Aligned & Soulful Success

Episodes

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Nov. 2, 2021

The Great Resignation for Women of Color

In today’s episode, Kavita Melwani discusses the Great Resignation, a term that describes the current worldwide trend of workers seeking a career change. Kavita provides three self-reflexive steps you should take to determine if a professional shift is right for you or if another solution is needed to combat burnout. Kavita explains how the pandemic has motivated many people to reevaluate their careers and question if they may find more fulfillment elsewhere. However, before making a move, Kavi...
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Oct. 26, 2021

Finding Your Voice as a Woman of Color

On today’s episode, Kavita Melwani continues her exploration of multicultural women seeking leadership positions but struggling to make their desires known. She discusses the three reasons BIPOC women shut down in the work environment and identifies the one element that every leader must have to succeed: a voice. Kavita explains that BIPOC women are conditioned to respect authority, which often prevents them from speaking up in the workplace out of fear of seeming disrespectful. Many women have...
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Oct. 19, 2021

Your Breath is a Powerful Tool: Interview with Hayley Ebersole

Hayley Ebersole, Founder of the Body-Mind Freedom Membership, supports soulful visionaries to release overwhelm and stress by cultivating inner and outer strength and wellbeing so they can embody the change they wish to see in the world. As a personal trainer, holistic wellness coach and yoga teacher, her work offers a pathway to physical, emotional and soul healing through reconnection to the wisdom of nature inside of our own bodies through group movement rituals, classes and courses. In a cu...
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Oct. 12, 2021

Why Trusting Intuition Is Harder for BIPOC Women

Your host, Kavita Melwani, continues her conversation on multicultural women looking to step into their authentic selves in ways that don’t necessarily fit within their cultural norms. In this episode, Kavita introduces three challenges that BIPOC women and first and second generation immigrants commonly face. Each of the challenges has one very important element in common: intuition. Kavita explains that BIPOC women are often taught that their feelings are not valid and that they must fit in t...
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Oct. 5, 2021

Change Is Here! Find Out Why

You may have noticed that some changes have been made to the podcast: we have a new title, new cover art, and a slightly redirected mission. While your host, Kavita Melwani, is still dedicated to supporting highly sensitive people and empaths, she has narrowed in her focus. Throughout the pandemic, Kavita realized that a specific type of person has been coming to her for guidance: multicultural women looking to step into their authentic selves in ways that don’t necessarily fit within their cul...
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Sept. 27, 2021

Pivoting? I am tired of that word too!

Today's episode will be centered around change, we will learn about how it is important to accept change rather than resisting it. We will also learn that it is important to let go of wanting to be in control of yourself and the future sometimes. To finish this discussion I lead you through visualization and meditation to support you if you are feeling overwhelmed or burnt out. I have also linked some resources down below to help you rise up as an empathic leader, feel free to check them out. ...
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Sept. 13, 2021

Connection to Spirit: An Interview with Kathleen Joan

In this episode, we are joined by Kathleen Joan. She is a priestess of Brigid who is committed to the resurrection of the Divine Feminine, especially within her Catholic-Christian tradition. She holds a Master’s Degree in theology and ministry and has over ten years of ministry experience, including directing retreats, teaching classes on religion and spirituality, and leading small groups and spiritual communities. She also offers Reiki Energy Healing, Spiritual Direction, and New Moon Goddess ...
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Aug. 30, 2021

Managing Anxiety as a Teenager: Interview with Devan Melwani

How to manage Anxiety as a teenager. Today I am interviewing Devan Melwani about how he came to realize he has anxiety and how he has learned to handle it as a junior in high school. Devan learned that he was a highly sensitive person with anxiety during our time in lockdown from covid. He recently wrote a blog and came to tell about his journey that he has been on this last year and a half. Be sure to schedule a clarity session with me by using the link below if you’d like to work with me. Wha...
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Aug. 16, 2021

How to Access Your Intuition

I have a few tools that I will be teaching you about today to learn how to access your intuition. These tools are to help you discern between fear and excitement. They are things that I use and that I teach my clients to use. When you learn how to listen to your intuition, you are able to make decisions from that internal knowledge instead of listening to all the messages outside of yourself. Listen in to learn how you can use these tools in your life today to step into making decisions and trus...
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Aug. 2, 2021

Yoga as a Tool for Change with Laura Baumann

Do you struggle with self-care in your daily life? My guest, Laura Baumann, shares about how you can start a yoga practice that will help you release tension, overcome stress, and help you feel aligned in your body and mind. Laura is sharing her story of how she found out that she was an empath and is here to give you an insight into using yoga to help you live a more relaxed life. Listen in to learn how you can do yoga as a tool in your daily life! Schedule a clarity session with me by using th...
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July 19, 2021

The 3 “S” Method to Reduce Anxiety Holistically

Anxiety. Do you feel like you struggle with reducing anxiety in your daily life? In this episode, I’m going to talk about how you can implement these 3 things along with a few other tips that will help you reduce anxiety significantly. These tips are called the Three “S” Method: Sleep, Silence, and Surrender. In addition to these holistic ways, you can also work on improving your thoughts about events, which definitely reduces stress. If you can work on your thoughts you will be able to reduce y...
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July 5, 2021

3 Ways to Know if it’s Quitting time or the Tipping point

Quitting time or tipping point? How do you know which one you are at? In this episode, I’m going to talk about how you can find out by doing these 3 things. Get ready to take a step back, write things down, and prioritize some action. After you take these steps I talk you through in this episode, allow everything to sit overnight and the right decision for you will be clear. I encourage you to keep going, you may be on the verge of a tipping point. Listen in to learn how you can find what your n...
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June 21, 2021

Your Life Purpose: How do you find yours?

