S1 Ep1: Roxy Shabestari - Mean Girls (2004), Pride And Prejudice (2005), Beetlejuice (1988)

*** The sound on this one's a bit funky. Didn't use my mic. So, I did my best to eq it and use some audio magic to make it easier to listen to ***

A very fun conversation with my friend, Paul Kearney (https://www.iampaulkearney.com), who's excitement about the topic helped me start up season 2. 🤣

The last few weeks, it kept pinging in my head, "You need to have Becky on your show...." So, to chase those voices in my head away, I reached out to her and voila! We spent 40 minutes hanging out and talking about her three favorite movies.

But truthfully, Becky is one of the most phenomenal women I've ever met. Strong, kind, beautiful, and brilliant. What is it about these three movies that reveal who she is? Well, after this conversation, it was even more clear why she is one of the most phenomenal women I've ever met. :-)

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From becky-vannes.com:

Becky Vannes is an author, international speaker, entrepreneur, founder of four companies, and a national qualified figure competitor. She is also on a national televised TV show since 2011.

 

 

She is an Access Consciousness® Certified Facilitator, which contributes to empowering her clients, all over the world with amazing tools that can actually create Ease and Joy in all areas of their life. 

I invited one of my oldest school friends to come through and discuss his three favorite movies. I met Ali when I transferred to a new high school and I quickly discovered one of the first people I ever met who was actually happy (it was the 90's. it wasn't cool to be happy, yet). I hope you enjoy our conversation, as it truly reveals insights into why my amazing friend is... well, pretty amazing. :-)

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From the Holistic Life Foundation website:

Ali Smith is one of the Co-founders of the Holistic Life Foundation. He is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and graduate of the Friends School of Baltimore and the University of Maryland, College Park, receiving a BS in Environmental Science and Policy with a Biodiversity specialization.  He has over 15 years of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness to diverse populations. Through his work at the Holistic Life Foundation he has helped develop and pilot yoga and mindfulness programs at public and private schools, drug treatment centers, juvenile detention centers, mental crisis facilities, and retreat centers, nationally and internationally.  Ali has authored a series of children’s books, and co-authored several yoga and mindfulness based curriculum’s, as well as developed numerous workshops and training’s. His work with the Holistic Life Foundation has been featured on Making a Difference on the NBC Nightly News, CNN, and CBS, as well as O the Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Upworthy, Mindful Magazine, Yoga Journal, Shambala Sun, and many other publications.

Sometimes, SOMETIMES, in life, you go into a conversation open to whatever might show up and with the openness to receive. Well, the joy, vulnerability, and fun that my friend, Bret Rockmore, shared with me about his "three" favorite movies changed my life. Not joking about this. His excitement for the epic universe of "LOTR," the creative joy and chaos of "Step Brothers," the trusting what you see and choosing according to your knowing of the characters of "The Big Short," and the freedom of creating without a POV in "Forrest Gump," is all an energy that reminded me what it is to be you, choose just to choose, to trust your awareness, and to be the gift you truly be. I'm so grateful to my friend, Bret. :-)

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From BretAndGeorgia.com:

Bret Rockmore is an Access Consciousness Certified Facilitator and the founder of Rockmore Media. He is fondly known as the encyclopedia-BRET-anica for his quick recall of the Access Consciousness Reference materials (of which there are over 4,000 pages!). Bret is an example of someone who lives and breathes allowance. Just being around him is an incredible gift. And he's a funny devil too!!

 

Bret grew up in New York and found Access Consciousness after being diagnosed with an "incurable disease", which he was able to cure himself of using the tools he discovered. He now lives in Houston, TX, but you will very often find him in amazing places around the world, videoing livestreamed classes, making it possible for Access Consciousness classes to be enjoyed by all from the comfort of their own home.

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Bret enjoys empowering people to find their creative capacities that only they are capable of. 

I started this podcast because I love asking people this question. And in this brief clip from episode 2 with my guest, Natalie Burrage, I tell her why. One of her Three Favorite Movies was one that I COULD NOT get past the first 20 minutes. In revealing what she loves about that movie, about the things in the characters she adores, she shows me so much about what makes her great and why she's one of my favorite people in the world.