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My name is Melissa, Delia, your show host and today I am

bringing to you a wonderful friend of mine, Cheryl Brewster.

Welcome Cheryl.

Thanks, Melissa. It's always so much fun

hanging out with you.

Well, I'm excited to share you with my

audience today. And just to give the audience a little bit of an

intro of who you are, and then I'll have you share your story.

I want to start out with a question that you ask at the

beginning of your bio, what makes you come alive and keeps

you that way? And so audience really think about that. What

makes you come alive and keeps you that way? For Cheryl, it's

always about the courage to say yes to that something bigger in

life to venture into greater possibilities. Through intuitive

consultations, mindset coachings seminars and intuitive business

masterminds and communication courses. Cheryl's zone of genius

is supporting entrepreneurs, corporations, thought leaders,

government agencies in defining and creating that something

more, especially during times of transition or challenge, and

don't we know times of transition and challenge right

now Cheryl, so I love that you're here. This is my month,

or my theme of intuition. And I'm so excited to be able to

share you with my audience as we dive deeper into learning how to

tap into our intuition, because we all have it, but we don't

necessarily all use it. But I would love for you just to start

out by sharing your story, what brought you into this line of

work and expertise that you are so incredible at sharing with

others now,

sir, Thanks, Melissa. Well, first of all,

that question, what makes you come alive and keeps you that

way is really what drew me into this field. And my background

is, is corporate working for electrical engineering and

manufacturing. So it's a pretty big difference. So intuition

will take us into our zone of genius, it will take us into our

strengths, and it will take us into what we're naturally good

at. And the quandary that we find ourselves in is that it

will take us into the unknown or the unexpected. So that's where

we could have inner values conflict, right, where we really

want to follow our passion in our hearts. But if we've not

done it before, then it puts us when I call into freefall, it's

almost an existential angst. And that's what happened for me, I

loved what I did, I was really good at it amazing company. But

you come to that crossroads where you know, there's

something more, and do you have the courage to take that leap?

Because there's no track record, you are starting from scratch,

at least I was. And if I had to do it all over again, I think I

could have made things a lot simpler, easier. But I would do

it all over again. Because when we're trusting our gut, trusting

our intuition, we're we're growing into our potential, and

there's nothing more rewarding or satisfying than that. So

I agree it's an adventure

for sure. Because you're you're kind of

meeting some dragons along the way and you you kind of you

know, you make them your allies, you figure out you don't have to

slay them, befriend them and tame them and and they can be

your your faithful servants. I just think it's so exciting. And

especially now with all of the heaviness in the world and all

of the fear, the old structures are tumbling you Land literally,

I truly believe that is each one of us does our part to go down

deep inside, figure out what does make us come alive and do

that, that we are serving humanity. And and I think we're

in for some really exciting times here. And it's so

important to keep our focus on possibility and positivity.

Because if we don't fear does a real number as we know. And we

don't need any more stress we've had enough.

Exactly. I fully agree with all that you've

shared there. And, you know, especially with where the

world's at today, you know how many people have lost jobs

through the pandemic, and then those jobs are no longer

available, or maybe they're being called back to their jobs.

But they've changed, right? Pandemic has changed us the way

we live our lives. And people are like, well, I don't want to

go back to that job where I had to commute an hour and a half

each way, every day to get to work, etc. I've worked from

home, I want to keep working from home, you know, there's

people that are having to face these decisions of do I go back

to what I was doing before or not, and allowing, having them

understand that they can tap into their intuition to truly

guide them in that decision making. Right, as opposed to

just doing what they've always done, and then ending up feeling

unfulfilled or unhappy and stressed out, because, you know,

it's not where they know, they want to be.

Exactly. And right now, I think it's

absolutely critical and crucial that we take a step back and

look at that bigger picture. And you'll notice behind me, I've

got a pirate hat. Because I believe one of the roles of

intuition is to challenge the status quo. And and we're really

challenging old programming old patterns. And I combine

intuition with imagination. And the combination of those two.

