my costa rica story: why you need to get out of your comfort zone
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Hello, hello, beautiful souls, and welcome to the Claim Your Power podcast, the ultimate show for all things new age spirituality, entrepreneurship, and embodied leadership. I'm your host, Kim Peretz. I'm an author, entrepreneur, and yoga enthusiast. If you're ready to step up, tap into your gifts, and unleash your potential, you are at the right place. It's time to claim your power.

Hello, my beautiful friends, and welcome back to the pod. I hope you're having a wonderful day, whatever time it is where you are right now. For me, it's currently 8.57 p.m. Just to give you a little visual imagery, I am currently sitting on a pull-out bed. I told you guys last episode that I'm in the process of moving, and yeah, we're still on that journey right now. So I'm currently sitting on a pull-out bed. My room is completely empty other than that.

And yeah, I'm starting a new chapter and moving. I'm going off to this new energy, new vibration. And I feel like today's episode topic really aligns with this whole idea of starting a new chapter and entering this new vibration. So today I thought we're going to be talking about... Honestly, this episode is not going to be very long thinking about it. Well, I say that now and then watch it be like 30 minutes where I go on a ramble, but...

I'm intending for it to not be very long because the thing and the topic that I want to talk about today does not require, honestly, like such deep like inner work. And it's more just like a basic human experience topic that I want to talk about. So, wow, I'm babbling on and on. You guys don't even know what we're talking about today. But today's podcast episode is all about why you need to start going out of your comfort zone.

I have genuinely never met a person in my life that regretted going out of the comfort zone. I have never met someone who was like, yep, I took the leap and I regretted it. Like, no, that just does not happen. And the reason so many of us are so scared and feel so daunted to go out of our comfort zone is because it's a new energy and a new frequency that

And it's a place we haven't been before. And as humans, our egos tend to resist change. We like stagnancy. We like cycles. We like comfort. And so when a new energy comes in or a new opportunity or a new chapter, you know, shows up in our lives, our higher self wants to take it. But a lot of the time our ego comes in, comes out to play and is like,

and all the self-doubt and the limiting beliefs and the scarcity mindset and the fear come out. So trust me though when I say that you will never regret going out of your comfort zone, especially when it's something that your soul wants, okay? Like I'm not saying like going out of your comfort zone where you don't want to spend time with someone or you have an intuitive feeling like you don't want to go do a certain thing or hang out with a certain person. Like that is not the comfort zone that I'm talking about.

I am talking about something that your soul wants to do, that your higher self wants you to do, that you know that you need to do. Maybe it's taking that trip. Maybe it's applying for that new job. Maybe it's following a certain dream. And you know deep in your heart, deep in your veins that you need to do that. But it's daunting and it feels far away and it feels out of your comfort zone. That is the comfort zone that I'm talking about. And that is the comfort zone that I am going to empower you to take the leap on.

and get out of. Your desires seek you as much as you seek them. If you have like this lingering thought, this lingering dream that you just can't get out of, like some part of you inside your soul, you just know you need to go to that country. You just know you need to book that flight. You just know you need to quit that job and like start your own business. If a part of you is feeling like that,

and it's inside of you, just know that that desire exists within you for a reason. And the way I see it is like the universe just like took a little seed and planted it in you. And that's what your soul did for you. And now the question is, are you going to take action on it? Are you going to honor that little seed and allow it to prosper and bloom into a beautiful flower? Because when you get out of your comfort zone and you say yes to new opportunities, you are basically signaling to the universe, hey,

What's up? I am ready to level up. I am ready to experience more love, more abundance, more success, more prosperity in my life. And when you get out of that comfort zone, you are basically entering a new vibration. When we stay in the same place at the same time in stagnancy, there is no expansion. In life, you always have a choice.

evolve or remain. And if you always stay within the limits of your comfort zone, you will never evolve. You will never grow as a person and as a soul because everything will be so familiar to you and everything will just be the same repetitive pattern. And a lot of people go into life being like that. They spend their entire human experience being in their comfort zone, being in their own limits and not testing outside of it and not following their dreams and not acting on their soul's calling. And

And yes, their life may be comfortable that way, but there is no growth. There is no fulfillment because there's like when you get out of your comfort zone, when you do something that scares you, but you know is good for you, you will get this like adrenaline rush within you. You're like, oh my God, I know I need to do this, but everything inside of me is so scared to do it.

but you know you need to do it. And when you take the leap, you're surrendering your power back to the universe for a moment. And you're saying, okay, guide me, show me the way, show me why this is meant for me. And when you do that, when you take the leap,

It's like you're a little butterfly and when you decide to fly out for a little moment and spread your wings, that's it. The universe has got your back from there on. You just have to spread your wings for a little moment. You just have to get out of your comfort zone. You just have to do something that feels uncomfortable to you for a moment and

that you know is right for you. And the second you spread your wings, it's like you are no longer alone. The universe is holding on to you and has got your back through every single step of the way. Okay, so I have a little story time about my own life experience, about a time that I went completely out of my comfort zone, took a leap, surrendered to the universe, and it changed my life. So I have always had a deep knowing and a deep dream that I need to go to Costa Rica.

