Presley is a Conscious Love Specialist and the creator of The Love Awakening Method™️. For the last 3 years, she’s made it her mission to break down the exact steps it takes for women to release their negative subconscious beliefs to find a thriving relationship and long-lasting love. Her journey has taken her across the globe. She’s worked at world class retreat centers in Dubai, Thailand, and Hawaii. She’s had the opportunity to work with hundreds of women around the world and provide guidance as a Life Coach, Hypnotherapist & Clinical Couples Therapist. Her goal is to move women into a space of letting go, cultivating self-love and calling in a relationship where Conscious Love comes pouring in.
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Intro
Welcome to the Sober Yoga Girl podcast with Alex McRobs, international yoga teacher and sober coach. I broke up with booze for good in 2019 and now I'm here to help others do the same. You're not alone and a sober life can be fun and fulfilling. Let me show you how.
Alex
All right. Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Sober Yoga Girl. I am super excited on this episode to have Presley Yarrow with me as a guest. And Presley and I met through a mutual friend here in the UAE. And Presley is a conscious love specialist and she helps women break through blocks and limiting beliefs that are blocking them from finding love. And so we met and I instantly loved her energy. And I'm so excited to have her here to learn more about the work that she does. So welcome, Presley.
Presley
Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be here.
Alex
So let's jump into it. I would love to hear more about you. You know, where you're from, your interests and passions. And did you have a career before you became a conscious love specialist? I'm just curious to know all about that.
Presley
It's really funny, isn't it? Because I feel like we all have these stories before we jump into this transformation and do this type of work. So actually, I was a teacher, which is really funny because I know that you are as well.
Alex
Yeah.
Presley
So yeah, I was a teacher and you know, it was really interesting. I-- I've traveled around the world and I've worked at different retreats around the world. Before that, I actually went on this journey where I left Canada and I was working on a cruise ship and from the cruise ship I ended up in Thailand and I was teaching in Thailand at the time. And you know, there were a lot of shifts and a lot of changes in my life. And I realized as I went through this journey of this awareness that teaching wasn't really for me anymore and I wanted to transition. And so I actually dove into hypnosis and I dove into coaching and wellness and ended up working at a retreat in Thailand. And that's where my journey simply began with like just the wellness, the consciousness and that healing journey, so to speak.
Alex
That's amazing. Wow. And then were you-- did you do that by yourself? Like, when did you meet your husband?
Presley
Oh, this is a whole other story. So I would say you know, when I was when I was in Thailand, so I spent three years in total in Thailand. And again, this was the most transformative experience of my entire life. I've really got to know who I was. What I wanted out of life. And the more I dove into, I began my journey on the physical realm where you know, I started to train on this fitness street. Then from the physical realm, I started working on the mind, which is where I got into hypnosis. I had a mentor. He taught me hypnosis. I was sent on a course, studied hypnosis and the mind. And then from there I went into the soul and I started to get into meditation and really aligning this mind, body and soul. And during that time period, actually towards the last year of being in Thailand, I remember and actually so funny this is coming up of my one of my posts on Instagram. I remember sitting there and saying to myself you know, I'm finally ready to bring in a real relationship. A partnership something that's conscious. Something that's real because in my past I had chose the wrong type of man and you know, I had these really dysfunctional relationship patterns. But that was because I didn't know who I was. I didn't know what I wanted. And so then when I finally said "Okay, I know who Presley is, I know what she wants. I know the type of man that she wants to bring into her life and and ready for a real partnership". That's when my husband came to me.
Alex
Wow.
Presley
Yeah. So it's incredible. I mean I tell everyone I manifested this man. Down to every quality, every attribute. You know, and I even say like, it was really interesting when we first met. We actually met in Vietnam on a what we call a little vacation. And the first time ever meeting. And I remember we left the hotel room and I had a bunch of stuff in my hand. And he says to me "Presley you know, what are you doing?" I was, "What do you mean?" What I'm doing is like oh, I'll hold all of this. And we hold hands everywhere we go. I stopped for a second. I was like "Did you read my journal?" Because down to the smallest little thing where I just said you know, we hold hands everywhere we go.
Alex
Wow.
Presley
This was like-- this is yeah. This is you had so you know, I feel like with this work, it's not only you know, my professional experience with life coaching, hypnosis and clinical couples therapy, but it's also my personal experience. So you know, I went through my incredible journey you know, traveling around the world and really discovering who I am and really calling in a conscious relationship.
