I Awaken

Awakening rarely looks the way the books describe it. There is no lightning, no mountain top, no single moment where everything becomes clear. More often it begins as a quiet wrongness. A life that checks every box and somehow does not fit anymore. Questions that arrive uninvited. The strange sense of watching yourself live a script you never agreed to.

Natalie Bouchard, spiritual transformation coach and founder of the Be Unfuckable program, joins I Awaken for one of the most honest and disorienting conversations this show has hosted. She shares the full arc: from a high-achieving breakdown in front of her daughters, to $700,000 spent seeking herself outside herself, to losing nearly everything at once, and finding inside that loss the one thing she had been looking for all along. This is a conversation about what it actually means to hold reality rather than run from it, and why that capacity is the beginning, middle, and end of every real awakening.

About the Guest:

Natalie Bouchard is a spiritual transformation coach and the founder of the Be Unfuckable free training series, a three-part program designed to help people become so rooted in their own center that no external circumstance can shake them loose from it. Drawing on her own journey through high achievement, breakdown, financial loss, relationship endings, and serious health challenges, she now helps women reclaim their inner authority and return to themselves as the primary source of intelligence in their lives.

Key Takeaways:

• Awakening cannot be forced. The moment you try to seek it, you are already awake. The work is not to reach awakening but to learn to hold the reality that life is constantly presenting to you.
• We seek answers outside ourselves while abandoning the knowing already inside us. Natalie spent $700,000 on modalities and mentors before realizing she was looking in every direction except the one that mattered. The intelligence she needed was available the moment she stopped running from what was happening.
• The bumps in life are the education. Every situation we resist, in business, relationships, health, or money, is information. The people who use it as feedback rather than proof of failure are the ones who move forward.
• You can feel everything and still be solid. When Natalie lost almost everything in three months, she did not transcend her grief or anger. She stayed in it. And inside that staying, something came back online: a settled, rock-solid sense of who she was and where she was going.
• High intuition in highly sensitive people is often a survival response. What looks like spiritual gifting often began as a nervous system's way of scanning for threat. Recognising that is not diminishing. It is honest.
• Your I Am is your center of gravity. The quality of what follows those two words shapes every decision, relationship, and creative act. Making that foundation solid is not a metaphor. It is the actual work.

Connect With Natalie Bouchard:

Free Program (Be Unfuckable, 3-part series): Reach out via Instagram for access

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourgoddesswithin.1111

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to I Awaken, what awakening actually looks like from the inside (approx.)

[03:00] Natalie's life before the shift: perfectionism, achievement and the breakdown (approx.)

[09:00] You are already awake, and why trying to awaken can pull you further away (approx.)

[15:00] When everything collapsed at once: the three months that changed everything (approx.)

[22:00] What it means to hold reality and how that is the awakening itself (approx.)

[27:00] How ordinary life is the path: relationships, business, and the bumps as guidance (approx.)

[31:00] The Be Unfuckable program and what it actually teaches (approx.)

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There is a moment, often quiet and easy to miss, when a person stops simply reacting to their life and begins to actually see it. The same days, the same patterns, the same self, suddenly viewed from a slightly higher window. Nothing on the outside has changed, and yet everything has. Because awareness has entered the room.

Tobi Ojekunle, host of the Mirror Talk: Soulful Conversations podcast and electrical engineer based in Germany, joins I Awaken for a reflective, unhurried conversation about what it actually feels like to wake up from autopilot. From moving alone to Germany as a student carrying the weight of his family's hopes, to the quiet moment on a train when he realized he had been running through life without truly living it, Tobi shares the honest, layered story of a person who chose to stop surviving and start seeing.

About the Guest:

Tobi Ojekunle was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria, and moved to Germany to study Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. After completing both his Bachelor's and Master's programmes, he now works as an engineer in the renewable energy industry. He is also the host of Mirror Talk: Soulful Conversations, a podcast for deeper truth, inner healing, and purposeful growth, exploring faith, relationships, emotional wellbeing, and personal transformation through soulful conversation.

