Peter:
[0:00] Well, welcome to a very, very special episode here back on the Inner Power Podcast. As usual, I have usually said to myself with most guests, we should just hit record before, like as soon as we get into this year, we should just hit record because I tell you what, if you guys were privy to the conversations that we have leading up to recording the episode, you'd be like, oh my God, this is the juicy stuff. And I'm actually joined here by a very good friend of mine, Maria Service, who's joining us from Minnesota, which would be nice and cold at the time of recording, because just to give you context, it is New Year's Eve for myself, but it's December 30th for Maria at the moment. And we just got chinwagging about the energy of next year.
Peter:
[0:48] Now, context here is that was not the plan. Not the plan. But we're just like, because we're like, we have this energy. We've got to catch up. We've got to talk about all this stuff because we don't know what time we're going to talk. I don't know whether it's an Australian thing or it could be an American thing. But in Australia, my wife is Japanese. She has completely understood and sees the contrast. So what happens in Australia is that you go to a party. So we've just had Christmas. We've got New Year's today. You can go to a house party and you catch up with everyone. The weird part is when you go to say goodbye to your guests and you see them to their car.
Peter:
[1:26] We speak for another couple of hours at the car. And it's as if like, what? You've just spent more time talking to them, saying goodbye to them at the car than you did inside at the house party. So I kind of liken my podcast studio to the car. We talk more about stuff off the recording than we do. So therefore, guys, I've said, no, we're just going to throw the plan out the window and we're going to go with the conversation at the car. So Maria, thank you for joining me. It's like, I know we're not saying goodbye
Peter:
[1:58] just yet, but I know we're on limited time. And I just wanted to say thanks for joining us. We've already had an amazing conversation, which we'll catch you all up on, but it's just beautiful to have you here and talk about it because I know you have been in the energetic trenches as well and we have just been comparing some energetics of the years kind of gone past but to also just introduce her properly because i don't want to rob her of her little moment in spotlight with me here but maria is a past life healer and intuition coach and speaker but her background believe it or not is occupational therapist and nervous system Regulator, which I love, by the way, love that world.
Peter:
[2:42] And of course, has your big program coming, which is the Higher Self Awakening. She is the host of, you know, Awaken Your Higher Self podcast. So, you can see, guys, this is why we're connecting and that's why I said let's just
Peter:
[2:56] record so maria officially welcome to this.
Maria:
[3:00] Studio thanks for joining me yes we've been chatting we've been catching up and that's actually hilarious i love your analogy of how you say in australia you do like this you know you chat you say goodbye and then you go to the car and you keep talking yes it's hilarious and ironic because here specifically in minnesota in the United States, we call it saying a Minnesota goodbye, which is when we leave family gathering. It's the same thing. It's like, or like a Midwestern goodbye. It might be a Midwest thing here, but it's like, oh no, once we say goodbye, we know we've probably got about another 45, 60 minutes where we just keep talking in the hall, get our coats on. We're talking out to the vehicles. My dad hates it. He's like, oh my God. He's like, you know, when I was younger, he'd be like, Sue, when are we leaving? Like anyways, but that's hilarious. I can already relate to that. So I can tell this is going to be a great conversation already.
Peter:
[3:53] I know. And that's what was like, we're so into this. And I was like, I'm loving this conversation. I thought, this is juicy. And I'm thinking, why did I hit record? I just, I really need to make a new protocol, like just hit record because it can always be edited. I don't like to edit where I don't have to, but it's just like, it's an amazing thing. And it's just like, I'm so happy you can relate to that because my wife, it drives her bonkers it absolutely does she's like you've just spent five hours with them and now you've just been out the front wherever you've been you spent another two hours with them like what did you more could you possibly want to talk about that you couldn't talk about beforehand and i was like the.
Maria:
[4:31] Good juicy stuff.
Peter:
[4:32] Right like it's like okay.
Maria:
[4:35] We were just doing the small talk before but now that i'm leaving now we got to do.
Peter:
[4:38] The good i know it's kind of like i've got you by yourself so now we can have the real conversations yes yes and that's why i'm glad you so get this because i'm like it just reminded me like having the conversation of the cast like we've got the private time and we're talking about all this stuff that maybe other people won't want to listen to or maybe they don't understand
Peter:
[4:59] it's like but we're on the same wavelength so we can talk about this stuff and i feel.
Maria:
[5:05] Like that's what i love about this and this podcast and i just felt really aligned. So I'm so grateful. Thank you for having me on your podcast, Peter, because I love people who I can quote unquote, get into the room, even if it's a virtual room with, and I don't have to like skim the surface or talk small talk. You know what I mean? Like, I just love like Peter and I were already like, Oh, what are you doing for your end of year stuff? Numerology, Peter, what's your birthday? I want to know what year you're in. So I appreciate that conversation.
