Soul Salon with Ayandastood

hello soul sibling! in today's Soul Session, i start off by sharing how nervous i felt recording it. we discuss how fear can be a portal from the ego to the soul, and why unconditional love can be a cozy home to return to when we feel stuck in perfectionism, fear, embarrassment, or self-doubt. 👉🏾 get a ⁠FREE Creative Activation ⁠—a guided audio meditation to support your creative practice.  CREATIVE RESOURCES:🧘🏾‍♀️ ⁠Get ⁠Creative Activations⁠⁠ to move from fear to flow: get a FREE Creative Activation when you sign up 🚀 ⁠⁠Work with me 1:1⁠⁠ on creativity and/OR visibility to unlock your next level 📖 Buy my ebook, ⁠⁠Creative CataList⁠⁠ for a JUICY supply of creative inspo I use daily ✨ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠form⁠ here⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

precious being, if you feel it's TOO LATE this soul session was handmade for you. 👉🏾 get a FREE Creative Activation —a guided audio meditation to support your creative practice. 👀🚀 a reminder to never minimize what you are bringing and embodying and how we cannot wait to experience your magic on the train you feel too late to catch. shame and ageist timelines and a culture obsessed with doing things "first, early, youngest" can prevent us from feeling worthy of even TRYING to pursue our dreams, at any age. a loving reminder that the train misses you. we are ready to receive you. are you ready to make your offering?! i love you ❤️ 00:00 Not too late 03:02 Multiple versions of you  06:01 Creative Activations 07:33 The Train  11:56 Creative Kinship 13:02 Unfolding & Trusting 17:00 Generosity 19:44 Ripples 20:55 You 10 years from now 22:00 Polarity & illusions 24:03 Collective Utopia 25:03 Creative Activations Related Soul Sessions: 54: manifest with the law of polarity 44: the collective is dreaming through you. 35: awakening to possibility. CREATIVE RESOURCES: 🧘🏾‍♀️ ⁠Get ⁠⁠Creative Activations⁠⁠⁠ to move from fear to flow: get a FREE Creative Activation when you sign up 🚀 ⁠⁠Work with me 1:1⁠⁠ on creativity and/OR visibility to unlock your next level 📖 Buy my ebook, ⁠⁠Creative CataList⁠⁠ for a JUICY supply of creative inspo I use daily ✨ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠form⁠ here⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

My love, your dreams have sent you this message to remind you to surrender to the full experience of their pursuit. And since the collective is dreaming through you, we all ask this of you: to hold the polarity of your dreams. 👉🏾 get a FREE Creative Activation —a guided audio meditation to support your creative practice. 👀🚀  We do not get to experience the beauty of a dream without the challenges. Every gift has a challenge and every challenge has a gift — this is wat the universal law of polarity teaches us. In this Soul Session, we invite the law of polarity to expand our Creative Consciousness by teaching us to accept the FULLNESS of our dreams, NOT the illusion of them (ironically). I hope you enjoy today's Soul Session, made with love ❤️ CREATIVE RESOURCES: 🚀 ⁠⁠Work with me 1:1⁠⁠ on creativity and/OR visibility to unlock your next level 🧘🏾‍♀️ ⁠Get ⁠Creative Activations⁠⁠ to move from fear to flow: get a FREE Creative Activation when you sign up 📖 Buy my ebook, ⁠⁠Creative CataList⁠⁠ for a JUICY supply of creative inspo I use daily ✨ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠form⁠ here⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

babes, the IRONY of this soul session is my inner critic is telling me it is not good enough to share. that i should record it again (and the illusion is that I wouldn't find fault with that version, as well). 👉🏾 get a FREE Creative Activation —a guided audio meditation to support your creative practice. 👀🚀 so in SHARING this transmission i am also embodying it, which, I think, is rather delicious and beautiful. from the deepest part of my soul, i want to remind you that your worth does not come from your ability to meet a perfectionistic standard. do not define yourself by all you COULD HAVE said, it minimizes the generosity and power of all you did say. do not define yourself by all the edits you COULD have made to your creation, it erases the wholeness of all you did create. i am on this journey with you, towards overcoming perfectionism, towards GENUINELY embodying and believing that we are endlessly worthy of all kinds of creation, towards unlearning perfectionistic standards learned in childhood. i love you so much, SOUL SIBLING!!!!!!! KEY QUOTES: “I love myself so much that I refuse to betray what I know is true for me”  “Be confusing. Nothing accepted in its fullest magnificence is required to make sense”  “If it feels like everyone is against you, remember — you have not yet met your everyone”  CREATIVE RESOURCES: 🚀 Work with me 1:1 on creativity and/OR visibility to unlock your next level 🧘🏾‍♀️ Get Creative Activations to move from fear to flow: 📖 Buy my ebook, Creative CataList for a JUICY supply of creative inspo I use daily ✨ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠⁠ | TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠form⁠ here⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

