Welcome to this special episode where we share the intimate details of our wedding day. Join us as we take you through the journey of planning, preparing, and ultimately experiencing one of the most magical days of our lives.
From finding inspiration on Pinterest to saying our heartfelt vows, we open up about the joys, challenges, and cherished moments that made our wedding day truly special. Discover the power of building relationships with our wedding team, the significance of our ceremony as a beautiful ritual, and the overwhelming love and support that surrounded us on that memorable day. We also reflect on the inevitable compromises and the little surprises that added an extra touch of magic.
Join us as we relive the emotions, share our closing thoughts, and normalize the post-wedding feelings. Whether you're planning your own wedding or simply enjoy love stories, this episode invites you into our world of love, commitment, and celebration. Get ready to be inspired, uplifted, and immersed in the joyous atmosphere of our wedding day.
In this episode:
Checking in about where we’re currently at
Dreaming up our wedding and finding our venue through Pinterest
Starting our planning for the wedding in January 2022
Rachael’s story about finding her dream wedding dress and her recommendations about finding your dress
How Rachael’s surgery and healing postponed our planning for the wedding
The wedding situation in 2022 when the world opened up again
The saving grace of getting married on a Monday and not on the weekend
The value of building relationships with the people who are a part of your wedding day
Finding the officiant, photographer and day-of coordinator
How our day-of coordinator made the wedding so smooth and allowed us to be present and grounded
Planning our ceremony as a beautiful ritual and all the parts that made our ceremony special
The day of our wedding leading up to the ceremony and getting ready
Rachael’s experience of her grandma’s energy getting channelled through one of her friends
The experience of our first look and why it was so beautiful for us
The inevitability of compromises on the wedding day, and the little things that came up on the wedding day
All the little things that created a sacred experience for our ceremony and why so many people thought it was one of the most beautiful ceremonies they’ve ever attended.
Reading our wedding vows
The power of marriage to bring people and communities together
The amazing reception
Rachael’s closing thoughts about the wedding, and normalizing the sadness that can come after the wedding
Justin’s closing thoughts around the value of being present and grounded during the wedding.
Wedding links:
Day-Of Coordinator (Aysia | Sea Tree Weddings)
Officiant (Chris-Ann | Victoria Officiant)
Caterer (Food For Thought Victoria)
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Welcome to our latest episode, where we're going to share the story of our love and how we came together.
Join us as we talk about the process of calling Justin in, the early days of our relationship, our long-distance dating experience and how we navigated grief and built a business together.
We'll also share the story of our mutual proposal and why we decided to have a long engagement.
Stay tuned for Part 2 in our next episode where we'll talk about our wedding story.
In this episode:
Rachael gets into her process around calling Justin in after a two-year period of dating unavailable men
Rachael’s decision to delete the dating apps off her phone
The impact of Rachael’s grandma’s passing two weeks before meeting Justin
How we met for the first time at a show
The magnetic attraction that occurred between us when we first met
How Justin just felt different than the other guys Rachael was dating
Stories from the early days of our relationship
Justin’s perspective on the early days of the relationship
When we made the decision to be boyfriend and girlfriend
When Rachael said “I”m falling in love with you.” & Justin’s response.
The period of our long-distance relationship & the experiences out doing field research together
When Justin first said, “I love you.”
Falling deeper in love at Basscoast music festival, and becoming partners in life.
Moving in together
The period of time after Lin passed, and the deepening of our relationship through the grief
The period of time when we started building our business together & stepping into the entrepreneurial path
Justin navigating the end of his Master’s degree and going to Mexico for his Fungi conference
When Rachael joined him in Merida, Mexico
Our mutual proposal in a Mayan shop in Merida, and the story of our engagement rings
Our decision to have a long engagement
The full circle story of us coming together and the connection between how Justin and Rachael’s Grandfather had the same energy
Stay tuned for our wedding story in Part 2 in the next episode.
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Welcome to this episode where we dive into the topic of conscious relating and the importance of asking for what you need in a relationship.
We talk about our experiences with being in right relationship, setting boundaries, and doing the inner work necessary for growth. We discuss the value of standards in relationships, the process of working through disagreements, and the importance of recognizing your partner's needs during heightened emotional states.
Tune in for a thoughtful conversation on conscious relating and the importance of intentional communication in all types of relationships.
In this episode:
Diving into conscious relating and asking for what you need in relationship
What Rachael believes a conscious relationship is, whether with a person or something you are connecting to; being intentional and present
A conscious relationship is not void of disagreement and is not all rainbows and butterflies all the time
A conscious relationship is being willing to do the shadow work
The process of being in right relationship between Rachael and Justin
How we have a fundamental value of growth and are willing to learn all the various things about the other person
The value of having standards and some of Rachael’s standards around spirituality in relationship
The early disagreements around the language of spirituality and our differing understandings of what it meant to us
Holding different perspectives in relationship
The amount of learning and important difficult conversations that are required early on in relationships
Setting boundaries in relationships and expression of emotions
Our boundaries around disagreement and not “fighting”
Working through disagreements by understanding that the outcome is for us to come out the otherside together
The need for inner work individually in relationships
Justin unlearning people-pleasing and asking for support around the house
The importance of understanding the roles in your relationship and recognizing when there is a need to shift the roles
When you don’t communicate your needs you will become resentful
Asking for what you need is deeply important
Rachael’s love languages and Justin learning how to meet those needs
Navigating your partner’s needs during heightened emotional states
Recognizing that most of the time heightened emotion is not directed at you
Being there for a partner in a dissociated state (Freeze response)
Learning your partner’s trauma responses and their history in order to be there for them
Communicating without blaming and shaming
The need for vulnerability to reach intimacy
How you are in relationship is how you are in relationship with life
Asking your partner to rise up and meet you where you want to be
Having the hard conversations about changing, and building a beautiful relationship through that
What Rachael would say to someone who keeps ending up with the same type of person that isn’t the right fit.
