Episode 43 transcript: How to save the world with Malin Pousette

Podcast Introduction:

[00:00:00] Malin: I always have this feeling in my body that I want to save the world. And I've been hearing it so many times. You cannot save everyone. You cannot save the whole world. But I still in my body believe, just like we talk about, being in circles and having this community feeling, I still really believe in that butterfly effect. That it starts with me and my wings will affect others.

[00:00:31] Aneta: We often hear people wishing us a long, happy, and healthy life. But what if the length isn't what matters most? What if instead, it's the breath, depth, and purpose of each day that matters most? Welcome to the Live the Width of Your Life podcast. My name is Aneta Ardelian Kuzma and join me weekly as I interview guests who made changes in their own lives to live more fully with intention, gratitude, and joy. Be prepared to be inspired by their stories of how they shifted their mindset. Took courageous action and designed the life that they always wanted to live.

[00:01:06] Aneta: Welcome back to Live the Width of Your Life. Today, my guest is Malin Pousette, and Malin is a 34-year-old trauma-informed breathwork facilitator from Sweden who has lived in Norway for the past 15 years with her family. She works as a dental nurse and she is certified in Hatha Vinyasa, kids, teens, and kids with special needs in yoga. And her heart skips a beat for a ceremonial cacao ceremony. But breath work is her true calling and she's deeply devoted to the practice and to the facilitation of breath work.

[00:01:39] Aneta: We talk so much about what it means to be able to work full-time. And a career that she had before, and also how she was able to start her new business. We talked about the cacao ceremonies and other energy work that she is interested in. We talked about the importance of having a spiritual community of strong women. A tribe that you can turn to when you need to. And also how she was able to build a strong, authentic brand online and the importance of pushing through comfort zones. I think you're really going to enjoy this week's discussion. Take a listen.

Podcast Interview:

[00:02:15] Aneta: Malin, thank you for joining me. I'm so excited to have you here with me today.

[00:02:20] Malin: Thank you for being here finally.

[00:02:24] Aneta: I know we've been trying to do this for so long, and to our credit, we are in very different time zones. So tell everyone where you are in the world.

[00:02:38] Malin: Yeah, well, I'm from Sweden but I live in Norway, so we are in Europe. And now the time is 9:00 PM.

[00:02:49] Aneta: I'm so grateful to you for doing this because I know sometimes it's difficult to coordinate and I'm so excited because you and I met in Pause breathwork facilitation, which was six months and it was an absolutely amazing and beautiful container, but we haven't actually had an opportunity to speak a lot since then, but I've been following your journey on social media. I love the way you show up. It's so authentically you and your brand. So for those that aren't familiar with you, share a little bit about who you are, what your passions are, and your journey to bringing you where you are today.

[00:03:28] Malin: Yeah, well, I am a dental nurse, or I work as a dental nurse in the daytime. I'm also a yoga teacher, but I really feel I love to do yoga, but I love to facilitate breathwork. So just like you, I'm a breathwork facilitator and I just love to hold space and I love to work with humans. That's my favorite thing to do. I'm so curious about humans, how is your life? What made you the person that you are today? So yeah, I think that's my biggest passion.

[00:04:08] Aneta: I love it. And you can tell in all of your reels and your posts that this is such a passion for you. But I love that you talk about having a career and a job and then also doing a couple of other things that you are passionate about on the side because it doesn't always have to be just one thing that we are passionate about or we do. How did you find breathwork? Or how did it find you?

[00:04:33] Malin: A good question. And I always feel people have this, I went in and it was just mind-blowing. But for me, I think it just came into my life slowly. So I think back in 2017 was the first meeting with someone that did breathwork, and she's an amazing breathwork facilitator here in Norway. Elizabeth.

[00:04:59] Malin: And the first meeting with her when she talked, she was suddenly just like, and I was so fascinated. I was like, what is it with this girl? Because I am a person that talks on my in and out breath. So that was the first thing. And then I started doing cacao ceremonies and moon ceremonies, and I think. I got wrapped into breathwork somewhere in there.