Life Purpose. Do you feel like you know what yours is, or is this something you struggle with? In this episode, I’m going to talk about how you can find yours. You can find AND are already fulfilling your life purpose. Your purpose or dharma is about your unique path. Dharma is a religious and moral law governing individual conduct. Dharma is part of where you come from. We are all unique and have our own individual paths. We can’t get caught up in finding our purpose. We need to realize that we...
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June 7, 2021

Using Your Body's Guidance & Intuition for Wisdom: Interview with Kristin Kissell

In this interview with Kristin Kissell, we are going to talk about using your body’s guidance and intuition for wisdom. Kristin shares with us about her journey of learning to slow down and listen to her intuition for guidance in both her everyday life and business. During our conversation, Kristin will be sharing her three business focus areas. These focus areas are shadow, somatic, and spiritual. We discuss how as highly sensitive people, it can be easy to use your gifts as a block or as an ex...
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May 24, 2021

Self Worth & Doing Too Much

In today's show, I want to talk about self-worth and business. I will talk about how self-worth is directly related to doing too much and the word ‘busy’ that our society has made like a badge of honor. How this idea has been deeply implanted that we need to be hustling and busy all the time. Because of this societal standard, we never take any breaks and we never give ourselves a chance to breathe. We wake up early and we keep going until we hit the bed at night and fall asleep. So when you are...
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May 10, 2021

Empathic Therapist - Interview with Romona Mukherjee

In this interview, we are speaking to Romona Mukherjee, who is a teacher, guide, and mindfulness-based psychotherapist. We discuss how Romona learned to embrace her sensitivity and gift of clairsentience after fighting it for so long. She walks us through learning to step into her spiritual pull and practices to where she now feels sustained in her life and business. Also, learning how to handle the different challenges she has faced as an empath and highly sensitive person, and how she has used...
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April 26, 2021

Brown Girl: Balancing Two Worlds

What happens when you need to balance two completely different worlds? When you come from a subculture, and then you add being an HSP/Empath things can become increasingly difficult. Straddling two worlds is complicated. Straddling 3 or more makes it even more so. In this episode, I dive into my own experience with all of this and the struggles I have faced along the way, and how I have learned to manage and balance the different areas of my life. What's discussed during the podcast: [1:06] Ini...
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April 12, 2021

Interview with Andrea Blake The “Wholistic Health Coach”

In this interview, we are speaking with Dr. Andrea Blake, who is the holistic health coach on an unrelenting mission to heal, empower and restore lives for the healing art of what she has coined as the H.E.R Method. Be sure to listen in to learn all about how she empowers her community, roots for everyone on their journey of natural health increase standing firm on her driving principle that God has equipped everyone with lifeforce energy, she charges forward to deliver her message that we are b...
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March 29, 2021

Using Your Intuition to Make Aligned Decisions

What happens when you are living your life out of alignment? So many things can be thrown off when you are living out of alignment, for example, your physical and mental health. I teach about using your intuition to guide your decisions because if I had used my own inner guidance and intuition I would have chosen differently many times. Without access to your intuition, you may be confused and unsure of where to be spending and focusing your time and energy. You may also just be living the life ...
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March 15, 2021

Interview with Stephanie Papadakis: Taking Control of Your Health

In this episode, I interview Stephanie Papadakis, who is a holistic nutrition consultant, AIP, coach, and grief recovery specialist. We discuss the different health issues both mental, nutritional, and emotional that led her to pursue her current business and the different things that led her to keep pushing for an answer with her health issues. In addition to healing your health with nutrition, a huge portion of healing also is needed in mindset and healing emotional wounds. You won’t want to m...
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March 1, 2021

3 Keys to Aligning Your Days & Organizing Your Time

It can be so easy to get sucked into the idea that there’s never enough time, or you just don’t know where the time goes in a day and you haven’t completed the tasks you set out to. When we choose to focus on those concepts, that’s exactly what will continue to happen. However, when you make an intentional decision of aligning your activities with things that nourish your mind and body, then intentionally setting up your day with things that serve you and your business, it can make all the diffe...
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Feb. 15, 2021

Shifting the Narrative for Health Care and Self Care - Interview with Rachel Hinds

This episode features an interview with Rachel Hinds, an empath that has two businesses of her own. We discuss different strategies for self-care, running businesses as empaths, and how she is working to truly shift the narrative around health care with her Chicheck business, and self-care work. Be sure to listen in to hear all about how empathy has played such an important role in her life as an entrepreneur and to find out all about different methods empaths and highly sensitive people can use...
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Feb. 1, 2021

Why a Vision is Important & How to Clarify Yours

The vision that you have for yourself, can be either consciously created OR you can allow your subconscious to continue with control which will lead you down the same path over and over. It is your choice. If you want to live consciously, by taking control and working towards your vision this episode is for you. Listen in to learn ways that you can connect with your vision for this year, and your life moving forward so you can take the steps needed to move forward in that direction. Be sure to l...
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Jan. 18, 2021

Creative Healing: An Interview with Adriana Marchione

Today we are talking with Adriana Marchione. She is internationally known as a movement-based expressive arts therapist and educator. She has been involved in the arts for over thirty years as a filmmaker, dancer, photographer. Since 2002, she has been teaching and presenting her creative healing approach to addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and grief at training programs, festivals, conferences, and treatment centers including Tamalpa Institute, WHEAT Institute in Canada, South by Southwest,...