Woke & Wired is a new conversation about expanded consciousness and entrepreneurship in the digital age.
It’s been almost a year since I’ve released an episode and since then we’ve moved across the country, bought and renovated a house (well, it’s still in progress!), birthed a baby, and welcomed another furry member to our family. I also released my first spoken word song.
I’ve been hearing very strong inner guidance whispers to come back to the podcast. On the earthly plane, I’ve also experienced incredible synchronistic meetings and conversations that have pointed to the same thing… “get back to the mic!” I share some of these stories in this episode.
So I’m following the guidance.
In this comeback episode, let’s catch up on life: I share the most memorable bits of my journey from last summer (when we drove across the country to move to the West Coast) to now, as I’m feeling a completion of my postpartum stage and feeling a new way of being, loving and expressing emerging within the expanded constellation of our family.
I share about:
My initiation into receiving
Our weird Airbnb experiences
Our road trip from Austin to Reno
Choosing to show up and share while the collective is in pain
Our annual trip to the Tucson Gem Show with an infant
Trip to Southern California and how our new dog Kobe divinely joined our family
My Divinely guided and supported first big flight with Zion
The sign that gave me the courage to release my song, “Who Me?”
Mentioned:
TaskRabbit – the app we used to find helpers for our move
Under Canvas – upscale, safari-inspired accommodations outdoors
Rover – the app I use to find dog sitters
Content referenced:
Related episodes:
239. I’m 24 Weeks Pregnant! Lessons from My Pregnancy Journey
125 Jasmin Jenkins: Lessons From Ayahuasca Plant Medicine and Alchemizing Grief Into Presence
Connect with Ksenia:
Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
Thank you for sharing this sacred space with me.
In this episode, I share one of the most expansive journeys I’ve ever been on: my path to being 24 weeks pregnant with a healthy baby boy.
After multiple pregnancy losses, there have been so many non-obvious, non-linear initiations and activations that have moved through me to prepare me for this moment. In this solo episode, I share some of them. I have a feeling this will be part one of a series!
We cover:
The layers of initiation we’ve been moving through on this pregnancy journey
How the desire to have children first activated in my body
The role that our wedding choices played in our journey to expanding our family
Being stewards for a New World Soul
Some of the lessons that have revealed so far on this pregnancy journey
Some of the signs that our spirit baby has sent us
The support I’ve had on my journey to a healthy pregnancy: acupuncture, yoga, song medicine, biological dentistry, bodywork
The role that intuition has played on this pregnancy journey
Answering the call to visit the land I connected with as a child
How I am living the concept of a “conscious pregnancy”
Some of the books I’ve found supportive during my pregnancies
How I’ve been choosing what to share on social media and what to keep to myself around pregnancy and loss
Learning to love my body through all the changes happening during pregnancy
Episode sponsor:
Laird Superfood: Use my special link to save 15% at Laird Superfood at checkout. Go to zen.ai/ksenia15 add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset!
Related episodes:
201 Lion Tracker Boyd Varty: Following The Track Of Your Life and Creative Process In The Digital Age
Connect with Ksenia:
Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
Four years ago musician, writer and podcaster Karina Ivanova was listening to one of my podcast episodes, and planted a seed that she’d like to be a guest one day. But then she heard an inner voice ask: “What would you be excited to tell Ksenia about?”
That’s when she realized that the creations she’s meant to share with me (and with you) haven’t come through yet. So Karina got busy bringing her creative visions to reality, from a music album, to a poetry book, a podcast and a journaling movement in her home country of Kazakhstan.
All while exploring her own spiritual journey through the Akashic Records and other modalities. Today, she shares it all with us, and I couldn’t be more excited about this coming full circle!
We discuss:
Meeting Spirit while staying persent in your body
How to learn another language fluently – Karina’s experience learning english
Karina’s experience growing up with a musician mom
First encounters with Spirit
Karina’s spiritual journey and how opening her Akashic Records changed everything
Karina’s experience with residency at the Watermill Center
Making peace with your inner voice
Pain alchemized into sacred work
Music as an invitation to feel
The creative process of writing a music album
The healing power of journaling and free writing
How to quantum leap through journaling
Changing the trajectory of your life by establishing a communication between your past self and future self
Creating your own mantras
Appreciating the little things
Karina’s upcoming creative projects
Episode sponsor:
Laird Superfood: Use my special link to save 15% at Laird Superfood at checkout. Go to zen.ai/ksenia15 add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset!
