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What if every time you said "I'll try," you were actually announcing you just weren't going to do it?Carla Ondrasik breaks down why "trying" sabotages your goals and why your brain literally can't process the word. This conversation goes beyond surface-level motivation into the neuroscience of language and accountability.What you'll discover:- Why children under two never say "try" until shame enters- What happens in your brain when you attempt the try test- How "I'll try" creates a grab bag of excuses with zero accountabilityCarla Ondrasik spent 25 years in music publishing before writing "Stop Trying," challenging one of the most ingrained patterns in modern culture.This week's challenge: Become hyper-aware of every time you say "try"—count how many times before 10 a.m.Resources:- Carla's book "Stop Trying": https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Trying-Discover-Lifelong-Greatness/dp/1637744129- Carla's website: https://stop-trying.com- Follow Carla on Instagram: @carlaondrasikReady to go deeper? Join the Mind Love Collective for monthly themed calls where we work through exactly this kind of transformation. Details at https://mindlove.com/joinSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why do we take personality tests to understand ourselves and then use that understanding to never change?Merrick Rosenberg breaks down personality intelligence and why most assessments keep you functioning at acceptable dysfunction. This conversation goes beyond surface level advice into how to master all four personality styles instead of staying locked in one.What you'll discover:Why your brain rewards you for being authenticHow to read others and meet their actual needsThe five year timeline for real behavioral changeMerrick Rosenberg is the creator of the DISC personality system using bird styles. He's spent decades teaching people how to become chameleons who can access any personality style at the right moment.Ready to go deeper? Join the Mind Love Collective for monthly themed calls where we work through exactly this kind of transformation. Details at https://mindlove.com/joinSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Key TakeawaysMovement is the origin and expression of all psychological experienceYour early developmental movement patterns created the thought stories you're running todayThe rhythm that soothed you as an infant is still your nervous system's languageSmall shifts in posture, gesture, or movement create massive changes in thinking over timeYou can't heal a body you hate, but you can heal a body you feel neutral aboutWhat if everything you think is actually rooted in how you move?You're not stuck because you're thinking wrong. You're stuck because you're moving wrong. The way you learned to walk as a toddler created thought patterns you're still running today. The rhythm that soothed you as an infant is still your nervous system's language. Your posture right now is reinforcing the exact story you're trying to change.This isn't about exercise. It's about understanding that your body holds the blueprint for every pattern you can't seem to break. And the smallest shift in how you move can completely rewire how you think.Today's guest is Erica Hornthal, a licensed clinical professional counselor, board-certified dance movement therapist, and author of Body Aware and Body Talk. Links from the episode:Show Notes: mindlove.com/433Join the Mind Love Collective here: https://mindlove.com/joinSign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspiredSupport Mind Love SponsorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, you'll discover:Why chronic neck and shoulder pain might actually be your heart wallHow your heart functions as a second brain with its own memoryThe connection between forgiveness and unlocking your heart's intelligenceHave you ever felt like your heart was going to break?Not metaphorically. Like, physically felt it. That elephant sitting on your chest. The feeling like you can't breathe.In those moments, when your heart feels like it's breaking, your subconscious does something to protect you. It builds a wall around your heart. An actual energetic barrier made of trapped emotions. That wall doesn't just keep out the pain. It keeps out everything. Love. Connection. Joy.Today our guest is Dr. Bradley Nelson, founder of the Emotion Code and author of the new book, The Heart Code. He's been helping people release trapped emotions and dismantle heart walls for over 37 years.Links from the episode:Show Notes: mindlove.com/432Join the Mind Love Collective here: https://mindlove.com/joinSign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspiredSupport Mind Love SponsorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, you'll discover:✨ Why mistranslations in the Bible kept you from Christ consciousness✨ How your root chakra holds religious trauma from childhood programming✨ The energetic shift happening now for souls completing 3D incarnationHave you ever felt like the God you were taught to worship doesn't match the God you actually experience? Like there's this massive gap between what you were told to believe and what your soul knows to be true?I grew up in a world where God was a checklist. Say the right prayers. Follow the right rules. Fear the right things. And for a long time, I thought leaving religion meant leaving God entirely. I couldn't even say the word "God" without feeling like I was betraying the version of myself that had fought so hard to break free. So I called it the universe instead. The source. Anything but the loaded word that carried so much baggage.But here's what I've learned. Deconstructing your faith isn't the same as losing your connection to something greater. Sometimes you have to tear down the walls of the house you were raised in to discover the foundation was always sacred.Today our guest is David Hulse, founder of the Academy for Spiritual Awakening and a longtime researcher of ancient texts, energy healing, and the intersection of biblical interpretation and consciousness. He's spent over 60 years moving from fear-based religion to love-based spirituality, and he's here to help you do the same.Links from the episode:Show Notes: mindlove.com/431Join the Mind Love Collective here: https://mindlove.com/joinSign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspiredSupport Mind Love SponsorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, you'll discover:How your soul aura reveals gifts, wounds, and lessons you're here to integrateWhy enlightenment is literally about radiating all colors of lightWhat quantum healing looks like when you work with energy directlyWhat if you're not actually a body with a soul, but light energy that temporarily took physical form?I know how that sounds. But stay with me.Most personality systems tell you what box you fit into. Myers-Briggs. Enneagram. Human Design. They're all trying to explain who you are based on behavior patterns. But Helen Plehn's Aura Color Wheel system starts with a complet ely different premise. You're not solid matter trying to be more spiritual. You're literally made of light.Modern physics backs this up. At the quantum level, everything is light, sound, vibration, frequency, and wavelength. Your body isn't solid. It's condensed light moving at different speeds. When you zoom in far enough, there's no "you" in the way you think there is. Just energy pulsing in patterns.Today our guest is Helen Plehn, creator of the Aura Color Wheel system and author of a book mapping the seven soul archetypes and their corresponding aura colors. She teaches