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In this episode, Cheryl and I dive into her transformation from the corporate world to sickness to regaining her health, through finding her joy within and the tools she has developed over the years, that she now shares with her clients as she helps them learn to tap into their intuition to find the answers to achieve their desires and dreams within. If you are feeling like you aren’t fully alive, not fully living, perhaps it’s time for you to also go within to discover what is missing, and the path you need to journey on in order to land in a place of complete joy and happiness in who you are, why you are here on earth at this time and what you have to offer and be in service to others. If you want some help with that, I highly recommend reaching out to Cheryl and working with her.
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About the Guest:
What makes you come alive and keeps you that way? For Cheryl Brewster, it's always about the courage to say YES to that “something bigger” in life… to venture into greater possibilities. Through intuitive consultations, mindset coaching, seminars and intuitive business masterminds, and communication courses, Cheryl’s zone of genius is supporting entrepreneurs, corporations, thought leaders, and government agencies, in defining and creating that “something more,”, especially during times of transition or challenge. A business intuitive, speaker, and ordained Minister of Metaphysics, Cheryl s excited to now add her designations in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner), Time Line Therapy Ò, and Hypnosis. Cheryl works with individuals and organizations alike and her partial client list includes the Justice Institute of BC (JIBC), the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), the Canadian Society of Nutrition Managers (CSNM), the Local Government Management Association (LGMA), and many social service associations. Her intuitive work has been showcased for Starbucks, Tourism Whistler, and numerous conferences and business summits.
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Melissa Deally:Welcome back to the don't wait for your wake up call podcast.
Melissa Deally:My name is Melissa, Delia, your show host and today I am
Melissa Deally:bringing to you a wonderful friend of mine, Cheryl Brewster.
Melissa Deally:Welcome Cheryl.
Cheryl Brewster:Thanks, Melissa. It's always so much fun
Cheryl Brewster:hanging out with you.
Melissa Deally:Well, I'm excited to share you with my
Melissa Deally:audience today. And just to give the audience a little bit of an
Melissa Deally:intro of who you are, and then I'll have you share your story.
Melissa Deally:I want to start out with a question that you ask at the
Melissa Deally:beginning of your bio, what makes you come alive and keeps
Melissa Deally:you that way? And so audience really think about that. What
Melissa Deally:makes you come alive and keeps you that way? For Cheryl, it's
Melissa Deally:always about the courage to say yes to that something bigger in
Melissa Deally:life to venture into greater possibilities. Through intuitive
Melissa Deally:consultations, mindset coachings seminars and intuitive business
Melissa Deally:masterminds and communication courses. Cheryl's zone of genius
Melissa Deally:is supporting entrepreneurs, corporations, thought leaders,
Melissa Deally:government agencies in defining and creating that something
Melissa Deally:more, especially during times of transition or challenge, and
Melissa Deally:don't we know times of transition and challenge right
Melissa Deally:now Cheryl, so I love that you're here. This is my month,
Melissa Deally:or my theme of intuition. And I'm so excited to be able to
Melissa Deally:share you with my audience as we dive deeper into learning how to
Melissa Deally:tap into our intuition, because we all have it, but we don't
Melissa Deally:necessarily all use it. But I would love for you just to start
Melissa Deally:out by sharing your story, what brought you into this line of
Melissa Deally:work and expertise that you are so incredible at sharing with
Melissa Deally:others now,
Cheryl Brewster:sir, Thanks, Melissa. Well, first of all,
Cheryl Brewster:that question, what makes you come alive and keeps you that
Cheryl Brewster:way is really what drew me into this field. And my background
Cheryl Brewster:is, is corporate working for electrical engineering and
Cheryl Brewster:manufacturing. So it's a pretty big difference. So intuition
Cheryl Brewster:will take us into our zone of genius, it will take us into our
Cheryl Brewster:strengths, and it will take us into what we're naturally good
Cheryl Brewster:at. And the quandary that we find ourselves in is that it
Cheryl Brewster:will take us into the unknown or the unexpected. So that's where
Cheryl Brewster:we could have inner values conflict, right, where we really
Cheryl Brewster:want to follow our passion in our hearts. But if we've not
Cheryl Brewster:done it before, then it puts us when I call into freefall, it's
Cheryl Brewster:almost an existential angst. And that's what happened for me, I
Cheryl Brewster:loved what I did, I was really good at it amazing company. But
Cheryl Brewster:you come to that crossroads where you know, there's
Cheryl Brewster:something more, and do you have the courage to take that leap?
Cheryl Brewster:Because there's no track record, you are starting from scratch,
Cheryl Brewster:at least I was. And if I had to do it all over again, I think I
Cheryl Brewster:could have made things a lot simpler, easier. But I would do
Cheryl Brewster:it all over again. Because when we're trusting our gut, trusting
Cheryl Brewster:our intuition, we're we're growing into our potential, and
Cheryl Brewster:there's nothing more rewarding or satisfying than that. So
Melissa Deally:I agree it's an adventure
Cheryl Brewster:for sure. Because you're you're kind of
Cheryl Brewster:meeting some dragons along the way and you you kind of you
Cheryl Brewster:know, you make them your allies, you figure out you don't have to
Cheryl Brewster:slay them, befriend them and tame them and and they can be
Cheryl Brewster:your your faithful servants. I just think it's so exciting. And
Cheryl Brewster:especially now with all of the heaviness in the world and all
Cheryl Brewster:of the fear, the old structures are tumbling you Land literally,
Cheryl Brewster:I truly believe that is each one of us does our part to go down
Cheryl Brewster:deep inside, figure out what does make us come alive and do
Cheryl Brewster:that, that we are serving humanity. And and I think we're
Cheryl Brewster:in for some really exciting times here. And it's so
Cheryl Brewster:important to keep our focus on possibility and positivity.
Cheryl Brewster:Because if we don't fear does a real number as we know. And we
Cheryl Brewster:don't need any more stress we've had enough.
