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James McCrae is an author, poet, creative guide, and meme-artist based in Austin, Texas. In his writing and art, he applies the principles of mindfulness and Eastern philosophy to modern life with humor and candor. James is the author of two books: Sh#t Your Ego Says (Hay House, 2017), an autobiographical guidebook for quieting negative self-talk and reconnecting with intuition, and How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis (Thought Catalog, 2021), a book of poetry and memes about leaving your comfort zone to embrace the unknown.

On his popular Instagram page (@wordsarevibrations) James shares daily memes, poems, and illustrations that delight and inspire his audience. He also hosts Homesick Alien Club, a podcast that explores the intersection of creativity, consciousness, and culture.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “What we put out, we get back.”

✨ “We create our own experience of reality.”

✨ “Unless you fix yourself first, you cannot be of service to fix the world.”

✨ “Everyone needs a different medicine and we all have a medicine to give.”

✨ “If you're called to do something, you're called to do it for a reason.”

✨ “Creativity and spirituality are intrinsically connected.”

✨ “We have magical qualities that we're born with and they're expressed through creativity.”

✨ “Poetry is healing. Its language is used to heal in the sense that it, by nature poetry holds space for new ones. ”

✨ “If you were walking in someone else's shoes, you have the same beliefs that they have.”

✨ “Everyone's conditions and experiences have formed what they believe. Everything is true from the perspective of the person who believes it.”

✨ “Learn to practice listening to your intuition rather than your ego.”

✨ “Dance to the beat of your own drum. It's the only way to have fun in this life.”

✨ “The more honest and authentic you are living, the more you gonna find those honest and authentic connections.”

✨ “It's so fun to just be yourself and see the others you attract in that light to and you can do it anywhere.”

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Instagram: http://instagram.com/wordsarevibrations

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Website: https://www.jamesmccrae.com

Email: [email protected]

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Andy has been a traveler for quite a few years now + had to move back home to Scottland, because his dad got cancer. He also chats about his evolution of becoming more aware and treating women with more respect! 

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “When we don't talk about it we don't know what to do in those moments. It's important to talk about death.”

✨ “Having an illness is a part of one's journey, it's not the end. You're going to the next plateau. It's a stepping stone to something else.”

✨ “Rely on hope for a miracle.”

✨ “Do what brings you joy because life is so unexpected”

✨ “The memories, experiences, and little things that make up who you are, you will have in this life but in a second it will be gone so treasure every moment.”

✨ “If you're a woman and solo traveling, you have to be alert at all times.”

✨ “As a woman, don't be scared to use your voice when someone violates you.”

✨ “Making a woman feels safe is something about building trust, listening, showing someone who you are instead of being something you're not, and asking consent.”

✨ “Take time and don't rush things.”

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Timestamps:

01:07   Getting to know Andy

02:30   His journey for the past two years

05:40   Andy’s age

05:44   The age he started his journey

09:35   Why did he come home

11:26   How he knew that his dad was diagnosed with cancer

11:53   His reaction after he received the news

16:24   How his family talk about their situation

19:39   How he noticed he’s avoiding grief

22:07   His realizations

25:22   His relationship to women and how that changed over the years

30:28   Advice for women traveling by themselves

34:16   How does he make a woman feel safe

39:18   Talking about asking consent from a woman

43:30   What is he offering and where can you find him

Christopher is a Corrections Officer, a Professional Podcast Host, a Psychic Medium, and a self-published author of Meditation- How Altering My Consciousness Changed My Life. His book can be found on Amazon.

He started meditating to release tension from his stressful career working as a correctional officer when he found that it gave him peace of mind, allowed him to set his intentions for the day, and allowed him to empower himself by connecting to spirit. It ultimately changed his life.

Listen to know more about his encounter with the spirits, how he discovered his gift, and how he helped people through mediumship.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “Spirits also want to connect with their loved ones.”

✨ “Set boundaries with spirits.”

✨ “Spirits are grieving as well and they feel it with their loved ones.”

✨ “It's hard for the spirit to transition to their journey because of the grief of their loved ones or the shock of the spirit.”

✨ “The spirits' personality is the same personality when they were here.”

✨ “We feel the loss because they are not physically here but spiritually and mentally they are here.”

✨ “Be open when spirits of your loved ones are trying to communicate with you.”

✨ “Having an open mind is one of the best things in life.”

✨ “Sometimes spirits choose not to communicate.”