Peter:
[5:32] Look, I do too. And as we both know, obviously being energetics and energetic workers, that energetic synchronicity and the having the ability to reach the same wavelength is super, super important. You've got to be able to do it. Otherwise, it doesn't come across the same. And, like, I know I've actually been in the studio. I think I've interviewed people that same way. And you try to make them, like, and everybody's different. Like, some people are not natural speakers like we are. So, therefore, if they're not, I kind of just try to find their natural flow, wherever that might be, and kind of go that way. But also, I know I've been on the receiving end. I've probably been that person where the host is like, he's so not my guy. Is this episode ever going to be aired? And it's like, the weird part is I'm like, I can get a sense of that as we're recording. They might not be aware of that, but I'm like, I can get a general feel of what's happening.
Maria:
[6:33] Year so yeah yeah and when you say peter is it interesting like you know and you're a speaker you it seems like you feel very comfortable and i felt comfortable with public speaking before and i know when i came into this incarnation too it's interesting because i think what is it my south node is leo and so i am coming from like where i know how to be in the spotlight i've always felt comfortable with public speaking whereas like i know for some people it's their worst nightmare oh yeah well that's me it's not everybody it's not everybody's thing and it's fine But I think what I found is I've started to tap into like more of my own soul alignment, energetics, you know, done more healing work. What's interesting is I found even before I was comfortable with public speaking, but I was putting on a mask. I was putting on like, okay, what do they need from me? Let me put on like this persona. Like looking back, I can really see that I
Maria:
[7:24] was doing that before if I was doing speaking or whatever in front of people. And now I can just tell ever since like realigning with my own energetics and my soul self and shedding a lot of my former people pleasing ways i feel like i can now finally like speak but more authentically like i don't have to put the mask on how have you noticed any shifts.
Peter:
[7:42] Massively massively noticed that and look here's some here's some real juicy stuff that like you know what we're in the room we're in the room maria um and anybody who's listening technically you're in the room with us so let's let's get real let's get down and dirty um because so the you mentioned one of my all-time favorite words alignment and it's and like my other all-time favorite word soul so like soul alignment is huge it is something that obviously i'm moving more in towards practicing preaching i have connected with the soul the soul is my jam and i the whole thing here is and this is this is the vulnerable moment this is not something i talk very openly about in public like with yourself or the group where we kind of everybody's understanding it i've had to lean into that i've had to learn to be vulnerable with myself and to get back into soul alignment.
Peter:
[8:41] I've had to be vulnerable i've had to be able to air these things and whatever else so it's interesting how you're talking about that because one of those things was i'm naturally a public speaker, I've been doing public speaking in events now for over 10 years. And was never on my radar as a career, by the way, but as it turns out. But what was interesting is that over the last 18 months, there was this whole thing of it was waning. Like the passion, the flame, the fire that I had for it was waning. And it was like, it was an interesting balance and like I'm not any different to anyone else because through that journey, I've had to kind of support myself and my family. It's kind of like income. So, you're kind of doing it because it switches to, oh, this is what I'm doing. And I can see it now. I've got a far more deeper respect for all the other wonderful psychic mediums out there doing it as well.
Maria:
[9:40] Yeah, who are like traveling and going all around. Exactly. Holy cow, this is a whole thing.
Peter:
[9:45] It is. So, it was interesting. I started to notice that I would have to really focus on shifting myself into a different state of being to really carry out that work, which is great. I can do that. It's not a problem. But then, like you're saying, I started to really feel it going, but I had to acknowledge going, this is no longer aligning in the way that it used to. And that's hard. And like, I know that was a hard moment for me to kind of acknowledge, but if it's not this, then what is it?
Maria:
[10:23] Yeah.
Peter:
[10:24] And, you know, that's why. Right. And of course, guys, I didn't have the answer as much as I can give answers for everyone else. It's very hard to get answers for yourself in that way. Now, what's interesting. Oh, my God. Talk about full circle moment. We actually scheduled this episode, Maria, to be titled Getting the Answers Yourself.
Peter:
[10:47] I'm like, here we're talking about, we can't get it for ourself. Well, we might have to rephrase our episode planning here at some point. But I totally understand what you mean about that mask and about being, and it's okay. But I now know that I'm realigning. At the time, getting ready to relaunch. I know that you're getting ready to open up and be about it. And that's also before we even hit the record button. This is where it was kind of leading to because we were literally just discussing the energy, going, like, I'm super, super excited, obviously, with 2025. I feel such a difference in energy. And I was just asking you about your 23 and 24. For me, they were not very friendly. I've accomplished things, yes. I've done things, yes. They're big things, yes. but overall was there flow was this this kind of like i could be my authentic self no if anything i'll describe the last two years as i had to wind everything down strip everything back everything went back under the microscope and it was like and again like i had a little journaling session and a little drop in who do you want to be and i'm thinking oh haven't we already dealt with this like seriously it's 2025 tomorrow like can we live that in 2024 so i get that but you're saying this is when you brought up the numerology yeah.
Maria:
[12:12] Well because it's so interesting you say all this right peter because it's like oh my gosh it makes so much sense that you say you were just finishing a year nine which is like the death like the.