in today's soul session, i share three powerful shifts to overcome the fear of being seen & the fear of judgement. we get into radically accepting the truth, integrating our own judgement, seeing beyond the Critic, and creating the world we wish to see. I introduce my method, Soulful Visibility, and share a personal story of a challenge I had making this episode... I hope you enjoy today's soul session, made with love! 💛🌻🥰 👉🏾 Get a free Creative Activation —a guided audio meditation to support your creative practice. 👀🚀: ⁠www.ayandastood.com Time stamps (00:54): Shift #1: Radical acceptance(04:05): Support vs. Evaluation (08:16): Shift #2: Integrate judgement (14:08): Shift #3: Blocked expression  (19:52): Personal story Sources mentioned Essay: ⁠⁠The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action⁠⁠ by Audre Lorde CREATIVE RESOURCES: ✨ Work with me 1:1: ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com/coaching⁠⁠ ✨ Get my ebook of creative catalysts: ⁠⁠Creative CataList⁠⁠ ✨ Get my creative meditations album: ⁠⁠Creative Activations⁠⁠ ✨ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠⁠ | TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠form⁠ here⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

MULTI-PASSIONATES, ASSEMBLE! if you want to do a LOT of different things, but you fear confusing other people, this is your sign: BE CONFUSING! This is a continuation of a TikTok I posted. We are RECLAIMING the state of confusion from this colonially imagined, logic-obsessed world. are you coming?! 👉🏾 Get a FREE Creative Activation —a guided audio meditation to support your creative practice. 👀🚀: ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com 🚀 Work with me 1:1 on creativity and/OR visibility to unlock your next level 🧘🏾‍♀️ Buy my ⁠⁠Creative Activations⁠⁠ album and private podcast feed to move from fear to flow --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

Sending love beams, soul siblings! I am hosting a FREE MasterClass on Creative Kinship on Zoom this Sunday, June 30 @ 10am-11:30am EST / 2-3:30pm UTC. Register here. ✨ GO DEEPER WITH ME: 👉🏾 FREE MASTERCLASS ON CREATIVE KINSHIP THIS SUNDAY 6/30: https://ayandastood.substack.com 🚀 Book a 1:1 Creative Activation Coaching Session to unlock & unblock your creativity: www.ayandastood.com/coaching⁠ 📖 Buy my ebook of creative catalysts for a JUICY supply of creative inspo: : ⁠⁠Creative CataList⁠ 🧘🏾‍♀️ Buy my creative meditations album to move from fear to flow: ⁠⁠Creative Activations⁠⁠ Sources mentioned: Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

“comparison is the thief of joy” they say, a quote originally from Former US President Theodore Roosevelt (random!). but what does the idea that we just "shouldn't" compare ourselves to each other ignore, and in turn, normalize? find out in this soul session and learn: How this idea can reproduce individualism How we are made to glorify our own alienation What another way of seeing comparison could be How thinkers like Bayo Akomolafe⁠⁠, Gabor Maté, and Byung-Chul Han can help us make sense of all this... Time stamps: (02:46): Shame & comparison(03:49): Individualism  (06:28): Crisis Response (Bayo Akomolafe) (09:08): The Myth of Normal (Gabor Mate)(14:25): Atomization & Authenticity (Byung Chul-Hun) (22:06): Collective path (25:11): Social structures  (26:42): Comparison as a cultural cold(33:36): Reimagine social systems (34:40): Essay: Comparison as Symptom (Me) (34:54): Thank you for being here  Sources Mentioned: Philosopher: ⁠Bayo Akomolafe⁠  Podcast: Jung and the World Podcast: One to One with Bayo Akomolafe Book: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté YouTube: Dr. Gabor Maté: The Myth of Normal & The Power of Connection | Wholehearted Book: The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present by Byung-Chul Han Podcast: Philosophize This: Episode #189 ... Everything that connects us is slowly disappearing. - Byung Chul Han pt. 2  Essay: Comparison as Symptom by me on my Substack ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube CREATIVE RESOURCES: ✨ Work with me 1:1: www.ayandastood.com/coaching ✨ Buy my ebook of creative catalysts: Creative CataList ✨ Buy my creative meditations album: Creative Activations --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

