The Alchemized Life Ava Johanna

We’re going deeper with Krystal Nielson than she’s ever been on a podcast. You may know “Coach Krystal” from Instagram or her reality TV days. She is known for her appearances on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise and her growing health & fitness brand, Total Body Guide. She’s also a busy mom, business owner, podcast host, and Certified Fitness Nutrition and Life & Success Coach. She is most recently a Certified Pre and Post Natal Fitness Specialist, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Practitioner, NLP Practitioner, and Level 1 Reiki Certified. She believes that building a strong foundation in health is the cornerstone to your transformation and how retraining your brain is key to reigning over all areas of your life! 
Let me tell you, she’s a walking testimonial of what she teaches. We talked about so many different things in this episode; her journey from working in entertainment to finding her passion in fitness and personal development, the intensity of being on reality tv and how experiencing depression motivated her to achieve her professional dreams, getting quiet and recognizing what’s shiny versus what’s authentic to you, her process of deciding to end a relationship, different modalities and techniques she uses to release emotion and trauma from the body, and her advice for anyone going through a hard time.
This is one of my favorite episodes I’ve done in a long time, with someone I’ve admired for years. I appreciate Krystal so much for coming on the podcast and sharing her heart with this community!
“There's a bigger hand at play guiding us that loves us and is ushering us in the right direction. Are we getting quiet every day to listen to the whispers that are there to support us?” - Krystal Nielson
What we talk about:
Moving from Montana to California to work in entertainmentWhy she decided to pursue a career in health and fitness insteadHow she found her authenticity when her identity was being projected on herAcknowledging grief in postpartumAffirmation work with physical fitnessHow Krystal uses EFT to release emotions, recover from trauma and move energy Why she decided to end her marriageGabby Bernstein: gabbybernstein.comSupport she has gained from her faithGetting caught up in milestones and anchoring in what’s really importantDealing with depression after the BachelorMade for this Moment by Maddie Pruitt

“We don't wanna be shaming ourselves for expressing emotions. They're really healthy, but they need to come out of the body, and that's why I really believe in physical movement, breathwork as well.” - Krystal Nielson
New episodes of the Alchemized Life Podcast are live every Tuesday!

Resources:
Instagram: @coachkrystal_YouTube: youtube.com/c/CoachKrystalPodcast: Reign Over Your Lifea...

Do you ever have moments as an entrepreneur when you’re questioning everything? Sometimes a reset is the best way to get really clear and be intentional with why you do things within your business. Recently I had to make a really tough decision, but one I knew I needed to make in order to get back to the heart of this work and make sure the Academy of Breath’s internal processes are sustainable for me and my team. I’m sharing my process of confronting how uncomfortable this situation was, yet how confident I am in my own mission and goals thanks to the work I’m so passionate about teaching.
This series is such a great reflection on how everything is impermanent, and we will have moments or seasons where things feel overwhelming or hard, and then we will have moments of flow of pure joy where we just feel so in our purpose and on our aligned path. None of it is constant, all of it is beautiful, all of it is necessary, and all of it is showing us something more. I feel so deeply trusting in the ebbs and flows more than ever before because this year has really shown me that it's just a part of it. 
“On the other side of the decisions that you know you need to make, you will feel so much more free and you will feel so much more in alignment with what really matters and your highest aligned path.” - Ava JohannaWhat I talk about:
A hard business decision I had to make for AOBMy new approach to AOBStepping back to create more sustainabilityWhat I’m doing differently than others in this spaceDJ Taz Rashid: djtazrashid.comPreview of the Iconic Coach FREE event

“I am most likely going to be against the grain of what our stereotypical, traditional world of mindfulness, meditation, breathwork looks like. But the truth is, that's me.” - Ava Johanna
New episodes of the Alchemized Life Podcast are live every Tuesday!