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Email: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.ford.3386

Website: Linktr.ee/chrisford

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Timestamps from the episode:

01:46 The last random act of kindness someone did for him

02:40 How he got into mediumship

06:58 He talked about the grief for the spirits

13:18       He talks about the personalities of the spirits

15:15       Some ways to connect or communicate to your loved ones who passed on

17:09       Process in going deeper or hiring Chris

18:07       He explains the process of his reading

20:07       How long does the reading takes

23:32      The value of being honest in mediumship

Lacey Dupre is a Dr. of Chinese Medicine, Self-Acupuncture expert, Conscious Leadership coach, and Creatrix who believes you've gotta build your dreams from the inside out.

As a Dr. of Chinese Medicine, she is a chronic dis-ease specialist. As an Anthropologist and Silversmith, she makes Teishin: heirloom Acupuncture tools based on ancient principles, redesigned for modern use. As a CranioSacral Practitioner and empathic intuitive, she has developed a complete program to address chronic stagnation and emotional blocks we encounter as Conscious Leaders and Intuitive Entrepreneurs.  And as a Soil Scientist, she has done research and experimenting.

Let us know more about how self acupuncture works especially for grief.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “Let yourself feel grief, move your body, shake off grief and connect with nature.”

✨ “Being connected, being of service to somebody and self acupuncture can really help navigate your grief.”

✨ “Self acupuncture helps you to be open to receiving new experiences and letting go on what is no longer needed.”

✨ “Acupuncture is within the scope of Chinese medicine.”

✨ “Teishin is the first acupuncture needle and it does not insert into the skin.”

✨ “You can't have holistic medicine without looking at dreams.”

✨ “Anger is a stage of grief.”

✨ “When we verbalize and put out there in a group, in a sacred container, so much healing happens.”

✨ “Connection is vital.”

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.lacey.dupre/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drdupre/

Website: https://laceydupre.com/

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Timestamps: 

02:26   Lacey talked about Acupuncture and Chinese medicine

05:18   She explained about needle-free acupuncture

07:48   She talked about one of her favorite teachers in medicine

09:22   Acupuncture and looking at dreams

11:25   How she practice Teishin virtually during the pandemic

12:27   She talked about anger

16:53   How she helps people experiencing grief

22:22   She demonstrated how self acupuncture is done and how it works (LI20)

27:52   She shared about her grief cafe

Kasey Taylor is a luxury hospitality art advisor, master's student working towards her LMFT, and President of mental health non-profit The Scooty Fund. A public speaker and advocate, Kasey's passion lie in changing the culture of mental, emotional, and spiritual health amongst young adults. During her free time, Kasey enjoys skiing, hiking, and creating art.

Recently, she got into a near-death experience with her boyfriend. Listen to learn more about how she survived, what she did to recover from PTSD, and what she learned from her experience.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “Recognize that you can learn from the situation, listen to your voice, your inner knowing earlier on in relationships or from the beginning.”

✨ “Listen to the red flags earlier.”

✨ “Take the necessary steps to protect yourself physically and emotionally.”

✨ “Don't do it on your own. You cannot do it on your own.”

✨ “Don't be afraid to tell your story.”

Some ways Kasey Taylor came over PTSD:

✨ Focused on routine.

✨ Talking a lot with her good friends.

✨ Deep relationships with her friends and family. Being honest with them, loving them and letting them love me, and staying connected.

✨ Don't do it on your own. You cannot do it on your own.

✨ Redecorating her space.

✨ Recreating the structure that she needs to feel like she can manage the unknown even though she knew it's impossible

✨ Telling her story

Some advice to people who have friends who are experiencing PTSD:

✨ Being open to listening to their stories and what they feel.

✨ Make them feel that it's okay to talk about it and don't need to be ashamed of what happened.

✨ Turning towards them without judgment.

✨ Helping them feel surrounded and loved was really key.

✨ Be sensitive with the words coming out of your mouth to prevent them from being hurt.

✨ Don't worry about what to say, just listen to them and make them feel that you are there for them. Just let them talk about it.

Resources mentioned:

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I Am Safe meditation playlist: https://insighttimer.com/playlists/fdKLKq5bR9A0JCTFwYKB?_branch_match_id=961680575747428212&utm_source=CopyLink&utm_campaign=app-share&utm_medium=Playlist&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz8wrzkzXyyjRt8gOcy6zyM8yyUoCALEsZMwcAAAA

Kasey Info:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/thescootyfund/

Website: https://www.scootyfund.org/

Email: [email protected]

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Daryl is a dynamic creative and spiritual guide who helps people reconnect to their creative spark, tune into the authentic voice within and remember who they really are, which empowers them to become the greatest version of themselves! He recently had a breakup with a partner and experienced grief intensely. He shared what he learned about grief and how he transformed his pain.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “Grief is a deep process of healing.”