Very, very powerful. And you and I were talking earlier, we both

taken some, some training and in some new modalities that we're

using. And I love, love, love the aspect of it's time to bring

humor and joy and fun back into our worlds.

Absolutely.

And, you know, if you're going through a hard

time, it's kind of hard to make that shift. But but if you

again, if you take a step back, look at the bigger picture. And

go wait a minute. I have potential inside me. I haven't

even tapped yet. I wonder what would happen if? And that's a

really great question right now for for our listeners. I wonder

what would happen if I listened to that part of me that wants to

create more ease and grace in life.

And it's interesting that you say, you

know that because I've been using the words, imagine if a

lot lately, right. But even when I think back to my own story of

coming out of the corporate world, and ending up in health

and wellness, I mean, that was completely guided by my

intuition, because I never had health and wellness on my radar

before, right, I have a commerce degree than I ended up in sales

and corporate etc. And while I cared about my health, it was

never on my radar to get into this line of work. But things

just kept happening, that were directing me, right. And I was

allowing myself to be guided into that. And then, you know,

unknowingly in some ways, using my intuition to take the next

steps. And it has landed me in a place where I have absolutely

love what I do today. And I loved what I did before. But

that was no more. Right? It was gone. That wasn't an option

anymore. So what was next, and I'm just really grateful that

I've landed in something else that I absolutely love. And

that's the message I want to share with the audience as well.

You might love what you do today, or did before the

pandemic and now that's no more. Well, that doesn't mean you

can't find something else that you absolutely love. And the

thing is, it could be completely different to what you were doing

before. And you won't know that unless you allow yourself to be

guided by your intuition.

Exactly. And that's why it plays such a

critical role. And I like to use the analogy of and this applies

specially to I think to entrepreneurs who are you know,

they use their intuition a lot. But we all have our own

individual glass ceilings and as long as printers we all grow

ourselves. And as thought leaders we outgrow ourselves as

creatives we outgrow ourselves. And so it's really interesting,

like you can be super successful. And all of a sudden,

it's like, hey, this isn't cutting it anymore, like what's

going on? And so that invitation to go into imagination to say,

Hmm, I wonder, and, and using imagination, what would it be

like to? And I found, I find the power of that so incredible. And

it, it does displace the fear. Mm hmm. And it makes friends

with it. And in my line of work with, you know, doing intuitive

readings and training and coaching and consulting, the

bottom line for everybody, I believe, is, Am I really being

here for myself? And my sense is, there's a real movement

taking place right now we're really, and I'll bring in the

spiritual component here, too, because as someone who studied

metaphysics, is, what's the point of this particular

lifetime? What am I really here for? And so the combination of

intuition and imagination goes, well, what do I really like?

What are my strengths? What gives me joy, and this ability

to allow ourselves to really, really embrace, feeling good

inside. And it sounds very simple. But if we ought to be

really honest with ourselves today, it was like, Oh, we begin

to find this, this pressure that we have, perhaps unknowingly

been putting on ourselves. And that's where being coming aware

of the pressure is so important, because there are tools that we

can access inside that help to remove them. But this is gritty

work. And I think that that's important to stress this, it is

gritty work. It will take you into places you don't want to

go. And that's why I love doing what I'm doing. Because I've

been there know what it's like to go into uncertainty. And they

come out the other side going, wow, you know, that was worth

the price of admission? I'm glad I did that.

It's always about coming out the other side,

right? Yep. Because you come out the other side as a new person

with new learning new insight, etc, etc, that allows you to

look back and be grateful, yes, for whatever triggered you going

through that additional growth. In the moment, you're not

grateful for it at all, I totally get that been there too.

But when you come out the other side, you know, you've come out

the other side when you can look back at it with gratitude.

