[NEW EPISODE] Over the Veil: How to Raise Your Frequency & Step Into the Golden Age

EPISODE SUMMARY:

This episode is more than a conversation—it's an energetic transmission. Listeners will walk away with practical tools and spiritual insights to elevate their frequency and live with deeper purpose and presence. Whether you're navigating burnout, craving a more soulful rhythm, or ready to step into your next level of consciousness, this dialogue offers guidance grounded in ancient wisdom and modern practice. From reclaiming rest and reconnecting with nature, to cultivating rituals and rewiring your mindset, Shakira and Ashton illuminate a path toward inner peace, clarity, and expansion.

Tune in if you're ready to rise, recalibrate, and remember who you truly are.

In this soul-nourishing episode, Shakira Monet Johnson—author of the transformative guide Over the Veil: 21 Keys to Raise Your Frequency, and Founder of Maple & Monroe: A Global Social Impact Think-Do Tank—welcomes Ashton August, founder of YouAligned and a leading voice in modern mindfulness and movement.

Together, they explore sacred principles that elevate consciousness and support spiritual alignment: knowing thyself, the revolutionary power of rest, the healing energies of water and nature, the high vibrations of gratitude and grace, the magic of rituals, the wisdom of silence, and the transformative force of mindset.

Infused with grounded insight and divine inspiration, this episode is a guide for anyone ready to live with intention, reclaim their energy, and rise into the Golden Age.

Tune in to align your frequency, anchor your truth, and embody your highest self.

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Show Notes

Segment 1

In this vibrant episode of The Happy Spot, Shakira Monet and Ashton August explore how tuning into intuition, mindset, and manifestation can create a deeply fulfilling and purposeful life. They share personal stories of trusting inner guidance, embracing spiritual intelligence, and integrating wellness with entrepreneurship to stay aligned and joyful. Listeners are encouraged to see mindfulness and heart-centered leadership not just as "woo," but as powerful tools for navigating challenges, thriving in business, and building a happier, more connected world.

Segment 2

In this soulful segment of The Happy Spot, Shakira Monet and Ashton August dive into the empowering concept of "raising your frequency"—described as aligning your energy, mindset, and actions with your highest self. They explore how tuning into your spiritual intelligence, maintaining intentional practices like meditation and mindfulness, and choosing love over fear can elevate your daily experience into one of peace, joy, and purpose. Through relatable stories and grounded wisdom, they remind us that happiness isn't just a mood—it's a vibration we can consciously cultivate to live in harmony with ourselves and the world around us.

Segment 3

In this enlightening segment of The Happy Spot, Shakira Monet and Ashton August explore the power of mindset as a frequency-setting tool that can transform both personal and professional realities. They emphasize that your thoughts, words, and energy are not just abstract concepts—they actively shape your experience and outcomes, especially during challenging times. By aligning your inner world through self-talk, conscious leadership, and intentional action, you can create a fulfilling life grounded in purpose, clarity, and joy.

Segment 4

In this soul-nourishing finale, Shakira Monet and Ashton August reflect on humanity’s transition from chaotic times into a “Golden Age” defined by peace, purpose, and connection to source. They highlight the transformative power of sacred rest—emphasizing that true rejuvenation, especially when combined with silence and stillness, is not only healing but revolutionary. For happiness seekers, the invitation is clear: slow down, tune in, and allow rest to become your pathway to clarity, inspiration, and higher living.

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Transcript

00:00:18.060 --> 00:00:19.819 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Hi and everyone

00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:55.520 Ashton August (she/her): Hello, everyone welcome. Thank you so much for joining us today. My name is Ashton, and I'm here with the incredible Shakira Monet, and we have quite the episode in store for you today.

00:00:56.030 --> 00:01:16.500 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Thank you so much, Ashton. Welcome everyone to the happy spot. My name is Shakira Monet Johnson, and I am the founder and chief impact officer of Maple and Monroe Maple and Monroe is a global social impact. Think and do, tank. And I'm also the author of Over the veil.

00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:34.690 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: 21 keys to raise your frequency and thrive in the Golden Age. I am so happy and grateful to the happy spot for this opportunity to host today, and to have Ashton August here with me today

00:01:34.810 --> 00:01:43.270 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Ashton is a distinguished author, Yoga and Meditation, instructor and leader in the wellness space

00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:57.870 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: dedicated to promoting mindfulness and holistic holistic well-being. She has built a thriving online community through her popular website, youalline.com and app you align classes.

00:01:58.010 --> 00:02:13.459 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Ashton holds her Mfa in creative nonfiction writing, and has published 3 books, 101. Mindfulness, mindfulness, practices to ease, anxiety, a year of self motivation for women

00:02:16.410 --> 00:02:21.150 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: to learn, grow, and shift in 30 days of personal growth.

00:02:21.270 --> 00:02:39.989 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Her approachable and motivational style has made her a beloved figure in the wellness community, where she continues to inspire individuals to embrace a balanced, mindful lifestyle through her books, consulting services, teacher, trainings, workshops, and retreats.

00:02:40.100 --> 00:02:43.790 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Ashton, welcome and thank you for joining us

00:02:44.280 --> 00:03:00.340 Ashton August (she/her): Oh, thank you, Shakira. Thank you for that introduction. I'm so excited to be here with you all today. This is such a great show. I love everything that is covered, and we have a lot to share. Shakira and I, Shakira, I'm Gonna tell them the quick story about us before we dive in

00:03:00.610 --> 00:03:01.150 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Tell it.

00:03:01.150 --> 00:03:19.170 Ashton August (she/her): We both serve on the board of an incredible nonprofit called the Flex Foundation and Shameless Plug. But it's in New York City. So it's completely relevant. The flex foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to bringing opportunities in entrepreneurship, travel, and wellness

00:03:19.170 --> 00:03:39.009 Ashton August (she/her): to underserved communities, and we do this both in person and virtually so. Shakir and I met working on that nonprofit, and when we 1st had our one on one call we instantly became best friends. We realized that we were sisters from another mister. And we also said that we

00:03:39.060 --> 00:03:49.550 Ashton August (she/her): we're going to one day create a podcast and here we are doing our 1st podcast episode right here with all of you. So who says, you can't manifest your dreams into reality and quickly

00:03:49.550 --> 00:04:17.010 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Heavy on quickly. And it's the power of the spoken word, you know, and using your words and using your thought form vibrations to create the reality that you want to see, because we literally spoke this into existence. So this is divine. The whole of it is divine, and I can't wait to get into this conversation. So Ashton, like I said, I am so honored, happy to have you here

00:04:17.940 --> 00:04:22.400 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: with heart. What's lighting up your personal life right now?

