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Byte Sized Blessings | Paranormal Stories, Divine Encounters & Magical Happenings! episodes

March 09, 2024 S9 Ep163: Byte: The Ghost At The Foot Of The Bed!
This weeks episode is a doozy and begs the question-just what happens when we dream? Or what's really happening in that liminal space between dreaming and being awake?
And dreaming doesn't seem to be limited to the human experience. I know we've all seen dogs running in their sleep and cats whimpering while seemingly dreaming. So all this begs the question...if dreaming isn't exclusive to humans, just what purpose does it serve? And don't get me started on that video of the octopus dreaming...it's astonishing and can be watched here! I am a huge fan of octopi and suspect that like much of the animal and plant kingdom, they too are wondering when humans are going to get their crap together and stop polluting the oceans. It seems that all living beings are dreaming...perhaps of better days to come?

Elizabeth Corpion tells a story this week that is by turns haunting and provocative. And I don't want to ruin it for you but it should make you wonder...about what exactly is happening when we descend into sleep every single night. Just this morning I dreamed about describing someone as being "like the color caramel" in a dream...and I woke up and thought, "hmmm, caramel COULD be a color..." and it could, couldn't it?

Michel de Montaigne said "Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep." And how magical is that? If every moment is a dream, then do we really want to wake up? I know I really don't.

Please remember to rate and review...and share the pod. Grateful to all of you who listen...and see you so very soon for the very next episode!
14 min
March 03, 2024 S9 Ep162: Interview: Leaving Celebrity Behind & Healing Trauma!
Hey all!
I've got a beautiful episode this week with my guest Susan Gold, who left a life of celebrity and glitz to excavate something precious later in life-herself! I'm always urging you all to take the steps necessary to heal, to reconcile, to tend to that heart of yours and give it all the tools it needs to resonate with the beauty in this world-and that's what this episode is about! But beware, it is a heavy one with discussions of child abuse and generational trauma. So for those of you who are sensitive to this subject, please take care.
Susan is a prime example of a human who refused to be satisfied with a life that seemed shallow-celebrities, brands and convincing people to sign on the dotted line. But one day she realized that it was up to her to craft and alchemize a life worth living, one filled with forgiveness, magic and family. She talks so beautifully about it in this episode and it's a good one for reminding ourselves that we have the capacity to change our lives, heal our wounds, as well.
When I was a kid I loved playing in the mud. It was a good excuse to get dirty, but I just loved feeling the squish of that mud between my fingers! It was messy yes, but oh so worth it! And that's what we're talking about this week, except instead of actual mud we're talking about my life, your life, our lives, and squishing them up, releasing our trauma and creating something gold from what emerges.
Cheers to all of us and the journeys that we are on!

For Susan's website click here.

For her book "Toxic Family, Transforming Childhood Trauma Into Adult Freedom", click here.

I have to tell you that Susan had me at her use of the world "FLUFF" as a curse word. Brilliant! I'm going to try to incorporate it into my life, and maybe you should too!

REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW THE PODCAST AS WELL AS SHARE! Thank you so much and see you so very soon with another episode of the podcast!
44 min
March 03, 2024 S9 Ep162: Byte: Leaving Celebrity Behind & Healing Trauma!
Hey all!
I've got a beautiful episode this week with my guest Susan Gold, who left a life of celebrity and glitz to excavate something precious later in life-herself! I'm always urging you all to take the steps necessary to heal, to reconcile, to tend to that heart of yours and give it all the tools it needs to resonate with the beauty in this world-and that's what this episode is about! But beware, it is a heavy one with discussions of child abuse and generational trauma. So for those of you who are sensitive to this subject, please take care.
Susan is a prime example of a human who refused to be satisfied with a life that seemed shallow-celebrities, brands and convincing people to sign on the dotted line. But one day she realized that it was up to her to craft and alchemize a life worth living, one filled with forgiveness, magic and family. She talks so beautifully about it in this episode and it's a good one for reminding ourselves that we have the capacity to change our lives, heal our wounds, as well.
When I was a kid I loved playing in the mud. It was a good excuse to get dirty, but I just loved feeling the squish of that mud between my fingers! It was messy yes, but oh so worth it! And that's what we're talking about this week, except instead of actual mud we're talking about my life, your life, our lives, and squishing them up, releasing our trauma and creating something gold from what emerges.
Cheers to all of us and the journeys that we are on!

For Susan's website click here.

For her book "Toxic Family, Transforming Childhood Trauma Into Adult Freedom", click here.

I have to tell you that Susan had me at her use of the world "FLUFF" as a curse word. Brilliant! I'm going to try to incorporate it into my life, and maybe you should too!

REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW THE PODCAST AS WELL AS SHARE! Thank you so much and see you so very soon with another episode of the podcast!
19 min
February 26, 2024 S9 Ep161: Interview: Tracy Fahey~ Irish Banshees and Haunted Houses!
This week our guest is Irish Gothic Horror Author Tracy Fahey! Hooray!