Right, exactly. So So I love to take a look at

you know, I always I always take a look at my own life and go,

Okay, whoever comes into my life, in terms of synchronicity,

I were we're here to help each other grow, you know, and those

can be really amazing experiences. And those can be

more challenging ones. But the bottom line here is, is keeping

an open mindset. Yeah. And and you know, we can, it's very, I

always go back to Okay, in this moment, is this making me come

alive? And if it's not, the intuitive guidance, then is

bringing me back online. And I think it's very important to

stress to that what we're going through right now is to really

honor what we're feeling and to embrace the negative emotions as

as guidance actually saying, hey, get back on track, you're

limiting yourself, you're in some way.

Very, very true. And you were just talking about

tools. And I know that you have a tool that you use the acronym

joy. Yes. And so I would love you to share that with the

audience.

Absolutely. I use the word joy as an acronym

because it stands for two things. JL why just open

yourself and JL why Joy of you? And,

and simply that word joy in and of itself,

right? It's beautiful that you've got two acronyms from it.

But you know joy is that highest energy state that we can be in

as humans or maybe it's one below is peace, the highest joy

might be wanting peace,

the highest and then joy which is in They're

both higher than love, which I find really interesting. And I

was thinking about our interview today. And I thought, you know,

I have to remember to say this is that I think joy is perhaps a

bit higher than love, because joy is the action of love. And

each one of us are here for a specific reason to experience

our contentment inside, that's what we're here for. And when we

go through different life experiences that don't

particularly feel so joyful, just that little reminder is

that everything here serves me everything, who's here to

support my growth? So the the aspect of joy, then, is this

profound acceptance that comes from both the sorrow and the

pain of life, that that enjoy integrates that. And so at the

time, yeah, it doesn't feel so great. But again, this bigger

picture that I believe Joy really represents, because

there's cycles and seasons and what you put them all together.

And you know, there's something really, really wonderful

happening. So joy is Yeah,

share how we can all get into that place of joy,

right? Because right now, not enough of us are living there.

Exactly. And that, and that's so So Melissa,

get so excited, because in my own work, I see how I'm changing

and evolving and growing where, you know, intuition supports

joy. Why is joy important? Well, we think better, we feel better,

we're more creative or more innovative. And when we allow

joy and accept joy, not only is our birthright, but as the most

optimal way of creating prosperity, because the

definition of prosperity is, is the integration of the cold,

hard facts in the physical world, whether that's a job or a

house, or security, or cash, or finances, or whatever. But those

things in and of themselves will not bring peace. There's a

combination of things going on here. Yes. And that's why I like

to talk about joy, because joy comes from the inside out. And

really, and when we're going through fear and transition, we

forget that, but it's wired in us. And so us that's why using

imagination is so important and so powerful. And it's it's

something that I believe it's a lost art, that we are reclaiming

because it will take us into the grand adventure of life. And

again, asking that question, Am I really feeling alive in this

moment? Which brings us to choice point. And that's where,

and you're familiar with the ABCs of intuition? Yes,

I want to dive into that as well. Lots to

unpack here and share with the audience.

Well, last one tact and, and and again, life is

a great adventure. Nothing at all, Helen Keller said that and

I adore. We all have muses, well, Helen Keller is one of my

muses. Right and, and so And here's an invitation I put out

to the audience listening to this, think of who you really

admire who really speaks to your heart and take a moment and just

just be present with what it is you admire about them. And how

that little bit of admiration can actually affect the change

in you. And consider that you you also are someone that other

people admire, and, and really appreciate that you to make a

difference in their lives. And what if you lead from that

place? More frequently, more often? What if you allow

yourself to feel really, really good about who you are? Because

when we're going in transition and change the primal brain

kicks in, right? It's like, you know, instead of, instead of

realizing, yes, I do have impact. Yes, I bring incredible

gifts to the world. You know, the critical voice gets in

there. And it's like, what a schmuck Are you and all of a

sudden we're

Who are you to think you can do that in our

comfort zone and all to keep us safe, right? That primal brain

is is meant to do is to keep us safe. And so yeah, and those

messages can absolutely, you know, be our undoing.