Mentioned:
How To Read The Akashic Records by Linda Howe
Related episodes:
My TikTok Experiment: 0 to 350K Followers | 5D Video Storytelling Strategy for 2021
52 Ashley Wood: Stop Worrying About What People Think & Surrender To Your Calling
152 Ceremonial Singer-Songwriter Ayla Schafer: Music as a Spiritual Force
About Karina Ivanova:
I’m a 26-year-old musician, writer and podcaster from Kazakhstan. currently, I’m creating “jazziam” (www.instagram.com/jazziamwithkarina/) which is a journaling movement, community and podcast, introducing the healing power of writing (jazu literally means two things in Kazakh: to write and to heal) to people. 2 years ago, I released my first music album “metanoia” in English (https://open.spotify.com/album/7DTRqa5W5eWahtx6qpVO7v?si=SvVevKNtS0KnxZJkmA17vw) and a poetry book called “символ отречения от контроля” (symbol of surrendering control), in Russian. It’s a collection of 110 poems-reflections on my spiritual journey activated after a series of events such as residency at the Watermill Center, opening my Akashic Records for the first time and ending my 8.5 year long relationship. I’m interested all things arts and spirituality, conscious living, writing, soulful entrepreneurship and relationships. My sacred work these days is to hold space for people, as individuals and in groups, through writing practices and mantra chanting.
In this solo update I’m sharing the WHY behind the longest break from podcasting I’ve ever taken, some of the creations that I’m currently bringing into the world, and why allowing the space for Source to move through is an invitation for miracles.
Here are some of the things I share:
- Our experience at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show (and an invitation for you if you’re called to Lemurian Crystals)
- How I plan travel experiences to leave space for Source to guide me
- I’m pregnant! How I’m approaching this pregnancy differently than the previous times
- Fulfilling Eric’s childhood dream of going to the NBA finals
- Releasing industry standards and expectations, and approaching every podcast episode as a sacred ceremony
Episode sponsor:
Laird Superfood: Use my special link to save 15% at Laird Superfood at checkout. Go to zen.ai/ksenia15 add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset!
Related episodes:
235 5-Step Intuitive Social Media Process for Artists, Creators, Healers, Coaches and Entrepreneurs
87 Eric Brief – All About Crystals
Connect with Ksenia:
Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
My mentor Michelle Sinnette and my husband Eric Brief join me in this very special conversation about a soul calling we’ve all said YES to. After a few very internal months away from podcasting (I’m growing a baby in my belly!), I heard clear guidance to jump back in. What we share in this conversation is an answered prayer in many ways, and we go to depths I’ve never gone before on the podcast. Thank you for sharing this sacred space with me.
We discuss:
How did a spiritual mentor end up in a financial services business?
Why spirituality, taxes and finances are the same thing
Living in alignment with Source in all aspects of your life
Moving beyond the labels of “conscious business”
Transcending the need to “make money”
Being a business artist
Building an outstanding business in a low trust industry
How Eric was guided to make SpiderERC a vertically integrated business
Being the invitation and letting go of the outcome
Being present for miracles instead of self-evaluation, over-strategizing and over-thinking
The role that Eric and Ksenia’s partnership and marriage plays in the success of the businesses Eric creates
The importance of feeling grounded from within before moving into action
Your soul being in pure creation without the need to produce and perform
Creating from fear is not creation… it is destruction
Seeing your business as a non-linear being
Moving through energetic blocks around money and stepping into freedom
Ksenia gets real-time coaching on moving past old money stories
We also cover all things ERC:
What is ERC? (Employee Retention Credit) and what opportunity does it offer for you?
Who qualifies for ERC/ERTC?
The Recovery Startup Business Provision
The importance of proper documentation when you file for to get your ERC/ERTC
What sets apart SpiderERC when it comes to choosing a company to file for ERC
Can you file ERC yourself?
Why accounting firms choose SpiderERC to send their clients to file for ERC
All of the global ripples Spider is producing beyond ERC
Episode sponsor:
Laird Superfood: Use my special link to save 15% at Laird Superfood at checkout. Go to zen.ai/ksenia15 add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset!
About Michelle Sinnette:
Michelle Sinnette is a seer and a mentor dedicated to catalyzing the leaders of tomorrow. She teaches them to harness their intensity, intelligence, and creativity to first move through the lens of their intuition and then move into aligned action. The result - true life fulfillment and tangible achievement beyond what they or their industry ever thought possible.
Initiated fully into her intuitive gifts through two near-death experiences, Michelle now has an unparalleled ability to navigate into unseen realms for the purpose of activating more vibrant and meaningful living here on Earth. She has deep roots on the Big Island of Hawai'i and today her work takes her around the world. Her professional career has spanned the diverse fields of law enforcement, licensed therapy, neuropsychology, and business consulting. She weaves these realms together through intuitive mentorship and consulting for family empires, entrepreneurs, artists, and C-suite executives. Michelle believes that professional success is no longer the metric; it is aligned success rooted in peace. That is when we will see our full potential realized as a species.
