The Brave Table with Dr. Neeta Bhushan

Hello, loves! This is a BIG episode as I sit down to chat with a woman I’ve admired for a long time, Marisa Peer. Marisa is a globally acclaimed therapist, author, speaker, and founder of Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT), an award-winning technique that combines NLP, CBT, psychotherapy, and hypnotherapy for compelling results. So much so, that she’s taught it as a self-coaching tool to shift your life rapidly!  Marisa Peer has been the guide for me in motherhood and the person who jump-started my interest in hypnotherapy. She’s not only worked with some of the biggest celebrities, Olympic athletes, royalty, heads of state, politicians, and rockstars: from Hollywood to Bollywood, but she’s an author of many books including her newest release, Tell Yourself A Better Lie, which is out on amazon. Through her events, trainings, and workshops globally she has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands. We’ll dive into how to be more present with yourself, have more compassion in motherhood, and reparent yourself. Most of Marisa’s work deals with helping you heal your inner child, as much of our core beliefs and meanings we make in our lives are formed from our interactions and the love we desired from our caretakers. This is SO powerful.  We also go through the origin story of Marisa’s ‘I am enough’ movement, why it is SO important to be mindful of your actions, words, and behaviors with yourself, and how to heal your past.  Whether you’re a mama now or a mama-to-be or a boss looking for insights from an absolute queen of personal transformation and growth, you definitely will NOT want to miss this conversation.  Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode: - Being in the right mindset to experience joy in the birthing process, not fear and dread - Reparenting yourself & healing your inner child.  - Navigating your new identity as a mama, how to rediscover yourself, and mothering without guilt - How to balance your love for your child with your own dreams and ambitions - Raising children in this digital era - where do we place boundaries? - Childhood development - not expecting so much of your children, including them in their decision-making, and giving them more power - The 4 pillars of Marisa’s Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) and how to use them for personal growth and self-development - Learning how to process and transmute your emotions when you’re having BIG feelings and avoiding self-sabotage - Reframing your life to what happened to you instead of what’s wrong with you Get connected with Marisa Peer and her work here: marisapeer.com. Learn all about becoming an RTT therapist here at rtt.com  Thank you Brave Table crew for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please rate the show and leave a review so you can help others find juicy conversations like this one on The Brave Table.  Make sure you let me know you’ve left a review by going to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway so you can enter for your chance to WIN amazing prizes, like a pair of Apple AirPods Pro! I’ll also send you my Grow Your Grit 7-day mini-workshop for FREE to help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts, and change your world! Thanks again, loves, for tuning in! See you next time.

Hey fam! Welcome to another episode of The Brave Table. In today’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain to give you a behind the scenes look at a day in the life of a mamapreneur with 2 kids (both under 3 years old, eeeek). So many people often ask me - how do you do it all? And even though a lot of my life is online, what actually goes on in my home is something I usually keep pretty private. Well, not anymore, my loves! I’m going practice the bravery I preach and invite you in to all the messy and magical of a day in my household.  My hope for you in this episode is that you’ll learn how to prioritize the precious time that you DO have during this season of your life. We’re often so caught up in what we DON’T have (trust me - I have been guilty of this too!). BUT - I’d love for us to shift our focus to be on what lights us up, what we’re grateful for, and the tiny wins we experience throughout our day to create more juicy and expansive moments.  And for those days where we just don’t get it all done, despite our best intentions, how can we not have guilt about it and instead feel radical self-love and celebrate all the things that we did accomplish? How can we redefine certain practices that may seem daunting, turn them into something nourishing, and allow ourselves to shift and change as needed? PLUS, find out what I used to take for granted and what’s been medicinal for me during this season, and best practices for creating your biggest year yet for self-development, wellness, and personal growth. Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode: - Identifying your non-negotiable rituals, & routines that give you life! - How to find joy in the small wins throughout sometimes stress-FULL days - Making peace with and savoring the season that you’re in - Ensuring that you’re being intentional with the time that you do have what you do with it - How to find clarity in prioritizing what’s important in your life through gratitude and setting yearly intentions (to help you get started - grab your free Elevated! Intention-Setting Planner at www.globalgrit.co/eyl) Thanks for joining a day in my life! I hope you enjoyed it! While you’re here, I would REALLY appreciate it if you leave a review. Every single one helps The Brave Table get noticed by more people!  Once you’ve rated the show 5-stars and left your review, you can head on over to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and I’ll send you a FREE gift of my exclusive Grow Your Grit course to help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts and change your world!   Not only that, you will have your chance to enter our giveaway! That’s right Brave Table team. So go to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and follow the instructions there, and share it with your friends! See you next time! 