Exactly. And that's why I I love to talk

about joy, because joy will bring you back if you're not

having fun. If you're not feeling peaceful, well, you can

and, and bring yourself back. So the ABCs of intuition really tie

into that. So it's a formula that I created over over, over

many years. And it's so powerful. The ABCs of

internalist intuition are the language of the soul. And it's

like, wow, I am here for a great adventure. And am I giving

myself permission to really live it? And what if I did, so A is

for aware? I'm aware in this moment of what what's going on?

Okay. I'm not feeling the greatest. Uh, let's, let's take

a look at that. So I'm going to allow what's here, knowing that

it's serving me, and it's inviting me to find what it is

within me, that I'm not seeing. And that I believe, totally

reframes fear, because now it's like, oh, I'm feeling this

particular emotion. Because there's something more for me

that I don't I'm not seeing, right. So aware, breathe,

connect to what that hidden aspect is trust.

So in the ABCs, the B is breathe. So we're

breathing through that difficult emotion that we're dealing with,

right? And then C is connect, you said,

Yep, connect to the heart. Because in the

breathing and the allowing that emotion to be there, Michael

singer talks about this in the Untethered Soul. He said, Yes,

you're going to feel discomfort, but it will only be temporary.

So the more that we allow ourselves, to be really honest

with ourselves tell the truth, okay, here it is. Rather than

judging it, I'm going to see it as energy moving. And, and I

like to use be for breathe, but I also like to use it for blast.

I'm gonna bless this as it moves through me because it's trying

to help. Thank you. Right. So that,

and the sooner we allow the ABCs to kick in,

and we choose to, you know, be aware of it, acknowledge it,

breathe through it, bless it, and then connect with it, the

sooner we get to the other side, and that plays in clearly,

right, as opposed to fighting it squashing it, eating our way

through it, right. I mean, this is this aligns so beautifully

with just the work that I do with people in terms of, you

know, detoxing and eating and guiding them through a detox.

And, you know, people might be thinking, well, what's the

benefit of a detox? Well, a, you're cleaning out your

insides, et cetera, et cetera, lowering inflammation, and all

of those physical health benefits. But honestly, the

greatest benefit that I see my clients get is the awareness in

how their body feels in when they learn how to turn on

digestion, before eating, when they change the way that they're

eating from, you know, into a more nutrient dense meal, at

cetera, et cetera, when they change the timing of their

meals. As they learn all of this, that awareness is kicking

in, right. And so from that place of joy, and awareness, all

of it ties back to our health as well. Because when we stuffed

down those emotions, and we don't allow them to process and

we ignore them, that's another form of toxicity in our body

that causes inflammation, and over time, can trigger dis ease

in the body.

Exactly. And you nailed it, because it's the

unprocessed emotion. And again, here's the biology, right? It's

a combination of the emotional with the biology, and that's why

listening to our intuition is so important. You know, you said

something really, really, that touched my heart there. Which is

really we're talking about mindfulness and really

appreciating like, like, I love what Joseph Campbell said. He

said, This moment is eternity. If we don't get it here, we

don't get it anywhere. Right. So to be able to live life in terms

of in this moment, hey, I'm here. I'm alive. What am I going

to do with this aliveness? And then we're talking about food is

is we're mindful with appreciating, and we're mindful

with there is so there is so much to discover there is so

much to enjoy. And I'd even use the body as a metaphor in a

bigger way. For example, what's happening in you know, in the

world today, whether it's Russia in the Ukraine or whatever is

happening in these big world events. is that there's, as we

each do our part, that we're all contributing to the fabric of

humanity in consciousness. And so to really make this personal,

because the more that we do to live our highest optimal self,

the more we are contributing, and we will be led or guided to

appropriate action that we need to take. So I,

we also lift others up around us.