Melissa Deally:Exactly. I fully agree with all that you've
Melissa Deally:shared there. And, you know, especially with where the
Melissa Deally:world's at today, you know how many people have lost jobs
Melissa Deally:through the pandemic, and then those jobs are no longer
Melissa Deally:available, or maybe they're being called back to their jobs.
Melissa Deally:But they've changed, right? Pandemic has changed us the way
Melissa Deally:we live our lives. And people are like, well, I don't want to
Melissa Deally:go back to that job where I had to commute an hour and a half
Melissa Deally:each way, every day to get to work, etc. I've worked from
Melissa Deally:home, I want to keep working from home, you know, there's
Melissa Deally:people that are having to face these decisions of do I go back
Melissa Deally:to what I was doing before or not, and allowing, having them
Melissa Deally:understand that they can tap into their intuition to truly
Melissa Deally:guide them in that decision making. Right, as opposed to
Melissa Deally:just doing what they've always done, and then ending up feeling
Melissa Deally:unfulfilled or unhappy and stressed out, because, you know,
Melissa Deally:it's not where they know, they want to be.
Cheryl Brewster:Exactly. And right now, I think it's
Cheryl Brewster:absolutely critical and crucial that we take a step back and
Cheryl Brewster:look at that bigger picture. And you'll notice behind me, I've
Cheryl Brewster:got a pirate hat. Because I believe one of the roles of
Cheryl Brewster:intuition is to challenge the status quo. And and we're really
Cheryl Brewster:challenging old programming old patterns. And I combine
Cheryl Brewster:intuition with imagination. And the combination of those two.
Cheryl Brewster:Very, very powerful. And you and I were talking earlier, we both
Cheryl Brewster:taken some, some training and in some new modalities that we're
Cheryl Brewster:using. And I love, love, love the aspect of it's time to bring
Cheryl Brewster:humor and joy and fun back into our worlds.
Melissa Deally:Absolutely.
Cheryl Brewster:And, you know, if you're going through a hard
Cheryl Brewster:time, it's kind of hard to make that shift. But but if you
Cheryl Brewster:again, if you take a step back, look at the bigger picture. And
Cheryl Brewster:go wait a minute. I have potential inside me. I haven't
Cheryl Brewster:even tapped yet. I wonder what would happen if? And that's a
Cheryl Brewster:really great question right now for for our listeners. I wonder
Cheryl Brewster:what would happen if I listened to that part of me that wants to
Cheryl Brewster:create more ease and grace in life.
Melissa Deally:And it's interesting that you say, you
Melissa Deally:know that because I've been using the words, imagine if a
Melissa Deally:lot lately, right. But even when I think back to my own story of
Melissa Deally:coming out of the corporate world, and ending up in health
Melissa Deally:and wellness, I mean, that was completely guided by my
Melissa Deally:intuition, because I never had health and wellness on my radar
Melissa Deally:before, right, I have a commerce degree than I ended up in sales
Melissa Deally:and corporate etc. And while I cared about my health, it was
Melissa Deally:never on my radar to get into this line of work. But things
Melissa Deally:just kept happening, that were directing me, right. And I was
Melissa Deally:allowing myself to be guided into that. And then, you know,
Melissa Deally:unknowingly in some ways, using my intuition to take the next
Melissa Deally:steps. And it has landed me in a place where I have absolutely
Melissa Deally:love what I do today. And I loved what I did before. But
Melissa Deally:that was no more. Right? It was gone. That wasn't an option
Melissa Deally:anymore. So what was next, and I'm just really grateful that
Melissa Deally:I've landed in something else that I absolutely love. And
Melissa Deally:that's the message I want to share with the audience as well.
Melissa Deally:You might love what you do today, or did before the
Melissa Deally:pandemic and now that's no more. Well, that doesn't mean you
Melissa Deally:can't find something else that you absolutely love. And the
Melissa Deally:thing is, it could be completely different to what you were doing
Melissa Deally:before. And you won't know that unless you allow yourself to be
Melissa Deally:guided by your intuition.
Cheryl Brewster:Exactly. And that's why it plays such a
Cheryl Brewster:critical role. And I like to use the analogy of and this applies
Cheryl Brewster:specially to I think to entrepreneurs who are you know,
Cheryl Brewster:they use their intuition a lot. But we all have our own
Cheryl Brewster:individual glass ceilings and as long as printers we all grow
Cheryl Brewster:ourselves. And as thought leaders we outgrow ourselves as
Cheryl Brewster:creatives we outgrow ourselves. And so it's really interesting,
Cheryl Brewster:like you can be super successful. And all of a sudden,
Cheryl Brewster:it's like, hey, this isn't cutting it anymore, like what's
Cheryl Brewster:going on? And so that invitation to go into imagination to say,
Cheryl Brewster:Hmm, I wonder, and, and using imagination, what would it be
Cheryl Brewster:like to? And I found, I find the power of that so incredible. And
Cheryl Brewster:it, it does displace the fear. Mm hmm. And it makes friends
Cheryl Brewster:with it. And in my line of work with, you know, doing intuitive
Cheryl Brewster:readings and training and coaching and consulting, the
Cheryl Brewster:bottom line for everybody, I believe, is, Am I really being
Cheryl Brewster:here for myself? And my sense is, there's a real movement
Cheryl Brewster:taking place right now we're really, and I'll bring in the
Cheryl Brewster:spiritual component here, too, because as someone who studied
Cheryl Brewster:metaphysics, is, what's the point of this particular
Cheryl Brewster:lifetime? What am I really here for? And so the combination of
Cheryl Brewster:intuition and imagination goes, well, what do I really like?
