If you’ve been feeling uncertain, up in the air or overwhelmed when it comes to showing up on social media, you’re not alone. We’re going through a massive recalibration to match the consciousness shift that’s happening on the planet. In this solo episode, I share how that translates into the language of marketing, entrepreneurship and social media. The 3 new paradigm marketing principles we cover are: Embodying over proving Real scarcity and energetic boundaries over calculated scarcity   Digital avatar over ideal client avatar Want to know how to apply these? Join me for the upcoming workshop on Dec. 21, 2020 at 3pm ET – 5D Storytelling Through Video: Grow Your Business in 2021 with IG Reels & TikTok. A replay of the workshop will be sent to all ticket holders. The price will go up after Dec. 21. See all show notes on wokeandwired.com Episode sponsor: Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan. Connect with Woke & Wired: If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired). Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.

Shanika Hillocks (@shanikahillocks) is a food & beverage multi-hyphenate redefining what it means to be a luminary in this space. By day, she leads influencer marketing strategy at the largest winery in the country. Her F&B, home lifestyle, and travel writing can be found on outlets including Domino, Condé Nast Traveler, Healthyish, and Wine Enthusiast. Most recently, Shanika has taken her love of storytelling to the podcast space as the Season 2 of host Pineapple Radio. See all show notes on wokeandwired.com. We discuss:  Reclaiming your mornings Developing rituals  Balancing a 9-5 with side projects  The silver lining of the pandemic The power of intention How Shanika got into influencer marketing as a publicist  The current state and the future of influencer marketing  How do brands choose influencers for paid campaigns? Being a voice for black and brown luminary voices in the digital space  URL vs IRL Freedom as a creator Bringing humanity into influencer marketing  Mentioned:  Shanika’s post on URL vs IRL All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho  Connect with Shanika:  @shanikahillocks shanikahillocks.com Connect with Woke & Wired: If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired). Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more. Episode sponsor: Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

Boyd Varty (@boyd_varty) is a storyteller, life coach and a tracker born and raised in South African wilderness at Londolozi Game Reserve. His podcast series, 40 days and 40 nights, is the most impactful content I’ve experienced this year. In it, he explores the archetype of the mystic in nature, how consciousness changes outside of the structures of modern life, and what it means to be wild. We discuss:  Boyd's top lesson from living in a treehouse in the wild for 40 days  How to create space for a different system of intelligence to unfold Being a conduit for nature’s wisdom  Boyd’s content creation process Taking notes as a way to connect to the Divine Restoring the land Being a creator and an artist in the digital age The vital part of the famous Joseph Campbell quote that’s often left out The power of discipline Letting go of societal norms to step into your wild nature Going beyond the playbook of “success” Feeling alive and expansive as an indicator of moving closer to your purpose Boyd walks us through the 4-step process that’s been the most profound teacher in his life How to question and reframe your limiting beliefs Podcast as an opportunity to broadcast your frequency Boyd’s personal approach to boundaries with Instagram  Connect with Boyd Varty:  boydvarty.com @boyd_varty Mentioned: The Lion Tracker’s Guide To Life by Boyd Varty Cathedral of The Wild: An African Journey Home by Boyd Varty Boyd Varty’s TED Talk, “What I learned from Nelson Mandela”  “Form to leave form.” – Josh Waitzkin The Work of Byron Katie Connect with Ksenia:  kseniabrief.com Ksenia's email list Instagram @ksenia.brief YouTube Ksenia Brief TikTok @ksenia.brief Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Spotify

My life partner Eric Brief is back for a candid conversation about our tiny home life, renovations, and how moving to nature has changed our lives and digital businesses. We discuss:  Using digital businesses as a tool for a life of freedom in nature  Living a life of creativity and how it’s changed since we moved from city to nature  Redefining the concept of being “rich”  When social media feels like an interruption to your life  How we co-create our life together  The process of buying our tiny cabin  Eric's journey from his first full-time job to becoming entrepreneur (and the role that crystals played in it) Going nomadic and returning to renovate our tiny home How his business SEO exploded since he partnered with his co-founder Turning joyful experimentation on TikTok into revenue Our next building project!  The shabbat cabin  Our favorite things about moving from city to nature  Mentioned:  Cacao ceremony podcast episode with Florencia Fridman My basket obsession My TikTok experiment crystalcriminals.com Connect with Ksenia:  kseniabrief.com Ksenia's email list Instagram @ksenia.brief YouTube Ksenia Brief TikTok @ksenia.brief Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Spotify Previous episodes with Eric:  56: We Bought A Tiny Home! Our Adventure From NYC to Upstate New York 74: Ksenia and Eric – We Are Going Nomadic! The Why, How and Where 87: Eric Brief – All About Crystals