Key Takeaways:

• Survival mode is not laziness. For Tobi, living on autopilot was the rational response to real pressure: new country, new culture, financial responsibility, academic expectations. Understanding why we go to sleep is the first step to waking up.
• Autopilot protects us from what awareness would reveal. Tobi names the fear of imposter syndrome, the fear of being laughed at, the fear of being exposed as the real drivers behind staying unconscious. The sleep is not random. It is self-protective.
• Awakening is not about becoming someone new. It is about seeing, for the first time, who you already are. When Tobi stopped comparing himself to others and let go of standards set by the world around him, he did not find a new self. He found the one that was already there.
• Do not just go through life. Let life go through you. This line, offered to Tobi in high school and carried with him ever since, is a simple and profound reframe for what presence actually means.
• Failure is not failure if you learn from it. Tobi's willingness to embrace setbacks without giving up on the main goal of becoming a better person is what made the shift sustainable rather than fragile.
• Intentionality is the fruit of awakening. After the shift, Tobi became more conscious of his goals, his relationships, and the directions he chose to move in. Awakening does not make life easier. It makes it more deliberate.

Connect With Tobi Ojekunle:

Website: https://mirrortalkpodcast.com

Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0trwqguYCic32smqh3Ny60

Podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mirror-talk-soulful-conversations/id1518394292

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirrortalk.podcast

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mirrortalkpodcast

Patreon: https://patreon.com/MirrorTalk

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to I Awaken, what the shift from autopilot to awareness actually feels like (approx.)

[03:00] Tobi's story, leaving Nigeria, arriving in Germany and jumping into survival mode (approx.)

[09:00] The moment on the train, realising he had been running through life without living it (approx.)

[14:00] What awakening actually meant, letting go of comparison and external pressure (approx.)

[20:00] What the autopilot was really protecting, imposter syndrome, fear of exposure, comfort (approx.)

[26:00] Failure, intentionality and what it looks like to live awake in ordinary days (approx.)

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On I Awaken, hosted by Archita, this episode explores what it means to live beyond labels with guest Barry Deeks.

This conversation is for anyone who feels scattered, stuck between unfinished ideas, or unsure of their creative path. Barry shares his unconventional journey across learning, creating, and self-expression—revealing that growth isn’t linear, and identity doesn’t have to be fixed. You’ll walk away with a deeper permission to trust your process and honor your evolving self.

About the Guest:

Barry Deeks is an author, self-publisher, AI filmmaker, podcaster, comedian, and lifelong learner. He has studied across multiple disciplines and created both a book and an AI-generated film.

A Note for Our Listeners:

Before you press play, a gentle word. Our guest Barry Deeks is a survivor of a catastrophic road accident that temporarily affected his ability to speak. At times in this conversation, his words may not sound as clear as he would like them to, but every thought he shares is considered, intentional, and deeply felt.

We ask you to listen with patience and with an open heart. Please do not judge Barry on how his voice sounds, only on the depth of what he is offering. His presence in this conversation is itself an act of courage, and the meaning lives in his words, not in their delivery.

Thank you for showing up for this episode with the kindness it deserves.

Episode Chapter:

00:00 – The struggle of not fitting into one identity

02:00 – Barry’s journey through learning and curiosity

05:00 – The truth about self-publishing

08:00 – Creating with AI and embracing possibility

10:30 – Why unfinished projects stay unfinished

13:00 – Handling rejection and staying resilient

15:00 – A message for anyone holding onto a dream

Key Takeaways:

• You don’t need a linear path to live a meaningful life
• Learning for curiosity creates deeper fulfillment than chasing credentials
• Finishing a project often begins with believing it deserves to exist
• Creation and recognition are separate journeys
• Persistence matters more than immediate success

How to Connect With the Guest:

Barry’s book is available on Wattpad, and his film can be found on YouTube.

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There are moments in life that split everything in two. Before and after. A marriage that ends. A loss that lands. A door that closes so quietly you almost miss it. We brace against these moments because they hurt. But tucked inside every upheaval is something we rarely expect to find: the first clear view of who we actually are.

