Dear Self & Co. Podcast

I am so moved by the unique, deep and profound story of today's guest. Nichole Sylvester is an unapologetic spiritual success coach, author and transformation speaker on a mission to guide people home to themselves. Her work helps many to discover their innate power and undeniable purpose.  In this episode, we dive deep into the inspiration behind her memoir, OH SHIFT, A Journey from Chaos to Consciousness (releasing May 17th on Amazon)  At the most tumultuous time in her life, Nichole found herself battling with drug addiction while raising a young child in the midst of an abusive relationship. Shortly after escaping from the relationship, Nichole received notice that a woman had been murdered in her home.  This interview dives into Nichole's inward quest to heal on a higher level of consciousness.  In this episode, you will learn:  -About the resiliency of the human spirit -That just because you've gone through "shameful" experiences does not make you unworthy -Nichole's story about battling drug addiction

In this episode, you'll meet fitness rock star momtrepreneur Brittany Burnham. Today Brittany runs a HiiT It With Britt, a health and fitness business that started from her backyard.   In just over one year, what began with six people working out in Brittany’s backyard with whatever equipment they could find, morphed into a full-fledged fitness empire. “HIIT It with Britt” now has nearly 400 clients filling eight classes a day in her 8,000 square foot facility.  Due to this success, Britt was named one of “The Capital Region’s Favorite Fitness Trainers” by the Times Union an honoree of the “40 Under 40” by the Albany Business Review.  Her passion for community outreach afforded her the honor of being named a Lululemon ambassador and Strong Camp ambassador, allowing her the opportunity to work alongside other inspiring leaders in the fitness community. Brittany’s mission is to inspire and motivate women physically and mentally by creating a memorable health and fitness experience.  Her expertise in understandi

Welcome back to another episode of Dear Self & Co. Podcast!  In this episode, you will meet the radiant and beautiful, Arrianne Alexander.  Arriane is an international professional business and life coach who helps her clients utilize the power of video to magnify their message. Arriane has an M.A. in Spiritual Psychology and has been involved in the field of Personal Development for over 20 years.  She comes from a background of over 15 years in corporate America, as a high level executive in Sales and Marketing in the fashion business for Brighton Collectibles.    In addition, she is well-versed on-camera with a successful career as an Actor on TV shows such as The People v O.J. Simpson, Justified, Grey’s Anatomy and Code Black.  She is an expert on all things vide.    Her expertise is helping you create powerful videos that capture your unique identity and essence, so you can reach your audience and magnify your message.  She is all about creating big impact through video with grace, ease and fun.   In

In this episode, we dive into a topic that is pretty taboo to talk about and that is sex.  We learn from holistic Haley, why some women are experiencing creative, financial, success blocks in their lives and how we can release that blocks.  Haley shares with us about how our unconscious beliefs can also be the reason we are having some blocks in our lives and how being more intimate with ourselves can help.    Resources:  Connect with Haley Halveston! www.instagram.com/holistichealthwithhaley www.twitter.com/holistichealthwithhaley  http://holistichealthwithhaley.com/   Jade Egg https://anami-alchemia.com/products/jade-egg   https://www.etsy.com/listing/298542567/nephrite-jade-egg-medium-drilled?ref=shop_home_active_1   Sign up for Guided Meditation E-Course , now available ! www.sandyvo.com/meditate

In this episode, we get into what Yoga Science and AMI Meditation is and how it can profoundly benefit you in the walk of life. These practices stems back to thousands of years where yogis on the foothills of the mountains were able to utilize to heighten their consciousness, become one with the Divine and have the tools to take supreme care of the mind/body/spirit that we are.  We talk about meditation and how we can use it to help us thrive in the modern world. We dive into mantras and how it can be used to focus the mind and increase love, courage and strength into our lives.  Psst. Want to learn how to build a meditation practice? Be on the lookout for the Guided Meditations E-Course!   

If you have ever been interested about my story, how I began my soul journey of awakening to my Highest Self, you will enjoy the story-telling aspect of this episode.  I walk you through my childhood, getting bullied and how I dealt with it, how pain and anger morphed into depression and anxiety and how I found my way to AMI meditation and Yoga science to heal the mind/body/spirit and finally experience peace of mind, equanimity, and sustaining happiness.  Join the 5 Day Guided Meditation Challenge https://goo.gl/MG567A   Email: contact@sandyvo.com

Ep 17| Soultalks: Having a Gratitude Mindset for a Thriving Day Today we talk about what kind of mindset it takes to approach the day so that when it's time to go to bed, we can reflect back and be darn inspired by how much we thrived.  What i'm talking about is having the mindset of gratitude. Now, I know you hear about this a lot, especially if you're a self-help junkie, but maybe you've never heard about it from an energetic standpoint. In this episode, I break down what it means to have a Gratitude Mindset, why and what it does to our mind and energy when we begin to practice it and implement in our every day lives.  This episode will help you to frame your day by framing your mind. Help you understand how to be the master of your thoughts so that you can thrive in your life, business and relationships.  I also make some fun announcements about upcoming episodes that we have in store for you.  I'm so excited for you to listen.    Resources: www.sandyvo.com Contact: contact@sandyvo.com  Connect:  Instagram

