I'm Awake! Now What?

I'm Awake! Now What? Podcast, is closing out Pride Month, with one of our most popular and significant episodes with Dr. Gena Minnix, Founder of The Human Empathy Project (tHEP). (http://www.thehumanempathyproject.com) The Human Empathy Project was created to fulfill a need to have open conversations between members from the #LGBTQ and #Christian communities who are reconciling their beliefs and faith. It started as an intimate dinner with a few community members curious and invested in understanding each other empathetically. Their mission: To create healing, connection, conversation and change between these diverse groups. Dr. Gena Minnix and I discuss the etymology of the word "homosexual" and how its origin and intention could have been mistakely applied in modern Christian culture, and most likely was meant to protect young boys. Gena walks us through the reconciliation process that happens when one's religious views come into conflict with their life experience. She explains how empathy needs to flow to the places of greatest vulnerability, especially during conversations around gender, sexuality and faith.

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This week I sit down Mike Dooley and Sara Landon to discuss their new book, "The Dream, The Journey, Eternity, and God: Channeled Answers to Life's Deepest Questions." Their new book, which are channled works by The Council answers our deepest questions about our humanity, self-realization, our purpose, oneness, and remembering who we are so we can reclaim our divine innate power. Sara and Mike discuss the collective accelerated awakening that is happening here and now. We unpack The Council's wisdom on releasing the density of our human experience as means of elevating into a deeper awareness and consciousness. Sara channels The Council for a very special message for the collective.

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Mike Dooley is a New York Times best-selling author, metaphysical teacher, and creator of the wildly popular "Notes from the Universe" He was one of the featured teachers in the international phenomenon known as "The Secret" and is the founder of TUT's philosophical Adventurers Club that's now home to over 1,000,000 online members. Mike lives what he teaches, inspiring audiences the world over, so far in 156 cities, 34 countries, on 6 continents. Mike's books have been published worldwide in 27 languages! Follow Mike on Instagram @mikedooelytut

Sara Landon is a guide for leaders, way showers, and changemakers contributing to raising the vibration of the planet. She shines a light on the path for others to expand beyond the perceived limitations of human experience and live as the masters that they are while remaining grounded in the modern world. As the masterful channel of The Council, Sara focuses to be the ultimate student of the wisdom and teachings she receives and is committed to conscious, impeccable creation. Her intention is to be the purest channel of a grander perspective of what is possible and to help others discover that they have the same ability to connect to higher levels of consciousness and guidance. Follow Sara on Instagram @saralandonlife

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This week I am joined by intuitive luminary, author, alchemist, and artist Christian Bradley West. Christian describes his spiritual journey that began in his early twenties and the teachers who had significant influence on his awakening. He shares the importance of continuous spiritual maintenance where one comes back to the tools they've acquired on their path towards healing, creativity and enlightenment. To find out more about Christian or work with him, head over to his website and follow him on Instagram @thecountryclairvoyant

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This week I am joined by Rev. Erika Allison who wrote "Gay the Pray Away: Healing your Life, Love, and Relationships from the Harms of LGBT Conversion Therapy." Erika recounts her own experience of conversion therapy and highlighting how during that time her vulnerability was exploited and she began to not trust herself. She shares the pains of being ostracized and later moving into an empowered state to begin healing, find a chosen family, speaking her truth and emerging as her radiant self. To find out more about Rev. Erika Allison and pick up her book head over to her website. Follow her on Instagram @reverikaalison and @gay.the.pray

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This week I sit down with Happiness Coach, Brandi Mechele to discuss her important work helping people cultivate true happiness and reduce stress using her proprietary process called B.A.S.E,. an acronym that stands for Beliefs, Alignment, Self-Awareness, and Emotions. Brandi opens up by telling the listening audience that we have everything we need inside ourselves--we arrive whole here on Earth and her work here is to help you reconnect with who you are. Brandi touches on the nuance of reaching for external solutions and using discernment when you find people that can hold space for you will simultaneously being conscious to not hand over your own personal power. She ends with what it means to take radical responsibility on the path of self-inquiry and integration.

