Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life

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Why Healing And Transformation Starts With Your Connection With Mother Earth Aug 02, 2023

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Kerri Hummingbird Sami is a Shamanic healer, a Mentor, and the author of Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity. She is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose.

As a Shamanic healer and mentor, Kerri catalyzes mind shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom, noting that people operate through differing lenses of perception, therefore we must all be careful about what we give our power away to.

During this enlightening and highly transformative interview, Kerri shares how she overcame trauma, found healing through nature, and now serves as a channel for other people to all dimensions of time, space, and consciousness. She also brings us insights about the important planetary Wake-Up call that is on its way to all of us.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

How the violence in Kerri’s family system and childhood inspired her to pursue radical changes in her own life
How Kerri set herself free from a negative mental diagnosis and abuse by taking the road less traveled.
The important Wake Up Call that is coming, that will open our hearts and lead us to a new way of living.
The fog that prevents us from seeing ourselves and others clearly.
The pathway forward to a New Earth of sovereign humans begins with each of us.
The Luminous Warrior within is able to let others be true to themselves because she is true to herself.
The false personality that is constructed in phases of childhood development.
Kerri’s private mentoring, shamanic healing, illumination healing, and discovery sessions.
Why it is essential to slow down, soften our hearts, and open our hearts to what is right in front of us in order to heal.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS KERRI:

What was the trauma you experienced in your childhood, the diagnosis that put you in a proverbial cage, and the abusive life you created for yourself?
What is your story about the magic of a hummingbird visiting you on a Vision Quest in the woods?
Is the seismic Wake-Up Call associated with the rise in vibration on this planet from 3D to 5D?
What is “The Smokey Mirror,” and how can we heal ourselves by working with it?
What was your motivation to write your book Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity?
What is the ancient Earth wisdom that we must remember that will save humanity?
How are deep healing and forgiveness connected?
What was your own personal Wake-Up call that transformed your life?
In what ways do people operate through different lenses of perception, and what does that have to do with giving away our power?

Freedom from a Toxic Relationship with Food Jul 26, 2023

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Renewing your relationship with food is not just about what you eat, but how you think about food. It's a journey of self-discovery that can lead to improved health, a loving relationship with yourself, and a life filled with energy and vitality. In this episode, Bobbi Giudicelli, founder of Read The Ingredients, delves into the topic of abuse, addiction, and relationship with food. Bobbi tells her story of transformation, starting with her sister passing away from cancer, her father's heart disease and worsening dementia, and her own struggle with severe chronic fatigue. These events prompted her to look beyond traditional Western medicine and explore the impact of nutrition on our health and wellbeing. Bobbi also shares gold nuggets and sneak peeks from her book, Freedom From A Toxic Relationship With Food: A Journey That Will Give You Your Life Back. Bobbi discusses why diets always fail, the significance of comprehending the foods we consume in relation to our health and weight, and her personal journey towards a positive relationship with food. Tune in and learn how to transform your relationship with food.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/-2-wJa5e88U?si=wtNNZ1c1il2r5Qsq

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

Bobbi’s personal experience with severe eating disorders and how it has affected her personal life and relationships.
The psychology of eating and food addiction.
Why diets don’t work.
Healthy lifestyle and aging.
How Bobbi’s journey to change her relationship with food from toxic to loving impact her relationship with herself.
The message of Freedom from a Toxic Relationship with Food: A Journey That Will Give You Your Life Back.
What Read the Ingredients has to offer.
How Bobbi transformed herself spiritually with the help of her horses.
Bobbi’s advice on finding joy in life.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS NANCY:

How was your experience with severe eating disorders?
Tell us about the psychology of eating and food addiction.
How would you define processed food?
Why don’t diets work?
Is it normal to accept that our weight is going to go up and our energy is going to go down as we age?
Would you say getting older in any situation in life is more of a mindset?
Who did you write the book, Freedom from a Toxic Relationship with Food: A Journey That Will Give You Your Life Back, for?
How did your journey to change your relationship with food from toxic to loving impact your relationship with yourself?
What is “gluten-free” all about?
Tell us about Read the Ingredients. What are your popular items and where can people purchase them?
Would you tell us a little more about the spiritual side of who you are with your horses and how this new lifestyle change has led to your desire to be of service to others?
What is the Bobbi tip for finding joy in life?

