Spiritually Fierce the Podcast

Some people come into your life and leave an instant indelible mark on your soul. Dr Susan Nicholas is one such woman for me. I am awed by the grace and intelligence of Susan, and was riveted by her compelling story of breaking free of intergenerational poverty, becoming a surgeon, and achieving all that she intended only to discover that she was not fulfilled. Happiness continued to elude her and so she made radical changes in her life. You'll be as captivated as I am with this amazing interview.

Biography

Dr. Susan Nicholas is a physician and surgeon who after a conscious awakening, transitioned her life and founded SusanNicholas.org: a conscious media company.

Today, she is a life transformation guide, quantum energy healer, and international speaker.

Her speaking platform is The Frequency of Money, where she inspires audiences to positively transform their relationship with money. Susan is a TEDx presenter on Money Consciousness: Overcoming Generational Poverty.

As the founder of the Human Consciousness Consortium Publishing, Dr. Nicholas is a four-time author of “The Duality of Being”, “Two Parts of Me”, “The Death of Cupcake” and “Poor Max: A Story About Overcoming Generational Poverty” (2022).

Susan also hosts the Be Conscious® Podcast. Her diverse work has a common thread to awaken humanity to consciousness. She is a frequent guest podcaster for international medical and business influencers.

Susan’s perspectives and works have been featured in Yahoo! Finance, the Associated Press (AP), HuffPost, Authority Magazine, Conscious Life Journal, SWAAY Media, Thrive Global, The Native Influence, TEDx, Forbes Books Radio, FOX News, and NBC8 “Ask The Doctor”.

In this episode we discuss:

• contemplating suicide at the height of her worldly success and how this opened Susan to her inner voice
• the soulful void
• From surgeon to entrepreneur to the gift of consciousness
• how to overcome the financial fear of stepping into spiritual work

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In this episode, I get to spend time with the firecracker that is Susan Burrell. Her theme for this year is re-emergence, and she shares how aligning even more with the highest vibration creates a strong attraction or repulsion from others. We talk about what we lose when we follow this path, including in both our cases, our marriages. Empowered surrender is the path Susan has followed and she is a beautiful example of this. 

Biography 

Susan Burrell is the author of “Live Your Empowered Life: A 30-Day Journey Book” and she has a thought-provoking podcast called Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell that can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio and other popular platforms. Her guided meditations are accessible through the Insight Timer App. Susan is a feisty Scorpio (was even born with the red hair to back it up!) who has navigated life by learning how to listen within to that Divine urge that keeps pointing her in the direction of her life’s purpose even when she can’t see the road. She is a guide in the crossroads of life with a Masters Degree in Consciousness. Susan has been counseling and supporting people in transforming from the inside out for over 25 years. Her methods are proven because she has lived this journey to empowerment. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• lightleaders vs lightworkers
• the fallacy of spiritual 'safety'
• Spiritual self-responsibility
• the spiritual meaning of the pandemic

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In this episode, Leneth guides me through her journey to become the spiritual feminist and lead a sacred rebellion. She unpacks why these two ideas - spirituality and feminism - are so often misunderstood. I sort Leneth out to be interviewed on the podcast because I love the title of her podcast and all she stands for. Leneth is a no nonsense Dutch woman on a mission and this conversation is so rich. 

Biography 

Leneth is the founder of The Spiritual Feminist, a platform and podcast for women who feel the call to live an empowered and more spiritually-minded life. As an intuitive mentor, energy healer and yoga teacher, Leneth guides women back to their own innate wisdom and inspires them to ignite their inner fire. Her popular podcast features conversations with Becca Piastrelli, Cassandra Wilder and Sarah Robinson, among others, and covers a wide range of topics within holistic healing, cyclical living and embodied empowerment. Leneth’s main mission in life is to show women that everything they need, they already carry within them. Now is the time to journey home to that inner magic! 

In this episode we discuss: 

• the internalised beliefs of womanhood keep us small
• how the good girl is making us unworthy
• understanding intersectional feminism
• the responsibility of spiritual white women

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Kellie is a woman on a mission to invite us to look to the skies to heal the earth. She rightly argues that whilst we follow a form of astrology that doesn't even match what the stars and planets are doing in the sky, then we have no chance of being connected to our natural environment. As an earth scientist, Kellie is inspiring us all to wake up, look up and get real about our personal, spiritual responsibility to save our planet. 

