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For so many people, breathwork is such a new topic and healing modality to be explored. That brings a lot of questions and curiosity to so today on the podcast I did something a little different. I grabbed all of the questions you guys asked me on Instagram to do a Q & A session all about breathwork. In this episode, you’ll hear a live breathwork session as well as the answers to all of the most common breathwork questions. I answer everything from how often to do breathwork, why I think it’s easier than meditation, what you should do after breathwork and so much more! Inside this episode I jam on: How breathwork helps you get into your body The 3 things I use to make decisions A tri-active breathwork exercise Why safety in breathwork is important especially for those with trauma How breathwork can bring up anxiety  How often you should practice breathwork and why it’s easier than meditation How Pause Breathwork is different from other breathwork philosophies  Practices that you can do post-breathwork Why I am so confident and passionate about breathwork How to use breathwork as another revenue stream after becoming certified Why I started Pause Breathwork A quick one-minute breathwork session for beginners   Links:Pause Breathwork Facilitator Training Breathwork Q & A IGTV Hungry for Happiness Book Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program   The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts so you don’t miss an episode!

Is your dosha out of balance? If you’re wondering what dosha is or how to get it in balance then you’re going to want to hear today’s episode with Sahara Rose. Sahara is an author, podcaster, speaker,  and founder of Rose Gold Goddesses. We explore her path to embodiment through dance and we talk about how movement (specifically twerking) can help you connect with your other side. Sahara shares the three different archetypes of Ayurveda, how these perpetuate and show up in our lives and what you can do to help get your dosha back in balance.  About Sahara Rose: Sahara Rose is an ancient soul in a modern body. She has been called “a leading voice for the millennial generation into the new paradigm shift” by Deepak Chopra, who wrote the foreword of her books. She is the best-selling author of Eat Feel Fresh, Idiot's Guide to Ayurveda, A Yogic Path and the upcoming Discover Your Dharma. She also hosts the Highest Self Podcast, the #1 spirituality podcast on iTunes with over 16 million downloads.  Sahara is the founder of Rose Gold Goddesses, the sacred sisterhood collective all about embodying the goddess within, with over 2000 worldwide members.  She is a keynote speaker, speaking on stages at Google and Facebook, as well as being featured as the nutrition speaker for Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign at Harvard Medical School and in Vogue, Forbes, NBC and more. Recently on the cover of the nationwide print magazine, Yoga Journal, Sahara Rose is on a mission to remind people of their highest selves so they can share their gifts with the world and raise the vibration of the planet.  Sahara is known for making spiritual + Ayurvedic wisdom fun and relatable so it can serve the needs of today's people. She believes the key to spirituality is embodiment. When she's not writing books, recording podcasts or facilitating workshops, you can find her dancing, DJing and drumming.   Inside this episode, Sahara shares: How embodiment makes her feel most alive Her path to truly learning to trust and love her body The story of discovering ecstatic dance and the transformation this led her to Why you need to find your unique language, mannerisms and movement through your body What twerking is and how it helps you connect with the other side of you Sahara’s advice for using dance as a meditative practice Why people are resistant to joy Examples of people’s dosha and the different archetypes of Ayurveda How you can eat and exercise in alignment with your archetype How to get your dosha in balance   You can find more about Sahara at: Website | Instagram | Facebook    Links: Pause Breathwork Facilitator Training Dosha Quiz Ayurveda (Idiot's Guides) Guided Dance Meditations  The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity Eat Feel Fresh: A Contemporary, Plant-Based Ayurvedic Cookbook   Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program     The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode!

