Journey of the Modern Soul

We are all impacted by death throughout our lives, and eventually we will face it ourselves. Today I'm welcoming back Allison "Frankie" Danis to help me unpack the recent passing of one of the most impactful humans in my life, my mom. Allison is a Death Doula and Funeral Director, and has a very intimate understanding of this process from both the compassionate side and the logistical side. Death...

Traumas are frightening, often life-threatening, or violent events that can happen to any or all members of the family.  Today I am talking with Susan Pullen, founder of True Radiance Healing Arts in Edmonds, about how we can unpack and understand family trauma.  But sometimes it's not only our current family trauma that we are working with, we also have inherited family trauma to look a...

Mariko is one of my favorite people to have deep conversations with. She challenges me on my stance and has an ability to approach subjects from a different angle, which offers the beauty of new perspectives. Today we are talking about a few subjects that have been on my heart lately, the perception of a universal common sense and the inability to see that some truths exist to the individual, but...

Today my spiritual mentor and dear friend Holli West is back on the show. In this episode we are going to take a dive into identifying and working with your Spirit or Power Animals. These spirits possess energies and properties that we can call on to help us with our journey through this life.  Holli guides us on how to first meet these spirits, how to utilize and understand them and how...

Today, International speaker, teacher and healer Zach Rehder is joining me on the show. In this conversation, we discuss different healing modalities that we've had successes with, as well as how to work with and build your intuition. Zach also shares a bit about the series of awakenings that he experienced on his personal path that has helped him process his journey. We touch on the stories that...

With our holiday season approaching, it's good to know where some of these traditions came from, or at least where we can trace them back to.  Today I am talking with a return guest and resident Pagan specialist, Danica Connors.  Danica is going to help us understand Samhain, the rituals that surround it and how it has influenced Halloween and other holidays.  When we look at the re...

Craniosacral Therapy is a beautiful healing modality utilizing our subtle energies to help us balance our body and mind.  Today, we are talking with Craniosacral Therapist, Hilary to bring a clearer understanding on how this style of healing can help you, or maybe even your children.  Hilary has been practicing CST for close to 12 years and has a deep working knowledge of this practice....

Justin is on a mission to share his passion about micro dosing and the combination of super foods that he uses for his company Redwood Mycro.  Justin has designed a micro dosing capsule with psilocybin as well as 3 super foods and 8 non hallucinogenic mushrooms. The results and feedback he has been gaining is astonishing. Today we are going to talk with Justin about how he came up with this s...

In my quest to gain a deeper understanding of Human Design and how this divination tool can help us on our path, I was introduced to Mikaela MacLean. Mikaela is a Master Aesthetician of the Aura, Human Design Expert and host of her own podcast, Beauty by Design. In todays conversation, we talk about astrology, gene keys and how all of this fits into Human Design. As we dive deeper into these subje...

Today I'm sitting with Billboard acclaimed musician and half of musical group Aykanna, Pauline Drossart.  Pauline is joining me to continue our talks about suicide prevention and awareness.  Pauline has a very intimate relationship with this subject, having lost 3 of her family members to suicide.  This is a beautifully explorative conversation revolving around our spiritual ideas a...

Heather is joining me again as we continue our conversations about suicide awareness.  Today we are looking at depression and anxiety, how these 2 conditions can effect our mental constitution and practices that can help us stay aware of our emotional state when we find ourselves there.  With breath work, meditation and a litany of other practices, we can work with our nervous system to...

The quote "it's not that the person wants to die, it's that they don't know how to live" is the driver for this conversation.  As we continue our talks about suicide awareness and prevention, I welcome back clinical therapist and my close friend, Chris Pugh.  Today Chris and I are looking at some of the potential societal stressors and triggers that may cause suicidal thoughts or actions...

September is Suicide Awareness month.  So all of this month, I'll be interviewing people who have a relationship with this subject in some capacity.  We start by talking with Melissa Barasona.  Melissa is passionate about mental health awareness and suicide prevention.  She joins us with a masters in teaching, which gives her front line experience in helping our youth with...

