Collective Guidance

Feeling the weight of the world lately? You're not imagining it — and you're not alone. In this episode, Charla talks with Liz Moyer Benferhat, founder of We Heal For All and author of When the World Hurts: Why the World's Pain Makes Sense and What You Can Do About It, about collective grief, climate anxiety, empath burnout, and how to actually process the emotional weight of today's world instead of suppressing it.

Liz spent nearly 20 years in sustainable development and grassroots social change across Africa, South America, and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network before founding We Heal For All in 2018 to address the burnout and emotional toll she witnessed in changemakers — and in everyday people. Through her signature circle model (meditation + storytelling + resonance practice), she's helped hundreds process grief, anxiety, and overwhelm in community rather than alone.

In this episode you'll learn:

• The real difference between personal grief and collective grief

• Why highly sensitive people and empaths feel world events more intensely

• How nervous system regulation gets misunderstood as "controlling" emotion

• Why emotions need space, not suppression, to move through the body

• The difference between cognitive empathy and somatic (affective) empathy

• What a "collective container" is and why healing circles work

• How collective consciousness shifts through individual healing

• The story behind Liz's book When the World Hurts

• How to join a circle, attend a retreat, or train to become a circle facilitator

Guest: Liz Moyer Benferhat, MPA in Development Practice (Columbia University), founder of We Heal For All Book: When the World Hurts: Why the World's Pain Makes Sense and What You Can Do About It — available at wehealforall.com/books and Amazon

Website: wehealforall.com

Substack: wehealforall.substack.com IG: @wehealforall Podcast - We Heal For All: The Collective Healing Podcast

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Charla Goodnight returns after a 30-day hiatus to share the real reason behind her absence — the end of a two-year relationship that fell apart over her spiritual path. In this raw and honest episode, she talks about the recurring pattern of partners who couldn't hold space for her spirituality, why she'll never dim her light for anyone's comfort again, and how she used automatic writing to move through the grief. She closes the episode by reading an original automatic writing piece live.

Topics Covered:

• Taking accountability for a month away from the podcast

• The end of a two-year relationship and what it revealed

• A recurring pattern: relationships ending over spirituality

• Releasing people who aren't "your people" without resentment

• Ego pain vs. soul growth

• Automatic writing as a grief and healing practice

• A live reading of an original automatic writing piece

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What have you accomplished in the last six months — and what are you ready to release? In this episode of Collective Guidance, host Charla Goodnight guides you through a heart-centered self-inventory ritual designed to track where you've been and clarify where your soul wants to go.

Released on the Full Moon in Capricorn — the same day Jupiter moves into Leo and Mercury goes retrograde into Cancer — this episode is a timely invitation to reflect, release, and realign with your soul's desires.

Charla shares why the Full Moon is the ideal time to review the six months since the New Moon in Capricorn, a simple nightly self-inventory practice, and how the shift of Jupiter into Leo amplifies your self-expression and manifesting power. She also reframes Mercury Retrograde in Cancer as an invitation to slow down, communicate with compassion, and lead from the heart.

You'll walk away with practical grounding tools — hydration, music, movement, and "joy as resistance" — to raise your frequency and step into the big, expansive energy of Jupiter in Leo season.

In this episode:

• The power of self-inventory for soul evolution

• Using the Full Moon to reflect on the last six months

• A nightly practice to release what no longer serves you

• Jupiter in Leo: bigger expression, bigger manifestations

• Moving through Mercury Retrograde in Cancer with patience

• Grounding rituals and joy as resistance

• The heart as the true center of manifestation

Spirit always has your back. Call on your angels and guides — they're here to support you.

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In this heartfelt and grounding episode, host Charla Goodnight explores the relationship between prayer and meditation — and how both practices became her lifeline during personal conflict and relationship pain.

Inspired by a quote from Rick Rubin — "Prayer is talking to God. Meditation is listening" — Charla unpacks what it truly means to find stillness, calm your nervous system, and reconnect with your soul during life's most challenging moments.

Charla opens up about navigating a significant argument in a two-year relationship, how she prayed for resolution, and how leaning on her angels, guides, and spiritual support system brought peace within 24 hours. She also shares a powerful reframe for anyone grieving the end of a relationship: it's not a loss — it's a change in frequency.

