I'm Awake! Now What?

This week I sit down with holistic psychotherapist, children's development expert and intuitive guide for spiritual parents and entrepreneurs Carly Mentlik. Carly created the Inner Rainbow Project: a hub for children's mental health and wellbeing that uses an innovative fusion of education and psychology along with chakras and yoga to introduce spirituality to kids. Carly discusses how giving children a baseline understanding of the chakra systems allows them to stay connected to themselves and the world. She shares how giving children the ideas and vocabulary to embrace their emotions and shadow sides keeps them integrated and whole through the entirety of their lives. To learn more about Carly and her work, follow her on Instagram @campchakrakids Carly is also the host of the children's podcast, Chakra Talk. Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I sit down with Meagan O'Nan. Meagan opens up about going on a spiritual expedition to find her spiritual home after coming out. She shares her wisdom about shedding labels and the identities society puts on us. She talks about how vulnerability starts with honesty and how when we are vulnerable, we give permission to those around us to be vulnerable in return. She ends with important points on self-acceptance, courage, and healing through telling our stories. To find out more about Meagan, follow her on Instagram @megonan

Meagan O'Nan is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and vulnerable storytelling expert. She is the author of the award-winning book, "Creating Your Heaven on Earth," and "Courage: Agreeing to Disagree Is Not Enough." Her third book is forthcoming and will be published in January 2023 with New Degree Press. Meagan is also a member of the Forbes Coaches Council where she produces regular content for Forbes.com. Head over to Amazon to grab both of Meagan's books here.

Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I sit down with thought leader, purpose-drive coach, and podcast host Chris McCann. Chris discusses his life journey from material success to defining success in terms of we-consciousness and in service of others. He shares insights about the healing he underwent and how he found transcension through self-integration. He gives the listening audience tools of discernment to trust ourselves and our intuition better. To find out more about Chris, head over to his website and follow him on Instagram @chrismccann.com Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I sit down with New York Times best selling author and co-host of the Awareness Explorers Podcast Jonathan Robinson. Jonathan has met and interviewed all our modern day spiritual giants, seeking their wisdom and unique messages about enlightenment, gratitude, awakening, and integration. In this book "The Enlightenment Project: How I Went From Depressed to Blessed, and You Can Too" he shares stories of what he learned from his encounters with people such as the Dalai Lama, Byron Katie, Deepak Chopra, and the late Mother Teresa and Ram Dass. In our interview, he discusses the power of meditation and plant medicine and how love is who we are. To find out more Jonathan head over to his website and follow him on Facebook @deeperhappiness Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I sit down Dr. Varun Gandhi about being a soulpreneur, creative, and philanthropist. ​Varun discusses the lessons our suffering teaches us. He shares how his perspective shifted when it came to work ideals and societal norms about professional success. He started to asking internally "what is my purpose here?" And this change of focus helped him shape a new story and outcome for his life. In that vain, he began "What's Your Story" a YouTube and podcast show that explores individual stories, the old narratives we tell ourselves, and the gift of writing a new story. Varun ends with his work helping feed the homeless and simple act of hydrating as a means to care for ourselves. To find out more about Dr. Varun Gandhi, follow him on Instagram @drvarungandhi and learn about his work feeding the homeless head over to his Go Fund Me Page. Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I sit down with Author and Dharma Teacher Deborah Eden Tull, to discuss her book Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown - A Path to Personal and Collective Awakening. Eden opens up about her time in monastic life, how living simply was a profound and healing experience. She shares how darkness can actually be restorative and an unknown field of what is possible. She encourages the audience to become curious about their shadow sides and explains how our shadow contains our strength. She poses the question: "What if we are already whole?" in regards to original consciousness and revealing the truth of who and what we are when we set off on the path of awakening, unbecoming, and homecoming. To find out more about Eden, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @mindfullivingrevolution Fly over to Shamabala to purhcase her book and use the following code LD30 to receive a 30% off discount by clicking here Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I sit down to speak with Mental Health and Disability Advocate, Zane Landin CEO of Positive Vibes Magazine and Landing Dreams PR to talk about inclusivity, asking for help, and accepting ourselves as we are. Zane shares his experience with grief, after losing his mother suddenly and he ends with this work leading a digital magazine that is amplifying mental health through storytelling. To learn more about Zane and his advocacy work follow him on Instagram @zanelandin Check out his digitial magazine Positive Vibes Magazine here and on Instagram @positivevibesmag Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I sit down with international best selling Author and radio host of Magical Moments, Alena Chapman to discuss her new book "Hello Soul: Everyday Ways to Begin Awakening Your Spirituality." Alena is a soul nurturer and healer. At a young age she discovered the gift of bringing souls into the light, and has been living this calling ever since. Alena and I discuss how our societal domestication can keep us stuck in an illusion, instead of seeing the magic and power we all have within us, which is our birthright. She shares the wisdom of being supported in each step you take on your path of awakening, evolution, and enlightenment and how the beauty of going on this journey in search of answers is finding out we had the answers inside of us all along. To buy Alena's book, click here and catch her syndicated radio show Magical Moments on WOWO 1190 AM | 107.5 FM and follow her on Instagram and Facebook @alena_chapman

Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I am joined by award winning producer, filmmaker, and author Penny Price Lavin. Penny's film "The Healing Field" which is about exploring energy and consciousness and has been viewed by millions and created a global movement of awakening, energy understanding, and healing. Penny tells us that as a young child she understood her psychic abilities and leaned into them early on, helping others. Her calling of bringing the light to the world through journalism and media began when she and a young friend started a newspaper, and her career in journalism has flourished since then having worked on Good Morning America, NBC, CBS and more. She is also the Associate Director for the international One Light Healing Touch School. Penny speaks directly to the audience about their own healing field, and how we are constantly taking energy in. She shares the importance of working with stuck energy and not letting fear stop us from evolving. Watch "The Healing Field" on Gaia. You can purchase the companion book, here. To find out more about One Light Healing Touch, click here. You can follow Penny Price Lavin on Facebook.

Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast

This week I sit down with professional astrologer and certified Advanced Psychic Medium, Rachel Lang to discuss her work and her book: "Modern Day Magic: 8 Simple Rules to Realize Your Power and Shape Your Life." Rachels walks us through her early adult experience of finding spiritualism and honing her gifts. She shares her passion for helping creatives cultivate their own gifts to support their offerings. We discuss her master's work on the witch trials of the Early Modern Period in Germany; and how this shaped the trajectory of our inherent power, internal magic, the divine feminine, and our justice systems. Rachel also guides the audience through how astrology gives us a clearer sense of who we are, the patterns in our lives and how they align with the planets. To learn more about Rachel head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @rachellangastrologer You can also order her book here. Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
• Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast