Ask Me Anything! On Embodiment, Your Core Purpose, Intuition, Fave Foods, and Entrepreneurial Advice
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Casey: [00:00:00] well, hello there. And welcome back to the purpose map podcast. I'm Casey Berglund, your host and the founder of worthy and well. I hope you enjoyed our worthy and well nourished series and that it got you thinking and feeling into where you could. Up-level your own wellness and self care practices. Today is. A very special episode in some ways, because we're going to try something a little different.
Casey: I asked you dear listener, what questions do you have? I opened it up and. Give you the space to ask me anything. And you responded, you sent in emails, you replied to messages and you asked whatever question was on your mind. And I have gathered those questions. I have them on a list right beside me. [00:01:00] And I decided just moments ago that I would.
Casey: Stay grounded in my energy and be in my body and trust that the answers to these questions will easily flow through me. Also, I'm trusting that what you're meant to receive, won't pass you by, before we get into the questions, I have to tell you this, I. I don't know if I've shared with you that I am.
Casey: Co-writing a book on embodied leadership with two other amazing, incredible humans, um, on the other side of the country, but all, all of us are from Canada and we have been connecting over the last couple of years to write this book together. And this weekend we had planned an in-person weekend at a spa in Montreal.
Casey: To get everything together to like pull all the pieces together so that we can send our book off for editing. And at the [00:02:00] very last minute there was a COVID outbreak and our reservation was canceled. And so we all stayed home and decided to continue to connect over zoom. So this morning I actually had two chunks of time with these women.
Casey: Thinking about talking about writing about embodied leadership and the different pillars that we've come up with as part of that process. And so I literally just hung up with them and wanted to get this podcast episode recorded for you and felt like, wow, this energy that I'm writing from these conversations about embodied leadership actually ties perfectly into the Q and A's.
Casey: The cues rather that came in over the last couple of days. So I'm riding the energy, trusting the wisdom that comes through. Uh, staying connected with my body and you're going to receive answers to these questions that are very in the moment. So shall [00:03:00] we get to it? I say we do. I thought it was a little bit, uh, funny, interesting that given what I just shared coming off of this.
Casey: Embodied leader book writing session. That the first question on my list is what the heck is embodiment. And, um, what's fascinating about this question is I ask myself that question every other day, sort of like, Hmm. What's my definition of embodiment today. When you Google the word embodiment, I feel like, or when I Google the word embodiment, I feel like the answers that pop up.
Casey: Quite satisfying me. They don't really relate to what I'm talking about when I'm talking about embodiment. So let me share with you currently, what feels like an appropriate response for right now around what is embodiment? And actually in our book, uh, we [00:04:00] use, uh, a simple definition that is allowing awareness to come back into your body.
Casey: So that is. One way to look at it. I also think of embodiment as a practice as well, and the embodiment practice being about connecting with and paying attention to sensations by way of the body. And let me just break that down a little bit. When I say sensations, I'm speaking about felt sense experiences or in other words, what you feel in your body.
Casey: Like a physical sensation. I'm talking about a tingling, numbness, openness, pulsing, vibrating, uh, that feeling of having butterflies in your stomach sometimes, because language is so limited. It's hard to describe what we feel in our bodies. So sometimes using metaphor to [00:05:00] describe that physical sensation is helpful.
Casey: So one might say it's like an elephant sitting on my chest. So that's like a heavy sensation. So physical sensation is one type of sensation. Um, but, and also when you make the intention to allow awareness to come back into your body, you might experience other sensations like sound. You might hear a sound or hear your own inner voice.
Casey: Uh, message. You might see a vision. Some people connect with the intuition that comes through after practicing a body-based practice as a vision. An example of this is, uh, the purpose map for me. I have already worked through your ultimate guide to inner fulfillment and aligned success. You'll have learned that the purpose map is a [00:06:00] framework that I created and that purpose map framework came to me as a vision on a bike ride.
