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What does it really mean to manifest? If you've been doing vision boards, affirmations, and the 333 method but still not seeing results — this episode is for you.

Today's guest is Ayelet Polonsky, founder of the Manifestation Method and host of The Manifestation Podcast (163+ episodes). Ayelet spent years living at an ashram in India, survived a cyclone at Kumbh Mela (one of the world's largest spiritual gatherings of 50 million Hindus), and eventually found her way to Jerusalem where she studied Torah and Kabbalah — and manifested her husband in 21 days.

In this episode, Ayelet breaks down the ancient spiritual technology of Kabbalah and how it maps perfectly onto modern quantum physics, neuroscience, and nervous system work. She explains why true manifestation isn't about wanting more — it's about becoming the frequency of what you desire.

What You'll Learn:

• The difference between manifestation and co-creation — and why it changes everything

• What B'tselem Elohim means and how being made in the image of God makes you a creator

• The Kabbalistic Tree of Life (sefirot) and how desire moves from idea into physical reality

• The ABRA Method broken down: Ask, Believe, Receive, Aligned Action

• The 3 C's blocking your manifestation: complaining, comparing, controlling

• The dark chrysalis phase — what it is, why it's necessary, and how to move through it

• The science of your electromagnetic field and heart-brain coherence

• The meaning of Abracadabra in ancient Aramaic and why your words are creating your reality

• 3 steps to manifest a relationship starting today

• The difference between emunah (faith) and bitachon (embodied trust)

Connect with Ayelet Polonsky:

🌐 Website & Membership: ayeletpolonsky.com

📱 Instagram: instagram.com/ayeletpolonsky

🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@AyeletPolonsky

Connect with Collective Guidance:

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About Ayelet Polonsky:

Ayelet Polonsky is the founder of the Manifestation Method — a deeply transformative approach to manifestation that blends Kabbalah, somatics, and modern psychology. She spent six years living in and out of an ashram in India before relocating to Jerusalem, where she immersed herself in Torah and Kabbalistic study. She now leads a global community through her membership, live workshops, and immersive coaching experiences, helping thousands of people heal at the root and create lives that are both expansive and deeply soul-aligned.

If this episode resonated, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and share it with someone in their own dark chrysalis phase. It helps more than you know.

Cracking Open the Darkness: Joy, Creativity & Forgiveness

The world feels intense right now — and host Charla Goodnight isn't shying away from it. In this episode, Charla shares the two most powerful practices she's using to fight the darkness: cultivating JOY and embracing CREATIVITY. She also introduces a brand-new recurring segment inspired by her son: a tarot card pull from the iconic Grateful Dead Tarot deck.

This week's card, the Three of Skulls, carries a message about pain, growth, and the courage to stay true to yourself. Charla closes with a deeply personal reflection on forgiveness — why we owe it to ourselves to clean up our side of the street, and what we'll wish we had done when we look back at our lives.

Topics Covered:

• Joy as spiritual resistance in dark times
• Reconnecting with creativity — and monetizing it as a side hustle
• Charla's current projects: spiritual clothing line, new book, workout membership
• The new tarot segment: Grateful Dead Tarot, Three of Skulls Forgiveness, accountability, and navigating relationships in conflict What we'll wish we'd done when we cross over

Key Takeaway: Joy is not avoidance — it's activism. When you choose joy, create freely, and forgive openly, you crack open the darkness and let the light through.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts — it helps more people find the show. 🙏

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Coming Home: A Soul-Led Journey to Self-Love, Forgiveness, and Freedom ebook

A guide to bring you back to your soul self. Get it here!

The Balanced Life Experience is now open for enrollment.

This isn't a program that asks you to do more — it's an invitation to come back to yourself.

Inside, we explore movement, nervous system support, meditation, and nourishment as pathways to deep connection with your body — not control over it. It's a space to slow down, soften the noise, and finally build a rhythm that feels like yours.

If you've been craving a gentler way to feel strong, steady, and whole — The Balanced Life Experience was made for you.

You can learn more and join us! Trust your timing. If your body says yes, I'd love to walk with you. Here is a link with all the information: https://collectiveguidance.com/balanced-life

Have you ever felt like certain patterns in your life are way older than this lifetime? Like the wounds, the repeated relationships, the situations that keep finding you — feel too ancient to be just "your stuff"? This episode is for you.

In this deeply personal and spiritually rich episode, Charla Goodnight explores the truth about past lives, soul contracts, and how karmic energy shows up in our everyday lives — and most importantly, how we can finally clear it.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:

→ What past lives are and why belief in them spans spiritual traditions worldwide

→ How Akashic records store your soul's lessons, gifts, and wounds across lifetimes

→ Why we cross through the "river of forgetfulness" at birth — and what our subconscious still remembers

→ The role of soul families and why you instantly recognize certain people

→ How to identify karmic patterns by the FEELING underneath, not the circumstance

→ A step-by-step cord-cutting practice and spoken contract-clearing intention

→ How to shift from victim of your patterns to curious observer of your soul's journey

RESOURCES & MENTIONS:

• Book: Many Lives, Many Masters — highly recommended by Charla
• Guest mention: Kerri Samuels, intuitive counselor and happiness coach

💫 JOIN THE COLLECTIVE MEMBERSHIP:

Weekly movement + meditation Zooms with Charla.

https://collectiveguidance.com/collective-membership-1289

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:

🌐 Website: https://collectiveguidance.com/ 📩 Email: [email protected] 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveguidancepodcast/?hl=en 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-guidance-with-charla-goodnight/id1841118592 📺 Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CollectiveGuidancePodcast

If this episode resonated, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share it with someone who needs it. Every review helps this message reach more souls who are ready to do the work. 🙏

What if the people who challenged you most — the heartbreaks, the arguments, the ones who showed up at exactly the right moment — were all part of a plan your soul made before you were even born?

In this deeply healing episode, host Charla Goodnight welcomes intuitive counselor, astrologer, and happiness coach Kari Samuels to explore the spiritual architecture behind our most meaningful (and most difficult) relationships.

Kari shares how she discovered her psychic gifts, why soul purpose has nothing to do with your job title, and how recognizing karmic patterns is the first step toward genuine freedom and happiness.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Soul purpose: what it really means and why it's not your career
• The difference between karmic soulmates and soul-aligned partners
• How soul contracts are made before birth — and why challenging relationships are often part of the plan
• A simple, powerful practice for identifying and healing karmic patterns
• Numerology as a soul blueprint: how your name and birthdate reveal your gifts and lessons
• Spirit guides, soul groups, and how to call in your highest-level helpers
• Why expressing the uniqueness of who you are is the true key to happiness

ABOUT KARI SAMUELS

Kari Samuels is an intuitive counselor, astrologer, numerologist, and happiness coach. She has spent decades helping people connect with their intuition, heal karmic patterns, and step into their soul's purpose through astrology, numerology, and intuitive wisdom. She hosts the podcast Get Psyched with Kari Samuels and shares monthly astrology forecasts on YouTube.

CONNECT WITH KARI:

Website & free numerology calculators: karisamuels.com

Podcast: Get Psyched with Kari Samuels (available on all platforms)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KariSamuels

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:

🌐 Website: https://collectiveguidance.com/ 📩 Email: [email protected] 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveguidancepodcast/?hl=en 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-guidance-with-charla-goodnight/id1841118592 📺 Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CollectiveGuidancePodcast

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You Are Never Alone: Meet the 8 Archangels Surrounding You Right Now

What if you've been carrying the weight alone — when in reality, you've had a divine support team standing around you this entire time?