Cheryl Brewster:What are my strengths? What gives me joy, and this ability
Cheryl Brewster:to allow ourselves to really, really embrace, feeling good
Cheryl Brewster:inside. And it sounds very simple. But if we ought to be
Cheryl Brewster:really honest with ourselves today, it was like, Oh, we begin
Cheryl Brewster:to find this, this pressure that we have, perhaps unknowingly
Cheryl Brewster:been putting on ourselves. And that's where being coming aware
Cheryl Brewster:of the pressure is so important, because there are tools that we
Cheryl Brewster:can access inside that help to remove them. But this is gritty
Cheryl Brewster:work. And I think that that's important to stress this, it is
Cheryl Brewster:gritty work. It will take you into places you don't want to
Cheryl Brewster:go. And that's why I love doing what I'm doing. Because I've
Cheryl Brewster:been there know what it's like to go into uncertainty. And they
Cheryl Brewster:come out the other side going, wow, you know, that was worth
Cheryl Brewster:the price of admission? I'm glad I did that.
Melissa Deally:It's always about coming out the other side,
Melissa Deally:right? Yep. Because you come out the other side as a new person
Melissa Deally:with new learning new insight, etc, etc, that allows you to
Melissa Deally:look back and be grateful, yes, for whatever triggered you going
Melissa Deally:through that additional growth. In the moment, you're not
Melissa Deally:grateful for it at all, I totally get that been there too.
Melissa Deally:But when you come out the other side, you know, you've come out
Melissa Deally:the other side when you can look back at it with gratitude.
Cheryl Brewster:Right, exactly. So So I love to take a look at
Cheryl Brewster:you know, I always I always take a look at my own life and go,
Cheryl Brewster:Okay, whoever comes into my life, in terms of synchronicity,
Cheryl Brewster:I were we're here to help each other grow, you know, and those
Cheryl Brewster:can be really amazing experiences. And those can be
Cheryl Brewster:more challenging ones. But the bottom line here is, is keeping
Cheryl Brewster:an open mindset. Yeah. And and you know, we can, it's very, I
Cheryl Brewster:always go back to Okay, in this moment, is this making me come
Cheryl Brewster:alive? And if it's not, the intuitive guidance, then is
Cheryl Brewster:bringing me back online. And I think it's very important to
Cheryl Brewster:stress to that what we're going through right now is to really
Cheryl Brewster:honor what we're feeling and to embrace the negative emotions as
Cheryl Brewster:as guidance actually saying, hey, get back on track, you're
Cheryl Brewster:limiting yourself, you're in some way.
Melissa Deally:Very, very true. And you were just talking about
Melissa Deally:tools. And I know that you have a tool that you use the acronym
Melissa Deally:joy. Yes. And so I would love you to share that with the
Melissa Deally:audience.
Cheryl Brewster:Absolutely. I use the word joy as an acronym
Cheryl Brewster:because it stands for two things. JL why just open
Cheryl Brewster:yourself and JL why Joy of you? And,
Melissa Deally:and simply that word joy in and of itself,
Melissa Deally:right? It's beautiful that you've got two acronyms from it.
Melissa Deally:But you know joy is that highest energy state that we can be in
Melissa Deally:as humans or maybe it's one below is peace, the highest joy
Melissa Deally:might be wanting peace,
Cheryl Brewster:the highest and then joy which is in They're
Cheryl Brewster:both higher than love, which I find really interesting. And I
Cheryl Brewster:was thinking about our interview today. And I thought, you know,
Cheryl Brewster:I have to remember to say this is that I think joy is perhaps a
Cheryl Brewster:bit higher than love, because joy is the action of love. And
Cheryl Brewster:each one of us are here for a specific reason to experience
Cheryl Brewster:our contentment inside, that's what we're here for. And when we
Cheryl Brewster:go through different life experiences that don't
Cheryl Brewster:particularly feel so joyful, just that little reminder is
Cheryl Brewster:that everything here serves me everything, who's here to
Cheryl Brewster:support my growth? So the the aspect of joy, then, is this
Cheryl Brewster:profound acceptance that comes from both the sorrow and the
Cheryl Brewster:pain of life, that that enjoy integrates that. And so at the
Cheryl Brewster:time, yeah, it doesn't feel so great. But again, this bigger
Cheryl Brewster:picture that I believe Joy really represents, because
Cheryl Brewster:there's cycles and seasons and what you put them all together.
Cheryl Brewster:And you know, there's something really, really wonderful
Cheryl Brewster:happening. So joy is Yeah,
Melissa Deally:share how we can all get into that place of joy,
Melissa Deally:right? Because right now, not enough of us are living there.
Cheryl Brewster:Exactly. And that, and that's so So Melissa,
Cheryl Brewster:get so excited, because in my own work, I see how I'm changing
Cheryl Brewster:and evolving and growing where, you know, intuition supports
Cheryl Brewster:joy. Why is joy important? Well, we think better, we feel better,
Cheryl Brewster:we're more creative or more innovative. And when we allow
Cheryl Brewster:joy and accept joy, not only is our birthright, but as the most
Cheryl Brewster:optimal way of creating prosperity, because the
Cheryl Brewster:definition of prosperity is, is the integration of the cold,
Cheryl Brewster:hard facts in the physical world, whether that's a job or a
Cheryl Brewster:house, or security, or cash, or finances, or whatever. But those
Cheryl Brewster:things in and of themselves will not bring peace. There's a
Cheryl Brewster:combination of things going on here. Yes. And that's why I like
Cheryl Brewster:to talk about joy, because joy comes from the inside out. And
Cheryl Brewster:really, and when we're going through fear and transition, we
Cheryl Brewster:forget that, but it's wired in us. And so us that's why using
Cheryl Brewster:imagination is so important and so powerful. And it's it's
Cheryl Brewster:something that I believe it's a lost art, that we are reclaiming
Cheryl Brewster:because it will take us into the grand adventure of life. And
Cheryl Brewster:again, asking that question, Am I really feeling alive in this
Cheryl Brewster:moment? Which brings us to choice point. And that's where,
Cheryl Brewster:and you're familiar with the ABCs of intuition? Yes,
Melissa Deally:I want to dive into that as well. Lots to
Melissa Deally:unpack here and share with the audience.
