Inner Peace and Power

Embodying divine feminine power is not about gendered ways of being or acting. 

In this episode, we're exploring Shakti, the divine feminine energy that lives in all of us through Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. We’ll talk about the power of protecting what matters, learning to receive, and trusting the wisdom and creativity that arise when we stop forcing.

I’ll also share a simple practice to help you notice what you need most right now: to protect, to receive, or to express.

Let's keep using the spreadsheets and the to-do lists, and also welcome and incorporate intuitive wisdom that shows up as divine feminine power.

Reference:

https://www.rashmischramm.com

In this conversation, I’m joined by physician, coach, physician leader, and fellow joy-seeker Dr. Chrissie Ott to talk about what happens when we stop following the life we’re supposed to want and start paying attention to what actually feels alive.

We talk about visioning, the body as a compass, trusting the things we know before we can explain them, and taking tiny steps toward what feels more resonant. Chrissie also shares why joy isn’t about bypassing suffering—it’s about creating a life with enough alignment, agency, and delight to hold all of it.

This one is about self-trust, synchronicity, serious play—and letting the path reveal itself as you walk it.

How to find Dr. Chrissie Ott:

https://www.joypointsolutions.com

https://www.thephysicianscoachingsummit.com

Podcast: Solving for Joy

Solo episode!

We're exploring the Ayurvedic concepts of agni and ama as a lens for understanding modern information overload. Mental exhaustion and brain fog may sometimes just mean that you need less input. 

You’ll learn a simple practice for creating more space, discernment, and clarity in a world of endless information.

Because information isn’t wisdom. Wisdom is what happens when we digest what we’ve received.

Reference:

https://www.rashmischramm.com

I got to sit down with award-winning international improviser and teacher Jonathan Pitts, co-founder of the Chicago Improv Festival and longtime Second City teacher, to explore what improvisation can teach us about being human.

I've experienced Improv as a way to connect to being more present, playful and intuitive, and mostly just alive. He shares his experience and wisdom on this. 

We talk about improv as a mindfulness practice, the healing power of play, why “accept and build” goes far beyond the stage, and how Jonathan’s own experiences with trauma and recovery shaped the way he understands connection, boundaries, and creativity.

We also explore the fascinating social-work roots of modern improv, why Jonathan believes improv can be therapeutic without being therapy, and what AI may never be able to replicate about human wisdom, intuition, empathy, and play.

At its heart, this conversation is about learning to meet life the way a great improviser meets a scene: present, curious, responsive, and willing to say yes to the adventure.

How to find Jonathan:

https://www.globalimprovwalkabout.com

Instagram @jpitts1028

Reference:

https://www.rashmischramm.com

What if rest doesn’t actually feel restful?

In this short Labor Day episode, I’m sharing why stillness used to feel deeply uncomfortable for me—and why our nervous systems can become so accustomed to urgency that busy actually feels safer than slowing down.

We’ll explore rest as a practice, the wisdom beneath all our doing, and why healing requires moments of relaxation and restoration.

This Labor Day, consider this your permission to discover what rest looks like for you—even if it feels a little awkward at first.

Reference: 

https://www.rashmischramm.com

🔥We're sitting down with my friend, Leah C. Gardiner, a Penn- and Yale-educated, Obie Award-winning theater and film director, writer, medium, and founder of the Quantum Soul Level Healing Integration Framework.

For more than 30 years, Leah has worked in professional theater, helping actors and creative teams uncover what is true beneath the surface. Today, she brings that same sensitivity to her healing practice, integrating somatic work, ancestral healing, energy work, mediumship, Reiki, and past-life exploration.

Leah shares how reconnecting with her biological mother after her mother’s death became a catalyst for finally claiming her intuitive gifts and moving into healing work full-time. She also describes the unexpected email that led to a metaphysical practitioner position at Kripalu—an opportunity that seemed to arrive almost instantly once she became clear about what she was ready to offer.

We explore the difference between intuition and anxiety, the body’s role in revealing what the mind cannot always explain, and how consciously choosing a new emotional response can open a different path forward.

Leah also shares her personal understanding of the quantum field, past-life and somatic journey work, and the energetic sensations that accompany her intuitive knowing. These ideas are presented through the lens of Leah’s lived experience and spiritual framework, inviting listeners to remain curious and discern what resonates for them.

