45 episodes
Soul Salon with Ayandastood Ayandastood
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5.0 • 31 Ratings
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pov: you're obsessed with paradigm shifts, aha moments, expanding your consciousness, de-colonizing, and seeing beyond the current paradigm. you believe love, community, interdependence, joy, rest & creativity are our birthright, and you are seeking more ways to find y(our) way home. you are the Wise Friend who listens deeply, but often feels unheard or unseen. i am here to walk beside you. let's paradigm shift together, guided by your host, Ayanda, also known as @ayandastood on TikTok and IG.
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45: there'll always be more to say 🌻💛 | perfectionism & creativity
hi precious beings! if you're battling with perfectionism, this episode is for you. earth angel, consider this your permission slip to declare your unfinished work FINISHED because completion is a myth maybe?! find out... i love you all, thank you thank you for being here!
I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend 💛
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☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? submit a voicemail here.
📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ASK Ayanda form here.
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visit my website at www.ayandastood.com
Work with me one-on-one in coaching to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching
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44: collectivist vs. individualist dreams
if you dream of writing, there are people dreaming of reading you.
if you dream of singing, there are people dreaming of hearing you.
if you dream of being seen, there are people dreaming of seeing you.
if you dream of teaching, there are students dreaming of being taught by you.
your dreams are dreaming you back. even more: the collective is dreaming THROUGH YOU. Question for you: Who might be dreaming you back?
book a one-on-one coaching session to step into your fullest expression and power, on- and offline: www.ayandastood.com/coaching
Time stamps:
(00:35): Individualistic vs. collectivist dreams
(02:02): Example of my (our!) podcast dream
(03:09): Who will expand through you?
(05:11): Against perfectionism
(06:37): You are a representative
(07:41): The other side of desire
(08:05): What you seek is seeking you
(08:26): The beauty of surrender
(09:24): Please follow & subscribe :)
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Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching
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43: become the energy you crave (or envy)
today i bring you a bite size dose of ENERGY I recorded in December but felt wasn't "good enough" at the time. in honor of breaking up with perfectionism, i bring you this offering. let's call it a SOUL SNACK if you will.
topics include: envying someone's success, listening to yourself, embodying what you seek, and the energetic messages of the universe. i love you, sunshines & soul siblings!
i hope you enjoy this experience. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend if you resonate 💛
TIME STAMPS:
(00:51): Are you listening?
(01:38): Reframing envy
(05:50): Who I'm drawn to
(06:33): Energy is a spectrum
(07:09): Collective healing
(09:55): Unity consciousness
(10:23): What are you calling in?
Work with me one-on-one in coaching to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching
ADVICE COLUMN:
☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? submit a voicemail here.
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Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching
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42: what if the opposite is true?
if you are a worst case scenario thinker/feeler/(anti-)dreamer, this soul session✨ is for you. let's unpack why it's time to let go of assuming the worst — not only in terms of what's possible, but also in our relationships and friendships.
in this soul session, i share examples of times when i assumed the worst and the exact opposite happened. i invite us to ask ourselves this question the NEXT time we find ourselves stuck in a worst case scenario mindset. you will (re)learn how holding onto the worst case scenario to protect ourselves becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: we align our actions to what could go WRONG instead of RIGHT, thereby making the former more likely.
you will hear me walk through common examples where we assume the worst and are often "wrong", such as:
assuming strangers don't want to talk to us...
assuming old friends don't want to hear from us...
assuming everyone online will certainly HATE or cancel us...
assuming conflict will RUIN our relationships/friendships... and more!!
let me say that i applied the lesson of this episode in the PROCESS of making, editing, and sharing it. here's how:
my inner critic said (repeatedly): "what i'm saying is nothing ✨revolutionary✨ therefore it's not worth sharing this episode". or "i'm not adding anything new here!"
the underlying assumption is A) we get our value from our uniqueness (individualism) and B) no one wants to hear and re-integrate the same lesson again from ME specifically.
