Discover how The Freedom Transmissions can guide your spiritual awakening, help you live with more peace and joy, and offer lasting transformation.

In this continuation of my conversation with Carissa Schumacher, we explore The Freedom Transmissions as more than just a book — it’s a living meditation, a sacred tool for spiritual awakening and lasting transformation. Carissa shares how the transmissions work on a non-linear level, the shifts people experience when engaging with them, and practical ways to integrate the teachings into daily life.

Whether you’re new to The Freedom Transmissions or returning for a deeper read, this conversation offers guidance on how to approach it with intention, faith, and presence. Carissa emphasizes that the wisdom within is not about rushing to the end, but allowing each passage to unfold within you over time.

Key Themes

* The Freedom Transmissions as a living meditation and spiritual guide.

* How divine timing shapes the way we receive and remember the teachings.

* The four principles — Simplicity, Stability, Surrender, Stillness — as anchors for daily life.

* Faith as a transformative force, even in moments of uncertainty.

* Practical ways to work with the book through meditation, journaling, and slow reading.

If this episode resonates, please follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with a friend who’s ready for their own spiritual shift.

Learn More About Carissa

To find out more about Carissa’s monthly online ReSynch gatherings, her Journeys, and how to work with her 1-on-1, visit TheSpiritTransmissions.com.

Buy The Freedom Transmissions here.

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About the Podcast

Hold the Light supports lifelong learners and spiritual seekers in deepening their journey toward personal transformation. Through reflection, wisdom, and practical tools, this podcast is a companion for those on the path of growth and self-discovery.

Podcast Credits

🎙 Creator, Producer, and Host: Laurie Gunning Grossman🎧 Co-Producer & Sound Design: Jonathan Grossman🎼 Original Music: Jonathan Grossman📍 Recorded at: Night Shift Audio, Los Angeles, CA

Other Episodes in This Series

🎧 Ep. 1—Introduction: The Freedom Transmissions Series

🎧 Ep. 2—I AM Yeshua

🎧 Ep. 3 —The Three Veils and Seven Imbalances of the Mind, Part 1

🎧 Ep. 4—The Three Veils and Seven Imbalances of the Mind, Part 2

🎧 Ep. 5—The Chambers of the Sacred Heart

🎧 Ep. 6—The Thread and Stitching of the Dreaming, Part 1

🎧 Ep. 7—The Thread and Stitching of the Dreaming, Part 2

🎧 Ep. 8—Shades of Hope

🎧 Ep. 9—Sacred Seeds

🎧 Ep. 10—The Servitude of Longing

🎧 Ep. 11—The Liberation of Longing

🎧 Ep. 12 — The Freedom of Be-ing

🎧 Ep. 13 – The Power of Perception

🎧 Ep. 14 – Clarity, Pt. 1

🎧 Ep. 15 – Clarity, Pt. 2

🎧 Ep. 16 — The Spectrum of Spirit

🎧 Ep. 17 — Polarity, Resistance, and Transcending Doubt

🎧 Ep. 18: The Alpha, the Omega, and Eternal Life

🎧 Ep. 19: Resurrection

Disclaimer

All reflections shared in this series are my personal interpretations of The Freedom Transmissions. They do not represent Carissa Schumacher or the book itself. My aim is to explore these teachings through my own lens, offering insights for deeper contemplation and growth.

Hold the Light with Laurie Gunning Grossman is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Discover the untold story behind The Freedom Transmissions and what Yeshua’s teachings reveal about the era shift, joy as service, and the courage to live your original path.

In this conversation, I sit down with Carissa Schumacher — renowned forensic psychic medium, full-body channel for Yeshua, and the voice behind The Freedom Transmissions. Together, we go behind the scenes of how this remarkable book came to be, exploring the spiritual, emotional, and deeply human journey that brought Yeshua’s wisdom into the world.

We talk about the upcoming era shift into Aquarius — a time marked by balance, humility, integrity, and service through joy — and what it means to move from a service model rooted in suffering to one based in spiritual freedom.

