Manders Mindset
Are you feeling stuck or stagnant in your life? Do you envision yourself living differently but have no idea how to start? The answer might lie in a shift in your mindset.
Hosted by Amanda Russo, The Breathing Goddess, who is a Breathwork Detox Facilitator, Transformative Mindset Coach, and Divorce Paralegal.
Amanda's journey into mindset and empowerment began by working with children in group homes and daycares. She later transitioned to family law, helping people navigate the challenging emotions of divorce. During this time, Amanda also overcame her own weight and health challenges through strength training, meditation, yoga, reiki, and plant medicine.
Amanda interviews guests from diverse backgrounds, including entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, and wellness experts, who share their incredible journeys of conquering fears and limiting beliefs to achieve remarkable success. Hear real people tell how shifting their mindsets—and often their words—has dramatically changed their lives.
Amanda also shares her personal journey, detailing how she transformed obstacles into opportunities by adopting a healthier, holistic lifestyle.
Discover practical strategies and inspiring stories that will empower you to break free from limitations and cultivate a mindset geared towards growth and positivity.
Tune in for a fun, friendly, and empowering experience that will help you become the best version of yourself.
Manders Mindset
From Fear to Flow: The Bali Mindset Shift You Didn't See Coming
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In this deeply reflective solo episode of Manders Mindset, I take you on a personal journey from Bali 2024 to Bali 2025. Same location, but a completely transformed mindset. Last year, I traveled with fear, control, and uncertainty. This year, I'm returning with trust, intention, and a whole lot of self-assurance. I'm not just going to Bali—I'm stepping into my next chapter as I pursue a sound healing certification with the incredible Shervin Boloorian.
Through my story, I hope to inspire you to reflect on your own growth. Whether you're revisiting a place, person, or pattern, remember: you're not who you were before. This episode is your permission slip to arrive as the evolved version of yourself, to carry trust instead of fear, and to embrace your journey with open arms.
Timeline Summary:
[0:45] - Returning to Bali: why this trip feels so different from a year ago
[1:46] - Fear, control, and my overly cautious mindset during Bali 2024
[3:08] - Embracing a new mindset: intention over fear in 2025
[4:51] - Embodying the "everything is figureoutable" mantra and trusting myself
[5:52] - A reminder that you've always figured it out before—and you will again
[7:35] - How an unexpected spark from a sound healing session led to a new calling
[8:45] - Committing to an immersive 200-hour sound healing certification in Bali
[10:00] - Growth is often subtle, learn to recognize it in small shifts
Remember, you're just one shift away from transforming your life. Until next time, go forward with trust. ✨
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Welcome to the Manders Mindset Podcast. Here you'll find both monologue and interviews of entrepreneurs, coaches, healers and a variety of other people when your host, Amanda Russo, will discuss her own mindset and perspective and her guest's mindset and perspective on the world around us. Manders and her guests will help explain to you how shifting your mindset will shift your life.
Speaker 2:Hello, beautiful soul, welcome back to Amanda's Mindset. I'm your host, amanda Russo, and, in case you don't know, I am heading back to Bali and I've been thinking about how different I feel from last year. I went to Bali a year ago, in May of 2024, when I attended a magical goddess retreat. I feel so different this year Same place, but a totally different mindset, and the gap between those two versions of me is something I really want to explore today. Let's rewind to Bali 2024.
Speaker 2:I was on high alert. I had only ever left the country once in my life when I went to Jamaica with my family when I was in high school. So I had the mindset of I am not going to get stuck in Bali. I packed my passport, I packed my social security card, I even packed my birth certificate, like I was making sure Bali could not keep me. I was not getting stuck in Bali. I was not getting stuck in Bali. I only brought one debit card, no credit cards, because I didn't want to lose anything. I was playing it safe, hypovigilance. And then the ATM at the gym ate my one debit card. I misplaced my passport. All of the things I feared and I tried so hard to prevent still happened, but guess what? I still made it through. That's what taught me that control has limits.
Speaker 2:Fast forward to now, bali 2025. I'm not going on a retreat, I'm going to get certified in sound healing with Chauvin Balorian. I'm not just attending something, I'm becoming this year. I'm not packing for fear. I'm not packing fear, I'm packing intention 2024,. Amanda was showing herself she could do hard things. 2025. Amanda knows she can do hard things and she is focusing on joy, on trust and on receiving the energy I'm bringing now is I trust myself to handle anything that comes and I'm actually embodying the everything is figureoutable mindset. I was saying it a year ago, but I wasn't embodying it. I'm not afraid of being kept somewhere because I know I can always come home to myself, no matter where I am physically in the world. I've always got my breath, I've always got myself and I'm going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay.
