INSPIRED RISK Podcast Birthday + A First Transmission on Inner Fire, Breathwork, and Releasing Shame

Elizabeth celebrates the “birthday” of the Inspired Risk Podcast by lighting a candle and sharing the show’s intention: helping listeners reconnect with their inner fire through conversations with people taking inspired risks and navigating challenge and success without burnout.

She leads a brief grounding meditation, then introduces herself as a collage and watercolor artist with a background in Texas, Alabama, and six and a half years in Vietnam before returning to the U.S. during COVID. She describes feeling angry and miserable in Columbus, Ohio, where discovering breathwork with teacher Millana Snow catalyzed deep emotional release, self-connection, and a reclaiming of agency during her Saturn return, alongside renewed study of tarot and astrology.

She focuses on shame as a major blocker to desire and growth, encouraging discernment between internal guidance and projected shame, and invites listeners to engage, share, and subscribe.

00:00 Welcome and Birthday Candle
02:03 Grounding Meditation
06:44 Meet Elizabeth the Artist
07:25 From Texas to Vietnam
08:24 Coming Home and Hitting Bottom
11:01 Breathwork Breakthrough
13:53 Saturn Return and Rebirth
17:53 Tarot Devil and Shame
21:25 Befriending Shame to Find Freedom
25:31 Closing Thoughts