[00:05:25] Malin: And I guess I started to follow Sam 2020. That's our mentoring pause. So 2020 was the year when I really start to do more breath work. I guess. 19, 20 I realized how important breathwork is, especially under these crazy times that the lockdown was. I really felt that I could, yeah, connect with myself, connect with my heart. having this inside when the outside was totally for me, insane.

[00:06:05] Aneta: Yeah, it's interesting how something that we take for granted, like our breath can suddenly become so important when we learn to use it to tap in to control the breathing. And so you said something about, how you love to hold space for people. So for maybe those that have never heard that expression or the term, what does that look like?

[00:06:31] Malin: Yeah. I started doing cacao ceremonies because I was inspired by others doing it as a human person. I love to connect with other humans. I love to gather. I love to just like you and me sitting here now talking about life, talking about why we are here. So creating space for me is creating this safe space where people can come no matter how they look, what they feel, whatever they come from, just be there without being judged.

[00:07:07] Malin: Just be there, be themself. So of course it's different, a cacao ceremony. We drink only cacao and maybe we dance and things like that. In breath work, we breathe together. So yeah, for me, the most important thing is to create a community. Because I also feel that we are lacking, or many people are lacking it.

[00:07:36] Malin: Especially for me. I started to do yoga and cacao ceremonies and I was like, where can I find these people? These things that I do. Where are you? And I started to go to these kinds of moon ceremonies where we set intentions or pick oracle cards or sing or, yeah, it sounds really woo-woo but it was just like super normal people.

[00:08:01] Malin: Just connecting and that's what I really like because it can sound super scary or super like a hippie, but I think that it's something that we forgot like that was supernatural a long time ago and still are in some cultures. But here where I come from, at least we don't gather it like that but I love it.

[00:08:28] Aneta: Yeah. Well, I think that even, people, sometimes we say woo-woo, and maybe we do air quotes and talk about it. I like you have found that many of these modalities are now becoming more mainstream. And also I feel people are curious like you said, they're just generally curious to say, I've tried some things and it's not working for me.

[00:08:50] Aneta: I am open to seeing what else is available, and the more I search and the more curious I get, the more I discover, and then my mind is blown. I'm like, what? What are all of these other ceremonies? So tell us a little bit about what happens at a moon ceremony or at a cacao ceremony, for maybe those that are curious but have never been before.

[00:09:12] Malin: Yeah. I would say a couple of years ago, I held a cacao ceremony. But typically we were just sitting, just sitting in a space just telling your name can be super scary. I remember my first cacao ceremony. It was super scary, but I also at the same time, never felt so at home and so safe. And so typically what I did together with a friend of mine, we were just sharing, or maybe we were reading out some poem, did some body movements. Drinking the ceremonial cacao. And what ceremonial cacao do is that it open ups our hearts.

[00:09:56] Malin: And after that, sometimes we dance, just turn on some nice music and just dance. And for many people that are really free or like, you feel free and you feel like, oh wow. This life. Especially in a culture where we, drink a lot of alcohol or we rely on alcohol. For me, it was a really cool experience to be at a dance party without alcohol. I've never felt so safe in my whole life as I did at my first cacao ceremony.

[00:10:28] Aneta: That's beautiful.

[00:10:29] Malin: So that's, yeah. Thank you.

[00:10:32] Aneta: I've never been, but you know the thought sometimes of opening up our heart because many of us are very tight or blocked off in our heart chakra, it can be scary. And so being in a place with the right folks to create that safety and to have that safe space and container is so important. But like you said when you open up the heart and you release maybe anything that you've been holding onto that it's time to let go of for forgiveness or pain or resentment or anything that could be blocking it. You do become more free. And I do find that dancing is not something that I feel naturally comfortable doing everywhere, but when you do and the space is right, it is so liberating, it feels amazing for some reason.