Peter:
[12:23] Yeah like the ending of a phase.
Maria:
[12:25] The wrapping up of something and then you're like maria i'm getting ready to like launch my website launch whatever Like, you know, you're working on all these things. I'm like, oh, you're going into a year one. This makes so much sense. You know, that's where we got into that.
Peter:
[12:37] Well, and it's also interesting on the cusp because I know, like, so for my, obviously, numerology, I'm going into a year one. Universally, 2025 is a year nine. So, it is beginnings and endings and beginnings and endings. I'm like, oh, look, I'm right there. In the mix of it. What year is it for you?
Maria:
[12:57] So what's interesting is, excuse me, I follow the collective year. So as the collective, we've been in a year eight and I'm in a personal year eight. And then we're about to enter year nine collectively and individually. And so I was just sharing with Peter that my year seven and my year eight, so 2023 and 2024 this year, were all about for me, realigning with my divine feminine, realigning with my ability to basically align with my soul and how to slow down and receive because that is not my general nature. I am a type A, go, go, go person. I've spent my whole life like, what's the next goal? What's the next goal? How can I stay busy? How can I stay busy? What do I got to do next?
Peter:
[13:42] Now I know where you get along so well. I'm a type A. I do. I'm like, hmm.
Maria:
[13:48] Yes. Yes. And so it's just funny because I had to do a lot of unlearning, relearning through all of this subconscious healing when I had my spiritual awakening in my year seven, which is 2023. And so I feel like it's interesting going into my year nine next year in 2025. I'm really curious. I can tell like a part of me, there's just a dead identity shift happening. and I can kind of see how I'm like hopping into a year where end of cycles and like wrapping up a chapter, putting a bow on it. Because ironically, I'm pretty sure I looked at it. My year one was like 2015, 20, no, 2016. And honestly, in 2016, that is when energetically I made a decision that I knew I was not going to be an occupational therapist for the rest of my life. That's a big decision. That was a huge decision. So that was kind of the beginning of this cycle was me making that decision of like, I can't do this for the rest of my life.
Peter:
[14:45] So, 2015, 16.
Maria:
[14:48] Yeah. Yep. I think 2015.
Peter:
[14:50] That would be about right. Because that's when I went all in. Wow look look at like you can't make this stuff up right like you know because that was when i literally dropped like the normal job behind and i was like that was in accounting, um i learned a lot it was very i'm very grateful for that time i learned a lot because i needed those lessons i really did and i'm still using those lessons but it was yeah it's 2015 when i was like cool i'm all in i'm gonna be the speaker i'm gonna go touring gonna do it so wow so that's You dropped the occupational therapist and decided.
Maria:
[15:26] This is it. Another interesting similarity, Peter, that I just find really interesting. I know you mentioned you're currently evolving too from when you're being a speaker and now you're shifting your attention and energy into some different programs in 2025. I got to say, similarly, when I started my business and in the year 2021, 2022, I could easily tap into public speaking. So I was doing a ton of presentations, workshops for businesses. I was doing keynotes. And it was like a lot of being away from my family. It was a lot of traveling. It was a lot of just like being out. And while I had my most lucrative year in 2022 in my business, and so I knew I could keep doing this and it would make me money and be fine.
Peter:
[16:10] Yep.
Maria:
[16:11] It didn't align. I was like, do I really, is this how I need to, because I kind of had like, oh, public speaking needs to look like this or needs to look a certain way.
Peter:
[16:20] Yep.
Maria:
[16:21] And I was like, no, this doesn't align. This doesn't feel right for right now, at least in the season I'm in, to be like traveling and speaking and doing all of this. And so I just find it interesting that both of us like, you know, it seems like we're coming home to what feels more aligned for ourselves.
Peter:
[16:36] Now that, oh my God, I cannot believe you use that terminology again, like coming home. So it was, I kind of have talked about it briefly, but I'll make it short. But it was in March this like 2024 and I was it was the alignment same thing of like something's not right like I can be a speaker but I can do this a different way because the way I'm doing it yes it works but it's no longer fitting me it's almost like I'm evolving and the even though the work's wonderful yeah but it's like but we evolve as individuals and you know it kind of We have to adapt and change ourselves because we're not him and to stay the same. Right. But of course, like just hearing you, I'm like, oh, my God, this is like a mirror. It's like, wow. And I remember it was at that point and I was making like kind of like humorous of the situation. And I remember like, you know, because I'm like, cool, I'm doing all this work. I'm learning and it's meant to take us to the next level.
Peter:
[17:41] I wasn't getting to the next level. I was going sub-level. It was like everything that was designed to kind of lift you, I went- the other way i went in and went down and i was like we're pulling out the foundations we're redoing everything here and then there was a moment where i was kind of in that alignment space and i just had a moment like the kids and my wife were in bed and i had like sbs chill so it's a tv station that just plays chill music i love it just put that on yep that's that's my you know downtime and i was chatting to a friend of mine i was still talking about business and i I was trying to get that alignment and I was just remembering going, who are we working with? And who am I? Like going through the businessy questions and trying to realign it. And I was like, we had all the, we had the answers, put it that way. We had the answers, but none of them felt aligned.
