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"Watch the damn movie!" is what the voice in Deb Drummond's head said when she kept ignoring Netflix's algorithm to watch a suggested movie. So she did. It was "Seeing Allred," about the life of Gloria Allred. And afterward Deb said to herself, "If she can do that, you can do more!" And that is when her 262 project, an anthology book and summit series lifting up women's voices, was born.
In this episode of Convos About Conscious Media with Kia, Deb shares how she decides whether to follow a nudge that doesn’t make sense on paper. She runs every number and checks with her CFO. Then she runs what she calls the “energy numbers”: how much energy is this going to take? And then she listens for the voice. You’ll hear how she tells a whim from what she calls her “knowingness.”
Deb is a pioneer in the world of entrepreneurship, and her list of firsts is impressively long. She's the Founder and CEO of Mission Accepted Media. She's built seven international companies. She was once number one in sales out of 220,000 people and helped take that company to $1 billion in its fourth year. She's been featured in Success magazine 48 times. She's a Stevie Award recipient for "Women in Business - Women Helping Women," she was named "Misbehaving Woman of the Year" (I love that one!) by She Financial. And she's hosted over 400 episodes of the "Mission Accepted" podcast in the last 12+ years. Of which, I was lucky enough to be one of her guests a few weeks ago.
She also shares her own media diet, including what she watches every night before bed. Especially why, after I was on her podcast, she no longer watches "CSI" at night.
"I think conscious media for me is media that makes you expand." -- Deb Drummond
What I love about Deb is that she doesn't keep one personality for business and another for the spiritual side. Her words: "When I put my suit jacket on, I don't have to become a different personality."
Topics: intuition in business · following non-negotiable nudges · the 262 project and women's voices · curating your media diet · comedy before bed · planning by energy, not time · media that gives you permission to trust yourself
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A Conscious Media Picks of the Week Recap
Our Picks of the Week have been posting on our social media profiles. Here's a recap!
"Whale Rider"
Narrative Feature - A young Māori girl is the last heir to a leadership role her grandfather's tradition says is not hers.
About Resilience and Love & the Human Spirit; Watch it to: Be Moved · Be Inspired · Feel Better About Humanity
"The Unbelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd"
TV Series - Dan Aykroyd dives into history’s strangest brushes with the unexplained, from alleged alien abductions and cryptid sightings to haunted houses and ghostly visitors.
About Mysteries and the Metaphysical; Watch it to: Get a Thrill · Feel Wonder · Explore Other Possibilities
"Fantastic Fungi"
Feature Documentary - A mycologist who has spent his life talking to mushrooms sets out to prove the network under the forest floor can feed us, heal us, and clean up our messes.
About Nature & Our Relationship to the Living World; Watch it to: Discover Something New · Be Moved · Feel Closer to Your Source
"Acapulco"
TV Series - In 1984, Máximo lands the job of a lifetime at Acapulco's hottest resort, then finds out working there is far more complicated than he ever imagined.
About Family & the People Who Become Our People; Watch it to: Laugh · Feel Joy · Feel Nostalgic
"The Healer"
Docu-Series - An energy healer, who spent years begging scientists to test him, brings his gift to people facing illness and injury.
About Health & Healing and the Metaphysical; Watch it to: Feel Wonder · Explore Other Possibilities · Support Your Health & Healing
Not medical advice. Always talk with your trusted medical team about your health.
"Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
Feature Documentary - Public TV host Fred Rogers breaks every rule of children's television to help kids through the hard parts of life, and to tell them they are loved.
About Love & the Human Spirit and Human Connection; Watch it to: Feel Compassion · Feel OK About Who You Are · Feel Safe · Feel Less Alone
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“Convos About Conscious Media With Kia” is a guided expedition into the conscious media landscape: solo episodes on research, ideas, and what I'm learning, plus conversations with filmmakers, festival programmers, distributors, audience members, and the experts shaping this category from the inside. As the episode count grows, we will collectively discover what conscious media is. All of its facets and nuances. Not because anyone handed you a definition. Because we built it together.
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One last thing. Share this episode with one person. The friend who keeps getting a nudge they're ignoring. Give them permission to go bigger! You probably already have someone in mind.
I'm so glad you're here for this!
— Kia Kiso-Brennan
P.S. Watch consciously, and notice what happens. 😃
Photo: Jen Serena / @serenacreative
Editor: Nester Ocampo
Post sound: Durand Trench / @zen_leprechaun
Music: Simon Jomphe Lepine via Storyblocks