people how to read their own energetic blueprint and consciously evolve their frequency.Links from the episode:Show Notes: mindlove.com/430Join the Mind Love Collective here: https://mindlove.com/joinSign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspiredSupport Mind Love SponsorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, you'll discover:Why everything you need for healing is already inside youHow heart intelligence differs from mental understanding and why it mattersThe two-minute breathwork practice that brings you back to centerWhy do we spend thousands of dollars on healing modalities when the most powerful tool we have is free and already inside us?I've been that person. The one collecting certifications and techniques like they're going to unlock some secret level of consciousness. I've paid for energy healings, bought the crystals, traveled to the retreats. And I'm not saying those things don't have value. Some of them genuinely changed my life. But somewhere along the way, I realized I was outsourcing my power. I was looking for someone else to tell me I was doing it right instead of trusting what I already knew. That's the trap so many of us fall into. We think spirituality is supposed to be complicated. That if we're not studying ancient texts or learning complex breathwork patterns, we're not serious enough. We're not evolved enough.But what if the whole point is to come back to simple? What if all the tools and teachers and techniques are just different roads leading us back to the same truth? Everything we're looking for is already here. In our breath. In our awareness. In the intelligence of our own bodies.Today our guest is Kara Goodwin, host of the Soul Elevation Podcast and meditation teacher who helps people reconnect with their inner wisdom. She's spent years studying energy healing and consciousness, and her message is refreshingly simple.Links from the episode:Show Notes: mindlove.com/429Join the Mind Love Collective here: https://mindlove.com/joinSign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspiredSupport Mind Love SponsorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, you'll discover:Why survival mode blocks you from your own inner knowingHow to tell the difference between being busy and taking real actionThe three stages of pausing that pull you out of autopilot modeWhat if the very thing you think is making you productive is actually keeping you stuck?I used to believe that the more I did, the more I'd achieve. More workshops. More meditation apps. More morning routines. I was collecting healing modalities like they were going out of style. I was convinced that if I just found the right combination, everything would click. But I kept feeling exhausted in a way that sleep couldn't fix. One day I realized something. All that doing was just another way to avoid being. I was so busy healing that I never had time to actually feel anything.Most of us have confused motion with momentum. We think pausing means falling behind. That rest is for people who aren't serious. But what if the opposite is true? What if you're stuck because you never stop long enough to recalibrate?Today our guest is Jeanette Bronée, a self care strategist, keynote speaker, and author of The Self Care Mindset.Links from the episode:Show Notes: mindlove.com/428Join the Mind Love CollectiveSign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspiredSupport Mind Love SponsorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this conversation, you'll discover:Why your achievement addiction is actually a fear response in disguiseHow play unlocks the creative parts of yourself productivity destroysThe real reason you can't rest (and how to finally stop running) When was the last time you did something just because it was fun?Not because it would advance your career. Not because it would make you a better parent or partner. Not because it would optimize your health or expand your network. Just because it brought you joy.If you're sitting there drawing a blank, you're not alone. Most of us have turned our entire lives into one giant to-do list. We've optimized the fun right out of existence.I realized this recently when I noticed that every single thing on my calendar served a purpose. Work meetings. Kid activities. Workouts. Networking events. Even my "fun" plans were really just relationship maintenance or personal development in disguise. There was literally nothing on there that was pure play. Nothing that existed just because it lit me up inside.We've been sold this idea that adulthood means being serious. Responsible. Productive. But somewhere along the way, we confused being an adult with being joyless. In Vedic philosophy, there's this concept of lila. Divine play. The idea that creation itself is an act of joyful expression, not serious business. That the universe is literally playing itself into existence. And yet here we are, treating our one precious life like a performance review.Links from the episode:Show Notes: mindlove.com/427Join the Mind Love CollectiveSign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspiredSupport Mind Love SponsorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, you'll discover:Why being lied to reveals exactly what someone fears mostThe counterintuitive question that makes people open up without feeling interrogatedHow reading comfort shifts unlocks influence without manipulationEver notice how some people just have it? They walk into a room and within minutes, people are opening up to them. Sharing things they normally keep locked away. Laughing harder. Leaning in closer. And you're standing there thinking, what am I missing?Here's the secret nobody wants to admit. Those people aren't more charismatic. They're not better looking or funnier or more interesting. They've just figured out something most of us completely overlook. They've learned to make other people feel like the most fascinating person in the room.I spent years thinking I needed to be more interesting to be a better conversationalist. I'd prep stories, practice witty comebacks, show up armed with impressive facts. And I'd leave every conversation feeling exhausted and weirdly disconnected. Because I was performing instead of connecting. I was broadcasting instead of receiving. I was so focused on what I was going to say next that I missed everything actually happening in front of me.Then I had kids. And suddenly I was faced with these tiny humans who would lie about the weirdest things, shut down at the slightest hint of judgment, and needed me to understand what they couldn't yet articulate. And I realized something that changed everything. The skills that make you an incredible parent are the exact same skills that make you magnetic in every other area of your life.When you learn to listen in a way that makes people feel truly seen, you become the person everyone wants to talk to. The friend people call when life falls apart. The leader people trust with the truth. The partner who actually understands what's being said underneath the words.Today our guest is Michael Reddington, a former investigative interviewer who spent his career getting people to share sensitive information under vulnerable circumstances. He's the author of The Disciplined Listening Method and founder of Inquasive, where he teaches the observation and questioning skills that transform ordinary conversations into genuine connection.Links from the episode:Show Notes: mindlove.com/426Join the Mind Love CollectiveSign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspiredSupport Mind Love SponsorsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.