Healing from past wounds takes the ability to reconnect with yourself and the drive to regulate your nervous system. I am so excited to share this conversation on healing with today’s guest, Nicole LePera. Nicole is a Holistic Psychologist who helps people on their journey to wellness and healing themselves. We talked about so much in this episode including the empowerment that comes through your own healing and the power that comes from knowing you can destroy the parts of you that aren’t serving you. She shares how you can use future self journaling to create a more conscious awareness around patterns and behaviors you’ve developed, how to trace mistakes back to childhood wounds and her thoughts on psychedelics for healing.    About Dr. Nicole LePera: Dr. Nicole LePera is a Holistic Psychologist who believes that mental wellness is for everyone. She evolved her more traditional training from Cornell University and The New School to one that acknowledges the connection between the mind and body.   Dr. LePera views mental and physical struggles from a whole person perspective and works to identify the underlying physical and emotional causes. She understands that balance is an integral part of wellness and empowers individuals to heal themselves, supporting them on their wellness journeys.   Dr. LePera founded the Mindful Healing Center in Center City Philadelphia.  She recently expanded her work online creating a platform for teaching these often overlooked components of mental wellness to individuals and practitioners around the world.   Inside this episode, Nicole shares: How presence makes Nicole feel most alive What was the catalyst that her on the path of healing What prevents people from truly being their embodied self  How to trace back mistakes to childhood wounding Tools to regulate your nervous system and reconnect with yourself Why you have to learn to be with your discomfort Her thoughts on using psychedelics for healing How she uses future self journaling How she’s learned to be passionate    You can find more about Nicole at: Website | Instagram | Facebook    Links: Pause Breathwork Facilitator Training Future Self Journal (Sign up to Nicole’s email list for free download) Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program   The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode!

Meditation isn’t for everyone. It can be really challenging to get into a meditative state which is why I am an advocate for breathwork. The power of your breath is easy to access and brings just as many benefits as meditation. When you have deep states of resource and are using your breath to access something deeper within you, you can hold it all without feeling as heavy. You have to increase your capacity, by increasing your energy. This isn’t about biohacking or having a cup of coffee because true energy comes from within our bodies. In this episode, I am talking about why you should consider the breathwork modality and a simple 90-second breathwork experience you can use whenever you need to tap into your wellbeing.    Inside this episode I jam on:   A story about how I struggled with meditation and found breathwork Why it’s so hard to feel yourself when you’re congested with the emotionality of other people Why you need to use breathwork to unhook the mind The beautiful shift of getting out of your mind and into your body A simple 90-second breathwork experience How breathwork gives you access without waiting for an opening   Links: Pause Breathwork Facilitator Training Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia   Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program     The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts so you don’t miss an episode!

You have the access to unlock your bravery and do the things that make you say, “OMG”. Unlocking your bravery is all about taking action on the things that scare you. It’s about building evidence for yourself that you can show up and do the hard thing. In this episode, I was joined by Kathy Caprino, M.A., author, career success coach and keynote speaker. She shared what it really means to unlock your bravery and how you can do that by taking action and doing the things that make you realize, “if I can do that, I can do anything!” She gets real about honing in on your embodied feminine self and what feminism means to her (and why so many people have a problem with feminism). We also chat about unbinding yourself from trauma, issues she sees women face in their careers and her new book, The Most Powerful You.   About Kathy Caprino: Kathy Caprino, M.A. is an internationally-recognized career and executive success coach, writer, TEDx and keynote speaker and leadership trainer dedicated to the global advancement of women. She is a Senior Forbes contributor, top media source on women’s careers, and the Founder & President of Kathy Caprino, LLC and The Amazing Career Project online training course helping women build successful, passion-filled lives and careers of significance.   Inside this episode, Kathy shares:   How turning her mess into a message makes her feel most alive The turning point she reached and how she’s transcended out of that  Kathy’s message for the woman who desires more but can’t make the move What it means to be an embodied feminine woman Why it’s essential to adopt a “don’t mess with me” attitude Her inspiration behind her new book, The Most Powerful You Kathy’s take on feminism and people who disapprove of feminism How you can unbind yourself to past trauma How you can discern the difference between truth and trauma The issues she sees women face in their careers What it really means to be brave and her bravest moment in life   You can find more about Kathy at: Website | Instagram | Facebook    Links: Pause Breathwork Facilitator Training The Most Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss What Is Feminism, And Why Do So Many Women And Men Hate It? (Forbes Article) What is Feminism and Why So Many Men and Women Still Hate It (YouTube Video) The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level Finding Brave Finding Brave Podcast   Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program     The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode!

