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What Moves You with Jessie

Jessie Douglass-Smith McGraw is a Transformative Coach waking you up to who you are by illuminating a new understanding of the mind. The refreshing view on life that she teaches is for people who want more consistent clarity and confidence in trusting their own Knowing without getting caught up in their limiting beliefs. The impact is substantial and creates noticeable and immediate results, that last. Featured in Goop, more info at whatmovesyouwithjessie.com and @whatmovesyouwithjessie on all…

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Releasing Responsibility of Our Loved Ones & Finding Freedom

Jessie has heard from many clients about the suffering they experience when it comes to dynamics with family members or loved ones that are having a hard time in life albeit from depression, addiction, or just plain suffering that results in behaviors that look scary. Coming from experience herself, Jessie has seen what we do as well-intentioned humans in taking on the responsibility of holding…

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This Is Embarrassing, But Sharing Is Caring

Coming to you with another insight from her trip to Denmark, Jessie shares a story that makes her feel cringe about herself, but she is human and it’s always good to stay humble! Tune in for a story around ego and worthiness that we hope you can relate to. Enjoy!! For more about the self-guided course Unlocking You: https://whatmovesyouwithjessie.com/individuals For more about the upcoming…

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Fresh Insight From Denmark

Jessie was recently on a Board of Directors retreat in Denmark for the 3 Principles Global Community and she had a huge insight around something she thought she had already “resolved”. It’s a wonderful thing to see that we’re human and we will gain new and fresh perspective around ourselves for the rest of our lives if we’re open to it. Tune in for a deep feeling, a fresh reminder on what the 3…

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The Meaning We Make Vs. Presence

When the meaning we make out of life looks like the truth about life, we end up in a cycle of a self-fulfilling prophecy that feels like a cul-de-sac of hell. Tune in to hear Jessie ponder about her wedding and other moments that can help you see something fresh for yourself! Enjoy! UNLOCKING YOU for individuals: https://whatmovesyouwithjessie.com/individuals UNLOCKING YOU for organizations:…

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When Distorted Thinking Is Sneaky

Strap in because this episode is a wonderful ride of Jessie sharing about an insight that has continued to unfold in the most unbelievable way. From taking her out of emotional pain that she had adapted to, to seeing something fresh about one of the most endearing parts of herself that she values… tune in and enjoy! UNLOCKING YOU for individuals: https://whatmovesyouwithjessie.com/individuals…

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Desiring Effortless Change?

Have you found that you want something to change, like a habit, but when you approach the change, you have to dig into your will power and the change tends to not stick? Tune in to today’s episode to consider another way… enjoy! UNLOCKING YOU for individuals: https://whatmovesyouwithjessie.com/individuals UNLOCKING YOU for organizations: https://whatmovesyouwithjessie.com/organizations We'd love…

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Why Is It Important To Understand How We Tick?

After the release of her self-guided course this week (link below), Jessie has been pondering the musings of people who are interested in diving in but aren't sure about how learning the principles behind how they work inside (how our mind creates our experience internally), how that will help them in their specific challenges. In today's episode, Jessie sheds some light on how understanding the…

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All Feelings Are Safe To Feel… Truly!

Have you ever noticed that there are some feelings you feel safe to feel and some feelings you don’t feel safe to feel? It’s an interesting thing to get curious about and after today’s conversation, you’ll likely see something new that’s really helpful in expanding your capacity for all of them. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review…

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The Ingredients For Change Revisited

This episode was previously released but after recently hearing from a listener of the podcast that it felt really relevant for the taxing timeline we're currently on with social, economic and political strife all around the globe, Jessie thought it might be helpful to revisit what the ingredients for change are, so you can reflect on them for yourself as well as free yourself from the pressures…

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Are You Afraid To Slow Down?

Jessie joins you today from the middle of a realization as to why some people are afraid to slow down in life.. are you one of them? Tune in to today’s episode to join Jessie on a bit of a discovery journey in real-time! Enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail! At 818-646-JESS. For more ideas…

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Celebrating The Little Engine That Could

Join Jessie in celebrating a milestone day as she shares some fun news about the podcast and pulls back the curtain on her experience in creating it. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail! At 818-646-JESS. For more ideas and strategies on unleashing your human potential, find…

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Feeling Lonely Or Unfulfilled?