And BEWARE dear listeners-in this episode you will hear:

how Tracy's ancestry practically screams for her to be an uncanny author...
how living on/near a graveyard is maybe not the best idea...
how ancient ways and ancient gods still roam the lands of Eire...
how footsteps on ceilings and rooftops can become humdrum...
how the Era of the Hag is upon us...that great Goddess of Land and Water and pretty much everything? She's here to stir things up and bitch slap us for all the ways we are destroying this world and eachother.

Whew.

We sure did talk a lot about so many ideas near and dear to my heart...but really, as long as I know there are no monsters under my bed, or demonic dolls in my closet? I'm good.

To check Tracy out and read one of her delicious tales click here.

To say that I couldn't stop thinking about the short story I found on her website would be an understatement and to whoever bought the option for it? BRAVO I SAY!! BRAVO! You clearly have good taste! (or demented taste, but who's judging? Certainly not me!)

Thanks for listening you all and I'll see you next week for another sweet or terrifying or inspirational or magical episode! Cause at this podcast? We're full service! And with that I'll see you around!

1 hr 11 min
February 21, 2024 S8 Ep160: Interview~ Sacred Conversations In Hospital Waiting Rooms, Miraculous Family Encounters!
Hello babes!

This mid-week miracle is brought to you courtesy of neurosurgeon Gary Simonds! As someone who worked in the field of trauma, in the emergency rooms on the brains and spines of those who had been in catastrophic car crashes or suffered gun violence, Gary has much to share on what is most important in those spaces. This episode he talks about the families in the waiting rooms and how sacred each conversation with them is. Despite having the worst day of their lives and whether Gary delivered good news or bad, the families were there each and every time, awaiting news of their loved one.

Gary is an author, a speaker and did I mention a brain surgeon? This conversation ranges-and we talk ancestors, being present to those suffering, how Gary found his calling and how he managed the stress of operating on people who were at death's door. He talks about burnout and how nurses are the ones who are the true powerhouses in our hospitals...and how hospitals don't give them the respect they deserve. We cover much in this episode and I hope you enjoy it!

To check out more by this wonderful human, visit his website!

Music Attributions:
Earthquake (A Tribute To Nepal) by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/399-earthquake-a-tribute-to-nepal
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Imagefilm 004 by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/149-imagefilm-004
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Proxima Centauri by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/566-proxima-centauri
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music (CC BY 4.0): Mandela by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Dont Cry (alternative) by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Believe In Me (instrumental) by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Carol Of The Stars (feat. A.I.) by Sascha Ende
41 min
February 21, 2024 S8 Ep160: Byte: Sacred Conversations In Hospital Waiting Rooms, Miraculous Family Encounters!
Hello babes!

This mid-week miracle is brought to you courtesy of neurosurgeon Gary Simonds! As someone who worked in the field of trauma, in the emergency rooms on the brains and spines of those who had been in catastrophic car crashes or suffered gun violence, Gary has much to share on what is most important in those spaces. This episode he talks about the families in the waiting rooms and how sacred each conversation with them is. Despite having the worst day of their lives and whether Gary delivered good news or bad, the families were there each and every time, awaiting news of their loved one.

Gary is an author, a speaker and did I mention a brain surgeon? This conversation ranges-and we talk ancestors, being present to those suffering, how Gary found his calling and how he managed the stress of operating on people who were at death's door. He talks about burnout and how nurses are the ones who are the true powerhouses in our hospitals...and how hospitals don't give them the respect they deserve. We cover much in this episode and I hope you enjoy it!

To check out more by this wonderful human, visit his website!

Music Attributions:
Earthquake (A Tribute To Nepal) by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/399-earthquake-a-tribute-to-nepal
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Imagefilm 004 by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/149-imagefilm-004
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Proxima Centauri by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/566-proxima-centauri
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music (CC BY 4.0): Mandela by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Dont Cry (alternative) by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Believe In Me (instrumental) by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Carol Of The Stars (feat. A.I.) by Sascha Ende
10 min
February 17, 2024 S8 Ep159: Interview~ The Magic On The Dance Floor, Synchronicity Miracle!
Hello babes! This week in honor of Valentine's Day...(I know, I'm late to the party but at least I showed up...late...) I'm interviewing Katarina Polonska, who, after working with CEO's and other high-performing people realized that they needed help in another part of their lives...finding love! (and best friends...and partners in crime, because quite honestly, that's what I'm looking for, a partner in crime!). But it's the story of how she arrived at this work that is the miracle this week! (HINT: it's called surrender!)

Through a series of heartbreaks and frustrating setbacks Katarina came to a place of understanding, and that's where her miracle was...and that magical, transformational place is with her still and serves her very well-and can work for you too, as long as you are willing to...what? Surrender! (Gah, the notion of surrendering gives me hives BUT I know that it's what's called for!)

To read a bit more about my courageous guest Katarina, here is her website!

And to see this gorgeous human in action here is her YouTube!

So many people are creating such new and gorgeous content and I think it behooves us to understand that with all this content the world is hopefully becoming more beautiful! (and more filled with love!)