actly. Exactly. And so when you talk about

inflammation, we are all at, you know, AI, in this massive return

to, to taking care of the planet by starting with us, and, and

speaking of us, there's a there's, again, a, quote Helen

Keller, because I think what we're really battling right now

is overwhelm. And, you know, what can one person do? And one

of her quotes that so touched my heart was, I'm only one person,

I can't do everything. But I will not refuse to do the one

thing I can do powerful is that like, like, if we all really,

really took that to heart, because you, each one of us has

the one thing that we can do.

And there's another quote, and I'm not even

going to get it right. I'll completely butcher it. But I

love it. And it was something along the lines of don't believe

that just because you're one person, you can't change the

world. It's in fact, the only thing that ever did. Oh, right.

Because one person starts it. And then it has that ripple

effect. Exactly. And so you could be that one person that

triggers that ripple effect.

You and You are you are that one person. And

again, I think that's what I call the return to joy. We live

in a society, especially in North America, where it's so

external based. And it's it's like, no, it's it's internal.

Yes. That's the greatest treasure there is, is inside.

And so this shift and awakening, and it starts with the detox.

Well, you know, in the mind, body spirit, it does start with

the detox. Okay, let's clean all this stuff out. And, and but but

here's, here's my thing is like, but can we have more fun doing

it? Like I knowing we need to do this, like no one needs to do

that. But when we have more fun doing it, like, number one more

gets done. And we have we just enjoy life more. Yeah,

absolutely. So that and that's what I funny that

you say that because I was recently in a

business intensive training. And we had somebody come in and talk

about, you know, subject lines for emails and headlines for

newspapers, right? What gets people to click and open and

read, et cetera, et cetera. And, you know, my, my group program

is called help kickstart and detox. And it's what it is, is

that gonna, you know, are people jumping up and down to do a

detox? No. Do people know they need it? And they do it anyway.

And they love the process with me? Yes. But then they were

laughing and going well, you could be changing your headlines

to you know, look hot, naked, again, get bikini ready this

summer. So I've started doing that just because, yeah, bring

that fun and silliness into it, et cetera, et cetera. And to

have people you know, kind of look at it in a more playful

way. We're still, you know, having to look after our body,

but it can be more playful, it can be more fun, which I love

that you brought that up, because my whole last month of

podcast episodes was all about bringing more play and more fun

into your life. And as a result of doing that, it's something

that I've been consciously doing a lot more of recently, and it's

been fabulous from, you know, girls night out, you know,

dancing at the Irish Pub until all hours to I just saw the same

movie twice in one weekend because it was Top Gun and oh my

god, it was amazing. And I'm in love with Tom Cruise all over

again. And I haven't done that since I was a teenager, right?

But we can, and we can allow ourselves to have fun. Just

because we grow up into adults doesn't mean we have to stop

having fun. If you're enjoying my content and someone that

wants to step into being proactive in your health and

learning more, I would love to invite you to join my membership

community. There's a link in the show notes for only 1999 a month

you get access to all of my content And there's a lot as

well as weekly calls that you can come and get your health

questions answered.

It's truly priceless.

I'd love to see you join the community, check out the link in

the show notes. And it's something else you also

mentioned that brought me back, I'm reading the book atomic

habits right now. And you mentioned like showing up and

being alive. And in that book, he told the story of his five

year old daughter, one day, no two year old, she was two. And

she was up really early one morning, and he was up with her.

And she just decided to walk out the front door. So he followed

her out the front door, and she walked out into the middle of

the garden and threw her arms up in the air and said,

Hello, world.

I'm here. Right, as a two year old, that we need

more of that in our adult lives, right, we've stopped being so

serious. And that is a child who is absolutely, you know, living

in her joy and ready and in her liveness. Right. She's ready for

her day.

