Achieve in Flow with Kiona van Griensven

You're in for a real treat! In this episode I speak with Holly Teska, co-host of the Podcast 'Uplifting Women' about her journey to success, what she's learned along the way and the advice she has for anyone who is set on a similar path today.

A few months ago, I responded to Holly's post, looking for people to join her as a guest on her podcast 'Uplifting Women'. Little did I know that we would end up having such a soul-aligned conversation, that it seemed we had known each other for years. I had such an amazing time chatting with Holly during the recording. Having lived through a similar journey, and being able to relate to one another on so many levels, I decided I HAD to have Holly come back to speak on 'Achieve in Flow', so we could continue the conversation. This time, of course, so that Holly could share her success story with all of you.

Tune into the episode now for this inspiring conversation on Holly Teska's success story.

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It's been a turbulent few months in the workplace. Not only are companies laying off employees left, right and center, they're also asking people to come back to the office more days in the week.

What does that mean for employers and employees?

In this episode, we explore the challenges of returning to the office as employers request their employees (in some cases coercively) to come back to the workplace.
This episode I go deeper into how the hybrid workplace can impact mental wellbeing and share my insights on how to prioritise mental health in this new normal. We'll delve into the strategies that can help employees, leaders and peers cope with the changes and uncertainties of the hybrid workplace, and provide actionable tips to help employers support their workforce's mental health.

Tune in to gain valuable insights on navigating the new normal of the hybrid workplace.

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Welcome to another episode of "Achieve in Flow, with Kiona van Griensven"!

I am so excited to introduce you to today's guest, Rebecca Bowden, a relationship and self-love coach who has truly transformed her life by discovering and connecting with her 'Essence.'

Rebecca's journey from the corporate world to becoming a spiritual guide is truly inspiring. She has a unique perspective on the importance of understanding and connecting with ourselves and the people around us from a place of love, in order to achieve true fulfillment in our relationships and in our lives. In this episode, Rebecca shares her wisdom and tips on how to let go of societal expectations and societal pressure and how to build a fulfilling and meaningful life.

Listen as  Rebecca explains whythe word essence has a special meaning for her.

Rebecca's corporate background has certainly influenced her coaching style and it is evident in the way she is able to connect with her clients. She is able to understand the pressures and challenges that come with the corporate world and how it can affect our relationships and self-love. Her tips on how to connect with our own essence and understanding our true desires are truly valuable and can be applied to anyone's life.

Rebecca also emphasises the role of self-love in attracting healthy relationships. She explains that when we truly love and accept ourselves, we attract people who also love and accept us for who we are.

As a coach, Rebecca is a powerful and inspiring woman and I am so grateful to have her as an inspiration, coach, friend, and to have the opportunity to welcome her onto the show. Her story and her insights will certainly inspire you to connect with your own essence and build a life that is truly authentic and fulfilling. Be sure to check out her socials and give her a follow to learn more about her work.

As always, I want to thank you for tuning in and for your continued support. Don't forget to subscribe to the show and leave a review. 

Thank you and take care!

 Please note there is some backwave, and external noise on this audio, which I adds to the charm! ;)

Feeling inspired to focus on loving yourself and the people around you unconditionally, after listening to this episode? Reach out to Rebecca for support!

In this episode of Achieve in Flow with Kiona, Kiona sits down with the accomplished businesswoman, Ella O'Riordan, for a deeply inspiring and informative conversation about the journey of success and the important considerations to keep in mind. 

With her wealth of experience and wisdom, Ella shares her valuable insights overcoming obstacles, taking calculated risks and staying resilient in the face of adversity. We touch upon what it means to be successful and how to be mindful of your mental wellbeing.

She also acknowledges the integral role her supportive husband played in her professional journey, serving as a source of encouragement and unwavering support. This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to take their career to the next level or seeking inspiration for pursuing their goals.

Tune in as we delve into the mindset and strategies that have propelled Ella to the top of her field, and learn how you too can achieve success in today's fast-paced and competitive business landscape. Get ready to be motivated and to gain invaluable wisdom and perspective.

Excited to learn more about Ella? Find her on:

Life is uncertain, and with uncertainty comes both fear for what;'s to come, and excitement for what life might look like.

The pandemic has changed the way we all approach our daily lives. While close contact services disappeared for a while, even our beloved Massage Therapists had to close their businesses for a while, one person decided to make the struggle her gain. 