From the false narratives that we live to the traumas we have to overcome, we are all healing from something.  Today I'm talking with Gary Naccarato about hypnotherapy and how this modality can help us on our paths.  Hypnotherapy has been used to help overcome addiction, negative behavioral patterns as well as a plethora of other issues that we can face on a daily basis.  I love whe...

If you've caught on by now, you may know how much I love a good conversation about yoga!  Today I'm joined by one of the more inventive teachers that I've found over the past few years, Stevi Góngoroa.  Stevi is Co-Founder of a Yoga Teacher Training and inversion group called Authentic Movements.  The way that Stevi and the AM team approach yoga is playful, creative & inventive,...

I love talking with people about modalities that "saved their lives".  There is an intimate passion that comes forth that can't be imitated.  That's how I feel about speaking with Heather.  She has a deep passion around Kundalini yoga and Neuro Linguistic Programming because of the deep impact these practices had in her personal journey.  Heather is joining me today to talk abo...

Leo Russell is back on the show to talk about her newest book "Yes, That White Woman Wants Your Baby; Stories From the Field of Social Work.  As you may be able to tell from the title, this book is taking a hard and honest look at our Social Workers and the fields that they operate in.  Leo's writing style has a way of blending atrocities and brutal honesty with a dash of humor. Through...

Today, I'm sitting with the talented and multifaceted human, Jeff Hawkins.  With all of Jeff's body movement schooling and yoga certificates, he has a very unique approach to instructing yoga.  After diving into Jeff's path, we take a look at how your ego can and will effect your yoga practice, how to use your mat as a laboratory and how yoga is changing. Once we get rolling, we find our...

Grief can manifest itself in many different ways. It is typically associated with death or loss, but the loss can be anything that is important to you.  Today, I'm talking with Carmen Loeffler.  Carmen experienced the sudden loss of her husband at the age of 32.  As devastating as that has been, Carmen has turned this pain into her calling, becoming a grief coach and committing to h...

Today we are reconnecting with Hannah Talbot for part 2 of our Chakra Talk.  We start our chat with Hannah verbally guiding us through her new healing space, The Anam Cara Healing Center, which transitions beautifully into our starting point for today agenda, the Heart Chakra.  From there we follow the path through our upper chakras, identifying ways that we utilize these areas of our en...

I have my dear friend, energetic mentor and owner of The Anam Cara Healing Center in Spokane, Hannah Talbot back for a 2 part series about our 7 Chakra system. Hannah has led countless workshops and trainings on this subject, so I'm excited for her to share her knowledge on our energetic system and how to use this as a road map for understanding our body, mind and spirit at any point in our life....

I am joined today by author, yogi and an all around beautiful human, Jamie Rissman.  Jamie has many amazing messages and mentalities that she is spearheading; pregnant not powerless, embodiment practices for our teens, as well as embracing and normalizing "weirdness". We have a great talk about many of the myths and advice given around having a yoga practice while you're pregnant, which leads...

I'm very excited to talk with the owner of 8th Chakra Studio and medicine partitioner, Devajeet.  Deva has been providing Kambo and other Earth medicine journeys to the Santa Anna, CA area for many years now.  Today, we are talking with Deva about his journey to find Yoga and Kambo, and how these practices have impacted his and others lives. We explore topics such as finding your own tru...

Camo Lionheart is one of the most gifted humans I have the pleasure of knowing. And in July, he will be channeling his gifts into an all day event in Monroe, Washington called Emergence: Rising from the Chrysalis.  This in an all day event with 6 different healing practitioners, including yours truly. In todays talk, Camo will be sharing some of the ideas and concepts around this beautiful ev...

Cacao has been utilized as a sacred beverage for thousands of years.  It is a nurturing and sacred spirit that wraps us in a blanket of divine love, reminding us of how precious we are.  Today I'm talking with Judy Machado, founder of Goddess Temple Cacao, about the benefits of this plant medicine and the ways it can impact your life.  The concept of "remembering" came up a lot in t...