How can embracing simplicity, improvisation, and mindfulness transform your creative process and lead to groundbreaking personal development? In today’s episode we explore how to harness our creative brain and elevate our creative output! First, we have the legendary music producer Rick Rubin, who'll share transformative insights from his #1 New York Times bestseller, "THE CREATIVE ACT," highlighting the power of simplicity and nurturing environments in the creative process. Joining him is the phenomenal freestyle rapper Harry Mack, who will discuss the pivotal role of improvisation in enhancing personal and artistic expression. Rounding out our trio is Diego Perez, known as Yung Pueblo, a meditator and bestselling author who delves into how meditation and self-awareness can dramatically elevate creative output. Get ready to unlock your creative genius with today's incredible lineup!

In this episode you will learn

• Embrace simplicity to unleash your full creative potential.
• Harness the power of improvisation to transform your artistic and personal expression.
• Cultivate mindfulness to tap into deeper levels of creativity and self-discovery.
• Create environments that nurture innovation and inspire breakthrough ideas.
• Overcome creative blocks and discover new ways to think outside the box.

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Diego Perez is a meditator and #1 New York Times bestselling author who is widely known on social media through his pen name, Yung Pueblo. Online he has an audience of over 3 million people. He has sold over 1 million books worldwide that have been translated into over 25 languages. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. Diego's fourth book, The Way Forward, will be released on October 10th, 2023.

In this episode you will learn,

• The power of meditation and how it is the most powerful tool to master your emotions and inner dialogue
• Healing past trauma and the importance of accepting and releasing painful past memories rather than trying to erase them
• How real transformation happens in the present moment, and when to recognize these moments
• Yung Pueblo shares how meditation and healing work improved his relationship with his now-wife. He emphasizes the need for both individuals in a relationship to engage in self-awareness and healing to reduce friction.
• Why genuine self-love and kindness towards oneself are absolutely essential to reaching your full potential

Buy his book, The Way Forward

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what would it feel like to be radically honest with ourselves? and with that, to be courageous in the face of our fears? today we're exploring what it means to be courageous and honest in moving forward through the fears holding us back. 

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Today's episode is all about the cringey things people say about healing: what it looks like, how it happens, and how to achieve it.

Kaia shares the ones she likes instead  (hint: Brianna Weist,  Pavana Reddy, and Yung Pueblo are the real inspo here. 

The episode concludes with the two (2) things Kaia believes make healing possible (hint: it involves healing out loud).

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Do you take a picture or a video every time you think you are experiencing something cool?  This week's conversation is not a straight line, we go exploring down the rabbit hole of a topic we all know too well...why we all seem to constantly be documenting our experiences, usually through our phones, and then what do we do with these endless pictures and videos?  Either let them stay in our devices, show them to friends and family, or share it on social media?  Why do we have to capture these moments outside of our own minds?  We ask ourselves why we even go do the things we are doing and if we have done the work to know ourselves enough to know what experiences really bring us joy?

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It is unfortunate, but it turns out we are naturally more prone to focus on the negative and actually even overemphasize it.  We talk through why we do this, how it effects us as individuals, in relationships, and as a society and how we can small steps towards focusing on the positive and reframing the negative.

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For our 80th episode (!!!!) we talk about different ways we are trying to "Age Well," and what that even means.  We give some tips that we have tried and also pose some inquiring questions about how to be the best version of ourselves at every age, from the physical to the mental, to the emotional and spiritual.  Follow us over at @dearfriend.podcast on Instagram.  And watch our sweet videos on Youtube, filmed and produced by @furndware.

BACK with PART 2 of our host Amanda Walker of Zephyr Floral telling us her top tips, what to DO and what NOT TO DO if you  are planning a wedding, or any event for that matter, based off of her behind the scenes expert experience.  Be sure to tune in to Part 1 of this series to not miss out on all she shared last week!  She covers design, setting, venue, budget, and beyond!  Follow her at @zephyrfloral and us at @dearfriend.podcast on Instagram.

Our host Amanda Walker of Zephyr Floral tells us her top tips, what to DO and what NOT TO DO if you  are planning a wedding, or any event for that matter, based off of her behind the scenes expert experience.  Coming at ya with a two  part series because she had so much to share!  Follow her at @zephyrfloral and us at @dearfriend.podcast on Instagram.  Don't forget to watch our episodes and subscribe over on Youtube.

This week we get into a juicy conversation about the stability and centeredness that comes along with intentional routines in our lives VERSUS the spark and growth that comes along with trying new things, welcoming surprise, and "inviting the right kind of peril" into our lives as David Whyte would say.  We read through David Whyte's poem "My Courageous Life" from his new book "Still Possible."  We also reference James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" while discussing how we can make decisions based on our values and the kind of people we aspire to be.  