Biography 

Kellie is both a Scientist and Astrologer on a mission. A mission to reunite humanity with our ecological and cosmological selves, igniting awe and imagination and creating our new vision for Earth, together! Humans have been gazing at the planets and Stars for thousands, if not millions of years. Just as the moon pulls on our body’s waters and the sun dictates our circadian rhythm, the movement of the planets are reflective of both the cycles on Earth and the changes within each of us. Kellie has previously worked as a contaminated land practitioner for over 20 years at the same time she was learning and practicing Astrology. Kellie has also trained as an Intuitive Intelligence Trainer and Yoga Teacher. Kellie uses 13 Sign Sidereal Astrology which is observational astrology and matches what we can see in the sky. Kellie believes we need to observe our environment, including the planets and stars, to come back into connection with it. Modern mainstream western astrology does not correlate to what can be seen in the sky. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• how astrology and environmental science have always been side by side in her life
• why sidereal astrology is the astrology for our times
• the problem with tropical "pop" astrology - it doesn't usually match where the planets are in the sky!
• the removal of a zodiac to remove women from spiritual authority

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In this episode, I interview my beloved yoga teacher, the owner of Liquid Room in Bayside, Melbourne. Asian-born, raised in Canada, and long-time Melbourne resident, Ivy came into my life in the gap between the many lockdowns in Melbourne. We talk about the heavy job of keeping a yoga and float studio afloat (pardon the pun!) during Covid. And what home truly means, and how to create it.

Biography

Ivy Mckenna is the owner and creator of Liquid Room, a space created to provide individuals with a haven for respite from a world where the word 'busy' has become more of an identity rather than just an adjective describing one's moment in time. 

An immigrant child born to a Malaysian/Chinese mother and father, she has grown up understanding the importance of hard work through her childhood experiences of being a non-English speaking kid. At the age of 12, she had to learn the English language while being thrown in an English Catholic school when she first arrived in Sydney, Australia and then moved to Montreal, Canada two years later. Growing up, she faced many challenges to secure opportunities where, as a minority living in a low socio-economic western society, opportunities were hard to come by. Despite these challenges, her fiery spirit and her tenacity to succeed helped her thrive in whatever she takes on. 

Prior to Liquid Room, Ivy had graduated with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Computer Science along with a Diploma of Marketing. She was employed by several major IT companies, working with clients ranging from the US Military, and Telecommunications to big brand Automotive industry. Following her time in IT, she progressed her career into Digital Marketing and Advertising, managing digital media projects during a time when digital media was only in its infancy, and a few more years leading to what it is today. 

She is a full-time single mother of two girls and a successful entrepreneur, who has grown her business from a staff of 2 to more than 16 employees within 8 months of opening in 2016. She has travelled to more than 10 countries around the world both for leisure and business, across Europe, Asia and the South Pacific Islands, just to name a few. 

Ivy believes that her success can only continue if she embraces her past challenges and celebrates her failures, viewing them as the necessary wisdom to be happy and arrive at a balance in life. She continues to learn and sees herself as a necessary contributor rather than seeking reward as an entitlement for her hard work. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• the power of 'floating' 
• how she chose to support her community and teachers during lockdown
• what she has observed in people post-lockdown
• the challenges of running a business in this new paradigm

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In this episode, I get to know my soul sister Elisha Halpin even more. Especially her fierce and forward-thinking philosophies on embodiment and the nervous system as it connects to spiritual awakening. Elisha is breaking new ground in this territory even as it is being co-opted by the Instagram self-help machine. Her depth, passion, commitment and vision in this field is extraordinary.

