Inspired Action (Jaye McElroy & Leta Herman)

This free meditation is best to do every night before bed.

Jump into the Wu Wei… Mandalorian style. Join Leta and Jaye in a discussion of Baby Grogu, Gandalf, and walking your Wu Wei life. What inspires you? And how can you step into the footsteps of your destiny’s pathway that’s already there?

Do you love music with a driving beat? Do you sometimes dance like you're stomping or punching the air? Well, you might be Wood! Or you might just love Wood music.

Let the Five Elements set your music appreciation on fire and find your own Sound of Music inside of you!

Join Leta and Jaye as they explain the inspiring, driving music of the Wood Element.

Show Notes:

“So what is the music of getting the party started? It's like, let's go! Let's go! So we say it's a march. It's marching music, and that means it's emphasizing a heavy downbeat. And mostly it's not syncopated, but the march style gives the song a sense of energy and forward momentum.”

• What is Wood music energetically? - A march
• Genres that tend to be more Wood - Rock, some Pop, a bit of Rap... even a Polka!
• Wood dancing - angular, stomping, punching the air, energized and athletic like the Kazachok Russian dance
• Wood singers: Madonna, Pink, Lady Gaga, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Celine Dion, and Jennifer Lopez... Eminem, Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger, Stephen Tyler, Axel Rose, Angus Young, Eddie Van Halen, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Darryl DMC, Kanye West, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre...
• How the second Element affects Wood music
• Stay to the end for a chuckle!

“And I think every wood person wishes they could be more patient, especially when they feel frustrated. It's like just being able to pause for a minute and rethink before totally going off on someone.”

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Maybe they also even got bullied in school, and maybe it came more from this feeling of isolation among friends. So that could be where Fire might feel a lack of love. And then, you know, when fire's not loved... it's disastrous.

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• Fires tend towards over-indulgence, temptation, ego/pride and jealousy.
• Why Fires love a good smorgasbord
• The over-indulgence tentacle - filling the lack of love hole
• The temptation tentacle - also filling the lack of love hole
• Demi-sexual, and being attracted to those you have an emotional attachment to
• Healing the tentacle by going through the past and rewriting it
• The ego/pride tentacle - coming from the Fire need to be the Supreme Controller
• The jealousy tentacle - comparing yourself to other who have the love
• For the Trekkies out there - Smorgasborg!

And don't forget to wear smorgasbord pants. The ones with the stretchy elastic waist. I usually say buffet pants, but that word is out. That is so like 1990! Right now we're saying smorgasbord pants.

Fires love a lot of variety. We love to see variety everywhere we look in our visual field. That's why parties are so cool. There's lots of color, there's lots of people, and you know, the people are the most interesting.

So let's just say you're Fire and you have a feeling of lack inside, deep inside. that would be a heart pain. And that makes you feel like you need to fill this, lack - like a giant hole inside. And it's a constant sense of hunger. And so instead of going out and making friends and doing your fun Fire thing, you stand by that smorgasbord at the parties and stuff yourself nervously, and then you go home and eat an entire container of Paul Newman's O's.

• The Alchemy Learning Center -- a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• New classes on the Five Elements: Becoming an Alchemical Healer Series
• Master Alchemy Apprenticeship program
• Check out our new App in the App Store or the Google Play Store!
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• What If... T-Shirt
• How to send us your Five Element walking videos
• Email your questions and voice memos to Info AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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• Understanding Different Elemental Types:

  • Intro to Yin and Yang aspects within each elemental type.
  • [05:00 - 10:30]
    • Wood: Gallbladder (Yang) vs. Liver (Yin).
    • Fire: Small Intestine/Triple Heater (Yang) vs. Heart/Pericardium (Yin).
    • Earth: Stomach (Yang) vs. Spleen (Yin).
    • Metal: Colon (Yang) vs. Lungs (Yin).
    • Water: Bladder (Yang) vs. Kidneys (Yin).

• Practical Application in Relationships:

  • Applying Yin/Yang dynamics in relationships.
  • [10:30 - 20:00]
    • Managing relationship friction and improving communication.
    • Impact of Yin/Yang aspects on romantic relationships.

• Elemental Interactions and Energetics:

  • Nourishing Relationships: Parent-Child dynamics among elements.
  • [20:00 - 25:00]
    • e.g. Wood helps Fire by fueling it; Fire helps Earth by warming it.
  • Controlling Relationships: How elements naturally control each other.
  • [25:00 - 30:00]
    • e.g. Metal controls Wood by chopping it; Water controls Fire by extinguishing it.

• Enhancing Self-Understanding and Self-Acceptance:

  • Self-reflection and acceptance of your elemental type and Yin/Yang nature.
  • [30:00 - 40:00]
    • Identifying strengths and areas for growth.
    • Using this understanding for personal development.

Plus, get a sneak peek into our next season on the mysterious 13 Ghost Points.

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This episode focuses on two themes: Ghost Market and Ghost Cave.

Ghost Market: Honoring Your Gifts

How do you present yourself to the world? Are you offering your unique gifts to those who most need them? Or are you hiding them away? Ghost Market is a metaphor for your unique talents. Can you connect with those who need your gifts? What is your "elevator pitch" for your skills and strengths?

Ghost Cave: Journey into the Heart

At the core of the Ghost points lies the Ghost Cave, which represents the heart's immaterial space—the essence of who you truly are. Heart pains, stemming from limitations and disappointments, often clutter this space. Can you release these burdens to free the heart and allow it to flourish authentically?

Listen in as Leta and Jaye explore the vitality, versatility, and vibrant nature of Wood—revealing a few of its Yin and Yang aspects, and the dynamic roles of the Visionary and the Implementer Wood types. They share some insights from Chinese medicine, humorous anecdotes, and real-world examples, as this episode tries to demystifies the complex characteristics of Wood, offering listeners a fresh perspective on growth, adaptability, and the potential for transformation in their own lives. Spring forth and be Big and Bigger in your Woody life!

01:58 Introducing the Yin Yang Aspects of Each Element
08:18 Exploring the Yin and Yang of Wood
15:45 Implementing Visions: The Wood Element's Challenge
24:47 Understanding the Continuum of Wood Types
28:38 The Dynamic Duo: Visionary and Implementer in Action
30:25 Wood Couples: Visionaries and Implementers Together
30:35 Exploring Visionary and Implementer Dynamics
31:36 Casting a Visionary Movie: A Fun Digression
30:35 Understanding Yin and Yang Body Types
32:50 The Visionary Diet: Chocolate and Caffeine
34:27 Implementer's Nutritional Needs and DIY Beef Jerky
47:35 The Essence of Wood Energy in Coaching and Leadership
47:35 Navigating Life as a Wood Type: Challenges and Strategies
53:33 Celebrating Wood's Growth and Hope

The intention of this meditation is to begin your Alchemy journey and enter the Mystery Gate. To begin Alchemy, you must be willing to enter the dark gate...like parting the veil of mystery. You do not know what lies behind this dark gate, but you are willing to put yourself first and brave the darkness and the unknown...knowing that there will be light at the end of the tunnel, and you will discover what lies behind the gate.

Jump into the whimsical and wondrous energtic deep end of the Water Element world with Leta and Jaye. From "move it-move it" to couch potato energy-preservation (a.k.a. doing something when they are doing nothing mode) to superhuman stamina, and from extreme procrastination to excelling in the art of crisis management, the fluid nature of Water does it all!

In this podcast you can learn about Water's need for movement and stillness, their secret longing to matter, their fear of confrontation, and their quest for knowledge and wisdom. Listen in and embrace the majestic and mysterious forces of your inner Water -- and find your own Wu Wei of life.

The Journey to Your Higher Self Meditation goes with Pod 11 and Stage One of Alchemy. This Meditation comes with the Premium content.

🌍 Dance like Shakira, Shakira and Experience the Magical Moves of Earth Music! 🎶

Are you passionate about music that carries a meaningful message? Does the rhythm of a sensual groove get you moving and keep you there? Explore the captivating melodies and infectious rhythms of Earth music that will make you dance from your core and set your hips swaying from side to side.

Earth music isn't just about having a blast on the dance floor; it's a genre that weaves together powerful messages, whether they're political or deeply emotional, resonating with all of us.

Join us in the celebration of Earth music, where beats and lyrics come together to move your body and touch your heart. Let the beats move you, and let the lyrics inspire you. Don't miss this extraordinary musical journey!

🎵 Feel the Earth's Rhythm.

🌟 Dance to a Powerful Message.

🤗 Embrace the Music of the World.

Come groove with us and let Earth music elevate your soul. Your next dance adventure awaits! 💫🌏

Show Notes:

“The song El Jefe, Shakira sings it with Fuerza Regida... Their voices are beautiful, but their message is like powerful in your face. It's about the inequities between the wealthy and the poor. And Shakira wants to get to the truth. All Earths love to get to the truth, even if it hurts.”

• What is Earth music energetically? - Rhythmic and circular music
• Genres that tend to be more Earth - Folks, World (especially some African, Middle Eastern, and Latin), and some Disco
• Earth dancing - moving your hips side-to-side, getting into a repetitive rhythm, hands moving circularly through the air
• Earth singers: Shakira, Adele, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Norah Jones, Mary J Blige, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Rachel Price, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Garbriel, Michael Franti, Jared Leto, Santana, Sam Cooke, Lionel Ritchie
• The Five types of voices: Why Earths have a signing voice
• How the second Element affects Earth music

“Earth music makes you want to move from your center. And that's where all Earth people hold their energy--in their abdomen. So they move from that center from the gut outward and their hands also move outward circularly. So everything is circular when you're dancing Earth.”

"So getting fired up is not the same as when wood gets pumped up, there's a difference. So when you get pumped up... 'I want to pump you up!'... it's more like your fighting spirit is engaged, and if you're pumped up and jumping, it's more like an athletic event."

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Are you flowing freely in your life? Or are you frozen in your life, afraid to take your next step? Or are you stubbornly not letting go of the anger you feel? These are just a couple reasons why your heart may not be free if you’re the Water Element. Listen and learn how you can face your Water challenges.

What are the Water tentacles of the heart?