Casey: So in that context, the bike ride was the embodiment practice. And the purpose map was the vision that I saw by connecting in with my boss. So a vision is also considered a sensation. You might also experience a direct knowing we call this claircognizance a form of intuition where it's like, you know something and you don't know why you know it, but you just do.
Casey: Practicing embodiment or allowing awareness to move through the body or connecting with what you feel inside of your body can crack open this gateway toward, uh, intuitive access. So what the heck is embodiment embodiment is allowing awareness to come back into your body. It is a [00:07:00] tuning to the sensations that are felt or experienced to through that awareness.
Casey: Those are two different ways to think of it, uh, which are related. I also think of embodiment or to embody the verb as a practice of stepping into a different form or situation. And here's what I mean. I facilitate this practice in all of our programs called your integrated self meditation. And your integrated self is the version of you who has integrated wisdom for moments in your life.
Casey: That felt expansive moments in your life that felt constrictive and. It's this highly conscious version of you. Sometimes I think about my integrated self as like a future version of me that is a wise old woman, you know? And when I facilitate this integrated self meditation, [00:08:00] I get people to embody their integrated self.
Casey: So what I mean by that is to, you know, close their eyes and envision that version of them, that integrate itself. And then I get them to imagine that they're literally stepping into the energy and the skin and the body of that version of them. I had a business coach, um, once who named a. Purpose. And when she would facilitate different practices, she would say, put your toes in their toe slots, put your fingers in their finger slots, put your heart where their heart is.
Casey: And I love that language. And to me, the practice of embodying my integrated self is me like stepping into almost putting on the suit of a 70 year old version of me who has. Beautiful long gray curly hair and is wise and graceful and has a certain energy about [00:09:00] her. So when we use the term embodiment, we could also be referring to embodying or stepping into a different state.
Casey: Why would we do that? Well, in this case, when I step into my integrated self, my future 70 year old gray haired, graceful old lady. I become her momentarily in my current existence, I begin to embody more. Grace. I embody a quality. I embody, I walk slower. When I think of that version of me. She's not that anxious.
Casey: She's not like reactive she's she moves slow in a thoughtful way. She's intentional. And so when I imagine stepping into her skin, And when I feel what she feels like in my own body, I become her. This reminds me, oh, I'm, I'm just realizing how these questions might lead to some [00:10:00] tangents that just reminded me of, um, the book atomic habits by James clear, where he talks about how, when you embody the identity of who you want to become, it makes it easier to.
Casey: Adopt behaviors that are in alignment with that identity. Um, in the last coaching session that you witnessed of the worthy malnourished series, our guests at the end, I asked her, who do you need to become? Or who do you think of, or what is the version of you who hires a personal trainer and consistently goes to the gym and uplevels her physical fitness.
Casey: And what I was doing by asking that question was getting her to envision the identity or the body or the experience of the type of person for which the practices she was trying to adopt would be easy. So embodiment can refer to stepping into. A [00:11:00] different version of you or even a different archetype in order to bring about a certain state within yourself in the present moment.
Casey: Okay. That's all for that question. I just realized I could speak to that forever. So the next question, what does it mean to let your body lead? That's also a packed question in short, to let your body lead. Means to attune to the body, to practice embodiment and to check in with what wisdom is there. And then to trust that wisdom and at least contemplate it as valuable information before making a decision.
Casey: To not let your body lead is to live from the neck up is to be [00:12:00] a head on a stick is to be sinking thinking, thinking your way through problems, rather than tapping into this whole other level of consciousness that is available to you to make decisions more purposeful. If you haven't yet watched my Ted talk, let your body.
Casey: There's a lot of wisdom in that that can help support you with receiving the answer to this question. And here's what letting your body lead does not mean it does not mean only ever making instinctual in the moment decisions like people, miss country construe what let your body lead means. Um, I'm thinking about.
