Behind Our Eyes

Have you ever felt something move through you that your mind couldn't explain? Behind Our Eyes host and creator Liane Grimshaw sits down with energy healer and light language master Nicola Light for a warm, funny and deeply honest conversation about awakening in midlife. Nicola shares how a dark night of the soul cracked her old life open, and how a strange new language began moving through her vo...

This isn't my usual episode. This time I'm the one being interviewed 😱 My friend Beccy Calderwood turned the tables and asked me the questions I've been holding for years. What came out was the most honest account I've ever given of my own spiritual awakening story, well some of it at least. Starting with a breakdown in my mid forties, moving through a kundalini-style experience on a yoga mat in...

What if everything in life can be understood as medicine? What if spiritual pilgrimage wasn't a trip - but a way of living? Michelle MacEwan talks to host, Liane Grimshaw, about practical ways of coming home to yourself in midlife and beyond. She has spent over thirty years leading pilgrimages, teaching wild wisdom and guiding people back to themselves. She draws on Scottish and Irish earth tradit...

FEMININE spirituality is in the body - your true POWER source as a woman as you age. Energy CONDUIT Barbara Blum explores EMBODIMENT, feminine energy, and DIVINE feminine power on this episode of Behind Our Eyes. Also... When she turned 60, Barbara wrote an article and titled it - The Season of Embodiment - and in this conversation with our host Liane, she unpacks what that actually means her, and...

Sarah McCrum sat down with a pen during a financial crisis — and money started writing through her. It became a powerful book which changed her life, delivering profound and beautiful messages. In the middle of a business collapse, the energy of money began writing to her in a voice entirely its own. That channelled material became Love Money, Money Loves You - a self-published book that has now s...

From a successful career in PR in the UK, to moving her whole family to the rainforests of Costa Rica, Fiona's mystical initiations kept unfolding. In this episode of Behind Our Eyes, host Liane Grimshaw sits down with an old friend - someone who knew her back in her party days in Manchester, and whose life has also taken one of the most extraordinary turns imaginable. Fiona Kirwan is now a plant...

She was 50, suicidal, and running a successful HR business. Then ayahuasca changed everything. Geet Fateh Kaur's story of midlife transformation will stop you in your tracks. Geet Fateh Kaur spent 28 years as an HR director. On the outside, she had everything. On the inside, she was drowning. Then at 50, a doom-scroll moment led her to a plant medicine retreat in Costa Rica, and nothing was ever t...

In this profound episode, Dr. Marguerite Rigoglioso - author of "The Secret Life of Mother Mary" - shares how losing her own mother at age 10 became a spiritual initiation. This ultimately led her to uncover hidden teachings about Divine Mother energy and the sacred feminine mysteries. Mother Mary is central to Marguerite's work as she explains who this spiritual master really was: an advanced bei...

WELCOME TO SEASON 2 of Behind Our Eyes which sees us expand the show onto YouTube for the first time (link below)! After recording 20 conversations with extraordinary women who've navigated profound spiritual awakenings, breakdowns that became breakthroughs, and complete life transformations, Liane wanted to pause and share what she's learned so far. This isn't just a recap - it's a distillation o...

Allysha Lavino is a talented writer, author, sacred explorer, and spiritual coach from California who lives in the wilds of Québec. During this fascinating conversation, Allysha shares many beautiful stories and insights. This includes her work with legendary documentary filmmaker and author, Henry Lincoln, who discovered sacred codes hidden within the buildings and landscape of southern France. H...

Rebecca Skeele is an author, wisdom teacher and spiritual mentor living amidst the tranquil high desert of Santa Fe, New Mexico. And in this flowing conversation with Liane, you will hear many inspiring stories of her life, and the beautiful truths she now teaches. Driven by a desire to help others connect with their own innate wisdom and calling, Rebecca shares how her own life dramatically chang...

Dhyan Ji is a spiritual teacher, meditation coach and spiritual event organiser based in Cheshire, UK. In this deep and fascinating conversation, Dhyan begins by recounting a magical moment at the age of 6, where she suddenly embodied a complete sense of oneness with nature and the elements. This experience at such an early age set the tone for what was to come, as her family soon moved to Oregon...