Viv Richards has put the pandemic to use in the best way for her and her future and asked herself: What's next?
And the answer came to her in the form of coaching. 

In this intimate conversation, they talk about what success looks like in the face of uncertainty, in light of the pandemic, and how to take the positive out of the negative experiences.

In a world where authenticity is becoming more and more important, companies are looking for different ways to help employees be authentic.

In the workplace, one of the most important things you can do it to be yourself as much as humanly (and spiritually) possible. You need to show your true self in order for others to see who you really are. Not only will it help them feel more comfortable around you, it will make them want to work with you as well as trust what you say.

In the second interview of the series with Deniz Chakarova we touch upon how Deniz has mastered staying authentic to a tee, what her journey looked like and where she is now as a result of her journey.

Deniz is a beautiful human being, who's focus is on feeling good in every aspect of the word.
Not only will you hear about Deniz's success story, you're also being treated to a GOLD MINE of amazing tips and tricks Deniz has learned along the way.

Enjoy!

Over the years, I have changed my mind about success more than I can count LOL

Growing up I kinda wanted to be successful, but I wasn't what you would call an A+ student, and frankly, I didn't really care that much about the grades anyway..!

At the time I was chasing happiness in anything and everything that I enjoyed doing.
And you know what?
I think I got it right back then, so that's exactly what I'm doing now!

I may have lost myself in the process of chasing success a few times along the way, but it's good to know you can always find your way back to where you're supposed to be, don't you think? ;-)

If you believe you can always pivot, turn, flip and redo and change the way you live you life at any given time, you're in for a treat!
In this episode I dive into my TOP 5 Philosophies for success.

Here's a sneek peek of the first one.

1. You have no control over other people's behaviour., but..

2. L..

3. P..

4. F..

5. D..

Can you guess the others?

Look back on your own search for success, what have you been going after that you just enjoyed doing?
DM me your philosophies for success!

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If you had asked me 3 years ago what success meant to me, I would have said that it's achieving the role of Strategic Account Manager and owning a house in Hampstead, UK.

If you asked me that now, I would say it's overall happiness with the life I choose to live, regardless of what I own or the value of my belongings.

A lot has changed since I started out on my journey of entrepreneurship.

What I classify as success now is not so much related to what I can buy, it's related to how connected I am to myself, my desires, my wants and how much joy I have in doing what I love, while being the person I desire to be.

Success has a different meaning for every single person on this planet and beyond, which is why I decided to open up my podcast platform to share the story of people close to me, who have something to say about how success has shaped their life.

I'm baaaack! I bet you've been wondering where I've been hiding these past 9/10 months. In this episode I'm going to tell you all about it. So settle in, grab a cup of tea or coffee, and enjoy the ride.
After almost a year of silence, I'm here to share my life lessons, show up and be vulnerable with you again.

In this episode you will hear all about how I've spent my time these last 10 months, what's been keeping me from releasing episodes, what I've learnt and what's going to come next.
If, like me, you've been feeling disconnected recently, or scared to own your truth and be vulnerable with the outside world, you're going to love listening to this episode. 

If my story resonates with you and where you are right now, reach out to me and let me help you find relief.
You're not alone. I've got you!

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When we get to choose what direction to go into from a place of love, from a place of wanting, rather than missing or grasping, that's when life starts to become interesting!

This episode includes a few very special announcements on what you can expect for Season 2, where you'll find me, and what I have coming up for you in January!

Tune in to learn more!

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Setting goals, taking action, and achieving your goals comes with its ups and downs. And when failure happens, or we make mistakes, we often get discouraged and if we're not careful, we may even end up giving up on our dreams.

The way I see it, we have two choices. Sulk in shame, or step into the light.

This episode goes into both of these options, and explores what is means to shine light on the shame we feel about a failure or mistake.

If you were looking for a little pick-me-up today, this is just what you need!

With Love,
Kiona Xx

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Whenever we are on the verge of taking the next step in life, we often seek for guidance. Often we will ask the people around us for advice, or for feedback, to gauge whether the step we are thinking of taking is the right one for us.
It's understandable to want to seek validation for the decision we're about to take. But there's one key aspect of validation that we need to remind ourselves of when we do, and that is whether the validation we're seeking is outwards, or inwards.

While asking for feedback is a good approach to take, ultimately you are the only person who can really decide what's right for you, aren't you?
Of course, this is provided you are seeking that guidance from within, and not based on social constructs.