Cheryl Brewster:Well, last one tact and, and and again, life is
Cheryl Brewster:a great adventure. Nothing at all, Helen Keller said that and
Cheryl Brewster:I adore. We all have muses, well, Helen Keller is one of my
Cheryl Brewster:muses. Right and, and so And here's an invitation I put out
Cheryl Brewster:to the audience listening to this, think of who you really
Cheryl Brewster:admire who really speaks to your heart and take a moment and just
Cheryl Brewster:just be present with what it is you admire about them. And how
Cheryl Brewster:that little bit of admiration can actually affect the change
Cheryl Brewster:in you. And consider that you you also are someone that other
Cheryl Brewster:people admire, and, and really appreciate that you to make a
Cheryl Brewster:difference in their lives. And what if you lead from that
Cheryl Brewster:place? More frequently, more often? What if you allow
Cheryl Brewster:yourself to feel really, really good about who you are? Because
Cheryl Brewster:when we're going in transition and change the primal brain
Cheryl Brewster:kicks in, right? It's like, you know, instead of, instead of
Cheryl Brewster:realizing, yes, I do have impact. Yes, I bring incredible
Cheryl Brewster:gifts to the world. You know, the critical voice gets in
Cheryl Brewster:there. And it's like, what a schmuck Are you and all of a
Cheryl Brewster:sudden we're
Melissa Deally:Who are you to think you can do that in our
Melissa Deally:comfort zone and all to keep us safe, right? That primal brain
Melissa Deally:is is meant to do is to keep us safe. And so yeah, and those
Melissa Deally:messages can absolutely, you know, be our undoing.
Cheryl Brewster:Exactly. And that's why I I love to talk
Cheryl Brewster:about joy, because joy will bring you back if you're not
Cheryl Brewster:having fun. If you're not feeling peaceful, well, you can
Cheryl Brewster:and, and bring yourself back. So the ABCs of intuition really tie
Cheryl Brewster:into that. So it's a formula that I created over over, over
Cheryl Brewster:many years. And it's so powerful. The ABCs of
Cheryl Brewster:internalist intuition are the language of the soul. And it's
Cheryl Brewster:like, wow, I am here for a great adventure. And am I giving
Cheryl Brewster:myself permission to really live it? And what if I did, so A is
Cheryl Brewster:for aware? I'm aware in this moment of what what's going on?
Cheryl Brewster:Okay. I'm not feeling the greatest. Uh, let's, let's take
Cheryl Brewster:a look at that. So I'm going to allow what's here, knowing that
Cheryl Brewster:it's serving me, and it's inviting me to find what it is
Cheryl Brewster:within me, that I'm not seeing. And that I believe, totally
Cheryl Brewster:reframes fear, because now it's like, oh, I'm feeling this
Cheryl Brewster:particular emotion. Because there's something more for me
Cheryl Brewster:that I don't I'm not seeing, right. So aware, breathe,
Cheryl Brewster:connect to what that hidden aspect is trust.
Melissa Deally:So in the ABCs, the B is breathe. So we're
Melissa Deally:breathing through that difficult emotion that we're dealing with,
Melissa Deally:right? And then C is connect, you said,
Cheryl Brewster:Yep, connect to the heart. Because in the
Cheryl Brewster:breathing and the allowing that emotion to be there, Michael
Cheryl Brewster:singer talks about this in the Untethered Soul. He said, Yes,
Cheryl Brewster:you're going to feel discomfort, but it will only be temporary.
Cheryl Brewster:So the more that we allow ourselves, to be really honest
Cheryl Brewster:with ourselves tell the truth, okay, here it is. Rather than
Cheryl Brewster:judging it, I'm going to see it as energy moving. And, and I
Cheryl Brewster:like to use be for breathe, but I also like to use it for blast.
Cheryl Brewster:I'm gonna bless this as it moves through me because it's trying
Cheryl Brewster:to help. Thank you. Right. So that,
Melissa Deally:and the sooner we allow the ABCs to kick in,
Melissa Deally:and we choose to, you know, be aware of it, acknowledge it,
Melissa Deally:breathe through it, bless it, and then connect with it, the
Melissa Deally:sooner we get to the other side, and that plays in clearly,
Melissa Deally:right, as opposed to fighting it squashing it, eating our way
Melissa Deally:through it, right. I mean, this is this aligns so beautifully
Melissa Deally:with just the work that I do with people in terms of, you
Melissa Deally:know, detoxing and eating and guiding them through a detox.
Melissa Deally:And, you know, people might be thinking, well, what's the
Melissa Deally:benefit of a detox? Well, a, you're cleaning out your
Melissa Deally:insides, et cetera, et cetera, lowering inflammation, and all
Melissa Deally:of those physical health benefits. But honestly, the
Melissa Deally:greatest benefit that I see my clients get is the awareness in
Melissa Deally:how their body feels in when they learn how to turn on
Melissa Deally:digestion, before eating, when they change the way that they're
Melissa Deally:eating from, you know, into a more nutrient dense meal, at
Melissa Deally:cetera, et cetera, when they change the timing of their
Melissa Deally:meals. As they learn all of this, that awareness is kicking
Melissa Deally:in, right. And so from that place of joy, and awareness, all
Melissa Deally:of it ties back to our health as well. Because when we stuffed
Melissa Deally:down those emotions, and we don't allow them to process and
Melissa Deally:we ignore them, that's another form of toxicity in our body
Melissa Deally:that causes inflammation, and over time, can trigger dis ease
Melissa Deally:in the body.
