Returning with Rebecca Campbell

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Morning Meditation Aug 15, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of Returning: A podcast to return to yourself and the wisdom within. In this episode we embrace the glorious energy of a new day.

Join me as I share one of my favorite meditations to help you begin your morning with presence, energy, replenishment and intention. I find this meditation so helpful to wake up my body and get the energy moving as we begin the day. If you'd like to download this meditation, join my free 7-day Discover Your Spiritual Practice program. Each day, you'll receive a new meditation or sacred practice straight to your inbox, including this meditation.

"As you breathe and every single one of your cells are activated, start to feel into the possibilities of what this day may bring."

- Rebecca Campbell

KEY TIMESTAMPS:

00:29 Guided Morning Meditation begins.

06:25 Intention setting for this new day.

08:38 Find further guided meditations, rituals, soul journeys, live circles and more.

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CONNECT WITH REBECCA:

Website - https://rebeccacampbell.me/practice/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacampbell_author/
Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/rebeccacampbellauthor
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/RebeccaCampbell

What Is A Mystery School? Aug 08, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of Returning: A podcast to return to yourself and the wisdom within. In today's episode we explore the concept, history & purpose of Mystery Schools as a place to reflect, remember and return to your inner wisdom.

Mystery Schools have always been devoted to inner wisdom, cultivating a syllabus which is not so much about higher academic learning, moreso about a deeper, intuitive understanding - essentially teaching that life is an inner-journey of spiritual awakening. I invite you to receive this episode with an open-heart and mind. Listen closely to the things that chime true in you or pique your interest - and most importantly, act on your curiosity if it speaks to your soul.

"If a library is where you go for the known, a Mystery School is where you go to explore the unknown."

- Rebecca Campbell

KEY TIMESTAMPS:

01:06 Founding The Inner Temple Mystery School.

02:19 Opening Sacred Space.

02:56 Understanding the meaning of the word 'mystery'.

03:53 A Mystery School is where you go to explore the unknown.

04:41 Remembering and reconnecting with the ancient wisdom within.

05:32 Embracing a 'mystery mindset'.

05:54 The history of ancient Mystery Schools.

09:07 The essence and spirit of ancient Mystery Schools today.

10:42 There is no greater Mystery School than nature.

13:22 The journey of self-discovery within a community.

14:17 Coming out of the spiritual closet.

17:50 Today's Soul Inquiry prompts.

SOUL INQUIRY

Soul Inquiry is a practice where we enter a direct dialogue with our inner self.

The Soul Inquiry prompt for this episode is:

What is your soul calling you to learn more about?

Now it's time to commit to a grounded action:

What is one baby step you can take in that direction?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

CONNECT WITH REBECCA:

Website - https://rebeccacampbell.me/practice/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacampbell_author/
Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/rebeccacampbellauthor
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/RebeccaCampbell

My Kids Have Different Mums Aug 01, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of Returning: A podcast to return to yourself and the wisdom within. In this episode we explore the ever-changing nature of life and relationships. Do our children experience us in different ways because of who we are when we receive them?

Content Warning: Please note in this episode I talk openly and positively about my experience of birthing my children, if this topic is a sensitive one for you, feel free to skip this episode.

Today, I'm looping you in on a conversation I've been having a lot recently - the realisation that my two kids have different experiences of me as their Mother because of who and how I was when I received them. You don't have to physically have given birth for this inquiry to apply to you, you just have to have been born. Whether you are a parent - or a child or a sibling, reflecting on and acknowledging how the conditions of our birth and the ever-changing state of our parents and carers profoundly influences the landscape in which we grow and the core beliefs we carry within us.

"We all came from a birth - and I'm a big believer that the conditions of our mothers inner world and outer world all leave an imprint on us."

- Rebecca Campbell

KEY TIMESTAMPS:

00:30 Exploring the portal of birth and how deeply it can change us.

01:00 How the conditions surrounding our birth can leave an imprint on us.

03:35 Opening Sacred Space.

04:21 Acknowledging the truth that my kids have different mums.

05:25 My experience of birthing my first child, Sunny.

06:39 My experience of birthing my second child, Goldie.

07:27 Reflecting on the physical & spiritual elements of birth & postpartum.

22:15 How different we are each time we have our babies.

