Adulting in the Modern World
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -A podcast dedicated to help women catalyze their own transformation and engage in their evolution in a conscious way. Three Transformational Coaches share tools, processes, practices and wisdom to support you in designing your life in a fun, joy-filled and abundant way. This is for the woman who: - is invested in her growth in an intentional way - takes responsibility for her emotional, mental, spiritual, physical and financial wellness - honours the value of wisdom and growth in community. Hosted by Donna Poulidis, Sahar Joya and Danielle Daou.
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Episodes
Episode 1: Setting Healthy Boundaries Unapologetically and Effortlessly
September 30, 2021 00:00 - 39 minutes - 72.5 MBDonna, Danielle and Sahar have a casual talk about their personal experiences around the topic of setting healthy boundaries. They share what has worked and what has not - so you don't make the same mistakes! Some of the points the women cover are: Setting firm boundaries and not feeling guilty about it. Fear of being rejected when setting boundaries in intimate relationships. What comes first, embracing rejection or releasing guilt for asking what you need or makes you feel comfor...
Episode 23: Compassion and forgiveness in the midst of a war zone.
August 30, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MBCompassion and forgiveness in the midst of a war zone. A conversation with Solongo Blue Klawitter. In this episode, Donna PranaLakshmi Poulidis, Danielle Daou and Sahar Joya, the Founders of PranaLakshmi, discuss the challenges of being exposed to the environment created by war and unrest, and some ways in which personal healing can help to reduct the effects of post-traumatic stress. Solongo shares her personal experiences from being in Afghanistan in 2018-19, as part of the US ...
Episode 1: Free Meditation for Grounding and Relief
August 24, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes - 6.31 MBMeditation by Donna PranaLakshmi Poulidis, Co-Founder of PranaLakshmi. This meditation practice will help you feel grounded, more aligned and provide relief from anxiety and stress. The specific techniques we use in this meditation help you to: get grounded find a sense of safety and security with the earth, your foundation find coherence in your breath decrease stress regulate your heart-rate gain clarity in your thoughts and speech The specific breathing technique we use in th...
Episode 22: Afghanistan: intergenerational trauma and resilience
August 20, 2021 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, the Co-Founders of Pranalakshmi, a platform dedicated to women and their development and overall wellbeing, Donna Poulidis, Sahar Joya and Danielle Daou discuss how the world as a whole is under great turmoil and how self care can be a political practice of resistance and resilience. Sahar shared her experience of being born as an Afghan refugee and the wisdom she has to share regarding the recent news in Afghanistan. She offers tips for the Afghan diaspora comm...
Episode 21: Balance as a working mom
August 06, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 35.9 MBWith what's happening globally, being a working mom becomes more challenging, so Donna and Danielle discuss some simple tools they use to stay focused and balance family, self-care and career. The life we live today with the unfamiliar overload of events and situations is all new to all of us, and people don't all know how to react. Therefor, staying truly aligned and breaking the continuous stress is key for us as mothers and for our loved ones. We would love to hear your comment...
Episode 20: How smart are you with your phone?
July 23, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 35.8 MBWith a fast moving world, on a constant verge of change, our phones have been such an essential part of our lifestyle, work and have also become part of a toxic 'relationship' like a toxic partner. In this episode Donna Poulidis and Danielle Daou discuss what their challenges have been and how or what they do to overcome phone addictions using cleansing processes and mindfulness when today living without our smart phones has been almost close to impossible. We hope you enjoy this e...
Episode 19: Reassessing Priorities in an Uncertain World
July 15, 2021 00:00 - 15 minutes - 29.3 MBA continuation of last week's episode, while Sahar is on a short break, Donna and Danielle go more into the specifics of how they stay balanced, in this global climate, especially as women, as moms, as working moms, as householders. They discuss how they keep themselves balanced as it all starts from the self, and keep themselves in tune physically, mentally and and spiritually. Donna Poulidis and Danielle Daou are two transformational coaches and co-Founders of Pranalakshmi, a dig...
