The Inspired Being Podcast

We've taken the week off from new content... so in the place of a brand new episode, this one from last year's holiday season feels quite apropos as we enter this year's! --- "It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? Shouldn’t I be enjoying it more??" We all know the holiday season holds a lot of potential for fun. It is also quite common to feel overwhelmed, oblig...

We were both simultaneously inspired with the topic for this week's conversation, as we explore what it means to say that your spirituality is nature. With Liz and Dave having grown up in very different environments, how we define our spirituality related to nature is quite different, though the practical elements of communication with nature beings as well as just feeling connected to someth...

With many of us in the United States feeling like we have experienced a huge setback as a country, the concept of “resiliency” has been very present in our sessions lately. What makes someone resilient to life’s hardships? Is this a natural and innate force, or is resiliency something you need to work at developing? Whether resiliency is fixed and found, cultivated or grown, we ultimately marvel a...

We are spiritual beings having a human experience, and the Inspired Being Podcast aims, in part, to include a grounded spiritual perspective into our everyday life. Yet spirituality can have a dark side, as anything else, from whitewashing experiences, denying our own feelings, to outright manipulation and abuse. We shine a light on how spirituality can go bad and things that can be done to ensure...

Happy Halloween! We are offering our episode a day early this week to come out on Liz's favorite holiday, the Hallowed Eve. We spent all our time last week focusing on the veil between worlds, so this week we discuss a smattering of Halloween superstitions, including black cats, spiders, masks and costumes, and much much more. What if the Grim Reaper has gotten a really bad rap? Special thank...

Welcome to the first of our two-part spooky season episodes! This time of year is rich with the magic and mystery, and as is commonly mentioned, the "veil" thins. We discuss what the veil is, what it means for it to thin (including wondering if if ever thickens), and how to approach this season with grounded curiosity and a sense of potential and creativity. For more information, visit h...

At the heart of therapy and personal growth resides our belief systems. Formed when we're young and vulnerable, it is common for many of us not to question these until we're offered a call back to "reality," while others of us are routinely on the lookout for new information. In this listener-suggested topic, we explore how our beliefs shape our lives. Referenced in the episode...

Where do you find your motivation to try something new, to change, or to simply keep progressing? With the New England autumn upon us, we have found many of our clients preparing for a long, dark, dragging winter that is leaving them feeling unmotivated. In order to find what motivates you - and keeps you motivated - Liz proposes it's important to find your "why." With a little psyc...

As a follow-up to our conversation on Love Languages, we discuss what it means to receive good things. We have both worked with clients who have had difficulty accepting in new things for a few reasons. We explore a few of those, and discuss that to welcome in some things, we have to be willing to let other things go.  For more information, visit https://www. InspiredBeingLLC.com and https://www....

It's nice to listen to a podcast where someone else has picked the topic - no additional "mental load" required. Continuing in the flow of episodes with a focus on relationships, we explore the relational aspects of who takes on the burden of planning, organizing, and leading. From group projects in school to picking movies for a night with friends to family relationships, let us ta...

While the Five Love Languages has been part of our cultural understanding for over 30 years, what does it mean to give and receive love in various ways? We explore the depth of communication versus more surface-level platitudes, as Liz shares what makes her inner alert siren go off, and Dave has an aha moment. We think you will LOVE this episode, as well as the new project Liz teases... For more i...

As Liz so clearly put in last week's chat that we all have a need to be witnessed for who we are, and the only way to really do that is to open ourselves up to being vulnerable. There can be such intense fear around opening ourselves up to being hurt, as the dictionary puts it, so how do we face this and overcome it? What's on the other side of being exposed? Dave offers himself up as an...

Did you feel satisfied with our conversation last week? Did we leave you wanting more? We felt there was much more to explore, so we both wanted AND needed to continue it. This time around, we explore applying wants and needs within relationships. Who in your life leaves you wanting more? Who can you be just fine without? We explore these questions and much more in Part 2. For more information, vi...