In this episode of Collective Guidance, host Charla Goodnight introduces a framework that completely shifts how she relates to the archangels: not as distant heavenly figures, but as an assembled team — already in position, already oriented toward your healing, protection, growth, and peace.

Charla walks you through eight archangels, six of whom form a protective sphere around your body in every direction, and two whose cosmic roles deserve their own moment.

IN THIS EPISODE:

Michael | South | Behind You

Your protector. He guards the direction you can't see — the vulnerabilities you didn't know you had. Call on Michael when you're facing fear, starting something new, or walking away from something familiar.

Gabrielle | West | To Your Left

The archangel of the heart and emotional clarity. Water energy. She calms doubt, dissolves resentment, and is a powerful ally for writers, speakers, and anyone who needs to have a difficult conversation.

Raphael | East | To Your Right

The healer. Neon green, air element. Call on Raphael not just for physical healing but before any creative project — he breathes fresh inspiration into everything you build.

Uriel | North | Walking Ahead of You

The path-clearer. Ruby red. Uriel works out front, scanning what's coming before you can see it. Call on him when you're facing financial stress or feel ungrounded.

Raguel | Above You

The archangel of harmony, justice, and peaceful order. Turquoise. Call on Raguel when things feel chaotic — in your home, relationships, or workplace.

Chamuel | Beneath Your Feet

Love, compassion, and forgiveness. Soft pink. He is the foundation you stand on with every step. Call on Chamuel when you need to forgive someone — or yourself.

Metatron | Crown

The king of archangels. Light gold. Call on Metatron during intense spiritual awakenings, when you need a direct line to the highest levels of guidance, or extra protection in the spiritual realm.

Sandalphon | Root

The archangel of the inner world. Violet and silver. Divine feminine. Call on Sandalphon when you've lost the thread of your soul's purpose, or when you need to reconnect with nature and the quiet truth of who you are.

You don't need a religion. You don't need a ritual. You just need your willingness to reach out.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Kari Samuels — Charla's teacher on the archangels

• Sonia Choquette — author and spiritual teacher

• Meg Benedict — Metatron teacher

• The Kabbalah tradition and the Tree of Life

CONNECT + SHARE:

If this episode moved you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Leave a review — it helps this work reach more people.

Visit our website: https://collectiveguidance.com/ Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveguidancepodcast/?hl=en Or email us anytime: [email protected]

What's the real cure for the loneliness epidemic? According to Evan Cudworth — the world's first and only party coach — it's not a supplement, a meditation app, or a stricter morning routine. It's a party.

In this conversation, host Charla sits down with Evan to explore why genuine human connection has become so hard to find, what it actually means to "party" (hint: it's not about alcohol), and how showing up for others is the fastest way to heal yourself.

Evan brings a one-of-a-kind background to this work: University of Chicago graduate, former elite admissions officer who reviewed over 10,000 applications, 15 years embedded in underground rave culture, and the creator of The Party Within — a 7-step framework helping high-achieving adults rediscover joy, confidence, and real friendship without substances or anxiety.

What You'll Hear in This Episode:

• Why Evan defines "party" as a temporary vibe shift with others — and why that definition changes everything
• The 21-Day Wellness Bender: a sprint of 7 daily habits (cold showers, dancing alone in your room, calling 21 different people, complimenting strangers) that rebuilds your social wiring from the ground up
• How to make real friends as an adult — and why the best friendships are built on mess, not good vibes only
• Why going to an event alone and making someone else feel welcome is the single best thing you can do this weekend
• The Rule of Thirds: a third of parties are good, a third are mediocre, a third are bad — and why that's actually a law of nature, not a failure
• What Evan says to people in recovery who feel like sobriety cut them off from their social life
• Why "protecting your peace" too hard can quietly kill your connection
• How partying from the bottom up — drum circles, dance parties in the park, underground raves — is how humanity actually heals

Key Takeaway: The party is not the destination. The party is the coach. It's the arena where all your therapy, all your personal growth, all your courage gets tested in real time, with real people.