Episode 18: Our stories with Donna & Danielle
July 01, 2021 00:00 - 45 minutes - 83.2 MBA casual chat with Donna Poulidis and Danielle Daou, about their true life stories and their journey and challenges that led them to finding their purpose and the creation of Pranalakshmi. Donna Poulidis is an Intuitive Life Coach, Yoga Teacher RYT, Meditation Facilitator. She is a multi-passionate entrepreneur. Her wholistic approach to Coaching with private clients and groups, includes modalities that fuel and nourish the whole self: yoga, meditation, visualization, breath work a...
Episode 17: What does it mean to heal?
June 02, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBHealing is a word that is often used especially in the personal growth and development field. We have used it several times in our podcast as well. Yet its definition has sometimes remained elusive. The word heal is the word healthy. Yet what does it actually mean? In this episode, we continue the conversation started from episode 16 regarding intimacy and relationships, with the focus on the question of what is healing? We approach the conversation by bringing our own various pers...
Episode 16: Navigating the world of intimate relationships
May 26, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBWelcome to another episode of Adulting in the Modern World. In this episode, Sahar, Danielle and Donna talk about navigating the world of intimacy and relationships. This is something that impacts and is in the hearts and minds of all women. Sometimes it is pressing and prominent for us, women, to think about our wheel of our life and other times we think we’ve got it all handled. Regardless of where you are in that spectrum, it is a really juicy conversation to have as women, coming...
Episode 15: Navigating the liminal space
May 01, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode Donna, Sahar and Danielle talk about navigating the Liminal space in life. Let's say you’ve reached some of your goals or all of your goals today and you are now in an ‘in between’ state, almost floating in a pre-dream state where you know there are more places you need to go and want to go, maybe you haven’t dreamed them up yet, or maybe the spark hasn’t fully come to life yet, they discuss how to create the next phase.
Episode 14: Thrival in times of uncertainty
April 23, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBIn this episode, Donna, Sahar and Danielle talk about how to carry joy in the midst of a global pandemic that has been prolonging for about a year now. We are still in the midst of uncertainty, in terms of the next steps to take if we are going to have a new normal and what that is going to look like. The transformational coaches talk about the tips and tools that they use to maintain their joy, health and wellness in these times of changes
Episode 13: Tips and tools for productivity
April 19, 2021 00:00 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBIn the past couple of weeks the momentum has really picked up as the energy of Spring has sprung. You might have felt it in your life wherever you are. In this episode, we talk about productivity and some tools and tips that we use to manage our day to day lives while we continue to grow,to flourish and to expand into our highest most beautiful self. Sahar, Donna and Danielle talk about some of the strategies that they use to manage and to support them so that they don’t reach brea...
Episode 12: Mothering, Life & Transformation
March 31, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this episode we talk about the big cyclical changes that we have had happen in our lives, with a particular focus on mothering and living through challenging times and being reborn through them. We go deep into the heart of women and mothers with permission to speak to deep things of managing being a mom while also going in the depths of life and rising up with greater self-awareness and presence. We discuss the importance of embodying and practicing self-love and self-respect so ...
Episode 11: Decluttering in the Spring of 2021
March 16, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 56.9 MBWelcome to Episode 11 - Decluttering in the Spring of 2021 It’s been an eventful year globally, and now spring is coming once more, which means we enter a time of renewal and cleansing. As part of our renewal process here at Adulting in the Modern World Podcast, we invite a new member to our team. Danielle Daou is a Relationship, Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach. Danielle and Donna met during their training at Marisa Peer’s Rapid Transformational Therapy certification program. A synch...
Episode 10: Chakra Clearing Meditation
March 09, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode, Donna offers a great chakra clearing meditation, that helps to clear, energize and attune you on all levels: mental, physical, spiritual and emotional. This is a wonderful practice to use as part of a daily practice, whether in the mornings, evenings, or a reset during your day if you are feeling overwhelmed and requiring to come back to centre. This also helps to fortify your life force, your Prana, thereby increasing your wellness and is especially great for t...
