A Life That Lets Me Breathe

Happy 2024!

I’m feeling hopeful about the New Year. How about you?

We are going through a collective upheaval, and whether you feel the changes happening more in your personal life, in your community or globally, you may find yourself in the “space between.”

We see the transformation happening. We see what we no longer want in our lives, yet we aren’t quite living in the newness.

There is something that happens when we welcome a New Year. Can you feel the hope and magic that a New Year brings?

We’ve been conditioned to think this is a good time to set resolutions. I feel it’s a better time to make space for stillness, solitude and reflection.

Questions to reflect on or journal about this time of year:

What did 2023 teach me?What did I learn about myself?How did I grow?

What were my life lessons in this past year? What am I ready to invite in the New Year?

If you are experiencing the season of winter, you are being called to slow down and return to your own natural pace. It’s a beautiful time to tune in and deeply listen to your heart.

Where is your intuition guiding you to go in this moment?What does your heart and soul long for?

Your natural rhythm matters. Your dreams matter.

And remember this…YOU ARE MAGIC.

2024 is THE YEAR to let your divine light, your authentic power and your innate magic guide you in life.

I am so excited to see where this year takes us both. Be well and keep taking good care of YOU. Enjoy this new Podcast Episode.

(To learn more about my healing sessions, visit here.)

Love,

Shannon

Hi friends,

I’m writing today to share that my newest podcast episode 74 is now available: Taking a New Breath; Awakening Your Dreams.

In this episode, I share how patience is a spiritual practice, and it’s my least favorite one! :) Sometimes life feels like a gentle ride and other times it’s a little too wild for my taste. Regardless, we have opportunities to heal, grow and practice patience along the way.

Awakening isn’t usually the “easy” path. But with patience, presence and practice, we start to see that truly waking up is a beautiful gift - and it becomes the only way.

When you are a visionary, an intuitive, highly sensitive, empathic, have a big heart and see clearly the future ahead, it can make this moment feel lonely and discouraging, because what you envision isn’t quite here.

Yet, that truly is the spiritual path. To see the vision of where we’re heading, to let your intuition, heart and soul guide you, and still be able to see the beauty - even in the mess.

I’ve been feeling the tug of waking up from the past, seeing the future clearly and then knowing being present really is the only way.

Ahh…surrendering is yet another spiritual practice that our egos want to kick and scream about. :)

I’m sharing this today because I’m proud of you. I see you waking up. I see you choosing a new path. I see how your positive outlook on life and your open heart brings more enthusiasm and joy to the everyday. I see you finding peace in the middle of the chaos.

And, I also see how your humanness gets tired sometimes. I see how discouraging it can feel when you know there’s a better way, and yet, you’re not quite where you see your dream is taking you.

There is a mass awakening happening. We are waking up from a world that taught us how to fit in, how to be, and how to hide our true uniqueness.

Having a spiritual awakening and moving into a love-filled consciousness - you see what life can be when joy, peace, harmony and unconditional love are a constant, where we uplift and encourage each other, and where our uniqueness shines brightly.

We need the trailblazers and the free spirits - like you - in this world. In your quiet and gentle ways, or in your loud and extroverted ways of being you.

Living and leading with love is revolutionary. And NOW is the time for that revolution. What a joy to be a part of it.

Make sure you are unplugging when you need to, getting rest and slowing down, grounding in nature, connecting with like-minded kindreds, tending to your needs, drinking water and honoring your energy during the ups and downs.

Times are changing, and know you aren’t alone in it. Do what you need to do to enjoy this wild ride.

You matter. Your uniqueness matters. Keep shining a light on your true gifts. I talk about all of this and more in this podcast episode, including how knowing your unique energy map helps you remember who you really are.

Enjoy listening to this Episode 74: Taking a New Breath; Awakening Your Dreams.

To look up your free Human Design body graph, visit Genetic Matrix. To receive a Deep Dive Human Design reading or to learn more about my 1:1 healing sessions, visit here.

