Spirit Sherpa ~ Spiritual Growth for Spiritual Entrepreneurs

Having expertise and a meaningful mission doesn't automatically translate into a business people understand—or an offer they're ready to buy. In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta works with Simona Renfreschi, an author building a parenting business designed to help parents navigate toddler tantrums and raise resilient, confident children. Simona has the knowledge, a six-week program,...

Psychic ability is only part of what determines how effectively a spiritual practitioner can work with energy. Capacity, discernment, belief, energetic boundaries, and the ability to hold and direct energy all influence what a practitioner can actually do with their gifts. In this live Psychic Gifts & Energetic Capacity Assessment, Kelle Sparta works with licensed acupuncturist Lisa Nicholson...

Speaking on stage can be more than sharing information. For experienced spiritual practitioners, coaches, and facilitators, it can become a transformational container. In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta works with Carole Hodges, the Life Change Navigator, as Carole shifts her business away from traditional coaching and toward paid speaking, writing, and a smaller number of private c...

What happens when the business you built no longer feels like the business you want to run? In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta coaches a spiritual entrepreneur through the tension between burnout recovery, business positioning, pricing, target markets, and the pressure to keep doing what once worked—even when it no longer feels aligned. The conversation explores a challenge many exp...

Spiritual coaches, psychics, healers, mediums, and intuitive practitioners may not think of themselves as obvious targets for sophisticated scams—but they are being targeted. In this episode of Spirit Sherpa, Kelle Sparta shares two bizarre real-life scam attempts that came directly to her and breaks down the psychological tactics that made them initially seem worth investigating. The first began...

A coaching certification can give you information, frameworks, and techniques—but that doesn’t necessarily mean you know how to use them well. In this episode of Spirit Sherpa, Kelle Sparta talks with certified coach Barbara about what was missing from Barbara’s original coach training and what practitioners actually need in order to work with clients responsibly and effectively. They explore the...

The way people seek spiritual guidance is changing. Instead of waiting days or weeks for a scheduled reading, more clients want immediate access to psychics, intuitives, spiritual advisors, and other practitioners—and they're increasingly willing to pay by the minute for it. In this episode of Spirit Sherpa, Kelle Sparta talks with Adam Frank, CEO of Hypsee, about the rise of on-demand spiritual g...

Building a transformational healing business requires more than powerful modalities—it requires clear messaging, strategic positioning, and a business model your clients can actually understand. In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta works with Alida Moncada, founder of Aya Mama, to uncover why even highly effective transformational work can be difficult to sell. Together they explore b...

How do you know which psychic abilities come naturally to you—and which ones still need development? In this special episode, Kelle Sparta introduces a brand-new Psychic Skills & Energetic Capacity Assessment , a comprehensive reading designed to identify a practitioner's strongest intuitive gifts, energetic capacity, blind spots, and next stage of spiritual development. Using volunteer Tasha...

Creating a transformational program is only the first step. If people are visiting your sales page but not buying, the problem often isn't your offer—it's how you're communicating its value. In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta works with trauma-informed life coach and astrologer Katie Utterback to uncover why a powerful transformational program wasn't converting into sales. Together...

You've done the therapy. You've attended the retreats. You've read the books. So why do the same patterns keep returning? In this episode, Kelle Sparta explores one of the most frustrating experiences on the spiritual path: doing years of personal growth work without experiencing lasting transformation. She explains why healing isn't a linear process, how identity shapes lasting change, and why ma...

Why do some spiritual entrepreneurs continue to struggle financially even after years of personal growth, healing, and mindset work? In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta coaches a holistic entrepreneur through a persistent scarcity pattern that has repeatedly limited her business growth. Together they uncover the childhood experiences driving unconscious self-sabotage, explore why gui...

The spiritual world often encourages people to "raise their vibration," but what if that advice is actually reinforcing the very patterns you're trying to overcome? In this episode, Kelle Sparta explores why chasing a "high vibe" state can become another form of performative spirituality and explains where your energetic vibration truly comes from. Rather than relying on temporary techniques that...

