Neff Inspiration

214 Victor Briere - Ayurveda and Addiction

Victor Briere, A.D., is a co-founder of the International Institute of Ayurveda, where he serves as a NAMA-recognized Ayurvedic Doctor and Kundalini Yoga Teacher. Victor is a gifted pulse reader specializing in ayurvedic diagnostic techniques and health counselling. He is the author of Pulse Unveiled. He is the primary clinician and the Chief Academic Officer of the Academy.
In this interview, we are focusing on learning about the physiological drivers of addiction from the perspective of the Autonomic Nervous System and the vagus nerve, and see how Ayurveda helps resolve these adaptations.

3 top tips for my audience:
1. Pranayama (Breathing)
2. Attitude of retraining the nervous system as opposed to self-criticism about previously formed habits based on prior trauma
3. Connection with a wholesome company

www.iiayurveda.com 

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213 Gunjani Patel Oza - Consciously Living - Create a version of you in alignment with your truth

She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Transformation Life Coach, Speaker, Writer, Podcast Host of Traumatic Transformations and a Certified Breathwork Coach in training. She has been successfully running her private practice called GPatelCounseling in San Diego California and Florida for over a decade now, specializing in Depression, Anxiety, PTSD (trauma), Addictions, Grief & Loss. She is also a mom to a 3-year-old hyper-energetic but a very lovely boy. Her newfound vision in life is to see a world where we consciously heal, create and awaken to our purpose, and live a life that’s harmonious and aligned with our truth. 

In Gunjani's words: 
"In this human experience we are here to experience growth, either we passively stay victim to our circumstances or consciously create a life that comes from a place of healing, to lead a more awakened present. To master our emotions so we can control them instead of them controlling us, and be more spiritually attuned and guided to lead a heart-centred life. When we go inward and change ourselves, things around us tend to change."

3 top tips for my audience:
1. Heal and live intentionally instead of unconsciously living from your self-limiting beliefs that are not in alignment with who you are. 
2. Instead of comparing yourself to others, yearn to be 1% better than you were yesterday.
3. Go deeper within yourself to expand, all the answers you need are within you once you learn to get out of your own way. 
Follow her on Facebook & IG - @gpatelcounseling, Join her FB community - Traumatic Transformation- Emotionally intelligent and conscious living. Join her Pregnant & New Mothers Mental Wellness Support Group on Facebook or Pregnant_Newmom_Tribe,  Subscribe to her podcast - Traumatic Transformations with Gunjani Patel. 

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219 Christmas Special: Chelle Murphy - Make healthier sugar choices for a radical life change!

Chelle is passionate about creating opportunities in everything she does. That’s why when a sugar problem/addiction presented itself in her life and those around her, she found a solution.  Because she also hates food waste, she started experimenting with imperfect dates about to be thrown away to create date sugar. Turns out, replacing processed sugars can impact one's physical and mental health significantly! Chelle and her family now live in the Sahara desert of North Africa where she started a business making date sugar in the community where the dates are grown. They provide above average wage jobs with benefits for women while bringing the sweet taste of PurDate sugar to the world!  

Everyone knows that white processed sugar can cause a myriad of health problems including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and, most notably, obesity. For the first time in history, people are wisely taking preventative measures to improve their health by avoiding sugar or finding healthy sugar substitutes. However, choosing a healthy sugar substitute to white processed sugar can be a grueling task. Chelle is here to help you understand the difference between the many sugar options so that you can make healthier choices for radical life change that will leave you feeling your best! 

3 top tips for my audience:

1. We don’t have to become obsessed with food or make it the ultimate controlling thing in life. It’s about making healthy choices daily for a holistic healthy life. When it comes to sugar, you can actually enjoy sweets, guilt free, with PurDate sugar!
2. When choosing food products ignore the labels on the front (these tell lies!) and go straight to the ingredients. If the first three ingredients are whole foods (not refined!) and not more than three lines long, it is probably safe to eat. 
3. Read my blog on healthy sugar substitutes and dangers of zero calorie sweeteners and start baking some of my recipes at www.purdate.com!

@purdatesugar -   purdate@gmail.com  -  www.purdate.com

 

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212 Jan Canti - The Hidden Realities of Homicide’s Aftermath

A native Detroiter, Dr. Canty, is a psychologist, writer, photographer, educator, consultant and cancer survivor. She holds a terminal degree in psychology as well as a post-doctoral fellowship from the Wayne State University School of Medicine.  Then life happened. And grew dark. Her husband of 11 years went missing and was found murdered two weeks later.   After the dismemberment of her husband in 1985, the media frenzy caused her to leave Michigan and start over.  She did not speak of her loss for 30 years.  
Dr. Canty became an unintentional expert in the field of homicide survivors.  Nothing in her background, nothing in the media nor books could have prepared her for the decades-long process she was about to enter.