Thank you for being you. It’s time to take a new breath and awaken your dreams.

With love,

Shannon

www.ShannonKinneyDuh.com

Please Note: The content we discuss on the A Free Spirit Life podcast is based on personal experiences. While I strive to provide valuable insights, it's important to understand the topics we explore should not be considered a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Welcome to Episode 73 of the A Free Spirit Life Podcast! Thank you so much for being here. I'm Shannon Kinney-Duh, your host, holistic life coach, intuitive, spiritual mentor, writer, artist, and teacher.

In this episode, I want to give a special shoutout to my brother, Jeff Kinney. Many years ago, back when my now 15-year-old son was just a baby, my brother and I collaborated to create the theme song for this podcast. I initially used it for promotional purposes in my business, but it has since become the official theme song of the show. At some point, we'll record a new version of it, but I'm grateful for my brother's talent and how his music enhances the podcast.

Today, I am diving into a topic that I've been observing in my coaching clients and conversations with people lately - doubt, specifically self-doubt. I've also noticed doubt creeping in when we question things we intuitively feel drawn to. As we awaken and tap into our innate gifts, many of us are starting to question the conditioning that has led us to believe we should always seek external answers and rely on outside authorities.

We're realizing the importance of looking within, connecting with source, Mother Earth and our own intuition and inner authority. This shift aligns with the new 5D consciousness and heart-based living.

If you're experiencing a growing curiosity about your own unique gifts or interests that you may have been conditioned to doubt, I encourage you to ask questions and stay curious. Experiment with exploring these aspects of yourself and trust your inner guidance.

One practice I recommend is to regularly ask yourself, "What does my soul need most in this moment?" Tune into your heart, feel gratitude, and trust the whispers that arise. These whispers will become louder and more frequent as you clear away doubt and fear. Doubt is not necessarily a bad thing; it can be a form of curiosity. However, staying stuck in doubt and living in the past or future can block your connection to the present moment and prevent you from activating your true gifts.

In a 3D world, we've been conditioned to seek external authority, but as we transition to 5D consciousness, we are called to trust ourselves, access our inner authority, and lead from the heart. Trusting your uniqueness and embracing your gifts are essential steps on this journey.

Your thoughts are energy, and they affect how you feel and what you manifest in your life. If you catch yourself thinking low-vibe thoughts about yourself or others, simply acknowledge them and choose not to engage with them. Replace them with high-vibe thoughts that align with love, self-acceptance, and abundance.

Remember, you are a co-creator of your life, and source is there to support you. Instead of trying to fix the people in your life, trust source to handle it. Treat yourself and others with compassion and set healthy boundaries.

Thank you for joining me on this episode. If you're interested in exploring your own Human Design, you can find a free chart online, and I'd love to hear about your energy type and experiences. Reach out to me on Instagram at @afreespiritlife or via email at [email protected].

Take care of yourself, trust your inner wisdom, and radiate your unique light into the world. You are a beautiful part of the puzzle of life.

You can look up your free Human Design chart on Genetic Matrix.

To learn more about my Human Design and healing sessions, visit 1:1 Sessions with Shannon.

Welcome to Episode 71 of the Free Spirit Life Podcast! I'm your host, Shannon Kinney-Düh, and I'm thrilled to have you here with me today. Whether you're a long-time listener or you're just joining us for the first time, I want to express my deep gratitude for your presence. Thank you for sharing this journey with me.

As many of you know, this podcast is a space where I follow my intuition and share what's inspiring me in the moment. Sometimes it's interviews, sometimes it's solo episodes like this one. And lately, I've been feeling called to show up here more regularly. I've received so much love and resonance from you, and it fuels my desire to share more with you.

So, if you have a story to tell, a favorite episode, or just want to say hello, please reach out to me. You can email me at [email protected]. You can also find me at afreespiritlife.com. Your words and experiences matter to me, and I look forward to connecting with you on a deeper level.

