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241. You Can Talk About It, Or You Can Be It: (Re)Learning To Trust Myself In Life And On Social Media10 Jan 202500:20:03

In this solo update, I expose my own self-judgements around how I show up on social media and the attachment to creating something “successful”. Together, we flip these illusions upside down and go straight where these fears are actually inviting us – intimacy with the Divine and with life itself. 

I also share:

  • How this incredible community has held me through one of the biggest transitions I’ve ever been through – separation, divorce and single mamahood

  • How I’m seeing this divorce and becoming a single mom from a zoomed out perspective: the lessons that are here FOR me

  • How I’m recalibrating my relationship with social media 

  • How I am interpreting the lack of growth on my social media pages (despite some big viral moments over the past few years) 

  • What I’m called to play with on social media this year 

  • Learning to trust my instincts 

  • Niche or no niche? 

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240. I’m Back! A Big Life Update After Having a Baby (Following Guidance One Step at a Time)10 Jun 202401:07:43

It’s been almost a year since I’ve released an episode and since then we’ve moved across the country, bought and renovated a house (well, it’s still in progress!), birthed a baby, and welcomed another furry member to our family. I also released my first spoken word song. 

I’ve been hearing very strong inner guidance whispers to come back to the podcast. On the earthly plane, I’ve also experienced incredible synchronistic meetings and conversations that have pointed to the same thing… “get back to the mic!” I share some of these stories in this episode. 

So I’m following the guidance.

In this comeback episode, let’s catch up on life: I share the most memorable bits of my journey from last summer (when we drove across the country to move to the West Coast) to now, as I’m feeling a completion of my postpartum stage and feeling a new way of being, loving and expressing emerging within the expanded constellation of our family. 

 I share about: 

  • My initiation into receiving 

  • Our weird Airbnb experiences 

  • Our road trip from Austin to Reno 

  • Choosing to show up and share while the collective is in pain 

  • Our annual trip to the Tucson Gem Show with an infant 

  • Trip to Southern California and how our new dog Kobe divinely joined our family 

  • My Divinely guided and supported first big flight with Zion

  • The sign that gave me the courage to release my song, “Who Me?”

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Thank you for sharing this sacred space with me. 

 

230. Rethinking Content Creator Business and Creating Your Own Algorithm – TOM BOYD Interviews KSENIA BRIEF24 Dec 202201:10:08
In this episode I'm interviewed by Tom Boyd for his show Creators Are Brands. It's packed with gems! Description from Creators are Brands:

In a world where everyone is telling us to speed up, we talk about intentionally slowing down to create more of what you love, how to create your own algorithm, we talk about her integrated holistic way of working with sponsors (that i encourage you to borrow), why she stopped selling courses even though they were bringing in crazy money, how to re-frame feelings of jealousy or comparison of other creators, why she’s quitting being an influencer, and stay to the very end and she shares a strategy for connecting with your audience through every digital thing you make.

We discuss:

Rethinking content creator business

Building a sustainable brand on social media 

Finding meaning and longevity in digital self-expression

Relationships over transactions 

Social media as a stepping stone on the way of remembering who you are 

The metrics that actually matter 

Trusting the content you’re “meant to” share over logical strategy 

How to reframe comparison on social media 

Allowing social media to be a mirror of places you are meant to grow

Redefining success 

Seeing triggers as opportunities for growth 

Do you need to create a separate instagram account for your podcast? 

Clearing out your creative shelf 

Give yourself the grace to move through what you’re moving through 

Ways to connect to the joy of creation 

How Ksenia is currently approaching podcast and social media brand sponsorships

Related episodes: 

225 Retiring From Being An Influencer: Identity Alchemy, Soul Journey As A Public Figure and Releasing Addiction To Hustle

193 Tom Boyd of @bonusfootage: All Things Content Creation, Short Form Video and TikTok Growth

186 Join Me For 11 Days Of Sharing On Social Media | Hyping You Up To Share Your Medicine with The World

Resources:

Meditation and breathwork challenge on Open 

Social Media Challenge: 11 days of sharing 

Hashtag Mindful class on Skillshare

Connect with Tom Boyd:

www.tomboyd.co

Creators are Brands podcast 

Instagram: @bonusfootage

TikTok: @bonusfootage

Twitter: @BOYDERyo

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

Follow the podcast on Spotify

141: Identity Shifts, Recalibration and Integrating Downloads – NATALIE MILES26 Feb 202100:59:27

Natalie Miles (@iamnataliemiles) is a Channeler for the Collective, Psychic Medium, Writer, Speaker and Host of the top spiritual podcast on iTunes, “So You Think You’re Intuitive?”.

It’s her mission to make intuition accessible and be the “door opener” for others to connect to their intuition.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com.

We discuss: 

  • How to notice and act on signs
  • Balancing intuitive downloads and strategy
  • Integrating identify shifts after writing a book
  • The energetics of rebranding
  • How to not be boxed in when you go viral
  • Trusting the intuitive downloads
  • Discovering new facets of self-expression on social media 

 

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140: Pivoting, Intuition & Scaling An Online Coaching Business – HEATHER LYNN BARB 19 Feb 202100:53:17

Heather Lynn Barb (@heatherlynnbee) is an entrepreneur, online business mentor, podcaster, and creator.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

We cover: 

  • Pivoting from fitness to coaching
  • Overcoming imposter syndrome
  • Trusting your inner knowing 
  • Building your intuition
  • Protecting your ideas
  • The power of finding and receiving support
  • The balance between masculine and feminine in business 
  • How to design your first product
  • Scaling your business 
  • Sales on social media  
  • Digital influencer vs digital entrepreneur 
  • Heather’s non-dogmatic morning ritual

Connect with Heather Lynn Barb:

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Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
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139: Turning Intuitive Downloads Into Action In Business, Life and Social Media – AMY JO MARTIN Interviews KSENIA12 Feb 202100:46:24

In this conversation, my friend and mentor Amy Jo Martin (@amyjomartin) interviews me. This episode originally aired on the Why not Now podcast.

We cover:

  • How to turn intuitive downloads into action and results
  • How we moved from New York City to a cabin in the forest
  • Trusting the unknown
  • Energetically preparing for receiving what you want
  • My “brand essence” and how I’ve learned how to clearly communicate what I do 
  • How to introduce yourself powerfully
  • How to create a healthy relationship with social media
  • Are you wired to be a storyteller?
  • Social media as an opportunity to connect to your subconscious 
  • How to decide what projects to focus on

Mentioned: 

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Episode sponsor:

Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

Related episodes: 

Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.
138: 7 Ways Masterminds Helped Grow My Business05 Feb 202100:24:15

If you’re ready to take a leap in your business, joining a mastermind is the way to go. In my experience, it’s the best way to get focused support, streamline your business and offerings, significantly expand your network, and generally uplevel.

In this episode, I share my top 7 takeaways from joining masterminds and how that might apply to you.

Are you called to take the leap? I’m so excited to announce that applications for the Spring/Summer 2021 5D Mastermind are now open.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Connect with Woke & Wired:

  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.

137: 17 Lessons From Building A Profitable Brand On Social Media | Pivoting Breakfast Criminals 28 Jan 202100:38:16

After 8 years of building Breakfast Criminals – an acclaimed, profitable brand that I organically built through storytelling on social media – it’s time for a pivot. 

In this solo episode, we take a glimpse into how it started, what impacted the success of Breakfast Criminals, and the 17 lessons I learned about social media, people, digital business and the energetic principles of success. 

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Episode sponsor:

Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

Mentioned: 

Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.
Connect with Ksenia: 
136: Somatic Healing with CEDRIC BERTELLI – Coming Back To The Nature Within15 Jan 202100:48:55

Cedric Bertelli is the founder and director of the Emotional Health Institute. His work helps people resolve emotional difficulties such as phobias, nervousness, stress, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, rage, jealousy, hypervigilance, anger, worry, rumination and inhibition. 

