Spiritually Fierce the Podcast

Three years ago, Kim Newing stepped away from a successful spiritual service as the portal of perimenopause opened in her life. Brain fog, sleeplessness, night sweats and loss of confidence - a list so many in perimenopause understand too well- invited a radical choice to step away from the path of service. But what was awakened by learning to sit in the fire of transformation was a deeper, more a...

This week, our podcast features the brilliant Nila Matthews, an expert in AI and product leadership, regarding the psychological, spiritual, and societal implications of artificial intelligence. This episode is Part One, because we simply cannot fit all the many and varied aspects of AI, our humanity and divinity into one episode. In Part One, Nila and RJ discuss: Productivity and Innovation Psych...

In this episode, I discuss the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and intuition, and my deep concern over the current trend of using AI as an "oracle" or spiritual tool. There are many aspects to the role of AI in our world right now, and this is the aspect that terrifies me the most. In this episode: Intuition is an innate, trainable skill and a birthright that humans can...

In the first episode of our new season, our founder, Dr Ricci-Jane, introduces her understanding of devotional matriarchal power and how the triumvirate of Priestess Mystic Leader demonstrates this mode of power. RJ explains the evolution of the Institute's flagship program, the Third Level, as an apprenticeship in the Priestess Mystic Leader archetypes. In this episode The Priestess Mystic Le...

In this episode of Spiritually Fierce , we sit down with Jade Hodgkin, Certified Intuition Teacher, Reiki Master, and the radiant force behind Greenheart Healing Space in Brisbane, Australia. Jade shares her deeply personal and powerful journey, from her early days as a massage therapist to becoming a devoted practitioner and teacher of Intuitive Intelligence. Her story is one of evolution, spirit...

Alison Caswell is a successful psychotherapist in Maine. She is also a long-time spiritual devotee. Through her many years of service and ongoing study, she has sought ways to weave more and more spirituality into the therapeutic context. From developing Spiritual Attachment Therapy to understanding her work with Internal Family Systems, Alison has innovated and expanded what is possible in the th...

This episode is a little different. Rae and I meant to go live on Facebook but the tech gremlins had other ideas. Luckily, we recorded our conversation on Zoom, and I am so glad we did! Rae is a firecracker. She is an original thinker and takes nothing at face value. I adore her bold spirit, her willingness to ask questions and to dig deep. This conversation is exactly that - two women on the spir...

Stacey Webb is a recent graduate of our Spiritual Directorship program and an accomplished author. Her career as a Police Detective may seem like an unlikely path to becoming a spiritual teacher, and yet it makes perfect sense when you listen to Stacey share her vast and divergent experience. Stacey shares how many parts of her life are informed by her Teacher archetype, from mother of four, as a...

In this solo episode, Dr Ricci-Jane spells out the differences between intuition and Intuitive Intelligence, and why we want to be connected to Intuitive Intelligence. The differences are vast, and most of us have no idea that Intuitive Intelligence is not only possible for all of us, but absolutely vital to living our best lives. RJ also reflects on the maligned identity of the teacher - why do w...

Dr Leandra Brady-Walker, the Institute's resident Medical Intuitive, and I discuss the evolving role of intuitive teachers and healers in an age of AI. Leandra shares her journey from a successful chiropractic practice to becoming a medical intuitive in Portugal, and the importance of lived experience and deep knowledge. We explore the potential of AI in diagnosis, noting its limitations and benef...

In this solo episode with Dr RJ, she is sharing two big ideas - the role of intuition in the age of AI, and the spiritual teacher as thought leader. RJ unpacks how these two seemingly separate topics align, and why we need teachers as through leaders to rise into their power at this rapidly changing time in human consciousness. In this episode, we discuss: How can we protect and cultivate intuitiv...

In this episode, our guest Chenae Carey, Institute Ambassador, returns to the podcast to share her experience as an intuitive business mentor and how she weaves her Certified Intuition Teacher qualification into all parts of her business and life. From trusting and acting upon a brand new business idea, to boldly curating a life of her dreams, Chenae doesn't just teach intuition, she embodies what...

