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  • About This Episode

    In this episode, Geri sits down with Tiffany Hurd, Microdosing Guide & Plant Medicine Facilitator. We explore microdosing with psilocybin and how to microdose to receive the most of your experience, the differences between microdosing and ceremonies, the benefits of working with a guide on your plant medicine journey, and the importance of integrating your psychedelic experience. Please note this episode was originally recorded on November 22, 2022.

    Time Stamps

    3:20 - Triggers: What they are and how they follow us.

    6:17 - What is microdosing? What’s a plant ceremony?

    8:11 - A little history on psychedelics and plant medicine

    10:32 - Exploring different settings for psychedelic journeys

    16:38 - What it’s like trying to describe your journey

    19:05 - The importance of post-medicine integration

    21:41 - Psylocibyn’s impact on the body and nervous system

    28:44 - Accessing altered states of consciousness on your own

    30:58 - What is an ego death?

    35:07 - The Purge: Why do people vomit and poop during ceremony?

    39:26 - Benefits of Microdosing with a Guide

    About Tiffany Hurd

    Tiffany is a Microdosing Guide and Plant Medicine Facilitator. She guides people through Microdosing journey's and Ceremonies to shift patterns, beliefs, anxiety / depression and overall step into your most authentic expression. She focuses on getting to the root of what mental blocks are holding you back by identifying habitual patterns and limiting beliefs that have been collected over time, and shifting them through nervous system modalities such as breathwork and somatic practices.

    About Geri Paige

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She is a nomadic entrepreneur, coach, and the founder of The Now Experiment. She is a creatrix with a degree in journalism and 15 years of experience as a professional content strategist and creator. Geri created The Now Experiment to help humans collectively reclaim what's ours - our freedom, time, energy, audacity, and all. You can find her on Instagram @geripaige.

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    Download a Free Mushroom Guide

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    Book a Free Ceremony Call (Client Interest)

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    The Now Experiment Newsletter

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  • About This Episode

    What would happen if we all started living radically using our inner compass? If we dropped every single “should” and liberated ourselves to choose in every moment? Geri shares her audacious real-life experiment to live life completely on her own terms. She also clears up many misconceptions people have about what it means to operate from a place of surrendered, connected flow. Tune in to learn more about what it means to operate from a new paradigm of inside-out living after a lifetime of outside-in.

    Time Stamps

    0:00 - My Real-Life Experiment

    4:32 - Following Your Unique Individual Compass

    6:22 - Leaning Into Life, Not Escaping It

    9:12 - The Experiment Foundations: Resilience, Grounding, Self-Trust

    12:06 - Liberation Tool: Now Caring What Other People Think

    14:26 - Is It Possible to Succeed in Surrendered Flow?

    About Geri Paige

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She is a nomadic entrepreneur, coach, and the founder of The Now Experiment. She is a creatrix with a degree in journalism and 15 years of experience as a professional content strategist and creator. Geri created The Now Experiment to help humans collectively reclaim what's ours - our freedom, time, energy, audacity, and all. You can find her on Instagram @geripaige.

     

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram

    Geri Paige Instagram

    The Now Experiment Newsletter

    Work With Geri

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  • About This Episode

    Abundantly Curious is back and better than ever. Learn what’s new this season, including more solo episodes exploring Geri’s audacious experimentation with living life on her own terms, conversations with fascinating guest experts and thought leaders, and exploration of life in the push-pull of two wildly different worlds: the soulful and the rational. Geri also shares more about The Now Experiment and opens up about her personal journey that led her to where she is today.

    Time Stamps

    01:15 - What’s New in Season 2

    02:21 - Living in two worlds: the soulful and the rational

    06:11 - The Now Experiment

    10:06 - Geri’s story and journey to freedom

    31:17 - Deepening into freedom in 2023

    About Geri Paige

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She is a nomadic entrepreneur, coach, and the founder of The Now Experiment. She is a creatrix with a degree in journalism and 15 years of experience as a professional content strategist and creator. Geri created The Now Experiment to help humans collectively reclaim what's ours - our freedom, time, energy, audacity, and all. You can find her on Instagram @geripaige.

