Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast

Today, we begin with a powerful quote from Victor Frankl: "Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." These words remind us that we don't have to respond reactively to life. That we can notice and work with our triggers to diminish our knee-jerk reactions, which can often cause suffering for...

For Inner Work's first episode of 2021, I'm sharing a list of 7 powerful books that can awaken and transform you. These are unique, truthful, and healing books that I've returned to over and over again as I've walked my own spiritual path. I hope you'll find a title that resonates with you and that can help you kick 2021 off with renewed hope, clarity, and inspiration. I run through each of these...

You finally find a quiet moment to meditate, you sit down, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths... and your brain is off to the races. The ego mind can often get in the way of your meditation practice by pulling you in many different directions. In this mini-episode, I explore the most common interference patterns used by the brain and ego mind when you try to meditate. I also share a few jour...

Becoming less reactive is an important goal on your path of healing and spiritual awakening. To respond to situations from a place of wisdom, higher truth, and confidence – instead of responding out of fear, worry, anger, or any kind of knee-jerk reaction. This goal of becoming less reactive – and therefore becoming more centered and grounded in the present moment – is what inspired this new exper...

Thomas (of Hermit's Mirror) uses the Tarot as a mirror to redirect light back into the hidden corners of the mind, guiding querents through the wilderness of life and helping Tarot readers find their own way more easily. He's been reading Tarot for over 20 years. Thomas is also the host of an Instagram series of Tarot talks and the author of Tarot Tableau: The Fool's Journey. In this conversation,...

As a healing tool, the Akashic Records can help you navigate uncertainty in our modern times, make more informed and intentional choices, release dysfunctional patterns, and reconnect you to a sense of purpose and meaning in your life. In this episode, I take you deeper into the Akashic Records to deliver some collective messages from the Record Keepers.  These messages include guidance about what...

As spiritual beings in human bodies, we can sometimes get caught up in the illusion of 3D reality. Bills must be paid, kids must be driven to school (or educated at home during a pandemic!), cars must be repaired, and dinner must be cooked. We also have to interact with others and navigate a chaotic world. In this process, we can get lost in material reality and forget to stay connected to a Highe...

In the words of Joseph Campbell on the labyrinth as a mythological symbol: "We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us — the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we...

Expecting the healing path to move in a linear fashion can set you up for frustration and disappointment. A more accurate metaphor for the healing path is a spiral or labyrinth, with lots of detours, roadblocks, and shadows that come up to be healed along the way. In this episode, I share specific tips for dealing with setbacks on your healing path -- starting with the importance of redefining the...

Gatekeeping is an insidious form of restricting access to knowledge, information, resources, or opportunities. In this episode, I delve into the "shadow side" of the spiritual community to explore the issue of gatekeeping and unethical practices. I talk about the dangers of idealizing spiritual teachers and healers and giving your power away, as well as the importance of finding and following your...

My guest for this episode, Sandra Costello, is a portrait photographer, branding coach, and joy instigator. Transforming the way women see themselves, Sandra captures natural portraits that are professional yet approachable. She creates a playful, positive environment giving her clients permission to be themselves and to show up authentically and with purpose.  In this episode, we talk about the i...

Do you often find yourself trying to please everyone to keep the peace? Does conflict - or even the idea of conflict or disagreement - send you into a tailspin? Do you rely on others' praise and approval to feel ok about yourself? If so, you might be stuck in a pattern of people pleasing and approval addiction. In this episode, I talk about where these patterns and behaviors often originate and ho...

It's so important to have clear boundaries in your business as a healer, lightworker, or spiritual entrepreneur. A lack of boundaries can leave you feeling exhausted and burnt out. It can also put your business, health, energy, and sanity in jeopardy. In this episode, I cover some of the most common pitfalls in setting boundaries in your spiritual business and offer suggestions on how to enforce h...

The Hierophant is sometimes one of the least liked cards in the Tarot decks -- or at least a card that many people have trouble connecting with. The Hierophant can represent patriarchy, authority, gatekeeping, organized religion, and conformism. But, in this episode, I share how we can reclaim The Hierophant for our modern times, derive powerful healing lessons from it, and use it to step into you...

On the path of the spiritual healer and entrepreneur, you'll often come up against different forms of resistance. Resistance shows up very frequently when you're about to make a big leap or take an action to grow your spiritual business. Or even if you're just putting yourself out there more visibly on social media! In this episode, I walk you through 6 different types of resistance that come up o...

Are you a healer or spiritual entrepreneur trying to grow your business and get more clients? This episode is for you if you've connected to your Divine Mission and that Mission includes healing, being of service, transmuting energy, anchoring light, or serving as a catalyst for transformation. In this episode, I propose a new way of doing marketing that does NOT revolve around hustling, endless t...

Nicole Palomba is an embodied Tarot reader and healing guide based in London, born in the mountains of Wyoming. She has a master's degree in international acting and uses theater and movement training to help people access their own physical gateways to healing. Nicole believes that the body, YOUR body, holds all the answers. She has been a teacher, behavior interventionist, and actor of stage, sc...

I call the path of the spiritual entrepreneur an "incubator for accelerated healing." This is because ALL of your stuff comes up on this path: your fears, resistance, triggers, self-doubt, self-sabotage, old wounds. And more! This episode takes a behind-the-scenes look at the path of the spiritual entrepreneur and examines some of the intense fears and triggers that come up along the way. I draw s...

My guest for this episode is Rachel Hardy, a Myofascial Release Therapist and Somatic Coach who helps her clients release old patterning and connect more deeply to the wisdom and knowing in their bodies by healing at a nervous system level. Rachel was drawn to study nervous system healing after experiencing the profound effects it had in transforming her own health, including healing from depressi...

We're in the midst of an unprecedented, uncertain, and very destabilizing global health crisis. What can the Tarot cards teach us about this situation? What can we learn, collectively and individually? And how can we stay grounded, rooted, and empowered even as the world seems to spin out of control? I'll be answering these questions in today's episode of Inner Work. I also offer 3 of my favorite...

How are you doing out there in the world, my friend? Times are scary, uncertain, and challenging for most of us right now. I wanted to create an episode to help you stay sane, access your inner resourcefulness, and vibrate HIGH even during these troubled times. The intention of this episode is to bring you peace and help you return to a centered, grounded, and powerful place within yourself. To wo...

In this episode, I define five essential keys and principles you must follow to grow a successful spiritual business. Focusing on these five keys can help you simplify your daily tasks, reduce overwhelm, and diagnose and solve any issues that your business is facing (such as not getting enough clients, not getting enough of the *right* clients, feeling insecure about your offerings, etc, etc). To...

Megan Ryan Walsh is an artist, astrologer, and writer living in the beautiful mountains of northern California. Her healing path has led her to deepen her connection to the living world as she strives to share a sense of forgotten wholeness in the many facets of her work. Using the language of astrology as one of her tools, Megan is committed to helping others gain profound self-knowledge and a gr...

I'm sure you're familiar with the voice of fear within you (we all have it). This is the voice that tells you you're not good enough, things will never work out for you, you'll never make enough money, you're stupid, it's not worth trying anything new, etc, etc. (Such a tyrant!) But do you also recognize within yourself the voice of Divine Genius? This voice is also referred to as the voice of Hig...

Dear listeners, welcome to the very first episode of 2020! A new year brings with it new possibilities, as well as the invitation (or challenge) to let go of old stories about yourself and create a new reality where you fully embody your true essence and core self. That's what this episode is about: how to no longer live to meet others' expectations or to make other people happy at the expense of...