In this first episode of the 2025 season of the podcast, Ricci-Jane shares her new identity as teacher of teachers . Dedicated to empowering women who yearn to fulfil the call of their Teacher Archetype, RJ is stepping forward into this new energy with full devotion. In this episode RJ shares the key to creating transformation for students and how it can go wrong. She shares more of her personal e...

Dr Jacob Brady-Walker is the only male Intuitive Intelligence Trainer in the world. Jacob is a chiropractor and in this episode, he shares the true intention of chiropractic, which is not about cracking bones! Jacob and his partner Leandra have recently moved from Australia to Portugal with their two daughters and are deep in their own season of transformation. This is a fascinating interview, in...

Ilonka Lucas spent years numb to her own life and escaping into fantasy through books and TV. She was on autopilot. Until one day, she realised she had forgotten to cure cancer! What this realisation meant to her was that she had forgotten herself, and to show up to life in a really big way. A journey of awakening began, and she now guides other women from crisis to catalyst for powerful positive...

When Juan and Leslie faced a crisis in their marriage, it looked like their family would be torn apart. Instead, they moved onto a boat for nine months with their four children and embarked on a journey of reconnection and rebirth. From this time on 'Damara', a deeper vision for their lives was born, and Casa Damara was conceived - a place where families could come to heal together. This i...

In this solo episode, I share some of my journey from 30 to the creation of the Institute at age 36. There's a lot in this! The first half of my thirties was a rich, busy, terrifying, joyful, traumatic and wonderful time of my life. The seeds of everything the Institute became were there, if only in hindsight. I hope you enjoy this very personal story that leads up to the moment the Institute...

Dr Niikee Sha is a woman who is unafraid to embody her sacred truth. But it wasn't always this way. Once, she could only whisper, even in the privacy of her own home, when speaking on spiritual matters. Walking between the worlds of academia and spirituality, she lived with a bodily terror of being 'outed' for her spiritual truth. But step by step, she overcame this fear to emerge as a...

Chenae Carey is a woman on the move. Literally! She recently moved into a van with her husband, forgoing the comfort and stability of a more standard way of living. Chenae seeks freedom in all she does, but freedom in her understanding, is not about NOT showing up to life and her purpose. It is about living beyond fear. Moving into a van is not a fantasy. It is a way to ensure she is living in the...

Sibylle Stehli joined the Institute a little over a year ago, and in that time she has made a profound impression on me. Her story is extraordinary. In 2000, she was suffering from suicidal depression and severe colon dysfunction and was heavily overweight. The depression nearly caused her to drive my car off a cliff. Through divine intervention, she was given a second chance to live, and it is th...

In this solo episode, I share some of my journey from 18 to 30. I share the evolution of my spirituality and, in particular, my relationship to my intuition. Through a very passionate life, with lots of ignoring my intuition, I still evolved a rich and beautiful life, achieving so much before my 30th birthday. Could I have done it more easily? Absolutely! But at that time, intensity was my middle...

Bhavna is a woman who exists at the nexus of many worlds. Bhavna lives in India but has strong ties to Australia. She was once on the corporate track but gave it up for a life devoted to the spiritual. She advocates for the unapologetic woman, whilst living in a country that has strong expectations for how women should behave. Her faith is built on Hinduism but also many other cultures and practic...

In this solo episode, I share the deeply personal story of why Spiritually Fierce the Podcast went silent for a year. This is me, no holes barred, sharing the behind-the-scenes details of what happened in that missing year and why the return of the podcast means so much more than just new episodes. My story, post-pandemic, might be one you can relate to. I share what I did and didn't do to rec...

Stacey Webb is a current student of the Institute's Postgraduate Diploma in Spiritual Directorship. She is also one of the most compelling women I have ever known. Through her experience as a police detective, a committed student and an intuitive being, she serves as an intuitive somatic mentor. Specialising in supporting others to create nervous system agility and safety in the body, she crea...

Dr Leandra Brady-Walker is a woman on fire to dismantle the dominant structures of power that have so long robbed us of our own personal power in the healing industry. This conversation is provocative and engaging as we learn about Leandra's own journey of awakening to a new paradigm of energy-only, no-touch chiropractic work and the bigger picture of her complicity in and now dismantling of t...