In this rare full-length Sacred Business Calibration episode, Kelle Sparta sits down with Carlos Tanner, director of the Ayahuasca Foundation, to explore an ambitious new vision: creating a plant medicine-assisted recovery program for veterans struggling with PTSD and substance use disorder. Drawing from his own recovery journey and nearly two decades of experience with plant medicine education an...

Many spiritual practitioners, empaths, coaches, and highly sensitive people are reporting the same experience right now: old wounds, childhood trauma, emotional overwhelm, and long-buried patterns are suddenly rising to the surface. In this episode, Kelle Sparta explores why these collective energetic shifts may be triggering unresolved material, how trauma stored before language can emerge, and w...

Most spiritual practitioners spend years mastering healing modalities, certifications, and transformational tools—but still struggle to attract clients consistently. In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta works with healer Anastasia Papanikolaou to uncover the hidden blocks preventing spiritual practitioners from creating thriving businesses. Together they explore business containers, n...

Most spiritual practitioners create content without a clear discoverability strategy. Kelle Sparta did the same thing for years. Now, with more than 400 podcast episodes and the rise of AI-powered search, she's rebuilding her entire content ecosystem around SEO, keyword intent, and conversion strategy. In this behind-the-scenes episode, Kelle walks through her actual workflow, including how she us...

In this Sacred Business Calibration, Kelle Sparta sits down with acupuncturist and flower essence practitioner Bridget Lanza for a deep conversation about spiritual business growth, niching, visibility fears, and building a healing practice with focus. Bridget shares her passion for acupuncture, flower essences, human design, and helping empathic children and their families. But like many spiritua...

What happens when the people who dedicate their lives to healing others quietly stop caring for themselves? In this Sacred Business Calibration episode of the Spirit Sherpa podcast, Kelle Sparta works with licensed acupuncturist Lisa Nicholson on the intersection of healing work, emotional exhaustion, self-nurturance, trauma patterns, and sustainable practitioner growth. What begins as a conversat...

Why do so many skilled healers struggle to create stable income? In this episode of the Spirit Sherpa Podcast, Kelle Sparta talks with Ann Kelly about the business realities behind running a healing practice in 2026. This conversation goes far beyond generic “mindset” advice. They unpack the actual systems spiritual practitioners need to grow ethically and sustainably without manipulative marketin...

Why You’re Resisting Your Work (And What to Do About It) Why do smart, capable spiritual practitioners suddenly lose motivation for work they genuinely care about? In this episode of the Spirit Sherpa Podcast, Kelle Sparta unpacks the deeper realities behind resistance, procrastination, low energy, and emotional exhaustion in spiritual business and transformational work. Rather than treating resis...

Most healing businesses never become actual businesses. They become exhausting collections of disconnected offers, inconsistent income, and practitioners working themselves into the ground trying to hold everything together. In this episode of the Spirit Sherpa Podcast, Kelle Sparta works with Anabel Tonkovic of Nuna Therapy to unpack the difference between running a healing practice and building...

What happens when your spiritual business stops working because you’ve outgrown the version of yourself that built it? In this Sacred Business Calibration episode of the Spirit Sherpa Podcast, Kelle Sparta works with Heather Carroll, creator of the Emerald Soul Method, as she navigates a major spiritual business pivot after a sharp revenue decline. Heather is a somatic breathwork, movement, and ta...

What if your business isn’t stalled because your strategy is wrong… …but because your identity can’t yet hold the level you’re trying to reach? In this episode of the Spirit Sherpa Podcast, Kelle Sparta breaks down one of the most misunderstood problems spiritual entrepreneurs face: the difference between a strategy issue and an identity issue. Because sometimes your messaging really does need wor...

Why do so many spiritual entrepreneurs build funnels that technically work… but still fail to bring in clients? In this Sacred Business Calibration episode of the Spirit Sherpa Podcast, Kelle Sparta works with Stacy Braiuca to uncover the deeper messaging and positioning problems hiding underneath a struggling lead funnel. What starts as a conversation about lead magnets and quiz funnels quickly t...