This episode digs deeper into what validation is, how we can ensure we validate ourselves from within, and when to involve validation from others.

Enjoy!
With Love,

Kiona Xx

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Ever heard of a Sound Bath?

If you're like most people, you probably don't know exactly what to expect. And to be honest, my first and second experience weren't exactly winning me over right away. It actually wasn't until I went to another one the other day that I fully immersed myself into it and felt the effects of it throughout every fibre of my being.

This episode goes into further detail about what a Sound Bath is, what effect it can have on you, how it can help you find balance and reset the energy in your body. 

I also tell you about my most recent experience with it, and how powerful it turned out to be.

Sit back, or go out for a walk, plug in your headphones and get settled in for this soothing episode.

With Love,
Kiona Xx

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"I just want to be happy!"
"I'll be happy when I own.."
"Reaching X level in my career will make me feel happy."

You will have either said, or heard all of these statements at some point in your life. And you will have formed a thought or opinion about those statements over time as well. But what does happiness truly mean, for you? What does it mean for you to live a happy life, versus a meaningful life? And how what effect are the machines in your life having on your happiness?

In this episode I dig into a personal journey of changing my perspective on happiness.

Listen in for some valuable insights and actions you can take to discover your personal happiness!

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It's 'Gratitude Month', and what a great time to focus on one of my favourite subjects, Gratitude!
This month I will be paying extra attention to expressing gratitude in everything I do, will you join me?

Not only is November the month in which we get to explore new pathways and open up to the unknown (11:11), it is also the month in which we focus our attention on gratitude.

Gratitude towards what you have accomplished in life..
Gratitude towards the people who make an impact in life..
Gratitude towards the opportunities you were given in life..
Gratitude towards the lessons you've learned through experiences in life..
Gratitude towards goals reached, as well as goals you're aiming for right now..

By expressing gratitude, we allow ourselves to stay humble and contribute to the world around us. Do not let this day go by without it!

Dive into what it means to be grateful, and what you can do to incorporate gratitude in your day-to-day life today!

Today, I express gratitude towards the seasons, reminding me that to everything in life, there is a dark side there is a bright side, from bad experiences comes great knowledge to help me move forward.

What about you?

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Have you ever wanted to address something that bothered you and ended up in a full-blown argument with someone?
Yeah, me too.. No fun in that at all, is there!?

When it comes to communication, there's a lot of information to be found, but what I've learned is that the most important aspect of communication is the intention with which we go into a conversation. 

Going into a conversation with the intention of informing someone about your perspective from a place of love, will always give you a better chance of communicating effectively. Going into a conversation from a place of frustration however, will alsmot without fail lead to the wrong results.

In this episode I take you through how assessing your communication style can benefit the way your message is received.

Included in Life Upgrade. My Life Lift and Life Upgrade programme are open for registration again, we're starting a new round on November 1st! 

If you're interested in uplifting of upgrading YOUR life, DM me to find out if it's a good fit for you

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Life has started to feel hectic again, I'm sure you can feel it too!

Recently, a lot of my clients started talking to me about how hectic life is, now that we're all continuing life as usual. Getting up earlier on days we plan to go into the office, meeting up with friends for dinners, drinks, cinema, theatre and what not, and getting home late after a long day at work, catching up with colleagues and making the most out of the time we get to spend together again IRL.

When someone said to me the other day; "I don't know how I used to do it!" it made me think about what I could do to help, and this resulted in a meditation that will provide you the space to tune into the unlimited source of energy we are all connected to, and to start the day off really, really well.

Sit back, relax and tune into stillness here and now, and if you'd like access to it wherever you are, I've included a link to download it on your device too!

Kiona Xx

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As we grow up, we gather experiences that make us who we are. And as we gather more experiences, we start holding onto them in our little 'backpacks'. If you're in tune with your identity and you've worked on developing a solid mindset, you'll be able to discard whatever doesn't serve you. If however, your mindset is less well-developed there's a chance you end up carrying around more than is good for you. Enter, the Elephant on your Shoulders..

I love using this metaphor because it really brings my point home.

When we think about carrying a backpack we may think; "Oh, that's fine, it's not that heavy, I can take it." But when we think about carrying an Elephant on our shoulders, we immediately see a problem; "How the heck am I going to even move with that on my shoulders? That's impossible!"