• The number seven is the number of potential. And Water is all about potential!
• Waters don't mind waiting because they live in anticipation.
• You're not a freak or an alien... you might just be WATER!
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• Water is the most varied Elemental type.
• Waters excel in an emergency.
• Drama, trauma and the Dalai Lama - Waters love intensity and quietude/wisdom/meditation - the challenge is to have good intensity not bad intensity in life.
• Likely Water tentacles are: Fear, Apathy, Over-Indulgence and Deep-Seated Anger.
• The emotion associated with Water is often translated as "fear" but we like to use the word "anticipation."
• Fear as a negative emotion is more like PTSD. It's about freedom... do you have the freedom to drive on the highway even if you feel afraid?
• Anticipation should be a really wonderful feeling of excitement about the future.
• The Thirteen Ghost Points in Pod 29 and Pod 30.
• The Apathy tentacle is like being frozen in fear - like the Deer in the Headlights or Woolly Mammoth version of Water - a refusal to move and flow.
• The feeling of lack can bring out the over-indulgence tentacle for Waters.
• Waters can tend to not want to confront and stuff their anger, which causes the Deep-Seated Anger tentacle.
• To free yourself from these tentacles, do the Free Your Heart meditation in the Stage Two of Alchemy meditations in the Alchemy Learning Center.

One might be like a still pool of water and one might be like a rushing river, and those two don't seem alike at all... but wait a while, a couple minutes, a couple hours... time doesn't matter to water. They might even switch places energetically because all waters have the capability of being a calm lake or a tsunami.

Have you ever had a song unexpectedly play that touches your soul at just the right moment in time? Are you curious about how music, vibrations, and the Five Elements are interconnected? Do you want to explore the concept of your own personal Divine DJ and how it can enhance your Alchemy?

Join Leta and Jaye as they discuss the vibrational powers and the energetic nature of music and how you can find and access your own Divine DJ, a cosmic force that tunes into the rhythms of your soul.

Whether you're seeking inspiration or looking to elevate your everyday experience, this Pod will leave you inspired, empowered, and ready to unleash the harmonious magic that resides within you. Join the conversation and let your inner Divine DJ spin the soundtrack of your life and find your own Sound of Music inside of you!

Show Notes:

“The Divine Dj isn’t just spinning tunes for the lyrics, but also for the healing sound of the music. Because the Five Elements also apply to music.”

• What is the Divine DJ?
• How the Divine DJ works in a treatment?
• How each song can have an Elemental Energy type
• How the Divine DJ provides validation and synchronicities during treatments
• Using the Divine DJ concept for self-discovery and engaging with the Five Elements in music

“Every song can have an Element and sometimes a number of Elemental Energies when the band is made up of a number of different elemental energetic types.”

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Join us for this blazing episode that will reveal the secrets of Fires (which are not so secret because they love to talk about themselves)! We'll be exploring the magnetic pull that Fires have towards beauty and love, their insatiable drive to be liked and accepted, and the sometimes tricky terrain of people-pleasing. We'll also be dousing the flames of their self-doubt and navigating the choppy waters of their sometimes negative self-perception. Most importantly, we'll talk about Fire authenticity and their open-hearted way of being the love in the world. ❤️ 🔥✨

**The Fire Element Unleashed** - Diving into the vibrant world of Fire - exploring their need for emotional connection, their desire to feel truly alive, and the inherent link between fire and authentic self-expression.

**A Spark of Shyness** - Uncovering a surprising trait in Fire – shyness, and the underlining quest for emotional safety that it masks.

**Turning Up The Heat On Vulnerability** - An honest heart-to-heart about vulnerability, how it influences Fire behavior and self-perception

**Beauty In The Fire** - Fire’s struggle with physical beauty and attractiveness, and their incessant efforts to always look their best (or not)

**The Dance Of Fire Relationships** - The fiery, passionate world of Fire relationships, their preferences for flirtation, innuendos, and playful teasing

**Mastering The Social Flames** - The secret sauce behind Fire social dynamics - people-pleasing tendencies and struggle with passive-aggressiveness

**Sexuality - The Hidden Ember In The Fire** - The pivotal role of sex and intimacy in the passionate world of Fire - how it contributes to their longing for connection

**Fires In The Limelight - Professional Brilliance** - Fires shine in people-centric industries, with their conversational prowess and intrinsic people skills

**Hugs And Hope** - Fires loving themselves authentically, and embracing their unique characteristics

Links:

• Sign up for a Five Element or Ghost Points study group
• Barrel Racing Video

For Metals, a Free Heart can mean the difference between flying and falling. How can the Metal Elemental type free their hearts and fly free in life? Can you let the power of the Metal Lungs let go of deep-seated anger and jealousy to fly their magic carpet through life instead of falling and going splat?

"If you can say that you always do this particular thing whenever that particular situation happens, the question is why ... and at the core of this is the idea that those issues probably come from your heart pains, which come from past experiences that we can't let go of, and are haunted by -- even if it's completely unconscious."

What are the Metal tentacles of the heart?

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• Apathy and Deep Seated Anger are the the primary tentacles for Metal people (bonus: Temptation and Jealousy).
• The Yin nature of Metals makes them more reserved and observant - less "overly involved" - so more prone to retreat and shutting down.
• A Metal person's nightmare could have them feeling disconnected and unable to find the way back.
• The Apathy is the feeling that they'd rather do nothing -- life is just too painful -- when they've experienced deep trauma and the disconnect can feel all encompassing.
• Apathy can be a mechanism where total surrender of CONTROL (especially in instances of trauma and abuse) allows for the Metal person to survive the circumstances of their environment.
• Even if they aren't doing something about it, a Metal person is going to feel Deep Seated Anger at the injustice of the situation; this could be suppressed and building up until a time when it explodes!
• Metals tend not to overindulge on things like food, though they might feel tempted by things they aren't supposed to have...
• A Metal person can get really stuck in addiction if it feeds the impulse to be non-compliant with a norm (they follow the rules but find ways to be slightly deviant) -- think about the "cool" smoker.
• Moxibustion or incense could help to offset some feelings of lack if a Metal smoker decides to quit.
• Metal Jealousy is about not getting the RESPECT they deserve, and seeing others get it.
• The Free Your Heart Meditation can help you to re-write the memories of experiences which have caused these tentacles to develop and create triggers in your life today.

Thought Quote:

"Notoriously some of the big kings and queens of rock and roll, sex and drugs, but in everyday life, we have them around us of course...they just love a good Rebel Yell!"

Jaye McElroy Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center -- a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• New classes on the Five Elements: Becoming an Alchemical Healer Series
• Master Alchemy Apprenticeship program
• Check out our new App in the App Store or the Google Play Store
• Through the Mystery Gate, by Leta and Jaye
• What If... T-Shirt
• How to send us your Five Element walking videos
• Email your questions and voice memos to Info AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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Listen in as Leta has a lively conversation with Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Healer Ann Cecil-Sterman as they delve into a number of intriguing Chinese Medicine topics!

The mystery of life within us is something quite extraordinary! Leta and Ann explore the Eight Extraordinay Vessels of Chinese Medicine and their profound connections to Alchemical Chinese Medicine...and beyond.

Ann is an extraordinary person in her own right! She's also a practitioner who graciously shares her deep wisdom with us. For further insights into Ann's expertise, visit her page here.

In this conversation, we discuss:

03:51 The Unusual and Alchemical
05:25 The Eight Extraordinary Vessels
06:12 The Mystical Origins and Impact of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels
40:13 The Healing Power of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels
53:04 Reflecting on the Journey and Looking Ahead

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Welcome, fellow Earthlings, to a journey of secrets and wisdom in today's "Sharing is Caring" episode. Discover how Earth promotes harmony in our world and communities, by being the masters of setting boundaries, listening, and communicating with kindness. In this episode, we'll dig deep into the Earth's treasure trove of knowledge and unearth the secrets to fostering unity and balance in our lives. From planting the seeds of harmony to nurturing them into full bloom, we'll explore every nook and cranny of what it takes to cultivate a more connected and compassionate world. 🌍✨

Show Notes

🎶 Exploring metal music: It's all about duality. Metal has two modes - one's the rule-following, law-abiding, goody-two-shoes, and the other's rebellious, a big middle finger to society's norms. It's all about connection and loss, from funky dance vibes to a wild, head-banging frenzy. It's a fascinating range of music that swings between these extremes. 🎸🤘 #MetalMusic #Duality

Show Notes:

“Metal music is best characterized by its syncopated bass lines, polyrhythms, and the minor key. When metal music isn't getting down and funky, then it's usually evoking feelings of nostalgia, wistfulness, and being forlorn. And that's what the minor key does in music. It actually makes you feel forlorn.”

• What is Metal music energetically? - Funky and wistful
• Genres that tend to be more Metal - Folk, the Blues, Funk, Jazz, Heavy Metal, Gothic and Punk Rock
• Metal dancing - deep knee bending, hip grinding
• Metal singers: Amy Winehouse, Lorde, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Mazzy Starr, Joni Mitchell, Sade, Loretta Lynn, Lucinda Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Lana Del Rey, John Lennon, Sting, David Bowie, Prince, Tom Petty, Neil Young. Bob Weir, Darius Rucker, and Leonard Cohen
• How the second Element affects Metal music

“Think of it like the trees shedding their leaves in autumn. That's the Metal season. It's like waving goodbye to those sunny summer days. Goodbye, friends. We may or may not see you again.”

"The truth is, all of us "F" up. You know, all of us, all the time, we're F-ing up, and yet, we just don't talk about it that way or sing about it the way Metals do. They love to sing about it, apparently."

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Want to know more about the Elements? Our book "Connecting Your Circle: How the Five Elements can help you be a more authentic you" is available (FOR FREE) when you join our Alchemy Learning Center (clik the FREE ACCESS button). Plus there are a number of cool free videos and meditations. 

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Do you love music that makes you want to jump? Light, lively, happy or sad - Fire music will make you feel... something!

Let the Five Elements set your music appreciation on fire and find your own Sound of Music inside of you!

Join Leta and Jaye as they explain the inspiring, driving music of the Fire Element.

Show Notes:

“Fire music is lighter, it's livelier, it's boppier, it's up and down music. And most Fire music is... happy music... because I'm happy!”

• What is Fire music energetically? - Up and down music
• Genres that tend to be more Fire - Pop, Caberet, Motown and Disco
• Fire dancing - bouncing on your feet, jumping up and down, dancing for joy, arms up in the air
• Fire singers: Whitney Houston, Katy Perry, Barbara Streisand, Janice Joplin, Natalie Merchant, Bette Midler, Sarah McLaughlin, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Freddie Mercury, Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, David Lee Roth, Elton John, Adam Levine, Chris Martin. Cat Stevens, Jerry Garcia, John Legend, Bruno Mars, Drake, John Mayer, Justin Bieber, and Charlie Puth.
• How the second Element affects Fire music

“We've got it that Fire music is happy, but sometimes... It's happy until it's not. Because sometimes Fires have heartache. You know, all that love... wearing your heart on your shirt sleeve, eventually you're going to get heartbroken. And then the music is melodramatic.”