My personal experience working with Cedric was profound, and I'm excited to share his wisdom with you!

We discuss: 

  • What led Cedric to leave his career as a chef and start the Emotional Health Institute
  • Cognitive vs somatic therapy
  • Why we shut down how we feel 
  • The space that opens up when we release painful memories from our bodies
  • Why psychedelics have in common with psychosomatics
  • Accessing trans-generational memories 
  • How your conscious and subconscious mind register trauma
  • Responding to what’s happening now instead of the past
  • How somatic healing and EmRes apply to entrepreneurship 

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

What is Emotional Resolution®?

At the base of EmRes® is a precise process which I call viscero-somatic quieting™. Viscero-somatic quieting connects you to the origin of a difficult emotion through your physical sensations and modulates the unwanted emotional response permanently. This simple yet rarely used physiologic capacity is innate to all human beings. The process is used to resolve conditions such as depression, fear, anxiety, PTSD, anger, and grief.

Connect with Woke & Wired:

  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.

135: A Journaling Exercise To Reflect and Create A Vision The Next 12 Months08 Jan 202100:25:07

In this solo episode, I share the journaling prompts I personally use to reflect on the past 12 months and create a vision for the new year. I share my own reflections from the past year, and my vision for the new year.

Last year Katie Hess, Jasmin Jenkins and I had an IRL journaling ritual with these in person and they became a powerful invisible anchor throughout the year.

These journaling prompts are a combination of things I’ve collected over the years. Go through these beginning of a calendar year, or any time of the year!

Episode sponsor:

Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

Related episodes: 81, 182

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

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134: Lessons From Top 10 Most Downloaded Episodes in 202031 Dec 202000:27:22

In this special roundup episode, I share the top takeaways from 10 most downloaded Woke & Wired episodes of 2020.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Episode sponsor:

Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

Mentioned: Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.
My TikTok Experiment 04: Zero to 350K Followers | 5D Video Storytelling Strategy24 Dec 202000:24:26

In 2020, I grew my TikTok account from 0 to 350K followers and I’m excited to share with you what I’ve learned so far and how TikTok or Instagram Reels can help you grow your business in 2021. This episode is a continuation of “My TikTok Experiment Series”. Catch up on previous updates:

My TikTok Experiment: Week One 0-3K Growth

My TikTok Experiment 02 | Week Three 3-6K Growth

My TikTok Experiment: Week Five 6K-40K Growth

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

This episode covers:

  • My journey of growing on TikTok
  • The opportunities that have opened up as a result of growing my platform on TikTok 
  • How discipline creates freedom 
  • Why short form video (TikTok and IG Reels) will be the #1
  • The energetics of video content 
  • Intentional frequency exchange online
  • How to get started on TikTok or IG Reels
  • Why cross posting on TikTok and IG Reels is the way to go
  • How to save a video from TikTok or IG Reels
  • How repurposing your TikToks on Pinterest could grow traffic to your website 
  • My experience with monetizing TikTok through being part of TikTok creator fund
  • Top lessons I’ve learned from growing on TikTok 

Mentioned: 

Episode sponsor:

Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.
133: 5 Ways To Create Space For Clarity, Growth and Miracles (Bye, Overwhelm)18 Dec 202000:24:05

Clarity arises when we create the space for it. 

In this episode, I share 5 powerful ways to create space for clarity in your business and beyond.

When you create the space and focus on what’s important, your mind fills out the details.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com.

Mentioned: 

Episode sponsor:

Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.
229. FLORENCIA FRIDMAN – Choosing To Be Where You Are, Working With Ceremonial Cacao, Stepping Into Your Voice and Power, and Spirit-Led Business and Social Media16 Dec 202201:22:01

In this episode recorded over a cup of ceremonial cacao, I catch up with Florencia Fridman, my “cacao mama”. Her beautiful cacao ceremony offerings served as a doorway for me to connect to the spirit of cacao, and since then I’ve had the joy of doing a cacao ceremony training with Flo, as well as traveling to Guatemala with the cacao brand she runs with her brother, Cacao Laboratory. 

We discuss: 

How Florencia got into ceremonial cacao 

Florencia’s experience going to a mystery school in Guatemala

Answering the call to work with ceremonial cacao 

Understanding the medicine of cacao through Maya Cosmovision 

Cacao as a sacred food that helps us connect deeper with our relationship with Spirit 

The one time that an Amazonian Indigenous elder asked Florencia for a cup of ceremonial cacao 

The relationship between the spirits of plants and the dream world 

Flo’s earliest memories of connecting with the Spirit realm 

The first time Florencia met her spirit guides

Ksenia shares how she overcame the fear of the unseen beings 

Florencia’s experience moving from Argentina to USA as a kid

Going off your path to come back stronger than ever

How a marriage led Florencia to exploring shadow work 

Finding your own way outside of a romantic partnership

How ending a marriage propelled Florencia to commit to her spiritual path 

Experiencing the energetic blueprint of freedom 

Facing self-sabotage and shame and exploring internal conflict 

Owning and honoring your ancestry and DNA

How Florencia’s relationship with cacao has evolved 

The magic of drinking cacao with local plants

Plants that work synergistically with cacao – like blue lotus and mugwort 

Florencia’s rituals with cacao 

Spirit-led relationship with business

Balance between humility and owning your worth 

Rituals to nourish a brand

Welcoming it all and generously allowing emotions to move through your experience 

Choosing to live a fully expressed human experience 

Lessons from plants and two months in Ecuador that Florencia is integrating 

Activating your voice and trusting your path

Social media through the lens of Spirit 

Activating the new dream

Florencia’s community platform Florecer and the vision for it 

Episode sponsors:

Op e  n

Open is a meditation and breathwork app I’ve been loving. I’ve been wanting to re-commit to a daily meditation practice and this January, I will be doing a daily meditation + breathwork challenge with Open! Learn more and join me here: https://go.o-p-e-n.com/KSENIABRIEFCHALLENGE. With my link, you will get free access to breathwork, meditation and movement practices for the month of January, and a chance to win an Open in-person retreat in 2023 (valued at $2k-$5k). 

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Resources: 

Cacao Lab Ceremonial Cacao - use code BREAKFASTCRIMINALS for 15% off 

What is cacao ceremony? 

The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Sacred Activism) by Charles Eisenstein

Caro Arevalo

Chiricaspi plant 

Anima Mundi Blue Lotus Flower to add to your ceremonial cacao

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 

Naku healing center in Ecuador

Related episodes: 

14 Florencia Fridman: Cacao Ceremony and Maya Cosmo-Vision, Align Making Money With Your Divine Purpose

223 How Jessica Scheer Helped An Indigenous Spiritual Leader Grow A 550K Community On TikTok: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Technology

169 Anima Mundi Founder Adriana Ayales: Meeting the Sacred in Plants, Business and Money

145 Michelle Sinnette: New Paradigm of Business with Legacy Cacao Founder

104: Caro Arevalo – Stay True To The Essence You Want To Share with The World

98 Mark Elmy: Mayan Astrology as a Key To Decoding The Matrix

Connect with Florencia Fridman: 

@florencia.fridman 

Florecer, flourishingoneness.com

Cacao: Food of the Gods Documentary 

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

Follow the podcast on Spotify

132: Conscious Social Media Energy Download – 3 New Paradigm Principles That Change Everything with KSENIA11 Dec 202000:24:58

If you’ve been feeling uncertain, up in the air or overwhelmed when it comes to showing up on social media, you’re not alone.

We’re going through a massive recalibration to match the consciousness shift that’s happening on the planet. In this solo episode, I share how that translates into the language of marketing, entrepreneurship and social media.

