What if the biggest cage you're trying to escape isn't around you—but within your own mind?

In this episode of Fly Free Bird Podcast, Alex and I discuss one of the most influential mindset books we've read, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy. Together, we explore how our thoughts, beliefs, and repeated patterns may quietly shape our reality—and how becoming aware of them can help us break free.

We discuss:

• The power of your subconscious mind

• How affirmations can help rewire your thinking

• Breaking free from limiting beliefs

• Faith, intuition, and following life's nudges

• Why your focus shapes your future

• Real-life stories that challenged us to keep an open mind

• Simple daily practices to cultivate greater peace, confidence, and possibility

Whether you're new to personal growth or have been on this journey for years, we hope this conversation encourages you to become more intentional with your thoughts and reminds you that lasting transformation begins from within.

Resources Mentioned:

📖 The Power of Your Subconscious Mind – by Dr. Joseph Murphy

🎧 Abraham Hicks – "Everything Is Always Working Out for Me"https://youtu.be/eYTHj_jxG3Q?is=uWiLLUwHTkIMbDmv

📱 I Am – Daily Affirmations App

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Thank you for flying with us.

🕊️ Break Free. Take Flight. Live Fully.

What if the freedom you've been searching for is just one breath away?

In this episode of Fly Free Bird, Katie sits down with energy healer, Qi Gong teacher, and intuitive guide Godfrey to explore the connection between breath, healing, self-love, and freedom.

Drawing from more than 40 years of experience, Godfrey shares practical tools to help release emotional baggage, quiet the mind, reconnect with your body, and find the light that already exists within you.

Together, they discuss how old stories, limiting beliefs, and inherited patterns can keep us feeling stuck—and why the path to freedom begins by letting go.

Topics discussed include:

• Energy healing and breathwork
• Self-love and forgiveness
• Releasing emotional patterns
• Qi Gong practices for grounding and vitality
• The healing power of nature
• Letting go of limiting beliefs
• Finding your light
• Creating more peace, freedom, and joy

Fly Free Moment:

"Let go and let love flow." – Godfrey

Connect with Godfrey:

https://bodylightnow.com

LifeWave Information:

During this conversation, Godfrey and I are both wearing LifeWave phototherapy patches.

Learn more:
https://lifewave.com/katiedorish

Additional educational resources and testimonials:
https://thisisitinfo.com

Questions?

[email protected]

The cage was never locked.

Break Free. Take Flight. Live Fully.

From Pittsburgh grit to California dreams.

In this special episode of Fly Free Bird, Katie sits down with her dad, Rick Dorish, for an unfiltered conversation about football, liquor sales, poker, family, friendship, aging, and a lifetime of stories.

Recorded back in November and released on the final day of Rick being 78 before turning 79, this episode captures him exactly as he is: hardworking, opinionated, hilarious, loyal, old-school, and unapologetically himself.

From growing up in Pittsburgh and playing football at Texas Western… to building a career in the liquor business, owning a bar in Oregon, surviving open-heart surgery, and spending retirement at the poker table, Rick shares stories and lessons from nearly eight decades of life.

This conversation is unfiltered, story-filled, and very much my dad being exactly who he is.

✨ In this episode:
• Football stories and college life
• Moving to California in the late 1960s
• The liquor business and sales career
• Owning a bar in Oregon
• Poker, friendship, and aging
• Open-heart surgery and perspective on life
• Family, loyalty, and keeping your word

🕊️ Rick’s biggest piece of advice?
“Laugh every day.”

