years of personal development work, Bradford learned and was given an uncommonly deep knowledge of the masculine + feminine energetic equation, how it affects us individually, and how its current state is at the root of everything that doesn't work well or feel good in the world. If ever there were a paradigm that needs to be shifted, it is this one.
As we discuss on the show, everyone has both the masculine and the feminine naturally inside them. When these energies are out of balance, internal conflict ensues. With internal conflict comes external projection, where one brings their internal disharmony to the world at large. Abuse can result, as can exploitation, dehumanization, and war.
Bradford correctly states that "Energy is the language of the universe," and when we make the effort to harmonize our own energies, this translates to the world "outside" of us. How, then, can we bring about this transition? Join us and find out.
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Bradford Scott Walton is a public speaker, Founding Faculty Member of the International Academy of Universal Self Mastery (IAUSM), and a contributing author to the Texas Men's Story Project on masculinity. His unique understanding of the masculine + feminine energetic equation has been featured on numerous podcasts as well as at the EAN: Conscious Relationships Retreat.
Bradford can be reached as follows:
Facebook: facebook.com/bradfordscottwalton
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Also, check out Bradford's new business venture, the clothing company Spiritual Masochist (as mentioned on the show):
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Welcome to Our Conscious Playground, a creative place--and a creative way--to solve real-life problems!
Join my co-host Lisa Berry and me as we travel to a place where you cannot fail, where there are no limitations, no wrong answers, you can be silly if you want to, and you always have the freedom to change your mind. In Our Conscious Playground, you're never stuck with what you have right now.
A bit of context: in November 2019, while deciding how and in what capacity we were going to work together, Lisa and I came up with the term Our Conscious Playground. Central to the discussion was creating and holding space for adults to have fun while processing real-life issues, all the while emphasizing the creativity and freedom of play.
We are happy to offer Our Conscious Playground as a mastermind group in the online learning platform The International Academy of Universal Self Mastery (IAUSM), iausm.com .
In addition, Lisa and I will release 3 podcast episodes a month related to Our Conscious Playground; this one is the first. Tune in and see what the excitement is all about!
We invite you to get a picture of Our Conscious Playground as Lisa and I play a fun game called "Ask a Question, Any Question." We have no idea what the other person is going to ask, so enjoy the spontaneity!
Lisa and I welcome listener questions to the show! We would be happy to read your question on the air and answer it. Email is the best format for submitting these:
Lisa- lisa@lightonliving.com
Tomás- tomas@tomasgarza.com
Please join us for this and subsequent episodes! Find some creative solutions to real-life problems, and don't forget your sense of play and curiosity!
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My co-host Lisa Berry is the host of the internet radio show Light on Living and a holistic nutritionist, life coach, and podcast producer. Visit Lisa on her website at http://lightonliving.com
The International Academy of Universal Self Mastery (IAUSM) is a global online learning platform that launches this fall. Lisa and I will offer Our Conscious Playground as a mastermind group on this platform. To check out the distinguished faculty and browse the course offerings, and to sign up for the IAUSM Newsletter, visit iausm.com
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Welcome to the Express series here on Decide to Transform! In these dynamic interviews, my co-host Lisa Berry and I sit down with dedicated, passionate individuals from all walks of life who are committed to sharing their knowledge and experience with the world. In particular, they are committed to showing up, leading, and teaching differently.
In this the first episode of Express: How to Lead Differently, we welcome Arlene Wallace, a passionate single parent with a story to tell about the importance of self-care not just for single parents but for parents in general.
Join us as Arlene takes us through her own struggles with single parenting of her son, Noah, from challenges with school systems to life-threatening personal health implications. Arlene helps all parents by extracting three powerful self-care tips:
1) Commit to a self-care ritual;
2) Have a mentor for your child; and
3) Listen to your body.
Arlene encourages everyone to embrace life, to be and to stay involved, and above all to be grateful. We all have so much to be thankful for.
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Arlene Wallace was born in Jamaica and now resides in Ontario, Canada. She is the proud mother of Noah, 23, an Educator, and a passionate advocate for all single parents and their children. Arlene can be reached by telephone at +1 416-738-6003.
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Lisa Berry is the host of Light on Living on OMTimes Radio, Councillor and Founding Faculty Member of the International Academy of Universal Self Mastery (IAUSM,) podcast producer and co-host of the mastermind and radio show series Our Conscious Playground, offered at IAUSM beginning this fall.
Lisa can be reached via email at lisa@lightonliving.com
For more information about the online learning platform IAUSM, visit iausm.com .