"So getting fired up is not the same as when wood gets pumped up, there's a difference. So when you get pumped up... 'I want to pump you up!'... it's more like your fighting spirit is engaged, and if you're pumped up and jumping, it's more like an athletic event."

Links:

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Welcome to another deliciously funny episode of the Inspired Action Podcast! In this gut-busting installment, join Jaye and Leta as they unravel the digestive tracts of the Earth element. Learn whether you’re more of the Analyzer type or the Philosopher and what exactly are the 5 Tastes and why are they important to your Spleen?

While you’re at it, listen in to see if you are too sexy for your Spleen!

In this Episode:

• 4:00 - Joint Chiefs of Staff
• 10:21 - Analyst and Philosopher
• 12:38 - Stomach/Spleen Continuum
• 9:43 - Digestive System Explained
• 14:57 - From Eyes to Chewing
• 19:08 - Stomach Filling and Emptying
• 21:49 - Mindfulness
• 22:09 - Spleen - Transformation
• 27:47 - Transportation of Spleen
• 29:28 - The Five Tastes
• 36:08 - Seasons - Transitions
• 39:44 - Give to yourself
• 45:15 - The Crown of Thorns
• 46:29 - Great Enveloping
• 47:40 - How to be with Earth
• 51:58 - Don't Solve their Problems

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The goal of this meditation is give yourself some time to align your heart with the answer to the What do I really want question from the What do you really want meditation. If you have not completed the What do I really Want meditation, please start there.

This Inspired Action Podcast meditation is the first meditation to start with. It's a general relaxation and beginner's guided meditation. The goal of this meditation is to relax your body, clear your mind, and allow universal (cosmic) energy to fill you up before you begin your daily meditation.

How can Earths free their hearts and feel a sense of abundance and nourishment in life? Can you let go of resentments and heal from the past... Tune in for this core Earth Element episode!

"The first step is acknowledging that the problem isn't outside of you. That these outer circumstances are happening, but inside it's time to look at yourself and why you're being so triggered...so first ask yourself: what are the triggers?"

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What are your Earth tentacles of the heart?

• What would happen if the Earth came to an abrupt halt?!
• Revisit Pod 2 and Pods 12-16 to brush up on basics of the Five Elements
• Two types of Earth: Stomach and Spleen. What does each mean?
• Food can play a major role in an Earth person's life...sometimes positive, sometimes negative.
• Earth people sometimes struggle with feelings of lack, coupled with a denial of this feeling, and this can occasionally lead to... Overindulgence.
• Some Earth people have tentacles that mess with their appetite, and may develop an eating disorder.
• The flavor of Deep Seated Anger for Earth is Resentment, and when unaddressed this can come out in some not-so-nice ways...
• Earth is right in the middle of Yin & Yang, and has some of both aspects.
• Earth Apathy can be understood as an extreme version of putting others' needs ahead of their own
• Occasional Jealousy (or Envy) can happen for Earths, especially when coupled with the deep seated anger and/or resentment.
• Earth people do not like feeling like they've been "duped"!
• How to address these tentacles? Earth goes into problem solving mode -- but can go round and round--so it's important to look inward.
• Check out the Free Your Heart Meditation in the Second Stage of Alchemy Meditations in the Alchemy Learning Center to practice this!

Thought Quote:

"They may have learned from trauma that they just don't matter at all, which is different than the Water wanting to matter, and they just go along with others, just to stay safe. They don't want to rock the boat or cause a rift."

Jaye McElroy

Links in this Episode:

• The Alchemy Learning Center -- a new online community of learning. Five Element, Nine Palaces, and Alchemy online classes on live online events.
• New classes on the Five Elements: Becoming an Alchemical Healer Series
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Listen and discover a few of the hidden secrets within the Wood Elemental nature that Woods only reveal on a need-to-know-basis! Whether you or someone you know is Wood first or second in their energenic stackup... you may learn a little more about the inner workings of this element! Join us as we delve into the mysteries that Wood sometimes keep closely guarded and private.

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•  Stage 8 of Alchemy and Time Travel

• Year of the Wood Dragon

• Wood secret - Wood wants the best - watch - Jay at the Excelsior Hotel in Las Vegas, Modern Family, Season 5, Episode 18

• Wood’s need for privacy - on a need-to-know basis

• Free Access Membership at the Alchemy Learning Center

• Connecting Your Circle - our intro book on the Five Elements (#amazonaffiliate)

• Energetics of Flow series - use Promo Code POD50

• Making Life Better for Everyone - the Wood dream

• General of the Unarmed Forces

• Finding the Win/Win

• Wood as The Strategist and the Idea Generator

• Avoidance of boredom drives many Woods to distraction

• Research - the good distraction

• Gear - an obsession with making life more efficient

• Challenges and Athleticism

• Spiritual Challenges and being the peaceful warrior

• Movers and Shakers

• Future telling

• Wealth and greed

• Wood dealing with frustration

• The Happy Penguin walk

• The succinct voice, fast thinking and fast talking

• The direct eyes

• Being seen

• Impatience and engagement

• Being a leader

• What does Wood want?

• Wood Fashion

• Celebrities

• Power and competitiveness

• Homework - Connecting with your Oracle: Ask a question, sleep on it, write in your journal in the morning for 7 days. 

• Homework 2 - Walk your Wood and feel it in your whole body. How does it make you feel?  How do people react around you when you are being more Wood?

In this episode, we consider the realm of fields of energy in our healing journeys. This interview Keith Parker from Field Dynamics is a fascinating journey through the realms of energy fields, healing, and the intricate connection between mind, body, and spirit.

Keith elaborates on how energy fields are often described in various cultures and spiritual traditions as chi, prana, or aura, encapsulating electromagnetic, bioelectrical, and informational domains. 

Join us for this thought-provoking conversation and uncover the intricate pathways that lead to a deeper connection with our inner healing potential. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or a curious seeker, this episode explores the boundless possibilities of energy fields in enhancing healing.

Dive into the world of Water music today! 🌊💿 We're revealing the secrets of this diverse Element that ranges from the tranquil dew on grass to the intense power of a tsunami. Join us in exploring the eclectic sounds, rhythmic patterns, and genre-defying nature of Water music. From the timeless Bjork to the captivating Billie Eilish, discover the emotional depth and unpredictability that define this musical element. 🎶💙 #WaterMusic #MusicalJourney #BillieEilish #Bjork

Show Notes:

“All you water listeners who've been waiting patiently for us to reveal the secrets of water music finally get satisfaction.”

• What is Water music energetically? - Energized and varied
• Genres that tend to be more Water - Rap, Punk, Techno, Classical, Jazz, Indie
• Water dancing - dancing wild, quirky
• Water singers: Bjork, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Cyndi Lauper, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Annie DeFranco, Joy Oladokun, Kate Bush, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Yo Yo Ma, Harry Styles, The Weeknd, Run of Run DMC, Billy Joe Armstrong, David Byrne, B-52s, and Devo.

“One minute they love being alone, and they love that peace and quiet. We've sometimes called them the couch potatoes or they're in the couch potato mode. And then the next minute they jump into an intense activity or drama, like BOOM! And that's who they are. They're both peaceful and have intensity.”

"Think about all the ways water exists in our reality. There's ice, there's dew on the grass in the morning. There's a still pond. There's a drip, a trickle, a babbling brook, a rushing river, waves on top of the ocean, relentlessly doing their thing. Plus the tsunami."

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If you resonate with a strong cosmic connection, a sense of magic in life, authenticity, sincerity with a STRONG BS detector... you may align with the magnetic Metal Elemental Energy. On this podcast, we might tell a few little shiny "secrets" about the Metal Element of the Five Elements of Chinese Medicine and Philosophy... Join us to explore the enigmatic Metal Element within all of us! Celebrities like Taylor Swift, Angelina Jolie, John Lennon, Queen Elizabeth, Lana Del Ray and Meryl Streep exemplify Metal traits, making them popular figures in popular culture. Listen wherever you find your podcasts!

"Metal is almost a contradiction in terms within itself..."

In this episode, we discuss:

01:29 The Inherent Contradictions within the Metal Element

02:59 The Metal Element's Connection with Death and Legacy

08:22 The Magic Carpet Ride of Life

25:53 The Metal Element's Connection with Music and Art

29:47 Spotting a Metal Person in the Wild

32:37 The Regal Walk: Angelina Jolie and Queen Elizabeth

33:34 The Metal Element's X-Ray Vision

34:28 The Voice of Metal: Eeyore and the Art of Descending Speech

39:13 Famous Metal People: From Hollywood to Music

43:21 The Challenges of Being a Metal Element

47:35 What Metals Want Most in Life: Value, Respect, and Appreciation

49:34 The Evolution of Metal: Self-Respect and Service to Others

53:49 Compatibility of Metal with Other Elements

55:03 Celebrating the Strength and Beauty of Metal

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Join us for an introspective discussion with Michael Max, the host of Qiological, on different types of change: Bian-type change (slow and incremental) vs. Hua-type change (faster and Alchemical).

In addition to being the inquisitive host of Qiological, Michael Max has had a clinical acpuncture practice for over 20 years. He studied and traveled extensively in China and Taiwan.

NOTE: You can listen to the previous conversation between Leta and Michael on Qiological, episode #329.

In this interview, Leta and Michael talked about:

• Having a curious mind and an inquisitive heart
• Deep listening to clients
• Transformation and the psycho spiritual bypass
• Tian/Di/Ren (Heaven/Earth/(Human) and Jing/Qi/Shen (Essences/Energy/Spirit)
• The Dao that can be told...
• Earth - the mud ball
• Coursing the wind and how to navigate change
• The Nine Palaces - and the 4 Domino palaces: Career/Relationship/Health/Wealth
• Palace of Abundance
• Depression and Anxiety
• Dampness and ignorance
• Jerry Colonna: "How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don't want?"
• Humming with Elephants by Sabine Wilms (#amazonaffiliate)
• BianHua - two types of change
• Hua Shan - the Alchemists' mountain
• What is Wisdom?
• Heart/Kidney Communication
• The technician vs. the shaman
• Pracitical magic and Bian-type magic
• Living into your magic

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Are you just coasting in your life? Just going to work, coming home, eating food, watching TV and going to bed... Rinse and Repeat? Or... Are you COASTING and living the life you truly want where everything just lands in your lap? Easy. Stage One of Alchemy is about Creating Ease in your life. Stage Two of Alchemy is all about Letting Go of the baggage in your life. When you're inspired to make these changes in your life, things will shift.

The goal of this meditation is to ask your higher self what you really want. Traditionally alchemists went on retreat to ask this question. Today, your meditation is your little retreat away from the demands of life. Putting aside your family, your boss and coworkers, your parents, children, or friends needs, what does your heart really want?