3 top tips for my audience:
1.   Ask yourself what messages pop culture portrays about homicide (in music, TV, movies and merchandise like the “Cereal Killer spoon” and games). 
2.   As a friend or neighbour learn what you can do to help someone who has lost someone close to them from intentional death
3.   Know this is an equal-opportunity club.  Homicide reaches the old, young, educated, illiterate, urban, rural, men, women, rich, poor, all races and all walks of life.

www.jancantyphd.com

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210 Gloria Battini - How to spot a narcissist

Gloria is a woman on a mission. A mission of healing, empowering and giving a voice to all survivors of emotional abuse, toxic relationships and narcissistic abuse.
Gloria is a certified life coach and a survivor of narcissistic abuse, she specialises in self-love and emotional wellness coaching.
In Gloria's words: 
"I was in a toxic and manipulative relationship for nearly 15 years. I went from self-hate and surviving to self-love and emotional freedom, and now I'm here to show you how to heal and break the cycle too.
Today I see the women I work with making life-changing decisions that they wouldn't have dreamed of at the start of their journey. I see them show up for themselves and transform the way they face the world. I see their relationships getting better, I see their kids being inspired by their mums, I see women coming out of their shells and creating a different world for themselves and others.
You might not notice the magnitude of this, but from my seat, looking at all of you together, oh man, we're shaping a different world."
3 top tips for my audience:
1. Putting yourself first isn’t selfish
2. Reflection point: Have you ever questioned your own reality? 
3. It’s never too late to make a different decision
IG: @gloriabattini 
https://www.gloriabattini.com/

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209 Kip Brooks - the Past Does Not Equal The Future

In Kip's words:
At eight years old, I believed the only hope for my life was suicide. I was on the honor roll throughout elementary school and received the “Student of the Month” award many times so that they stopped considering me for it in order to give other students a chance. I was smart, caring, and hardworking. Always seemed happy and willing to help so no one ever thought for a second that I was praying every night that I wouldn’t wake up the following morning.

By the time I reached middle school, my grades plummeted to Ds and Fs and that was just the beginning. At age 15, I kept a bottle of liquor stashed so I could take shots each night just to go to sleep. By the time I reached 21 years of age, I had been arrested multiple times and been involved in a life of drugs, dealing and doing.

One night as I held a gun to my head, something in me snapped and I became angry. Angry at myself, angry at the world, and angry at my situation. I was angry that I felt that way, that anyone would ever feel that way and I wanted it to stop. I vowed then and there that if there was a way out of that feeling then I was going to find it, and that once I did I would come back to get others and show them the way out too.

It was a long journey because first I had to learn to heal myself and I didn’t know where to go. I started with numerous doctors and psychologists. I spent a few years on a cocktail of medications they prescribed and realized that wasn’t working so I decided to look elsewhere.

I began working with experts in Naturopathy, Nutrition, Fitness, Shamanism, Energy Healing, Soul Healing, Regression, Neuroscience, E.F.T. (Emotional Freedom Therapy), Qigong, Tai Chi, Massage, Chiropractic, Yoga, Hypnotherapy, N.L.P. (Neuro-linguistic Programming), Time Line Therapy, Psycho-Cybernetics, and M.E.R.® (Mental and Emotional Release®), and more.

I was desperate to find a solution and cure so that I could move on with my life and help others do the same. I dove so deep into these healing arts that I picked up several certifications along the path as I began using the best techniques of each to gain more and more healing.

My learnings along this journey of healing myself and my clients along with Marina’s have been combined to create our work through Brooks Empowerment Academy.

The tools that would form B.E.A. have helped me to overcome physical, emotional, and mental abuse, addiction, the loss of a child, divorce and much more. B.E.A. has saved my life and became my life’s purpose. I’ve learned that even when you feel like you’re all alone, living in your own world of solitude, you can still manifest a life of happiness and success as long as the conversations you have with yourself are focused on the goal ahead. Staying focused on that goal is more than possible and downright easy to do once the baggage is released and you understand how to communicate properly within those conversations.

https://brooksempowermentacademy.com/kip/

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208 Lindsay Jewell: Our stories do not have to end in the dark. They can begin in the light.

In Lindsay's words: 
I have my own personal experience with the supernatural, an awesome spiritual awakening, ETs, angels and NDEs but when I listen to many other stories I feel like people leave out a big part of the story and that is, that their life was in hell before their experience. People are ashamed to talk about trauma, mental illness or addiction due to being ridiculed. Also, people are scared to talk about their spiritual awakenings or supernatural experiences when there is addiction involved. I believe that we don't need to be ashamed of where we have been or what has been done to us. It is about how we recover from these events.. We don't need to live in the shadows and act that this stuff doesn't exist or if someone has an experience that is incredible that we downplay their story if they mention mental health, addiction or trauma. In any sort of recovery whether is be from PTSD, mental illness, abuse, addiction etc. You will find that all have the same outcome: a spiritual awakening.. When we live in the darkness it is the light that leads us back home. 
I am a survivor of a long list of traumas. I was molested at age six along with other children and had to watch this man get convicted. This led me on a path of addiction, loss of self, domestic violence. I was raped at 18 and gang rape at 33. When I was in the army in 2011 my molester from childhood got out of prison and went on to molest other children again and we were told we might have to testify again as adults.. I have had to testify on stand against my perpetrator for the rape in which he received a life sentence. I was told by different doctors that I had bipolar disorder, manic depression, borderline personality, PTSD, and social anxiety just to name a few. I have struggled with self mutilation, suicidal ideation and guilt and shame for most of my life. I went to college, got a bachelor's degree, joined the Army but still lost my career because of addiction. I have been incarcerated as an adult where all my flaws were seen. I was humiliated, flooded by shame, guilt and no self love. I searched for that missing piece in me by drugs, people pleasing and unhealthy relationships. When the worst was over and I hit rock bottom and tried to take my life the first time I had the most beautiful experience a spiritual awakening and encounters with the supernatural. I knew the healing was beginning. In jan 2021 I had a NDE in which I did go to another place and that I had to come back. I believe my purpose is to tell my story to bring hope to the ones who feel hopeless, unloved, broken, ashamed, disconnected or alone know that they too can shine bright after the darkness.
                