Jessie reflects on a webinar she just gave where she shared what the ultimate solution to feeling alone is.. and it’s not what you might think. Tune in for some insight around loneliness, disconnection, dissatisfaction or lack of fulfillment… it will likely help you flip the script on the experience of them in a way that helps you feel supported, even by the uncomfortable. Enjoy! We'd love to hear…

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A Quick Reminder About Overwhelm

From personal experience over the last few days, Jessie shares a timely reminder that occurred to her while she was feeling overwhelmed. It looked like it was coming from all the things she had to get done until she saw where it was really coming from. Tune in to this short tune-up style episode for some relief! Enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and…

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Sometimes We Forget That We're Thinking

In today's episode, Jessie shares an in-real-time, unexpected insight that occurs in the midst of her sharing what she's been recently seeing around the fact that we often forget that we're thinking! The role of thought is always at play in our perception of life, but it's eye opening to realize it's there, even when we don't think it is. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation…

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How To Stay Buoyed Up In The Face Of Challenging Times

Jessie is back from winter break and here with some wonderful updates on new resources coming available to you as well as a timely conversation around how to stay present and sturdy while not having your mood completely tank you in the face of challenging times. Tune in, take care and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or…

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Ungrip Yourself

So often we become gripped by our experience, by our emotional landscape inside, because we get caught up in wondering why or judging what’s up with us or judging what’s up with life, making us feel that way. But what if there was another way? Tune in and enjoy the final episode of 2025. We’ll see you in the new year!!! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and…

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The Ingredients You Need For Change

Do you ever look at someone you love and so desperately want them to change so they don’t suffer any more? Do you wonder for yourself why change doesn’t look within your reach? Today's episode is a fantastic starting point for you to consider - and when it comes to your loved ones, what Jessie discusses has the potential for you to accept where they are and feel free of that pain. Tune in and…

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Delegate Your Concerns

It might sound like a strategy or a tactic to delegate our concerns, and at some level, it is - but if you're in your life and don't have another person to delegate your concerns to (as most of us don't with everyone having their own concerns to concern themselves with!), to what would we delegate our concerns to? Tune in to get the answer which can be incredibly helpful! Enjoy! We'd love to hear…

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Becoming Discouragement Proof

What would life look and feel like if you became more discouragement proof? Would you experience more ease? More trust in yourself and life as a result? Tune in to today's episode to see more about what we all do to ourselves so innocently, but don't see that there's another way. As always, enjoy!!! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple…

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A Fresh Perspective On Boredom

While at a recent training, Jessie experienced boredom but she knew it wasn’t because of the training - and that’s what she shares with you today in hopes that it’ll completely shift your perspective on your experience of boredom! Short and sweet, enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail! At…

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The Power of Getting Neutral

What does it mean to get to neutral before interacting with the world? After seeing that she had a habit of acting on worry or fear in one part of her life, Jessie shares an insight that created more peace and freedom where she didn't see it before. This is part of a mini series of Jessie sharing her takeaways from the recent Pro Train retreat with Pransky & Associates - ENJOY! We'd love to hear…

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Building Something From Nothing

Jessie recounts how she fostered and followed her inner wisdom to create her ever growing UK based retreats with her friend and colleague Wyn Morgan. Join the conversation to hear how it all began and to see the wonderful insights that occurred along the way. We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail!…

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The Ambition Trap with Amina AlTai

Today Jessie shares with you a new friend and power house, executive coach Amina AlTai, who has recently penned an incredible book entitled The Ambition Trap, where she helps us to see how we fall into systems of thought around ambition that distract us from our zones of genius and burn us out physically, emotionally and spiritually. In her book, Amina does an incredible job of grounding her…

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A Heart Opening Conversation with Linda Pransky

Join Jessie in a beautifully heartfelt, lighthearted yet deep conversation with Linda Pransky, one of the original teachers of the understanding of the mind that Jessie shares with you here, the 3 Principles. Linda shares her experiences of life and learning that will make you feel seen and understood, resulting in a sense of belonging with yourself that will allow you to feel at home inside by…

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Lessons From The Ordinary

Jessie was in her first yoga class after over a decade when she realized something quite profound about how much she has changed since her last class. You might think the profound moment came from a giant insight during her practice, but it was actually far more ordinary and had nothing to do with yoga or its direct impact. It is highly likely that you’ll see yourself in her story, so tune in! And…

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How Are You Determining That You’re Falling Short?

