The Journey by Brandon Bays: Emotional & Physical Self-Healing Explained
Have you heard of the book The Journey by Brandon Bays? In this episode, I share my review and summary of the book, which I believe it’s a powerful tool for emotional and physical healing.
I give my honest rating, explain the key takeaways, and walk you through the two core techniques in the book:
- The Emotional Journey – a guided process to help you release stored emotional pain
- The Physical Journey – for connecting with the body and uncovering the emotional roots of illness.
At the end of this episode, I share how I personally used this self-healing method and the impact it had on me. If you’re interested in learning a self-healing technique, this video is for you!
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The Journey by Brandon Bays is a book that teaches you a self-healing technique that you can follow. Today, I’m going to share with you how to do it, and I will also do a review of the book. Welcome to a new episode of Inner Wisdom Life Guidance. Today, we’re going to be talking about The Journey by Brandon Bays.
First, a disclaimer: This is not medical advice. This is not mental health advice. If you have any issue, please talk to your respective professional. What we’re going to share is just a summary of the book and how you can use the self-technique to help you. This is a complement to any other practice that you might be following right now.
As I like to start when I talk about a book, I first explain why I recommend it. This year, we started reading *Many Lives, Many Masters*, and in that book, we learn about life, the purpose of life, why we’re here, and so on. Then, we read *The Four Agreements*, and in *The Four Agreements*, we learn how to live life and what some key techniques and practices are that you can adopt to help you better cope with life. Now, *The Journey* is a book that teaches you how to heal. If, as part of your life, you have experienced any emotional or physical issues, *The Journey* is a great tool to help you heal. That’s why I recommend this book.
I read it in 2009, and it’s one of the best books I have read about self-healing. I will give the book a rating of four stars. Usually, I give five stars to all the books I recommend, but I’ll explain why four stars. First, I think the technique is excellent. It’s easy to use if you simplify it, which I’m going to explain a little bit about. I think it’s very straightforward, and I think it’s effective. I use it, and I’ll also explain later how I use it. I also like that it’s a great story in some ways.
With that said, I feel this time that I read the book—probably the third time I read it—I feel that perhaps it could be a little bit marketing-focused because she has this workshop that she offers. As you read the book, it feels like she’s trying to advertise her workshop. There’s nothing wrong with that, but the book feels a little bit marketing-focused in that aspect.
The other thing that happens with this book, depending on what you like to read and how you’re going to take it, is that some specific things she shares might feel too dramatic. There are all these things that she has to face, and maybe it’s a little bit dramatic. I have recommended this book to many people, and I have a friend who read it and felt that the author was perhaps a little bit arrogant. I don’t feel that way, but I also think that you might take it the wrong way if you have certain insecurities as you read the book. Brandon Bays went through a lot of things, was able to cope with them, and got over them, and yeah, it’s remarkable. But if you feel that you have been struggling with things and then you compare yourself with her, you might feel a little bit weird about it. Anyway, I don’t think it’s a big deal. It’s a book that I still recommend everyone should read.
One more thing about my rating of four stars: Her story is a little bit reckless, I think, at the very beginning when she explains what happened to her. I think that’s a bit dangerous because someone can take this book and, again, take it in the wrong way and not go to the doctor or not address a health issue that they have. I feel that’s just a little bit strange. She clarifies that toward the end of the book, but that’s something else that perhaps I feel she could have done a little bit more effort on as she was telling her story, reminding people that that was her journey, her experience, and everyone should really decide what’s best for them. So, that’s just one little detail there.
As I mentioned, I have used this book before, and actually, in 2009, that’s the first time I read it, and I was able to heal something that was happening with me, specifically emotionally. I’ll explain at the end of the video what that was and if it worked or not. Well, it worked—I already tell you that I used it, I read it, and obviously, I wouldn’t be recommending it if it didn’t work. But I’ll explain at the end of the video what that was about.
Now, let’s talk about a summary of the book. What happened to Brandon Bays? Basically, she was working as part of this holistic health type of vibe, and she started having a belly that she was not able to explain because she was healthy, eating fine, and didn’t want to go to the doctor. Eventually, when her belly looked like she was five months pregnant, she decides to go to the doctor, and they find a tumor the size of a basketball. Of course, after—I don’t know for how long she was delaying this—but yeah, after several months of not doing anything, now you have this huge tumor. The doctor explains to her that this is extremely urgent, and she needs to get surgery, but she doesn’t want to. She wants to try and see if she can holistically heal the tumor.
This is where I feel the reckless part comes in. She, of course, can decide to do whatever she wants, but when you have such a big tumor, and you didn’t do anything for several months, and the doctor is telling you you’re going to die if you don’t do something, and she decides to try and heal it by herself, I feel that’s a bit reckless. In the end, it worked out, which is what I’m going to explain how she did it, but I just find that to be a little bit reckless—waiting too long and then, when they tell you that you have something that’s extremely urgent, you’re like, “No, wait a second, but I’m going to try something holistic to heal.” Of course, you should have a limit, which is what she did. She had a window—I can’t remember how many days—to stop some internal bleeding that she was already having and also to try and reduce the size of the tumor.
Well, off she goes. She starts doing all these things, and something that I find fascinating in her story is how she’s guided. There are all these things that she starts doing and experimenting with, and there is this synchronicity in her life to meet the right people that give her the right support and the right tools to be able to heal herself. So, she does a journey with a friend. That was the first journey experience that she had, where she’s able to dive into the tumor and try to understand what’s going on: Why do I have you? Why do I have a tumor? Then, she has these memories of events that she experienced, and she links those events with emotions that were stored in the tumor. When she’s able to release those emotions and forgive people related to that experience, the tumor starts to shrink.
She goes back to the doctor, and the doctor says, “Okay, yeah, you’re doing something. I don’t know what is working, but now instead of a basketball, it’s the size of, I don’t know, like a softball, let’s say, or a baseball, or a grapefruit, I think is actually the example that they use.” Still, she’s like, “Well, I still want to try it on my own.” Then, there’s this clash between the doctor and her, where the doctor keeps pushing for surgery: “You need to do something; you can’t just be doing this holistic stuff; you have to get real.” At this point, she realizes that the doctor is never going to support her on this holistic journey, and she decides to walk away, continue doing her thing, just waiting because she already did a healing process through the journey.
Then, she goes to a different doctor, and they do a full scan, and she has nothing. After six weeks, her tumor fully disappeared. She had nothing. That’s amazing. After that, she decided to start doing this journey workshop to help other people realize that you can heal yourself.
Toward the second half and the end of the book, she shares the stories of many different people who have done the journey, what their experiences were like, what they were suffering from, how they healed, and so on. I think there are very good examples that she has that can basically illustrate that almost anything or everything can be healed as long as there is an emotional link to whatever it is that you have. She mentions Deepak Chopra as someone who researched a lot on healing at a cellular level, and that was actually her inspiration to try and see if she could somehow get deep into her body and her cells and try to figure out what was going on.
That’s a theory: You can be physically ill, or you can have a specific issue in your body because you did something. Let’s say you broke your arm—there’s nothing spiritual there; maybe you just fell, tripped, and broke your arm. But something like a tumor, what she explains is that’s the result of memories and emotions that you stored in your cells, in your body somewhere, and you never dealt with them, and then they grew to become a tumor. That’s the emotional aspect of illness: It’s something that happened to you that you didn’t resolve, and you stored it somewhere in your body, and then, eventually, it becomes a problem, an illness, or an issue in your health.
She also shares things that happened to her that triggered all these emotions toward the end of the book. I’m not going to go through them because I don’t want to spoil them, especially if you’re going to read the book. But then, she explains the power of doing an emotional journey, a journey focused on emotions, and how she was able to heal. Again, yes, emotionally, there’s nothing physical at this point; it’s more about trying to deal with what’s happening right away. There is a very good teaching on self-worth and self-love, and she does an excellent job explaining in the book what she believed was important to her and then what she realized at the end was actually important—what was the truth.
Now, let’s talk about the journey. There are two types of journeys: emotional journey and physical journey. The emotional journey is going to focus on an emotional issue that you have. Let’s say you are constantly angry; you get angry very easily. This is the process, and I’m going to do a simplification of what the actual journey is. If you want to fully learn it, read the book and get the book. There are all these steps and processes that you can follow. Even though I believe it’s very effective, I think it might be a little bit complicated. So, I’m going to share with you the simplified version, and instead of calling it the journey, we’re going to call it the adventure. It’s going to be a short adventure.
Here’s the process: You have this emotional issue, so you’re always angry. You get angry very easily. What you’re going to do is sit down and try to get to a state of meditation. You’re going to relax, be in a quiet place where there are no interruptions, and focus on the emotion that you have a problem with—in this case, anger. What you’re going to do is think about something that makes you angry, and when you feel the emotion, you have to locate it in your body. Where do you feel the anger? Once you locate that, you are going to fully experience the anger. That’s the purpose of the exercise: to fully feel the emotion, where it is in your body, and what it is that you feel. This is an exercise of awareness.
You’re going to be deep in the emotion for, let’s say, 30 seconds. After that, you’re going to try and think about what’s beneath anger. When you ask yourself that, another emotion is going to come up. You’re going to do the same thing: Where in your body do you feel it? You’re going to experience it for 30 seconds or so, maybe 45 seconds. Then, you’re going to ask for another emotion underneath it, and you’re going to keep doing that until you get to a point that she calls the source. This source is basically your true self, your inner wisdom, your higher self, the universe, God—however you want to call it. It’s this sensation of vastness: You are everything, and everything is you.
When you go through these emotions, the last thing that’s going to be left is your pure self, this core, this source, as I said. When you do that, you’re going to have this experience of freedom. In a certain way, you’re going to have access to something that’s going to help you heal. After you reach the source—and something that I forgot to mention—when you’re doing the exercise of the different emotions, you’re going to try and see if there is a link to an event that happened to you. So, again, using anger as the example: You feel angry—when did you feel angry for the first time, or what’s the source of this anger that you have in your life? You’re going to ask that to yourself, and you are going to see something that happened and people involved in that event. It’s important to keep track of this as you go through the different layers and then reach the source.