In this episode, I share the biggest lesson I’ve learned on letting go of resistance. When you allow the space for resistance to be, it transforms into a profound sense of flow.  I share how I’ve experienced it in my life, business, and how it led to PORTALS: Saturday School collaboration with Michelle Pellizzon of @Holisticism. See all show notes and previous episodes on wokeandwired.com Mentioned:  Emotional Resolution with Cedric Bertelli PORTALS: Saturday School  Michelle Pellizzon on Woke & Wired  becurrent productivity workshop Conscious Social Media x Human Design workshop Connect with Woke & Wired: If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired). Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes. Experience alignment with the 5-Day Social Media Challenge. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.

In this episode, we get back to one of the most popular topics on the podcast and cover all things ceremonial cacao with Keith Wilson of Keith’s Cacao. Use discount code BREAKFASTCRIMINALS when you order ceremonial cacao on keithscacao.com. We discuss:  What is ceremonial cacao?  What is a cacao ceremony?  Cacao as a food of the shift  How Keith sources cacao with guidance from the Cacao Spirit  Cacao as a driver for creativity and innovation  Why how you drink cacao is not as important as the cacao you drink  Caffeine in chocolate VS caffeine in ceremonial cacao  Plant medicines critical to the formation of civilization and why cacao might be one of them!  Anandamide (“bliss” molecule in cacao) Naturally occurring endocannabinoids in cacao Psychedelic medicines and cacao The unexpected result from combining cacao and DMT Why hand peeling cacao makes a big difference  How ceremonial grade cacao is made How cacao guided Keith Wilson to become an entrepreneur  Co-creating business with Spirit  Keith shares his intuitive message for me and the listeners! See all show notes and more episodes on kseniabrief.com Connect with Keith:  Keithscacao.com – use code BREAKFASTCRIMINALS for 5% off ceremonialcacao.blogspot.com youtube.com/keithscacao Keith’s Cacao Recipe Mentioned by Ksenia:  At Home with Ksenia on YouTube The Cacao Portal  episode 14 – cacao and Maya cosmovision episode 101 – cacao and frequency healing Share your medicine with the world meditation on Insight Timer Mentioned by Keith:  Mayanutinstitute.org Alison Coe on YouTube  Connect with Ksenia:  kseniabrief.com Instagram @ksenia.brief YouTube Ksenia Brief TikTok @ksenia.brief Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Spotify

In this episode, founder of Holisticism (@holsticism) Michelle Pellizzon (@betterbymichelle) and I (@whereisksenia) sit down to give you a glimpse into behind the scenes of our businesses as we experiment and navigate the waters of entrepreneurship and spirituality. We also announce our new collaborative workshop, PORTALS: Saturday School on November 14, 2020. Ready to consistently create inspired content, get unstuck from 2020 overwhelm and prep for a powerfully intuitive and aligned 2021? Join us for this half-day not-your-regular-business school here. When you buy a ticket, you get a FREE ticket to bring a friend. Because… abundance and collaboration! See all show notes on wokeandwired.com We discuss:  Some of our biggest wins and fails of 2020 The one business strategy that led to a $120k launch and 4x revenue in a year How our collaborative workshop, PORTALS: Saturday School came together How to scale your desire to help people From dance student to running a multiple six-figure intuitive business How she implemented sliding scale pricing in her business Our go-to beverages and workouts Experimenting with using texts for her business  Why you don’t need fancy equipment to run a successful business Hearing voices as a child Acting on intuitive hits Creating a self-honoring practice as part of your business strategy  What are The Akashic Records? Collaboration over competition How the Akashic Records helped Michelle with self-limiting beliefs  Feeling like an outcast in the world of spiritual entrepreneurs Connect with Michelle Pellizzon:  Holisticism.com @holisticism @bettermymichelle By text: 818.699.9735 Connect with Ksenia Avdulova: @whereisksenia on IG @whereisksenia on TikTok At Home with Ksenia on YouTube Connect with Woke & Wired: If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired). Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes. Experience alignment with the 5-Day Social Media Challenge. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.

