Have you ever felt like you're swimming upstream, constantly battling the currents of life, yet feeling like you're getting nowhere? That's where today's episode of Empowered Within comes in. I, Jennifer Pilates, share my experiences of how going with the flow of life has helped me overcome challenges, and how it can do the same for you. I take you on an anecdotal journey, recounting stories from my travels and personal trials, illustrating the power of adaptability, resilience, and maintaining a spiritual balance in our fast-paced lives.
Life’s ebbs and flows are like rivers - sometimes peaceful, sometimes rushing, but always moving forward. Today, I share my hilarious struggles in finding the perfect spot to record this podcast, revealing how these trials served as a potent reminder of the importance of going with the flow. I further share insights into embracing life’s slower moments to find clarity, trust the path you’re on, and shift from worry to wonder. By the end of this episode, you’ll be left with practical tools to navigate life's challenges and live an empowered life from within. So, join me as I guide you on your journey towards becoming the best version of you – a journey of self-discovery, resilience, and spiritual awakening.
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Welcome to Empowered Within, a soul-clenching, transformational podcast that will set your soul on fire. Through candid and inspiring conversations, leading experts, celebrities, healers and I share our journeys of how we've overcome challenges to living an empowered life from within. I'm your host, jennifer Pilates. Welcome to another episode of Empowered Within. Hi there, and welcome to the show. Welcome back to our summer series of self-care motivation, empowerment and inspirations to cultivate new, amazing habits that will take you through the fall, through the winter, as we end this year. Hi, I'm Jennifer Pilates.
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For over 20 years, I've been a leading voice in the health and wellness industry, helping clients all around the globe to achieve their goals and unlock their full potential. As a spiritual thought leader, I've helped countless individuals to not only improve their physical health, but also to nourish their minds and spirits. My celebrity status as a trainer and empowerment coach has earned me a reputation as one of the most sought-after professionals in the field and as an internationally renowned intuitive medium. I bring spiritual dimension to my work that sets me apart from the rest. My approach is both practical and spiritual, and I've got this innate ability to just know things that other people maybe don't know. So, whether you're looking to transform your body, elevate your mindset or connect with your spiritual side. Look no further. I've got you. Let me guide you on your journey towards becoming the best version of you. Get ready to feel empowered, inspired and motivated like never before. You can work with me. You can head over to jenniferpalatescom and we can work together through the summer, through the fall, through the winter, whenever you are called to do so. I will be here to help you on your journey. Hi there and welcome to today's episode. I'm so excited that you're here for our perfectly imperfect learning how to go with the flow episode. Today is a beautiful day and it is a day to learn how to go with the flow. Have you ever had one of those days where every corner that you have turned, every door that you have opened, you have been tested and probably just wanted to shut the door right and go to the next door, to the next door? And that's all about learning to pivot, learning how to try to go with the flow. And so there's this funny story I want to share, if you've started our summer series with us.
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It began back in July and I shared that the Fur Babies, lola and JJ and I were beginning our travels across country. And so we are in the midst of those travels still and, as you can imagine, finding a nice quiet spot to do a podcast when you are on the road, traveling is not always easy. So I would say, for the last three hours I have tried numerous spots. I have come up against people, I have come up against chainsaws, I have come up against crickets, a rushing river, you name it. I have come up across it and I said to a friend of mine hey, like I'm out, I'm leaving, I'm going to find a really quiet spot. And my friend suggested this beautiful war memorial park in the town that I'm staying and I said, oh, that sounds lovely because it's super quiet. There's no one ever there, you're going to love it, awesome. So here I am, I pulled in. There's tons of people, the water is rushing, the crickets and the birds are chirping. It's a beautiful, beautiful park. It's very peaceful and it's lovely. Quiet not so much.
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And so my point to sharing this really comical day with you is that I've had to continue to go with the flow, I've had to continue to pivot, because I was not going to give up on doing my podcast today. It's something that I wanted to do, and so I looked at every aspect of okay, it's not here, it's not there. And then, ironically enough and you know there are no coincidences here I show up at this beautiful war memorial park and the water is gushing. This river is just flowing. It's very fast. We've had a lot of storms lately in the area and it gave me pause as I walked around. I could have been very frustrated that everywhere I turn, there are people and kids and noise and this, and that Instead I focused on the beauty in the trees, the beautiful sounds of the birds, the peacefulness of this rushing river. And as I walked around and I started to laugh and I said, okay, universe, okay God, I get it.
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This is a podcast about learning to just go with the flow, and sometimes we need that reminder. Hey, you're doing okay, just go with the flow Right. Stop trying to swim upstream Doesn't get you anywhere. Just go with the flow. And as I look to my right, there's a river that's flowing rather slowly. There's not much movement going on, but there's some.
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And if I look to my left, there's more of a rushing river that's going, and so that, too, was a reminder that there are points in our lives where things need to feel like they're going a little slow. They may feel like they're going slow. There's a reason for that, and that kind of pause, that sort of inward moment where we're needing to look and assess and what's going on with life. Do we feel like we're on the right path? We need to be reminded about what it is that we truly want and where it is that we want to go. We need to take those slower moments to really find our clarity and then, as we find our clarity, then, and as I look down, I can see both rivers conjoining. Then we can begin to have that pace. The universe will begin to bring those synchronicities, one after another after another, that are validating, that are showing us yeah, you're on the right path.
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We just needed to slow you down a little bit because it wasn't quite time. Whether that's the right path or not, be that your house wasn't ready, or your significant other wasn't ready, or your job wasn't ready, the new car wasn't ready, whatever it was, it wasn't quite ready yet. Things weren't quite in alignment yet. So the universe, god, the angels needed to slow us down. But then sometimes there's always that beautiful preview that's coming, and I think it's beautiful as I sit here and I look and I see the slowness of this one river that is peaceful and wonderful and calming, and then the quick pace of the other river on the other side is, they can join, they find balance. And isn't that the key that we're trying so hard to work in our lives to find that body, mind and spirit balance, that alignment in life.
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No coincidence, as I speak these words and I look down on the ground right now, there is the most beautiful, beautiful, huge feather. The angels are here, the universe is here and has guided me to this space to bring this message to you today. And I say amen, hallelujah. How amazing is that that I had to go through all these little moments today to bring me to this most magical spot, to be able to bring this message to you. So I ask that you not get frustrated in the slower moments of life, that you not get worried when things and the pace of life seems to pick up in your little nervous and anxious. I want you to remember that more or less that is excitement and I want you to find the wonder and release the worry. I don't want you to worry anymore. I want you, instead of saying I worry about fill in the blank, I want you to say I wonder about fill in the blank and have that beautiful, most incredible mindset shift. I hope this message has resonated with you today, as it has so much resonated with me and filling my heart with joy and putting a smile on my face and making me giggle. I love when the universe is at play in such a beautiful, amazing way.
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So until next time, may you live an empowered life from within. Thank you so much for tuning into another episode. Please remember to rate, review and subscribe to empowered within with Jennifer Pilates. Your feedback is important. It helps me to connect with you and gives me insight into who you are and what you're enjoying about the show. For today's show notes and discount codes from today's sponsors, head over to jenniferpalatescom. Until next time, may you live an empowered life from within.