Phoenix Lessons

Send us Fan Mail Cami and Amanda talk about times and ways music helps them tap into their deep joy. When we are sitting in the ashes, we often distract ourselves from the pain and discomfort, which can be health... to a point. Learn the difference between distraction and turning your attention to the under-current of passion within you. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Shannon Knight is a psychotherapist, host of The Tarot Diagnosis podcast, and the creator The Symposium , a community of tarot and psychology. Can you use symbolic tools to help you through the ashes?  Shannon is also the author of two work books, with a third coming soon: Dark Shadow, Golden Shadow exploring shadow work through tarot.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail How do you talk to your beloved aunt about politics? What do you do when a good friend says something you cannot imagine they believe? We live in polarizing times. But that doesn't mean we have to lose out on relationships which are important to us! Cami and Amanda riff on ways to help with the most difficult conversations.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Cami and Amanda talk about what how even the helpers need help from time to time. Where do you turn when hope that you have held onto (sometimes for ages) in a certain area fades away? How do you know when to let go of hope and look for another answer? Info on the group coaching program at phoenix-lessons.com Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Brooke Warner is passionate champion of authors and co-host of the Write-minded podcast. She started her publishing career in 2000 and worked for traditional publishers for 13 years. In 2012, she left her job as Executive Editor of Seal Press to co-found She Writes Press . She tells the story of why she left traditional publishing in her TEDx talk: “Green-Light Revolution.” Find o...

Send us Fan Mail Cami and Amanda riff on how hard it is to be patient in the ashes. How do you handle not knowing what is coming next or when that next phase will begin?  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Colleen Haggerty, author of A Leg to Stand On: An Amputee's Walk Into Motherhood , discusses her journey through losing her leg in a car accident and subsequent path to forgiveness and freedom. Colleen now uses her hard-won wisdom to help others as a Soul Tender. Find out more at colleenhaggerty.com or watch her Tedx Talk: Forgiving the Unforgivable . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been in a long conversation with someone only to discover that the words or phrases you are using mean something totally different to the person across the table than they mean to you? We certainly have. So we're doing a series of episodes about some of the words we have found where our definitions don't necessarily line up. First of the docket: Forgiveness...

Send us Fan Mail One of Bobby McFarland’s Phoenix moments led him to become a living kidney donor, a UNOS Transplant Living ambassador, and the leader of a living donors’ climb up Kilimanjaro. Stacey Solain was working with organizations providing clean water access around the globe when her Phoenix moment began. Now, together, they are creating spaces for all of us to live in love and light. Supp...

Send us Fan Mail The classic story of Beauty and the Beast (or Phantom of the Opera or Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey) has been popular for centuries. But how does this idea that the female can and needs to be quiet, good, pure enough, love strongly enough to turn the beast into a handsome prince effect us? Amanda and Cami set fire to this concept and advocate for a different way of being in relati...

Send us Fan Mail Ash Rodriguez, a Seattle-based award-winning food writer, photographer, author of three cookbooks, and host of the James Beard nominated series, Kitchen Unnecessary , talks about her spiritual journey beyond the world of food. She’s getting in touch with where our food comes from as a forager and Nature and Forest Therapy Guide amidst her process of rising anew. Learn more at ashr...

Send us Fan Mail Cami, with the help of her brothers, built a yurt on a piece of property formerly owned by her grandparents. This experience, which she expected to navigate alone and 'off of the grid,' became a moment of reconnection for the whole family. Cami and Amanda explore the value of restful connection in the ashes and how we can all create restful moments in our lives, with or...

Send us Fan Mail Phoenix lessons are the stories and teachings of those who can show us how to climb out of the ashes and fly again. Cami and Amanda unpack the Phoenix story and the stages of the life/death/life cycle that we all experience from time to time. Is there something in your life that needs to (metaphorically) burn? Are you stuck in the ashes? Are you ready to soar again as a new versio...

Send us Fan Mail The story of King Arthur, Sir Gawain, and the Lady Ragnell tells the tale of kings, knights, and curses leading us to some deep truth about female agency. What do women want? And how does the power of their choices effect the patriarchal world around them? Put yourself in the place of the first cursed, then freed Lady Ragnell and decide how your Phoenix story will end.  Support th...

Send us Fan Mail Garth Neufeld, a psychology professor, podcaster, speaker, and life coach, joins the show to discuss his personal Phoenix moments and how the basic cycles within our lives give us built-in opportunities to create new versions of ourselves and fly again in service to others. Follow Garth at https://psychsessions.org/ and https://www.onmissionconsulting.com/ Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We all face obstacles which slow our progress. We may also have unrecognized support which can us fly towards our destination more quickly. Does it matter which we focus on? Cami and Amanda talk about how our natural, human tendency to focus on the headwinds of life can keep us in the ashes longer than necessary.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We all face challenges in life. Caraline (of caralinesadventure ) faced a devistating and debilitating accident all-to reminicent of a childhood trauma. Undaunted and determined to rise from the ashes as a powerhouse woman and stellar mom, she rose to become an influencer and inspiration to thousands.    Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Who controls your life? Lauren Trantham ( Ride My Road ) and Tom Perez ( Epik Project ), the team that brings you The Masculine Wilderness podcast, talk about their personal stories of undoing and remaking themselves which led them to their work in countering human trafficking. They show us how to approach a problem that appears to big to solve, by adjusting our perspective.  Supp...

Send us Fan Mail The fabled Phoenix offers us some guidance whenever we find ourselves needing to remake our lives. Periodically she makes a nest, situates inside of it, combusts herself, and then rises again from her own ashes into a new, more spectacular version. Join us as we listen to stories from around the world and people just like you who know what it is to rise again from the ashes and so...