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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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Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Every day we breathe. Our hearts beat, and we draw breath. We exhale. The process repeats itself over and over again, automatically. Rarely, if ever, do we pause to consider the power of our breath, much less give thanks for it. Rarely does it ever dawn on us that by bringing our awareness to this most miraculous and basic function, we could radically alter the course of our lives.
Please join me on this edition of Decide to Transform as I welcome Breathwork Specialist Sarah Novak to the show. Sarah is the first Breathwork Specialist ever to appear as a guest, and I invite you to tune in to the entire conversation, as she leads us in a breathwork exercise!
Sarah is a former hair stylist who found out about breathwork on Instagram. Intrigued, she began to delve into it. At first she found it triggered her anxiety, but as she continued to show up and practice she discovered that in fact it helped her manage it.
Breathwork became a healthful way for Sarah to process her anxiety and live a radically different life. These days, she works with people to help eradicate suffering by bringing our awareness back to the breath. Doing so calms us and shows us that indeed there is a different way to be. We cause ourselves pain and heartbreak unnecessarily. Breathwork is one of the ways out.
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Sarah Novak is a breathwork coach, speaker, and entrepreneur. Her mission is to eradicate human suffering by bringing awareness back to the breath. She is currently in training to become a NeurolInguistic Practitioner (NLP) and Clinical Hypnotherapist.
Facebook: Sarah Novak
Instagram: @Breathewith_sarah
LinkedIn: Sarah Novak
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As a listener of this show, book a Discovery Call and a Free Session (30 minutes) with Sarah! Contact her on any of the social platforms mentioned above!
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Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
During his long and illustrious career as a reporter, Richard Rieman worked all over the world and traveled on the press plane with former President Ronald Reagan.
Richard joins me on this very special edition of Decide to Transform to talk about the power of imagination, and the need we all have to cultivate it.
Richard spent significant time as a guide for blind skiers, and when concluding his career in journalism noted a tremendous void in the audiobook world, namely audiobooks especially for blind and low vision children.
Imagination Videobooks was born. Because children's books have illustrations, these audiobooks contain an audio description of the illustrations.
The power of imagination is tremendous. One way we can cultivate it is by reading. If you are a parent, you can help cultivate your children's imaginations by reading to them.
Join Richard and me for a conversation about the power of stories and the human imagination, a power that is integral to life itself.
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As a child, Richard Rieman wanted to be Superman. Since he couldn't fly, he decided to be Clark Kent instead and had a long and successful career as a radio news reporter and anchor. Richard then became the "Audiobook Wizard," narrating and producing hundreds of audiobooks and authoring the award-winning book The Author's Guide to Audiobook Creation. To fill a gap in the audiobook world, Richard founded Imagination Videobooks, a nonprofit that creates audiobooks for blind and low vision children which include audio description of the wonderful illustrations.
Richard@imaginationvideobooks.org
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Click here for a one-minute sample of Richard reading an audiobook!
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Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Join my Co-host Lisa Berry and me for a very special episode with Podcast Host and Boudoir Photographer Brad Walsh.
Brad was introduced to the world of photography at age 17, and it has been a huge part of his life ever since. Nowadays, as a boudoir photographer he gives back to women and makes a tremendous impact. With boudoir, he wants to show women everywhere that they are beautiful just the way they are. He aims to show that society's "beauty standard" is more about loving oneself than comparing our bodies to other people.
What characterizes Brad is the passion and dedication he brings to his work, also the connections he makes with everyone he spends time with. On this episode, he walks us through his journey, and shares with us why he is so passionate about his work and mission.
For anyone who is interested in the point of view of someone who genuinely prioritizes empowering others and is deeply passionate about it, be sure you catch this episode!
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In addition to his photography business, Brad is the creator and host of the Empowerography Podcast. He created this podcast to provide a platform that enables women's voices to be heard and to share their stories, journeys, and successes in business or life with the hopes of helping other women who may be dealing with or going through similar struggles.
Brad is now a father to two beautiful girls and husband to a beautiful wife. Along with his mother and grandmother, they are the WHY behind his work, his inspiration. He has experienced first hand the struggles they have had with a positive body image. Both of his daughters were bullied and picked on, and all too often girls who experience this carry the effects with them into adulthood.
Women everywhere struggle with meeting society's "beauty standard," and Brad invites you to join him in spreading the word and in providing a platform for women to empower and inspire others worldwide.
https://empowerographypodcast.square.site
Instagram: @EmpowerographyPodcast
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To see Brad's photo work: visuphoria.ca
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Join Brad and others on International Women's Day, March 8 for the online event "Empowerography Live: Online Women's Empowerment". The event features expert panels and a keynote address. For more information contact Brad at https://empowerographypodcast.square.site .
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Lisa Berry is the Co-host of internet radio shows The Flow of Enlightenment (with GP Walsh) and Access to Angels and Grace (with Noemi Grace.) She also hosts the livestream Dating Your Diet on Enlightened World Network's EWN Enlightened Living. A trained Nutritionist and Life Coach, she lives in Port Perry, Ontario.
