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Living in the Miracle Zone

By: Marci Shimoff
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  • Living in the Miracle Zone, hosted by #1 NY Times bestselling author Marci Shimoff, is a weekly podcast bringing you miraculous stories from interviews with some of the world’s most recognizable names, from everyday people, and from Marci herself. As a featured teacher in The Secret , founder of Your Year of Miracles, and author of Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul, Marci is a top leader in the area of personal transformation. Over a decade ago, Marci woke up one day and realized she was living a truly miraculous life. She knew it hadn’t happened by chance, but that there were certain keys to making a miraculous life possible. She’s now shared these keys with more than a million people around the world, and today she shares them with you. Let Marci and her guests offer their most groundbreaking miracle tools to help you create a flow of miracles in every area of your life: self-love, wealth, relationships, health, purpose, and more. It’s possible to transform your life from the mundane to the miraculous. Let’s dive in and change your world…one miracle at a time. Welcome to the Miracle Zone! Follow Marci on Instagram: @youryearofmiracles https://www.instagram.com/youryearofmiracles/ Website: https://youryearofmiracles.com/
    2023
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  • From Shame to the Miracle Life Through Compassion and Forgiveness with Leila Reyes

    From Shame to the Miracle Life Through Compassion and Forgiveness with Leila Reyes
    Apr 16 2024
    Today we dive into the heart of transformation and resilience with our amazing guest, Leila Reyes. Leila is a remarkable woman. And as you’ll hear in this episode, her life journey truly exemplifies the extraordinary power of the human spirit. She has courageously embraced the shadows of childhood trauma and now lives a life filled with grace, unconditional self-love and miracles. Her story is a true testament to the indomitable nature of the human soul. Leila is also a very dear, dear, dear friend, colleague, and a fabulous cheerleader and support in my life. Leila’s rich life experience shows up in her gifts as a coach. She was actually the very first coach for my Your Year of Miracles program more than 11 years ago and continues to this day. She also has a master's degree in social work. Most recently, she’s the author of Freedom From Shame: Trauma, Forgiveness, and Healing from Sexual Abuse. And she’s the brilliant host of a new podcast called Courageous Conversations. In this episode, Leila shares the profound experiences that have sparked her passionate mission to light the way for others who seek happiness and fulfillment, but seem to have trouble finding the way. She opens up about her own traumatic past and shares how she found her way through the darkness and into the light.. Above all, she shares the steps she has taken in her life that have helped others live their own miraculous lives. “Life's greatest wounds bring wisdom and compassion, which can bring healing to many people. You can turn your wound into a contribution which makes a difference in the world.” – Leila Reyes What we talked about: “I did not always live this life.” (05:24) How Leila confronted her father over sexual abuse and released herself from a state of victimhood (08:13) Existential shame and learning to forgive through radical responsibility (09.38) The importance of finding a Beautiful Circle of friends who believe in you (13:13) The benefit of having a vision that’s bigger than your fear (16:02) How to ease your own pain through self-compassion (17:28) The three steps to the miracle zone: Self-compassion, the circle of friends, and practicing gratitude (18:54) Leila’s podcast Courageous Conversations (22:23) The story of the Chowchilla prison women and how Leila helped them overcome their own traumas to live beautiful lives (24:02) Leila’s final words of wisdom from her book, Freedom from Shame (26:34) Favorite quotes from the episode: Okay, I'm gonna be scared. I'm gonna take a step forward and I'm gonna do it anyway – Leila Reyes This challenge that I experienced is across the board. It's a human experience – Leila Reyes The biggest challenge to living in the miracle zone is to really get out of victimization. I had to remind myself over and over again that the difficult experiences that happen in life are not happening to me, but they're happening through me and for me – Leila Reyes How someone treats you is not your responsibility, but leaving or staying in an abusive relationship is your responsibility. So I had to really get underneath that so that I could see what's mine and what isn't mine. And then I could take responsibility for what was mine and let the rest go. –Leila Reyes There's a lot of different ways you can forgive, but it's not about condoning the behavior, right? – Leila Reyes I've learned that treating yourself with compassion is hard for everyone, everyone, not just survivors of abuse. And so the first way to start bringing more compassion to yourself is to fake it till you make it – Leila Reyes Just continue, continue, continue, because if I can get out of this experience, if I can free myself from shame, you can too – Leila Reyes Connect with Leila: leilareyes.com Connect with Us: Website Instagram Find Your Miracle Superpower https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinginthemiraclezone/ Connect with Marci: Instagram Twitter YouTube
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    29 mins
  • Solo: Happiness and Miracles: How to Be a Victor in Life

    Solo: Happiness and Miracles: How to Be a Victor in Life
    Mar 27 2024

    The first big happiness question to ask is, are you a victim in your life? Or are you a victor? – Marci Shimoff

    Happiness is what everybody wants, and we can all have it. It's actually our birthright. And being happy is really about living in the Miracle Zone.