The 3 new paradigm marketing principles we cover are:
  1. Embodying over proving
  2. Real scarcity and energetic boundaries over calculated scarcity  
  3. Digital avatar over ideal client avatar

Want to know how to apply these? Join me for the upcoming workshop on Dec. 21, 2020 at 3pm ET – 5D Storytelling Through Video: Grow Your Business in 2021 with IG Reels & TikTok.

A replay of the workshop will be sent to all ticket holders. The price will go up after Dec. 21.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Episode sponsor:

Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.
131: SHANIKA HILLOCKS – The Future Of Intentional Influencer Marketing 03 Dec 202000:51:23

Shanika Hillocks (@shanikahillocks) is a food & beverage multi-hyphenate redefining what it means to be a luminary in this space. By day, she leads influencer marketing strategy at the largest winery in the country. Her F&B, home lifestyle, and travel writing can be found on outlets including Domino, Condé Nast Traveler, Healthyish, and Wine Enthusiast. Most recently, Shanika has taken her love of storytelling to the podcast space as the Season 2 of host Pineapple Radio.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com.

We discuss: 

  • Reclaiming your mornings
  • Developing rituals 
  • Balancing a 9-5 with side projects 
  • The silver lining of the pandemic
  • The power of intention
  • How Shanika got into influencer marketing as a publicist 
  • The current state and the future of influencer marketing 
  • How do brands choose influencers for paid campaigns?
  • Being a voice for black and brown luminary voices in the digital space 
  • URL vs IRL
  • Freedom as a creator
  • Bringing humanity into influencer marketing 

Mentioned: 

Connect with Shanika: 

Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.

Episode sponsor:

Tailwind is a brilliant Pinterest scheduling tool (and more!) that helps you grow traffic to your website without spending all day on social media. Tailwind is offering a special deal to my listeners. If you haven’t tried Tailwind yet, go to tailwindapp.com/wokeandwired to get $30 off of your Plus Plan.

130: Following The Track Of Your Life and Creative Process in The Digital Age – Lion Tracker BOYD VARTY28 Nov 202001:00:49
Boyd Varty (@boyd_varty) is a storyteller, life coach and a tracker born and raised in South African wilderness at Londolozi Game Reserve. His podcast series, 40 days and 40 nights, is the most impactful content I’ve experienced this year. In it, he explores the archetype of the mystic in nature, how consciousness changes outside of the structures of modern life, and what it means to be wild.

We discuss: 

Boyd's top lesson from living in a treehouse in the wild for 40 days 

How to create space for a different system of intelligence to unfold

Being a conduit for nature’s wisdom 

Boyd’s content creation process

Taking notes as a way to connect to the Divine

Restoring the land

Being a creator and an artist in the digital age

The vital part of the famous Joseph Campbell quote that’s often left out

The power of discipline

Letting go of societal norms to step into your wild nature

Going beyond the playbook of “success”

Feeling alive and expansive as an indicator of moving closer to your purpose

Boyd walks us through the 4-step process that’s been the most profound teacher in his life

How to question and reframe your limiting beliefs

Podcast as an opportunity to broadcast your frequency

Boyd’s personal approach to boundaries with Instagram 

Connect with Boyd Varty: 

boydvarty.com

@boyd_varty

Mentioned:

The Lion Tracker’s Guide To Life by Boyd Varty

Cathedral of The Wild: An African Journey Home by Boyd Varty

Boyd Varty’s TED Talk, “What I learned from Nelson Mandela” 

“Form to leave form.” – Josh Waitzkin

The Work of Byron Katie

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

Follow the podcast on Spotify

129: Tiny Cabin and Life Update with My Love ERIC BRIEF20 Nov 202001:41:46

My life partner Eric Brief is back for a candid conversation about our tiny home life, renovations, and how moving to nature has changed our lives and digital businesses.

We discuss: 

Using digital businesses as a tool for a life of freedom in nature 

Living a life of creativity and how it’s changed since we moved from city to nature 

Redefining the concept of being “rich” 

When social media feels like an interruption to your life 

How we co-create our life together 

The process of buying our tiny cabin 

Eric's journey from his first full-time job to becoming entrepreneur (and the role that crystals played in it)

Going nomadic and returning to renovate our tiny home

How his business SEO exploded since he partnered with his co-founder

Turning joyful experimentation on TikTok into revenue

Our next building project! 

The shabbat cabin 

Our favorite things about moving from city to nature 

Mentioned: 

Cacao ceremony podcast episode with Florencia Fridman

My basket obsession

My TikTok experiment

crystalcriminals.com

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

Follow the podcast on Spotify

Previous episodes with Eric: 

56: We Bought A Tiny Home! Our Adventure From NYC to Upstate New York

74: Ksenia and Eric – We Are Going Nomadic! The Why, How and Where

87: Eric Brief – All About Crystals

128: Let Go Of Resistance & Co-Create with The Flow Of Life – KSENIA 13 Nov 202000:21:22

In this episode, I share the biggest lesson I’ve learned on letting go of resistance.

When you allow the space for resistance to be, it transforms into a profound sense of flow. 

I share how I’ve experienced it in my life, business, and how it led to PORTALS: Saturday School collaboration with Michelle Pellizzon of @Holisticism.

See all show notes and previous episodes on wokeandwired.com

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Connect with Woke & Wired:
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Experience alignment with the 5-Day Social Media Challenge.
  4. Join my email list to know about upcoming workshops and more.
127: Ceremonial Cacao for Creativity & Business – “The Chocolate Shaman” KEITH WILSON06 Nov 202001:34:28

In this episode, we get back to one of the most popular topics on the podcast and cover all things ceremonial cacao with Keith Wilson of Keith’s Cacao.

Use discount code BREAKFASTCRIMINALS when you order ceremonial cacao on keithscacao.com.

We discuss: 

  • What is ceremonial cacao? 
  • What is a cacao ceremony? 
  • Cacao as a food of the shift 
  • How Keith sources cacao with guidance from the Cacao Spirit 
  • Cacao as a driver for creativity and innovation 
  • Why how you drink cacao is not as important as the cacao you drink 
  • Caffeine in chocolate VS caffeine in ceremonial cacao 
  • Plant medicines critical to the formation of civilization and why cacao might be one of them! 
  • Anandamide (“bliss” molecule in cacao)
  • Naturally occurring endocannabinoids in cacao
  • Psychedelic medicines and cacao
  • The unexpected result from combining cacao and DMT
  • Why hand peeling cacao makes a big difference 
  • How ceremonial grade cacao is made
  • How cacao guided Keith Wilson to become an entrepreneur 
  • Co-creating business with Spirit 
  • Keith shares his intuitive message for me and the listeners!

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126: Running An Intuitive Business – MICHELLE PELLIZZON of Holisticism and KSENIA AVDULOVA [special episode]30 Oct 202001:42:03
In this episode, founder of Holisticism (@holsticism) Michelle Pellizzon (@betterbymichelle) and I (@whereisksenia) sit down to give you a glimpse into behind the scenes of our businesses as we experiment and navigate the waters of entrepreneurship and spirituality. We also announce our new collaborative workshop, PORTALS: Saturday School on November 14, 2020.

Ready to consistently create inspired content, get unstuck from 2020 overwhelm and prep for a powerfully intuitive and aligned 2021? Join us for this half-day not-your-regular-business school here. When you buy a ticket, you get a FREE ticket to bring a friend. Because… abundance and collaboration!

