“First, the self has to be excavated and confronted before you can possibly confront the rest of the world.” Juliana Wexler, founder of Parama, and Jared Schuster, holistic life coach and founder of Sparks of Consciousness, join host Jenn Sherman in discussing the importance of examining our values and wielding our authentic emotions to create spaces in life and work that best serve us.
0:00 Intro
2:18 Juliana shares a little background about herself, her company and some of the things she went through that made her start her company
4:30 Jared also shares a little background about himself, his company and some of the things that he went through that made him start his company
12:59 Juliana talks about her approaches in helping people strengthen their mental fitness in details
14:55 Jared also talks about his approaches in helping people strengthen their mental fitness in details
19:59 Juliana talks about the issues that people seek her expertise to resolve and if they are personal or due to people’s pressure
22:22 Jared also talks about some of the issues that he is seeing with his clients that seek his expertise and if they are personal or due to people’s pressure
26:28 Juliana talks about how the pandemic has affected the relationship to mindfulness and career
30:17 Jared also talks about how the pandemic has affected the relationship to mindfulness and career and shares some examples
39:11 Juliana talks about some of the things that she does to fuel her mental fitness muscle so as to keep on doing what she does best
43:25 Jared also talks about some of the things that he does to help him fuel his mental fitness muscle to keep on doing what he does best
50:55 Juliana also shares her thoughts on emotions especially the negative emotions and her advice on that issue
Book(s) Mentioned: The 4-Hour Workweek Book by Tim Ferriss
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Quotes Mentioned:
“A lot of us are working unfulfilling jobs, not aligned with a higher purpose just to pay bills.”
“Reflective journaling is one of the most powerful things that we can do, it gets ideas out of the mind and onto paper.”
“Everything that we already know or need to know is already within.”
“In Western society, we are reactive and we don’t treat until it’s a problem.”
“We spend one-third of our entire life at our job, one-third of our life sleeping and the other third eating, showering, watching Netflix, doing all this.”
“Everything that happens at work is reflective of what’s going on in the outside world and vice versa.”
“Covid has just brought up all the darkness and shadows that we were hiding from.”
“Have some gratitude that something shook you and gave you an opportunity to put you on your path.”
“Make lemonade out of lemons that you are given.”
“Start reframing what you’re speaking, because when you speak, you bring it into existence.”
“Gratitude is the highest form of consciousness.”
“Observe the noise from within without reacting right away.”
“Time is the only resource that we cannot get more.”
“Money is just one aspect of true wealth.”
“The problems are from the infrastructure and from the system and not the individual.”
“Nature is so healing and it’s something that we have become so disconnected from.”
Guests Social Media Links:
Juliana Wexler:
Jared Shuster
Email: Jared@sparksofconsciousness.com