    Host Links

    Abundantly Curious Instagram

    Geri Paige Instagram

    The Now Experiment Newsletter

    Work With Geri

  • This week, we sit down with Melynda Lopez, intuitive mentor, Akashic records guide, and healer. She shares her jaw-dropping stories of her sons’ gifts and how they awakened her to her own, spontaneous healings she’s performed, and contact with other dimensional beings. Tune in to learn about the 4 main “Clairs” or intuitive senses, the different ancestral wounds we carry with us, and what it’s like to be in the akashic records.

    Time Stamps

    02:18 - How Melynda Discovered Her Intuitive Gifts

    10:39 - The 4 Main Clair Senses

    18:12 - The Witch Archetype and the Witch Wound

    21:21 - The Akashic Records and Ancestral Wounds

    28:58 - Frequencies, Dimensions and Cosmic Beings

    38:02 - Coming Out of the Spiritual Closet

    41:36 - Spontaneous Healings

    About Melynda Lopez

    Melynda is an intuitive channel, healer, and Akashic Records guide. She is also a registered nurse with a masters degree in clinical nurse leadership. Melynda guides women to deepen their connection to their spiritual gifts, heal and understand their deep rooted patterns, and reconnect to their higher self to create limitless abundance.

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Shop Melynda’s Site

    Follow Melynda on Instagram

    Nurture the Witch Wound

    Love Melynda Website

     

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram

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  • In this solo episode, Geri explores the impact of judgment, throwing stones, and widening gaps of separation on our individual and collective experience, and proposes the risky topic of embracing your opposition and using curiosity to forge a connection with anyone (even the people who oppose everything you believe). Who knows, maybe you’ll leave actually feeling grateful for that person/belief system/group you can’t stand.

    Time Stamps

    01:10 - Judgment As a Blocker to Connection, Creation, and Evolution

    2:41 - Accepting Opposing Forces as Two Sides of the Same Coin

    7:51 - Using Curiosity to Forge Connection With Anyone

    9:55 - Connection vs. Separation for a Richer Human Experience

    13:17 - How 2020 Changed My Views on Opposing Beliefs

    16:00 - Maintaining Boundaries While Opening to Connection

    22:40 - Approaching Conflict as an Elevation of the Collective

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

     

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram

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    Geri Paige Butner Instagram

    Geri Paige Butner Website

    Book a Coaching Session with Geri

    Special Offers

    Starting a Business? Check out The Accelerated Business Firestarter

    Ready to change your life? Book a 90-Minute Breakthrough Session

    Looking for a Life or Business Coach? Learn more about how to work with me

  • This week, we sit down with Towani Clarke, a yoga teacher and fashion designer who has taught more than 7,000 classes in 13 years. Tune in as we explore our human evolution and how yoga supports us in living with our foundational reptilian brain and it’s fight, flight, and freeze responses in modern times. 

    Time Stamps

    05:56 - How the Subconscious Mind Prompts Us

    8:28 - Yogic Philosophy and the 8 Facets of Yoga

    13:48 - Yoga's African Roots and How We Evolved With It

    17:31 - The Reptilian Brain & The Fight, Flight, Freeze Response 

    26:50 - Navigating Modern Day Stress Responses

    38:02 - Deciding When to Lean Into Discomfort and When to Set Boundaries

    About Towani Clarke

    Towani Clarke was born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia by a Zambian women’s rights activist mother and British satirical writer father. Her mother discovered yoga to handle the tension from both the black and the white community's resistance to their inter-racial marriage. The yoga seed was planted with Towani in the womb, and today she has taught over 1,000 students and more than 7,000 classes. She leads her online yoga studio to teach clients across the globe the healing power of yoga - healing through being more one with ourselves, other people, living beings and the planet.

