Shattering Your Glass Ceiling and Letting Go of Limiting Beliefs with Stasia Jaramillo

If you’re an ambitious woman, you know the script we’ve been sold: hustle harder, be productive, and check all the boxes. But what happens when you’re standing at the top of the corporate ladder, successful by every external metric, and yet you still feel that hollow, nagging feeling that it’s not enough? Or worse, that you’re not enough.

The simple truth?

Your subconscious mind is running 95% of your life on autopilot. That means all the hustle, strategy, and sheer willpower you’re throwing at your goals can only ever touch the tiny 5% of your conscious mind.

This week i got to sit down with the brilliant Stasia Jaramillo, a subconscious healing expert and ThetaHealing practitioner who left corporate life to create a life driven by intuition and creativity, not office hours.

In this profound conversation, Stasia reveals the limiting beliefs that are silently sabotaging your happiness. Ever feel like you’re hitting a wall no matter what you do?

Healing does not have to be hard or take years of therapy to break through your glass ceiling of success. When you find and clear the bottom-line belief in your subconscious, the shift is instant, profound, and finally aligns your external life with your soul's deepest calling.

Tune into this one (and listen twice!)

In this episode, Stasia and Ryann Watkin talk about:

• Why the "need to overthink everything" can actually be a

  limiting belief your mind created to keep you safe.

• The difference between talking to your Higher Self and connecting to the ultimate Highest Truth (Source/Creator) through Theta Healing.

• A powerful technique to get outof your brain and into your body using breathwork and somatic healing.

• How to use simple energy clearings to protect and support the

  energetic field of young children to support mindfulness for kids

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Theta Healing and Subconscious Reprogramming

02:44 The Art and Science of Energy Interpretation

05:41 Understanding the Seven Planes of Existence

08:22 The Highest Truth: Love as the Core Principle

11:16 Navigating the Mind-Body Connection

13:57 The Power of the Subconscious Mind

16:53 Using Theta Healing in Parenting

19:39 The Journey from Corporate to Healing Practitioner

22:33 Embracing Challenges and Finding Empowerment

25:18 The Role of Intention in Energy Healing

27:57 The Importance of Community and Connection

30:40 Finding Contentment in the Present Moment

33:21 Transforming Struggles into Growth

36:12 The Impact of Triggers on Personal Growth

38:51 The Journey of Healing Doesn't Have to be Hard

41:30 Conclusion and Future Aspirations

Up Next: Dealing with Grief

Resources: Learn More about Stasia’s Work and Book a ThetaHealing Session

Full transcript of this conversation with Ryann Watkin and Stasia Jaramillo:

Stasia: 00:00

Even if I was just there to play with my children, I would have like a to-do list running at the back of my head or be like, okay, like I need to do this later. And after this, I'm gonna read this book and then I'm gonna do this, you know, and yada, yada, yada. And when I tuned into it, for me, there was a belief that it was tied to success. So it was a belief that in order to be successful, I had to be productive. And in order to be productive, I had to be busy.

Ryann: 00:34

Hey friends, welcome back to the Raising Wild Hearts podcast. I am so excited to be here today. Oh my gosh. Um, so the school year has started. It's August and the end of August as I'm recording this, and actually, you're gonna hear it pretty much at the end of August. I'm kind of recording and uploading episodes in real time uh because I took a little time off from recording interviews over the summer, um, which was great. And now I'm back, and that's great too. Today I'm joined by Stasia Jaramillo. Stasia is a subconscious healing expert and the founder of CreateHigher.com. After years as a high-achieving leader in the corporate world, she realized that external success didn't equal inner fulfillment. Yes, please. Uh, and she chose to follow her deeper calling for more. As a mother of two, she wanted a life led by intuition, not office hours, where family comes first. Love that. Today she helps high-performing women answer their own call for more and lead from alignment using subconscious and energetic reprogramming to release the patterns that hustle and strategy alone can't touch. She believes healing does not have to be hard and no longer takes years of therapy to break through that glass ceiling of success. Yes, please, to all of it. Stasia is just a wonderful intuitive healer. I had a session with her before this interview, and it was so profound. I am so excited to announce also that Stasia is going to be one of our amazing speakers at the Rise and Flourish, the first annual Rise and Flourish Summit October 25th in Deerfield Beach, Florida. My friend Ashley and I are co-organizing an event uh for mothers and women who want to take a day off, who want to go show up for themselves, who want to get self-care connection and education in a really amazing luxe space. It's at the Five Element Spa in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Um, and you're just gonna be so cared for, and the event is going to be awesome. Dotsie is gonna be one of the amazing practitioners there. So I'm so excited to bring her to you guys in real life. So if you want to join us on that day, the early ticket sales are still happening now. So go to iRiseandforge.com. I'll put the link down in the description. Um, and join us that day. I cannot wait to give you a hug in real life and for you guys to just see all the amazing things that we have planned for everybody. All right, without further ado, let's get into my conversation with Stasia. Hi, Stasia. Welcome to the Raising Wild Hearts podcast.

Stasia: 03:02

Hi, Ryan. I'm so thrilled to be here.

Ryann: 03:04

Oh my gosh, I'm so thrilled that you're here. We just got done with a Theta Healing and powerful like doesn't even describe it. I love that we're recording this directly after because I knew there were gonna be so many downloads for me and I knew I was gonna just be so fresh from the experience to talk about it. And I am literally blown away. And I can't wait to, I guess, integrate it. But I'm curious from your perspective with theta healing, with subconscious programming, is that how you would say it or with subconscious reprogramming, perhaps? Like both. Okay. Is there an integration period or is it just like, okay, and you're done? Or do you have to kind of like go through and journal and like do all that?