Casey: When I was a dietician and I drove across the country, I drove coast to coast across Canada and taught these yoga for mindful eating and living workshops. And, um, really, it was about helping people to attune to their bodies or practice embodiment as it relates to eating and [00:13:00] around food. And. I would often use the terms, uh, the term intuitive eating in that context as well, which is, uh, comes from the book, intuitive eating by Evelyn Tripoli and Elise reach.
Casey: Hopefully I'm saying their names properly. And people would think that to be an intuitive eater meant to just like, have whatever you want, you know, or to let your body lead in the context of eating our food is too like, Um, devour all the quote unquote bad foods. And that is not at all what it means it is to slow down and to attune to a deeper wisdom that speaks through body sensation.
Casey: In the context of food. If you're a human, you were born with signals around hunger and fullness. I talked about this a little bit in what babies teach us about intuitive. So that [00:14:00] episode goes into that in more detail. It doesn't mean to it's actually the opposite of what a lot of people think. A lot of people think to let your body lead means to do whatever you want, almost in a reactive frantic way.
Casey: What it actually means is to be thoughtful and intentional and attuned to a deeper level of. Let your body lead is about getting connected with what we might call body consciousness, consciousness, or awareness. That's speaks through the body through sensation, like all of the different sensations that I told you about before physical sensations sounds visions, direct to knowings, et cetera.
Casey: I must say, this is a nuanced ongoing exploration. [00:15:00] I, it's not simple necessarily. It's not simple necessarily. It is simple, but it's not simple as I. Deepened my own work. I come to realize how many nuances there are as it relates to embodiment work. And I redefine what it means to let my body lead all the time.
Casey: Uh, if you're new here, I mean, welcome. If you're new here, the simplest place to start. Is to attune to your body or pay attention to your body in very small ways. Like for example, take a deep breath, do it with me right now, deep breath in through the nose, feel how there's expansion in your body and breathe out of the mouth.[00:16:00]
Casey: Feel how your body contracts, expansion and contraction our sensation. What you feel as you breathe in and you breathe out, is you attuning to the body? That's you practicing embodiment. That is the best place to start. It's like learn how to take three breaths multiple times throughout the day, that will guide you back into your body.
Casey: I'm going to move on to the next question. What do I do if I can't get through the body acronym, exercise on my own without popping into my head. Oh, and this kind of goes alongside this other question. I suck at meditation. What are some other ways to get into my book? If you're new here, um, you're like, what the heck is the body acronym exercise.
Casey: It is a practice, a specific practice to help you attuned to your body. And it came out of. Me creating the, let your body lead TEDx talk. So when you watch the TEDx talk, you'll notice that throughout it, this acronym is created and you [00:17:00] get to practice it at the end of the Ted talk in a really like short way.
Casey: Um, I also have a recording of the body acronym exercise that you can get at. Let your body lead.com. The body acronym exercise B stands for breathe. Oh, stands for observe D is delay. Don't fix it. Just feel it. In other words, don't fix the sensation that you're observing. Just like be with it a little longer.
Casey: And why is say yes to its wisdom. I'm not going to go into too much detail around. Right now because you get to watch the Ted talk and practice it through the audio. I just [email protected], um, after listening to this podcast episode, but I want to get back to the question, what do I do if I can't get through it without popping into my head.
Casey: And similarly, I suck at meditation. What are some other [00:18:00] ways to get into my body? So the first part of this, what do I do if I can't get through it on my own without popping into my head first. It's all good. First, you accept that it's completely natural as a human to pop into your head. That that's part of it.
Casey: There's nothing wrong with that. That's part of what you're observing. You're practicing the body acronym exercise perfectly well, even when, especially. You notice that you pop up into your head. That's part of what you're observing. That's the old of the body acronym exercise. So don't beat yourself up. A prerequisite for body centered work is self-compassion.