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Simply put, this week's show matters. Gratitude matters, our mindset is crucial, and we clearly live in a new world.
Are you grateful, then, for your mindset?
I hope so, because the new world is here.
On the show we examine the importance of gratitude and of practicing gratitude as often as possible. In a world that has changed remarkably in the past six months--and seems to change almost overnight--the inner work we do on ourselves becomes more and more important.
In addition to our inner work and personal development, it is critically important how we show up in the world, how we lead, and how we teach. Like it or not, each of us is constantly teaching, and with our words, actions, and energy we communicate vast amounts of information to everyone around us. Each of us has a choice to show up from a place of Love or from a place of fear. Which vibration are you most responsive to?
Join me as I list nine specific ways we can show up, lead, and teach in these uncertain times and be very, very effective. A couple of hints: our personal growth matters, and we must be unwavering.
(Many thanks to my wife Cindy Garza for the inspiration for the title, the processing, and several of the nine items. It is always fun creating with you!)
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
In 2017, Jocelyn Bellows made the decision to dissolve her marriage, move across the country, and begin a journey of self-discovery. Join us this week on Decide to Transform as Jocelyn takes us through the ups and downs of her own personal transformation, including some of the lessons learned.
One of the main lessons that applies to all of us is that transformation is not a linear process. Stops and starts are inevitable. Like it or not, we all have to accept this as part of the journey.
So what matters most along the way? Jocelyn walks us through three items in detail:
1) The importance of self-care- Without a regular practice of self-care, we drain our batteries. We cannot function optimally. What constitutes self-care? It depends on the person, but there are many small things anyone can do that will make a huge difference in the long run. Chief among these is the underlying statement that "I am worth this; I matter."
2) Break up with your limiting stories- As a Break Up to Wake Up coach, Jocelyn teaches people the value of leaving limiting stories behind. These are the concepts we hold about ourselves, why we can't do something, why we're "bad" at it, etc. Break up with them! Breakups are as much internal as external.
3) Drop your "busy-ness"- In the modern world we pride ourselves on being busy. This state of constant activity has become a cultural badge of honor. Does it feel good to you, however? If not it's time to break up with your busy-ness, too.
Tune in to this episode and gain some clarity on what--not necessarily whom--you need to break up with.
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Jocelyn Bellows is a Break Up to Wake Up Coach who firmly believes that men and women can break up with their old ways of being, breaking energetic ties to people and ideas that no longer serve them.
When was the last time you did something for you? Contact Jocelyn today.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jocelyn.bellowswhitehead
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jocelyn-bellows/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/whatsyourleap
Podcast, "Leap" on Anchor: www.anchor.com/whatsyourleap
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
While human beings seem to have vastly different experiences, there is one thing we all have in common: fear.
Whether we experience it often or only on occasion, fear shows up in all our lives, and how we respond to it matters--to our mental health, to our physical health, and to all the people around us.
How do you respond to fear? Some people run, some hide, some jump into combat mode, and still others face it constructively. What does this look like? Tune in to this episode to find out.
Even if you manage only just a little bit of progress, progress it remains. If you are open to it, you can come to find that fear is both a teacher and a guide. It points out to us what needs to be released.
And what happens when you let go of what needs to be released? Well, Massive Transformation of course! What this looks like could be a sense of lightness, of confidence, of personal power, of strength--both mental and physical. In short, by dealing constructively with fear, by leaning into it, asking questions, and beginning to work through, we can in fact become different people. We can become more authentic, more powerful, confident, calm, poised, and most importantly, more of our Self.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
What better way to kick off Season II than to welcome Zaiya, my second-born, to the party!
"The Spirit's Paintbrush" touches on art and its deep, soul-level connection to the human spirit. Some might say that art is life, and as an expression of human emotion and experience, they would be right. No matter what the medium, art moves us in countless ways, even those we are not consciously aware of.
As a queer, nonbinary artist, Zaiya has a wide breadth of experience in the art world. While still a teenager (13), Zaiya shows us a depth of understanding that most of us adults would do well to pay attention to.
In particular, we limit ourselves. Why? Is it because adults aren't supposed to act "this way," whatever that is? Is it "childish" to allow ourselves to be creative? Is it "immature" to nourish our spirits?
I think not, and Zaiya agrees.
We have a lot packed into this episode, so please enjoy and enjoy all that is to come here in Season II!
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Zaiya Garza, 13, is a queer nonbinary artist, pictured here playing the guitar at a rest area in Nevada. Zaiya loves many artistic media, cooking, swimming, soccer, and writing (she is currently working on a novel.) Zaiya lives in Corvallis, Oregon.