00:04:24.256 --> 00:04:28.613 Ashton August (she/her): Aside from our blossoming sisterhood and all that we're doing here.

00:04:29.140 --> 00:04:57.050 Ashton August (she/her): you know, I, as Shakira knows, I just got back from being on the road for over 2 months. And typically for me as an entrepreneur, I have an online platform. So all of my work is virtual. But there's plenty of work to do. And you know, as entrepreneurs, we often struggle with time management, especially when we're doing a lot of travel, or there's a lot of other things going on in our lives. And so this round I was able to access a really

00:04:57.050 --> 00:05:04.229 Ashton August (she/her): consistent form of deep focus in my work, and it has truly been lighting me up in my day to day tasks.

00:05:04.230 --> 00:05:11.219 Ashton August (she/her): because it has shifted from oh, this mountain of to do's right to what am I going to check off the list today?

00:05:11.330 --> 00:05:33.399 Ashton August (she/her): And that is such a nice feeling? And as someone who writes and teaches and gives lectures on the concept of mindset and the power of mindset. I can't tell you how much this mindset shift has helped me, not only in my focus and productivity, but also when I'm not working, and how and how great and lit up I feel. So

00:05:33.540 --> 00:06:02.150 Ashton August (she/her): that's really what's been lighting me up. And I want to take a quick note to apologize. I'm just getting over being sick, like most of the country right now, so please excuse my voice. But but, Shakira, I got to turn that question around on you, my love, what is lighting you up? Currently? Because Shakira gave herself a very brief and humble introduction. But this woman is a powerhouse she's doing not a lot. She's doing everything. She's doing it all. So what lights up Shakira

00:06:02.640 --> 00:06:15.110 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Wow! What lights me up? I want to say one seeing the power of manifestation, the things that I am meditating on, praying, on

00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:22.359 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: speaking, reading, seeing it physically, come into being.

00:06:22.850 --> 00:06:25.620 Ashton August (she/her): That is something that is lighting me up

00:06:25.810 --> 00:06:37.779 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: And it's so beautiful to see it and to know that. Oh, I thought of this. That's why it's happening, or oh, I spoke of this. That's why it's happening, even

00:06:37.880 --> 00:06:44.030 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: having my spiritual gifts really powering up and even knowing, if.

00:06:45.340 --> 00:06:49.115 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: quote unquote, bad news is coming. What do I mean by that

00:06:50.274 --> 00:07:01.960 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: me and my partner. We applied for a grant that we have gotten in in this in this particular brand that we have been working with for about 4 or 5 years.

00:07:02.340 --> 00:07:03.360 Ashton August (she/her): Big win

00:07:05.440 --> 00:07:06.980 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Before

00:07:07.110 --> 00:07:15.200 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: we got the response for the grant. Every time I would think about it I would get this feeling in my stomach like a

00:07:15.380 --> 00:07:17.019 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: almost like a knot.

00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:25.959 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: and I said, Why am I doing that? And really your spirit said, you're not going to get it like you're not going. You're not going to get it.

00:07:26.070 --> 00:07:31.600 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: And we found out yesterday that we didn't get it but

00:07:31.830 --> 00:07:41.810 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: one. It worked, but one. It works out, it works out. It's it's it's such still a win! It's such still a win. But really, what I took for that took from that was

00:07:42.740 --> 00:07:44.689 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: when you were tapped in

00:07:45.560 --> 00:08:13.359 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: you. You live almost without time. You understand things before they happen, and that lights me up. So in that situation where my partner she was a little bit bumm. She texts me. But when she texted me she said, Oh, I just found out that we didn't get it. I was like I knew that though I was like, but I knew that. And so what? That's another thing that's lighting me up is just as we are

00:08:14.030 --> 00:08:23.560 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: raising in frequency, and as I continue my journey over the veil, seeing what life is like on the other side, and

00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:39.170 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: again being able to really just manifest a life and speak things into existence and think things into existence. You're a witness to that. Right? You're you're an actual witness to me, saying, or we saying, we should do a podcast

00:08:39.820 --> 00:08:45.010 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: and less than 30 days. It feels like, here we are right.

00:08:45.450 --> 00:08:55.150 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Here we are. And again, that's on the positive side, positive and negative being. If you want to talk about duality, but really it's the same.

00:08:55.480 --> 00:09:09.020 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: But even if you're going to stay on the negative side of when things are going to happen or come to pass, having the intuition to say, Oh, I know, or oh, I feel it using your body as a sensor

00:09:09.020 --> 00:09:09.640 Ashton August (she/her): Hmm.

00:09:09.640 --> 00:09:35.590 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Or what is to come, because it feels the frequency before you're even able to process it many times, right? So it knows what's happening, and by using our sensors in our body we can know how things are going to shake out if you will, even if it feels a little uncomfortable, right? Like I was like, why is my stomach like this? But it's like this, because you're not going to get it. And we're just letting you know we're

00:09:35.590 --> 00:09:36.050 Ashton August (she/her): Just give me

00:09:36.050 --> 00:09:36.839 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Heads! Up!

00:09:37.460 --> 00:10:06.529 Ashton August (she/her): Yes, and you know what happens so often, especially when we are coming at things from the dualistic perspective which we typically tend to do in society is we label? And we say, Oh, that's bad. I don't want to be feeling uncomfortable, so we kind of run from that feeling, and and what you're talking about, Shakira, is the mindfulness practice of. Instead turning back into that feeling and saying, No, let's go deeper and explore what really this feeling has to tell us.

00:10:06.530 --> 00:10:08.020 Ashton August (she/her): Yes, and

00:10:08.420 --> 00:10:36.609 Ashton August (she/her): I'm going to ask you a follow up question here in just a moment, because I want to hear more. So I'm sure our listeners want to hear more, too, and and the 1st thing I want to say is what everyone is hearing, because I know we have a lot of listeners who are entrepreneurial. They're in business, and what I've noticed in as being a business owner for over 10 years, and being an entrepreneur, but in the wellness and spiritual space is often there's the belief that they're like oil and water like they can't go together.

