Show Notes
How often do you show grace for yourself? On the other side of showing grace to yourself lies abundance, joy, clarity, and resources. It is important to embrace the parts of yourself that you’ve rejected to start seeing more.
Ksenia Brief is an energy architect supporting leaders in playfully nourishing the world with their unique medicine through social media. She started as a blogger with a full-time social media manager job for a personal image consulting company before she went full-time as a wellness content creator running her blog Breakfast Criminals. She’s on a mission to empower business people without a point of entry to social media to do it in their own unique ways.
She talks about the deep and intuitive listening path she’s following when it comes to social media and how she balances to find alignment.
“There will always be distractions from the outside world that will invite us into being off-balance with our inner and our body intelligence.”
Ksenia is currently immersed in what feels most alive, which is about valuing not working as much as working and valuing the growth and transformation that happens within the process of work as much as the results. She has learned to say no to things that might sound exciting financially but not feel as exciting to her body and spirit. She has found that creating space and going for her highest truth, joy, and growth, is when the money follows.
What if every aspect of ourselves including the judgmental and self-criticizing parts are all parts of the whole? Disintegration is necessary for the creation of something new. You must redefine what’s aligned with you instead of allowing social media algorithms or the universe to define success for you.
“I can’t expect the universe or social media algorithms to redefine success for me, it’s about me choosing to build that depth and trust my voice, medicine, and joy.”
It’s time to drop the shoulds of how you should show up. Recognize what your patterns are, stop comparing yourself with others in the same space as you, and leave space for a miracle. “Miracles come in places where we hold space for them.” It’s only you who can choose to be in your essence daily, to be the main character of your life without waiting for any external validation.
“It takes trusting that your contribution is unique and your voice is unique and choosing that every day no matter what the world tells you.”
Listen in to learn more about the power of choosing your most abandoned parts and honoring your worthiness.
In This Episode You Will Learn:
[0:11] Ksenia on the listening path she’s on this season and how that is going.
[6:32] How she finds a balance between her inner work and what comes from the outside.
[14:15] How to focus on what feels good for you and stop paying attention to the metrics.
[28:50] Why disintegration is necessary as part of our wholeness.
[35:05] Define success with what aligns with you instead of allowing social media to do it for you.
[42:30] Learn how to honor your true essence and avoid following the linear path.
[47:00] The power of showing up in your true essence and not waiting for external validation.
[52:06] Learning how to be in your presence and to show up fully in who you are.
Resources Mentioned:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ksenia.brief/
Website: https://www.kseniabrief.com/
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