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

We discuss: 
  • Some of our biggest wins and fails of 2020
  • The one business strategy that led to a $120k launch and 4x revenue in a year
  • How our collaborative workshop, PORTALS: Saturday School came together
  • How to scale your desire to help people
  • From dance student to running a multiple six-figure intuitive business
  • How she implemented sliding scale pricing in her business
  • Our go-to beverages and workouts
  • Experimenting with using texts for her business 
  • Why you don’t need fancy equipment to run a successful business
  • Hearing voices as a child
  • Acting on intuitive hits
  • Creating a self-honoring practice as part of your business strategy 
  • What are The Akashic Records?
  • Collaboration over competition
  • How the Akashic Records helped Michelle with self-limiting beliefs 
  • Feeling like an outcast in the world of spiritual entrepreneurs
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125: Lessons From Ayahuasca and Alchemizing Grief Into Presence – JASMIN JENKINS22 Oct 202001:12:52

Jasmin Jenkins (@jasmin.jenkins) is a dear friend, founder of Fall Up and an Integrative Grief Guide on a mission to alchemize grief into presence.

We discuss:

Jasmin’s healing journey after losing her brother to suicide and mother to cancer

How she got into plant medicine

The fear of being out of control

Asking for what you need

Exercising open communication in relationships

Sacred shedding of relationships that no longer serve you

Being in highest alignment with life

Finding wholeness in the midst of feeling broken

How to know you’re ready for plant medicine

The spectrum of grief

Alchemizing grief into the joy of presence

The Four Invitations of Grief framework

Embracing avoidance to feel as a pathway to awakening

How Ayahuasca impacted Jasmin’s career

Spirit-led investing

Disclaimer: We don’t promote use of legal or illegal psychoactive substances. This podcast is created for informational purposes only.

Connect with Jasmin Jenkins:

@jasmin.jenkins

jasmin-jenkins.com

Fall Up

Grief as Celebration circles

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124: Plants As Antidotes To Problems: Regenerative Business and Ibogaine – TALIA EISENBERG16 Oct 202000:56:57

Welcome back to the expanded consciousness series.

Talia Eisenberg (@talia.eisenberg) is the co-founder of Ibogaine Research Institute, co-founder and CEO of Healer Collective and business consultant focusing on regenerative business. Talia received her MBA in Sustainable Solutions from Presidio Graduate School.

Disclaimer: We don’t promote use of legal or illegal psychoactive substances. This podcast is created for informational purposes only.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

We discuss: 

  • Plants as antidotes to problems
  • Making healing accessible
  • Coming from a family of Holocaust survivors 
  • Living with a sense of “not fitting in” in Omaha, Nebraska
  • How Talia opened an art gallery in NYC in her 20s
  • Becoming addicted to opioids at 21
  • How ibogaine changed the course of Talia’s life
  • Curiosity as the foundation for entrepreneurship
  • Feeling unworthy around money
  • Redefining the "starving artist" paradigm
  • What is regenerative business
  • Connecting to force fields within you
  • Digital boundaries 

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123: Kambo, The Consciousness Expanding Frog Medicine – REBECCA NAYLOR08 Oct 202001:13:04

Rebecca Naylor (@mysticradiance) is an Energy Medicine Practitioner working with a spectrum of healing modalities including indigenous ancestral medicines and shamanic energy healing.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

We discuss: 

  • What is Kambo and where does it come from 
  • Kambo as an alternative healing treatment for autoimmune conditions
  • Kambo and hunting magic
  • Being an instrument for the medicine of Kambo 
  • How she transitioned from interior design to shamanic medicine work 
  • Bringing together Eastern, Western and Indigenous wisdom through Kambo healing
  • Receiving and following messages through spirit
  • What a Kambo experience is like
  • Conscious evolution of the planet 
  • Life as an energy exchange 
  • Being a multidimensional being in the digital space
  • Social media as a bridge of information that unifies everyone across the planet
  • How Rebecca sold out a 40-person retreat using social media (with under 700 followers)

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228. The Gathering Of Healer Warriors, Trusting That You Know Which Way To Go, Botanical Wifi, and Rituals Around Social Media – Flower Alchemist KATIE HESS03 Dec 202201:51:17

Katie Hess is a flower alchemist, TEDx speaker, author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, one of the world’s leading floral apothecaries. Katie Hess is one of my favorite people in the world, and I use LOTUSWEI products daily – they have been an incredible ally on my journey of stepping into my truth and into my voice. 

We discuss: 

Gathering of healer warriors

Developing a new model of medicine   

“Healer heal thyself” as the number one core value 

Ksenia shares her experience with LOTUSWEI flower elixirs 

Creating the energetic space for business expansion

Internal resilience that comes from struggle  

How flower elixirs work: Botanical wifi

How live blood analysis is showing cutting edge new research around the impact of flowers on health

Uprooting self-violence and tuning into the frequency of self-love with Divine Within LOTUSWEI series 

Ksenia’s game-changing mindset shift while adjusting to life with a new puppy 

Dogs as profound mirrors and teachers 

Ksenia’s experience discovering biological dentistry and deciding to do a root canal removal surgery 

Katie’s experience discovering cobalt trace mineral

Flowers that can help you connect to your inner knowing 

How Katie connects to plants and flowers and alchemizes LOTUSWEI products 

Flower essences that can help you tap into particular Earth energy grids to resource information 

Building the muscle of self-trust

Unhooking from being right into the spacious realm of the unknown 

Living in the question  

Making love with the plant world through air

The miracles that can happen when you start working with flowers  

The journey to choosing your self 

The lessons Katie and Ksenia are currently moving through  

Our bodies as a temporary home

Softening the “I got it” mentality and stepping into receiving

Flowers for hopelessness and grief  

Finding a home wherever you are

The gift of receiving  

Connecting to intuitive electrical communication 

Being in the question  

The dance between business and spirit 

What to do when you feel torn about being on social media 

Ksenia shares her rituals around social media 

The power of saying no and the courage to opt out 

Katie does a live mini flower reading for Ksenia 

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Related episodes: 

223 How Jessica Scheer Helped An Indigenous Spiritual Leader Grow A 550K Community On TikTok: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Technology

222 Embodying Main Character Energy (Dropping The “Nice Person” Role)

220 Anna Gannon: How To Start Developing Intuitive Abilities and Share The Frequency of LOVE On Social Media

12 How To Build A Successful Conscious Business Infused with Ancient Wisdom with Katie Hess of LOTUSWEI

Connect with Katie Hess: 

LOTUSWEI.com

@lotuswei

@iamkatiehess

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Instagram @ksenia.brief

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Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

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About Katie Hess: 

Katie Hess is an expert of flower alchemy - using the healing power of flowers to awaken our true potential. She is the author of Flowerevolution and founder of LOTUSWEI, a leading flower elixir apothecary. She travels in search of rare flowers with the healing qualities most needed by today’s world, from the forests of British Columbia, to sacred sites in India, rainforests in Costa Rica, hot springs in Iceland and the jungles of Taiwan.

Katie captures the lifeforce and activating potential of flowers and translates it into an accessible method to bring more happiness into our daily lives. One of the most sustainable forms of natural medicine, flower remedies are known for their short-term benefits like clarity, focus and sleep, with long-term benefits of rapid personal growth.

Having gathered empirical research from thousands of private clients, Katie created a flower essence library with elixirs now used by people in more than 50 countries. She teaches mindful-awareness practices at Flowerlounge events around the world, and hosts the Flowerlounge Podcast, featuring experts in unconventional paths to self-awareness, with listeners in more than 75 countries. She’s founder of the Self-Arising Nature Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a center for flower essence education, experiences and practitioner training.

Whether it’s hosting retreats, leading meditations, or her travels to find the planet’s most powerful flowers, the essence of Katie’s work is to awaken people to their own inner wisdom. Find out what your favorite flower means about you at www.lotuswei.com.

122: Intuition, Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Microdosing Psychedelics – PAUL AUSTIN02 Oct 202000:54:33

Welcome to the expanded consciousness series.

My first guest is Paul F. Austin (@paulaustin3w). Paul is an entrepreneur, public speaker, and educator. He has founded two companies in the emerging psychedelic space, Third Wave and Synthesis.

