Aligned Alchemy Podcast with Ichel Francis

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...

Have you heard of the "Witch Wound?" It goes all the way back to the history of how witches, healers, herbalists, midwives, etc. were persecuted, hunted, and murdered in the most horrific of ways. This gruesome point in time has been held as trauma in our bodies for hundreds of years, and is the root of why spiritualists and mystics avoid standing out... It's for the sake of survival...

Finding a community - a group of people who get you, a place where you feel safe, seen, and heard - is absolutely essential to how far, how fast, and how deeply you will go in your journey. Many people (especially women) don’t feel safe or supported to share their true, authentic self with their local communities… In fact, many women who are drawn to join my circles tend to have throat chakra issu...

Have you ever thought you were coming from a place of love for wanting to help someone (especially someone close to you)? Despite your best intentions, there is actually something else that can be at play here. You may be so much in your ego that you think you know exactly what that person needs… But how can you? Do you know what their personal karma is? Do you have a roadmap of their life? The si...

Is your worth dependent on what you do? If so, what happens if that title changes or is taken from you? Who are you then? How much doing, exactly, do you have to do to feel worthy? And what would happen if you stopped doing? All this and more in a deep dive into this commonly-experienced notion that your worth is somehow linked to your ability to do. I’m here to assure you that this is not true! T...

Have you ever wondered what your dominant element is? Earth, fire, air, or water? Resonating more deeply with one is not to say that you dismiss the others - trust that there’s beauty and value in everything. For instance, I’m a summer girl - I claim it as “my season.” But this doesn’t mean that I shirk or dread all the other seasons, it just means that I feel more in my power in the summer months...

Many of us know our time on the planet is limited, but we don't really get it. Do you? If you did, you would wake up and live differently tomorrow. Tomorrow is promised to no one, and yet, if you're like most people, you are still delaying making decisions, choices, and putting off the things you really want to do because you think you know the timeline. But the truth is, none of us do... Life is...

Since listeners resonated with the last episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast, “How to Manifest Anything,” I’ve decided to continue the convo with an exploration that dives more deeply into the energetics of how we manifest using language and frequency. Your words have resonance. The words you choose create a FEELING in you and that is what emits your frequency to the Universe. So yes, your choic...

There are generally two schools of thought when it comes to manifesting. However, both often miss an imperative step... When you add in this step, THAT'S when the magic really starts to happen. In this episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast, I bring you a real life, personal example of manifesting the seemingly impossible. Specifically, the magic that occurred that brought everything together for...