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ICP 125 Find Your Truth: Believing In Something When The Outcome Is Uncertain With Dave Ursillo

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In this episode you’ll learn:

  • How the stories we tell ourselves either restrict or empower us
  • How to open the floodgates of connecting to your inner-self
  • Ways to regain a connection to your true, creative self
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Dave Ursillo is a Teacher of Yoga and Writing.

In this episode, Dave reveals how he helps people to find their truth through their own stories and emotions exploring both writing and movement.

Hear how the stories we all tell ourselves determine our future and how to find your truth even when the outcome is uncertain.

Dave shares how he had a hard time expressing himself when he was younger and how he elicits moving stories from young students who claim they “don’t care.”

Plus why Dave hates talking about time management (and how your time is really telling you about how to find your truth.)

“How you choose to tell your story…has a direct correlation to what happens in the future” – Dave Ursillo

Items mentioned in this episode (quick access):

Living your best life

[00:42] Welcome back, Dave Ursillo.

[01:52] Dave shares how his creative journey and talks about truth and authenticity.

[03:37] Fear. Yoga. How stories restrict or empower you.

[04:44] Henry David Thoreau. To know your true self.

[05:41] Connecting to your body.

Know thyself

[07:54] How Dave uses his body to reveal his own inner stories and emotions.

[08:36] Partnering with Get Storied. Dave’s Story Shine service.

[09:30] Moving towards the story you want to be living.

[11:45] Dave offers a journal writing activity for self-expression.

[15:05] The private environment of the page.

[17:32] Why Dave hates talking about time management.

[20:40] How constraints unnecessarily trigger negative fight or flight responses.

“What do you actually care about… and are you willing to admit to yourself that you care about these things?” – Dave Ursillo

Desire

[22:39] Desire vs. permission.

[23:29] What do you really care about?

[24:58] Faith. Writing. Values.

[27:00] Dave shares his experience working with young adults in schools.

[28:52] How over regulation in schools is stifling self-expression.

[30:20] How Dave elicits moving stories from students who don’t care.

“Kids are dying to express themselves” – Dave Ursillo

Overcoming complex problems

[32:14] Dave shares how he had a hard time expressing himself when he was younger.

[34:01] What Dave would ask his younger self.

[34:40] How stories become what people live.

[36:10] Dave offers an example of how we truly feel about a situations.

[37:22] Examples of revealing student stories.

“We can teach young adults how to be happier, healthier, more embodied…just by helping them write” – Dave Ursillo

Cultural values and the power of creativity

[39:37] Why schools aren’t encouraging creative expression.

[41:00] Why Dave believes creative challenges are missing the point.

[42:50] Being busy.

[45:27] Being the best version of you. Leading by example.

“Honour two or three of your values daily” – Dave Ursillo

Find your truth

[46:28] Dave talks about a destination retreat that combines all that he loves.

[47:14] Costa Rica and microcosms.

[48:37] Opportunities to align with core values.

[49:25] Iceland and using voices collectively.

[50:11] The Literati Writers group.

[51:38] Write to live.

[53:20] Dave shares what has inspired him in the last week.

[54:00] Spirituality beyond dogma and religion.

“Mediate, move, do yoga” – Dave Ursillo

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