After you reach the source, what you’re going to do with this new tool that you have is a campfire exercise, where basically you’re going to try and sit down with the people who were involved in the event that triggered this issue or the root cause of this issue. You’re going to bring your younger version of yourself, and you’re going to have this open conversation between all the parties. But it’s a conversation that’s going to happen at a higher level, where there’s higher wisdom working. It’s not just an emotional discussion where you’re blaming someone. It’s compassion, wisdom, and understanding that’s going to work here so that you can properly understand at a higher level what happened, why it happened, what they did to you, whatever they did, and so on. Then, it’s going to end with forgiveness. You’re going to forgive the people who did this to you, and it has to be authentic forgiveness. It can’t be something superficial. You truly have to forgive the person who did something to you.
The difference here is that when you do this exercise, you are going to be able to understand what was going on and why the person did the things that they did. Many times, we take things personally, and I highly recommend you go and watch the video of *The Four Agreements*. You’re taking something personally, and in reality, what the person is doing or did to you has nothing to do with you; it’s with them. There’s something in them—whatever happened to them, there’s a root cause as well that is making them behave and do the things that they did to you. There’s a reason. When you understand that and accept that, you’re in a position where it’s easier for you to forgive and let go.
Now, let’s talk about the physical journey. This is going to be a little bit easier than the emotional journey, and the recommendation is for you to experience the emotional journey before you do the physical journey. In the physical journey, you already have experienced the source; you know what the source is, and you know how it feels. For the physical journey, you’re going to first get into this state of relaxation and meditation. You’re going to try to call back that feeling of being in touch with your source, with your core, with your inner wisdom.
Once you do that, you’re going to focus on the physical issue that you have—let’s say a tumor, like in Brandon’s example. You’re going to dive into the tumor and try to see what events and emotions are linked to that tumor. You might see something that happened to you when you were younger and people related to that event that took place. Once you realize that, you’re going to do the campfire exercise that we talked about. It doesn’t have to be that complicated; it can just be as basic as visualizing yourself with these people and asking them, “Why did you do this to me? I felt in this way; it was very difficult. Now I have these problems. I want to understand why you did this to me.” Then, you’re going to let them speak to you about the reasons behind what they did.
Again, just like in the emotional journey, these conversations are at a higher level, with compassion, kindness, tolerance, and understanding. You listen to them and what they have to say. They have to explain to you why that happened. You have to forgive them—that’s the key in the end, forgiveness. Once that’s done, you come back from this deep state that you are in, and that’s the end of the physical journey.
Both the emotional and physical journeys start with awareness and end with forgiveness. You’re aware of what you feel and what emotions you have. You go through the whole process, and then you end the process by forgiving the people related to that problem, challenge, event that happened, or the thing that is making you feel the way that you feel.
To wrap up the episode, how did I use the journey? I used the journey to fix my fear of public speaking. I’ll explain all in a future video because it’s going to be a very interesting story for me to share with you. For today, I just want to thank you for watching. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments below. Remember that you can book a one-on-one appointment with me at iwlifeguidance.com, and we will see you in the next episode. Bye for now.
Weight Control: The Mind Approach
Are you tired of trying diet after diet and still struggling to lose weight? Maybe the real solution isn’t just about what you’re eating — it’s about why you’re eating. 🧠🍴
In this episode, I dive deep into the mindset behind weight control (rather than just weight loss) and explore how emotional triggers and trauma shape the way you eat.
We’ll cover:
1. Understanding why you eat matters more than what you eat
2. The connection between trauma, emotions, and food choices
3. How to recognize signs of using food as a coping mechanism
4. How meditation can help you build awareness and self-control
5. A practical three-step framework for lasting change: Understand / Accept / Take Action
If you’re looking for a different and effective approach to weight control and emotional wellness, this episode is for you!
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If you have tried different diets and talked to multiple nutritionists, and you still struggle with losing weight, today I’m going to share a different approach that’s more focused on weight control rather than weight loss.
Hello friends, welcome to a new episode of Inner Wisdom Life Guidance. Today, I’m going to be talking about weight control. Before we start, a disclaimer: please remember that this is not nutritional advice or mental health advice. If you need help, please talk to a professional. What I’m sharing with you is my opinion and my knowledge, and it is you who decides what you want to do.
As I described in the intro, I often see this case with friends, relatives, coworkers, and clients who are trying to lose weight and struggle to do so. They have tried all these diets, searching for a magical diet that’s going to help them. They have talked to multiple nutritionists, but they still are not able to achieve consistent results when it comes to weight loss. This is very common, and I think many people struggle with it. Part of my intention for today’s episode is to look at it from a different perspective.
When you look at a diet, you’re trying to study or understand what you eat and how often you’re eating it. But a diet focuses on what? Instead of that, my approach today is to ask yourself: why do you eat what you eat? What is going on? If you have tried all these diets, it’s likely not the diet itself that’s the root cause of the challenge you’re facing. It’s why you are eating the way you’re eating. In other words, what’s the relationship you have with your food?
As I mentioned in previous episodes, we have talked about beliefs. I have said that what you believe is important, but rather than understanding what you believe in, it is more important to understand why you believe in the things you believe. With diet and food, I think it’s the same. It’s important to know what you eat, but it’s more important to understand why you eat the food you eat and why you perhaps lack self-control when it comes to certain foods. That’s the approach I believe will give you an answer that will finally help you gain back control over your weight.
### Understanding Your Relationship with Food
Besides understanding why you’re eating what you’re eating, it’s good to see when. When I say when, what exactly is happening that triggers you to grab something you really want to eat? What are the conditions or situations driving you to eat something specific? How do you feel when you’re about to do that? This is the analysis you have to do to understand your relationship with food.
When you go down this path, I believe there are two core findings or cases you’ll encounter:
1. **Bad Habits**: You have bad eating habits that you learned from someone else. If this is the case, the solution is easier because you just need to focus on discipline to replace your bad eating habits with good ones.
2. **Trauma or Emotional Coping**: This is more complicated and involves things that happened in your life that were traumatic—events that left an imprint in your mind and are still not properly addressed. As a result, you’re emotionally trying to cope with these issues through food. Food becomes your coping mechanism, not a solution, to address these unresolved issues within you.
### Do You Have a Food Addiction?
Let me ask you something: do you believe you have a food addiction? This is a possibility, and many people suffer from it. When we talk about addiction, people often think of extremes, like someone with a drug addiction who is homeless and injecting themselves. That’s an extreme case, of course. But when we talk about addiction, specifically with food, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re at that extreme. Some people are, but perhaps you have a mild addiction where you’re constantly eating something to feel good, to “kill the pain” or calm the suffering you feel in your life. If you’re eating in a certain way to cope with these feelings, then you do have an addiction, and that’s something you may want to address.
### An Example of Lack of Self-Control
Before I share a few techniques you can follow to understand what’s going on, let me give you an example. A few years ago, I had a coworker who was following a diet. We went into the cafeteria, and there was leftover pizza. When she saw and smelled the pizza, she ran, opened the box, grabbed a slice, and took a bite. As she was chewing, she looked at me and said, “Oh my god, why am I doing this? I can’t be eating this.” Then she put the pizza down, grabbed her food, and ran away. This is a good example of a lack of self-control when exposed to certain foods you really like or use to cope with something happening inside you. The purpose of this example is not to judge but to provide context for a situation you might face when exposed to a food you crave or rely on emotionally.
### Focus on the Mind
The approach I’m sharing today focuses on your mind. Remember, the mind is everything. Potentially, the reason you’ve tried all these diets and worked with nutritionists and still can’t control or lose weight is because you first need to address what’s happening in your mind. The root cause of your inability to control your weight is in your mind. Of course, you’re eating certain things, but why you’re eating those things is what you need to address. This means that instead of working with a nutritionist, you may first need to work with a psychologist to understand if you have trauma in your life, what impact those events had, and how they’re affecting your eating habits and relationship with food today.
### Techniques to Understand Your Relationship with Food
How can you find out if you fall into this category where there’s something in your mind you need to address? Here are a few techniques:
1. **Ask Yourself**: If you’re able to reflect and realize, “Yes, I have an eating disorder, an addiction to certain foods, or a traumatic event from my youth that makes me feel sad, and that’s why I eat in a specific way,” you can determine if this applies to you.
2. **Be Aware**: Be aware of what you’re eating, when you’re eating it, and why. What is the trigger driving you to eat whatever it is you want to eat?
3. **Keep a Journal**: In combination with asking yourself and being aware, use a journal. I recommend journaling what you ate, when you ate it, and how you were feeling before eating. Is there something you’re feeling or experiencing that’s driving you to grab a specific food? How do you feel while eating it? How do you feel after? Later, perhaps you felt good right after eating, but an hour later, do you feel the same or worse than before you ate? Journaling these details will help you identify patterns, such as a specific emotion you need to address. For example, you might be sad and want to feel happy, so you eat something high in sugar. Recognizing this pattern allows you to take action.
4. **Work with a Psychologist**: As mentioned, you can explain that you believe you have or want to understand if you have trauma impacting your eating habits and relationship with food today.
5. **Work with a Mental Health Professional**: This is another option to explore these issues.
6. **Meditate**: If you guessed I was going to say this, good for you! As I’ve explained multiple times in my videos, meditation is the best way to develop awareness, which was the second technique I mentioned. Meditation also helps develop self-control. I’ll drop a link below to my video on how to meditate.
7. **Try the Journey**: I’m currently reading a book called *The Journey* by Brandon Bays, which I mentioned in one of my shorts. It’s a self-healing technique. In the next episode, I’ll review the book and explain how *The Journey* works. I first read it in 2009 and did a journey, and it’s something you can do to identify unresolved issues in your mind that may be affecting your eating habits and dependency on food.
### Three Phases to Address Weight Control
To wrap up the episode, I want to mention three steps or phases you’ll go through when doing this type of analysis:
1. **Understand**: You need to understand if you have a food dependency or eating disorders based on something that happened to you when you were younger.
2. **Accept**: Once you understand and identify, “Yes, I eat this way, and I lack self-control,” you need to accept that you have an issue, potentially a mental health challenge, that needs to be addressed. If you understand but don’t accept it, you won’t move forward or be able to change.
3. **Take Action**: Once you understand, accept, and decide to take action, you’ll start transforming your life. You’ll begin addressing the challenges with how you eat and any imprints in your mind that need work. As part of this phase, you can start working on your diet, but first, you must address any mental health challenges. Once you do, you’ll transform your life, change your relationship with food, better cope with life, and take control back. When you do that, you’ll finally be in control of your weight.
