Taking intentional time to pause, reflect and create a vision is one of the most powerful practices you can do anytime of the year, but especially as you prepare to step into the New Year!  In this episode, I share the prompts I use to reflect and journal on the current year and to create a vision for the New Year. I did a similar episode a couple of years ago, and it’s been fascinating to witness how the change in my values is reflected in the prompts themselves.  In this episode, I share my own answers to the prompts. Use these journaling prompts to create a vision of how you want to show up in the world – alone, with your family or in a circle of close friends!  Get the journaling prompts on kseniabrief.com Mentioned:  Eric’s Instagram @ericbrief Eric’s igloo build on TikTok DRESSX digital fashion  Grief Guide Jasmin Jenkins (get to know Jasmin in episode 125) Akashic Records Readings with Hilary Pearlson (get to know Hilary in episodes 142 and 143) Michelle Sinnette  Journal entry that changed my life: Spirit of Content Solo episode: trust your soul’s journey Parachute women’s classic organic cotton sweatshirt Previous version of New Year’s Journaling Prompts 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 Episode sponsor: I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – has become a new sponsor to the show. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized. Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews.  It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with a PRO account. You also get a 14-day free trial!

Rebecca Naylor is an Energy Medicine Practitioner, Ascension Guide, Water Advocate, Intuitive Channel, and Wayshower in service to the Shift in Consciousness on Gaia. Rebecca initially appeared in episode 123, where we covered all things Kambo Medicine and what happens when you take Kambo. This episode is a powerful exploration of deeper soul initiations, awakening, and more! We discuss:  Deeper initiations of Soul  Being molded by the dream of the Earth  Rebecca’s experience with Aubrey Marcus’ Fit for Service program Costa Rica as a womb space  Discovering your ecological niche as a human The Universe as a treasure map Deeper levels of awakening Learning who you are as a soul Being part of the web of life Grief as a portal Ice planet dreams Integrating an “ego death” in an ayahuasca ceremony Visiting the cosmic womb  How Rebecca’s role as a “water love weaver” was revealed to her  Learning to trust the mystery – in life and in plant medicine ceremony Rebecca’s experience with shamanic dismemberment initiation Spirit of death as an ally and a guide What is Soul?  Being a better steward of the Earth through your soul’s participation  Remembering your role in the web of life Being intentional about surrounding yourself with structured energy (through feng shui, crystals, etc) How aging is related to dehydration  Water Vortexing and Water Divination The healing power of structured and wild harvested water Water as a Spirit and as a Guide Water and crystal technology as carriers of consciousness  Being the flow of life itself The power fo water to reset your energetic field The importance of finding local water sources Episode sponsor: I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – has become a new sponsor to the show. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized. Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews.  It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with a PRO account. You also get a 14-day free trial! Resources: MAYU Swirl Water Pitcher https://findaspring.com/ Connect with Rebecca: website: www.kambospiritpath.com IG: www.instagram.com/kambospiritpath www.instagram.com/waterloveweaver FB: www.facebook.com/kambospiritpath 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

Elisa Haggarty is a conscious leadership coach and host of The School Of Unlearning Podcast. Elisa was once my coach through Parsley Health, and in this episode you get to experience her presence and wisdom, as well as hear a few powerful lessons she picked up along the path of unlearning. We discuss:  Finding yourself in a life you didn’t plan for Making the choice to write your own story Learning to unlearn self care The heartbreak and the accident that shifted Elisa’s life path  Cultivating radical acceptance “Life is an inside job” Adapting the mentality of being “the lucky one” How a brain trauma led Elisa to meditation and other healing and mindfulness modalities Choosing to invest into yourself over pleasing others Elisa’s experience going on a silent meditation retreat in Taiwan  How teaching English brought Elisa to Hong Kong and led her to becoming a whole foods chef How Elisa created “The Culinary Farmacy”, a space where the clinical met the culinary Elisa’s experience with building a nutrition business  Elisa’s love affair with chocolate  Elisa’s journey of becoming a coach and learning entrepreneurship  Finding peace with making money Having a good relationship with what you do have VS chasing abundance Leaving a “hot” job at Parsley Health Helping people understand their relationship between fear and love as her job  Developing emotional agility  How Elisa got the clarity to leave her job and go back to one-on-one coaching Elisa shares her experience with psychedelic mushrooms  Learning from animals Episode sponsor: I’m so excited to share with you that my #1 podcasting tool since day one of this podcast – Zencastr – has become a new sponsor to the show. Zencastr provides crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. What I love about it is that it records separate audio and video tracks for me and the guest, so the editing process is a lot more customized. Plus, there’s secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews.  It’s super easy to use — there’s nothing to download, my guests just click on the link and we start recording. Go to zencastr.com/pricing and enter promo code KSENIA to get 30% off your first three months with a PRO account. You also get a 14-day free trial! Connect with Elisa:  www.elisamaryhaggarty.com @thesoulpodcast @elisamaryhaggarty 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

