2024 Retrospective: A Journey of Authenticity and Spiritual Growth

In this year-end episode of the Integrated Wisdom Podcast, join us for an intimate reflection on the transformative year of 2024, as we highlight some of the podcast's most impactful moments for the year, exploring themes of:

• The power of authentic living and its impact on mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being
• Groundbreaking research in neuroscience and quantum physics related to consciousness
• Inspiring "Soulful Chats" with psychologists exploring spiritual journeys
• The unexpected spiritual awakening often triggered by motherhood

What to Expect in 2025:

• A deeper dive into navigating human challenges through a spiritual lens
• Continued exploration of cutting-edge research
• More diverse perspectives on spirituality and personal growth
• Tools and insights to help listeners connect with their authentic selves

A must-listen for anyone seeking personal transformation, spiritual insights, and practical wisdom for navigating life's complexities.

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Transcript

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Welcome to the Integrated Wisdom Podcast. I am your host, Tatyana Da Silva. Join me as we discuss what it means to live an integrated life and explore ways for you to create a life filled with greater meaning, peace, and connection by integrating the wisdom of spirituality, psychology, Neuroscience, Epigenetics and Energy Psychology are hoped to empower you to create deeper and more loving connections with yourself and others, whilst also paving the way for humanity at large to be reimagined and inspired to become the very best version of itself. Hello, and welcome to the integrated wisdom podcast. Thank you so much for joining me for yet another episode. I cannot for the life of be, believe that we are at the end of 2024. This time next week, it's going to be Christmas. Can you believe it? We are, has a year gone. Right? I feel like we say this every year. But there is definitely something going on time is definitely speeding up year after year. No doubt about it. but just like last year I wanted to do the final episode of the year. As a retrospective of the year, that was. Highlight some moments that I was really proud of. Some things that I. Yeah. I wish it would have gone a little bit differently. And give you a sneak peek of what my plans are for these podcasts next year. So thank you for, for tuning in for this last one for 2024. So this year has been. Just the biggest rollercoaster in every sense of the word, there have been some amazing highs. I've had, you know, My program was launched earlier this year and I had the most amazing experience. Working with the ladies that joined to the course. And subsequently continue on with a peer consultation group. That we ended only a couple of weeks ago. Uh, we have a final session. A couple of weeks ago. And it's been amazing because it's allowed me to, to stay grounded and focused in disseminating, you know, this spiritual information to really digging deeper into the research that's available. and it's brought so much joy to me to be able to have conversations like this. The, the episodes that have been on this year, they've been. Many have been really exciting for me to share. this was the year I started. Having psychologists joined me once a month or the soulful chats when we've been talking about individual. Journeys with spirituality and. It's been very humbling for me. To listen to some of these women. Share their experiences, their insights, their knowledge. and I hope that you have enjoyed it as much as I have this. Be some of the many interesting and valuable. information and. Perspectives that have be shared throughout this year. And it's definitely being a crowd favorite and it's a segment that will continue next year for sure. And I think some of the topics that I really feel proud of speaking to over the year, a lot of the research that we've been digging deeper into. You know, in terms of the, not just the neuroscientific. Uh, advances that are being made. In terms of showing the benefits of having a spiritual practice to mental health and physical health. But even some of the advances that have been happening in the quantum sciences. So quantum biology, quantum physics, Uh, you know, we spoke about. Some theories emerging and some, some early. Research that's being supporting ideas around the fact that our soul or our consciousness exists outside our brain. Oh, which. Which was fascinating for me to read and something I really cherished being able to share with you all. I talked about. The advances in technology and in AI in terms of. Producing. Uh, tools to enable people to reach heightened states of awareness. Um, through the use of technology mimicking the effects of psychoactives. So that was an interesting conversation to be had. Um, we spoke a lot about different ways in which spiritual themes are waving themselves into popular culture. Dissected some, some movies and some shows that. I've seen. That have hidden spiritual themes in them. One of the most recent ones that I watched was Moana two. Uh, it's just beautiful. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend there are some gorgeous spiritual themes in that one, too. Which I will explore, um, next year. And, you know, talked a lot about what it means to be. a, spiritual or conscious therapist. Um, and ways to integrate that into our. therapy practice. We talked about some of those spiritual elements that, you know, That really help us to connect with this heightened sense of perception and that help us ground ourselves in our soul essence, like connecting with experiences of awe and wonder. Talked about. the differences between a true spiritual awakening and a psychotic episode. Uh, just being, there's just been so many incredible things that we've spoken about this year, but by far the ones that I cherish the most definitely. The ones where I'm talking about the research that's out there. Um, And also the'Soulful Chats' segment. Where we were able to talk through. The psychologists experiences with their personal journeys, um, through their spiritual growth. Um, some themes that really