Cheryl Brewster:Exactly. And you nailed it, because it's the
Cheryl Brewster:unprocessed emotion. And again, here's the biology, right? It's
Cheryl Brewster:a combination of the emotional with the biology, and that's why
Cheryl Brewster:listening to our intuition is so important. You know, you said
Cheryl Brewster:something really, really, that touched my heart there. Which is
Cheryl Brewster:really we're talking about mindfulness and really
Cheryl Brewster:appreciating like, like, I love what Joseph Campbell said. He
Cheryl Brewster:said, This moment is eternity. If we don't get it here, we
Cheryl Brewster:don't get it anywhere. Right. So to be able to live life in terms
Cheryl Brewster:of in this moment, hey, I'm here. I'm alive. What am I going
Cheryl Brewster:to do with this aliveness? And then we're talking about food is
Cheryl Brewster:is we're mindful with appreciating, and we're mindful
Cheryl Brewster:with there is so there is so much to discover there is so
Cheryl Brewster:much to enjoy. And I'd even use the body as a metaphor in a
Cheryl Brewster:bigger way. For example, what's happening in you know, in the
Cheryl Brewster:world today, whether it's Russia in the Ukraine or whatever is
Cheryl Brewster:happening in these big world events. is that there's, as we
Cheryl Brewster:each do our part, that we're all contributing to the fabric of
Cheryl Brewster:humanity in consciousness. And so to really make this personal,
Cheryl Brewster:because the more that we do to live our highest optimal self,
Cheryl Brewster:the more we are contributing, and we will be led or guided to
Cheryl Brewster:appropriate action that we need to take. So I,
Melissa Deally:we also lift others up around us.
Cheryl Brewster:actly. Exactly. And so when you talk about
Cheryl Brewster:inflammation, we are all at, you know, AI, in this massive return
Cheryl Brewster:to, to taking care of the planet by starting with us, and, and
Cheryl Brewster:speaking of us, there's a there's, again, a, quote Helen
Cheryl Brewster:Keller, because I think what we're really battling right now
Cheryl Brewster:is overwhelm. And, you know, what can one person do? And one
Cheryl Brewster:of her quotes that so touched my heart was, I'm only one person,
Cheryl Brewster:I can't do everything. But I will not refuse to do the one
Cheryl Brewster:thing I can do powerful is that like, like, if we all really,
Cheryl Brewster:really took that to heart, because you, each one of us has
Cheryl Brewster:the one thing that we can do.
Melissa Deally:And there's another quote, and I'm not even
Melissa Deally:going to get it right. I'll completely butcher it. But I
Melissa Deally:love it. And it was something along the lines of don't believe
Melissa Deally:that just because you're one person, you can't change the
Melissa Deally:world. It's in fact, the only thing that ever did. Oh, right.
Melissa Deally:Because one person starts it. And then it has that ripple
Melissa Deally:effect. Exactly. And so you could be that one person that
Melissa Deally:triggers that ripple effect.
Cheryl Brewster:You and You are you are that one person. And
Cheryl Brewster:again, I think that's what I call the return to joy. We live
Cheryl Brewster:in a society, especially in North America, where it's so
Cheryl Brewster:external based. And it's it's like, no, it's it's internal.
Cheryl Brewster:Yes. That's the greatest treasure there is, is inside.
Cheryl Brewster:And so this shift and awakening, and it starts with the detox.
Cheryl Brewster:Well, you know, in the mind, body spirit, it does start with
Cheryl Brewster:the detox. Okay, let's clean all this stuff out. And, and but but
Cheryl Brewster:here's, here's my thing is like, but can we have more fun doing
Cheryl Brewster:it? Like I knowing we need to do this, like no one needs to do
Cheryl Brewster:that. But when we have more fun doing it, like, number one more
Cheryl Brewster:gets done. And we have we just enjoy life more. Yeah,
Cheryl Brewster:absolutely. So that and that's what I funny that
Melissa Deally:you say that because I was recently in a
Melissa Deally:business intensive training. And we had somebody come in and talk
Melissa Deally:about, you know, subject lines for emails and headlines for
Melissa Deally:newspapers, right? What gets people to click and open and
Melissa Deally:read, et cetera, et cetera. And, you know, my, my group program
Melissa Deally:is called help kickstart and detox. And it's what it is, is
Melissa Deally:that gonna, you know, are people jumping up and down to do a
Melissa Deally:detox? No. Do people know they need it? And they do it anyway.
Melissa Deally:And they love the process with me? Yes. But then they were
Melissa Deally:laughing and going well, you could be changing your headlines
Melissa Deally:to you know, look hot, naked, again, get bikini ready this
Melissa Deally:summer. So I've started doing that just because, yeah, bring
Melissa Deally:that fun and silliness into it, et cetera, et cetera. And to
Melissa Deally:have people you know, kind of look at it in a more playful
Melissa Deally:way. We're still, you know, having to look after our body,
Melissa Deally:but it can be more playful, it can be more fun, which I love
Melissa Deally:that you brought that up, because my whole last month of
Melissa Deally:podcast episodes was all about bringing more play and more fun
Melissa Deally:into your life. And as a result of doing that, it's something
Melissa Deally:that I've been consciously doing a lot more of recently, and it's
Melissa Deally:been fabulous from, you know, girls night out, you know,
Melissa Deally:dancing at the Irish Pub until all hours to I just saw the same
Melissa Deally:movie twice in one weekend because it was Top Gun and oh my
Melissa Deally:god, it was amazing. And I'm in love with Tom Cruise all over
Melissa Deally:again. And I haven't done that since I was a teenager, right?
Melissa Deally:But we can, and we can allow ourselves to have fun. Just
Melissa Deally:because we grow up into adults doesn't mean we have to stop
Melissa Deally:having fun. If you're enjoying my content and someone that
Melissa Deally:wants to step into being proactive in your health and
Melissa Deally:learning more, I would love to invite you to join my membership
Melissa Deally:community. There's a link in the show notes for only 1999 a month
Melissa Deally:you get access to all of my content And there's a lot as
Melissa Deally:well as weekly calls that you can come and get your health
Melissa Deally:questions answered.
Melissa Deally:It's truly priceless.
Melissa Deally:I'd love to see you join the community, check out the link in
Melissa Deally:the show notes. And it's something else you also
Melissa Deally:mentioned that brought me back, I'm reading the book atomic
Melissa Deally:habits right now. And you mentioned like showing up and
Melissa Deally:being alive. And in that book, he told the story of his five
Melissa Deally:year old daughter, one day, no two year old, she was two. And
Melissa Deally:she was up really early one morning, and he was up with her.