What You'll Hear in This Episode:

• The difference between prayer and meditation (and why you need both)

• Charla's personal pre-meditation breathwork routine

• How conflict affects your nervous system — and how to come back to center

• Why relationships end when frequencies can no longer align

• How to grieve a relationship ending from a soul-level perspective

• A beginner-friendly 1-minute meditation using box breathing

Box Breathing (Try It Today): Inhale 4 counts | Hold 6 counts | Exhale 6 counts. Set a 1-minute timer and breathe.

Key Reminder From This Episode: You are not alone. You are always supported by Spirit, your universe, and God — and there are others walking the same path.

We'd love to hear from you! 💛 If you have a story to share, a question for the show, or just want to connect, reach out anytime:

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What if everything you keep experiencing — the patterns, the relationships, the recurring struggles — are actually karmic records written in your own DNA, waiting to be cleared?

This week's guest is Horus-Poraz, spiritual teacher, ceremonialist, sound healer, and founder of House of Horus — a digital and in-person platform blending ancestral knowledge, ritual, and creative activation to support personal and collective transformation.

His work weaves Egyptian cosmology, the Akashic Records, sound, and movement through ceremonial spaces and one-on-one mentorships to guide individuals toward their soul self.

What we talk about in this episode:

• What the Akashic Records are and why they exist within your body, not outside of it
• How your spine, blood, and DNA carry your ancestral line's stories and unfinished lessons
• The spin technique — a practical tool to release karmic patterns and lock in manifestations
• Egyptian cosmology, the 64 Neteru, and the significance of the Duat in 2026
• Horus's personal journey: going viral at 16, dimming his light for 10 years, and his awakening during the pandemic
• Pineal gland activation, astral projection, and encounters with star beings
• Why the pyramids functioned as cosmic supercomputers and the original internet
• How ancestral healing shows up in your everyday reality
• The beauty and medicine of being queer, authentic, and a shape-shifter in this world

🔗 Connect with Horus-Poraz:

Website: houseofhorus.world

Wanna get your reading: https://www.houseofhorus.world/shop/p/akashic-records-reading

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/house.of.horus/

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In this soul-stirring episode of Collective Guidance, host Charla Goodnight explores the spiritual and psychological concept of resistance — and why the things we fight hardest against keep showing up in our lives.

Drawing from her own lived experience with physical pain, a relationship ending, and the pressure of performing "having it all together," Charla unpacks what resistance truly is, why we do it, and most importantly — how to release it.

What you'll take away from this episode:

• The real definition of resistance (beyond procrastination and fear)
• How numbing, toxic positivity, and obsessive planning are all forms of resistance
• The ego's role as protector — and why it keeps you stuck
• Carl Jung's shadow self concept and how unprocessed emotions live in the body
• Karmic lessons and why patterns repeat across relationships, jobs, and friendships
• A journaling practice to help you identify and release what you're resisting

Charla also shares her deeply personal near-death experience at 21 and the promise she made to her soul — to share the message of Spirit no matter what.

Whether you're going through an ending, a transition, or simply feeling like you're at war with yourself, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.

✍️ Journal Prompt from This Episode: Write down what you are resisting right now. Then write down one way you can choose to stop resisting it.

Enjoyed this episode? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share with a friend who needs this message today.

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COLLECTIVE GUIDANCE | Episode: Energy, Astrology & The Art of Navigating Life's Big Shifts with Kathy Clair-Hayes

If life feels like it's moving faster than ever — you're not imagining it. In this episode, host Charla Goodnight welcomes back psychotherapist, astrologer, and energy intuitive Kathy Clair-Hayes for a deeply grounding conversation about what's happening energetically in our bodies, our relationships, and the collective right now.

Kathy is a Boston-based psychotherapist who weaves together somatic therapy, astrology, and energy intuitive work to help sensitive people understand how they're wired — and how to thrive in a world that often feels overwhelming.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER:

— What an energy intuitive actually is and how it differs from traditional therapy

— Why your nervous system may be reacting to the collective energy shift happening right now

— What the astrological transit of Uranus moving from Taurus into Gemini means for your body, identity, and life

— How to tell the difference between anxiety and a spiritual upgrade

— Why sleep disruption, vivid dreams, and exhaustion can be signs your system is upgrading

— Somatic tools to ground your nervous system when everything feels like too much

— The danger of "checking out" — and how to consciously reclaim your energy

— How your astrology chart reflects your energetic wiring and the lessons you're here to learn

— Cutting cords of attachment — what it is, how it works, and why it matters

— How ancestral trauma shows up in your current relationships and how to begin releasing it

— The energetics of sacred sites and why certain places can trigger deep physical responses

— How prayer connects you to the quantum field of all possibility

— Why community is the single most important resource on the spiritual journey

ABOUT KATHY CLAIR-HAYES:

Kathy is a seasoned psychotherapist and astrologer with decades of experience. She works with energy-sensitive individuals to help them understand their unique elemental makeup, stay grounded, and develop their own intuitive wisdom. While based in Boston, she offers astrology coaching and intuitive sessions worldwide.