Maria:
[18:34] Yeah.
Peter:
[18:35] And I just knew something was missing. And I was like, something's still missing. And I, it was like, it was on the tip of my tongue. I'm like, I was like, what is it? I know it's there. And fortunately enough it just kind of came up and it was it's so silly like you're going how could I miss the obvious so for me that coming home because I remember I was like it's the soul.
Peter:
[18:57] Everything for me is the soul if I if I'm on a podcast and I'm talking about energetic and so I could talk for hours and hours and hours on end so that's my jam that's my space and it's the soul and if you like the soul I'm I can be one of your people that you can talk to because I can help you But it was amazing because as soon as I re-recognized, and essentially re-recognized, because I've been dealing with souls ever since I've started this journey,
Peter:
[19:20] right? This is the weirdest part. You're going, how could I lose myself? And I do. I lost myself so much in the doings. Then I had that moment going, it's the soul. And when that came up, I physically recognized it. And this beautiful, warm energy came from my heart over my body The little tears Not from the front But from the side Just kind of dripped down And it was like I'm I've come home You remembered Yes, Bingo. And that's the other word. I remembered. I'd come back to what was purely a line for me, what I was doing coming down here. I love this conversation. I'm so glad we hit record. Me too. Me too. I don't know how everybody else is going to like listening to it.
Maria:
[20:09] Well, I think we've touched on something here though that is worth reminding people about, which is oftentimes we're just re-remembering. We're re-recognizing we are coming home too because i know so i found you know and again you can relate i love working with type a high achievers because i was one right so there's a reason i came into this incarnation you did.
Peter:
[20:31] That so you could help them yep.
Maria:
[20:33] Exactly yep with these patterns so i could figure out how to overcome it and then help more of the type a high achievers and so something that i found in type a high achieving entrepreneurs and i do my program specifically works with female entrepreneurs, but I've also worked with males. But I think oftentimes type A's, you can think, well, I must not be intuitive because I have such a strong ego and I'm so logic driven and I'm so, right? Like they're just so left brained, masculine, et cetera. And so you're just like, well, that must not be for me. Cause that's what, that's what I thought. I was like, you know what? I've tried to learn about intuition. I had done a course in like a mentorship experience with someone about intuition. And it was all fine and dandy, but it's like something wasn't clicking for me. And so I was like, well, maybe I'm just not built like that,
Maria:
[21:19] right? We tell ourselves like that.
Peter:
[21:20] We tell ourselves all these little, oh, well, this is not for me. And maybe I'm not intuitive at all. I am a walking human meat sack and that's my job.
Maria:
[21:29] I'm just a human doer, right? I'm just like work, work, work, work, work.
Peter:
[21:33] I'm not a human being. I'm a human doer. I'm another cog of the wheel.
Maria:
[21:38] And it wasn't until I started doing the subconscious like healing doing a lot of healing that I had to do for my own journey that started in 2023 like the deep stuff that I had avoided for a very long time and then that's when I realized oh it's you don't have to learn intuition you have to remember it you have to remember that you're a soul having a human experience. You have to remember that you have an intuitive channel. And so many of us were actually really powerful. We also know how to like kind of cap our third eye, right? A lot of people because of maybe past negative experiences with their intuition or whatnot, it's almost like we've actually learned how to like shut it off, put a cap, put a veil over it almost. And so in my program, Higher Self-Awakening, that's what we do. We do the deep subconscious healing, past life healing to remove the veil, to remove the caps that we've honestly placed on ourselves to re-remember, oh yeah, I am intuitive. My soul already knows how, but we get all of that like conditioning, you know, that like says, oh, you can't do that. You're not that.
Peter:
[22:46] So, it's really interesting. So, clearly, like, and kind of jumping into it, I'm just interested to kind of connect the dots a little bit here.
Maria:
[22:53] Yeah.
Peter:
[22:54] So, it was 2016 that you really had, or 15, 16, you had the awakening. And you'd almost say that's the start of the re-remembering. But that's a pretty big shift to go from, like, occupational therapist to then go, you know what, I'm going to be keynote speaker. I'm going to do these things. And all of a sudden, now I'm going to, it's intuition, people. It's like, I can imagine like almost like your old colleagues going, what's she done? Is she like, what kind of Kool-Aid has she been drinking? Or has she gone to the jungle to not come back the same? What kind of jungle juice has she been, you know? So what was the shift there? Because that's a pretty significant changeover.
Maria:
[23:36] It is, yeah. And so 2015, 2016, like, so I had landed my dream job, quote unquote, what was supposed to be my dream job? then.
Peter:
[23:44] Oh, this is juicy already. Okay. Yeah. I'm readjusting myself.
