033: 15 Min Fill Up: Breaking Your Addiction
This week's mantra is flow! Today's entire episode was sparked by a single thought! This isn't unlikely or new for me to rattle off a whole conversation from a single thought. However, this is the first time that I flowed like this in a Hearts Unleashed Podcast episode! I can tell you with full self-love that I am proud about the way it turned out! I sat down in my flow and let my passion and thoughts grow! This thought process draws a hard line between your ego and your angel. Your dark and light side. Your love and fears. When you flow in and with the highest version of yourself, you will be producing a great life and more greatness in this world! You are the only one who gets to do that for yourself! Today's 15 Min Fill Up shares how to in action from Love and get out of validation mode and into creative flow. Be sure to join me in today is jam session to completely rock your week and have us arriving to Go Live Your Dreams with Monika Bahseen's episode this Friday Fill Up! I can hardly even wait to unleash it!!!
032: Shedding the Weight of Your Story with John Canida: Part 2
We are bringing you another powerful episode with transformational life coach and entrepreneur, John Canida! Today's conversation is my 2nd conversation with him on the Hearts Unleashed Podcast! This Friday Fill Up is filled with transformational insight and inspiration! John shares his weight loss and wellness journey and I share my passion about reforming the education system! For anyone looking to do some once and for all types of leveling up, this is a great episode to listen for the clarity to shed the weight of your story and elevate your being! You are not your story. You are not your weight. You are not your education. You are not anything outside of you. The invitation is always to learn, own, accept, love, share, and celebrate yourself! Today's episode will take you down some new avenues to make that journey!
031: 15 Min Fill Up: Thanks-Giving It Forward
WOOOOHOOOOO! We are kick starting a super fun month of celebration! It is Thanksgiving month! It is the second anniversary of my Growing Gratitude Facebook community! It is the one year Bookiversary of Giving Up Giving Up: The Memoir of a Quitter! So pack your party pants because we are going to have ourselves a good old time! Today, head over to any of my social media pages to join us for the Thanks-Giving It Forward Challenge! We are creating a community to join forces in creating a ripple effect of love! No matter what it looks like for you, we are looking for listeners excited to spread the love this month. We will also be hosting a Thanks-Giving It Forward contest at the end of the month as well so stay tuned in! On a more serious note, I also share a concept about Thanks-Giving It Forward into people's future by holding them accountable to what they want in life! This is not a task for the faint of heart and will make all the difference in their lives. You can listen as me speaking to you saying, "it's time to get going!" You could also listen to empower you in empowering your loved ones and more.
030: Ask Abigail Anything
Holy tell all! What a fun episode coming your way today!! I'm giving out a $10 iTunes gift card, I am answering your questions, and I'm sharing so much of myself in today's #fridayfillup. I had no idea how many rabbit holes I would trail down! I got all the way to talking about my desire to be a mother and the discovery that I am one already! This was seriously such a fun show to record! In my very first Ask Abigail Anything episode. I am answering it all and excited to share it with you! If this episode sparks any new awarenesses or 'aha' moments for you, let us know in your 5 star review! And if you can think of anyone who would love to know the answers to these questions, share with a friend! Thank you for being one of the hearts that I get to unleash. Thank you for pursuing your passions and full self love. Keep spreading the love.
029: 15 Min Fill Up: Zero Debris in Construction
Does anybody else carry around the weight of baggage of your past? I get it. I did too, for years.Holding onto that weight causes avoidance, missing out, shame, and resentment. It keeps us where we are in life and prevents us from going any farther or getting what we want out of life. No matter how good it looks on the outside, trash from the past can really stink up the 'rooms' of our life. It leaves us feeling unfulfilled and surrounded with stuff we don't want. In today's 15 Min Fill Up, I'm talking about how to really set yourself free from that junky feeling! This episode is really about shifting from dreaming to doing by cleaning up the messes that you've made in life! Grab your trash bag because I am dropping some truth bombs in today's convo about how to toss out the trash of the messes that you've made in your past! This podcast is for those of you serious about shifting from stuck in your past to sprinting towards your future! Enjoy!