Thanks for listening and remember to share this pod with friends...and as usual, I will be ever so grateful!

See you later this next week for a mid-week episode...and until then? Stay shiny!

Attributions:
Summer Swing 2018 by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3160-summer-swing-2018
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Gracias by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/260-gracias
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Imagefilm 031 by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/532-imagefilm-031
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
42 min
February 17, 2024 S8 Ep159: Byte: The Magic On The Dance Floor, Synchronicity Miracle!
Hello babes! This week in honor of Valentine's Day...(I know, I'm late to the party but at least I showed up...late...) I'm interviewing Katarina Polonska, who, after working with CEO's and other high-performing people realized that they needed help in another part of their lives...finding love! (and best friends...and partners in crime, because quite honestly, that's what I'm looking for, a partner in crime!). But it's the story of how she arrived at this work that is the miracle this week! (HINT: it's called surrender!)

Through a series of heartbreaks and frustrating setbacks Katarina came to a place of understanding, and that's where her miracle was...and that magical, transformational place is with her still and serves her very well-and can work for you too, as long as you are willing to...what? Surrender! (Gah, the notion of surrendering gives me hives BUT I know that it's what's called for!)

To read a bit more about my courageous guest Katarina, here is her website!

And to see this gorgeous human in action here is her YouTube!

So many people are creating such new and gorgeous content and I think it behooves us to understand that with all this content the world is hopefully becoming more beautiful! (and more filled with love!)

Thanks for listening and remember to share this pod with friends...and as usual, I will be ever so grateful!

See you later this next week for a mid-week episode...and until then? Stay shiny!

Attributions:
Summer Swing 2018 by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3160-summer-swing-2018
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Gracias by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/260-gracias
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Imagefilm 031 by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/532-imagefilm-031
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
12 min
February 11, 2024 S8 Ep158: Interview~ Hollywood Change-maker, The Magic Of Changing Reality!
Janet Davidson tells several stories this week-and all are super fun!! (at least for me...when I dropped down into the pandemic several of the shows she worked on were balm for my soul during those first dark days...Remington Steele among others!)
Janet tells of her magical sense of knowing and sensing what needed to be done to save the day on the set-as well as how as a child she wanted to be an actor...and how that dream wasn't to be (except at the last minute on an episode of Cagney and Lacey, but we will get to that later!) You'll feel like a fly on the wall as she speaks...and shares her memories of how she changed Hollywood forever for other women. She is a true trailblazer and someone who redefined what being female in the film industry meant! I am so grateful she agreed to tell her stories on the show.
For Janet's website click here!
For her delightful book, Snow White Bites Hollywood...then Hollywood Bit Back, click here!
Janet's a fellow Pisces and so models fierceness and giving no "f's!" We need more women like her-clearing the way for the rest of us, so that we can shine!
Remember dear ones, share the podcast with others this week-this is your weekly homework! Ha! Yes, I know I'm always asking for something, I'm like that bad penny that endlessly turns up! But I just think more people should know about this pod and the happiness it brings to the world! See you next week for more magic and a whole lotta miracles!
Attributions:
Just Deep 1 by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/311-just-deep-1
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music (CC BY 4.0): Marry Me by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Imagefilm 039 by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Desert Night by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Weitblick by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Mafia by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Copacabana (Lounge instrumental Mix) by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): A Million Faces (instrumental) by Sascha Ende
43 min
February 11, 2024 S8 Ep158: Byte: Hollywood Change-maker, The Magic Of Changing Reality!
Janet Davidson tells several stories this week-and all are super fun!! (at least for me...when I dropped down into the pandemic several of the shows she worked on were balm for my soul during those first dark days...Remington Steele among others!)
Janet tells of her magical sense of knowing and sensing what needed to be done to save the day on the set-as well as how as a child she wanted to be an actor...and how that dream wasn't to be (except at the last minute on an episode of Cagney and Lacey, but we will get to that later!) You'll feel like a fly on the wall as she speaks...and shares her memories of how she changed Hollywood forever for other women. She is a true trailblazer and someone who redefined what being female in the film industry meant! I am so grateful she agreed to tell her stories on the show.
For Janet's website click here!
For her delightful book, Snow White Bites Hollywood...then Hollywood Bit Back, click here!
Janet's a fellow Pisces and so models fierceness and giving no "f's!" We need more women like her-clearing the way for the rest of us, so that we can shine!
Remember dear ones, share the podcast with others this week-this is your weekly homework! Ha! Yes, I know I'm always asking for something, I'm like that bad penny that endlessly turns up! But I just think more people should know about this pod and the happiness it brings to the world! See you next week for more magic and a whole lotta miracles!
Attributions:
Just Deep 1 by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/311-just-deep-1
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music (CC BY 4.0): Marry Me by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Imagefilm 039 by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Desert Night by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Weitblick by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Mafia by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): Copacabana (Lounge instrumental Mix) by Sascha Ende
Music (CC BY 4.0): A Million Faces (instrumental) by Sascha Ende
11 min

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