You may need to listen to this episode (or maybe you just want to) to help you determine what your wants and needs are! Depending on how you were raised and during which generation, you may not fully be in touch with your needs beyond those for basic survival - food, shelter, water, clothing. In this episode, we work through Maslow's hierarchy of needs to start to go to the "next level&q...

Do you live from your head - or do you live from your heart? Finding a balance between these two energy centers can be a challenge - especially when your brain thinks it always knows best and your heart wants to be protected from hurt! Might we suggest bringing in a third energy to help you out? Give a listen to see “who” we think can help out with the head and heart conundrum. For more informatio...

This episode drops just in time-ish for you to take full advantage of the last weeks of summer! But, what is time anyway? Is it just a made up construct to help us keep the trains from crashing into each other... or is it there to remind us to live more spiritually and fully? Recorded on 8-8-8, we dive into the concept of Time. In what Dave initially thought would be a "beyond" episode,...

We're back! Have you been waiting expectantly for our next episode? We hope that doesn't create stress or strain when you hear what we cover. We delve into the world of expectations in this episode, and how they can set us up for all sorts of mental and emotional anguish. Is there ever a healthy use of them? For more information, visit https://www. InspiredBeingLLC.com and https://www. L...

In our final summer episode-lets, Dave reads his true story which was published as part of NATURE: Divine Experiences with Trees, Plants, Stones and Landscapes. The NATURE book is part of the Common Sentience series released by Sacred Stories Publishing, where contributors from all over the globe submitted their true stories about how their lives have been affected, upended, and even saved, by the...

We are on a summer break! Please enjoy this super fun summer sampler!  This is a Dave-solo episode where he discusses his book Shamanic Journeying: Discover the Unseen World, and reads Chapter 1 as a teaser for the book. To find out more about Dave, or buy a signed copy of Shamanic Journeying please go to daveeyerman.com Kindle and paperback versions of this book are also available on Amazon at ht...

We are on a summer break! Please enjoy this super fun summer sampler!  This is a Liz-solo episode where she discusses The Soul Reason Volume 3 and reads Chapter 1 as a teaser for the book. To find out more about Liz, or buy a signed copy of The Soul Reason Volume 3 please go to lizvarney.com To find The Soul Reason on Amazon, search "Liz Varney The Soul Reason" To find kindle and paperba...

We are on a summer break! Please enjoy this super fun summer sampler!  This is a Liz-solo episode where she discusses The Soul Reason Volume 2 and reads Chapter 1 as a teaser for the book. To find out more about Liz, or buy a signed copy of The Soul Reason Volume 2 please go to lizvarney.com To find The Soul Reason on Amazon, search "Liz Varney The Soul Reason" To find kindle and paperba...

We are on a summer break! Please enjoy this super fun summer sampler!  This is a Liz-solo episode where she discusses The Soul Reason Volume 1 and reads Chapter 3 as a teaser for the book. To find out more about Liz, or buy a signed copy of The Soul Reason Volume 1 please go to lizvarney.com To find The Soul Reason on Amazon, search "Liz Varney The Soul Reason" To find Kindle and paperba...

For our last episode before our month-long hiatus, we expand on what we covered in last week's episode and talk about journaling again... but this time, with Spirit. From shamanic journeying to channeled writing and tarot journaling, we've got you covered for a variety of ways to take your journeying to the beyond... and bring the beyond to you. While we are taking a break from full epis...

Grab your pen and paper and let's get writing! Journaling is of Liz's favorite therapeutic techniques, and it has so many styles and applications. We bust some myths and offer a slate of options for exploration. Give a listen, and share your thoughts! (or don't... maybe your thoughts are just for you) For more information, visit https://www. InspiredBeingLLC.com and https://www. Lio...

Calling all the misfits, the ones who look at the world and have a natural curiosity to challenge the accepted norms and ask, "Why?" Those of us who have the courage to suggest "maybe there's a better way" are often shamed and labeled "Black Sheep" - whether in a family unit, culture, or subculture. In this episode we talk about what that term means, speak about...