Hey Brave Table soul fam! I’m SUPER excited for you to tune in to this episode as I sit down with my dear friend, sister, Goddess, and co-founder of Dharma Coaching Institute, Sahara Rose.  Sahara is the best-selling author of Discover your Dharma: A Vedic Guide to Finding Your Purpose, the host of the Highest Self Podcast - the #1 spirituality podcast on iTunes - and has been proclaimed by THE Deepak Chopra as a “leading voice of the millennial generation into the new paradigm”. My girl has devoted the last decade of her life to raising the vibration of the planet and has empowered so many to discover their Dharma so that they can create conscious abundance, joy, freedom, and purpose in their lives.  Sahara and I first bonded over our strict upbringings and how we navigated pursuing our calling - which definitely veered off the path our parents laid out for us! You have to hear her incredible story of how a health scare sparked her journey into understanding ayurvedic medicine and how she overcame what was expected of her in fierce pursuit of what she came to this earth to do. Oooof, it’s a story that hits you right in the feels.  Last year, Sahara and I teamed up to create Dharma Coaching Institute. The Great Resignation and these massive world shifts we’re experiencing are providing an incredible opportunity for you to find your Dharma, reconsider the trajectory of your life, and ask yourself: “Am I living my truth? Why am I here? What are my gifts? What am I excited about?” Are you somebody who is the advice-giver in your group - somebody who connects deeply and is always that person to count on? We’ll talk about what that could mean for you and how you can use your Dharma to create an expansive business from your gifts.  Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode:  - How to recognize your gifts - Saying yes to challenging things as a catalyst for change in your life - What to do when your calling differs from the expectations your parents set out for you - Using daily self-care practices to give you more clarity in your life - How to discover your Dharma and how to know if you are on the path to your Dharma - How to have difficult conversations with your parents about your career, and what may happen at times with immigrant parents - When to pay attention to the challenges, roadblocks, and circumstances that could be a wake-up call for something better coming your way - How to take the first step towards your Dharma - even when it may not be the easiest, nor the sexiest - Dealing with rejection when it creates a mirror for all your fears - How we decided to join forces and build our mission of helping others in pursuing their purpose Dive into discovering your Dharma by heading over to www.dharmacoachinginstitute.com or get access to a FREE masterclass where Sahara helps you discover your Soul’s Purpose: https://iamsahararose.com/masterclass Follow Sahara at @iamsahararose on IG, and get connected with her #1 spirituality podcast at the Highest Self Podcast @highestselfpodcast  I hope you SO loved this conversation as much as I did, and I would really appreciate it if you leave a review. Every single one helps!  Once you’ve rated the show 5-stars and left your review, you can head on over to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and I’ll send you a FREE gift of my exclusive Grow Your Grit course to help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts and change your world!   Not only that, you will have your chance to enter our giveaway! That’s right Brave Table team. So go to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and follow the instructions there, and share it with your friends! See you next time! 