Melissa Deally:And she just decided to walk out the front door. So he followed
Melissa Deally:her out the front door, and she walked out into the middle of
Melissa Deally:the garden and threw her arms up in the air and said,
Unknown:Hello, world.
Melissa Deally:I'm here. Right, as a two year old, that we need
Melissa Deally:more of that in our adult lives, right, we've stopped being so
Melissa Deally:serious. And that is a child who is absolutely, you know, living
Melissa Deally:in her joy and ready and in her liveness. Right. She's ready for
Melissa Deally:her day.
Cheryl Brewster:I love that story. And and it really speaks
Cheryl Brewster:to me, I think is is the DIS I call it the discipline of joy. I
Cheryl Brewster:put the two words together, because it's like a test plan.
Cheryl Brewster:It's like, yeah, you know what we are unlearning some really
Cheryl Brewster:toxic habits. And, and again, whatever analogy works for
Cheryl Brewster:people. Again, for me, I and you know, in one of the talks I've
Cheryl Brewster:got coming up, it's called Embrace your inner pirate.
Cheryl Brewster:Because there and fail boldly because it's like, why we the,
Cheryl Brewster:again, the pressure that we unknowingly put on ourselves.
Cheryl Brewster:And so when we embrace that inner pirate, it's like, I'm
Cheryl Brewster:going to, I'm going to break this pressure, I'm going to
Cheryl Brewster:break the rules of conforming to the pressure, I don't need to be
Cheryl Brewster:doing this to myself. But without reflection, which is why
Cheryl Brewster:I host monthly intention setting without reflection, how will we
Cheryl Brewster:know? And so we imagine that every month is a gateway to the
Cheryl Brewster:grand adventure of your life. So every month, you have a chance
Cheryl Brewster:to take the time to reflect. What did I learn? Where did I
Cheryl Brewster:grow? How? How much more? Am I living the adventure of my life
Cheryl Brewster:this month than I was last month? You know, and really
Cheryl Brewster:keeping those focus questions and also telling the truth like,
Cheryl Brewster:Okay, what am I what am I still avoiding? And, and to go in and
Cheryl Brewster:to go deep. And to also go in with this whole idea of life is
Cheryl Brewster:a grand adventure, or nothing at all, to really put it in
Cheryl Brewster:perspective, because again, what's the point? What are we
Cheryl Brewster:here for?
Melissa Deally:I love the idea of being that grand adventure,
Melissa Deally:again, when you look at it from the perspective of the child,
Melissa Deally:right? To them every day is a grand adventure. And I don't
Melissa Deally:know about you, because you were in the corporate world as well.
Melissa Deally:But I do definitely, I mean, I've loved my career in the
Melissa Deally:corporate world for 24 years. But I do feel like, that's where
Melissa Deally:some of this got beaten out of me, in the sense that, you know,
Melissa Deally:it was just, there was so much focus on getting the job done.
Melissa Deally:And, you know, you're paid for 40 hours a week, but you weren't
Melissa Deally:gonna get the job done anything less than 60. And then after
Melissa Deally:that you're dealing with, you know, getting meals on the table
Melissa Deally:and sports games and the grocery shopping done. And you just, you
Melissa Deally:don't have time for anything else. And it just the stress
Melissa Deally:just builds, right. And that's where I was when I look back,
Melissa Deally:grateful that I got let go. Because I got to completely
Melissa Deally:change my life and design a life to live it the way I want to
Melissa Deally:live it now where I do get to play. And I do get to have that
Melissa Deally:time to be reflective, et cetera, et cetera. But was that
Melissa Deally:your experience in the corporate world too? Or is that just
Cheryl Brewster:just Yeah, well, well, very much. And in
Cheryl Brewster:two ways. I worked for some amazing companies and man, I
Cheryl Brewster:worked for companies. I was like, Oh, my, oh, my. And but I
Cheryl Brewster:also had an internal system. One was wired for joy, and one was
Cheryl Brewster:wired for pressure. And so I ended up flat on my back and I
Cheryl Brewster:was in my 30s. I think, blood in my back, couldn't move,
Cheryl Brewster:literally paralyzed with pain because of a really toxic work
Cheryl Brewster:environment. And it was that particular event that triggered
Cheryl Brewster:I'm going to learn everything I can do About living the grand
Cheryl Brewster:adventure of my life. And that's where things really changed. And
Cheryl Brewster:that whole listening to my intuition, that's where it
Cheryl Brewster:kicked in. And the thing that totally changed it for me was
Cheryl Brewster:absolutely tapping into this whole idea of joy. There is
Cheryl Brewster:something inside of me, that is so happy and so powerful.
Cheryl Brewster:However, I have a responsibility to it. And if I, for all of us,
Cheryl Brewster:if we continue to deny that, and not nurture it, not grow it. And
Cheryl Brewster:this is why I love to teach, because who knew that learning
Cheryl Brewster:about joy would be a process or a curriculum? Well, I found in
Cheryl Brewster:my own life, it actually was, it was like, Okay, it's, you know,
Cheryl Brewster:causes greater than effect. So let's go back to root cause. And
Cheryl Brewster:let's go back and ask that question. Well, what if? And,
Cheryl Brewster:and what if, even in the midst of this really difficult
Cheryl Brewster:circumstance, and, and you and I were talking, I'm going through
Cheryl Brewster:one right now with some, you know, some, some critical things
Cheryl Brewster:happening with some loved ones around me. And it's, it's like,
Cheryl Brewster:there's a part of me that wants to go into the worry and the
Cheryl Brewster:like the. And there's this other part that's going no, no, no,
Cheryl Brewster:remember, you've done this before you mastered up before
Cheryl Brewster:and you can master this too. And the power of joy overcomes the
Cheryl Brewster:power of stress. And when we give ourselves the dignity of
Cheryl Brewster:life, the dignity of I will be true to this adventure, I will
Cheryl Brewster:be I will be here for myself. And like Viktor Frankl talked
Cheryl Brewster:about that is the last of the human freedoms. So the question
Cheryl Brewster:that I would have to, again, anyone listening to the podcast,
Cheryl Brewster:is, this is your freedom to nurture, this is your freedom to
Cheryl Brewster:grow? It is yours. And really listen to that voice of
Cheryl Brewster:intuition, because it knows the way and it helps you ground
Cheryl Brewster:this, so that you have a solid foundation to walk on, even in
Cheryl Brewster:the midst of the most difficult circumstances. And that's what I
Cheryl Brewster:call joy, that ability to live your life that way, on those
Cheryl Brewster:kinds of terms, that in my mind, and my definition, is truly the
Cheryl Brewster:the hidden treasure inside that we are each given to discover.