Stasia: 03:47

So it works instantly. And oftentimes people literally feel a shift like right there in the session where they're like, oh my God, I feel like lighter, I feel more open, or whatever that looks like. Yep. But there are, I feel like some clients, and honestly, I'm kind of one of those people as well, that for me, it's almost like I need to like see it to believe it. So it's almost like it's not so much that it takes time to take effect, but it's rather just like your own lived experience where, you know, how are you showing up the next day where you're like, you know, I would have doubted myself in this case, but I actually don't feel that way anymore. Or I would have felt this way, but no, I'm actually, you know, I feel good to do this. And so almost just to like prove it to yourself to really be able to see it. But otherwise, I mean, it it really does work instantly. So wow.

Ryann: 04:30

Can you do it on yourself? Yes. Or you can.

Stasia: 04:34

I do it all the time.

Ryann: 04:36

My God, that's amazing. What a great personal development growth tool that you have in your toolbox.

Stasia: 04:43

Honestly, when I first started this work, um, I did a first session with a practitioner. And the way she was able to articulate my like beliefs and feelings that literally I felt deep in my soul, but I was like, I couldn't have even articulated them better myself. That I was like, okay, I need to like literally after two sessions, I was like, I need to learn this work. And really the only intention was for me. I was like, I just want to grow. Like I wasn't expecting to be, you know, a practitioner. I was in corporate and I was like a high achieving corporate girly. And I wasn't uh, you know, expecting to become a theta healing practitioner. But the more I got into it and the more I just recognized how powerful this work is. And then the more I just like couldn't wait to share it with others. And it was like working on my mom, my sister, and just trying it on like anyone that would be open to it. And I mean, it was, it was impactful. The work kind of spoke for itself. And then frankly, I felt like I got pretty good at it because it's like the skill is really to be able to, you're channeling, but it's the ability to be able to like interpret and understand energy and understand what needs to shift as well. And so then it just became like a craft a little bit, like to understand that and interpret it. And then, you know, and then I just got so excited about sharing it with as many people as I could.

Ryann: 06:04

Yeah. It seems like it's like an art and a science. Like the interpretation of it is like the art, but the science of it, I don't know, like how you actually learn the science of it, like just closing your eyes and being able to tune into someone else's energy. Maybe you can tell us that. Um, but the way that you just like went there, I mean, so many, most of the things you were saying, I was like, yep, yep, nailed it on it. Like, I mean, it was just you were just right there. And it was stuff like we talked about after the session. I didn't even know was really there. It wasn't a top of mind. It's not the question that I started with. It all just kind of came. So tell us about like how it's an art and a science and maybe like how you learn how to do it. Because I'm going, like, there is some sort of like, it seems like maybe you're just an intuitive person at the core. I wonder if you were always intuitive, like as a child, and it was a gift that you've just been learning over time. So that was like a multifaceted question, but just let's roll with it.

Stasia: 07:04

I'll tackle it. Yeah. No, so I do feel like I was always intuitive. And I do feel like everyone has that sense. And sure, some might have it more heightened than others. But for me, for a long time, and really until I started doing theta healing, I didn't really know how to tap into it. I didn't know, like I was like, I would see healers that would tell me, oh, you know, you're intuitive. And it's like, great, how do I access it? How do I like leverage it? And so with theta healing, it's essentially like a meditative technique. And um, I touched on this with you a little bit about the seven planes of existence. And I want to briefly explain so this is not just unique to Theta Healing, but the seven planes of existence, like we as people are on the third plane, spirit is on the fourth plane, your higher self is on the fifth plane, sixth is the laws of the universe, and the seventh plane is source or creator or universe or God or whatever you want to call it. And essentially, it's about getting to the seventh plane or like, you know, channeling from source. And I would say the biggest, other than like kind of the, you know, the training that I went through in Theta Healing of understanding how to access it, other than that, it's just been practice. And I mean like, like for me, it's been daily practice and not out of like a chore that I had to do it, but just because I was like, how do I tap into that again? You know? And so when I'm comparing that to say a psychic or something like that, if you've seen a psychic and some people are like, oh, you know, psychics are lying to you, or they said something to me and it didn't resonate, or others are like, oh, this was amazing and they channeled everything. Chances are it's not like the psychic is completely like lying to you, but you don't really know what they're tapping into. Like they might be tapping into spirit on the fourth plane, for example. Right. Or, you know, channeling your like great aunt Sally or something. And um, so, or you know, or even your higher self. And the higher self, yes, your higher self has your best interest at heart and like is kind of, you know, some people think of it as like all-knowing, but the higher self can actually have like limitations of its own. And the analogy that I like to compare it to is like a newborn baby and a mother. Because if the newborn baby is alone in his crib crying because the mother stepped out to get the bottle for five minutes, and the baby's like, I'm alone, I'm scared. But the mother is like, you're safe. You have nothing to worry about. I'm just, you know, I'm gonna be back in the room in five minutes. And um, but the baby is crying because he doesn't know. So if you're that baby, but the mother might not know what's outside or what's gonna happen next. You know what I mean? And so, like the the higher self also has uh limitations, I guess. And um, so really with theta healing and its uniqueness is is getting to that seventh plane and understanding like the highest truth of all that is, um, and being able to tune in and and channel from that energy. So is the highest truth of all that is love? Yes, yes. I mean I think um I think I've heard you speak about the book. Have I heard you speak about the book A Return to Love? Probably, yeah. Okay, because that was one of my first books on my spiritual journey, and that like changed everything for me. And uh, you know, everything she talks about there is is how I see the world as well, where it's either fear or love.

Ryann: 10:31

Yeah.

Stasia: 10:31

And so go ahead.

Ryann: 10:33

Sorry, you know what's interesting is that I have my grandma's copy who just transitioned on Sunday of Return to Love. And that's yeah, that's my copy. And it was a gift from my aunt to her. But yeah, so you've definitely heard me talk about that book. Yeah.

Stasia: 10:49

Beautiful.

