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Since the spring equinox I have been running my program, Ascend The Underworld Within. This program teaches you how to gain a relationship with your darkness to free yourself from internal suffering. To live a liberated life. This has been my soul's mission to deliver this medicine. By facilitating it for the first time to its completion this past year, it has shown me the importance of centering the spiritual path. I wouldn't be where I am today or have the capacity to hold the responsibility of liberation, let alone embody it to then guide others, if I was continuing to center myself. Centering the spiritual path can still feel like a work in progress, but it is always a choice. Key Takeaways: Making your dreams into a reality, but can you keep making it happen? Fear of being seen when delivering your medicine, fear of your bigness, your light. How you do one thing is how you do everything. Centering your spiritual path. Parallels of choosing the spiritual path (your soul's path) to being chosen in romantic relationship. Hitting the moment of: There is no other option.   https://creatinglight.co Try a Somatic Activated Healing class for free, here! Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_

On this guest episode, we have the outstanding Danielle Be! Danielle (she/they), is a 41 year old, cisgender, queer, fat, disabled, culturally white woman of mixed descent. She has dedicated her life to the service of others - first, to smaller beings in the animal welfare field, and now, to humans, as she provides guidance from her path to yours. Her healing journey began from her deep need for understanding what was going on in her life and body. It is her honour to now provide spiritual guidance and embodied wisdom; she has found great solace, insight, and relief from her chronic conditions and suffering through a multimodal, interdisciplinary holistic approach to healing. Key Takeaways: How limiting mental health labels can be Taking agency over your body to let go of suffering When you hit the point of "no other option" within the liberation path Speaking up can feel like we are dying How unfree are we still? Realizing the cages we choose to stay in Feeling wellness in the body after speaking up   Danielle serves her local community in Northern Arizona, and supports and teaches this work around the world. You can learn more about her at www.daniellebecome.com Connect with Danielle: Instagram: @danielle_become Email: [email protected]

On this episode, we have another amazing guest, Kristen Lightwork! Kristen is a professional spiritual medium and tarot reader. Growing up us a military brat, she discovered that it wasn't just the houses that were haunted along the journey. She has always had a deep connection with the spiritual realm and paranormal ever since she was a little girl. Those experiences led Kristen to use her intuitive discernment and channel to bring forth messages from the other side.  She uses her gifts to help others find spiritual alignment in their lives and bridge the gap of belief in the spiritual world. Her readings involve the use of divination through tarot and channeling with your Spirit Guides to bring forth the messages that need to come through for the highest best purposes of those she connects with. Her passion is showing how to work with the tools we are given, alongside the spiritual realm, to discover the true alignment we are here to accomplish! Key Takeaways: What does it mean to be a medium? Let mediumship be an experiment The more you acknowledge and take action on what you see, hear, and feel from intuition + spirit, the stronger your channel becomes What is divination? Importance of discernment and protection when engaging with the unseen Trusting yourself and your channel    Connect with Kristen! Instagram: @kristenlightwork Threads: @kristenlightwork Check our her offerings and book a reading, here!

On this guest episode, I am thrilled to introduce you all to Vanessa! She is a Certified Practitioner in the Emotion Code, Body Code, Belief Code, Quantum Healing, and Intuitive Rebirth. She also has training in muscle Testing, Western Astrology, and Trauma Informed Care. She offers one-to-one energy shifting sessions and is creating a guide to help people connect with their own body and energy field through nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and self-reflection. Her vision for her business, Dawning Hope, is to let others know that even after the darkest night, the sun always rises, and the dawn brings new hope. Key Takeaways: The only constant is change The momentum of noticing great change in your life once you choose to heal Reminder that one part of Self does not make up your entire identity Each moment is finite and passing, so how can you be more present & drink up the moment? Grief is a friend gently reminding us of how each moment is impermanent Grief didn't take that moment, that experience, or that person The dance between feeling your pain but also allowing yourself to let it go We didn't come to Earth just to experience the tough lessons, we also came here to enjoy life   Check out all of Vanessa's offerings: https://www.dawninghope.net/ Connect with Vanessa on IG: @iamvanessadawn

Rejecting parts of self... we all do it. This is a protective mechanism that we automatically do in order to survive in the environments we grow up in. If a personality trait of the self is deemed unworthy or unlovable by our caregivers or society, we start to reject (suppress) those parts of self. We do this in order to receive love an belonging, which are basic needs as humans in order to survive. It can become a sacrifice to get those needs met which then comes with consequences. When we start to consistently reject parts of self, we are also rejecting aspects of our light, our power, our medicine. Tune in to today's episode to dive deeper! Key Takeaways: What is the shadow aspect of self? What is the positive intent of the shadow? How the shadow starts to rule the present moment Suppressing the shadow also suppresses its gift, the medicine that we hold Rejecting parts of self just intensifies the darkness within Accept that you're human, you're going to mess up, but you also get to keep learning from your mistakes    https://creatinglight.co Subscribe to the email list to get letters sharing about what's on my heart & soul. AND get free access to 2 somatic classes. Work with me 1:1 Somatic Class Replays Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_