Connect with Michelle Sinnette:
Instagram @legacycacao
About Eric Brief:
Eric Brief is an entrepreneur, artist and crystal lover.
Connect with Eric Brief:
Instagram @ericbrief
About Ksenia Brief:
Ksenia Love Brief is a storyteller, mentor and artist on a mission to weave a web of remembering through sacred one-on-one sessions, as well as intentional content across various mediums.
Instagram @ksenia.brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
Time stamps [also available on kseniabrief.com]
00:00:42 Intro, summary and a few tips for listening to this episode
00:07:45 Eric and Michelle join Ksenia in conversation
00:07:45 The interview begins here
00:18:00 The why behind creating SpiderERC as a service – what led Eric to ERC (Employee Retention Credit)
00:34:00 Why Michelle joined SpiderERC as an intuitive mentor
00:39:40 Being present for miracles instead of self-evaluation, over-strategizing and over-thinking
00:40:32 Letting go of the outcome and trusting people’s divine timing
00:46:00 The role that Eric and Ksenia’s partnership and marriage has played in the success of SpiderERC and other businesses Eric creates
00:50:11 Creating from fear is not creation… it is destruction. Releasing the fear of “needing to be successful” and shifting into doing what you’re meant to do
00:52:45 Employee Retention Credit from a spiritual perspective: the world is shifting
00:54:00 The complexity of claiming your ERC credit, some examples of businesses who have qualified and received their ERC credit, and who ERC is for
01:04:30 Do you qualify for ERC? How does this whole thing apply to you?
01:06:15 The ERC timeline: how much time is left to apply for this credit
01:10:35 Employee Retention Credit summary: who it’s for, who might qualify, and how to take advantage of this opportunity
01:22:28 Why SpiderERC and not your accountant or another ERC company (Michelle’s perspective)
01:26:00 Why accountants are not typically ERC experts
01:28:35 ERC as a puzzle
01:29:40 Why accounting firms are referring their clients to SpiderERC to claim ERC credits
01:31:20 Moving through energetic blocks around money and stepping into freedom
01:39:51 All of the global ripples Spider is producing beyond ERC
01:42:08 ERC affiliate program and Ksenia’s experience with referring businesses to SpiderERC
01:43:46 Ksenia gets real-time coaching on moving past old money stories
If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed or just unclear about how to show up on social media – and wondering if you should show up at all – this one’s for you.
In this episode, I will share a 5-step intuitive social media process that is inspired by some of the downloads that have been coming through during my one-on-one energy/social media strategy work with incredible entrepreneurs, artists and healers (shoutout to all the incredible souls that say yes to this courageous, vulnerable work.)
I guess you could say what I do is “shamanic” social media. In essence, I connect the different realms and hold the mirror of possibility for the client’s highest self-expression in this world, using the lens of social media. I continue to be blown away by what comes through in these sessions – it’s way beyond me or anything my brain could have come up with.
I don’t get a chance to work with everyone in an intimate one-on-one way, but I feel that this work is incredibly important, especially at this time. That’s why I’m so excited to share this process and this guidance with you here on the podcast!
Mentioned:
Journal entry that changed my life: Spirit of Content
Related Episodes:
219 Social Media Energy Code For When You Feel Stuck
189 Trust The Life Force Without Having To Understand It | #11DaysOfSharing on Social Media
186 Join Me For 11 Days Of Sharing On Social Media | Hyping You Up To Share Your Medicine with The World
151 Social Media Energy Download: This Makes All The Difference [Spirit of Content]
146 Conscious Social Media: A 7-Step Guided Journey Into What Really Matters
Connect with Ksenia:
Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
I really enjoyed this conversation with Nathan Maingard – podcast host, transformational guide and wordsmith.
This is the first interview under the updated podcast cover art, and that’s intentional: the depths to which we journey in this episode takes the sacred space that is this podcast to a new level!
We discuss:
About Nathan Maingard:
Born at home to a writer and a craftsman in a tiny cottage on the tip of Africa, Nathan Maingard was raised barefoot and naked. As a highly sensitive person formed by the sounds of wild ocean and musical poets, he was nearly crushed by the limiting boxes society pushed him into. Through his inner healing journey of finding his 'enoughness', he has grown into an empowering wordsmith, healing facilitator, and transformational guide. His gift is to support down-to-earth seekers and free people as they feel, heal, and grow.
Related episodes:
Mentioned:
Rasa adaptogenic coffee alternative
Connect with Nathan Maingard:
Instagram: @nathanmaingard
Connect with Ksenia:
Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
I’ve been in a deep process of surrendering and incubating an upgraded podcast name and cover, and I’m so excited to share this update with you. In this solo episode, I share:
Related episodes:
213 Introducing WEB8: New Podcast Name, New Era
186 Join Me For 11 Days Of Sharing On Social Media | Hyping You Up To Share Your Medicine with The World
118 Sophie Chiche: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
Mentioned:
Shaq and kitty cat – viral TikTok
Animal Power Book by Alyson Charles
Connect with Ksenia:
Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
When you have a feeling that there’s an adventure, a journey you’re meant to take, but you don’t know where to start… get patient and listen. The guidance always drops in.