WHAT IF THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE? A) What if collective wisdom becomes more potent the more people share it? and B) What if people actually LOVE hearing and re-integrating wisdom they already know and feel to be true, and they love hearing it from ME (not exclusively but in a particular way)
i love the feeling of applying a lesson i am sharing with you, because it makes me feel very aligned and like i'm sharing my life's wisdom with you. with that being said, I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend 💛
Time stamps:
(01:00): Reframe the worst case scenario
(05:11): The energetics of possibility
(06:33): Creativity & Rick Rubin
(07:37): Approaching strangers
(08:08): TikTok, cancellation, & judgment
(14:00): Texting responses
(15:19): Cancelling plans
(17:22): Conflict
(19:07): Reaching out to old friends
(20:12): It's always going to be this hard
(20:48): Valuing your opinion
(22:33): Self-doubt
(23:38): Summary
Work with me one-on-one in coaching to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching
SOURCES:
Book: The Creative ACT: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
Episode: 35: Awakening to Possibility by me
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Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching
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41: pro-mote your work
if you find it cringe or challenging to promote your own work, this soul session will SPEAK to you. today we completely REFRAME AND RECLAIM promotion, breaking it down to its roots and paradigm shifting our understanding. connected to nature and service. In this episode you will learn:
Why self-promotion feels so uncomfy
How we can reframe “pro-motion” by breaking it down
Why pro-motion is key to nature
How refusing to promote our work can block other people's expansion
My current experience with fearing promoting my coaching services
Time stamps:
(01:04): the evolutionary roots of our shame
(03:42): reframing pro-motion
(08:06): nature & motion
(10:45): my own example of coaching
(16:00): blocking motion
(17:43): what you seek is seeking you
I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and share it with a friend 3
Work with me one-on-one in coaching to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching
Sources mentioned:
Morning pages essay by me
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40: the fear of success
today's soul session is a spiritual perspective on why you fear your own success.
if you're like me, you are both drawn to and repelled by your dreams. they are at once enticing and terrifying. in today’s soul session we explore a paradoxical fear that many of us face whenever we confront our dreams and desires. but in the typical style of this podcast, we are going to unfold a deep and spiralling web of ideas such as:
What do God/source/the universe have to do with the fear of success?
Why do we associate power to evil?
How can we separate toxic/destructive examples of power from loving/constructive versions of it?
Why is nature the answer to reclaiming our power? AND...
My own experience with cultural grief and shame
I hope you enjoy today’s soul session. stay tuned for more, and if you feel called to, please share it with a friend or your community. i love you ✨💛
Work with me one-on-one as your coach to unlock your authentic expression and face your fear of being seen online: www.ayandastood.com/coaching
Time stamps:
(00:06): The magic of your existence
(01:53): My fears & dreams
(05:11): The paradox of fear
(06:22): God/source/universe & AWE
(12:57): Why we fear our Dreams
(14:17): Healing our relationship with Power
(17:37): Nature & benevolent Power
(21:15): Step into Y(OUR) Power
(22:29): Co-Creation
(27:52): Channeled journaling
(30:00): Why we can't silence ourselves
(31:35): It's bigger than You
(33:10): You have these gifts for a REASON
(35:54): Trust is the opposite of Fear
(36:15): Your own POWER & WISDOM
(40:31): Creativity is how we change the world
(42:21): Affirmation
Sources mentioned:
The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action by Audre Lorde
Ant geopolitics by John Whitfield
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☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? submit a voicemail here.
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JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
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visit my website at www.ayandastood.com
Work with me 1:1 www.ayandastood.com/coaching
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Customer Reviews
Lovely!
Thoroughly enjoy your podcasts. Thank you for allowing me to think and see things differently
Great Multitalented Being
… bumped into your site on Substack, and reading through, I noticed that you have a Podcast too. There latest episode where you talk about creating things as creatives and want to be hard on perfectionism is where I am currently. I both started my site on Substack and a Podcast, still have zero entries and episodes. But my drafts are way too much to be able to choose which one to go with.
And I thank God for this. I found hope, and thank you. Loving everything of you!
10 out of 10
Everything about you Ayandastood is just majestic ⭐️