Hi loves! This is the second part of my conversation with my husband Ajit on moving into a new chapter of our lives as parents to Arie and Aiyla and how our children are our greatest teachers.  We talk about the challenges of parenting during a move, a pandemic, and validating children's feelings. With the birth of Aiyla and this being our second rodeo in the parenthood game, I ask Ajit how having a daughter has heightened his warrior-protector mode and if there’s one message he’d want our children to know - what would it be?  We also dive into the rise of the matriarchy, open up about our fears and concerns about raising children in today’s world, our hopes for the future of humanity, and how we all get to choose the world we want to create for our kids.  Plus, find out how we keep the SPICE in our lives outside of parenthood and keep date nights creative and inspiring! Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode: - Seeing your kids as collaborators for your self-development and personal growth - Discovering new things about yourself through your interactions with your kids - Modelling behavior for your children through your routines and actions and creating life habits that involve your children - Prioritizing your health as a means to maintain your vitality and be present for your children throughout your life - The importance of recalibrating with time without kids and reserving time for intrigue and surprise - We wrap up with a fun and light igniting round where Ajit talks about his suckiest human moment and what he’s reading - his answer might surprise you! Thanks for listening, fam! If you liked what you heard, please leave a review so you can help others find The Brave Table! You can also head over to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and I will send you a FREE gift of my exclusive Grow Your Grit Emotional Mastery course! You’ll find it nowhere else but here - exclusively for you, my Brave Table peeps!  It includes the full Grow Your Grit 7-day mini-workshop, plus my Emotional GRIT guidebook, and worksheets to support & help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts and change your world.   Not only that, you will automatically be entered into our giveaway! That’s right. So go to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and follow the instructions there. Until next time! 

Hey team Brave Table! This week’s episode is a super fun one! I sat down with my boo, my baby daddy, my husband, and - also - serial entrepreneur, author, and coach, Ajit Nawalkha. This is part 1 of a 2-part episode! People often ask how we keep our relationship fun, juicy and fresh since we’re together so often as business partners, life partners, and now our most important roles of mom and dad. We’ll touch on a few of our tricks for clearly defining the different roles we play and placing and maintaining boundaries around them.  We also touch on how to show up for our partners when moving through enormous change - in our case, this was the birthing of a new business, a new baby, and moving our family from LA to Austin. I’m sure pretty much ALL of you have experienced some huge shifts over the past couple of years, so we’ll share with you some of the tools and rituals we had to revisit to help us get through this challenging season.  This is part one of a two-part conversation so make sure to check out the follow-up episode where we talk more about parenthood and the things no one prepared us for.  Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode: - How we mentally and emotionally navigated our toughest year to date - How to use your different communication styles as a catalyst for strengthening your relationship - Reflecting on your needs vs the needs of your partner and how to honor and respect both - The practice of operating from a place of non-reaction and the importance of taking time for solitude and reflection - Self-awareness and radical self-acceptance as keys to growth I hope you SO loved this conversation as much as I did, and I would really appreciate it if you could leave a review. Every single one helps!  Then head over to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and I will send you a FREE gift of my exclusive Grow Your Grit Emotional Mastery course, exclusively for you Brave Table fam, which includes the full Grow your grit 7-day mini-workshop, plus my Emotional GRIT guidebook, plus worksheets, to support & help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts and change your world.   Not only that, you will have your chance to enter our giveaway! That’s right. So go to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and follow the instructions there, and when you share it with others it counts for more! See you next time! 

Hey Brave Table squad, I have a question for you: what does it really mean to be brave? For this episode, I’m going all-in on what I think it means and why I decided to start a podcast about the topic.  Being locked down during the pandemic created opportunities to get cozy with my quaranteam and have amazing discussions about the human experience. Around the world, people were finding new ways to connect, and it was incredible to see - but I started wondering why people weren’t going deeper with each other in their conversations? We collectively entered a new season of life, so why weren’t we diving into the nitty-gritty about the emotional intelligence, self-development, and straight-up BRAVERY required to face it?  Asking what it means to be brave is going to be a throughline in all my conversations, and it’s because, in this day and age, I believe that we gotta start to get real curious, question our beliefs, open ourselves up to new ideas and perspectives and be willing to change our minds. To me, THAT is bravery.  I’m going to invite you to examine where might you still be playing small in your life, and where you are still holding back. How can you stop dimming your light so you can bring your whole self to the table? As you listen, I would love for you to contemplate what being brave means to you and how you can start embodying your brave heart in your every day and let go of things that are causing a prison in your life.  Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode: - My bravest moments to date and why I feel it’s crucial to share our human stories - How to harness the power of being brave to show up as your authentic self as you approach new and unfamiliar stages of life - Navigating and understanding what it means to be human during challenging times - Making peace with letting go of the old way of doing things and opening ourselves up to different ways of being - Honestly and courageously stepping into fear, even when you don’t have all the answers - How to prepare ourselves for a new frontier, learn more about ourselves, and welcome conversations with people who might not share our same perspective - without judgment - Standing up against those who want to silence you, share your truth, and be unapologetically you Thanks Brave Table squad for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please rate the show and leave a review so you can help others join us at The Brave Table! Did you check out www.thebravetable.com/giveaway yet? I will send you a FREE gift of my exclusive Grow Your Grit Emotional Mastery course! Exclusively for you, my Brave Table Team!  It includes the full Grow Your Grit 7-day mini-workshop, plus my Emotional GRIT guidebook, and worksheets to support & help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts and change your world.   PLUS, you will automatically be entered into our giveaway! Woohoo! So go to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and follow the instructions there. See you again soon!