Ryann: 10:50

Yeah. So because when you say the highest truth of all that is, I you know what I do? I picture others going, Well, what could that possibly be? You know, and then I'm like, Well, I think I I know what it is. I think it's love, right? And then we have these, I'll speak for myself. I have these moments of doubt being in this three-dimensional plane that we are in as humans on the earth, right? Where we forget the love and we mess up and we stumble and we veer off course and we make mistakes and you know, all those things. And so I think I don't know if it's just through learned experience or if I'm like, yeah, well, that must be love, or maybe from the book that I read. I don't know. But like, how do we, I guess, how do we land on that as the highest truth for everyone? Like, my question is always like, how do we get everyone to be loving? Because then there'd be no wars and then all the kids would be happy, and then everybody would be, you know, there'd be no violence and there'd be no abuse. Like, so how do we get everybody to like realize that like what God is is love, what the highest truth is, love, what all the religions are saying, the the common denominator, the common thread is love. Like, how do we how do we convert people to love?

Stasia: 12:11

I mean, I can't say I have the answer to that. But I would say, like, even though love, because love, the energy of love vibrates at such a high frequency. But when I talk about the highest truth and creator of all that is, it's really the energy of like pure creation, also where anything is possible, essentially. And when I speak about the highest truth, it's not even necessarily like, I mean, it is like the perspective of the all-knowing, but it's when I'm tapping into someone's energy and I'm seeing your highest truth. So for example, you know, if you come to me and you're like, hey, you know, I have this block around business, and then it really takes me to a family thing. You know what I mean? And so it's almost like that block in business, for example, could have stemmed from from you as a childhood because you, you know, created a belief in your subconscious mind that stemmed from your childhood, or frankly, even a past life, or beliefs that we can carry in our um genetics as well. So that's what I mean when I'm speaking about the high highest truth as well. It's almost like what is the bottom belief or the highest truth of the situation that you are dealing with or that you're energetically blocked from.

Ryann: 13:25

Yeah. Cool. How do you or do you advise people to get the hell out of their brains and into their hearts? Because I am, as I think many uh people out there listening right now, are like I'm an overanalyzer. I'm very, you know, I identify as smart and with it and fast and quick witted and like really like on it mentally. But I think from doing work for a number of years, like the work, right, I've realized that nothing good really happens up there in that mind of mine. Like it's mostly monkey mind, right? Unless I'm like trying to solve like a math equation or like figuring out what's for dinner, like very practical and logistical things. And so multiple times a day, I'm needing to remind myself to get back into my body, get back into my heart, right? And so, how do you advise people, even during your healing sessions? Because I noticed that I would start to go like, you know, like I would like follow the thought and I'd be like, no, no, no, back to here, right? And I'd have to like back to center. And I have practice of this because of um meditation and just like being aware. But how about somebody who's like, well, how do I not overthink everything? And what's the difference between this mental realm and this kind of love realm and then like the feeling realm of the body too?

Stasia: 14:48

Does it make sense? Yeah, no, okay. And I'm gonna answer it in like twofold. Cause I think the first one is really it's not like a theta healing answer necessarily, but I would just say literally getting into your body. And frankly, this was a reminder that I needed as well. Because I think for a long time, this literally just happened a couple of weeks ago. For a long time, I was like, you know, just I can theta heal my way out of anything. Like I could just, you know, this must be a limitation. How do I reverse it, you know? And um, there was a week that I was just like trying to progress and I had all these ideas, but I was just feeling like stuck and I couldn't get past it. And I was like, I have to, you know, all these things on my to-do list. And every single day that week, something happened. Like I got a call from my kid's school, had to pick him up because he fell. And then my daughter got sick, then I got sick, then something. And it was just like a very clear reminder of like, okay, no, like what you're doing isn't working. Like you need to get into your body. The first thing I will say is just how important like getting into your body is. And that can look different for different people. And, you know, sure, like exercise is incredible. But for me personally, uh, I've been doing a lot more breath work and it's just been very powerful, just like a quick eight-minute breathwork meditation. And I swear it just changes my whole day.

Ryann: 16:06

Yeah.

Stasia: 16:07

Um, and even somatic healing as well has been big lately. But the other thing, part two of that, what I will say, and this is kind of from the theta healing or subconscious mind perspective, is that sometimes that need to overthink is actually a limiting belief in our subconscious mind. Oh. And I can, and I can give you a very direct example from my own life because for a long time I struggled with being present. And it's like I could get present when I'm meditating, and you know, and I was always a very like spiritual person. Like I knew how important it was, but I wasn't actually present as often as I'd like to think I was. And for me, it was like being with my children. Remember, you know, I knew not to be on my phone and I and I wouldn't really be on my phone with my children. But even if I wasn't, even if I was just there to play with my children, I would have like a to-do list running at the back of my head or be like, okay, like I need to do this later. And after this, I'm gonna read this book and then I'm gonna do this, you know, and yada, yada, yada. And when I tuned into it, for me, there was a belief that it was tied to success. So it was a belief that in order to be successful, I had to be productive. And in order to be productive, I had to be busy. And so when you have those beliefs, and this was just the case in, you know, my example, but for everyone, it could look different. But when you have that, you know, you could be operating on constantly finding things to be, you know, to be busy, you know, to think that you're productive or make you feel productive because you have those beliefs. And like, was it effective? Probably not, you know, but it really that's, you know, one of the big shifts I've seen as well is just kind of being present and showing up presently with my children and with my husband. And like by clearing that, it just allowed me to, I don't know, to have space to just be, you know, to really be there and not try to rush my playtime with them, you know?