This conversation is an invitation to listen more closely to the wisdom within you. You do not have to remain in a role, relationship, pattern, or version of yourself simply because it is familiar.

How to find Leah:

https://www.qslhealing.com

https://www.leahcgardiner.com

Reference:

https://www.rashmischramm.com

Adulting can be serious business most of the time. But what about fun? Play, I ask?

So this week we're diving directly into the beautiful yogic philosophy of Leela, or divine play. 
Leela points to the whole universe as a joyful creative expression of consciousness. Life as sacred play. A dance, if you will.

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I get into what I learned hanging out with my niece and nephew this summer, which is that being an auntie is significantly more fun than being a mom to littles. I talk about improv, which I started two years ago and which has become my ongoing practice in lightness. (We're literally called *players.* Okay?)

We also talk about the yogic idea that you are the one playing the role, and the way we forget it. We get so identified with being the physician, the mother, the wife, the leader, the responsible one, that we lose track of the human underneath all of it.

Then I bring receipts, because play turns out to be shockingly un-frivolous. One study followed more than 8,500 people for up to 25 years and found that tennis was associated with almost ten additional years of life expectancy. Badminton, over six. The sports that came out on top were the social, interactive ones. Movement, connection, laughter, competition, novelty. Play. (I'm extrapolating straight to pickleball. The haters can come at me.)

And then we get practical, because play doesn't need two free hours and a reservation. Ten minutes counts. Paint something badly. Skip instead of walk. Be a beginner at something.

Mentioned in this episode:
Leela / Lila — a Sanskrit concept from yogic philosophy, often translated as divine play

The arrival fallacy — the belief that you'll finally feel whole once you get there

Schnohr et al., "Various Leisure-Time Physical Activities Associated With Widely Divergent Life Expectancies: The Copenhagen City Heart Study." Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2018. 8,577 people followed for up to 25 years. Life expectancy gains compared with the sedentary group: tennis 9.7 years, badminton 6.2, soccer 4.7, cycling 3.7, swimming 3.4, jogging 3.2, calisthenics 3.1, health club activities 1.5. It's an observational study, so causation isn't established. The authors did note that the sports involving the most social interaction had the strongest associations with longevity.

Reference:

https://www.rashmischramm.com

This is such an important time to listen to this episode, friend!

We get to sit down with Dr. Andrea Austin. 

Dr. Andrea Austin, MD is a certified physician development coach and founder of Heartline Coaching and Consulting®. A Navy veteran and emergency physician, she brings frontline leadership experience to her work helping healthcare professionals navigate burnout, career transitions, and personal growth.

She is the host of Heartline: Changemaking in Healthcare and author of Revitalized: A Guidebook to Following Your Healing Heartline — a practical guide to thriving in a demanding healthcare system.

Her mission: helping clinicians follow their Heartline, healing themselves and systems.

How to find Dr. Austin:

https://www.andreaaustinmd.com

Reference:

https://www.rashmischramm.com

Have you ever felt like one part of you wants to slow down while another insists you keep pushing? Or wondered why your inner critic can be so relentless?

In this episode, we sit down with my dear friend, Amy Decker, LCSW, to explore the powerful framework of Internal Family Systems (IFS) —a compassionate approach that teaches us that we all have different "parts" inside us, and that none of them are inherently bad.

Amy shares her remarkable journey from joining the Marine Corps at just 17 years old to becoming a trauma therapist, HeartMath facilitator, and one of the most compassionate clinicians I know. Together, we discuss why so many caregivers and high-achieving women lose touch with their own needs, how our protective patterns develop, and why healing begins with curiosity instead of judgment.

We also explore the beautiful overlap between IFS and ancient yogic philosophy: beneath all of our fears, habits, and protective strategies is our true Self—calm, compassionate, curious, and whole.

Resources Mentioned

"No Bad Parts" by Richard Schwartz
"You Are the One You've Been Waiting For" by Richard Schwartz
* HeartMath Institute

How to find Amy Decker:

https://lccjax.com/

Reference:

https://www.rashmischramm.com

Solo Episode! Please review and share.

If unexpected downtime makes you feel anxious, restless or just plain uncomfortable - you're not alone. 

We're talking about how chronic overwork and busyness conditions our nervous systems, and how we can be soft with ourselves in this healing journey if this arises. 

Of course, there are 3 simple practices you can try on today:) 

Reference:

https://www.rashmischramm.com