Rather than focusing on losing weight, you’ll learn how to control it. That, my friends, is the end of today’s episode. If you found this episode helpful, please let me know in the comments below. If you have any questions regarding what I explained, let me know in the comments. If you want a one-on-one session with me, you can book it at IWLifeGuidance.com. I’d be more than happy to help you with this topic. We can have a free 20-minute discovery call where you explain the issues you’re facing, and I can tell you if I can help you or not, and you can decide if you want to work with me. Also, let me know if there are any specific topics you want me to cover in a future video.
With that, I’ll see you in the next episode. Bye for now.
Ditch Resolutions - How to Set Goals Easily
Are you tired of setting goals only to lose motivation a few weeks later?
In this episode, I share practical tips to help you set goals in an easy and effective way that actually works! ✨
I dive into why most New Year’s resolutions fail, the power of simpler, change-based goals, the importance of discipline and consistent action, building resilience, and doing what’s best for you. 🙌
If you want to get better at setting and achieving goals, this episode is for you. 💪
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At the time of this recording, we are in April of 2025. Did you have any New Year’s resolutions? If yes, how are they going? Do you find it challenging to set goals? Today, we’re going to talk about how to set goals in an effective and practical way.
Hello, everyone! Welcome to a new episode of Inner Wisdom Life Guidance. Today, we’re going to talk about how to set goals in an easy, practical way. This is the Costa Rica edition episode. I’m recording from the beautiful Playa Flamingo in Guanacaste—an amazing place. If you ever visit Costa Rica, this is one of the top beaches you can come to.
### Getting Started: Setting Goals
Let’s dive into the topic for today: setting goals. First, let’s look at New Year’s resolutions. It’s very interesting to see how many people fail at their New Year’s resolutions, right? I want to start by discussing why this happens. I’m going to use a very simple and popular example of a New Year’s resolution: working out, going to the gym.
It’s the end of the year, the beginning of the new year, and you have a fresh slate, a clean start. You want to start working out, so you commit to going to the gym. Funny enough, if you look at the stats, around 50% of people who join the gym in January only last two weeks. Then, roughly 20% make it until October or so. Overall, it seems that 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail. The question is: why does this happen?
### Why Do New Year’s Resolutions Fail?
One of the main reasons people fail at their New Year’s resolutions is that the goal might be too challenging. For example, going to the gym three or four times per week might be too much for you. When you try to tackle such a goal, you’re likely to fail because it’s not realistic. Another example: we have friends who wanted to start a plant-based diet and decided to do it overnight. They lasted two weeks. This two-week pattern is interesting—it’s a goal that’s too challenging. So, think about whether you have goals or New Year’s resolutions that are too challenging for you. Only you can assess this.
The second reason people fail at New Year’s resolutions or goals in general is that they lack discipline. Discipline is fundamental to accomplishing anything. You might have motivation, but without discipline, you’re not going to get anywhere. Let me give you an example from my own life. I work out three days per week, and I just have to go to the basement downstairs for my workout. I’ve been working out for over 20 years. Honestly, I rarely feel motivated—maybe 1% of the time. Probably 99% of the time, I feel lazy and don’t want to do it, but I do it anyway. Why? Because I’ve developed discipline, and I force myself to go. After about five minutes into my workout, I feel great. I’m happy I did it, and when I’m done, I feel accomplished. So, I don’t have the motivation to work out, but I have the discipline to do it. Keep this in mind: discipline over motivation. Develop your discipline, and you’ll be able to accomplish your goals.
### Defining Goals Differently
Another interesting aspect of setting goals is that people usually define goals based on actions—doing something. Going back to the gym example: “I’m going to go to the gym four times per week.” Instead of doing that, you’re better off defining goals based on a change you want in your life. For instance, instead of saying, “I’m going to go to the gym X days per week,” what if you define a goal like, “I want to be healthier” or “I want to be stronger”? Then, you start defining smaller actions to reach this overall goal. This makes the goal less challenging because you know exactly what you want to accomplish in a more general sense. By having the mindset of something you want to become—stronger, healthier—you can identify changes and habits to adopt in your life and start implementing them. This will be easier than tackling a goal where you have to do something multiple times a week.
### Taking Constant and Frequent Actions
Another key practice when setting goals is taking constant and frequent actions. This is part of discipline, but basically, you’re taking baby steps rather than defining a major activity. When you break down the “becoming” goal we’re talking about into small, constant actions, it makes a big difference because it doesn’t feel as challenging. These baby steps have to be frequent and consistent—you can’t do something once a week and then stop. Small actions give you a sense of accomplishment because you did something, and you should celebrate that. It doesn’t matter if it wasn’t a huge action—it’s the fact that you’re doing things consistently, little by little.
A great example is meditation. You know I’m a believer in meditation—I sound like a broken record, talking about it in almost every episode of this channel. Meditation requires daily practice, even if just a little bit. This constant, frequent action—this discipline of practicing meditation daily—helps you achieve great results in transforming how you look at life and address challenges. Sitting down for 10 minutes every day, at least once per day, is a baby step. It doesn’t matter if your meditation wasn’t great—that’s normal. But you did it, you practiced, and the more you practice, the better you get.
### Don’t Give Up
One other thing to keep in mind as you work toward your goals is to not give up. If you fall, get up and keep going. Even if you set goals that aren’t too challenging, you should still push yourself. Unexpected things will happen that make achieving your goal more difficult. Don’t give up. If you were trying to do something three days a week and only did it twice, that’s okay. Next week, try for three. Don’t stop—keep going. This constant, frequent progression will help you reach the top of the mountain. Be resilient, keep trying, and don’t give up.
### Final Thoughts
To wrap up today’s episode, here are some key points to remember:
1. **Set Realistic Goals**: Don’t set goals that are too challenging, as they can lead to frustration and giving up. Ensure your goal is something you can actually achieve. Avoid goals that are too broad or huge—go step by step with baby steps.
2. **Focus on Becoming**: Base your goals on an overall change you want in your life, rather than action-oriented habits you have to do daily. For example, “I want to be healthier.” Then, define small actions to work toward that, like starting to work out, how often, when, and what kind of workout—step by step.
3. **Develop Discipline**: Motivation is great, but discipline is key. My example: I don’t have much motivation to work out, but I’ve been doing it for over 20 years because of discipline.
4. **Do What Feels Right for You**: Don’t copy someone else’s goals or actions. Everyone is different, and you need to define your own path. Challenge yourself, but make it your own journey. Use others as role models or references, but don’t try to copy them. Define your own plans, goals, and actions.
With that, my friends, we’re going to finish for today. Thanks so much for watching! If you have any questions about setting goals or want to share your New Year’s resolutions, you can do so in the comments below. If you want a one-on-one session with me, you can book it at IWLifeGuidance.com. Remember to like, subscribe, and I’ll see you in the next episode. Thank you! Bye for now.
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz | My Review and How This Book Can Transform Your Life
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz is one of the most impactful books on personal growth and awareness. In this episode, I share my review, explain why I highly recommend it, and how it connects to the sequence of books that have read so far this year.
I break down each of the Four Agreements, share my thoughts on their deeper meaning, and highlight the importance of awareness. I also discuss how mindfulness practices like meditation can help develop the awareness needed to integrate these teachings.
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In today’s episode, we’re going to be talking about *The Four Agreements* by Don Miguel Ruiz. Welcome to a new episode of Inner Wisdom Life Guidance! Today, I’m going to be doing a review of *The Four Agreements* by Don Miguel Ruiz, which is the book that we have been reading this month. It’s, I’ll say, an amazing book. Before I dive into it and the key concepts that it covers, I’ll first discuss why I decided to read this book.
The first book that we read was *Many Lives, Many Masters* by Dr. Brian Weiss. That book covers concepts on spirituality, explaining why we are here in this world, what happens when we die, and so forth. It’s very spiritual, perhaps written from a more cosmic level, if that makes sense—a higher point of view of our lives, the universe, and whatnot. This book, on the other hand, is also spiritual but, I’ll say, more practical. It shows practices you can follow to live a better life. So, the first book is about spirituality and understanding why we’re here; this second book is about how to live our life. That’s why I recommended this book as the second book to read in the sequence that we’re going to follow throughout the year.
The sequence I’m sharing with you is, I think, a good way to help you grow in your life, whether you think about spirituality or just want more knowledge on how to live your life. That’s the intention, and that’s what we’re doing right now by reading this book. I will give it five stars out of five. I think it’s just phenomenal—the level of wisdom and the amount of knowledge in such a small book is just amazing. The concepts are so easy to understand. Don Miguel Ruiz does an excellent job explaining these key concepts and best practices that you can follow. There are only four agreements, which we’re going to talk about in a minute. It’s super easy to read, very small—the book is only, what, like 110 or 120 pages? Yeah, it’s very easy to read.
That said, I would recommend that you read this at a slow pace. That’s why we were doing one agreement per week because of all the knowledge and information it contains. I thought it was going to be easy to take slowly. The first chapter of the book covers the domestication of humans. Basically, what Don Miguel Ruiz is explaining is that when we come into this world, there is this “dream of the planet” that we become part of. This dream of the planet is a belief system based on lies and fear. This is what everyone believes in—what our parents believed in, our relatives, our friends—and what they believe in is what they teach us. We learn to accept all these fear-based beliefs, and this becomes our “book of law.”
Now, the dream of the planet becomes our dream, where we live our lives ruled by this book of law, these principles, these beliefs that we agreed to accept. Keep in mind, when we come into this world, when we are born, we are innocent. We don’t know anything, so we learn based on what people explain to us. When that happens, we naturally accept these beliefs, agree to them, and start writing our book of law that contains all these beliefs that, in reality, are lies. Now you’re living your life, dreaming the dream of the planet, which is more like a nightmare instead of a nice dream. Why a nightmare? Because the dream of the planet, he explains, is like hell—a dream where there is suffering, pain, and judgment.
He closes the introduction by explaining that we can stop being part of this dream of the planet and create our own dream. The way we do this is by replacing these agreements, these beliefs that we have, and creating new agreements—basically, getting rid of fear-based agreements and creating new love-based agreements.
### The First Agreement: Be Impeccable with Your Word
Here, I’m going to explain a few things that I believe are extremely important for you to understand. What the author explains is that this is the most important agreement. With our word, we create, but we can also destroy. What we say and what we think will become our reality and impact the reality of other people. An analogy to better understand this is that every cell in our body, every atom that we have, is listening to what you’re saying and thinking.