Melissa Deally:And I love that and, you know, we're talking
Melissa Deally:about corporate beating things out of us. But the other thing
Melissa Deally:that I want to point out is there may be listeners that are
Melissa Deally:here, and maybe not fully in their place of joy and having
Melissa Deally:designed their own life and, and feeling that true happiness and
Melissa Deally:joy from inside because whatever they've been doing, has been
Melissa Deally:guided by other people. Yes. And the biggest one of that, that I
Melissa Deally:see is parental expectations, right? Especially our
Melissa Deally:generation, I hope it's not true of the current kids coming out
Melissa Deally:of high school. And I know when my kids were in high school, I
Melissa Deally:actually went to a seminar by our Parent Advisory Council,
Melissa Deally:talking about helping your children choose what they were
Melissa Deally:going to do after high school. And it wasn't just about what
Melissa Deally:are they good at? And it was definitely not about what do you
Melissa Deally:want them to do? It was about what are they good at? But what
Melissa Deally:is their passion? What do they enjoy, and you combine those two
Melissa Deally:to help guide them? And it has nothing to do with you. And for
Melissa Deally:me at the time? That was? I just thought, wow, that's really
Melissa Deally:great advice. Because if I hadn't heard that would I have
Melissa Deally:tried to guide my children into something that wasn't
Melissa Deally:necessarily align just because I thought it was what they were
Melissa Deally:should do. And I know so many people who have had that happen,
Melissa Deally:right? And then they get into adulthood and they're not happy
Melissa Deally:and they're unfulfilled because it wasn't ever what they were
Melissa Deally:supposed to be doing. And if that's you as a listener, that
Melissa Deally:you're feeling unfulfilled in your work in your life, do that
Melissa Deally:internal check in. Listen to your intuition, because maybe
Melissa Deally:it's time that you get to choose what you do for yourself.
Cheryl Brewster:That is so beautifully put Melissa and and
Cheryl Brewster:with that. It's it's the call to trust yourself. And I believe at
Cheryl Brewster:the bottom Love this for all of us. It's how much am I really
Cheryl Brewster:trusting myself. And I love quotes the German philosopher
Cheryl Brewster:Goethe said, and until you trust yourself, you will not know how
Cheryl Brewster:to live. And isn't that isn't that amazing? And so I, again,
Cheryl Brewster:it's the call to intuition is the call to joy, which can only
Cheryl Brewster:happen by trusting ourselves, which means we Yes, we need to
Cheryl Brewster:embrace our inner pirate here and break some of these rules,
Cheryl Brewster:these chains that we have found ourselves in, take back our
Cheryl Brewster:power, whether that's from old limiting beliefs, or whether
Cheryl Brewster:that's from some relationships that are demanding and you know,
Cheryl Brewster:where have I given my power away? Where have I unknowingly
Cheryl Brewster:and again, I want to bring this back to the power of emotion,
Cheryl Brewster:because in the reframe work that I love to do, it's like, okay,
Cheryl Brewster:let's take this, what you would call a negative emotion, let's
Cheryl Brewster:take it and look for the gift inside of it. Because what if
Cheryl Brewster:you're feeling depressed? Because you're not living life
Cheryl Brewster:on your terms? You know, what if, what if the depression is
Cheryl Brewster:actually trying to serve you and help you and get you to see
Cheryl Brewster:that, and so to to be very kind to ourselves as we unearth these
Cheryl Brewster:things, because there's some real vulnerability here. And,
Cheryl Brewster:and there's a beautiful phrase from Plato that I love to use in
Cheryl Brewster:the communications courses that I teach be kind for everyone you
Cheryl Brewster:meet is fighting a hard battle. And so who are you? Yeah, isn't
Cheryl Brewster:that great?
Melissa Deally:I also love in relation to kindness there. This
Melissa Deally:one I think everybody will know. But it's, it's so true that in a
Melissa Deally:world where you can choose to be anything. And I think that ties
Melissa Deally:in beautifully with what we're talking about as well, is that
Melissa Deally:it's your choice. And you can choose to be anything. Yes,
Melissa Deally:choose to be kind.
Cheryl Brewster:Yeah. Because at the end of the day, I, you
Cheryl Brewster:know, we can be so technologically advanced. And
Cheryl Brewster:yet we live in a world that is driven by war. And my question
Cheryl Brewster:is why I, I do not want to be a part of a society that continues
Cheryl Brewster:to ignore what's most important. And why, at this point in 2022,
Cheryl Brewster:are we dealing with issues that have been here since the
Cheryl Brewster:beginning of time, and the why is is because the internal
Cheryl Brewster:aspect here, if it's not driven by exploration and adventure and
Cheryl Brewster:kindness, we've missed the point. So I think there's a real
Cheryl Brewster:call to arms, I call it the I call this call to arms in and it
Cheryl Brewster:is, it's a call to Grace let let us let us each one of us really
Cheryl Brewster:tap in and say, What can I do in the first place we start is
Cheryl Brewster:okay, am I doing what makes me come alive? And if I'm not,
Cheryl Brewster:that's where I start. And then from there, that energy for
Cheryl Brewster:forcefield is so strong and so powerful. I believe we have a
Cheryl Brewster:global movement right now, which is calling us forward to be the
Cheryl Brewster:change makers we're capable of being and it starts so simply in
Cheryl Brewster:our own mindset, in our own self care. And this whole idea that
Cheryl Brewster:this one precious life in I had an out of body death experience.
