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The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
Dana Skoglund brings together yoga, Ayurveda, Buddhism, psychology and life coaching to help you become the healthiest, happiest version of yourself. You’ll learn how to optimize your habits and master your mindset to find more pleasure, ease and create a life that sparks joy.
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- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
62. It's my birthday and special announcement!
I turn 46 today 🎉 🥳 🎊 I'm filled with love, gratitude and joy. A big heartfelt thank you for listening to the podcast and following along on this journey with…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
61. Decision to commit
The #1 reason you are not doing the thing you've been thinking about and talking about is because you haven't made the clear decision to commit. Decide comes…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
60. Anticipation
I'm so excited for my upcoming trip to Texas for my sister's wedding. I've been allowing myself to enjoy that delicious feeling of looking forward to…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
59. Goal setting as a spiritual practice
If right now is enough, and if it's not better once we acheive our goals, what's the point of setting goals at all? In this episode I share why goal setting is…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
58. Attachment to the outcome
On of the things I'm working on is embracing the paradox of going after goals WHILE letting go of my attachment to the outcome. This has been personally very…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
57. Quitting on your goals
Today I'm getting on my soapbox to talk about quitting. It breaks my heart when people decide to give up on thier dreams because of past failures. They think…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
56. Week 8 recap
What happens when you commit to a course of action, an intention, a focus for 8 weeks? Shift happens! In the episode I share the changes taking place in these…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
55. Other people's feelings
As humans we're hardwired to seek approval, be liked and avoid rejection. Unfortunately that sometimes leads to people-pleasing and not showing up as our…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
54. Inner listening practice
This pleasure practice can be used any time you feel triggered or stuck in a difficult emotion and you want to find peace, clarity and relief. Let me know how…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
53. Meaning from suffering
My favorite question to ask my clients when they're going through a challenging situation or if they are working through trauma of the past is: "How did this…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
52. Shame
I'm fired up about shame and undoing some of the patterning we ALL have around not being enough, thinking there's something wrong with us, or believing our…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
51. Desire Judgement
Are you judging your desires? Are you not giving yourself permission to want what you want because you think you should want something different? 2 beliefs I…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
50. Thought judgement
As humans we have a negativity bias, it's what has helped us survive as a human species. Your negative thoughts are not the problem - but the way you react to…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
49. Week 7 recap
Answering the question of how to become the healthiest, happiest version of yourself, letting go of the "shoulds", subconscious re-programming and everything…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
48. Your secret superpower
Your emotions are your superpower (even your difficult ones). In this episode I share 5 reasons why understanding and building a better relationship to your…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
47. Pleasure practice: Abhyanga
Abhyanga, or self massage with oil is one of the most powerful daily habits of Ayurveda. It has dozens of benefits including: ❣️better, deeper sleep…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
46. Messy middle
I'm smack dab in the messy middle of this journey! This is the part of any cycle of change where it's hard, you're questioning everything, you feel lost, etc…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
45. Create your best case scenario
Does your brain default to the worst case scenario? Do you often worry about what could go wrong and potential problems you might face? Do those fears and…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
44. Pain on Purpose
A pleasurable life includes a certain amount pain on purpose. We watch scary movies, listen to sad songs, get deep tissue massage and tattoos - these are all…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
43. Reliving the past
How much of your brain space is spent in the past? What you focus on expands and what you think about, you bring about. When we allow our brains to repeat the…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
42. Week 6 recap
Exploring the balance of effort and ease, creating a good life and other things I'm mulling around. Click here to join The Pleasure Project Program
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
41. Easeful Living
Easeful living is one of the quintessential habits of Ayurveda and Yoga. What does it mean and how do we practice it? In this episode I share several ways of…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
40. The 10 tenets of a pleasurable life
What are the ingredients of a life that sparks joy? Here they are: 1. Radical Self-Care 2. Mindset Mastery 3. Identity Evolution 4. Know Thyself 5. Integrity…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
39. Fighting with reality
Experiencing a life with more pleasure is also about how we deal with life when it's less than pleasurable. Half of the time we might find ourselves in…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
38. Agency
Viktor Frankl said: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
37. Love your life
In this episode I share another one of my favorite Hindu myths and a valuable teaching on showing up for yourself and your life. Click here to join The…
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36. Being yourself
There's so pleasure being in environments where you can fully be yourself. Why is it so hard to be our most authentic, honest, real version of ourselves…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
35. Week 5 recap
Subconscious mind, shifting states of being, self-hypnosis, changing your relationship to undesireable emotions and everything else that's unfolding for me in…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
34. Integrity
Integrity is being aligned with your truth, your values and your core desires. Our emotions can be powerful messengers to guide us back to being in integrity…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
33. The discomfort of pleasure
Have you ever noticed that when things start to go well in your life you self-sabotage? In this episode I explain why this happens and how to avoid it. Want…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
32. Deprogram unpleasant feelings
You can’t bring the old you into a new reality. To create different results, you need to be a different version of yourself. The process of change is about…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
31. 4 great goals of life
According to yoga and Ayurveda, our soul's purpose has 4 main aims. In this episode I break down each one as well as how I see them fit together. Got a…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
30. Believing in yourself
A huge part of creating the changes you want is believing in your capacity to do so.In this episode I share 6 steps to building a new belief and acheiving your…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