The Microdosing Experience program with Paul is now open, and you can get a 20% discount when you use code WOKE on thethirdwave.co.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Disclaimer: We don’t promote use of legal or illegal psychoactive substances. This podcast is created for informational purposes only.

Connect with Woke & Wired: 
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Experience alignment with the 5-Day Social Media Challenge.

We discuss: 

  • Paul’s upbringing and early psychedelic experiences 
  • The process of becoming over ego-based accomplishments
  • How he became a digital nomad
  • The skill of dropping into your intuition 
  • Creativity as a spiritual practice
  • What is microdosing
  • Microdosing for social anxiety
  • What happens in an afterglow of a psychedelic experience
  • The importance of psychedelic integration and community
  • Changing the cultural conversation around psychedelics through the lens of microdosing
  • What’s the difference between psychedelics and drugs?
121: Merge Your Inner Tech (Intuition) and Outer Tech (Social Media) – Conscious Social Media Program is OPEN27 Sep 202000:30:04

The Conscious Social Media Program is an 8-week experience that guides you through a step-by-step process to an aligned, powerful and profitable online presence.

Growing a powerful digital brand doesn’t have to feel forced or “sales-y”. It can be fully in alignment with who you are as a human and a spiritual being.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a healer, an artist, a coach, a yoga teacher, a content creator, or a PR and marketing strategist, this is the solution you’ve been searching for to get your online presence (and your business) to the next level.

It’s time to stop looking for answers outside of yourself and create your own unique, evergreen social media success formula. One that aligns with your values, lifestyle and business goals.

I am excited to hold the space and give you the tools to:

  • + merge actionable marketing strategies that work with spiritual alignment. SEO and visualization? bring it! 
  • + get crystal clear on your message and how to share it online 
  • + give you the confidence to stop waiting and start sharing, and seeing results right away 
  • + build your authority to become a go-to person in your niche 
  • + form relationships with your dream brands + monetize your online presence outside the box

I don’t know if I will run this program live again, so if this resonates – save your spot and start experiencing the energy shift of your commitment to your highest vision right away.

If you’re ready for a massive uplevel with one-on-one support, apply for the 5D mastermind. 

Meet the Conscious Social Media Program grads and hear about their experiences in Woke & Wired episode 109 with Luiza Florence Black and episode 101 with Erin Eber.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

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  3. Experience alignment with the 5-Day Social Media Challenge.
120: Social Media As a Tool For Energetic Mastery – Ruby Warrington interviews KSENIA24 Sep 202000:57:48

This conversation originally aired on The Now Age Podcast with Ruby Warrington. I was called to share it as the enrollment for the Conscious Social Media Program is now open (for the first time in 9 months!)

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com.

We discuss:

  • Why there is no one-size-fits-all strategy for social media “success”
  • How to marry our outer technology with our inner technology (or intuition)
  • Why focussing on intention over frequency of posting is the key to growing your audience authentically
  • Why social media is a tool for self-awareness, helping us understand our triggers
  • How to respond to callouts, criticism, and weird comments in a positive way

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  3. Experience alignment with the 5-Day Social Media Challenge.
119: Don’t Dim Your Light – ANNA BROWN18 Sep 202000:41:59

Anna Brown is a repeat guest on Woke & Wired – the first episode is one of the most downloaded and loved ones.

May 2021 update:

Anna Brown no longer stands by the message shared in this podcast episode. Please note that when connecting with Anna or booking a session with her. To connect with Anna Brown's latest work, visit her website wonderfullynothing.com. She is no longer active on Instagram.

In this episode, we discuss: 

Surrender to your unique code

Go deeper with yourself and get still 

What to do about a tendency to dim your light to match the frequency of the collective

Energy hygiene on social media 

The energetics of changing your social media handles 

How to transfer inspiration into action 

A simple meditation to tune into your heart’s truth

Anna’s experience growing up with an eating disorder: affirmations that helped her

What is New Earth presence? 

Mentioned: 

#84 with Anna Brown: New Earth Consciousness & The Energetics of Social Media Growth

Conscious Social Media Program

5-Day Aligned Social Media Challenge

Akashic Records reading with Hilary Pearlson

#61: Social Media Energy Hygiene

Connect with Anna Brown: 

Wonderfullynothing.com

Anna Brown on Patreon

Anna Brown on YouTube

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

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118: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time – SOPHIE CHICHE of becurrent and Shape House10 Sep 202001:03:39

Sophie Chiche is the founder of urban sweat lodge Shape House and becurrent, a guided approach to the way you organize your tasks and projects, so you can soar and create the extraordinary life you want.

After connecting with Sophie on the podcast, I got to experience the becurrent system and oh my… the level of energy that’s been freed up through implementing this system has been ENORMOUS. My life (and project management) hasn’t been the same.

I knew I had to share this work with my community!

Sophie Chiche has also appeared on episode 200 of Ksenia Brief Podcast.

In this episode, we discuss: 

The consciousness upgrade that happens when we sweat

How Shape House works 

Why energy management is more effective than time management

How she got to 350 lbs 

Hiding aliveness and vibrant energy behind your weight

How giving herself the permission helped her lose 200 lbs

Using visualization to make business and life decisions 

Out of body experiences

Finding who you are as an access to being productive 

How to create businesses from higher consciousness 

Finding your voice in business 

Top lessons Sophie has learned

How to implement fluid systems 

Practices to connect to Self 

Developing self-love 

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Ksenia's email list

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

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117: Merging Strategy and Soul through Conscious Public Speaking –– MARIAN BACOL–UBA04 Sep 202001:00:50

Marian Bacol-Uba (@mbacoluba) shares her story of surviving childhood sexual abuse and incest, suicide attempt, and leaving corporate marketing to build her own empire. 

We discuss: 

  • Marian’s healing journey from a sexual abuse in childhood 
  • Living a double life of success on the outside and suicidal episodes on the inside
  • How a suicide attempt and NDE shaped her life
  • How overcoming imposter syndrom helped Marian exponentially grow her business 
  • Conscious speech framework and how you can apply it to your business
  • Why motivational speaking is over, according to Marian
  • How to monetize speaking
  • The art of soulful sales
  • Real talk about money in the entrepreneurial world 
  • What are funnels and how do they apply to your business? 
  • Marian’s product roadmap 
  • The role that social media plays in Marian’s business
  • Why Marian deletes Instagram followers 

Mentioned: 

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com.

Connect with Woke & Wired: 
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
  3. Join the 5-Day Aligned Social Media Challenge.
116: What If You Weren’t Afraid To Pursue Your Wildest Visions? | Surrender Prayer, 5 Things I Learned From A 6-Month Sponsored Posts Break & Upcoming Changes27 Aug 202000:36:56

It’s time to go all in on your vision. 

In this solo episode, I share my experience with:

  • How the Source communicates in unique ways with each human
  • What I learned by following divine guidance
  • 5 things I learned from taking a break from doing sponsored posts on @breakfastcriminals 
  • Upcoming virtual cacao ceremony offerings
  • Top 3 tech tools I’ve recently switched to streamline the backend systems of my business
  • The prayer of surrender I’ve been practicing around my work and how I show up
  • The upcoming Conscious Social Media Method Offerings 
  • How taking a break from known ways of running Breakfast Criminals opened up the space for magic, collaboration and new affiliate marketing streams of income

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

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115: Unexpected Miracles, Funnels & New Podcast Name – Behind The Scenes Update with KSENIA13 Aug 202000:36:48

In this solo episode, I give you a behind the scenes update that covers:

  • The purchase that changed my life
  • My top learnings from recent podcast episodes
  • What I learned from McKel Kooienga of Nutrition Stripped
  • What I learned from working with Aaron Rose
  • The energetic shift that led to my TikTok (@whereisksenia) blowing up to 250K followers
  • How my perspective on intuition vs strategy has shifted since I started the podcast
  • Unexpected miracles that happened on my birthday
  • Trusting the flow of divine timing
  • I tried building funnels and it worked
  • What are funnels, anyway?
  • The Heart Bowl story and how I set up the biggest heart bowl sale ever
  • When will the Conscious Social Media Program will launch again?
  • The Conscious Social Media Method

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

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Previous podcast episodes mentioned:

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114: Human Design x Social Media – NIKKI BRAFMAN06 Aug 202000:54:00

I recently had a Human Design for Business reading with Nikki Brafman (@nikkibrafman), and learning my energetic patterns and blocks that were holding me back in my business were a game-changer. Combined with Conscious Social Media Method principles, it’s had a huge impact on my business. 