And paired with that, I've always had a dream to become a yoga teacher and to earn my 200 hour yoga license. And if there's any like yoga teachers listening or people who want to become a yoga teacher, the 200 hour intensive training, I mean, it's an intense training. You are there for like several weeks, you're doing yoga every day, you are learning a lot. But that was something that I genuinely wanted to do because I have such a deep passion and love for yoga. And I

beyond exercise. It's a spiritual practice for me. And so I really wanted to earn my yoga license and do that certification. But obviously, that's a very daunting thing. I mean, it's a big commitment, both financially, physically, emotionally, on a time level too. I mean, you're dedicating many, you're just taking a kind of like a break from

a hiatus from life for three weeks and you're just doing the training. And so that was something that I've always wanted to do and was a dream of mine. But there was a lot of resistance for me at first. There was a lot of self-doubt. I felt like I'm not a perfect yogi, like I shouldn't be learning to be a teacher or I felt scared to do the intensive training. I felt like I might not like it, blah, blah, blah. The list goes on of the self-doubt. Okay. One day I decided, no, I need to do this.

And actually, fun fact, the reason I decided to do this is because I was going through a really hard phase in my life. I mean, I was emotionally feeling very lost. I was heartbroken. Physically, I was battling a lot of different health issues and yoga was like the one thing that was healing me, the one thing that was actually helping. And so...

I remember just thinking to myself, I need to do this. Like I need to find a way to do this. I need to find the financial means. I need to find the physical means. I need to find the right program, but I need to make this happen for myself. And I remember I wrote down in my journal, okay, I'm going to do this. Like this is going to happen. Universe, show me the right program for me. Show me the right time that I need to do this. I surrender. Just allow me to do this for myself and for my soul.

So I was doing lots of research and no program that I was finding felt aligned for me. There were so many reasons why I didn't want to do them and I think subconsciously I was limiting myself at the time but I'm really happy about the way things turned out and that I didn't just settle for every program and that I found one that felt really aligned for me.

But like two months later into doing research and giving you guys a little timeline, originally I was planning on doing my yoga certification in January. But no matter how many programs I was researching and looking for, nothing felt aligned for me. It felt like there was a lot of resistance and a lot of blocks and I just didn't end up doing it. Cue to June, I actually ended up doing my training in June.

And I remember doing research and I saw a program on book yoga retreats through Nexus Yoga Institute. And that's actually my yoga school where I got my certification. And I saw that program and I saw where it was in Costa Rica. And I was like, this is my place.

I don't know why, but I need to go there. Like I actually have goosebumps like right now by telling this story, but I remember just like seeing the program, seeing like the images they put up, the description, the way they have it scheduled, the area that it was located in in Costa Rica. And I was just like, this is my program. I don't know why, but I had like a deep soul knowing that I was meant to go there. So I actually found the program pretty late. So

I think I want to say like I signed up for it like two and a half weeks before or like three weeks before. There was like probably two other spots left, but I remember seeing the program and I was like, oh my God, this is me. Like I need to go here. And it was so scary at first. I was so scared. I remember like emailing the yoga school and asking so many questions and telling them like how nervous I am and how I don't know if it's the right fit. Yeah.

And just like all these things. And but a part of me just knew like, Kim, shut the fuck up. Like, like straight up. Like, what are you saying? Like, you need to do this. And so I found a way with a lot of manifestation and a lot of intention and just like a lot of honestly praying. I found a way to get to go and to make it work. And I went there.

And it was the scariest leap that I've ever taken on my life. I mean, I solo traveled to Costa Rica. I've never been to Costa Rica before. It was very scary to do it at first. I was so nervous. I remember like the night before I was like, oh my God, like I am so nervous about traveling by myself and like going all the way there by myself and not knowing anything and feeling imposter syndrome and just feeling lost. And I just remember like,

After I took that leave and I booked the flight and I was sitting on the airplane, I was like, I had this deep sense of peace and nothing was perfect. Okay. Like I was all alone. I was very scared. I was nervous. I felt confused, but I was just sitting on that airplane and I was like, okay, this is meant to happen because I wouldn't be on this airplane right now on this flight if I was not meant to go there. And I just kept telling that to myself.