In this episode we discuss:

• Nervous system regulation as a spectrum not simply regulated or dysregulated
• The mystical experience in Ireland that awakened Elisha's spiritual journey
• 'Performative' nervous system regulation vs spiritually mature, responsive regulation

Biography

Elisha Halpin is a sacred life mentor and embodiment coach for visionaries, creatives, healers, and coaches. As the Priestess behind the Leader, Elisha facilitates sacred leaders into the embodiment of their Soul's Essence allowing them to trust their power, create their sacred service to have an impact, and authentically express their truth. As a channel of Divine Feminine wisdom, Elisha’s mission is a revolution of leadership through reclaiming our sacred nature and following our Intuitive Intelligence. Elisha is the creatrix of Sacred Soul Somatics. She supports through 1:1 and group programs. Elisha trains leaders in Divine Feminine Leadership and Priestessing. She also works with a small circle of women on evolving consciousness and divine feminine codes through mystery school and pilgrimage work. 

At the Institute for Intuitive Intelligence, Elisha is the Teaching and Learning Coordinator and the creator and teacher of the Advanced Practitioner program for Embodiment. She is also a certified Intuitive Intelligence Trainer and Teacher. Elisha partners her channelling and intuitive work with Somatics, Embodied Coaching, Sacred Life Coaching, Breathwork, and Neurosculpting for a whole system approach to transformation. Elisha is also a tenured professor at Penn State. She is also an embedded faculty member in the Arts and Design Research Incubator with her research into somatic interventions for trauma and stress.

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I contacted Amelia to be on the podcast after I read a post of hers that stated, 'weed makes me a better mom'. I knew I needed to get her in to unpack this and explore something that struck a deep chord in me without knowing why. What followed was one of my all-time fave interviews as Amelia shared so deeply about her life, on the precipice of packing up her family and moving from California to Portugal. If you are interested in understanding how Psilocybin, weed and so much more might support your best life then lean in! 

Biography 

Amelia Travis is a women’s coach, writer, speaker, breathwork facilitator and yoga teacher who has impacted thousands of lives through yoga education programs and women’s empowerment retreats.

Amelia’s journey to an empowered life wasn’t easy. Body dysmorphia, people-pleasing and perfectionist tendencies led to drug addiction, disordered eating, abusive relationships and a “sugar baby” lifestyle. Through yoga, surfing, and spirituality, Amelia found her way to healing and educating others while building a multi-six figure business serving women. 

She is a powerful truth-teller, TEDx speaker, and her writing has been published in Yoga Journal, Huffington Post, and the Inertia. She’s the founder of Stoked Yogi and host of the Women Awake event and podcast. 

Amelia holds a BA in literature and creative writing, Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500, breathwork certifications with David Elliott, and she doesn’t plan to ever stop learning. 

You can find her on the beach, in the ocean, the circle of women, or wandering in nature somewhere, singing songs with her two male bodied patriarchy disrupting children, and her surf-rat husband, Brent. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• From sugar baby to devout Christian
• being a little stoned allows the lens of appreciation and curiosity
• the history of the regulation and use of cannabis and Psilocybin
• The profound mystical teacher that is fungi

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In this episode, not only do Josephine Hardman and In discover we have a similar background, from being raised in spiritual homes to pursuing the path of academia, we also learn that we share a very similar ethos in our current service. Josephine is a passionate teacher of the Akashic records. She has a strong ethical foundation and strives to provide her students with the keys to their own freedom beyond the ego, spiritual gatekeeping and avoiding spiritual bypassing. This is a rich conversation, and I adore Josephine's insight to the Akash. There is so much to learn here so settle in and enjoy.

In this episode we discuss

• spiritual gatekeeping and the myth of 'special conditions' to access the Akash
• inclusive spirituality and teaching inner authority
• Josephine's perspective on what the Akashic records are and how to access them
• Accurate, relevant, useful spiritual information - applying spirituality to everyday life!

Biography: 

Josephine Hardman, PhD is a certified intuitive healer and Akashic Records practitioner and teacher. She taught college for 10 years before leaving academia to do spiritual work full-time. Her purpose is to help her clients and students awaken the healer within -- the aspect of themselves that is powerfully intuitive, wise, connected, and at peace. Through a self-paced course and a comprehensive certification program, Josephine teaches others how to access the Akashic Records for healing, transformation, and spiritual evolution.

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In this episode, Intuitive Business Mentor, Chenae Carey explains why she chose the road less travelled in resisting the trinkets and superstitions of the new age. Chenae is a champion of so many - the little crusader - who is committed to ending tall poppy syndrome and setting spiritual women free on the path of their sacred service. She is a natural-born leader and inspires others to step up and out into the world through her demonstration.