What happens when you finally pause long enough to feel what’s really going on inside?In this powerful and heart-opening episode, Katie talks with Stacey—a spiritual mentor, energy worker, and mindset coach, and the founder of Sol Wellness. Together, they explore what it means to come back home to your body, your breath, and your knowing—especially after years of ignoring your truth to meet outside expectations.Stacey shares her deeply personal story of walking away from a marriage, leaving behind hustle culture, and discovering healing through nervous system regulation, intuitive living, and deep self-compassion. This episode is a love letter to any woman ready to stop pushing and start listening.✨ You’ll hear:

• What Stacey's body was trying to tell her long before she burned out• How trauma lives in the body—and how breathwork gently clears it• The turning point that helped her walk away from a life that no longer fit• How she reclaimed her truth by honoring her own rhythms and living cyclically—in sync with nature, her energy, and her nervous system• Daily practices that support nervous system healing and emotional release• A glimpse into her subtle spiritual “gift” that just might surprise you…🕊️ Fly Free Moment:“I thought I needed to fix myself… but I realized I just needed to come back to myself.” – Stacey✨ Connect with Stacey:🔗 Website → https://thesolmindset.com📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/_solwellness💌 Want to Break Free & Fly Higher?

Katie is now offering 1:1 Fly Free Bird Coaching!📩 DM @flyfreebirdpodcast or email [email protected] to learn more.🎧 Listen now on your favorite platform:🔗 Spotify → https://spotify.link/FlyFreeBirdPodcast🔗 Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fly-free-bird/id1720436933🔗 YouTube → @flyfreebirdpodcast📲 Follow Fly Free Bird Podcast for Weekly Inspiration:→ Instagram: @flyfreebirdpodcast→ Facebook: Fly Free Bird Podcast→ TikTok: @fly.free.bird.pod→ YouTube: @flyfreebirdpodcast🕊️ Subscribe & Fly Free:👉 YouTube: @flyfreebirdpodcast👉 Spotify: https://spotify.link/FlyFreeBirdPodcast👉 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fly-free-bird/id1720436933🔔 Tap the bell and join the flock of free birds ready to live intuitively, confidently, and free.

An inspiring conversation about finding your voice, owning your path, and staying grounded through 27 years of live music.

What do you get when you mix 27 years of live gigs, a heart full of soul, and the voice of a rock goddess? You get Anesha Rose, aka Music Mama—a beloved Southern California musician known for her electric stage presence and emotionally charged covers of artists like Stevie Nicks, Janis Joplin, and Adele.

In this soulful (and laugh-out-loud) episode, Anesha shares her raw and inspiring journey—from karaoke bars to Angels Stadium, from ska bands to solo stardom—and why she’s still rocking 800+ cover songs across SoCal four nights a week.

🔥 You’ll hear:
• The real story behind her “five-mile radius of fame”• How she built confidence at 16 through sushi restaurant karaoke• Getting rejected from the national anthem... and then performing it anyway at Angel Stadium• What it’s like juggling 27 years of music gigs with a 25-year fire protection day job• Why she calls herself an “entertainer, not just a musician”• LIVE performances of Gypsy, Me and Bobby McGee, and her original song Love Games

Whether you’re a music lover, a late bloomer, or someone chasing creative dreams on the side—you’ll find yourself inspired by Anesha’s fierce authenticity, heart, and humor.

🕊️ "Put me where I’m useful." — This one’s for the artists, the feelers, and the wild hearts still showing up.

🌐 Learn more & hear her music: https://www.anesharose.com
🎶 Follow Anesha: https://www.instagram.com/anesharose

📍 Episode Highlights
• The Five-Mile Radius of Fame
• Finding Her Voice at 16 Through Karaoke
• Getting Rejected—Then Singing at Angel Stadium
• Singing Waitress Days + Fire Protection Life
• Reggae, Ska, and Growing as an Artist
• 🎤 Gypsy (Live Performance)
• 🎤 Me and Bobby McGee (Live Performance)
• 🎤 Love Games – Anesha’s Original Song (Live)

💌 Want to Break Free & Fly Higher?
Katie is now offering 1:1 Fly Free Bird Coaching!
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What happens when you finally stop living for others and start listening to your own intuition?

In this powerful and heartwarming episode, Katie sits down with her dear friend Christine to talk about breaking free from unhealthy relationships, navigating life after divorce, rediscovering joy, and aging with confidence and clarity.