Casey: In fact, in the book I was telling you about that we're writing it is one of the first pillars is practicing compassion and compassion is really about, you know, being, being present with. You're experiencing knowing [00:19:00] that you're not alone in that experience, that it's very human to have whatever experience you're experiencing, AKA popping up into your head.
Casey: That's so human and choosing to be kind to yourself. So if you pop up into your head in meditation or in any body centered practice in while practicing the body acronym, exercise, notice that, let it be okay. Accept it and become. And I would also say, as soon as you're aware of the, what you're calling popping into your head, come back to your anchor, come back to the point.
Casey: Of what you're doing. Come back to your focal point. In the case of the body acronym, exercise, come back to whatever part of the acronym you're on. Come back to the O observe O observe. You might say that to yourself a couple of times. Oh, observe [00:20:00] D delay. It's no problem at all. And this actually ties into the next one.
Casey: I suck at meditation. We all kind of suck at meditation, especially when we start. And, and I say that in a quirky sort of way, because you can't do it wrong. The point of meditation is not the practice of meditation anyway is not to like not ever be thinking the point is to observe what's happening. And so.
Casey: I find when people say they suck at meditation. What they're really saying is like, when I close my eyes and try to tune into my breath, I notice how wild my mind is. How many thoughts? I think how many, like racing horses are circling my brain, that's still is meditation. You noticing that is the practice of meditation.
Casey: It's a practice for reasons. So again, [00:21:00] self-compassion be kind to yourself. You're not alone. It's completely natural for meditation to feel hard or uncomfortable. What can you do to be kind to yourself? And I want to answer this other question though. What are some other ways to get into my body? Getting into your body simply is a tuning to sensation.
Casey: So if we think about our senses, Smell sight, taste, touch, hearing sound. Anything that you do to intentionally connect with one of those senses is a way to get into your. Uh, one of my favorite ways to get into my body is to have a bath and to feel the warm water on my skin. I also like to walk outside and be in nature and even like lean up against a tree and sort of [00:22:00] feel the rust bark on my back.
Casey: I use essential oils. So smelling a scent, connects me with my body. That's another way to get into your. Uh, moving my body is really helpful. I would say that has been movement and exercise and sports. That's been the entry for me into embodiment practices. So moving your body can be really helpful, uh, listening to music and just like focusing on the sounds that you hear that's embodiment as well.
Casey: So think outside of the, just sitting on your mat. When you think about ways to quote, get into your body, uh, eating food and noticing what it feels like to have food in your mouth and to swallow it and imagine it like going into your stomach. That's a way that you connect with your body. It's just being present with the sensations that you're experiencing and day-to-day [00:23:00] life.
Casey: Okay. Next question. Good question. What do you mean when you say expansion and contraction? And I think this is referring specifically to, um, like, like what do you mean? How does that feel in your body? Like, what do you mean when you say that? To me, expansion refers to a sensation of openness or making. Uh, for example and expansive feeling when I get enthused by something is I tend to like open my heart.
Casey: Like literally my body changes my chest lifts, my shoulders drawbacks. I think about if I hear really good news, I might even throw my arms up in the air and literally make myself bigger. I expand. [00:24:00] So in a, I guess, sort of big way, uh, for lack of better words, you're literally expanding your body. That is expansion in cellar ways.
Casey: Expansion in the body can feel like, um, Like, you know, when it feels like a weight's been lifted off your shoulders. So I guess the sensation of relief to me that is almost like a relief from contraction, the opposite of expansion. And then from that state of feeling relieved, I feel like I can let go of tension and there can be an opening.
Casey: My body is expanded. I can feel when my heart opens, I can feel when there's a softness in my body, when my shoulders drop. Those are some examples of expansive sensations. When [00:25:00] I say contraction, I mean, make smaller shrink. So I think about, I'm thinking about a client. I have a recent client who in one of our first sessions, she was talking about how she tends to be a people pleaser and tends to not use her voice or not speak her truth when there are other especially kind of powerful energies in the room.