[00:11:22] Malin: Yes. Absolutely. And I guess you experienced the same when we do breathwork. It's also so heart-opening. Yeah. You can really feel if you are holding space for a group, you can see the huge difference when we start. Everyone is like before a party, almost not looking at each other and afterward, everyone is like, they want to share or they want to like, wow, everyone is so beautiful and all the thoughts I have, they were gone.

[00:11:53] Malin: And also creating space for women. I think it's really important. Again, where I live, we have this competitive mind pattern that, who is that woman? Or why is she doing that? Or who am I doing that right? Yeah, but creating a safe space for women, having this feeling of sisterhood, it's really, really beautiful. But to also be super scary.

[00:12:20] Aneta: Well, it's unfamiliar because, in many of the environments or the work environments that we've been in, there haven't been that many opportunities for women. So there always was a little bit of competition or maybe there's a small circle that you were really your allies and it's so fascinating being in the space like yoga and breath work and some other energy spaces where it is such a community dominated by women.

[00:12:48] Aneta: It feels so good. And at first, it feels a little unnatural, but then you're like, this is so beautiful. And we were talking about competition once and I said, I don't really think about it because there are 8 billion people on the planet.

[00:13:04] Aneta: There's no way that you or I can add value in service to every single person. There's no way. So we need a whole community. To show up authentically as themselves and allow the right people that want to be near our energy to gravitate toward us. Like that's all that it is, right? And like that just has been so liberating to just think that way. I think because there is no way that we could each be there for every single person, nor should we want to.

[00:13:34] Malin: No, I'm totally feeling like you are. And I can see it like in my daughter's too. I have one that is 10 and one that is 14, and I always feel like, you need to do all this like arguments. And she did that. Now I don't want to be friends with her and I'm like, can we create a space for them? Like I think they could experience what I'm doing now in this safe container, being open and vulnerable and showing emotions. And I know that I mean, it's a part of life. They need to be there.

[00:14:10] Malin: But yeah, I think sometimes it's hard growing up too. And you can have it with you your whole life if you don't connect with the people that really support you and want to make you thrive, right

[00:14:25] Aneta: So I want to ask you about your social media presence. I know I follow you on Instagram and it seemed to me as the observer that you were so comfortable. Really starting to put yourself out there and be consistent and really create content and posts that add value, but also seem authentically you. So was that easy for you or is that something that, you are still evolving into?

[00:14:57] Malin: Thank you. I started blogging in 2006 or something, so I like social media and have always been there. Also, my Instagram account, even if it seems it's kind of new, I have been there a lot. So for me, I'm really familiar with myself. Like seeing my own face, hearing my voice. So I would say that it's easier for me and I also love to create that kind of thing. Like, yeah. Sitting with these apps to make my short movies and add some text and so yeah. Thank you, for seeing that.

[00:15:34] Aneta: Yeah, for sure. And so if someone is new and they're starting out, maybe starting a new business or a side hustle, what are some things that you would advise them to do just as they start to develop their brand online?

[00:15:46] Malin: I guess, do what you feel is fun. If you don't like it, I mean, I have friends that tell me oh, I don't want to create, it takes so, so long time, so much time for me to create on Instagram. Maybe a good suggestion is to hire one. I mean, I love to do that. Those, like setting kind of mine and everything.

[00:16:08] Malin: But, I think that you should like to have people that are good at the things that you're not, and you do the things that you do best. And I also believe that it should feel good in your whole body if you feel like posting on Instagram or whatever is like, Ugh, not again. I think, yeah, I think you're like, maybe not that the thing that you are supposed to do.

[00:16:37] Malin: Even if your brand is super good, or let's just say that it was me maybe I should hire someone to create my content. right? To put my brand out there.

[00:16:50] Aneta: No, that's such great advice I love the idea of outsourcing the things that we're not good at and really focusing on the things that we are. I remember when I first started my business, like four and a half years ago, coaching business. It was just me. And then when I finally went and hired a virtual assistant, it just opened up so many opportunities for me to do other things too. And so you do get to be more creative because you don't necessarily have to figure out all the little things.

