Season 1 : Episode 58 - Bonus Interview: Tragedy to triumph with Bridgid RudenWhat determines someone's ability to overcome life's obstacles? What if you had to start all over needing to learn even how to read again what would keep you going? Brigid Ruden demonstrates that determination to keep going and to live out her purpose and inspire others that you can overcome even traumatic brain injury. Her recovery astonished health care providers. As a clinician herself Bridgid is an ARNP and a reiki Healer and shares her inspiring story of triumph and her healing journey. She is a living temple that you can overcome great feats with belief, trust, and a determination to be better however that may look for you. We can all learn something from this interview including myself to remain humble to the experiences life brings.  To learn more about Bridgid and her long-distance or in-person services visit...Website - https://www.bridgidruden.com/email - [email protected] link "Discovery my life's purpose - Tragedy to Triumph"  by Bridgid Ruden To learn more about host Dr. Ann Marie BalkanskiVisit our website - https://www.rapidrealization.comSupport the show

Season 1 : Episode 57 - Procrastination, Motivation & ManifestationIn this episode, we talk about procrastination and some of the common causes. We get clear as to how we are motivated to overcome procrastination.The 7 dimensions of motivation: Aesthetic - driven for balance, harmony, and formEconomic - financial gainIndividualistic - to stand out or be uniquePower - have influence Altruistic - help othersRegulatory - establish order, routine and structureTheoretical - gain knowledge, learning and understandingManifestation requires a felt sense of the feelings once we imagine achieving the procrastinated thing using our motivation.Announcement: Rapid Realization Podcast is going on a short break as we prepare for season 2, stay tuned. Connect on social mediaInstagram -  https://www.instagram.com/annbalkanskiTwitter - https://twitter.com/annbalkanskiVisit our website - https://www.rapidrealization.comSupport the show

Season 1 : Episode # 56 - Our conditionings & experienced realityIn this episode, we talk briefly about the difference between objective and subjective reality and which one we are really experiencing. I believe we are in subjective reality and support this thought based on what I know. We have very deep conditionings nurtured through our society, our parents, social media and etc. to see life in a particular way this is also assisted by our reticular activating system (RAS) which brings things of importance to the forefront. I encourage you to start to question and notice what you feel and if your reality is aligned with you or if you are conforming to deep conditionings that may not be aligned with you. Support the show

Episode # 55 - Ending comparison by unique acceptanceHave you ever compared yourself with someone else when you are feeling bad or sad? When we compare, we typically see what others have that we don't have which highlights then a lack within us. Comparing yourself to others can be a vicious cycle and something we learned from our childhood as it's deep conditioning and even ingrained in our society. To break this conditioning we first must see what is actually comparable. Someone else's life or experiences could not possibly be comparable to you or your unique experiences. Listen to this episode to learn more about how to not compare with others. Connect on social mediaInstagram -  https://www.instagram.com/annbalkanskiTwitter - https://twitter.com/annbalkanskiVisit our website - https://www.rapidrealization.comSupport the show

Season 1 : Episode # 54 - Bonus interview with Molly Davis on becoming boundariedMolly Davis, LPC, MAC, is a popular educator-coach, teacher, and therapist.  You may already know Molly from her popular FB page called Wild Goose Counseling, or from her cartoons on Instagram. Molly Is a delight to have as a guest as she brings her insight and perspective on what boundaries are and how she helps women around the world create boundaries through her boundaried bootcamp.  To learn more about Molly & her Boundaried Bootcamp and watch her free masterclass visit...http://boundaried.comFollow her on Instagram or Facebook for her educational cartoons on creating boundaries at... https://www.instagram.com/boundariedbootcamphttps://www.facebook.com/WildGooseCounseling/Support the show