24:10 Reflections from a soul perspective.

26:24 Today's Soul Inquiry prompts.

SOUL INQUIRY

Soul Inquiry is a practice where we enter a direct dialogue with our inner self.

The Soul Inquiry prompt for this episode is:

What does the child within you need to hear today?

Now it's time to commit to a grounded action:

What is one baby step you can take in that direction?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

CONNECT WITH REBECCA:

Website - https://rebeccacampbell.me/practice/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacampbell_author/

Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/rebeccacampbellauthor

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/RebeccaCampbell

What Death Teaches Us About Living with Bronnie Ware Jul 25, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of Returning: A podcast to return to yourself and the wisdom within. Today I'm joined by the phenomenal, Bronnie Ware. Guided by the profound insights outlined in her book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, this conversation is deep, vast and loaded with truth.

Best-selling author, global speaker, storyteller and teacher of courage, Bronnie Ware is someone who speaks effortlessly with compassion and profound wisdom. Her words sort of stop you in your tracks – there's no escaping the truth in what she shares. After working at the bedside of the dying for many years, Bronnie alchemized her profound insights and experience into the prolific international bestselling memoir, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Our conversation travels in many directions and asks some enormous and important questions spanning creativity, purpose, motherhood, the importance of creating space, soul journeys, religion and the ultimate question: what does happen when we die?

"The more you can face the fact that you're going to die and that your time is actually sacred, every minute, every day is sacred, you start to let go of other people's opinions."

- Bronnie Ware

KEY TIMESTAMPS: 02:19 The importance of living slowly and simply. 06:29 Regret 5: "I wish I had let myself be happier." 06:56 Why doesn't society look at death? 12:51 Regret 2: "I wish I hadn't worked so hard" 21:16 Do birth and death feel similar? 24:45 Our experiences of life leaving the body. 32:19 Regret 3: "I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings." 36:18 What happens to our soul when we die? 50:20 Defining 'the sacred' 51:49 Today's Soul Inquiry prompt.

SOUL INQUIRYSoul Inquiry is a practice where we enter a direct dialogue with our inner self. Today's Soul Inquiry prompt is:How are you being called to create more space in your life so you can truly live?Now it's time to commit to a grounded action: What is one baby step you can take in that direction?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

CONNECT WITH REBECCA:

Website - https://rebeccacampbell.me/practice/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacampbell_author/

Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/rebeccacampbellauthor

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/RebeccaCampbell

The Mysterious Timing Of Healing Jul 18, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of Returning: A podcast to return to yourself and the wisdom within. In this episode we get curious about how long it takes to heal. Often we have to release the timelines on healing in order for that healing to truly arrive.

This episode grew out of an insightful chat I had with a friend all about the frustration we feel when we're trying so hard to shift a pattern or release a behavior or forgive a relationship but just… can't… quite… get there. Despite our best intentions and devoted commitment to 'doing the work' - often we have to release the timelines on healing in order for that healing to truly arrive. Zooming out and holding the bigger picture, we're reminded that there are often more cogs that need to turn than just our own in order for the true healing to happen.

"We can be devoted to our own work - and - there are so many threads both seen and unseen, that are interweaving to conspire towards that true state of healing." - Rebecca Campbell

KEY TIMESTAMPS:

00:18 - The mysterious timing of healing is alive for me right now.

03:24 - Opening Sacred Space.

04:01 - My own experience with the mysterious timing of healing.

06:07 - The moment when healing finally happened.

07:10 - We can do our role, but things need to shift in the system as well.

09:43 - You are not alone…

12:02 - Soul Inquiry

SOUL INQUIRY:

Soul Inquiry is a practice where we enter a direct dialogue with our inner self.

The Soul Inquiry prompt for this episode is:

Where in your life are you open to receiving healing?

How can you surrender to the mysterious timing of healing?

Now it's time to commit to a grounded action:

What is a baby step you can take in that direction to integrate it into your life today?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Full Episode Transcript

Podcast Episode: Healing Is Happening

The Sanctuary: Rebecca's membership

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A little update from me. Jul 15, 2023

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Welcome to Returning - a podcast to return to yourself and the wisdom within. Here we are - at the end of Season 1! A whole 18 episodes now out in the world, landing in your ears and hearts - it's been such a beautiful beginning and - we're just getting started...

