Poetic Resurrection

Thoughts Contradict Affirmations Talk & Meditation

This week we discuss why thoughts contradict affirmations. They contradict because we state them but our subconscious mind isn’t believing it. i.e., I am wealthy – my bank account states differently. This is because our negative self-talks are repeated over and over.
EX: Someone annoys you – there will be a thought & an emotion associated with it and we usually repeat something like "I can't believe they did that" and now you have created an affirmation.
We usually read off affirmations like a list with no emotion.  I am wealthy, I am safe, I am prosperous, I am healthy, I am loved. No emotion just going through a list.
Affirmations can be difficult to state especially if it’s contradicting an emotional experience
With affirmations and if needed support, you can change your thoughts.
It’s okay to take your time with them.
Taking deep breaths and exhaling slowly helps.
Visualizing being a calm place – the beach, forest, meadow, or bed.
Think of someone or something you love: your family, your friends, a loved one, a pet, your home. Feel that emotion of love.
You’re using affirmations to help change long-standing patterns and beliefs. A good way to bring this change about is to act as if you’ve already succeeded.
Affirmations are effective if stated in the present.
Adding I feel to them – ex: I am wealthy – I feel wealthy, I am loved – I feel loved.
It’s easier to make a change when an emotion is associated with it. Emotions are energy – which helps us with a change.
We’re going to do a meditation with affirmations.
Get yourself into a comfortable position either sitting or laying down and close your eyes.
Breath in – hold – breath out (3x)
Visualize your calming place – waterfront, forest, meadow, backyard wherever you feel calm. Visualize yourself there.
Breath in and hold – breath out and repeat after me
I am loved – I feel loved
I am prosperous – I feel prosperous
I am joyful – I feel joyful
I am safe – I feel safe
I live with passion and purpose, I feel my passion & purpose
I have compassion – I feel compassionate
I am worthy – I feel worthy
I am free – I feel free
I am grateful – I feel grateful
I have abundance – I feel abundance
I am at peace – I feel peaceful
Take a deep breath and welcome back
Have a wonderful day and many blessings.
 
Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 

Soul of Understanding with Rick White

This week our guest is Rick White author of Before & Beyond Understanding. We have a great discussion about grief, life, illness and acceptance of self, our value, and how life changes. With his book, he hopes to have a positive impact on the reader’s life. From his being in the army to dealing with chronic illness, he put his heart into sharing the lessons that have helped him along his personal path.
Rick White - A simple guy with sometimes hard-won and sometimes spiritually provided wisdom - shares what he's learned in a way we can all understand.
From being murderously angry in his youth to talking people down from bad trips at concerts during the years surrounding Woodstock...
From working with friends to get through severe tragedy to profound interactions with those afflicted with homelessness...
The lessons contained in this book are not born of theory and concept… These ideas are from the depths of experience of a man whose search for meaning, humanity, and profundity never ends. Some he discovered on his own, some he received through mentoring, all changed his life.
His only hope is to be able to pay forward the insights and understandings he’s received to as many people as he possibly can.
Get your copy here of Before & Beyond Understanding

Soul of the Self with Joachim Brackx

This week we have Joachim Brackx. We discuss the self and how our perceptions play an important part in compassion, self-love, and acceptance.
Joachim Brackx was born at the seaside in Belgium and had a successful career as a singer and composer before turning to entrepreneurship.As he healed himself from trauma, grew as a human being, and connected with others and himself more deeply, he decided to help others walk a similar path. This is how the podcast Relating to Self was born, based on the insight that the most important relationship we will ever have is the one we have with ourselves.Joachim also records meditations for Insight Timer, is a member of Sandbox, and leads Vectoria Designs, a crafting company. He is passionate about ethics, compassion, relating, and good food.
 