Carissa shares the moment Yeshua first came through her, the challenges of surrendering fully to spirit, and how grief and loss deepened her ability to channel the messages that would become The Freedom Transmissions.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

* The era shift into Aquarius — and why joy is a more powerful service than suffering

* The intimate, behind-the-scenes story of how The Freedom Transmissions came to life

* Yeshua’s message of originality and why it matters for your spiritual path

* How grief can become a profound catalyst for transformation and deeper spiritual connection

Whether you’ve read The Freedom Transmissions cover to cover or are just hearing about it for the first time, this conversation will inspire you to embrace your unique path, live with spiritual integrity, and carry your light forward in times of change.

If this episode resonates, please follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with a friend who’s ready for their own spiritual shift.

About The Freedom Transmissions

📖 Buy the Book: The Freedom Transmissions🌐 Learn More: The Spirit Transmissions

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About the Podcast

Hold the Light supports lifelong learners and spiritual seekers in deepening their journey toward personal transformation. Through reflection, wisdom, and practical tools, this podcast is a companion for those on the path of growth and self-discovery.

Podcast Credits

🎙 Creator, Producer, and Host: Laurie Gunning Grossman🎧 Co-Producer & Sound Design: Jonathan Grossman🎼 Original Music: Jonathan Grossman📍 Recorded at: Night Shift Audio, Los Angeles, CA

Other Episodes in This Series

🎧 Ep. 1—Introduction: The Freedom Transmissions Series

🎧 Ep. 2—I AM Yeshua

🎧 Ep. 3 —The Three Veils and Seven Imbalances of the Mind, Part 1

🎧 Ep. 4—The Three Veils and Seven Imbalances of the Mind, Part 2

🎧 Ep. 5—The Chambers of the Sacred Heart

🎧 Ep. 6—The Thread and Stitching of the Dreaming, Part 1

🎧 Ep. 7—The Thread and Stitching of the Dreaming, Part 2

🎧 Ep. 8—Shades of Hope

🎧 Ep. 9—Sacred Seeds

🎧 Ep. 10—The Servitude of Longing

🎧 Ep. 11—The Liberation of Longing

🎧 Ep. 12 — The Freedom of Be-ing

🎧 Ep. 13 – The Power of Perception

🎧 Ep. 14 – Clarity, Pt. 1

🎧 Ep. 15 – Clarity, Pt. 2

🎧 Ep. 16 — The Spectrum of Spirit

🎧 Ep. 17 — Polarity, Resistance, and Transcending Doubt

🎧 Ep. 18: The Alpha, the Omega, and Eternal Life

🎧 Ep. 19: Resurrection

Disclaimer

All reflections shared in this series are my personal interpretations of The Freedom Transmissions. They do not represent Carissa Schumacher or the book itself. My aim is to explore these teachings through my own lens, offering insights for deeper contemplation and growth.

Welcome to a specialized season of Hold the Light. For the next season of this podcast, I’m doing something different — a deep, chapter-by-chapter exploration of The Freedom Transmissions by Carissa Schumacher.

Think of this as a book study meets spiritual growth journey. Each week, I’ll share reflections and insights from a chapter, unpacking the wisdom and exploring how we can integrate these teachings into our daily lives. Along the way, I’ll also bring you conversations with guests — including Carissa herself — to deepen our understanding.

Whether you’ve read The Freedom Transmissions once or many times, there’s always something new to discover. This is about slowing down, creating space for peace, simplicity, balance, forgiveness, and freedom — and walking this path together.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

* Why I’m dedicating this season to The Freedom Transmissions

* How to get the most out of this chapter-by-chapter exploration

* The heart of this series — no gurus, just seekers walking the path together

* How to prepare for the first episode (hint: grab both the book and the audiobook if you can)

If this episode resonates, please follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with a friend who’s ready for their own spiritual shift.

Stay Connected

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About the Podcast

Hold the Light supports lifelong learners and spiritual seekers in deepening their journey toward personal transformation. Through reflection, wisdom, and practical tools, this podcast is a companion for those on the path of growth and self-discovery.

Podcast Credits

🎙 Creator, Producer, and Host: Laurie Gunning Grossman🎧 Co-Producer & Sound Design: Jonathan Grossman🎼 Original Music: Jonathan Grossman📍 Recorded at: Night Shift Audio, Los Angeles, CA

Hold the Light with Laurie Gunning Grossman is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Psychic medium Kathy Taylor shares how to connect with your spirit guides and loved ones — and the signs they’re already reaching out to you.