Alex
I have a question for you. You said that you-- you said you know, I'm ready for this relationship. How did you know that you were ready?
Presley
Well, that's an excellent question. I was at a place in my life where I didn't meet anyone. I wanted someone and I loved my life. My life was great. Everything was going so well and I thought I'm ready to bring in a relationship that's going to enhance this. So it's different than the idea of "oh, I need to bring someone in to feel whole". Right? Or I need to bring someone in because they need to meet my needs. No, I was meeting my own needs. My own wants. I felt whole within myself. And because of that I was like "you know what? I'm really ready to share this incredible life. And the person who I am with another incredible human being. And I'm not going to settle for anything less because I know what I deserve".
Alex
That's amazing.
Presley
Yes, it is. And this is you know, one of the things that I love about what I do is, you know, you have to let go of these ideas of who we are who were thought we are. And I'll get to that in a second. And then we need to cultivate this self love and this self acceptance. And then create and call in a partner into our life. And you know, when I say let go of who we are. I'm talking about like letting go of our conditioning. Letting go of these childhood wounds or you know, these subconscious patterns and habits that lead us to choosing perhaps the wrong relationship or getting into something for the wrong reasons.
Presley
Yeah.
Presley
Right? And that's why I think it's really important. Let's figure out who you really are, who you want to be, and navigate through that. We really call in conscious love.
Alex
And I love when you're talking about that because it honestly, it feels like the point where I am in my life and I feel like a lot of our community with you know, "Mindful Life Practice" in the podcast listeners are on this sober journey. You know, not everyone, but many. And a lot of the sober journey is like you know, you sort of lose yourself in your partying and your drinking and then sobriety is a lot more than just stopping drinking. Right? It's about finding yourself. And I know there's so many people like I run these sober circles all the time with our group and sober dating comes up a lot. And that can be a really tough thing to navigate for people. Especially if you're someone with drinking problems. To then be-- you know, choosing people that are not the right fit for whatever reason. And then you know, you're kind of in this habitual pattern. Like I can remember my first dates in sobriety you know, ending up on a date with a guy who is trying to pressure me to drink. And I look back on that and I'm just like "holy crap, I would never even sit down at the table with that guy before". Right. But in your early days of sobriety, you don't have that sense of self established yet. And so I do feel like there's a lot of people like not only me, but a lot of other people in this community that are like at that stage where it's like I'm ready to learn how to call this in now.
Presley
Right. I think that, that's absolutely incredible and I think, you know, it's interesting when you're talking about going through this process. Right? You have let go of the drinking. You've let go of the habits. You let go these patterns and now you're left trying to figure out. Okay. So who am I? What do I really want? I think that these are really big questions and really important questions. Right? And diving into where you are at this point in your life, what is it that you want to bring into your life? You know, I would also like to say, you know, start looking at all of your qualities. Everything that you can bring to the table because if we're looking at calling it a partner, so to speak. Right. We have this extravagant list. Which by the way, I do not believe that this is too much. It's never too much because you know, you deserve, you know, what you want. Right? And there is this limitless potential. And so you know, if you look at this list. You look at these qualities, you look at these strengths, you have to ask yourself. Do you have that too? Right? Because we cannot expect the person that we want to bring in to have all of these things but we don't match them ourselves. So we really have to match that vision ideal of the partner that we want to call in. That's-- I would say, a big place to start. If you really want to create a relationship with conscious love, you want to be able to match each other's vibration. Match each other's energy. Right? So look at those things. Dissect those things, and then also look at what you can work on as well to bring it into your life.
Alex
Yeah. Now that makes total sense. Okay, I have a question for you about hypnotherapy or hypnosis. And so I share with you we met-- I think it was last week on Zoom, maybe two weeks ago. And I-- when you were talking about hypnosis. I said you know, I had this like really intense hypnosis experience and it was purely just by chance. Like I you know, I really was in desperate need of healing. I took a sick day from work. My work knew that I was like, really struggling with my mental health. And I ended up calling a little healing center on this island. And they didn't have my Reiki person in or my angel card reader. And I was like "Okay, who do you have?" And then we have our hypnotherapist. And I was like come and do that. And so I had no plan. I had no idea what I was getting into. And I was in really rough shape because I had a lot of stuff going on in my life, which I kind of shared about in the podcast with you know, I was in a narcissistic relationship and I am doing all this writing. And then I got into-- you know, she hypnotized me and got into the situation. And the things that I said that the other person was saying to me ended up being the things that the person said to me in real life, like a week later. And it was just so intense. Like it was like I was like tapping into this intuition that helped me kind of calm down all the over reaction and worry in my head and realize like, actually that the solution is going to be much calmer than you are kind of working it up to be. I don't know if that makes any sense but I did a few sessions with her and I just found it like the most powerful thing. And now I don't do it regularly. But anyone who kind of mentions it with curiosity, I'm like, oh, you should absolutely do it. Like it was transformative for me. So I want to hear more about that. Like, how do you integrate? First of all, you've mentioned a few different modalities like counseling, coaching and hypnotherapy. But like, how did you become a hypnotherapist? How do you integrate these modalities into your work?