In this episode we discuss

• the wound of not being good enough for spiritual businesswomen
• why we need to charge for our work in the spiritual industry
• lack mentality and division between women in business
• why not everyone is an entrepreneur

Biography:

Chenae Carey is an Intuitive Business Mentor specialising in businesses run by women.

Chenae bridges the gap between practical strategy and intuitive guidance, drawing upon her Bachelor of Business and robust experience in the intuitive sciences to support her clients.

Hundreds of wellness, spiritual, coaching and creative businesses globally have worked with Chenae to confidently attract more clients, save time and increase efficiency.

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In this episode, Jolinda Johnson and I discuss choosing to follow the road less travelled. Despite completing a degree at Columbia University and on track to becoming a diplomat, Jolinda followed the inner compass of her intuition and now lives in Spain as a perimenopause and burnout coach and priestess to high achievers. Jolinda has an extraordinary story. Deeply considered, intelligent and intuitive, Jolinda shares insightfully on the topics of purpose, perimenopause, perfectionism and personal power.

Biography

Jolinda Johnson (M.S.Ed., CHHC) is an award-winning Certified Life Coach and Holistic Health Coach who specializes in burnout and perimenopause. She's obsessed with helping changemakers and revolutionaries get back their spark so they can go set the world on fire. She wants to change the narrative around perimenopause and give attention to the voices that are typically left out of the conversation, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and people under 45.

She is a sought after guest on podcasts, has been featured on the cover of Inspired Coach magazine, and was the recipient of the Beautiful You Coaching Academy CEO Shine Award in 2021. She’s also taken to the stage as a motivational speaker for other life coaches and can be found on the popular website Healthline.

Jolinda's originally from Detroit, Michigan but earned her B.A. from Columbia University in New York City and completed her Master's of Science in Education as part of the NYC Teaching Fellows program at Pace University in 2006. For the last fourteen years, she's made her home as a single mother in Barcelona, Spain.

In this episode we discuss:

• the moment Jolinda realised she is a priestess
• creating a new life from scratch in a new country
• choosing an unconventional path as a high achiever

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In this episode, I have the privilege of spending time with Balinese priestess, Luh Manis. Luh is a revolutionary Balinese woman, who didn't follow the traditional path of marrying young and having children straight away. Luh is a spiritual leader in her community, but it took more than 5 years for her to earn the respect of her community. The life of sacred service has been with her for over 14 years, and in this role, Luh has also sought to change the face of Balinese tourism to increase the focus on spiritual tourism. She is an extraordinary blessing in my life and I know you'll love this conversation as much as I did.

Biography

Luh Manis was born and raised in Bali. She is a trained “Jero” or Balinese priestess, who has responsibility in her local community to lead ceremonies.

On becoming a Jero, she found her sensitivity to energy heightened, so turned to yoga and mediation to balance it. She has since gained her 200 hour yoga teacher training from Shakti Mhi at Prana Yoga College.

She now practices and teaches hatha and prana yoga, and meditation, full-time.

In this episode we discuss:

• Choosing not to follow the patriarchal path laid out for her life
• Life in Bali during the pandemic
• What happened to bring Luh to the realisation that she is a priestess, plus
• A profound guided meditation energy blessing from Luh. Please note there is a period of silence in this podcast during the meditation. Please ensure you do not participate in the meditation until you are in a safe space to do so.

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Julie Parker is a woman who lives her values. Several years, Jules turned down a Hay House publishing contract for her book, Priestess. It was a decision she shared with her community, and it had a profound impact on me. Here was a woman surrendering something that so many of us in the spiritual world consider the pinnacle of spiritual success. In this episode, Julie explains her decision and what happened after that bold choice.

Julie shares her writing process, her feelings about launching a book during a pandemic and why the Priestess is the archetype for our times.

Biography: 

Julie Parker is the Founder of The Beautiful You Coaching Academy where she passionately trains heart centered people to become life coaches. As the Co-Founder of Priestess Temple School, a global movement devoted to uplifting modern day Priestesses as they explore sacred leadership and service in the 21st century, Julie is committed to contributing to a world where presence, healing and social justice are honoured. She has trained with High Priestesses and Modern Day Mystery Schools from all over the world.