Hi my loves, this is the second and final part of my mini-series uplifting the work of abolitionist scientist Dr Ayesha Khan⁠  who writes the most beautiful, informative, revolutionary ⁠Cosmic Anarchy⁠ Substack. If you haven't already, be sure to catch Part 1 on Spotify here and on Apple here. Again, I am reaching imperfectly — for Palestine, for you, for this work. ESSAYS mentioned:  Subscribe to ⁠Cosmic Anarchy⁠ Substack. Learn more about ⁠Dr Ayesha Khan⁠ website & Follow on IG @thewokescientist⁠ ⁠Our boys & men deserve to live, not just our women & children⁠ (focus of today’s episode) ⁠Effective activism will never be 'peaceful' & we should stop using that word⁠ ⁠How do we keep hope alive in our movements?⁠ ⁠We keep us safe by fighting back & taking collective risks, not by being pacifists⁠ Poem: ⁠If I Must Die⁠ by Refaat Alareer Essay: Ethics, Risk & Apocalypse by Peter Gelderloos  Book: ⁠Imagination: A Manifesto⁠ by Dr. Ruha Benjamin Other resources: Decolonize Palestine reading list 14 Trusted Charities Helping Civilians in Palestine --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

hello soul siblings 🥰, I have MISSED YOU! 🫶🏾 as we bear witness to genocide and support and uplift the student and other protests in response, today I want to share and amplify the work of the WONDER-MAGIC-FUL Dr Ayesha Khan  who writes the beautiful, informative, revolutionary Cosmic Anarchy Substack, which I am entirely obsessed with. I am sharing their work imperfectly, reaching for these words, and reaching for you. I send you my love, today and always. Thank you for being here. 🥺💛 ESSAYS mentioned:  Subscribe to Cosmic Anarchy Substack Learn more about Dr Ayesha Khan website + Follow on IG @thewokescientist Our boys & men deserve to live, not just our women & children (focus of today’s episode) Effective activism will never be 'peaceful' & we should stop using that word How do we keep hope alive in our movements? We keep us safe by fighting back & taking collective risks, not by being pacifists Poem: If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer Palestine Is a Story Away: A Tribute to Refaat Alareer by Mosab Abu Toha Book: Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine edited by Refaat Alareer  Subscribe to Cosmic Anarchy Substack Learn more about Dr Ayesha Khan website Follow Khan on IG at @thewokescientist Other sources mentioned (in order): Book: Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe Book: In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities: Precarity, Power, Communitie by Joy James Book: Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown Soul Salon episode: 7: viral justice ft. Ruha Benjamin podcast episode on Spotify and Apple Book: Viral Justice: How We Grow The World We Want by Dr. Ruha Benjamin Book: Imagination: A Manifesto by Dr. Ruha Benjamin Essay: How the Universe resembles a human brain by Paul Ratner Essay: Heavy, difficult emotions are important to face & only overwhelming when carried alone by Dr. Ayesha Khan Other resources: Decolonize Palestine reading list 14 Trusted Charities Helping Civilians in Palestine Time stamps (01:00): Intro to Dr Ayesha Khan & Cosmic Anarchy (05:04): Overview of 3 takeaways  (13:46): Deconstruct & Reconstruct (15:38): #1: Dehumanization of Palestinian men & buys (31:09): Reflections & Resources (34:30): The importance of in-person community (40:26): Poem: If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

If you are feeling unmotivated or uninspired, if you are stuck minimizing and hiding from your natural gifts, this episode is for YOU. You have these gifts for a REASON. This episode will get you fired up, calling you back into your power and ACTIVATING you to be brave in the face of the fear we all experience as we face our goals and dreams. You are someone’s cheat code.  You are here to UNLOCK something powerful in the collective. NOT keep your gifts to yourself, hiding and playing small when you know that there is something bigger calling you, longing for you just as much as you long for it.  You are not here to be silent and convenient for the status quo or those who don’t support you. You are an EXPANDER. You are here to break rules and break the mould that has been given to you, to truly make it your own, and to support the collective in our collective healing journey.  What if: you have these gifts for a reason. And the reason is NOT simply your own self-actualization, but the realization of more love, healing, community, creativity (insert what you are here to help cause) for ALL of us. We need you in your power, bestie! We love you. I love you.  Time stamps: (00:49): Collective consciousness (03:18): Who does it serve?  (04:42): There’s a reason (06:11): Ego vs. Soul  (10:00): Creative Power (13:50): Soul resonance  (15:44): You are the cheat code (18:04): Two choices in the face of fear Book a one-on-one coaching session with me to support your creativity and unlock your next level of brave expression: www.ayandastood.com/coaching Sources mentioned: Essay: Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference by Audre Lorde (in the book Sister Outsider) Book: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Quote: “We’re all just walking each other home” — Ram Dass  ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠⁠  Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend 💛 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