028: Zero Debris is The Way to BE with Ulrich Floresca
"Life's a beach!" Today, I am sharing the beautiful heart of Ulrich Floresca! He is an amazing human being who is cleaning up the beaches of this world with his nonprofit Zero Debris. In today's Friday Fill Up, we are talking love, life, and acts of kindness! There are so many of us in this world with a movement, mission, or cause brewing in our hearts. We can sense the difference that we want to make and the legacy we want to leave and yet, haven't started taking action on those dreams and visions. Ulrich shares some beautiful steps to take to kick start your movement and your life! I also share the 4 components of a mission coming to fruition and catching momentum! One major take away in this convo: BEING YOUR WORD! Also! I'm not sure I have laughed more in any Hearts Unleashed Podcast episode to date! This man is a hilariously joyful human being and cracks jokes all episode long! If you know you would love to make a difference, you will certainly love hearing from Ulrich! So tune in, turn up, and head out to the beaches Santa Monica pier Saturday November 10th and December 8th with Zero Debris!
027: The Art of Sharing Your Dreams with Elena Thornton
Philanthropist, servant heart, and loving spirit, Elena Thornton paints a beautiful picture of what's possible when you share your dreams with others! From her neighbor to her community to Arizona and beyond, this woman is dreaming AND doing amazing work to support artisans! She has an amazing commitment to creating a thriving culture of art in what she calls Artizona! Elena is the founder of the Arizona Consortium for the Arts, a not-for-profit, an all-volunteer, community organization. She is spearheading the efforts in developing relationships with local community organizations that will bridge resources and forge collaborations with individuals, public, private, educational institutions and the business community to reach their goals. Today's #wisdomwednesday reminds me how smart it is to SHARE your dreams! Speak your dreams! Let you people KNOW what you want! This Educator, Artist, Published Poet, Photographer, and Community Volunteer really highlights the importance of community and how allowing others to help generate your vision is a major key to bringing your dreams into reality! It is your turn to grab the brush. You are the HeArtist of your life!
026: 15 Min Fill Up: Podcast Under Construction
Grab your hammer and nails for this one, hearts! This episode is called Podcast Under Construction and you already know I am going to relate it to LIFE under construction! I want to call out the changes that you are noticing on the podcast! We are growing as we are going through this podcast project and I want to share a handful of lessons that I am applying to turn this dream into a reality! If you are in a transitional phase OR you are ready to start one, this is the perfect episode for you! You can put these tips and insights in your bag of tricks as you take on the discomfort of growth. I want you to know that growth is so much the same for so many of AT EVERY LEVEL! Growth is growth, YOU are the one who transforms as growth does what growth does! So if you are ready to start or finish a project in your heart, my hope for you is that you don't let the discomfort of growth stop you from shifting from dreaming to doing.
025: Stepping Outside of Your Story with John Canida
My heart is exploding to share today's conversation with you! This felt like what a musician would call a 'jam session!" We are taking a deep dive into the ontological coaching work that there is to do to break up the chains of our past and predictable future in order to create life powerfully! I have a full on conversation with John Canida, creator of 12moresteps.com, to empower you past the life you've lived in order to create the life you love! He shares stories of overcoming limiting beliefs and limiting ways that certainly hit home for all of us! There is some vulnerable insight about what freedom creating forgiveness looks like! It is one of my favorite conversations to discuss the transformational work that we do in ontological programs such as Landmark, Accomplishment Coaching, and more! Join us in today's Friday Fill Up for conversation about what's possible when you learn to love, live, and forgive!
024: Living Without Labels with Angel Marie Monachelli
Come Shine On with Angel Maire Monachelli and I in today's Wisdom Wednesday episode! This amazing heart shares all of it as she tells her stories of living past labels of dyslexic, arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia, anxiety, and more. From an early age, Angel was supported to believe that she was special and no matter was opposition she has faced, she has chosen to shine! Today's conversation covers so many truths about coming to know, accept, own, love, and share yourself! Angel Marie is sharing one of her most vulnerable truths in this conversation in hopes to inspire you to Shine On and live your very best life! AND! She sings for us!
023: 15 Min Fill Up: The Reason You Don't Have What You Want
Straight up, this is an episode I would love everyone to hear! I don't waste a minute in today's 15 Min Fill Up moving us closer to our goals. I am telling on you, me, and anyone who is still climbing our own personal mountain towards our most fulfilled dreams! I'm sharing the main thing you don't have in your backpack on your climb towards you want: BELIEF!! Yes, belief. You'll probably want to defend it. However, by the end of this episode, my hope is that you own it, let it go, and begin chasing your dreams again! Lack of belief stops all of us at one point or another. It can happen at every age, stage, and phase of our journey AND there's nothing wrong with it. Today, we are just here to discover that doubt, fear, and insecurity are not getting you where you want to be. As you continue to grow in your self love, awareness, and worth you will realize that belief in yourself and your biggest dreams is an essential part of having them become your reality! I am so excited to break up the barriers between you and your dream life! Let's get to gettin' it!