✨ “You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens”

✨ “Ask for support when you need it and allow yourself to be held when you need to be held and to express emotions to other people. ”

✨ “Allow yourself to cry uncontrollably and to feel pain and to learn to be okay on your own.”

✨ “Never settle for less in your relationship, career, and life.”

✨ “Part of human experience is pain and suffering.”

✨ “We are made to be in a tribe. We can't survive without each other. We're meant to support one another.”

✨ “Vulnerability and allowing other people to take care of you and support you, that's strength.”

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More Things They Discussed:

02:50   What grief means to him and how it showed up in his life

07:33   How did he overcome grief

08:55   He shared about EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

13:48   The need to express anger

15:48   The difference between how he thought he grieved before and how he truly grieving now

18:17   What he discovered during his grieving process

25:34   He talks about transforming grief

28:02  His advice when dealing with moments of fresh pains

30:16  Talking about experiencing the grief of someone passed relational and physical

35:36  Daryl explains that life is not all love and light

Miranda is a studying clinical herbalist remembering her ancestral curandera ways. She created Mariposa as a digital community space and an apothecary to help others return to their roots and uplift the intersections of eco and social co-liberation.

She testified that ancestors are still with us after they pass and plants talk to us and you can start to explore that in your life. She also shared some plant medicines for grief. She let us know more about plant medicines and how she learned to connect with plants.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “Little act of kindness makes such a big difference.”

✨ “Ancestors are still with us after they pass.”

✨ “Mullein is a plant medicine for the respiratory system and good for grief.”

✨ “The lungs represent the organ of grief.”

✨ “Rose can be a powerful medicine for grief.”

✨ “Flower essence are energetic imprint of the plant and works on the emotional body”

✨ “Plants talk to us and you can begin to explore that in your life.”

More things we discussed: 

03:14   Curandera practice that was passed through her ancestry

04:40   Sharing her journey of the death of her grandmother and how she has been able to work with that.

07:25   How did she received her ancestral gifts

08:46   Herbs that are good for grief

12:48   How she gets connected with plants

18:11   How she incorporates plant medicine into her life

20:54   Ways and resources on how to connect with plants

26:05  Offerings Miranda have and how people can find her

Resources Mentioned: 

Schools/herbalist

https://www.wellofindigenouswisdom.com/

https://www.schoolofthesacredwild.com/

Book:

The Secret Life of Plants

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99442.The_Secret_Life_of_Plants

Flower Essences:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ResonanceApothecary

https://www.etsy.com/shop/XalishMedicines

https://www.potionsbyliri.com/

More of Miranda:

Instagram: instagram.com/mariposajournal

The Healer Series Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehealerseries

Website: www.mariposa-journal.com

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Perry is an artist and truth speaker. Her gift lies in portraying feeling emotions and truth in its raw and innate form. She uses singing, rapping, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, and dance, as per what the times call for, to express and awaken. She loves expanding... What is most relevant for her right now is joy, making music, and embodying my feminine grace and power simultaneously. She hasn’t experienced the death of her family but she still had grief. Let us know more about how she learned from herself about grief. In this episode, we can hear different perspectives and realizations about grief experiences and some of the ways on how to deal with them.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “Grief is not only about when losing someone.”

✨ “Give some space to process the grief.”

✨ “Breathwork can help you release grief. ”

✨ “Sharing your story with other people is probably the most powerful thing because we relax and feel that we're not alone.”

✨ “The more people share authentically, the grief becomes more manageable and the more easily digested. ”

✨ “Every emotion is valid and needed. It's there for a reason.”

✨ “Death and rebirth are always happening in our lives.”

✨ “Joy and grief are connected. You will appreciate joy more if you experience grief.”

✨ “Allow yourself to celebrate feeling grief.”

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Life constantly has the tendency to be overwhelming. There are days when we feel disconnected from everything that's keeping us sane, even from ourselves. However, as for Ceri, it's all a matter of discovering the possibilities the human body naturally possesses and turning them into a form of self-embodiment. In this way, one can ease those gloomy emotions coming through the surface. Openly and maturely speaking, orgasms are a way to do it. This is somehow an uncomfortable topic for some at first glance but in this podcast, Ceri and I will tackle why it shouldn't be. Pay attention and see how it actually leads to healing and empowerment. This world just needs a little bit of perspective. Let it start from you. Go ahead and give this a listen.

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