In this episode of I Awaken, host Archita sits with Kristan Swan, life and spiritual guide, journaling practitioner, and author of Spaghetti on the Wall, for a gentle and deeply honest conversation about what happens when life cracks open. Together they explore why comfort keeps us asleep, what it means to stop performing a version of yourself and begin returning to your actual self, and how the awareness born from upheaval slowly, quietly changes the ordinary moments of a life. If you are in the middle of something hard and cannot yet see the meaning in it, this episode was made for you.

About the Guest:

Kristan Swan, M.Ed. is a former business coach turned life and spiritual guide based in the United States. She is the author of the journaling workbook Spaghetti on the Wall, creator of the Discovering Your Spiritual Autobiography workshop, and a facilitator of intimate group experiences designed to help people return to themselves. Her work sits at the intersection of self-awareness, storytelling, and gentle inner inquiry.

Key Takeaways:

• Turning points rarely reveal their gift in real time. The awakening almost never shows itself in the middle of the wreckage. It arrives slowly, in the looking back. Give the moment its time.
• Not knowing yourself is at the root of most painful patterns. When we have not yet gotten quiet enough to learn who we are, we make choices shaped by fear, approval, and external expectation rather than truth.
• Comfort keeps us asleep. It is the disruption, not the ease, that removes what was blocking the view. The breaking is not the point. But it clears what we could not see through before.
• A daily journaling practice is one of the most honest ways to stay in conversation with yourself. Even ten minutes a day, like Kristan's Spaghetti on the Wall practice, creates the kind of honest self-check that slowly builds self-trust.
• Showing up as yourself, on any given day, is enough. Not every day feels bright. Awareness is not a permanent state you arrive at. It is something you return to, gently, in the small moments.
• In the middle of upheaval, do not rush the meaning. Be gentle with yourself. Give yourself permission to cry, to be held, to pull the covers over your head. The awakening will be there when you are ready. It cannot be forced.

Connect With Kristan Swan:

• Website: kristanswan.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/kristan.swan
• TikTok: tiktok.com/@kristan.swan
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kristanbrowneswan
• Substack: substack.com/@kristanswan

Kristan also shared a free downloadable workbook during this episode for anyone feeling stuck or in need of clarity. You can find it on her website above.

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Opening — The quiet truth hidden inside life's hardest turning points

[03:00] Kristan's first turning point — watching her parents become human (approx.)

[07:00] The dissolution of a marriage — and what it forced her to finally see (approx.)

[13:00] Why comfort keeps us asleep — and why upheaval removes the blocks (approx.)

[19:00] Not trusting yourself enough to look — the fear beneath the avoidance (approx.)

[24:00] Carrying awareness into ordinary life — journaling and showing up whole (approx.)

[28:00] One thing to hold when you are in the middle and cannot find the meaning (approx.)

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Awakening is rarely cinematic. It often arrives in an ordinary afternoon, a small inner shift that whispers, "I am not who I thought I was." This episode is for anyone in the middle of their own quiet unfolding. Host Archita sits with teZa Lord.

A lifelong yogi, artist, and author, teZa shares how nature, meditation, and facing her deepest fear carried her from surviving to a grounded spiritual awakening. An expansive, honest talk on the slow work that follows awakening.

About the Guest:

teZa Lord is an author, artist, and lifelong yogi whose work explores spiritual awakening and consciousness. Her books include the eco-fiction novel The Bridge Tender, and she co-hosts the ZLord Podcast with her husband.

Key Takeaways:

• Awakening isn't a single grand event. It's often a quiet shift you name later.
• Awakening is a beginning, not a finish line. The real work is keeping it alive.
• Don't bypass the wounded earlier self. Integration, not escape, is the posture of real awakening.
• To release a paralyzing fear, meditation invites you to move toward it, not around it.

Connect With the Guest:

Connect with teZa Lord:

• Website: teZaLord.com
• Instagram: @teZaLord
• Blog: lordflea.com
• The ZLord Podcast: zlord.libsyn.com

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] The Quiet Alchemy of Awakening — a welcome to I Awaken

[03:00] Meet teZa Lord — grounded and luminous (approx.)

[05:00] Born Awake — childhood, nature, and the dormant inner voice (approx.)

[14:00] Finding Her Teachers — yoga, the spine, and Shaktipat (approx.)