Maria:
[23:49] I was working at, so here in Rochester, Minnesota is home for the number one hospital in the world, technically. So Mayo Clinic is located here and we get people from all over the world coming to this world renowned hospital and they do amazing things. And I had gotten hired to their rehab department in 2015. And in 2016, I was like making the most money, had the best benefits, you know, basically was like, I could have been there my whole life. And I was also the most depressed that I'd ever been. And I was anxious. I hated going to work and none of it made sense because on paper, I I had everything this checked all the boxes wow and I was like oh my god I'm supposed to do this like they call it kind of if you get if you get into mayo and let's say you don't love it but you they call it the gold handcuffs because like once you're there you kind of feel like well you're stupid to leave by year five yeah you just don't want to leave so it was around I'd been there for just shy of two years and I that's when I made the decision I'm like I cannot do this I'm signing myself up for anxiety and depression for the rest of my life. You know, like I was just like, I cannot. And so my evolution looked like at the time, though, my ego was not ready to give up. I, you know, I had done how many years of schooling to get my master's in occupational therapy? Yeah, of course. My ego is not ready to be like, oh, well, we just don't have to do that anymore.
Maria:
[25:16] But I knew I had to leave Mayo then. Otherwise, I might never leave. So I left that health care job, did a few other occupational therapy jobs locally working in local rehabs working in some nursing homes outpatient clinics my for my ego self I was like well you know what I got to give this a fair shot and I need to try that's satisfying yeah in all these other areas before I quote unquote give up on this but at the same time that's when too I started trying a reiki session I started trying traditional therapy. I was working with an occupational therapist locally who actually was speaking on things like intuition for healthcare providers. So I started dabbling in all these different topics. And that's around when then it's like, I really started realizing like, what do I really want to do with my life? And do I really want to be this occupational therapist and whatever? And so finally, you know, what's interesting though, the universe probably knew that it was gonna take me some time to really leap. So in 2018, I took a position and it ended up being the most toxic work environment that I'd ever been in. And then, you know, the pandemic happened. So another weird shakeup where I was spending a lot more time at home. And it was those two things that finally allowed me to listen to my soul. One, realizing, oh my gosh, I hate the work environment that I'm in. Like it was just not good for the soul.
Maria:
[26:45] And then the second thing was realizing that with the pandemic, I was spending more time at home. We were doing some virtual teletherapy at the time. Yep. And I was like, I love this. I love being closer to home. I love having the freedom and flexibility. So around then is when like the universe put some options in my sphere. I was able to take a part time job somewhere else while starting my business. Yep. And that's kind of when everything started coming into place for me. But it took like, you know, a few things to line up in order for me to really jump and leap into what i'm doing now.
Peter:
[27:20] And i love that and i think that's a beautiful very i want to say articulate it's not even articulate but i'm like the way that you describe that and really acknowledging your ego in that space because going to it's been like you know of course i know and like you know the good old spiritual circles ego gets thrown that words being turned around become a bit of a buzzword um but it's like anybody who's really in the journey understands what it's there for. We need it. It helps us survive. And the ego is literally the mask that we put on to survive in the world. Yeah. And it's just, it's like, as soon as you walk out the door, your ego's in play and you need it because it's like, okay, where are we going today? What do we need to do? How's the car parking going? And type A egos, they're on the game, right? We know how to handle the pressures of the world.
Maria:
[28:08] Absolutely.
Peter:
[28:09] To the very detriment to type B people where they're like, oh my God, you're just too anal about this it's like you know i've got it all planned before we even left the house and i feel like our ego knows.
Maria:
[28:22] How to get stuff done right.
Peter:
[28:23] Like let's go yeah let's and it is it's like i'll be like and it's just that whole thing and like i saw this um a little bit of side tangent here but i literally just saw this meme and and video where the guy's talking about you're in your 40s because i'm like i'm now like 41 and he's like you're in your 40s no no there's not enough parking i don't want to go and i'm like i'm like that's so me because like no we're gonna go there if you go at this time there's gonna be heaps of parking you don't want to do that so we're gonna go there we're gonna hit the 10 30 mark because it's gonna be a little bit quieter and we get in there we can get in and get it done we'll be back by 12 30 it's like it's a whole thing but the ego there and i love the way you acknowledge that because you had done so much study you had put in so much effort and this is like and you bring up a really valid point here like high achievers, like, Like, I'm fortunate in this stuff. Like, I know that I can almost accomplish anything I put my mind to. I'm very, very flexible that way. So, you know, because I know you like your bit of astro talk. So, like, I'm a double Gemini. So, that flexibility and the learning is like, hey, bring it on. I'm like, do you ever do, remember the old kids TV show Gumby? Yes.
Maria:
[29:30] Oh, yes, I do.
Peter:
[29:32] I'm like Gumby. I just like, and I mold and do whatever I need to, whatever situation. I love that. That's a great question.
Maria:
[29:38] I haven't talked about Gumby in a while.
Peter:
[29:39] Yeah, I know, right? I don't know why that was coming to my mind, but anyway, Gumby's there. But it's just like that's the kind of person that I am. Like some people might say, oh, you're a bit of a chameleon. Yes, to an extent, but more so because I can adapt and change more so, even physically, to move in a situation. That's a bit of a bonus.
