State Shifters

In this episode, I chatted with Matty Wilson, the co-founder of iQ brew. iQ brew is the world’s first ready-to-drink mushroom-infused nootropic coffee. It combines natural earth-grown products to create the best brain-boosting, immunity fortifying coffee. Tune into this episode to listen to why Matty embarked on the journey to develop his coffee and the biohacking capabilities of nootropic infused coffee. We discussed: - Matty’s journey to creating his business - The super drug: nootropics - The benefit of sourcing good local coffee - What you should know about the coffee you drink - Coffee cupping sessions - Matty’s discovery of lion’s mane (mushroom extracts) with coffee - iQ’s goal of connecting with their roots - The struggle to find good products - The ingredients in iQ brew coffee   Follow iQ Brew on:  - Instagram: hhttps://www.instagram.com/iqbrew/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cognitivecoffee/ https://www.iqbrew.com.au/   Connect with me on: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stateshifters/

In this episode, I reconnect with Jennifer Mansell (@jlmansell). Jenn is a breathwork facilitator, leadership and performance coach, motivation mover, speaker, and my good friend from Toronto, Canada. She also works with coaches and lifestyle entrepreneurs to grow their brands online. This is Jenn’s second appearance on the podcast but this time we explore an entirely new topic: relationships. Tune in to hear us chat about how to resolve communication issues with your partner, the signs your needs aren’t being met and the importance of building deeper intentions for your relationships. We discuss: - the growth you get from relationships - rectifying communication problems - unlearning childish patterns - attachment theory in relationships - meeting your partner’s needs - what we’ve learned from our own relationships - one of the signs your needs aren’t being met - being open to conversations about vulnerable topics including sex and intimacy - the importance of building deeper intentions for your relationship

In this episode, I welcome back my friend Steve Clemens for the third time. Steve and I connected a couple of years ago, after booking an Airbnb four hours north of Ontario. When I first met Steve and learned about his story, I knew I had to share his message with the world. After having his awakening when his son was born, Steve decided he could no longer stand by and be a part of the “destruction to the planet." So, he built a self-contained and self-sufficient off-the-grid cabin where he spent his next two years alone in solitude, reconnecting with nature and his purpose.   Join us as Steve and I discuss: - His opinion on COVID-19 and our global reaction - The abundance of goods yet no consumers - The impact of hyperinflation in the economy - The societal shift away from cash - The power of cryptocurrency - What you can do with your excess time - and How to adjust to the new normal   Connect with me on: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stateshifters/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stateshifters

The StarSeed twins, Marco Antonio and Miguel Angel Peralta are pioneers of the Ascension process and leaders of the new age higher consciousness movement. They describe themselves as teachers of universal law, leading and teaching by example, by living and embodying universal truth and applying this wisdom to everyday life in practical ways. They’ve inspired me in many ways of my life, so I've brought them on this podcast to chat about surrendering to the present moment, the benefit of helping others, and how you should answer the question ‘to be or not to be?.’ Tune in to hear us discuss: - The path they took to their purpose - The separation between ‘fun’ and being ‘spiritual’ - Learning to surrender to the present moment - The abundance within yourself - The cosmic glue - Excitement and the secret to manifesting what you want - Working on yourself to help others - Stepping into someone else’s story - Being responsive vs. reactive  - How lessons are disguised in pain - Adopting the belief that life happens

George Lizos (@georgelizos) is a spiritual teacher, author and the host of The Lit Up Lightworker Podcast. Through his work, he helps lightworkers overcome their fears and the limiting beliefs that prevent them from finding happiness and creating positive change in the world. He joins me in this podcast to talk about past life regressions, how you can find the motivation to do things and the importance of working with your ego to accept change.   Tune in to listen to us discuss: - George’s decision to be self-employed - Transforming potential into action - Determining if your masculine or feminine energy is out of balance - The correlation between happiness and your life’s purpose - How consistency and duration is key for developing good practices - The best practices to start your spiritual journey - Working with our ego to accept change - Finding the motivation to do things - Taking calculated steps instead of blind leaps - The unchanging fate of our purpose - and past life regressions   Connect with Georg

Emily Strange (@emilyystrange_) is a 23-year-old Perth local, who recently shared her journey from alcoholism to sobriety in her blog, ‘A Sober Mind.’ In this episode, she joins me to discuss the pressures of drinking in young adulthood, the steps she took to find herself and the importance of building a bridge between the medical world and spirituality.   We explored: - Emily’s journey from alcoholism to sobriety - Growing up surrounded by a ‘drinking culture’ - The binary extremes of alcoholism - Finding life in Acceptance - Acknowledgement: the first step to recovery - Diagnosing addiction - Aiming for progress and not protection - Emily’s advice on how to start healing your addiction - Building the bridge between the medical world and spirituality - Emily’s meditational routine - Writing a letter to the universe   Connect with Emily on: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyystrange_   Connect with me on: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stateshifters/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stat