[00:17:23] Aneta: And the other thing too is it doesn't have to be perfect. I think sometimes, our past experiences especially. If we spent time in the corporate world or even, in other areas, we want things to be perfect. We want them to seem super professional, and I think things can be professional, but they don't need to be perfect or things can be authentic, but not necessarily really formal too.

[00:17:45] Aneta: And that's a line that I've struggled with for a while, just bringing, coming from the banking background into more of the space and the coaching and wellness space. So it's interesting just like the evolution into that as well.

[00:17:58] Malin: Yeah. Now, I also think that everything is going by so fast. Like stories, everything. And we also forget. So I think that if you made some spelling mistake or anything, I will not even notice it, right? Yeah. So I think just put it out there. Just start and yeah, if it's scary, I think it's all about practice.

[00:18:19] Malin: If you think it's scary to speak on Instagram stories or live or something, just do it. Be in the uncomfortable and yeah, for me it's easy to say because I love to be in the uncomfortable space, like out of my comfort zone. I mean, if you look at me, when I was younger, all my teachers said that put your hands up, or you don't need to be that shy.

[00:18:41] Malin: I mean, I really was the shy one, hated standing in the front of the class, but I don't think anyone would ever guess that when they see me now. But that is practice.

[00:18:55] Aneta: Yeah, I was going to say, so how long did it take for you to start to feel more comfortable putting yourself out there, you said, or was it just a choice that you made and then you show up every day?

[00:19:06] Malin: Yeah, I think it started a couple of years ago. I was working as a seller and I needed to start holding practices for hairdressers. And the first class I had, I was totally sweating. I was so nervous. Like I still remember it. So I was like back into when I was younger in school.

[00:19:28] Malin: But I think little by little, that's what I started to love to do. That was my favorite part of working as a seller, was to like holding these courses. I was teaching them, making curls or waves and I love that. So I think again, practice and yeah, sometimes we watch, any influencer, And we feel like, they, can do this. But I mean, everyone starts somewhere and we need to like slowly with baby steps, just start.

[00:20:00] Aneta: I really enjoy that advice because I wanted to ask you about fear many people are scared to try something new or to explore something different than what they're doing because we get very comfortable and we like to sometimes stay in our comfort zones and so, Do you experience fear today? And what is your approach to handling fear when something is new or maybe if something is not going the way you anticipate it to go?

[00:20:28] Malin: I sure feel into fear but I guess I'm looking at it with curiosity, I always like, okay, if I feel it in my belly or heart or throat, whatever I can, wherever I experience it, I like, okay, what is this?

[00:20:46] Why am I scared? Is it because I haven't done it before? Or like just you asking me, being here, I was like, who am I to be in her podcast? I was listening to some of the episodes and I'm like, they had such good stories, and I'm like, what? And then it was like, but she asked me yes. And I really like, just have to dive in here and now I'm here, right?

[00:21:12] Aneta: Yeah. Well, isn't that so interesting Malin, The reason I started this podcast is that I wanted to talk to everyday people who are not celebrities, who are doing interesting things in their life, who are taking chances, pushing themselves out of their comfort zones, trying something new.

[00:21:30] Aneta: You know, feeling the fear, and as you said, being curious with it and still pursuing it, because I do think that those stories are most inspiring. And in a world of so many billions of people, that's where most of us are. And we don't always highlight or hear those stories. And so if anybody who listens and says, that's so interesting.

[00:21:54] Aneta:  Like, she worked as a nurse in the dentist space and now she's doing yoga and breath work and other things like. That's interesting, right? And it allows and gives people permission to try something different. And so I'm so glad you said yes because I am enjoying the conversation.

[00:22:14] Aneta:  And so let's go back a little bit to your childhood then, because I'm curious about who you were as a young person. You said you were a little shy, but did you have passions or sort of dreams for your future? Like what did little Malin think the future would look like for her?