022: Leveling Up Boldly with Jenn Shull
This Friday Fill Up will fuel your leveling up in life! From business to relationship to wellness and self love, Ontological Life Coach Jenn Shull shares the difference between self improvement and self mastery! THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR GROWTH. Self mastery is aligned with further discovering our fullest self and constantly evolving into who we know ourselves to be naturally. This conversation also normalizes the way we as humans adapt every time we level up and then become comfortable again. It is in our nature to want to stay comfortable and it jolts us alive to begin growing again! The whole point of Hearts Unleashed is to grant humans permission to be themselves and have fun creating our biggest lives!! This episode is all the permission you want to keep elevating unapologetically and with power, grace, and light. Join us today to really fill up on some excitement to begin stretching again!
021: Your Support Equals Your Success with Corey Cortez
Coach Corey Cortez is laying out multiple ways to reach your next level of success in today's Wisdom Wednesday! He is dropping tons of knowledge and truths about the ever so important aspect of being supported on your climb! From the company you keep, to the people you share with, to a accountability you create, you will reach your fullest life with a team, not all by yourself. Corey, myself, and the Heart Unleashed Podcast is part of your support system! We are talking about what is actually looks like to get clear about your goals and surrounding yourself with people who will lift you up. Today's episode is pack with authentic inspiration and insight. I am happy to bring my dear friend Corey's heart to yours.
020: 15 Min Fill Up: Nature Bathing
Come submerge your heart in the possibility of nature bathing on today's 15 min fill up! I cover and explain two essential topics in today's episode for you to refill your own cup in order to always serve from a loving, giving place. First topic: self celebration! I share the importance of celebrating all of the amazing victories in order stay inspired as you play for bigger wins! Second up, getting out into nature! Now while you may think you get the importance of it, I really want to tap into a few new concepts; especially the impact of nature bathing on our busy busy lives. My hope for today's episode is to inspire you to schedule your next trip into nature to celebrate yourself!
019: When YOU Start, Life Follows with Olenka Cullinan
BossBabe, CEO, and total sparkling star, Olenka Cullinan is real as can be in todays' episode! The creator of the #IStartFirst movement is showing up authentic to talk about what it is really like to be the one who starts first! Olenka tells on herself about starting from nothing in the United States and giving up every inauthenticity in order to make a bigger difference with you today! Too often, we see entrepreneurs after they've 'made it' and it looks sparkly, and impressive! In reality, we're all working through our challenges and towards our goals. Olenka shares honestly how she has grown and learned how to bounce back from setbacks. She's even gone homeless for a night just to relate to a student and be able to speak from a place of experience as opposed to acting like she knows it all. WOW! We can certainly walk away with a valuable lesson about walking the walk from this trailblazer! You won't want to miss this full #FridayFillUp!
018: Empowering Your Network with Rachael Woosley
Rachael Woosley, Founder of Grit & Grace and Facilitator of F.E.N. Female Empowered Network shares with us how to network on so many levels in today's Wisdom Wednesday! We are launching new weekly episodes to bring hearts like Rachael's to you more frequently! One of my favorite parts about the lessons of networking and running a successful business is that they can also be applied to life! Today's episode is so well rounded for anyone looking to meet new people, take on a full life, and live your hearts passions! Tune in and turn up your presence in a room with your heart unleashed!
017: 15 Min Fill Up: Right/Wrong Doesn't Exist
If you are serious about living your most abundant life, I am rattling cages about the concept of "right and wrong" being in your way! I am sharing a few things to practice giving up in order to be operating in all of your freedom, power, and self-expression! This episode is power packed with every opportunity to remove the barriers in the way of mind blowing abundance to coming flowing your way! Get ready for your blessings to reign! Happy transforming, lovers!
016: Sayin' It Straight with Dave Kehnast
We are dropping Truth and F* bombs all day in this Friday Fill Up! I love getting to bring your heart conversations of possibility and what it ACTUALLY looks like to go for the life of your dreams! Too often, we think people living their dreams have some magical quality, advantage, or are immune to pessimism. False. Ontological life coach, public speaker, Kundalini yoga 'master,' Dave Kehnast, tells it like it is when it comes to addiction, recovery, transformation, relocation, and hella celebration! You can have whatever you want and it is up to you to create it! Tune in today get a hilarious, unrefined look at what it takes to become the fullest version of yourself!
015: 15 Min Fill Up: Getting Out of Your Own Way!