Do you feel like you look for a feeling of readiness or confidence before you move on your desires, ideas or goals? This episode explores what may be getting in the way of experiencing those feelings so you can get out of your head and into your life. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the…

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Seeing Beyond Limitation with Rohini Ross

In our relationships to ourselves, our partners and our lives, we often find ourselves stuck in patterns of thinking that make things look impossible to us. It's human. Today, tune in to a fantastic conversation with Jessie and her colleague, Rohini Ross, where you'll likely start to see beyond some of those limitations that you've made up in your mind, allowing you to experience some…

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A New Way of Seeing Disassociation with Sherrill Douglass

Jessie's mom Sherrill, a former marriage and family therapist, joins Jessie on the podcast to have a heart to heart conversation about life and today, what blossomed from that space was a new and fresh look at disassociation that will likely help you to see the positive attributes of that state of mind! A wonderful episode of introspection. Tune in and enjoy!! We'd love to hear how this…

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Shifting from Theory to Experience with Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt

Jessie is joined on the podcast by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt who had considered himself a spiritual person in practice, having always been deeply connected to his faith and mentorship of others who are interested in a rabbinical career - but it wasn't until he had a profound realization about where his experience is coming from that took his relationship to the spiritual nature of life from theory to…

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Clarity of Mind is Always Available with Aaron Turner

In today's episode, Jessie is joined by Aaron Turner, PhD for a discussion around how clarity of mind is always available to each and every one of us EVEN WHEN life looks challenging and circumstantially impossible to navigate. He is an incredible speaker and practitioner in the understanding that Jessie shares with you here, tune in for a fantastic conversation. Enjoy! For more information about…

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How Understanding My Neurodiversity Led To Freedom with Ashana Ross

In today's episode, Jessie is joined by coach Ashana Ross who after many years of feeling isolated, broken and misunderstood, received a diagnosis of Autism that made everything make sense. She discusses the process of initially feeling both seen and burdened by the label, and how once she metabolized the information, she realized her newfound superpower and ease in understanding how her mind…

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Considering This Will Help You Feel Sturdy…

After a day of sessions, Jessie decided to share with you the theme of what came up in every conversation that helped her clients feel more at ease and sturdy in themselves and their life. Tune in for some relief and enjoy!!! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail! At 818-646-JESS. For more ideas…

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Worry Is A Loss Of Perspective

Worry was something Jessie tended to do quite well and often before she learned about how it wasn't as necessary or helpful as she thought it was. Whether you are a worry-wart or not, this episode will help you see things a little more clearly to help you or your loved ones break the habit. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on…

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What The LA Fires Showed Me

Welcome back to a new season of What Moves You with Jessie! We took a bit of a hiatus due to the LA fires, but in the first episode back, Jessie shares what the tragedy showed her in regard to state of mind and how to navigate challenging circumstances at our best. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a…

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Home Is Where The Heart Is

After watching some very close friends move away recently, Jessie shares some heartfelt reflections around change, love, relationships, and what happens when we free ourselves to experience the full spectrum of emotions that we're built for. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail!…

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Why Control Is Fundamentally Unhelpful

In a part two episode about control, Jessie shares how letting yourself off the hook of needing to know every potential scenario to make yourself feel at ease is creating the opposite experience inside of you. Tune in and enjoy the freedom you’ll feel afterwards! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the…

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Finding Freedom From the Desire to Control

Jessie used to fear feeling out of control, it is one of the sole reasons she lived in a chronically anxious body for most of her life, but after seeing more and more about how life really works and the operating system behind our experience inside, she has found comfort and security in herself and in life that allowed her to release her grip and find freedom from the desire to control anything.…

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Are You Willing To Change The Lenses That You Relate To The World Through?