The Joy Blue Print, with Brandi Mechele

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Author and Buddhist Teacher, Debora Eden Tull returns to the podcast discuss her book "Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connection with Ourselves, Each Other, and the Planet." Eden begins with sharing how we honor our sensitivity and breaking down the myth of separation that has blurred our deep interconnectedness. I ask Eden about an important part in the book that deals with the concept of "othering" humanity. She shares how we can all work towards identifying this conditioning in ourselves and what steps we can take to think with "we-consciousness" instead of "i-consciousness." Eden also touches conscious consumerism, in all facets of our lives and our new found relationship with technology and mindfulness. She ends with how relational mindfulness is an invitation to recognize the innate power of our receptivity. To find out more about Eden's work, head over to her webiste and follow her on Instagram @mindfullivingrevolution To buy a copy of Eden's book click here To hear our first interview together click here Podcast Production:

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This week I sit down with Author, Breathwork Facilitator, Reiki Master, Energy Healer, and Coach Maz Dela Cerna. Maz opens up about a tumultuous time in her early life that left her homeless, in addiction, and battling depression and abuse trauma. Maz shares how she used these painful experiences to call back her own power and how she was able to create a different life for herself through manifesting, long term healing, and integration. Maz tells the audience that manifesting is more than acquiring material things, it's about listening to our souls' highest calling and desire is, and trusting that we have internally everything we need to build the kind of life that sets us free. To learn more about Maz head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @lilmissmaz Podcast Production:

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This week I sit down with psychologist, author, transformational teacher and Founder of Mysterial Woman Suzanne Anderson to discuss her new book ​"​You Make Your Path by Walking​"​ which ​is part memoir and part guidebook​. Suzanne opens up about her journey throug darkness and how she walked across the landscape of loss. She shares that being broken open in this way, made her whole again. I ask Suzanne about a promise she made to herself which was to midwife the divine feminine. She imparts all the ways she intentionally lived into this promise through her work and commitment to the divine feminine. We close by touching on a few of the Meta Capacities--what they are and how we can cultivate each of them in our own path. To find out more about Suzanne, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @mysterialwoman To sign up for Suzanne's retreat, click here. Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
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This week I sit down with transformational teacher, visionary, and best selling author Kute Blackson to discuss the cirrculum for our souls' evolution--starting by finding wisdom in the ordinary of our days and interactions. Kute points the listener here to show them, this is where our awakening and expansion begins. Kute shares what it means to be fully liberated as a soul having a human experience. He ends with teaching on forgiveness and implores the listening audience to practice forgiveness as much as possible for devlelopment but also to call back our individual power. To find out more about Kute, head over to his website. To join Kute this summer for his Boundless Bliss Bali Retreat, click here. To check out his Soul Talk podcast tap here to fly over to listen! Follow Kute on social media and Instagram @kuteblackson Podcast Production:

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This week I sit down with Vanessa Scotto, co host of the Bliss+Grit Podcast. Vanessa holds two masters degrees, one in Chinese Medicine and one in Transpersonal Psychology. She is also certified practitioner of the Realization Process with Judith Blackstone. Vanessa has a private practice where she mentors and coaches individuals from all walks of life. Vanessa and I discuss her upbringing and current spiritual practices and beliefs. Vanessa walks us through the definition and formulation of generational trauma. She imparts how each one of us can work to heal our own lineages of trauma. We discuss the unique path of awakening and internal growth. Vanessa shares the ways in which we can overextend ourselves in self-improvement and she helps the audience identify how to know when that line has been crossed--so we can return to self-love and self-compassion. To find out more about Vanessa head over to her website or follow her on Instagram @vanessascotto and make sure to check out her podcast Bliss+Grit Podcast Production:

• Written, directed, and edited by Krista Xiomara
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