Julie has inspired thousands of people as an in-demand speaker, sacred circle holder, priestess and flower essence practitioner, and is the recipient of numerous leadership and women’s awards. Host of the top-ranking Priestess Podcast, Julie has interviewed some of the world’s great spiritual thought leaders and has a committed spiritual practice that honours her Celtic lineage, connection to the Great Mother and self.

Book name: PRIESTESS: Ancient Spiritual Wisdom for Modern Sacred Women

Priestess is a spiritual guide and companion that will inspire you to explore what it means to be a modern spiritual leader and priestess in today’s world. No matter whether you identify as a priestess now, are excitingly exploring your possibilities as one, or are simply curious about your calling in life as a spiritual being, Priestess will inspire you to fall in love with your healing, the Goddess, your cyclic nature and beauty, Mother Earth, true sisterhood, and your capacity to meaningfully touch the lives of those around you.

In this episode we discuss:

• the priestess as the sacred leader
• the reaction from her community to turning down the Hay House contract
• letting go of the vision of the launch of Priestess
  

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In this fascinating interview, Dr Peta Stapelton, 2019 Australian Psychologist of the year, and global EFT expert, so generously shares the process of becoming a Hay House author. She recounts the moment, standing in the foyer at a conference, that Dr Joe Dispenza told her to write the book that would become The Science Behind Tapping.

Peta is honest about the struggles she faced bringing this book to the world, including facing down criticism from her colleague and how to do justice to such a vast field. I was hooked on every word and so awed by the openness and warmth of this world leader. Peta is committed to bringing EFT to the mainstream and changing the landscape of psychological practice. This is a truly inspiring conversation on what happens when we decide to take personal action towards leading a revolution.

Biography:

Dr Peta Stapleton is a registered clinical/health Psychologist and Associate Professor, Bond University (Australia) who embraces evidence-based and innovative techniques. Peta is a world-leading researcher in Emotional Freedom Techniques (‘Tapping’) and led a world first study investigating brain changes after EFT. She was awarded the Harvey Baker Research Award for meticulous research (Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology), and was named 2019 Psychologist of the Year (Australian Allied Health Awards). Peta has authored The Science Behind Tapping: A Proven Stress Management Technique for the Mind and Body (Hay House), which won Best Self-Help Book (2019 Best Book Awards, American Book Fest).

Book:

The Science Behind Tapping: A Proven Stress Management Technique for the Mind and Body

This book presents the research and evidence behind Emotional Freedom Technique in an easy-to-read manner and also offers client stories of their experiences.

Emotional Freedom Techniques, or simply EFT, is a powerful way to deal with unresolved issues, transform beliefs, and reprogram yourself for greater happiness and success. Commonly called "tapping," EFT has been utilized by thousands of people worldwide. If you're holding this book, you've probably tried it at least once--or heard about it from a friend.

EFT researcher and author Peta Stapleton, Ph.D., brings together the history and cutting-edge research of tapping. She also shows how tapping can be used for a whole host of ailments, including anxiety, weight issues, depression, trauma, and more. Dr. Stapleton's own groundbreaking study involving food cravings in overweight adults helped establish EFT as an effective, valid form of therapy.

In The Science behind Tapping, you'll come away with a deeper understanding of what EFT is and how it can help you. The book starts with a beginner's guide to EFT, which includes tapping statements and phrases, as well as helpful charts showing the location of tapping acupoints on the face and upper body. After taking you through its many uses, Dr. Stapleton also explores the common obstacles to success with EFT--and how to combat them.

In this episode we discuss:

• What happens when Reid Tracy, CEO of Hay House personally calls to ask you to write a book
• How to find the right tone for your book to speak to your audience
• Why printing a mock-up of your book cover will help you get it done (and Jessica Ortner thinks so too!)

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Leonie speaks to the doors that a book can open and the long term opportunities that Mother Om has brought to her life. Leonie is committed to the legacy of her work in the world and the importance of service to her sense of Self. Whether she's reading poetry on the toilet or standing on stage delivering a keynote, Leonie is a force to be reckoned with. This episode is inspiring and delightful. Jump in. 

