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See The Upside - Overcoming Obstacles and Doing Life a Little Better Everyday

by Nina Blaicher

See the Upside Podcast is all about seeing the good even when the hard moments happen. Inspired by real life challenges that led to awakenings, we explore ways to do life a little better every day, see the positive in every experience and share the wisdom and stories to inspire each other. Topics range from spirituality, healing, love, wellness, finance, friendship, personal growth, career development and anything else that makes our lives rich, full, happy and just plain good. Interviews are with real people who have thrived through adversity as well as experts in a variety of fields sharing best practices about how to find meaning and purpose in life's most difficult moments. Join the conversation and be inspired to move through life with a little more light, a lot of hope and the knowing that there are incredible, limitless possibilities ahead once you decide to see them.

Episodes

71. Speaking with The Heart and How it Totally Changes the Way We Communicate in Relationships with Dr Heather Brown

1h 5m · Published 21 Apr 23:00

Dr. Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT, helps people recognize the power of communication. In this episode, Dr Heather shares her wisdom about communicating with heart increasing connection, understanding, and the love we give and feel.

In the episode we get into:

How we each function from our own realities
How to meet someone where they're at, but still stay grounded in yourself
Where compassion comes into play
How to respectfully disagree
Why not allowing our kids to have their real emotions can be damaging
How to bring our issues to our partner with love
Why listening doesn't mean we agree
What it means to be working towards each other in a relationship
Why a relationship ending doesn't mean it failed
How to speak with our hearts and how it changes communication
How to make room for individual differences in our relationship

Mentioned in this episode -
Book - Kissing the Mirror
Book - Jay Shetty's 8 Rules of Love
Book - The Book of Awakening

Connect with Dr. Heather:
Website: https://www.drheatherbrowne.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087652243855
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.heatherbrowne/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.heatherbrowne
Heather's Book: Speaking with the Heart

Connect with See The Upside:
Website - www.SeetheUpside.com
Instagram - @see.theupside
Facebook - See The Upside

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70. How Your Life can Totally Change When you Eliminate Anger with Mort Orman

1h 0m · Published 07 Apr 17:00

We all struggle with anger at times, or have someone close to us who does. It can be be difficult to manage, can affect our lives in all kinds of negative ways and just plain doesn't feel good. So what can we do to better manage it?
Or better yet, stop anger from happening in the first place...

Enter Dr. Mort Orman, who himself struggled with anger for years. As a busy MD he saw first hand the direct effects that anger had on his patients and noticed the terrible ways it was affecting his own life, so he decided to do something about it.

In this interview Dr. Mort openly shares his own struggles with anger and how it led him to discover the methods that he first applied in his own life and now shares in his books and workshops helping his clients heal and resolve anger for good, completely transforming their lives and totally changing how they feel.

In the episode we get into:

The difference between anger management and anger elimination
Why the traditional methods of anger management aren't enough
The questions to ask that will dissolve anger when you feel it
The two internal things that happen that cause anger within us
How the lenses that we view things affect the way we experience and react to life
The "fake news" our brain creates and why it does it
Why missing information causes anger and how to stop jumping to conclusions
Why righteousness is often an element in anger and how it provides an adrenaline rush
The relationship between anger and delivering punishment
When anger can actually be a good thing
How our culture supports anger
How eliminating anger changed Mort's life and how it can change yours
How modeling anger elimination can help our kids

This episode was so enlightening and really got to the core root of why anger happens. When we understand the source within ourselves, then we can find the path to heal and transform.

Connect with Dr. Mort:
Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/docorman
Free Downloadable Book (Through 4/30/2024) - http://AprilBookOffer.com
Website: https://docorman.com/
The Books

69. Create Inner Calm Quickly with Mini Meditations with Ann Swanson

1h 10m · Published 03 Mar 22:00

Sometimes starting something like meditation can seem overwhelming, or too time consuming. That's where Ann Swanson and mini meditations come in. Life these days is busy, and to fit something else in can feel like a big ask. What if you could do meditations anywhere, anytime? What is those meditations instantly made you feel better? At peace, calm and like the best version of yourself?
And what if it all felt easy and actually helped you create MORE time in your life?