Presley
I feel like there's so many things that you touch on here. Yeah. I mean again, it just it goes back to everything happens for a reason. And I know that it can be such a cheesy saying. So in the situation that you were in that led you to where you are you know, and now we're having this conversation. Everything happens for a reason. So I love the fact that you had the opportunity to experience hypnosis. Well, I-- so I combine several different modalities like you said. I have my clinical couples therapy. I have my life coaching. I have a hypnosis. I use this and I have actually created a method which is a 12 week process. I call it the Love Awakening method. And like I said we walk through this frustrating break free of the subconscious beliefs to find love. So that I integrate all of those in that 12 week process. Now hypnosis itself, of course, I'm extremely biased but it is incredible and it is honestly one of the most powerful modalities. Simply because it taps into the subconscious mind. And I talk a lot about this in the 12 week program because your habits and your patterns are all coming from the subconscious. Everything that you have experienced, you have seen between the zero to seven years of age gets ingrained in your subconscious.
Alex
Wow.
Presley
Yeah. So it's really powerful. And that's why I talk also a lot about the childhood wound. And when I say to childhood wound, it really simply means like intense emotional experiences that we had when we were younger. So you know, you could have a great family upbringing but there's always going to be something that you picked out or that stood out to you when you were younger and now it's been ingrained in you. Right? Doesn't mean that your parents are bad. It doesn't mean that they've done something wrong. It just simply means you interpreted it in a certain way and now it's impacted you. It could be those relationship patterns. Right? And so when we do hypnosis I mean, there's several different ways that we can go about doing it. But you know, I do a lot of regression therapy. Where we go back to these intense emotional experiences when you're younger, generally between zero and seven. And you actually rework the whole situation, the scenario in your mind because again, it's how you interpreted it. It's your emotional experience. If we can then change that and alter it, then it's just an experience, just something that happened. You don't have a huge emotional pull to it. And that's why it's so powerful because like you said, you can say things. You can do things. You can interact with individuals when it comes to things that you've been holding on to, so to speak. Right? So if we think about maybe a very bad situation or experience to had with. Say a parent, you could go back and hypnosis and you could talk to that parent. You can let it all out, you can explain it, you can express it, and then that gives you a sense of release. That gives you a sense of relief. You've said everything that you need to say and now you can rewire so you can let go of these old habits and patterns. So that's why I love it so much. And I mean, you can get whatever you want out of one session. And I think you know this as well, with any healing work, you do have to be at a place where you are ready for the change. You do have to be at a place where you are open for whatever to happen and whatever to come to you. But it does have a huge impact on your life. And actually that's one of the reasons why I dove into it because like you, I was in this place I was like "Presley, you know, you're in Thailand. You should be really happy. Why are you not happy? What's going on?" It's got to be something mental. Okay. Got to get your stuff together. So I went to-- like my mentor who walked me through everything, and he did a hypnosis session on me and it was the most powerful experience. I was able to let go. I was able to walk through a process which at that time, it was an extremely vulnerable individual. So I could walk through that process on my own. Didn't have to say anything to him, I didn't have to tell him what was happening. I was doing it all with my subconscious, my intuition, my higher self connecting it all together.
Alex
That's amazing. Honestly, as you talk about it I'm like "I really want it". I really want to do this. Because I know the power of hypnosis. And I feel like if it's organized in a method that is strategic with this end goal. It could probably be even more powerful than just what I did, which is kind of the the stand alone sessions, which is great. But you know, your method sounds amazing. So tell me more about it. What is-- what is the method like? What does it consist of and sort of what are the sort of obstacles and blocks that you help clients with?