Before we dive into today's topic, I want to share a card from the Soulful Woman deck. It's called "The Flow of Partnership." This card speaks to the ebb and flow of relationships in our lives, especially during times of awakening and transformation. It reminds us that as we change and grow, some relationships may naturally evolve or end. Trust in the flow of life, and the right people will come into your life at the right time.

Finding Peace When Energy Collides

Today, I want to talk about something that has been on my mind lately—finding peace in moments of great change. We're all experiencing awakenings and shifts in our lives, and sometimes it feels like our old selves are colliding with the new, creating moments of disorientation. It's perfectly normal, and in this episode I'm sharing a few simple ways to refuel and ground ourselves during these times.

1. Nature: One of the most powerful ways to refuel your energy is by connecting with nature. Whether you live in a bustling city or a quiet countryside, find a moment to step outside, breathe in the fresh air, and soak in the sunlight. Nature has a way of grounding us, bringing us to the present moment, and reminding us of our connection to the world around us.

2. Creativity: Nurturing your creativity is another beautiful way to refuel. It doesn't have to be complex or time-consuming. Start with something simple, like coloring in a coloring book, or try painting, writing, cooking, gardening or photography. The act of creating can be a joyful and meditative experience, bringing you into the now.

3. Music: Music has the incredible power to shift our energy and mood. Create a high-vibe playlist filled with songs that resonate with you and lift your spirits. Whenever you need a boost or a moment of inspiration, turn on your favorite tunes and let the music refuel your inner light.

4. Inspirational Readings: Consider reading or listening to inspirational books, quotes, or passages. Surround yourself with positive and high-vibe content that uplifts your spirit and encourages you on your journey. You can also curate your social media feeds to follow people who inspire you and share messages of joy and empowerment.

5. Human Design: If you're open to it, exploring your Human Design can be a game-changer. Human Design is your energetic blueprint, offering insights into how you operate, communicate, and access your vital life force energy. Knowing your design validates what you've always known or wondered about yourself and helps you return to the path of purpose, meaning, authenticity and true, empowered abundance. Understanding your energy type can help you navigate life with more ease and authenticity.

Remember, as you embrace your awakening and navigate life when you experience a collision of energy, trust in the process. Like pieces in a board game that get tossed into the air, the pieces will eventually land where they need to be. You have the power to co-create your life, eliminate energy drains, and live in alignment with your authentic self.

To learn more about my current 1:1 sessions, and to sign-up for a reading, visit HERE.

Thank you for joining me in this episode. Your presence means the world to me, and I'm grateful for our connection. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends and leave a review on iTunes. Your support helps our community grow, and I look forward to connecting with you again soon.

Until then, keep taking great care of yourself and continue on your path of awakening.

You are right where you need to be...

Welcome to another episode of the A Free Spirit Life Podcast, where we dive deep into topics that resonate with your heart and soul. In this episode #70, we explore the powerful theme of awakening to a new level of consciousness, grieving and shedding the layers of the old and embracing the 5D way of being.

Embracing the Shift: From 3D to 5D Consciousness

As we navigate the profound changes in our world today, many of us are experiencing a spiritual awakening unlike anything we've felt before. We're transitioning from the old 3D way of existence to the new 5D consciousness - heart-centered living and leading with love.

Navigating the Messy Transition

The mess we may be feeling reminds me of when I saw Marianne Williamson speak many years ago, as she was talking about the #metoo movement. The energy we initially felt during that time was like when an old bathtub faucet that hasn't been used in years and gets turns on. At first, the water gushes out chaotically, carrying with it all the accumulated gunk and rust. Similarly, as we awaken, we're confronted with anger, frustration, and a sense of being duped by systems that no longer serve us. It's a messy process.

Shaking Off the Muck

But here's the beautiful part: we're shedding the accumulated muck from our wings. Imagine that you've always had wings, but they've been burdened by this heavy layer. As we shake off this muck, our wingspan expands, and we begin to soar. This is happening to people all around us as we release the old and make space for the new.