What’s important to understand about this agreement is that being impeccable with your word is not only about what you speak but also what you think. The first thing you should be aware of is what you say and think about yourself. This is so important because that’s what’s going to start changing how you feel about yourself. You should use the word—remember, when we say “word,” it’s what you say and think—to express love for yourself, be kind to yourself, and accept who you are: your strengths, your weaknesses, the things you need to work on, the things you still need to improve, your body. You love yourself and talk and think about yourself in a kind and loving way. That will transform your reality right away. This is why this first agreement is the most important of the four agreements.
The second step, I will say, is to remember that what you say to others matters. The author explains that you can cast a spell or put a spell on someone else. You can say something hurtful, and that person might start believing what you said. That’s why, when we are young and learning all these beliefs and agreeing to accept them, it’s so critical to be surrounded by good people and have good teachers in your life. If they say something and you agree to accept it, it becomes part of your book of law, and you start living your life ruled by this new belief. So, when you say something to someone, you could be saying something that they might start believing, and it becomes an agreement in their book of law. That’s why it is so important to be mindful and aware of what you’re saying to other people. You should use the word to create, to help others, to love not only yourself but others as well.
One last thought on this first agreement: there’s a quote from Buddha that says, “What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” That’s the power of the word.
### The Second Agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally
This agreement is also very important, and many people are not aware of it. Don Miguel Ruiz says don’t take anything personally, whether something said to you is negative or positive—it doesn’t matter. Do not take it personally. What he’s trying to explain is that you should know yourself, understand who you are, and what kind of person you are. If someone tells you something negative, like, “Hey, you’re dumb,” for example, you should know that you’re not. If they’re saying something that is not true, it doesn’t matter—it’s not true. You know that you’re very smart. Likewise, if someone comes to you and says, “Hey, you’re so smart,” you say, “Yes, I know that, right?” So, it doesn’t matter that they’re telling you; you’re aware of it, and you don’t take it personally.
What happens today in society—and this has been happening for many years, but it’s very obvious now—is that we have these battles of ideologies, and everyone has their own beliefs. The book also explains that you protect your beliefs, even if they’re wrong, because it’s your nature to protect what you believe in. When someone says something that challenges or attacks your belief, you’re going to react because you believe in it and want to protect it. You might have an identification or bond with the beliefs you hold. So, when someone says something that offends or triggers you, it’s not what the person is saying—it’s what you believe that is causing the trigger. It’s how you decide to take what is said to you that triggers you; it’s your interpretation of what is said. No one has the power to get into your brain and make you feel a specific way. It is your decision, based on how you process what has been said to you.
That’s why you shouldn’t take anything personally. You should listen to what people say, but it’s your decision, your choice, on how you’re going to react to it—if you’re going to react. Rather than a reaction, it’s an action because you’re being aware and conscious of what you’re going to do. So, don’t take anything personally. Anytime you feel triggered or offended, it’s because you have decided to take something personally. You are accepting what the person told you, and that creates a reaction in you because you decided to take it personally. It’s your decision; it’s in your control.
### The Third Agreement: Don’t Make Assumptions
There is an interesting chain of events that takes place when you make an assumption. You hear something, decide to accept it as the truth, start believing in it, take it personally, and then the drama starts. All the drama we have in our lives is because of communication and assuming things. We have learned not to ask questions; we are afraid of asking questions, clarifying things, or facing potential confrontation with someone. Instead of asking, “Why are you saying this? Why is this happening?” you assume, “Oh, this person is saying this because they have something against me.” Now you’re assuming it’s true, assuming it’s against you because you’re taking it personally, and then you start having all this emotional poison inside yourself. You start creating a spiral of drama, thinking and thinking, making it worse, bigger, and larger. You’re imagining all these things based on something you heard that you decided to accept as the truth, believed in, and made the situation worse in your mind.
What’s very important about this agreement is to always ask for clarification and strive to be clear in your communication. This is part of being impeccable with your word. When you’re impeccable with your word, you’re going to be excellent at communicating. When you don’t make assumptions, you avoid drama. When you don’t take things personally, you don’t create drama. If someone says something to you or does something you find strange or don’t like, without taking it personally, you just clarify: “Hey, why are you saying that to me? What’s going on?” Then you have a conversation, and you’ll be surprised—most likely, there’s a misunderstanding, and that’s why the person said something, while you were thinking something else. So, always strive for clarity in your communications.
### The Fourth Agreement: Always Do Your Best
This is my favorite agreement. You have to keep in mind that your best is not always going to be the same, depending on how you feel, your energy level, and the circumstances you’re in. Your best is going to be different. For example, if you’re trying to do something early in the morning when you have higher energy and feel better, versus late at night when you’re tired and about to go to sleep, your best will vary. It’s important to be aware of this and be kind to yourself, accepting that you’re not always going to have the same level of performance.
I used to have a message on my whiteboard that said, “Be the best.” I believed that for years, always trying to be the best. Then I realized—and this was before I read *The Four Agreements*, which is why this agreement is my favorite—that trying to be the best demands a lot of energy. You have all this anxiety because you’re always comparing yourself to other people. If you’re trying to be the best, you’re comparing what you’re doing to what others are doing, and that’s a source of anxiety and stress. I realized I should try to do my best, and this is exactly what Don Miguel Ruiz is trying to explain here.
Do your best. As long as you do your best, you’re going to be focused on the task or activity you’re doing, you’ll be in the present moment, and you’ll have a high level of satisfaction knowing that you did your best. It doesn’t matter if things were perfect or if you were able to finish what you were trying to accomplish. What’s important is that you did your best—that’s all you control. That’s why doing your best is all you need to do. As you keep practicing, you’ll get better and better, and eventually, you might become the best.
Keep in mind that the previous agreements will only work if you do your best. So, keep trying, keep doing your best, keep practicing, and little by little, you’re going to transform your life.
### The Toltec Path to Freedom and Heaven on Earth
The book ends with two very interesting chapters: “The Toltec Path to Freedom” and “Heaven on Earth.” The author explains how you can break old agreements, create new agreements, and create your own dream. The first thing to keep in mind is awareness. The only way to be free is to be aware of what’s going on. If you don’t realize that you’re not free, you’re never going to try to be free. So, awareness is extremely important. You have to understand what’s going on, identify the agreements and beliefs you have that are blocking you from being free and being who you are.
This might be scary for some people because you’re going to challenge what you believe. You need to have the strength to take a deep look at what’s going on in your life and what you believe in. It’s not so much about what you believe in but why you believe in it. When you analyze an agreement or belief—for example, let’s say you believe you’re a bad singer, that you can’t sing—ask yourself: Why do you believe that? What happened in your life that led you to believe you’re not a good singer or can’t learn how to sing? As you go deep into that analysis, you’ll find the root cause of why you have that belief, and then you can start changing it and replacing it with a better agreement.
The intention of following *The Four Agreements* and doing this analysis is to be free. You have all these layers of beliefs, and you’re trying to peel them away to go back to the core and start creating your own beliefs. There are three masteries that are important:
1. **Mastery of Awareness**: Being able to identify who you really are, understand what beliefs you have in your belief system.
2. **Mastery of Transformation**: Understanding how to change and transform these beliefs, getting rid of fear-based beliefs and creating new love-based beliefs.
3. **Mastery of Intent**: This is what makes transformation possible—love, God, the universe. It’s what helps you take action and better cope with life.
The belief system we have is referred to as the “parasite.” It’s not only the belief system but also the “book of law” with all these fear-based beliefs that are lies. Then you have the “judge,” which is yourself. Whenever you break one of those beliefs, you judge yourself and are hard on yourself because you weren’t able to accomplish something based on those beliefs. Then you have the “victim,” which is also yourself—you judge and punish yourself. That’s called the parasite, and it’s in your mind. The idea is to kill this parasite, and there are three ways explained in the book to do so:
1. **Analyze Your Beliefs**: Take a look at your beliefs one by one, understand why you believe in them, and assess their impact on your life. Replace old fear-based beliefs with new love-based beliefs that will transform your life and make you feel free.
2. **Control Your Emotions**: Develop awareness to identify what you’re feeling. When a situation might trigger a negative reaction, you’ll be able to detect it early and choose how to react. You’re not suppressing emotions—you’re expressing them in the right way and at the right time. Think of emotions like a bomb: you let it explode, but in a safe place where no one gets hurt.
3. **Embrace the Initiation of the Dead**: Remind yourself that you can die at any moment. When you realize this, you understand that the only thing you have is the present. The past doesn’t matter—it’s gone. The future doesn’t exist yet. While you’re alive, the present moment is all that matters, transforming how you look at life, behave, and interact with others.
### Wrapping Up
Awareness is the key. It lets you understand what beliefs you have and why you believe in them. It helps you identify how you’re reacting to what people say and how you’re expressing yourself. Awareness is a superpower that you have to develop, and the best way to do so is through meditation. I’m going to put a link to my episode on how to meditate and why you should do it. Other ways to develop awareness include activities that encourage you to be in the present moment, like art. For example, when you’re coloring, you’re focused on the present moment.
When you want to create your own dream, be free, and be happy, it’s a choice you have. Once you understand the concepts explained in today’s episode and in the book, you have to accept that you have the power to choose what you want to believe in. You are building your own book of law with your own beliefs. You are in control, and you have to always remember this when you’re in a situation where you can make a choice. As I said in a previous episode, powerful people make powerful choices; wise people make wise choices. The only way to do this is to be aware of what’s going on.
Your thoughts and actions create your reality, and that’s how you can create your own dream. Practice these four agreements every day: be impeccable with your word, don’t take anything personally, don’t make assumptions, and always do your best. It’s not easy, but you can do it, and you’ll get better. Little by little, you’ll destroy beliefs that are locking you and making you feel miserable, and you’ll create new beliefs that transform your life. You’ll start to dream the dream of heaven on Earth rather than hell on Earth.
Thank you very much for watching today’s episode. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments below. Remember to like, subscribe, and if you want an appointment with me, you can go to IWLifeGuides.com. Thanks again for watching, and we’ll see you in the next episode. Bye for now!
Smarter Retirement: Take Control of Your Future
Do you have a plan for retirement? Do you know how and when you’ll retire? Are you planning to retire at 65?
Think again! 👴 In this episode, I challenge the traditional idea of retirement and why it might not be the best thing to do. I’ll share the challenges of retiring at 65, why pension plans may not be enough (or may not be an option 😬), and how I’m planning for early retirement & financial freedom.
I also introduce the concept of Active Retirement—a way to stay engaged, productive, and fulfilled without losing purpose in life. If you want to take control of your financial future, this episode is for you!