Maria:
[30:00] So you're a sun and moon, Gemini? Is that right?
Peter:
[30:03] A sun and moon when you say doubtful? Moon, off the top of my head, remember in the chart, the moon was just in Taurus actually. So because i'm on the cusp oh.
Maria:
[30:11] No but i mean for you for your for your chart when you.
Peter:
[30:14] Say you're your son so my rising sign is gemini my son's sign is gemini and so and my my moon for memory is is like just a smidgen in taurus but everything's actually concentrated my chart is really unusual like because you're more.
Maria:
[30:31] Like lopsided to one side.
Peter:
[30:33] No i'm perfectly like a gemini should be I literally have most of it in the Gemini house in that section or that quarter, and then I've got a few that are hovering at the end of Scorpio and Sagittarius. The other areas of my chart are clean. And so that's why, yeah, when I got someone, a lovely lady, she spent three hours with me. She was very good. And she goes, and she's French. And she's like, I've never seen a chart like this. And it's like, you have so much space. You could do anything you want. Anything you want at all. It's fantastic. And it's like, she goes, just remember, it has to be your idea. It has to be your idea because this is all ideas. It has to be your idea. You do it. You create your life. Anything, anything you want. And so I've never forgotten. I love that.
Maria:
[31:14] Isn't getting an astrology reading, I think it's so helpful, right? It's so validating because you're like, oh, this is why I am how I am because I'm a Virgo moon. And that makes sense for my Virgo moon. That's kind of what gives me my like, you know, things got to look like this. It's got to be like this. Like I've been trying to like work with my Virgo moon, you know, to be more flexible because that is not in my natural nature at all.
Peter:
[31:37] It's going to say Virgo moon. I'm like, oh, it's like, it's like, I need to know how you're feeling. Tell me how you feel so that I can help you and I can understand where I'm sitting. That's the Virgo moon. Yep.
Peter:
[31:49] But I love it. But it's like, but I love it because like, you know, kind of coming in that this movie, like the ego, because we put so much effort into things. And then there's a part of it. Like I know for a fact that even currently with where I'm now, like what we're talking about, like there's this change, there's a shift, there's this evolution. There is this re-remembering, there's this realignment. But even in that, like the ego part of myself is going, but remember, hey, you've invested to 10 years in this, you can't just let that go. You know, and that's the ego because it's like you have done really well. Like, and I acknowledge it. I'm very grateful. I do all those lovely inner work aspects. But then it's also going deeper. And like you're saying, acknowledging it. And I had so resonated with what you're talking about, like being at the Mayo Clinic going, this is it. This is the bomb. Like, you're good. Like, I wasn't quite like at that where I had the dream job, but almost at the point, like even currently now with this re-evolution, I'm like, why should I be unhappy? Why am I unhappy? Because this is good.
Peter:
[32:53] What are you worried about? You've got everything that you've asked for. And you start going, am I pissing the universe off? Have I been like this petulant little child kind of saying, I'm sorry, it's not good enough. I want something more. Like you start questioning yourself going, I'm very grateful. I'm very, very grateful. But you can't help that calling for something more.
Peter:
[33:17] And I totally resonate with you when you're saying you were depressed.
Maria:
[33:21] Yes.
Peter:
[33:22] And the anxiousness because I know I had the same thing where it was I hit that when I was really not. Owning my path, that came in so, so quick and so strong. And it was a bad space. Like everything was, I was losing everyone and everything around me. And that included myself in a very big way. And it's that experience that very much taught me to go, hey, we need to help people. Understand this so that's me like we're totally energetic partners in crime here.
Maria:
[33:58] Trying to and i honestly feel like too you know i feel like as humans and i again i think we're all here right to help more people awaken to help raise the vibration of the planet and like bring in a new paradigm because i think a lot of us were raised in a generation with parents who kind of either told us like you know you're supposed to get like the dream job or whatever the quote-unquote whatever the perfect job is.
Peter:
[34:22] Or work towards it.
Maria:
[34:24] Or work towards it. But then stay in it. Just stay in whether you hate it or love it. If it's making you money, just be in that one track lane. And so we think there's something wrong with us if we keep switching jobs or if our business keeps evolving. But in fact, I think what many of us are learning is we're all just following our inner compass, our soul. So it's not to say that we did anything wrong in the last chapter of our lives, you know where we were doing this that or the other thing but it's almost like your soul is like okay and now we're shifting a few degrees and this is where we're going and like i think it's learning how to honor that and not being like oh geez did i totally just screw up the last four years like yeah or or two.
Peter:
[35:06] Years down the track going oh my god.
Maria:
[35:09] Did i really.
Peter:
[35:10] Stuff everything up on my life now never going to be the same because i made.
Maria:
[35:13] That decision.
Peter:
[35:14] And i lost the perfect you know the job.
Maria:
[35:17] Or and.
Peter:
[35:17] For some people it's a perfect job career some people i've lost the perfect partner or whatever else.