Casey: Other people who very much do your survey voice, um, we were talking about how it's a natural tendency for her to have. Be quiet to not share her truth. And as she was telling me this, I watched her shoulders curl forward. Her hands come in. Her body literally became smaller contraction. Contraction can also feel like a knot in the stomach.
Casey: [00:26:00] Contraction for me, anxiety feels like tightness in the chest. Some people feel that elsewhere in the body. It's like my chest is squeezing in towards center. It's contracting. There's a physical experience of making smaller. When I feel like shamed by someone, the feelings of shame literally make my body shrink, make me want to hide.
Casey: So contraction is a way of describing any sensation that makes you feel small.
Casey: Expansion and contraction these feelings, these sensations in the body are completely natural. That's part of like what makes you human moving through life, expanding and contracting? Uh, sometimes I think about expansion being an energy that comes from love. Whereas contraction is, uh, an experience that comes from fear.[00:27:00]
Casey: Take that on. Try that on. See if that feels true for you. Um, but that's another way to think about it. Oh, these are good questions. What do you mean when you say receive truth? What does that look like? Or feel like? Hmm, good question. I'm making an assumption here that this person is asking about. What it means when I say I receive truth, uh, like by way of my body.
Casey: And I guess what I mean by this is I access a type of intuition. That I know is right. And even as I say that, um, I'm imagining you might be thinking like, what the hell does that mean? And how do I know if it's the truth or my mind playing a trick on me? Um, let me speak to this little. I'm thinking about a few [00:28:00] specific moments in my life where I've just known something to be the truth.
Casey: One of them you heard about in our very first episode, the very first episode of this podcast, which is called shift your state. Find your purpose, where I share about receiving this wisdom of like what my purpose in life is. And. So that that's one example I'm thinking of where receiving truth was like real.
Casey: Another moment I'm thinking of, um, was when I was in an ashram in India and I was in meditation and I heard the words let go of your dietician identity. Remember, I said, sensations could be auditory. That that's one example of that. And so in short, I think receiving truth for me is about [00:29:00] accessing a type of intuition.
Casey: And there are different types of intuition there's clairvoyance, which is clear seeing or having a clear vision. There's Claire audience, which is clear hearing clear sound there's Claire sentients, which has clear feeling, or in other words, connecting with that sense of touch. There's clear cognizance, which is clear knowing.
Casey: I think that's all of them. If I've missed one. And my experience, and I am speaking from the eye, cause this is different for everyone. My experience is that I have access to all of those modes of intuition and that when I am practicing a practice that allows me to connect with my body. I open up the gateway to accessing any one of those types of [00:30:00] intuition.
Casey: So I used the example earlier of I'm riding my bike. And seeing this flash, that was the purpose map. That is the purpose map that guides our whole business. When you see something you can't unsee, that is so clear, I'll speak from the eye. When I see something that's so clear that makes everything make sense.
Casey: It's like that aha moment to me, that is me receiving truth. When I heard let go of your dietitian identity. From being in meditation, AKA connecting with my body in a certain way in the ashram in India, that was a form of Clair audience. When I discovered my Dharma that I speak about in that first episode, and I had this felt sense experience in my heart, like this expansive energy moves through my heart.
Casey: That was clear sentence. It was like, I felt that my [00:31:00] purpose was. And when I honestly turn on a mic and answer questions, and sometimes things come out of my mouth where I'm like, where did I learn that? Sometimes I can't think of where I learnt it. It is a form of cognizance, a clear knowing that seems to come out of nowhere.
Casey: And so what's the connection between embodiment or body-based practices and this access to intuition. My experience is that when we drop from the stories that are living up in our heads, like from the neck up and we connect it with the physical body, we open up to what I mentioned earlier, body consciousness or wisdom that speaks through the body by way of intuition.
Casey: And let me just pause here to say, um, this is not fluffy. [00:32:00] Every single human on the planet is intuitive, has access to intuition. You just might not have learned how to use it or might not have learned how your intuition works. I would say most people have a leading form of intimate. You know, they may be more visual person rather than an auditory person.