Cheryl Brewster:And when I was coming back, the I was told you have a second
Cheryl Brewster:chance. And the second chance was do what brings you joy.
Cheryl Brewster:That's how we're going to heal the planet. And it sounds
Cheryl Brewster:perhaps a little naive, but is it really how much power is
Cheryl Brewster:there Shawn anchor wrote a book called happiness, The Happiness
Cheryl Brewster:Advantage. And the stats there are amazing in an over a 20 year
Cheryl Brewster:period of the studying business and prosperity The most
Cheryl Brewster:successful people are the ones who are happy. So let's let's do
Cheryl Brewster:this together. Like, I just think it's time to have fun. And
Cheryl Brewster:I think it's time to have conversations like this where we
Cheryl Brewster:say, You know what, there's something so amazing that wants
Cheryl Brewster:to move through me. And, and, and some people don't even know
Cheryl Brewster:what it is yet. But what happens when they find it, and they
Cheryl Brewster:discover it. And then and then we have conversations like this
Cheryl Brewster:and you and you do, the great work that you do is supporting
Cheryl Brewster:people with their physical health, and then the emotional
Cheryl Brewster:component of that, and I do what I do, which is saying, Yeah,
Cheryl Brewster:you've got something inside of you that knows the way you can
Cheryl Brewster:trust it. And together, let's let's truly create this amazing
Cheryl Brewster:adventure of life together, we need leaders who are ready to to
Cheryl Brewster:lead from that kind of energy, that kind of mindset.
Melissa Deally:And, on that note, I just really want to
Melissa Deally:leave the audience with that question that we started with at
Melissa Deally:the very beginning, and to start asking it of yourself every day,
Melissa Deally:and even throughout the day, so you can start to tap into what
Melissa Deally:brings you alive. So does this make me come alive? I think
Melissa Deally:that's such a powerful question that will lead us into using our
Melissa Deally:intuition into working through our ABCs and into that place of
Melissa Deally:joy. And as we've said, when one person does it, it has the
Melissa Deally:ripple and beneficial effect on all the people around you. And
Melissa Deally:we all rise up together. So thank you. Thank you, Cheryl,
Melissa Deally:for joining me here today. This has been an amazing
Melissa Deally:conversation. And I just love everything that you shared. And
Melissa Deally:it's so powerful, so profound, and fun to write bringing play
Melissa Deally:and fun back into it as well. And before we sign off, though,
Melissa Deally:I just want to ask you a question that I asked all of my
Melissa Deally:guests. What just don't wait for your wake up call mean to you?
Cheryl Brewster:Oh, I love that. Well, to me, it says, you
Cheryl Brewster:caught me by surprise her wasn't expecting this to me it means
Cheryl Brewster:when when joy has been knocking at your door, and you haven't
Cheryl Brewster:been listening, there's going to be a price to pay. So I'd rather
Cheryl Brewster:pay the price. And yes, then, oh, I wish I would have listened
Cheryl Brewster:sooner.
Melissa Deally:Yeah, that's true. Very, very true. Right.
Melissa Deally:And again, that's where the awareness comes in. To
Melissa Deally:recognizing when joy is knocking at our door, and US tuning in
Melissa Deally:and listening. So you have very graciously offered a gift to the
Melissa Deally:audience. It is a gift for the first five people that respond
Melissa Deally:because this is a highly valuable gift. And we can't just
Melissa Deally:leave it out there infinitum for whoever listens to this, you
Melissa Deally:know, five months, five years from now. But please share your
Melissa Deally:gift with the audience. So they know to go to the show notes and
Melissa Deally:book a session with you if they're interested.
Cheryl Brewster:Yes. So the the gift today is an Akashic reading
Cheryl Brewster:with me a half hour Akashic reading. And the Akashic records
Cheryl Brewster:are basically the supercomputer of your soul. That's where
Cheryl Brewster:everything is stored. And what's even more exciting, not only is
Cheryl Brewster:it a storage unit, it's also very alive and vital. And we go
Cheryl Brewster:in, we see the information that's there. And then we we
Cheryl Brewster:ask, okay, what again, what is here to support the success, or
Cheryl Brewster:the joy or the healing, whatever that is the prosperity, the
Cheryl Brewster:adventure moving forward. And very powerful, powerful work.
Cheryl Brewster:This is what we're up to here. So yeah, for the first time I
Cheryl Brewster:look forward to it. Yes,
Melissa Deally:thank you so much for offering that to the
Melissa Deally:audience. And I highly recommend it to those listening. Don't
Melissa Deally:delay, because this is an incredibly eye opening
Melissa Deally:experience into your past lives and who you are today. And I
Melissa Deally:know the first time I had my Akashic Records read it was
Melissa Deally:really confirmation of who I am today. And I found that to be
Melissa Deally:incredibly powerful. So is there any last thing that you would
Melissa Deally:like to leave the audience with and also please share how the
Melissa Deally:audience can get ahold of you as well. It will all be in the show
Melissa Deally:notes. But you can go ahead and share that here too.
Cheryl Brewster:Oh, sure. Yes, the intuitive life.com And I
Cheryl Brewster:love to hear from anyone who's been listening to the podcasts
Cheryl Brewster:that I'm that I'm on and my question is, what makes you come
Cheryl Brewster:alive and how can I help support you in doing that? So I Welcome,
Cheryl Brewster:listeners to reach out and go. Yeah. Okay, I'm ready. I'm ready
Cheryl Brewster:for more.
Melissa Deally:I love that. Well, thank you again for being
Melissa Deally:on the podcast. Cheryl. I really appreciate it. And thank you to
Melissa Deally:the audience for tuning in and listening. I will be back next
Melissa Deally:week with a deeper dive into using your intuition as it
Melissa Deally:relates to your health. So have a great week everyone. And
Melissa Deally:thanks again Cheryl, by
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