Illumination Podcast With Nick And Kisma

In this episode we are continuing with part two of How To Shape Your Reality.  1:40 Recap I do want to give a little recap from last week.  Basically we're breaking this down into four principles. Knowing, Heart, Action and Receptivity. The knowing and the heart work together. Knowing in your mind's eye what it is you want to create or who it is you want to be, and what it is you want to manifest. Now, we also talked about how that heart place is even deeper knowing. A knowing plus acceptance. And I bet you've all felt it right when there was something where you're like,”Yeah, I really want this”. And it just dropped in. And you knew that was the right thing for you. KISMA Yeah. That's such a powerful place. It's a real revelation. Nick 3:00 In Your Power Center It should truly just be full on, dropped in. But what happens is the conditioned mind gets in, the lower self takes over, the subconscious takes a hold, and before you know it, it's like a karmic loop. We're just spinning right there over and over and

In this episode we talk about How to Shape Your Reality. 2:48 Manifesting What we want to talk about today, and we might be talking about it more and more, is how to shape your reality, basically manifesting.  And I think I know where I want to kick this off.  If you're not shaping your reality, the outside reality is gonna shape you. KISMA I feel like this goes beyond manifesting as well. When I think about shaping your reality, that involves the flow of your life and the direction that it goes, your experience of the things.  And I'm excited to let the conversation unfold. Nick 4:20 Four Principles of Shaping Your Reality So we want to look at these four principles of shaping your reality. And we might dial in a few of them in this episode, but they are knowing, heart, action, and receptivity. KISMA Knowing Heart Action Receptivity  Nick 4:41 Knowing Your Desired Reality If we start with knowing, the way that I teach this is we have to know what it is we want, and this can get confusing for people because

This episode is about Cosmic Peace. 1:33 Elevating Ourselves Last week our episode was about how to anchor the peace within, it was practical application about choosing to turn the noise down, choosing to not get into arguments, and more.  Today we're going to raise it up into more of the cosmic nature.  So when we think about what happens to our human in the world, you know, we've got the physical, we've got our body, we've got our brain firing in so many ways. We've got our emotions, our heart going off. We've got actions that we take, or we don't take.  And somewhere we start to get really embedded in the physical world, in the day to day, and what is often referred to in the spiritual teachings as the mundane. And once we're stuck in the mundane, it's actually difficult to find peace because the cosmic peace is when we're able to be in the world, do what we're here to do, but elevate ourselves out of what is often referred to as the pairs of opposites. KISMA Cosmic peace is something very different by nat

This episode is about How to Anchor the Peace Within. 01:01 Your Peace There's a lot going on right now. Nick There is a lot going on, and that's why we wanted to talk about anchoring the peace within. We felt it was really important to find ways to bring your peace and anchor it because there is so much noise in the world, there is a lot of negativity, fear, and heaviness being thrown at us from many different directions.  KISMA 05:55 Present To The Universe What I've seen is that when there are events such as this pandemic, elections, where the country is seemingly very divided, the media plays on that, and there's so much negativity and manipulation from the media that if one isn't careful, it's going to go right into your energetic field, right into your subconscious.  We have to be present to The Universe in order to say, “Wait a minute, I'm not taking that on.” You have to consciously say, “I'm not taking on that negativity.” KISMA It's a really foreign thought for people to consider that you could live

In this week’s episode we are concluding our series on Moving from Chaos to Calm.  2:55 Recap This is part three of our series about going from chaos to calm.  So just to recap, in part one we talked about the fact that you have the ability to create calm. And then in part two we talked about what's really going on inside you. KISMA 5:03 What Is Going On In The Inside This episode is an interesting one and that is for you to ponder that in some way, if there's chaos in your life, you've created it. You attracted it.  This is not a good, bad, right, or wrong thing. If you have chaos in your life, or it comes and it goes, this does not mean you're a bad person, but I want to share something from a beautiful teaching. It's by Earl Nightingale, who's one of the founders of personal growth. And he's the author of a book called The Strangest Secret and he put it very simply, “What is going on in the inside shows on the outside”.  KISMA 6:30 Watch Your World Change I'd like to encourage everybody to look at this mor