I love that story. And and it really speaks

to me, I think is is the DIS I call it the discipline of joy. I

put the two words together, because it's like a test plan.

It's like, yeah, you know what we are unlearning some really

toxic habits. And, and again, whatever analogy works for

people. Again, for me, I and you know, in one of the talks I've

got coming up, it's called Embrace your inner pirate.

Because there and fail boldly because it's like, why we the,

again, the pressure that we unknowingly put on ourselves.

And so when we embrace that inner pirate, it's like, I'm

going to, I'm going to break this pressure, I'm going to

break the rules of conforming to the pressure, I don't need to be

doing this to myself. But without reflection, which is why

I host monthly intention setting without reflection, how will we

know? And so we imagine that every month is a gateway to the

grand adventure of your life. So every month, you have a chance

to take the time to reflect. What did I learn? Where did I

grow? How? How much more? Am I living the adventure of my life

this month than I was last month? You know, and really

keeping those focus questions and also telling the truth like,

Okay, what am I what am I still avoiding? And, and to go in and

to go deep. And to also go in with this whole idea of life is

a grand adventure, or nothing at all, to really put it in

perspective, because again, what's the point? What are we

here for?

I love the idea of being that grand adventure,

again, when you look at it from the perspective of the child,

right? To them every day is a grand adventure. And I don't

know about you, because you were in the corporate world as well.

But I do definitely, I mean, I've loved my career in the

corporate world for 24 years. But I do feel like, that's where

some of this got beaten out of me, in the sense that, you know,

it was just, there was so much focus on getting the job done.

And, you know, you're paid for 40 hours a week, but you weren't

gonna get the job done anything less than 60. And then after

that you're dealing with, you know, getting meals on the table

and sports games and the grocery shopping done. And you just, you

don't have time for anything else. And it just the stress

just builds, right. And that's where I was when I look back,

grateful that I got let go. Because I got to completely

change my life and design a life to live it the way I want to

live it now where I do get to play. And I do get to have that

time to be reflective, et cetera, et cetera. But was that

your experience in the corporate world too? Or is that just

just Yeah, well, well, very much. And in

two ways. I worked for some amazing companies and man, I

worked for companies. I was like, Oh, my, oh, my. And but I

also had an internal system. One was wired for joy, and one was

wired for pressure. And so I ended up flat on my back and I

was in my 30s. I think, blood in my back, couldn't move,

literally paralyzed with pain because of a really toxic work

environment. And it was that particular event that triggered

I'm going to learn everything I can do About living the grand

adventure of my life. And that's where things really changed. And

that whole listening to my intuition, that's where it

kicked in. And the thing that totally changed it for me was

absolutely tapping into this whole idea of joy. There is

something inside of me, that is so happy and so powerful.

However, I have a responsibility to it. And if I, for all of us,

if we continue to deny that, and not nurture it, not grow it. And

this is why I love to teach, because who knew that learning

about joy would be a process or a curriculum? Well, I found in

my own life, it actually was, it was like, Okay, it's, you know,

causes greater than effect. So let's go back to root cause. And

let's go back and ask that question. Well, what if? And,

and what if, even in the midst of this really difficult

circumstance, and, and you and I were talking, I'm going through

one right now with some, you know, some, some critical things

happening with some loved ones around me. And it's, it's like,

there's a part of me that wants to go into the worry and the

like the. And there's this other part that's going no, no, no,

remember, you've done this before you mastered up before

and you can master this too. And the power of joy overcomes the

power of stress. And when we give ourselves the dignity of

life, the dignity of I will be true to this adventure, I will

be I will be here for myself. And like Viktor Frankl talked

about that is the last of the human freedoms. So the question

that I would have to, again, anyone listening to the podcast,

is, this is your freedom to nurture, this is your freedom to

grow? It is yours. And really listen to that voice of

intuition, because it knows the way and it helps you ground

this, so that you have a solid foundation to walk on, even in

the midst of the most difficult circumstances. And that's what I

call joy, that ability to live your life that way, on those

kinds of terms, that in my mind, and my definition, is truly the

the hidden treasure inside that we are each given to discover.