Connect with Evan Cudworth:

📲 Follow Evan: https://www.instagram.com/evan_cudworth/

🌐 Learn more about The Party Within framework at https://partycoach.me/

If this episode moved you — share it with one person who needs permission to have more fun.

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:

🌐 Website: https://collectiveguidance.com/ 📩 Email: [email protected] 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveguidancepodcast/?hl=en 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-guidance-with-charla-goodnight/id1841118592 📺 Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CollectiveGuidancePodcast

In this episode, Charla Goodnight dives into one of the most powerful spiritual practices available to us — prayer — and reframes it in a way that may change how you think about your inner world forever.

Charla explores the idea that every thought we have is a form of prayer and a conversation with Source. When we worry, we are sending energy toward the very things we fear. But when we consciously redirect that energy — turning our anxious thoughts into intentional communication with God, the universe, or our higher power — everything begins to shift.

Drawing from her own daily practice and a song by Ali Maya ("Why Worry When You Can Pray"), Charla shares how she co-creates her reality through gratitude, intentional prayer, and quiet meditation that allows Source to speak back.

What you'll hear in this episode:

— How your thoughts are frequencies that attract more of what you focus on

— The reticular activating system and why your brain shows you what you believe

— A simple mindset shift: from worry to "Source, please sort this out for me"

— The power of praying for others, your community, and the world

— How daily gratitude prayer has shaped Charla's life and relationships

This is a short, soul-nourishing episode meant to drop in, inspire, and remind you: prayer works.

Want to connect with us? Visit our website: https://collectiveguidance.com/ Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveguidancepodcast/?hl=en Or email us anytime: [email protected]:

If this episode helped you, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts — it helps others find the show.

Have you ever made the smart decision — the one that checked every box — and still felt completely wrong doing it?

In this episode of Collective Guidance, I sit down with Erin Claire Jones, one of the world's leading Human Design experts, to explore why so many of us feel like we're living someone else's life — and what Human Design reveals about who we actually are.

Erin found Human Design at 25, sitting next to a stranger at a party in New York. She was skeptical. She worked in tech. She had a plan. But when that stranger read her chart, she says it was the most accurate, confronting, and insightful reading she had ever received. It changed everything.

What we cover:

• What Human Design is — and what it isn't
• The 5 types: Projector, Generator, Manifesting Generator, Manifester, and Reflector
• How to find your free Human Design chart Type, Strategy, and Authority — the three pieces you need to start
• Why inner authority changes everything about how you make decisions
• How Human Design explains chronic burnout
• What your design reveals about friction in your relationships
• How to parent your children honoring their unique design
• The line between honoring your design and hiding behind it

🔗 FREE HUMAN DESIGN CHART: humandesignblueprint.com

📖 ERIN'S BOOK "How Do You Choose": https://www.amazon.com/How-Do-You-Choose-Design/dp/0063412772

🎓 HUMAN DESIGN COURSE: https://humandesigngenius.circle.so/

📲 FOLLOW ERIN: https://www.instagram.com/erinclairejones/

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:

🌐 Website: https://collectiveguidance.com/ 📩 Email: [email protected] 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveguidancepodcast/?hl=en 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/collective-guidance-with-charla-goodnight/id1841118592 📺 Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@CollectiveGuidancePodcast

🎵 The Science & Spirituality of Sound: How Music Heals Your Nervous System

What if the music you play every day is shaping your health, your mood, and your ability to manifest — whether you're paying attention or not?

In this episode, Charla Goodnight dives into the intersection of neuroscience and soul to explain why sound is so much more than entertainment. Your body is approximately 60% water — a perfect conductor of vibration — and every sound you experience moves through your cells, your tissues, and your entire being.

🔬 THE SCIENCE:

Harvard researchers have found that music activates nearly all regions of the brain simultaneously — the hippocampus, the amygdala, the limbic system, and the motor cortex. More importantly, the emotional quality of the music you listen to directly influences your autonomic nervous system: the system running quietly in the background, deciding whether you are safe.