Biography:

Leonie Laukkanen is an Intuitive Mentor, Yoga and Mindfulness teacher, Speaker, Wellbeing Facilitator, Author of the award-winning international best selling book Mother Om and Awakening, and the creator of Luna Phoenix Designs.

For over 10 years Leonie has been teaching yogic principles, mindfulness, intuition, and the art of living life from our heart’s intelligence. Leonie teaches Corporate Wellness programs and supports women to return to wholeness. 

Book: Awakening - Meet The Women Birthing A New Earth

Are your eyes wide open? Can you see and feel the deep transformation that is happening on a global level? We are collectively experiencing a great pause, an opportunity to re-evaluate priorities, beliefs, and what matters most moving forward. It’s becoming apparent that certain skill sets will become increasingly valuable. In this book, you’ll meet women from around the world who are experts in their fields. They have the knowledge and experience, but most of all they embody what they teach. Whether you are ready to look at what authentic work means for you, explore and tap into your spiritual gifts, world school your kids, or learn how to start a garden in your yard, this book will open your heart and mind to what’s possible and what it takes to thrive in a new earth. 

Book: Mother Om - Connect with yourself and your child on one mindful moment a day. 

Being a mother is a journey filled with blissful moments but also times of intense frustration. We are plugged in, overstimulated and we struggle to relax. For us to have content children we must find a way to connect with ourselves, our children and the world around us. Mother Om provides you with the tools to manage the emotional journey of motherhood. Leonie will guide you along a spiritual path by opening up your conscious mind and teaching you to be present, speak your truth and live with an open heart. Mother Om shows you the benefits of yoga and mindfulness for children and includes practical advice and meditations for you and your children. If you value compassion, connection and commitment, MotherOm will motivate, inspire and empower you. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• From divorce to divinity
• What it takes to get a book to publication
• The importance of research in the writing process
• Writing a book as a way to get to know yourself
• Leveraging the opportunity brought by being a published author
• Knowing your values and principles to create compelling service

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Laura Elizabeth has always worked to hold womens' stories and to help them move through their stories. First as an energy healer, and now as a publisher. Laura calls in women to share their stories as part of her publishing house, Maven Press, and is deeply aware of the power and catharsis of writing our stories through and out. This woman is deeply soulful and passionately connected to her service in the world. She generously shares her own insight into why so many feel called to write our stories.

Biography:

Laura Elizabeth is a trailblazing change maker and advocate for women’s empowerment. Author of Loving Herself Whole, Back Yourself! Wild Woman Rising, Rising Matriarch, Heartcentred Leadership and The Women Changing The World. Director at Maven Press, Creatress of Kuntea, and owner of Laura Elizabeth Wellness/Erotic Maven Medicine.

Laura is dedicated to creating intimate experiences for conscious women ready to step into a deeper layer of understanding of themselves. Assisting them to embrace and embody their sensuality, reclaim their voices and own their personal power.

A passionate solo mother of three, leading by example, smashing goals and living with purpose, Laura hopes to be a positive influence for her own children to reach their full potential and inspire others to do the same.

Book: Heartcentred Leadership

A multi-author collaboration that shares inspiring stories about women who have chosen to lead from their hearts and change the world. Heart centred Leadership is a collection of stories for women, by women focused on inspiring purpose, vision and everyday courage. Featuring real-life, relatable role models from all walks of life; these women are leaders in entrepreneurialism, education, conscious living, innovation and who had the courage to listen to the call to make a difference, and took action to make it happen. Having the confidence to take action as a heart-centred leader is one of the most important qualities you need to succeed in making a difference, and these women have bared all to share their wisdom.

In this episode we discuss:

• how inspiration lands for her book projects
• the healing power of journaling
• the blessing in the pandemic for writers and readers
• how the 'turn on' guides her to her next book topic

In this profound conversation, Krista shares her experience of writing her journey from losing her mother to breast cancer and making the decision to become a 'previvor'. Krista explains why she chose to publish her journals of this most personal story, and the unexpected joy of a global community that it brought. I love Krista's take on the notion of connection versus interaction. Krista is such an engaging guest and speaks with ease and grace on big and often taboo topics. 

