The Awakening Hour Podcast

Manifestation and the Law of Attraction have become such buzz words in spirituality, they lend to the idea that we create our realities through the thoughts we think and the vibrations we tap into. In this episode we talk about the "Act As If" technique and how it can align you with your manifestations! What is it that you'd like to manifest? A new career, a lover, or even a magazine...

In Ep. 22 11 Reasons Why I Choose Not To Drink, our host, Melissa Ketchum, shares the reasons why she’s chosen sobriety. Some of these reasons may surprise you! If you’re considering sobriety or you're sober curious, this episode may inspire you to make the commitment towards a clearer mind. This episode may change your life! Follow Melissa on Social Media - @Melissa. A.Ketchum  To inquire about b...

In Ep. 21 My Sober Awakening ft. KISS, our host, Melissa Ketchum, shares the experience that kicked off her sobriety. This is a relatable and raw retelling of the moment that changed the entire duration her life. If you’re considering sobriety or you're sober curious, this episode may inspire you to make the commitment towards a clearer mind. This episode may change your life! Follow Melissa on So...

In Episode 20 Usui Holy Fire Reiki, The Benefits & Origin, your host, Melissa Ketchum explains her experience as a Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master. She details the origin, the benefits, and how she facilitates these healing ceremonies for her clients.  Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of pe...

In Episode 19 A Guided Meditation for an Energetic Rebirth! you will be guided through a transformation experience that will connect you to the Oneness and the Creator within to receive hope, renewal, and energetic upgrades for the Spring. You will shed the old thought forms and density that no longer aligns with the collective ascension that is taking place upon the planet. Follow Melissa on Soci...

In Episode 18 Connecting to The Hearts Guidance - A Meditation, you will be guided to tap into the intelligence that lives within your heart center. When you live unapologetically from the heart you become a magnet to all that you wish to create within this lifetime. This is your directive of creation, your connection to Source, your blueprint for living in alignment your fullest potential. It has...

In this episode, Melissa will guide you in a simple embodiment practice that will assist you in getting out of your mind and into your heart. When we allow our heart to guide us, we can never go wrong. Our hearts are our North Star, our compass, and a heart-based place is where we must always lead form. Join us on our Spiritual S E E K E R women's retreat to Crestone, CO. On this retreat you w...

In Episode 16 Becoming Conscious Creators of Our Reality,  Melissa shares her experience at the Conscious Creators Women's Retreat and what it means to be a Conscious Creator of our reality. Everyone has the ability to co-create a beautiful and fulfilling life with the Divine. It is our purpose to come into this knowing that our thoughts produce our reality. Receive this transmission of light...

In Episode 15 Healing Meditation Retreat in Florida Melissa shares how she spent time in a meditative state to receive the healing benefits of the EE System, among many other healing modalities. She shares what she experienced while in this high vibrational energy and what insights and healing opportunities occurred.  Trigger warning - Within this episode, Melissa shares her personal experience wi...

In Episode 14 What Dreams Do You Dare To Dream? We geek out on how fascinating the dreaming process is. When we receive that spark of inspiration or knowing and it is planted within our hearts, knowing on some level that it is meant for us. We discuss the process of unpacking and shedding others opinions as we hold our dream with courage and conviction. When share how when we co-create with the Di...

In Episode 13, our host Melissa Ketchum, shares about her experience being guided to the mystical town of Crestone, CO on spiritual retreat. She talked about how important spiritual retreat is for soul exploration and how it reaps so many benefits. She shares about her experience at the Crestone Mountain Zen Center learning to meditate Zazen style and how she visited an ashram, sacred temples, stu...

In Episode 12 Five Reasons to Take the Leap of Faith, we talk about how it's in our best interest to listen to our internal guidance system as we take inspired action to align with the energetic frequency of our desired outcome. We must take the leap of faith, it is what is required of us to bring our dreams to life, to birth them into fruition. Now is the time to do a  trust fall into the arm...

In Ep. 11 Awakening Your Unique Genius, we discuss that spark of genius that lives within each and everyone of us. Our Unique Genius consists of the dreams, passions, and gifts that bring joy and enthusiasm into our lives. In this episode, Melissa shares her story of living her 4th grade dream of being a fashion designer! She talks about the moment this dream was planted in her heart and how she c...

In Ep. 10 A Sacred Plant Medicine Epiphany, our host Melissa Ketchum shares her story journeying into the Hell Realms of the Mind during a very sacred healing plant medicine journey. She shares what she uncovered and how this experience has allowed her to shed layers of limitation and to initiate very deep and lasting healing results. This experience allow her to root her beliefs and life's jo...

In Episode 9 Open Your Eyes To Dreaming - A Guided Visualization, we talk about how fulfilling our dreams is a spiritual practice that we are destined to fulfill. This guided visualization is designed to wake up those dreams within you that have been stifled or forgotten so that you can come into union with all that you wish to create within this life time. Now is that time to live out your wildes...

In this episode, Speak Your Truth, Even If Your Voice Shakes, out host Melissa Ketchum shares her experience with a Bipolar 1 diagnosis and she's decided to speak publicly about it over the past several years.  She believes this needs to be spoken about to end the stigma and bring awareness and compassion to those who suffer with afflictions of the mind. and I’m even pushing myself out of my c...

In Episode 7 Dissolving The Illusion, our host Melissa Ketchum will lead you through a guided meditation to assist in dissolving the illusion and exploring the truth a mirror to the duality of light and dark within our human experience. Allow this meditation to be a moment of reprieve from the hustle and bustle of this holiday season so that you can connect back to your soul, tapping into that wel...

In this episode "Embodying Our Authentic Expression" our host Melissa Ketchum guides us through the exploration of how authentic and unique our contributions are to this beautiful human experience! We explore what it means to embody our authentic expression, how we can align with this knowing, and why it's so important that we express ourselves fully and completely! This is one of th...

In this episode, Calling Our Power Back! you’ll feel empowered and inspired to connect back to your truth, to break free from the illusion and take your power back! Your host, Melissa Ketchum shares her personal struggle with giving her power away through substance abuse, and how through a long journey of soul discovery, she began to find her voice while gaining the confidence to speak her truth. ...

In this episode, Melissa will cover how powerful mastering the art of surrender can be in your life and how the most miraculous occurrences can take place when you get out of your own way and let the great mystery work in your favor. She shares a personal story with how a difficult breakup introduced her to the potency and magic that lives within the act of surrender and how this valuable life les...

In this episode, we talk about how Becoming the Sacred Observer is an essential practice for us spiritual beings moving through those human experiences in life. Melissa shares about her own experience navigating through a mental low and how using this practice of becoming the Sacred Observer assisted her in moving through it. She give a really detailed dive deep into this process and she hopes it...

In this episode we explore the beauty in rock bottom and how we can navigate and build from these experiences. We discuss how difficult life moments can be our guiding force, our road map to aligning with our purpose. In these moments of complete surrender, we dissolve any illusion that exists within our human experience, so that we can be called higher, so that we can stretch and grow. Within the...

We're celebrating the inaugural episode of The Awakening Hour Podcast! Our host Rev. Melissa Ketchum will walk you through her personal journey of spiritual awakening and what led her to becoming an Interfaith Minister. A path that has shaped how she shows up in the world and how she plans to be of service to others. In this episode she details the Mission + Ministry of The Awakening Hour and why...

The Awakening Hour is a podcast for spiritual beings navigating this human experience! Allow your host Melissa Ketchum to guide you through an exploration of the soul, guiding you back home to the truth of who you are. Be prepared to experience profound transformation within your own life as you join in on this epic journey. Melissa will provide words of encouragement, inspiration, and insight as...