Mollie McGlocklin the host of The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast and the creator of Sleep Is A Skill, a company that optimizes people’s sleep through a unique blend of technology, accountability, and behavioral change. After navigating insomnia while traveling internationally, she created what she couldn’t find - a place to go to learn the skill set of sleep. Knowing the difference between a life with sleep and without, she’s now dedicated her life to sharing the forgotten skill set of sleep. We discuss:  How does sleep affect our health? Why sleep is an important skill set for the modern society  How hormones are impacted by your quality of sleep The impacts of sleep deprivation How optimizing your sleep can contribute to your mental health What is chronobiology and circadian rhythm entrainment?  Why sun exposure first thing in the morning and at sunset important  Why creating a consistent sleep schedule is important  Practical tips to understanding and optimizing how you sleep  What are some of the most helpful sleep gadgets on the market? What is social jet lag, and how do we prevent it? Can creative bouts co-exist with healthy sleep?  Anticipatory anxiety and sleep  The kind of content that can interfere with your sleep and how to be mindful of what you consume before bed  Positive psychology and sleep Sleep ritual idea for couples What to do if it’s time to go to bed and you can’t get sleepy The shocking truth about mealtime and sleep Sleep rituals  How “gratitude emails” became Mollie’s longest standing daily ritual  What it’s like to get engaged at Amangiri in Utah The non-sleep deep rest protocol (NSDR) from Andrew Huberman that changes everything Mollie walks us through her morning and nighttime routines Top biohacks for sleep Related episodes: 177, 169, 161, 42,  Resources:  Ksenia on Sleep Is A Skill Podcast, episode 5 Motion activated red night lights Auto on/off red night lights Connect with Mollie:  Website: Sleep Is A Skill 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

Daje James aka The Story Doula is a brand strategist, author, artist, and story doula. This is one of the most important conversations I’ve ever had on my podcast, planting powerful seeds for new ways to show up online and approach business.  Out of the ashes of old paradigm business strategies, arise beautiful intuitive, cyclical ways of being in the world.  We discuss:  Finding beauty in tension  Being an enneagram 7 Writing as a portal of transformation  Looking inside, instead of outside, to understand who you are (self-referral vs object-referral via Deepak Chopra) The power of being present with your story Dharmic creative flow Being an expression of the Creator Surrendering your life  Daje’s spiritual and human journey and experience with religion as a child  Daje shares her experience being a worship leader  Tending to the portal of your work Facing the fears of being unoriginal, incompetent and irrelevant because of lack of formal schooling  Not dancing around discomfort Letting go of pleasing people  Owning the bigness of your soul  Meeting a hybrid human from another star system Why past lives and other star systems are extracurricular activities  The story of the timelines converging in one Instagram account Bridging art, strategy, marketing, business and spirituality  Daje’s ancestor that shows up often in readings  The moment at coffee shop when Daje’s “piercing” soul got reflected back to her  Learning to allow your soul to do what it’s here to do  How is it possible that different people get the same energy downloads?  Regenerative business practices and letting go of old paradigm strategy Grace as a portal of innovation   Cyclical strategies and the medicine of masculine cyclicality  Why alignment alone won’t cut it Letting go of obsession with linearity  Making space for soul work  Allowing things to all apart in the creative process Releasing binary story of success  Trusting yourself to be held through identify death Related episodes:  176 Blair Badenhop: Trust The Discomfort and Come Home To The Truth Of Who You Are 174 Aaron Rose: Integrating Spiritual Awakening Into The Human Experience and Becoming Uncancellable 172 Part One: I forgot who I am 173 Part Two: I'm remembering who I am  Connect with Daje James aka The Story Doula: Instagram: @thestorydoula  https://www.thestorydoula.co/ 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

Blair Badenhop is a global brand and messaging Strategist with over a decade of experience supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses. Blair was one of my first podcast guests in 2018, where we talked about creating magnetism in branding.  Make sure you listen to the last 30 minutes of this episode, there are powerful codes shared in that part of the conversation! We discuss:  Tapping into the truth of who you are among the noise  Merging the masculine and the feminine in how we approach business  Building trust in your path  Being amidst the discomfort  Identity shifts and how they translate on social media  Blair’s experience with motherhood and postpartum entrepreneurship How much do I share my motherhood journey on social media?  Being fluid and feminine in how you show up on social media  What taking a break from running group programs taught Blair Learning to prioritize yourself as a mom The power of stillness Being with duality  How to choose what to focus on as an entrepreneur  Redefining postpartum journey Lessons from running a mastermind  Following what feels alive on social media  Trends that we're noticing in wellness and culture The role that plants are playing in the planetary consciousness shift A peek into behind the scenes of Blair’s signature program “Your Wellness Brand” Blair’s top tips for creating a strong wellness brand Related episodes:  10 Blair Badenhop: How To Brand Yourself In The Wellness World, Create Magnetism and Success By Tapping Into Who You Truly Are 130 Boyd Varty: Following The Track Of Your Life and Creative Process in The Digital Age Connect with Blair Badenhop:  Blairbadenhop.com pstprtm.com/ Brand Yourself Podcast @blairbadenhop on Instagram Connect with Ksenia:    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

