Rise Higher Podcast | Empowerment | Motivation | Self-love | Confidence | Life Coaching | Hypnosis With Stephanie Kwong

In this episode, clinical psychologist and Founder/CEO of Resolutions Therapeutic Services Dr. Reza Nabavi is here to discuss his unique approach to overcoming mental health, addiction, and stress. We all have stress in our lives — We’re living in a day and age where we’re more connected, yet more lonely, than ever, and that’s taking its toll. Dr. Nabavi shares his strategies for dealing with this stress, and is here to share insights, resources and practices to manage mental health and empower you to create healing in your life. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP34

In this episode, best-selling author, life coach and podcast host Christine Hassler shares her path from Hollywood agent to life coach, and the emotional revelations and growth she experienced along the way. Christine reveals how things fell apart in her life in order to fall into the purpose she’s living today. Christine is here to help you through the emotional work necessary to free yourself from your past, change your present and get what you really want. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/ep33

In this episode, author, entrepreneur, and businesswoman Mary Shores shares the rollercoaster that was her path to success to found her now 8-figure business at age 24. Before Mary built the life she has now, she was abandoned at a young age and tragically lost her first child before she had the courage to rise higher and climb out of her rock bottom by rewriting her story, changing her words and beliefs and ultimately her life. Mary is here to walk you through how to truly change your mindset and patterns in your subconscious mind to break through any boundaries in order to become as successful, happy, and fulfilled as possible. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/ep32

Why don’t we ask for or only accept exactly what we want? The short answer: We don’t feel worthy. Ashley Stahl, counterterrorism pro turned career coach, entrepreneur and host of the You Turn Podcast, joins me today to talk about how we can tune into ourselves to discover what it is we truly want and deserve - without one more day of chasing, struggling or settling for less. Ashley shares lessons and practical steps that will arm you with the knowledge you need to step into your worthiness, meet your own needs, and trust that life is ultimately conspiring in your favor (because it is!). No more chasing or settling for ‘good enough.’ It’s time to give yourself permission to speak up and claim exactly what you desire and to welcome it into your life. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP31

Kelly Noonan Gores, the inspiring director/producer behind the incredibly powerful documentary HEAL, sits down with me to talk about the scientific and spiritual journey of her film to discover that our thoughts, beliefs and emotions have a huge impact on our health and ability to heal. We talk about fear and the toxic stories we tell ourselves that end up as disease in the body, and the importance of releasing repressed emotions in order to let go of stored trauma in the body. Kelly shares the wisdom and powerful messages of the experts she interviewed in her film like Deepak Chopra, Bruce Lipton, Marianne Williamson, Dr. Joe Dispenza and Michael Beckwith that ultimately we have more control over our health and life than we’ve been taught to believe, and how to connect with the extraordinary healer within us all. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP30

You can radically change your life just by changing how you think. Garrain Jones, serial entrepreneur and Transformation Coach, is living proof of this. After being homeless for years and imprisoned in France for smuggling drugs, Garrain uses his personal story to teach people all over the world how to rescue themselves from needless suffering and fear based imprisonment of the mind by getting crystal clear on how to change your mindset in order to free yourself and shape your reality to one that you desire. This episode will transform your life from the inside out. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/ep29

What’s your relationship with fear? Is fear your friend? Or do you resist, suppress, or feel that you need to beat or conquer it? If you think fear is an emotion you need to resist, suppress, overcome, or get rid of because it’s “bad,” get ready for that to shift as World-class athlete and Fear Expert Kristen Ulmer shares how society’s focuses on “winning the war” against fear is what’s causing pain, anxiety, depression and dissatisfaction in our lives. Kristen shares her four-step Art of Fear method that will help you broker a better, more accepting and loving relationship with fear so you can quickly and permanently resolve problems associated with fear and anxiety, once and for all. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP28

What does it take to shift from struggling to feel “good enough” to knowing that you are? Speaker and co-founder of the Flow Consciousness Institute, Jackie Knechtel shares her own personal healing journey from striving to please and overachieve to get her sense of value and worth, to finally recognizing her own value, independent of anything she might achieve externally. Jackie also talks about how to create exponential growth and success effortlessly by living deeply in flow and gives you some starting steps to take to clear out inner mental and emotional blocks to do that. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP27

Light Watkins, Vedic Meditation teacher and best-selling author, is paving the way to make meditation more accessible than ever before. With his second book “Bliss More: How to Succeed in Meditation Without Really Trying”, Light sits down with me to chat about his personal journey to spiritual wealth, including the most challenging time of his life when he found himself $2 million dollars in debt after becoming involved in a ponzi scheme. Hear why Light credits that experience, and the painful discomfort it caused him, as being the opportunity he needed to not only strengthen his relationship with his own intuition but also become the global Vedic meditation teacher he is today. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP26