hi precious beings! if you're battling with perfectionism, this episode is for you. earth angel, consider this your permission slip to declare your unfinished work FINISHED because completion is a myth maybe?! find out... i love you all, thank you thank you for being here! I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend 💛 ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠⁠  Work with me one-on-one in coaching to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: ⁠www.ayandastood.com/coaching⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

if you dream of writing, there are people dreaming of reading you. if you dream of singing, there are people dreaming of hearing you. if you dream of being seen, there are people dreaming of seeing you. if you dream of teaching, there are students dreaming of being taught by you. your dreams are dreaming you back. even more: the collective is dreaming THROUGH YOU. Question for you: Who might be dreaming you back? book a one-on-one coaching session to step into your fullest expression and power, on- and offline: ⁠www.ayandastood.com/coaching⁠ Time stamps: (00:35): Individualistic vs. collectivist dreams (02:02): Example of my (our!) podcast dream (03:09): Who will expand through you? (05:11): Against perfectionism (06:37): You are a representative (07:41): The other side of desire (08:05): What you seek is seeking you (08:26): The beauty of surrender (09:24): Please follow & subscribe :) ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠⁠  Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

today i bring you a bite size dose of ENERGY I recorded in December but felt wasn't "good enough" at the time. in honor of breaking up with perfectionism, i bring you this offering. let's call it a SOUL SNACK if you will. topics include: envying someone's success, listening to yourself, embodying what you seek, and the energetic messages of the universe. i love you, sunshines & soul siblings! i hope you enjoy this experience. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend if you resonate 💛 TIME STAMPS: (00:51): Are you listening? (01:38): Reframing envy (05:50): Who I'm drawn to (06:33): Energy is a spectrum (07:09): Collective healing (09:55): Unity consciousness (10:23): What are you calling in? Work with me one-on-one in coaching to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠⁠  Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

if you are a worst case scenario thinker/feeler/(anti-)dreamer, this soul session✨ is for you. let's unpack why it's time to let go of assuming the worst — not only in terms of what's possible, but also in our relationships and friendships. in this soul session, i share examples of times when i assumed the worst and the exact opposite happened. i invite us to ask ourselves this question the NEXT time we find ourselves stuck in a worst case scenario mindset. you will (re)learn how holding onto the worst case scenario to protect ourselves becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: we align our actions to what could go WRONG instead of RIGHT, thereby making the former more likely. you will hear me walk through common examples where we assume the worst and are often "wrong", such as: assuming strangers don't want to talk to us... assuming old friends don't want to hear from us... assuming everyone online will certainly HATE or cancel us... assuming conflict will RUIN our relationships/friendships... and more!! let me say that i applied the lesson of this episode in the PROCESS of making, editing, and sharing it. here's how: my inner critic said (repeatedly): "what i'm saying is nothing ✨revolutionary✨ therefore it's not worth sharing this episode". or "i'm not adding anything new here!" the underlying assumption is A) we get our value from our uniqueness (individualism) and B) no one wants to hear and re-integrate the same lesson again from ME specifically. WHAT IF THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE? A) What if collective wisdom becomes more potent the more people share it? and B) What if people actually LOVE hearing and re-integrating wisdom they already know and feel to be true, and they love hearing it from ME (not exclusively but in a particular way) i love the feeling of applying a lesson i am sharing with you, because it makes me feel very aligned and like i'm sharing my life's wisdom with you. with that being said, I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend 💛 Time stamps: (01:00): Reframe the worst case scenario (05:11): The energetics of possibility (06:33): Creativity & Rick Rubin (07:37): Approaching strangers (08:08): TikTok, cancellation, & judgment (14:00): Texting responses (15:19): Cancelling plans (17:22): Conflict (19:07): Reaching out to old friends (20:12): It's always going to be this hard (20:48): Valuing your opinion (22:33): Self-doubt (23:38): Summary Work with me one-on-one in coaching to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching SOURCES: Book: The Creative ACT: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin Episode: 35: Awakening to Possibility by me ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠⁠  Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