Nancy Pickard: Transform Your Life To Become Bigger, Better, And Braver Jul 19, 2023

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Do you love to do something but have no courage to do it? What holds you back from leaping a bigger, better, braver life? Today, Nancy Pickard, the author of Bigger Better Braver, dives into conquering your fears and embracing the courage to transform your life. She also touches on shadow beliefs and how uncovering them in your conscious mind can help you transform your life. Nancy also explains why setting healthy boundaries benefits you. Let’s embrace courage and transform our lives. Tune in to this episode and start stepping into a bigger, better, braver life.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

· How to move on from loss

· Nancy’s journey to finding inner self-love

· Nancy’s experience climbing Kilimanjaro

· What shadow beliefs are and how they can sabotage your life

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS NANCY:

· What inspired you to seek coaching, which led you to healing and transformation?

· What is your advice to people who want to gain clarity about the type of relationships they want in their life, be it same-sex or love relationships?

· How can a person uncover and embrace their shadow beliefs so that they can give themselves permission to live a bigger life?

What is your tip for finding joy in life?

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Showing Up For A Grieving Friend Or Family Member & The Terrible Cliches People Say To Grieving People That Are More Harmful Than Helpful Jul 12, 2023

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Aly Bird is a coach, an author, a therapist-in-training, and a widow who is the author of the wisdom-filled book titled Grief Ally: Helping People You Love Cope with Death, Loss and Grief. When Aly was 30 years old, the person she loved and trusted most in her life suddenly died, leaving her in a world that no longer made sense.

In the aftermath of her loss, Aly quickly realized that her positive experience of support was unique and unlike the horror stories of isolation and ignorance that she was hearing from her widowed peers. With unconditional love, courage and brutal honesty, Aly and her support network began navigating how to live in her new reality, and this collective experience inspired her to write her wisdom-filled book.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

The terrible cliches people say to the grieving that are more harmful than helpful.
What happened during a party about three months after Will transitioned that inspired Aly to write Grief Ally.
Aly’s experience with a workshop instructor that convinced her that we need to shift the way we support people who are grieving.
Ways Aly now advises people to show up for a grieving friend or relative.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS ALY:

What are the differences between supporting grieving adults and grieving children?
How does a person handle wanting to help in an environment that has become unpredictable and is changing frequently?
What is the difference between being a superhuman and a superhero?

Colleen Conlon: An Eating Disorder Survivor Who Became A Guinness World Record Holder With A Mission To Help Women Overcome Their Own Challenges By Feeling Strong And Learning To “Find Your Fierce!” Jul 05, 2023

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Colleen Conlon is a true role model for grief to healing and rebirth. An eating disorder survivor, she owes much of what has helped her overcome adversity to learning the “hardstyle” kettlebell technique. Now it is her mission to support other women in overcoming their challenges and feeling strong and fierce through this discipline. Colleen’s book is titled Kettleball Catalyst: The exercise guide for women to build strength, lean muscle, and self-confidence to overcome limiting beliefs, and her fitness advice featured in the New York Post, Women’s Health, Cosmopolitan plus. She has been a featured trainer on virtual platforms. In 2021, Colleen set the Guinness world record for Heaviest Weight lifted in 1 hour, and later that same year, she beat her record!

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

What led to Colleen’s eating disorder, and how she overcame it?
Colleen did not search out the kettlebell; how the kettlebell found Colleen?
The adversity and trauma that learning the “hardstyle” kettlebell technique helped Colleen to overcome.
Colleen’s time with Guinness and how taught her that just because you can do something doesn’t mean you have to.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS COLLEEN:

How did the kettlebells allow you to prioritize training to be strong vs. skinny?
How does lifting kettlebells help women to “Find Your Fierce?”
What is the connection between the chakras and kettlebells?