Website: https://kathyclairhayes.com/

We'd love to hear from you! 💛 If you have a story to share, a question for the show, or just want to connect, reach out anytime:

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When you're standing at a crossroads and you don't know which way to go, what do you do? In this short and deeply comforting episode, Charla Goodnight shares a personal story about a pivotal moment in her own life — and the spiritual practice that helped her move through it without fear, without force, and without going it alone.

Rather than reacting or making a rash decision, Charla prayed. She called on her angels, her ascended masters, and her spiritual board of directors. She shifted her attention to things that raised her frequency — and she trusted. Less than 24 hours later, the situation dissolved completely. Not because she fixed it. Because she let spirit handle it.

This episode is a reminder that you came into this human experience with a full team of energy and frequency behind you. You are never without support. And the moment you stop feeding a problem with lower vibrational energy and turn it over to the universe, you create space for miracles.

Charla also shares what she's been learning from Wayne Dyer and A Course in Miracles — that there is never really a problem, only a frequency we hold toward a situation — and closes with a stunning Rumi card pull from the Rumi Oracle by Alana Fairchild: Beyond the Threshold of Fear.

Topics covered in this episode: how to call on your angels and guides during major life transitions, the practice of surrender and releasing control to spirit, how your frequency creates or dissolves problems, the teachings of Wayne Dyer and A Course in Miracles on miracles and perception, and the Rumi card Beyond the Threshold of Fear and its message for anyone in transition.

References: A Course in Miracles, Wayne Dyer, Rumi Oracle by Alana Fairchild

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What happens when the person who holds everything together finally falls apart? For Kara Kalin, it took two tumors, the loss of her father, a global pandemic, and four kids under five before she finally stopped performing and started actually living.

Kara is a registered clinical counselor, certified EMDR therapist, former national-level synchronized swimmer, and founder of The Shift Change — an anonymous group EMDR platform that is bringing trauma healing to first responders, healthcare workers, elite athletes, and high performers who would never otherwise ask for help.

In this conversation, Kara takes us all the way back to age 10 — performing through what we now know as secondary drowning and being publicly shamed on a pool deck — and walks us through how that single moment planted a seed of "not good enough" that shaped the next 27 years of her life. From eating disorders and control-seeking in adolescence, to caregiving through her husband's grief, to nearly working herself into the ground while coaching Team Canada and running a private practice without ever taking a maternity leave — Kara was the definition of a high-functioning, highly traumatized person.

It was EMDR that changed everything. First at 18, when she processed the image of her father's death. And again at 37, when she finally traced decades of defensiveness, over-performance, and body-based panic back to that pool deck in Edmonton.

What she found on the other side — a spiritual reckoning, a rebuilt life, and a mission to bring healing to the people least likely to seek it — is nothing short of extraordinary.

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Find Kara and her work:

Group EMDR Sessions: www.shiftchange.life

One-to-One Intensive Work: https://www.karakalin.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karakalin.shiftchange/

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Radical Forgiveness: Why Your Anger Is Hurting You, Not Them

Life is full of transitions — and this week, Charla is in the thick of them. Her middle son just graduated high school, a new baby has joined the family, and she's sitting with the full range of emotions that come with big change. But the real conversation this episode is about what happens when we hold onto anger toward someone who has hurt us — and why that anger is only affecting one person: you.

Charla shares a deeply personal story about encountering someone she'd had significant conflict with after months apart, and choosing radical compassion over resentment. Drawing from a daily devotional called A Deep Breath of Life by Alan Cohen and a moving quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this episode offers a gentle but powerful reframe on forgiveness, compassion, and how we see the people who challenge us most.

What we cover in this episode: why holding anger hurts you and not the other person, the practice of looking into someone's eyes to reconnect with their humanity, how IFS (Internal Family Systems) helps explain wounded behavior in others, the difference between being in "victim" energy versus seeing the bigger picture, and a simple daily mirror practice to cultivate self-love and self-forgiveness.

Quote from this episode: "If we could read the secret histories of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow, suffering, enough to disarm all hostility." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Connect with Collective Guidance:

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