if you find it cringe or challenging to promote your own work, this soul session will SPEAK to you. today we completely REFRAME AND RECLAIM promotion, breaking it down to its roots and paradigm shifting our understanding. connected to nature and service. In this episode you will learn: Why self-promotion feels so uncomfy How we can reframe “pro-motion” by breaking it down Why pro-motion is key to nature How refusing to promote our work can block other people's expansion My current experience with fearing promoting my coaching services Time stamps:  (01:04): the evolutionary roots of our shame (03:42): reframing pro-motion  (08:06): nature & motion (10:45): my own example of coaching (16:00): blocking motion  (17:43): what you seek is seeking you I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend <3  Work with me one-on-one in coaching to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching Sources mentioned: Morning pages essay by me ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠⁠  Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

today's soul session is a spiritual perspective on why you fear your own success. if you're like me, you are both drawn to and repelled by your dreams. they are at once enticing and terrifying. in today’s soul session we explore a paradoxical fear that many of us face whenever we confront our dreams and desires. but in the typical style of this podcast, we are going to unfold a deep and spiralling web of ideas such as: What do God/source/the universe have to do with the fear of success? Why do we associate power to evil? How can we separate toxic/destructive examples of power from loving/constructive versions of it? Why is nature the answer to reclaiming our power? AND... My own experience with cultural grief and shame I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and if you feel called to, please share it with a friend or your community. i love you ✨💛 Work with me one-on-one as your coach to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching Time stamps: (00:06): The magic of your existence (01:53): My fears & dreams (05:11): The paradox of fear (06:22): God/source/universe & AWE (12:57): Why we fear our Dreams (14:17): Healing our relationship with Power (17:37): Nature & benevolent Power (21:15): Step into Y(OUR) Power (22:29): Co-Creation (27:52): Channeled journaling (30:00): Why we can't silence ourselves (31:35): It's bigger than You (33:10): You have these gifts for a REASON (35:54): Trust is the opposite of Fear (36:15): Your own POWER & WISDOM (40:31): Creativity is how we change the world (42:21): Affirmation Sources mentioned: The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action by Audre Lorde Ant geopolitics by John Whitfield ADVICE HOTLINE: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠⁠  Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

in today’s episode we talk about the deep state of consciousness that being LOST entails, rather than the inferior state it represents in the western imagination. I frame this in terms of colonial consciousness which privileges "clarity, direction, Knowing, confidence" vs. the deeper truth of the universe, nature, and indigenous consciousness, which embrace chaos, magic, cyclical time, and humility in the face of the unknown and unknowability of all truths of the universe. At the same time, I am sending love as I know being lost feels deeply uncomfortable and isolating. An update episode on the name change is coming soon angels! WORK WITH ME:  Pov: you are a spiritual soul with a powerful voice and message that you dream of sharing with the world. You are here to serve the collective and the divine through the gift of your voice and ability to channel wisdom and insights. When it comes to sharing that voice on social media to find your dream audience, community, and clients, you often feel blocked by perfectionism, fear of judgment & being cancelled, self-doubt, and lack of trust in your voice. You want to quantum leap into the version of you that is taking up SPACE, speaking your truth, and opening up your throat chakra. Work with me one-on-one and let’s get your voice shared with the world. Visit www.ayandastood.com/coaching TIMESTAMPS (01:15): Western imagination (06:26): What we gain from being lost (12:30): Birth and Death in life (17:50): Lost in isolation (19:30): The God of the Self (22:18): Finding teachers & surrendering (24:30): Spiritual awakening (32:08): The universe is always inviting us SOURCES MENTIONED:  Essay: Heavy, difficult emotions are important to face & only overwhelming when carried alone by Dr. Ayesha Khan Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts Substack: The Unpublishable by Jessica DeFino Podcast: The Highest Self Podcast by Sahara Rose Episode: 16: Industrialized vs. spiritual Beauty by me ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. JOIN THE COMMUNITY:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠⁠@ayandastood ⁠⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠⁠  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