[00:22:32] Malin: The only thing that I really remember is that I wanted to work with dolphins. But I don't know, like today I don't want to do that because I want them to be free. But I always have this feeling in my body that I want to save the world. And I've been hearing it so many times.

[00:22:55] Malin: You cannot save everyone. You cannot save the whole world. But I still in my body believe, just like we talk about, being in circles and having this community feeling, I still really believe in that butterfly effect. That it starts with me and my wings will affect others.

[00:23:18] Aneta: Of course, it'll vibrate out all that energy.

[00:23:21] Malin: So yeah. Maybe I cannot save the whole world by myself, just as you said, but together. I truly believe, and I really feel that we are in a time, even if there are a lot of things going on in the world, I really believe that so many people are waking up and I also think it's a lot because of social media that we learn more about each other and we can like you and me sitting on the other side of the world from each other. So I guess, I still believe that I, together with many others, can save the world.

[00:23:59] Aneta: Yeah and I feel the same thing with you and what I've noticed and just meeting people from different walks of life who are also on a mission to serve, to help others, to continue to grow is it makes me very optimistic. I'd like to be informed of what's happening in the world, but I don't believe that that's the true story because what I'm experiencing daily through conversations like this, really gives me hope and it really makes me optimistic. But it does require us to not be alone and in that way, social media has really helped in technologies like this that allow us to connect. So as you think about it, you have young children, I think you said, right?

[00:24:42] Malin: Yeah. 10 and 14. Two girls. 10 and 14. Yeah.

[00:24:46] Aneta: What are some of your hopes for your kids as they grow up? Especially as women in this world?

[00:24:52] Malin: Yeah, like right now, I think it's really hard for me because of social media. I have grown into the [00:25:00] social media, so I know the backside of it. I know that not everything is as it is on social media. But with my girls, haven't experienced the before and after. They just were born into this and sometimes I think it's super scary, what social media do to them. But at the same time, I'm also super, like for my own, I am so grateful for having social media because I've met so many amazing humans.

[00:25:31] Malin: But back to your question, my hope is that of course that they are feeling confident within themself and love themself and like are healthy of course. And also that they have the opportunity to try out things in life, like getting out to travel, meeting new cultures, and doing the things that they love.

[00:25:57] Malin: I am being really fortunate. Growing up with a mom and a dad that always supported me in whatever path I've been taking, they have always been supporting me. Even if they don't, like with breathwork, they didn't know what it was, but it was like, oh, they were super supportive. So yeah, I hope that I can do the same thing to my children as my parents did. Like always trusting and believing, and also making them go their own way.

[00:26:29] Aneta: I definitely understand some of the concern with social media because things can be good or bad depending on how we use it and how we allow some of these energies in, but I do love that. At least I think we are all exposed to new opportunities and new ways to see the world.

[00:26:46] Aneta: And even for those who aren't able to travel, you can still get glimpses and connect to others, which I do think makes the world feel a little bit smaller. Sometimes it could feel big, sometimes it could feel a little bit smaller with connections, which is beautiful.

[00:27:04] Aneta: So what are some of the things that you do? Because all of us, especially as we take care of others and we do energy work and we facilitate classes. Sometimes we can become depleted or we feel like maybe we're not resourced. So what are some of the things that you either proactively or reactively do when you feel like your own energy maybe is dipping or needs to be replenished?

[00:27:30] Malin: For me, it's absolutely breathwork. It's my number one. Surprisingly. Because what I love about breath work and I guess why I fell in love with it is that we always have it with us. I mean, I have always been super curious about everything. Now I want to try this and let's try this and but with breathwork, I really feel that we always care about ourselves.

[00:27:58] Malin: It's so easy. If we remember to breathe, to just come back in a heartbeat, to come back to our center and I really experienced it this last couple of days, I had a breathwork session and I get always so super high because I love to hold space. But like going to bed afterward, I need to like, come back down. So, just a minute or two with breathwork, just shift my energy and come back to my center, and really calms me down.

