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LABL 011: Indrani’s Story and Lessons From a Broken Singing Bowl

ILF_Wtagline_Logo copyWelcome to Episode #11 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani is interviewed by Shawn Shepheard. You will learn:

  • the back story of how Indrani’s Light was named and began
  • Why Indrani doesn’t have a choice in what she does
  • The answer to the question: Why you Indrani?
  • The story of the Broken Singing Bowl

And SO much more!

Podcast Recording

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Brighter Life Bit #4: Going to the Movies

ILF_Wtagline_Logo copyYou can listen to the original teaching at 33 minutes and 00 seconds of the Class 1 recording. You can download the audio from iTunes here or from the ILF website here:

If there is one tool you take away from the first Live a Brighter Life class, this is the one to keep close at hand, and use as often as needed. Indrani calls it Going to the Movies:

  1. Choose a person in your life you have not been able to stand up to.
  2. Imagine this person crossing one or more of your personal boundaries.
  3. Do nothing but observe yourself in this situation. Watch as if you are at the movies, watching someone who looks like you and acts like you.
  4. Notice what this character is doing while the boundary is being broken. How are they standing or sitting? What are they doing with their hands, eyes, mouth?
  5. Now notice what the character is thinking and feeling. What thoughts are running through their head? What emotions are they feeling?

Now grab a piece of paper, a word document, or your journal and answer these questions:

  • What are the personal boundaries being crossed?
  • How are you reacting to these boundaries being crossed?
  • What are you communicating non-verbally and verbally? What are you holding inside?
  • You are the director and script writer of your life: after watching your “film”, what new role would you like to play?

Share your answers to these questions in the comments section below and we can work together to find your new role in the next movie

Brighter Life Bit #3: Unhealthy Personal Boundaries

ILF_Wtagline_Logo copyYou can listen to the original teaching at 21 minutes and 00 seconds of the Class 1 recording. You can download the audio from iTunes here, or from the ILF website here.

A great place to start when defining and building your personal boundaries is to look at the unhealthy personal boundaries you may have in your life. Things like:

  • Going against a personal value or right in order to please others
  • Giving as much as you can for the sake of giving
  • Letting others define you

Here is a great exercise to use to help you identify the boundaries you need to start working on:

List the ten people in your life that annoy you the most and explore the boundary that is being broken in each situation. Write that boundary down and post it in the comments below.

Brighter Life Bit #2: What is your definition of a personal boundary?

ILF_Wtagline_Logo copyYou can listen to the original teaching at 10 minutes and 55 seconds of the Class 1 recording. You can download the audio from iTunes here or from the ILF website here.)

Indrani has an incredible definition for personal boundaries:

“Guidelines, rules, or limits created by a person for herself that are reasonable, safe, and permissible ways for other people to treat her, as well as how she will respond when someone steps outside those limits

Using this new definition of a personal boundary write out some of the physical, mental, and spiritual boundaries that you have created (and are enforcing) in your life.

Now, write out some physical, mental, and spiritual boundaries that you have NOT created in your life that may be causing problems for you and your relationships.

We would love it if you shared your responses below so we can all learn from each other’s responses.

Brighter Life Bit #1: Focusing on the positives

ILF_Wtagline_Logo copyThe Live a Brighter Life curriculum is filled with so much rich content, Team ILF decided it would be a great idea to start sharing smaller, digestible, “bits” of the curriculum with all of you.

Let’s get started right now with a little activity from the first LABL class. You can listen to Indrani teaching this exercise by downloading or listening to the LABL Class One recording and fast forwarding to the 10 minute and 55 second mark. You can download the audio from iTunes here or from the ILF website here.

Take a moment right now and do the following:

  1. Write your name, date, and time on a piece of paper, in a word document, or in a journal.
  2. Write three positive adjectives that describe you in this moment.
  3. Pick a time of day.
  4. For the next seven days (or longer, of course) at the time you picked, return to your paper, document, or journal, and write the three positive adjectives that describe you.
  5. At the end of the seven days (or end of each week if you continue doing this) review your adjectives for the week, then write. Write whatever comes up for you after reading those adjectives.

We tend to focus on the negatives in our life and beat ourselves up far too much. This exercise helps stop our “internal abuser” and start to focus on our positive traits.

Now, share the first three positive adjectives you wrote down and any thoughts on this exercise in the comments section here. We would love to read your responses!

LABL 010: Hope and the Importance of Maybe

ILF_Wtagline_Logo copyWelcome to Episode #10 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani interviews Mark Silver. You will learn:

  • The importance of taking time to give your best answer
  • How to create something healthy out of dysfunction
  • The importance of both hope and despair
  • Why going from “no” to “yes” feels impossible
  • Why going from “no” to “maybe” is the first step

You can find out more about Mark Silver at www.heartofbusiness.com

Podcast Recording

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LABL 009: Your Difference is Your Beauty

Welcome to Episode #9 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani interviews Karen Walrond. You will learn:

  • why you should enhance what you love, not hide what you hate
  • how to start seeing the beauty of being different
  • how Indrani’s daughter’s basketball career ended (listen just for this story if nothing else!)
  • how to look through your own eyes and not your abuser’s eyes
  • how seeing your own beauty takes away the power of your abuser

You can find out more about Karen Walrond at www.chookooloonks.com

Podcast Recording

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LABL 008: Three Stories From Indrani

Welcome to Episode #8 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani does what she does best: tell important stories. You will learn:

  • about Indrani’s childhood and move to New York – and the woman she was
  • dealing with depression and entering her new life
  • standing up for the work and putting her ego aside
  • a tool to help you identify where you are stuck

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LABL 007: Words From a SURVIVOR – Emily Anne Webber

Welcome to Episode #7 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani speaks with Emily Anne Webber about surviving and, eventually, leaving her 30 year long abusive marriage. You will learn:

  • How a loving and respectful childhood led to an abusive marriage
  • Why Emily stayed and why she eventually left
  • Tips on what to do once you are ready to leave
  • Lessons Emily has learned and how she is moving forward

You can find Emily on facebook at: facebook.com/marriedwithromance
You can read more at www.marriedwithromance.com

If you have a question you can connect with Emily at: Emily@marriedwithromance.com

Podcast Recording

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LABL 006: Being Present – Be Physically and Emotionally Present

Welcome to Episode #6 of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast!

In this episode of the Live a Brighter Life Podcast Indrani and Andrea discuss being present. Specifically you will:

  • Reflect on all that you have learned
  • Determine your easiest path to living a brighter life
  • Reflect on your experiences over the course of the workshops
  • Assess your own shift in self-perception
  • Write a letter of self gratitude

Podcast Recording

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