We're kicking off Season 7 with a new Five Element seires! Embrace the weird, and join us as we revisit and dive deeper into the ever-changing, always-the-same world of the Five Elements! Discover your Elemental type and how understanding the Five Elements can rock your world as we expand into 2024!

• Being Water and being proud - a super freak!
• Yin and Yang energies - The Geyser video!
• The Yin and Yang nature of each Elemental type
• Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water 
• Homework - be the Watcher
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“It’s about making something from ourselves that we end up loving even more than ourselves because we created it… Those are our children, which can be our creative children.”

• How this palace ties in with “The Zone,” or Wu Wei. The power of creative force…
• Why this is often the first Palace to get “the boot”
• The connection between the Metal Element and your legacy
• Why waiting for “the right time” to be creative or have children is not a great idea… How not following your creative urge can lead to illness 
• How to give yourself permission to be creative
• Why adoption can also fulfill your creativity
• Being honest with your partner about wanting or not wanting children
• Homework: Take 15-20 minutes and do something creative. If you can’t think of something, think of things you used to like to do. Start doing what you used to love to do. Dust something off and pick it up, or start something new! Take time to play with your children.

Jaye: “Let’s go back to creativity and making babies! Bom chicka bow wooooowww.”

Jaye: “Look at Australia and New Zealand. Those Hobbits are really kicking it”

Leta: “I don’t think it’s just Hobbits that live there…”

Jaye: “Well you’re right there are Wizards too!”

• Michael Moore Movie, Where To Invade Next

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“A smart person will give you smart answers, but a wise person will ask you smart questions.”

• The difference between being smart and wise
• Being in the NOW moment
• Why Waters are best in an emergency
• Where Waters hold their wisdom!
• Why letting go of knowledge is the true wisdom
• What happens if you have the Water Element third
• How to thaw Frozen Water
• What 10,000 hours can do for your Wisdom if you’re not Water
• Harness the power of the bottom of the ocean within yourself 

“Wisdom is held in your kidneys, which are related to the Water organs. So believe it or not your Wisdom is held in your low back.”

“Trust in the moment that you’ll make the right decision.”

“It’s funny how all the other Elemental types are more likely to sometimes freak out, but Water, in an emergency, can stay level-headed and cool as cucumbers.”

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“Be inspired and then be inspiring!”

• The difference between being wealthy and prosperous
• Why Prosperity is about having MORE than enough
• How you can be prosperous with money, time, energy, love, and more!
• If your Prosperity Palace is not doing well, take a hard look at your other Palaces
• How it would feel to give away half of what you have
• How judgement can get in the way of our Prosperity: Giving without strings attached and the problem with giving without a heart connection
• Homework: Do you have enough money to pay your own bills? When is the last time you were debt free? Are you going on vacations or having any fun? When was the last time you had thoughts about sharing your resources with others? When was the last time you received something your didn’t expect with no strings attached?

Leta: “I was thinking about Billionaires these days. Many people just aren’t comfortable with making that much money.”

Jaye: “Yeah well I’d like to feel uncomfortable like that someday!”

“When all beings are at your disposal, we speak of knowing how.”

Jaye: “If you don’t have the Prosperity Palace rocking or chugging along at some level, I really see a lot of the other Palaces that are struggling. Because you’re almost in a survival mode, you’re not in a giving mode. Your heart is not open. That’s why it’s the Fire Palace; it’s the heart. I think that it’s a really good way to get all of your Palaces going if you can look at the Prosperity Palace.”

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“Maybe we are really just travelers. This lifetime, this place on earth is just a trip. And when we die we get to go back to the real home.”

• What happens when we complete the Home Palace?
• Why we’re all trying to get to the Home Palace
• Why Earths are always at the center of everything
• How Earths are so good at holding space for people
• Why every Palace is an Earth Palace
• Why this Palace has so much to do with your “mother”
• Who are the surrogates to the Divine?
• The Nine Heart Pains treatment
• Why the 9 Palaces could be called the 9 Challenges
• Why we would ever want to leave a perfect feeling of wholeness

“Home is our actual earth. All of us have a home here on earth, and that’s why we call it Mother Earth!”

“Home is where the heart is.”

“The Home Palace is a state of mind and a state of heart…it’s a state of spirit.”

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“You can go your whole life believing stories that are just not true.”

• How stories create our identity
• How to identify the story that is holding you back
• Stories that are within each of the Nine Palaces
• Identifying fear, guilt, shame, or blame
• The trap of self-fulfilling prophecies
• The importance of truly wanting to change in your life
• Accountability for what we want and don’t want in our life

“People are really hard on themselves. They kick their own @*!.”

“There is no try, only Wu…Wei.”

“Be the change you want to see in your self.”

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate–our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”

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Is your child having trouble in school or at home? Have you thought about medication or used it with not-so- great results? In our society today, schools can be tough for all of the Five Elements to maneuver through. Home life and school life can often lead to confusion for students, parents, teachers and all those who want to make a real difference in your kid’s life. In this “educational” episode, we have special guest Mia Gray, a school adjustment counselor, who has been practicing the Five Element theories with her students for years!

“In this society, what falls into normal is very narrow.”

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook and Instagram In this Pod, we talked about:

• Wood children understanding things fast, getting bored easily, and needing leadership roles
• How to help Fire children to be social and their mood swings
• Earth children having more trouble at home than in school, and why Earth children can get teased and sometimes bullied
• Why Metal children listen without looking and can sometimes feel like outsiders
• Why Water children might be the most misunderstood and their need for movement

Thought Quotes:

“Waters have too much attention, it’s just not focused on you.”

“Metals don’t get a bad rap, but a weird rap.”

“Help Earths to be their authentic selves.”

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“We can’t say for sure what dictates our inherent nature”

• Why you might not want to mix Astrology and the 5 Elements unless you’re a super rock star astrologist!
• Why it’s hard to trace what dictates our nature
• Chinese Astrology vs. Western Astrology
• The difference between Water and Fire Elemental excitement
• Water intensity
• Fire light-heartedness
• How the top two combinations of Fire/Water or Water/Fire might be expressed differently
• The Rebellious Chi Meditation
• Concentrating on enjoying and deserving what you have, no matter how you’ve received it… it can happen!

“These astrological events might be used to explain why some people feel like aliens in there own families”

“Water is much more intense and Fire is much more lighthearted”

“Enjoy things that are coming to you effortlessly”

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“We have everything, but we can’t find what we want most, happiness.”

• Moonshot Projects
• Mo’s son Ali, and his death
• The Stories we create
• Good and Bad
• The Grieving approach in Daoism
• The Stages of Alchemy
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon flying
• Supertramp
• Treating yourself like you treat your loved ones
• Mo’s swap test for the 9 Palaces
• The Matrix and Inception movies
• Masculine and Feminine qualities

“If I’d ask Ali, would you give your life for millions of people to find happiness, he’s say, ‘Yeah, take me right now.'”

“Isn’t it funny that we keep growing to become the babies that we were in the beginning?”

“One billion diapers!”

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“What is happy for one person can be totally different for the next person.”

• The interview coming up next with the author of “Solve For Happy,” Mo Gawdat!
• A review of the motivations for each Element
• His Holiness The Dalai Lama and his book, The Art of Happiness
• What Happiness means to each Elemental Type
• Water: Positive expectations or anticipation
• Metal: Freedom to be in Wu Wei
• Earth: A deep sense of inner belonging
• Fire: The light and love inside of you
• Wood: Engagement and peace within an activity

“Each Elemental type has a different way to be happy.”

“Each Element is happiest when they transcend to a level of connection to the divine in their unique Elemental way.”

“As long as there is a lack of the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, no matter what external facilities or conditions you have, they will never give you the feeling of joy and happiness that you are seeking. On the other hand, if you possess this inner quality, a calmness of mind, a degree of stability within, then even if you lack various external facilities that you would normally consider necessary for happiness it is still possible to live a happy and joyful life.”

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“We have everything, but we can’t find what we want most, happiness.”

• Immortality
• Interpretation of Quantum physics theories
• Wu Wei
• Be Learn Do model
• Left vs. Right brain
• Masculine and feminine qualities
• The Home Palace
• Fear
• Trust with a capital T

“This is what blows you away. The scientific method tells you to question everything other than the scientific method tells you.”

“If they didn’t question that assumption, and they decided the world was flat, then we would never been here today on a Zoom call.”

“Doing is a very masculine quality. Being is a very feminine quality. To achieve that flow, you want to first allow yourself to completely be… is to connect not only just with what’s inside you but with everything outside you and everyone outside you and every living being outside you… to feel the truth… which unfortunately is never found in thoughts.”

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“Everything you want is because you think you will feel better in the having it.”

• The Pursuit of Happiness – will it make you happy?
• Ice Cream Cones and the 3 second rule
• Turning on your light in your dark Scooby-Doo cavern
• A Pure Heart
• Avatar-like Heart Tendrils in all of us
• Tentacles and the Seven Deadly sins

“A pure heart is a free heart!”

“Our spirits are like gold, gold is a metal that never tarnishes.”

“From the outer heart there are all these tendrils, which are like our blood vessels, but metaphorically, let’s think of them more like a system of activation… we call it in Chinese Medicine “the Network of Animation.”

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“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”

• Your “Kraken” Tentacles, and a few suggestions on what they might look like!
• A Free Heart and a Child-Like Mind
• The first four Tentacles that create a feeling of Lack
• Three more Tentacles that give you a false sense of Control
• How our Tentacles can turn our lives into an episode of “Hoarders”
• Heart-work: How do the Tentacles appear in your life? Learn to identify your Tentacles and what triggers you.

“There’s not a hierarchy of trauma.”

“We essentially create our own Tentacles. Because of our interpretation of what’s happening around us, it feels like it’s coming from the outside.”

“The challenge in life is to free yourself and come back to that child-like state.”

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Release The Kraken!!!

Davey Jones releases The Kraken in Pirates of The Caribbean!

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“Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them”

• Our newest addition to the podcast, Five Element Friday!
• What are Triggers? How do they effect our Tentacles?
• Our 3 Needs: Survival, Connection, Individuality
• 4 Common Triggers: Fear, Guilt, Loneliness, Annoyances (there can be many more!)
• Triggerwork: Which triggers get your Tentacles going? Who’s pulling your Trigger??

“Triggers are feelings.”

“You sleep if you’re sleep deprived, you eat if you’re hungry, and maybe you say the big scary two-letter word “N-O!””