Casey: And so they receive messages through visions rather than hearing words. So the practice of embodiment or the more that you connect with your body, the more that you connect with a whole other way, a whole other type of consciousness that allows you to be more intuitive. And I believe that connecting with that intuitive with.
Casey: Helps you connect with truth easier. So back to this question, what do you mean when you say to receive truth? For me to receive truth is to open myself up to an intuitive message. [00:33:00] And then, I mean, there's the next step of trusting that intuitive message and doing something about it, which is all whole other story.
Casey: Okay. I'm going to move on. What else we got here, man? These are good questions. Um, what is a core purpose and what if mine has nothing to do with my job?
Casey: I mentioned at the very start of this, that whatever answers are coming through in this moment in time, I'm just trusting and that they might be different responses compared to what I might've said an hour ago or yesterday or two months ago. So for context, At worthy and well, I help people discover and create something called a core purpose statement.
Casey: And this really is identifying a special gift in that person. So if you were my client, um, I would support you with discovering what it is that you [00:34:00] do underneath everything that you do. Now you are a multi-dimensional being, you're probably multi-passionate, you probably have tons of skills and talents and like, that's amazing.
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Casey: big bad-ass self. Like do not drink. You get to be all of those things. What I find some times is that because. Are so multi-dimensional, and multi-passionate, it's really hard for them to take all of those different ideas and thoughts and beliefs and ground them in a way that helps them feel grounded and anchored.
Casey: And in the context of business, I work with a lot of business owners who want to like share with the world what they do, but they have all these different integrated gifts. A core purpose statement helps them to connect in with like, what's the thread that connects all these things. And how can I really own that as my superpower?
Casey: So a core purpose statement I find really helps [00:35:00] you to. Identify your superpower and own it and be even more of yourself and realize that all these different parts, of course you get to own and embrace all of them. They're all connected. They're all embodied in you. And sometimes we don't validate our own selves and our own gifts and our own experience because we don't have language for them.
Casey: And that's okay. We don't need language to express who we are and sometimes it helps. So a core purpose statement is the language that helps you to kind of ground into for yourself what it is that you do underneath everything you do, no matter what, even when you're all alone, what is it that you see naturally, or that is a gift of yours and everybody has special gifts.
Casey: That's what I'm talking about. And that's what this, this, um, this comes from a client. That's what this client is talking about when she [00:36:00] asks, like what really is a core purpose and what if mine has nothing to do with my job? Uh, your core purpose could have nothing to do with your job. Like I said, it's what you do underneath everything you do, no matter what.
Casey: So it's not just about your career. Your core purpose is at play when you are in relationship with people when you are connecting with yourself and your own wellbeing. Um, and so take the pressure off that your. Purpose or what comes naturally to you has to be the thing that you do for work. Now, what I see is that people can feel tension or fragmentation when their jaw.
Casey: Isn't a space where they feel like they can safely and authentically bring what's natural to them, to the table where they feel like they have to cut off parts of themselves to just exist in that space where they feel they have to like [00:37:00] put on a mask or a costume in order to exist in that job. I mean, that's going to make anyone feel tension inside of themselves, fragmentation inside of themselves rather than integration.
Casey: So often there is this desire for a job or a career path considering. Most of our lives at our jobs for that to align with our natural gifts and what we feel we're here on the planet for. So if yours has nothing to do with your job, I guess, notice what comes up for you, even in claiming that, where does that tension show up in your body?
Casey: Can you attune to what you feel? When you acknowledge that it has nothing to do with your job. And obviously, um, if I had the person who asked this question right in front of me, I'd ask a lot more questions to clarify [00:38:00] what it is that they're meaning here and where the tension actually is. Um, but I'm, I don't.
