21 Mar 2026
22m

How to tune your inner voice | Rhonda Ross, Daniel Alexander Jones

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Rhonda Ross, singer, actress, and mindset coach, discusses emotional sovereignty, the idea that our feelings are determined by our thoughts, not our circumstances, and shares her practice for taking control of one's narrative. Ross recounts experiencing a dark period after professional setbacks and a physical separation from her husband, which led her to study the power of thought. She shares a story about Viney Burroughs, who offered a new perspective during a miscarriage. Ross details her "Tune Your Inner Voice" process: acknowledging agency, investigating feelings, identifying triggering thoughts (ASTs), and shifting them into intentionally nourishing thoughts (INTs) set to a melody, or "songtra." This practice, she argues, empowers individuals to manage their mindset, promoting kindness, equity, and peace by ending the cycle of victimhood and control.

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