I’m excited to share Nikki’s human design wisdom with you in this episode and announce that we’re coming together to lead a live workshop on how understanding your human design can give you the space and clarity to effortlessly create an aligned online presence. 

We will guide you through exercises so that by the end of the workshop, you’ve not only gained clarity but also taken specific steps towards a social media strategy that aligned with who you are and your business goals. 

This workshop is a combination of Nikki’s Human Design guidance and the Conscious Social Media Method.

What: Human Design x Conscious Social Media Method Workshop

When: Monday August 17, 2020 @7pm ET (replay available for ticket holders)

Register: Buy your ticket here, early bird pricing ends on August 11!

In this episode, we discuss: 

  • What I learned about my human design reading with Nikki and what actions it led to in my business (I’m a Manifestor)
  • The importance of approaching human design with an open mind
  • Nikki’s experience with niching down from business coach to a human design reader
  • How Human Design can be an effective tool for business and personal relationships 
  • The 5 Human Design energy types and a social media tip for each type
  • Using Human Design to shine the light on inner blocks that might be holding back your growth
  • Can Human Design help you eat in alignment to your energy type?

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

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Connect with Nikki Brafman: 

 

Connect with Woke & Wired: 
  1. If you enjoyed the podcast, share it with a friend or on Instagram stories (tag @wokeandwired).
  2. Subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes.
113: Build Your Business, Not Followers – SHANNON LUTZ 31 Jul 202001:06:12
Shannon Lutz is a marketing mentor and owner of The Social Bungalow (@thesocialbungalow), where she creates high converting marketing strategies for female entrepreneurs who want to become wildly in demand.

I learn something every time I come across Shannon’s content on Instagram – and let me tell you, she’s generous with dropping knowledge to her community.

I can only imagine how good her upcoming course, Live Launch Academy is going to be.

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com/113

We discuss: 
  • My a-ha moment from exploring Shannon’s work
  • Shannon’s journey from corporate to self-employed
  • How long she had a side hustle before leaving her corporate salary
  • How long did it take to reach $10k months?
  • The role that social media in building a niche business that brings $30K+ per month
  • Why you don’t need tens of thousands of followers to have a successful business 
  • How to use smaller following to your advantage
  • How to scale your services from one-to-one to one-to-many
  • Instagram algorithm explained 
  • Relationship building on Instagram
  • How to be efficient on social media and batch content
  • How Shannon started creating online products
  • Front-end launches and backend launches 
  • Why you should consider lifetime value of your customers 
  • The power of understanding your customers’ pain points 
  • Shannon’s morning routine 
  • Creating free vs paid offerings
  • Passive income and revenue stacking
  • How to not leave money on the table 
  • How to create an entry to anchor program suite that makes money
  • How to build a successful business on instagram even if you don’t love using it as an individual 
  • How to batch content for social media
  • How to not be afraid of the camera 
  • The role of branding in an online business 
  • How to be consistent on Instagram 

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227. Coming Home To Self24 Nov 202200:16:51

The most important home to visit during the Holiday season is the one within. In this solo frequency transmission, I share the waves I’ve been surfing around coming home to self, cultivating unshakeable peace, and BEing an invitation into love everywhere I go.

Some of the topics we traverse:

How to be when triggers come up around family 

Invitation to shed anything you’re not meant to bring into the coming year

Shining the light within the shadow

Cultivating peace within

Being a powerful weaver of your reality

“How anyone around you acts is not a measure of how far you’ve come”. 

Related episodes: 

222 Embodying Main Character Energy (Dropping The “Nice Person” Role)

197 Reggie Riverbear: Coming Home To Yourself Through Voice, Finding Your Community and Trusting Spirit As A Business Strategy

173 Part Two: I'm remembering who I am 

Connect with Ksenia: 

kseniabrief.com

Instagram @ksenia.brief

YouTube Ksenia Brief

TikTok @ksenia.brief

Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts

Follow the podcast on Spotify

112: Merging Marketing and Spirituality – ANISA BENITEZ23 Jul 202001:05:34

Anisa Benitez is my first ever podcast guest that I discovered on TikTok (@anisabenitez). The discoverability of new faces and types of content on TikTok is like nothing I’ve experienced before – it’s a great way to expand your creative thinking and your subconscious beliefs about what’s possible.

Anisa is on a mission to dismantle the 'starving artist' stigma and bring higher consciousness forward through media. She shares content about self-care, mindfulness and what she calls “creative wellness”. 

In this conversation, we cover:

  • Using social media to serve others
  • Marketing in a templatized way vs creative marketing
  • Why she left the corporate world to become an entrepreneur 
  • Allowing intuition to inform your decisions 
  • Appetite for substance on TikTok
  • Sustaining creative practices for wellness and healing
  • Social media boundaries
  • Making deeper impact with fewer people over amassing “followers”
  • Cancel culture vs Social media energy hygiene
  • Finding your own way to do social media
  • Is high quality visual content where it’s at? 
  • Anisa’s experience being a primary caregiver to her partner
  • Practical self-care tips
  • I share my recent psychedelic experience 
  • The intersection of marketing and spirituality 

See all show notes on wokeandwired.com

Learn how to grow on TikTok.

111: ALEXANDRA ROXO – You’re Uniquely You And That’s Enough | Sacred Writing Practice, Instagram & Meeting Lost Parts Of Yourself 17 Jul 202001:04:02

Alexandra Roxo (@alexandraroxo) returns on Woke & Wired to expand on our conversation about business, funnels, Instagram, shame and her new book, F*ck Like a Goddess: Heal Yourself. Reclaim Your Voice. Stand in Your Power.

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We discuss: 

  • Learning business as a someone with an arts background 
  • How astrology helps her plan her business projects 
  • Alexandra’s revenue streams
  • Launching with vs without funnels 
  • How moving from New York to LA helped her release the need to “be somebody”
  • Releasing the internal programming of the “American dream”  
  • Why she isn’t focusing on growing her instagram account
  • Redefining the meaning of numbers on Instagram
  • Rewriting your limiting beliefs
  • Meeting parts of yourself that have been lost 
  • Letting go of projects and pivoting 
  • Radical Awakenings Membership
  • What is a “priestess”? 
  • Being a channel between the visible and the invisible
  • Alexandra’s experience working with plant medicines 
  • Privilege in wellness
  • Posting on instagram as a practice of opening a writing channel
  • How to deal with digital overwhelm and set healthy boundaries
  • Allowing your internal people pleaser to die
  • Having the courage to be seen as a public person
  • Who Alexandra’s new book, F*uck like a Goddess is for
  • Releasing shame around your sexuality 
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110: Intentional Frequency Exchange Online & How To Do Your Shadow Work On Instagram – AARON ROSE09 Jul 202001:02:51
Being in Aaron Rose’s (@aaronxrose) presence is a frequency upgrade in itself – beyond words. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Aaron as my coach (after being guided to do so in a mediation), and it was incredible – I share a glimpse into one of my biggest learnings in this episode. Experience Aaron’s magic for yourself in this conversation!

