Science & Magic with Amanda Leaveck Amanda Leaveck

Bri Seeley helps ambitious female entrepreneurs create highly profitable businesses.  Our conversation centers around restructuring our definition of success to include our wellbeing - mental, emotional, and relational.  We also talk bout common limiting beliefs around money, how the workaholic pattern lives in entrepreneurship, channeling success by connecting to a greater energetic field, how to manage stress admit high pressure period of life, and shifting the archetype of ‘the hard worker.’  Bri emphasizes how important it is for women to stop trading time for money, and to evolve into a different, more wealth-building way of working.     

CONNECT WITH BRI SEELEY:
TedEx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztGkmruGPqM
Website: https://briseeley.com/
Get Tix to ‘Success Becomes Me’ Conference: https://www.infinite-herizons.org/sbm (use promo code SCIENCEANDMAGIC for $75 off)
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WORK WITH AMANDA: https://amandaleaveck.com/⁣

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I had one of my amazing clients on the show to talk about her transformational journey from a daily life of monotony to inside-out alignment.  Stuck in the mental stagnation of a 9 to 5 job that wasn’t bringing her spirit alive, Danielle felt bored, uninspired, drained, and not sure what to do about it.  She was easily irritated, stuck in her head, and trapped in the same daily routine.  She knew something had to change.  After months of us working together, Danielle learned how to regulate her nervous system, connect with her heart, shift limiting beliefs, and started making massive changes in her life as a result.  This conversation dives into her journey.  It’s perfect for anyone who craves something different or new in their life! 

WORK WITH AMANDA: https://amandaleaveck.com/⁣
(hello@amandaleaveck.com)
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Our conversation...
7:05 - how & why Danielle found my work
9:54 - a day in the life of Danielle
12:05 - establishing a new baseline in the nervous system
17:01 - when you know something needs to change
18:12 - the importance of evoking change from within
18:50 - Danielle’s morning and evening routine
24:07- the importance of regulating nervous system before evoking creativity
24:49 - the applied neuroscience of the work deliciously program
30:16- how limiting beliefs form in childhood and express themselves in adulthood 
39:44- empowering ourselves with the language of choice
41:14- how Danielle experiences energy
43:47 - becoming more heart centered 
45:14 - physical sensations of energy
47:58- brain wave frequency, intuition, and the analytical mind 
50:55 - Danielle’s new career goals
52:37- Danielle’s transformation through embodiment

As I'm nearing the end of my  pregnancy, I find myself in reflection of the deep, transformational journey I've experienced throughout the past 9 months.  In this episode, I talk about the perspective of manifestation from  feminine energy components like softening, yielding, surrendering, glowing, & flowing.   This is an intimate and soft episode, and will perhaps offer a healing balm to anyone who feels burned out from unbalanced levels of pushing, efforting, strategizing, and overcoming.  Whether you are pregnant or not, this episode will offer value to anyone who wants to explore softer way of engaging with the creative forces of life.   

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Kevin McCarthy & I dive into all things trauma in this conversation.  We talk about the nervous system, stress, resilience, anxiety, depression, and how to establish resource in your body and life to help heal trauma…  all from the lens of the body and radical kindness.  Kevin's approach contains a lot of love, as he invites us all to feel empowered in our experience of trauma as a part of the human experience.  May you feel hope after listening to this episode. 
If you are someone who is seeking professional support, I’ve included a list of resources at the very bottom of the show notes.

KEVIN'S  WEBSITE:  https://www.mendmn.com/

TRAUMA 101 LESSON W/ KEVIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdbXIQZy6Hw&list=PLsLYLwTg5ajlbRCrLe3_S9Ph4vJx3CHKi&index=3
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our conversation…
6:03 - intro
11:20- what is somatic experiencing  
16:27 - how to process emotions in the body
19:26 - the nervous system
21:58 - sympathetic & parasympathetic activation
26:39 - body signals of sympathetic nervous system activation
27:13 - body signals of parasympathetic nervous system activation
28:57 - feeling isolated from prolonged parasympathetic nervous system activation
29:48 - the social nervous system, the importance of positive interactions, and how context influences our  experience with other
35:58 - what is stress and how does it impact the nervous system
38:34 - when stress becomes trauma in the body   
41:17 - trauma and childhood (acute trauma vs. attachment trauma)
44:39 - the inherent resilience  & health that lives in trauma responses 
45:46 - trauma expressed as a lack of joy 
48:46 - anxiety & depression from a ‘body up’ perspective
51:34 - localizing anxiety & depression as a sensation in the body and establishing resource somewhere else
54:24 - how to establish resource in your body & outside of your body to help heal trauma
55:50 - a holistic and empowering perspective of trauma 
57:18 - how to connect with Kevin