Maria:
[35:22] You know yes it's.
Peter:
[35:23] And it's like no you just gotta honor like what's.
Maria:
[35:27] There and honor where your soul is at honor the journey like release and let go of yeah it's like it's the ego that's getting stuck in like the oh but i i'm letting this go or oh but should i have done this sooner or whatever right and it's like our soul's just like no let's just, Let's go. We align, you know? And I think as we've talked about, Peter, it's learning how to dialogue with both.
Maria:
[35:48] You know, it's like teaching people, it's learning how to dialogue with your ego. Like, because your ego is not going anywhere. As long as you're a human, you still have our ego.
Peter:
[35:57] It's only going one place, to the back seat, right?
Maria:
[36:00] Yes. Yes. A hundred percent. Like, we are not handing out lobotomies here. We're not removed.
Peter:
[36:06] Sorry, I'm a visual person.
Maria:
[36:08] It's like okay well we've just taken that to a whole new level well because you know right like when people say ego death it's like you guys we're not at your ego is not dying like it's i'm sorry it's not being removed from your body you still have it but like you said it's taking a back seat so that your higher self your soul self can be in the driver's seat yeah yeah.
Peter:
[36:30] Like i always when this is when I explain it to people. It's like your ego being your head. I always use the analogy of rally car drivers that do the bush ones and the very short sports cars because I'm like, there is a driver and there is a navigator.
Peter:
[36:49] And they can't complete that race without one or the other. And the driver is your ego. It will get you through the course. It will drive you through. it'll take the turns for you, it'll put the brakes on, it'll put the accelerator on. But that is all determined, the driver's movements are all determined by what the navigator is telling the driver. And if you ever, like, if you've never ever seen, like the World Rally races, just quickly YouTube one and listen to them talk. They are in sync. They have absolute trust with each other. The driver must absolutely trust what the navigator is saying, like sharp right turn here, 60 degrees or something like that. And the driver will then absolutely move according to what it's been instructed to do. And when they're in sync, they run an amazing race and nothing happens. They're moving fast. They're going around the bends. They're doing the dirt flying everywhere. But it's in sync. But what happens when they're not in sync? They don't finish the race. They get pulled over the side of the road. And that's okay. Then you fix the car and you get back on. But the whole thing is you're learning to connect with each other.
Maria:
[38:00] Yes.
Peter:
[38:01] And totally get it. You're not, your ego is going to be there. And, but I love it. You know, we've both learned we've got to work with it.
Maria:
[38:09] Yes, 100%.
Peter:
[38:10] And you've got to listen to yourself. like not just your ego just because he goes oh but you know what you're gonna be letting go a lot of money or but what happens if this relationship's not working for me so if you leave this relationship you're not gonna have anywhere to live you're not gonna have this you're not gonna have a job you have to do it all of a sudden becomes so much of an issue that your head's just kind of going stay safe yes don't leave this space just stay where you are but as we both know and we've experienced both personally you can stay safe absolutely but But I can tell you what, staying safe will also end up being toxic.
Maria:
[38:43] Yes. Yes.
Peter:
[38:44] And you'll have a slow death.
Maria:
[38:46] Mm-hmm.
Peter:
[38:47] And you can lose yourself to a point where, for some, they actually never remember who they really are and they don't come back.
Maria:
[38:56] Yes.
Peter:
[38:57] And that's a scary thought. And it happens. It's the truth.
Maria:
[39:00] Agreed. And we have to remember, too, like the ego, we have to think of our ego, it really is technically the most primitive, unevolved part of ourselves. It's the first part of the brain that forms. It helps give us all of our autonomic functioning. It's great, but it's primitive. It's in model one or whatever, stage one or whatever. Its definition of safety is different. Our ego wants to stay in safety, wants to stay in the comfort zone. Oftentimes, our soul knows we need to evolve to the next level.
Peter:
[39:31] Always looking for it.
Maria:
[39:33] And it's actually reminding our ego that when we evolve to that next level, we can actually maintain safety, even though the ego doesn't see it like that, right? It's like, so it's increasing and expanding what that definition of safety is and realizing that it's kind of coaching our ego that we can actually be in a regulated state in the next level, in the expansion. But I think that's why you and I both know it's about like doing some of that deep inner work. You know, like we can't like always just rush into something. And so it is like, it's really getting those two in sync. Ego, your higher self or your soul self so that when you evolve to the next level, the ego can finally kind of shift into that. You know what? This is new to me. This is a new track, you know, new race track.
Peter:
[40:19] Yeah. It's a new race course.
Maria:
[40:20] I trust you. Right? Like I trust the soul self. So I love that we're like, again, just talking about more about getting them in sync versus like abandoning the ego or trying to shut it down because that never works.
Peter:
[40:33] You can't shed it. You can't let go of it. You can't surrender it.
Maria:
[40:38] Yes.
