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Abandon Ordinary is an honest chat about what’s got to go and how much joy we think we can handle in our pursuit of extraordinary living. It’s a podcast for those who are hiding from themselves while searching for their “best life” simultaneously. Those who are a wee-bit scared of living small and secretly horrified by the thought of getting everything they desire, will feel right at home here. Your host, La Shell Wooten is the “emotional fitness trainer” who brings her quirky, positive pers ...
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Today’s a special day because it’s the very last Monday of 2021. Now, I know that might sound crazy since traditional calendars say it’s 2022, but hear me out. Energetically, 2022 doesn’t actually start until tomorrow. So, if you’ve been feeling like things are still dragging out and haven’t shifted for you yet, that’s okay. And, that’s exactly why…
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Welcome back to the Abandon Ordinary studio! We made it through the holiday season, and I want to be clear the holiday season is just that. It’s a season created by us to celebrate whichever holiday it is we celebrate. It’s also a time when we are encouraged to unplug ourselves from everything that we busied ourselves with throughout the year. In t…
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Welcome to the last episode of 2021. As we head into the eve of the holiday season, I want you to think about how you’re going to commit yourself to resting over the next several weeks. In this episode, I share why I don’t want you to just rest over the next two weeks, what my intuition is telling me about 2022, why I want you to abandon your ordin…
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If you could have seen me as I recorded this episode, you would have known that I did it with rollers in my hair while wearing my silk robe. I was in the middle of getting ready to attend an event and it inspired me. So, I knew I had to drop everything and talk to you about manifesting. In this episode, I shared more about the event I attended and …
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I post a recently from a beautiful Caribbean woman and she said that your business will never be a business if you refer to it as a side hustle. Her post made a lot of sense to me, and it made me think about how that form of thinking shows up in other areas of our life. So, in this episode, I’m diving into the common areas where this type of thinki…
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I hope we all took some time over the first holiday break of the season to take care of ourselves and spend time with people we care about. I also hope we took time to acknowledge what it is that we’re thankful for about ourselves. It’s that idea that I want to dive deeper into today. In this episode, I share how this topic was inspired by the most…
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There’s plenty for us to talk about today, but there’s one thing in particular I think we should be paying attention to; especially as we roll into the holiday season. That thing is our need for other people to understand us. In this episode, I share what recent event sparked this topic idea, why it’s not your mission to make sure the people around…
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This week, I want to talk about what place we are in our lives and whether we’re prepared to receive what we want. In this episode, I share how a recent conversation inspired this episode, how our intimate relationships can teach us what we need and what we won’t tolerate in future relationships, the importance of being honest about if you’re truly…
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The last two weeks we talked about changing the soil you’re rooted in. This week, we’re talking about how gratitude is fuel, what inspired me to share this idea with you, how gratitude and help you find new soil to plant yourself in, the two ways you need to be in gratitude, the phrase I want to start saying instead of saying “I can’t”, and more. T…
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If you joined me in last week’s episode, you know that I talked about moving my roots into new soil. Now, I’m so excited to be sharing with you my first revelations as I’m settling into my new soil. In this episode, I share a recap of my recent move into new soil, how I was previously moving at a pace I wasn’t aware of, how my new environment is he…
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At the time that I recorded this episode, I was less than 24 hours away from moving to a new state and I wanted to talk to you about what kind of significance this holds for me. In this episode, I share how making one change can a ripple effect in your life, how the building in New York City that I’ve lived in since I was five years old became my f…
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Now that we’re more than halfway into October, it’s time to start thinking about the upcoming winter and holiday seasons because there’s a lot to be said about our moods, emotions, and expectations during that time of the year. In this episode, I share why it’s important to think about these things now rather than waiting until we’re already in the…
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We need to talk about us giving our energy to things that don’t feel good to use either at all or anymore. That’s why, in this episode, I share how this issue presents itself time and again with my clients, how these “things” are frequently people, how we struggle to let our friendship end even when they need to, the five questions I want you to as…
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A lot of times we have feelings for certain things that we fight, like our feelings towards certain people or foods. But we also sometimes fight against what it is we truly desire and that’s what we need to talk about. In this episode, I share an example of a time when my soul dialed in what called to me, how you shouldn’t doubt any message you get…
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I’m back for another week of talking about what holds us back and this week I want to focus on obsession. In this episode, I share how being “obsessed” with something isn’t just a cute way to say you really like something, the meaning of obsession, why obsession is another way to say you’re stuck, the three questions I want you to ask yourself abou…
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Welcome back! It’s been about six weeks since we were last together, and there are some things I want to do to help us get back on track with figuring out all the ways we can abandon what is ordinary in our lives. In this episode, I share details about the mini-sabbatical I took while we were apart and what I discovered during that time, how changi…