Episode 9: Growing your self and your business with "flow state"
February 27, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes - 56.1 MBHow to be in flow in your business. Flow is a divine state of grace, an energy that keeps you moving towards you goals, desires, where you want your business and your life to go. This is a must-hear conversation for entrepreneurs and small business owners, people in business with and for themselves. Uncertainty and change is a constant, so by being in a flow state you are better able to navigate life’s ups and downs - avoiding burnout and remaining in a creative state. Your cus...
Episode 8: Adulting as Sovereignty: Designing a life from the energy of Love or Above!
February 22, 2021 00:00 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBAdulting is about taking self-responsibility, becoming more self-aware and making choices and decisions in life in the present moment and do so from a vibration of love or above. In this episode, we talk about some of the ways we have engaged in our own adulting process. We discuss how the following tools helped us on our personal growth and development journey: yoga, breathwork, movement therapy, psychology based therapy and coaching that helps with identifying and transforming yo...
Episode 7: How to attract and be in love with self and others
February 11, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 52.1 MBWhether you’re in a relationship or single this episode is for you. We are always in relationship - whether we share our life with a partner, we seek to be with a partner, or we want contentment with the relationship we have with ourselves. The self work we discuss in this episode applies to both singles and those in relationship with another. How do you connect and maintain an energy that is vibrating at the resonance of love or above? Are you practicing self-love often enough so t...
Episode 6: How to change your life to match your desired reality
February 05, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBIn this episode we explore 2 new rules of the mind, as taught by Donna's Rapid Transformational Therapy® teacher and world renowned therapist, Marissa Peer which are as follows: 1) Your mind creates the blueprint which your body uses to then create your reality. 2) Your mind can not hold conflicting beliefs or thoughts Why do these 2 rules matter? They are central to the work and practice of personal growth and transformation. If you aren’t happy to with the stories you have been...
Episode 5: Leveling up: Exploring self-worth & what it means to be high value
January 28, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 61.1 MBIn this episode we explore what it means to increase our self worth, as high value women. Plus, what are the tools we use to increase our sense of value and worth, and how can we evolve in this area of life as we grow into the true version of ourselves. We ask such questions as: Where are we allowing our sense of worth to come from, external sources or from our own internal resources? What do we learn about the value of our self worth from our most formative years, in family, in the ...
Episode 4: Reconditioning your Self by listening to your Soul's voice vs. the Inner Critic
January 23, 2021 00:00 - 39 minutes - 72.5 MBIn this episode Donna and Sahar explore the question of the inner voice, and how to recondition it so that it is our soul voice that speaks and that we listen to, rather than the voice of the inner critic. The awareness that our primary patterns are first created from the ages of 0-7, we invite you to consider how your perceptions have been shaped, your world views, and how you would like to reshape your primary patterns and conditioning. Adulting provides us with the opportunity to ...
Episode 3: Being The Conscious Storyteller of Our Lives
January 14, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 65.4 MBThis episode builds on the previous episode regarding Upgrading Your IOS. Stories are beliefs, ways, and patterns that live in all areas of our lives, which becomes our programming that guides the way we live our lives. Stories shape our identity. So being aware of our stories by becoming the conscious author and storyteller of our lives is how we do the work of upgrading our IOS, so that our lives can feel fresh, aligned and updated with who we are in the present moment and who we d...
Episode 1: Adulting in the Modern World - Intro
January 07, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 31.5 MBThis is an introduction to our podcast. We look forward to sharing a new episode filled with wisdom nuggets each week, to support your growth and development in 2021 and beyond. This is a podcast dedicated to help women catalyze their own transformation and engage in their evolution in a conscious way. Two Transformational Coaches share tools, processes, practices and wisdom to support you in designing your life in a fun, joy-filled and abundant way. This is for the woman who: is inv...
Episode 2: Upgrading your IOS
January 07, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBNeuroscience states that we have over 40,000 thoughts per day, most of which happen on auto-pilot in our internal operating system (IOS). We discuss how the structure of our subconscious mind is formed in our childhood. Donna elaborates on the 3 Foundational Rules of the Mind, as developed by her teacher Marisa Peer (founder of Rapid Transformational Therapy®), and how we can use this awareness to help us update our IOS in order to design an intentionally created life. As an Intentio...