Whether you’re brand new to the idea of mediumship or already on your own spiritual path, this conversation will leave you feeling inspired, comforted, and more open to the presence of your guides.

Episode SummaryIn this episode of Hold the Light, I sit down with Kathy Taylor, a gifted psychic medium known for helping people connect with their spirit guides and loved ones who have passed. Whether you’re seeking comfort, guidance, or a deeper spiritual connection, Kathy’s work offers a bridge between worlds.

We explore what it’s like to receive messages from beyond, how to tell when your guides are trying to communicate with you, and how mediumship can bring both healing and clarity. Kathy also shares her personal journey into becoming a psychic medium, including the practices and mindset shifts that have strengthened her connection to the spirit realm.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

* How spirit guides communicate and the signs to watch for in daily life

* The difference between connecting with guides and loved ones in spirit

* Common myths and misconceptions about mediumship

* How to strengthen your own intuition and spiritual awareness

* Kathy’s most profound and meaningful readings — and what they taught her

* Practical tips for creating space to connect with spirit

LEARN MORE ABOUT KATHY TAYLOR

* Website: Hellofromabove.com

* Instagram: @mediumkaytay

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About the Podcast

Hold the Light supports lifelong learners and spiritual seekers in deepening their journey toward personal transformation. Through reflection, wisdom, and practical tools, this podcast is a companion for those on the path of growth and self-discovery.

Podcast Credits

🎙 Creator, Producer, and Host: Laurie Gunning Grossman🎧 Co-Producer & Sound Design: Jonathan Grossman🎼 Original Music: Jonathan Grossman📍 Recorded at: Night Shift Audio, Los Angeles, CA

Hold the Light with Laurie Gunning Grossman is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Bex Urban is a healer and guide in the world of yoga, pilates, meditation, and Reiki. Her approach focuses on bringing awareness to our breath as the essential link between mind, body, and movement. She emphasizes finding our center, balancing the body from the inside out, and using physical practice to forge a larger spiritual connection. Her positive energy inspires everyone she works with to show up, release, and build strength.

I met Bex at a spiritual retreat where she led a beautiful breathwork exercise which encouraged us all to get grounded and connected. I appreciate the work she does in the world – and so that is why I wanted to talk with her here on Hold the Light.

In our conversation, we talk about the act of retreating, and how we can retreat in our every day, including things we can do to help shape our day. We don't necessarily have go somewhere to retreat. We can do it in our own way at home.

She shares wisdom on ways to help guide others, we talk about meditation and taking a sacred pause, and what she suggests people can do on a daily basis to bring greater levels of peace into their lives.

If you’re wanting to add some new tools to your spiritual toolbox, this conversation is for you!

LEARN MORE ABOUT BEX URBAN

Instagram: @bexurban

Website: BexUrban.com

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THE HTL PODCAST CREW

• Creator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning Grossman
• Co-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan Grossman
• Original music: Jonathan Grossman
• Hold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CA

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• Website: Holdthelightcollective.com
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On the show today is Orly Altaras, a psychic medium who lives in Los Angeles. We met in an online community and I can’t really remember all the details of our meeting, but it was one of those things where we somehow connected online, we chatted, we did an Instagram Live together, and that was so fun that we hosted an in-person New Moon Circle, and have just been champions of each other since.

As a psychic medium, Orly offers 1:1 sessions with people helping them to connect with loved ones on the other side; she does small group readings; she leads classes on how to tap into your intuition; and also is the owner of Lara & Lou, an online shop that provides goods and services for your spirit and home.

Orly has such a beautiful spirit – you’ll hear that in this conversation. She shares some tips on how we can strengthen our intuition and shares some beautiful stories around tuning into the signs and synchronicities that are all around us.

LEARN MORE ABOUT ORLY ALTARAS

Instagram: @laraandlou

Website: LaraandLou.com

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THE HTL PODCAST CREW

• Creator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning Grossman
• Co-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan Grossman
• Original music: Jonathan Grossman
• Hold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CA

FIND US AT:

• Website: Holdthelightcollective.com
• Newsletter: Substack
• Laurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossman
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Who’s ready to talk wishes? I imagine you have some for yourself, whether it’s at the forefront of your mind, or buried deep somewhere within.

The topic of wishes is something that my guest today, Alexa Fischer, thinks about a lot. 