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My guest this week is Diego Perez – you will likely know by his Instagram handle @yung_pueblo. 

I invited Diego on to talk about his new book, Clarity & Connection, which are two of the qualities which go hand in hand with being Sober Curious. What not so many people know, is that Diego quit all “intoxicants” many years ago, after hitting his own rock bottom with alcohol and other drugs – and that this has been an integral part of his career as a writer and deep meditator.

He shares all the details of his self-directed recovery in this episode, as well as personal details about how being sober curious and developing greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence has positively impacted every aspect of his life.

I think this might actually one of my all-time favorite episodes. As his readers will know, Diego has a unique ability to share deep spiritual truths in a way that makes them super accessible and our conversation was filled with aha moments for me. In the episode we discuss:

-Alcohol as one of the empty promises of consumer culture.

-His own background with substance abuse and when he decided to quit all drugs.

-Why an attachment to pleasure prevents us from addressing why we feel bad.

-Quitting alcohol and marijuana to deepen his meditation practice.

-Recovery as a process of uncovering our true self.

-Paying our recovery forward for the benefit of future generations.

-How deeper self-awareness leads to deeper connections with others.

-The process of letting go – and how not to throw more tension at our tension.

-Developing a neutral mind towards alcohol and other things we have developed attachments and aversions to.

-How sobriety and being on the spiritual path has impacted his relationship with his wife.

-How to navigate conflict in relationships – and how not to always need to be right.

-How he approaches his writing and his creative process.

Get your copy of Clarity & Connection by Diego Perez HERE and follow him on IG @yung_pueblo.

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Today we welcome Yung Pueblo to the podcast! Diego Perez is the writer, speaker and meditator behind the pen name Yung Pueblo - the well known and inspiring Instagram account, and author of the best selling book Inward. In today’s episode, Yung Pueblo shares with us his life journey, from growing up in Ecuador to moving to Boston at a young age with his parents. After hitting a rock bottom in 2011, Yung Pueblo found the clarity needed to shift his life and devote himself to meditation. He began sharing his wisdom on his Instagram account and its popularity has now led to writing his first book.

Lacy & Yung Pueblo delve into meditation techniques, the concept of your authentic self, attachments, the ego, and all things energetics!

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• The ego’s resistance to change and how meditation can help.
• Tools that beginners can utilize to start gaining presence.
• The birth of and inspiration behind the Yung Pueblo Instagram account.
• How an organic online following can translate to a best-selling published book.
• The parallels between Diego’s and Lacy’s work.

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Diego Perez is a meditator, writer, and speaker who is widely known on Instagram and various social media networks through his pen name Yung Pueblo. Online he reaches hundreds of thousands of people every month through his written works that focus on the reality of self-healing, the movement from self-love to unconditional love, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. His first book, Inward, was self-published and quickly became a bestseller on Amazon. A revised and expanded edition of Inward has recently been published and is now available in bookstores around the world.

The name Yung Pueblo means young people; it serves to remind him of his Ecuadorian roots, his experiences in activism, and that the collective of humanity is in the midst of important growth. Diego's practice of Vipassana meditation, as taught by S.N. Goenka, has given him a deeper understanding of liberation that inspires his writing. Through writing and speaking he aims to support the healing of the individual, knowing that when people release their personal burdens it helps humanity build a global peace.

"The inward movement can be summarized as follows: we observe ourselves, we accept what we find without judgment, we let it go, and the actual release causes our transformation. We are already always changing, but when we focus on healing we can change in the direction of our choosing; these are moments when we intentionally reclaim our power. Every moment we take to know ourselves, we return as someone new." - Yung Pueblo

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You may know Diego’s poetry from Instagram. Deceptively simple, his words are deeply impactful, and have recently been compiled into a book, Inward.

But did you know Diego got heavily involved in activism and organizing in his teens? That he is a dedicated Vipassana meditator (attending multiple 10-day silent meditation retreats per year)? And that he credits his meditation practice with showing him the missing piece in creating lasting, meaningful, social change? Fittingly for a Sagittarius New Moon launch date, Diego is also a Sag (of course!)

We get into all this and SO MUCH MORE in our conversation, including:

• Why Diego believes that getting Sober Curious can be a vital piece in staying connected to our passion and our purpose.

• How to use social media for social change.

• Diego’s writing process—and why you’ll never see the word “spirituality” in his work.

• Collective healing as a hallmark of our transition into the Age of Aquarius.

You can discover more about Diego, his book Inward, and all his upcoming events @yung_pueblo.