“We first experience a feeling, which is a normal response, but then the past comes up and reels its ugly Kraken head! We remember the past circumstances (Tentacles) that this Trigger is reminding us of.”

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Be The Observer – Eckhart Tolle

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“You get an Element, and you get an Element, and you get an Element, and you get an Element, and you get an Element! Everybody gets an Element… and it’s Friday.”

• Which Elements are extroverted and which Elements are introverted?
• How does society and our upraising affect your introverted or extroverted-ness?
• Be the Watcher (Eckhart Tolle-style) to discover your Elements.

“That’s the Extra-verts, not the Extro, the Extra!”

“There are a couple exceptions to this Introvert/Extrovert rule…””

“You might be confused based on how you were brought up.”

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“A free heart is what we want!”

• Setting your heart free
• How to release your Tentacles
• Authenticity and freedom
• Trading your problems away
• How to deal with suffering
• Inherited Tentacles

“If we are not free we are not being authentic.”

“Leave your temple and you’re free!”

“The suffering isn’t the issue. You honor the suffering. Remedy the conditions that cause the suffering and transform, or just feel the pain and get stuck.”

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“You really need to have all Five Elements to set and achieve your goals. And luckily you have all Five Elements within you!”

• Goal Setting by each of the Elements
• Fire’s passion and aligning it with your heart
• The Shiny Bubbles syndrome
• The Stuffing (Turducken) syndrome – time management challenges
• Putting yourself first…what a concept!

“If you really want to master your Five Elements, it’s like an alchemical process… you need all of them to get what you want.”

“Fire is the key to our motivation in life!”

“First you have to light a fire in your heart to get something done.”

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“We want to be limitless!”

• How to be free and still be a part of your community or society.
• The 5 Confucian Virtues
• How each of the Five Elements connects to the Virtues
• The worst thing that can even happen to someone
• The Alchemist’s Path
• Society and guilt
• HW: How do you exhibit these 5 Virtues (or not) in your life?

“Human connection is one of the greatest sources of happiness.”

“Being kicked out of your community can be the most painful things that can happen to a human being.”

“You can run away to the North Pole if there’s anything left to run away to. Are there mountains in the North Pole? I don’t think so. Just glaciers”

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“Earths can better serve everyone else by spending a little time taking care of themselves.”

• Goal setting and thinking it through
• Earth, The Home Palace, and the safe container
• The importance of social compliance for Earths
• Taking care of yourself
• Reading books, walks in nature, taking a bath!

“Home is the safe container from where we launch our ambitions from.”

“We need some spontaneity, but we also need some safety.”

“In order to set and achieve goals, you have to be able to think it through.”

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“Our souls have longing…”

“Muster the courage despite the fear.”

• Practicing what you preach
• The individual virtues vs. societal virtues
• Putting yourself first
• Selfishness
• The Five Elements and the individual virtues

“Courage doesn’t mean a lack of fear, it means doing something even though you’re afraid.”

“People restrict themselves for so long that they go through a midlife transition.”

“The courage virtue is the courage to be your authentic self.”

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“Reach the unreachable star!”

• Organizing a physical space
• Thinking in black and white or shades of gray
• Truth and integrity
• How Metals’ are with confrontation
• The duty to be responsible
• A love of service and wandering

“I like fudge. I think sometimes fudging helps you achieve your goals from the Wood perspective, until it bites you in the bleeeep.”

“We can all benefit from the Metal in us to hold ourselves accountable to our commitments.”

“If you’re stuck in Metal and the world around you is the excuse for not doing what you want, activate your Wood to make some changes!”

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“With Authority comes responsibility.”

• What Fires really want!
• What Fires really hate!
• How to turn Morality into Authority
• What is the Supreme Controller
• The societal norms with children and Authority
• The serious side effects of worrying and the Health Palace
• The importance of accountability
• Authority Work: Are you willing to be the Authority of you? Do you trust you can be in control of your own life? And if you were what kind of life would you be living?

“When something takes charge of the being, we speak of the heart.”

“The vast majority of people are not being accountable to themselves.”

“I am safer by not worrying.”

Underoos still exist! (although we are hoping for Captain Marvel – but Wonder Woman is okay too.)

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“We need to tap into our Water to get bleep done!â€

• The Water superpowers of stamina and ambition
• Water’s biggest challenge
• The amazing Water marathon runner Courtney Dauwalter!
• How Water can wait too long, or even freeze!
• How Water can find the Wood to help them!

“Another strength of Water is being patient. They’ll wait for the right moment, and sometimes that right moment won’t come for a long time.”

“Wood and Water work really well together. It’s the drive and the strategy!”

“The cure for any Water woes are getting out of your head and getting in the present moment.”

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“Stuckness is Suckness!”

• Gratitude!
• The grateful 4’s and our morning routine
• An attitude of gratitude adjustment
• Finding mercy for yourself
• Harvest time of the year and the Earth Season
• The hedgehog and complaining
• The hedgehog challenge: can you stop complaining all day and be grateful for the things in your life?

“When you have gratitude you can have mercy on yourself.”

“A little bit of gratitude in your life is like plugging into an outlet.”

“You can find a hundred things to be grateful for about climate change, and I’m sure you can find a thousand things to complain about. Let’s focus on the hundred!”

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“We all need to get in touch with our Wood element!”

• Woods are goal setters and strategists
• Wood struggles
  • Delegating to people who are not uber capable
  • Too many goals
• Micro goals
• Prioritizing goals
• Doing what truly inspires you until you get bored

“The Q word to me is like the F word.”

“I don’t think I have that high of a bar. It’s just perfection.”

“Remember, you can bench some of those good ideas for a rainy day. Oh boy was that a sports reference? That was pretty good for you I’ll give you a B+”

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“The virtue of Forgiveness is walking away without resentment.”

• The Metal Element is all about letting go!
• If Metals get tweaked, they can really hold a grudge for a long long time.
• Sometimes Metals really feel these duties to their families more than most of us.
• The virtue of Forgiveness is walking away without resentment.
• The benefit of cultivating your Forgiveness.

“If I said that to my parents… I don’t think they would have said, ‘Oh look how independent she is, what a great thinker, yay!’ I would have had to run and run fast.”

“Loyalty in many cases breeds resentment.”

“It’s family first above all else.”

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“It’s amazing how often our Elemental Energies are causing “clashes” in everyday interactions without us knowing that it’s happening.”

• An overview of the three types of energetic relationships: Nourishing, Controlling and Same/Same

“Controlling relationships can naturally be a little spicy and energized but can also be contentious.“

“If someone is being insulting, seemingly for no reason, then that’s also likely to be a Control cycle problem“

“Or you’re both just Wood and fighting over who’s top dog.“

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“Letting go and let the water flow…”

• Surrender vs. Acceptance
• Obsessive thinking
• Learning Trust but not Acceptance
• Finding forgiveness for those who have led you astray
• Getting comfortable with loss
• Trust with a capital T and where you can find it!
• Want to accept some homework? Think of something or someone you lost. Maybe you still have regrets. Imagine yourself accepting that loss. Imagine the hole in your heart filling up with something new!

“There’s not a single person you can trust in your life except you!”

“Flowing water is always refreshing everything around it. Think about it, stagnant water is disgusting and unwanted. Nobody wants a swamp… Well, wait a minute… Shrek was in a swamp. Ogres like swamps!”

“Even the losses are part of your journey. There’s a natural ebb and flow in your life. Something bad is often followed by something good. Can you trust that even the losses are part of your own journey, and you can surrender to that journey yourself? Wherever it takes you is exactly where you need to be.”

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“Whenever we feel bored with ourselves, we gravitate to the person who is going to spice up our lives, add a little excitement, maybe a little unpredictable.”

• How Water and Fire get along (or not)

“The easiest thing a Water can do, is just let Fires just go do their thing.“

“You’re going to get burnt out or you’re going to get put out.“

“It’s about acceptance.“

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“Metals can’t stand any amount of fake-ness and they see right through it!â€

• How Fire and Metal get along (or not)

“Fires and Metals can meet through connection.“

“Letting the conversation have physical space… room to breathe, think…. a moment of silence is like gold for Metals.“

“Metals have to be willing to expose something personal.“

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“Finding and living your authenticity is key to this idea of Happy on the Way to Happiness… We want to arrive at the Happiness, but what about the trip there?”

• Courage is the first step to authenticity
  • Brené Brown‘s courage to speak her truth
  • The difference between Earth and Wood Courage
  • Do you have the Courage to take the steps for your authenticity
  • Being a parent and being your authentic self
• Authority – are you able to follow-through?
  • Are you in charge
  • Can you be empowered
• Gratitude — appreciating all that you’ve gotten
  • Self-cultivation
  • Journaling an attitude of gratitude
  • Daily Grateful 4’s
• Forgiveness is essential for any forward growth
  • Let go of resentment
  • Triggers and Tentacles
  • Resentment someone else put on you, holding you in a bad place
• Acceptance is about you
  • If you can’t forgive, you can’t accept.
  • Self-acceptance
  • Start today
• Do you have the desire to want more
• Do you have the willingness to look at yourself with no shame, no blame
• List out the micro-baby-steps

“We call it Wu Wei, which is really living an inspired life, which is opposite of hard work.”

“What baby steps can you take…?”

“It’s the hamster on the wheel, it just goes around and round. Heck, I’ve been there… It was hell in a hamster wheel… I knew there was more to life than this…”

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“In terms of opposites attracting, sometimes Metal and Wood are quite attracted to each other… they share a lot of commonalities.”

• How Wood and Metal get along (or not)

“Who else to champion something important to Metal than a strong and amazing Wood partner?“

“The only type of person Wood will bow down to is Metal.“

“Woods don’t take orders from very many people in the world.“

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“It’s a journey of one that you could bring your friends along with!”

• Types of Self-Cultivation
  • Forms of movement or exercise (move the Chi!)
  • Journaling or writing affirmations, gratitude, etc.
  • Meditations
  • Self-Care
  • Learning
  • Creative outlets for your body and mind
  • And so many more
• Cultivating your own “garden”
• Making new habits and replacing old habits
• Time mismanagement
• Self-neglect

“If it feels like a chore why would you keep doing it?”

“New habits are super easy… it’s about replacing the old habits. That’s a little more challenging. The ones that are not serving you any longer.”

“Self-cultivation is taming that garden–tending it carefully so that it will bear fruit and sustenance. There’s nothing wrong with being a wild thing!

Shazam!!!

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“If Earth and Wood can get out of their own way and make it work together, they can get a lot of bleeeeep done in the world.”