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Kuthuta Links

    Lelo ni Lelo 7 Day Chakra Challenge (value $80) 

    Kuthuta Website

    Kuthuta Yoga Online Studio  

    Facebook

    Instagram

    YouTube

    Towani Links

    Linkedin

    Twitter

    Instagram

    Facebook

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram

    Abundantly Curious Email List

    Geri Paige Butner Instagram

    Geri Paige Butner Website

    Book a Coaching Session with Geri

  • In this week’s episode, we sit down with Amy Miller, Healer/Owner of Healing Haus to explore how we can better connect with our intuition, her work with reiki and embodiment, the journey overcoming anxiety, and much more. We also discuss the 7 chakras, their meaning, and how to work with and connect to them. Listen to the end for a special daily practice that will strengthen your self worth.

    Time Stamps

    05:34 - Living With & Healing from Anxiety

    11:24 - Health Conditions as Catalysts for Transformation

    15:05 - Intuition, Reiki, and The 5 Clairs

    19:06 - Working with Your Chakras or Energy Centers

    22:01 - What Does Each Chakra or Energy Center Represent?

    31:29 - Our Experiences in Dr. Joe Dispenza Meditation Retreats

    40:28 - Opening the Heart Chakra

    43:49 - What is Embodiment and How Does It Help Us?

    49:23 - The "One Thing Daily" Practice for Building Self-Worth

    About Amy Miller

    Amy is the Healer/Owner of Healing Haus, where she combines The Work and The Woo to empower clients to take their healing into their own hands. Modalities ranging from Reiki & Sound Healing to Subconscious Reprogramming & Coaching pair beautifully to support all aspects of a person’s journey, and are ones Amy uses in her own practice. Clients love her warm and joyful heart, her ability to hold deep space, and her intuitive reflections that support you beyond just the healing session.

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Healing Haus Website

    Healing Haus Instagram

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram

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    Geri Paige Butner Website

    Book a Coaching Session with Geri

  • In this week’s episode we talk with Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen, Ph.D. Chemist to talk about the miraculous science of the natural world all around us. We learn all about “caveman living” that can introduce better health and wellbeing in modern times, and discuss foraging, plant chemistry, and the powerful effects of ritual.

    Time Stamps

    01:26 - Merriwether’s Family History of Foraging for Survival in the Great Depression

    08:13 - Exploring Food System Fragility in Cities

    10:59 - How to Start Identifying Edible Plants

    15:07 - The Miraculous, Fascinating Science of Plants

    23:13 - The Paradox of Nature: Chaos and Uniformity

    27:55 - The Power of Rituals and Opportunities for Healing

    30:32 - Key Nutrients We're Missing In Modern Times

    33:50 - Plants and Pharmaceuticals: Is One "Better"?

    36:00 - Reintroduce These “Caveman” Activities for Better Health

    44:01 - How We Evolved Enhanced Immune Systems in Nature

    46:04 - Is Life Now "Better" Than Before?

    51:43 - What Would It Take to Be Self-Sustaining Today?

    About Mark “Merriwether" Vorderbruggen, Ph.D. Chemist

    Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen, Ph.D. is often described as a scientist raised by wolves. Having a M.S. in medicinal chemistry and a Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry, he brings science into the world of wild edible and medicinal plants. On the science side he has sixteen patents and numerous articles in research journals from his career as a research chemist. But his true love is plants and the miracles they contain. Since 2008 his website www.foragingtexas.com has been one of the top wild edible/medicinal plant sites on the internet, and he has written the acclaimed plant book Idiot's Guide Foraging and Outdoor Adventures Guide Foraging. In 2020 he made the biggest leap of his life to become the medicine man for Medicine Man Plant Co. where he can finally bring forth the ancient plants that can still help with modern issues. 

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    "Caveman" Lifestyle Tips

    Detailed information on identification and use of over 200 wild plants and mushrooms: www.foragingtexas.com

    Medicine Man Plant Co. Website

    Medicine Man Plant Co. Facebook

    Medicine Man Plant Co. Instagram

    Mark Vorderbruggen Linkedin

    Foraging Texas Website  

    Foraging Texas Facebook

    Merriwether Forager Instagram

    Merriwether...

  • In this week’s episode, we sit down with author, musician, and creator Wenzl McGowen to learn from his six years spent interviewing top scientists on consciousness, mystical experiences, out of body experiences, the after-life, and much more.

