When Spiritual Work Feels Stuck — What to Do Next

What happens when life stops feeling simply “hard” and starts feeling like chaos? In this episode, we explore what it means to find ourselves in “the deep” — those moments of overwhelm, trauma, illness, panic, or profound uncertainty when we feel like we’re losing our footing. Our conversation draws on Bible scholar and professor Dave Nienhuis and his book And the Sea Was No More: Reading the Bibl...

October arrives like a quiet turning of the page and it can change how we move through our days if we let it. We’re leaning into the “October magic” that isn’t about hype or hustle, but about reflection, gratitude, and coming home to ourselves. If your brain feels crowded with to-do lists and your energy feels split, this conversation offers a calmer way to find direction without forcing answers....

I’m recording from Dartmoor during a stretch of massive life transitions, the kind where you can feel something good forming but you cannot see the whole staircase. When a planned recording fails and the sound drops out, I take it as a sign to pause, breathe, and share what is real instead: uncertainty, gratitude, and what it means to keep moving with only the next step in view.   A few moments ou...

Money feels tight for so many of us right now, and that pressure can quietly seep into our choices, relationships, social lives, and even our ability to enjoy ordinary moments. In this episode, we talk honestly about the “cash-strapped” climate and what it feels like when salaries don’t seem to keep pace with the cost of living. We explore how financial stress can shrink our world — making us say...

August can feel like a pause button you didn’t ask for, but might actually need. We’re in the last stretch of summer, and instead of pushing a new routine or chasing a “better version” of ourselves, we take a gentler route: reflection, release, and real rest. If you’ve been feeling tired, stretched thin, or quietly overwhelmed, this conversation is a reminder that you don’t have to fix your whole...

We talk with Chris Lippincott about building spiritual awareness without giving up religion, starting from his skeptical Wall Street past and the meditation practice that changed his life. We explore intention, evidence, and simple habits that help us feel calmer, more present, and more connected to spirit. • Chris’s journey from finance to spiritual awakening through daily meditation • A vivid ou...

A black sky in the middle of the day will humble you fast. After a week of intense UK heat, I get caught in a lightning storm so loud it feels like bombs in the clouds and so bright it turns my whole house into a strobe. It is frightening, but it also snaps me into the kind of presence we all say we want and rarely reach when life feels “normal.”   From that moment, I follow the thread into resili...

Craig Meriwether is the founder of Sacred Mystery Hypnotherapy, specializing in past life regression and spiritual hypnotherapy. His work is dedicated to helping individuals experience emotional healing, spiritual awakening, and profound personal transformation.  The subconscious is built for safety, it may keep old pain like a smoke alarm that never got reset—firing anxiety, anger, or shutdown lo...

Six years of showing up has taught us something surprising: the biggest thing that limits our lives is rarely a lack of talent, it’s fear. Fear of judgment. Fear of getting it wrong. Fear that our gifts won’t be welcomed. What happens when old hurts turn into a “protective wall” that slowly blocks your confidence and dims your light? We get practical about overcoming fear and anxiety without prete...

When life gets overwhelming, it’s easy to believe progress only counts if it’s perfect. In this episode, I share a personal reset from a tired, overbooked week and the mindset shift that helped me stop spiraling and start moving again. We explore the power of small wins, why five to ten minutes a day can protect your momentum, and how mindfulness, breath, and gentle movement can help you feel calm...

Your mental health does not always need a dramatic breakthrough. Sometimes it needs a small reset you can repeat, especially when the world feels intense and your mind will not stop replaying everything at once. We start by grounding ourselves in May’s seasonal energy, whether you’re moving through spring brightness or an autumn shift toward letting go. From there, we share five practical mental h...

Men’s Mental Health: Why It Matters and How to Help. We’re joined by Stefanos Koutsoumpis, a PhD who left physics and multinational IT after realising success doesn’t guarantee happiness. We talk openly about how depression can hide behind a “good life,” and why many men don’t notice it until it shows up as stress, numbness, or shutdown. We explore what actually helps—moving beyond surface-level s...