Holistic Health Practitioner, Sarah Anne Stewart, learned about holistic healing as a teen when she witnessed her father heal himself of terminal cancer in 7 months with alternative medicine and food. Yet, as much as Sarah Anne knew about the healing power of food, she found herself battling a severe eating disorder after 10 years working as a model. Sarah shares her journey to heal her eating disorder and anxiety with her body by confronting unresolved pain, taking ownership of her story, unlearning destructive patterns at the subconscious level, and creating the ultimate relationship between her mind and body. Sarah Anne shares some of the practices she used that she now shares with her clients so you can understand how to heal and cultivate a deeper connection within yourself. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP25

In this episode, Spiritual Teacher and founder of Center of the Cyclone Meditation, Biet Simkin, shares how she got sober from heroin and healed from the trauma of losing her entire family. By looking directly at her pain was she able to understand just how much PERCEPTION and INTERPRETATION played a role not only in her recovery but also in her path in life going forward to become a spiritual teacher. Biet’s journey proves that hitting rock bottom can become life’s greatest gift when you’re willing to shift your perception and have the courage to look inward to connect to your highest self.   For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP24

Powerhouse entrepreneur Cecilia Pagkalinawan bravely opens up about the lost of her sister to an opioid overdose. It’s a loss that sent Cecilia reeling and into a depression during a time in her life when she had to keep it all together for her high-profile business. We talk about how Cecilia has to shut down her business and learn to process her grief in constructive, all-natural ways; the role friends played in her life during that time; and how one small miracle shortly after 9/11 changed her life forever. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP23

Integrative Spiritual Counselor, Creator of Wild Soul Movement, Author, and Host of the popular Truth Telling Podcast, Elizabeth Dialto, drops in about the importance of self-trust to release self-doubt, crippling indecision, the need for approval, and the fear of failure. Elizabeth talks about the soul’s desire versus the ego’s and how fulfillment is the ultimate measure of if we’re in alignment with ourselves. She also discusses femininity, entrepreneurship, and how they work together in her mission to empower women. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP22

Dane Johnson, Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist and founder of CrohnsColitisLifestyle shares about his near death experience with Crohn’s/Ulcerative Colitis. He was told by doctors that he would have to live out the rest of his life on drugs and go through multiple surgeries or he could possibly end up losing his life. Dane took his life & healing into his own hands and shares what he did to turn it all around to regain his health, and how he did it in a natural and holistic way. No drugs. No surgeries. His story and the wisdom he shares on how he healed is inspiring. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP21

In this episode we dive in with Kimra Luna, mother, badass, self-made 7-figure entrepreneur, and founder of Freedom Hackers. Many people know Kimra’s success story of going from welfare to creating a 7-figure business on her own in just over a year while raising 2 children and pregnant with her third. What most people don’t know, and what we drop deeply in about today is how painful and chaotic Kimra’s past was. Today, Kimra vulnerably shares about her excruciating childhood trauma, and her experience growing up in an intensely abusive household. She goes in depth on what helped her shift her mindset, so she could heal, rise higher and not have her past define her future. Kimra talks all about the inner work she did to heal and to have the confidence to create the success she now has with her life and business. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP20

In this episode, photographer, podcast host, and creative entrepreneur, Nick Onken, takes us through the ups and downs of his career as a creative. Nick shares his journey of how he pursued his passion as a photographer with a whole lot of hustle and grit racking up over 10,000 hours of practice to create massive success. We also drop in deep about Nick’s struggles when things started to slow down for him in his work. He started losing bids and hit a series of rejection after rejection, which led to one of the biggest down turns of his mental and emotional wellness. Nick opens up about the pain of the rejection, judgment and other challenges he’s going through, and all the beautiful inner work he’s doing to heal, to rise up, and start lighting his own path again. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP19

In this episode, author, artist and speaker Amber Rae drops truth bombs left, right and center! Amber shares how she made the shift from living her life the way she was "supposed to" to finding her truth and purpose. She connects where worry, fear and panic were coming up for her and how she utilized those feelings and emotions to develop a deeper understanding of herself, and how you can too. Amber reflects on how she created a new relationship with worry, practiced compassion with herself, and chose wonder to set herself free. She teaches us her three steps to "worry better" so that you can start making your magic happen. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP18

In this episode, we dive in with Lauren Taus, a clinical therapist and renowned yoga instructor, to uncover how she shifted from living in self shame to become the confident, courageous and empowering healer she is today. Lauren shares deeply about her struggle with body image and self love and how that impacted her romantic relationships. We touch on her journey to forgive her mother and when she realized that the power to heal that relationship was inside of her. Lauren gives her best daily practices for rewiring your beliefs to set yourself free. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP17

In this episode, actor, producer and writer, Cottrell Guidry, vulnerably exposes how growing up with a father who lost his battle to addiction created a belief that he would always come in second. Listen in as Cottrell shares how he shifted into worthiness to come first, to get the part, and to release judgments of himself and others that has led to his success. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP16

Dina Kaplan, founder of The Path, started believing she wasn’t good enough starting at age 8 so she lived her life as who she thought others wanted her to be. This inauthenticity backfired on her as she built a successful business and it threw her into panic attacks. Dina exposes how mastering meditation and trusting her intuition has lead her to own her true success. For full show notes and episode resources head to http://stephaniekwong.com/EP15