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We discuss: 
    • Intentional frequency exchange online and how to set energetic boundaries in your DMs
    • Making every moment of life a prayer
    • Thriving as a human being on earth 
    • The pivotal point in his business path
    • Maximum darkness to maximum light 
    • Growing up with a lot of violence and finding the courage to be in shadow and change the story 
    • Why he’s been an activist since a young age
    • Taking responsibility for your inner world 
    • Offering your experience up to the Divine
    • Willingness as a pathway to transmission 
    • How to set a powerful intention for impact on social media 
    • Making everything a blessing
    • How to protect your energy online and social media sovereignty
    • The revenue streams of Aaron’s business
    • Money as a teacher in self-worth
    • Affiliate commissions as a powerful revenue stream 
    • How to get started with online courses
    • Releasing the fear of being seen through shadow work
    • Cultivating powerful presence 
    • How rebranding led to an energetic shift that made his Instagram account go viral
    • Conscious consumption and why Aaron mutes most accounts he follows
    • Encoding angel numbers into your Instagram profile
    • What showing up on social media has to do with dating
    • What does the 3D to 5D consciousness shift mean? 
    • The shared experience Aaron and I had at Aniwa gathering of indigenous leaders 
    • What Aaron learned from living with Maori teachers in New Zealand 
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My TikTok Experiment 03 | Week Five 6-40K Growth03 Jul 202000:26:43

In this podcast and YouTube series, I’m sharing my journey on TikTok.

 

This is week five: 6,000 followers to 40,000 followers.

 

In this episode, I share the top 7 things I’ve learned from growing my TikTok account from 0 to 40K followers in 5 weeks.

 

I’m also sharing how TikTok has impacted my business and the deals that I’ve closed thanks to my consistent presence on the platform and intentional, strategic outreach to potential partners.

I’ve never said this about any other social media platform before, but here it goes: If your business / personal brand doesn’t get on TikTok now, you’ll regret it a year from now. There are still so many people who are held back from joining the conversation… which means opportunity for you to become a thought leader in your niche! 

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Watch this episode on YouTube.

To get started on TikTok, get a free download on wokeandwired.com/tiktok

In this episode, I cover: 

  • The brand deals I've closed because of my TikTok account
  • The types of content that have gone viral on my TikTok account
  • The power of creating series on TikTok 
  • How strangers quickly become a community based on mutual interests on TikTok
  • How to deal with mean comments on TikTok 
  • How to come up with content ideas on TikTok
  • How the TikTok algorithm works
  • Why you shouldn’t take down your TikTok videos (and the only times when it’s ok to take down)
  • How to effectively use the “duet” feature (an example that led to 88K views and 950+ shares on one duet post) 
  • How to create a “hook” in the first 3 seconds of your TikTok 
  • Speculations and actionable TikTok tips 
  • Do hashtags actually work on TikTok? 
  • Why you should create original sounds on TikTok 

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109: Finding Coherence Between Work, Healing, Spirituality & Social Media – LUIZA FLORENCE BLACK 25 Jun 202000:56:21
Luiza Florence Black (@luizaflorence) is an award-winning Brazilian host and journalist who has collaborated with many channels and publications like NBC, HBO, New York Times and Los Angeles times.

She is also a mother, herbalist and moon ceremonialist. Luiza participated in the most recent Conscious Social Media Program to launch a project dedicated to healing Hashimoto’s disease with science, nutrition and spirituality. In this episode, Luiza shares her grounding and healing energy with us.

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We discuss:
  • Luiza’s experience taking the Conscious Social Media Program
  • A conscious way to approach social media strategy
  • Finding coherence between your job and spiritual practices
  • What is permaculture and biodynamic farming
  • Practices to feel grounded
  • Being influenced by her spiritual medium grandmother
  • Overcoming fear of spirituality
  • Her struggle to find out the truth about her health
  • Being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease
  • Autoimmune disease as a pathway to spirituality
  • How yoga, chanting and visualization led to miraculous healing
  • What happens in a moon ceremony?
  • Losing home in Malibu fires
  • How Luiza lost her Instagram account with 200K followers and what she did next
  • Creating new possibilities using social media
  • What brought Luiza from Brazil to USA
  • What role acai played in her meeting her husband
  • The power of voting with your dollar
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108: Social Media As A Quantum Energy Exchange and TikTok Growth – LAURA CHUNG18 Jun 202000:55:01

Laura Chung (@kumidreams on Instagram) is a spiritual coach on a mission to help you co-create your dream life with energy work. She’s a fellow ceremonial cacao lover and one of my favorite people to follow on TikTok.

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In this episode, we discuss: 

  • Laura’s journey from corporate America to being a spiritual healer 
  • Cacao ceremony and activating the pineal gland
  • The turning point in healing from a violent childhood
  • The importance of energetically preparing your body for healing, expansion and manifestation
  • Pivoting your social media identity (from food to travel to inner work)
  • Aligning to your truth and finding your special sauce 
  • How to optimize your Instagram bio 
  • How she got on TikTok
  • The strategy that helped her new TikTok account helped her surpass her Instagram
  • Getting clients through TikTok
  • Her TikTok creation process 
  • Channeling content for social media
  • Redefining success 

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107: Step Into Who You’re Meant To Be – CHANEL DOKUN11 Jun 202000:45:14

I met LifePlan guide and relationship expert Chanel Dokun (@chanel.dokun) through @amyjomartin's Renegade Brand Bootcamp. Chanel’s recent IGTV touched me to the core. She shared: 

“It's no mistake that you (with your particular set of skills, talents, gifts, heart and passion) were born during this time to tackle the challenges that are before us.”

In this episode we dive deeper into all things purpose.

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We discuss: 

  • How to identify your purpose
  • How to live your life from your unique power
  • How she followed the voice inside that told her that she was made for more
  • Laving publishing to become a LifePlan guide
  • How is Life Planning different from Life Coaching? 
  • The power of finding answers within
  • What is spiritual formation?
  • Where spirituality and psychology meet 

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106: The Future Of Branding | Privilege & Non-Performative Allyship – MELISSA HALL06 Jun 202001:07:19

Melissa Hall (@melissahallny) is brand strategist, speaker and educator. I met Melissa through our mutual love for ceremonial cacao and in this very timely conversation we talk about Melissa’s work and her experience being a black entrepreneur working in fashion, lifestyle, and wellness.

We also explore the questions of privilege, non-performative allyship and creating long-term change.

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We cover: 

  • The future of branding
  • Why wellness has to be the foundation of every future business
  • How to elevate your brand in today’s digital world
  • How the future of fashion includes mindfulness, sustainability and diversity 
  • Melissa’s journey from fashion into wellness
  • Navigating wellness and fashion as a black woman 
  • Why she feels more liberated than ever to promote her services
  • The energetics of investing into your business
  • How do we make fashion and wellness more inclusive? 
  • Non-performative allyship

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Quotes:

“Privilege can be a beautiful thing… when you act.”

105: Does Your Day-to-Day Work Align with Your Spirit? Nutrition Stripped Founder MCKEL KOOIENGA28 May 202000:57:02

McKel Kooienga (@nutritionstripped) is a leading voice in nutrition and mindful health, awarded "Top 20 Role Models" named by Arianna Huffington. As a Dietitian and author of the Nutrition Stripped Cookbook, her mission is to guide others on how to create habits with ease. Her 5x5 Framework has helped thousands design a mindful way of eating and living unique to their body and lifestyle — by teaching how to apply the science of nutrition and practice the art of healthy living.

McKel is one of the very first people I followed on Instagram in 2012, and I’ve loved getting to know the kind, thoughtful human behind the powerful brand that she’s created! 

Key takeaway: trust what feels right uniquely for you.