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We’ve reached the final episode before I take a six-week hiatus. I’ve decided to take this hiatus in order to allow the universe to support me in focusing my time and energy on some other projects during the hiatus. And that, of course, brings to the topic of this week’s episode … allowing what you’ve asked for to materialize in your life. In this …
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In last week’s episode, we talked about making room for everything you want in your life. And, now that you’ve made the space for what you want, it’s time to talk about attracting it. In this episode, I share how we spend more time searching for the things we want rather than attracting it to us, how all the searching actually prevents us from attr…
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I’ve decided that after releasing episode 35 of the Abandon Ordinary podcast, I’ll be taking a 6-week hiatus from the show in order to focus on creator my new 9-week membership program called Master Manifestors Club. In this episode, I share what a master manifester is, three things a master manifestor does that allows them to manifest what they de…
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A recent conversation with a friend helped me realize we, especially women, waste too much time explaining ourselves and I knew I had to bring this topic to the podcast. In this episode, I share what it was about that conversation that sparked this realization, the difference between men and women when it comes to explaining ourselves, why explaini…
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Happy Belated Independence Day! How are you feeling about your independence? Are you feeling as independent as you’d like to feel? Are you feeling too independent? These are the questions we’re talking about today. In this episode, I share why we do need to be independent when it comes to certain things, how society might be pushing some women to b…
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It’s summertime here in the U.S. and that means flowers are blooming, animals are scurrying about, and Mother Nature is buzzing with life and energy. But, what about you? What makes you buzz with that kind of energy and are you doing enough of that thing? In this episode, I dive more into the idea of doing things that make you buzz, why we need to …
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In my most recent Vision Board Masterclass, we talked about shame and guilt. It was a theme amongst the attendees that they’re in a place of transition where they’re thinking about themselves first and how that’s causing them to feel guilty and shameful. That cannot be my friends and I thought it best to bring this topic over to the Abandon Ordinar…
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I was looking at my vision board recently and I realized that I have a lot of photos of people and family in groups and at gatherings. This realization is the inspiration for today’s chat. In this episode, I share how we sometimes easily let our family be broken up, what I mean when I refer to our “families”, why our capacity for checking in on our…
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If I were to tell you that I want you to start looking at yourself with intense beauty, would think that was strange or confusing? If so, don’t worry because that’s exactly what I’m breaking down for you today. In this episode, I share how it can be challenging to authentically and holistically show up as ourselves if there are things about ourselv…
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I recorded this episode early in the morning because I had lots of things to harvest that day. Luckily, that’s the exact topic I want to discuss with you today. In this episode, I share how we tend to overlook the importance of focusing on our best planting seasons and instead plant all the time, what it means when we’re always planting seeds, exam…
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I hope you’re open to the topic of this episode because I want to talk about … space travel. Don’t worry. I don’t mean actual space travel. I’m talking about traveling to find your space. In this episode, I share how I’ve found that often-times people inaccurately believe travel isn’t accessible to them, the truth behind the limiting belief that yo…
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Where do you feel like your thoughts, ideas, and feelings are being heard? Is it here in the Abandon Ordinary space? I hope so, because the more of us who can be heard and figure out what we want, the happier and healthier we’ll all be. In this episode, I share what I mean when I saw where can you be heard and how it’s not necessarily in the physic…
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Recently I had a conversation with one of my sisters about how we make decisions and it stemmed from a reading I had done with a profit named Tasha where she confirmed that my life has worked out in all the wonderful ways it has because I’m an intuitive person who uses my instincts as a guide. It’s with that in mind that I share today’s message wit…
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I was raised by an incredible man, Sam Wooten, and a few weeks ago was the anniversary of his passing. What’s interesting about this is that, while it’s been 30 years since he passed, it feels like he’s still here with me and I know that he is still helping me and sending me messages. In fact, he sent me a message on this most recent anniversary an…
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Take my plate love … because I already ate love. I don’t remember where I first heard that line, but I do remember that my skin just lit up with energy when I did. I felt the line deep in my soul and I want to share more about that with you today. In this episode, I break down the different ways to interpret both parts of the statement, what the st…
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As we come around the bend of this first month of spring, there are many things to think about, reflect on, and make decisions about. It’s that decision-making piece we need to discuss. In this episode, I share why looking through the rear-view mirror when making decisions will most certainly make you crash, whether it’s okay to take an occasional …
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I’ve been noticing that a lot of people are cleansing their social media pages. Some people are taking their social media postings down, or are going through who they follow and assessing things. This is a very healthy thing to do. Everything that we sign up for and every relationship we commit to isn’t necessarily going to remain the greatest expe…