Visit Colleen Conlon’s website: www.colleenconlon.com

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Get your copy of Kettlebell Catalyst: The exercise guide for women to build strength, lean muscle, and self confidence to overcome limiting beliefs: https://www.amazon.com/Kettlebell-Catalyst-exercise-strength-confidence/dp/B0B6H2VHBQ

Donna Kendrick: When She Eventually Learned That She Was Able To Successfully Handle The Incredible Challenges That Had Come Into Her Life After The Sudden, Traumatic Loss Of Her Husband To Suicide, She Recreated Her Career So That She Could Help Families Survive Widowhood With Their Heart, Soul, And Finances Intact Jun 28, 2023

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Donna Kendrick is a certified financial planner practitioner, a Grief Recovery Method Specialist, and the author of the Amazon #1 bestseller titled “A Guide to Widowhood: Navigating the First Three Years”, which provides a financial roadmap to surviving the first three years of widowhood with a person’s heart, soul, and finances intact.

In 2013, at age 40, Donna lost her husband of 13 years, who had taken his own life. Although she was educated, smart, organized, and financially savvy, Donna was emotionally crushed. She spent the next few years pulling herself together and raising her three young children.

When she eventually learned that she was able to successfully handle the incredible challenges that had come into her life, Donna recreated her career so that she could help men and women in widowhood make the right financial decisions to feel empowered, smart, and in control.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

Donna’s transformative journey as she learned to stand on her own two feet.
How the Grief Recovery method helped Donna to heal her huge heartbreak.
Why it is important for a widowed, grieving person to get support from professionals for those most difficult moments and decisions.
The journey of forgiveness Donna experienced during the third year after Greg transitioned.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS DONNA:

What kinds of helpful support did you receive during your grieving process?
Why do you state in your book that an often overlooked yet important part of coping with the financial challenges of widowhood is organizing documents?
What are the stages of financial decisions in widowhood?

A Spiritual Journey of Surviving Abuse and Two Near Death Experiences Jun 21, 2023

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Robin Aisha Landsong, a remarkable visionary artist, medicine singer, and trauma resolution leader, shares her incredible story of resilience, survival, and healing. Through the darkest moments of our lives, it is often the most unexpected sources of healing that bring us back into the light.

For Robin, it was the medicine song of a rural Zimbabwean woman that saved her life. It led her on a journey of self-discovery and healing that has touched the lives of thousands. Abducted at the age of eight and left alone in Rhodesia during the Bush War, Robin faced unspeakable violence and trauma. But through the kindness of a small village and a Zimbabwean woman’s medicine song, she was able to find the power of her own singing medicine.

Over 16,000 people have been helped by her music. Her story is one of hope and inspiration. It shows us that no matter what we face, we can always get better. Tune in now and hear Robin’s extraordinary spiritual journey.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/bF0P5UiYHDE?si=K0CPx9E0Vt6TIEzW

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

How Robin was abducted and survived two Near-Death Experiences during her childhood.
The healing power of song which started with the Zimbabwean woman that saved Robin’s life.
Robin’s two Near-Death Experiences after she was shot.
How Robin healed and eventually forgave her abductor, the soldier who shot her and her parents.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS ROBIN:

Can you explain what you experienced during your two Near Death Experiences?
Did you get the specific message that your mission was going to be to sing these medicine songs to help people to heal?
What was your life like when you returned home to America?
What is your guidance about reacting to people who lack empathy, are dismissive, nasty, mean, are bullies, etc?

