Practical Shamanism

In this podcast, I challenge a popular meme that suggests we should be grateful for the present because in 20 years, we'll wish we could return to where we are now. I strongly disagree with this notion. Those who listen to this type of podcast are actively investing in a future where they have greater physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Modern culture bombards us with toxic ideas that ch...

In this episode, I explore the concept of psychic protection, especially for those who are energetically sensitive. I share personal experiences and discuss practical strategies to protect one's energy field from unwanted influences. Learn more about how to create energetic boundaries, manage psychic noise, and protect yourself from both subtle and intense energetic disturbances. You can read an a...

Some of the catch phrases like "I deserve" and "I have trouble knowing my worth" can take people further away from the experience they want to have rather than closer. They can turn us towards inner work that won't produce the results were hoping and, worst case, can bolster a story that we're entitled to things we're truly not. In this podcast, I explore some alternate perspectives that I believe...

In past lives, we tended to place energetic bindings on the oaths and vows we swore.   These could be vows of marriage, chastity, or poverty.   In each case, there were energetic structures put in place to hold us to the vow.   Often those past life promises are disruptive to our contemporary experiences.   So, it's wise to clear them and free ourselves.   In this podcast I teach more about how th...

Sometimes people have the false belief that they need to resolve all the pain and trauma of the past before they can make functional choices in the present.   In this podcast, I talk about some focus points to help yourself make a very quick shift or change when a pattern urgently needs to change.   I hope to give you a better map for pathways to healing that don't have to have a big time lag to g...

Healthy lifestyle changes can become a complicated and loaded topic.   The amount of information can be overwhelming and it's easy to feel like what we're doing is never enough.   In this episode I explore some new perspectives that may help you set your compass for an aligned lifestyle without shame or self-doubt.   I find that when we take care of our physical experience, our spiritual experienc...

If you're hurt and angered by unsolicited criticism, you come by it honestly through human biology.   It activates our instincts.   In the modern world, we navigate so many intrusive opinions about how we live our lives coming from people who aren't stakeholders in how we do life. Having a well-thought-out personal policy about who is and isn't invited to give advice, feedback, reflection, or crit...

When we raise our vibration (or make our energy brighter), we move through the world more easily.   It improves our direct, in the moment experience as well as helping to manifest things that support us and deflect things that do not.   There are many things we can do to raise our vibration.   Ideally, you want to create a personal list of things that have a high return on investment of results fo...

When we're stressed, our minds often ruminate on the past and worry about the future.   When it comes to the future, we tend to imagine that we'll have the same or less (money, support, health, etc.) to deal with hard things.   Meditation and moving our bodies are great medicine for this.   But, for me, I also cultivate the ability to facilitate my mind into shifting away from overthinking the fut...

In this episode I talk about creativity and money and where those intersect and where they don't.   I also share that I'm musing on the future of the podcast.   If this podcast has had value for you, I hope you'll drop me a line at katie@handsoverheart.com and let me know.   Or tag me on Facebook or Instagram with a comment. I'm celebrating the milestone of over 40,000 unique downloads, which is w...

I recently enjoyed a magical trip through Yellowstone and Wyoming.   I share about my journey and some reflections along the way in this episode.    Want to support my work and be supported by my team of guides?  Check out my membership offer: https://www.patreon.com/practicalshamanism Want more audio content from me? Check out my online academy at https://academy.handsoverheart.com/   Sound editi...

People often end up limiting their emotional experience to a handful of flavors.   These could be unpleasant ones that they default into and/or favorite ones that they chase.   This approach disconnects us from a lot of the opportunity of the human experience and tends to promote some health challenges along the way. In this podcast I share a bit about a client of mine who had a number of lifetime...

Most of us receive little or no training in how to use our psychic and intuitive abilities to effectively support our lives.   The default can be hypervigilance even when we're enjoying excellent safety.   In this podcast, I talk about how to redirect your third eye to maintain appropriate situation awareness, while mostly scanning for possibilities and ways forward.   This simple redirection will...

Our best qualities can also, if left unsupervised and allowed to run amok, be the qualities that most damage our relationships.   In this podcast I pull from some recent moments in my own life exploring Destined for Doom ways of relating that we may feel are actually likely to create success, no matter how much evidence we have experienced to the contrary.   I explore unsolicited advice, contribut...

I'd like to offer some insight on navigating weight loss with self-compassion.   The less struggle we can bring to lifestyle changes, the more sustainable they become.   As it happens, I wrote up some really cool show notes when I first recorded this, but I'm in the Yellowstone area when this is due for release and my cloud drive didn't agree with me about making them available as I roam.     So,...

Lifestyle changes can be incredibly complicated to implement and sustain.   Giving yourself grace with this complexity and implementing a plan to address this aspect will improve your results.   I talk about lining up the energy around the change we want.   And also, about overcoming the aversion chemistry that seeks to get us to avoid implement things that we know are good for us but our inner ca...

We have an aspect of our soul that is the bridge between the human experience and the soul journey.   It's connected both to the now and the eternal.   We can learn to use our mind to direct our psychic abilities to take counsel with our inner wise one!   For a variety of reasons, sometimes doing something like shamanic journey may not be the optimal way to send our awareness out to talk with our...

As a former engineer turned shamanic practitioner, I'm incredibly interested in efficiency and elegance in addressing the question of what will create the most holistically fulfilling life.   In this podcast, I explore some ways to get to clarity on what you want, to screen out the ways our minds lie to us, and to find a sustainable path forward toward that outcome. Want to support my work and be...

A powerful way to sustain health, vitality and personal happiness is by keeping the fire of your passion for living vibrant and bright. I often work with people who don't have a death wish, but neither do they have a particular life wish. The lack of a strong vision and intention in this area can create vulnerability to illness and accidents.   Learn about tending and amplifying your life wish! Wa...

In this episode I share about a couple of months that were hard for me.   Sometimes it's one big thing and other times a number of small things that undermine our well-being and emotional centeredness.   I hope this episode helps you to have compassion for yourself and others when things get tough.   Also, to have a realistic idea about what mindset and meditation can and can't do to help.   And I...

I adore traveling and connecting with land magic!   I even wrote a short book with all my best knowledge:   https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Travel-Practical-Shamanism-Vacations-ebook/dp/B00C2LKZE6 In this episode, I share about some of my top travel tips for working with energy and connecting with the land.   Also, some specifics about places like Ireland, Peru, Iceland, New Mexico, Death Valley and...

Sometimes we get so wounded by other people's messiness and unskillful relating or outright bad behavior that we don't want to engage our hearts with other people going forward.  We can unconsciously (or consciously) create heart armor to avoid future connection.   We can even distort and disrupt our natural, healthy ability to run energetic connection with other humans. I invite you to treat heal...

I had a journey some years ago wherein my guides talked to me about ways I was using my will and magic to stabilize things in my life that had run their course out of a fear of and resistance to change.   They shared ways it was limiting the life I would live and asked me to make a choice about this aspect. In this podcast, I talk about ways to catch when we're doing this and how our instincts can...

I received an email from a former client I haven't interacted with in years that went into detail about how terrible I was for holding a boundary about being paid in the standard way before working with her.   It included expressions of pity that I was such a terrible, money motivated person that I would do such a hurtful, obviously awful thing to her.   It was, among other things, a trip down mem...

I find myself in a season where my deepest longings are for time freedom and less external stimulation.   I'm taking a break from many of the things I normally engaging in, like travel and dating.   I'm also taking a break from my personal improvement goals and settling for sustaining what's already in place for supporting my body, mind, and spirit. I'm quilting, engaging with my business and clie...