    Time Stamps

    07:12 - Living Outside of the Box and Pursuing All Your Passions

    10:37 - Wenzl's 6 Years Interviewing Scientists About Consciousness

    15:00 - Wenzl's First Mystical Experience

    19:32 - Love, Coherent Consciousness, and Free Will

    27:21 - Love Consciousness: Can it Transform Matter?

    36:39 - What is Consciousness and What Is It Not?

    39:49 - Exploring Reincarnation and The After-Life

    49:37 - How Consciousness Exploration Changed Wenzl's Music

    52:29 - Creating More Conscious Coherence

    About Wenzl McGowen

    Wenzl McGowen is a member and co-founder of the internationally touring band Moon Hooch and inventor of the Traffic Cone Saxophone. In 2013, Wenzl had a spiritual awakening during a meditation retreat and has since written two books about mystical experiences, meditation, and the science of personal growth. Both books draw from ancient teachings, direct experience, and modern science. Other avenues of his passion for personal growth are his meditation music and the board games he creates.

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Download free guided meditation: https://wenzlmcgowen.org/ 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wenzlsax/ 

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wenzlmcgowen1 

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    Geri Paige Butner Website: https://www.geripaige.com/ 

    Book a Session with Geri: https://www.geripaige.com/breakthrough-sessions 

  • In this week’s episode we explore the mind-body connection and using food as medicine with Aleksandra Chojnacka, functional nutrition guide and holistic health expert. Listen to learn about compelling research exploring the mind-body connection and how it alters the impact of our food, how functional nutrition and other modalities helped Aleks and others heal physical ailments, and how a holistic approach to our health and well-being can make a powerful impact.

    Time Stamps

    03:43 - Aleks and Geri's Experience at a Dr. Joe Dispenza Meditation Retreat

    6:10 - How Your Mind Impacts Your Physical Response to What You Eat

    14:02 - How the Mind Opens or Closes Us To Possibility

    17:44 - Aleks' Health Journey, Challenges, and Healing

    23:12 - The Gene Mutation 40% of People Have & How It Impacts Us

    28:04 - The Mind-Body Connection

    29:47 - Finding Your Purpose and How Aleks Got Into Functional Nutrition

    36:39 - What is Functional Nutrition?

    41:01 - Functional Foods and Healing Outcomes

    43:29 - Following Your Intuition in Eating and Healing

    About Aleksandra Chojnacka

    Aleks is a functional nutrition guide, meaning she knows how to use food as medicine, and is the founder of Health Accomplice, a supportive place for anyone on a health journey needing guidance. She started learning about holistic health in her late 20s when battling some of her own hormonal issues and was eager to bring her learnings to light and share in her experience in case it helped someone else. 

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Download a free 3-Week Reset: https://healthaccomplice.com/courses 

    Website: https://healthaccomplice.com/ 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthaccomplice/ 

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abundantlycurious/ 

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    Geri Paige Butner Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geributner/ 

    Geri Paige Butner Website: https://www.geripaige.com/ 

    Research Links

    Doctors & Nutrition Education: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/doctors-nutrition-education/  

  • About This Episode

    In this week’s episode we explore both the science-backed and spiritual benefits of meditation with Dr. Rashmi Schramm, a certified family physician and meditation teacher. Listen to learn about accessing elevated states in meditation, relaxing into synchronicity, and the many paths to reaching homeostasis for physical healing.

    Time Stamps

    06:27 - Traditional Medicine in the Modern Medicine World

    13:08 - The Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation

    19:45 - The Spiritual Experience of Meditation

    20:44 - Accessing Ecstasy During Meditation & Beyond

    25:51 - The Power of Surrender and Synchronicity

    30:46 - Getting Out of Our Own Way to Experience Bliss

    32:50 - How to Decide When to Let Go

    36:35 - The Pineal Gland and Intuition

    38:57 - Reaching Homeostasis for Physical Healing

    42:22 - Choosing Your Style of Meditation

    About Dr. Rashmi Schramm

    Dr. Rashmi Schramm is a board certified family physician, a certified meditation teacher and coach. Her practice spans over two decades of working with thousands of patients. She is the founder of Optimal Wellness, where she helps busy women tap into inner peace and power so they can live more energetic and purposeful lives. She is passionate about teaching, practicing and coaching on meditation and mindfulness.

