Practical Shamanism

My hope is that this podcast shows you a path forward to trust in your future self as well as the current version of who you are.  Ideally this will unlock a higher level of feeling safe in the world with other people and right with yourself. When someone says, "I don't trust other people," it usually also indicates that their self-trust is compromised.  Self-trust may be reduced because we aren't...

I once went out on a coffee date with someone I later referred to as "Unemployed Manic Monologue Man."  The fellow had done a great deal of introspection.  But, sadly, he didn't have any pathways or experiences that were giving him quality, applicable feedback.  In this podcast, I talk about the important role of feedback and how to determine whether it's qualified and useful or not.  I also cover...

Many of us who are immersed in the modern technological world are aware that there's a need for soul healing. We often look to the ways of our ancestors to seek this kind of healing.  And, exploring ayahuasca and other plant medicines is an increasingly popular approach.  Sadly, I've had a number of clients whose outcomes became much more challenging after using ayahuasca.  And, I know people who...

In the past, humans have specialized in different life experiences.  As a result, many people came into this lifetime with extraordinary mastery in one or more areas.  Often this shows up as chakras that are able to function in amazing and nuanced ways.  But the flip side is that most of us have less healthy, developed, or engaged chakras as well.  And these are the areas of life where we experien...

I've done over a hundred dedicated shamanic journeys over the last two years specifically about how to get to excellent money outcomes for spiritually inclined people in modern times. I'm consolidating all of that information into my new Money Mastery program- https://handsoverheart.com/shamanic-healing/master-money/ This podcast episode is one I actually created for the program, but feel will be...

Healthy, successful energy exchange with other people is a complicated topic with many factors.  In this episode, I look at the choice to give to others in some way.  Sometimes this comes from a soul level of love of contribution to loved ones or the world at large.  Other times, it's a survival/safety strategy of people pleasing.  It can also be driven by an inefficient strategy for being liked o...

When life feels intense and your emotions are loud, it is really common to think, "I can't feel my guides. I can't hear them. Have they left me?" In this episode, I talk about why your connection to your spirit guides often feels far away during times of stress, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm, and why that does not mean your guides have abandoned you. I share how big emotions can flood the subtle...

Soul Mate and Twin Flame are wildly incomplete and often misleading terms for describing the huge diversity of authentic and profound soul connection and affinity that we find with other humans.  This felt experience of rapport and connection of an eternal nature can have its origins in so many things- past life history, soul history, soul essence harmony, soul contracts, and where your soul origi...

I've studied how to align the chakras for optimal money outcomes a great deal since often my sensitive, intuitive, spiritually engaged, open-hearted clients have challenges with having enough money.  One of the ways this challenge arises is when the idea of "more money" becomes an over-simplified version of what you feel is needed to be happy, fulfilled, and thriving in your life.  Money is import...

Once you've arrived at the clarity that letting go of a relationship is the right thing and committed yourself to that path, I have some wisdom to offer for getting the person out of your thoughts once they've physically left your life. Please note, if you're in the midst of deciding but not firmly committed or clear, my previous episodes on "What To Do When your Soul Connected Relationship is On...

Many of the people I know and work with are souls that have incarnated a number a times.  Sometimes souls have a go to archetype.  But often, with many incarnations, we have a number of archetypes that we have explored and embodied and can engage at will.  People generally have a lot more delight, passion, and commitment when they are getting to actualize a preferred archetype.  This is useful to...

One of the hardest things is getting to clarity of whether to stay or go when we love someone deeply but the day-to-day experience of the relationship isn't working for us. This is further complicated when we have a deep and authentic soul connection, what people sometimes call twin flames or soul mates.  In this two-part series, I will talk about all the things to consider to get to clarity about...

One of the hardest things is getting to clarity of whether to stay or go when we love someone deeply but the day-to-day experience of the relationship isn't working for us. This is further complicated when we have a deep and authentic soul connection, what people sometimes call twin flames or soul mates.  In this two-part series, I will talk about all the things to consider to get to clarity about...

If you're sensitive to energy, this 2020/2021 chapter of human experience has been impactful at an additional level beyond all the obvious ones.  The loudness of the human collective consciousness can overstimulate you and make it harder to connect into the larger peace and beauty of the universe.  It can feel like trying to meditate with your neighbors playing your least favorite music loud enoug...

People often don't believe, in their heart of hearts, that there are other potential friends or romantic partners amid the vast majority of humans they have yet to meet.  In this episode, I talk about the origin of this particular cognitive bias and how to work around it. There's a lot that goes into successful relating to other people, both in terms of inner work and in terms of sorting.  But, fo...

Codependent overgiving feels icky and exhausting.  But did you know that energetically sensitive people are more vulnerable to codependent dynamics?  In addition to all the psychological reasons, the child who is sensitive to energy feels other people's unhappiness.  And, since we don't train people in managing energetics, often the child has no way to tell whether the anger or fear is theirs or c...

Get the details of the protocol!  My guides have a powerful approach to dismantling addiction in a way that shifts away from being at war with yourself.  While long-term, abstinence may be the path of peace, in the short term, interrupting the automatic flow and making a healthier deal with yourself around engaging with the thing you're trying to quit can help to shift the experience.  My guides o...

In addressing addiction, it's valuable to understand ourselves through a compassionate lens.  Your intensity of need for the thing you're trying to let go of may be outdated.  And it can be helpful to understand how your own biology may push you in a not so healthy direction if you don't know how to provide it with adult supervision. This approach is more aligned if a) you have the ability to sit...

If you're someone who is dealing with entities, I'm so sorry.  I know it can be scary and stigmatized.  I hope to share information that will help you deal with the situation in an effective and practical way.  If you're not someone who is dealing with entities, you might want to skip this podcast unless you can think of them as you would the creatures in a National Geographic special about animal...

You know how some amazing, heart-centered people have a longing to carry less weight but feel hopeless because everything they've tried has failed?  While strongly supporting body positivity and believing in "healthy at any weight", if you also desire to carry few pounds, I'd love to share some wisdom from my guides about approaching this in a way that is graceful and kind.  People often don't und...

While the two may go together, energetic and emotional sensitivity are a quality, either innate or developed, that allows us to sense that which is subtle and nuanced.  Reactivity, on the other hand, is often about unresolved past emotions and sometimes a need for an upgrade in skills for relating to other people.  The question of whether someone is "too sensitive" whether it arises as an internal...

My guides have often illuminated the richness and beauty of the soul experience of being transgender.  There's also deep compassion regarding the harm that prejudiced human frameworks cause.  There are good reasons a soul may opt to come into a body which has a biological sex that is different from the individual's gender.  Sometimes the soul's plan doesn't go as elegantly as hoped for or the disc...

Spiritually and metaphysically inclined people often want to meet their soulmate and know their soul purpose. Many assume that knowing their soul purpose will also tell them the one thing that people will pay them lots of money to do that they will love doing.  While this can be an expression of soul purpose, it massively limits the expression of your full essence into something that is viable wit...

As magazines have become rarer, the traditional approach to vision boards becomes harder to implement.  Check out my online creation process using free tools to create a physical image of your vision board for less than the cost of a cup of coffee.  Or for free if you want to keep it online. This helps direct your awareness away from scanning for improbable threats and towards life affirming oppor...

When we get into stronger drugs such as cocaine, meth, etc, there are some additional effects beyond those we talked about in Part 1 of this podcast.  Learn about what those are and how to correct them.  Please listen to Part 1 first. Also, plant medicines like Ayahuasca, peyote, and magic mushrooms can create some specific challenges in the energy body if your use of them doesn't include restorin...