Fam, you’ve been saying how you’ve been feeling run down from the past two years and I HEAR YOU. But I also want to name all the beauty in what we’ve learned about the world and ourselves during this time. This type of change can be scary, but it also invites in so much abundance and opportunity for self-development. I was on a call with some power entrepreneurs recently and was loving all the vulnerability I was feeling from those around me. We often show up at these events as bosses ready to share all these badass things about ourselves and keep things surface level. But people we're cracking themselves open about how massive unprecedented growth (which, yay!) had them so focused on others that they were abandoning themselves (not so yay). It got me thinking about how we can move through life with a softness and an openness to all possibilities and keep moving forward despite the unknowns during these unpredictable times. How can you make sure that you stay on track, stay focused on the present moment, and not get too tripped up by what’s happening around you?  I’m going to share with you my go-to ritual that I’ve been using for the past 8 years to keep calling in my desires with ease and grace and how you can use it, too, by setting intentions in the 6 main categories of your life. This burnout-free blueprint is your tool to harness your soul purpose and grow into the person you are becoming.  Loves, if you’ve been feeling stuck in your manifesting and needing a reset, this is THE episode for you! Let’s keep working towards our goals WITHOUT getting completely run down and overwhelmed - there is a way! Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode: - Setting intentions in the 6 main categories of your life and creating daily rituals and practices to attune to the new level that you’re operating at - Re-evaluating what we prioritize in our lives, the relationships we keep, and how we navigate the world - How to create more space, creativity, and freedom for your desires - How to DO less and PLAY more and harness the inspiration you need to take on your next project - Cutting out the clutter and prioritizing deeper relationships over metrics and analytics.  - Meeting your edge through mental health challenges and taking ownership of your own mental health and sanity - Digging deeper into your greatest gifts, your soul purpose, and being authentic about what you are sharing with the world - How much will you continue living in fear vs how much will you pivot and shift? Thank you for being here, loves! I hope you enjoyed this episode, and if you did, I would be SO grateful if you could rate the show and leave a review so you can help others find The Brave Table! ALSO - be sure to head over to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and I will send you a FREE gift of my exclusive Grow Your Grit Emotional Mastery course! Exclusively for you, my Brave Table Team!  It includes the full Grow Your Grit 7-day mini-workshop, plus my Emotional GRIT guidebook, and worksheets to support & help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts and change your world.   Not only that, you will automatically be entered into our giveaway! Woohoo! So go to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and follow the instructions there. See you again soon!