• How Woods and Earths get along (or not)

“Earths like to deliver on tasks for someone they like and respect.“

“Wood needs to learn the value of the thoughtfulness that the Earths bring to the table.“

“Together Wood and Earth can really share their love of home: Wood loves to have roots, and Earths love their home.“

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“You can’t change a habit until you change your identity.”

• Limiting Beliefs
• Leta’s story about coffee and Jaye’s story about sleep!
• How to form an identity, belief, and habit
• Thinking Brain vs. Reptilian Brain
• Accountability vs. self-accountability
• Baby-micro goals! Cute!
• How to reverse engineer what you want to achieve

“Heck I even had to take out the dog at 8:00 vs. 11:00. I even had to change my dog’s identity!”

“The way I understand it is–and I defer to any brain scientists out there–but the lower brain…”

“I’m sure there’s many of them listening to this podcast.”

“That may not be our demographic… we’re more the lazy lizard demographic.”

“If you can’t just dive in then you need to take that baby step. That little leap of faith, and then you’ll take that bigger leap on faith!”

“Yeah I like that, a baby step based on YOU.”

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“Earths love the excitement and variability that water has to offer”

• How Earths and Waters get along (or not)

“Earths love the intrigue and want to dig deep to get to know those Waters.“

“Earths tend to plan and be predictable and Waters tend not to plan too much.“

“If Earth tries to keep their Water in a box… alright let’s just say in a bowl, who keeps Water in a box? A box of wine maybe–that’s their special Water!”

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“Life invariably ends up delivering more good stuff than you could ever have imagined when you live life without what you call in Chinese Medicine…Rebellious Qi!”

• What is the Hero?
• The tendency for Woods to be the Hero at times.
• Using the Nine Palaces to understand life’s challenges.
• What is the Saint?
• The flow of life and the “Saint Trick”
• The “maybe” story.
• What is the Alchemist?
• External vs. Internal Alchemy.
• How do Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism differ on this level?

“Through acceptance the Saint surrenders to what is. So the Saints are perfectly okay with whatever comes. They don’t need to fight and struggle.”

“When confronted with a challenge or a struggle in life, it’s the Hero’s role to overcome these obstacles.“

“The Alchemists say even though it’s all an illusion, you’re here to experience the illusion in order to experience a personal transformation.”

“And we’re back to the game of transformation!!!”

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• The Saint (TV Series)

• The Course in Miracles and Marianne Williamson on The Course in Miracles

• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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“Wood and Fire: The Power Playmates”

• How Woods and Fires get along (or not)

“Many people take Woods for granted… Fire doesn’t under-appreciate them at all.“

“Fires really want to be big in the world, but they’re just a little too shy.“

“Woods are the cheerleaders for the rest of the world, and Fires really need a lot of encouragement.”

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“For long-term success, Fires need to keep that passion in play.”

• How Woods and Fires get along (or not)

“Why are we only talking about the things the Fire person wants to talk about?”

“I think the other issue is Earth can be very vocal when they’re disappointed with their Fires, which is kind of like throwing a wet blanket on Fire self-esteem. You shovel Earth on a Fire to put it out.“

“Fire needs to know it can be forgiven and forgotten.”

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“Earth and metal are both about their selfless desire to help others.”

• How Earths and Metals get along (or not)

“If Earth and Metal meet on sacred ground, then all will be well in the Earth/Metal realm.”

“Sometimes Earths and Metals clash. Earth likes to harvest the bounty and give it away, feeling abundant and prosperous. Metal likes to conserve and save, cherishing what’s most important.“

“Most importantly, Earths handle all the social communications in a partnership, which is a huge relief for Metals.”

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“Honey Badger don’t care!”

• The I-Ching (our favorite I-Ching tool is at Divination.com)
• Why New Year’s Resolutions don’t work
• Change comes from within
• Revolution is massive change
• The 10 Steps of The Authenticity Revolution

“It can be scary or frightening when you change your identity because there’s no going back. Revolution is massive change… and it’s hard, and it’s chaotic… and it feels totally terrifying because you know it’s impossible to go back once you do it.”

“If you’re in an alternative universe and you’re listening, come back to this universe, this dimension and be in real time…“

“You will change… you better be ready!“

“Define what you want to change in your life.”

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• The I-Ching (our favorite I-Ching tool is at Divination.com)

• Honey Badger Don’t Care (the language in this video is not appropriate for children)

• Brittany Runs a Marathon

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“Maybe you used to be in alignment, but now you’ve changed and you’re not in alignment anymore…”

• Social Compliance and the Holidays
• Be a Hero, Saint or Alchemist at social events
• The Holiday Authenticity “No Rule Rules”
• What is Chaotic Energy?

“Just Walk Away from the arguments… don’t take the bait!”

“I’m not the compliant type in general, maybe I’m more like a general disrupter. Maybe more the non-socially compliant person, but in a nice way!“

“You say ‘challenging’ like it’s a good thing… pushing your buttons, being passive aggressive, being short-tempered, angry, frustrated…”

• More about Chaotic Energy…

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“Where do you want to be this time next year…”

• The Year of the Rat! (Wood and Metal together)
• The conflict between Wood and Metal
• Wood Planning
• How to finally find balance in your life
• The 9 Palace domino effect
• An amazing vetting system for making decisions
• We talked about our Value Lists and how we made them!
• Using your “two words” to guide you this year

“We can solve our problems (challenges!) of the imbalance of the 9 Palaces from this system.”

“If you’re not happy about certain things in your life right now what are you gonna do about it? Where are you gonna be this time next year?”

“Go back to your main element to solve your challenges. If you’re really off, you’re trying to solve a challenge from another element that’s not the best part of you“

• Time Management Episode
• The Nine Heart Pains Treatment
• Listen To “Dare To Lead” On Audible
• Buy “Dare To Lead” On Amazon
• Dare To Lead list of values
• Woodchuck Day

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“I promise you’ll have more fun doing vs. watching!”

• Distractions!
• Your two value words
• How you are spending your free time
• The redeeming values within your distractions
• The criteria we use to disconnect
• The value of personal contact vs. virtual contact
• The role of entertainment in your life
• The benefits of laughter for your Health Palace

“Water people need to disconnect. So that’s why I’m saying sitting on the couch and being a couch potato is not always bad!”

“Why is entertainment there and what parts of it are positive? What parts can help you to pursue growth and being your authentic self. And what part of entertainment is a distraction that’s preventing you from growth and being your authentic self?”

“There are laughter groups that are part of healing communities. You know some people get together and call it laugh clubs.”

• Time Management Episode
• Dare To Lead list of values
• The movie “Parasite”
• The movie “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
• Laughter clubs – there are more than 6000 clubs worldwide!
  • Laughter Yoga University
  • Laughter Yoga Institute
  • How to Practice Laughter Yoga
• Laugh with Kathleen Madigan

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“We’ve come to use this word exercise to describe movement, and it’s become this dreaded word.”

• The dreaded word…exercise
• Movement for each Element
• Internal organs that benefit from different types of movement
• Pliability vs. Stretching vs. Flexiblity
• Finding joy in movement for Anyone

“During your exercise or right afterward do you smile to yourself and say I’m so glad I’m doing this, or I’m so glad I did it?”

“A forced thing is never a joyful thing.”

“Channel your inner Geko and strengthen those lungs!”

• For more information on our Releasing Chaotic Energy and Intro to Alchemy classes, click HERE.
• For more information about Pliability exercises, read The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance by Tom Brady
• For a well-rounded Sinew workout… T25 by Shaun T
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“We’ve come to use this word exercise to describe movement, and it’s become this dreaded word.”

• The dreaded word…exercise
• Movement for each Element
• Internal organs that benefit from different types of movement
• Pliability vs. Stretching vs. Flexiblity
• Finding joy in movement for Anyone

“During your exercise or right afterward do you smile to yourself and say I’m so glad I’m doing this, or I’m so glad I did it?”

“A forced thing is never a joyful thing.”

“Channel your inner Geko and strengthen those lungs!”

• We recommend you learn Gua Sha. We have an on-line class for you. We also wrote a book. Here are the links…

We have an online class you can take it if you want to learn Gua Sha for yourself and your family. (It was made for practitioners, but works for everyone! For all our listeners, we have a very special 50% off rate for you… CLICK HERE: and use the special coupon code: INSPIREDACTION.

For our book, The BIG “Little” Gua Sha Book, visit our publisher Web site to purchase one. Or you can get one on Amazon (especially, if you’re outside the US).

Tibetan Head Roll … Listen to Pod 21 for more information or check out: Healing Anxiety: A Tibetan Medicine Guide to Healing Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD by Dr. Mary Friedman Ryan.

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“How do we feel safe and secure and loving and not go into that fearful place that is happening right now?”

• How to care for yourself in a Pandemic
• What is an External Pathogenic Factor (EPF)?
• What are Wind, Phlegm, and Heat symptoms?
• How Chinese Medicine can help you stay safe and healthy
• The “Bouncer” immune system metaphor
• Gua Sha techniques and how they can help prevent the cold and flu
• A lesson on Acupressure points that can help prevent the cold and flu

“Change is going to happen. In Chinese Theory they say change is like the wind, and when the wind blows fiercely things have to change… and the wind is really picking up right now.”

“The symptom we feel isn’t the cold… it’s our body’s best attempt to tackle the cold and expel it before it enters the body.”

“Stress and fear can actually deteriorate the immune system. And being in a positive state of mind is always a good place to be.”

• Watch Leta breakdown Gua Sha & Acupressure Points that help prevent the cold & flu: CLICK HERE
• If you would like to learn Gua Sha for self-care we have an in-depth on-line class for you. We also wrote a book. Here are the links…

We have an online class you can take it if you want to learn Gua Sha for yourself and your family. (It’s made specifically for self-care! For all our listeners, we have a very special $50 off coupon for you… CLICK HERE

For our book, The BIG “Little” Gua Sha Book, visit our publisher Web site to purchase one. Or you can get one on Amazon (especially, if you’re outside the US).

Tibetan Head Roll … Listen to Pod 21 for more information or check out: Healing Anxiety: A Tibetan Medicine Guide to Healing Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD by Dr. Mary Friedman Ryan.

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“We’re coming back to what’s most important in our lives. We want to encourage everyone who’s listening to take a step back and just pause, just breathe.”

• The COVID-19 Pandemic
• What is most important in our lives?
• Putting yourself first
• The Wandering Daoists
• How the different Elemental Energetic types deal with all of this
• Where presence comes from

“Fear is the number one thing that takes us out of being present.”

“It’s not really that the now moment is powerful. It’s just that it’s where we should be. And the more time we spend in the now moment, the more enjoyment we feel in life.”

“If you take care of yourself, even just a little bit, you’re way more helpful to everyone else.”

