Aligned Alchemy Podcast with Ichel Francis

A 5-part miniseries to cover the fifty spiritual words of wisdom I'd tell my 20-year-old self if I could go back in time!

A 5-part miniseries to cover the fifty spiritual words of wisdom I'd tell my 20-year-old self if I could go back in time!

Ok so let's rattle some cages, rock some boats and shake some people by the collars to wake up because this one needs to be spoken about. Notice how it's mostly women who are told they are selfish? When you know what is in alignemnet, when you identify your own wants and needs? Isn't that what we are here for? To live OUR lives? And yet the same people who say you are selfish are the ones who are...

Anytime you are getting into worry you are getting into control and you are exisiting in the future. Neither place will bring you the solutiions you are looking for, rather they will keep you attracting more things to worry about! In this episode, discover how to get out of the worry loop and live from a place that actually brings solutions to you.

Absolutely everything that happens in your life is medicine for you to learn, grow and evolve. Listen to this podcast to discover the most recent personal example and how these metaphors also apply to you and your life.

As your grow and evolve throughout life, you will most likely find that the circles around you change. Do you allow this with no resistance or do you create stories about what it means, what others will think of you, and so make yourself small to stay in the same circles? It is a beautiful and powerful thing to be supported and understood, exactly where you are. When you grow and change make sure...

As the shaman I work with says,  the most difficult journey for most people to make  is the 17 inches from their head to their heart. Why? When you're living from a level of  low-grade anger or fear,  you're not living in your heart - you're likely living in your head. In  your heart  there is no anger, there's no passive-aggressiveness, and there's no fear. I'm  not saying  that if somebody physi...

If you are asking if you are overthinking the short answer is yes! In this episdoe we explore why you are overthinking and how it's not your fault.

If you're like most people who listen to this podcast, you are a light worker and an empath. So sometimes when we are feeling big emotions like fear, it's energy we have absorbed and taken on from the collective, not even our own. Sometimes when we feel big emotions like fear, it's simply energy that we've absorbed and taken on from the collective or our closest circles. It's n...

How much personal power and energy do you leak by arguing with someone who is so committed to their opinion they will never see your perspective? Want to hear one of my favorite pieces of advice about this? I learned it from my shaman. “If you don't want to get wet, stay out of the water.” What many of us do is dive straight into the water. We have an urge to get involved, we want to help our...

It is ALWAYS about you and your energy. One foot in, one foot out energy will attract exactly that back to you. You have to take a hard look at yourself. Where is your energy going? What is your focus like? Is it scattered about or is it laser beam zeroed in? The reason why a laser works the way it does is because all of its energy is focused onto one spot. But if you take those same beams of ener...

Whatever you're currently experiencing in your life is what  you  have created. It's  exactly  what you though was or wasn't possible. So, if your life looks pretty mediocre right now, it's because that is what you thought was possible or available to you. But the happy news?  You can pivot. We're conditioned to think that whatever decision we make, that decision is final. That...

Ever notice how elders seem so wise? It's not just a stereotype - it's because they get it! Time is finite. I've learned time and again that the time to jump is always NOW. So, let me ask you - what is stopping you from starting right now? Could you start right now? Could you start tomorrow? Don't be one of those people who are bitter and resentful and twisted 10, 20 years from now...

Have you ever grown apart from a friend you've had since kindergarten or high school? Suddenly realizing that you don't have much in common with that person anymore? The truth is, we are all moving ALL the time. Sometimes we simply move one way and the people we were close to move in a totally different direction. Even when you believe yourself to be at rest, you're not. Everything els...

I was asked a question about the podcast many moons ago, and I’m finally getting around to answering it! The question was, “What is alchemy?” (Fair enough, since the podcast is called “Aligned Alchemy,” after all.) Alchemy is one of those words that is bandied around in spiritual circles, like “alignment,” “transmutation,” transcendence,” etc. Spiritual alchemy is basically the same thing the alch...

Nature has seasons and ebbs and flows, so why should WE be any different? One of the biggest lies that we have been told (and this is one thing that I REALLY stand on) is that your worth comes from how much you do and how much you can constantly go go go go go without stopping. The idea that the more you do, the more valuable you are is an absolute crock of utter nonsense. Nature gives us all the...

Do you stick with things that don’t resonate anymore? Or get distracted by what other people say you "should" be doing, especially when it comes to business and creativity? Of course, it’s great to get helpful advice, but it is ALWAYS a good idea to follow your path with heart. Does it feel fun? Does it feel exciting? Is this the direction you even want to go in anymore? Do what feels go...

This week’s episode is mostly a PSA for these challenging times, but also serves as a more nuanced way of looking at the concept of self-care and how to discover the specific "medicine" that we need. This episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast explores… -Why there's actually nothing to worry about despite these intense solar flares Why it's important to move out of the left brain...

The lesson in this week’s episode was inspired by nature yet again. The swallows didn’t come for me this time, though…it was the tulips! Here’s how it went down - Last week, between calls, I took a little break outside. But before going back into the office to resume work, I decided to pause and enjoy my beautiful tulips a little bit longer. I really immersed myself in the moment, completely prese...

A little lesson I learned from the swallows… Think about the dreams and aspirations you had - maybe as a teenager, maybe in your early 20s. How aligned are you with them now? Did you abandon these dreams at any point? Or did you choose to keep going with them? This is your reminder to check in with your heart, to check in with your dreams. Are you following your heart path? Pause and ask yourself…...

How many of you from a really young age asked, "What am I doing here?" Like it or not, the fact of the matter is that every single thing about you, YOU chose. Your mom, your dad, your siblings, the color of your skin, your gender, your nationality - you chose to be here and now for a reason, to learn lessons and evolve the way your soul needs to at this moment. And not only do you have y...

If you’re sensitive to locations and environments, the energy of specific places may greatly affect your personal energy as soon as foot touches ground. I believe many of us possess this gift of clairempathy… Think back to a time when you looked at photos of a seemingly-perfect vacation spot or flipped through the listing of a promising new home, but when you actually stepped into the area, physic...

Ultimately, an eclipse is a bringer of change. And today's eclipse is a bringer of How do you feel about drastic change? Are you like, "Yeah! Bring it on!" Or more like, "Uh oh, I really don't like the unknown..." Either way, trust that this eclipse is accelerating what you need. This might not be what you want to hear from me right now, because what we need isn't a...

How many life metaphors are you being given all the time but are not finding the true lesson within them? We often think that signs are completely mundane, ordinary things (which they are, to the layperson). However, every sign is interlaced with magic and ancient wisdom containing beautiful lessons and messages. IF and only IF you choose to see them... If you don't, it's easy to think you...

You have a spiritual gift. Something that comes so easily and naturally to you that you may not even consider it a gift. Are you allowing your gift to  be seen? Are you  even aware  of it in the first place? Sometimes we subconsciously don't acknowledge our spiritual gifts because this acknowledgment involves  allowing parts of our current identity to fall away... Our current understanding of...