Okay there Brave Table fam - as a recovering perfectionist, I'm going to dive into some triggers today and how to give yourself permission to shift when necessary.  Sometimes we tend to hold ourselves back if things aren’t quite ready and in this episode, I’ll share my very big initiation into my motherhood journey that taught me to fully surrender - what I learned from my birth experience leading up to it with my son, the differences with my daughter, and how you can take the steps needed to heal your past.   Thinking of motherhood - as a type A queen of your life - I got you covered here. Yup, you can’t plan it all, and what happens when you allow yourself to grieve things not working out exactly as planned? We explore what it takes to loosen our grip on life and reframe our losses and fears as a means of expanding ourselves in ways we could have never imagined.  We’ll also dive into some of the major lessons from my very first best-selling book, Emotional Grit, and learn how to master your emotions, change your thoughts and how to use Grit in your own life.  Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode:  - Motherhood and birthing as a metaphor for change, initiation, and surrendering to the unexpected - Defining grit and learning more about my work around Grit from my very first book: Emotional Grit: 8 steps to mastering your emotions, changing your thoughts, and transforming your world. You can grab a copy here: emotionalgrit.com. - Having the grace to forgive yourself and heal your past - Reframing loss and fear and allowing yourself to grieve the loss of an ideal - Letting go of perfection and being able to surrender to the present moment - What happens when you let go of control, allowing yourself to stretch in ways you never imagine  Thanks for listening, fam! If you liked what you heard, please leave a review so you can help others find The Brave Table! You can also head over to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and I will send you a FREE gift of my exclusive Grow Your Grit Emotional Mastery course! You’ll find it nowhere else but here - exclusively for you, my Brave Table peeps!  It includes the full Grow Your Grit 7-day mini-workshop, plus my Emotional GRIT guidebook, and worksheets to support & help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts and change your world.   Not only that, you will automatically be entered into our giveaway! That’s right. So go to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and follow the instructions there. Until next time!

Welcome officially to your seat at The Brave Table. I’m SO glad you are here! This is your destination, and I feel like it’s going to be a magical journey together, my friend, so again, thank you SO much for tuning in! This has been brewing for a while!  In this very first episode, I take you on a journey into my own life, about why I started this podcast and how The Brave Table came to be. We will explore topics like why it’s SO vital to practice radical self-acceptance, because there have been many, many days where I haven’t, and to give yourself permission to reinvent yourself. I also dive into my own personal struggles with motherhood since having baby #2 earlier this year and the identity shifts that accompany it, which sometimes may feel like you’re on the journey alone. Not to mention, some of the things about being a parent that NO ONE tells you.  Finally, we’ll take a closer look at how to be brave in prioritizing relationships, your children, and most importantly, for yourself, as we reflect on how we understand and define our worth in this world.  Some things to consider as you’re listening: how can we close doors to the things that no longer bring us joy, surrender to the unknown, and open ourselves to new opportunities that make us come alive?  Some of the juicy nuggets you’ll experience in this episode:  - Practice radical self-acceptance of your identity in the phase of your life that you're in  - The personal struggles and identity shifts that no one tells you about in motherhood   - Overachieving vs underachieving in understanding the depths of your worth. What is your worth defined by? - How to reparent yourself  - Allowing for reinvention, entering a new phase of life with non-judgement  - What does it mean when you cannot do “it” anymore?  - Who do you want to show up for your relationships, your children, and yourself?  - How to let go and close doors on certain things that may not be as joyful so you can open doors to new possibilities, even though it may be uncertain   - Prioritizing opportunities and your time in a season of life that makes you come ALIVE I hope you loved this conversation, and I would ABSOLUTELY love for you to leave a review so you can help others find The Brave Table. Then head over to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway  and I will send you a FREE gift of my exclusive Grow Your Grit Emotional Mastery course! You’ll find it no where else but here - exclusively for you, Brave Table fam!  It includes the full Grow Your Grit 7-day mini-workshop, plus my Emotional GRIT guidebook, and worksheets to support & help you master your emotions, transform your thoughts and change your world.   Not only that, you will automatically be entered into our giveaway! That’s right. So go to www.thebravetable.com/giveaway and follow the instructions there. See you next time! 

Grab a seat at The Brave Table for unfiltered conversations about all the unpredictable moments we face on our journey through life—the raw, the real, the messy—and how to overcome them and thrive.  This is your oasis for the next season of who you are becoming—where you conquer your fears, ditch comparing your life to others, embrace the unconventional, and recognize your evolution and expansion. Join host Dr. Neeta, a former dentist turned author, investor, serial entrepreneur, and mama of two, for weekly episodes on strengthening your mental health and emotional fitness so you can face challenges with grace and grit. Let’s get brave as we ride this human experience together with an open heart, new perspective, and a dose of laughter along the way.