Financial empowerment is your ability to take control of your finances, make informed decisions, and effectively manage your resources to achieve your goals and improve your overall well-being.

Unfortunately, many people are holding onto limiting beliefs and habits around money that create stress, and leave you feeling disempowered.

In today’s episode, Michael speaks to Personal Finance Coach, CPA, and TedX Speaker, Michael Kim, to guide you toward financial empowerment. Some of the topics they’ll cover are:

• The unique financial challenges gay men face
• How financial literacy enables you to take greater control of your life
• The impact of financial stress on your mental health and relationships
• How does your financial situation impact your ability to be authentically you
• Dealing with shame and inadequacy around income, debt, and finances
• Understanding the influence of your personal money narrative on your financial outlook
• Strategies for improving your personal financial situation

Join us for an inspiring discussion on empowering yourself to achieve greater security and unlock opportunities, enabling you to live the life you truly desire.

Today’s Guest: Michael Kim

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In this episode, we explore the profound power of self-compassion on our emotional well-being. As we share our own experiences and favorite lessons on this topic, you will discover what self-compassion truly means and practical ways to integrate it into your daily life.

Some of the topics we cover in this episode:

• What does self-compassion entail exactly?
• The different types of self-compassion
• Why it can be hard to practice at times
• The significance of embodiment
• The role of your inner-dialogue
• Re-writing critical narratives
• Healing shame
• The impact on your self-confidence
• Ways to practice self-compassion

If you are looking for practical ways to process emotional pain, while acknowledging and overcoming barriers that hinder self-love and acceptance, this episode is for you.

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• Michael DiIorio
• Matt Landsiedel
• Reno Johnston

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In this episode, Matt speaks with Intuitive Energy Healer, Scott Clover about the subconscious mind and healing. Scott shares his wisdom on how to evoke the childhood imagination for healing past victimhood so we can move forward into self-esteem. Scott explains how to speak to the body for healing and also shares tips and a few experiential exercises to use to prepare the subconscious mind for transformation. Come learn how to practice self-acceptance and forgiveness for yourself through self-compassion and subconscious healing techniques through an intuitive lens.

The concepts and questions we explore in this episode are:

• What is the subconscious mind?
• Childhood trauma and the impact on the subconscious mind
• The stories we tell ourselves as adults can block healing the inner child
• Explore empathy, intuition, and hypervigilance in relationship to childhood trauma
• How do we evoke the childhood imagination and why this help us heal?
• Somatic Semantics® - How do we speak to our bodies and what is our body is trying to tell us?
• How can we start to understand the language of the body and the subconscious mind, and how it relates to trauma release so we can heal from our past?

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