Bio: Through her writing, art, and consciousness design, Krista guides humans in creating passionate and pleasure-led lives and loves. Whether speaking, leading circles, or in sessions, Krista embodies her service to the collective as the Bliss Mystic: an author and sexologist, an artist and poet. She is the creator of collage art and author of books, including Unlearn Moderation, Body 2.0, and Ischemia. She finds her own edge through hiking, dancing, crosswords, weightlifting, and wandering in her RV. Krista’s practice is global and her home is oceanside a few steps from the magical Maine woods. 

Book: Body 2.0 To honour her mother’s deathbed advice to head off breast cancer and “be there” for her boys, Krista Hammerbacher Haapala chose to trade healthy breasts for longevity and peace of mind. In Body 2.0, Krista chronicles the personal research, medical process, bodily changes, and the emotional toll involved in the more than two-year odyssey of what she referred to as her “Body 2.0 vision quest.” Through it all, Krista shares her insights for living awake during even the darkest times, and captures the raw ebbs and flows she and her family experienced in the face of her wrenching decision. She takes on body image, the sexualization of breast cancer, motherhood, and maternal relationships, as well as how to sustain an intimate, loving partnership. An unflinching, irreverent take on preventative double mastectomy, Body 2.0 is a guide to reframing adversity, finding inspiration, and shaping your own life. 

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Alicia's energy and presence is so refreshing. She generously shares her personal story of awakening, from stressed-out workaholic mum of two, to discovering she channels spirit as she hung out the clothes on the washing line! Alicia holds nothing back and offers her compelling story of coming out of the spiritual closet to publishing her own spiritual text to support others.

Bio:

Alicia is a Spirit Channeler and has been a lawyer for almost 20 years. She is married to Mark, a tradie from Northern England. They have four children together and live in Melbourne, Australia. Alicia is the Founder of the Global Soul Centre and her work is to help people, particularly women, to learn about their energy, to have more enjoyment and vibrancy and to remember who they really are, infinite, eternal beings of light. Alicia discovered she is a channeler in March 2012 when she was hanging out the washing.

Book: PURE ENERGY - The Busy Woman's Energy Guide to Thrive

PURE ENERGY helps you remember who you truly are and where you are truly from. This book reminds you that you are not your body. You are a magnificent being of light that is ultimately one with all beings. Alicia guides you home to your truth, your infinite power and teaches you how to work with your energy to live a more meaningful, joyful and vibrant life. Alicia shares simple, yet powerful, energy rituals to bring you back into presence and sacredness and to connect you to source energy, amongst this busy and modern world.

In this episode we discuss:

• Alicia's top piece of advice to writers
• How Mel Robbins inspired her to step out of her spiritual closet
• Claiming the title of writer
• the journey of self-publishing

What don't we talk about in this episode? Carlie has big ideas and the depth of commitment to realise them. This woman is congruence itself, and shares so deeply. Carlie speaks to many ideas in this interview, but the courage to be authentically ourselves shines through as the key idea in all she shares. We touch on why you don't need permission or qualification to write, how erotic fiction nearly ended up being her chosen subject over personal development and why Grace Tame is getting her all shook up. You are going to love this conversation.

Bio:

Carlie Maree is the master of motivational intelligence.

She’s a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, online educator, renegade researcher, sought-after speaker and creator of the binge-worthy podcast ‘Genius Unleashed’.

With her bold teachings and revolutionary frameworks, she empowers women all over the world to live differently.

She has a deep understanding of how women work - what motivates us, what drives us, and what holds us back.

And since coming out in 2019 with her ground-breaking book and Netflix-style documentary, she’s holding nothing back.

This woman is the real deal. She’s here to change everything.

Book: Soul Modes

Overview of book: 

Soul Modes is a declaration of the hidden magic that resides inside all women. It is a manual for doing life in a way that feels good, a way that honours our natural nature and a way that enables us to truly thrive. Women the world over are fighting against the tide, rather than riding our own waves. Women are powerful. We are here to change the world. But we are living in a society that is not set up for us to shine. This book sets the framework for a new way of living. It will call upon you to cultivate radical new levels of self-care, self-love, self-awareness and as a result, self-discovery. In this revolutionary self help guide, the author provides tangible tactics to uncover the intricate and sophisticated guidance system within, empowering women to achieve the balance and growth they’re craving.