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### Introduction to Retirement Planning
Welcome to a new episode of *Inner Wisdom Life Guidance*! Today, we’re diving into the topic of **retirement**. When you hear the word “retirement,” what comes to mind? Do you have a plan to retire? At what age do you want to retire? Do you have a financial goal to make retirement possible? These are the questions we’ll explore today.
**Disclaimer**: The ideas I share may challenge your beliefs, and you might feel triggered. If that happens, my intention is not to upset you but to encourage reflection. As discussed in *The Four Agreements*, feeling triggered often means a belief is being challenged. Ask yourself: *What belief is this? Why do I feel this way? Why do I hold this belief?* Use this as an opportunity to examine and possibly reshape your perspective.
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## The Traditional Retirement Promise
The conventional narrative of retirement goes like this:
– Go to school and earn a degree.
– Get a job and work until age **65**.
– Save money during your career, often through a **pension fund** or investments (e.g., in the stock market).
– Retire at 65, live off your pension and savings, and enjoy your “golden years” by liquidating assets for income.
This is the promise sold to many, but it comes with challenges. Let’s explore **four cases** that highlight the flaws in this model.
### Case 1: The “Travel and Drink” Retirement
– **Expectation**: At 65, you retire with savings and spend your time traveling, drinking, and relaxing (e.g., watching TV).
– **Reality**: This lifestyle gets old quickly. Without a **purpose**, life can lose meaning. Constant leisure doesn’t equate to fulfillment.
– **Reflection**: Are you truly *living* if your days revolve around travel, drinking, and TV? A meaningful life requires **purpose** and **productivity**.
### Case 2: Health or Loss Derails Plans
– **Expectation**: You and your spouse plan to retire and pursue dreams (e.g., travel, hobbies).
– **Reality**: Health issues or the loss of a spouse can disrupt these plans. Mobility limitations or grief may prevent you from enjoying retirement as envisioned.
– **Reflection**: This is a sad reality for many. Banking your happiness on a future that’s not guaranteed can lead to disappointment.
### Case 3: Work Becomes Your Identity
– **Expectation**: You reach retirement age with savings and can retire.
– **Reality**: You don’t retire because work defines your life. Without hobbies or activities outside work, you fear retirement due to a lack of purpose.
– **Reflection**: If work is your only identity, retirement feels daunting. Cultivating interests beyond work is essential.
### Case 4: Insufficient Funds
– **Expectation**: You retire with enough savings to live comfortably.
– **Reality**: You lack the funds to do anything meaningful, so you spend your days eating, watching TV, or running errands. Life lacks purpose or joy.
– **Reflection**: Without financial security or meaningful activities, the quality of your retirement years suffers.
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## The Risks of Traditional Retirement Savings
The traditional model often involves saving in pension funds (e.g., RRSP in Canada, 401(k) in the US) with the promise of accessing these funds in retirement. However, there are risks to consider:
1. **Taxes**: Even if your investments grow, you’ll be taxed upon withdrawal. Future tax rates are unpredictable, which could reduce your funds.
2. **Access to Funds**: Economic changes could limit access to your savings. For younger people, there’s a risk that governments might restrict withdrawals, delay retirement age, or reduce pension benefits due to economic pressures.
3. **Uncertainty**: No one can guarantee that your savings will be available or sufficient when you retire. Historical examples exist in other countries where pension funds were inaccessible or devalued.
**Action**: Research these risks yourself. Has this happened in other countries? What’s the likelihood of economic changes affecting your retirement funds?
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## My Vision: Active Retirement and Financial Freedom
My approach to retirement rejects the traditional model. Instead, I aim for **financial freedom**, defined as:
– Owning **assets** (e.g., real estate, businesses, investments) that generate **passive income** sufficient to support my desired lifestyle.
– No longer relying on a job, freeing up time to pursue **hobbies**, spend time with **family**, and engage in meaningful activities.
### Key Principles of Active Retirement
1. **Mindful Lifestyle**:
– The more expensive your desired lifestyle, the more income you need. Be mindful of what you **need** versus what you **want** (see my previous episode on mastering finances for more).
– A simpler lifestyle requires less income, allowing you to retire earlier with fewer assets.
2. **Purpose and Productivity**:
– Retirement isn’t about sitting idly, traveling, or drinking. It’s about **active retirement**—staying productive and purposeful.
– Examples: Managing investments, running a business, maintaining real estate, helping others, or pursuing hobbies.
3. **Time Freedom**:
– Financial freedom gives you control over your time. Without a job, you can focus on what you love, whether it’s family, hobbies, or community service.
### Why This Matters
The traditional model ties you to a job for decades, delaying fulfillment until 65. By building passive income streams, you can retire **earlier** and live a **meaningful life** sooner. For example:
– If you need less income due to a modest lifestyle, you can retire with fewer assets.
– Active retirement ensures you stay engaged and fulfilled, avoiding the emptiness of a leisure-only life.
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## Personal Reflection and Lessons Learned
I wish I had retired **4–5 years ago**, but I started learning about finances and investments later in life. If I had invested more time in understanding these topics earlier, I believe I could have retired **7 years ago**. Here’s what I’ve learned:
– The traditional path (degree, job, retire at 65) consumes your time and delays freedom.
– Early education in **finances** and **investments** is critical to achieving financial freedom sooner.
If you’re young (e.g., in university or early in your career), start now:
– Learn about **finances** and **investments**.
– Define your **retirement vision**: What does it look like? At what age? What activities will you pursue?
– Create a plan to build passive income through assets.
*Note*: Being “young” or “old” is a state of mind. No matter your age, you can start planning for financial freedom today.
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## Action Steps
1. **Define Your Retirement Vision**:
– What does retirement mean to you? Is it traveling, pursuing hobbies, helping others, or managing investments?
– At what age do you want to retire? As soon as possible, or at a specific age?
– What activities will give your life purpose in retirement?
2. **Start Building Hobbies**:
– If you don’t have hobbies, explore what you love. What activities excite you? What would you do with free time?
– In a future episode, we’ll do an exercise to identify hobbies, but start thinking about this now.
3. **Create a Financial Plan**:
– Watch my previous episode on **mastering your finances** to learn budgeting and prioritizing needs over wants.
– Research **investments** that align with your goals (e.g., real estate, stocks, businesses).
– Aim for **passive income** to achieve financial freedom earlier than 65.
4. **Share Your Plan**:
– In the comments, share your retirement vision. What does it look like? What steps are you taking to get there? I’ll provide feedback and answer questions.
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## Closing Thoughts
Ret**Retirement is not about waiting until 65 to live—it’s about creating a life of purpose, freedom, and fulfillment as soon as possible.** Challenge the traditional narrative, build passive income, and embrace **active retirement** to live meaningfully now and in the future.
If you found this episode helpful, please **like** the video. If you have questions or comments, leave them below—I’d love to hear your retirement plans! For personalized guidance, book a **60- or 90-minute appointment** at **iwguidance.com** to discuss your financial journey.
Thank you for watching! **Subscribe**, share this video, and I’ll see you in the next episode. Bye for now!
How to Create a Budget & Build a Wealth Mindset | Master Your Finances
Are you mindful of your spending habits? Are you in control, or are they controlling you? Could they be holding you back from financial success? 🤔
In this episode, I dive into what a Wealth Mindset is and teach you how to create a budget in a practical and simple way. I break down the three categories of expenses—needs, wants, and investments— and share strategies to help you shift your mindset to take control of your finances. But here’s the key: money alone won’t solve financial problems— having a Wealth Mindset will. That’s why I challenge you to take action:
✅ Create your budget
✅ Do a self-assessment
✅ Define your financial goals & a plan
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### Introduction to Budgeting for Financial Wellness
Welcome to a new episode of *Inner Wisdom Life Guidance*! This is my **first financial wellness episode**, and today, I’m excited to share how my wife and I have successfully managed our finances for over **10 years** using a simple budgeting strategy. Budgeting is a **key skill** for financial management, and I’ll walk you through how to create your own budget.
If this is your first time here, this channel covers **financial wellness**, **mental health**, and **mindful eating**. If these topics interest you, please subscribe!
Before we dive in, I have a question: **If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?** Pause this video, think about it, and write down **three things** you’d do. I’ll explain why this matters after the intro.
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### The Lottery Question: Understanding Your Money Mindset
Your answer to the lottery question reveals your **money mindset**, which shapes how you handle finances. Here are the **three core mindsets**:
1. **Kind Mindset**: If you’d use the money to help others (e.g., donate to charity or support family), you have a kind mindset. You’re an amazing person, and the world needs more people like you!
2. **Wealth Mindset**: If you’d invest the money in assets that generate income (e.g., real estate, a business, or a farm), you have a wealth mindset. This is the mindset to cultivate for long-term financial success.
3. **Consumerism Mindset**: If you’d buy things like a new car, a vacation property, or a luxury watch, you have a consumerism mindset. While it’s okay to enjoy your money, focusing too much on acquiring things can lead to irresponsible spending, living beyond your means, or debt.
**Action step**: In the comments, share your three lottery choices and which mindset they reflect. This isn’t about judgment—it’s about self-assessment to understand where you are and how to develop a **wealth mindset**. If you lean toward consumerism, this video will help you shift to a more responsible, wealth-focused approach.
### My Recommended Approach
To achieve financial wellness, prioritize these steps:
1. **Develop a Wealth Mindset**: Focus on investing in income-generating assets.
2. **Cultivate a Kind Mindset**: Use your wealth to help others.
3. **Enjoy Responsibly**: Spend on things you love as a reward for your achievements, but do so within your means.
**Pro tip**: Practicing **meditation** can help you stay in control of your finances by fostering discipline and mindfulness. Check out my previous video on meditation (linked above) for more.
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## Creating Your Budget: The 50/30/20 Framework
My wife and I use a **simple budgeting spreadsheet** to manage our expenses, and I’m sharing a simplified version with you. This template has transformed our financial life, and it can do the same for you if applied consistently.
### Spreadsheet Overview
The spreadsheet is divided into **four sections**:
1. **Month and Income**: Tracks your monthly income.
2. **Needs (50%)**: Essential expenses you must pay.
3. **Wants (30%)**: Non-essential expenses you enjoy.
4. **Investments (20%)**: Money allocated to income-generating assets.
### Step-by-Step Guide
1. **Calculate Net Income**:
– List your monthly payments (e.g., salary). For example, two payments of $5,000 each.