All of us humans tend to fall into habits of relating to ourselves, to others, to circumstances or things (like MONEY), through a certain lens: fear, worry, insecurity, etc.... but in this episode Jessie shares some insight into what might happen for you if you're willing to change the lens. Tune in and enjoy!! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on…

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There's No Boogeyman Comin' For Ya

In today's episode, Jessie shares a reflection about a video she saw on social media of a woman who clearly described how she was feeling better from her previous day of depression but didn't trust that the change was reliable and real. We all do this to ourselves, so it's an eye opener to consider. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and…

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The Importance Of Being Seen In Your Relationships with Sherrill Douglass

After popular demand, Jessie's mom Sherrill returns to the podcast to have a heartfelt discussion about the importance of being seen in your relationships. Tune in for an endearing and connecting conversation, that is sure to make you smile. Enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail! At…

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The Archaeological Dig Of Our Thoughts

Doing an archaeological dig of our thoughts is not helpful, even though it may look like it. Ultimately we’re all looking to be more engaged in our lives and less engaged in our heads - tune in to see how that might be possible for you and how it will dissolve your anxiety and uncomfortable feelings! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple…

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It's Impossible To Lose Yourself

In this episode, Jessie shares how common it is for us to declare that we've lost ourselves in a relationship, a job, a situation - and she wants to clarify for you why it feels that way and what is actually happening when we feel that we've lost ourselves, so you can feel less despair when it comes to those chapters of your life. Tune in for some grounding and hopeful reminders. Enjoy! We'd love…

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Wisdom From My Nephew

Jessie's nephew, an avid What Moves You with Jessie listener, had some incredible wisdom about what's important for all of us to grow beyond, and when he shared it, she knew she had to share it with you. It's clear, direct, and so true. Tune in and enjoy!! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail! At…

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Thinking Things Through Without Taking Yourself Seriously

Jessie had an insight into the difference between analyzing and overthinking something to death, versus allowing our mind to think things through naturally without it creating overwhelm and suffering. It's a goody - tune in!! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail! At 818-646-JESS. For more ideas…

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The Library In Your Mind

In today's episode, Jessie shares some insight into how she, you, and Simone Biles (you have to tune in for the story!), can innocently get caught up in ideas of what is and isn't possible. We all have pasts, we all have memories of scary experiences, but once we understand how we're designed inside, they don't become stop gaps in our lives. Tune in and enjoy!!! We'd love to hear how this…

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Don't Think You're Capable? Think Again...

Jessie has been thrown into uncharted territories lately and the certainty she is gaining from the experience is that you and everyone on this earth are absolutely competent and capable to navigate anything life throws at you - with sturdiness. Tune in for some hope and ENJOY!!! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a…

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Post Retreat Reflections with Lily Sais

Today Jessie is joined by her colleague Lily Sais where they both reflect on their wonderful in-person retreat "Anxiety Free Life" that was hosted in Santa Monica, CA. Tune in and enjoy! We'd love to hear how this conversation resonated with you so please rate and review on Apple podcasts or leave a message on the voicemail! At 818-646-JESS. For more ideas and strategies on unleashing your human…

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Re-Release! The Natural Evolution of Change with Sherrill Douglass

Today we continue the heartfelt conversation with Jessie and her mom speaking on the natural evolution of change and how it effects us all. We love these conversations and thought it would be fun to share again with you all! We all go through change, it's a part of our natural evolving experience as human beings, but we often can get caught up in what it all means. In today's episode, Jessie and…

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Re-Release! Loving Without Judgement with Sherrill Douglass

For this holiday week, we thought it would be fun to share this heartfelt conversation between Jessie and her mom as it is one of the top downloaded interviews of the podcast! In today’s conversation, Jessie takes a deep dive with her mom, retired marriage and family therapist Sherrill Douglass, into what it means to love unconditionally without judgement. You may be surprised by what gets shared,…

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Returning to Love, A Conversation with Lily Sais

In today's episode, Jessie shares a heartfelt conversation with her wonderful colleague Lily Sais, who she'll be co-teaching an in-person retreat with in Los Angeles in July, 2024. Lily is a former school psychologist who healed from chronic anxiety, panic and OCD by way of waking up to how we are designed inside, and realizing the power of understanding how our experience of life is created…

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