00:10:36.730 --> 00:10:48.749 Ashton August (she/her): And yet, Shakira, what you're saying is, you bring your spirituality and your conscious consciousness and your awareness into your business. And so Shakira

00:10:48.750 --> 00:11:14.330 Ashton August (she/her): is like a very spiritually minded businesswoman, and I love the way that you walk that line between the 2. And that's 1 thing that we have in common is there's a saying, have you heard this? You don't want to be so spiritually minded that you are of no earthly good, but you don't want to be so earthly minded that you are of no spiritual good. And so that balance is what we're talking about. Because if if you're a listener who is hearing

00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:39.889 Ashton August (she/her): us say words like manifest and and feel into the energies. And you're like, Oh, here we go with that woo! Woo again! Well, I would challenge you in a loving way to just keep listening anyway, because I've been that person, my whole family. They're those people. And yet the deeper we go, we realize that this is this is a superpower to have in our business. And, more importantly, it's like a compass that brings us closer to ourselves. So

00:11:40.060 --> 00:11:51.939 Ashton August (she/her): with that being, said Shakira, can you dive a little more into this concept of intuition, and and really using your body as kind of that anchor of intuition

00:11:53.090 --> 00:12:03.670 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Well, one. When you talk about, you know, personal, professional, spiritual, non-spiritual. At this stage, I'm I call it, fully integrated.

00:12:03.690 --> 00:12:27.889 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: I've just integrated it all. There is no separation, right? And by doing that, then you can become more whole of a person. There really isn't a work, me a personal, me a spiritual me. It's just me and all of it in a balance, right? There are times it gets out of balance, but in a balance, and it allows me to understand people better. It allows me to understand timing.

00:12:27.890 --> 00:12:51.269 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: It allows me to be more solution oriented. It allows me to have a can do spirit. It in general just elevates everything. It allows me to have more grace and gratitude with others. We're going to talk about that a little bit more so. Really, it is a superpower. It's a it's a form of intelligence. If you want to say a IQ. Or Eq. But your spiritual intelligence

00:12:51.270 --> 00:12:56.990 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: right can lead the way. Can it can help you to feel? And and these are things that

00:12:57.020 --> 00:13:01.669 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: you know the term woo, woo. I have thoughts on, but that being said.

00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:10.839 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: these are things that we know. Anyway, these are things that many people are experiencing. Anyway, I mean you. You don't have to have written a book

00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:40.050 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: to say, oh, I felt something. I felt I knew something was off. I knew something was going on. These abilities are encoded into many of us. Some of us may have, you know, more of this or more of that, but the reality is that these are things that are built into our body. Pain is a sensor. These things are sensors to let us know what is happening. Right? So when I about leadership in the Golden Age and what

00:13:40.150 --> 00:14:08.379 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: the new leadership looks like we see the current leadership, and we see the in general disappointment with that, no matter what side of the aisle that you're on. There's a general feeling of disappointment with leaders at this time, rather your internal tool organization or external to an organization, right? And so really, people are looking for new leaders, new leadership styles that really incorporate

00:14:08.380 --> 00:14:16.760 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: all of these things into it, so that people bring their best selves and their whole selves. I'll say this before we go to commercial break

00:14:17.300 --> 00:14:21.869 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: even consumers are looking for brands

00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:38.069 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: that have this type of mindset mission ideology vision. They want to support brands that have a heart for the planet and have a heart for people. And and and that actually is a

00:14:38.540 --> 00:15:00.520 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: unique value proposition at this point that not only if you're a leader and you're in a corporate America, or you're in an entrepreneurial space, but as a brand bringing these things in actually shows that consumers would even pay more for organizations that have these principles incorporated in, and also employees are willing to make less

00:15:00.520 --> 00:15:17.389 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: if they get to work with leaders who have this kind of purpose driven spiritual spirituality, you know leadership 2.0 style about themselves. So let's go ahead and take a commercial break, and then we'll come back, and we'll chat a little bit more about this

00:15:17.660 --> 00:15:19.689 Ashton August (she/her): We'll dive back in. I love it

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00:17:08.060 --> 00:17:25.040 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the happy spot. I am your host, Shakira Monet Johnson, author of Over the Veil and founder of Maple and Monroe a global social impact, think and do tank. And we have our esteemed guest.

00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:33.400 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: author, founder, social entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Austin August.

00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:58.650 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: And so before our commercial break. We were talking about just what was lighting us up. We touched on just one reframing, how we approach things. So Ashton mentioned how she typically would kind of tackle her to do list like, oh, what do I have to do? But now it's almost like gamified where she's like, how much can I get done today? Right? And then I talked a bit about how once we

00:17:58.650 --> 00:18:11.630 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: fully integrated, we're able to show up in both personal and professional as our best selves, and actually tap into some of our superpowers to help us as we move through life and business.

00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:17.230 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Now, Ashton, our next question is, when we talk about

00:18:20.210 --> 00:18:30.739 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: what does raising the frequency mean? As we know, I have a book called Over the Veil 21 Keys to raise your frequency and ascend. The book is

00:18:31.180 --> 00:19:00.719 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: actual, practical things that I've done in my personal life to change my personal life and raise my own frequency. And it really started as tips and tricks that I wanted to give to my high performing high income clients. Right? So I typically work with leaders who are Ceos coos people in the C-suite professional athletes elected officials right? Just with my background in Pr, that's really like who we work with.

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:21.020 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: And what I found over time is that they had challenges, that maybe they were not public challenges, but that people who around them they will confide in. And so originally I created this list that I was going to share with my clients, just, you know, privately, but.

00:19:21.510 --> 00:19:26.600 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: as divinity would have it, it is now in a book form, and so

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:34.550 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: about frequency. Right? What does raising the frequency mean to you in your own words?

00:19:35.660 --> 00:20:00.560 Ashton August (she/her): And as I'm answering this, I would love for all the listeners to answer that, too, because it's a fun rhetorical question. And I'm sure, Shakira, you're asking this because it can be taken in a lot of directions. And when we hear that you know your frequency to me, and then you're obviously the experts. You're going to come in and you're going to let me know how I do to me. Frequency can be synonymous with vibration. Right? So we've a lot of us have heard like, Raise your vibration

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:27.039 Ashton August (she/her): or your energy. So when I say your energy, I don't just mean like, Oh, are you low on energy. Today you're feeling kind of sluggish. But what is the energy? You know how they say your energy introduces you. So for me, it's kind of energetic right. So everything is energy and like attracts like. And so what we're putting out, how we are showing up in the world is oftentimes what we're getting back right like what's being reflected back to us.