http://www.relatingtoself.com/
https://vectoriadesigns.com/

Soul of My Father with Martin Espada

Poetic Resurrection is honored to present Pulitzer Prize finalist, Puerto Rican poet Martin Espada for an intimate and informative conversation. Martin reads his poem Letter to My Father from his book Floaters. We discuss the effects of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico, the people, and especially the town of his father’s birth Utuado. We discussed historical events and perceptions of Puerto Rico and its people in this heartfelt interview.
This episode contains some controversial views.
Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist, and translator. His new book of poems from Norton is called Floaters. Other books of poems include Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (2016), The Trouble Ball (2011), The Republic of Poetry (2006), and Alabanza (2003). He is the editor of What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump (2019). He has received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize*, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Robert Creeley Award, an Academy of American Poets Fellowship, the PEN/Revson Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. The Republic of Poetry was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The title poem of his collection Alabanza, about 9/11, has been widely anthologized and performed. His book of essays and poems, Zapata’s Disciple (1998), was banned in Tucson as part of the Mexican-American Studies Program outlawed by the state of Arizona, and reissued by Northwestern. A former tenant lawyer in Greater Boston, Espada is a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
http://www.martinespada.net/
Frank Espada’s gallery of work: https://www.thefrankespadagalleries.com/
Floaters link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3C6R3fJ
Pulitzer Prize-nominated book Republic of Poetry: https://amzn.to/3fgIu88
*Ruth Lilly Award: Awarded annually, the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize honors a living US poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition. 
 
 
 

Soul of Self-Love with Jonathan Troen

This week on Poetic Resurrection we have Jonathan Troen.  We have a lively conversation about the Self-Love Revolution. What it means to learn to love and accept ourselves so we can learn to love and accept others. 
 
Jonathan Troen is a Life Mastery Coach and creator of the Self Love Revolution. 
 
His mission: To help people find the joy inside of themselves. 
 
Jonathan spent 20 years in the music and entertainment business, living the life of his dreams and interviewing the biggest stars in the world. But he still wasn't happy. He also found out, he wasn't alone. So he went on a mission to find out why.
Once he learned the secrets of true happiness and success, he had to share it with others. This was the beginning of the Self Love Revolution. 
 
Social Media Links: 
Website: https://www.SelfLoveRevolution.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathantroen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathantroen/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troen/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCehyk1DzmlXj8f6VVok6I5w/
Clubhouse: @JonathanTroen

Soul of Intention with Dr. Ian Brooks

Our guest this week is Dr. Ian Brooks. We had a lively discussion on the process of intention. How the pandemic, perceptions, and beliefs affect our lives and how we can change the characters we created in our story.
His recently released book Intention—Building Capabilities that Transform Your Story is available wherever books are sold.
Dr. Ian Brooks is the chief executive and founder of Rhodes Smith Consulting leading transformations of people and organizations for over 24 years. Ian has extensive experience in executive and leadership development, change management, business performance consulting, and communication planning.
https://rhodessmith.com
https://amzn.to/3rfuroe - Direct book link to Amazon

Soul of Writing with Che'Rae Adams

This week our guest is the amazing Che'Rae Adams. We discuss what it takes to write a good story and how the story germinates from the soul. That inner voice drawing us to write our story. We discuss the concept sentence, the why of writing and even when we write a memoir or solo show there is a beginning, middle, and an end.
Che'Rae Adams is a teacher, director, producer, and dramaturg. She is passionate about writers and helping them to develop their work. In 2006 she started the LA Writers Center which is a membership company designed to germinate and foster new works by Los Angeles-based writers which involves not only the writer, but a team of artists: directors, dramaturges, and actors. Her goal was to provide writers with a safe and nurturing environment in which to read and workshop their work. She lives in Los Angeles with her dog Walter who is spoiled rotten and she would not have it any other way.
http://www.lawriterscenter.org
 