Ryann: 18:08

Yeah. I think so many of us, I know I do resonate with that because I, I mean, I joke with my husband, like he's the fun one, like he's the one who can like sit down and play and do the puzzle and this and that, because I have like a 20-minute limit. Like I will literally sometimes set a timer and be like, I played with our son for 20 minutes today. And my husband's like, congratulations, and he can do it for longer. And I think I have a similar as a kind of a self-identifying ambitious woman. Um, I have a similar belief or had, let's say had a similar belief around ambition and the to-do list and the check boxes and things like that. That really ex um resonates, that example. Um, and I think too, one of the things that I was really surprised by, but not so much at the same time, was that I came into you and I said, okay, I have this problem, right? We wanted to focus kind of on one question. And my question was belonging and like, you know, this sense of where do I belong? Do I belong? I'm not sure if I belong. I don't think I belong, that kind of a thing. And in our session, we went to all these other beliefs, these other examples that I like just didn't even have in my mind. Like they weren't top of mind. I would have never logically gone, oh, well, it must be because when my brother was born when I was 10, you know, this, that, and whatever happened. But yet we went to those places. So can you speak a little bit about like just the power of the subconscious and how like these things that the beliefs, the worldviews, the the things that we're struggling with, like they're not even on our radar. They're not conscious, like hence the definition of subconscious. Can you speak a bit on that and how it's like kind of running the show?

Stasia: 20:05

Absolutely. So, yeah, so exactly what you said about running the show, our subconscious mind runs 95% on of our life on autopilot. So when we want to change something or when we want to say, like, you know, I really want to do this, but it's not part of your 95% that's like automatic based on your beliefs, your patterns, your behaviors, your, you know, knowledge, your whatever else in your life, then it literally, the reason that change can feel so hard is it literally takes the 5% of your conscious mind to then decide, and then to have also the willpower to then like, you know, keep it up essentially. And so, so with that, sometimes it's difficult to know, like as you said, it's you know, the definition of subconscious, like it's difficult to know what actually lives in our subconscious. And the clearest way to see what's in our subconscious is our reality today is to look at your life, you know?

Ryann: 21:02

Like everything that's in front of you, you've created that kind of a job.

Stasia: 21:06

Absolutely. Yep, yep. Yeah. And um when we the thing about our subconscious is it's there to protect us, right? And so when we create something that we don't necessarily like in our life, it's easy to think like, oh, I'm being punished, or look at this, this toxic, you know, relationship again, or this, you know, boss that is terrible to me again or or whatnot. Chances are there is a belief in your subconscious mind that is actually, you know, putting you from something else. And so for example, if you're uh one example is around money. Say if you're like calling in money and you're like, you know, I want more money, and you could be practicing all the affirmations and saying, I'm abundant and bring me more money and all of that. But maybe you grew up in a family where, you know, your parents fought about money. Or um, you know, oftentimes, or say if you grew up with with parents that were separated and one was abundant and the other was, you know, had a scarcity mentality. And so maybe your money was just confusing for you. Maybe you're like, I don't want anything to do with money because it's confusing, you know, and I and I've seen that in clients as well. And so when you are stating something that you want or calling in a manifestation and you say, you know, I want more money, it's almost like, what are you asking for louder? Are you asking for more money or are you saying, please protect me from money because money separates families? Or, you know, money is evil, money is dangerous, money is, you know, whatever that looks like. My parents fought about money and I don't want to cause that. Therefore, please protect me from money. You know, and and so with theta healing and and just in general, just accessing the subconscious mind, why it's so critical to kind of be able to see that and you know from your session, like the first part of our session, it was just almost me tapping in and channeling. So I wasn't, you know, making commands to clear beliefs. I was saying, oh, like, did you grow up? Did you have a brother? Did you do this? And it was just like I was picking up little bits and pieces, and then it was slowly starting to shape up. And I was like, okay, great, that's where those beliefs came from. And I think a big part, I mean, part of this work is me kind of energetically witnessing that energetic shift. But a big part of it is also for your subconscious mind to get on board with your conscious mind. And so when I speak about when I speak these belief clearings and when they resonate with you, and you're like, oh my God, of course this stemmed from my childhood. Of course this is what happened. Like a big shift is actually with you just consciously recognizing it because it's kind of like they say, you know, 50% of the solution is just admitting the problem. And so, and so when you can recognize it where it's coming from, then you can just say, you know, yeah, I don't want to operate from this anymore. And so when I clear those beliefs, you can say, like, yes, I I want to clear that. And and it helps to get your conscious mind on board as well.

Ryann: 24:12

Yeah. So I'm so curious how you use your knowledge of Theta Healing and the subconscious as a mom, because I am under the belief and um from the child development studies I've done that basically zero to seven is like that subconscious mind just being programmed all day, every day. And so I'm curious how you use your knowledge as a mama.

Stasia: 24:39

I knew this would come up, but honestly, I feel like I don't use it as much as like you'd expect me to do. Okay. Yeah. I think, I think in what I do do is like energy clearings on my children because my children are only one and three. And so they're going to daycare. And so if, you know, and they're and they don't like, you know, my three-year-old speaks to me, obviously, but it's not, you know, I don't know how much of it I can trust at this point. And so for me, like I have kind of tapped into their energy to see like, okay, it's cool here. Yeah. But it's really just been more about like clearing their energy so that way they are not, especially my three-year-old, and he is such a sweet and sensitive soul, and he's like my little mama's boy. But um, you know, I I feel like I'm like protective over his energy, especially because he is more cautious, he is more sensitive, he is more like, you know, gentle. And so it's just kind of doing these like energetic clearings. And one thing I will actually share is that my son, my three-year-old, for about six months, literally like every single day, he'd be like, My tummy hurts. And but he it wouldn't be like drastic. Like he'd just say it and continue playing, or you know what I mean? And so for a while we kind of watched it. And then, you know, the doctor told us like maybe try to limit dairy. And so we try to do that. And so, anyways, and so we took him to um the hospital. And then she's like, honestly, it's not like considering he doesn't have any other symptoms, considering, you know, there's not that. She's like, there's really nothing that we can like test for. She's like, we could take his blood, but she's like, there's nothing that I'm like overly concerned about. But she's like, I also understand you're the parent, and you know, he's kind of complaining about this almost daily for like a long time. And so for me, and I didn't think to do this until then, but essentially, like, I tapped in and I really felt like it was very energetic for him. And so it was actually since then that I started doing these energy clearings for him. And it was specifically like after school, and I would just do it, it was just a quick like meditation, connecting to the light and like clearing his energy through Theta Healing. And I kid you not, you could ask my husband, but he has not complained about his tummy hurting since then. And so like it was such a powerful thing for me too, because kids are so open. They are so open to to change and to just so susceptible, and as you know, from especially ages zero to seven. And so that was just like one beautiful way that I saw a direct impact. It was like from every day saying it to ever never saying it again, yeah, from that change. And so I would say like that was the biggest thing that I've like done with data healing on my children. But other than that, I mean, our children are here for their own experience. They are their own little beings. So it's not so much that it's us as adults that develop all these like limiting beliefs from our childhood, where as adults, we're like, that doesn't serve me. I am ready to move past it. I am ready to shed those layers. But as kids, like they are, they already know who they are. They know who they became to be. They don't have so many layers to shed. So it's really just about like cleansing their energy and um, you know, clearing off any energy that doesn't belong to them.

