Educate for Life

Hey! So, when Paul and I started our conversation for the last episode, I went on a bit of a tear about "Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance," which I cut from the final episode. I thought I'd release it as a bonus episode in case anyone actually cares about my hot take. X-D --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** website: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

For our third and final conversation in this series, Paul and I chat about decision making: - What if I have too many choices? - What if I'm wrong? - How can I have fun when I'm so overwhelmed? --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** website: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

Nick and I wrap-up our conversation about Existential Humanism, focusing on addressing anxiety. Highlights - fear of death as fuel for resilience vs hopelessness - techniques for being here and now - the power of choosing discomfort Links for Nick website: https://www.siliconvalleytcs.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/siliconvalleytcs --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** website: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

Nick and I continue our conversation about Existential Humanism, focusing on the Four Primary Concerns: - freedom/responsibility - death - isolation - meaninglessness Links for Nick website: https://www.siliconvalleytcs.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/siliconvalleytcs --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

In this series, I have the great pleasure of talking with Nick Sanchez, LMFT.  We dive deep fairly quickly in Part 1: - how existentialism is like music - the Four Primary Concerns/Anxieties - how humanism balances potential existential crises Links for Nick website: https://www.siliconvalleytcs.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/siliconvalleytcs --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

Aaaaaand, he's back! Paul Pietrocarlo and I go for Round 2, expanding on our previous conversation about transitions to discuss the traps we all fall into while attempting change. Highlights: - leveraging strengths and positivity - the fears of success, failure, and death - recognizing and changing our words (coaching, therapy, and journaling) --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

I wrap-up my conversation with Lumina Gershfield Cordova (aka Lumina Infinite). Highlights: - the freedom of tech-free family connection - the value of being present in discomfort - failing and having consequences are critical for child development Links for Lumina Website: https://www.luminainfinite.com "Be with Me" family mindfulness course: https://www.luminainfinite.com/bewithme 6-minute Kirtan Kriya meditation: https://www.luminainfinite.com/meditation Instagram: https://instagram.com/luminainfinite --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life Leave me a voice note: https://anchor.fm/educate4life

I continue my conversation with Lumina Gershfield Cordova (aka Lumina Infinite), highlighting how powerful "good enough" can be and how ineffective perfectionism is. Highlights: - conscious decisions are required to overcome self-judgment - long-term practice can lead to self-forgiveness - plan ahead for your emotions Links for Lumina Website: https://www.luminainfinite.com "Be with Me" family mindfulness course: https://www.luminainfinite.com/bewithme 6-minute Kirtan Kriya meditation: https://www.luminainfinite.com/meditation Instagram: https://instagram.com/luminainfinite --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life Leave me a voice note: https://anchor.fm/educate4life

For this series of episodes, I have Lumina Gershfield Cordova (aka Lumina Infinite) - kundalini yogini, teacher, parent, entrepreneur. We have a far reaching conversation about family mindfulness, starting with a conversation about how yoga and Montessori permeate Lumina's life. Highlights: - Kundalini yoga opening - Montessori is awesome ;-P - being available, and NOT available, can both be beneficial Links for Lumina Website: https://www.luminainfinite.com "Be with Me" family mindfulness course: https://www.luminainfinite.com/bewithme 6-minute Kirtan Kriya meditation: https://www.luminainfinite.com/meditation Instagram: https://instagram.com/luminainfinite --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life Leave me a voice note: https://anchor.fm/educate4life

Before I start the show, I want to say, "Hi, Jeff! Thanks for listening to the show!" My conversation with Paul about transitions concludes with some thoughts about blindspots and limitations. Highlights: - observing yourself and the world in micro and macro - judgment as a matrix of interpretations - why conviction matters --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life Leave me a voice note: https://anchor.fm/educate4life

This atypical series of episodes continues, with Paul and I chatting about the nature of transitions. Highlights: - defining transition - liminal experiences - delineating levels of consciousness/energy --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life Leave me a voice note: https://anchor.fm/educate4life

Wow, what an interview. In this atypical series of episodes, I chat with my friend Paul Pietrocarlo, a coach and entrepreneur (even if he doesn't like the title), about handling transitions in life. Our conversation veers across multiple topics, starting with how people respond to lacking control over situations in their lives. Highlights: - how people transition - the value of impermanence - how our frame impacts our emotions --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life Leave me a voice message! https://anchor.fm/educate4life

Brighid and I wrap-up our conversation about demystifying shamanism with a deep dive into the waters of consciousness and time. Highlights: - one shamanic way of looking at time - accessing alternate perspectives - my mind getting blown about my understanding of time - an exercise on changing our relationship with time Links for Brighid website: https://www.spiritworkshealingarts.com "Awaken Your Medicine" FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/awakenyourmedicine/ --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

