Ep 296: Do you Work From Convenience or Spiritual Responsibility in Life?

Start Your Transformation Now Do you feel like you don't fully understand reality? Have you ever sensed there might be more to life than what you perceive with your five physical senses? In this very insightful episode, I am joined by spiritual teacher and bestselling author Gary Zukav. Along the way, we have an expansive conversation exploring topics like authentic power, emotional awareness, spiritual partnership, and moving beyond five sensory perception into multi-sensory living. Gary shares profound insights from his spiritual journey and decades of experience guiding others. Gary recounts his journey starting from writing about quantum physics in The Dancing Wu Li Masters to reach a deeper understanding of reality and human consciousness. He discusses key quantum physics experiments and how the contradictory results point to the existence of duality. This leads to a realization that we can only see reality based on how we choose to observe and measure it.  Building on the physics concepts, he asserts that humanity is undergoing an epic transformation from five sensory perception to becoming multi-sensory. He sees this as the next phase of evolution to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning and purpose of life. It requires moving from external power based on manipulation and control to authentic power aligned with the soul. Gary touches on his prolific appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, which started organically from a shared sense of spiritual mission. He reflects on how much Oprah resonated with his message around intention and authenticity. He talks about reaching beyond language and labels to connect with universal truths that all traditions point to – light, compassion, inclusiveness, and love. Transformational Takeaway: We’re awakening to deeper realities beyond the five senses. By distinguishing love from fear within ourselves, we can override fearful reactions and act from love instead. This alignment of our personality with our soul creates “authentic power” and profoundly transforms us. What steps can you take today to fulfill this within yourself?  Mentioned Resources: seatofthesoul.com Get Unstuck Challenge Gary Zukav Books Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

3 Jan 20241h 5min

Start Your Transformation Now In this milestone 300th episode, I guide you through a deep exploration of the stories you've been telling yourself and how they shape your life, circumstances, and outcomes. We delve into identifying a challenging situation from the past year and understanding how your internal narratives influenced it. This episode emphasizes a crucial truth: your stories construct your reality. To transform any area of your life, it's essential to change the underlying stories that define it. Here are some things to keep in mind and consider: Everything you tell yourself is a story that influences your experiences Your stories directly create your life circumstances Shift the narrative to reinvent outcomes During the episode, I examine limiting stories that impact relationships, money, health, and more. I stress noticing the repeated tales we accept as truth, though they hinder us. Past events or suggestions from authority figures often plant restrictive assumptions we carry for years. Here are a few more things to consider and evaluate: Relationships suffer when we refuse to confront our self-limiting narratives Health improves dramatically when dropping assumption-laden medical stories Money flourishes for those who edit scarcity-based internal dialogues So, how did we ‘Burn Our Stories’? I lead my listeners through a cathartic exercise – writing down their limiting stories and burning them. This act releases associated emotions while imagining a new reality unencumbered by past constraints. Fire's symbolic purification clears space for crafting empowering narratives.  Here’s what’s KEY about this exercise: Writing down feelings around confining stories brings clarity The ritual burning cleanses energy to enable forward movement Mindfully focusing on releasing the past is profoundly liberating Transformational Takeaway: Our stories shape our worlds and realities. What limiting tales still live within, keeping you stuck? How would your life transform by reinventing these narratives?  Mentioned Resources: Episode Downloads: Burn Your Stories PDF Get Unstuck Challenge Other: DR. QUANTUM – DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT It Works: The Famous Little Red Book That Makes Your Dreams Come True! by R.H. Jarrett Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

13 Des 20231h 7min

Start Your Transformation Now Have you been feeling overwhelmed and wishing life was just easier? You're not alone. We all face challenges with money, health, relationships, and more. But what if there were some surprisingly simple mindset shifts that could lift the burden? In this episode, I share five powerful lessons and ways of thinking that can make your life much easier. These insights were gained over decades of apprenticing with a shaman and integrating ancient wisdom. Here are a few of the powerful insights I shared: Everything always has been, is now, and will always be fine. Adopting this mindset eliminates worry and fear. You are where your attention is. Your focus and perceptions shape your reality. Fear is the idleness of will.  As creators, we have the power to manifest the outcomes we intend and that is why our self-talk and inner dialogue impact what we create.  The world is this way or that way because you tell yourself it is this way or that way. Your inner assumptions become your reality. There are only two core human emotions: love and fear. The key is focusing on love rather than fear. Transformational Takeaway: These five powerful lessons can truly make your life easier if embraced fully. Let go of worry and fear, become master of your attention, use your will intentionally, change your self-talk, and choose love over fear. What shifts in perspective and habits could have the biggest positive impact on your life right now? Mentioned Resources: EPISODE 221: The Psychology of Doing The Impossible DR. QUANTUM – DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT JIM FORTIN PODCAST Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

6 Des 202345min

Start Your Transformation Now Are you feeling like you're stuck in your old patterns, trying to change them, but not seeing progress? In this episode, I discuss how your subconscious beliefs shape your life; often without you even realizing it. I explain how these hidden beliefs hold you back from achieving what you want. This episode focuses on making you aware of your beliefs, understanding how they control you, and learning to challenge them. Your beliefs literally drive how you live your lives, yet most of us don’t recognize this because beliefs operate at a subconscious level. Any limitation we have in life can be tied back to some subconscious belief. If you want to remove those limitations, you need to challenge the underlying beliefs. Beliefs control your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In the episode, I provide examples of statements to illustrate how your reactions reveal your beliefs on a topic.  Naturally, you will defend and cling to beliefs that you feel strongly about, which takes energy. The more beliefs you have, the more you have to defend.  As humans, we tend to believe others should share our beliefs, and when the external world violates our beliefs then we react negatively. Any area where you feel stuck or not getting what you want stems from subconscious beliefs about that specific situation. So what do you have to do to counter these beliefs?  Questioning each belief as it comes into your head is vital. By questioning I mean; do these beliefs serve who you truly are? Will they serve you in times you need success OR will they hold you back? Explore the assumed cause, identity, and meaning tied to your bothersome beliefs. This creates psychological space between the belief and your reaction. When irritated, stuck, frustrated, or confused; ask yourself these questions to reveal the hidden belief and experience it differently. This starts to dismantle limitations. Transformational Takeaway: Anytime you feel stuck, angry, or not getting what you want in life, shift your attention inward. Ask yourself, “What meaning am I giving this situation?” “What belief might I be clinging to?” “Is this certain belief serving me well?” Questioning your beliefs creates space for new possibilities to emerge. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

