{"id":2878,"date":"2020-06-04T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2878"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:22:35","slug":"ep-131-freedom-and-how-not-to-squander-it","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/podcast\/ep-131-freedom-and-how-not-to-squander-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 131 &#8211; Freedom And How Not To Squander It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode, we explore what is worse &#8211; squandering you\u2019re money or squandering your freedom, and we conclude that, for me anyway, squandering my freedom would be far worse. So how can you ensure that you don\u2019t waste your freedom? And how free are you anyway? That will look different for each of us.\u00a0<br><br>Visit the online ashram at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/lets-get-to-work\/\">http:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/<\/a>. Join the email list to ask questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow THIS link to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastingpeace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.LastingPeace.org<\/a>\u00a0where you can work through the roadmap online, get an awesome mentor who has been through it themselves, help others, and maybe even get a nice new title for your resume! Check it out!\u00a0<br><br>Podcast Topics:\u00a0Freedom, money, finance, risk, life goals, true self, Kathryn Colleen, connection, complete connection, purna asatti, stages, cycle, cycle of human development, human development, self-development, self-improvement, seeing yourself, life optimization, self mastery, finding peace, lasting peace,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastingpeace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lastingpeace.org<\/a>, spirituality, religion, Consciousness, consciousness mastery, Roadmap, music, writing, podcasts, art, global peace, understanding people, business, personal, couples<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A podcast episode weighing whether squandering money or squandering freedom is worse, concluding freedom matters most, and exploring how to avoid wasting it and how free we really are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"http:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ep-131-Freedom-And-How-Not-To-Squander-It.m4a","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"14:38","filesize":"17.5 MB","filesize_raw":"18359022","date_recorded":"28-04-2020","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"131","itunes_title":"Freedom And How Not To Squander It","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full"},"tags":[44,1419,864,540,1625,1926,1781,357,1005,374,1003,1001,1481,944,934,1454,1460,1944,1002,1337,43,1929,1927,865,371,1942,879,354,1006,355,1004,372,358,1943,1589,1928],"series":[212],"class_list":["post-2878","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-art","tag-business","tag-complete-connection","tag-connection","tag-consciousness","tag-consciousness-mastery","tag-couples","tag-cycle","tag-cycle-of-human-development","tag-finance","tag-finding-peace","tag-freedom","tag-global-peace","tag-human-development","tag-kathryn-colleen","tag-lasting-peace","tag-lastingpeace-org","tag-life-goals","tag-life-optimization","tag-money","tag-music","tag-personal","tag-podcasts","tag-purna-asatti","tag-religion","tag-risk","tag-roadmap","tag-seeing-yourself","tag-self-mastery","tag-self-development","tag-self-improvement","tag-spirituality","tag-stages","tag-true-self","tag-understanding-people","tag-writing","series-on-life-and-being-human"],"acf":{"recommend_blurb":"For anyone weighing money against freedom in life decisions and wanting to protect what matters most. 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