We're taking a short break this weekend but will be back next Tuesday 18th July with Season 2. I'm currently writing my next book and working with The Inner Temple Mystery School students - so I'm going to move from 2 episodes a week to 1 - which will drop every Tuesday.

Join me each week as we continue to deep dive into the wisdom within through sacred practices, inspiring conversations, never before told stories, powerful soul inquiry prompts and your insightful questions.

If you're enjoying it too, please subscribe, leave a review or five star rating - it really helps other people find this podcast too.

If you would like to return to any of the 18 episodes from Season 1 - head on over to www.rebeccacampbell.me/podcast for all the show notes and info.

If you have questions, comments or feedback - we'd love to hear from you, send us your thoughts to podcast@rebeccacampbell.me

See you soon when we return for our next season of, Returning.

How To Navigate Change Jul 11, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of Returning: A podcast to return to yourself and the wisdom within. In this episode, we come face to face with that inconvenient and inevitable reality of life: change. I believe so much of life's suffering stems from our relationship with change - either wanting things to change or not wanting things to change.

But the harsh truth is that: in life, there is only change. So how do we befriend it? This is undoubtedly a life's work, but I'm devoted to living into my relationship with change. I find such insight in the cycles of nature which allow change to unfold with ease and trust. What shifts for us when we lean into the wisdom of life's natural rhythms?

"We are cyclic beings, in a constant state of change, of evolution, of growth. Change is one of the only certainties of life. When you resist your cyclic nature, you resist life."- Rebecca Campbell

Key Timestamps: 02:51 - Let's open a Sacred Space together 02:58 - Understanding the natural cycles of life 06:54 - What happens when we resist change? 08:10 - What can we learn from nature? 12:33 - Today's Soul Inquiry prompt 13:41 - Closing Sacred Space

SOUL INQUIRY Soul Inquiry is a practice where we enter a direct dialogue with our inner self.

The Soul Inquiry prompt for this episode is: What are you clinging to for fear of nothing coming to take its place?

Now it's time to commit to a grounded action: What is a baby step you can take in that direction to integrate it into your life today?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Full Episode Transcript - https://rebeccacampbell.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Ep.12_How+To+Navigate+Change_Returning+with+Rebecca+Campbell.pdf

Discover Your Spiritual Practice with Rebecca Campbell - https://rebeccacampbell.me/practice/

The Inner Temple Mystery School Training - https://rebeccacampbell.me/mysteryschool

Connect with Rebecca: Website - https://rebeccacampbell.me/practice/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacampbell_author/ Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/rebeccacampbellauthor YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/RebeccaCampbell

Healing Is Happening Jul 08, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of Returning: A podcast to return to yourself and the wisdom within. In this episode we explore the ever-changing nature of healing. I also share the 'Healing is Happening Activation Meditation'.

Healing really is happening every moment of every day, but it is not just about reaching some kind of perfect, fixed state. Rather, it is about growing, evolving, transforming and allowing. After all, we are ever changing beings in an ever changing world, we are not meant to stay the same. The 'Meditation Activation' I offer in this episode is a healing transmission that you can soak up anytime, anywhere. I hope it returns you to your wholeness and allows you to experience deep healing in a gentle, easy way.

"You're not broken. You're simply part of the ever-changing nature of life. Change is your natural state." - Rebecca Campbell

KEY TIMESTAMPS 02:33 Let's open Sacred Space. 03:27 What do we mean by 'healing'? 07:18 Know that you're not broken. 09:38 About Solfeggio Frequencies. 10:46 The Healing Activation Meditation. 17:30 Soul Inquiry Prompts.

SOUL INQUIRY Soul Inquiry is a practice where we enter a direct dialogue with our inner self.

The Soul Inquiry prompt for this episode is: What shifts for you when you embrace healing as an ever-changing state?