[24:00] Peeling the Onion — recovery, meditation, and the eternal soul (approx.)

[34:00] Diving Into the Fear — meeting what paralyzed her (approx.)

[42:00] Honoring the Earlier Self — awakening as integration, not escape (approx.)

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What if awakening never arrives with thunder, but quietly, on an ordinary Tuesday? This one is for anyone noticing small inner shifts and wondering whether they count.

Victor Dedaj shares how solitude, letting go of grudges, and rewriting your self-talk slowly reshape a life, offering a gentler way to recognise your own spiritual awakening as it happens.

About the Guest:

Victor Dedaj is an author, speaker, and coach whose work centres on personal growth, holistic wellbeing, and taking full responsibility for one's life. He draws on years of paying close attention to his own becoming.

Key Takeaways:

• The deepest awakenings are quiet and ordinary. Honour the small shifts in awareness instead of waiting for a dramatic breakthrough.
• Solitude and silence create clarity. Returning to alone time and meditation cut through mental clutter and reopen direction.
• Letting go of grudges frees you, not them. Resentment usually only hurts the one carrying it, and many people never knew they caused it.
• Your self-talk is programming. Notice the negativity you absorbed, then consciously feed your mind better input.
• Event plus Response equals Outcome. Your response, not just the event, shapes where you land.
• Move one step at a time. Big change becomes possible when broken into small, repeatable daily actions.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: https://www.victordedaj.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victordedaj
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victor.dedaj.3
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victordedaj
• X: https://twitter.com/victordedaj

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] The Awakening No One Notices — why the deepest shifts arrive quietly

[03:30] Returning to Silence — how solitude restored Victor's clarity (approx.)

[10:00] The Poison of Grudges — releasing resentment and reclaiming freedom (approx.) [18:00] Programmed for Negativity — culture, news, and the stories we inherit (approx.) [26:00] Event Plus Response — taking full responsibility for your outcomes (approx.)

[34:00] The Reticular Mind — why you find what you decide matters (approx.)

[42:00] One Bite at a Time — beginning the slow work of becoming (approx.)

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Some awakenings do not arrive like lightning. They rise the way bread rises: quietly, patiently, one ordinary morning at a time. This episode of I Awaken is for anyone walking a slow healing journey who has wondered whether quiet, invisible growth still counts.

Dr. Laura Sharp-Waites shares how recovering from breast cancer taught her to worship while waiting, to rest without guilt, and to treat the kitchen as a kind of chapel. You will leave with a softer relationship to rest, a gentler view of your own pace, and permission to keep rising even when no one can see it yet.

About the Guest:

Dr. Laura Sharp-Waites, known as The Baking Pastor, is a pastoral counselor, grief coach, author, and speaker. She walked through her own season of healing from breast cancer, and now helps others move through grief, exhaustion, and slow transformation.

Key Takeaways:

• Take "soul pauses": even five to ten seconds of stillness and one moment of gratitude can reset your energy for the rest of the day.
• You are still worthy on the days you produce nothing. Rest is not laziness, and waiting is not wasted time.
• Practice saying "I would love to, but I can't right now" so you can protect your energy without guilt.
• Keep a paper journal for honest brain dumps. The physical act of writing clears mental clutter in a way a phone cannot.
• In dry spells, find a person or community to walk alongside you. Plateaus are a normal season of awakening, not a sign you are failing.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: bakingpastor.com (connect with her podcast, send a message through the contact page, and download the special-edition Soul Pause Journal made for listeners)

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] A Quieter Kind of Awakening — why the real version never announces itself

[03:30] Bread, Cancer, and Learning to Wait — the metaphor that changed everything

[08:15] The Permission to Say No — protecting your energy without guilt

[13:00] What Burnout Really Looks Like — the seeds we never get time to tend

[18:20] Twelve Honest Minutes — small daily practices for a tired body

[23:10] Gratitude as a Soul Pause — the smallest practice that still works

[27:00] When the Path Goes Quiet — returning through dry seasons and community

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In almost every real attempt at change, the inspiration runs out and you're left asking if it's worth continuing. That moment is where everything is decided.

