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Trigger Warning:  Discussions of sexual assault, bullying, suicidal thoughts & baby loss When they started the podcast, Carissa and Jenny promised to be consistently authentic and never shy away from telling the whole truth about their journeys. They acknowledge that spirituality is not all unicorns and rainbows but also about confronting the darker aspects of ourselves. To find our light, we...

Have you heard of cacao? Carissa and Jenny hadn’t. When Carissa signed up for a cacao ceremony, she thought she was treating her husband to a chocolate tasting. Nope! Instead, they were introduced to something very different but certainly magical!    Today, Carissa and Jenny are sipping on ceremonial cacao and sharing what it’s all about.    Think of cacao as coffee’s cooler cousin mixed with some...

This week, we are talking about one of our favorite topics, Spirit Guides: who and what are they, and how do we connect to them? We explore the ways each of us can connect to specific spirit guides and how they can show up for us whether we’re in need, or want to playfully call them in. They are definitely around!  While our experiences with spirit guides are different, we found different tools th...

Trigger Warning: Discussion of suicide and baby loss (8:02–9:33; 9:47–11:17; 13:28–13:55) Why are we so into Past Lives?  This week we are sharing stories we were too afraid to share before: A dark secret Carissa held out on, and a funny possibility that Jenny is from a lost sacred land. As we talk through Carissa’s story, we uncover a theme that has emerged in this life. Once her hypnosis session...

Carissa and Jenny are asking questions about things they don’t have all the answers for — which is why they’re exploring DIY readings through their tarot and oracle card spreads.   In this episode, Carissa and Jenny recap their week, which include signs from the external world and a mother-daughter card reading. They share the history and meaning of tarot and oracle cards, and highlight the symbol...

When Carissa and Jenny booked a weekend away at an intuition retreat, they expected to explore their spiritual side and try something new – little did they know just how far outside of their comfort zone it would take them.  In this episode, Carissa and Jenny recap their introduction to tinctures, which are concentrated herbal extracts, and share theories about why they had such a trippy reaction...

In this episode, Carissa and Jenny connect immediately following Carissa’s past life regression session.  Carissa explains the deep meditation hypnosis process and the various lifetimes she experienced, plus the thoughts and questions she had — and passed along to her hypnotherapist Simon Brown — along the way. Jenny finds similarities between their past life experiences, which she uses to help Ca...

In this episode, Carissa and Jenny cover all things reincarnation and past life regression.  They outline examples of hints coming through from past lives and expand on their personal experiences and discuss if they believe in the concept. Carissa also prepares for her upcoming session with a past life regression therapist, a true “before” episode as this is something brand new to her. Ever since...

In today’s episode of so guided, we talk about everybody’s favorite buzzword: meditation. While Jenny has integrated meditation into her daily routine, it has never been a practice that “sticks” for Carissa. If, like Carissa, you understand the amazing benefits of meditation but you're struggling to make it a meaningful habit, this is the episode for you! As you’ll discover, meditation is som...

Today’s episode details a classic “before and after” with a healer! Tune in to hear about our previous experiences with healers and the broad definition we use for the word healer. You’ll learn about Carissa and Jenny’s reasons for seeking a healer in the area and what they hope to get out of the experience. The second half of the episode is a debrief of the experience that each of your hosts had...

If the moon can impact the oceans, why wouldn't it impact us? Today, we explore the many ways in which the moon impacts us and the energy contained in each phase of the moon. We’ve always been in awe of the moon and moved by the full moon in particular, but in this episode, we talk about the ‘clean slate’ energy contained by the new moon and why it’s the perfect time to manifest! While the ne...

This episode is a full debrief of Jenny’s session with Carissa’s Medium (the present that Carissa gave Jenny for her birthday)! In the first half of our conversation, which took place prior to the session, we talk about some of the experiences we’ve had with Mediums in the past, the importance of finding a Medium that you really connect with, and Jenny shares what she hopes to gain from her upcomi...

Each and every one of us possesses intuition. It’s not something that’s exclusive to the psychics or soothsayers of the world. If you take a minute to reflect, you’ll realize the abundance of “intuitive hits” in your life. In this episode, we identify and explain the different ways in which people receive intuition. You’ll learn about the different Clairs and how they manifest: clairvoyance, clair...

When you see the same number or phrase popping up again and again, or a particular animal crosses your path during significant times in your life, you may pass these off as coincidences. We used to do the same, but we now believe that they are signs from the universe. In the first episode of so guided, we explore angel numbers, dreams, déjà vu, intuitive hints, and a variety of other signs that we...

Please note that this episode carries a trigger warning for miscarriage. If you’re wondering “Who are you and why are you asking these questions?”, in this episode, you’ll hear the origin story for this podcast. Jenny sheds some light on her childhood and how the stories she told often came true before sharing the story of how she predicted a natural disaster with shocking accuracy. She also talks...

The concept of astrocartography is very new to us, so we decided to delve in and see what it’s all about! Astrocartography is a branch of astrology that calculates the astrological significance of different locations. Your birth chart is read in relation to a map of the world, showing the ideal locations for you to find love, success, reckoning, and more. In this episode, we share our thoughts and...

Do you have questions about the curious mysteries of the spiritual? You’ve come to the right place. Welcome to so guided, a spiritual travel guide where our hosts Carissa and Jenny dive into an array of curious mysteries and unusual modalities with both belief and skepticism. From tarot cards to science, ghosts, past lives, Akashic records, and spirit guides; tune in to find out what you can expec...