Inner Bonding

Discover the vast difference between personal power and power over others. Discover how you can achieve the personal power to manifest your dreams and the power to stay centered in the face of fear. Do you have the common false belief that if you become personally empowered, you will end up alone? Discover that nothing could be further from the truth!

Full-bodied laughter is a wonderful way to relieve the stress of life, and that often underlies illness. When you do not allow yourself to express yourself with both laughter and tears, physical pain, due to stress and a lack of passion for life, may be the result. Are you able to belly laugh with your whole body?

Really listening to someone and caring about their feelings is a great gift, but it is important to understand when listening is appropriate and when it is not. Discover when it’s kind to yourself to listen to someone and when is it kind to yourself to walk away. And what about when you get trapped with an over-talker or you are the over-talker? 

Aloneness and loneliness are actually very different, yet people often confuse them. Have you ever been around people, yet felt both alone and lonely? Have you ever been alone, yet didn't feel lonely? Do you often crave solitude, or is being alone too lonely for you? There is an inherent reason for these differences. Discover the information loneliness might be giving you, and whether or not you n...

What are you most devoted to in your life? What lights you up and gets you moving every day? Perhaps you don’t know the answer to this and this podcast can be of help to you in discovering what your passionate purpose is - lights up your heart and soul.

Have you learned how to keep your heart open to your feelings and your guidance so that you can respond to challenging situations from your loving adult rather than from your ego wounded self - from love rather than from fear? This takes practice, but it’s what will create your sense of safety.

Are you brave enough to take the risk of staying true to yourself with your family and friends, even at the risk of being rejected by them, or do you cave out of your fear of rejection and of ending up alone?

Today we want to speak to the issue of being willing, or not, to work hard to get what you want. It seems that hard work is a challenge for many of today’s young people, and this is what Erika has often been encountering.

Knowing when you are being manipulated is a challenge for all of us. In this podcast, we share with you what we’ve learned about how to know when someone is being authentic or lying and manipulative. 

Do you advocate for yourself with the important people in your life, or are you allowing fear and a desire to control others to guide your actions? Are you aware of the stress you might be causing yourself due to not speaking up and advocating for yourself?

Many achieve wealth through competition, but are the emotional consequences worth it? And do you know that even more success can be achieved through the creativity that results from cooperation? Discover how to successfully manifest your dreams and have fun doing it! 

Are you aware of your relationship system? Is your system full of love, kindness, and support, or is your system rife with strife or distance? It’s often hard to see your own end of a dysfunctional relationship system, but this is essential if you have a chance of healing it.

Who makes your decisions - your wounded self, another person in authority, or your higher guidance? Did you grow up learning to not trust yourself? Do you believe that others know more about what is right for you than you do? Are you ready to become your own guru? The course of your life, and whether you are anxious or peaceful, is vitally affected by this choice.

Are you creating the life you want, or do you feel a victim of a disappointing life? Why are you on the planet? What is your life about for you? If you feel like you are done with life, you are likely missing the point of life.

How often have you shared your feelings, and the other person became angry and defensive? When is the sharing of feelings important information and when is it manipulative? Discover how important it is to be aware of your intent when sharing your feelings with a partner, friend, or family member.

Is there someone in your life whom you love and whom you keep hoping will change if you love them enough? Are you staying in an unloving or abusive relationship thinking that the problems are your fault? Do you think that if you change your partner will change? Or are you staying for the children? 

Happily ever after can be a reality, but you need to be in reality about what it takes to create a happily-ever-after relationship. Are you willing to do the inner work necessary to create a truly loving relationship? Even soulmates have to do this inner work to live happily ever after with each other.

Sometimes we get stuck in our wounded self and we can't see how to get back into our loving adult. Often, once we get triggered into our wounded self, it is sometimes a challenge to get back in an intent to learn. But we do always have a choice, and in this podcast, we offer you some choices that may help you. 

Are you stuck in procrastination or apathy, unable to do what you need to do to create safety, or get thing done, or get to places on time? Are stuck in not being able to organize your time and space? Do you often feel overwhelmed with trying to get organized? This podcast can help you understand what it means to show up as a loving adult – with ‘the force’ to guide you!

Do you make New Year’s resolutions, and if you do, are they from your loving adult or your wounded self? Are they just about goals, or also about who you want to be? This New Year is a great time to learn how to offer the best gift you can give a loved one. And discover the one New Year's resolution can change your life, heal your relationships, create health and wellbeing, and heal our planet. 

Are you living in integrity with your own soul, or are you operating from "bad faith"? Do you think that you can go against yourself and still find joy? Do you have the courage to act with honesty and integrity, or would you rather sacrifice your integrity to avoid conflict in your relationships? A lack of integrity is rampant in our society. This podcast begins to explain the deeper causes of thi...

This holiday season let’s focus both on peace on earth and on inner peace. It’s by learning to create inner peace that we can extend that out to others and create a wonderful holiday experience, regardless of your circumstances. Even if you are alone or with challenging family, you can be an agent of peace.

How do you end up feeling when you try to convince someone that you are right and they are wrong? Are you afraid to be wrong and be accountable for your choices? Does this lead to power struggles in your relationships? Discover the blessings in making it okay to be wrong and to make mistakes, and the relief in not having to be right.

Do you feel trapped in some area of your life – trapped in your relationship, trapped in your work, trapped financially or with family issues or in a friendship? Do you feel trapped by your own procrastination and resistance? It’s time to free yourself!

It’s fall here in the U.S., which can be a metaphor for how we can see the beauty of our falls – our stumbles, mistakes, and failures. Do you judge yourself for your falls, or do you compassionately embrace yourself and open to the seeds of learning within them? Judging yourself keeps you stuck. Compassion and learning move you forward toward peace, joy, and success.