In this week’s episode we're continuing the series, Moving from Chaos to Calm. And today we’re focusing on what's going on inside you. 2:17 The World Is A Mirror If you want to create calm, we have to look at what's going on inside of you. You've probably heard the teaching of the world is a mirror of what's going on inside. You work on your internal and the external does recreate. When we're willing to examine, to be present, and ask “Okay, what the heck is happening inside of me that I can alter, that I can change, that I can amplify or not amplify to change. What's going on around me?”, you're in control. KISMA 4:09 Choosing For Yourself We're going to talk about what are often referred to as the three R’s; how you receive something, how you react and then how you respond.  There's so much information around you all the time. There's a lot coming at us. It's  all not bad. It's just stuff.  So when we look at how we are receiving things- how do we receive things from the news? How do we receive something fr

This week’s episode is Part 1 of a series called Moving from Chaos to Calm. Today’s episode is really about understanding, embodying, and trusting that you have what it takes to create calm. 1:13 Podcasting From Home It's a big day. We're podcasting from home. KISMA It's exciting. We have some new equipment and it's really nice to be able to sit down in this kind of comfort and record.  Nick I mean it was fun to be able to record from Common Grounds. You know, that's where my office was for the last three or four years, and we've recorded so many podcasts from there. And then the quarantine hit, the place just became quiet, and well, we'll talk a little bit about how the whole house manifestation came. I tried to fight it a little bit but then we moved to a place that is big enough to have both of our businesses and our life. And here we are recording in your office. KISMA 6:40 The Calm In The Manifestation Since we're talking about calm and not having chaos, the way that I utilized rather than getting agitat

This week’s episode is called Know Your Supply.02:54 Remember Your Supply I grabbed the title, Know Your Supply, because I'm always working with my students and clients about how everything comes from the same supply, the same Source. We have access to all that is.  I follow Deepak Chopra on Instagram. I've never done his trainings or courses, but I think he's so cute. He just speaks wisdom at the right time. And it was the beginning of the Corona virus, and I was checking his profile because I wondered what he was saying about it. And his post was so simple. It said “remember your supply”. Like, yes, we have to remember. We have to know our supply. KISMA 03:46 We Have To Know A lot of people think if they could find the right man or the right woman they would be happy. Or if they lose 10 pounds, they'll be happy. Now all of these things bring joy to our lives, but they don't create internal happiness. Whenever I teach sales, I talk about this. Money comes from the same place as everything else. It comes from

In this week’s episode we talk about Abundance Disruptors- Things People Do to Mess Up Their Love, Money and Happiness 1:34 Boil Things Down Sometimes we need a little pep talk. KISMA Yeah, you need a little pep talk every once in a while. We're so busy and our heads get cluttered up with so many things.  So when you can boil things down to very simple steps that can reset you, it's so powerful.  Nick So if you haven’t listened to Episode 198 yet, listen to it. It's all about deciding what kind of day you're going to have.  In today’s episode we're going to look at where you might disrupt that. KISMA 2:17  Understanding and Getting Back In Flow This is a bit of a companion episode and I call it abundance disruptors.  Sometimes I refer to these with my clients and students as manifestation disruptors. Because here's the deal, the manifestation one on one is you are always manifesting. If you follow me or Nick or you've done any sort of law of attraction work before, you know that we can get very purposeful and

This week's episode is about Three Decisions You Can Make Any Day Your Best Day.02:44 It All Comes Down To Your Decisions Today we're talking about three decisions to make any day your best day.Nick Any day, your best day. And the reason we're talking about decisions is if you've been listening to us or following either of us, you know that we talk a lot about energy, the power of thoughts, the power of energy and the ultimate power of choice. And you know I say, we're always manifesting. And when people understand that they're like, “Oh, I better think about what I'm putting out there”.KISMAThe thing that a lot of people miss is it really does all come down to your decisions.Nick03:56 You Get To Choose And if you don't change your decisions, you'll always wind up creating the same energy. Like it's not just about mindset. It is truly about decisions on a moment to moment basis, the choice that we make and the thing that most people don't think is actually a choice is your emotions. You actually get to choose