And here's where the universe started to test me a little and play some games, but all good games. So I'm on the flight all by myself. Turns out the plane ran out of fuel. So we had to make an emergency landing at a completely different airport. Also, it's important to mention that I had no data because we were in Costa Rica. So my phone wasn't connected yet. I didn't have Wi-Fi. I had no one to contact yet.

And we're not even like entering the airport. We're just sitting on the airplane. And I was supposed to arrive in Costa Rica at the actual airport that I was meant to in Liberia.

at a specific time to go and get on the shuttle because I needed to take a three-hour car ride to where I was actually going. And the shuttle that I booked was supposed to have another person from my program. So I knew like, okay, I'm getting to the airport, but I'm meeting somebody else. So I'm not alone on the drive and I'm going to get to the yoga retreat with another person from the program. But I'm on this plane and

not in the right airport, in San Jose airport. And I'm just like, there's no way to contact the shuttle. There's no way to contact this person. And I remember being like, shit universe, why are you doing this to me? Like, I took a leap of faith, leave me alone. But then after, you know, I had like a little like freak out session in my head for a moment. I was like, no,

nope, I'm not gonna let this freak me out. I'm going to allow this to soften me. I'm going to allow this to be an opportunity to connect to my inner power, to connect to my intuition and to connect back to the universe. So I'm sitting there on the plane. Not only did the plane run out of fuel and that's why we had to make an emergency landing, but there was also a storm in Liberia. So we didn't know when we were able to fly back out to the Liberia airport again. So I'm sitting there and completely exhausted

immersed in the unknown. I have no idea when I'm going to arrive. I don't even know if I'm going to arrive. I don't know if I'm going to have to get off that plane and find a new flight. I didn't know what was happening. So instead of freaking out because I knew that that was the old way I would respond to those situations and I knew that if I was taking that leap and I was going out of my comfort zone, I also needed to respond to things differently. And so I remember just sitting on that plane, staring out the window and I closed my eyes and

And I just meditated and I started talking to the universe in my head and I was like, universe, I need your help right now. I was calling in my spirit guides. I was like, I need your guidance right now. I need you to light the path for me. I need you to show me the way and I need you to help me get to where I need to go safely and in a way that I feel safe and empowered and confident.

And I'm just there closing my eyes, meditating, really tapping into my heart again, tapping into the universe. And I just continued asking for guidance. I just said, show me the way, show me the way, pave me the path, light me the way, give me the answers, right?

Guide me and I just kept asking for guidance because I believe that as humans we have free will and we can ask for guidance And I just remember feeling so alone on that plane and i'm meditating through and i'm just like i'm not alone There's always power and love within me. The universe always has my back. So i'm never ever alone and probably Five minutes later. I opened my eyes, you know, i'm just sitting on the plane and

going through, looking out the window, trying to understand what's going on. Suddenly, someone that's a row ahead of me, that's like on the other adjacent side of the plane. So I'm like sitting on one side of it and she's on the other side, one row ahead. She like makes eye contact with me and she says, hey, are you Kim? And I was like, oh yes, I am. Like, what's your name? I was like really confused. I didn't know who she was at first.

and she said her name and she said I saw you in the whatsapp group chat for the yoga program like you're going to nexus and I was like no way I am not alone on this plane like there is another person on the plane that is one row ahead of me that is exactly in my situation that probably feels just as stuck as lost as I do and I'm no longer alone because I remember feeling so alone like as a woman I'm solo traveling and I was like

I'm so scared like I don't want to take a three-hour shuttle all by myself at night in Costa Rica when I don't know this country I've never been here before I'm young I was only 18

And I was very nervous. And I remember she recognized me and suddenly like, I was like, no way universe, you work really fast. Because suddenly I was like, I'm no longer alone. There's somebody from my program on the plane with me going through this together. So if we arrive late, we can take the shuttle, figure it out together. We can do it all together. I'm no longer alone in a foreign country that I've never been to. And that was just the greatest act possible.

And feeling a fate for me in my life. Like I've never felt more just connected to the universe before. Because it worked so fast. Like the second I stopped being so...

caught up in the chaos. And the second I stopped focusing so much on the problem and freaking out and being in a fear state, and I started to really channel solutions and channel guidance, that is when the answers started just flowing and gravitating to me. And I think that needed to happen to me. There definitely needed to happen to me. Looking back now, months later, it needed to happen because...