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Website + Free Evidence-Based Meditation: https://optimalwellnessmd.org 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.rashmischramm 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/drrashmischrammoptimalwellness 

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dr.rashmischramm 

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abundantlycurious/ 

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    Geri Paige Butner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geripaige/ 

    Geri Paige Butner Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geributner/ 

    Geri Paige Butner Website: https://www.geripaige.com/ 

  • About This Episode

    In this week’s episode we explore accessing your power with Allen Bittaker, whose work in chiropractic and network spinal has led him to his energy practice at a Center for A New Paradigm. Tune in to get curious about energy work, different levels of mind and experience, and how to create more presence and personal power.

    Time Stamps

    08:12 - Allen's Introduction to Network Spinal

    10:50 - About Allen's Network-Related Type of Energy Work

    13:05 - Sensing Areas of Energy Richness in Your Body and Field

    14:56 - About Different Levels of Mind and Experience

    19:51 - Exploring What It Means to Be Awakened

    25:30 - What is Power and How to Access It

    About Allen Bittaker

    Allen Bittaker is a doctor of chiropractic, a certified functional movement and nutrition expert, and an energetic embodiment coach. His awakening path over the last 10 years has led him to become a gifted healer, as he supports leaders in accessing their energy and embodying presence, power and love within business, relationships & wellness.

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Website: https://www.centerforanewparadigm.com/ 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drallenbittaker/ 

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abundantlycurious/ 

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    Geri Paige Butner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geripaige/ 

    Geri Paige Butner Website: https://www.geripaige.com/ 

  • In this week’s episode we sit down with Jenny Scholl, a studied expert in religion and spirituality, to expand our view of religion, Christianity, and connection to something bigger than us. We explore paths to the divine, accessing higher levels of consciousness, and the power of ancient wisdom.

    Time Stamps

    09:26 - Jenny's Journey with Religion and Religious History

    13:48 - Exploring Through Non-Duality

    25:12 - About Gnosticism and Christian Mysticism

    26:32 - Experiencing Heart Coherence and Connection

    28:34 - Multiple Paths to Enlightenment and The Divine

    33:26 - Ancient Wisdom and Intelligence Outside of the Mind

    38:18 - Finding Our Way Back to Community

    44:17 - Mary Magdalene and The Missing Gnostic Gospels

    49:55 - The Limitations of Language in Relating Experiences

    52:21 - The Science of Miracles

    53:33 - Accessing Higher Levels of Consciousness

    About Jenny Scholl

    Jenny Scholl holds degrees and certificates in Religion & Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy, and is currently a postgraduate student of Luminous Awareness Institute which weaves together ancient wisdom roots with developmental psychology, attachment repair, somatics, nervous system repair and energetic awareness & awakening. As an Embodiment Coach, she helps people come back to their self and their center, utilizing non-dual practices to help bridge the gap between Spirituality and Religion, between Self and Cultural Conditioning & Programming.

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Jenny LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/jennyscholl 

    Jenny Scholl Website: www.jennyscholl.com 

    Jenny Scholl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennyscholl/ 

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    Abundantly Curious Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abundantlycurious/ 

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    Geri Paige Butner Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geributner/ 

    Geri Paige Butner Website: https://www.geripaige.com/ 

    Show Links:

    The Naked Now by Richard Rohr

    What The Mystics Know - Richard Rohr

    Mary Magdalene Revealed - Meggan Watterson

    The Yoga of Jesus - Paramahansa Yogananda  

  • This week we learn about the Human Design System, a synthesis of ancient and modern sciences that helps you discover what makes you unique. Our guest is human design coach Esther Ruurda, who opens our minds to new possibilities in finding our purpose, making aligned decisions, and navigating a world that wasn't built for all of us. You can find your design at mybodygraph.com. 