FIND A THERAPIST:
Find a Psychotherapist: www.psychologytoday.comFind a Somatic Experience  Therapist: www.traumahealing.org Find an EMDR Trauma Therapist: www.emdria.org CRISIS HOTLINES:
In the U.S.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)Crisis Text Line: text TALK to 741741SAMHSA Treatment Referral Hotline (Substance Abuse) 1-800-662-HELP (4357)RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-HOPE (5673)Trevor Lifeline (suicide hotline for LGBT youth) 1-866-488-7386International: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html

Are you someone who has a hard time falling asleep?  Do you wake up feeling rested, or are you someone who tosses & turns throughout the night, unable to sink deeply into a restorative sleep cycle?  This conversation will dive into everything you need to know about sleep, as well as how to sleep as a high performer.  With expert sleep advice from Dr. Roxanne Prichard, you will be well equipped to catch some restorative zzz’s this evening.  We talk about a little bit of everything - the different stages of the sleep cycle, societal & environmental barriers to sleep, drinking alcohol before sleep, how being a night vs. morning person is genetically determined, the consequences of watching TV before bed, how performance anxiety about sleep doesn’t help anything, why setting an alarm clock isn’t ideal, the importance of active rest in attuning the nervous system to sleep, and the magic in science.

DR.PRICHARD TEDX TALK:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztGkmruGPqM
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SCIENCE & MAGIC YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHhlpVUKsFxYnS-NIcp337w
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our conversation…
7:40 - intro 
11:15 - the mystery of falling asleep
14:57 - the stages & cycles of sleep
21:00 - waking up throughout the night 
23:27 - drinking alcohol bed
25:57 - being a night owl or morning bird
30:01- reading or watching tv in bed
32:09- diverse phenotypes in community & partnerships
33:22 - dreams  
36:49- get good sleep by getting the proper amount of sleep & wakeful rest
39:56- barriers to sleep
45:51- advocating for good sleep in a demanding environment
50:03 sleep automatically calibrates to the demands of life & learning 
52:01- the importance of being intentional about what information we are absorbing before sleep
54:58 - healthy pre sleeping habits 
56:46- how Dr. Prichard approaches magic in her life
59:51- connect with Dr. Prichard

In this episode, Deborah Hill and I talk about evoking self love through shadow work, building self confidence, the importance of shifting subconscious beliefs, and letting go of perfectionism and judgements from/for others.  She shares daily nervous system rituals that have helped her avoid burn out as a self employed entrepreneur and business owner.   We also spend some time discussing how connecting with the heart isn’t always a warm & fuzzy experience - that it can be really intense and heavy for energetically sensitive people.  I hope this conversation brings you a bit of brightness amidst the darkness of this season.   

CONNECT WITH DEBORAH:⁣
Website: https://www.beautybydesignmn.com/
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PLANTZILLA (house plant care):
https://www.instagram.com/plantzillamn/

Our conversation…

7:57: intro, upbringing, & current business
14:11: stuck in a loop of success & burn out
17:20: finding more confidence by shifting subconscious beliefs
21:17 - practicing  self love by claiming unlovable aspects 
30:52 - self love being narcissistic vs as a way to create more compassion for humanity
34:27 - grounding, centering, and expanding into presence 
37:37 - empathetic heart heaviness and moving through depression
45:58- how to create safety in the heart as an empath
48:40 - daily rituals for self care to avoid burn out
52:41 - dance and movement as a way to release control & evoke mental creativity
55:35 -  transformation through embodiment
57:43 - letting go of perfectionism & judgements from others
1:02:02 - how to connect with Deborah for a customized dress