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Following a 2014 car wreck, Michelle Mras did not walk for 14 months. Both hemispheres of her brain became disconnected, and memories became sporadic, piecemeal. During this time, the voices in her head, the inner critics that we all harbor, went to work.
At one point, God spoke to her, saying, "You're not dead yet, get up!" Michelle began writing a book in her brain while convalescing.
What Michelle found is that a light got switched on; she realized she had been playing small in life. No more.
Nowadays, Michelle is an International TEDx Speaker, Author, Communication Trainer, and Success Coach. She also hosts the podcast Denim & Pearls. She has survived multiple life challenges and advises people stop apologizing for what they are not and step into who they truly are. In addition, she reminds people that tomorrow is never promised: eat dessert first!
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Michelle Mras has been awarded the Inspirational Women of Excellence Award from the Women Economic Forum, New Delhi, India and the John Maxwell Team Culture Award for Positive Attitude. She has featured on hundreds of podcasts and radio programs as well as several magazines.
Michelle's driving thought is that every day is a gift. Tomorrow is never promised. Every moment is an opportunity to be the best version of you...Unapologetically!
www.youtube.com/MichelleMras (for inspirational videos)
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Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Like it or not, and even though deep-down it is our natural state, in the world happiness doesn't just automatically happen to us. We can't expect it to simply drop from the sky. To expect this is in fact to deny the creative power of our own being. Happiness is not a random, passing circumstance; it is an action.
Join my Co-Host Lisa Berry and me on this special episode as we welcome Lisa Artuso to the show! Lisa is a Mindset Coach and Online Skincare Business Owner who has coached hundreds of men and women over the years and has spoken in a number of schools and corporations on anti-bullying, leadership, sales and mindset skills.
Like most of us, Lisa struggled for years to find ongoing happiness and fulfillment in her life. There were times when nothing seemed to work. Through the power of her will, she kept going, and now she shares the systems that work for her.
Tune in for Lisa's tips and a description of her system, The Mindset System with Lisa A. No matter where you find yourself in life, if you take nothing else away from this fast-paced and fun discussion understand that you, yes you create your happiness. It is most definitely an action.
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In addition to her work as a Mindset Coach and Online Skincare Business Owner, Lisa is the Host of the podcast Happiness Is a Habit. The show dives into techniques that help you find your authentic joy.
Lisa is a strong believer in giving people the tools to grow as a person and through coaching sessions reach a higher understanding of your purpose.
Email: artuso.lisa@gmail.com
Instagram: @LisaArtusolifecoach
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My Co-Host Lisa Berry is an International Show Host and Podcast Creative Director as well as my business partner in Podcast Prosperity. Lisa's shows include The Flow of Enlightenment (with GP Walsh) and Access to Angels and Grace (with Noemi Grace.) Lisa is a certified Holistic Nutritionist and Life Coach living in Port Perry, Ontario.
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Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Sometimes Plan A isn't the plan at all. We may want it to be, we may yearn for it to be, but things we plan for and desire don't always happen for us, even if we prepare for them for years. Sometimes the Universe just has another idea.
What then? Great question. What do we do when our plans completely fall apart? How do we handle our world's being rocked to the core?
My guest on this episode, Val Jones, knows the answers to these questions. Val is a former elite figure skater who shared the medal podium with Olympians Kristi Yamaguchi, Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. Her own Olympic dream was crushed when she sustained a career-ending knee injury.
Val was 18 when the injury took place, and she lost her identity. Just a teenager who had spent the majority of her life as a competitive figure skater, she had no Plan B for life. As you might imagine, she struggled. In addition to the emotional devastation, she endured 8 major surgeries in 9 years and after the fifth surgery, contracted a potentially deadly complication.
Now, however, she is thriving, and she shares her experience here on the show, as well as some of the techniques and practices that have helped her to persist through problems and overcome the many obstacles that present themselves when Plan A isn't ultimately in the cards. Val is living proof that we can not only get through a devastating situation but also come out the other side even stronger.
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For more information about Val, please visit valjonesspeaks.com .
Email: val@valjonesspeaks.com
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
What does it mean to embrace life as it is? I mean as it really, truly is?
When you realize that you yourself are the Truth, you cease having an argument with life. You become the Flow. You embrace life as it is.
Spirituality is all about this feeling of being really, truly alive, about this deep connection and experience. In anything you have worked on or attempted to do in life, you have been after the sense of your own wholeness. Happily, it is in you. It is you, and this is life.
Join master spiritual teacher GP Walsh for a gritty, nothing-off-limits conversation about spirituality, personal transformation, and life itself. GP tells it like it is, and I believe you will like it!
Join us.
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GP Walsh is a master spiritual teacher who has been teaching and healing for over 30 years. He has spent a lifetime mastering various techniques of meditation, energy healing, and emotional clearing. He has studied numerous spiritual and religious traditions, including Zen Buddhism and the non-dual self inquiry of Sri Mooji and Ramana Maharsi.
GP joins me each month on the 15th as Executive Contributor to Decide to Transform.