[00:28:33] Aneta: Do you have a couple of favorite breaths that you tend to facilitate more often than others?

[00:28:41] Malin: I think that it is helo active that is inside or through our nose, out through our mouth, or it's the tri active breath, like breathing in through our mouth, down to our belly, up our chest and release. I like all of them actually. What we learn in our Facilitator program, but I guess these two are the most, two that I come back to. And also like top holds. I love doing top holds.

[00:29:17] Aneta: I love doing holds so much. And before I even started teaching breath work, I did breath work because of yoga. Cause I teach yoga, but it was pranayama, but every time I would teach meditation, I always instinctively did hold at the end and then invited everyone to kind of release it.

[00:29:41] Aneta: And I don't know why. It just felt good to do. I love holds and now facilitating breath work, I love doing top holds and also bottom holes, and just sometimes our instinct Is to want to resist or we're fearful of holding our [00:30:00] breath even though we have control over it. But when you can let go and allow it to feel so expansive, I always feel like I am floating in a hold.

[00:30:11] Aneta: And it's like you go beyond the point where you even feel like you're holding it and it just feels like you could stay in the hold forever. I don't know how to describe it. Do you have the same experience with it?

[00:30:24] Malin: Yeah. It's like you have to experience it, and I think that both with that top or bottom holes or just the framework itself, you really need to experience it. I mean, I can talk for hours about why you should do it, but yeah. It's all about the experience and I really feel like you, that the top holes or bottom holes are doing both. You get to another dimension or space, I don't know when it's like you never want to take that breath again. You're laying there just feeling it.

[00:30:54] Aneta: It's so crazy. I always say it's the space between, it just feels like you're creating time and space where it wasn't before. You're just creating this elongating the space. It just, I know it sounds a little interesting, but it feels pretty amazing. So is there anything else that you're curious about, any other sort of modalities or things that you are exploring for yourself or to add to the services that you provide?

[00:31:21] Malin: I work a little bit with essential oils or a lot, I would say. I love to have essential oils also, as cacao and essential oils came into my life almost the same. That's also a really good tool for me. I always have oils for whatever occasion and like you said in the beginning, like dancing, or like shaking. Everything that has with our body is like shifting our energy. I love to do that, but I think that the thing we need to do is just remember it.

[00:31:59] Malin: I mean, often we know like we can be super angry or sad or whatever, and we know we have all the tools, but we forget or we are like, Ugh, no, I don't want to dance or I don't want to breathe, or, but when we do afterward we are like, why didn't I do this earlier?

[00:32:16] Aneta: Well, it's so true because the energy can get stored in, the body can get stuck, and it's amazing when you're able to let go and to release and we can't allow, I think we can't receive or allow other things in the good things that we want if there's no space and if there's stale energy or things are blocked within our energy centers.

[00:32:38] Aneta: And so it does feel so amazing. And so it's interesting cause I feel like breath work right now is almost where yoga was, maybe 10 years ago, 15 years ago. I'm not sure when, but I do think, and maybe it's because we're in this space and so I know so many breathwork facilitators. I don't know if everyone else feels it, but it's almost like, sort of the sister of yoga and meditation, and it's just starting to evolve again, even though breathwork has been around forever. And of course, we all have our breath with us at all times.

[00:33:17] Malin: I'm feeling the same too. And I'm so grateful for it. Even my dentist's boss, she's not into what I'm doing, with the breath work, but sometimes she asks me like, can you come here and just support her with the patient with the breath?

[00:33:31] Malin: And for me, it's like, yeah. And I was working in Ethiopia back in 2019 with some amazing people, dentists, and dental nurses. And we were a big amazing team working there. And I have this picture in my mind. I was working with one of the dentists, and we have this, it's not in my mind, we have a picture of it and we have this woman that we don't speak the same language. I don't remember what we were doing, but I think we were pulled out of the tooth.