Jasmin Jenkins (@jasmin.jenkins) is a dear friend, founder of Fall Up and an Integrative Grief Guide on a mission to alchemize grief into presence. We discuss: Jasmin’s healing journey after losing her brother to suicide and mother to cancer How she got into plant medicine The fear of being out of control Asking for what you need Exercising open communication in relationships Sacred shedding of relationships that no longer serve you Being in highest alignment with life Finding wholeness in the midst of feeling broken How to know you’re ready for plant medicine The spectrum of grief Alchemizing grief into the joy of presence The Four Invitations of Grief framework Embracing avoidance to feel as a pathway to awakening How Ayahuasca impacted Jasmin’s career Spirit-led investing Disclaimer: We don’t promote use of legal or illegal psychoactive substances. This podcast is created for informational purposes only. Connect with Jasmin Jenkins: @jasmin.jenkins jasmin-jenkins.com Fall Up Grief as Celebration circles Connect with Ksenia: kseniabrief.com Ksenia's email list Instagram @ksenia.brief YouTube Ksenia Brief TikTok @ksenia.brief Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Spotify  

Welcome back to the expanded consciousness series. Talia Eisenberg (@talia.eisenberg) is the co-founder of Ibogaine Research Institute, co-founder and CEO of Healer Collective and business consultant focusing on regenerative business. Talia received her MBA in Sustainable Solutions from Presidio Graduate School. Disclaimer: We don’t promote use of legal or illegal psychoactive substances. This podcast is created for informational purposes only. See all show notes on wokeandwired.com We discuss:  Plants as antidotes to problems Making healing accessible Coming from a family of Holocaust survivors  Living with a sense of “not fitting in” in Omaha, Nebraska How Talia opened an art gallery in NYC in her 20s Becoming addicted to opioids at 21 How ibogaine changed the course of Talia’s life Curiosity as the foundation for entrepreneurship Feeling unworthy around money Redefining the "starving artist" paradigm What is regenerative business Connecting to force fields within you Digital boundaries  Connect with Talia Eisenberg: @talia.eisenberg @healercollective Healercollective.com Ibogaine Research Institute Mentioned: Mark M. Beckwith Byron Katie Connect with Woke & Wired: If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired). Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes. Experience alignment with the 5-Day Social Media Challenge. Join our email list to know about upcoming workshops and more!

Rebecca Naylor (@mysticradiance) is an Energy Medicine Practitioner working with a spectrum of healing modalities including indigenous ancestral medicines and shamanic energy healing. See all show notes on wokeandwired.com We discuss:  What is Kambo and where does it come from  Kambo as an alternative healing treatment for autoimmune conditions Kambo and hunting magic Being an instrument for the medicine of Kambo  How she transitioned from interior design to shamanic medicine work  Bringing together Eastern, Western and Indigenous wisdom through Kambo healing Receiving and following messages through spirit What a Kambo experience is like Conscious evolution of the planet  Life as an energy exchange  Being a multidimensional being in the digital space Social media as a bridge of information that unifies everyone across the planet How Rebecca sold out a 40-person retreat using social media (with under 700 followers) Mentioned:  Conscious Social Media Program Woke & Wired 122: Paul Austin: Intuition, Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Microdosing Psychedelics Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth IAKP, The International Association of Kambo Practitioners Woke & Wired 60: Founder Of Poo~Pourri Suzy Batiz: It’s Not Business, It’s A Spiritual Journey Connect with Rebecca Naylor:  kambospiritpath.com @kambospiritpath @mysticradiance Connect with Woke & Wired:  If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired). Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes. Experience alignment with the 5-Day Social Media Challenge. Join our email list to know about upcoming workshops and more!