• The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Watch Leta breakdown Gua Sha & Acupressure Points that help prevent the cold & flu: CLICK HERE
• If you would like to learn Gua Sha for self-care we have an in-depth on-line class for you. We also wrote a book. Here are the links…

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For our book, The BIG “Little” Gua Sha Book, visit our publisher Web site to purchase one. Or you can get one on Amazon (especially, if you’re outside the US).

Tibetan Head Roll … Listen to Pod 21 for more information or check out: Healing Anxiety: A Tibetan Medicine Guide to Healing Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD by Dr. Mary Friedman Ryan.

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Are you the little boat in the big sea? Have you ever been in-the-flow? Motivational people: Gandalf in LOTR, Lao Tsu, Zhuangzi, Kramer in Seinfeld (for his Wu Wei way of life), Eckhart Tolle (for being the Watcher). By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow Us: Facebook and Instagram

“A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.” — Gandalf from the movie The Lord of the Rings

In episode 001 of the Inspired Action Podcast, we begin by creating a framework for this motivational podcast by introducing you to a number of Inspired Action concepts.

The only prerequisite to joining us on this alchemical journey is a desire for change and a transformational mindset.

The goal of this podcast is to help you learn to master your own life. We will talk about how to “Course the Wind” on the sea of life.

Some of the concepts we cover are:

• Becoming a Realized Human Being
• Becoming a Master/Wizard of your own life
• Self-Cultivation
• Wu Wei
• Being in the Zone or the Flow
• Becoming the watcher (Eckhart Tolle-style)
• Being an instrument of the divine
• Self-Acceptance
• The Five Elements, your energetic nature, and what makes you energetically reactive to the world

Thought Quotes:

• “What are you waiting for? You can start the journey now. You don’t have to be miserable on the road to happiness. You can actually be happy while you’re trying to get happier.”
• “Wind is a metaphor for change. We want to be in control and in charge of where we are going in an easy way (not a forced way).”
• “The reason we chose the name Inspired Action is that when you self-cultivate, you begin to create the ability to be spontaneous in your life. What that really means is that all of your actions are not based on what your logical mind tells you to do (the “shoulds” that our society has us doing all the time). Rather… they’re inspired actions.”

Links:

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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“Can we be present with suffering without causing our own suffering…”

• You are already an enlightened being
• Bridging the gap between your current identity and enlightenment
• Working on your internal garden
• Qi Stagnation
• The change that is here, and the opportunity that lies within it
• Gaining presence in our lives
• Compulsive thinking and distractions
• The ability to be around suffering and not suffer

“We are taught to think enlightenment is only for people we call Buddhas. Everyone is already enlightened.”

“Are you running the obstacle to peace course? Tough Mudder… Climb the barbed wire of bad habits, go underneath the mud pit of laziness! If I had a little more time I’d think of some more.”

“Do you feel at home with yourself? Do you feel a sense of inner peace within? That little light we’re talking about, that’s the light you turn on in yourself, your own self-illumination. You can tell if you’re doing well if the other people around you are positively affected by your presence.”

• The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Watch Leta breakdown Gua Sha & Acupressure Points that help prevent the cold & flu: CLICK HERE
• If you would like to learn Gua Sha for self-care we have an in-depth on-line class for you. We also wrote a book. Here are the links…

We have an online class you can take it if you want to learn Gua Sha for yourself and your family. (It’s made specifically for self-care! For all our listeners, we have a very special $50 off coupon for you… CLICK HERE

For our book, The BIG “Little” Gua Sha Book, visit our publisher Web site to purchase one. Or you can get one on Amazon (especially, if you’re outside the US).

Tibetan Head Roll … Listen to Pod 21 for more information or check out: Healing Anxiety: A Tibetan Medicine Guide to Healing Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD by Dr. Mary Friedman Ryan.

• Email your questions and voice memos to Questions AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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We think you’re perfect just the way you are. Mastering your Five Elements, your motivational energy, connecting your circle, and understanding how energy rules the world. By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow Us on Facebook and Instagram

“The part of you that you love about yourself, needs to learn how to love the part you hate about yourself.”

In episode 002 of the Inspired Action Podcast, we continue to build on the first episode… you are becoming the watcher or observer of you, and as the observer you can watch how you coexist with others in the world and particularly how you interact with those who are the same or different than you energetically.

This podcast is about becoming aware of your own energetic nature through the Five Elements of Chinese philosophy. The most important thing is to understand your true energetic nature.

“The sages of old believed if you can learn how to manifest all Five energies, you would become a master.” “When you understand why you are the way you are, you don’t need to beat yourself up for the things that you don’t comply with in society… what they think you should be like.”

In this episode, we discuss:

• The different types of energy or qi
• Yin and Yang energies
• The Five Elements and how they are useful in your life
• How to identify your own element
• The positive parts and challenges for each element
• The motivations for each Elemental Energy type

“Once you start to see this energy at work in your life, you are going to be blown away because it completely changes how you walk through your own life.”

Thought Quotes:

• “You can forgive yourself for all the things you think are wrong about you.”
• “We think you’re perfect just the way you are. You don’t need to change. We just think you might not know that you’re perfect already.”
• “If your deep desire is to be yourself, you’re listening to the right podcast.”

Links:

• The Thirteen Ghost Points – an ancient Chinese Medicine treatment for releasing whatever haunts you in your life
• The Nine Stages of Alchemy – take you on a journey of self-cultivation with the goal of helping you truly fly in your life and live your full potential
• The Energy of Love: Applying The Five Element to Turn Attraction into True Connection – the Five Elements and relationship by Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy
• Connecting Your Circle: How the Five Elements can help you be a more authentic you – the Five Elements and your authentic self by Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy

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“This is about the role of our energetic defense mechanism…”

• Energetic defense mechanism – “the best protection is no protection” – it’s about loving yourself so deeply, you feel invincible… you’re not putting up armor and unnecessary defenses
• The Wei Qi system – protective/defensive qi works autonomically
• Offensive qi – the immune system overreacting with resistance to change
• Argumentative people have offensive qi
• We want a balance of Wei qi, not too strong or not to weak
• How to find a harmony – to be awake but not alarmed… lesson the amount of worry
• Ge Hong and simplicity vs. complexity
• Internal, External and Constitutional challenges
• Chinese numerology – Numbers 1 through 4

“We need to examine ourselves and why we’re doing what we’re doing and how we feel about what we’re doing.”

“Don’t react. Stay calm. And know you have good defense, which is no defense..”

“If you’re fighting change because you like the previous situation… then tomorrow you’re trying to get your past to last forever… You don’t want change, you’re stuck.”

• To help your Wei Qi system, watch this free video of Leta explaining Gua Sha & Acupressure Points that help prevent the cold & flu: CLICK HERE
• If you would like to learn Gua Sha for self-care we have an in-depth on-line class for you. We also wrote a book. Here are the links…

We have an online class you can take it if you want to learn Gua Sha for yourself and your family. (It’s made specifically for self-care! For all our listeners, we have a very special $50 off coupon for you… CLICK HERE

For our book, The BIG “Little” Gua Sha Book, visit our publisher Web site to purchase one. Or you can get one on Amazon (especially, if you’re outside the US).

Tibetan Head Roll … Listen to Pod 21 for more information or check out: Healing Anxiety: A Tibetan Medicine Guide to Healing Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD by Dr. Mary Friedman Ryan.

• Email your questions and voice memos to Questions AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…but…what if something is broke? During these uncertain times, we’re all examining our lives. Put your Earth hat on because it’s a great time to analyze what’s working and what isn’t in your life. Embrace this time in your life, and maybe it’s time to make some changes in your 9 Palaces!

“I’ve been guilty of this so many times. I’ll just sweep that under the rug… got my blinders on… and it’s because I don’t want to take the effort it takes to fix it… but in the long run, how much harder has your life been because you didn’t fix it.”

By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram In this Pod, we talked about:

• Examining our lives… what are we not in alignment with? What have we swept under the rug?
• Lockdown 2020 – what to do with this extra time? Examine your own life. What has and hasn’t been working?
• Take the 9 Palaces challenge:
  • Reminder: Be gentle with yourself.
  • Examine each Palace: Career, Relationship, Health, Wealth, Home, Travel, Children/Creativity, Wisdom, Prosperity
  • Come back here tomorrow for the 9 Palaces spreadsheet!

Thought Quotes:

“People are open to this idea. People are self-examining… People want to look at themselves for a change.”

“We’ve jumped off the hamster wheel.”

“What do you want your new normal to be?”

Links in this Episode:

• To help your Wei Qi system, watch this free video of Leta explaining Gua Sha & Acupressure Points that help prevent the cold & flu: CLICK HERE
• If you would like to learn Gua Sha for self-care we have an in-depth on-line class for you. We also wrote a book. Here are the links…

We have an online class you can take it if you want to learn Gua Sha for yourself and your family. (It’s made specifically for self-care! For all our listeners, we have a very special $50 off coupon for you… CLICK HERE

For our book, The BIG “Little” Gua Sha Book, visit our publisher Web site to purchase one. Or you can get one on Amazon (especially, if you’re outside the US).

Tibetan Head Roll … Listen to Pod 21 for more information or check out: Healing Anxiety: A Tibetan Medicine Guide to Healing Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD by Dr. Mary Friedman Ryan.

• Email your questions and voice memos to Questions AT InspiredActionPodcast.com.

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The 8 Immortals, becoming a realized human being/Zhen Ren, taking the red pill like Neo from the Matrix, letting go of past struggles is true freedom, Alchemy is the mystery of Gold (you are the gold), Diamonds are forever–but is that a good thing? By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow Us on: Facebook and Instagram “The Daoist masters believed we are like gold, all of us. Our spirits can never be tarnished or disintegrate like other base metals.”

“There’s more to life than your past suffering. Letting go of the past is your freedom.”

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Gandhi

In this podcast, we talked about: Our Curriculum Our Curriculum–Something we want to explore and understand better. It’s like an assignment we gave to ourselves before we are born. Your Five Elements are key to understanding your curriculum. Once you fulfill that curriculum, you can move on and do something else. Your curriculum is a laid out plan of learning. This is what you’re going to learn in this lifetime. Until you get that lesson that you came to learn, you’ll continue to work on it for the rest of your life. It’s important to understand what your curriculum is. The Nine Palaces Nine Palaces–the next level of understanding yourself and your struggles in particular. All human beings have to attend to their Nine Palaces or they suffer. The cause of suffering is imbalance in their Nine Palaces. The Nine Palaces are:

• Career
• Love/Relationship
• Health
• Wealth/Abundance
• Home
• Travel/Adventure
• Children/Creativity
• Wisdom
• Prosperity

Each of the Nine Palaces corresponds to one of the Five Elements.