Ryann: 27:57

Yeah. And you don't have to be a theta healer to do that, right? Is it all about the intention? Like if you have young kids, I didn't realize how little your kids were, one and three. My gosh, so sweet. So I guess I think, because, you know, I I mean, I've done Reiki, like I've done a Reiki training, but I think even not as a Reiki practitioner, just as a mom with a bit of knowledge on how energy works and, you know, how we can heal the system, I would place an intention, like a loving intention, and I would maybe put my hands on my child or even just like kind of send this loving energy and this intention for their field to be essentially like cleared. Would you say that that's all you need to do? Like for somebody who's like, how can I do that?

Stasia: 28:43

Yeah, yeah, I think so. I mean, for me, the only difference is that I kind of tap into the seventh plane, but really I agree with you that it's it's mostly about the intention, right? And there are plenty, even like guided meditations online to just try to, you know, clear your own energy and you could do that to your children. And for me, I even started kind of saying that to my three-year-old out loud as well and putting on like some guide. I remember even before Theta Healing when he was younger, I would put on like a guided meditation and just, you know, sometimes he would sit, sometimes he would play, whatever. But I'm just like, it can't hurt. The intention is more, is more powerful than anything.

Ryann: 29:18

So I want to talk about ambition. You took a chance, you took a leap, you left your corporate career, you learned how to become a theta healer, you really decided from where I'm standing to take the path less traveled. And for me, I think that is something that is really important to talk about because there are so many people out there who want to do it and haven't for whatever reason, or who are doing it and perhaps it feels lonely. So, can you speak a bit on just like, you know, following your dream and creating this alternative path for yourself career wise?

Stasia: 29:58

Yeah, absolutely. So I I mean, I was on like a spiritual journey for honestly close to a decade at this point. And for a long time, I knew I had, you know, a calling, like a higher calling, a higher calling or a calling for more. And I knew there was something, you know, out there for me. And, you know, I liked my job in corporate, but I knew that it wasn't like my sole purpose here, you know? And for a long time, I didn't really know how to pursue that calling and, you know, how to frankly have the courage to step into it. And it was a couple of years ago that I started learning theta healing. And so I was doing, and again, my intention was just to learn it for myself. And so I was, you know, practicing it like literally every day since. And until, you know, later I was like, okay, I can actually do this. Like this is this is pretty cool. And I can kind of step into this. But there were still so many beliefs around being seen. I mean, talk about like even coming out of spiritual closet, as I like to call it. But, you know, that was not the vibe in my corporate role. Right. And so um, so yeah, I mean, it was, it was scary. And actually, well, what actually happened was I got laid off from my corporate role. So it wasn't, it wasn't like I completely stepped into it. But in in my mind, I was thinking, I'm gonna, you know, do this and make this a business on my spare time. And then when I'm like making more money, then I'm gonna leave corporate. But it happened a lot sooner. And frankly, it was this inner knowing that I was just like, I know this happened, this layoff happened for me divinely. I didn't think I'm ready, but God thinks I'm ready, clearly. No, and I didn't, I, you know, because I could have just as easily slipped back into another corporate role and like, you know, look for another job. But it was just this inner knowing that I was like, no, I know I am meant to go all in. I know I am meant to trust this, and this happened divinely. And frankly, it was thanks to Theta Healing that gave me the courage because I don't know how else I would have been able to like clear, clear a lot of limiting beliefs. And a big one of mine was around being seen. I mean, that was that was huge. And to even think that I'm posting videos on my social media with my face just talking in the videos is wild.

Ryann: 32:19

Yeah. Oh my gosh. I just I love stories like this because there is an inner knowing that I believe we all possess and we don't all walk the same path, and we're not all meant to leave corporate careers. And, you know, it's not it's not like that for everybody, but I do believe there is a path less traveled for everybody and a a courage. I love that you use that word, that we need to tap into to kind of step into, walk into the path that will unfold the most growth, that will serve humanity in the best and highest way. You know, I do think that there is room for us, most of us, to step up right now and to really, really start to be courageous in the moves that we make, the way we work, the way we play, the way we live our lives, the way we parent. You know, there there's this shift that I believe does need to take place. And so I love seeing people like you who took a chance on themselves and like cleared the belief of like, I can't be seen. I don't want to be seen. It's scary to be seen, whatever that was. And that you cleared it and you stepped through it. And I'm sure there will be other blocks as you move along the path. And I don't think the work is ever done. But how do you see this like um hamster wheel? Cause I think for a long time I was on a hamster wheel of like healing a little bit. Like I thought, oh, just when I get this place, oh, just when I get this healed, oh, when I, and it was just like another vision of like empty success, just dressed up in like a different outfit, kind of. So, how do you see, like, for me, your work seems just more like one and done, like set it and forget it. Like, okay, I'm good to go. Like, I don't need to now go from this to my Reiki session and that then do this. And then I can't, I don't need to do this and that and whatever. Like, I think I got caught up, and many of us get caught up in this like healing loop of, oh, we're not healed yet. We haven't shed all the beliefs yet. Like, how do you see that from where you're standing?