Resources:
Join the Waitlist for The Academy of Breath: Academyofbreath.orgJoin our self-study BREATHWORK course for personal practice: Transform Your Life Through The Power Of Your BreathJoin our FREE Iconic Coach Training: academyofbreath.org/iconicInstagram: @avajohanna💸 Sign up for Six-Figure Selling Masterclass here.✨ Want to be featured on a Community Call Episode?? Fill out The Alchemized Life 2023 Community Guest Form🔥 Join PROXIMITY: the all-access pass membership you've been waiting for by CLICKING HERE!

Emily Fletcher is back for her second appearance on the Alchemized Life podcast! Emily is the founder of Ziva meditation and has taught the Ziva Technique to over 40,000 people. She is one of my biggest inspirations and greatest mentors in the meditation space. I deeply respect her work and have been so inspired by the work that she's done over the past decade plus. Her new podcast, Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This? is out now!
I absolutely love this conversation with Emily. We talked all about sacred sexuality, the exploration of emotional alchemy, and how orgasms and pleasure are a portal into manifesting and creating a life beyond your wildest dreams. We talk about the democratization of God and how our planet is really shifting into being more welcoming and open to meditation and breathwork. We also get the details of her 3-day darkness retreat and what came up for her, and a preview of what you can expect from her new podcast. 
I really resonate with Emily as far as her mission to make sexuality, pleasure and meditation accessible to the masses and really provide these tools to the masses in a very palatable way. Check out her free masterclass and her new podcast if you enjoyed this conversation for more information and teachings from Emily!
“What I wanna help facilitate is the democratization of God, to remind everyone that they can plug directly into the divine through their own heads, hearts, and hoohas.” - Emily Fletcher
What we talk about:
The integration of divine feminine and divine masculineEmily’s personal transformation and awakening in the last couple of yearsRead: Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena ThomashauerThe democratization of GodAccessibility of meditation, breathwork, and other healing toolsSacred sexuality: the link between manifestation and feeling pleasureEmily’s experience at Sky Cave RetreatsWhat you can expect from Emily’s new podcast, Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This?

“Turns out the orgasm is actually extraordinarily good for your immune system, for your body age, for neuroplasticity, for your endocrine levels, for your hormone regulation. It's basically like an elixir of life. It's a powerful internal pharmacy and that's to say nothing of the more woowoo concepts around it that you could actually use your creation energy to manifest.” - Emily Fletcher
New episodes of the Alchemized Life Podcast are live every Tuesday!
Resources:
Website: zivameditation.comInstagram: @zivameditation and @emilystellafletcherEmily’s New Podcast: Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This? Free Masterclass: zivameditation.com/podcastAlchemized Life Podcast: Manifesting Through Meditation with Emily FletcherJoin the Waitlist for The Academy of Breath: a href="https://academyofbreath.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

Here's a valuable mini masterclass of the lessons that I've learned in the past 250 episodes of podcasting. I am sharing my top podcast tips, what I would've done differently, things that I recommend for every new podcaster, and how to take your podcast to the next level.