That's what Ann's meditation approach is all about. Her beautiful voice alone invoked huge calm and ease, and our conversation dove into allll the objections to meditation and all the questions about how and why it works so well.

In the episode we get into:

How meditation actually creates MORE time
The science behind yoga and meditation and why they help so much
Using meditation in everyday life and everywhere you go
Meditations for stress, sports, relationships, dating, kids, work - anything!
How to customize what's the best way for you to meditate and what areas it can help you with
What exactly are mini meditations and why they're so effective
How the brain's state changes while you're meditating
Do you need to let go of thoughts in meditation?

I've been a huge proponent of meditation for a while, but I still learned so much in this conversation! The big take away - make meditation work for you and you always can find a minute or two. Just breathe deep and feel the calm sink in.

Connect with Ann:
Website: https://www.annswansonwellness.com/
The Books: -
Meditation for the Real World
The Science of Yoga

68. How to Get into Flow with Change with Jane Cebrynski

1h 8m · Published 12 Feb 02:00

Life coach, yoga instructor and all around beautiful and inspiring person, Jane Cebrynski shares all the best ways to navigate change. Jane's coaching style is to approach life like an athlete, but she's also super yogi-zen too. I love this combo and it's so beautifully authentically her. Through this unique intentional, results-oriented style Jane shares her wisdom on navigating change with confidence and grace, but also learning to love the journey to get to where you're going along the way.

In the episode we get into:

How to have goals but also to be present and appreciate the where you are
How to strive for better while having grace
Growth is not about fixing but about expanding and growing
How getting still can bring forward guidance that you never expected
How mindfulness brings about transformational change
What happens when you allow without judgement or attachment to an outcome
How to honor and live your truth
How to serve and give from a place of filling ourselves up first so we can show up as the best version of ourselves
Building resilience with our kids
The three things you need to know to navigate change
How our brain shifts when change happens
Why meditation is so important for transformation
How are we limiting outcomes by our subconscious beliefs
How to regulate your nervous system and why it's so important to make good decisions
Getting on a mission to heal

Change isn't always easy, but it's a constant in life. And with a guide like Jane along with the support and tools she shares, we can learn to get better at it, and love ourselves along the way.

Mentioned in this episode -
To Be Magnetic - https://tobemagnetic.com/
Expanded podcast - https://tobemagnetic.com/expanded-podcast
Book - Stillness is the Key
Book - The Power of Full Engagement
Music. - https://music.apple.com/us/search?term=selfish

Connect with Jane:
Website: https://www.empowerforgrowth.com/
Email: [email protected]

67. Raw and Unfiltered - The Magic of Chanting with Kimberly Braun

31m · Published 03 Dec 21:00

In this episode, we totally break with tradition and have shared the raw, unfiltered version with you. When I went back to edit, there was just too much amazing background conversation that I really wanted to share.

Kimberly Braun had been a guest previously. As a TED X speaker, mystic, teacher, author, former nun, minister, and so much more, we had a heart expanding conversation on episode #66 that ended up talking about her experience with chanting.
I've been curious about chanting for a while and really wanted to go deeper with this, so asked her to come back on the show and share some chants with us.

As we prepared, we ended up talking in beautiful detail about what the chants mean, the history and origin of each chant and the best way to experience them.

So not only will you get the opportunity to experience several different kind of chants, but you'll have some further insight into what feelings they may evoke and what the intentions were behind them.

What a beautiful gift for Kimberly to come back and share this with us. I really leaned in to the feelings and experience and loved every minute. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

Connect with Kimberly:
Website: https://www.kimberlybraun.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlybraun09/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberlybraun.ma
Kimberly's Book: Book
Kimberly's Poetry Book: Poetry Book

66. What Happens When you Allow your Soul to Lead the Way with Kimberly Braun

58m · Published 03 Dec 20:00

Kimberly Braun is an author, a poet, TED X speaker, minister, teacher and a mystic. She has written a book of beautiful poetry (spoiler alert - she shares one of her poems in our conversation! ) and has also written a book on her years of life in silence as a Carmelite nun. Her energy is so calm and soothing and Kimberly is just filled with wisdom on how to live a more aligned and spiritual life. We talk meditation, religion, love, intuition, healing and a so much more.