Basu Ratnam is the founder and CEO of INDAY, an everyday eatery rooted in the Indian philosophy of food as medicine with seasonal dishes, a beautiful emphasis on sustainable sourcing and community.  We discuss:    What led Basu to starting INDAY: from being brought up in an Indian household in New York to working in finance Indian concepts that guide Basu in life and work today The Ayurvedic principles that inspire Inday's philosophy and menu Redefining wellness Redefining success Letting go of fixed mindset  Top lessons Basu has learned from starting and running INDAY Building a human-centric restaurant business Mindfulness practices that all INDAY employees are invited into The conscious choice to grow mindfully, not explosively Basu's relationship with social media  Is Kitchari coming back to INDAY?  About Basu Ratnam:  Basu is the founder and CEO of a Indian inspired restaurant group. INDAY launched in 2016 in New York City has 5 locations in Manhattan and is expanding in to new markets in the coming months. In April 2020, INDAY quickly pivoted its restaurants to serve thousands of meals to local health organizations and hospital networks. During India's second wave in 2021, Basu organized a series of in person fundraisers and a global restaurant campaign to raise over $900k for emergency food rations, ventilators and direct relief in India.  Prior to founding INDAY Basu was an investor at Sycamore Partners, a consumer and retail focused private equity fund with $3.5B under management. Basu graduated with a B.A. from Brown University, where he was the Captain of the Ivy League Champion Men's Tennis Team. Basu resides in lower Manhattan, and has a love for food, wellness and social impact. Related episodes:  96 David Harshada Wagner: Plug Into The Mystical Path In The Midst Of It All 45 Emily Schildt: How To Stay Connected With Yourself In This Digital World 161 Rasa Founder Lopa van der Mersch: Business As Its Own Energetic Being, Plant Consciousness and Energy Intelligence 174 Part One: I forgot who I am 175 Part Two: I'm remembering who I am  Resources: Spirit Versus Scalpel: Traditional Healing and Modern Psychotherapy by Leonore Loeb Adler and B Runi Mukherji  Connect with Ksenia:  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

Transformational coach, writer and facilitator Aaron Rose (@aaronxrose) joins me for this wide-ranging conversation about spiritual awakening, cancel culture, sovereignty, Hu Kitchen chocolate and alpacas. We discuss:  Ksenia shares lessons from a recent medicine journey  Cultivating a fertile void  Ksenia’s journey with changing the podcast name  Spiritual awakening IRL  Integrating spiritual truth into physical, multidimensional human self “Big whale energy” The teaching from “A Course In Miracles” that has been coming up for us Being in the world, but not of it Building a world where we all thrive Tending to the physicality of your life  Becoming uncancellable in an inside job  What it’s like when God is your boss  Aaron’s experience being multidimensional in gender and sexuality  Integrating spiritual lessons into the physical realm Aaron’s experience being an alpaca whisperer  Building a home  What is cancel culture here to teach us?  Letting go of knowing what’s best of others  Becoming your own safe space  The astrology of current world events  Finding the courage to speak your truth  Becoming your own safe space  Aaron’s monk purification period  Identity shifts in the digital age Aaron’s daily surrender practice  Ksenia’s experience going through Aaron’s “God is my boss” course Turning over your life to Source and restoring Love  Related episodes:  110 Aaron Rose: Intentional Frequency Exchange Online & Shadow Work On Instagram 145 Michelle Sinnette: New Paradigm of Business with Legacy Cacao Founder 13 Thomas Droge: How To Cultivate Physical and Spiritual Energy and Why QiGong Will Make Your Business More Successful Connect with Aaron Rose:  Instagram @aaronxrose  theaaronrose.com 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  

Consolidating the fragmented pieces of my self-expression in the energetic and digital fields.  Realizing that spiritual growth is not linear. Moving into the trust of self.  Being in the present with what is instead of being my past accomplishments.  Discernment over judgement.  The new era beyond marketing strategies. Being with fears of being seen. My vision for the podcast.   Connect with Ksenia Brief:  kseniabrief.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ksenia.brief/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/breakfastcriminals TikTok http://tiktok.com/@ksenia.brief Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Spotify

No more hiding. This is not a rebrand. This is stepping into the truth of who I am.  Funded by Source is now Ksenia Brief Podcast. This is a solo update from my heart, where I bring uriosity to the shadow aspects of myself. Things I cover: No more avoiding and hiding Holding onto made-up identities Age of lone wolf is over What happened after I renamed the podcast last time  What I’m releasing  The shadow aspects of myself behind “good” intentions  Why it’s important to connecting to your why before you do anything  Creating a New Earth  Asha Patel’s Collective Rising Collection   Trusting the unknown  This is not a rebrand  Releasing Funded By Source  Releasing validation  Learning to trust my true nature  Letting go of fear of “being behind” and trusting Divine timing  Connect with Ksenia Brief:    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