Hearts Unleashed Podcast listener and my massage therapist, Taryn inspired today's 15 Min Fill Up DURING OUR MASSAGE! Taryn began sharing many of her brilliant ideas with me and it sparked an amazing conversation that I know so many of us deal with! "What's in the way of your dreams!?!" In this 15 Min Fill Up, I am jumping in to shed light on what's in the way and how to begin kicking down and stepping past the barriers of your dreams! I am sharing how to go from dreaming to doing in 5 very simple steps that will surely create action and traction in your life! Tune in today if you are ready for your thoughts to become things! Thank you to Taryn for being an amazing human, massage therapist, dreamer, AND doer!
014: Choosing to Live Out Loud with Amber Werth
In honor of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, I am bringing to you an amazing soul, Amber Werth of MightyWerthy! She shares her journey of life, death, illness, suicide prevention, and choosing to live out loud! Amber so richly brings her heart and journey to us in order to truly make a difference with you! She educates us about her own non-profit as well as a handful of other resources to make a difference with hearts who are struggling with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Amber opens up about her many meetings with death and vulnerably shares how it has brought her back to life! She now chooses to live on purpose and with purpose. You won't want to miss out on how YOU can save a life! This Friday Fill Up is filled with self love, empowerment, and connection! Join Us!
013: 15 Min Fill Up: Going Outside of Your Comfort Zone
What a fun, insightful 15 min fill up! I am sharing some great info for going outside of your comfort zone and choosing your tour guide for the adventure! In this episode, I am sharing the difference between therapy, coaching, and consulting! I am sharing thee power of self love! I am normalizing all those weird growing pains you are experiencing! This podcast is riddled with gems of transformation and possibility! Pack your bags because after today's talk, you will be ready as ever to venture outside of your comfort zone! Happy transforming!
012: Going Global with GYLD with Puneet Bhasin
If your heart is whispering (or screaming) that it is time to travel outside of your comfort zone, start with GLYD. In fact, start with this podcast episode! App creator, Puneet Bhasin, is bringing the whole world to your figure-tips and your hearts! GLYD is designed to bring travelers the locals perspective and insights to provide unique opportunities to discover new lands! Beyond an amazing travel experience, Puneet has visions of unifying the people of this planet. We talk travel, expansion, entrepreneurship, self care, leadership, and more in this well-rounded Friday Fill Up with this Earth-minded being! Check Puneet and GYLD out!
011: 15 Min Fill Up: Deconstruction Leads To Reconstruction
Wowzers, y'all! This transformation train is picking up some speed! I am sharing a secret step to transformation that most people aren't talking about! Too often we see people's highlight reels and finished products of transformation. We discover so many celebrities or public figures AFTER they have made it. We don't really get a true glimpse of the work it takes to rewire our worthiness of all the love, success, and glory of learning to love oneself. Well today, I am kick-starting or accelerating your process by inviting you into the Self Love is Not Selfish 5 Day Challenge! Today's 15 Min Fill Up is a launching pad for your heart being fully unleashed!
010: "But Did You Die!?!" Recreating Your Identity with Tatiana Ortiz
Join me for a hilarious and in depth conversation with college athlete turned model, actress, and filmmaker, Tatiana Ortiz. In today's Friday Fill Up, she lays out so many truths of giving up your old identity in order to create your future powerfully. Tatiana shares so many common lessons and growing pains that come with finding, owning, loving, and sharing yourself! We cover some of the most common stages of being a new entrepreneur from risk taking and learning to say "No" to setting boundaries and prioritizing. Tat also shares how she leans on and uses her real life team to stay motivated to achieve all of her goals! This episode will peel back curtains on what you will experience as you grow in your self love, power, and declared future! Going from dreaming to doing with these core milestones of growth in recreating your identity and life. Tatiana will share experience of doing this while writing, acting in, and directing her very own short film. Today is the first day of your best life!
009: 15 Min Fill Up: "There is no Someday!"
The title says it all! It is time to quit casting your dreams out into the indefinite future and get them on your calendar! I spend today's episode giving you a few vital tips to shift from dreaming to doing. I also share a few of my favorite quote to live and succeed by! This episode covers some of the most tried and true practices to truly having you live a life you love. Grab your notebook to jot down 3 essential steps to eliminating those "Someday" dreams and have them becoming your reality! Happy dreaming AND doing, y'all!