Just a few of the topics we get into in this episode:

Why connecting to ourselves is so important
How having a guide on your healing journey can change everything
Whya guide can be a powerful mirror to ourselves
The simple and all accessible thing that dissolves all fear
Kimberly's experience in a monastery for 10 years chanting for 7 hours per day
How your intuition guides you even when you don't know how to do something
How to find faith within religion AND within ourselves
Co-creating our dreams from a place of trust and allowing
How to open your heart and mind to creative solutions
Tapping into our interconnectedness and how it elevates our human experience
How to get into flow and the structure we have to get us there
The dance of co creating and how to find the balance between allowing and doing
How many religious practices are actually spirituality universal and how to integrate practices
The beautiful balance of giving and receiving

Connect with Kimberly:
Website: https://www.kimberlybraun.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlybraun09/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kimberlybraun.ma
Kimberly's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Naked-Light-Extraordinary-Moment/dp/B0CKCWT2W1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38BP3G5H2LES6&keywords=miracles+in+the+naked+light&qid=1701530637&sprefix=miracles+in+the+naked+light%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1
Kimberly's Poetry Book: https://www.amazon.com/Beloved-Found-Source-Kimberly-Braun/dp/1312216603/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21ENVCWSY288R&keywords=Kimberly+Braun+poems+from+the+source&qid=1701530727&s=audible&sprefix=kimberly+braun+poems+from+the+sourc%2Caudible%2C131&sr=1-1

65. Embracing Your Wounds as Invitations to the Highest, Most Awake Version of You with Damla Aktekin

46m · Published 18 Sep 00:00

From the moment I met Damla, she exuded a real calming energy. And that's exactly what she does. She work to create calm, peace and healing though energetic work including inner child exploration, journaling and crystal connecting.
In our interview we touch on many ways to heal and connect with our souls, exploring the idea that our wounds are not here to make our lives painful, but rather to show us our light, to lead us directly to our highest and truest potential.

In the episode we get into:

Getting beyond living through out minds and bodies
Tapping into our energetic being
How crisis can be a calling to guide us to exactly where we need to heal
How to be proactive in our energetic wellness rather than waiting for rock bottoms
Our inner child an energetic being to connect with
Past life and ancestral patterns and wounds and how to heal them
How our wounds manifest in the body
Why it's important to first connect with your inner child before getting into healing
Why our wounds are our gifts and our entrypoint into our true potential
How our children are specially designed to heal us rather than us healing them
Why it's so important we each need to have the dignity and growth opportunity to heal our own wounds
Journaling as a spiritual practice and a connection to your soul
Connecting with crystals in your healing practice

I had always worked under the assumption that healing is a practice or a way to get rid of trauma or pain. This interview really opened me up to the concept of full acceptance of ourselves and the understanding that it ALL is showing us our light. What a magical and revolutionary lens through which to view life.

Connect with Damla:
Website: https://adropofom.com/
A Drop of Om Podcast: https://programs.adropofom.com/podcast
Free Resources: https://programs.adropofom.com/free-healing-resources

64. Why You Create Deeper Connection when you Stop People Pleasing with Amy Green Smith

1h 13m · Published 22 Aug 00:00

As a people pleaser, I know how complicated it is. It feels like it's part of who we are and how we like to give and show up for others. But when can it be not so good for us, or even not so good for those that we care most about? When does it get unhealthy, inauthentic, and maybe even keep us stuck and unhappy in ways?
In this interview with Amy Smith Green - who is amazing - we discuss WHY we people please, how to feel into when it's not serving you, beginning to notice when you do it, how to shift so that you can operate from your highest, best version of yourself and feel deeper calm, happiness AND connection.