Remember who you are... what a concept, right? I had a healer tell me this over a year ago, to which my ego quickly responded to that statement with, "Pretty sure I remember who the f**k I am, but thank you." LOL... On this episode, I share how that statement now makes sense, and that I did in fact forget who I was. Because 2022 was a massive year of spiritual lessons where I stepped off the path of alignment in various ways, one of the ways being that I took down my story on the podcast, and these last couple years I've been coming back into alignment. (interesting that it took twice as long to get back on the path but I guess that's karma for ya) It's been through revisiting the path back home to myself in this way, that I am remembering all over again.  Key Takeaways: We can never truly know who we are if we do not have a relationship with our darkness Our shadows (that we cannot get rid of) are equally us It's within the shadows our true essence and power lies Our wholeness never left   https://creatinglight.co Try a somatic activated healing class for free, here! Somatic Class Replays Work with me 1:1 Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_

On this guest episode, I am pleased to welcome, Bri Deemer!! Bri is on a mission of opening up heart chakras through somatic experiences. She is a retreat leader and somatic coach based out of Hawaii with 18 years of body work and reiki behind her (which is nothing short of powerful, calm, and clear). Bri has gone through a lot of change, grief, and triumphs in her 37 years of life, which has allowed her to have a depth many don't experience until their 50s. Her presence and embodiment is regularly put to practice through being a mother, free diver, and avid somatic experience seeker. Bri loves bringing this depth to you through her work, and she invites you to experience a transformation of stepping into your shameless power while having fun! Key Takeaways: So much of healing is within the integration process Grief is meant to be shared Duality of grief and love Stop trying to fix the moment by wanting to make people "feel better" when they're grieving, just let them grieve The importance of respecting people's threshold of discomfort When people are the abuser or the victim, both are having an internal war over self-worth People can become abusers when they aren't given the tools to process trauma Grief must be felt to break cycles When we are healing, we are witnessing our wounds, which allows us to transmute and release   Check out all of Bri's offerings on her website!! https://mariposabri.co Connect with Bri on instagram! @brideemer Watch this episode on YouTube

My Story pt6. Just because we leave a traumatic relationship, situation, or toxic cycle doesn't mean we then have the capacity to remain free from it. On this episode, I share what my life was like after I had left the trauma bonded relationship (the first time). That by leaving, it then created the space for my supressed pain to finally be felt so I could get free from internal suffering... but, I didn't actually have the capacity to be with that discomfort and feel it. This was the period of my life where I was in full swing of operating off my shadows. Doing anything I could to distract myself from my pain, and as a result, it lead me right back to what I had left.  Key Takeaways: Gaining a relationship with your darkness, your internal world, is a direct link to you being able to maintain freedom from internal suffering. People show you who they are early, and you need to believe them. When your story is messy, let it be what it is. Let it be messy. If you're unable to be with discomfort, the likelihood of you choosing dynamics that perpetuates past trauma is very high. How you show up in daily life is a mirror to how you relate to your darkness. Distraction, escapism, avoiding, and numbing are protective mechanisms from feeling emotional pain. Your shadows are not innately bad.      https://creatinglight.co Try a somatic activated healing class for free, here! Somatic Class Replays Work with me 1:1 Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_

On this episode, I discuss how I have been reconnecting to my darkness. That by re-sharing my story on the podcast it has re-surfaced shadow aspects of self that I didn't realized I had abandoned. They are being seen again and it's been challenging. Trust has been broken, fear is present, vulnerability is at the forefront, and my shadows have a lot to say. Deciding to no longer hide is no f*****g joke. Even though this has been challenging, it has also been liberating. I am remembering at a deeper level (as the spiral goes) that my wisdom lies within my darkness. That is where the medicine resides, and as the relationship with my darkness strengthens again, so does the relationship with my liberation. Key Takeaways: There is nothing wrong with you True love and light is here as a result of the embodiment of your darkness Being in tune with your shadow is being in tune with your authenticity How you do one thing is how you do everything If you shove down and reject your darkness, it will come up and affect how you live your daily life When you're in relationship with your darkness, as a byproduct, you're also in relationship with liberation     https://creatinglight.co Try a somatic activated healing class for free, here! Somatic Class Replays Work with me 1:1 Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_

Chaos is an inevitable part of life of being human. It is a guaranteed visitor at least twice a year during the spring and fall eclipse seasons. Since this is something that cannot be stopped, how can we then flow WITH chaos instead of resisting it (and hurting ourselves in the process)? On this episode, I share how chaos has been visiting me lately, how it is mirroring a previous chaotic time from 4 years ago, and how this time I was able to flow with it better. Spoiler alert, it involved feeling my feelings.  Key Takeaways: Being on the healing journey doesn't mean you're immune to chaos Being connected to your body helps with navigating chaos in a way that serves everyone's highest good instead of perpetuating harm Chaos is here to redirect you and show you where disharmony exists Darkness from your internal world is not innately bad     https://creatinglight.co Try a somatic activated healing class for free, here! Somatic Class Replays Work with me 1:1 Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_