Presley
Yes. So this-- like I said, is a 12 week method. We work together one on one each week. And what I do is I actually balance the subconscious work with the conscious work. So I find oftentimes if you dove into, say, just coaching. Right? And we're just talking through our stuff, which is great. And I love that because it's all for momentum. Right? We also need to balance that with that subconscious work. The roots of the habits and the patterns--
Alex
Yeah.
Presley
So that we can create this balance with ourselves. So what I do is we've got some hypnosis sessions that we work through that are letting go. That are having you step into your power. To have you create visions for what you want to bring in to your life. And then what we do is we look at-- again, like I was saying earlier, what you bring to the table because we want to be at this place of self acceptance. So you know, what are your qualities? What are your strengths? What are compliments that you hear that you often push to the side? Right? We're bringing this awareness to the forefront because awareness is extremely important. And you know, once you have it, it doesn't go anywhere. You see all types of things. Right?
Alex
Yeah.
Presley
Sometimes even when you don't want to see it. So yeah, we bring the awareness to the forefront and then we look at those childhood wounds. We work through that. We do some regression therapy. And then as you feel like you have stepped into I always say step into your power. Right? You recognize your value and worthiness. Then we go. Okay we've got some sessions and we are going to create this partner. We are going to manifest this partner into your life. And you know, I've had clients that finish off as a 12 weeks and they just feel absolutely incredible and they're just ready for this partnership. They are ready to bring this person into their life because they know who they are, they know what they want and they know what they deserve. So again, it just goes back to letting go of everything that you've been taught about yourself and love. Right? Because of you know, what you've been showing your younger about love. Maybe in relation to your parents or you know your relatives. Etcetera. And then we cultivate that self-love and self acceptance and then we call in that partner.
Alex
Sounds so amazing. So when Presley and I talked the other week, I was honestly so inspired by kind of what she was explaining and describing to me that I said you know, you should really create something for the "Mindful Life Practice" because I really feel like it would benefit so many of our community members. So I was wondering if you could tell me a bit more about the two programs that you have set up for the "Mindful life Practice" that we have a four week program and then an eight week program later in the fall. But you can tell me a bit more about that.
Presley
Yes, I'm really excited. So you know, one of the major keys to calling in conscious love and having conscious love in your life is loving yourself is stepping into again that's self acceptance. That's self love. So this self-love indulgence chorus is all about you. It's all about your vision and who you want to be and this idea of self. So I keep saying this. Stepping into your power is huge, right? So when you can step into that power, then you can go into the Segway course, which is all about calling in conscious love. So we really just want to focus on you. We want you to really just bask in this ultimate self like love and just glow, just radiate with this confidence. And yeah, that's what the four week course is going to do for you. And like I said, after you finish that, you can just jump into eight week course because you know what, you are ready and willing to take a couple more steps to get you where you want to be and hopefully calling in that perfect life partner.
Alex
That's amazing. Oh, that sounds fantastic. So in our-- in the show notes, I'm going to place the link to book Persley's program and it's actually starting. I think this episode is going to air on Thursday. So the program is starting on Saturday. So really excited. And we're keeping a limited amount of spaces. Limiting it to ten just to keep it small and intimate. So if you're interested in joining, make sure that you jump on and get a spot in the program. And I'm wondering as well if our listeners want to find you on social media, where can they find you?
Presley
Yeah. You can find me it "@lovethriveswithpresley" on Instagram, and if you want to check out the website, it's "presleyyarrow.com"
Alex
Amazing. Cool. So those links will also be in the show notes as well. So I have one last question for you.
Presley
Yes.
Alex
What advice would you give to anyone who is single and looking for a relationship?
Presley
The first question I would say is ask yourself. What is it that you want from this relationship? Because it goes back to what we were talking about before. What is the need for the relationship? Is it to fill a void within yourself? Or do you really just want to enhance your life? Because if we want to just fill the void within ourselves. We need to learn what this void is and fill it ourselves and then step into this place where we want to call into a relationship. So just simply, what is it that you really want from the relationship? Where is it coming from and then going from there.
Alex
Awesome. That is great advice.
Presley
Thank you for asking.
Alex
I need to know, too. So Presley, thank you so much for being on the show. I really appreciate your time. And it was really amazing to just kind of sit down and get to know you more. And I'm really excited for what you're going to bring to our community through your conscious love programs.
Presley
Yes, I'm really excited. And again, thank you so much for having me here. It's just wonderful chatting with you and just talking about all the things that we love.
Alex
It's amazing. Yeah. All right. I will see you soon, Presley. Thank you so much.
Presley
Okay. Take care.
Alex
Bye.
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