3 top tips for my audience:
1. Your past if not who you are it's just an experience
2. You need to break patterns of self sabotage
3. You need to wake up

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Armistice 2021 Special - RENA QUINT - Make The Most of Every Second of Your Life - Lessons from a Jewish Concentration Camp Survivor

This interview was a true honor for me. LEST WE FORGET! 

Rena Quint was born as Freida "Freidel" Lichtenstein in December 1935 in the city of Piotrkow Tribunalski, Poland. In 1939, when Rena was three years old, the Nazis invaded and occupied her hometown. In October 1942, her mother and her two older brothers were deported to the extermination camp of Treblinka where they were murdered. Rena, who was not yet seven years old, was deported with her father to a concentration camp, where she pretended to be a boy in order to survive. When Rena's father was murdered, she was left alone in the camp. She was finally sent to Bergen Belsen concentration camp. In the various camps she was interned she was adopted by different women, but they all died. At the end of the war, Rena went to Sweden, where she was adopted by a Holocaust survivor who passed away a few months later. In 1946, Rena emigrated to the United States with an adoptive mother, also a Holocaust survivor, who after three months also passed away as a result of her poor physical condition. Rena was then adopted by a Jewish couple who didn't have children. Rena earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in education and worked as a teacher in schools and, as a lecturer at Adelphi University in New York and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1984, Rena and her husband emigrated to Israel with their four children who were already married. Rena has been volunteering for more than 30 years at Yad Vashem where she meets with groups from around the world.

207 Nicole Kleemann - When I stopped believing the bullshit I got ready to roar

For 13 years Nicole lived the dream, leading teams around the world for a multinational Tech company. Until one day she woke up burned out. And if that wouldn’t be enough, let’s throw a herniated disk on top of it, so she was not only rendered aimless, but motionless and somewhat speechless. 
She had to relearn to say YES TO HERSELF first. And creativity and movement taught her how to do that: How to connect with herself and others. How to let go of attachment, old beliefs and stories, and open her heart to new possibilities, without shame or guilt. 
Nicole is on a mission to support women to know and trust their head, heart, and body to transform limiting beliefs and create choices that will bring their lives and careers to new heights. 
Her international experience managing diverse teams at Google, along with her innate understanding of human behavior and motivation, has made her a sought-after manager and coach throughout her career.

She is the creator and teacher of corporate and public workshops: The Wisdom of Saying No / Yes - Honor Yourself First, Wellbeing@Work, Emotional Wellbeing in Uncertain Times, Uniquely You.     

3 top tips for my audience:
1. PAUSE: Breathe - Create Space (Time and Distance) - Respond
2. Trust your head, heart and body as your best guide and source of wisdom
3. There are no negative emotions, just emotions. And they are all valid and important.

www.nicolekleemann.com/coaching 
More about burnout: www.nicolekleemann.com/burnout 
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-kleemann/ 
Instagram: @nicole.kleemann  www.instagram.com/nicole.kleemann/ 
Depending on when the show airs, it would be great to include my next group coaching program: YES - Honor Yourself First (starts Nov 2nd) (it’s the non-corporate, public version of The Wisdom of Saying No): www.eventbrite.com/e/yes-honor-yourself-first-tickets-153550665173 

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206 Peter Burkin - From Mental Institutions to Bully Proof Expert and Healer

His name is Peter Burkin. He is a Dad, teacher, life coach and consultant. He created a blueprint to help Bully Proof schools and communities. As a Bully Proof Expert, his intent is to help eradicate bullying, enhance self esteem, manage anger, increase financial literacy, etc. He believes if we have healthy city public schools, the planet will heal!
He was traumatized by bullying and overcame four suicide attempts. Story can heal.
 He is happy to provide tips to know with regard to Mental Health and Bully Proofing. He wrote a book called Bully Proofing: 234 Solutions to the Problems.

3 top tips for my audience:
1. Find your purpose and passions with clarity
2. Setting healthy boundaries is the key to any relationship
3. Improve city schools to help bring peace on Earth
4. Love yourself first and the rest will fall into place, it’s a law. 

Email at pburkin@gmail.com 
My landing page is www.messagetobillions.com
You can also find him on Facebook:  
https://www.facebook.com/peter.burkin.10
https://thepassiontest.simplero.com/S/http://thepassiontest.com/?ref=16553-Peter-Burkin