Ep 23: Energy Alchemy w/ Briana Borten

Listen in as my guest, Briana Borten, and I jam on the practice of energy alchemy. In this episode, we riff on… What energy medicine is, and how Briana has cultivated her skill over decades. Integrity in energy work, and how to know if a training is in-depth enough to be effective, and even safe What to look for in a practitioner of energy work, how to prepare yourself to receive it deeply and effectively, and what not to do as a recipient. My own story of a time I felt out of my depths as a Reiki practitioner You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep23 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: Check out Briana’s incredible amazing Spirit Medicine Academy at https://www.brianaborten.com/spirit-medicine-academy-n2024/ ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :) ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

The podcast is back!  This is a short solo episode where I give an update on my personal life and what’s transpired over the last year…   You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep22 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: You can find Devotional Leadership Council at devotionalleadership.com/ Soul of Leadership is always open for enrollment at soulofleadership.com/ ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :) ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

Bringing you solo episode musings on how we can cultivate deep resonance with our work – both within ourselves and with others. In this episode, I riff on… How terrifying it can be to bring through and share our deepest work, especially in a death-phobic “culture” that avoids feeling the depths of our terror Making the profound shift from relating to your work as a gambler playing slot machines, to relating as a gardener tending a garden Why conventional marketing does not work (on so many levels) for folks whose work takes people into the depths The intricate and incorruptible relationship between bringing forward your deepest work, and relating to your work on a deep level (and how to cultivate that good-relating)   You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep21 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: Join our NEW offering, DEVOTED - A 6 Week Journey to Unearth + Birth Your Deepest Work, here: nishamoodley.com/devoted/  Nisha mentions her dear mentor, Hiro Boga, who you can find here: hiroboga.com/  ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :)  ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

Bringing you solo episode musings on how we can drop the ball with intention and care, when we’re juggling too much to actually hold. How I manage my own “productivity dysmorphia”, so I don’t constantly set myself up to feel like a failure The cultural imperative to be honest with ourselves and others about our capacity, and the leadership edge of expanding tolerance to be judged and disliked in the process Conscientiously creating space for grief and sadness The actual agreements I make with clients now, that allow us all to be more human You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep20 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: Sign up for Nisha’s free workshop: LEAD - Embrace Your Fullest Self + Offer Your Deepest Gifts nishamoodley.com/lead/ Nisha mentions Episode 6, where she shares the story of her dad’s death. Have a listen if you feel the desire. ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :)  ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

It’s easy to wax poetic about being anti-hustle culture, but HOW do we actually build & tend (and re-build), without burning the candle at both ends, and burning out?   In this conversation with my dear friend, Jadah Sellner, we discuss: Jadah’s distinction between “harmonious passion” and “obsessive passion”, and how passionate people can use compassionate scheduling to dodge the trap of workaholism (and using work to avoid life) How creating sanctuary spaces to work from has shifted both of our work-life harmony “Intentional Trade-offs”, and how we can cultivate the clarity and courage to know what opportunities to say no to, even when it doesn’t make logical sense The importance of both Product-Market fit AND Product-Maker fit, in the path of discerning what’s ours to do Pivoting, and how we can lead with love and leave with love You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep19 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: Check out Jadah’s new book, She Builds, and find her on Instagram here. Jadah mentions the book Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman   Nisha’s meditation to connect with your Wise Future Self: NishaMoodley.com/join ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :)  ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

We’re baaaaaaack!  With bangs and a baby, no less.   In this conversation with my dear friend, Becca Piastrelli, I share: The dreams, challenges, and grief of being both mothers and creators, in a village-less "culture" My personal grappling with pressure to be "consistent", and my growing inability to force myself to conform to hustle culture Why we need a "web" + leaning into community when it's hard Adjusting my business to honor my capacity   You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep18 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: Check out Becca’s book, Root & Ritual and find her on Instagram here. We mention the words of Rachael Rice. You can find her on Instagram here.  Nisha’s meditation to connect with your Wise Future Self: NishaMoodley.com/join ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :)  ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