As Brighid and I continue our conversation about demystifying shamanism, we discuss what is known in the Toltec practice as the "domestication of the planet." Highlights: - the role of the ego - the role of socialization - the core motivation of most humans - an exercise for realigning our egos Links for Brighid website: https://www.spiritworkshealingarts.com "Awaken Your Medicine" FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/awakenyourmedicine/ --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

In this series of episodes, I have the pleasure of talking with the incomparable Brighid Murphy. Aside from having the most Irish name of anyone I know, she is also a shamanic practitioner, Reiki master, and domestic violence counselor. In each episode, we'll break down a concept in shamanism and give a practical tool related to that concept. Prepare to be surprised by how shamanism can help you, even in our contemporary lives. Highlights: - our backgrounds with shamanism - defining shamanism - typical shamanic practices - a tool to increase bodily awareness Links for Brighid website: https://www.spiritworkshealingarts.com "Awaken Your Medicine" FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/awakenyourmedicine/ --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

In this wrap-up episode, Dina and I discuss how to design your life for personal success. Highlights: - how changing your mornings can change your life - how accepting your limits frees you up to do more - how self-care fuels positive change - the formula for successful action Mentioned in this episode series - "How to Handle Difficult Emotions" (my episode on Dina's podcast): https://www.dinacataldo.com/30 - "Eliminate this Phrase to Reduce Stress Today" (the "busy" episode): https://www.dinacataldo.com/40 - "Meditation for People who Can't Meditate": https://www.dinacataldo.com/37 Links for Dina Website: https://www.dinacataldo.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/dina.cataldo/ Freebies: https://www.dinacataldo.com/morningroadmap https://www.dinacataldo.com/accountabilityroadmap --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

In this episode, Dina and I discuss tools to help you build self-awareness. Highlights: - how consistency removes resistance - difficulty doesn't mean something is wrong - how failure is awesome - the power of journaling, coaching, and meditation Mentioned in this episode series - "How to Handle Difficult Emotions" (my episode on Dina's podcast): https://www.dinacataldo.com/30 - "Eliminate this Phrase to Reduce Stress Today" (the "busy" episode): https://www.dinacataldo.com/40 - "Meditation for People who Can't Meditate": https://www.dinacataldo.com/37 Links for Dina Website: https://www.dinacataldo.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/dina.cataldo/ Freebies: https://www.dinacataldo.com/morningroadmap https://www.dinacataldo.com/accountabilityroadmap --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

I am so excited to have Dina Cataldo on the podcast to talk about how to design your life. She has one of the most insane schedules, so getting an interview with her is a treat. We open this series of episodes talking about how hitting a wall can be your biggest blessing. Highlights: - embracing the discomfort of change over the discomfort of staying the same - Dina's journey to self-care - auto-pilot leads to more stress not less (lack of awareness) Mentioned in this episode series - "How to Handle Difficult Emotions" (my episode on Dina's podcast): https://www.dinacataldo.com/30 - "Eliminate this Phrase to Reduce Stress Today" (the "busy" episode): https://www.dinacataldo.com/40 - "Meditation for People who Can't Meditate": https://www.dinacataldo.com/37 Links for Dina Website: https://www.dinacataldo.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/dina.cataldo/ Freebies: https://www.dinacataldo.com/morningroadmap https://www.dinacataldo.com/accountabilityroadmap --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns so you can celebrate more wins. What do you want for your life? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

In this wrap-up episode, Danielle and I chat about self-worth. Highlights: - we all seek love, acceptance, and approval - boundaries improve self-worth - solid self-worth is the foundation of positive relationships Links for Danielle Website: https://daniellenapoliocox.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/d_napoliocox/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/daniellenapoliocox/ --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns and live a life you love. Who do you want to be? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life

In this episode, Danielle and I chat about how awareness is fundamental to self-development. Highlights: - emotional awareness is the key to everything - habits show us the emotions we are burying - you can manage your emotions without suppressing or denying them Links for Danielle Website: https://daniellenapoliocox.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/d_napoliocox/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/daniellenapoliocox/ --- Hi, my name is Ryan, and I'm a life coach. Through 1-on-1 and group coaching, an online course, and my podcast, I help parents, teachers, and other professional helpers like you break your painful patterns and celebrate more wins in just 5 minutes per day. Who do you want to be? ** Join the conversation! ** New Website!: https://www.educate4.life Instagram: https://instagram.com/educate4_life