Ignite Your Purpose

There Is Always Something To Be Grateful For #IYP So almost as if I was channeling my great grand parents from the old country on today's show and talk, it is all about not being a little baby when dealing with the cards we are dealt in this amazing game called life. From my Krav Maga training I was in a situation where the cards were not in my favour and I got taken down the wrong way and ended up with a few cracked ribs. Not the best feeling I have ever had (I am sure if you have experienced this then you know what I am going through) very difficult to breath, to move, to sit, to lay, and so on and so on. Trying to sleep is a nothing short of a pain in the butt to try to accomplish. So I was told to go to the hospital to have all reviewed just in case there was an issue with the lungs. One of the reason's I did not want to go was I assumed they would push drugs on me (which was not at all the case) I could have taken them if I wanted but I said no and they said nothing further.  As we all know when we g

It Get's Better With Time, If You Work At It #IYP So on today's show I go over some recent number's from a few different studies or better yet one study that break's down into a bunch of different area's, meaning it follows the rabbit down the rabbit hole. Without going into all the details and in the show I go over a few of the numbers but to get an overall picture this is what the reports said; A very small percent of the population in North America is Physically Fit, from there they took it to the fact that the people whom are fit, physically and there for more often then not mentally (not always the case) as well tend to out perform their work colleges by a certain percent, which then broke down into a work week of 10 - 12 hours more hours worked, or faster tasks accomplished, or more productivity in general and that amount being 1.5 days. I had to put my 2 cents in remembering all about the construction site's, work place site's, studio session's, and on and on where I can personally agree with the s

Put In The Work Stop The Fake #IYP Ohh Boy another meeting and another disappointment on my end. Is anyone real anymore? So with Ignite Your Purpose and HighWay 2 Change being both in the health area and this area being one of the trends or fades currently and maybe always for that matter, I tend to get some submission for chats or meetings to see if the parties involved can cross promote or aid one another and gain from that for each of their base of followers/tribe/community. I spoke with a husband and wife team that had a very decent community going they were very smart, super nice and had a lot of experience and knowledge. So of course I said hell yes let's meet and see what magic we can work. First of this was originally online so my only vision of them is what they presented on social media. Their picture's and video's were done professionally and always had the proper lights and (looking back now) the proper photo shopping and angles. Very well done site's and overall image and brand. So when we s

We Are Not Promised Tomorrow #IYP Wow what a talk I was involved in today and as always it seems to fit perfectly with all the happenings or the zeitgeist of things that is currently on going on the planet. Yes, so a very sobering talk today, but one I think that makes it possible to live a more zestful life if acted upon. Which as you will see is much easier said than done, as we found out. This conversation happens to fall upon the news over the last few days of people in my inner circle and those around the world that seem to be facing some major shifts and changes in their lives. Health, relationship, financial, family, beliefs, I mean it is endless for all of us when it comes down to the changes.  I have mentioned this before many times that there is some type of shift happening, for all of us where some of us are going to wake up and some of us will go back to sleep. So if we want to evolve or if we want to expand I guess we should listen to the winds of change, that are being put if not shoved in f

Cellar Dweller Or Action Takers #IYP This one hit close to home in today's talk, I see the sadness or maybe a better word would be the overwhelmingness that seem's to haunt the 2 sorta relatives (or close family friends) that stopped by for a chat. They are getting up into the years where I think that they are really starting to think about and maybe even look forward to the retirement day's, excited to just relax and have no agenda or time table to follow.  Yet there is some massive issue's they have self imposed on themselves by allowing their children (specifically this one child, well adult around 30 years old) to live off them unconditionally. Not the child's fault is it? Or is it?  Here is the fascinating thing (and if we listen, I mean really listen instead of just waiting to reply all the time to be heard there are so many gems of knowledge that relate to our own lives. Our own lesson's to learn, the mirror I always speak of). So the amount of stress they as the parents take on to continue to prov

What Is Your Future Plan In Life? #IYP Today's show is like honestly a 1 in a million chance happening, not ever in the history of my conversation's and very possibly even your have I heard the statements that I did today from a group that I went to school with. It not only blew my mind but it struck me as odd, and because of that allowed me to dig deep into the mental program that so many of not all of us run due to the society we have been raised in! How it went down was something like this, we all began talking about balance in life, travel, rest, you know that 2019 work life balance BS.  The 2 high school sweet hearts said something that made us all step back. It went like this "we travel to much, and have so much free time that we think we need to incur dept as we have a child now so to save for their future and ours we need to start being real adults not waisting anymore time and get into some investments that will take up our time so we are forced not to travel." Yup that was said! So for me it we