00:20:27.040 --> 00:20:32.900 Ashton August (she/her): And so when we talk about raising our vibration or changing our energy, it's that it's tapping into

00:20:32.930 --> 00:21:01.419 Ashton August (she/her): our true essence, our life force, and finding ways to nourish and nurture and support those things, support what lights us up on a soul level. So for me. That's that's energy. And that's how we would raise our energy. I know we're going to get into some specific ways, so I don't want to deep dive that too much but kind of the overarching level would be raising your vibration through

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:12.169 Ashton August (she/her): time spent in nature, working on yourself, right doing the work or or finessing your mindset, which is something that I'm very passionate in my work.

00:21:12.810 --> 00:21:16.080 Ashton August (she/her): With, that I'm gonna turn that over to you. How did I do?

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:18.990 Ashton August (she/her): How did I do, Shakira

00:21:19.530 --> 00:21:30.790 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: You did lovely, you did. That's what you did. When I think about frequency. I'm gonna bring in science here so that we don't get too woogoo

00:21:32.230 --> 00:21:32.830 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: but

00:21:32.830 --> 00:21:34.489 Ashton August (she/her): Balances out the pool.

00:21:35.128 --> 00:21:37.679 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: There it. This is

00:21:37.890 --> 00:21:54.280 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: scientifically proven to Ashton's Point. Everything is energy. There isn't even actually anything that's physically solid, right? They say that everything is actually just vibrating right? But with scientific research has been done that has actually.

00:21:54.280 --> 00:22:17.889 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: if we think about certain emotions, created a resonance that are for those emotions. Right? So if you think about hate, has a certain type of resonance, contentment has a certain type of resonance. Love has a certain type of resonance. Right? So when we think about frequency, I really see it. As, how do we raise our, if you want to say, resting frequency

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:39.719 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: to a point where low level vibration and energy really doesn't impact us or we don't live there. Right? I think we're human, right? So it's really a range. So once you reach a certain frequency. It's not that you're there forever, right? There's still a range that happens there and depending on your day depending on what's happened, depending on.

00:22:40.230 --> 00:23:04.730 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: If you practiced your spiritual practices for the day, or you did, your mindfulness, or your Yoga, or your meditation will depend on, if your frequency raises or lowers right what you're eating, what you're drinking right? All those things are in the book. So, for example, even today, right, I had a very busy day from go. It was busy. I did not meditate. Today. I didn't

00:23:04.730 --> 00:23:28.620 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: do my affirmations today. I did not do those things, but what I saw is that because I had so much to do, I was not as grounded and as balanced as I typically am, and because of that it allowed me to kind of dip down into some lower levels of emotions and feelings. So I felt frustrated at sometimes, or I felt a little bit anxious at sometimes.

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:48.099 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: But really, when I'm at my best, those emotions can. I don't even feel them. I can't even recognize them. Even if others are feeling those ways. I do not feel them, because my frequency is above it. Right? So if you imagine we're just thinking about a ladder, right?

00:23:48.380 --> 00:24:12.160 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: I'm just a higher. I'm just at a higher rung. So what's happening down there? I can almost just like, look what's going on down there like oh, maybe super interesting. Maybe not. I don't want it, but as opposed to, if I'm in it, I'm actually in it, right? So when we raise our frequency, it allows us, from a very practical terms to just live on our highest timeline.

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:25.229 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: It allows us to make our best decisions. It allows for us, like you said, to have our our great mindset. It allows for us to treat others well. It allows for us to love ourselves

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:41.219 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: most importantly. It allows for us to love ourselves. It allows for us to create a life, a dream life that we have peace and harmony in. I oftentimes say I live in heaven. I really mean that

00:24:41.360 --> 00:25:04.630 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: that's my daily experience is as a person living in heaven. Now that being said, if I eat the wrong things, or I don't touch grass, as my children say enough, then my frequency comes down, but when I am at my highest and best, I literally am in a whole nother dimension.

00:25:05.030 --> 00:25:26.249 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: There is a balance there, though, Ashton, because, as you said before, and and I don't want to mess up your quote. But you said you don't want to be so high that you don't connect physically, and and I'm sorry, but IA little bit. But it's so true, because when I get very, very, very, very, very high in my frequency.

00:25:27.630 --> 00:25:32.280 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: I it's like I'm floating like I'm just in

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:58.019 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: in a whole different dimension where the worldly, mundane troubles of humanity they don't even touch me, because I at that point consider myself to be in the Godhead, where I really just see everything as divine. Everything just is. We talked about this earlier. There is no positive or negative. It just is it just? Is

00:25:58.550 --> 00:26:14.240 Ashton August (she/her): That is something, Shakira. So Shakira and I were having a conversation weeks ago, and you brought that up to me, and you said it in such a beautiful way it has stuck with me. I was just thinking about it today. So 1st of all, have you all noticed the way that Shakira speaks.

00:26:14.590 --> 00:26:42.369 Ashton August (she/her): Even when Shakira you were going through and and saying how you didn't get to meditate, and so that allowed you to experience lower emotions, you remain so objective in the way that you speak of these things because she's living it. She is really like what she's saying is true. When I 1st met this woman. She was absolutely in the Godhead space, and I was just like, Give me some of that, please, because you can tell I am not.

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:51.930 Ashton August (she/her): And so. But it's beautiful in that. What you're emulating is that non-duality that we're speaking of.

00:26:52.060 --> 00:27:10.800 Ashton August (she/her): So you're you're pulling apart the labels that we, as you know human beings do, and you simply speak on your experience. And and it remains this objective, beautiful kind of just observation. Right? And so I love that very much

00:27:10.990 --> 00:27:18.080 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: I wanted observation to understand that we are source

00:27:18.310 --> 00:27:24.509 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: hold in a physical vessel so that source can have an experience

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:49.840 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: to have an experience, and whatever you perceive, your experience to be good or bad is fine, because source still gets the experience. It doesn't matter, because if Source didn't have this experience, which is really being expressed as duality, it would be at perfect stillness or peace. But you could also see that as a void

00:27:49.840 --> 00:28:01.780 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: nothingness, complete expansive nothingness. So in order for source to have something outside of nothingness.