[00:34:06] Malin: And in that picture, I was holding my hand on her and she was holding her hand on mine. And that picture is sat so much about the power of our breath. Like, we didn't speak the same language at all. She was laying there, getting her tooth pulled out. But just for me, like focusing on the breath with her, that was just like So that's what I love with breathwork. Coming back to breathwork again.

[00:34:37] Aneta: Yeah. Well, it's, our humanity, right? I mean it's the indication that we are alive. And every time I teach I always say, it's our constant companion from the moment we enter this world to the moment we transition. It's with us and it's just a beautiful tool and a companion and sometimes we just have to pay attention and just remember that it's there for us. So I'm curious, what were you doing in Ethiopia? So you kind of glossed over the work you were doing, but it sounds like you guys were doing some amazing things.

[00:35:13] Malin: Yeah, it is like Dental Health Without Borders?

[00:35:18] Aneta: Oh, it's similar to Doctors Without Borders.

[00:35:20] Malin: But, okay. So it's beautiful he is from Ethiopia but he lives in Norway, so he wanted to give back to his people. So he started this Dental Health Without Borders to give back to his people. So they're going to Ethiopia and they're going to Jamaica. So I was there together with my boss and it was a beautiful experience doing it with her but also doing it with a big team. We were a lot of dental workers and we were helping people that were living on the street. In Ethiopia, the people that we were working with or on, they don't even have a toothbrush. So I mean, it's so different from how we work here in Norway. So also our job is to teach the dental staff down in Ethiopia to teach them.

[00:36:21] Malin: So it's kind of this exchange. But it's amazing to work and again, work with humans and also don't speak the same language it's so cool how we can communicate with just body language and like with smiles. The smiles on these humans, some you can see it in their eyes before when they don't have maybe just one tooth. Not me, but then, the rest of the team were creating like new smiles and you just see it in their eyes and it's like, wow. Yeah. So it was really, really hectic, but it was really one of the coolest experience and most beautiful experiences I've ever done. The young people are so, so, so lovely.

[00:37:07] Aneta: That's so beautiful. And just another example of how you serve and give back to the world, Malin. So how can we best support you? How can people find you? How can they learn more about what you offer and your services?

[00:37:24] Malin: Yeah, I would say, especially on Instagram. I guess that's where I'm the most so follow me there. I am called @begin.within. So begin within with a dot in between. And that name came up to me in 2016. I was sitting with my best friend and I was like, okay. It just came. I just don't love Wow. Don't be loud at it from somewhere. And that name had like, just been with me since then.

[00:37:58] Malin: I also started a little bit of a breathwork community where I breathe once a week, and my intention for that community is to, again, create space, a safe space where people can come and breathe or just watch the recording or maybe share whatever that came up during a session or during the day. So for me, that's also an opportunity for others if they want to hang with me.

[00:38:28] Aneta: Thank you for all that you do and just for being such a bright light in this world. And I wish you continued success with everything that you do. And I ask everyone a final question. The question is tied to the title of the podcast, which comes from a quote what does it mean to you to live the width of your life?

[00:38:48] Malin: Yeah, I was thinking about this. I think it is, again, coming back to that goal of that go out of that comfort zone. Like, do the things that you love. Fail, that's how we learn.

[00:39:04] Malin: Maybe that didn't work out, but I guess you will never regret that you did it instead of sitting there not doing it and connecting with people. I think for some people it's really hard. Like my friends aren't the ones that like where we were a couple of years ago, like trying to find new people to hang with or if it is like yoga, go to a yoga class.

[00:39:30] Malin: It's super scary. But one really good thing that I love is actually going alone because then you meet a lot of new humans. If you go with someone, you feel safe with that one. If you go alone, you need to connect with others. And yeah, it can be super scary. But for me, and like again, community, connect with people. Find your tribe. I think that's really important to not isolate.

[00:40:01] Aneta: I love your response. I love the way you think. Malin, thank you so much for being my guest today and I look forward to speaking to you again soon. Have an amazing day.

[00:40:11] Malin: Thank you. Bye.

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