Sunrise in Your Pocket

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about gratitude. ‘Tis the season. But in this week’s episode, I am sharing why gratitude is a key transformational practice for every day of the year. A mindset of gratitude is more than just a trendy thing to try; this mindset actually changes the wiring in our brain to counteract all the years of focusing on what is going wrong around us.

Every day, we make choices. With our actions, with our words, and in the way we approach experiences and interactions. Perhaps one of the most important ways to live fully in the now is to consider the idea that our mindset matters. This week, I am exploring how our mindset is a key in creating the life we want to live.

We are human. We want things. We strive for outcomes. But what if the desire for attainment wasn’t what we really need? What if we could cultivate attunement instead of attainment? In this week’s episode, I am exploring the idea of attuning to what resonates deeply within you. Like an orchestra or chorus attunes one sound to another, we can use the practice of attunement to connect to how we want to feel and practice being in the moment.

Children are curious. They explore just because, and they make decisions based on what feels good. But as adults, we no longer practice curiosity, opting instead to be guided by shoulds, deadlines, and a need for specific outcomes and certainty. This week I’m exploring curiosity as a mindset. Why be curious? Curiosity is one of my favorite practices for releasing a need for outcomes and creating space in our lives for new possibilities.

We want things. As humans, we want to feel loved, connected, seen, or valued by others. In this podcast, I am exploring how to give yourself more of what you crave – in your heart and in your life. Because we don’t need others to show us love, strength, connection, or even value. What if we could learn to be our own source for those feelings first? What if we could learn to find what we crave where it already exists – within ourselves and in our lives – rather than focusing on where it doesn’t?

Have you ever had one of those moments when you feel like you are on top of the world, confident and connected to your purpose, yet at the same time, you feel like you are tumbling out of an airplane towards the earth in a free fall? Today, I’m talking about what could happen if you gave yourself permission to free fall – because perhaps it is in those moments of free fall that we actually learn to fly.

What would happen if you could learn to notice – and to see – the self-imposed obstacles you put in your path? Let’s be real: life happens, and obstacles that are not in our control happen. But the self-imposed obstacles that take up our energy are like clutter – they keep the important stuff from being noticed or being seen. Listen in for more on these energetic sinkholes, plus 3 questions to get you started on noticing, seeing, and naming the hurdles in your path.

When was the last time you weren’t trying to change something about yourself? Today, Elena explores the mindset shift that comes from living our life rather than constantly trying to fix our life. When we are in fixing mode – which, for many of us, is most of the time – we spend our days rooted in expectations, not-enoughness, and past or future thinking. When we spend our time living, we connect to the present moment.

Today, Elena begins to offer insights on how to cultivate a relationship with this inner guidance.

What is a sunrise in your pocket, and why should you care? Those are the BIG questions that Elena dives into today, describing why sunrise – instead of sunset – is so powerful.

What would it feel like to stop creating self-imposed obstacles and live your wild, audacious dreams in the NOW? Announcing Sunrise in your Pocket, a weekly podcast where you’ll find playful, easy to implement guidance for reconnecting to the inner strength and wisdom that is always with you. Hosted by Elena Sonnino, the go-to life coach for people who are ready to get out of their own way and start saying yes to themselves.