#88 - Agapi Stassinopoulos on Spiritual Intelligence and the Power of Prayer

Pooja and Agapi discuss how embracing practices like self-love, meditation, checking self-doubt and limiting beliefs at the door, and not being afraid to unleash your childlike freedom can help create a limitless, fulfilled life. Wake up to the Joy of You is the title of Agapi's most recent book and both Pooja and Agapi touch on and extend upon many of it's core lessons such as "Enoughness", "Momento Mori", teaching yourself and your children about the deeper meaning of "Wealth", and dealing with difficult situations and people with "Grace".

“The big truth that every day, moment by moment, all you have to do is be yourself” and “once I gave myself permission to be the unique person that I am, I began to live with a feeling of love, abundance and safety.”  -- passages from "Wake up to the Joy of You".

About Agapi:

Agapi is a best-selling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. In her previous book, Unbinding the Heart: A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity, and Unconditional Love, she shares the wisdom from her life’s adventures and experiences. In her new book, Wake Up to the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life, she takes readers on a journey and inspires them to let go of what doesn’t work and instead create the lives they really want. Agapi was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then moved on to receive her master’s degree in psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Her previous books on the Greek archetypes, Gods and Goddesses in Love and Conversations with the Goddesses, were turned into PBS specials. She is currently conducting workshops for Thrive Global, a company founded by her sister, Arianna Huffington, to help change the way we work and live. Agapi has spoken and conducted meditations at many organizations and companies including ABC Carpet & Home, Women’s Health Magazine, Museum of Modern Art, IBM Watson, SAP, Pandora Radio, CVS Corporate, Weight Watchers, PepsiCo, Google, Nike, Starbucks, Fortune Health Conference, and The Heart Association, amongst many. She divides her time between New York and Los Angeles and was born and raised in Athens, Greece.

Follow  Agapi:

On IG: @agapisees 

Agapi's website: https://wakeuptothejoyofyou.com/

Agapi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agapi-stassinopoulos/

Buy the book, Speaking with Spirit
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LinkedIn: @PoojaMottl  https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/

Special Thanks : 

Kris Kosach of the TPR Podcast for lending her VO for our Podcast Intro: https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home

Jessica Panian https://www.jessicapanian.com/ for her help with our graphic design: https://www.jessicapanian.com/