    In today's episode, I’ll dive into my 25 years of research into happiness and what I learned from unconditionally happy people and people like Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl. I’ll share with you what I mean by happiness, and then I'm going to share with you what I think is a deep foundation for both happiness and a miraculous life: showing up in your life as a victor.

    Finally, I’ll guide you through a breathing practice that will keep you grounded in the present moment.

    What I talked about:

    • My years of trying to be happy inside by “lining things up” on the outside, and my 25-year journey to discover true happiness (1:29)

    • Learning what happiness is and what it isn’t through studying unconditionally happy people (3:42)

    • Learning to take responsibility for your life as the key to unconditional happiness; learning from the Happy Hundred and Jack Canfield; and how Victor Frankl chose to be a victor even in the Holocaust (04:55)

    • The three patterns of playing the victim – blaming, shaming, and complaining – and how to break through them into happiness (10:42)

    • Guided meditation to connect to Mother Earth (14:03)

    Favorite quotes from the episode:

    • The first big happiness question to ask is, are you a victim in your life? Or are you a victor? - Marci Shimoff

    • What I mean by happy…doesn't mean that you're walking around 24/7 with a silly grin on your face or that you're in some Pollyanna state of denial. But what it does mean is that you have that inner unshakable happiness that nothing or nobody can take away. - Marci Shimoff

    • The idea of taking responsibility can sound like a lot of work, but I promise you the moment you let go of the belief that other people or outside circumstances have the power to make or break your happiness, then you're free because you call the shots for your happiness. - Marci Shimoff

    • We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a person, but one thing, the last of the human freedoms: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. - Victor Frankl

    • It's not the events in our lives that determine our life, but it's our responses to those events that determine our outcomes in life. - Marci Shimoff

    • When we are present, we are happiest. We are not stuck in blame, shame, and complaining. We are in the victor mode rather than the victim mode. And that's when we are happy. Happier for no reason and living in the miracle zone - Marci Shimoff

    Connect with Us:

    • Happy for No Reason Certified Training Program

    • Instagram

    • Find Your Miracle Superpower

    Connect with Marci:

    • Facebook

    • Instagram

    • Twitter

    • YouTube
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    23 mins
  • Accepting Our Fears and Stepping Into Love with Matt Kahn

    Accepting Our Fears and Stepping Into Love with Matt Kahn
    Mar 10 2024

    Today I'm joined by the wonderful and amazing Matt Kahn. Matt is a renowned spiritual teacher, a highly acclaimed empath and best-selling author. He's known for his transformative insights into the journey of awakening. Matt’s teachings really focus on love as the ultimate path to self-realization and the importance of emotional freedom and self-awareness. His books include the spiritual classic, Whatever Arises, Love that.

    Matt is a beloved figure in the world of contemporary spirituality, and with a dedicated following worldwide, his teachings have inspired millions.

    Matt's message is simple yet profound, which is to embrace every moment with love and kindness to unveil the divine within. In this episode he shares his insights into how to do just that.

    Everything was preparing me for something greater that would happen in my life. And so as I started to live more in synchronicity with circumstance, I found that instead of a miracle for me being defined as the fulfillment of a super duper desire, I found everyday life I found the breath, I believe, fact when I open up a faucet and water flows out to actually be part of life's infinite miracles, and I started to see everything as miraculous, and not just the things I was holding out for.

    We talked about:

    • Matt’s awakening to the miracle zone and seeing the miraculous in everyday life (03:43)

    • The importance of letting go of controlling life (06:53)

    • Moving past the fear of being one’s authentic self (11:47)

    • Matt’s ideas on the nervous system and loving the fearful part of you as the key to action in life (15:29)

    • Matt delves into the making of his film Healed by Love exploring the role of love in leading a miraculous life.

    • Matt’s closing insights into accessing the miracle zone. (27:24)

    Favorite quotes from the episode:

    • Miracles are always occurring. We just have to become aware of it - Matt Kahn

    • We don't have to try to do everything in one 24-hour cycle. If we actually allow ourselves to take time and move at the speed of love, we allow the miracles to unfold slowly but surely, like beautiful flowers blossoming in the garden - Matt Kahn

    • One of the main ways people can really get into the miracle zone is when we are not quite focused on what needs to happen - Matt Kahn

    • In order to be excited by authenticity, we have to be willing to accept our fears and then step forward anyway - Matt Kahn

    • To first love ourselves is to say that it's safe for me to be the focus of attention. It's okay for me to be the focus of attention, it doesn't mean I did anything wrong and it's not going to lead to punishment even if I carry that memory from the past - Matt Kahn

    Connect with Matt:

    • Matt’s new documentary, Healed By Love

    • Website

    • Instagram

    • Facebook

    • YouTube

    • Twitter

    • TikTok

    Connect with Us:

    • Website

    • Instagram

    • Find Your Miracle Superpower

    • https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinginthemiraclezone/



    Connect with Marci:

    • Instagram

    • Twitter

    • YouTube
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    30 mins
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