I acquired such a big sense of independence from that experience. But not just that, like I have learned from that experience that I can always tune into my own inner guidance no matter where I am and that I'm never alone. And that was something that I needed to learn. And in order for me to learn that, I needed to feel alone. I needed to feel lost and confused. And then I needed to realize the strength within me and alchemize that.

into feeling empowered and feeling connected to myself and the universe and my intuition. And so the reason I share this story is because after that, after like I had kind of like, I felt like my subconscious manifested that for me to see that I was still like, you know, nervous and scared of being alone. But after that, it's like the fear of being alone and the fear of feeling unsafe just

disappeared it just disappeared into thin air because I from then on no matter where I am I felt so connected to my inner power and I felt so connected to the universe and its inner guidance and after that I arrived in Costa Rica we ended up figuring out the shuttle situation we were able to contact them and they ended up waiting for us so we arrived in time and it was all okay like

luckily and thankfully and I'm so grateful looking back that that's how things unfolded and the reason I share part of this story is because I want you to know that when you take a leap and go out of your comfort zone it doesn't mean that things will always be perfect

But it also means that you are always guided and connected to source and to yourself and you can always tune into this intuition and to tune it back into the universe and to ask for guidance because no situation will be perfect when you go out of your comfort zone. There might be challenges and obstacles that are meant to make you stronger and wiser and evolve and grow but the

the universe always has your back and it's about whether or not you believe in it. It's about whether or not you tap into it. And after I arrived, you know, at Nexus and I had the most incredible three weeks, I transformed as a person. I felt like I have changed so much as a person.

versus like who I was before the training and who I was after, I left Costa Rica genuinely feeling like a new person. The connections that I made there, the experiences I had, all the things that I learned, all the spiritual and healing that I did there

was so expansive and so incredible. And I just look back and I'm like, this is why I wanted to go there. It's because I needed to heal there. Because before I left for Costa Rica, I was in a rough time in my life. I felt very lost. I felt a very lack of direction. I just didn't know who I was. And I...

went to Costa Rica with the intention of I am going to find myself again I'm going to come home to myself and I'm going to find self-love again and that is exactly what I did and I came out of it feeling so strong and so empowered and I'm just looking back and I'm so grateful that I took the leap and I went out of my comfort zone and it's so weird looking back because I remember sitting in

the gate at the airport before I departed for my flight and I remember just feeling so scared and I remember doubting my decision and thinking is this the right thing because going out of my comfort zone and taking the leap felt so uncomfortable and it felt so daunting because I've never been there but it was so amazing and so incredible and I came out of it and I look back now with so much gratitude and so much love for that experience and so much

Honestly, gratitude for myself as a person for being able to put the fear aside and to take the leap.

and get out of that comfort zone because I look back and I'm like, that experience changed me as a person and that was the reason that I was meant to go there and that was the reason that I did. And so if you have a dream, if you have something that your soul is being called to do, do it. Take the leap and I know it's scary and I know it feels daunting, but there is so much love and abundance waiting for you on the other side. When you take a leap and you follow your heart and you do something for your soul,

The universe will support you every single step of the way and you will come out of it feeling so empowered and so transformed. So if you're listening to this episode and you're thinking of a specific desire, a specific dream, or just a specific action or experience that your soul is craving, I invite you to act on it. I invite you to set the intention, to ask for the guidance, to find a way to make it happen for yourself, to get out of the comfort zone and to take the leap.

Because there is so much growth in doing something that feels uncomfortable to you. And there is so much prosperity waiting for you when you take the leap. So I invite you to do that. I invite you to maybe think for a moment of something that you really want to do, that you've been wanting to do for a while that's been in the back of your mind, but you've been too scared to do. And I invite you to think to yourself, what happens when I do it?

What happens if everything works out? What if everything works out? What if it turns out even better than I believe? Because so many of us tend to jump to the worst case scenarios. What if it doesn't work out? What if it sucks? What if it's terrible? But instead of doing that, instead of jumping to the worst case scenario, what if you started jumping to the best case?

And what if you started believing in your potential and in all the abundance that the universe has to offer you? How would your life be different? It's changing your thought patterns. It's changing your beliefs and starting to believe a new idea, a new notion. And this notion is that you are always guided. You are always supported. You are always loved. And there is so much good waiting for you. Good things are always coming for you. And the more you believe that and the more you reiterate that to yourself,

the more that the universe will confirm that to you in your reality. Beautiful souls, thank you so much for joining me in today's episode. As always, feel free to DM me on Instagram if you have any topic suggestions for future episodes or if you would like to apply to be a guest on the show. I hope you feel inspired to claim your power today. Bye!

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