To learn more about GP and his upcoming events and courses visit: http://gpwalsh.com
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
It's okay--in fact it's more than okay--if podcast episodes come with a warning label. Today's label: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
Joining me as Executive Contributor to the show is Master Spiritual Teacher GP Walsh. As you will recall, GP joined me last month for two gritty and hard-hitting episodes about men and the role of masculinity in our modern world.
Today, we talk about the modern world for what it is: a spiritually demanding time. Spirituality is under assault, and the tribe we have to defend is no longer our own close circle of friends and family members but the entire planet and everyone on it.
How do we find the spiritual maturity to get us collectively and individually past the point where we find ourselves, i.e. at a breaking point of our old ways of being? Make no mistake: this is happening.
All is not lost, however. Collectively, we have reached this point because enough people have said yes to self-inquiry. Enough people have begun to sincerely follow the spiritual path, in whatever form it may take, and ask the fundamental question about our reality.
That said, tension and confusion gets poured into the mix by "cappuccino spirituality," practices that seek to avoid the heart of the matter and the real self-inquiry, where we are forced to look at our own foibles. We find we cannot avoid this part, though many of us try.
The start of any deep spiritual process, and the answer to our pressing questions during these times, is with radical self-acceptance. We have become cut off from ourselves, and we release all this conditioning. In the end, we will find we have never gone anywhere.
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GP Walsh is a master spiritual teacher who has been teaching and healing for over 30 years. He has spent a lifetime mastering various techniques of meditation, energy healing, and emotional clearing. He has studied numerous spiritual and religious traditions, including Zen Buddhism and the non-dual self inquiry of Sri Mooji and Ramana Maharsi.
GP joins me each month on the 15th as Executive Contributor to Decide to Transform.
To learn more about GP and his upcoming events and courses visit: http://gpwalsh.com
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Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Please help me welcome Cindy Nolet to Decide to Transform. Cindy is making her first ever guest appearance on a podcast with this show!
Cindy had a close-up experience with a UFO at age 7, which altered the course of her life and has allowed her to fast-track her spiritual journey. You'll want to tune in to the show, as she describes this experience in detail.
These days, Cindy is a retired hair stylist (after 34 years of service.) During that time, she applied her work in environmental energy and intuition--which she also discusses on the show--to her clients. These days, she works as an Environmental Dowser, Coach, and Feng Shui Expert, among other things.
Cindy emphasizes saying YES to Spirit. She said YES herself in 2012, and is very happy she did.
Tune in to this show, and say YES to Spirit in your own life.
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In addition to her work as an Environmental Dowser, Cindy is a passionate advocate for structured water. Follow her research journey here: https://wonderwaterdevice.wordpress.com .
https://www.facebook.com/cindynolet11/
To find out more about Cindy's work as a Coach and Environmental Dowser, visit https://www.facebook.com/rubyvisionvision/
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SPECIAL for Listeners of this show:
As a gift to you for tuning in, Cindy happily offers this meditation, entitled "Next Level Blueprint"! Access it here.
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Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Yes, you will get past this.
Whatever you are going through, whatever hardship, know that you will get past it. Of course it never feels like it at the time, but in the end it is true. We can all come out stronger on the other side.
Ask today's guest Lisa Peranzo. She knows.
Lisa suffered a devastating injury at age 19 during an Army ROTC training exercise, and the event altered the course of her life. Her right foot was dislocated and had shattered bones; she couldn't walk for a year. She was then unable to go overseas for duty. Remaining in the US, she could not do simple things like take a walk.
You can imagine the psychological impact. In such situations we can all fall prey to the tendency to portray ourselves as victims, then wonder what in the world we are going to do with ourselves.
Lisa began by letting go of her ego. She made the decision, and committed to a journey, with steps. Each step, as you might imagine, involves a decision to show up each day and prirotize yourself. Lisa did, and she showed herself her own strength.
Lisa now works in the fitness industry and guides her clients to find their own strength and power. Tune in to her inspiring story, and realize that no matter what hardship you are currently experiencing, you will get past this.
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Lisa Peranzo has over 10 years of experience in the fitness industry. She has worked with a diverse population, including first responders, athletes and adolescents. Her experience in the fitness industry has also included working with clients to rehab from a variety of injuries, from spinal chord injuries, brain injuries, and recovery from childbirth to sports-related injuries as well as joint replacements. Her focus is always to help her clients find their own strength and power from their fitness routine.
She is a PMA-accredited Pilates Instructor, Senior Trainer, Certified CrossFit Instructor, a Certified Barre Above Instructor, and also has a certification in Paleo Nutrition, a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, and a Master's Degree in Human Behavior.
In addition to being the founder and CEO of A Healthful Life, Lisa has been featured in various magazines and podcasts including San Diego Voyager magazine, ShoutOut magazine, SHIFT magazine, Mental Cement podcast, and The Love of Purple podcast.
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lisaperanzo
SPECIAL for Decide to Transform Listeners:
Tell Lisa you listened to this podcast and receive a discount on Lisa's coaching services!
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