In this episode, we have a solo-cast in a Soul Talk segment about the role of relationships in our lives and how they help to morph us on our paths to fulfilling our life's purpose. We talk about being more open and receptive to different kinds of relationships including the ones that trigger us. What kind of a person would we be if we could live with less judgement?  How might mirrors resemble relationships in our lives?    Join the FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1577116269016352/    

EP 15 | How to Break the Cycle of Unconscious Wiring To Step Outside of Comfort and Create a Meaningful Life with Dr. Chris Fasano       I know I say in every episode that “I have a very special guest” but it’s because all of my guests are truly special.  They have so much wisdom, practical experiments and direct experience to offer.    What if I told you that today you’re going to learn about what exactly is happening in your brain in moments of fear, getting outside of your comfort zone and rewiring old habits so you can create new ones?    Pretty awesome right?    Today I am introducing to you, the incredible neuroscientist, Dr. Christopher Fasano, who gives us an insight into the process of the brain and what happens when we become complacent in our lives. He teaches us how to take control of our mental health by understanding the science of the brain and learning how to become more self-aware of our thoughts.    We talk about:    -Dr. Fasano’s background and what led him to have a desire to study the bra

Welcome back Dear One,  How can we become leaders to inspire more impact in the world? If you are someone who wants to make an impact in the world, lead an influential and inspiring life; you will fall in love with today's episode.  In this episode, we meet Ron Carucci who is the best-selling author of 8 books, and popular contributor at Harvard Business Review and Forbes.  Ron is an expert on the journey from start up to scale up of a young business and leading massive transformation for organizations and change makers.  Ron led a ten year longitudinal study on executive transition to find out why more than 50% of leaders fail within their first 18 months of appointment, and uncovering the four differentiating capabilities that set successful leaders apart. Those findings are highlighted in his groundbreaking Amazon #1 book Rising To Power, co-authored with Eric Hansen. Ron also did an inspiring Tedx Talk called "How to Be More Powerful than Powerless".  Ron Carucci is co-founder and managing partner at Nava

We have a special guest!    In this guest expert episode, I interview the inspiring Nicole Walters, my dear friend. By age 28, Nicole Walters was a highly-paid executive at a Fortune 500 company, managing multibillion dollar accounts. But something wasn’t right. “My job was feeding my family, but not my soul,” she says. So in YRTK, Nicole quit her corporate job to focus open her own private business and product development consulting firm, The Monetized Life. As her audience ramped up, so did her revenue—she made $11,000 in the first three weeks of working with small business clients full time. Now, when she’s not hanging out with her husband and their three foster kids, she shares her secrets to earning “passive income” with other entrepreneurs through her wildly popular online course, 1K1Day. “I teach people how to add commas to their bank accounts,” says Nicole. “They learn that they don’t have to trade time for money.”      She is someone who is going to touch your heart and fill you up with joy!    After

In this Anonymous episode, we follow a journey of how one brave woman found the courage to connect with her Higher source, listen to her intuition to escape from a life-threatening situation where she came face to face with death for the first time.    In this interview, she opens up about what happened to her when she   was coming home from school on a normal day. How that situation molded her to be in the position she is today, a high-level position at a prestigious university. We talk about her experience with her Faith, and the compassion she had for a man that thought he killed her.     This story is moving, inspiring and empowering anyone to begin to trust their intuition and use it to lead their lives.      To register for the Sacred Mindset Mastery class:  http://sandyvo.com/introduction-class/   To join the tribe:  www.facebook.com/groups/1577116269016352/   Please rate, review and share this episode !

  Welcome back ! In this episode, we talk about abundance and why it's a universal requirement that we rise up past our money beliefs to serve. I interview Harriette Hale, a certified soul, money and mindset coach. A serial entrepreneur with ten years experience and six businesses, Harriette has a global clientele base of creative and spiritual freelancers, fellow entrepreneurs and individuals on the path to self growth and ascension. Her teaching & coaching stems from principles based in Universal Energy Law, first inspired by the well known ‘Law Of Attraction’ ideology, with an equal precedent in practical business.    As a dancer, singer / songwriter, green tea addict, aspiring yogi, and manifesting maverick, Harriette prides herself on her down to earth nature, relatibility and uncanny gift to simply ‘make it happen’.   In this interview:    -She takes us through a journey on who she was before her globally recognized Money Mindset System.  -How she overcame losing all of her assets in one night -Her

