Ep 123: The Art of Breaking Up with Adam Roa
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Ep 123: The Art of Breaking Up with Adam Roa
Episode 123: Show Notes
Adam Roa knows how it feels to be living a life that doesn’t speak the language of your soul, and he also knows the power that comes with choosing to follow your heart, no matter what expectations the world has of you.
Although it didn’t make logical sense to give up a promising career in advertising to pursue a risky one in acting, or to rent out an apartment without knowing where the rent money was going to come from, these decisions were led by the heart, and as you will hear in today’s episode, they paid off!
Today, Adam is a spoken word poet whose words have gone viral across the globe and have had such an impact on some people that they have had them tattooed on their bodies. Moreover, Adam is a lifestyle and business coach who has built communities and created courses that have had transformative effects on many lives.
Listen to this episode to hear about the journey that led to Adam’s spiritual awakening, the evolution of his understanding of relationships, and how to truly love yourself!
Key Points From This Episode:
Adam explains what motivated him to found The Create Community during the pandemic.
Lessons that Adam learned from his time as a wrestler.
The value of having people in your life who really believe in you.
How Adam’s idea of success changed after high school.
The link between personal development and acting.
The journey that led Adam to his spiritual awakening.
Adam’s first heart-driven decision.
How Adam’s acting career came to an end.
Adam’s first exposure to poetry, and how it changed the course of his life.
The poem that launched Adam’s career as a spoken-word poet.
Why Adam gave away 80% of everything he owned and go on the road.
Why you don’t need a massive following to be successful.
How moving into a place he couldn’t afford caused Adam to level up his business.
The evolution of Adam’s understanding of relationships.
Lessons Adam learned from The Art of Choosing Love project.
Why Adam created the Art of Breaking Up course, and what you can expect as an attendee.
An overview of Adam’s podcast, The Deep Dive, and his e-book, Treat Yourself Like Someone You Love.
How Adam defines success now.
Tweetables:
“The belief of one person in you can change the entire trajectory of your life. Just one person who really believes and sees you, maybe even more than you see yourself, that person who believes in you, even when you don't believe in yourself, that is an invaluable thing to have.” — @adam_roa [0:15:38]
“For me, acting was personal development. At its core, personal development is an exploration of one's emotions, to understand what causes them and how to shift them more into the direction that you want to go. That's acting.” — @adam_roa [0:24:27]
“I see spoken word poetry as bringing together my study of personal development and my life coaching, and all of the things that I was teaching, but done in an artistic way, which I think brings in a whole other element that makes it more powerful, and actually, can shift people a lot more quickly and more deeply.” — @adam_roa [0:35:49]
“Just because you become aware of something, if you don't take action on it, nothing's going to change.” — @adam_roa [0:39:12]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
The Create Community on Facebook