At 76, after 73 surgeries and more, Jay Setchell shares what real persistence looks like once motivation is gone: discipline, doing one more than required, and the strength that lives within you.

About the Guest:

Jay Setchell is a US Marine, serial entrepreneur, and author of The Strength Within You: It's Always Too Soon to Quit. A multi-time near-death survivor, he has lived through 73 surgeries.

Key Takeaways:

• Persistence isn't willpower; it's discipline and showing up again and again.
• Do what's required, then one more, every single time.
• Always take the initiative; better to try and fail than not try.
• You're the product of your choices, so keep making better ones.
• What lies within you is stronger than what's behind or ahead.

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Website: https://neverquittrying.com/

Book: The Strength Within You: It's Always Too Soon to Quit (available on Amazon)

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] When the Inspiration Runs Out — Archita opens on the moment persistence really begins

[03:00] Getting Up Every Day — At 76, after 73 surgeries, why Jay still shows up

[07:00] Persistence Is Discipline, Not Willpower — Reframing grit as perseverance and commitment

[12:00] One More Than Required — The small daily habit that compounds over a lifetime [17:00] If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me — Taking ownership of the outcome

[22:00] Always Take the Initiative — Going above and beyond, and why failing beats not trying [27:00] The Strength Within You — What lies within matters more than what's behind or ahead (timestamps approx.)

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Most of us wait for a dramatic awakening. A mountaintop, a retreat, one big moment. This episode is for anyone who senses they are meant for more but cannot name where to begin.

Ellen Edmondson reframes awakening as a series of quiet, everyday choices, and offers a grounded way back to your inner guidance, without escaping the life you already have.

About the Guest:

Ellen Edmondson is a multi-award-winning author of A Place of Love and Light, and a spiritual guide and intuition coach who helps people reconnect with their inner guidance in ways that fit ordinary life.

Key Takeaways:

• Awakening rarely arrives with fireworks. It often begins quietly, through grief, change, or a sense that life no longer fits.
• Disconnection usually means you stopped making time to listen, not that something is wrong with you.
• Check in daily with two questions: what is my soul whispering, and what is the most loving thing I can do for myself?
• Inner guidance feels like ease and synchronicity. Falling off the path needs no guilt, only a gentle return.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: ellenedmondson.com

Book: A Place of Love and Light (Amazon) | Free guided journal on her website.

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to I Awaken — settling into a quieter kind of conversation

[02:30] What Awakening Really Is — why it rarely looks like the movies (approx.)

[07:00] Beneath the Disconnection — what we bury under busyness and obligation (approx.) [12:00] On an Ordinary Tuesday — how losing your inner thread actually feels (approx.)

[16:30] Where to Begin — journaling, two questions, and the power of quiet (approx.)

[22:00] Staying With Your Truth — intention, community, and gentle accountability (approx.) [26:30] Coming Home Without Guilt — telling inner guidance from fear and conditioning (approx.)

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In this episode of I Awaken hosted by Avik, Dr. Mona Lisa explores one consciousness, spiritual awakening, chakras, healing energy, and the deeper connection between the soul and universal intelligence.

This conversation is for anyone feeling spiritually curious, emotionally disconnected, or searching for a more meaningful understanding of life. Dr. Mona Lisa shares practical insights on intuition, love-centered living, higher awareness, and how inner alignment can transform the way we experience ourselves and others.

About the Guest:

MonaLisa Coburn is a spiritual teacher, author, and founder of Soul Navigators Academy. She teaches consciousness, intuition development, mediumship, and soul-centered awakening through practical spiritual tools.

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to One Consciousness

04:12 Childhood intuition and spiritual awakening

10:08 Channeling, healing, and soul guidance

16:25 Chakras and the journey of consciousness

22:44 Love, heart-centered living, and soul growth

27:18 Krishna, Bhagavad Gita, and spiritual wisdom

33:02 Closing message and light meditation

Key Takeaways:

• Consciousness connects every living being beyond religion or labels
• Love and intention shape spiritual connection and healing
• Chakras can guide emotional and spiritual growth step by step
• Letting go of attachment creates deeper inner peace
• Self-awareness is essential for soul evolution and healing

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Website: Soul Navigators Academy

Books available on Amazon

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