– Subtract deductions (e.g., taxes, $400 per payment).
– Example: $5,000 + $5,000 – $400 – $400 = **$9,200 net income**.
2. **Allocate Percentages**:
– **Needs (50%)**: $4,600 (50% of $9,200).
– **Wants (30%)**: $2,760 (30% of $9,200).
– **Investments (20%)**: $1,840 (20% of $9,200).
*Note*: The **50/30/20 rule** is a starting point. You can adjust these percentages based on your goals (more on this later).
3. **Categorize Expenses**:
– **Needs**: Essential, non-negotiable expenses you must pay.
– Examples: Mortgage/rent, car payment, home/car/life insurance, property taxes, utilities (electricity, gas, internet, cell phone), bank/credit card fees, groceries, gas, and contractual obligations (e.g., loans or debts).
– Key: Include only what you’re contractually bound to pay or absolutely need (e.g., food for cooking at home).
– **Wants**: Non-essential expenses that enhance your lifestyle.
– Examples: Streaming services (Netflix, Spotify), dining out, takeout, movies, new shoes, a watch, pizza delivery, beer/soft drinks, ice cream, gym membership.
– Key: These are things you enjoy but don’t need. For example, you need food (groceries = need), but pizza delivery or beer is a want because you could cook at home or drink water.
– **Investments**: Money used to acquire assets that generate income or appreciate over time.
– Examples: Real estate, stocks, a business, precious metals, cryptocurrencies.
– Key: Investments grow your wealth, unlike savings, which sit idle in a bank.
### Why This Matters
Categorizing expenses transforms how you view spending. A **wealth mindset** prioritizes **needs** and **investments** over **wants**. For example:
– **Groceries** (cooking at home) are a need, but **takeout** is a want.
– **Water** is a need, but **beer or soda** is a want.
– **Exercise** is important, but a **gym membership** is a want—you can walk, run, or workout at home for free.
By reducing wants, you free up money for investments, accelerating your path to financial goals like **early retirement** or **financial freedom** (passive income from assets).
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## Customizing Your Budget
### Assess Your Current Spending
**Homework**: Create your own budget by:
1. Listing last month’s **needs**, **wants**, and **investments**.
2. Calculating what percentage of your net income each category represents.
3. Comparing your percentages to the **50/30/20 ideal**.
You may be surprised at how much you spend on **wants**. This exercise reveals where your money goes and helps you shift toward a wealth mindset.
### Adjust Your Targets
The 50/30/20 rule is a starting point. Customize it based on your **financial goals** and life stage:
– **Aggressive investing**: Reduce wants (e.g., to 10%) and increase investments (e.g., to 40%) to reach goals faster.
– **High needs**: If needs exceed 50% (e.g., due to a large mortgage or debt), prioritize reducing them (see below).
– **Age matters**: In your 20s, you can invest aggressively for long-term growth. In your 60s, you may need more liquid savings for retirement.
### Strategies to Optimize Your Budget
1. **Reduce Needs**:
– Move to a more affordable home if your mortgage/rent is too high.
– Switch to a cheaper cell phone or internet plan.
– Trade in an expensive car for a more affordable one or use public transportation.
– Drive less to save on gas.
2. **Cut Wants**:
– Cook at home instead of ordering takeout or dining out.
– Drink water instead of buying soda, beer, or juice.
– Cancel non-essential subscriptions (e.g., streaming services).
– Exercise for free (e.g., walking, running, bodyweight workouts) instead of paying for a gym.
3. **Eliminate Debt**:
– Debt (especially high-interest credit card debt) is a major obstacle. Pay it off as quickly as possible.
– Mortgages are “good debt” if affordable, but ensure your home aligns with your income.
– Stay debt-free to maximize money for investments.
4. **Increase Investments**:
– The more you invest, the faster you’ll achieve financial freedom.
– Example: Allocate 50% to needs, 0% to wants, and 50% to investments for rapid progress (extreme but effective).
### Choosing Investments
Invest in assets that align with your **values** and goals:
– **Stock market**: Choose sectors you believe in (e.g., oil and gas, renewable energy).
– **Real estate**: Buy properties that generate rental income or appreciate.
– **Alternative assets**: Consider precious metals or cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin) for diversification, especially given potential shifts in the global financial system. Research thoroughly!
**Pro tip**: If you’re curious about precious metals or Bitcoin, do your own research to stay ahead of financial trends.
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### Final Thoughts
**Money alone won’t solve your financial problems—a wealth mindset will.** Knowing how to manage and leverage your current income is the key to getting ahead. For example, many lottery winners end up worse off because they lack financial discipline.
**Your homework**:
1. Create a budget using the 50/30/20 framework.
2. Assess your current spending (needs, wants, investments).
3. Define your **financial goals** (e.g., early retirement, financial freedom).
4. Make a plan to adjust your spending and increase investments.
**Disclaimer**: This is **not financial advice**. I’m sharing knowledge for educational and entertainment purposes. Always do your own research and consult a financial advisor before making decisions.
If you have questions or need help categorizing expenses, leave a comment below. For personalized guidance, visit my website at **iwguidance.com** to book a session where I can walk you through this process.
Thank you for watching! Like, subscribe, and share this video with someone who could benefit. I’ll see you in the next episode—bye for now!
3-Day Water Fast Journey | Ketosis, Autophagy & My Protocol
In this episode, I dive deep into my 3-day water fast. 💧
I share my full experience, the protocol I followed, the differences between autophagy and ketosis, how to enter each metabolic state, their importance, benefits, and the science behind them. I also review LMNT electrolytes, explore the mindfulness aspect of fasting, and share many more details! I even show you how to make coffee in the traditional Costa Rican way! ☕
Whether you’re curious about fasting, or just interested in the health benefits of ketosis and autophagy, this video has got you covered.
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### Introduction to My 3-Day Water Fast
Hello friends, welcome to a new episode of *Inner Wisdom Life Guidance*! Today, I’m excited to walk you through my **3-day water fast**. That’s right—for three days, I’ll be drinking only water with added electrolytes (and a bit of salt) and consuming nothing else. If this is your first time here, this channel focuses on **mental health**, **financial wellness**, and **mindful eating**. If these topics interest you, please consider subscribing!
### What is Water Fasting?
Water fasting involves abstaining from all food and consuming only water, often supplemented with electrolytes like salt to maintain mineral balance. I’ll be using **electrolyte packets** for this fast, which I’ll explain in detail as we go. Today is **Day Zero**, and I just had my last meal. My next meal will be in three days.
### Important Disclaimer
Before we dive in, a crucial note: Everything I share is based on my personal experience and knowledge. Water fasting can be intense, and I strongly encourage you to **do your own research** and consult a doctor before trying it. I made mistakes during my first fast, which I’ll share to help you avoid them, but please make informed decisions based on your health and needs.
### Why I’m Doing This Fast
My goal is to enter **ketosis** and, more importantly, **autophagy**—two metabolic states with unique benefits:
– **Ketosis**: Your body burns fat for energy instead of carbs, producing ketones.
– **Autophagy**: Your body recycles and removes damaged cells, promoting cellular cleanup and rejuvenation, including the generation of new white blood cells for immune system health.
I’ll explain these concepts further as we progress, but my primary focus is achieving autophagy for its long-term health benefits.
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## Day Zero: Preparation
### Tools You’ll Need
For this fast, I’m using **ketone urine strips** to monitor ketosis. These strips measure ketone levels in your urine, indicating whether you’re in ketosis. The goal is to reach ketone levels between **1.5 and 3 mmol/L** (closer to 4 is ideal). Here’s how they work:
1. Dip the strip into a urine sample.
2. Wait 40 seconds.
3. Compare the strip’s color to the chart on the bottle.
I tested my urine on Day Zero, and as expected, it showed **negative** for ketones since I’m not yet in ketosis.
### My Protocol Overview
Here’s a quick look at the 3-day plan:
– **Day 1**: Prepare electrolyte water, exercise (60–90 minutes of cardio), drink coffee with coconut oil at noon, and stay hydrated.
– **Day 2**: Same as Day 1, but exercise is optional. Switch to tea instead of coffee.
– **Day 3**: Similar to Day 2, with tea instead of coffee. Reduce water intake slightly as you prepare to break the fast in the evening.
I’ll share tips and adjustments as we go, including what I’ve learned from past fasts.
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## Day 1: Starting the Fast
### Electrolytes: Why They’re Critical
When fasting, your body loses minerals through urine, so **electrolytes** are essential to prevent adverse effects like dizziness or weakness. Without them, you could face serious health risks (please research this!). I’m using **LMNT electrolyte packets**, which are sugar-free, gluten-free, vegan, and keto-friendly. They come in flavors like orange, raspberry, and watermelon, making them a tastier alternative to the Himalayan salt water I used in past fasts.
**How much water?**
– I aim for **1–2 liters per day**, but the key is to stay hydrated without overdoing it.
– Check your urine color:
– **Too clear**: You’re drinking too much water, flushing out minerals.
– **Too yellow**: You’re not drinking enough and risk dehydration.
For Day 1, I mixed one LMNT orange packet into a 900 mL bottle of water. The flavor is excellent—way better than plain salt water!
### Morning Exercise
To enter ketosis quickly, I do **60–90 minutes of cardio** (e.g., brisk walking or yoga) on Day 1. Exercise depletes glycogen stores, prompting your body to burn fat and produce ketones. I avoid heavy weightlifting and stick to light, active cardio.
**Tip**: Don’t fast in winter—it’s too cold, and your body will already feel chilly during the fast. Warmer seasons are ideal.
### Electrolyte Dosage
I initially planned to take **two LMNT packets** (2,000 mg sodium) per day but adjusted to **four packets** (4,000 mg sodium) after researching. Recommended sodium intake during fasting is **2,000–4,000 mg/day**, but always check your body’s signals. If you feel weak or dizzy, you may need more electrolytes.
**Funny story**: During my first fast, I followed bad advice to drink 10 liters of water daily without electrolytes. By Day 2, I was dizzy and lightheaded because I was flushing out all my minerals. After researching, I made an emergency drink with apple cider vinegar and baking soda, which fixed me almost instantly. Moral: **Do your own research** and don’t blindly follow advice!
### Midday Coffee
For “lunch,” I brewed **Costa Rican-style coffee** using a traditional dripper (chorreador) with **1.5 tablespoons of ground coffee** and **0.5 teaspoon of coconut oil**. The coconut oil provides **MCTs** (medium-chain triglycerides), which support ketone production and enhance ketosis.