It's one of my favorite times of the day where I get to sit down, tune out, and tune into the microphone to share Soul Talks with you on what is sitting in the seat of my heart.  Are you a nurturer, giver and someone that truly cares about others at heart? If so, you might be prone to be what I like to call a "story adopter".  When you adopt other peoples stories and you begin to live it in sacrifice of yourself- it is not called love, it is called a disservice. In this episode, we talk about the struggle of stories that we hold on to that do not belong to us and how it causes a strain in our relationships with the people that we love, and more importantly, with ourselves.  I share with you my own experience with adopting someone's story.  That someone is my mom, someone who was considered a leftover after the Vietnam War.  Follow me through the journey of what it looks like to be a story adopter, the burden that it places on our backs, how it affects our relationships and how we can change that to make room

So maybe you've heard about meditation on tv, in songs, from your friends or all over the internet. You might be imagining a bald monk with his eyes closed sitting inside of a cave or you might think that in order to meditate, you must be still and somehow all of your thoughts, worries and fears will melt away.  How would you feel if I say we scratch all of that?    In this episode, we feature a guest named Alex Dent, an energy healer and meditation guru who shares his personal perspective on the path to meditation and we have an insightful conversation on what meditation truly is; an ancient technique that allows you to dis-cover your truest Self which is ultimately, love, liberty and happiness. In this episode, we talk about What the journey to meditation looks like in the perspective of our guest The difference between ego or lower self and Higher self  Having direct experience with the truth We answer that question of "What am I gonna do with my life?" Unlearning everything we've learned What it means to

 "It's about staying in tune with our bodies. Yet we’re so in tune with what the media tells us what we should look like, that we are disconnected from what we are and what we need to be."   It's our first expert feature! The Anti-Diet Dietitian, Gisela Bouvier and I have a rich conversation on the work she is doing to help women break free of barriers in the mind when it comes to changing their relationship with food.    We both open up about our past food stories, how the way we think about food has more power over our lives than we think, how we can break the never ending diet cycles and love our foods plus the body that it goes into. You're going to want to dig deep in this episode as she shares many nuggets of truth, practices and exercises that you can implement into your life right away!   Join the community https://goo.gl/f4ej6d Claim your free ebook: "First Aid Kit for Worry, Doubt, Fear" www.sandyvo.com/firstaidkit  Let's connect: instagram.com/isandyvo                       facebook.com/iamsandyv

Welcome to the very first episode of 2018!  Have you been habituating yourself in resolutions every year yet find yourself quitting too soon or repeating those old habits all over again? Then you get frustrated and put yourself down? It's like a never ending cycle that leaves you feeling defeated instead of feeling like you're on top. In this episode, I say scratch that and let go of making resolutions all together. We talk about: -The desires you have and what to do about them -Why I stopped making resolutions -What intentions are -How setting intentions is a game changer and we do a walk-through workshop on the guiding principles I teach on HOW you can set intentions that will last you year long, bring you fulfillment, purpose and abundance in your journey ahead.    Please take 30 seconds to leave a rating and honest review to support this podcast! 

Feeling like you're in the slumps after the holidays? The New Year is coming soon and feeling like you're in a rut isn't helping you to prepare. In this episode, we go through 8 ways that you can get out of the rut and stay out for a successful and surefire New Year ahead. We talk about:  Transforming old habits into new ones and how to keep them Discipline vs. Motivation How to Set Intentions How to Be Productive  What you should do to add more relaxation to each day and less overwhelm  What to do with social media when you're in a rut Please take 30 seconds to give this podcast a 5 star rating along with an honest review! This helps the show gain more notability and attract quality guests for you and listeners! Thank you for your continued support. 

"I want that deep lasting intimate connection with myself and with my husband more than I want to play small and stay safe in the comfort. The risk is bigger to play small than it is to get uncomfortable."  This episode features an anonymous caller who releases the untold story of how she is rewriting her belief system around her body, sexuality, self worth and boundaries when it comes to navigating in relationships with men. We talk about: How seemingly insignificant non-violent sexual experiences when someone is younger can shape the rest of their lives. What happened when she was younger and how it affects her in her adult life in relationships How it affected her ability to get intimate in relationships What tools she has been using to transform those beliefs The empowering message she has to share to women who may have experienced uncomfortable sexual activity but felt confused about what to call it at the time  Tune in and please help by rating, subscribing and reviewing to make sure we get quality gu

Welcome back on the show! In today's episode, it's all about unleashing your gift into the world.  We talk about that nudge, that undeniable urge, that inner spark that just won't go away. You have a special gift that wants to be expressed but there's this function of the mind called the ego that is filled with doubts, judgements and concepts that is preventing you from answering that Soul- calling. We're going to get you through that. We discuss:  What exactly is a soul-calling?  What it really looks like to answer to your purpose in life (heads up, it's not as pretty as people make it out to be)  I get real about my personal experience with the path to launching this podcast including my ego and it's judgments  Chakras, what are they? How to Work with the Ego to have the courage to respond to that powerful, won't-go-away, cannot-escape urge Practical Tools and Teachings of Yoga Science to respond to your purpose Contemplative questions for you to ponder on  A practical and helpful Dear Self Declaration If