Welcome to our 50th episode! To celebrate this milestone, I’ve invited my friend and the man who inspired the creation of this podcast, Josh Collins, back on to chat about growth, trauma, adjusting to the ‘work from home’ life and the benefit of pencilling in time to slow down. Josh (@jcoll11) has been one of my longest and best mates, and someone who I can always have deep and genuine conversations with. I invite you to tune into our discussion and, hopefully, pull something from it.   We discuss: - growing in unexpected ways - finding pleasure in the simple things - managing the ‘work from home’ transition - pencilling in time to slow down - making peace with your current state - the purpose in your pain - accepting the neutrality of the universe - evolving into love - small practices for healing trauma - and the biggest things I’ve learned since starting this podcast   For those of you who are have been here for all 50 episodes and for the ones who are new to the podcast… thank you for all your love and su

Valerie Gamer (@valeriegamer_) is a food relationship facilitator, certified plant-based chef, mum of 2, wife, holistic recipe developer and entrepreneur. In this episode, she joins me to share her knowledge of the importance of building a nourishing relationship with food - especially while in quarantine.    We discuss: - Valerie’s story and how she fixed her relationship with food - Acknowledging the problem: the first step of recovery - The difference between looking good and feeling good - How your emotional boundaries are affecting your food choices - The steps to becoming healthy - Valerie’s advice on creating a morning routine - How to fix your quarantine snacking habits - How to use food to determine if you have an emotional healing problem - Being conscious of how food makes you feel   Connect with Valerie on: - Instagram: @valeriegamer_   Connect with me on: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stateshifters/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stateshifters/ https://state-shifters.com/

Angelina Zimmerman is a mentor for entrepreneurs and those working in corporate organizations who are dissatisfied with life and want to achieve more. Not only does she work with clients who are excited to level up their mindset, health, and wealth but she also shares her knowledge in her podcast Zillionaire Superstars. In this episode, we dive deep and cover a variety of topics, ranging from her experience as a life coach to her tips for handling the transition into quarantine. So, whether you’re a life coach or someone feeling a little uncertain during these times, this is the episode for you. We discuss: - Angelina’s career change from human resources to coaching - Being ready to embrace coaching - How to get over the ‘money block’ - Shifting your internal state to change your external circumstances - Understanding your identity  - How to sculpt a new internal mindset - How to help someone build better habits - Using money as an excuse to avoid investing in ourselves - Book recommendations - The importan

This week’s guest is the 20-year-old Toronto-born, Michael Spivak (@spivy__). Michael is the youngest guest to appear on the State Shifters Podcast to date but don’t let his age fool you - he is one of the wisest young men I’ve had the pleasure of befriending. Stay tuned to hear us talk about his dive into the spiritual world, how he uses tools to understand his emotions and the importance of holding space to listen to others.   In this episode, we discuss: - the quarantine - his head-first dive into a spiritual journey - his experience doing his first breathwork session - the power of breathwork and using it to heal yourself - understanding fear and the story the mind creates around pain - How mike uses the tool “the four corners” (data, thoughts, feelings and desire) to understand his emotions - Fighting the stigma of showing your true self on social media - Mike’s journey finding himself as the youngest of five brothers - surrendering to support and mentorship - holding space to listen to those you care ab

Fear can be a crippling emotion - especially when it's collective and turned into panic. Join me in this week’s episode as I share a positive perspective on the quarantine and how you can use your free time to develop a deeper connection with yourself.   Follow me to connect on: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stateshifters/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stateshifters/ https://state-shifters.com/   Watch my free seminar on how to find your purpose https://stateshifters.kartra.com/page...

Sarah Reilly is a life coach and author from New Zealand, who quit her corporate career in risk management to live out her dreams of coaching full-time. In 2018, we recorded this episode of the State Shifters Podcast and discussed Sarah’s journey to becoming a personal coach, the actual truth behind the saying “you can’t get everything you want,” and the benefit of investing in yourself and a coach.  Tune in to hear us chat about: - Sarah’s journey becoming a life coach - digging out the emotional bullets affecting your life - the cost of your procrastination - the truth behind “you can’t get everything you want” - the value of investing in a coach - finding the right coach for you - overcoming fear and following your soul - a day-in-the-life of a life coach - the biggest thing that changed Sarah’s life    Connect with Sarah at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahreillycoaching/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SarahReillyCoaching/ https://www.sarahreillycoaching.com/about/   Connect with me at: Inst

When we’re trying to build the life we want to live, we often get caught up in the hustle and feeling like we always need to be ‘productive.’ If we’re not careful, the desire to do the most with our time can end up making us feel overwhelmed and anxious. In this episode, I share my advice on how you can find happiness in slowing down and doing less.   Follow me to learn more about tapping into your full potential on: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stateshifters/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stateshifters/ https://state-shifters.com/

Calli O’Brien is the CEO and co-founder of My Matcha Life, a company devoted to bringing top quality matcha products and experiences to the market. She has worked with the world’s top Matcha Tea Masters, toured Japanese mills where the finest matcha powder is still stone-ground to perfection, and managed the packaging, transportation, marketing and distribution of matcha tea products on three continents. Embodying the principles of the Japanese Tea Ceremony (harmony, purity, respect and tranquillity), Calli discusses the benefits of drinking matcha and everything a beginner needs to know about the tea in this week's episode.   Tune in to hear us discuss: - discovering Matcha - the health benefits of drinking matcha tea - matcha tea vs. coffee - a beginner’s guide to trying matcha tea - how matcha has helped me biohack my body’s energy - incorporating matcha into your life   You can find My Matcha Life products at retailers across North America and on mymatchalife.com/. *** Bonus: If you’re a Canadian listener