Speaker 2:If you heard in the episode with Brett Lockett, if you haven't listened to that, I highly recommend it. But in the episode with Brett he talked about all of our fears. We all have a fear of a loss of life. That's the greatest fear, because even if you don't recognize that as a fear. We all have a little bit of an underlying fear that we don't want to die. We're not trying to experience the end of life, loss of life, and I had that fear internally, subconsciously. But I'm gonna be okay. Whether I'm in bali, whether I'm to be okay, whether I'm in Bali, whether I'm in the United States, whether I'm in Massachusetts, whether I'm in Utah, whether I'm in Georgia, I will be okay. I always have myself and I can always come back to myself. I can tap back into my breath and I can realize that I'm alive and breathing.
Speaker 2:And I will figure this out. And you will figure it out too. Whatever you're thinking about, whatever you're stressing about, whatever you're dealing with, you will figure it out. Because, guess what? You have figured out everything in your life thus far. Everything you thought you wouldn't make it through, you couldn't figure out. If you're listening to me right now, you figured it out and you made it past that and you'll make it past this too. I share all of this because maybe there's somewhere you're going again. Maybe it's a place, a person or a pattern. Don't discount the growth you've done in the last year and now maybe you get to enjoy that growth. I also share this to say don't discount the growth that you have made in any amount of time, whether it's been a year or it's been six months. Don't discount the growth that you have made. I will keep you guys updated on all things Bali and sound healing, but I wanted to drop this reflection in case it speaks to a shift happening in your life. Now You're not behind, you are just in a new cycle and you will discover new things as things shift and things evolve.
Speaker 2:I never saw myself getting certified in sound healing. If someone would have told me that, even two years ago, when I was getting certified in breathwork, I wouldn't have believed them because I didn't have that desire. I didn't have that urge. I loved sound healings and sessions and I thought they were magical, but I had no interest or desire in facilitating them. On that retreat I attended a sound healing done by Chauvin and it transformed so much in my mind and soul I didn't even know he taught sound healing and did this certification. I didn't even know that was a thing. Funnily enough, I remember telling Chauvin I'm going to come back in August, you're going to teach me some stuff and we're going to work together. Why August? Because August is my birthday and I have this mindset of let's do things in August to celebrate my birthday.
Speaker 2:I signed up for his newsletter. I later found out wow, he hosts, he runs the Sound Healing of Bali and he certifies people in a module one and a module two explaining all of this in-depth sound emotion. It's basically a 200-hour in-depth sound healing course and, honestly, I'm not the type of woman to do something simple, so simple, basic getting certified in sound healing. Virtually, you can do it, it's possible. That's not the Mando's way and I am so thrilled, guys, I am ecstatic to have the opportunity to spend a month in Bali mosing myself and learning all about the magic of the instruments and there's so much I do not even know about sounds yet. All about the magic of the instruments, and there's so much I do not even know about sounds yet. So stay tuned to learn along with me.
Speaker 2:But I wanted to drop this because I wanted to share this moment of reflection. If you're in a shift, if you feel different, doing a similar experience or going to a similar place, maybe you're going the same place, but you've experienced growth, or you've experienced what I like to call mindset shifts. You're a new person, even though you're going back to a familiar place, allow yourself to show up as that new version of you. Here's your permission slip to show up as the version of you that you are today. I hope this episode helped you think a little bit and shift your mindset a little bit about the fact that we are always growing, evolving and learning, because growth isn't always loud or obvious. Sometimes it's subtle, like packing differently, trusting more, needing less control.
Speaker 2:I'm walking into this trip knowing I've changed, and you know what you probably have too. So here's the reminder I needed, and maybe you do too. You don't have to own your evolution. You don't have to explain your softness. You're allowed to arrive somewhere new as someone new, whether it's Bali or a coffee shop or just waking up to a new morning. Don't underestimate how much lighter it feels when you carry trust instead of fear. Stay tuned, guys. I will talk to you soon and wherever you're headed next, go with different energy. That's how you know the shift is real. Thank you, guys. So much for tuning in to another episode of Nando's Mindset.
Speaker 3:In case no one told you today, I'm proud of you, I'm rooting for you and you got this, as always. If you enjoyed the show, I would really appreciate it if you would leave me a five star rating, leave a review and share it with anyone you think would benefit from this. And don't forget you are only one mindset. Shift away from shifting your life. Thanks, guys, until next time.