And I love that and, you know, we're talking

about corporate beating things out of us. But the other thing

that I want to point out is there may be listeners that are

here, and maybe not fully in their place of joy and having

designed their own life and, and feeling that true happiness and

joy from inside because whatever they've been doing, has been

guided by other people. Yes. And the biggest one of that, that I

see is parental expectations, right? Especially our

generation, I hope it's not true of the current kids coming out

of high school. And I know when my kids were in high school, I

actually went to a seminar by our Parent Advisory Council,

talking about helping your children choose what they were

going to do after high school. And it wasn't just about what

are they good at? And it was definitely not about what do you

want them to do? It was about what are they good at? But what

is their passion? What do they enjoy, and you combine those two

to help guide them? And it has nothing to do with you. And for

me at the time? That was? I just thought, wow, that's really

great advice. Because if I hadn't heard that would I have

tried to guide my children into something that wasn't

necessarily align just because I thought it was what they were

should do. And I know so many people who have had that happen,

right? And then they get into adulthood and they're not happy

and they're unfulfilled because it wasn't ever what they were

supposed to be doing. And if that's you as a listener, that

you're feeling unfulfilled in your work in your life, do that

internal check in. Listen to your intuition, because maybe

it's time that you get to choose what you do for yourself.

That is so beautifully put Melissa and and

with that. It's it's the call to trust yourself. And I believe at

the bottom Love this for all of us. It's how much am I really

trusting myself. And I love quotes the German philosopher

Goethe said, and until you trust yourself, you will not know how

to live. And isn't that isn't that amazing? And so I, again,

it's the call to intuition is the call to joy, which can only

happen by trusting ourselves, which means we Yes, we need to

embrace our inner pirate here and break some of these rules,

these chains that we have found ourselves in, take back our

power, whether that's from old limiting beliefs, or whether

that's from some relationships that are demanding and you know,

where have I given my power away? Where have I unknowingly

and again, I want to bring this back to the power of emotion,

because in the reframe work that I love to do, it's like, okay,

let's take this, what you would call a negative emotion, let's

take it and look for the gift inside of it. Because what if

you're feeling depressed? Because you're not living life

on your terms? You know, what if, what if the depression is

actually trying to serve you and help you and get you to see

that, and so to to be very kind to ourselves as we unearth these

things, because there's some real vulnerability here. And,

and there's a beautiful phrase from Plato that I love to use in

the communications courses that I teach be kind for everyone you

meet is fighting a hard battle. And so who are you? Yeah, isn't

that great?

I also love in relation to kindness there. This

one I think everybody will know. But it's, it's so true that in a

world where you can choose to be anything. And I think that ties

in beautifully with what we're talking about as well, is that

it's your choice. And you can choose to be anything. Yes,

choose to be kind.

Yeah. Because at the end of the day, I, you

know, we can be so technologically advanced. And

yet we live in a world that is driven by war. And my question

is why I, I do not want to be a part of a society that continues

to ignore what's most important. And why, at this point in 2022,

are we dealing with issues that have been here since the

beginning of time, and the why is is because the internal

aspect here, if it's not driven by exploration and adventure and

kindness, we've missed the point. So I think there's a real

call to arms, I call it the I call this call to arms in and it

is, it's a call to Grace let let us let us each one of us really

tap in and say, What can I do in the first place we start is

okay, am I doing what makes me come alive? And if I'm not,

that's where I start. And then from there, that energy for

forcefield is so strong and so powerful. I believe we have a

global movement right now, which is calling us forward to be the

change makers we're capable of being and it starts so simply in

our own mindset, in our own self care. And this whole idea that

this one precious life in I had an out of body death experience.