stood out for me from those conversations are how motherhood. Is such a. A spiritual process in and of itself. And it can often be for people. Uh, a catalyst to unleashing their connection with their spiritual essence or. Like opening the door for them to pursue their spirituality a little bit more deeply and more intentionally. So I found it curious that more than one. Of my guests this year. Spoke about that, the role that spirituality or that motherhood had in unlocking their spirituality. Um, so that was really fascinating. You know, all the talks of how living an authentic life is so important. In terms of our health in terms of our physical and our mental health. But also in terms of our spiritual health. The toll that it takes on our soul. For us too. To suppress our authentic expression. Right? The ways it disconnects us from our intuition, from our higher self. And how did that. Like think has detrimental impacts for our health. One of the things that we spoke about this year, Was the idea that people pleasing, which is a very common. Um, program that we developed growing up, particularly as women. Will disconnect us from our authentic expression and consequently from our intuition. And our higher self. So all of these things were spoken about this year and. I think if I had to choose to pick. Uh, Like a once in a single word. That sums up the essence of all the things that we spoke about this year. It would absolutely be authenticity. You know, the idea that in living authentically. We allow ourselves to be more integrated and aligned in all levels of our essence. So our spiritual, our mental, emotional and our physical levels, in order for them to be aligned. We need to practice authentic living, but also in practicing, authentic living. We. We enable the integration of these four facets. So I think in, you know, in identifying. In reflecting back on the year and all the conversations that we've been having. So much of it boils down to that being, allowing ourselves to connect with our authentic essence to express authentic essence, but also to celebrate. Our authentic essence, we are all divine sparks. Right. We have our unique. Offerings to the world. Each of us has a unique. Proposition, if you like for being here. But we can't hear that. We can't connect with that. Unless we start allowing ourselves to express. Who we are. Truly. You know, authentically and consistently. You know, so many people get caught in this idea of. grappling with their purpose and why they're here. And what is it that they're supposed to do and the deeper search for meaning? I see this in my, in my clinic a lot. Um, and I think modern life has definitely. Been accelerating these questions for us. Um, or leading us to have more, more of these questions. And really the answer to all of that is, is that authenticity. Isn't it? And starting to strip back the ways where we've been conditioned. To suppress our essence In order to be liked, to you in order to fit in. Um, in order to achieve, you know, so-called. Success in. Quotes So. If I'm taking anything into 2025 as a reflection of what 2024 has brought to the surface for me personally, and through these conversations, it definitely is living a more authentic life. You know, that's going to be one of my words for 2025. And I invite you to also connect with your authentic expression and start to allow yourself to show yourself more fully. And I get that. It can be scary, particularly if we haven't been doing it for a long time. We might not even know who that authentic person is anymore. Um, so starting really small standing in safe spaces. You know, really starting to tune into your body, connecting with. The different signals that you're pointing might be sending you. About, whether you're in a situation that's for you or that you sort of really a good fit. Our body has so many answers for us. If we allow ourselves to tune in. You know, feelings of expansiveness are always a positive sign. Kings of heaviness and construction are always a cautionary sign. So starting there tuning into that in, but not just noticing, listening to it, acting on it. All right. So I invite you to start experimenting with that now that we're starting to wind down for the year, many of us are going to have a little bit more space, potentially. To to connect with ourselves. I mean, I know that it's also a crazy time with EA. So many, so many functions and kids are going to be at harm and maybe it's not the best time. But if you do, if you're able to take a little bit of time for yourself to just start. Putting into place, a little practice of connecting with yourself, connecting with your essence. Tuning into any impulses that arise. That feel true to you? And allowing yourself to express that, playing with them and seeing what happens. I think that's such a lovely way to lead into a new year. Uh, for me personally, 2024 has been, like I said, at a roller coaster, it's been, there's been so many fabulous things that have. Happened this year. Uh, in. You know, With my course, I, and having time to talk to. Other psychologists that are. Interested in understanding the spiritual concept of life. How a spiritual practice can help them. Themselves, but also their clients, how we integrate that ethically in 12. Into our work as therapists. I mean, I've been loving having conversations around that and the research base that's available. But also just conversations on what it means to navigate life from a. A spiritual lens, right? Like what it means to, to remember. That we are souls first and foremost, having a physical experience and how that understanding can help us navigate life with greater ease. I'm sure you. You might agree that it's been a tough year. There's been so many things happening worldwide. In terms of conflicts and people suffering and. You know, lots of uncertainty with. Like economic crisises all over the world and the cost of living, taking a toll on people. And, you know, it would be. irresponsible and Intellectually dishonest of me to suggest that none of these things matter or that they don't. Um, impact. Our experience of being human. Of course they do. And so I think it's very important that we address those issues too, that we don't dismiss them