Letting Go Meditation with the Four Elements

This visualization meditation is for letting go using nature’s four elements of Water, Fire, Earth, and Air.
Working on letting go of an idea, person, thought, or perception is challenging. By applying the four elements of earth, fire, air, and water in visualizing the obstacle is useful in cleansing it away. Use one subject you’d like to release and approach it. It is best to apply only one issue at a time. You can use this meditation to address other experiences in a different session.
Find a comfortable spot where you won’t be interrupted. You can sit or lay down whichever is best for you. Your comfort is key.
Close your eyes and quiet the mind, breath in… breath out.
Visualize walking barefoot on a welcoming forest path. The earth is cool and inviting as it hugs your feet with loving-kindness. You walk through the path where you smell your favorite flowers and the scent of the loving trees communicating your path to a meadow. The meadow has cushioned grass, and it feels like you’re walking on clouds. The temperature is just right as the gentle air embraces you.
At the meadow, you see a firepit. The fire is controlled and calming as you safely approach the mesmerizing hues with sways of saffron, cardinal, amber with hints of cobalt. Next to the firepit is a table with paper and a pen. You approach the table and write what you’d like to let go. Visualize yourself writing it. Each word, each phrase as you write from your heart. You can visualize writing several pages of the same statement. I will be silent while you take your time. 
Once you’re finished, walk over to the firepit. If you created several pages, burn one page at a time. Take a deep breath and throw the page into the fire while reciting “I let you go with love and kindness”, “I let you go with love and kindness”, “I let you go with love and kindness”. State anything else you’d like to address, and express love as the page slowly burns in the fire. Visualize it slowly burning into ashes.
The fire pit is full of ashes as the fire gradually dissipates. Repeat: I let you go with love and kindness. As the ashes lay there, a light breeze drives the ashes away. A gentle rain begins. You feel the water cleansing your aches away. You embrace the rain as it feels peaceful and soothing. You take a moment to enjoy the rain, as it brings a smile to your face.
Forgiveness and letting go are freeing to the soul.
Take a deep breath and slowly breathe out.
Rest for a moment and when you are ready, open your eyes.
May your day be full of gratitude, joy, and blessings.
 
River Flute by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4713-river-flute
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Soul of Healing with Trini Rodriguez

This week on Poetic Resurrection we have an informative talk with Trini Rodriguez discussing Native American and Mexican American sweat-lodges and how this brings you closer to your soul. We discuss healing and talking circles and how they facilitate the “self” in becoming “whole” and the Aztec (Sun) calendar and how it guides you to the essence of your character.
Trini Rodriguez (AKA Tlazohteotl) is co-founder and former Executive Director of Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore (www.tiachucha.org), a cultural center/bookstore in  L.A's San Fernando Valley that transforms community through ancestral knowledge, the arts, literacy, and creative engagement. A former bilingual educator, court interpreter, and newspaper editor, she writes, speaks, and strives for personal and collective healing and systemic social change. Trini facilitates women's healing sweat-lodge and healing circles in Native American and Native Mexican traditions. She and her husband Luis J Rodriguez produce “The Hummingbird Cricket Hour” podcast (http://hummingbirdcricket.libsyn.com/) to explore thoughts and move hearts on pressing matters of life, social change, and philosophy.

Soul of Mystery with Alex Greenwood

This week we have Alex Greenwood. Alex is the host and producer of The Mysterious Goings On podcast in which I had the privilege of being a guest. We had so much fun that I had to have Alex on this week's episode. Please give it a listen. We laugh, joke, and discuss the soul of mystery writing.
Alex Greenwood is an award-winning writer, public relations consultant, podcaster, speaker, and former journalist. He is best known as the author of the John Pilate Mysteries and host/producer of the Mysterious Goings On podcast and the PR After Hours podcast. Alex is a recognized expert in the fields of public relations, crisis communications, publishing, and writing. He's a radio talk show veteran and fun guest who enjoys a laid-back discussion.
Alex has recorded hundreds of hours of podcasts and made hundreds of appearances on TV, radio, podcasts webinars, and at conferences. Learn more at MGOPod.com.
Alex’s Amazon Author page:
https://amzn.to/2YNAohP
Pilate's Cross Book 1: https://amzn.to/2VF6zPx
Pilate's Key Book 2: https://amzn.to/3EgH20z
Pilate's Ghost Book 3: https://amzn.to/3zjAxXb
The Podcast Option Book: https://amzn.to/2Xfz86q
Mysterious Goings On: https://mgopod.com/
PR After Hours: https://prafterhours.com/
Sonia Lozada Interview: https://mgopod.com/f/the-poetry-of-time-and-acceptance-with-sonia-iris-lozada