In this week’s episode we are talking about Why We Self Sabotage and What You Can Do to Stop It.1:24 A Thing We Humans DoWhy are we talking about self sabotage? Nick I think it's an interesting thing that happens. I hear it a lot with new clients or new students coming in.  And you know, it's also tied into that series we did on . The upper limiters and things. When we humans aspire, desire, want something to be greater, better in our lives, or we want to be better and greater in our lives and then boom, before you know it we've just created a bunch of distraction and sabotage it and I hear that language a lot. KISMA The language of self sabotageNick It's an interesting term and an interesting thing that we humans do.KISMA 2:18 We Stop, We Will Self-Sabotage  Why do people get stuck into these patterns of self sabotage?Nick What I see that happens a lot is there's an internal conflict, or there's a false means of protecting. So for instance, the protection piece can be really interesting. Let's just talk abou

This week's episode is all about How to Listen to Your Energy.1:12 Listen To The EnergyWe talk about energy a lot, but today's conversation is a little bit special. Nick, what do you mean in particular when you say listen to the energy?KISMA It really means to sense or perceive it in your own way, and to be more attuned to it.Nick1:43 Energy Always Comes FirstSo talk a little bit about why it's important to listen to your energy, to know it, to understand it.KISMA Energy is what always comes first. We have ideas and all these different things. But behind and preceding any one of those things is energy comes first. And when you are more attuned to that, more keenly aware of it, you can go straight to the heart of the matter and not get all twisted up in your mind or in your emotions or confused or overwhelmed with ideas, or stuck for ideas. You can get beyond all of those things way more quickly when you just deal with the energy.Nick5:39  Pay Attention To ItEverything's already energy. It's not a new thing.

Today’s episode is all about Making Peace and where making peace matters most. 01:14 How Do We Begin to Make Peace? We are recording this in 2020. It's been a wild ride so far this year, which is why I really think this topic is important. You know, we’re talking about making peace and making peace where it matters first.Nick I know that’s something you and I have been talking about a lot, so many tragedies and so many beautiful awarenesses during this time, but what matters most? Where do we start? How do we begin to make peace? KISMA01:41 An Inner Quietude The outside is a reflection of the inside. And the peace that we create in ourselves is what we get to take out to do our work. So the reason I think this is so important is because it's not about peace, just so that you can be happy and bliss out. It's about an inner quietude. And from that place is where you have real power to live your life and create what you want with your life. Nick 03:37 Emotions and Knowing Making peace where it matters most reall

In today’s episode we are talking about anger, specifically How to Deal With Anger. 1:07 Important to Discuss This is a really interesting topic and oddly one of my favorite topics to talk about. Nick I'm just gonna launch right into why I think it's an important thing to discuss. There's a lot of anger right now. We're recording this, hopefully towards the end of a pandemic, yet we are seeing the results of the stress and the struggle and misinformation and just all sorts of things. There's a lot of anger and anger is a powerful emotion. I think that anger can really fuel a cause and fuel the action. However, when anger is misused and it's held on to, it becomes detrimental to one's health and it is the opposite of healing energy that will really get us to the other side of this and any challenge quickly. KISMA2:25 It’s a Natural Human Emotion Yeah, I totally agree. It is a natural human emotion. Nick It is a natural human emotion and we're not here to make anger wrong.  And I'm certainly not here to say, if

Today we're talking about How to Stay in Your Own Lane and why it's important.03:34 Staying in Your Own Lane is Important We've had a few fun episodes recently and we want to change the tone here because there's a couple of serious topics that we want to talk about over the next two episodes. Starting with how to stay in your own lane. Nick And why it's important. KISMA 04:05 Most Powerful Skills So what does it mean to stay in your lane? KISMA To me, this is one of the most powerful skills you can develop in your life. Nick And we're not talking about driving the car, but we’re talking about driving ourselves. KISMA We want to talk about it because it really is that important. If you want peace in your life, it's that important. Nick 04:47 This is Vital If you want to be effective at what you do and impact the lives of others, staying in your own lane is a huge piece. Even more so, if you want real spiritual development or real depth to your practice. And in so many other ways, this is incredibly vital. I ca

