In this powerful premiere of Awakening Truths: makeupyourPOWER Podcast, we gather for an intimate and transformative roundtable conversation as we close the chapter on the Year of the Snake and prepare to enter the bold, catalytic energy of the Fire Horse in the Chinese New Year—while navigating the larger collective shift of the Age of Aquarius.

This episode explores what it truly means to shed old identities, release survival patterns, and step into embodied power.

Together, Nichole—spiritual authority and integration guide— www.makeupyourpower.com alongside co-host Tina, grief coach; Susan Jones LPC, licensed mental health professional; and Heather, astrologer and reiki practitioner and owner of Sacred Mountain Healing, www.HeatherWhitehouse.com  unpack:

This is a conversation rooted in lived experience, professional insight, spiritual awareness, and emotional safety. We speak honestly about trauma, healing, awakening, and the courage it takes to break cycles.

If you’ve ever felt like the cycle breaker, the truth teller, or the one who refuses to stay silent—this space is for you.

Welcome to the beginning of a movement.

Feeling drained, restless, or inspired all at once? You’re not alone. In this week’s episode, Nichole and Tina unpack the powerful energies of Pisces season, the Fire Horse year, and the Saturn–Neptune conjunction. Discover how these cosmic shifts influence rest, clarity, and empowerment—and how to align with your authentic self through boundaries and self-trust.

Tune in for a deep, soulful conversation about awakening, intuitive living, and reclaiming your energy in 2024.

Looking for integration and clarity. Check out https://makeupyourpower.com and keep up to date with newly released episodes and blog posts.

Keywords: Pisces Season, Fire Horse Year, Saturn Neptune Conjunction, Astrology, Energy Update, Spiritual Awakening, Boundaries, Self-Empowerment, Authenticity

In this deeply vulnerable episode of Awakening Truths: MakeUpYourPower, I become the guest and share the story behind the mission.

From losing my mother at just seven years old to being placed in a home that reshaped my sense of safety, identity, and voice — this conversation walks through the emotional landscape of childhood trauma, silence, survival, and awakening.

I open up about my relationship with my father, the unspoken dynamics within the household, and the internal narrative that followed me for years. I share how those early experiences shaped my beliefs, my nervous system, and the way I showed up in relationships — until I chose to educate myself, face the trauma, and take radical responsibility for my healing.

We cannot control what happened to us when we were young.

This episode is about:

Control your mind. Control your life.

If you have ever suffered in silence, this conversation is for you.

Check out https://makeupyourpower.com to book a private session or read daily blogs to help you Makeup Your POWER.

She loved. She stayed. She endured.

In this deeply moving conversation, Garrett’s mother shares what it meant to stand beside a husband battling mental illness while raising children in the shadow of instability and grief. She speaks candidly about devotion, heartbreak, and the unimaginable layers of loss that reshaped her life.

This episode explores loving someone with bipolar disorder, surviving suicide loss, navigating motherhood through crisis, and leaning on the power of women and community. Above all, it is a story of resilience—and the quiet courage it takes to find love and light again after profound loss.

If you are ready for integration and to step into your power book a session today. www.makeupyourpower.com 

Awakening is not about becoming perfect. It’s about becoming conscious.

In the final part of this series, we bring everything together — the Universal Laws, their shadow expressions, and what it truly means to live in alignment.

This episode explores:

You’ll learn practical micro-adjustments to help you:

You are not here to eliminate darkness.

This is deeper awakening.

Ready to Integrate This Work?

This episode’s companion blog includes practical daily alignment tools, journaling prompts, and integration exercises.

Go deeper here:

Awakening isn’t about information. It’s about embodiment.

Keywords: spiritual integration, shadow integration, self-mastery, conscious living, energy awareness, personal evolution, mindset awareness, spiritual growth podcast, emotional regulation, awakening truths

What if the 7 deadly sins are not about morality — but about misused energy?

In Part Two of this series, we explore how the shadow side of the 7 Universal Laws mirrors pride, envy, lust, wrath, sloth, greed, and gluttony.

This episode breaks down:

You’ll see how modern culture amplifies these shadow expressions — from comparison culture to overconsumption and ideological extremes.

The powerful realization: shadow is simply energy at one end of a spectrum.

And if it’s on a spectrum, you can move.

Explore the Shadow More Deeply

I’ve written a companion blog that expands on the energetic connection between the Universal Laws and the 7 deadly sins — including reflection prompts for shadow work.

Read it here:

Awareness transforms distortion into alignment.

Keywords: 7 deadly sins meaning, shadow work, polarity, spiritual psychology, ego awareness, energy balance, awakening journey, self-awareness, inner healing, personal transformation

The world feels divided, uncertain, and overwhelming. But beneath the chaos are deeper patterns — the 7 Universal Laws.

In this episode of Awakening Truths with MakeupYourPower, we explore how ancient spiritual principles like Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, and Gender explain what’s happening internally and collectively.

You’ll learn:

This episode is about reclaiming your power in uncertain times by understanding how energy works.

When you shift internally, you shift how you experience everything externally.

Want to Go Deeper?

This episode has a companion blog breaking down the 7 Universal Laws with additional real-life examples and integration practices.

Read it here:

Understanding the laws is one step. Applying them daily is where power begins.

Keywords: Universal Laws, spiritual awakening, mentalism, law of vibration, law of polarity, self mastery, personal growth, consciousness, mindset shift, inner power

Garrett’s story is one of profound loss, spiritual wrestling, and hard-earned awakening. Growing up in the shadow of bipolar mental illness, he witnessed firsthand how fragile hope can become when faith falters.

After enduring unimaginable family loss and ultimately losing his father to suicide, Garrett began to understand his calling: to speak openly about mental health, faith, and emotional truth.

In this vulnerable episode, he reflects on grief, surviving suicide loss, becoming the only sibling, and the ongoing work of integration. This conversation offers insight for anyone navigating complicated grief, mental illness in the family, or the intersection of faith and mental health.

If you are ready for integration book a session today. www.makeupyourpower.com 

Awakening Truths: Make Up Your Power is a podcast about awakening, reparenting, trauma healing, and reclaiming your voice.

Hosted by Nichole, this show is for empaths, black sheep, and cycle‑breakers ready to break generational trauma, dismantle survival patterns, and turn pain into power. Through raw, honest conversations, we explore grief, identity collapse, narcissistic survival dynamics, emotional responsibility, and what it truly means to live authentically and free.

No spiritual bypassing.

If you’re ready to speak your story and reclaim your power — this space was created for you.

www.makeupyourpower.com