Stasia: 34:29

And I I hear you, and I was on that wheel for a long time too. I was always the person that, you know, wanted to read more books and listen to more podcasts and, you know, take the courses. And I also got certified on Reiki and so, you know, and do all of that. And so I I totally hear it. And I feel like to some extent, you know, sometimes it is kind of like a calling for us that does help to lead to the next step. And but I think what's key is also recognizing, I think like recognizing who you are and and how you show up when you're going through it as well. So again, going back to are you making this decision from love or from fear? Are you making it out of fear because you don't know enough and so you need to learn more? Or are you called to it? Because sometimes, like for example, with Reiki, you know, it's like maybe that wasn't my path to become a Reiki healer, but maybe it did serve me in that time. You know what I mean? And so it's not necessarily that the courses and the, you know, the podcast and and all that stuff are are bad. Well, everyone's path just looks different. But I would also just say, like, trust your own voice more than anyone else's. And that could look different for different people. Meditation is a good resource. But I think also when you are off track, for example, then life will throw something in your path to kind of shift you. And so I think a big thing of, you know, getting on your right path, following your truth and kind of getting closer to um, you know, who you want to become and your purpose or your destiny is to pay attention to like how you react to things that come on your path. Because even for me, speaking about getting laid off, you know, like I could have seen it as like the worst thing ever. Cause it's like I wasn't ready. I didn't think I was ready, you know. I wasn't ready to just quit, you know. And so it could have been extremely scary and I could have been like, oh my God, I'm never, you know, gonna make money doing this on my own. So I have to start looking for another job and all that stuff. But that decision would have been out of fear. So, you know, COVID is another big example. I know many people for whom it completely shifted and realigned their lives, but it ended up actually creating something beautiful in it, you know? And so whether it's a global pandemic or a layoff or just something in your path that, you know, doesn't align. So you keep trying to push in one direction and then it's, you know, something isn't working out, trust that as well. And take it all as, take it all as like, you know, breadcrumbs of information and as little tips for you.

Ryann: 37:07

Yeah. What would you say to somebody right now who's going through a challenge, who feels like they're kind of in a dark time, who feels like they're trying to overcome something and they just feel like they're kind of up against a wall. They maybe perceive that they don't have the choices they want. Like, what would you say to that person who just feels like really stuck in their lives?

Stasia: 37:31

I think a big thing is about shifting the mindset from like victimhood to empowerment. And I know that can, you know, sound and be very difficult in the moment when you're going through a really rough time. But I think it can be literally as small as making a list of, you know, say you have your situation that you're going through and you make a list with two columns. One is what I can't control, and the other is what I can control in that situation. And, you know, what you can't control, there's power in just writing it down and owning it to be like, you know what, I can't control this situation. And that's okay. It's like a way of releasing it, even if it's just on paper. But there could be micro things that you can control in that, you know, situation. It could be, well, you know, I'm gonna make a phone call that could lead to this, or I'm gonna take a walk outside because it's gonna make me feel better, or, you know, whatever, depending on the situation, of course. And so I think just it's about the micro actions that kind of train your mind to start looking for and getting more of empowerment rather than victimhood, you know? And and I think that's the trap because because of course, if when hard things happen to us, like, you know, it it's hard not to see ourselves as a victim. But it's like what happens from there that matters, you know, are you gonna go down further down that hole or are you gonna take little micro steps to um to get out of it?

Ryann: 39:01

Yeah, love that. I think in retrospect, like looking back at the times that I've struggled, especially recently, my husband lost his job in 2020. I got pregnant that same year. We started homeschooling, like so many we had financial issues, sold a house, we moved. I mean, it was like bam, bam, but it was like just the waves like kept coming and they kept coming. And I never really in that time, like I never succumbed to like, oh, I'm depressed, or I just like can't get out of bed. And and I I can see why that's so easy for people to to go to that place of like despair. And I think during that time, I just like made the best out of it, even though there were like some really shitty days and some really hard days. And I still look back and go went like, oh my God, that happened. And um, like I chose to like bring my kids to the beach and just like play music really loud with the windows down. Like, I think so much of what I'm hearing you say is like we have these micro choices every single day amidst the struggle. And um, I also think you let me know your take on this, really, maybe to a fault, think like that struggle so triumphant in the end. Like we have to have that struggle, we have to have that friction to really like walk through that and become that next up-level version of ourselves. Maybe that's a limiting belief though, that things have to be hard. I've kind of grappled with that a little bit of like, oh, work has to be hard or this has to be hard in order for it to really pay off. Like, what's your take on the challenge and the struggle?

Stasia: 40:43

So this is a juicy one. I love this question. So I don't necessarily believe that work has to be hard or like, you know, we have to go through a hard battle necessarily. But I because I think even in the battle, it's almost like how hard do we want to make it? I think one key thing to recognize as well is our triggers, actually. And I talk about triggers because they truly are and can be our expanders. Because when we pay attention to what is it that, you know, triggers us, it's like if we're triggered by someone else's success, for example, then chances are there is a part there that is ready to be healed where we are not allowing that abundance for ourselves, you know? Or if we're triggered by someone being, you know, like too much or something, you know, then chances are there's a part of us that's not allowing our fullest expression, you know? And so this is where I also talk about like the subconscious work always being is like it always protecting you as well, you know? And so like your limiting beliefs are not about punishment, they're about protecting you because they're serving a purpose in your life. So going back to the original question of, you know, do you need to go through a struggle? I think struggle in general can, you know, looks different from for different people. And I think it's like about learning and moving through it. So for some people, I mean, sure, it can, you know, you might be dealt some like a poor hand. And um, you need to overcome that in order to get on the other side. But even for me and my example, I didn't like my journey into healing didn't come from trauma. I didn't come from like a very, you know, traumatic background, but it was this knowing that I had like a calling for more. And I would say, like, one of the biggest things that I had to work through. I mean, I can't say I have it, like, it's not like I'm not trying to limit the amount of things I had to work on because there was definitely like scarcity blocks and a lot of that. But one of the biggest things I feel like is really about um overcoming the fear of being seen and stepping into my full expression. And someone else can look at that and say, that's nothing. Like really, like, you know, overcoming showing up on camera. But for me, it was terrifying, you know? And so, and so struggle is is relative. But I also wanna really spread the message that healing doesn't need to be hard and transformation and change don't need to be hard. And I think that's really why I'm so just in awe of this work of Theta Healing and why I do the work that I do is because I realize like how quickly things can shift. You know, it no longer need years of therapy to like hash out old trauma. It's it's really a big part of it, is as I mentioned, getting your subconscious mind on board with your conscious mind and just like hearing that to be able to release it, to be able to admit to yourself, you know what? Yeah, I did have that belief and it's no longer serving me, and I don't want to operate from that truth anymore.

