This Spiritual Fix

In this season finale, Kristina and Anna reflect on a pivotal personal update, then bring the Inner Villain framework full circle. The conversation weaves lived experience, healthcare advocacy, boundaries, emotional embodiment, and spiritual bypassing into a practical, grounded close to the season. This episode is about changing the script . Not by bypassing reality, but by meeting it honestly. Op...

Stories run us, until we can see them. In this episode, Kristina and Anna unpack how “the subconscious” is less a black box and more an ecology of repeating narratives. They move from storytelling tropes (plot armor, fish-out-of-water) into a bigger claim. Our inner villains are story structures, and healing is stewardship, not erasure. Along the way, they explore ancestral threads, family pattern...

Retrograding Villains Revisiting the Medicine of Each Inner Villain In this episode, Kristina and Anna step back and do something essential. They revisit every Inner Villain, not to re-explain the theory, but to clarify the medicine . What actually helps. What works in real life. What moves someone out of being stuck. This conversation reframes villain work as inversion , retrograde , and polarity...

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How to talk to the Vengeful Martyr, Evasive Expert, Divisive Immortal, Hungry Shapeshifter, Righteous Bully, and The Nothing In this second part of the “Communicating with Villains” series, Kristina and Anna get very practical about how to actually talk to people who are running these archetypes, including when you are the one in the villain seat. They move from real stories about teeth, genetics,...

This episode continues the practical series on the Inner Villain system by breaking down how to communicate with each villain type. Kristina and Anna pull from real life, therapy, and relationship work to translate a complex shadow-work system into clear tools you can use with partners, friends, coworkers, and family. Before the communication section, the episode also covers: • Purpose vs meaning...

Kristina and Anna unpack how the Inner Villain system shows up in everyday life: time blindness, rule-set clashes, obsessive “fixing,” and the loneliness of divide-and-conquer living. Kristina shares how mold, town history, and nervous-system patterns mirrored the Evasive Expert arc—and the practical “FUNNY” framework she and Luke use to slow down, reconnect, and shift out of overthinking. Anna ex...

Kristina and Anna explore three Inner Villains in practice—how they show up in real life, what their “medicine” looks like, and what integration can unlock. Stories include a cross-country “house tour” of legends, a vulnerable experiment with the Vain Controller, and a candid breakdown of Righteous Bully dynamics at home. Timestamps 00:00 — Catch-up: Niagara River energy, moving into an RV, new po...

In this episode of our Villain Series, Kris and Anna dive deep into the Vengeful Martyr archetype—the second villain in the Inner Villain Transformation System. Rooted in the abandonment wound , the Vengeful Martyr reveals what happens when giving turns into resentment, guilt, and destructive cycles of over-responsibility. Key Themes Covered The Vengeful Martyr in Archetypes & Systems Enneagra...

In this follow-up conversation, Anna and Kristina return to the Inner Villain System with fresh reflections, funny tangents, and practical ways to work with the villains inside us. After weeks of editing and digesting the earlier episodes, Anna shares her need for a “mnemonic device” to keep all nine villains straight—leading to creative memory tricks that connect astrology, Icelandic elves, and e...

In this conversation, we close the villain series with the Invisible Destroyer —also known as The Nothing from The NeverEnding Story. This archetype represents the paralysis of possibility, where imagination and inspiration remain ungrounded, slowly eroding both the self and those around it. We explore how this villain shows up as addiction, avoidance, and endless questioning, and how its transfor...

We explore the Righteous Bully archetype in the Inner Villain system, mapped to Enneagram 8 and the Ajna (third-eye) center. This villain believes their opinion is gospel, weaponises “truth,” and enforces righteousness at any cost. We track the full arc: Successful Antagonist (the Fixer), Wounded Child (the Pathogen), Covert Form (the Sacrificial), Hero (the Surrendered), and Legend (the Channeler...