**Coffee tips**:
– Boil water to **94°C** (not 100°C) to avoid burning the coffee.
– If you don’t have a fancy kettle, boil water, let it sit for 2 minutes, then brew.
**Why coffee?**
– **Caffeine** boosts energy and reduces hunger.
– Coffee compounds support ketosis and autophagy.
However, I later realized coconut oil adds calories, which could interfere with autophagy (more on this in Day 2).
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## Day 2: Deepening Ketosis
### Ketosis Check
Great news! My urine test last night (end of Day 1) showed I was already in **ketosis**, and this morning’s test confirmed I’m even deeper in ketosis. This fast is working!
### Ketosis vs. Autophagy Explained
– **Ketosis**: Achieved by eliminating carbs. Your body burns fat, producing ketones for energy.
– **Autophagy**: Achieved by restricting calories entirely. Your body recycles damaged cells, promoting cellular health.
Since fasting eliminates all food, you enter both states, but autophagy is stricter. My goal is autophagy, with ketosis as a helpful marker.
### Midday Tea
Today, I switched to **green tea** instead of coffee, skipping the coconut oil. **Why tea?**
– Caffeine supports energy and reduces hunger.
– Tea compounds enhance ketosis and autophagy.
**Protocol change**: I decided to eliminate coconut oil entirely, even on Day 1, because its calories might hinder autophagy. The LMNT electrolytes also have minimal calories due to flavoring, so I’ll monitor their impact. My focus is maximizing autophagy over ketosis.
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## Day 3: Breaking the Fast
### Final Thoughts
We made it! Day 3 is my favorite part because I get to eat again. Fasting makes you deeply appreciate food and its role in your life. Here are some final insights:
– **Immune system rejuvenation**: Autophagy stimulates new white blood cell production, boosting immunity.
– **Mindfulness**: Fasting heightens gratitude for food. My first fast years ago was emotional—I nearly cried from joy when I ate again. The flavors were intense, and I savored every bite.
### How to Break Your Fast Mindfully
Breaking a fast is a special moment. Here’s how to do it mindfully:
– **Appreciate the food**: Notice its colors, smells, and textures. Savor each bite.
– **Be grateful**: Reflect on those who lack access to food or have dietary restrictions.
– **Eat slowly**: Avoid distractions like your phone. Focus on the experience.
**Breaking the fast**:
– **Option 1**: Eat whatever you want.
– **Option 2 (recommended)**: Avoid mixing carbs and fat to prevent rapid fat storage. For example, eat fruit 30–45 minutes before a meal, or choose a meal with just carbs, protein, or fat.
I broke my fast with a **bean burger** (with onion, mustard, ketchup, pickles, and arugula), **homemade sweet potato fries**, and a pickle with ketchup and mayo. I didn’t mind mixing carbs and fat this time—the flavors were incredible!
### Electrolyte Review
This was my **fifth water fast**, and it felt the best, largely due to the **LMNT electrolytes**. Unlike Himalayan salt water or apple cider vinegar (which made me gag by the end), LMNT’s flavors were a game-changer. I used **three packets per day** (3,000 mg sodium), which kept me hydrated and energized.
**Controversy note**: LMNT faced criticism for underreporting maltodextrin content (claimed 2 mg, but it’s 250–500 mg). Some in the keto community worry this kicks you out of ketosis, but my tests showed I stayed in ketosis throughout. However, LMNT’s recommendation of **4–6 g sodium daily** seems high, as excessive sodium can raise blood pressure or contribute to heart disease. For fasting or intense exercise, LMNT is great, but I wouldn’t use it daily. Research sodium limits (typically **1,500–2,300 mg/day**) and adjust based on your diet.
### Final Protocol Summary
Here’s the updated 3-day water fast protocol based on my experience:
– **Day 1**:
– Prepare 1–2 liters of water with electrolytes (3–4 LMNT packets, ~3,000–4,000 mg sodium).
– Do 60–90 minutes of light cardio (e.g., brisk walking).
– Drink coffee with caffeine (no coconut oil to maximize autophagy).
– Monitor hydration via urine color.
– **Day 2**:
– Same as Day 1, but exercise is optional.
– Switch to tea (no coconut oil).
– **Day 3**:
– Same as Day 2, with tea.
– Reduce water intake slightly as you prepare to break the fast.
– Break the fast mindfully, ideally avoiding carb-fat combos.
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### Closing Thoughts
Fasting is a powerful tool for physical and mental health, but it’s not for everyone. Always research, consult a doctor, and listen to your body. If you’ve fasted or have tips, share them in the comments—I’d love to learn from you! For more on **financial wellness**, **mindful eating**, and **mental health**, visit my website at **iwguidance.com** to book an appointment.
Thank you for joining me on this journey. Like, subscribe, and share this video with someone who might benefit. See you in the next episode!
Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss | My Review & Key Spiritual Teachings
In this episode, I review Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss. 📖🔥
I give my honest rating of the book, explain why I recommend it, and dive into its powerful spiritual teachings. Dr. Weiss shares his journey with a patient who, through hypnosis, recalls past lives—unlocking wisdom about spirituality, reincarnation, and the purpose of life. This book offers profound insights that can change the way you see the world.
Beyond the review, I explore how you can apply these teachings to your own life. I explain how your actions build your reality and define your future, and how to embrace spiritual growth.
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We have been reading Many Lives Many Masters by Dr Brian Weise and today I’ll do a review of the book. Welcome to a new episode of Inner Wisdom Life Guidance. Today we’re going to be talking about Many Lives Many Masters from Dr Brian Weiss. This is the book that we have been reading this month of January.
I’m assuming that you already read the book. I’m not going to go over all the details on what happens. I’ll share why I like it, I’ll give it a rating and then I’ll talk about the key concepts that the book has that I believe are very important.
If you’re watching for the first time in this channel we talk about Mental Health, financial wellness and mindful eating. You can go ahead and subscribe if this is something that interests you.
All right, so now let’s talk about the book Many Lives Many Masters. First, like a very high level recap on what happens. So you have Dr Weiss, he is a prominent psychiatrist. He has crazy credentials, basically he is amazing and he has this client, this patient Catherine who suffers from phobias and anxiety and other mental health issues that she has.
Dr Weiss treats her like for 18 months, nothing changes. They do hypnosis and they’re able to go back when she was little and they recognize a few traumatic experiences, nothing changes. And then after that in a different session she has a past life regression and Dr Weiss is extremely shocked at what’s going on. He doesn’t understand and then that starts this beautiful process where Katherine shares her experiences in past lives that are linked to her trauma but also between lives when she’s in the spirit realm. Let’s say she’s able to pass down these messages from Master spirits to Dr Wise.
And yeah I find the knowledge and the wisdom, the messages to be just wonderful. So if I well before I do the rating why I like the book or why I think it’s such a great book to read and that’s why and why I chose this book as the first book that we’re going to read this year here and the first book in my channel actually.
I think it has all these core principles on spirituality that are communicated in such a good way, very clear, very easy to understand and the story itself is just fascinating. If you think about this you have Dr Wise who is a scientist and when all this is happening he is constantly questioning what is this, I don’t understand it or I don’t believe it right. He is applying this scientific approach to everything that is going on but he keeps an open mind and this is so important and it’s one of the perhaps core messages that I believe is worth remembering.
He keeps an open mind. As a result of that he’s able to document, analyze, look at the evidence, see if there’s any correlations and based on that he changes his beliefs and he starts adopting this new knowledge or these new beliefs that transform his life. And he waited for years between the last session and when he started writing the book and it shows you how much he was doubting from doing this because of course a scientist, a psychiatrist publishing something about past lives and spirit and stuff like that it wasn’t going to go well because of how in society this is not let’s say accepted right but he did it and it’s been amazing.
I think this book deserves five stars out of five that will be the rating that I have and I have something funny to show you. The first time I read this book was in Spanish when I was a teenager. Here’s the version, it’s pretty old like the pages are even yellow and yeah I think again it to me, for me it kind of brought this knowledge that I couldn’t find in religion.
I was born and raised a Catholic and usually I had a lot of conflicts with religion and things that were explain I didn’t agree with them or they didn’t make sense to me and this book totally fills that gap and yeah that’s why I really like it and that’s why I have recommended this book to many people as the first book that you should read when you start your spiritual journey.
Now let’s look at some of the key concepts that the book has. I think the first one that I’m going to touch on is the fact that what are we – we are Spirit. We are not our bodies, our bodies are just a vehicle for us to learn but we are spirit and that makes us Immortal. We are Eternal and we incarnate on different lives and we come into this world into this realm with the purpose of learning. We come into this world to learn, that’s the reason why we are here.
Why we do it in physical form is because through physical form we are able to experience things and we’re able to learn in a way that you can’t in a spirit form and that learning is very important for our growth as Spirits. We can also learn and that’s explained in the book and you learn faster however it’s different right. You need your body, you need your physical experience to properly learn the lessons related to being in a physical body.
Our Spirits we come from God but the way I like to say it is that we are God and many books explain this. We are God, God is in everything, we’re interconnected, we are one right. So our spirits come from God and the other thing that I explain very well in the book that I really like is that at our core we are pure, we are perfect. We’re like a diamond so everyone is the same. The difference is that well we’re growing right, everyone is growing at different stages in their lives but at the core we are the same and the analogy they use is that of a diamond with different faces let’s say.
And the way this works when you come into this world there’s certain faces of the diamond that you already developed or you’re already let’s say revealed, they’re exposed and those are usually your strengths. Perhaps you’re very kind or perhaps you are I don’t know you’re good at math, I don’t know there’s all these different aspects that you have. Maybe you’re very good at art or music or whatever right, everyone you can see it very early in stages kids are very good at different things.
And as you come into this world you develop the other faces of the diamond basically what you’re doing is removing let’s say layers that are obstructing or covering those other faces and as we go through different lives you clean and expose all the faces of the diamond.
The other thing that I want to add here that I believe is very important is that when we come into this world and we are this pure child the diamond it starts getting covered by all these layers of beliefs and conditioning that we have in society and part of our process more than learning or besides learning new things part of the process that we have to go through is to unlearn and question the beliefs that we have that our layers that are covering our core our diamond and expose these other faces or these other sides of the diamond itself.