Christine shares her deeply personal story—from walking away from an unhealthy marriage to rebuilding her identity through writing, yoga, travel, and friendship.

✨ In this episode, they explore:

• Learning to trust your body’s wisdom and intuition
• Letting go of relationships that no longer serve you
• Finding freedom within corporate life
• Starting over in your 40s—and loving it
• Aging unapologetically and embracing your truth
• Travel as a portal for healing
• Using astrology to better understand yourself and others

Christine proves that healing doesn’t mean hiding—it means shining brighter.

💫 Ready to rediscover your joy?

Katie is now offering 1:1 Fly Free Bird Coaching.
DM @flyfreebirdpodcast or email [email protected] to learn more.

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In this heartfelt episode of Fly Free Bird, I sit down with my beautiful friend Meghan, who shares her powerful journey of breaking free — personally and professionally.

From traveling as a physical therapist, navigating toxic work environments, to bravely starting her own thriving business, Meghan’s story is filled with resilience, faith, and courage.

We dive into:

• Finding the courage to leave toxic workplaces and relationships
• Building a successful business from scratch
• Learning to trust your intuition
• Turning pain into purpose
• Creating a life of freedom and hope

This is a real, raw, and inspiring conversation that reminds us: you are never stuck, and you are never alone.

If you or someone you know needs help:

• Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
• Text "START" to 88788
• Visit thehotline.org

You are loved, and there is always hope. 🤍

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In this heartfelt Easter special, I sit down with one of the most important women in my life—my 93-year-old “aunt/grandma,” Iris, affectionately known as Moogie or Moog. Born to Armenian immigrants who fled the genocide, she shares a powerful story of resilience, independence, and unwavering faith in God.

From growing up in Hungry Hollow, a tight-knit immigrant community in Illinois, to breaking free from a difficult marriage and raising two daughters on her own, Moogie is living proof that faith and kindness can carry us through anything.

This episode is a love letter to legacy, culture, and the strength of a woman who never stopped believing.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Her family’s escape from the Armenian genocide
• Life in Hungry Hollow (later renamed Lincoln Place)
• Leaving a toxic marriage to build a better life for her daughters
• The power of faith, friendship, and forgiveness
• What she’s learned in 93 years—and her advice for us all

This Easter, let Moogie’s story remind you what really matters: love, faith, and the courage to keep flying free.

Connect with me:
📸 Instagram: @flyfreebirdpodcast

Welcome back to the Fly Free Bird Podcast! In this episode, I'm joined by Rebeca, one of my cherished yoga instructors, to discuss how yoga can be a powerful tool for breaking free from physical, emotional, and spiritual constraints.

Rebeca shares her journey from skepticism to embracing yoga's transformative potential after a pivotal class at Core Power Yoga. We explore how yoga studios act as community centers, fostering not just fitness but deep, lasting connections and personal growth.

This conversation extends beyond the mat, illustrating how the principles of yoga are not only about physical practice but also about navigating the complexities of life and embarking on a journey of self-discovery. Whether you're looking to make a change, start something new, or simply find a moment of peace, this episode highlights the importance of taking that first step into something transformative.

Join us to discover how embracing yoga can lead to profound changes, helping you break free and find greater fulfillment in everyday life.

Join us as Leo shares his incredible journey from being a bartender to becoming an artist and podcaster. In this episode, we explore the transformative power of creativity and personal evolution. Leo discusses his early influences, the profound impact of significant life events, and how he found his passion in art after a life-altering breakup. Discover how embracing change, nurturing your inner child, and following life's signs can lead to fulfillment and joy.

Tune in to hear about Leo's challenges, triumphs, and the lessons learned along the way that have shaped his path to freedom and creative expression.

Additional Resources:

• Listen to the music piece that inspires Leo to get out of his head: Spotify Track
• Check out Leo's podcast: Parabol Podcast on Spotify
• Watch more from Leo on his YouTube channel