This episode tunes into the concept of carrying our past and how releasing our past can help empower our soul so we can live with love & light.

Don't forget to sign up for the Masterclass via the link below for the ULTIMATE experience of releasing your past!

Enjoy!
Kiona Xx

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Mindset - What does it mean? And how can you manage your mindset? 

I like to think of the mindset as a set of beliefs, triggers, methods, or notions we hold as a result of our experiences in life. It's what you could call a frame of reference. It's everything that determines how you make sense of the world around you, and of yourself in it. It's how you think, feel, and act. Our minds are basically a personalised world map, created by our past. 

In this episode I go deeper into what it means to function from a Fixed mindset versus a Growth mindset, terms that were introduced by Professor Carol Dweck. And I carried the conversation into NLP from there. 

With the arise of NLP and the understanding of the difference between the conscious and subconscious mind, we learn more and more about how we can transform our mind to allow us to reach what Dweck calls 'ever-higher levels of achievement and give us a greater sense of free will as we go through life, rather than staying stuck in a life that doesn't fulfil or satisfy us. 

And don't forget to share your answer to my question on solution-finding with me via the DM's! 

With love & Gratitude, 

Kiona Xx 

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If there's anything I love to talk about, it's achievement! Especially since I learned that I had been looking at it all wrong..
As we grow up, we move from believing in ourselves and not letting ourselves be held back by anything, to being suspicious of everything, everywhere we look and doubting ourselves based on past experiences.

Through my spiritual journey, I've learned that by holding onto this suspicion, I was actually preventing myself from achieving my desires, and the results I wholeheartedly wanted to achieve. I stopped believing is myself for a while and passed on an opportunity to speak in front of my peers because of a previous experience that had left me feeling inadequate and too scared to try again. I was ashamed of that experience, even though it wasn't even something I had believed myself, but rather a belief I had adopted because of what someone had said to me back then.

This episode is all about achievement, believing, shame and how you can start using your shame as a springboard to success!

Enjoy!
With Love & Gratitude,

Kiona Xx

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When we decide to change our lives, it's not a change that's made right then and there. It takes time, evaluation, alignment and confirmation, and from there it's deciding to go out and DO IT.

This is exactly how it happened for me.

From the moment I started thinking about starting my own business I've done of soul-searching to understand my motives for wanting the change, and whether it was what we truly desire. Once I realised what I wanted, I started to take inspired action towards reaching the goal I had set out for myself.
But what happens when we've made the change? Well, we have to re-evaluate and realign again, and again, and again, so that we can stay connected to our personal core values.

Here's how I recently decided that Freedom was one of my new core values!

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Ever been asked to define your values in a room filled with colleagues and only 5 minutes time? How did that feel?

When I was working my 9-5 I never questioned whether I was living my life at its core value.
Throughout the years I picked up on a mixture of lessons..

Work hard..
Don't give up..
Don't question your superior's decisions..
Do things perfectly or not at all..
Save, save, save..
Don't take big risks..

Maybe that's why I didn't get any further than I did, because I mostly did the opposite of those things! LOL.
But you know what, by doing the opposite I learned that it didn't matter what anyone else was doing, I wasn't happy with the life I was in, so I had to live by my own rules.

See, when we try to achieve success by fitting into someone else's mould, we'll always fail! Don't you ever forget that. So make your own mould and work on fitting into that one!

If this sounds familiar to you you're going to love this episode!

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I am feeling both scared and excited to share this episode with you today. It's a raw, real and authentic recording of my story, in all it's glory!

You've probably heard of the saying "Past performance is no guarantee of future results". We sometimes believe that people's current situation is a full reflection of their past accomplishments, but I can tell you that in most cases, nothing could be further from the truth. 

As with most of us, things haven't always come to me easily, and they certainly haven't always been easy to work through, but I'm here now, and the story is out! I'm going to share with you how I ended up working full-time at 18 years old, to how I wound up on my path of self-destruction towards the end of my office-based career. You'll be hearing it all. 

If you find yourself wondering what the heck you're doing in your current workplace, you're wondering if there's something better out there for you,  and you're convinced you're the only one, this is the episode for you!

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Welcome to this Introduction in Flow! You're in the right place if you're a Young Professionals, on your way to living your best life and you would love to hear some unfiltered authentic examples from the real world. This is an short introduction of who I am and what you can expect of this Podcast going forward!