Learning to Flow with the Current

In this transformative journey, we're learning how to go with the flow. Think about the water you might find around mountains – powerful yet graceful. It knows its path and doesn't let obstacles deter it. It smoothly carves its own way, never stopping its flow. This is what's happening as we awaken; we're learning to move gracefully and authentically through life.

Choosing Love Over Fear

The shift from 3D to 5D is about choosing love, compassion, and empathy over fear, anxiety, and worry. It's a choice between building our lives on the foundation of love or fear. Ask yourself: "Do I want a life rooted in fear or one built on love, compassion, and empathy?"

The Courage to Choose Love

It's not easy to choose love in a world that often thrives on judgment and division. But choosing love, compassion, and empathy is our calling. It's about embracing our uniqueness and lifting each other up, rather than tearing one another down.

The Path to Authenticity

As we walk forward on this journey, it can feel like a spew of dirty water, full of blame, judgment, and fear from those who haven't yet awakened. If you find yourself wanting to blame, judge, or mock those who choose love and authenticity, look within. Examine where that judgment comes from. And use this time to set healthy boundaries to honor and protect your energy.

Reclaiming Your Power

From the moment we enter this world, we're conditioned to doubt ourselves and our innate gifts. It's time to grieve the moments we were consumed with self-doubt, and step fully into your authentic power. You have wings; it's time to soar...

Our Mother Earth

It's heartbreaking to witness the harm we've inflicted on Mother Earth. But we're raising a generation that values nature and understands our interconnectedness with it. Times are changing.

Letting Go of 3D Control

The shift to 5D consciousness involves surrendering control to the heart. While the human mind resists this, it's essential to let the heart lead and co-create with your mind. Your heart knows the way; your mind can be the co-creator.

Practicing Presence and Peace

Whenever you feel overwhelmed by the mind's doubt or restless chatter, place your hands on your heart, close your eyes, and breathe deeply. Your breath is the anchor to the present moment, where your inner peace resides. Quiet the mind, and let the heart guide you.

New Beginnings

As we transition into September 2023, we're entering a season of new beginnings. It's a time to let go of the old, the 3D way of life, and embrace the 5D path. It's a time to live with love, light, peace, and authenticity. Remember, you are a light worker, here to make a positive impact. Together, we can create a brighter, more compassionate world.

Stay Connected

If you're seeking support during this transformative journey, here are my 1:1 healing session options.

Share this episode with fellow light workers and kindred spirits who are feeling the call to create a new life rooted in love, light, and empowered authenticity.

We need each other as we navigate this shift together. Take good care of yourself, and remember, the current of love is waiting for you to step into it.

With love,

Shannon

Hello, beautiful you.

I'm writing to share a new episode of the A Free Spirit Life podcast. In this episode 69, I'm sharing some of the practices that might be helpful on your self-discovery, healing and transformational journey in this moment.

If these words resonate with you, trust that what you need to hear most will find you today. There's a lot of changing energy happening right now, so notice if you're being guided by fear or if love is leading the way.

Choose love every time. Love for yourself. Love for others. Love for nature and our world. Your light will guide you when you get quiet, listen to it and trust where it leads you next.

Listening to Your Intuition

Learning to trust and follow your intuition is an essential part of my teaching and mentoring. It's about discerning when you're guided by fear or when you're being guided from a place of love, peace, and inspiration. This skill takes practice, but it's crucial for discovering your true essence and purpose.

The Healing Journey

My journey has taken me through various healing modalities throughout my lifetime (and beyond), from yoga and meditation to creative exploration, journaling, energy work, and more. Each step has been a beautiful part of my healing journey, shaping who I am today. If you're reading these words, I know you are on your own magical healing journey, too.

Nature as a Healing Modality

One constant companion on my journey has been nature. When feeling ungrounded or overwhelmed by fears and anxiety, connecting with nature has been my go-to remedy. Nature has a unique ability to reawaken our senses and bring us back to our inner peace.