How To Be Your Best Self #IYP Do we really want to be our best self? Or is it just to much work? Have we become to civilized? Have we become to comfortable with what we have? Have we succumb to the fear of loosing what we have? I personally think from self talk, self study, mindfulness studies, and self realization that all of the above and more are correct. The one thing that I do know for sure for myself is that something is always pushing me, and or directing me towards (I want to say happiness or purpose or some time of drive or enjoyment) So for example there was a time and I talk about this a lot when I was off social media when I was not really creating and not really producing much. I mean I was still doing it but I mean just the bare bones. I would not say that I was depressed in those times as I am blessed to be living the life I have created, however and this is a big thing to understand once you get that inner awareness and what I was being told and what I felt in my bones each morning when

UnHappy At Work Should I Quit? #IYP I mean tell me this does not ring true to almost every single human on this planet who is blessed enough to be in a country that having a job to earn a wage is a thing! So last night I sat down for some me time, some information gathering time and what I did was I read a report on a 200 country study of happiness relating to jobs, and as well I watched a documentary on a young music artist that passed on.  Both not at all related but yet through the vail of the matrix totally related! So this study which took place over a 25 year period and over 200 hundred countries (so a pretty well rounded study) now we can always look deep enough into a study to find so reason as to why not to agree with the findings, but for the purpose of this show and to go with the overall vibe we have been feeding off her on the show, I will agree with this one! Many question's were asked, many topics, many points of focus as to why each person was doing what they were and in a round about way

Excuses To Get Out Of Things #IYP I continue on today all about the lesson's the universe continues to provide myself through others and my own actions and reactions! Fascinating stuff, really! The topic today is this new found rant vibe I am on, which I feel is because these topics are so near and dear to my heart, having gone through them, or going through them and either learning or failing forward but not giving up! After a few message's that all had the same sort of tone today this last one I read said it all and took me back to a place I know all to well.  For those who don't know part of my story (the excuse of social media part) is that I was off it for about 7 years, not at all on it using it to promote myself my music or my shows. WTF!  The reason being that because 1-It was a hard thing to learn and 2 - some outside influences told me that it was a bad thing. I personally took that as my scape goat as to why I could use that excuse to get off it, and then lay blame about how things were not ha

Wallowing In Self Pity #IYP After Yesterday's talk I am somewhat on a role of rant's but only to better understand the why behind some of these actions I am witnessing as of late.  Also understand what we see is a chance for us to learn from and grow, and as well it can also be a mirror into our own reality.  This is one of the things that concerns me with as an extension of yesterday's talk, are we really doing things for ourselves or are we doing them for others to think we are in a better place, or an influencer, or coach, or whatever, on social media? How did I come to that conclusion? Well, let me tell you the story from today which as I talk about and write about still blows my mind as far as understanding where a persons head space must be at if one is truly looking for a pity party from others to then give credit to themselves for where they are at. Now that is a mouthful! I was invited into a closed course to review and to take part in one section of the course package, an area on ancient heali

Nothing Changes Until You Do #IYP A little bit of a rant today but this rant comes from a place of love, truly. I got this same type of talking to when I was starting out in soto zen and mindfulness studies. Every time I had an aha moment in the first few weeks and months, I fully believed I was a changed human, but 10 plus years later I now understand that, this is not the case what so ever. What has been coming up for me in my circle and business as of late, from a lot of people is this belief that after a very short time in or on this new path they are on, that all is changed and everything is beyond perfect and life is amazing. If this was truly the case I mean I would applaud them and ask them to write a book, but as with anything in life once you have been there and done that, then you understand what it is that is truly happening. What is actually happening at the beginning of any process is that Puppy Love stage right, you know what I am talking about. It all feels kind a warm and fuzzy, very thin

Are You A People Pleaser and Why? #IYP Ok so as most of you know I have been going at this mindfulness game aka soto zen for over a decade and its been on heck of a ride. Massive up's and massive down's and that is just scratching the surface. There has been a lot coming up recently with all the energy shifts and planetary alignments happening in our solar system which I personally feel has been either waking certain people up to a higher level or on the other hand putting certain people into an even deeper sleep. One thing that again for myself that has become very clear and currently intolerable is trying to please people, and a further statement would be allowing that want for acceptance (the base reason for trying to please other, and not thinking you are enough) as well as allowing them to project their "insecurities" onto me.  What I mean by that, and something I am going to take from the great Jay-Z is that just because so and so in our life (Mom, Dad, Uncle, Lover, Friends, etc) says well I neve

We Are All The Same But Different #IYP Ok as always I am talking about an eye opening conversation I had with a group of ladies today. Very open, very honest, and very deep with a lot of great points being brought up between all of us involved. This group of ladies happened to be close to retirement age and were, well let's say well off at this point in life, and I only mention that as an understanding towards the amount of time in a day available to them to research and campaign. This type of conversation is nothing new to me and I am sure in the current political and just general state of the world it happens to be a hot topic so there is no doubt in my mind you have either been part of or witnessed this type of chat in your world as well. It was your typical and I do not want to say environmental movement chat, but somewhat like that to be honest. These ladies were very adamant about the belief that there was to be absolutely zero development and as well restricted growth in the areas that they lived. I