Casey: And so I'm just sort of like attuning to what they might be feeling and what they're really asking. I hope that's helpful. Okay. Let's see. Okay. There's a few more questions and I see that they are all personal. They're all about, they're all directed at me. What are your core values? Um, it's interesting. I have on my phone screen, I got it.
Casey: I got a clear, a few notifications. I'm looking at it right now. I have values on the screen of my phone and here's what they say. Courageous growth, transparent truth, unconditional love, embodied leadership and radical trust. So answering that question is quite easy because those are [00:39:00] my core values. I believe in constantly growing and growth takes courage.
Casey: So courageous growth, I believe in the truth. Transparent truth, even when it's hard, I believe in unconditional love and like, uh, that's hard to sometimes, but I'm guided by this I'm guided by what would be the truthful choice. What would be the loving choice? What would be the choice that allows me to grow embodied leadership, embodied leadership to me means being what you do.
Casey: Like showing up authentically and leading from a place of really having integrated what you're teaching and then radical trust for me is, is a spiritual trust. It's a, it's a [00:40:00] trusting in the unfolding of life. It's trusting that. Whether I'm experiencing expansion or contraction, there's a reason for it.
Casey: And that it is guiding me in some way and that I don't have to grip for control. I can let go. I can soften. I can let life take me. Um, and that is hard, but I really believe in it. Um, so those are my core values. Next question. What spiritual practices are supporting you these days? Ooh. Okay. Um, last year I learned how to open up the Akashic records.
Casey: Uh, Michelle Pellizzon of holistic autism taught me how to do this, and you can look forward to an episode with her in the new year, which will be wonderful. And really it's, it's saying a prayer that. For me, when I say the prayer, I get kind of like a wave of tingles through my body. And I [00:41:00] feel like what comes out of me?
Casey: Uh, like what I mean by that is if I'm writing or speaking or journaling, even, I feel like I get access to a different type of wisdom of spiritual wisdom that comes out of me. I even opened up the Akashic records for the purpose of my podcast before recording this episode. You know, it helps me to trust that I'm channeling or speaking what is needed.
Casey: So that definitely is a spiritual practice. That's newer that I engage with, um, in the mornings, I always like candles and sit quietly with my coffee or tea. Who am I kidding? It's usually coffee. And to me that is a spiritual practice. I'm connecting with myself, with my ancestors. With guides with universal consciousness.
Casey: I don't know with source with life. I don't feel like I [00:42:00] have the need to define, you know, what spirituality means to me or that kind of greater power, I suppose. I just feel like I connect with a holisticness of life. Is that a word? I don't think so. Anything else? That's all I'll share. What's your favorite food.
Casey: Okay. Um, I don't think I've ever said that this is my favorite food before, but as soon as I asked that question, I got a visual of nachos and guacamole, and I think I'm hungry. And I think that's what I want right now. So talk about intuitive eating. That is, uh, my favorite food in this very moment. Who do you look up to and why?
Casey: As I spoke that question into the mic, I, um, instantly got [00:43:00] a vision of my brother. Yeah, I feel like I look up to all of my siblings and, and in this moment right now, I'm definitely feeling connected to my brother who is, you know, transitioning into fatherhood, like, uh, like a pro. And I guess what I look up to about him is how he allows himself to evolve and change.
Casey: And. It's interesting to witness his spiritual journey and to have him mirror back to me, different parts of my own. And I just, yeah, this one's for you, bro. I look up to you. Who else do I look up to and why? Uh, the next person that came to mind is my dear friend Aislinn who owns grant, which is a graphic design [00:44:00] company.
Casey: And I look up to her because I just see how she. Keeps herself inspired and connected and motivated for the work that she does and how everything seems to come from a deeper why. And I can just feel that alignment, like she's an embodied leader in her own way in the company that she runs.
Casey: And the third person that's coming to me in this moment is. My healer, who I am learning so much about consciousness from and who I've been working with for quite some time. Uh, What I actually feel what, she's the case. She inspires me in a lot of ways, but what just came to me is that she constantly wears color like bright, bright colors.