You've been given everything you could possibly wish for from your creator. You have to wake up every day and choose to reclaim your joy. It doesn't have to be extravagant. We're all born with this ability to extract joy from life and one of the access points to pleasure is the breath. That's why I am so passionate about breathwork... While so many people have been conditioned to live in the fight or flight, it's not good for the body or mind. You deserve to be in the rest and digest state where your body can stabilize the state of ease. In this episode, I’ll explain how and why breathwork is so powerful.   Inside this episode I jam on: The two ways you can use breathwork: integrative and meditative How breathwork activates the limbic system and can open up emotions and memories The physical benefits of breathwork: decreased cortisol, decreased size of amygdala, activation of the vagus nerve How breathwork can improve vagal tone which in turn, improves your response to stress Why you should use breathwork to release suppressed emotions  How you can use breathwork to decrease human suffering and increase human consciousness Why you are the drug that your body is looking for   Links: Pause Breathwork Facilitator Training Pause Breathwork Blog   Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program     The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode!

Getting back to the basics of our health, mindset and body can create real happiness in our life. In this episode, I was joined by musician, meditation advocate and entrepreneur, Nick Broadhurst. Nick shared the tools and strategies that he uses to forge his own path to happiness. We discuss how people can truly seek out sustainable happiness in their life. He talks about optimizing your masculine and feminine energy, powerful life lessons he’s learned and how you can have a thriving relationship with someone who isn’t willing to do personal development work.    About Nick Broadhurst: After the successful release of his debut album ‘Thank You’ with over 16 million streams, Nick returns with his long-awaited next single ‘Inner Love’. Like his music, there are many layers to Nick Broadhurst. He’s a singer. A songwriter. A former member of Sneaky Sound System. A meditation advocate, visual artist, entrepreneur, polymath, performer, father and husband. Uniting these varied accomplishments is the driving force behind all his work: the pure expression of creativity through music and sharing his most vulnerable moments in life.   Inside this episode, Nick shares: How nature and connection makes Nick feel most alive His transition from a musician to working in real estate Three of the most powerful lessons he learned  How to have a thriving relationship with someone who isn’t willing to grow The challenges of a conscious relationship duo How to begin to optimize your natural masculine and feminine energy  Why people use creative distractions to avoid doing the work   You can find more about Nick at: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Spotify   Links: Pause Breathwork Facilitator Training Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue   Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program   The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode!

Did you know that you have the ability to create your own luck? Yes, it’s true. That’s why I brought on Gay Hendricks for a second time to show you how you can take control over your own luck and discuss his new book, Conscious Luck. If you missed the first time he was on, be sure to go back and listen to episode 116! Gay is a personal development genius and has been a mentor of mine for over 10 years. In this episode, we talk about how you can cultivate luck in your life. He shares what luck means to him and how to experience the luck that’s already in existence in the world around us.    About Gay Hendricks: Gay Hendricks has been a leader in the fields of relationship transformation and body-mind transformation for more than 45 years. After earning his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1974, Gay served as Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Colorado for 21 years. He has written more than 40 books, including bestsellers such as Five Wishes, The Big Leap, Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, (the last two co-authored with his co-author and mate for more than 35 years, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks). He is also a mystery novelist, with a series of five books featuring the Tibetan-Buddhist private detective, Tenzing Norbu, as well as a new mystery series featuring a Victorian-era London detective, Sir Errol Hyde. His latest book, The Joy of Genius, shows how to eliminate negative thinking and bring forth true creativity. Gay has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including Oprah, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others.    Inside this episode, Gay shares: How reinvention makes Gay feel most alive Why some people have the innate desire to transform themselves How Gay and his wife continue to learn about relationships together What being lucky means to him How to experience the luck that’s already in existence How we can use breathwork as a tool to get more luck The difference between being hungry and being scared How to take control over luck Why gratitude is the ticket to wealth You can find more about Gay at: Website | Foundation for Conscious Living | Hearts in Harmony Facebook | The Body Intelligence Hub Facebook | The BQ Hub Twitter | Instagram   Links: Conscious Luck: Eight Secrets to Intentionally Change Your Fortune EP 116: LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION OF CREATIVITY WITH GAY HENDRICKS Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program   The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode!

