Episode 52: Lessons of 2021 with the Full Moon in Gemini

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Episode 52: Lessons of 2021 with the Full Moon in Gemini

Think back to November of 2020, what are the lessons that you have learned since the Gemini full moon eclipse on November 30th, 2020?

I can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this short podcast. I start this episode with talking about the Full Moon in Gemini that happened on November 30th, 2020 and bring it to the full moon that is happening on December 18th, 2021.

Journal Prompts: Write this out, open a Goggle doc, or do in your voice notes on your phone. Give yourself the space to write for 5-10 minutes. NOTE: Make this your own practice!

1. Gemini is a mutable sign, which means it is that last sign of the season and teaches us the lessons we need to learn.

Think back to November of 2020, what are the lessons that you have learned since the Gemini full moon ellipse on November 30th, 2020?

How far have you come since then? What are your greatest lessons of the past year?

2. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication. What message do you want to share: written, video, or audio? Think about this personally and or professionally?

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I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

Eat Well,

xo Chef Carla

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About Chef Carla Contreras

For the last 24 + years, I’ve worked as a trained chef in: Restaurants, hotels, as a chef instructor at three culinary schools, and personal chef in New York City.

Since 2013, I have been sharing my gift of content creation with publications and brands like Better Homes and Gardens, The Wall Street Journal, Shape Magazine, justBobbi.com, Nutritious Life, Well + Good.

In my personal brand, I not only show up for the hard things, I own them and then share them with the world, like my $38,000 lesson I learned in my business and evolution of a Digital Entrepreneur over the last ten years.

In my online courses, I bring my years of experience as a trained chef, content creator, health and life coach, and meditation teacher to help you with you shift mindset around cooking & the content creation process. Learn more here

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Full Transcript:

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Hey, it's chef Carla and welcome to Show Up Fully. This is a podcast where I share what it's like to show up for your real life if you don't know me. I'm a food stylist, photographer and health coach. I'm also a content creator for food and wellness brands. You can find me at @itscarlacontreras on Instagram. And more information in today's show notes this episode is a full moon episode. I haven't done one of these in ages. This is the lessons learned from 2021. It's the full moon in Gemini that happened on December 18th.

2021 if you're listening this at any time these lessons can be applied so there's journal prompts and there's more information on the blog you can click on the show notes we're gonna actually go back in time to november thirtieth. In 2020 this was the full moon eclipse in Gemini. I have an episode for it. I'll link it in the show notes and again these lessons are for any time anytime that you hear them.

Guess what? It's gonna resonate all right? So with the full moon eclipse in 2020 it blew the lid literally off of things and for me that was. In my business in my communication in the way that I showed up on Instagram in the way that I actually changed the name of this podcast. It used to be cooking as the new healthy. It became Show Up Fully. I started a new business like there were a lot of things and.

So gemini is ruled by Mercury and mercury is the planet of communication and you might be saying oh no mercury I know Mercury mercury retrograde and that's exactly what it is mercury. Is the planet of communication and there are times during the year when it does go retrograde and when communication gets jumbled and backwards and it slows down and I am actually a gemini rising so I am deeply connected. To this energy of mercury and so for me, it's like what communication lessons have I learned since November of 2020 you know I had a full It's almost like a full year cycle and a little bit more of.

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What have I learned in terms of communication and also there is a voracious, that's the word learning when it comes to Gemini. Gemini is a sign that is constantly learning. Constantly growing, constantly evolving and for me in this past you know cycle I did reiki 1 and 2 training I did Pilates mat training I did meditation training like there was a lot of training. That was throughout this year a lot of lessons learned and I would love to ask you in your life.

What lessons have you learned and this could be professionally. This could be personal, this could be in your relationships. This could be. And literally in any area of your life and I feel like this is the perfect time of year you know I'm writing these journal prompts and I have these down for you for a reason because taking a moment of reflection to see where we have come from. Really gives us a clear picture of where we are going and I feel like it's a powerful moment.

You know, even if it's five minutes and I will say lately I have been journaling with my kids. My kids are 5 and 6 I bought them both a journal and I liked a journal in the morning and I pull out the journal and I'm like all right Mom is gonna journal and I'll spend about five minutes and they will take their journals sometimes they write sometimes they draw pictures sometimes they don't want to be involved in it all but I give my. The space to write to reflect and you know this might not be for you.

Maybe for you. It's voice notes. Maybe for you. It's drawing pictures. Maybe for you. It's moving your body. Maybe you know it's calling a friend but. Whatever it is for you that you can release that information in whatever way shape or form that resonates with you do it because I think it's so important, especially in the time of recording this you know. I read this morning. There's more things happening with Covid in different ways, shapes and forms. My daughter is actually being homeschooled right now at this moment because her classroom is shut down so taking a moment to pause.

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Taking a moment to reflect. What have I learned in the past year, what lessons have I gained and where am I going really grounds us and it really puts us in the space and the energy that I'm okay and maybe that's just me. But I invite you to take a deep breath and really acknowledge how far you have come, how many lessons you have learned and that we are as a world as a society, as a universe, we are going to be okay.

I am sending you so much. Love I appreciate you listening to this episode and if you can can you share this episode can you share it with a friend can you share it with a family member. Can you post it on social media because that's how I spread the message of this podcast. I really appreciate your support and I'm excited to hear about what lessons you have learned in the past year.