I have a feeling in today's episode you are going to hear about something that you have potentially never heard about before. Judy Wilkins-Smith is a world renowned family patterns, systemic work and constellations expert. She's a motivational speaker and author offering guidance to disentangling the financial patterns that aren't working and transforming your money DNA. This is a fresh perspective on the conversation around money, identifying what your money patterns are, and maybe some of the unconscious money habits that you've inherited from your family. 
Judy breaks down how impactful this work can be, its practical implementation, and how you can use it to identify your own patterns and subconscious limitations to your personal evolution. In this episode, Judy explains her process for making the invisible visible to have huge “Aha” moments that uncover subconscious patterns and gives you practical steps for rewiring your brain to tap into your ultimate potential. 
I’ve been diving into this work recently, and have a feeling you will really love this conversation. Judy has helped me start to identify patterns and events that potentially could have come from prior generations, and I can’t wait to see what it will uncover for me. Judy is such a wonderful human being, I'm so grateful that she came on the podcast. I know you’ll learn some new tools to incorporate into your personal development journey and relationship with money in this episode. 
“The minute that you do a systemic piece of work, it begins to do things to the system. It needs just one person to move one degree, and the whole system starts to react, so you have these big shifts. Now the other piece that's important is that you're immediately rewiring your brain. One new thought, one new feeling, one new action. You are rewiring the brain neuro scientifically, you are laying down new neural pathways. That's super important. Epigenetically, you're changing that epigenetic approach to what's happening in your system because the epigenetic imprint is a result of your thoughts, feelings, actions, reactions. So now you are really starting to change the system, and most importantly, you are no longer going to be living ancient history, which is what we do 90% of the time. You're fully present and you're creating a very new future.” - Judy Wilkins-SmithWhat we talk about:
Figuring out your money DNAWhat is constellation & family systems workHow to reprogram inherited money DNA patternsHarnessing the “knowing” fieldEpigenetics and creating new neural pathwaysDoing this work if you don’t know your familyStretching your money potential Creating future memoriesAdvice for online business entrepreneurs experiencing a “setback”How to grow your money DNADebt is not what you think it isThe importance of language we use when it comes to money

“People say to me, ‘why do you teach money?’ I made money a promise that I would show people that it is kind, wise, a friend, a mentor. It is not all the ugly things it's been made out to be.” - Judy Wilkins-Smith
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Welcome Academy of Breath alumni, yoga instructor and wellness guide, Ashley Allard. Over the last several months I've gotten to know Ashley as such a beautiful human being, leader, and literally the most radiant light you can see. Her soul is beautiful, and I wanted to have her on the podcast so that you could hear not only about her experience inside of AOB, but just receive from such a wonderful woman. 
Ashley and I agree that one of the coolest things that we have received from these practices, like breathwork, meditation, and yoga, is how it's really transformed us as individuals in relationships; not just romantic relationships, but friendships, relationships with those that we work with, with clients, relationships with actual material things as well as, and most importantly, the relationship we have with ourselves. 
Join us as we process how impactful and transformational these practices have been, how we’ve been able to reduce stress and anxiety, get to know ourselves on a deeper level, and how the work we’re doing flows out to those we interact with. This conversation was so nourishing and so fulfilling for me, and I really think this will land with you, too.
“For me to stay intentional (in my morning practice) is staying anchored in the fact that I know that it's for the benefit of my soul and it's for the betterment of me as a person, and then it's also for the betterment of everyone else around me. I am a better communicator, I can better support my family, I can better support my fiance, I can better support the people who come to take class with me, who I hold space for, when I'm supporting myself first. I always stay anchored in that; that everything that I'm doing, a part of my routine, my self care, is for me and to stay anchored and true to me in what I need.” - Ashley AllardWhat we talk about:
How Ashley got into the yoga spaceHow Ashley adapted to teaching online in 2020 & the benefits of the in-person experienceHow Ashley’s outer environment shifted as she’s shifted internallyLeaning into divine guidanceHow to incorporate breathwork into your everyday life in an intentional wayWhat happens when we’re less stressed?How breathwork transforms your relationshipsAcknowledging when anxiety comes upAshley’s experience inside of the Academy Of Breath

“In this journey, I've lost a lot of people, but I think I've gained people for the better, and that's always something that I come back to. The people that are meant to be in your life are there for a reason and the people that aren't are not.” - Ashley Allard
New episodes of the Alchemized Life Podcast are live every Tuesday!

“There's certain big decisions that feel really scary, but if you have a knowing inside of you and you are being guided in a direction, the universe provides, the universe supports you. You will be met with everything that you need to navigate these times of transition with ease.” - Ava Johanna
Resources:
Instagram: @ashleyallardWebsite: ashleyallardyoga.com Breathwork: Sign up for the 6-module courseAva’s Instagram: @iamavajohanna 
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