29. Is pursuing pleasure selfish?
In today's episode I answer a question from one of my clients: "How do I know what is “selfish” vs what’s just me trying to enjoy life, have boundaries and not…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
28. Week 4 recap
I am more than 1/3 of the way through this 80-day project of creating a life that sparks joy. In this episode I review the lessons learned and observations of…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
27. Elephant gods and core values
In this episide I share one of my favorite hindu myths and what it has to teach us about revolving around what matters most. If you want to clarify and align…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
26. Clean vs dirty pleasure
What's the difference between clean and dirty pleasure? It's all about the motivation. Dirty pleasures not only lead to negative consequences and feeling…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
25. Relationship triggers
Triggered in a relationship? Most likely you have an instruction manual for how you think they "should" be. Your manual is the #1 thing that's creating…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
24. Space to create
What's your relationship to boredom? For so many of us it's an emotion that's uncomfortable and we often avoid. What if it's the key ingredient to tapping into…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
23. Anti-anxiety hack: orienting to ease
This 2 minute practice will calm your nervous system and bring you into a state of pleasure and ease. Try it and let me know how you feel! Reach out to me on…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
22. Pleasure of discipline
You might not necessarily equate discipline with pleasure. But there is a lot to be said about the feeling of following through on your commitments and having…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
21. Week 3 recap
Week 3 of the Pleasure Project is complete! I share my insights, challenges, lessons learned and discoveries from week 3 of creating a life that sparks joy…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
20. Worry woes
There are certain emotions that keep us in our heads and out of action. Specifically anxiety, overwhelm, doubt, confusion and indecision. These feelings cause…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
19. Daily acts
Gamification is a great way to infuse fun into the process of growth. Whether you're trying to be happier, less stressed or more fit, daily challenges can…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
18. Hungry ghosts
Will it ever be enough? That's the question I pondered today that created a big ah-ha for me. Listen in on my mini existential cricis as I explore the big…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
17. Missing nothing
What if THIS is the good stuff? Right now, right here. What if there was NOTHING WRONG with your life in this moment. What if you could truly believe that you…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
16. From scarcity to abundance
Does your mind offer you some variation of the "not enough" narrative? Mine does. In this episode I share a strategy for de-programming a scarcity mindset so…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
15. Cosmic hide and seek
As human beings, our curse is that we are constantly forgetting our best intentions. We need practices and rituals to remind ourselves of what's most important…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
14. Week 2 recap
Week 2 of the Pleasure Project is in the books! I share my insights, challenges, lessons learned and discoveries from week 2 of creating a life that sparks…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
13. Feel good formula
There are 4 types of pleasure that I've identified: physical, emotional, sensual and erotic. In this episode I sahre my feel good formula which is the daily…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
12. Magnify micro pleasures
Where do you already experience pleasure in your life? How can you turn up the volume on the pleasure you're experiencing and enjoy it MORE? I explore 3 ways…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
11. Scary feelings and unexpected turns
Well... this project has taken an unexpected turn. But I'm following my inner guide and we're going there! Check out my pleasure and sexuality coach Lydia…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
10. This morning I went to Paris
What do you really want? What you desire is meant for you. Let yourself dream and enjoy the pleasure of the fantasy. Do you want help turning your impossible…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
9. Toxic positivity
"Good vibes only" might actually be creating not such good vibes after all. Are you living under the false assumptions that you should be happy all the time?…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
8. The pleasure of reinventing yourself
Life is a balance of being and becoming. Finding pleasure and joy in this moment AND working towards the things your want. In this episode I share my process…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
7. Week 1 recap
Week 1 of The Pleasure Project is in the books! In this episode I recap what I focused on this week and my intentions for the week ahead. If you're enjoying…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
6. Feel better
How do you deal (or not deal) with unpleasant emotions? In this episode I show you how I process my unpleasant emotions so you can practice "feeling" better…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
5. Pleasure of the process
When we believe the goal will bring us more happiness, pleasure, fulfillment, (insert your desired feelings here), we rush. The process sucks because we falsly…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
4. Pleasure-blocking audit
Pleasure is your birthright. Experiencing more pleasure in your life is more about removing the things in the way of experiencing your true nature - which is…
- The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund
3. Have your own back
Do you seek approval from your loved ones? Do you hide parts of yourself because of that? Discover what's really happening when we're worried about other…