• Wood – wealth and health
• Fire – relationship and prosperity
• Earth – home
• Metal – travel and creativity
• Water – career and wisdom

If you do complete your curriculum, then you become a Realized Human being–an authentic being or a Zhen Ren. You don’t have to die. You have some new lessons to learn. You become an alchemist. Alchemy The Alchemists in China were the sages of antiquity who were trying to achieve longevity and especially immortality. The Eight Immortals were believed to be able to live forever. Alchemy is the exploration of the mystery of gold. If you bury gold in the ground and dig it up later, it doesn’t corrode like other metals. It comes out looking just as beautiful as the day you buried it. You are perfect like gold. Alchemy is about freedom and living authentically. Immortality We like to think we’re going to live a lot longer than we think. Having that mindset of having a longer life completely reframes everything. We don’t need to grow old, decrepit, and die. Breaking down is not a necessary requirement to being old. You can grow old, be well, have a good body, a strong mind, and a good spirit. Alchemy is a journey of one. The average person isn’t interested in transformation. The average person wants no change. Diamonds do not evolve. They lock you into that state. “Diamonds are forever” means, “I love you just the way you are and don’t change.” The Matrix–Neo had the choice, blue pill or red pill. He takes the red pill. If you’re one of those people who would take the red pill, then you’e in the right place listening to this podcast. Alchemy is recommended for:

• When you want to put yourself first, but life feels like it’s getting in the way. Alchemy helps you put yourself first.
• When you want to enter the mystery of life
• When you feel like, “Isn’t there something more to life than this?”
• When you want to really fly in your life and live your full potential
• Sometimes, near the end of the life, to help the dying process go well

Alchemy Methods

• Acu-Points (acupressure or acupuncture)
• Meditations
• Stone Medicine Elixirs
• Qi Gong

The only person you can change is yourself. Thanks for listening to the podcast – or reading this post! Jaye & Leta

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Do you trust your own word? Can you commit to change within yourself? Learn this start-somewhere-easy-meditation, Everything in moderation is great in the Nine Palaces, Find some balance and peace of mind. By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow Us on: Facebook and Instagram “Self-cultivation isn’t just about meditating in the morning or working out. It’s about everything.”

“You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes every day, unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for 1 hour.” — Zen Proverb

“Get some time with yourself… everyday.” The topic of this episode is YOU, every aspect of your life that needs attending to. The Nine Palaces are:

• Career
• Love/Relationship
• Health
• Wealth/Abundance
• Home
• Travel/Adventure
• Children/Creativity
• Wisdom
• Prosperity

• The Nine Palaces come from the legend of the Magic Square on the Tortoises’s back.

• The Nine Palaces breaks it down so it’s easy for you to look at all these aspects of your life.

• The Nine Palaces are about keeping awareness that you have all these aspects of your life.

Commitment

Commit to working on self-cultivation. Replace old habits with new habits. It means putting yourself first.

If you don’t want to do something everyday, pick something else you want to do everyday. Be committed to something. What about your self-integrity? Can you commit to yourself what you want to do. When you start to balance all of the Nine Palaces, you don’t want to over do or underdo any of them. Master Jeffrey Yuen said, “When you lack moderation, it taxes your Nine Palaces. Over consumption and over indulgences will tax and stress your Nine Palaces.” Find the path of greatest ease. You have created much more drama than there actually is. If you find the path of greatest ease, drop some breadcrumbs so you can find your way back. Put some time aside to meditate, start somewhere. In meditation, when you get a thought, don’t judge it. Ask yourself, “What is this thought, and where did it come from?” Thanks for listening to the podcast or reading this post! Jaye Leta 

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“This is a very challenging time for myself being an Alchemist and a little bit of an Activist… I feel like this pull of what’s going on in the world… see if this touches inside of you…”

• The Metal Palace is the Global Palace… this is a Metal time in the world. We travel everyday… CNN, BBC, the F-Word News (Fox)…
• The outer world’s impact on our inner world. – how are you personally handling the crises in the world.
• The Hero/Activist, Saint/Anarchist, Alchemist roles
• Inner Chapters and Outer Chapters of Daoist texts
• The Alchemical cauldron of change
• To create an Alchemical elixir, you need a catalyst for change
• The reactants – the ingredients that are put in the cauldron and Trevor Noah’s discussion of them
• The effect of George Floyd’s death on the world
• The responsibility of society to care of or not the other members of society.
• Fear – the other F Word – fear fuels our Alchemical cauldron of discord
• Human fighting over resources… survival of the fittest, survival more challenging on your own…

“There are times in life when the outer world is demanding our attention so strongly, it’s like knocking on our door. So even the monk sitting in meditation on a mountain somewhere is going to have a hard time ignoring what’s happening. Would that monk not know that the world is in a global pandemic if that person had any connection with anyone or any news source?… When I was on Mount Hua Shan… We stopped halfway up the mountain at this temple and stayed the night. They had a dish there… they were totally tapped into the news…

“It seems like we’re in an Alchemical cauldron, the roiling and boiling of all these things, all these things in the recipe of crazy chaos. It is an Alchemical cauldron going on of transformation. Change is coming.”

“Whether you agree with these changes happening in our society or not… these changes are very rapid and that’s the definition of Alchemy. It’s rapid change. So in a way, it shouldn’t be surprising that on the day that George Floyd died, something very powerful happened. The world shifted on its axis. The desire for change was awakened in us. It went all over the world… and it’s still rippling.”

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“No good, no bad, no right, no wrong.”

• Stage 5 of Alchemy – no good or bad
• Chinese numerology – the number 2 (polarization) vs. the number 1 (unity)
• Zach Bush theory about COVID-19 – the virus is our friend
• The Listening Palace
• Wu Wei – Inspired Action
• Being an instrument of the Divine
• Trust with a Capital T

“Let’s go down the rabbit hole here. You have to throw judgmental ness out the window. But so much of what’s happening in the world evokes strong emotions. People are getting charged.”

“An alchemist isn’t looking to find the right answer or to get to the truth. The best song is by Michael Franti… he puts it so eloquently with his song nobody right, nobody wrong.”

“From an alchemist point of view…You have to leave the realm of polarization and come to the realm of unity, oneness, wholeness.”

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Are you wasting your 1440 minutes a day? What are your daily stuffing habits? Time Suckers in your life? Is everyone addicted to FOMO (fear of missing out) or ATD (Addicted to Distraction)? By Jaye McElroy and Leta Herman | Follow Us on: Facebook and Instagram

“You get 1440 minutes EVERYDAY!”

“Disconnect to Connect.”

“You have to have a reason to change, and you have to find your reason.”

“We’re in the middle of a time revolution, and I want to lead the revolt.”

This podcast is about the amount of time you get for this lifetime and how you’re going to spend it. Finding balance in your Nine Palaces is incredibly important. What’s the most important factor to balancing our Nine Palaces? Time. The Concept of Stuffing: We’re obsessed with stuffing because we have no time.

• The Time Suckers are everywhere.
• Time is more valuable than anything else. Maybe even love because if you have no time to be with your loved ones, then you don’t have love! It’s about spending time with each other.
• Everyone has the same 24 hours every day.
• FOMO – fear of missing out stops you from doing what’s most important to you.
• Change is work.
• Replacing bad habits with good habits.
• If you want a better life, you have to take action: hence “Inspired Action.”

It’s about you looking at your life and deciding what you want to do with these minutes everyday.

Are you just passing time because you don’t want to face your life. Are you “Addicted to Distraction?” ADD leads to ATD (Addicted to Distraction)–you’re down the rabbit hole in two seconds. Why are we doing the things we’re doing?

Take back what is truly ours–it’s time! It’s your time, it matters. Top Three Time Suckers

1. Emails – Techniques and tips to stop letting email run your life
   1. 6 to 6 rule, no email (reading/writing/or checking) from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (12 hours)
   2. Every day for one week unsubscribe to 5 emails
   3. On your phone, only have family and friends email, not work email or junk email
   4. Turn off WIFI while doing something else on your computer
   5. Apps to turn off notices (see below)
2. News (real or fake) – reduce or stop entirely
3. Social Media
   1. First person who touches their phone has to pay for dinner
   2. What did you do with your time before social media?
4. Bonus: #4 Binge watching TV–Your weekend time is your most precious time if there’s no time for you during the week.
5. Bonus: #5 FOMO – Fear of Missing Out–connect with people in person instead
   1. What to do with extra TIME:
      • Journal
      • Have original thoughts
      • Have conversations
      • Connect with those around you

Homework / Tips:

• Unsubscribe to 5 junk emails a day for 7 days
• Only have your most important email address on smart phone, your other email addresses can sit on your computer
• No media in the bedroom or bathroom at night (or all electronics including TV)
• Get an alarm clock instead of using phone
• Turn vibrate off on phone (Pavlov’s dog syndrome). You decide when you check your phone
• Ask inner circle to call not text if there is an emergency over night. You can even use an old land line
• 6 to 6 rule (more advanced) 10-12 hours every day of no media
• Use your smart phone for smart things–calling, maps, etc. not for social media, junk emails…

Take back what is yours. Take back the time. Take back your 1440 minutes everyday. Everyday is a new day. Don’t let time fly right by you.

Thanks for listening to our podcast or reading this post!

Jaye

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Leta

Mentioned in this mini-episode

• Alchemy Healing Center – helping people live more authentic, happy, meaningful lives everyday
• The Thirteen Ghost Points – an ancient Chinese Medicine treatment for releasing whatever haunts you in your life
• The Nine Stages of Alchemy – take you on a journey of self-cultivation with the goal of helping you truly fly in your life and live your full potential

Time Blocking Apps

• SelfControl – The Self Control App is total lockdown. It works great if you really need to focus with absolutely no interruptions. (For Mac OS only)
• StayFocusd – Chrome Web Store – Block one website or all websites for the time you choose.
• FocusMe – Need more advanced self-control? This app will cost you, but offers a lot more features. We haven’t tried it yet, but it looks great.
• Moment – Unusual approach to monitoring screen time for the whole family. Only works on IOS devices, not computers.

Clocks Our favorite: Philips Wake-Up Light Alarm Clock with Colored Sunrise Simulation and Sunset Fading Night Light – Leta wakes up to the light of this lamp everyday before the alarm music starts. Other potential clocks you may like:

• Peakeep Small Battery Operated Analog Travel Alarm Clock Silent No Ticking
• Peakeep 4″ Twin Bell Alarm Clock
• Marathon CL030053WH Classic Silent Sweep Alarm Clock

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