Identity & Self-Acceptance Archives

Embody Love Movement is a non-profit whose mission is to empower girls and women to celebrate their inner beauty, commit to kindness, and contribute to meaningful change in the world. Dr. Melody Moore is doing incredible work and shares with us her own personal struggles with body image, her traumatic childhood, how yoga came into her life, and the importance of pausing and taking a deep breath. She even opens up deeply about her affair and the importance of learning how to forgive yourself. Dr. Moore is relatable and a wealth of knowledge and we feel so lucky to have her as a guest on DENtalks.

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Laurasia Mattingly

Lessons from a Mindful Millennial

January 14, 2020 Episode # 98 01:17:01

This week we sit down with one of our very own DEN teachers, Laurasia Mattingly. She shares with us how the loss of her mother unconsciously lead her down a path of reckless behavior and self numbing and how discovering meditation and mindfulness brought awareness to what she was doing so she could begin the healing process. If you’re looking for ideas on how to manifest and practice gratitude in the midst of personal struggles, or even just hear more insight from one of your favorite DEN instructors, then this is a great episode for you!

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Erin Claire Jones

Human Design: Roadmap of Your Life

January 7, 2020 Episode # 97 01:00:52

Human Design Guide, Erin Claire Jones, takes us on a deep dive into Human Design – understanding your wiring or operating system and how you make decisions. We will dive into all this and more as Erin walks us through the 5 Human Design types – Generator, Manifesting Generator, Manifestors, Projectors, and Reflectors, how she uses Human Design in a business setting, how to build a team using Human Design, the diverse characteristics of each type, how the different types can work together, and how you can use the information provided by your Human Design type to help you navigate life.

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Jill Willard

The Missing Link to Success is Intuition

December 13, 2019 Episode # 93 02:03:41

Psychic, intuitive, medium, meditation leader and author of Intuitive Being, Jill Willard, covers a lot of ground on topics such as past lives, parenting, patriarchy, chakras, intuition and energy centers. Jill offers many practical tips on how we can all tap into our own intuition and strengthen our energy centers. She even dishes on how people like Martin Luther King Jr, Michael Jackson, and JFK have come through to her in readings – but her stories may not be what you’d expect. This episode is full of surprises and will leave you questioning a lot, in the best way possible.

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Jedidiah Jenkins

14,000 Mile Journey Within

December 5, 2019 Episode # 92 01:30:58

Travel writer, public speaker, and the author of “To Shake The Sleeping Self, Jedidah Jenkins, digs into his 14,000 mile cycling trip from Oregon to Patagonia and the surprising (or not so surprising) lessons that came out of this brave adventure. This episode has so many incredible takeaways, but one of the biggest lessons Jedidah shares is how a journey like the one he took, really do work in impacting and changing your life forever. It may not be on your expected timeline, but the journey is always working within you.

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Shannon Algeo

Gratitude

December 2, 2019 Episode # 91 00:59:48

Life coach, motivational speaker, and yoga/meditation teacher, Shannon Algeo, talks to us about using gratitude as both a spiritual and mental health practice. He shares daily rituals you can use to implement gratitude and shows us how these rituals can cause a shift in perspective that can empower you. We also talk about how gratitude can connect us back to our spiritual practice by coming from a place of understanding that everything is happening the way it needs to for you to learn and become your highest self.

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Natalia Benson

Modern Mystic Magic

November 22, 2019 Episode # 90 01:36:35

Modern Mystic, Astrologer, Wellness Influencer & Women’s Empowerment Coach, Natalia Benson, takes us through her journey from struggling with drug addiction in her twenties to finally tapping into her power in her thirties. She encourages all women to honor their feminine energy and their inner wisdom. We decode horoscopes, discuss real relationship lessons, the magic of kundalini, how to manifest, and the importance of surrounding yourself with badass women who support you. Natalia is a beacon of light!

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Lisa Schwartz

Lisa’s Thirty Life Crisis

November 15, 2019 Episode # 89 01:13:32

For anyone struggling with anxiety, depression, or OCD – this episode is proof that you are not alone. Youtuber and author of Thirty Life Crisis, Lisa Schwartz aka Lisbug, is very vulnerable with us as she dives into her experience with anxiety and OCD, healing childhood wounds, the key role relationships played in her finally getting help, how finding a therapist is like dating, and the many ways she’s learned to deal with her anxiety including using a mantra! She even shares advice on how to support someone who is suffering with anxiety, OCD, or depression.

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Shaman Durek

DENtalks LIVE: Spirit Hacking Book Launch

November 8, 2019 Episode # 88 01:50:56

Shaman Durek joins DENtalks LIVE to celebrate his Spirit Hacking Book Launch! He shares with us some very specific, insightful ideas as to how we can create change in people and communities around us by setting up a space for love and growth. The underlying theme throughout our conversation is seeing things through the lens of love instead of fear. This talk will especially resonate for those looking to get out of a victim mentality and create positive change in both their own lives and the lives of others.

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Ben Decker

From Mormonism to Meditation

October 30, 2019 Episode # 87 01:09:27

We are so excited to welcome our friend, Benjamin Decker, a founding teacher at DEN Meditation, author of Practical Meditation for Beginners, and leader of our Learn to Meditate online workshop at DENanywhere.com. In this episode, you will learn how he’s become the man he is today – from growing up in a Mormon household where he is a direct descendant of Joseph Smith, the beliefs from Mormonism that he still holds to be true today, the mystical side of Mormonism, how he believes sexuality is a preference, the importance of a committed meditation practice, and how intuition is the key to everything in life.