Now it's time to commit to a grounded action: What is a baby step you can take in that direction to integrate it into your life today?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Full Episode Transcript - https://rebeccacampbell.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Healing+Is+Happening_Transcript_Returning+with+Rebecca+Campbell.docx.pdf

Healing Is Happening Activation Meditation on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/3IJw8bFOs4dfKJPVkxQdTK?si=f5493a62ced14bac

The Sanctuary: Rebecca's Membership - https://rebeccacampbell.me/membership

Discover Your Spiritual Practice with Rebecca Campbell - https://rebeccacampbell.me/practice/

The Inner Temple Mystery School - https://rebeccacampbell.me/mysteryschool

When Friendships End Jul 04, 2023

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In this episode, I'm exploring a complex topic that isn't discussed much. I've enlisted my bestie, Amy Firth, and together with laughter and truth-bombs, we unpack the unique grief of friendships ending.

I've really felt a pull lately to find a way to address this topic. There's so much out there about different types of relationship endings: death, divorce, breakups, and separation, but rarely do I come across conversations that address the unique and profound grief that comes with the end of a friendship. Anchored in our own friendship of 20+ years, join Amy & I as we explore the changing landscapes of friendships and share our own experiences of what helped us sit with and work through the pain and discomfort of friendships ending.

"You can still really lovingly hold space for someone and not have them in your life." - Amy Firth

KEY TIMESTAMPS

05:12 - Why it feels so different to other breakups or bereavements.

08:35 - How simple ritual can help us articulate our grief.

14:02 - The importance of clear communication & having difficult conversations.

16:53 - Is conflict constructive or destructive?

18:38 - Amy's experience of going to therapy with a friend.

24:30 - Allowing the seasons & cycles of different friendships.

30:01 - Soul connections and when friendships serve their purpose.

35:03 - How stepping back & letting go can be the most loving act.

39:13 - Are women hardwired to protect the home/our sense of belonging?

49:46 - How the 'Honouring Endings' ritual is a simple tool to honour the endings of friendships.

56:11 - Soul Inquiry Prompts

SOUL INQUIRYSoul Inquiry is a practice where we enter a direct dialogue with our inner self.

The Soul Inquiry prompts for this episode are:Have you experienced a friendship ending before? Is there anything you're being called to do, to honour the ending of that friendship today?

Now it's time to commit to a grounded action:What is a baby step you can take in that direction to integrate it into your life today?

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Full Episode Transcript - https://rebeccacampbell.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/Ep14.+When+Friendship+End_Returning+with+Rebecca+Campbell.docx.pdf

Rise Sister Rise Chant on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/6OxrtEqLBJpNxQgWyP2XJS?si=c3e469aada9f4cef

Honouring Endings Playlist on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51GByzTzTlz7kAgfLIngUr?si=a2580feaf65348c7

The Sanctuary: Rebecca's membership - https://rebeccacampbell.me/membership/

The Enneagram Institute - https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/

Imago Therapy - https://harvilleandhelen.com/initiatives/what-is-imago/

Connect with Amy on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amyfirthmusic/

The Inner Temple Mystery School - https://rebeccacampbell.me/mysteryschool

Connect with Rebecca:

Website - https://rebeccacampbell.me/practice/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rebeccacampbell_author/

Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/rebeccacampbellauthor

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/RebeccaCampbell

Is No Guidance, Guidance? Jul 01, 2023

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In this episode, we hash out a question I get asked all the time: when it comes to intuition: is no guidance, guidance? I've learnt there are often three reasons why we may not be receiving clear guidance. Which is true for you?

This is such a common question that I get asked, and it's definitely something I have experienced for myself. In my experience living an intuitive life, one of the most frustrating and testing things is when we don't receive guidance according to our timelines or in the way that we expected. Today I'm sharing with you three common reasons why you may not be receiving guidance – plus – some practical tools you can apply today to deepen your connection with the wisdom within.

"In my experience, it's often when we are at our busiest and most stretched that showing up to some kind of achievable devotional practice will really serve us the most." - Rebecca Campbell

Key Timestamps:

03:05 Today's listener question from Virginia

04:26 When waiting on intuitive guidance gets frustrating!

04:54 If you're not receiving guidance, it could be one of these three reasons...

05:48 Reason 1: Disconnection To Your Inner Self

11:32 Reason 2: An Inconvenient Truth

12:52 A question to ask yourself when you're afraid of the inconvenient truth

13:39 Reason 3: Wait, it's not yet time

14:00 The time I had to wait 18 months for clarity on a vision

22:28 How to practice 'active waiting'

25:00 Soul Inquiry

SOUL INQUIRY