In the episode we get into:

Why we feel like it's more important to make others happy over ourselves
How to communicate your truth with grace and kindness
How to balance your wishes for your kids with allowing them to be their authentic unique selves
Why it's important to become comfortable being a disappointment
The big connection between worthiness and speaking our truth
Why we feel safe with the people who set boundaries
Where emotional intelligence fits in with people pleasing
How our emotions are messengers telling us important information, but isn't a reflection of our worthiness
Why it's so important to give the people we love the opportunity to be what we need by communicating honestly
Why delivery of your message is the key to getting what you want
Why fear responses don't work and why we do them
How to use vulnerability to set the energetic tone in conflict
Why conversational consent (timing!) can totally change a difficult convo
How to teach your kids it's ok to express anger in safe and appropriate ways
Why the container of how you hold a high conflict topic is crucial to having a healthy and respectful conversation

SO many of us fall back on people pleasing and there are times when it feels good and works! But there are also times when we may want to look at giving ourselves permission to be honest and real, and by doing so, we're creating much deeper and more meaningful connection.
A lot to think about and so much to open up to!

Connect with Amy:
Website: https://amygreensmith.com/
Retreat Info: https://amygreensmith.com/worthy
Free Downloads: https://amygreensmith.com/free/
Podcast: https://amygreensmith.com/podcast/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/heyamygreensmith

63. Living a Truly Authentic Life on Purpose with Colleen Coles

1h 5m · Published 26 Jul 13:00

Living authentically, on purpose. How would that actually feel? Letting go of all the ways we think we're supposed to live and finally allowing ourselves to be truly free...
Have you ever thought about what this would mean for you? Or how it could totally transform your life and how you feel? In this interview with life coach, spiritual guide and all around beautiful person, Colleen Coles, we get into the heart and soul of stepping fully into your life and how to actually do it.

In the episode we get into:

Why sticking things out isn't always the best choice and how shame can keep us stuck on a path that isn't serving us anymore
What happens when we realize choosing to live life doing things that make us happy is an option
What would it look like if you just did what made you happy?
Why we end up living life as we THINK we should rather than what's authentic
The different ways men and women respond to stress
How to avoid guilt and shame when we set boundaries
From Catholicism to Spirituality and how it can all blend together
Getting in flow with nature, God and your own authenticity
How to life in feminine flow and manifesting from our feminine energy
When you feel like you can't trust yourself because you've made mistakes
When we make mistakes which are aligned with our truth, there won't be shame around them
Why radical self compassion is so important
How do you know the difference between intuition and fear
Becoming our most spiritual selves by being human

This was so soul filling and is such a beautiful invitation to really get clear about our desires, where we're blocking or holding back and how we can tap into living our best life ever.

Connect with Colleen:
Website: www.colleencoles.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colleen.coles/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/10153997636562896
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgjRV1jBsYGRIms3wje8iMQ
Email - [email protected]

Mentioned in this Episode:
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
Your Zone of Genius
Call of the Wild by Kimberly Ann Johnson
To Be Magnetic
Medical Medium's Brain Saver Book
Mating in Captivity

62. Removing Money Blocks, Becoming Financially Empowered and Stepping into your Most Abundant Life with Patti Handy

53m · Published 24 Jun 20:00

In this interview with former financial advisor and mortgage broker turned financial coach for divorced, single and widowed women, Patty Handy, we talk all about women and money. From investing to tax strategies, to calling in abundance and overcoming money blocks, we hit every element of how to attrace, build and manage abundance financially and in all elements of life.

In the episode we get into:

How our money story creates our money reality
Why awareness and being honest about your starting point is the key to changing
How financial abundance is available in an infinite amount of ways and we all have the opportunity for it
Creating real financial freedom
How to make your money work FOR you
The one key element to finding your purpose
Why you don't have to be an expert to be able to share your wisdom
How generational beliefs can block your true financial abundance capacity and get lodged into your subconscious
How aligned action fits in to creating abundance and why we are co-creators of our abundant lives
How self worth and our own value of ourselves comes into play in our financial potential
Where our spiritual practice comes in when creating wealth
What a spiritual download looks like and why it's ok if it doesn't make sense in the moment
Why being comfortable being uncomfortable helps us turn obstacles into opportunities

This interview was SO much more than about money and calling in abundance. Money and wealth has so much connection to who we are, what we think we deserve and how we feel. Loved that we went full circle on how it all fits together.

Connect with Patti:
Website: www.pattihandy.com
Minding Her Money Program: https://patti-handy.mykajabi.com/optin

See The Upside - Overcoming Obstacles and Doing Life a Little Better Everyday has 72 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 68:48:36. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 27th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 23rd, 2024 23:19.