So it’s something very important to remember two key things: you’re learning new things but also you have to question things that you have learned and beliefs that you have so that you can properly grow. A key question that I want you to ask yourself and this is for everything that you know or everything that you believe is why do you believe the things that you believe in. It’s not what you believe in that’s important, it is important okay I Believe In A B C or D but more than that is understanding why do you believe in those things and when you do that analysis you’re going to go to the core of potentially this conditioning that has been um I don’t know like forced upon you and you never had the chance to question it.
And that’s something that happens with religion a lot. You believe in a religion or you start practicing a religion but that’s what it was given to you. You couldn’t choose, you were forced to go to church for example and pray but you never had the option right. So that’s something just to keep in mind there’s many more in society and the culture depending on where you have where you were born these things that you believe that you believe in these beliefs that you have you have to question them and try to better understand if it’s something that actually you know makes sense to you or not.
Now the concept of Karma – the actions that we take are going to result in our future. The actions that we take Define our future. Okay so if you do good things and you’re a good person and you take good actions then good things will come to you in the future. If you don’t then bad things will come to you in the future.
If we take this concept and we look at it at the reincarnation and multiple lives perspective what’s happening is you live your life you die and after you die you’re the one who does an assessment of your past life. What things did you do well, what things you didn’t, what things you learn in which things you failed in which things you have to grow what experiences you’re lacking. It’s you, it’s us we are the ones who assess ourselves after we die and then in Guidance with Master spirits who are basically more evolved beings let’s say or more evolved Spirits or more evolved Souls however you want to call them we Define what are the experiences that we need in this next life. We are the ones deciding that.
So when you are in this super conscious State let’s say which is basically your inner wisdom which is what I’ve been talking about through my different videos and on my website when you are in touch with this when you are in this state after you die you have this massive wisdom to understand what was done right and what wasn’t what things you’re lacking what things you have to go through again because you still need to learn.
In essence the life that you have today is a result of your past choices and actions and you decided this is what I need to go through because this is what I still need to learn. This is so I will say in a certain way liberating but also it gives you this sense of accountability. You don’t it’s not this I don’t know like magical being that is sending this challenges to you it’s us we are the ones to Define this when we come into this world.
And what I would like you to do when you think about a challenge that you’re facing or things that happen in your life I would like you to remember that or I would like you to have a different perspective rather than thinking as a victim try to think about the learning opportunity that you have because of this experience of this challenge that you’re facing and see what can you learn from it what should you learn from it how is this going to make you a better person.
That’s going to totally change your perspective in life and whenever you have a challenge you’re going to see it in a very different way. The suffering that you might have from The Challenge is probably going to go away because now you’re going to go through it but you’re going to be conscious and aware that you are learning from it. It’s a gift the challenges that you have are a gift for you to learn and grow remember that is so important.
Throughout this life and throughout this process we are Guided by other spirits and these are our Spirit guides or these Master spirits that we have been talking about in the book that Dr Weiss talks about in the book. We have in a way guarding Angels if that’s how you want to call them. We have spirits that are with us Spirit guides that are with us helping us we can’t see them but they are there and there’s different ways in which they can manifest their presence and we’re not going to get into it there’s different things that could happen in your life.
But the main thing that I believe is important to mention is that you want to be aware and you want to listen to your intuition because when you do that it will be easier for you to catch if there’s a message being sent to you and what could that be maybe there is an opportunity that’s coming to you and what that opportunity is and when you’re aware and it comes to you take advantage of it but be aware and follow your intuition.
I think that’s very important to remember and part of these Spirit guides that might be in your life be part of your life are perhaps people that were close to you your relatives or friends that were very close to you and they come back to help you to guide you in spirit form so remember that people that pass away they’re still with us they’re somehow helping us and guiding us and once we die we will see them again right and then after we die and we see them again we decide again okay what are we going to do next life.
And when you think about your family specifically I think this is so important we decide who our is going to be that’s something that it’s an agreement that happens in this Spirit realm before we incarnate into this world. We also decide based on this again concept of Karma we also decide where we’re going to be born in which country which city which region there is a shared Karma that you have with other people and that’s why you are born in specific place.
And then you also decide what’s your gender you also decide what’s your body like what do you look like you decide all these things because all these things are the parameters let’s say that are going to Define what’s the experience that you’re going to have in this life in this world and what you’re going to learn. This is so important very important to remember you decide this and now you have to it’s like a video game if you want to put in that way you build your character and then you go into whichever world you’re going to be playing saying and you have all these tools or all these weapons all these skills you decided all that before you came into this world you have all these allies and then you go and live the adventure of life okay when instead of video game we do it in real life so it’s a I think it’s a very good analogy I hope you like it.
The other thing that’s very important that I want to mention is that everything comes at the right time maybe not everything that’s something that Dr Weiss says in his book. I’ll say things certain things come at the right time and we have to be patient for them and I guess a very good example that I like to use is your spouse in society depending on where you’re from in society usually you have this pressure to be with someone to have a partner and if you don’t there’s a problem with you how come you don’t have a partner what’s going on right and there’s all this pressure.
And you have to remember that everyone is living their lives in their own timeline and things are going to come to you at the right time. Now with that said it doesn’t mean that if there is a partner that you made a contract with before you come into the before before you came into this world and you’re going to be together it doesn’t mean that you’re going to hide in a basement and magically your partner is going to show up I don’t believe that that makes sense but you need to leave your life to the fullest you need to do the things that you love and then at the right time your partner is going to come to you and you will know it.
And I for those who know me personally I usually tell the story or when we talk about these kind of topics I share the story on how I met my wife and it’s just crazy how all these things lined up so that we could meet each other and start having a relationship she’s from Canada and I’m from Costa Rica it was just wonderful all these coincidences.
And I would like you to think and analyze if this is something that has happened in your life look at something as meeting your partner and how you met your partner and realize are there coincidences here are there things that seem too good to be true and that will everyone is different of course we all have we are we are all going to have a different experience on how we meet our partner but you’re going to probably realize that there’s things that had to line up in a very specific way so that that could happen and to me that’s a good example at least in my life is a very good example on how I can tell that things were decided it was we were meant to be together.
I believe that I ain’t seen it that’s what I have learned and that’s part of the knowledge that I’m sharing with you based on the knowledge from the book. The fact that things come at the right time it doesn’t mean that you don’t take action as I said before with a with a spouse or your partner example you have to leave your life to the fullest you have to do the things that you like you have to do the things that you love you have to do the things that you enjoy do it and through through that experience you’re going to be exposed to situations where eventually you’re going to meet your partner so that’s my point of view here it’s not that you don’t do anything and things come to you no you have to live your life and and the things that are meant to come to you they will.
Another concept another key concept that I want to mention here is knowledge as I said before we come into this life to learn that’s the purpose knowledge is what help us be Godlike the more we know the more we grow the more we know the more we grow the more we know the more wisdom we develop the wiser we are the wiser the choices that we make and the better choices or wiser choices that you make the better your life is going to be.
Going back somewhat to the karma concept the karma principle and all these multiple lives and how you learn and how you decide what are the experiences that you’re going to go through there’s a saying that goes powerful people make powerful choices. I prefer to or I can add or say in a different way wiser people make wise choices and these choices these decisions these actions are going to shape your future but before that what you decide today is going to shape your reality your present.
So your thoughts your actions are going to shape your world and that’s going to also manifest in the future so remember that and when I say actions it’s not only what you do it’s also what you think that’s why it’s so important important to make sure that you have healthy good thoughts that you focus on good positive thoughts because that’s going to that’s going to influence your present moment that’s going to influence your life right now it’s going to help you as I said before make better decisions and that’s going to have a key impact on your future.
Remember that to wrap up the episode there’s a key practice that I would like you to follow moving forward since we are here to learn I would like you to start having this learning mindset in your life with everything that happens to you and right away do an assessment on how well you did evaluate yourself right away don’t wait until what I’m trying to say is in the process that I explain that’s explained the book we die and then we look back and we say okay this was good this was not and then in our next life I’m going to do ABC and D to grow to be better right.
What I’m telling you is do this every day every day sit down and think today what did I do in a right way which things I didn’t do in in a good way and I can be better at you don’t want to do it every day do it once a week and there’s different tools that you can use to do this like journaling sit down meditate on your actions meditate on your decisions.
If you got angry at someone think about why you were angry what what happened what triggered you that’s something inside of you what’s what what is it inside of you what belief do you have that triggers anger where do you learn that why is that happening how can you overcome that what help do I need what actions can I take so do this assessment on what are things that you’re doing well what are things that you can still improve on and Define key actions that you can take to be better and do this regularly.
The more you do this the better your life will be and I can guarantee this because you are basically in this life In This Moment you’re doing that self assessment that you do at the end of your life but you’re coming back and doing it in the present moment and you’re trying to see how you can get better and better every day.
So that’s I will say one of my main messages or one of my main recommendations after reading the book doing the self assessment constantly and trying to see how you can be more virtuous how can you be better what are values that you should develop in yourself what practices and habits you need to cultivate so that it they help you with your growth right now in this life.
With that my friends thank you for watching if you like the book let me know in the comments below if you don’t understand certain things ask away and I will help you with my knowledge and will provide the answers to the best of my abilities and remember to like And subscribe if you think someone else could benefit from this video you can share with them and as usual if you want to have a one-on-one session with me you can book an appointment at IWlifeguidance.com. We will read another book in February I will share that in my other social media channels and I’ll see you in the next episode bye for now.
Why and How to Meditate: A Simple Breathing Technique
In this episode, I talk about meditation covering two topics:
1. Why meditation is important ✨ I share my point of view about it’s importance based on my experience. I started my meditation journey in 2008!
2. How you can start today with a simple breathing technique 🧘♀️ I walk you through one my favorite meditation techniques where you focus on your breath.
Meditation has been a transformational practice for me, benefiting both my health and my mind. It’s a powerful tool for facing life’s challenges and gaining a better perspective on life by tapping into your Inner Wisdom.
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Welcome to Inner Wisdom Life Guidance | My Mission, Story, and How I Can Guide You
Welcome to Inner Wisdom Life Guidance! In this first episode, I introduce myself, and share my mission behind starting this project. I mention the core topics we’ll be focusing on which are:
✨ Mental Health
💰 Financial Wellness
🥗 Mindful Eating I dive into:
1. My personal background
2. Why I decided to start Inner Wisdom Life Guidance
3. The meaning behind the name “Inner Wisdom Life Guidance”
4. How I can guide you on your life’s journey toward wellness and success
5. How to book a 1:1 guidance session with me
