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One of the biggest blessings is going through a time where you are feeling at your lowest, or depressed or whatever the feeling is because that is just confirmation that you're not in alignment and that you're meant for something different, something greater.
What's the difference between attracting energy and chasing energy.
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Hey everyone welcome back back to on purpose, the place you come to become the happier, healthier and more healed.
Three things that are so important to the human condition.
Today's guest is on for not the first, not the second, but a third time special, one of your favorite guests, one of your favorite interactions, we both hear about it all the time.
I'm talking about my dear friend, an incredible artist, Big Sean, Grammy nominated rapper, songwriter, friend of the podcast, and now a first -time author.
His new book is called Go Higher, the five practices for purpose, success, and inner peace, which combines his insights on self -care with actionable tools set to release in January, 2025.
Now, despite his achievements, he has been open about his struggles with anxiety and depression, turning to spiritual practices to find balance.
Through his music and now his writing Big Sean inspires others to overcome their own challenges and reach their fullest potential.
Please welcome my dear friend someone that I believe is so inspiring deeply insightful, philosophical, a guided teacher, a leader.
Big Sean. Man, brother thank you for having me.
First of all, I just got to say Jay though I'm so proud of you, man.
Even since our first interview, of course you sparked the idea of me writing a book, but I'm not making it about me, bro.
You've interviewed the President, man.
You have gone to the moon and back.
There was a part of the book where I said the mental health space and that space is dominated by a certain crowd.
Bro, you are dominating this space and I just got to say, it's deeper than that, it's wellness, it's all of it, And I just gotta say I'm super proud of you man, like very, very proud of you.
I know like where you come from, I know your journey, I know how you grew up.
You know I know the household you came from and I just gotta say man, I'm very proud of you and I see like so much for you and you're still so young and you still have so much to offer so thank you so much man.
Oh man, the feeling is mutual.
And honestly, it was people like yourself who came on the show so early and trusted the space, opened up, and made it a safe space for so many that followed you as well.
And so I have to give you a lot of credit back because you came on the show when it was so much smaller.
We were starting out.
But it was people like yourself who trusted me, trusted the space and were able to create it.
And look at this, man, wow, Come on.
Yeah. That's Radh Blitz genius.
Yeah, she's super smart when it comes to figuring out how to help people, but no, I'm so proud of you for putting this book together, because when I met you, I noticed very quickly that you were already a philosopher and that was rare.
Most people live life and then gain wisdom and you through your mother, through your own learnings, through your own curiosity had so much insight and wisdom when we met and I remember mentioning like, oh, one day and the fact that we're sitting here with the book in our hands.
Like it's pretty special and you reminding people to go higher is so powerful.
But let's dive in, oh sorry you were gonna say something, I don't know.
No I was just saying yeah you really gave me the confidence as soon as the cameras cut off you were like yo you gotta write a book, you know?
And I was like wow!
I didn't write it for any vanity purpose, I didn't write it for a, oh what's that time for me to write a book.
I literally wrote it because it was pouring out of me really, essentially.
It was like there are so many people who are trying to figure out how to get to, how to just maneuver through life.
I've dealt with my ups and downs and maneuvered through things.
It's just like sharing always can help somebody.
You never know how you're impacting somebody, how you can change somebody's whole trajectory.
You know, I was lucky enough to have these guardian angels in the form of like my mom or the form of my family members, or in the form of friends, or.
You know, the alchemist, the book, the alchemist really taught me to pay attention to the omens.
You know what I'm saying?
So through a song coming on through any aspect of my life.
And it was a true pleasure to be able to just put like what has worked for me in a way that and people could come back to it, that people couldn't apply to their lives.
And I've got a chance to not only sit and talk to you, but sit and talk to so many of other people that I respect in the wellness space and just an inspiring space from Deepak to Sadguru and just my idols growing up in music.
So I apply a lot of things that I've learned into this book and hopefully it helps people.
It will. It will help people for sure.
I want to stop asking you, you've manifested...
success. And when I spent time with you today, and I see you with Janay, and I see you talking about Noah, I also feel you manifested happiness, and I think those two things are very different.
And so I wanted to ask you, what's been different about manifesting success, career profession, and then manifesting happiness?
One of the things about success is you have to define what your idea of success is.
I don't think if, say somebody had a billion dollars, I wouldn't say that he's more successful than me.
I would just say he has more money than me.
And I think that's the power of separation.
We tie so many things into definition.
Success to me is a feeling of, it's an emotion.
It's something that when your purpose is activated and you are impacting people in any way, shape or form, there's so many ways to impact people.
Now, there are byproducts of success.
Money can be a byproduct of success when you do something and you create a supply and demand that you get paid for.
I don't think because you make money that you're successful.
You know what I'm saying?
There's a lot of things that you could tie to that.
just because of your life isn't going the way you are, that doesn't mean that you let that make you unhappy.
Those are two separate things.
It's really the power of separation.
So for me, success is a feeling and it's when my purpose is activated.
So I remember I did an interview and they asked, you know, successful talking to my success.
And I said, well, I'm not the most successful person in the world.
And I was like, well, maybe I am actually, because I love so many aspects of my life and I'm living in the life that I've always dreamed of, times 10.
I only wanted to have a song on the radio and a platinum song, and bruh, I've sold 185 million records or something crazy.
I've taken care of my mom, my dad, a lot of people and lived 10 lifetimes already.
So, everything has just been sprinkles on top.
So, to me, success is really activating your purpose.
And happiness is something that you can choose instantly.
Your happiness is something that you could choose instantly.
And it's something that I learned the hard way, because when I have fallen into like a dark time.
You know, we all go through these ups and downs when I've been down bad.
And like, the depression comes in, anxiety comes in, the self sabotage confined.
You can hold onto these things and they will stick with you your whole life, you have to decide to let them go.
That's one of the things I talk about in the book, a lot of people may not know how to do that, and there are a lot of ways, but one of the first ways is to choose how you feel.
You're in control of that.
It's easier said than done because when things aren't going your way, you're pissed off at everybody, you're blaming everything.
First of all, you have to quit blaming everything else and realize that you're a magnet.
You're magnetizing your whole world to you, you know?
So if that's the case, obviously, you switch it to an emotion that resonates with you more or at least how you desire to feel, right?
And you can choose that.
And I'm telling you, your whole experience will change.
So happiness is something you can choose immediately.
Yeah. One thing that stood out to me listening to you was, the power of separation.
I've never heard it like that before, and I really like that term because we have to learn to separate society's views and our views.