In this episode, I share the boundless miracles that have unfolded for me and my family in the last couple of weeks as we journeyed through Turkey. We cover:
- Getting quiet and listening listening to the land
- My experience being guided to go to Turkey and following through on it
- Planting seeds for a healthy pregnancy
- Releasing the story that ancestral healing needs to be hard
- My experience with prescription ketamine medicine
- Supporting each other on our own individual journeys as one of the pillars of my relationship with Eric
- The miracles that unfold when we say YES before we know the HOW
- My favorite way to use my intuition when shopping
- A magical 600-year-old garden I got to visit in Istanbul
- Creating family memories
- Disconnecting from external drama and re-plugging into the peace within
- How this year already feels very different like anything I’ve experienced in the past
Related episodes:
231 Manoj Dias: You Already Are Everything You Seek To Be | Meditation As A Catalyst For Healing
181 Intentional Journaling Prompts To Create A Vision For The New Year and Reflect on This Year
123 Rebecca Naylor: Kambo, The Consciousness Expanding Frog Medicine
Mentioned:
Open meditation, breathwork and movement app
Connect with Ksenia:
Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
My guest is Manoj Dias – author, teacher, speaker and co-founder of Open, a modern meditation organization based in California. I have been using Open to participate in the January meditation and breathwork challenge, and it’s quickly becoming my favorite mindfulness app. If you’d like to experience it for yourself, download the Open app here.
We discuss:
How Manoj found himself on the intersection of meditation and technology
How meditation came into Manoj’s life
From corporate marketing to being a meditation teacher
Transforming the story of “there’s something wrong with me”
How Open is giving spirituality a different marketing campaign
Meditation as a gateway to a life of clarity and ease
Manoj’s cultural and religious background, and what it was like growing up in the Buddhist tradition
How Manoj knew that he’d just met his spiritual teacher
The journey of listening to your body
Expanding from a drop-in meditation studio to a global app
Finding the balance between rhythms of creation and rest as an entrepreneur
Trusting your body’s wisdom
Finding harmony between the heart and the mind
Manoj’s decision to go from teacher to a tech entrepreneur
Connect with Manoj Dias:
Open meditation, breathwork and movement app
Connect with Ksenia:
Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
Related episodes:
217 Natalie Miles: Your Intuitive Power in Business and on Social Media
96 David Harshada Wagner: Plug Into The Mystical Path In The Midst Of It All
85 Dr. Andrew Weil – Expanded Consciousness, Breathwork & Matcha
In a world where everyone is telling us to speed up, we talk about intentionally slowing down to create more of what you love, how to create your own algorithm, we talk about her integrated holistic way of working with sponsors (that i encourage you to borrow), why she stopped selling courses even though they were bringing in crazy money, how to re-frame feelings of jealousy or comparison of other creators, why she’s quitting being an influencer, and stay to the very end and she shares a strategy for connecting with your audience through every digital thing you make.
We discuss:Rethinking content creator business
Building a sustainable brand on social media
Finding meaning and longevity in digital self-expression
Relationships over transactions
Social media as a stepping stone on the way of remembering who you are
The metrics that actually matter
Trusting the content you’re “meant to” share over logical strategy
How to reframe comparison on social media
Allowing social media to be a mirror of places you are meant to grow
Redefining success
Seeing triggers as opportunities for growth
Do you need to create a separate instagram account for your podcast?
Clearing out your creative shelf
Give yourself the grace to move through what you’re moving through
Ways to connect to the joy of creation
How Ksenia is currently approaching podcast and social media brand sponsorships
Related episodes:193 Tom Boyd of @bonusfootage: All Things Content Creation, Short Form Video and TikTok Growth
186 Join Me For 11 Days Of Sharing On Social Media | Hyping You Up To Share Your Medicine with The World
Resources:Meditation and breathwork challenge on Open
Social Media Challenge: 11 days of sharing
Hashtag Mindful class on Skillshare
Connect with Tom Boyd:Instagram: @bonusfootage
TikTok: @bonusfootage
Twitter: @BOYDERyo
Connect with Ksenia:Instagram @ksenia.brief
YouTube Ksenia Brief
TikTok @ksenia.brief
Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts
Follow the podcast on Spotify
Your feedback is valuable to us. Should you encounter any bugs, glitches, lack of functionality or other problems, please email us on [email protected] or join Moon.FM Telegram Group where you can talk directly to the dev team who are happy to answer any queries.