I lost an old friend on my birthday of dementia. Great chess player, national tournament director, thespian, actor. Last person you want to see lose their mind grasp. He fought it silently for 11 years.

I spent part of my weekend hiking a volcano, and it gave me such a deep reminder of how healing nature can be. That connection to the earth left me feeling refreshed and ready for a new week. Now I’m starting this week with intention, protecting my energy and slowing down where I can. Where do you go to recharge your energy? ✨

Is using AI spiritual? Is it giving my power away? What does AI do to my vibration? And my connection to the divine? In today’s email I want to share with you a balanced perspective and place I’ve come to within myself and how I show up in the world Saying AI is bad or “is not spiritual” is like saying the internet is bad.. Or not spiritual Yet there are spiritual messages, texts, and videos sharing positive messages all around the world that would NOT exist if it weren’t for the internet You wouldn’t know who I was if it wasn’t for a video you’ve seen of mine from the internet So personally I think that the way we relate to AI depends on the consciousness we use it with In a recent 21 day challenge I did, I integrated an AI worksheet tool that people could use for becoming aware of their core patterns underneath the surface It is an AI tool that people used that would reflect back language patterns in their stories about love, friends, purpose etc And it reveled so much information about the subconscious side of people that people were blown away by it People in the beginning had resistance to using the tool however once people in the community started posting their breakthroughs people caught on and would experience it too I use some AI in my coaching process in the Shift Academy to help people with pattern recognition and belief work I do NOT use it for nervous system regulation and healing I also had reservations when I first integrated something called Aaron AI into my coaching programs too.. It's basically an AI version of me programed with every youtube video I have ever made AND every coaching call I have ever done AND every live event I have ever done Once again it doesn’t replace me… as I still do a ton of live coaching (its my passion!) BUT it does allow my work to help more people in a personal way

Recently I've been thinking about something. Yesterday I was just thinking on my sofa and I was just remembering about that younger version of myself who would just not be disciplined and not do the work that I needed to do. And I want to just explain something that I think would be valuable to my younger self and to honestly most people. That is about what the true meanings of self-love are. Most people, when they think of self-love, they think of, "Oh it's whenever I have a bath bomb or something and have a whole day where I can be self-indulgent and I can sacrifice my goals and all of that." Truthfully no, the real true self-love is going to the gym whenever you don't feel like it. It is doing the work even though you can't be bothered. It's the days where you just cannot imagine doing any of the work but you do it regardless because whenever you do it for yourself, that will make all the difference. This is the true meanings of self-love. Every time that you feel like, "Oh I don't want to do the work today or I don't want to go to the gym today," just be like, "Oh well this is a chance for me to use my discipline skill, almost see this as a game." That's a fun way to go about it and it should be fun as well. That's basically it: just heal your trauma, do all this stuff for yourself, and prioritise yourself properly. Thank you for reading. Hope it was valuable as always.