And when I was coming back, the I was told you have a second

chance. And the second chance was do what brings you joy.

That's how we're going to heal the planet. And it sounds

perhaps a little naive, but is it really how much power is

there Shawn anchor wrote a book called happiness, The Happiness

Advantage. And the stats there are amazing in an over a 20 year

period of the studying business and prosperity The most

successful people are the ones who are happy. So let's let's do

this together. Like, I just think it's time to have fun. And

I think it's time to have conversations like this where we

say, You know what, there's something so amazing that wants

to move through me. And, and, and some people don't even know

what it is yet. But what happens when they find it, and they

discover it. And then and then we have conversations like this

and you and you do, the great work that you do is supporting

people with their physical health, and then the emotional

component of that, and I do what I do, which is saying, Yeah,

you've got something inside of you that knows the way you can

trust it. And together, let's let's truly create this amazing

adventure of life together, we need leaders who are ready to to

lead from that kind of energy, that kind of mindset.

And, on that note, I just really want to

leave the audience with that question that we started with at

the very beginning, and to start asking it of yourself every day,

and even throughout the day, so you can start to tap into what

brings you alive. So does this make me come alive? I think

that's such a powerful question that will lead us into using our

intuition into working through our ABCs and into that place of

joy. And as we've said, when one person does it, it has the

ripple and beneficial effect on all the people around you. And

we all rise up together. So thank you. Thank you, Cheryl,

for joining me here today. This has been an amazing

conversation. And I just love everything that you shared. And

it's so powerful, so profound, and fun to write bringing play

and fun back into it as well. And before we sign off, though,

I just want to ask you a question that I asked all of my

guests. What just don't wait for your wake up call mean to you?

Oh, I love that. Well, to me, it says, you

caught me by surprise her wasn't expecting this to me it means

when when joy has been knocking at your door, and you haven't

been listening, there's going to be a price to pay. So I'd rather

pay the price. And yes, then, oh, I wish I would have listened

sooner.

Yeah, that's true. Very, very true. Right.

And again, that's where the awareness comes in. To

recognizing when joy is knocking at our door, and US tuning in

and listening. So you have very graciously offered a gift to the

audience. It is a gift for the first five people that respond

because this is a highly valuable gift. And we can't just

leave it out there infinitum for whoever listens to this, you

know, five months, five years from now. But please share your

gift with the audience. So they know to go to the show notes and

book a session with you if they're interested.

Yes. So the the gift today is an Akashic reading

with me a half hour Akashic reading. And the Akashic records

are basically the supercomputer of your soul. That's where

everything is stored. And what's even more exciting, not only is

it a storage unit, it's also very alive and vital. And we go

in, we see the information that's there. And then we we

ask, okay, what again, what is here to support the success, or

the joy or the healing, whatever that is the prosperity, the

adventure moving forward. And very powerful, powerful work.

This is what we're up to here. So yeah, for the first time I

look forward to it. Yes,

thank you so much for offering that to the

audience. And I highly recommend it to those listening. Don't

delay, because this is an incredibly eye opening

experience into your past lives and who you are today. And I

know the first time I had my Akashic Records read it was

really confirmation of who I am today. And I found that to be

incredibly powerful. So is there any last thing that you would

like to leave the audience with and also please share how the

audience can get ahold of you as well. It will all be in the show

notes. But you can go ahead and share that here too.

Oh, sure. Yes, the intuitive life.com And I

love to hear from anyone who's been listening to the podcasts

that I'm that I'm on and my question is, what makes you come

alive and how can I help support you in doing that? So I Welcome,

listeners to reach out and go. Yeah. Okay, I'm ready. I'm ready

for more.

I love that. Well, thank you again for being

on the podcast. Cheryl. I really appreciate it. And thank you to

the audience for tuning in and listening. I will be back next

week with a deeper dive into using your intuition as it

relates to your health. So have a great week everyone. And

thanks again Cheryl, by

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