In this week’s episode, I chatted with my friend Kameel Ismail (@kameelism). Kameel is an Entrepreneur and Avid traveller. He spends his time spare time empowering and educating individuals in the hopes that he can help improve health and wellness through powerful natural solutions that work. Tune in to hear us talk about the benefits of essential oils, biophilic design, how you can create the life you want to live, and much more.   We discussed: - the benefits of essential oils - biophilic design and taking lessons from nature - the similarities between religion and spirituality - how Kameel uses religion to strengthen his spiritual side - the ‘right’ time to do psychedelics - using nature to regulate your emotions - how to read the thoughts of your body - creating and visualizing the life you want to live - finding magic in the unknown and the uncomfortable - writing things out to discover the truth

In this week’s episode, I chatted with Marcos Tolu. Marcos is known by some as a solutionist that uses his creativity and self-expression to invent innovative solutions towards building online businesses. He is also known by others as an inspirational coach and motivational speaker that shares his experience with global audiences. Tune in to hear us talk about the importance of using language to create change, developing healthy habits to avoid burnouts and some of the secrets needed to be a good personal coach.   In this episode, we discussed: - how a dream motivated Marcos to follow his career as a - overcoming the fear of starting a business - using language to create change - Marcos’ current project: ‘Becoming’ - developing healthy habits to avoid burnouts - finding your own strategies for success - the two things needed to be a coach - exchanging comfort and misery with value   Marcos’ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/marcosmendosavideos/about/?ref=page_internal Marcos’ Email: Marcos@marcosmendosa.

In today’s episode, I spoke with the inspirational Anahata Ananda. Anahata is the founder of Sedona’s Shamangelic Healing and is a certified high-performance coach. Using the compassion, tenderness, wisdom and strength of a Shaman, she has guided thousands of individuals through core life shifts, helping them to turn their life around and create the life of their dreams. I’m excited to bring you this episode as Anahata and I breakdown the warning signs before a burnout, finding your soul’s mission, learning from heartbreak, and much more.   Anahata’s Website: https://www.shamangelichealing.com/ Anahata’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anahataananda/ Anahata’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShamangelicHealing   *Free Gift: http://shamangelic.pages.ontraport.net/FreeGift_Jordan_Candlish*   Tune in to hear: - what motivates people to pursue shamanic healing - the warning signs before a burnout - letting go of trauma and reclaiming yourself - what Anahata discovers from those seeking to be healed - how

Today’s guest is the incredible Jordan Bone (@jbone89). Jordan is a popular YouTuber, making beauty videos as well as opening up about her life. When Jordan was 15, she was in a life-changing accident that left her paralyzed from the chest down. She now shares her story to inspire others.   In this episode, we discuss: - Jordan’s story - How guided meditation changed Jordan’s life - Embracing both positive and negative emotions - Advice for escaping a limiting life - Overcoming the fear of putting your true self out there - Becoming the role model you wish you had - Using your natural energy to shift your state - The meditational practices that help us - Pulling inspiration from others   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanBone89 Twitter: @JordanBone1 Instagram: @jbone89 Facebook: f/JordansBeautifulLife Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Beautiful-Struggle-Jordan-Bone/dp/1409171523?src=jordan-bone-campaign

In this week’s episode, I chatted with Ankush Gakhar. Ankush is the founder of Auxomate, a company that's passionate about building actionable tools to help you unwire old habits and rewire your brain and body to the new expression of yourself. Recently, Ankush has embarked on a journey to create the My New Self Journal and app - together these two tools that help you not only reach your goals but also create a new achievable lifestyle. In this episode, we discussed: Ankush’s journey escaping life as a victim The benefit of consuming knowledge How Ankush knew a corporate journey wasn’t his only story Ridding your mind of anxiety and self-judgement Building the ritual you need to shift your state Admitting and declaring your emotions to become healed from the past Finding yourself by following fear Using the framework, “aware, aspire, and act,” to get into a state of flow

IT'S TIME TO FIND THE "ONE" Heartbreak can be the most powerful teacher. But if we aren't aware of the lesson that beneath the pain, we will repeat the same lessons just described differently. Think about it, what grade do you think you're at when it comes to relationships? how many lessons have you passed? If you find yourself repeating the same lessons, or you keep seeing the same patterns in your relationships, chances are you haven't discovered the "one". The "one" has been within you all along The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself, you are the "one" you've been looking for. In this episode, I get to sit down with my good friend Yasmin (Empowerment Alchemist) @Yasmin_eve to discuss how we break free from the patterns of the past. How to stop projecting past traumas onto your future relationship. We discuss: - how your relationship with yourself is the foundation of everything - How to heal your trauma - The process of self-soothing - What the current climate issues are actually