In this episode we discuss:

• Know, like and trust OURSELVES is key
• Rebuilding the Self after being shattered by life experiences through Soul Modes
• Writing as art
• Why we are drawn to writing
• The creation of depth in our service and ourselves by writing a book
• What Grace Tame frowning at the Prime Minister has agitated awake in Carlie
• Social justice, not being liked, and stopping pretending everything is ok

In this episode, Kathryn generously shares her wisdom and on-point knowledge on how to get going as a writer. Kathryn shares the power of committing to daily articles, writing groups and finding the support you need to get the work done. This episode has so much in it to benefit writers from practical know how to connecting to the God voice to channel content. Kathryn is eloquent and inspiring and you'll be hooked from the get go.

Kathryn Eriksen is known as the Wealthy Alchemist, teaching women how to create wealth from within.

After practicing law for 23 years, Kathryn began writing inspirational fiction novels and discovered a passion for coaching women on how to reconnect to their abundant selves, their creative powers and their natural ability to peacefully create abundant wealth.

A certified meditation and mindfulness teacher, her coaching programs are embedded with mindfulness principles, and many of her meditations can be found on Insight Timer.

Kathryn's greatest joy is to show women how to connect to their Feminine Money Super Powers and create a peaceful relationship with money, abundance, and wealth.

Her latest book is “The Money Tree: Transform Scarcity Thinking to Empowered Wealth Consciousness.” It’s available on Amazon as a Kindle ebook or in paperback.

Learn more about Kathryn and her services at EmpoweredWay.com.

Book name: The Money Tree: Transform Scarcity Thinking to Empowered Wealth Consciousness

Overview of book: The Money Tree is a spiritual parable disguised as a lesson plan for anyone with a troubled money relationship. The narrator is Flow, a delightful spirit who leaves her blissful existence with Divine Love to become the Money Tree. The only problem is, she has to learn the lessons herself before teaching them to her students.

Flow soon learns that life on earth isn't what she expected. She discovers the powerful energy of wanting and becomes lost when she believes her ego. But when Flow believes that she has failed in her mission, she disconnects from Divine Love and experiences spiritual amnesia.

How does she find her way back? What happens to change her beliefs about herself, her purpose, and her sense of worthiness?

Flow's journey holds the key for all of us. She discovers how to create abundant wealth using feminine energy and wisdom. It's called Empowered Wealth Consciousness, and it's available to everyone who longs to step out of scarcity and into prosperity.

And now Flow wants to share these revelations with you.

Do you want to be a published author? So many people do, and especially so it seems in the spiritual world. Why is that? What draws us to it? And how can we make it happen?

In our very first episode, Dr Rj introduces her own writing process and the journey that it has taken to arrive at this moment, on the eve of the publication of her third book, Superconscious Intuition.

Dr Ricci-Jane Adams is the principal of the Institute for Intuitive Intelligence®, a world-class, global professional intuition training school. She trains exceptional spiritual women as new paradigm priestesses, socially conscious leaders and profound mystics. Ricci-Jane is the author of bestselling Spiritually Fierce, as well as Intuitive Intelligence Training and the forthcoming Superconscious Intuition. Ricci-Jane has a doctorate from the University of Melbourne in magical realism. She has spent over twenty-five years devoted to her spiritual awakening and is a qualified Transpersonal Counsellor.

In this episode we discuss:

1. magical realism and why Dr RJ completed a doctorate on the subject
2. the art vs the craft of writing
3. what it takes to go from idea to realisation
4. working out if your idea is worthy of the sweat, time and money it will take to get the book published

A note from RJ...

Welcome to Spiritually Fierce, the podcast, the next part of the unfolding journey of the spiritually fierce movement. Season one is dedicated to authors, writers and the writing process. Writing is something so many of us are drawn to. In this season we speak with authors who have made that leap from idea to realised book. Practical and inspiring, season one brings deep wisdom from some incredible spiritual authors. You are so welcome here.

Ricci-Jane xo

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