00:28:01.790 --> 00:28:15.039 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: these polarities are allowed or created, and that being said, we, though through where our frequency is, get to determine how we experience that polarity.

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:23.789 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: what we contribute to the group consciousness in that polarity, and how we are also able to help others

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:43.840 Ashton August (she/her): I love that, and and I'll end with this before we break for a quick commercial, which is when you and I were talking about it earlier, the way that you described it to kind of summarize what you just said as you said, and when we say God, we don't want to lose anyone. It can be interchangeable with source, you know, oneness, whatever it is. But

00:28:44.310 --> 00:28:50.880 Ashton August (she/her): you said, God is not love like, yeah, that is one thing. God is but God. Just is

00:28:51.250 --> 00:28:52.080 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: This is

00:28:52.080 --> 00:29:16.349 Ashton August (she/her): Just is. And so that in a nutshell is non duality in a way that I think makes a lot of sense. And if you're wondering how this is connecting to. You know the spiritual versus the business and balancing the 2 when we come back we're going to hear from Shakir, because I want to hear more on this, on how we reach that state right and how we get to that point, using some of the keys from her book, so with that, said, We'll be right back

00:30:59.610 --> 00:31:21.770 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Welcome back! Welcome back again! I am Shakira Monet Johnson, and you are tuned into the happy spot. We have Ashton August with us, and we were just chatting about raising our frequency and the practical tips of how to do that in both our personal life and business

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:39.069 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: over the veil has 21 keys in it. We're just going to go into just a few today and not in any particular order. But I wanted to go into the key of mindset. Ashton. I really believe you to be a

00:31:39.550 --> 00:32:06.229 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: expert at this. This is Key 21 in the book. But, Ashton, why don't you just share a bit about how you approach mindset, not just as a mental discipline, but also as a frequency setting tool. You know what has really helped you stay aligned when life gets chaotic, and we are definitely in chaotic times now, and mindset will lead the way

00:32:07.830 --> 00:32:21.339 Ashton August (she/her): 100%. Absolutely. I am very passionate about mindset, and I believe that having an empowering mindset opens the door to living an abundantly fulfilling life

00:32:21.450 --> 00:32:26.870 Ashton August (she/her): in your personal, in your professional and your spiritual, everything benefits

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:31.439 Ashton August (she/her): or can be detrimented by our mindset.

00:32:31.780 --> 00:32:42.299 Ashton August (she/her): So there's there's a quote that is often attributed to Bruce Lee, and it says that words are powerful. They cast spells, and that's why they call it spelling.

00:32:42.600 --> 00:33:10.239 Ashton August (she/her): And so I share that, because mindset and our self-talk go hand in hand, and my belief is actually that self-talk is the foundation for a healthy and empowered mindset. And when I say an empowered mindset. I'm not talking about toxic positivity right where we just put on the rose colored glasses. And everything's Pollyanna. No, as Shakira said, life is chaotic. Now more than ever, let's be real. Let's be honest about that. It's hard not to be right.

00:33:10.250 --> 00:33:27.980 Ashton August (she/her): And so self-talk is key, and self-talk really starts with self-love. And so once we get our self-talk really dialed in to serving our ultimate goals, and where we want to go, and and how and who we want to be. Then we can work on mindset

00:33:28.170 --> 00:33:32.940 Ashton August (she/her): and mindset. What did you call it? Shakira? A frequency tool?

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.980 Ashton August (she/her): I love that.

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:52.769 Ashton August (she/her): Yeah. So mindset is exactly that. Now we've all had the friend or known the person. Or maybe it's even you listening who's been kind of like that dark storm cloud. You're walking around right, and you're saying things like, Oh, nothing ever goes my way. I never win. Nothing ever works out right.

00:33:52.980 --> 00:34:11.529 Ashton August (she/her): We are self fulfilling what we say and repeat, and and Shakir brought this up at the very beginning of our conversation today, when she was speaking on manifestation and speaking our thoughts into reality. Yumi Jean Francois, one of my best friends, and the founder of the Flex Foundation. She

00:34:11.530 --> 00:34:12.710 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Out to you, me

00:34:12.710 --> 00:34:15.609 Ashton August (she/her): Shout out to you, me! We love that woman.

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:40.139 Ashton August (she/her): and she's why we know each other. And she literally connected us, saying, You 2 will hit it off. And boy, was she right? So? But she is. She's the proponent of scripting. She taught me scripting, which is writing in present tense about things that you want to bring to reality as if they've already happened. And now you are basking in the glow of that having had happened.

00:34:40.350 --> 00:34:54.019 Ashton August (she/her): and all of these little practices are tweaking our mindset right and getting our mindset really dialed in so that it can be a tool for frequency, and it can be a tool for raising our overall

00:34:54.150 --> 00:34:55.340 Ashton August (she/her): vibration.

00:34:55.980 --> 00:35:04.390 Ashton August (she/her): So what do you? What do you have to? What do you have to share when it comes to mindset as well. Shakira, through the lens of of your book, over the veil

00:35:05.100 --> 00:35:23.230 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Right. So you you spoke about mindset. And really again, it just goes to me about that non duality. Right? So if we want to think about it for business for a moment. As we know, we're both entrepreneurs with the current administration.

00:35:23.230 --> 00:35:40.320 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Some of the things that we were doing as it related to social impact or environmental, social and governance now have a political tone to them. Right? So when we really saw this coming last year, my team, and I met and said, How can we accomplish our goals.

00:35:40.320 --> 00:36:06.930 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: which is really to help organizations raise their frequency by one doing the things that they said, they're going to do by really making real impact for people and planet and helping them to do more business and really support their employees. Right? But we said, What can we do that we're already doing that is not going to be politicized. And we said, How can we really move forward and have our best year yet, and through that mindset

00:36:07.030 --> 00:36:15.270 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: we didn't start pointing fingers. We didn't start blaming. We didn't say no, we're purple. No, we're yellow. We didn't go into any of that

00:36:16.470 --> 00:36:19.030 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: with things being what they are.