Alexa, who is a teacher, entrepreneur, and author of the book Wishwork, is the creator of Wishbeads, which is intention-setting, wish-granting jewelry. Basically, you wear your wishes! Her company has a mission, as she says: to inspire millions of people to make exciting wishes, take action, and put in the work to make those wishes come true.

Alexa is a joy to talk to. She brings such clarity and inspiration for leading a soul-led life. I think you’ll love this conversation.

 Also, she walks through a breathing exercise and visualization towards the end of this episode, so you’ll want to listen all the way through so that you can reap the benefits of her teaching – and to connect to your own wish.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT ALEXA FISCHER

• Website: Wishbeads.com
• Instagram: @wishbeads
• Alexa Fischer Website: AlexaFischer.com

THE HTL PODCAST CREW

• Creator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning Grossman
• Co-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan Grossman
• Original music: Jonathan Grossman
• Hold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CA

FIND US AT:

• Website: Holdthelightcollective.com
• Newsletter: Substack
• Laurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossman
• Hold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

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Have you ever had the experience of a sound bath? It’s truly magical.

And that's how I met today’s guest, Alison Liepzig. Ali led a sound bath experience in my hometown of Los Angeles, which I was able to attend after hearing about Ali’s work from a friend. When it was over, I knew I wanted to talk with Ali here on Hold the Light.

Ali has her hands in several spiritually-inspired spaces. She is the co-founder of Soul Camp Creative, which is a sacred strategy house committed to serving spiritual entrepreneurs. She’s also a spiritual teacher, retreat and camp leader, and a sound and vibrational healer.

It’s her work with sound and vibration that we’re focusing on today.

I’m excited for you to hear this conversation and learn more about the power of sound.

LEARN MORE ABOUT ALISON LEIPZIG

Website: SoulCampCreative.com

Instagram: @alisonleipzig

THE HTL PODCAST CREW

• Creator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning Grossman
• Co-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan Grossman
• Original music: Jonathan Grossman
• Hold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CA

FIND US AT:

• Website: Holdthelightcollective.com
• Newsletter: Substack
• Laurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossman
• Hold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

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Today's guest is today’s guest: Rev. Liliana Barzola, renowned spiritual intuitive and founder and CEO of Lotus Lantern Healing Arts.

She’s been a psychic intuitive since childhood and uses her gift to help people and organizations find clarity and directions – and has conducted over 20,000 in-person and phone intuitive sessions, and has taught over 600 students since 2002. 

As she says, “Oftentimes, ‘psychic sensitives’ are the most in need of healing and support.”

And that she likes to think of herself as the healer’s healer.

Among other things we talk about in this conversation, of course, we talk about energy: why it gets stuck in our bodies and how it manifests. I was curious: what does stuck energy look like? Liliana shares how to clear our energy, how to ground ourselves, and also how to tap into our intuition.

LEARN MORE ABOUT LILIANA BARZOLA

Website: LotusLantern.org

THE HTL PODCAST CREW

• Creator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning Grossman
• Co-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan Grossman
• Original music: Jonathan Grossman
• Hold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CA

FIND US AT:

• Website: Holdthelightcollective.com
• Newsletter: Substack
• Laurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossman
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In this solo episode, I share my thoughts on the statement "Courage over comfort." It's been one of my guiding lights this past year, but I had an interesting encounter with someone who didn't like that phrase. I'm sharing my story here -- and I also ask, who are we to know what's best for others? How can we strengthen our internal guidance system so that we make choices in our life based on our inner knowing and intuition.

As Esther and Jerry Hicks (of Abraham-Hicks) says:

“Others cannot understand the vibrational content of your desires, and they cannot understand the vibrational content of who you are, so they are not in any way equipped to guide you. Even when they have the very best intentions and want your absolute well-being, they do not know. And even though many of them attempt to be unselfish, it is never possible for them to separate their desire for you from their own desire for themselves.”

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Episode 1: How 20 Seconds of Courage Can Transform Your Life

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THE HTL PODCAST CREW

• Creator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning Grossman
• Co-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan Grossman
• Original music: Jonathan Grossman
• Hold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CA

FIND US AT:

• Website: Holdthelightcollective.com
• Newsletter: Substack
• Laurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossman
• Hold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

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