I'm Awake! Now What?

​This week I sit down with Author, Coach, and human potential expert Dr. Robyn McKay to discuss her work supporting high achieving women, cultivating spiritual intelligence, and the mental health effects of a spiritual awakening. Dr. Robyn shares a pivotal life moment that changed her path forever and how a divine calling turned into her life's work. Dr. Robyn also offers guidance for healing your nervous system, so your consciousness can have a clear run way in which to land and fly. To learn more about Dr. Robyn McKay, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @dr.robynmckay Watch this interview on the LightCasting YouTube Channel! Materials or Resources mentioned: Becoming the Channel Podcast with Dr. Robyn McKay Mindset Rx Podcast with Dr. Robyn McKay "Smart Girls in the 21st Century: Understanding Talented Girls and Women" by Robyn McKay and Barbara Kerr Pulling the Thread Podcast by Elise Loehnen Did you know? Krista Xiomara has a solo podcast called Notes from the Healing Field: a safe space for self-healers to explore their own journey. If you need support, Krista Xiomara offers, retreats and coaching. Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
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This week I sit down with mixed-media artist, wellness consultant and creator of MosaicEye Chetna Mehta. She shares a significant experience that changed the direction of her professional and personal life. She discusses the similarities between spirituality and creativity, noting the first being--getting out of ones own way. She shares the intention of her artwork is to normalize vulnerability and create resonance in the eye of the observer. To find out more about Chetna, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @mosaiceye and subscribe to her Moon Times Digest here.

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• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
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This week I am joined by Author Dr. Emily Sigalow. Dr. Sigalow wrote American JewBu: Jews, Buddhists and Religious Change. We touch on the influences Buddhism had on the American Jewish community and what was birthed by these two communities blending. We highlight the life of Julius Goldwater who had a significant role in helping Japanese Buddhist who were sent to internment camps in the 1940's in the US. Dr. Sigalow leaves the audience with some words of encouragement for anyone who is interested in creating their own meaning-making system through the hybridity of different religions or ideas. To find out more about Dr. Sigalow head over to her website and pick up her book here.

Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
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​This week I sit down with Denell Nawrocki, Author of "Informed, Aware, Empowered: A Self-Guided Journey to Clear Paps." Denell is an international speaker and holistic health expert specializing in women's health & wellness. Denell and I discuss female sovereignty, reclaiming our life force, cervical wellness and self-healing. Denell walks us through her unique and powerful life story and journey through self-healing. She imparts wise advice to all on the path of healing and personal growth. Please note this conversation deals directly with female anatomy and adult topics that might not be suitable for children. To learn more about Denell and order her book, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @cervicalwellness

Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
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This week I sit down with David Sandercott. Author, meditation teacher, entrepreneur & former high fashion model. We discuss David's spiritual journey & how he came to find his passion in teaching meditation. David wrote "21 Day Meditation Journey: Connect with Spirit Everyday in a New Way" For more about David head over to www.davidsandercott.com

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• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
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This week I'm excited to sit down with international best selling author David Richards. David wrote "Whiskey and Yoga" a book inspired to help people find their purpose and live intentionally. David and I discuss his military career as a marine, transitioning into civilian life and subsequently becoming a yoga instructor. We muse on the parallels of yoga and the military and what each of those experiences has taught him. David shares beautiful insights from his book about, vulnerability, compassion and connecting with the part of yourself that is striving to define your greater purpose.

To learn more about David Richards head over to his website and follow him on Instagram @davidrichardsauthor

Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
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This week I sit down with Tai Chi and Meditation Instructor Graeme Waterfield discuss his life journey, his love of Tai Chi, Chi Gung, and finding peace and liberation on the path of the spiritual seeker. He gives a beautiful account of the origins of Tai Chi and the influences of the Tao Te Ching. He reveals a spiritual experience that changed him forever and shares how his practice of Tai Chi and Chi Gung have given him more joy than he ever imagined and the bliss of simplicity. To learn more about Graeme, head over to his website and follow him on Facebook and Instagram at Graeme Waterfield.

Tao Te Ching

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This week I sit down with Rev. Sarah Bowen to discuss her fascinating life story, her book "Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finding Deeper Perspective and Higher Purpose" and the spiritual journey. She shares her definition of spirituality and what each seeker can do to live into this definition for themselves. Sarah shares guidance for seekers practicing many modalities of religions, philosophies, and spiritual practices leaning on her interfaith work and experience. Sarah also talks about her Animal Chaplaincy ministry helping humans with the transition of their beloved pets, creating bonds with their newly integrated pet family members, and helping roadside animals lost on our roadways. To find out more about Rev. Sarah Bowen, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @modernreverend

Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
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This week I sit down with Misti Dian, Misti is the Director of Holistic Leadership at Radiant Health Institute. She is an international speaker, author, Certified Holistic Coach, Intuitive Energy Healer and spiritual activist. Misti and I discuss being born into faith through geography and the implications of this on your long term spiritual journey. Misti educates the audience on her work as a spiritual activist helping others create sustainable spiritual practices that nourish and align each person's core values and belief systems. We also touch on the importance of curiosity along your spiritual journey and how curiosity can become a spiritual practice as well.

To find out more about Misti head over to her website or follow her on Twitter @meetmisti and Instagram @meetmisti

Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
• Produced by LightCasting
• Original Music by Mr. Pixie
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This week I am joined by author and speaker Tomás Prower, to discuss his two books whose topics cover LGBTQ spirituality and Death across the global and historically. Tomás wrote both of his books in an anthropological style to carve out space for underrepresented groups who see themselves reflected in our rich human history. We discuss the many ways our queer community members have been visible in history, how they affected our history and how the embraces their own mysticism in spirituality. Looking at this book that deals with death, Tomás invites the reader to get comfortable with the uncomfortable by looking at the rituals of death throughout our civilization and examine the lore of different religions and cultures. To connect with Tomás, head over to his website and follow him on social media @tomasprower

Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World

Morbid Magic: Death and Spirituality from Around the World

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• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
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