00:36:19.770 --> 00:36:40.439 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: how do we move forward? And for us one of the things was mental health, and that's something that we've always been doing. I'm doing activations around wellness, mental health, things of that nature. But we said, How do we double down on that? Because we actually feel like people will need mental health tools in a corporate setting

00:36:40.810 --> 00:36:50.289 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: that are fun and engaging, and and have a pr component to them and really help to increase productivity and all that good stuff.

00:36:50.700 --> 00:37:05.970 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: But how do we really now promote that in corporate audiences? And so we said, Let's double down on that activation or these activations that we've been doing, but haven't been at the forefront. And we can now continue to help people

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:17.499 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: during these times. Right? So that's the mindset. We didn't start saying, Woe is me! Nothing's gonna work. Close the business. Fold it up, you know. We no.

00:37:17.630 --> 00:37:20.940 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: this is actually an opportunity for us.

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:24.839 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Instead of saying, This is a detriment we actually said.

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:41.979 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: this is a huge opportunity for us to really double down on our impact. And, yes, make more revenue, but by having that mindset, it really helped to shift it. Also as a leader, it's important because your team is looking to you.

00:37:42.390 --> 00:38:03.909 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: So when you're confident and cool and composed, it makes the difference, because your team says, Oh, she's got it. We've got it. Oh, that you're right. We can do this as opposed to just kind of coming in spiraling. You know, good leaders practice spirituality and mindfulness.

00:38:04.010 --> 00:38:10.949 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: because if you don't, you're all over the place, and as a result your teams are all over the place.

00:38:11.100 --> 00:38:15.370 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: and as a result, you're not having return on investment.

00:38:15.930 --> 00:38:29.429 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: nor you having return on impact. Do you know that over 2 trillion with a T dollars per year is spent on social impact and sustainability initiatives? Yet we see the world's problems getting worse

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.400 Ashton August (she/her): Hmm.

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:38.830 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Team, and I had to dig into this and say what is going on. And we really looked into it. We saw it was. The leaders

00:38:39.750 --> 00:38:48.980 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: can only go as deep as they can only have amount of impact as the work they've done on themselves. It doesn't matter what

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:52.661 Ashton August (she/her): Say that again, for the people in the back

00:38:53.070 --> 00:39:20.839 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Have the impact as deep as the work you've done on yourself. No title can cover that up. No fancy brand Global Company can cover that up. If you haven't done the work on yourself, it's showing every day, and the tea on it is is that as your employees do the work and you're not. You get exposed. They're like, oh.

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:36.310 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: they don't know what they're doing. They haven't done the work right. So again, going back to mindset. It really is the positioning of how we think about things. And then I'm going to take it into. I'm gonna raise it up to 5 d. If you will

00:39:36.870 --> 00:39:41.530 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: every time we speak, even if you put your hand in front of your mouth.

00:39:41.850 --> 00:39:46.290 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: you feel the vibration coming out of your mouth.

00:39:47.570 --> 00:39:51.240 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: When you speak. You go and create

00:39:51.250 --> 00:40:18.220 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: thought form in spoken word form vibrations that impact reality. Remember, we started off with, we're not even in a physical reality. The whole of our experience and understanding is vibrational. It's scientifically proven. You don't have to believe, Ashton. You don't have to believe Shakira. Just a simple Google search. You will find all of the research telling you this to be true. So when we are speaking.

00:40:18.220 --> 00:40:41.740 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: we are impacting, let's call it a holographic universe for a moment with our words and with our thoughts. However, if our mindset is off, what do you think we're going to be thinking and putting off into the universe. Even our thoughts have a frequency. Even our thoughts have thought, form vibrations right even in the emerald tablets they talked about this talk, spoke about

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:52.479 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: using our thought form vibrations to impact our reality. So these are why mindset is so super important. Because, if not, your thoughts are off.

00:40:52.600 --> 00:41:21.349 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: your words are off. Your energy is off in the environment. We're going to go now. 12 d. God, Godhead source says, let it be. Do what I will. You want to have a great life, have a great life. You want to have a terrible life, have a terrible life. You want to have a great relationships, have that you want to have poor ones have, that it doesn't matter to me because I am. It's just another experience for me, part of a zillion. By the way one Zillion experiences. So it doesn't matter

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:49.320 Ashton August (she/her): And right, and also just like how you're saying, you know, God's source is like, have any experience. I'm not here to filter. I'm not here to say yay, nay, that's what our consciousness does, too. Our minds are not protecting us in the sense of Nope. That's not a good thought. Don't think that that's not good for us. In fact, our minds just say, Okay, whatever you're thinking, that must be true. Let's make this more true.

00:41:49.600 --> 00:41:50.240 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: And

00:41:50.240 --> 00:42:01.850 Ashton August (she/her): Hence. Why perfect circle, full rap that we say, you know what we're talking about, what we're saying impacts our entire reality down to our thoughts.

00:42:02.120 --> 00:42:03.250 Ashton August (she/her): And

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:22.589 Ashton August (she/her): we we have another commercial break coming up. But afterward I would love to connect that back to what we were sharing in the beginning. How mindset can impact deep focus. And then we're going to connect that to another key piece of mindset and productivity which is actually sacred rest

00:42:23.020 --> 00:42:23.540 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: And

00:42:23.540 --> 00:42:28.100 Ashton August (she/her): And then we're going to end with Shakira's favorite key before we wrap it up.

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:32.150 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Oh, my goodness! I can't wait to talk about rest. We'll be right back

00:42:32.370 --> 00:42:33.000 Ashton August (she/her): Same.

00:44:18.010 --> 00:44:24.010 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Hello, everyone, and welcome back. You are tuned into the happy spots.

00:44:24.290 --> 00:44:32.859 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: My name is Shakira Monet Johnson, and I am your host, and I have here the radiant, the spectacular.

00:44:33.910 --> 00:44:44.120 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: the joyful Ashton August, here to talk about keys that we can use to raise our frequency and thrive

00:44:44.240 --> 00:44:50.520 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: in the golden age, Ashton, I want to ask you about rest, but I want to just

00:44:51.126 --> 00:44:53.160 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: preference when I talk about

00:44:53.750 --> 00:45:16.480 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: the Golden Age and and just share what that means. So there are concepts, ancient ones about, you know, really, life or the world being split up, our experience being split up into these yogas, right. And currently the Yuga that we are alleged to be in is Kali, Yuga.