Ice Bath Challenge and I Failed #IYP To think of greatness and to be humbled, we have all seen it play out in boxing, mma, and most sporting events. You have someone talking that great talk that they are at the top, unbeatable, no one can stop them and then after the event they fall from grace, loose, and or are defeated. Facts this is life and at that point we either have 2 options learn from it and prosper or become a sore loser and never be able to get over it. This is what went down for me today during the Ice Bath Challenge put on at our local box. Not any type of event where there was anything on the line or anything to be won. However in my mind there was, well maybe not won but in my head I was like I got this, this is going to be a walk in the park and the others will be impressed with my mind strength. For me with my background in Soto Zen, Krav, and Cross-fit I had zero doubt about my mental strength and was almost thinking it would be easy.  This is because when it comes to the cold, for one I

No Skin In The Game So Why Bother? #IYP Today we talk about the Why behind our desire's, wants, and goals. So what does it take to get to where we are going. Next on that statement would be why bother if we don't have the follow through...and how do we attain that follow through? Something that I have personally noticed for myself even is unless there is some type of investment on my end when trying to learn or accomplish something, then I tend to slack off or even just sorta forget about it. That I'll get to it later type deal. I notice this about myself when buying a book I start out strong but when life gets busy or other things come up I put the book off.  So that then also bring's up accountability and how do we get and how do we strive off of it.  Again and as always I use myself, my failure's, and my experience as the blue print to moving forward for the Ignite Your Purpose Team. So for example I noticed for myself when taking a class that I pay for I go all in. On that same not when we have put on

Health Is The Most Important Thing In Life #IYP There are times you just vibe with someone, times when it seems as if someone or something put that person in front of you, like it was meant to be! This is what happened to me today and in this 2 hour conversation I made a life long friend and now I know it was the universe that placed this guy in my face today. It started out as small talk (which I can only do for a short time) but this quickly went deep, into a whole bunch of topics that are near and dear to my heart. Looking back on this, it's almost as if I was talking to myself 20 years in the future (probably the age difference between us) and I was answering my own questions, concerns and putting to sleep some of the doubts and fears that we all hold near and dear to our inner hearts and mind. That's me looking at it from another angel which is also kinda blowing my mind. Ok back to it. This guy lived the rock star lifestyle "Drug's Sex and Rock and Roll" he owned business that the famous hung out at

What More Do I Need To Get More? #IYP So speaking for myself (obviously) the thing I have noticed in myself which has been also manifesting out side of me is the need to add something every time I think something is a little off, and that thing that I usually need to add is something external. Meaning food, or a supplement, love or words from someone else, things like this. So today at the gym I was asked by someone asked what can I take or what can I add to my eating or what supplement can I take as I am super drained and tired all the time. They mentioned that they were even drinking these (in my humble opinion nasty ass energy boosting drinks...or as I think of them as poison) at least one a day. So this exact conversation hit me like a ton of bricks. Because as I always mention on this show it's that what is happening out side of us is not separate from us, it's actually a manifestation of what already going on inside us. Wow rite! I know a little wo wo fu fu.  Facts, and as I listened to this convers

Surround Yourself With Good People #IYP Speaking of surrounding yourself with good people today we have been added to PODCOIN, a very cool app where you can listen to Podcasts and get paid...crazy rite! Ok so for me a lot of my work is done solo, in my studio and in my office and even when out and about I am pretty low key and not around a lot of people. The few times I am are either at the gym and or social events.  Both those which are very fun and I can get my ya — ya's out, they are not a super deep and impactful time to vibe with people. It's always fun and super positive, but what I am talking about is that higher connection, that being inspired or getting fired up for life and the adventures that await ahead of us type deal. Now I do think it's a must to be around these types of situations for me anyway I feel the type of work out group I am involved in could not be any more positive on myself my soul and those around me. A group of like minded people who are trying to be better than they were yest

Always Remember Where You Came From #IYP So while away on my healing trip this year, I tossed in a book to take with me, which I had already read the year prior at same time in same place. Weird right. It was just a book about marketing. At that point I thought nothing of it, just something to read while I was relaxing type deal. Anyway once I picked the book up and looked at it I was sorta put off with myself for taking it with me once I realized I had already read it, and on the same trip the year prior! I saw all my notes, and remembered all my frustrations, doubts, fears, and was like nope won't be reading this, and I thought well maybe instead I'll buy another book. I left it in my beach bag and there it was the next, I opened the bag after my meditation, walk and gratitude session and was like ok, well let's review this then. Let me get over myself and all the negative memories I have about the book (which were actually just my own personal insecurities in myself of not being where I wanted to be the