🌍 THE FREQUENCIES:

Most modern music is tuned to 440 Hz (the international standard since the mid-20th century). Ancient instruments, Tibetan singing bowls, and the works of Mozart, Verdi, and Beethoven were tuned closer to 432 Hz — Earth's natural frequency — shown to reduce anxiety and induce alpha brainwave states associated with creativity and relaxation

The 528 Hz frequency — called the Love Frequency or Miracle Tone — is associated with the heart chakra, emotional release, and stress reduction. In numerology, 5+2+8 = 6, the number of love.

🎧 MUSIC RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Ali Maya — Why Worry When You Can Pray
• Mary Isis (spiritual music)
• 528 Hz and 432 Hz ambient/healing music (available on most streaming platforms)

💡 THE TAKEAWAY:

Music is input. Your body receives it whether you're listening intentionally or not. Ask yourself: does the music I play make me feel alive and ready — or does it overstimulate and drain me? Use sound as a conscious tool for regulation, healing, and elevation.

Want to connect with us? Visit our website: https://collectiveguidance.com/ Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectiveguidancepodcast/?hl=en Or email us anytime: [email protected]

One of my favorite artist:

Ali Maya

Mary Isis

Steve Sapourn spent nearly three decades in high finance — hedge funds, quantitative trading, and overseeing hundreds of millions in private capital. On paper, he had everything. Underneath, he was running from childhood trauma he didn't have words for yet.

In this episode, Steve sits down with Charla to share the journey from his high-performance exterior to radical inner healing — including long-term childhood sexual abuse, witnessing a mass murder at six years old, decades of addiction, and the psychedelic breakthrough at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert that finally cracked him open.

Steve is now the host of The Neuro's Journey podcast, dedicated to nervous system healing, trauma recovery, and psychedelic-assisted therapy.

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IN THIS EPISODE WE COVER:

• How childhood trauma fuels high achievement — and why some of the most successful founders carry the deepest wounds
• The moment achieving every goal made Steve MORE depressed — and what that reveals What trauma actually is: a brain adaptation, not a character flaw
• The male mental health crisis: record rates of isolation, addiction, and suicide
• What the patriarchy cost men — emotional authenticity, real relationships, and their health MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD: what it feels like, what it heals, and why it works
• Neuroplasticity explained simply: how the brain forms new pathways and how psychedelics accelerate that window
• Why integration is the most skipped and most important part of any psychedelic experience
• The "achievement brain" vs. the "awakened brain" — and Dr. Lisa Miller's research showing spirituality reduces anxiety and depression by up to 90% in high-risk individuals
• Why regulating your own nervous system is the most powerful thing a leader, partner, or parent can do
• What it means to forgive the person who hurt you — and why it's not about them

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NOTABLE QUOTES:

*"You've looked at yourself as broken and damaged your entire life. You're not. A lot of things happened to you — you've been taking them like they happened to you. They actually happened for you."*

*"I had a nervous system that was not reacting to reality. It was reacting to things that happened to me when I was four and five."*

*"What the patriarchy really did to men was tell us we can't have our feelings. It gave the owners of things compliant workers."*

*"A real man doesn't start fights, he stops them. His power is uplifting — so the people around him feel safe enough to take risks and be themselves."*

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• The Awakened Brain by Dr. Lisa Miller
• Neurofeedback for trauma healing MDMA-assisted therapy — currently legal for therapeutic use in Colorado
• The Neuro's Journey Podcast — available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, and YouTube

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🎙️ FOLLOW STEVE SAPOURN:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneurosjourney/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNeurosJourney

Website: https://theneurosjourney.com/

Apple Podcast: https://theneurosjourney.com/

Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/15IKS2S4LVv6O7aGLCxIW3

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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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