Season 1 : Episode # 53 - Healing with HypnosisIn this episode, I wanted to spend some special attention on the main modality that I personally use and that has changed my life, which is hypnotherapy. I will talk about my personal healing journey with hypnosis and really the basics of what Hypnosis is by clearing some misconceptions. To learn about self-hypnosis which is comparable to meditation you can visit my YouTube with guided audio to listen to for your healing journeyhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4-gXm8x4v0JkqEr5peaNvASupport the show

Season 1 : Episode # 52  - The Science of Living more heart-centeredIn this episode, we discuss what it means to be living more heart-centered and some of the science behind the heart, and the depth of connectivity we achieve from being more connected to it. This episode gets a bit technical as we discuss the fundamental building blocks of what makes up the heart in order to highlight the sense of unseen yet mystical power within it. Resources provided : https://www.heartmath.org/https://www.heartmath.org/research/science-of-the-heart/energetic-communication/Video of heart cells beating - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfxCJji_RHomy fit device I spoke about that also tracks HRV - https://www.whoop.com/Support the show

Season 1 : Episode # 51 - Normalizing death & dying for healing & living with Ashley Johnson.Ashley Johnson is an end-of-life doula and if you raised your eyebrows and wondered what that even is I was just as curious myself. This interview is really a beautiful normalization of a conversation that many find difficult but is necessary. We cover a range of things in this interview such as being present during a loved one's passing, acceptance, grieving, the reality of what happens and how an end-of-life doula supports and even heals, life awareness or awakenings with death and dying, and also the healing of the bedside confessions.  Ashley bio:With more than a decade in the death care industry, Ashley Johnson launched Loyal Hands End-of-Life consulting agency which is NEDA proficient doulas assisting the dying and their families to feel more confident and connected during the end-of-life process. Loyal Hands provides a wide range of holistic services including emotional, physical, spiritual, mental, and practical support. Ashley is currently serving on the executive board of the National End of Life Doula Alliance. She holds an anthropology degree from the University of Florida, and is a trained End of Life Doula. She was recently featured on a TedxTalk titled "the Future of Mortality" and holds several publications.Connect with Ashley Johnson & Loyal Hands:TEDx talk "The Future of Mortality" - https://youtu.be/2gj9gGJiD4cInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/Loyal.HandsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/loyalhandsllcwebsite -  https://loyal-hands.comAdditional resources discussed: Netflix Documentary "End Game" https://www.netflix.com/title/80210691National End-of-life Doula Alliance (NEDA) - https://www.nedalliance.org/Support the show

Season 1 : Episode # 50 - Vibe higher with emotional intelligenceIn this episode, we focus heavily on emotions and how they are simply energy or vibrations on a scale. We dissect their understanding of them in order to gain a deeper understanding of how to vibrate or shift higher on your emotional scale. We all have a baseline of emotions that we are typically running within. It is within the awareness of that baseline or sense of awareness of how and what we feel that enhances our intelligence and control to change it. We move through emotions not around or bypass them. It is through the feelings that we gain a new baseline or richness of emotional states that are more enjoyable or "vibrating higher". Sometimes those shifts are not to the over-focused upon positive emotions like "happiness, joy, or enthusiasm" but more of a softer or neutral emotion instead, and that is perfectly fine and right if it is for you. Continue this talk with me live every Friday at 9:30am EST on insight timer to discuss more on this topic -  https://insig.ht/P1QWhm3Stqb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_shareSupport the show

Episode # 49 - The Power of BeliefIn this episode, we briefly discuss the power of belief and how to begin to harness it and understand what it means to believe in something to create change. Using the example of the placebo effect which is done in all clinical trials of pharmaceutical approaches is one demonstration of how strongly the belief can be. I believe culturally we are just starting to recognize this as we learn more about who we are through various studies and research, particularly in epigenetics. If you are further interested in this topic, I highly encourage watching some of Bruce Lipton's lectures on the power of belief and the mind and how it relates to our physiological structure or genetics. Connect on social mediaInstagram -  https://www.instagram.com/annbalkanskiTwitter - https://twitter.com/annbalkanskiVisit our website - https://www.rapidrealization.comSupport the show