Becoming the type of person that you want to attract into your life.
Getting clear on what your needs are, what your values are, what you like and what you don’t like
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Welcome to the second episode of the podcast, where we dive into the topic of discomfort and growth. In this episode, we discuss our personal experiences with discomfort, the interconnection between the body, mind, emotion, and spirit, and the systems we create to expand our capacity to hold discomfort.
We explore how discomfort can be a portal for growth, the importance of being in right relationship with discomfort, and how to intentionally make yourself uncomfortable with a neutral curiosity. We also touch on the concept of Eustress, and the need for balance and harmony in our lives.
Join us as we share our insights and personal stories on how we navigate discomfort in our lives.
In this episode:
We talk about our past with cannabis, the discomfort that came from smoking some night before and respecting the plant through ritual and ceremony
Diving into a discussion about discomfort
The shared value of growth in our relationship, and how growth is uncomfortable.
What Justin’s relationship with discomfort is and how it’s shifted, surrounding his ability to handle physical and mental discomfort
Rachael’s history with discomfort as a young person experiencing trauma, and her capacity for spiritual and mental discomfort
The interconnection between the body, mind, emotion, and spirit
Creating systems that expand the capacity to hold the depth of discomfort
Rachael’s ability to overcome her panic attacks
Justin’s expansion of emotional capacity through his relationship with Rachael and the vulnerability in communication and expression
What spiritual discomfort is, and the connection to values and purpose
Rachael’s journey with awareness and her spiritual awakening through becoming healthy in her body
Justin’s role in Rachael’s healing journey and opening to her emotions
What opened for Justin in the early stages of their relationship
How Justin is really connected to his emotions
Discomfort doesn’t mean you are unsafe & you can breathe through anything
How Rachael’s breast-reduction surgery was a massive portal to all that was uncomfortable from her past
One of the most loving things we can do for ourselves is to befriend discomfort
Being in right-relationship with discomfort is especially important for facilitators of breathwork and psychedelics
Sensations are just sensations, we give them meaning by how we relate to them
Cold exposure is safe and through repeated exposure, you expand your capacity
Choosing to intentionally make yourself uncomfortable, and coming to it with a neutral curiosity has the biggest possibility for expansion
You learn regulation and how to orient your nervous system through discomfort.
The concept of Eustress, good stress, chosen stress
The need for balance and harmony with short bursts of stress paired with time being calm
Chosen stress as a way to stay calm when under stress, and having a flexible nervous system
Variation in capacity of women throughout their menstrual cycle, and the difference with men
Justin’s top three things to expand your capacity
Lots of big changes can occur in the moment to moment experiences
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Welcome to the first episode of the Love Leadership & Liberation Podcast, hosted by Rachael & Justin Meeds!
In this first episode, we introduce ourselves and share our reasons for starting this podcast. We delve into the topics of love, leadership, & liberation that we will be exploring in future episodes.
Our focus for this episode is on mornings and the power they hold in setting the tone for the rest of our day. We discuss our own morning routines, the benefits of creating a routine that works for you, and how to develop your identity around who you want to be in the morning.
Tune in to discover how you can use your morning practices as a foundation for compassionate self-leadership and get clear on your vision for the future.
In this episode:
Why we started this podcast, the reasons for both of us and what the show is all about
Introducing who we are, and what we do in the world
Touching on all the different potential topics that we will be getting into around love, leadership, & liberation.
Getting into the topic of mornings and what they mean for us
Rachael’s love for mornings and the practices that she does & her journey to come to that love of mornings
Shifting from unhealthy habits around evenings and mornings and making sure to get a good sleep
Justin’s morning routine and his structure starting with cold showers in the mornings
Understanding that the morning is a point when your subconscious mind is most active and can provide insight into what is happening under the surface
The work Rachael has done reprogramming her body and mind to build resilience in the morning.
What to do if you “don’t have time in the morning”
Thinking about who you want to be provides motivation for creating the routine that works for you
Bringing awareness into who you want to be
Checking in with your needs to find a way to replace habits that don’t serve who you want to be.
The terrible thing about scrolling your phone, or watching the news right in the morning; playing Russian roulette with your day
The vulnerability of the morning, and setting the tone for the rest of your day.
Understanding that your mornings can be flexible, and how Rachael creates that flexibility for herself
Developing your identity around who you get to be in the morning
Compassionate Self-leadership; holding yourself to a standard, but recognizing you are also human
Using your morning practices as a foundation to always return to even when times are difficult.
Getting clear on your vision and what’s not working anymore
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