Ryann: 43:52

Amen. I mean, I think as someone who's been on that roller coaster of like, oh, I'll I'll be fine when I can overcome this and overcome that. And I just remember telling a coach in like 2019-ish, like, I just don't know when I'm gonna feel like I'm not like trudging through the mud anymore. And little did I know in 2019, that was just like the practice round. I mean, it wasn't even like you know, the hardship wasn't even really happening at that time. But I really distinctly remember that. Our session, Stasia, was so easy. It was like, oh, okay. And you asked me like as we were wrapping up, like, how do I feel? And I was like, I feel lighter and I feel so satiated and satisfied, which like had to do with another limiting belief and something else I've been struggling with in, you know, just like everyday life. And it just was so simple. Like, how often do we need to do this? Like, is it like one and done? Should we do it like monthly for some maintenance? Like, is it when when shit comes up, then we we call you? Like, how often should we do it?

Stasia: 45:03

So I wouldn't say it's for like maintenance necessarily, because it's like these these beliefs are lasting, right? And so the work that we did today is lasting. But I would say, I mean, I guess it's depending on where you are in your journey. Because if you're completely new, like you haven't even looked inward at all, you know, there might be deeper and deeper layers and deeper beliefs that, you know, you've been kind of holding on to and haven't been able to admit. And so, yes, like it might be longer because I can't speak enough beliefs out in an hour, you know, to get through that. The other thing I will say is that as long as we keep living, we will continue to keep growing. We will continue to have dreams. There is never going to be a time where it's gonna be like, well, I have no more desires. I am satisfied. And that's not coming from a place of, you know, not having enough or like, you know, I'll never be good enough. It's like you can get to a place where you are so thrilled and grateful and happy and ecstatic about where you are today, but still desire more just because you know that there is more life to live, there's more abundance to create, there's more joy to be had. And so, you know, that's that's another way where it's like as long as we keep, you know, expanding, we can be, you know, we can always do more of this work to get to the next level and the next level after that. But I would always just say like it's more of, you know, a calling. Like I feel like you would know, you know what I mean? It's not something I'd be like, Ryan, your prescription is in two weeks. We're gonna be back. Tell me what to do.

Ryann: 46:35

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, that makes sense. What I heard you say in that too is there's a level of contentment that if you've already been doing the work and you have some, you know, understandings of where you've come from, where you're going, what you've struggled with, like there is this, and I can attest to this because I feel this way after our session today. There's this level of contentment. And I think we are so used to in our culture and our society, like the highs and the lows. And, you know, we're kind of on this roller coaster with the news and just, you know, the things that happen in the world and our emotions, you know, we can really get kind of tripped up into living these like highs and lows. And for me, one of the places that I seek is just like simply like peace and contentment. Like happy in this moment, even though it's raining, like happy in this moment, even though like whatever is just is. And we can be content in that. And I don't know about anyone else, but that sounds like a pretty awesome place to live. Just like being content that, like, you know, things are happening all around me, and I get to choose. It's like as simple as that.

Stasia: 47:55

Yeah. And I mean, honestly, tying it back to the work, like sometimes there is a limiting belief that we can't or we don't feel safe in just being content. We feel like we always need to be striving in order to or productive or moving. And I mean, even just relating it back to the example I gave earlier, like I thought, you know, to be successful, I had to be busy always, you know? And so that was a limiting belief. And so because I wanted to be successful, it was like I'm gonna keep doing that. And, you know, one basic thing, like one of the basic things that we do in theta healing is actually download feelings. And so sometimes we literally don't know what safety in our body feels like or what success feels like, or what abundance feels like. And it's not to say that, you know, the people that don't know how that feels like that they'll never achieve it or they're cursed from getting successful, for example. But it's it's like if you don't know what success actually feels like in your body, then it will never be enough. You can achieve levels of success and still be like, oh, it's not good enough, or this person has it better, or I need to keep trying, like keep struggling, or or whatever that looks like, where you won't actually take the time to be satisfied or to celebrate your success and to actually be at peace. And so, so, so yeah, I mean, I frankly like I've seen stuff in myself as well. And sometimes it really is a limitation and a limiting belief that we can't actually be, or we we rather like protect ourselves or prevent ourselves from fully enjoying it. And another one I will share real quick as well is a fear of when you have, you know, the perfect marriage or the perfect, you know, success in your career, or the perfect whatever that looks like, the fear that it'll be boring, or the fear that it won't meet your expectations, or the fear that, you know, it's not gonna be good enough. And so you keep yourself on this hamster wheel of being like, well, I need to, you know, I need to keep, you know, cause chaos. I need to do this, I need to do that. Because if it's gonna be perfect, it'll be boring, or if it's perfect, it's not good enough.

Ryann: 50:02

Those are such good examples, and I can relate to that. I gave up, like, I like to say like I gave up gossip like five, five plus years ago, probably even more than that.

Stasia: 50:13

And I love how you have a timer.