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The world is starting to open back up again, and I’m noticing in my coaching practice that it’s causing some anxiety. People are feeling vulnerable because we were in our little pea pods and had a lot of time with ourselves. We discovered things about ourselves over the last 12-15 months that others didn’t know about us. In this episode, I go over …
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I want to talk to you this week about who we are in our relationships. Our energy tends to be focused on what we don’t want people to perceive about us. We keep inventory of what’s allowed to be displayed and what’s not, steering our relationships based on what we want people to see us as. In this episode, I challenge you to think about the traits …
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Here in the United States, spring is in the air. I’m starting to see a bit of rebirth in nature, and it got me thinking about what each of our individual strengths are. This then reminded that I took a strengths assessment about a year ago and now I want to share the benefits of understanding and springing into your own strengths. In this episode, …
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Something came to me in a dream recently, and I knew I had to talk about what I learned from it on this podcast. What traits do you have that you are working to hide? It’s important to accept all the pieces of who you are, even if your traits have been identified by society as unwanted. In this episode, I dive deep into why it’s important to pay at…
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I want to talk to you today about a conversation that took place a few weeks ago during a Facebook Live with my girls from The Ladies First Chit Chat Crew. We had a guest on who shared a lot about her health and fitness journey. When this led to a discussion about cheating yourself to treat yourself, I knew I needed to also address this here on the…
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I was giving some thought recently to how I focus and pay attention to things and that made me think about our life stories. Is your story about what you’re asking for? Or is your story about what you expect to happen? In this episode, I share a conversation I had with a former graduate student of mine that helped me shift my own perceptions about …
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Steffanie R. Lopes is a long-time dance educator, performer, dancer, singer, actor, and writer who is moving toward a full-time professional performing career. She and I met because she taught my children in middle school back in New York City. When I spoke to Steffanie, I immediately saw a very powerful woman who was like a mother to my kids when …
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I recently saw a video on Instagram that inspired me to bring this topic to you today. He was talking about the sunk cost fallacy and, while it’s something I live my entire life by, I’ve actually seen it be given a name. So, in this episode, I explain what the sunk cost fallacy is, how sunk costs relate to quitting, why I hope you’re a quitter, how…
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Samantha Smith is an HR professional who has always been the listener and go-to person in her circle for all things career. She has the ability to listen to a situation and create an action plan that will evoke a positive change to the narrative. She uses her skills, education, and experience to empower people to visualize, and actualize the career…
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It’s the first of the month and there’s some things we need to discuss. Surprise, surprise … it’s related to your vision. A recent conversation with a client where I discovered a major flaw in her vision board inspired the topic of this episode because she isn’t the first person I’ve known to make this mistake. In this episode, I share the contents…
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We’ve got a lot to discuss, but today we’re only focusing on one thing … looking for what you want and deserve from other people and in other places. In this episode, I share why we can’t accept love and appreciation from others before we love and appreciate ourselves, how we teach others how to treat us and show up for us, why it’s crucial you don…
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I saw something this week that made me want to immediately record this episode for you. So, in this inspired episode, I share what it was that I saw, how saying yes is a choice, how making the choice to say yes can raise our energy and restricting ourselves can do the opposite, how everything in life is abundant, examples of scarcity messages we’re…
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I recently received a message from a lovely young lady who’s taken my vision board classes about a ritual she does at the end of every year to let go of things for the new year. She wondered whether or not she should do anything differently during this ritual because she noticed it doesn’t always work. In this episode, I share what that ritual is, …
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We just turned the clock on a new calendar year and that means there’s a lot of expectations floating around out there about what’s to come in 2021. It’s those expectations we’re talking about today. In this episode, I share what 2020 taught us about expectations, how the disappointment of failed expectations prevents us from taking appropriate act…
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It’s the final Monday of the year! Actually, it’s the final Monday THE year. The most confusing, unsteady, creative, unprecedented, mind-blowing year of our lifetime. In this final episode of 2020, I share how there’s strength in numbers when it comes to raising our collective vibration, why I believe our experiences this year go beyond just the pa…
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We’ve got to talk … and what we’ve got to talk about is talking. Thanks to some recent conversations and even some stuff that I’ve been dealing with, I’m realizing that we’re not really talking about our wants and our desires. We’re all trying to Abandon Ordinary and get to that extraordinary life, but we can’t do that if we don’t understand our de…
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This week, I’m digging into something I’ve been talking a lot about lately and that’s how we censor our desires. We give up our energy and time to meet the needs of others before we ever give ourselves the energy and focus to meet our own needs and this is a major problem. We can’t live our best lives if we’re constantly living for others. In this …
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