Kristina and Anna unpack the Hungry Shapeshifter archetype, mapped to Enneagram 7 , the Father Wound (self-worth, identity, power), and the Throat Center in Human Design. They explore how attention, identity shapeshifting, and voice become coping strategies, how this arc differs from the Vain Controller (3) and Eternal Child (4), and how it transforms into the Fabricator (Hero) and ultimately The...

Kristina and Anna unpack the Divisive Immortal: how fear of death and obsession with safety can calcify into division, control, and cult dynamics. They contrast the shadow with its healed counterpart, the Healer, and track common life patterns: catastrophizing, helicopter parenting, and outsourcing safety to authority. A live “Am I the A**hole?” read illustrates the archetype in family systems. Th...

In this episode of This Spiritual Fix , Kristina and Anna dive deep into one of the most complex Inner Villains: The Evasive Expert . Before diving in, Anna shares an unexpected update from her own life—how applying lessons from The Second Mouth changed something as simple (and overlooked) as how she pees. What begins as lighthearted banter becomes a surprising doorway into the episode’s theme: th...

In this episode, Kristina and Anna unpack one of the most deceptively charming villains in the Inner Villain system: the Eternal Child, also known as the Peter Pan archetype. From its origins as “Norman Bates” to the deep dive into J.M. Barrie’s surprisingly toxic Peter Pan, this conversation explores how the Eternal Child is rooted in the mother wound, thrives on confabulated reality, and resists...

Stay tuned as we continue next week. Here is the start of the Drama Triangle Series: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7olfJUmHybfG1w3xHmcvgV?si=0c75ccf7553947f9 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, we dive into the arc of the Vain Controller , the shadowy force behind performative success, image obsession, and the illusion of perfection. Known in our Inner Villain deck as Regina George (yes, that Regina George), this archetype reveals the ways we chase validation, status, and admiration—often at the cost of authenticity and trust. We unpack: Why “people pleasing” is just one...

This episode introduces the Obedient Critic, a villain archetype rooted in the fear of humiliation and obsession with hierarchy and order. Kristina breaks down how this archetype develops in high-pressure environments where performance and perfection are rewarded—and how it can show up as a moral superiority that isolates the individual from authentic connection. We explore the transformation jour...

In this deeply personal and paradigm-shifting episode, Kristina introduces the Inner Villain Transformation System—a shadow work model that synthesizes IFS, Human Design, the Enneagram, and primal wound theory into a single, coherent system. With co-host Anna, she explores how maladaptive patterns (like people-pleasing, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome) aren’t isolated quirks but interconnecte...

How can we stop peeing wrong, work-out smarter (not harder), and stay strong into our 80s and beyond? In this powerhouse episode, Anna and Kristina return from a six-month hiatus to dive deep into women’s health, the revolutionary book The Second Mouth , and their own personal fitness transformations. You’ll learn why women shouldn’t work out like men, how posture fixes can happen in your car, and...

Welcome back! It's the first episode of our newest season, in which Kristina and Anna reflect on 2024 and discuss their hopes and dreams for 2025. Happy New Year, everyone! Notes : Conscious Wealth Investors 12 Miraculous Moments Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode, we talk about the transition from intensive processing to embracing life fully. Are you addicted to shadow work and processing? What are some key indicators that you are ready to decrease the frequency of your shadow work? Get ready to step into a new phase of your life. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today’s episode is special, as the structure and content of it were revealed to Anna in a dream. This episode is in response to our listeners’ requests after hearing the Siblings episode — many of you wrote in and requested an additional episode on healing the Sibling Wound. How do we repair the Sibling Wound? The same way we repair any relationship, only this relationship has more history and key...

The following is a gratitude practice that you can use in for any application in your life, but especially for creating a gratitude wave for the nature spirits. Common sense caution: This is a guided meditation and may put you into a trance state, do not listen to it while driving, or other performing activities that require your full attention. Note : This meditation pairs well with episode 6.19...