00:45:16.540 --> 00:45:27.280 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: and Kali Yuga is really defined by tumultuous times. Selfishness, greed.

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:56.470 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: degradation of people and planet. And the list goes on, and really we are, if you will, in the worst, Yoga, we are in the Yuga, where we have fallen the most. Our frequencies have dropped down so low that many of us are disconnected from source altogether right, and we see this people being lost, or what I call at times spiritually unbalanced. And now, though.

00:45:56.470 --> 00:46:01.910 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: as with everything, it's darkest before the dawn, we are entering into

00:46:01.910 --> 00:46:14.269 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: the Golden Age, which is the next Yoga, where we actually come back to source and our frequency raise it is in. It is a yoga that is known to have what we'll call peace.

00:46:14.330 --> 00:46:16.380 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: harmony and love.

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:19.450 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: So one of the ways

00:46:19.450 --> 00:46:20.290 Ashton August (she/her): Japanese.

00:46:22.824 --> 00:46:25.980 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: And hurry up already and hurry up.

00:46:26.410 --> 00:46:38.329 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Hurry up already. And it and it's so interesting because it's like, imagine being we go to mindset. Things are so chaotic that I'm just

00:46:38.540 --> 00:46:56.309 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: grateful that we are moving to the moving on to the highest like I'm like, oh, well, it's so. It's so low that everything's looking up like, oh, it's it's an interesting thing I feel like. Oh, all of this has to happen for us to fully transition

00:46:56.520 --> 00:47:07.729 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: to our golden age. People have to get so fed up. People have to get so frustrated. People have to say, I don't want this reality anymore. Yeah, because it's choice.

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:25.440 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: you know, that's 1 of the 21 keys that we're not going to go into today. But choice. Everything is our choice, right? So this reality that we are experiencing in the group. Consciousness is a form of our group choice. Rather we want to believe it or not. However.

00:47:26.060 --> 00:47:30.469 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: so many souls are saying, I don't want to do that anymore.

00:47:30.750 --> 00:47:55.589 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: I don't want to do it anymore. I don't like it. We tried it. We hate it, hated it right like we don't like it. We don't want to do that anymore. It's our choice that we don't want to be in that. And once we reach a tipping point of consciousness and a tipping point of souls that say, we no longer want to do that. It's almost like miraculously that world will pass away, and then we will be in the Golden Age. People like yourself and mine.

00:47:55.590 --> 00:48:03.449 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Jack and others, are really the way showers. We are just helping and ushering those last deciding souls

00:48:03.450 --> 00:48:14.159 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: over, so that we can go into our golden age, however, choice will remain, and those who want to stay low, vibrational, and in that energy will have the choice

00:48:14.180 --> 00:48:15.829 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: to do that as well.

00:48:16.360 --> 00:48:20.310 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: So let's talk about rest, which is such a huge

00:48:21.050 --> 00:48:28.819 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: peace when it comes to raising our frequency, Ashton. We know that we live in hustle. Culture

00:48:30.640 --> 00:48:42.879 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: in that rest almost feels like a rebellion. I see people hashtagging sleep when you die, and all this other type of stuff, you know, sleep is the cousin of death. And all these things

00:48:43.090 --> 00:48:50.410 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: how have you redefined rest? And how do you protect the sacred space, or that sacred space in your life

00:48:51.640 --> 00:49:14.110 Ashton August (she/her): Love that question also. Thank you for everything you just shared about the Golden Age, because it's important for us to hear that perspective and find some hope. You know Shakira is my personal. Go to now, when I'm feeling rather hopeless with all the chaos and unbelievable things of the world. I'm like Shakira. Give me that amazing outlook because we need it. So thank you for that.

00:49:14.110 --> 00:49:14.870 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Check out.

00:49:14.870 --> 00:49:18.641 Ashton August (she/her): For all of your mindset accountability needs

00:49:19.180 --> 00:49:32.490 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: All. Is it? All is working. It all works out. It all is pushing us where we need to go. So it's like, don't let you know in in the book. I say, why do you allow mere mortals to worry you?

00:49:32.690 --> 00:49:33.260 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: What

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:35.089 Ashton August (she/her): See, that's what I'm talking about.

00:49:35.090 --> 00:49:52.990 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Why do you allow mere mortals to worry you? Let's let's not worry about things that people are doing for their own reasons, and they're operating in their polarity of negativity, which is supposed to happen. All right, rest, rest, rest.

00:49:52.990 --> 00:50:01.049 Ashton August (she/her): All right. But thank you and thank you for that, and it's good to hear for everyone rest. So you know, rest

00:50:01.490 --> 00:50:12.999 Ashton August (she/her): is productive and self-care like soul care, you know a bubble bath. Yes, that falls in. But we're not just talking about that soul. Care is revolutionary.

00:50:13.850 --> 00:50:16.369 Ashton August (she/her): and so I'll say that again, because if you heard that

00:50:16.370 --> 00:50:22.300 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: That, again, is revolutionary woo

00:50:22.300 --> 00:50:49.700 Ashton August (she/her): It's productive and soul care is revolutionary. One of my favorite articles that we have on my website, youaligned.com is talking about mindfulness through the lens of social justice. And that's where it came from. These incredible leaders of the Social Justice movement have said that self care is a revolutionary act, because what's happening in the world it can be like a design to keep us down.

00:50:49.700 --> 00:51:06.790 Ashton August (she/her): to keep us complacent, to keep us exhausted, scared, whatever the case may be. So when we step out of that narrative, and we give ourselves the time and the grace of self-care of rest. It's not just productive. It is revolutionary. Now

00:51:07.190 --> 00:51:12.450 Ashton August (she/her): raise your hand if you're an entrepreneur who has experienced burnout

00:51:13.580 --> 00:51:29.470 Ashton August (she/her): both hands up for both of us, and so I'm not speaking as if I'm like, Hey, do this. I'm speaking from experience of going through. Not one, because I'm a stubborn woman, but 2 rounds of complete and total burnout, rock, bottom burnout.

00:51:30.080 --> 00:51:50.289 Ashton August (she/her): and it was that second time that I realized, my, you know. Burn the candle from both sides and go go and ignore the signs of being sick, of being exhausted, of being run down, of being dispassionate, you know, lacking passion or creativity. I finally realized, that doesn't work that's not sustainable.