Today's episode is called The Chaos Buster. We're going to bust through and resolve chaos in our lives. 1:01 It is 2020 We're recording this and I don't know what month or day it is. KISMA We know it's 2020 and it's weird. Nick It's 2020. The year that was supposed to be so great, and we're still opting for great. Just the chaos got thrown out, and it is super weird.  KISMA 1:14 What You Can Do I do want to give a shout out. It's very important to give a shout out to all of our frontline people. Our medical workers, our healers, our police officers, our firefighters. Anybody out there doing what you're doing. Thank you. And I pray and meditate for this planet every single day. I think it's important to send that loving energy their way whenever we can. KISMA Super deep appreciation, really profound. Nick It is profound. And I know we're trying to keep things focused and light and prosperous here. And I also want sensitivity. I know my students are out there praying and meditating for the planet, but if you'r

Today's episode is called Things We Would Have Never Done Without The Lockdown, and just to put some perspective, we're not really locked down.  1:05 Freedom, Purpose, and Happiness Let me just say I know we already called it Lockdown in one of our other episodes. I think it was the most recent one, .I think people are doing an amazing job finding their sense of freedom and purpose and happiness. And that's a little bit what I wanted to talk about today, what showed up in my world to give me a little sense of greater lightness than I wouldn't have had and to hope that everyone can find it. KISMA The innovative spirit, the human spirit.Nick The human spirit is astounding.KISMA 1:44 New Ways I think we have to start there. The human spirit is astounding. You know, Zoe's in New York City. I don't actually know if she's doing this, but I have other clients and friends in New York City and they're doing the 7:00 PM clap for all the frontline workers. People have personally said to me, I look forward to 7:00 PM and

In this week’s episode, Our Life in Lockdown, Nick and I talk about our life during quarantine. 1:08 Quarantined I want to start this episode by saying we are not making light of the situation of COVID-19. But, maybe we're going to make a little bit of light about being quarantined. KISMA Yeah, it's freaking weird. I mean let's just call it what it is. This is a really weird time. Nick I'll just share, my life hasn't changed that much because I work from home or the office anyways. So it's been a full on schedule for me at work and even more so because I've really wanted to make sure all of my clients and students are doing okay and they're just amazing. They're just showing up so beautifully.  KISMA 2:47 Things aren’t the same But I think it was this week that I started to notice the things that aren't the same. Like, “Hey, I want to take a drive and get a cup of coffee at Phil's.” Oh, that's not going to happen.  And it's not like we're feeling sorry for ourselves. It's just noticing all the times where I w

This week’s episode is about The Signs of Depression and What You Need to Know. We look at this from an energetic perspective along with mindset. 01:50 Depression is Not a New Thing Depression's a really big deal and it's not a new thing. The ancient Greeks called it black bile. There's a one in six chance that you'll deal with this at some point in a significant way in your lifetime. It's that prevalent and I think a lot of the time, it doesn't look or feel or sound like what we think it's supposed to so we're like, no, that couldn't be me. Nick 08:40 How do You Approach it? So when you work with somebody in healing for anxiety or depression, how do you approach it?  KISMA 08:52 Small Steps Anxiety has a lot to do with harnessing the energy and directing it in a really positive way because there is a more productive way. With depression, particularly when somebody's having a tough time finding the energy and the motivation to do anything, it's really about small steps. So the exercises that I teach in energy

Today's episode is all about How to Solve Anxiety During Stressful Times. We share some tips and tools for you to use so you can move from an anxious state of mind into a calm and peaceful state of mind. 03:43 Holding The Light We are recording this during a stressful time on the planet. During the COVID-19  pandemic. It's very fascinating, it can feel stressful. It can feel uncertain. But, what I am noticing, certainly with my clients and students, and the world and myself is that there will be waves of stress. I think that the people in my world are doing such great work and being very focused on holding the light, so to speak, staying focused, being grateful for whatever they can be grateful for. Everyone is trying to see the good in this and how they're going to land on the other side, which is incredible. And that's why we do the deep work here. However, it doesn't mean that there aren't waves of anxiety. We just don't know. We don't know how long it's going to be. We don't know. So where do we start wit