    Time Stamps

    4:26 - The world is designed for 70% of the population

    9:26 - What is Human Design and how do I find mine?

    11:31 - About The Design Types: Generators and Manifesting Generators

    13:07 - About the Design Types: Projectors

    14:53 - About the Design Types: Manifestor

    16:49 - About the Design Types: Reflector 

    18:37 - How the types impact one another

    23:43 - Following Your Type’s Strategy and Authority

    26:01 - Following Your Design to Make Decisions  

    33:34 - Finding Your Purpose Through Human Design

    About Esther Ruurda

    Esther is a certified yoga teacher, herbalist and Human Design Coach who aims to provide people with tools for their journey into alignment. She was born and raised in Amsterdam before moving to California, where she eventually founded The Malibu Sangha, a gathering place where people come to connect and be part of a movement to create a more conscious, equal world for the benefit of all beings. Esther thrives by inspiring people to create a life true to themselves. She believes that when people live in alignment with their souls’ purpose, they are happier, able to share their light with the world and raise the vibration for society as a whole.  

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. 

    Guest Links

    Esther Website: www.malibusangha.org  

    Esther IG: https://www.instagram.com/malibu_sangha/ 

    Esther Human Design IG: https://www.instagram.com/journey_with_humandesign/ 

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/estherruurda 

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  • In our fourth episode, we interview clinical board certified hypnotist, Nicole Hernandez. Nicole shares what it means to be hypnotized, explains how we enter a state of hypnosis multiple times a day, and how we can harness hypnotherapy to heal everything from anxiety to physical ailments to infertility and more. 

    Time Stamps

    4:05 - Nicole's Journey Healing Anxiety, Alopecia, and Gastritis

    8:21 - How Curiosity led Nicole to Launch a Thriving Hypnotism Practice

    10:17 - The Difference Between Clinical Hypnosis & Stage Hypnosis

    14:55 - Hypnosis While Consuming Media

    17:26 - The History of Hypnosis

    21:03 - How Shifts Occur in Hypnosis

    26:36 - How Hypnosis Can Help with Anxiety

    37:05 - What to Look For In Your Hypnotist

    About Nicole Hernandez

    Known as The Traveling Hypnotist, Nicole Hernandez is a clinical Board Certified hypnotist based in New York City with globe-trotting tendencies. She is also an anxiety educator, speaker, and Resident Healer for the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown. Nicole specializes in helping anxious high achievers become impactful, conscious leaders that can navigate life transitions with a sense of clarity and ease. After healing her own anxiety-related illness with hypnosis, she felt a deep calling to demystify the healing modality and help others. Her signature approach combines modern hypnotherapy, mindfulness, somatics, and her intuitive gift. She has been featured in Cosmopolitan, BeLatina, BestLife, Forbes, Success, Texas Monthly, Wall Street Journal, and more.

    Guest Links

    Free Love Yourself Hypo-Meditation Download: www.thetravelinghypnotist.com 

    Nicole Hernandez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetravelinghypnotist/ 

    Nicole Hernandez Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thenicolehernandez/ 

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    Research Links

    Using hypnosis to accelerate the healing of bone fractures: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10069091/ 

  • About This Episode

    Today, we are geeking out on lucid dreaming. Our guest expert is going to help us understand what lucid dreaming is, how it is different from our regular dreaming and even vivid dreaming and all of the many ways that you can use lucid dreaming to change your waking day to day life. 

    Time Stamps

    1:33 - How Lana found lucid dreaming

    4:26 - What is Lucid Dreaming?

    12:31 - Lana's Research on Lucid Dreaming and Depression

    15:39 - Lucid Dreaming in the Scientific Community

    31:45 - Sleep Paralysis and False Awakenings

    34:18 - How to initiate a lucid dream

    37:17 - Fascinating lucid dreaming experiences

    45:10 - How to stay in your lucid dream

    About Lana Sackwild

    Lana is a British lucid dreaming and lucid living coach and scientific researcher with a Masters of Science in consciousness, spirituality, and transpersonal psychology. She has been lucid dreaming for 25+ years and is a pioneer in the lucid dreaming field for mental health research and lucid dreaming for entrepreneurship, working with clients across the globe.