or diminish them as unimportant. Uh, or as need to take a back seat, um, to. You know, being spiritualized and connecting with our spiritual essence, I don't think that's the case. I think. They go in tandem. Because when we're in. Physical existence. Our souls reside in the human body and our human body has needs. that we need to, to attend to. And I think again, authentic expression, isn't just connecting with also essence. It's also tuning into what the human we are inhabiting needs. So I invite you to, to reflect on that, you know, the ways in which. Your own individual challenges and they might be on a personal level. They might be the way that the. The world. Issues are impacting you. It's definitely been a year or so many people struggling with what's happening on that macro level. Right. We all have very strong emotions around. What we're witnessing in the world right now. Oh, so in some cases feeling very helpless. To do anything positive about it in other ways. You know, being really galvanized and energized to try to do our part. To, to improve circumstances for, for the, for the world at large, or for people that are suffering more than us. So. I think that unfortunately, these things are going to continue next year, but this is an opportunity for us to really start to reflect on. Okay. How we want to show up. If I connect with my, my values and my authentic self, how do I want to show up from the face of all these challenges? Um, it's been personally a very tough year for me. There's been a lot of personal. Issues that I've been navigating. In the background, which has unfortunately also impacted my ability to, to show up. To the podcast as fully as I would have liked. But. I am a firm believer that in the challenges there are always some pearls of wisdom to be found. Some lessons for our growth for our. Enhancement. And I will be exploring that a little bit more next year. Um, and talking through some of those personal journeys and insights in more detail, because I do think that there are some lessons in what I've been navigating that will probably be very pertinent to those of you listening. Like I said, I think. Um, Whilst it's really important and helpful for us to talk. Ground ourselves in the knowledge that we are spiritual beings. Having a human existence. It is also very, very important that we are armed with tools to navigate this human existence. That isn't easy. So one of the changes that you'll see in the podcast thinks she is that I will be speaking to themes that are much more aligned with some of the challenges we face as we navigate human life. Um, and the tools that will help us navigate that, particularly from that spiritual lens, how having a spiritual lens. Will help us navigate those, those challenges more fully. So you can be on the lookout for those episodes. That will probably be one of the biggest changes. I am going to continue talking through some of the emerging research that comes up. Um, as obviously you have a huge passion of mine, so you can expect more episodes around emerging research. There's some fascinating ones that I've already flagged for discussion for next year. Um, and I will continue as well with the soulful chats segment. Sharing with you. Some of the experiences that my fellow therapists and psychologists have been navigating through their own journey with their spiritual selves and their integration of that spirituality into their work. But I also hope to be bringing on some people who. Aren't necessarily psychologists who might have other types of health backgrounds or who might just be, um, Yeah, human beings, navigating the world and have found the spirituality has been a really helpful tool for them. so I really look forward to sharing more of that with you next year. I thank you so much for your support for tuning into this episode for sharing the episodes throughout the year, and yeah. Really helping this endeavor to grow and, and getting front of more people. I'm very, very grateful. And I look forward to continuing this process with. You all next year. Okay. And just continue to, to build on the conversations that we've had. And just continue to serve and add value in the way that I can. Um, You know, I've reflected a lot on the way that I can serve. Some of the challenges that are happening in the world right now. From my very limited one person perspective and position. Um, And I feel like this platform is probably one of the best ways that I can do that. So I'll be speaking a lot more. On on these issues and how in hopefully to give you tools. Um, and insights that will make life a whole little bit easier to navigate. But also to stark. You know, creating a tiny ripple. Um, of. I guess positive change of. Reminding us who we really are reconnecting ourselves. A sense, but also reconnecting us to each other. I think we're, you know, we, we need to start connecting to each other with love. And compassion again, if we have any hope of turning the tide. Of everything that we've been witnessing this year. So I am so grateful. And again, um, I wish all of you. Oh, Beautiful end of year festive season. However you celebrate that you may be celebrating with your loved ones. That you may be safe. And I look forward to seeing you all again, in the new year, I will be taking two weeks off now. Um, so I will be joining back in mid January. I look forward. Just to you're sharing more with you in the year. And take care. Thank you again. And we'll talk soon. Bye. Thank you for tuning in to this episode of Integrated Wisdom. It is my sincere wish that today's episode may have intrigued and inspired you to reclaim your power and step into becoming more fully integrated spiritual beings. New episodes are published every second Wednesday and I hope you'll continue to join us as we dive deeper into what it means to live an integrated life. So if it feels aligned to you, I invite you to hit subscribe and share it with others who you feel may benefit too. You may also find me on Instagram at integrated underscore wisdom. Remember each moment is an opportunity to embrace your divine potential and create a world that is more frequently inspired. So for now, stay connected, stay inspired and keep shining your light into the world.