How To Receive Your Inner Riches with Preston Smiles

How to receive your inner riches, whether or not the outer world matches. Debra sits down with Preston Smiles, conscious businessman, trailblazer, personal freedom coach, experiential speaker, author, and “badass messenger of love,” sharing the formula for living more fully and fulfilled.    If you’re not happy with how abundance shows up in your life right now, give this interview a listen to be steeped in appreciation for the riches in your life and wisdom for getting out of your head and into your true essence. Do you have the courage to listen beyond your mind? Do you know the power of deep listening?   Preston shares his personal experiences with his capacity for deep listening- how it has led to catalytic moments in his life, from “profane to the profound” as he describes. Preston tells an incredible story about intuitive nudges he received while in New York City that lead him to play a part in a perspective-changing event.    Debra explains the roles Preston’s Mercury in Cancer and Cancer Rising play in his connection to intuition, as well as musings on his double Fire energetics and the reason the Astrological theme Preston has picked up on makes so much sense based on his Astrological chart.    Learn more about Preston, his daily mantra, and his messages of love, all echoed by Debra’s remarks on being open to perspectives beyond the constructs of your mind, the universal human wound, and a challenge to us all… be ready to receive!   Find Preston on Instagram: @prestonsmiles See Preston and Debra LIVE for Debra’s upcoming virtual Astrological Immersion August 21st-25th, with a closing call on August 28th. Sign up to be amongst the first to get your free seat here: astrologicalimmersion.com  Key Highlights From The Episode How to open yourself up to receive your inner riches The power of deep listening and how it can manifest into profound life moments and lessons How Preston identified an Astrological theme in his life that Debra had the explanation for The shifts that gratitude and saying “yes to the yes” can have in your life The mantras that Preston and Debra start their day with and how it helps them experience life beyond the small constructs of the human mind Timestamps [01:02] Introduction of Preston Smiles and The I Don’t Believe In Astrology Podcast [02:04] Preston’s introduction [03:43] How moving back in his with his mother helped Preston change the dynamics of his life [04:30] Growing up as an underdog [06:23] Debra shows Preston’s chart and the validation of his life lesson of Saturn in Virgo, his double Fire energetics, and his compassionate Cancer Rising [07:43] Preston echoes the accuracy of Debra notating the Virgo life lesson themes in his life [08:51] Debra discusses the beginnings of this podcast and asks Preston what his sense is about the future [10:18] Preston shares about his vision quest, or vision fast as he calls it, and his reflections from the experience [14:01] Debra shares her one directive she hopes people receive from this podcast [14:28] Debra shares more about the major Astrological components of Preston’s chart [15:12] Debra shares her thoughts on choosing your parents in this lifetime [16:57] Preston shares about a medical condition that shook him to his core and changed everything, and inevitably led to his life’s work [21:43] Echoing part of Preston’s story of coming into his full self, Debra shares a permission slip from the Age of Aquarius [22:49] Preston shares his gratitude for this life and how he has “said yes to the yes” [23:56] Preston details an incredible story about listening to his intuition [32:07] Debra reflects on Preston’s story, the power of deep listening, and Debra’s pact with spirit for her life’s work [33:25] Debra’s story about being in meditation and listening to a directive from spirit, then initiating an uncomfortable conversation with a friend of the past [34:39] You don’t need someone else to forgive you and you can be the doula or healer [35:10] Debra demonstrates the manifestation of Preston’s Mercury in Cancer [35:30] Debra’s challenge to all of us and Preston echoes her sentiments [36:45] The last time Preston cried and breaking the cycle of his unsupportive beliefs [39:45] The universal wound of not feeling worthy and the call to find compassion for the human condition (check out Debra’s book, The Missing Element) [42:11] Preston’s early morning mantra [43:44] The message Preston always receives during plant ceremony [44:10] What Debra wants to everyone to take in through this podcast [45:05] Debra’s waking thoughts each day [45:59] The truth about us all [47:22] The moment-to-moment love affair of being an adult [48:02] Preston talks about the manifestation of our dreams and the sacrifices they may bring [49:02] Preston being a modern-day spiritual master [50:31] Your agreement at a higher level of consciousness [51:40] Debra summarizes the message of this podcast [52:52] How to find and work with Preston [54:25] The call once more to learn how to listen deeply to your intuition and to spirit