Blending the Dualities of Life

Life is a beautiful tapestry of dualities, from inhales and exhales to night and day, challenge and ease, sadness and joy. Embracing and merging these dualities as part of life, helps use learn how to live with greater unity, harmony and flow.

Nurturing Creativity and Overcoming Fear 

Creativity is a gateway to intuition and self-discovery. It helps us overcome self-doubt, perfectionism, and the fear of failure. Sometimes, fear can be a powerful motivator if we learn to lean into it and use it to drive our passions. Fear is natural to feel in our human experience. When you take mindful action through the fear, love will carry you.

The Power of Sunflower Essence

Working with flower essences, especially sunflower, has had a profound impact on my journey. Sunflower essence ignited my confidence in profound ways and has continued helping me step into my radiant and authentic light. It's a good one if you're feeling you need a boost in your solar plexus and finding your confidence, too.

The Authentic Path Forward

As I continue writing my book and sharing my journey, I invite you to explore your dreams and embrace your inner light. Don't let fear hold you back. Take that step forward, trust your intuition, and believe in yourself.

Thank you for being par to my community. If you resonate with the message, share it with your friends and feel free to reach out at [email protected].

Your journey is a beautiful unfolding story, and I'm walking this path with you.

Stay tuned for more episodes, and remember, you're not alone on this path of self-discovery and transformation. Interested in a healing session? Learn more here.

With love,

Shannon

Welcome to Episode 66 of the A Free Spirit Life podcast. Today, I am thrilled to share a heartwarming conversation with my friend, Kristina Patrick-Meiers. Kristina is an energetics practitioner and teacher specializing in energy work, astrology, ancestral and past life trauma, earthbound spirits, and galactic connections.

Kristina's journey is a powerful example of someone who has been awakening to her natural gifts throughout her lifetime. Now, she is fully stepping into her authentic power and sharing her wisdom with the world, inspiring countless people along the way.

In this episode, we delve into the significance of astrology and natal chart readings as a blueprint to your soul. Understanding your unique setup helps you discover your purpose, strengths, challenges, and the obstacles you chose to overcome in this lifetime. It's a validation of who you truly are, empowering you to embrace your gifts unapologetically.

We also explore the concept of 5D consciousness, which signifies a shift in the collective awakening. As we awaken to our intuitive abilities and connect with higher dimensions, we tap into love, enlightenment, and oneness. More and more people are experiencing this awakening, and it's an exciting time to explore the messages we're receiving and embrace our unique roles in this cosmic dance.

Kristina shares her journey as a parent of a highly sensitive child and the importance of understanding our children's unique gifts and challenges based on their design. These new generations of children are advanced beings with big missions, and as parents, we must adapt our approach to support their growth and awakening.

For those interested in deepening their connection to their intuition and exploring limitless possibilities, Kristina and I are excited to collaborate on a one-day immersive retreat experience called Illuminate Your Intuitive Abundance. This retreat, taking place in the Kansas City area, is designed for heart-centered entrepreneurs, visionaries, and big dreamers who want to step into their true gifts in a more empowered way. Join us for transformative practices and exercises that unlock your innate intuition, enhance your decision-making abilities, and help you manifest your authentic power. Visit HERE for details and click "retreat."

To learn more about Kristina and her work, visit her website HERE. You can follow her on Instagram @thestinalife. For details about the retreat, head over to my website HERE and click retreats. You can find me on Instagram @afreespiritlife.

As we navigate through this awakening and embrace our true selves, remember that you are a powerful being with unique gifts to share. Trust your intuition, listen to your guides, and follow the path that lights up your soul. Embrace the shift to 5D consciousness and let love and enlightenment guide your journey. You are a co-creator, and this is your time to shine.

Thank you for joining us in this soul-stirring conversation. Until next time, stay aligned with your true self, and remember, you are a free spirit, capable of incredible transformation.