    Guest Links

    Website: https://www.lanasackwild.com/ 

    Online course: https://www.lanasackwild.com/the-lucid-entrepreneur-lab 

    Masterclass: https://www.lanasackwild.com/livingtosucceed 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lanasackwild 

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lanasackwild  

    Email: [email protected] 

    Weekly Freebies in Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/luciddreamingandliving

    YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/getlucidwithlana

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    Research Links:

    Lucid Dreams: An electro-physiological and psychological study: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.458729 

  • In our third episode, we sit down with Clayton Kim, a multi-skilled renaissance man who is passionate about acquiring new skills, learning new disciplines, and leading the way in performance technology and research. Clayton shares his processes for learning and becoming great at new things. Tune in to learn about his optimized weekly schedule, how to achieve a structured flow state, and what you can start doing today to begin picking up a new skill.

    Time Stamps

    2:05 - Clayton’s background

    3:55 - Clayton’s journey in circus arts

    6:40 - Overcoming fear and the suck of skill acquisition

    10:28 - Clayton's process for learning new skills

    19:36 - Performance optimization and research at Fount

    21:14 - Balancing performance with rest and care

    24:48 - Achieving a structured flow state

    30:56 - Crossover in skill disciplines

    About Clayton Kim

    Clayton Kim spends every day making learning his superpower. Clayton is a self-taught coder, photographer, chef, and derivatives algorithms developer. He has competed and performed in boxing, powerlifting, rugby, aerial straps, and the cyr wheel (it’s fascinating), and is always looking for a new skill to learn. Clayton is also the COO and Head of Product at Fount, where he builds teams to solve hard problems. His work also includes artificial intelligence and machine learning efforts, which he’s led at Boston Consulting Group and Wayfair.

    Guest Links

    Fount Performance Program: http://fount.bio/ 

    Clayton Kim Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheClayMethod 

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  • About This Episode

    In this introductory episode of Abundantly Curious, your host Geri Paige Butner lays the foundation for an exciting season of interviews with fascinating guests. Geri explores how our tribal nature shapes our belief systems on everything from the products we buy to the way we heal ourselves, and shows us a path forward to true exploration and expansion through three guiding principles of curiosity.

    Key Takeaways

    Understand how our tribal nature groups us into camps of belief and thought, and how those camps shape our life.Examine common social consequences of curiosity as a result of our tribe’s cognitive biases.How “idea branding” has simplified some of our thought processes at the expense of true curiosity, exploration, and understanding.How we can use curiosity to expand into new possibilities and gain true alignment in our beliefs, practices, and ways of being and doing.Three guiding principles for how to approach curiosity and explore new information for positive impact.

    Time Stamps

    0:00 - Intro

    0:39 - Building beliefs as tribal beings

    3:26 - Idea Branding: What is it and how does it impact us?

    11:42 - Social consequences of curiosity or challenges to cognitive biases

    15:33 - What we get curious about on Abundantly Curious

    16:34 - Curiosity Principle 1: Listen for insight, not agreeable.

    18:03 - Curiosity Principle 2: Embrace the power of the “and,” and release the tyranny of the “but.”

    20:38 - Curiosity Principle 3: Expand into possibility.

    About Geri Paige Butner

    Geri is a leader in the art of personal freedom, working to create powerful catalysts for individual change and transformation. She serves through her work as a freedom-focused entrepreneur, speaker, coach and highly curious being who has learned that when we follow our curiosity, we're led to what lights us up and propels us forward. Geri is the creator of The Business Firestarter and The Liberated Life programs, where she guides people on their journey to create a life and work they love. You can find her on Instagram @geripaige.

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    Research Links:

    Tribalism is Human Nature, 2019: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963721419862289 

    “Brand” Etymology: https://www.etymonline.com/word/brand 

    Apple Market Share Statistics: https://www.statista.com/statistics/266572/market-share-held-by-smartphone-platforms-in-the-united-states 

    Apple Mac vs. PC advertisement:

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