29 Nov 202342min

Start Your Transformation Now Scott Harrison, CEO of charity: water, discusses lack of access to clean water for 771 million people globally. His stories reveal how entire communities are empowered through clean water access, allowing girls to attend school, mothers to start businesses, and health to be restored.  Transformational Takeaway: While the global water crisis can seem overwhelming, this episode underscores that every one of us has the power to make a real difference through small, consistent acts of service. When we shift from self-focus to serving others, we tap into our innate compassion and humanity. What simple act of service, however small, could you engage in today to be part of the solution to the world’s immense needs? Mentioned Resources: For more information on charity: water, or to donate, visit: https://www.jimfortin.com/charity-water-12-22 Click on the blue “Donate Now” button and choose to “Give Once” as a one-time donation OR choose “Monthly” and join The Spring, which is the monthly donating community. Using this link allows you and us to track the lifetime impact of the Jim Fortin community! Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

22 Nov 202352min

Start Your Transformation Now Do you find yourself in a whirlwind of thoughts revolving around our chaotic world? Like it bleeds over into personal parts of your life that it shouldn’t?  In this thought-provoking episode, I discuss what my shaman mentor Don Javier sees happening in the world right now and share ideas for how you can thrive despite the chaos and uncertainty.  The main theme is maintaining inner peace and operating from a higher vibration to navigate external turmoil. The children being born today are coming in with higher energy frequencies, which we're seeing evidence of in the rise of autism spectrum disorders. To me, this indicates humanity is evolving energetically as a species. The challenge is that these higher-frequency kids often struggle to integrate into our lower-frequency 3D world. As bioelectromagnetic beings, we're influenced by shifts happening in the planet's electromagnetic fields. The erratic energetics of the poles shifting affect our emotions and stability. Staying grounded and focused on higher frequencies like love, joy, and peace helps counter the destabilizing effect. Profit motives, human ego, and fear-mongering drive much of the chaos we're seeing play out in the world today. The news media and big industries financially benefit from keeping people afraid. Maintaining the perspective that you're an infinite soul having a temporary human experience helps detach from fear-based narratives. Transformational Takeaway: During turbulent times, elevating your vibration is crucial for inner peace. Ponder how you can shift your perspective to come from your highest identity rather than getting caught up in chaotic externals. Ask yourself, “What would my soul be advising me to do right now?” and “How can I be a force of compassion in the world?” The more you focus on raising your own consciousness, the more you can positively impact the collective. Mentioned Resources: Magnetic Pole Shift – A Doomsday Scenario? Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

8 Nov 202337min

Start Your Transformation Now When was the last time you evaluated your relationship with money and exchange? Do you currently have an exchange problem posing as a money problem? Not sure what I mean? Let’s dive into this critical concept… In this episode, I share the truth about money and abundance that most people ignore, no matter where they are in their money journey. I explain why change is required if you want to attract more prosperity and abundance and reveal the key formula for wealth creation. You Don't Have a Money Problem. You Have an Exchange Problem. If you have a money challenge, change is required – the universe won't just bring you money without you changing something. Most people work backwards – they want money first before making changes, but change must come first. The truth is that money is a medium of exchange. If you don't have money, you aren't exchanging something to get money. Why is this important? We all want to go to a higher emotional state. Look at what you can exchange to help give others a higher state.  My coaching program helps people transform their lives. They pay me money, and I exchange my expertise, coaching, and support for all willing to join. Think about what service or value you can exchange to help give others a better experience of life. You must value your value. Do you think the value your unique talents bring are worth a high-value exchange? Many people do things to help others but still don't increase their prosperity. Why? You don't get paid for the value you create – you get paid for the value you place on the value you create. If you don't value your own value, others won't pay you for it. You must believe in your worth and charge accordingly. Transformational Takeaway: To attract true abundance, shift your focus from chasing money to conscious exchange. Offer your gifts to help others experience a higher state of being, and have the confidence to value your worth and charge what you deserve. What steps can you take TODAY to bring this formula to life?  Mentioned Resources: Episode 9: How The Law Of Attraction Repels The Money And Abundance You Want EPISODE 283: [INTERVIEW] Overcoming Limiting Beliefs and Unlocking Your Power EPISODE 284: [INTERVIEW] Having A Vision and Overcoming Adversity in Business and Life EPISODE 285: [INTERVIEW] Overcoming Adversity And Living An Authentic Life EPISODE 286: [INTERVIEW] From A Life Upside Down – To A Life Transformation Right Side Up EPISODE 287: [INTERVIEW] Going from a Fragmented and Wounded Self to Being Whole & Happy EPISODE 288: [INTERVIEW] Transforming Your Identity To Create The Life That You Desire. EPISODE 289: [INTERVIEW] The Power of Self-Love – Reinventing Your Life EPISODE 290: [INTERVIEW] From Victim To Victor – Overcoming Limiting Belief  Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

1 Nov 202343min