Casey: And that reflects back to me how neutral my wardrobe is and how much I want more color in my life [00:45:00] and how important that is to like help me embody a certain energy or frequency. That's, I don't know. These are such intuitive responses. I feel like I, again, would have different answers for you if I recorded this an hour from now, but I've been thinking a lot about adding way more color to my life.
Casey: Let me just say that. Okay. The final question. Yeah, I'm going to answer this. I read it. And I was like, maybe this is for another Q and a episode. That's geared around like business and entrepreneurship, but it's here. So I'm going to answer it now. What are your top three bits of advice for entrepreneurs?
Casey: Ooh, um, I'm, I'm thinking of a brand new entrepreneur. Someone who's like starting a business right now. So this is who I'm speaking to. When I answered this question, my first bit of advice is. Don't get all wrapped up in investing a lot of time, energy, money into a fancy website and business cards. [00:46:00] If you haven't gotten clear on who your client is and what problem they want solved.
Casey: That's my first bit of advice. My second bit of advice. Hm, the world needs you as you are like, and your weird parts, like truly, truly the world needs you to like, integrate that disparate part of you into your work. Um, if that feels aligned for you. I say, if that feels aligned for you. Cause I also don't think that a business has to be like perfectly an expression of your authentic self.
Casey: Like sometimes it's just, you get a smart business idea that can make you a lot of money and you create that thing. Like, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. And because I know that I tend to attract very purpose driven entrepreneurs who really want to show up authentically and as embodied leaders in their work.
Casey: [00:47:00] I just want to encourage you, that you get to bring that part of you that maybe you felt like you were bullied for growing up, or maybe that you kind of like stuffed away in the closet. That's thing that you're neglecting about yourself is like the fucking gold that people will pay you a lot of money for.
Casey: So be yourself. Uh, that sounds like such trite wisdom, but that's what I'm going to say. And lastly, Uh, surround yourself with expansive beings. I just think about how ultra independent I've been for the majority of my life and how that's led to a sort of lone Wolf syndrome. And like entrepreneurship can be a lonely path, but it doesn't have to be, we need each other.
Casey: We need each other for co-regulation. As you learned in the episode about your nervous system, we need each other to feel inspired and uplifted and. You know, in the [00:48:00] words of Jim Roan, you become the five people you surround yourself with. You become everyone you surround yourself with. So surround yourself intentionally with people who inspire and expand.
Casey: Period. That's it. That's all for today. Folks. Whole bunch of questions here. Thank you for sending them in. This was fun. I hope you enjoyed it. Um, we spoke about a few things. You spoke about embodiment, letting your body lead the body acronym. Uh, core purpose, I guess I'm feeling called to share that there's a few resources you can use to take this further.
Casey: One is the, let your body lead TEDx talk. I mentioned the body acronym exercise earlier. You can get [email protected]. If you are interested in being supported in finding clarity of purpose. You can book a two hour one-on-one clarity of purpose workshop with me. I'll make sure the link is in the show notes.[00:49:00]
Casey: Um, that will help you, especially if you're navigating change to really identify your core purpose statement, that can be an anchor and help. Take the next steps to find like the, the roadmap and the energy to align your actions in your next phase. Also, I am opening up spots for two people for one-on-one coaching and mentorship into the new year.
Casey: Especially those of you who are purpose-driven leaders who have gone through some change and feel like you have some healing to do. And also want to build and, or grow a purpose-driven business. I have two spots available. Um, so if you're interested in that, hit me up, send me an email [email protected].
Casey: And I can share more details about that. That's all for now. [00:50:00] I hope you have just the most beautiful day and I'm so excited to kick off our next. Uh, series, which is all to help you feel where the end well loved. So we're going to talk about love relationships. Self-love all things. Connection, self love relationships.
Casey: Alright, take good care. Talk to you soon. Bye-bye.