Peter:
[40:38] It's a part of you. And you know what? It's primitive function. I like the way I say it. It's like version one and it's never been updated. And so it's like you're always running with old programming. But the whole thing is you just learn how to work with the program. And that's all you work with rather than just dismiss it or try and overwrite. No, you can't. But the whole thing is it's like you've got to show it and you've got to talk to it. You've got to tell the driver. Like, that's like the navigator saying, we've run this race course like 15 times and we've nailed this. But you know what? If we go to the next race course, the prize money is a lot more.
Maria:
[41:13] You know, it's like.
Peter:
[41:14] Oh, I imagine we're going to get like, oh, we could be a YouTube hit and we're going to get 15 million followers. And all of a sudden, it's like, you know, what if it comes with increasing your race course thing? But it's like, that's what I mean. Like, it is about getting in sync and it's a powerful, powerful thing kind of doing that. And I love how this conversation has kind of come around to that and about the ego. And I know we could keep talking about this forever and we're going to keep talking about it, but it will be another episode. But just on this, I'm just being mindful of your time because I know it's like date night tonight, which is awesome. Love that you're going on a date night. So just to kind of, since we're on this and where we've kind of been with the ego, what would be like a really good hint or tip to help people to start to get in sync with the ego and the higher self, what would you recommend?
Maria:
[42:02] Great, great thing. The biggest thing that I would tell people to kind of begin.
Maria:
[42:07] Is reminding yourself, this was a huge mindset shift for me, that I am not my ego. So we often think that when that survival part of us kicks in, like, oh, I can't do this, or oh, this will never work out, or whatever, I'm terrible, whatever that, like, maybe inner dialogue is, it's actually beginning to remember that you are actually the observer of your mind. You're the observer of your ego. You're the observer of maybe like your inner child. You're the observer in taking your soul self. So I think that's step one is acknowledging that you're not any of those one aspects. You are kind of like the master. You get to observe each of those and begin just journaling and dialoguing with your inner child and ego self. And I know for type A high achievers, I get it. We're like, okay, is this really worth it? Do I have time for this? But I promise like the more you begin to just drop in and begin to acknowledge and observe your ego, observe your inner child, check in with them, you begin to like have this greater perspective.
Maria:
[43:09] And then I do have like an upcoming free virtual event for people who want to continue this shift, shifting into their more intuitive self called the Becoming Her Intuitive CEO Experience. And so people can head to my website to learn more about that because during that free virtual event, we'll be doing more about like how do we connect and tap into our intuition self. But again, it's bringing our ego along with us. It's not like we abandon it, suppress it, or push it down. It's all of it and getting it in sync.
Peter:
[43:39] Oh, love it. And thank you so much. And, of course, we'll put all that information up where you can grab onto Maria's free virtual workshop there. That'll be in the show notes. Feel free to have a look at that, and we'll put that up, obviously, when it gets done. But, again, getting yourself started, and I just cannot thank you enough for your time. I know, like, we have, like, I'm thinking we could make a list of, like, 52 episodes just us talking, and I think we'd have the whole year done just us talking about stuff.
Maria:
[44:03] Agreed. I would love to come back, Peter, whenever you want.
Peter:
[44:06] Oh, look, you have no choice, right? It's like, you know, no, it's been absolutely a pleasure. I'm glad we, you know, we've paused our natural conversation and just allowed people to be in the room with us. I always love it like that. And honestly, the insights and the stories, everything's super helpful and what a great way to just see where it needs to go. And, guys, it is about the ego. You kind of go through it and you can see here that it can be scary to let go of things, but, you know, it's like, but following yourself, I know that I'm happy for it. I know, Maria, you're way happier for it too. And like giving up like the Mayo Clinic, that's huge. Like that is literally a dream job with so many students doing it. And hearing that, it's like, boom, that is a bombshell. Like I can only imagine how many times you went to a different job and go, you gave up at the Mayo Clinic?
Maria:
[44:55] Yes, yes. People really thought I was crazy.
Peter:
[44:58] Yeah. I can so see that people go, what? Did something happen? Or it's like there'd have to be a very good reason. And you go, I just wasn't happy as if that's not reason enough.
Maria:
[45:09] Yes. You know, that was like the most surprising part to people was that, no, nothing like crazy happened. You know what I mean? I didn't have some like wild, like HR screwed me over or blah, blah, blah. You know what I mean? There was nothing. And so it was definitely my first leap of faith that I started taking.
Peter:
[45:27] Love it.
Maria:
[45:27] Yeah.
Peter:
[45:27] Love it, love it, love it. Well, look forward to chatting with you again and talking about other leaps of faith and all the other bits and pieces and honestly have a wonderful date night tonight so i know i've probably kept you a little bit longer than you need to uh and we'll find out well everybody in the next episode we'll catch up we'll find out how date night went right or we'll catch up worry about that so it'll be wonderful and of course uh at the time of this recording just wishing you a happy wonderful prosperous 2025 ahead i know it's gonna be awesome and i look forward to connecting up with you again soon thank.
Maria:
[45:56] You so much and thank you for having me on your podcast have a good night.