00:51:50.440 --> 00:52:12.529 Ashton August (she/her): And so if you've been through that, you're like duh. But if you haven't, please learn from our mistakes and and recognize that taking time off is the key to productivity. It is refreshing. It rejuvenates your mindset, your perspective, the way that you address problem solving and creativity.

00:52:12.530 --> 00:52:37.509 Ashton August (she/her): It is profound. And so I schedule in my rest, like I schedule in a meeting, or like I schedule in an important interview, you know, and and it's key for me. And just like Shakira felt it when she didn't get to meditate today. So she was, you know, experiencing more anxiety than she would. Normally I feel it when I don't take that adequate time to rest, and it shows up in half.

00:52:37.510 --> 00:52:48.209 Ashton August (she/her): I'm no longer feeling inspired right? Oh, I can't get myself to do the work that I want to do, and I wanted to quickly circle back to what I shared in the beginning, about deep focus.

00:52:48.390 --> 00:53:07.650 Ashton August (she/her): The deep focus came from not to be too political, but around the time of the inauguration, and I was feeling so overwhelmed and hopeless, and therefore completely lethargic, not motivated to do much of anything, and I sat myself down and I said to myself, self, I said.

00:53:07.730 --> 00:53:24.090 Ashton August (she/her): Ashton, what can we change? Okay, I can double down on the advocacy work that I do in my personal life. I can double down on those things, while I also really dig into my work and show up as best as I possibly can for that for my clients, for my audience.

00:53:24.840 --> 00:53:33.580 Ashton August (she/her): And then I'm also going to double down on what I'm doing outside of the work things, on my rest, on my joy, on my play.

00:53:33.740 --> 00:53:50.310 Ashton August (she/her): And that combination led to this powerful mindset, to this ability to rest and to be where I'm at today, where, yeah, we feel the weight of the world. And also I feel like I'm able and ready to move forward and to do so through an empowered lens

00:53:51.730 --> 00:53:57.490 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: That is so beautiful, and rest. If we combine rest with silence.

00:53:58.210 --> 00:53:58.840 Ashton August (she/her): Oh!

00:53:58.840 --> 00:54:02.250 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: We hit another stratosphere

00:54:02.940 --> 00:54:11.210 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: in the silence mixed with our resting, sitting alone in the silence, and if we combine that with the darkness.

00:54:11.500 --> 00:54:14.319 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: we have officially entered into a portal.

00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:20.169 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: That portal is a hack and a shortcut. You want to know an answer. Just ask.

00:54:20.380 --> 00:54:35.829 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: just ask and wait. So you're hustling, going back to my hustle error. I don't. I'm not in a hustle anymore. Just for clarity and for speaking it. I now live a soft life. I live a life of ease and comfort and abundance.

00:54:36.150 --> 00:54:41.250 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: There is no hustle with me right there, but that being said.

00:54:41.730 --> 00:54:48.080 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: When you take the time to rest, and you do that in silence, and you do that in the darkness

00:54:48.350 --> 00:55:03.579 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: your divine inspiration, your downloads will put you so much further than you could have ever done by burning the candle at both ends, and you'll be able to do it and have ease in it.

00:55:04.090 --> 00:55:14.509 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: because what is the point of any of this. Rather it be fame, fortune, month, whatever it is, titles insert blank.

00:55:14.980 --> 00:55:17.239 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: If you don't have peace.

00:55:17.680 --> 00:55:43.179 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: and the reality is that if you're not resting. You cannot have peace. You cannot, because you are too turbulent, and you're moving around too much. I'll say this before we close before Covid. I was just here, there, and everywhere all the time, and I was just like it was like I was just grinding it out, and I was in New York and doing this and here and out every night. And

00:55:43.940 --> 00:56:06.169 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Covid sat me down in such a beautiful and profound way. I feel like I have 10 X. My life through that quiet, through that silence, through that darkness, the portal. So if anyone is asking, What's my purpose, what do I do next? What are they doing over there? What's going on? What did they mean? Any profound question? You have

00:56:06.800 --> 00:56:11.370 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: ask it, and you mix that silence with rest

00:56:11.660 --> 00:56:28.639 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: in the darkness. You might not even need the darkness, but the darkness. If you want to do 12 d. You do the darkness. But if you don't want to, you could just have silence in the rest. Those answers, and that understanding will come to you, and it will be a complete game. Changer.

00:56:28.870 --> 00:56:30.170 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Ashton.

00:56:31.010 --> 00:56:38.069 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: you've come to the end of our podcast we could literally talk like this for another 2 HI know we could

00:56:38.070 --> 00:56:41.130 Ashton August (she/her): We just scratched the surface. So that's correct.

00:56:41.130 --> 00:56:46.510 Ashton August (she/her): Actually not ending. We're just gonna no, I'm just kidding the producers like, Get Get. No.

00:56:46.740 --> 00:56:55.420 Ashton August (she/her): thank you. Yes, thank you so much, Shakira, for having me, Shakira. We spoke a lot about your book. Please end by telling people when it's coming out where they can find it.

00:56:55.990 --> 00:56:57.849 Ashton August (she/her): What more to know about you

00:56:58.040 --> 00:57:03.440 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Well, one, you can learn more@overthevail.com.

00:57:03.460 --> 00:57:29.550 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Thank you, Ashton, for being such a huge supporter of the book and myself. The book really is my life's work, and I feel so happy and grateful to be able to share it with humanity. So thank you, Ashton, before we wrap, please. Why don't you share more about where people can find you? All that good stuff and everything you align.com

00:57:30.020 --> 00:57:51.370 Ashton August (she/her): Yes, thank you. Well, she just gave away the 1st one you aligned like YOU aligned.com. Please check out my company there and then you can connect with me personally on my website, which is ashtonaugust.com. Thank you all so much for listening, and thank you again to Shakira to talk radio to the happy spot for having us. This has been lovely

00:57:51.650 --> 00:58:11.520 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: It's been lovely. I think we need a part 2. I think we need a part 2. We're going to speak that into existence. Thank you, everyone for tuning in. May you be blessed, happy, and whole in your life. We are so happy and grateful for you, and we hope that you have the most amazing rest of your day.

00:58:11.780 --> 00:58:13.320 Shakira Monet - Maple & Monroe Social Impact Think Tank: Thank you.

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