On this guest episode we have the lovely Alexa Rising! Alexa is a spirited woman, who is stepping into a chapter of educating herself and community about ways to heal and find safety through movement, dance, and mindfulness. Recently certified as a Dharma Life and Soul Purpose Coach and Somatic Activated Healing Teacher, Alexa is learning to navigate the present through a lens of changing the course of her life by stepping away from her career as a teacher, and working to shift her life mindset through pursuing a more aware lifestyle.  During the past few years, Alexa has worked closely with those that are experiencing the grief of the death of loved ones. She herself is walking alongside her mohter, who is presently experiencing cancer, and processing how that has impacted their relationship as mother and daughter. Alexa is wanting to spread an understanding about how grief is a beautifully painful part of life that is not being talked about enough or being demonstrated on how to process it; when major life altering events occur to ourselves, loved ones, and collectively to all beings around the world. Alexa is also wanting to advocate that hope is possible even in the midst of grief. Key Takeaways: Grief doesn't have to be scary How grief brings in more honesty and presence in life Caring for a mother in the midst of cancer Being carried by unconditional love and hope through grief How somatic work helps us be able to be with grief instead of avoid, numb, escape, or disassociate Alchemizing the medicine of grief and death   Check out Alexa Rising's offerings on her website!! https://alexarising.com Ways to connect with Alexa: Instagram: @risingandsmiling YouTube: @risingandsmiling

On this episode, I give an introduction of what dreamwork is and how working with your dreams is a powerful tool for healing! Dreams do mean something and they are incredibly valuable in that they provide a direct pathway to our unconscious mind. As we continue to learn ways to connect to the self beyond conscious awareness is how healing gets to integrate, which means lasting change gets to take place. As Carl Jung beautifully put, "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." Key takeaways: Dreams can assist in healing trauma How to use art to further process dreams Dreams helps us gain a relationship with our unconscious mind, shadows, and darkness   https://creatinglight.co Try a somatic activated healing class for free, here! Work with me 1:1 Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_

On this short episode, I give you 3 somatic tools that you can practice at home! These somatic tools can be used individually, or be practices all together in a sequence, and will help you reconnect to the body. Use these tools when you feel overwhelmed, experiencing an intense feeling, lost in ruminating thoughts, feeling stuck, and of course, when you're feeling disconnected from your body or reality. If you find yourself curious about somatic movement after this episode and wanting to explore it more, you can try 2 somatic classes for free, here! New to somatic movement and interested in learning how to connect to the body? Sign up for the waitlist to know when the course, Somatic Movement 101, launches.  Work with me 1:1 Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_ https://creatinglight.co

We're getting comfy cozy in this episode as I speak on the topic of relationships and sexuality as a teenager while I'm recording this in my teenage-hood bedroom. Visiting my parents couldn't be more timely in the (pre-planned) episodes that happened to then be recorded at this time... For today, I continue to dive in on why it's so important for us as adults, to talk to our children about sex and sexuality. Why we need to take the responsibility of teaching them what is healthy and unhealthy when it comes to romantically relating to others.  Key Takeaways: How somatic work aids in healthy sexuality Learning the language of your body transfers into cultivating healthy relationships What can happen when we remain ignorant to sex and sexuality There is no sheltering the children from not being exposed to sex and sexuality, how we protect the children is through education   Try a somatic activated healing class for free, here! Work with me 1:1 Instagram: @creatinglight_ YouTube: @creatinglight_ https://creatinglight.co

In this episode, we have another guest, Kathleen Hayes!! Kathleen is an artist, a somatic coach & spiritual mentor, and a lifelong seeker of magic. Her journey led her from film school, to recreational therapy for children on the autism spectrum, to yoga teaching, to a master's in industrial & organizational psychology, and eventually, to coaching. After her lifelong anxiety and depression manifested as chronic pain, illness, and burnout, Kathleen quit her "dream" job (the safest one anyway), and dove into the world of somatic healing and spirituality, eventually becoming certified in Somatic Activated Healing. Her business, Embody You, is the culmination of this work, and her offering to all the sensitive kids who have forgotten their power. In this episode, we dive into all things somatic when it comes to being with anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, and perfectionism!  Key Takeaways: How to start unpacking the programming Importance of grounding down somatic work Doing somatic work to expand your capacity to be with discomfort vs to make an uncomfortable feeling go away Unlearning who capitalism taught you to be to rediscover your authentic self Taking accountability for your healing   Kathleen's prayer to you: May this work bring you closer to yourself, to the earth, and to the magic of all things. May you remember you own magic and wield it for a kinder world. May your healing ripple out to your communities and plant seeds in every heart you touch so that all being may be happy, healthy, and free.   Apply for 1:1 mentorship with Kathleen, here! Get the Unbecoming Workbook, here! Join the Unbecoming Community waitlist! The community will reopen for its second round in the Spring of 2025 :) Instagram: @embodyyouuu Threads: @embodyyouuu TikTok: @embodyyouuu