Hypnotherapy is such a powerful tool. It doesn’t quite look like how it’s often portrayed on television or at live events. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Grace Smith, the founder of Grace Space Hypnosis and Grace Space Hypnotherapy School. Grace is on a mission to help bring the world of hypnotherapy to more people through their subconscious mind. She shares everything you should know about the practice of hypnotherapy including how it can give you insight into past lives and how you can use it to help overcome things you’re struggling with. Grace even shares a hypnosis practice you can incorporate into your life to help you achieve hypnosis on your own.    About Grace Smith: Grace Smith is on a Mission to Make Hypnosis Mainstream. As a pioneer in the Hypnotherapy field, her private clients including Fortune 500 CEOs, A-list celebrities, Olympic athletes and government officials. She is Founder of the world’s #1 provider of hypnosis education, products and services, Grace Space Hypnosis (gshypnosis.com) and Grace Space Hypnotherapy School (gshypnosis.com/school), a world-class hypnotherapy certification program.     Grace is the author of Amazon #1 best-seller, “Close Your Eyes, Get Free: Use Self-Hypnosis to Reduce Stress, Quit Bad Habits, and Achieve Greater Relaxation and Focus.” She has six new topic-based books coming out with BenBella Books beginning with “Close Your Eyes, Lose Weight” in April 2020. Grace is represented by CAA and a television show about Grace’s work is currently being shopped with networks.    Grace’s work has been featured in The Atlantic, Forbes, Entrepreneur, InStyle, Marie Clarie, Buzzfeed, Bustle, MindBodyGreen, She Knows and dozens of podcasts. She has been a guest on The Dr. Oz Show and is a regular guest on CBS’s hit show, The Doctors. “Relax, Brazil!” was her first segment on popular Brazilian late-night talk show, “The Noite con Danilo Gentili”, when it went viral, it brought her powerful self-hypnosis technique to millions of viewers.    Inside this episode, Grace shares: How animals make Grace feel most alive How hypnotherapy works for the body and brain Using breathwork through hypnotherapy  How practicing hypnotherapy can give you insight into your past lives What Grace would share with someone who is struggling right now with food How you can program your subconscious mind to make new habits What her typical client struggles with and how she helps them  Fears that people have around hypnotherapy The strangest things she’s encountered people trying to overcome through hypnosis A hypnosis practice that you can use to get to theta  What you should know about hypnosis and birth You can find more about Grace at: Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube   Links:Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives 90 Day Challenge Close Your Eyes, Get Free: Use Self-Hypnosis to Reduce Stress, Quit Bad Habits, and Achieve Greater Relaxation and Focus Close Your Eyes, Lose Weight: Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind in 12 Weeks to Eat Healthy, Feel Great, and Love Your Body with the Groundbreaking Power of Hypnosis Hypnosis App  Work with Grace One on One   Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program   The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts so you don’t miss an episode!

When people come to me and tell me about how much breathwork has changed their life, it’s so exhilarating. I love bringing this work to so many people and helping them to understand how they can use it to overcome life’s challenges. Many people think breathwork is just about releasing anxiety and stress but there are three, not so obvious benefits of breathwork that can have a massive impact on your life and wellbeing. In this episode, I’ll be sharing what those are along with two different types of breathwork practices you can incorporate into your daily life.    Inside this episode I jam on: How this practice isn’t just about anxiety and stress How so many people have suppressed anger that they need to deal with Why pain (especially period pain) can be relieved through breathwork Sounding the vibration of pain out through the mouth How breathwork helps you to open the heart and overcome heartbreak The difference between integrative and meditative breathwork   Links: Pause Breathwork Facilitator Training   Check out our Hungry for Happiness community for more details, programs, and tips on how to thrive as a wellness coach! Website | Samantha’s Instagram | HFH Instagram | Facebook | Book | Certification Program   The Hungry for Happiness podcast combines personal development, deep conversations, and comedy to shake up the way you connect with yourself and the world. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode!