Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast

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TRIGGERED! When you compare yourself to others (and feel inadequate or not good enough) Jan 30, 2021

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A very common trigger that most of us experience is comparing ourselves to others and then feeling worse about ourselves. This is also called "compare & despair", and it can bring up intense feelings of inadequacy, not being good enough, and impostor syndrome.

In this episode, I dive into this particular trigger and the different ways in which it might be showing up in your life. I share what has helped me become un-triggered and shift my experience with "compare & despair" into a doorway for expansion and for identifying my true desires.

I also delve into the shadow side of comparing ourselves to others and offer suggestions for working with that shadow.

I hope this will be helpful for you, wherever you are on the healing path! To share feedback or your own triggers, you can always email me at me@josephinehardman.com

To connect with me directly, head over to www.josephinehardman.com

Thank you for tuning in and supporting the podcast by leaving a rating or review. Better yet, share the podcast with a good friend.

Inner Work 098: Healing Your Money Story (with Sara Artemisia) Jan 20, 2021

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My guest for this episode, Sara Artemisia, MS, CMC is an Abundance Mindset Coach & Akashic Records Reader. Sara helps wellness professionals and empaths clear their inner financial blocks and clarify their life purpose. She's been coaching individuals to move through obstacles for over 12 years. Sara has experienced a profoundly transformational shift in her relationship with money over the past decade. She shares this work with people on the journey of understanding how the sacred power of money and conscious wisdom of Nature can help them fully embody their soul's purpose.

In our interview, we dive deep into how you can become conscious of and transform your money story. We talk about how this relates to ancestral healing, becoming aware of inherited patterns around money, reconnecting with nature, and using sacred tools like the Akashic Records to accelerate your healing on all levels. You can find Sara online at www.saraartemisia.com or www.instagram.com/akashic.plantspirit.

Sara is also generously offering us a free Money Archetypes quiz: https://saraartemisia.info/quiz

To connect with me (Josephine), head over to www.josephinehardman.com

Thank you for supporting the podcast by being here, leaving a rating or review, or sharing the podcast with a friend. I so appreciate your presence!

TRIGGERED! When you feel unheard or misunderstood Jan 16, 2021

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Today, we begin with a powerful quote from Victor Frankl: "Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

These words remind us that we don't have to respond reactively to life. That we can notice and work with our triggers to diminish our knee-jerk reactions, which can often cause suffering for ourselves and/or others.

In this episode, I answer a listener email about a specific triggering situation: when you feel unheard or misunderstood in the context of an intimate relationship (or friendship). I share what I have found useful in these situations. I also encourage you to examine past relationship dynamics - including your relationships with your parents - so you can take stock of the unhealed or core wounds you bring with you into your interactions with people now.

Thank you for supporting the podcast by tuning in! If you have a minute, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts to help the podcast be discovered by more people on the healing path. Or, better yet, share the podcast with a friend.

To connect with me directly, head over to www.josephinehardman.com

Inner Work 097: 7 Books to Read on Your Spiritual or Healing Path Jan 06, 2021

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For Inner Work's first episode of 2021, I'm sharing a list of 7 powerful books that can awaken and transform you. These are unique, truthful, and healing books that I've returned to over and over again as I've walked my own spiritual path. I hope you'll find a title that resonates with you and that can help you kick 2021 off with renewed hope, clarity, and inspiration.

I run through each of these books and describe their main purpose, who they're meant for, what makes them unique, and why they're important for those of us on the spiritual path.

Here's the list of books included in this episode:

Ram Dass - Grist for the Mill Clarissa Pinkola Estes - Women Who Run With the Wolves Penney Peirce - The Intuitive Way Lama Tsultrim Allione - Feeding Your Demons Jean Shinoda Bolen - Goddesses in Everywoman Benebell Wen - Holistic Tarot Seth Godin - Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

Please note: this is NOT an affiliate episode, so I don't receive financial compensation if you purchase any of these books. I'm recommending them because I can personally vouch for their transformative powers.

Thank you for being here, and please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts if this episode resonated with you. Better yet, tell a friend about the podcast!

TRIGGERED! When your brain won't let you meditate Dec 26, 2020

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You finally find a quiet moment to meditate, you sit down, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths... and your brain is off to the races. The ego mind can often get in the way of your meditation practice by pulling you in many different directions.

In this mini-episode, I explore the most common interference patterns used by the brain and ego mind when you try to meditate. I also share a few journaling or reflection prompts so you can explore the idea of surrendering, letting go of control, and creating more space between you and your ego mind.

Additionally, I offer some alternative practices if sitting still in complete silence is too unbearable for you. Sometimes this can be a sign that you're tapping into "frozen" or unresolved trauma, so it's important to be mindful of what's happening in your body and take a more gradual approach to meditation.

If this episode is helpful for you, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcasts - or, better yet, telling a friend about the podcast!

Also, you can reach me at me@josephinehardman.com if you want to share your own triggers. I would love to address them in a future episode so we can work through them together.

To learn more about my healing work, please visit www.josephinehardman.com

Thank you for being here!

Editing & music by G. Demers

TRIGGERED! When you put yourself out there and someone criticizes you Dec 05, 2020

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Becoming less reactive is an important goal on your path of healing and spiritual awakening. To respond to situations from a place of wisdom, higher truth, and confidence – instead of responding out of fear, worry, anger, or any kind of knee-jerk reaction.

This goal of becoming less reactive – and therefore becoming more centered and grounded in the present moment – is what inspired this new experimental series of mini-episodes, which I'm calling TRIGGERED! (with an exclamation point because when you get triggered, it can be pretty intense). Through these episodes, I also want to bring some levity and lightness to the process of spiritual development, which can sometimes really challenge you.

In this first mini-episode, we'll be working with what happens (and what to do) when you put yourself out there and someone criticizes you. This topic was inspired by one of my own triggers, so this episode includes a personal anecdote. I then shift to the bigger picture and some specific takeaways as you strive to put yourself out there as well.

I'd love for this series to be a dialogue between you and me, so please send me your triggers (as you become aware of them) via email: me@josephinehardman.com

To connect with me, head over to www.josephinehardman.com or www.instagram.com/purefield.healing

Thank you for being here and supporting the podcast!

Inner Work 095: Excavating Transformative Insights through the Tarot (w/ Thomas of Hermit's Mirror) Dec 02, 2020

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Thomas (of Hermit's Mirror) uses the Tarot as a mirror to redirect light back into the hidden corners of the mind, guiding querents through the wilderness of life and helping Tarot readers find their own way more easily. He's been reading Tarot for over 20 years. Thomas is also the host of an Instagram series of Tarot talks and the author of Tarot Tableau: The Fool's Journey.

In this conversation, we talk about how we can use the Tarot to excavate transformative and useful insights - even when we get cards we didn't expect or when our readings unfold in unexpected directions.

To connect with Thomas, head over to www.hermitsmirror.com or www.instagram.com/hermitsmirror

To connect with me (Josephine!), you can visit www.josephinehardman.com or follow me on www.instagram.com/purefield.healing

Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast by leaving a rating or review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts. Your presence here means so much to me!

Inner Work 094: The Akashic Records as a Tool of Healing and Transformation (w/ Collective Guidance) Nov 18, 2020

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As a healing tool, the Akashic Records can help you navigate uncertainty in our modern times, make more informed and intentional choices, release dysfunctional patterns, and reconnect you to a sense of purpose and meaning in your life. In this episode, I take you deeper into the Akashic Records to deliver some collective messages from the Record Keepers.

These messages include guidance about what to focus on, what to prioritize right now, and potential areas for deeper healing in your life. For example, the Record Keepers speak about letting go of the need for external validation, the importance of not interfering in others' healing processes, and the practice of unhooking yourself from painful thought forms.

To connect with me directly, please head over to www.josephinehardman.com or www.instagram.com/purefield.healing

Thank you for being here, and please keep doing your inner work!

Inner Work 093: The Practice of Shifting to a Higher Truth Nov 04, 2020

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As spiritual beings in human bodies, we can sometimes get caught up in the illusion of 3D reality. Bills must be paid, kids must be driven to school (or educated at home during a pandemic!), cars must be repaired, and dinner must be cooked. We also have to interact with others and navigate a chaotic world. In this process, we can get lost in material reality and forget to stay connected to a Higher Perspective.

In this episode, I talk about how you can disengage from the illusions of 3D reality and reach for the higher truth of any situation or experience. This requires you to reconnect to Divine Source over and over again. Finding the higher truth means becoming more aware of what your Soul would say about any situation or challenge you're facing. As you do this, you expand your perspective and shift to a more hopeful, joyful, supported, and empowered state.

To explore my work or connect with me, head over to www.josephinehardman.com or www.instagram.com/purefield.healing

Thank you for being here, and please keep doing your inner spiritual work!

Inner Work 092: The Healing Path as a Labyrinth Oct 14, 2020

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In the words of Joseph Campbell on the labyrinth as a mythological symbol:

"We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us — the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world."

In this episode, I explore the labyrinth as a metaphor for the healing path, with its winding detours, distractions, obstacles, and victories along the way.

I talk about some of the key places and figures you'll encounter inside the labyrinth including the Dead End, the False Teacher, the Spiritual Advisor, and the Sanctuary.

Join me for this traversal through the labyrinth -- which we ultimately never walk alone.

To connect with me, please visit www.josephinehardman.com

Thank you for being here and for doing your inner work!

Music & editing by G. Demers

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