Ryann: 50:15

I do, I know, I do. I'm like, I gave up gossip like however many years ago. And um sometimes though, I'll catch myself wanting to like stir the pot in like a very subtle way. And I'm like, where's that thing again? You're trying to, you're trying to make things all chaotic. Or if my husband says something that's like very just like innocent or whatever, I'll like have a tendency to like want to make it a very dramatic andor um self-speaking. Spread a rumor about you. Spread a rumor, yeah, something silly like that. Those are such good examples. You are a gift. Thank you so much for the work you do in this world. I'm so excited to be again walking this path with you. I'm so excited for the Rise and Flourish Summit, where you will be one of our speakers and one of our session holders. I don't even whatever, one of our practitioners there. I am like beyond thrilled that we will be able to gift your masterfulness and your presence and your expertise to everybody there, including myself. Like I'm so excited. I created this event and Ashley and I created this event because it's an event that we need. It's a day off, it's a chance to reset, it's a chance to let go of the things that have been holding us back and really, really walk away so filled up, so just like overflowing at the brim that it spreads out into the world, it spreads out into our families, and I believe that the ripple effect is real. And so I'm so thrilled that you will be there to help usher this beautiful vision into the world with us.

Stasia: 51:51

Well, Ryan, thank you so much. And I'm just so thrilled to be part of the event. So thank you, thank you, thank you. And I um I'm so thrilled about it. I mean, I'll be talking about the subconscious mind and ultimately empowering these women to understand how much power and control we actually have over our realities and over our life. Because so often, you know, when when we have limitations and limiting beliefs in our subconscious mind, because it's subconscious and we can't, you know, really identify them, we think that it's outside of us or we think that the circumstances happening to us are, you know, happening to us as opposed to us creating them or, you know, or the relationships we attract or whatever that looks like, or the patterns we're playing out in our marriages or as mothers or in our careers. But your subconscious is a part of you. Like it is, it is you. And so once you understand its power and also how to harness it, that there are tools to go into the subconscious, and it doesn't have to be, you know, years of therapy, just to understand that you do have that power is empowering, frankly. But also, I'll be hosting a live group data healing session. And I'm so thrilled to that. I've done a number of group sessions, and of course, it's a little bit different than one-on-one's because one on ones is just goes so deep into childhood and you know, all this stuff. But group sessions actually go quite deep as well. And I just kind of put the intention that everyone, you know, listening, everyone there is is, you know, hears exactly what they're meant to hear and it hits them as much as it can. And um, sometimes we tap into like collective consciousness, you know, and and clear beliefs there. So I'm I'm so thrilled.

Ryann: 53:37

Oh my God, it's gonna be so powerful. I cannot wait. I think when a group of women, when a group of mothers, when a group of conscious women and mission-driven women get into a room together, I just I don't know of anything else more powerful. I mean, I really use that word power and I am really, really feeling that. So yes, join us. It's October 25th in Deerfield Beach. The early ticket sales are still happening now, so I'll link it down below. Come say hi, come give us a hug in real life, come do a theta healing collectively with us. It's going to be amazing. In the meantime, Stasia, where can we find you and follow you and learn all about the work you're doing in the world?

Stasia: 54:25

Absolutely. So my Instagram handle is at create higher, higher svelt h-i-g-h-e-r. And my website is createhigier.com as well. And that's that's where you can find me.

Ryann: 54:37

Amazing. So now I'm gonna ask you the three rapid fire questions I ask everybody at the end of the interview. And the first one is what's bringing you joy today?

Stasia: 54:44

Oof, yes. I would say connection. I mean, this is beautiful. Our session earlier brought me so much joy. I I'm so privileged to work with the people that I do work with because I take it as such an honor to be able to let into your space, like your highest truth, you know, in that way. And so it truly brought me joy today. What if anything are you reading right now? This is actually not my typical reading, but I'm reading a book called Feng Shui Manifest. And what's interesting is I've I'm totally new to Feng Shui, but I've had a, you know, little ping to follow through with it. Uh, this book is written by a woman named Chelsea Vandenberg. And what's really cool about it is she actually ties it to the subconscious mind because she explains that we don't actually see with our eyes. Our eyes just let the light in. We see with our brain because our brain is what perceives everything around us. And so, you know, with all my work in the subconscious mind, it's like, of course, our brain is perceiving our physical environment. And so she kind of speaks about feng shui and explains it from that perspective. And yeah, it's been it's been an interesting read. That sounds so cool.

Ryann: 55:53

Okay, the last question I have for you now is who or what has taught you the most?

Stasia: 55:56

Oof. I would say my husband. My husband and and my children too, but mostly my husband. And I would say it from the perspective that everything around us is a reflection of us. And so, as I mentioned earlier, to pay attention to your triggers because they are our expanders. And uh, my husband and I, we've been together for about a decade now, married for four years, and he has seen me go through my entire spiritual path. Like I, you know, learning about all this and going all in, and and you know, there were definitely triggers that were brought up early on, you know, and and uh, but it's once you focus on your triggers and work, see them as your reflections and expanders, and you work through them, then it's beautiful.

Ryann: 56:42

I think you're the second person who's named her husband as her biggest teacher. And the first time I got so emotional because it reflected something back for me that was so profound. And this time I'm not crying anymore, but I shed a lot of tears earlier, so maybe I'm all out. Um, again, such a beautiful reflection. Like, shout out to all the men out there who are just like holding it down for their free-flowing feminine wives, because oh, I just, I just love it. So shout out to all the good men out there.

Stasia: 57:21

I love that so much. It's so true. I literally thank my husband because I was like, not only was it weird for me to come out of this closet and tell you, like, oh yeah, I channel now. Oh, I'm tapping into source, you know, and and yes, I can, you know, control energy, but for him to also be supportive in me stepping into this work full time and and just kind of believing in me and trusting in that vision and and my dream and seeing it for himself as well. And I'm so grateful for that.

Ryann: 57:51

So beautiful. Thank you so much again for being here.

Stasia: 57:54

Thank you so much for having me. This was such a pleasure. Thank you so much, Ryan.