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Kamini Wood: A Dynamic Coach Who Empowers High Performers And Overachievers To Successfully Navigate Their Relationships To Money, To Boundaries, To Their Authentic Selves And More, To Live Flourishing, Fulfilling Lives! Jun 14, 2023

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Kamini Wood is a Certified Life Coach who is the creator of AuthenticMe® and the CEO of her coaching company Live Joy Your Way, which specializes in helping high performers and overachievers navigate past traumas and toxic relationships, empowering them to live with impressive self-acceptance, self-confidence, and self-leadership. In addition to her training in internal family systems and cognitive behavioral-based coaching, Kamini holds certifications in various modalities, including life, wellness, high-performance coaching, teen life, conscious uncoupling, calling in the one, new money story, breath work, meditation and diversity, equity inclusion, and belonging. She is also trained in conscious parenting and coaching for children.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

The difference between internal and external perfectionism.
When should a person hire a coach instead of a therapist?
The holistic approach Kamini uses to help her clients learn how to reduce stress and anxiety and work through trauma.
What is conscious parenting, and how Kamini coaches children.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS KAMINI:

What is imposter syndrome?
How does setting healthy boundaries help a person to become more authentic?
What does a bad relationship with money look like, and how do you help a person form a healthier relationship with money?

Website: https://www.kaminiwood.com

Kamini’s Books: https://www.kaminiwood.com/store/

RiseUp Live Joy Your Way Podcast: https://www.kaminiwood.com/riseup-live-joy-your-way-podcast/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/itsauthenticme/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/itsauthenticme

Hearing Her Son Aaron's Voice From the Afterlife Jun 07, 2023

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Camille Dan is the mother of Aaron, her eldest son who has transitioned, his two brothers, and his one sister. Besides being a loving and devoted mom, Camille has professional experience as a Critical Care Registered Nurse, a Medical Technical Consultant for Feature Films and Television, and she is currently a Private Investment Manager. She is also a former skeptic whose spiritual journey after losing her eldest son Aaron was completely unexpected. Since September 2019, with Aaron as her guiding light, Camille has written two enlightening books, the bestseller titled Aaron’s Energy: An Unexpected Journey Through Grief and the Afterlife with My Brilliant Son and her latest book titled Gathering at the Doorway: An Anthology of Signs, Visits, and Messages from the Afterlife. In addition, she has contributed a chapter to the anthology, “The Beauty of a Grieving Mother: Mothers Share Their Stories of Finding Hope after the Loss of a Child”. She has appeared on YouTube shows. She has been on a number of podcasts. And she has had her chapter titled ‘Eternity is in Our Nature’ published in an edition of “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing.”

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

Camille’s relationship with Aaron and the mystery of how he transitioned.
When Aaron began communicating with Camille, she literally heard his voice.
Aaron told Camille that he would come back to her and that she would recognize him.
How Camille discovered a trans-image of Aaron that gave her proof of his survival.

SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS CAMILLE:

What is a trans-image of a deceased loved one and how is a trans-image achieved?
Does every person have the same experience when they cross over?
What has Aaron said to you about our 3D world transitioning through a spiritual awakening?

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=667nkrzGj9Q

Secrets of the Afterlife Revealed Through Mediumship May 31, 2023

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Secrets of the Afterlife Revealed Through Mediumship

Sharon Siubis is a medium, a spiritualist minister, and the Director and Co-Founder of the Inner Spiritual Center located in Fairfield, NJ. She has trained and worked as a spiritualist minister, speaker, medium, and healer for over 25 years. She uses her degree in Education, her background, and her understanding of teaching technique in her classes and seminars. And now she teaches in the center’s ongoing education program for Intuitive and Mediumistic Development, too. Along with her private readings, Sharon is a strong advocate of structure, quality, and integrity in the teaching and learning of mediumship so that each person can achieve his or her highest potential. She currently works, teaches, and demonstrates in New Jersey, in different areas of the United States, and in Switzerland. Sharon is also on the teaching faculty of Fellowships of the Spirit in renowned Lily Dale, NY.

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/wkavZ6hNQQ4

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:

● How her grandmother’s passing opened Sharon to spirituality.

● The differing types of mediumships, especially trance mediumship.

● How Sunday services at a spiritual center are different than what a person usually experiences in a traditional church.

● Sharon’s work on the teaching faculty of Fellowships of the Spirit in renowned Lily Dale, NY.

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