37 - Energy and Entrepreneurship: Interview w/ Andrew Degregorio
Energy is everywhere, and it’s impacting your success as an entrepreneur – whether you realize it or not. Learn how to liberate your own energy in today’s episode of Payday With Rayray with Andrew Degregorio.
“I use energy work to liberate conditioning that we see through that limits us from being fully present with our authentic experience or the now.”
– Andrew Degregorio
In this episode, Andrew Degregorio, author of The Knock: The Unexpected Wake Up Call and my personal intuitive counselor talks about energy and how it relates to your journey as an entrepreneur. You’ll learn what energy work is, why it matters, and how it gets you out of your own way so you can reach new heights in life and business. Listen in as Andrew shares how to feel and experience energy MORE so you can liberate your own energy and truly thrive.
Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from Andrew in this episode:
Why you can’t ignore ENERGY as an entrepreneur.
What energy work is and why it’s not just for hippies.
One of the MOST POWERFUL tools we already possess.
How energy work can help you feel more, do more, and be wildly productive.
How to feel and experience energy MORE.
How to take the FIRST STEP towards liberating your own energy.
Show Notes
01:00 – Introducing today’s guest, Andrew Degregorio, and the connection between energy and entrepreneurship.
03:35 – What energy work is and how Andrew sees it.
04:30 – We become conditioned to what society believes is reality and our consciousness becomes frozen instead of fluid.
05:20 – We can liberate our energy to create the reality we want to authentically experience now.
06:45 – Why I sought out energy work.
07:50 – Andrew’s journey and how he got into energy work.
12:00 – How he learned to stop resisting, feel love, and sense his own wisdom.
13:20 – When he could feel his personality, energy, and wholeness.
15:30 – Energy is a universal life force that requires remembering and is available to all.
18:00 – We’ve been conditioned to avoid and protect ourselves since childhood.
18:30 – There’s a healthy way to turn towards and metabolize our current and backlogged experience for wellbeing, abundance, and flow.
22:15 – The “survival systems” we put in place to avoid emotional overwhelm:
23:15 – Getting held in the “bonding phase”.
24:14 – Missed phases growing up that result in damaging identity shifts.
25:00 – The body defends and creates armoring.
25:20 – We must identify our structures and personality patterns in order to fins what is or isn’t serving us and guiding us toward wellbeing.
26:50 – My “lioness” and the gifts/distortions she brings.
27:40 – Self-reflection: Gifts and distortions require loving awareness.
29:00 – Every experience and every moment is an opportunity for reflection and growth; commit to wellbeing and keep it simple, compassionate, and kind.
30:30 – Tools: Journaling, simply being to form a relationship with yourself, reflecting, and releasing to liberate energy.
35:00 – The benefits of “being-ness”: Presence, a stronger connection to intuition, and the ability to generate the life you want.
36:20 – We are not our minds; our minds are simply a tool.
37:15 – There are two general types of people, those who are more logic-based and those who are more creative-based.
39:22 – For people who are intrigued but apprehensive:
40:00 – Using the mind for success can only get you so far; you can generate more success by liberating energies and focusing inward.
41:50 – If you want to change what’s outside, shift what’s inside; your business is a reflection of what’s going on inside.
45:30 – On relaxation, slowing down, and trusting.
45:50 – Andrew saw that when he took action from his heart and not fear-based conditioning, everything worked out.
47:15 – What Andrew does:
47:21 – He helps people get out of their own way and awaken to who they truly are.
49:35 – When you work on yourself, you do more with less energy output and can bounce back quicker from challenging things.
54:00 – Why energy is important:
54:30 – It’s our first language and an inevitable way that we communicate with others, whether we recognize it or not.
55:55 – How to determine if you’ve felt energy:
56:20 – The body is made up of energy and you experience energy; you can learn to feel emotional and mental energy, as well as Chi/prana/life force.
57:05 – A shift in state and an awareness of breath/thoughts allows you to feel and experience energy.
59:45 – Mediation can help point to different states of being.
01:00:15 – A summary
01:00:40 – We are conditioned and patterned and templated to survive – not thrive – in abundance, and we are safe but unhappy as a result.
01:01:00 – You can step into the witness space, in the higher realm, to find more of what’s possible outside of your stuck space.
01:01:45 – You can consciously or unconsciously participate; uncover what you truly are and you will be supported on your path.
01:02:50 – If you feel called...
01:03:00 – You’re amazing, loved, and cared for; the love for you is intelligent, wild, and fun.
01:03:45 – Andrew has a book called The Knock: The Unexpected Wake Up Call
01:04:00 – Read The 5 Personality Patterns by Steven Kessler
01:06:05 – Check out Andrew’s website
“Your business is a mirror of what’s going on inside you, whether you want to face whatever’s inside you or not.”
– Andrew Degregorio
Exercise
Read Andrew’s book The Knock: The Unexpected Wake Up Call and The 5 Personality Patterns by Steven Kossler.