We are joined by  Positive Psychologist & Creator of Psychosomatic Intelligence Max Weigand.  He helps us to break down the science of decision fatigue and the deeper truth behind self-control. In this episode, we unpack some of the biggest misconceptions around stress, motivation, and willpower—and why pushing harder isn’t always the answer. We explore Psychosomatic Intelligence™ (PSQ) and wh...

Resistance can be sneaky. It shows up right before the things that actually make us feel better, like rolling out the yoga mat, lacing up running shoes, sitting to meditate, or picking up a pen to write. On an Easter weekend with that early-spring buzz in the air, I talk through what resistance feels like in real life and why it doesn’t mean you’re failing. Sometimes the “I don’t want to” moment i...

Healing doesn’t have to start by ripping open old wounds. Sometimes the most honest first step is simpler: notice what your body is already doing to help you, then let that support grow. I’m joined by Steven Hoskinson , founder of Organic Intelligence and a leading voice in post-traumatic growth. We explore why the standard “dig into the trauma” model can backfire for some people, and what it look...

The spring equinox doesn’t ask you to hustle harder, it offers something rarer: balance. I’m the Gentle Yoga Warrior, and today I’m sharing the quiet moment that sparked this reflection a tangerine early sky, birds moving through their morning, and that calm space before the human world gets loud. That pause becomes our entry point into the meaning of the spring equinox, a seasonal transition hono...

We explore why constant stimulation makes it harder to create, think, and feel present, and why a little “boredom” can be the doorway back to curiosity.  Your best ideas might be hiding in the exact place you’ve been trained to avoid: quiet. We talk about why modern life pushes us to fill every gap with noise, scrolling, and constant “doing,” and how that endless stimulation can dull creativity, w...

What if the problem isn’t people who don’t fit, but the idea of “normal” itself? We sit down with Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana—pastor, coach, author, and parent—to rethink how we measure worth, design community, and navigate seasons of change. With warmth and candor, MaryAnn shares how her family’s journey with anxiety, depression, and neurodivergence reframed success from fitting in to living fully...

Some patterns feel older than our memories. When recurring symptoms, looping breakups, and nameless dread don’t match our life story, we start asking different questions. I sit down with author Chris Nielsen to trace a decade-long journey from chronic, unexplained illness to holistic healing and past-life regression—and why the most powerful answers arrived when she stopped chasing labels and list...

Ever feel like you have to apologise for slowing down? After an unexpected laptop failure forced time away from screens, I found an unexpected gift: presence. That pause became a teacher, revealing how attention returns when noise falls away and how rest can be a strategy, not a setback.  We open the door to a softer way of living through February’s in-between space. To ground this shift, we guide...

February offers a different path: quiet power. We lean into the month’s subtle energy and unpack how to stop forcing outcomes and start trusting what’s forming beneath the surface. Instead of chasing momentum, we build it by stabilising our bodies, our routines, and our nervous systems. We walk through the shift from January’s idea storm to February’s integration phase.  Since February often is as...

What if the voice you keep sidelining is the one built to lead you? We sit down with Dr. Toni LaMotta to trace a brave arc from a vow of obedience to a life rooted in discernment, self-trust, and inner authority. Through lived experience and gentle, repeatable practices, Toni shows how to hear the guidance that’s already there—and how to act on it with courage. We unpack fear as information, not a...

January can feel heavy after Christmas: routines resume, bills arrive, and the cold bites harder than we remember. We wanted to offer something warmer than a pep talk—a mix of practical money calming and sensory richness that helps you feel abundant even when funds run low. Together we unpack why the post-holiday dip hits so hard and how to replace panic with a plan you can actually follow, then l...

We start by reframing January from a sprint to a season of setup. You’ll hear how a playful mood board clarifies what you want to invite this year without turning goals into punishment. From there, we outline a one-habit-per-month strategy that keeps focus sharp and progress steady—think fewer grand gestures, more consistent steps. If the gym is on your list, we map out how to start small, observe...

We've rebranded and this message to explain why! Previously we were called: Awakened Consicous Conversations Podcast but we have rebranded to: When Spiritual Work Feels Stuck- What To Do next. Feeling spiritually stuck can feel lonely, confusing, and strangely noisy—like you’re trying every practice you know but none of it lands. We’re changing that. Our newly named show, When Spiritual Work...