Gina Gardiner is an esteemed bestselling author, spiritual mentor, coach and TV host, whose work unlocks the inner power, wisdom, and love in the journey towards enlightened leadership. This honest, grounded and straight-talking conversation begins with Gina recounting a number of deeply profound, powerful, and jaw-dropping spiritual experiences. This includes a magical few hours after a healing i...

Allie West, from Oklahoma in the US is a Quantum Soul Healer, Light Language Practitioner, Medical Intuitive, Psychic Medium, Ancestral Connector, Spiritual Coach, Speaker and Mentor. Allie recounts her spiritual awakening, which was sparked by a deeply moving experience of witnessing her father's soul departing his body. This pivotal moment propelled her onto a path of exploration, leading her to...

Settled in Seattle, Teresa is a potent intuitive and channeler who discovered her abilities early in life but chose to suppress them in a quest to "fit in" and avoid being labeled as "other." The transformative catalyst arrived with the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, affording Teresa the chance to wholeheartedly embrace her true self. This pivotal moment led her to channel a group of celestial...

In this deeply introspective solo episode, host Liane delves into her personal journey over the past two years, reflecting on profound shifts, acceptance, and liberation from self-imposed limitations. With newfound confidence and authenticity, she shares raw insights into her evolving mission and the transformative power of reclaiming her voice.  Liane explores her path from a high-achieving, perf...

Hoppi Wimbish is a remarkable woman whose talents span the realms of sound healing, music, ceremonial artistry, natural shamanism, teaching, and sustainable living. Fourteen years ago, Hoppi and others transformed a large piece of land into an off-grid eco-village powered by hydro and solar energy. The village evolved and Hoppi developed The Lammas Earth Centre, a temple and haven for sacred work,...

With a successful background in HR and corporate wellbeing, Julie was energetically activated and shifted onto a new path during the early pandemic. Several years on from that she has now integrated and embodied her new calling as an authentic teacher and guide of tantra, sacred sexuality and conscious relationships, working with men and women alike.  She shares her incredible journey, including a...

Nancy Hopps joins Liane all the way from Oregon in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. She is an incredibly skilled healing artist with over 45 years in the field of mind-body-spirit medicine, with a particular focus and depth in sound healing. Nancy's voice has become one of her most powerful instruments and as the conversation unfolds she shares how it has taken many years to unlock its...

Helena is a seasoned Leadership Coach and Organisational Development Consultant with over 25 years of experience in her field. With a solid psychological foundation, Helena helps individuals and organisations confront and embrace change, all while viewing them through a holistic system thinking lens to ensure they flourish in the broader context of their teams, organisations, and personal lives. H...

Becky is a high-energy, spirited, and inquisitive woman, channeler and healer. She has had many transformational moments on her journey, including a life-changing encounter with mama cacao, revealing hidden aspects of her heart and re-igniting a profound connection with Mother Earth.   Becky shares many intimate moments with Liane during this lively conversation, including a profound occurrence in...

Nawahine Kahoopii is the traditional name of our next guest. Known to most people as Ana, she is an elder, or kupuna, from Hawaii where she is an active member of the community and a peaceful protector of sacred land and culture.   Ana experienced a powerful kundalini awakening in her early twenties after an avid search for the truth. She explains what happened in this fascinating conversation, as...

Kathy Mingo: Mediumship. Crop Circles. Aura Cleansing. Remote Viewing. Psychic Abilities. Quantum Theory. Crystals. Spirit Guides. Sacred Geometry. Kathy Mingo is a straight-talking, down-to-earth, powerhouse of psychic abilities. There are so many strands to what she does, but she is most well known for two things - being a crop circle researcher of 23+ years and a gifted medium. Although she doe...

BONUS Episode: Barbara Blum. KAP. Kundalini. Energy Transmission. This shorter bonus episode was recorded just after the interview with Barbara in Episode 9 , so please have a listen to that if you have not done so already. In this episode, Barbara conducts an energy transmission. This form of transmission is known as KAP - kundalini activation process. It is only a small sample of this modality,...

Barbara Blum is full of wisdom and grace. A long-time yoga teacher, she now focuses most of her time on working with energy, but not in the way most people expect. She is a channel for transmitting and activating powerful energies into this reality, most notably kundalini energy activation within individuals, which is known as KAP. In this rich conversation, Barbara beautifully articulates so many...