Initiatrix

In this episode, I discuss how your intuition shows up for you in your life. I talk about:

• How we all have intuition and some examples of how you might already experience your intuitive gifts

• How to listen to your intuition and know if you're meant to go toward or away from something

• The different types of intuition- aka the "clairs"

• Examples of how my intuition speaks to me

• How the psychics and mediums that we see on TV and online might give us a distorted view of what intuition looks like

• How intuition actually feels in a practical sense

• How to interpret signs and symbols

• And much more!

I hope you enjoy!

~ Dr. Jennie Ward

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In this episode, I interview Marcela Salamanca, a Ward & Associates Psychological Services therapist, about her work and how she helps clients.

We discuss:

• How Marcela got started in the field of mental health.

• What is the training involved in becoming a Clinical Social Worker?

• Marcela's training in approaches for treatment involving play and how play helps children and parents.

• What she hopes clients get out of a meeting with her.

• Her favorite quick technique is to help kids and another one for adults.

• The words of wisdom she lives by and teaches her son and clients.

• Her favorite ways to unwind at the end of the day.

I hope you enjoy it!

~ Dr. Jennie Ward

To connect with Dr. Ward:

Apply to work with me: https://forms.gle/9YrukzKrQsjU5hARA

Check out my website: www.wisdomportal.ca

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

Contact at [email protected]

To connect with Marcela:

https://www.wardaps.com/

In this episode, Dr. Ward normalizes struggles with examples to show that people are people and that we all go through difficult times. You'll hear about:

• A colleague who felt comforted by Dr. Ward's ups and downs
• Someone who Dr. Ward admired and this person's self-disclosure about challenges in her life that surprised Dr. Ward
• The fallacy of "overnight success"
• People who look successful and their struggles
• Dr. Ward's update about the situation that she discussed in Episode 10
• A final comforting message when you're going through difficult times

To connect with me:

Apply to work with me: https://forms.gle/9YrukzKrQsjU5hARA

Check out my website: www.wisdomportal.ca

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

Contact at [email protected]

Dr. Ward breaks down the situations in her life that went well and didn't go as planned in 2022 and describes her goals for 2023.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

The wins:

• Her experiences in mentorship in 2022
• The changes in her team
• The launch of this podcast
• Her "Jennie Method/Mastery Paradigm" treatment offering
• The emotional experience of transitioning almost all of her clients in 2022
• Her intense need for rest and how she honoured it

The areas that didn't go as well:

• Dropping the ball and not knowing how to slow down effectively
• Her intense need for alone time and her guilt about that
• Her lack of exercise compared to usual

Goals for 2023:

• Deepening in her mentorship
• Going deeper and refining the Mastery Paradigm
• Maybe teaching the Mastery Paradigm (maybe not!)
• Nesting at home
• Exercising more and a home gym!
• Focusing more on friendships and other relationships

To connect with me:

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Check out my website: www.wisdomportal.ca

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In today's episode, Dr. Ward discusses the unique, out-of-the-box treatment approach that she developed and offers to clients, called The Mastery Paradigm. In this episode, you'll learn:

• Dr. Ward's transition to offering the Mastery Paradigm
• The judgment that she was afraid of and the fears that she had about harassment of her family, the end of her business Ward & Associates Psychological Services, and the criticism from her peers
• The movement from the old paradigm to the new paradigm
• The frequency of the word Mastery and the nature of the treatment
• The repelling and attracting nature of being authentic
• Who the Mastery Paradigm is for
• Who would not be a good fit for the Mastery Paradigm
• Dr. Ward's role as a High Priestess
• The art and flow of the treatment and how Dr. Ward envisions it as a circle amongst circles
• The nature of the treatment: spiritual invocation; energetic cleansing; embodiment; intuition; the Akashic Records; deconditioning; stepping into your soul identity; releasing trauma including trauma from past, parallel, and future lives and ancestral trauma; feminine and masculine energetics; following soul's yearnings and dealing with the root issues
• The nature of the treatment in 3-, 6- and 12-month packages
• The notion of energetic exchange

To connect with me:

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Check out my website: www.wisdomportal.ca

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

Contact at [email protected]

We often focus on trying to figure out our problems from our rational minds. We logically weigh the pros and cons and we can get stuck in that, but there are so many other ways to resolve problems. In today's episode, Dr. Ward describes a tricky situation in her life and the way in which she finally resolved it after 10+ years.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• Dr. Ward's thorn in her side and her difficulty in resolving it
• Her personality and behavioral style made this situation worse
• How the anniversary date of joining her mentoring group brought up her frustration about this issue
• The moment that she decided that enough is enough
• Her process of setting an intention and making a declaration to spirit
• The importance of releasing attachment to how the problem needs to be resolved
• An invitation to set an intention of your own to accomplish a goal that has been elusive to you