we are becoming FEAR ALCHEMISTS in 2024. hi darlings! in this episode I am giving a MasterClass on moving through and BEYOND the fear of being cringe/embarrassing/shameful online. this is a deep wound that many of us carry: fear of being cancelled, ridiculed, dragged, rejected, or criticized. it stops us from sharing ourselves, promoting our work, art, and services, and opening ourselves up to the LOVING POSSIBILITIES that exist for us through the global portal that is the internet. i have faced this pain (both the fear and the experience) and sat with it and soothed and nurtured, it still lives in me but it is now in a place where i can alchemize it into wisdom, grounded in a collective understanding of creativity and healing. so i wanted to speak to this pain and give us some mindset and perspective shifts on how we can TRANSFORM the fear of being cringe into posting through the fear and embarrassment, with love for ourselves and for the people seeking our voices, art, services, and perspectives. Affirmation: THE WORLD NEEDS Y(OUR) VOICE/ART/GIFTS/CREATIONS JUST! AS! THEY! ARE! ☎️ seeking advice and want to phone in with a question? ⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠ OR write-in an advice question anonymously at the ASK Ayanda form. 🎥: Watch the video of this episode on Spotify or YouTube. Time stamps (01:16): Validate (07:04): Neutralize (16:18): Connect (27:51): Serve (42:33): Zoom out (49:35): Desire (51:20): Summary Work with Me: Work with me one-on-one: https://ayandastood.com/work Information on my Creative Fear MasterClass dropping mid Feb will be updated here: https://ayandastood.com Sources mentioned: ⁠The Creative ACT: A Way of Being⁠ by Rick Rubin Join the community:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠@ayandastood ⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support

in this episode we are calling in ease, flow, pleasure, and love in the experience of creating, rather than as a reward. i talk about releasing the tension i've been carrying, the love i am feeling from all of YOU, the magical masterclass experience I had this Sunday with some of you, and end off with reflective questions that can assist us as we create with more pleasure and ease in 2024. <3 ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here. Key quotes from episode:  “The people you make art for don’t want you to suffer”  “We embody the codes that we’ve learned from the systems that made us”  “The invitation for you is knowing that you are worthy of ease, of pleasure, of flow. NOW. Not when the project is done.”  “Pleasure is a measure of our freedom” — adrienne maree brown  Time stamps (01:31): MasterClass reflections (05:15): The Love Dimension (05:56): From perfectionism to ease  (15:00): Your invitation to ease  (20:39) Experimentation  (22:53): Tension & release  (30:44): Pleasure activism by Adrienne Maree Brown  (41:47): Abundant love (48:44): Pleasure & imagination  (54:27): Reflection questions  (01:00:00): Gratitude & affirmation Sources mentioned:  Book: ⁠Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good⁠ by adrienne maree brown Essay: What Plants Are Saying About Us YouTube Channel: Sadhguru Show: The Brothers Sun on Netflix Poem: I Put The Coffin Out To Sea by by Lisa Marie Basile Offering: My MasterClass experience Other resources: YouTube: The Perfect Bedtime Sound bath by Sleeping Vibrations YouTube: Yoga Nidra Questions to reflect on: What would make me feel more loved right now? What pleasure are you denying yourself of in this moment?  How could it be easier? How can I find the release without taking on the tension? How can you EMBODY the wisdom of ease, pleasure, rest?  How can we be Pleasure Activists for others in our lives?  If you become your fullest expansion creatively — what could that unlock for the collective?  Join the community:  my muse-letter: ⁠⁠⁠ayandastood.substack.com⁠⁠⁠ please join me here! follow me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠ on TikTok and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ayandastood⁠⁠⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠@ayandastood ⁠on YouTube visit my website at ⁠www.ayandastood.com⁠⁠  Other quotes from me in this episode:  “Love can flow through us much more easily if we choose to channel that love through the notion that we are worthy of ease; we are worthy of pleasure. We don’t only get to celebrate ourselves once the job is done. We don’t have to squeeze our creativity into the constrictive structures, rigidity, and hierarchies we’ve been given” “If you become your fullest expansion creatively — what could that unlock for the collective? If we all expand, expansion is contagious. Expansion is something we are designed to give and receive from one another. I cannot listen to an expanded person and not expand. That is the nature of art: Art that is expansive will expand. And the Artist that is expansive and expanding will create expansive art. What are we willing to expand into for the sake of collective healing, collective imagination, collective pleasure, and collective ease?”  “If we want to experience work that feels more free, we also need to become the kind of person who can experience more freedom while working”  “If we let life surprise us, sometimes the part we fear most is exactly where we experience the most magic”  “In this moment, what I am really calling in, what I am inviting myself into ease. Pleasure. Flow. The words that came to my heart are: The people you make art for don’t want you to suffer”  “The thing about toxic perfectionism is it’s a self-worth invitation. We don’t feel WORTHY of imperfect action. We know what the steps that imperfect action would ask us to take, but we don’t feel worthy of taking them.”  “Love is unfolding for you in this moment” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ayandastood/support