Awakening Wisdom

Episode 6: Braving Creativity with Naomi Vladeck In this conversation, I speak with Naomi Vladeck , creativity coach and author of Braving Creativity , about what it means to follow creative desire even when the path forward feels uncertain. Naomi’s work explores how courage is cultivated through creative practice — not in giant leaps, but through small, meaningful steps that gradually build trust...

In this episode, I’m joined by writer, teacher, and author Stephanie Elizondo Griest for a rich conversation about art, risk, devotion, survival, and what it means to choose creativity again and again. Stephanie shares the long arc that led to her book Art Above Everything , including the questions that shaped it: What do women artists sacrifice for their work? Has it been worth it? And how do we...

Episode overview Alisha welcomes Lyn Koonce to the podcast for a wide-ranging, grounded conversation about creativity, music, and the brave act of self-expression. Lyn explains her interactive methodology Circle Sound —a process blending rhythm, movement, improvisation, and group music-making to foster connection, trust, and collaboration. Along the way, they unpack why creative vulnerability can...

In this episode I interview my best friend Betsy Bertram about creativity as a way of living—what she calls the art of life . Betsy shares how creativity can live inside everyday moments (even when life is busy), and why creative practice is one of the clearest pathways we have to intuition, healing, and freedom. We talk about how our culture makes it easy to consume creativity and harder to creat...

Creativity as a Balm: Why Process Matters More Than Talent Over the past year, I’ve been shedding a lot—roles, identities, expectations, even the way I thought I would show up in the world. What has remained steady, healing, and essential has been my creative practice. In this audio essay, I share why creativity became a lifeline for me during a season of illness, loss, and profound change—and why...

🎙️ Awakening Wisdom – Episode 2 Standing at the Threshold – Part 1: When Cancer Became My Teacher In this deeply personal episode, I open up about the threshold I’ve been standing in since April 2024—navigating a breast cancer diagnosis, undergoing a 17-day prolonged water fast, healing from surgery, and learning to radically slow down, listen in, and trust myself above all else. This is not just...

Episode 1 of the Awakening Wisdom Podcast How stepping away led me back to myself—and why this podcast is returning with a new rhythm and deeper truth. After recording 183 episodes of the Wise Woman Podcast over four transformative years, I reached a breaking point. In this first episode of Awakening Wisdom , I share the honest, behind-the-scenes story of what led me to step away from podcasting,...

  Hi, I'm Alisha Wielfaert an artist life coach, creativity Guide and Spiritual seeker. A few years ago I hosted the Yoke and Abundance Wise Women Podcast, 183 episodes over four years. It was beautiful and deep and meaningful. And also a lot. Eventually I got tired. I paused because I needed rest. But lately I've been feeling the pull to speak again, not just to share what's on my heart, but to c...