To connect with me:

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Check out my website: www.wisdomportal.ca

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

Contact at [email protected]

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In today's episode, Dr. Ward describes key strategies for mastering anxiety that she teaches her clients in individual therapy, her therapy group and online anxiety course. In this episode, you'll learn:

• A simple understanding of some of the biological mechanisms underlying anxiety
• Some basics of Polyvagal Theory and how you can use this to soothe your body and mind
• The bio/psycho/social model of understanding mental health and how it can be used to reduce self-blame about anxiety
• The Motivational Triad and how it helps us stay safe, but doesn't help us grow
• How to activate the parasympathetic nervous system in order to soothe our anxiety
• Key concepts to mastering anxiety, including:
• The fact that "neurons that fire together, wire together"
• The importance of dealing with problems early, if possible
• Self-awareness as an important first step
• How to breathe in a way that reduces anxiety
• Mindfulness and how it helps many emotional problems
• How to be informally mindful
• A simple formula for meditating
• The importance of approaching, not avoiding problems
• How to allow emotions to be felt
• The value of small, consistent actions in managing anxiety
• A method for scheduling in what is important to us
• How to identify and modify your "mind drama"
• The benefit of keeping your Future Self in mind when making daily choices

To connect with me:

Apply to work with me: https://forms.gle/9YrukzKrQsjU5hARA

Check out my website: www.wisdomportal.ca

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

Contact at [email protected]

To check out Gourmet Prep:

• Website: https://gourmetprep.ca
• To get a discount for Gourmet Prep, email [email protected] with the subject JENPODCAST for $26 off your first order

In this podcast episode, Dr. Ward describes some of the patterns that slow down the process of healing- in therapy and just in general.

In this episode, you'll learn the 6 patterns that Dr. Ward has identified and how to step out of them. Dr. Ward describes:

• How sometimes clients do not give their nervous system an opportunity to catch up to the shifts and changes happening in therapy
• Psychology's preferential focus on thoughts and behavior and less emphasis placed on body, emotions, spirit, and energy
• The notion of an Axis Mundi and how we all need one
• Attachment Theory in psychology and how this relates to an Axis Mundi
• The importance of taking responsibility for change in one's life and stepping out of the focus on others' roles in the problems we've experienced
• A big challenge that Dr. Ward faced and how she had to take responsibility for the problem
• The benefit of energetic exchange when it comes to health and the importance of putting time and resources toward one's health
• How avoidance slows down healing, including ways that we avoid and how to step out of the pattern of avoiding

To connect with me:

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Check out my website: www.wisdomportal.ca

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We tend to view life as linear in nature when in reality, it's cyclical and ever-evolving. In today's episode, Dr. Ward explains how to flow with the cycles of life.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What it means to say that life is cyclical.
• How the belief that life is linear leads to pain and suffering.
• The analogy of planting a seed.
• How Dr. Ward runs her company in a way that honors her staff.
• The four phases and seasons of life and how to recognize and flow with them.
• The seasons that our society is stuck in.
• The notion of The Void and The Dark Night of the Soul.
• The season of grief.
• The power of destruction.
• The power of rest for elite athletes and others too.
• How awareness of cycles can help you to feel more energized and flow with life.

To connect with me:

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We tend to be out of sync with certain spiritual energetic principles. In this episode, Dr. Ward explores 3 of these principles and how to incorporate them into your life in order to experience more harmony, health, and happiness.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• About the spiritual Law of Duality and how it shows up in your life
• Masculine and feminine energetics in our society
• The imbalance of society toward certain energetic tendencies
• The process of how to receive more of what you want in your life
• The notion of the "Upper Limit Problem" and how to transcend your upper limits
• How to be in the energy of receiving
• How we tend to deal with problems through problem-solving and fixing
• A new way to deal with problems- allowing and surrender
• What Dr. Ward discovered about her goals and goal list
• The void and the notion of energetics working in the background
• The analogy of "planting a seed"
• EMDR and its focus on allowing
• How to allow your emotions
• Urges that come up to resist, react or distract from emotions
• Boundary setting and allowing others to respond
• The power of emotional support
• Dr. Ward's history of providing emotional support but not seeking it out
• Dr. Ward's aha moment in accepting emotional support from her shaman and spiritual mentor

To connect with me:

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Check out my website: www.wisdomportal.ca

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

Contact at [email protected]

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