We discuss: 

  • Top lessons McKel has learned from scaling one-on-one nutrition coaching practice to a digital business
  • Nutrition as a catalyst to wellbeing
  • How Nutrition Stripped went from being a creative outlet to business
  • Free content vs paid offerings
  • What is the Nutrition Stripped meal planning program? 
  • How to connect to your intuition and use it in business 
  • Nature healing
  • How to separate work from home life when you run a business with your partner 
  • How to live in your zone of genius and delegate the rest 
  • How to batch tasks for productivity 
  • Where McKel goes for business advice 
  • How to make content with ease 
  • How to choose an aligned offering for your business 
  • How saying “no” more often helped McKel grow her business 
  • Who is the Nutrition Stripped mentorship for?

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104: Stay True To The Essence You Want To Share with The World – Visionary Artist CARO AREVALO22 May 202001:09:51

Caro Arevalo is a Peruvian visionary artist based in Brooklyn, NY.

From her Amazonian heritage she embraced the importance of rituals and ancestral wisdom. This is reflected on her intricate artwork that talks about how by observing nature we can notice that there is no real separateness in between beings; this leads her to identify the whole universe connected as a one.

I met Caro in a cacao ceremony (cacao ritual has brought so much magic into my life!), and it was one of those moments when I knew I was meant to connect with Caro further – before I even saw her beautiful art. 

We discuss: 
  • Art as a love letter to planet Earth 
  • Spirituality and plant world 
  • The role cacao ritual has played in her life
  • What does @cafeinacoli mean? 
  • Carolina’s fashion blog story
  • The relationship between art and inner world 
  • Why she changed her major from finance to art in college
  • Carolina’s first temezcal ceremony 
  • Carolina’s first experience with plant medicine 
  • How plant medicine led her to become an artist
  • How Carl Jung influenced Carolina’s work
  • Drawing “downloads” 
  • How living in a dark apartment served as an invitation to dive into the inner realm
  • How bartending supported Carolina in the physical realm while she was doing deep spiritual work
  • Healing your female lineage 
  • Growing up introverted and shy
  • Cultivating self-love
  • How to work with herbs and plant medicines 
  • Mandala art 
  • Her decision to quit all side jobs and give all of her energy to art
  • How to be in flow with the Universe
  • Selling art online
  • How she created a viral YouTube video using only her phone
  • Her approach to brand partnerships and sponsored posts on YouTube 
  • The power of saying no to opportunities that aren’t aligned 
  • What is “greenwashing”
  • How she manifested being a guest on Woke & Wired
  • How to not care about what others say about your work online and stay committed to your art 
  • Boundaries with social media 
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226. Podcasting Tips | 11 Lessons I’ve Learned From 500K Downloads, 230 reviews, 225 episodes, 4 Years and $150K+19 Nov 202200:57:13

In this episode, I share the top lessons I’ve learned so far from starting, growing and monetizing a podcast. 

We cover:

Why I started a podcast and my intention behind continuing it

Why podcasting is my favorite form of content creation after experiences creating courses, blogging, sharing on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube

The energetics of a successful podcast!

The ways the podcast has helped me grow personally and professionally

How switching my attention from the technical aspects of sharing my voice to the energetic aspects changed everything 

How the podcast has remained the of my content universe as I’ve gone through multiple iterations of how I show up online

How solo episodes have unexpectedly become a huge part of the podcast 

My creative process for recording solo episodes

How I make promo materials and graphics for podcast episodes  

Some of the tools I’ve used to grow the podcast

How I find and book podcast guests

Top ways I’ve monetized the show 

The easiest way to start monetizing your podcast no matter where you’re at in your podcasting journey

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Audacity software for when I want to record an episode on my computer (for solo episodes and in-person episodes)

Auphonic (automatic post-production for times I record locally on my computer, not on Zencastr) 

Transformational Speaking audiobook by Gail Larsen

Related episodes:

224 Let Go Of The Myth Of Getting Somewhere and Trust The Timing Of Your Quantum Path – BRITTANY EASTMAN 

85 Dr. Andrew Weil – Expanded Consciousness, Breathwork & Matcha

47 Dr. Josh Axe: How Vision, Strategy & Spiritual Practice Led To 17 Million Monthly Visitors

161 Rasa Founder Lopa van der Mersch: Business As Its Own Energetic Being, Plant Consciousness and Energy Intelligence

198 Trust What’s Coming Next, The Universe Only Gives Upgrades – DOE PAORO aka @doeknowsthings on TikTok

170 TikTok’s Grooviest Couple Is Bringing Healing to The World – GROOVE WITH GAIA aka CAM AND ELI on Movement, Mindfulness & Plant Medicine

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My TikTok Experiment 02 | Week Three: 3-6K Growth, Multiple Posts with 100K+ Views21 May 202000:18:23

In this podcast and video series, I’m sharing my journey on TikTok.

This is week three: 3,000 followers to 6,000 followers and multiple posts with 100K+ views.

Watch this episode on YouTube.

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In this update, I cover: 

  • The mindset and the energetics behind my explosive growth on TikTok
  • How I created videos that got hundreds of thousands of views
  • What I’ve done to gain 500 new followers per day
  • How to get started on TikTok
  • The mistakes I’ve made along the way
  • Using music on TikTok
  • How captions work on TikTok
  • How to choose your niche on TikTok
  • How to know what to post on TikTok 
  • How hashtags work on TikTok
  • Taking advantage of the evergreen content aspect on TikTok
  • Top hashtags I’m dominating and why it’s similar to SEO
  • A call to be unapologetically you! 

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103: Alchemizing Wounds Into Wealth | Existential Kink with CAROLYN ELLIOTT14 May 202000:56:01
Carolyn Elliott is the author of Existential Kink: unmask your shadow and embrace your power, and of the cult-favorite creativity book, Awaken Your Genius, which is based on the dissertation she wrote while getting her PhD in Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

We discuss: 

What is shadow work and how does it apply to business? 

How Carolyn went from being broke to building a business with revenue of $950,000

The principles Carolyn’s business that have doubled her income every year

Reconciling the opposites within yourself 

The “philosopher’s stone” and crystallization of all parts of you 

Creating organic virality around your offering before using Facebook ads

How to rewire your response to scarcity

How to shift your money mentality 

Working with money as a medicine spirit

The revenue streams of Carolyn’s business 

What is existential kink? 

Why Carolyn has chosen live launching over evergreen funnels so far

How social media and business works from an alchemical and planetary perspective 

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102: Slow Down To See The Blueprint Inside You | Business On Your Terms – TARA STILES08 May 202001:14:51

Tara Stiles (@tarastiles) has had a huge impact on my life and career ever since the day I walked into Strala, her yoga studio in Soho, in 2012. Tara is who I got my yoga teacher training certification with, and I was lucky to make her a heart bowl breakfast and even share a recipe in “Make your own rules cookbook.” 

Tara Stiles is one of the first people to start sharing yoga videos on YouTube, a bestselling author, and founder of a global yoga training business that’s radically different.

There is presence, ease and quiet wisdom about Tara, and I’m excited to share this business-focused conversation to you.

In this episode, we cover: 

  • Why it’s important to carve your own path in business instead of a cookie cutter approach
  • How working at a Pizza Hut and doing ballet led Tara to yoga
  • Tara’s business trajectory and current business model of Strala Yoga
  • How she became one of the first yoga teachers on YouTube in 2007
  • How to overcome criticism and stand for what you believe in
  • How to make burnout impossible 
  • Path of you over path of yoga 
  • Trusting the unknown 
  • Why to “find your thing” as a conscious entrepreneur, it’s important to release the need to “have a thing” 
  • Why Tara said no to venture capital 
  • The trap of social media and how to stay true to yourself 
  • Social media as an open channel to being of service 

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