This episode opens with a few big announcements: I am having another baby! My 11th annual women’s mastermind, Devotional Leadership Council, is open for enrollment. You can check it out at DevotionalLeadership.com Throughout the last several months on break from the podcast, I’ve been exploring the complexity of consistency – the beauty of it and the toxic aspects of our demands for it.  This week’s podcast episode is an exploration on consistency, and how to commit to being consistent where it counts...  In this episode, I share: My practice for choosing which balls to drop (aka Why I Suck At Email) What the archetypal Maiden-Mother-Crone journey has to do with our interrogation of consistency, and how to tap into the wisdom of the ages How to choose your priorities, not from the mind, but from your body and values My favorite tool for getting all the things in my head, out, so I can discern where my attention is really needed  You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep17 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: Check out our 11th annual 9 month council, for 12 brilliant women: DevotionalLeadership.com   Meditation to connect with your Wise Future Self: NishaMoodley.com/join ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :)  ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

Hello Dear Ones! Just a quick note today to invite you to my year-long course & community, Soul of Leadership. The journey is designed to support you in embracing your innate brilliance, expanding your freedom, and embodying your unique leadership. Learn all about it, and join us here: SoulofLeadership.com If you enroll by Sunday, December 6th, 2020, you'll also receive early enrollment bonuses! ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :) ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

I don’t know about you, but the pandemic has brought me a huge opportunity to explore my ambitions on a deeper level…  Why do I want what I want?What do we want collectively, and why?Do I actually want what I say I want, really?What conditioning and wounding has impacted my longings?How can I even know whether my ambitions are truly mine?Is it even okay to hold these desires, when so many have so little? The questions of ambition are not questions we can neatly answer, but questions we’re invited to live in.  This week’s podcast episode is an exploration on how we can live, breathe, and move within these complex questions...  In this episode, I share: How we can cultivate deeper self trust, while also interrogating our ambitions The initial “yes” that can make all the difference, and why it’s not the whole story Why unmapping from toxic ambition is Grief Work, and some thoughts on what we might need in order to be with it The profound role pleasure can play in walking us back to a deeper understanding of our deepest longings and highest vision You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep15 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: Sign up for Nisha’s free new workshop, Embody Your Leadership: Expand your freedom to show up with vision & devotion, here: EmbodyYourLeadership.com Meditation to connect with your Wise Future Self: NishaMoodley.com/join Soul of Leadership opens for enrollment soon. You can get on the waitlist here: SoulofLeadership.com ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :)  ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley

In these deeply divided times, where we’re expanding our awareness of the ways we’ve contributed to inequity and injustice, where social media enables a lightning-fast game of “telephone”, where assumptions are made based on optics, and where calls to “cancel” someone can take place of relational engagement… the fear of being called-out can be gripping. If we aim to embody our leadership… We don’t want to react like a little animal backed into a corner.  We don’t want to accidentally (let alone intentionally) cause harm.  But when we don’t face the fear of being called-out, we become fragile instead of resilient... We hide and keep ourselves small and quiet, because we don’t want to risk causing harm or receiving negative attention. We become rigid, self-righteous, and defensive, because deep down we can’t handle being wrong. In this episode, I share: How we can build resilience through receptivity (which doesn’t mean being open to abuse) The difference between calls for accountability and attacks, and why we ought to discern the difference, even if we don’t like how communication is being delivered How I “sort the mail” on communications, as a way to discern how I want to respond Why it’s crucial to remember that we have sovereign choice over how we respond What we need to consider about right-relationship, after the dust settles You can find the show notes from this episode over at:  nishamoodley.com/ep14 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: Sign up for Nisha’s free new workshop, Embody Your Leadership: Expand your freedom to show up with vision & devotion, here: EmbodyYourLeadership.com Soul of Leadership opens for enrollment soon. You can get on the waitlist here: SoulofLeadership.com ––– IF YOU ENJOY DEVOTION PODCAST… We would love for you to rate and review it!  This helps more people find it and give it a chance. Thank you in advance :)  ––– CONNECT WITH NISHA: To join the Podcast Inner Circle, for access to show notes, bonuses, and a chance to be a guest, sign up at DevotionPodcast.com (it’s free!) Instagram: instagram.com/nishamoodley Facebook: facebook.com/nishamoodley