008: Becoming YOU with Jeff Crume
Tune in to hear "Evoluationary", Jeff Crume, explain how to "let life refine you, not define you" so wisely in this Friday Full Up! I dubbed him an "Evolutionary" after this conversation! Jeff shares much of his own growth and insights to depict what it looks like to become more of yourself with every single step in life! He has let life reveal and polish his spirit as opposed to shape it. In this episode, we have an amazing conversation that supports what you always hear me say! WHO YOU ARE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU DO! Jeff is a shining example of honoring WHO he is and letting it guide what he does. We invite you to use today's Friday Fill Up to further know, own, love, be, and share yourself. The world is waiting for your heart to be unleashed!
007: 15 Min Fill Up: Subconscious Quicksand
This powerful 15 min fill up is an extension of 2 gems discussed in Brenda's previous episode (006) about the power of the subconscious mind! We covered so much amazing information together in the Friday Fill Up interview. Once I listened back to the conversation, I just HAD to highlight these two powerful points for YOU to begin working with! This 15 min fill up is to support you in your journey and to start empowering yourself TODAY! So let go of those deep rooted fears and beliefs that hold you back, do the work of clearing your head and hearts space, and begin taking those power steps towards your fullest self and life! You are SO capable and ready.
006: Resetting Our Subconscious Software with Brenda Flowers-Specht
WOW Hearts! If you are looking to better understand the power and impact of the subconscious mind, tune in to this episode! From stress, to muscle pain, physical illness, allll the way to Alzheimer's, Brenda teaches us how deeply rooted energy/memories can affect our minds and bodies. This conversation promotes the value of introspective reflection and mindset work. Brenda in a mind-body energy worker and she speaks to the power of gratitude and great food to nourish the body. She also shares how a conscious healthy, balanced lifestyle can begin to set us free to live fuller lives! This episode will leave you smiling, feeling lighter, and excited to start letting go of anything holding you back and grabbing on to your best life Beyond Wholeness!
005: 15 Min Fill Up: Be, Do, Have
Alright, y'all. We are digging right in on how to ACTUALLY get serious about creating a life you love! In today's 15 min fill up, I go a few minutes over in order to fully explain a foundational understanding referred to as "Be, Do, Have." Used by hundreds of thousands of humans, this awareness will have you being yourself, doing what you are most passionate about, and having the life you only every dreamed of! In today's episode, I invite you to get real about the "way you are being" in life so that you may free yourself from the weight of blame, resentment, anxiety, frustration and more. An extraordinary life doesn't come without taking a good, hard look at the life you have now as a result of the way you are being now. This distinction will truly empower you to go from dreaming to doing.
004: Living a Conscious Life with Frank Gjata
Owner of Conscious Ink, Frank Gjata, elaborates on the ever important practice of elevating our energy and state of mind in order to create our best lives! Sometimes, we think that we must have things in order to reach a happy, joyful state. In this episode, we break down the equation in the reverse. We talk about how to start from within to reach a life of fulfillment. When we choose the commitments of our hearts, we find that life naturally becomes more blissful, exciting, and inspiring. When living from our our commitments, we become more alert to the lessons to learn and grow from in our evolution! This allows for the opportunity to grow and enjoy the journey's ups AND downs. By creating life consciously, we will be living our heats unleashed.
003: Monday's 15 Min Fill Up Will Start Your Week Unleashed!
Start your week inspired into action with Abigail! Each Monday she will be sharing life coaching (ontological) insights to have you getting to know you just a little bit better each week! These episodes are an invitation to create new awareness and shift your perspective to have you taking on new and exciting growth in your life! Listen in while you are getting ready for or on your way to work to really take on each new week powerfully! Enjoy!
Episode 002: Taking a Leap of Faith with Lisa Hamilton
In our very first Hearts Unleashed Podcast interview, we hear from Arbonne Executive National Vice President Lisa Hamilton. Lisa shares her 10 year journey growing her MLM business, personal development, and evolution as a wife, mother, and woman! During this episode, we cover the important topic of taking a leap of faith in yourself and biz AND seeing it all the way through! Too often, entrepreneurs quit when it gets tough and Lisa is here to tell you to keep going! She also shares her newest journey with us, moving to Austin Texas! Whoa! A woman completely established with her family and business in Chicago, Illinois packed up and headed off for her next chapter of growth and exploration. Self exploitation that is! Lisa shares the ups, downs, tragedies and triumphs of her entrepreneurial journey in this episode to show you that you can too! I couldn't imagine anyone better to kick off this podcast peeps! Enjoy!
Episode 001: Welcome to Hearts Unleashed
Get to know your host, Abigail Gazda, for who she is and what she is up to in this world. Join her as she walks you through her vision for this podcast! Stick around to find out where she's from, where she going, and where she will be taking you on this journey with Hearts Unleashed!