Welcome to the first This or Something Better episode.
Much more to come, but I encourage you to listen to this one because it will open your eyes and heart to some compelling stuff.
This week's This or Something Better card to contemplate is Adventure. Fitting for a first podcast episode, no?

Welcome to the first This or Something Better episode. Much more to come, but I encourage you to listen to this one because it will open your eyes and heart to some compelling stuff. This week's This or Something Better card to contemplate is Adventure. Fitting for a first podcast episode, no?

Welcome to the first This or Something Better episode.
Much more to come, but I encourage you to listen to this one because it will open your eyes and heart to some compelling stuff.
This week's This or Something Better card to contemplate is Adventure. Fitting for a first podcast episode, no?

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It's About Time! Why I'm Finally Doing a This or Something Better Podcast

What if the thing you’re reaching for isn’t what will serve you best, and something better is already trying to reach you?
If you’re navigating change, craving meaning, or sensing that your life holds more than the plan you’ve been following, this podcast is your invitation.
This or Something Better is a weekly podcast for curious, thoughtful seekers who want to live with greater awareness, alignment, and intention. Hosted by Izolda Trakhtenberg, writer, card reader, creator, and lifelong student of the human condition, this show explores the powerful crossroads where science, creativity, metaphysics, dreams, and symbolism meet everyday life.
Each episode invites you to slow down and listen inward, examining the difference between what you want and what may truly be best for you. Through reflection, story, research, and grounded practices, Izolda unpacks how manifestation actually works, not as wishful thinking or forced optimism, but as a collaboration with psychology, universal patterns, and lived experience.
You’ll explore:
• How to work with the universe instead of against it • Why detours, endings, and uncertainty often hold essential wisdom • How symbols, archetypes, and reflective tools (including the cards) reveal what your inner world already knows • Ways to build clarity, purpose, and momentum while doing good and causing no harm
Each episode offers a simple contemplative practice, and a card drawn from Izolda’s awareness-based deck, to help you check in with yourself, deepen insight, and open space for what’s meant to unfold.
Because sometimes the most powerful intention you can set is this: May this, or something better, come to pass.

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What if the thing you’re reaching for isn’t what will serve you best, and something better is already trying to reach you? If you’re navigating change, craving meaning, or sensing that your life holds more than the plan you’ve been following, this podcast is your invitation. This or Something Better is a weekly podcast for curious, thoughtful seekers who want to live with greater awareness, alignment, and intention. Hosted by Izolda Trakhtenberg, writer, card reader, creator, and lifelong student of the human condition, this show explores the powerful crossroads where science, creativity, metaphysics, dreams, and symbolism meet everyday life. Each episode invites you to slow down and listen inward, examining the difference between what you want and what may truly be best for you. Through reflection, story, research, and grounded practices, Izolda unpacks how manifestation actually works, not as wishful thinking or forced optimism, but as a collaboration with psychology, universal patterns, and lived experience. You’ll explore: • How to work with the universe instead of against it• Why detours, endings, and uncertainty often hold essential wisdom• How symbols, archetypes, and reflective tools (including the cards) reveal what your inner world already knows• Ways to build clarity, purpose, and momentum while doing good and causing no harm Each episode offers a simple contemplative practice, and a card drawn from Izolda’s awareness-based deck, to help you check in with yourself, deepen insight, and open space for what’s meant to unfold. Because sometimes the most powerful intention you can set is this:May this, or something better, come to pass.

What if the thing you’re reaching for isn’t what will serve you best, and something better is already trying to reach you?
If you’re navigating change, craving meaning, or sensing that your life holds more than the plan you’ve been following, this podcast is your invitation.
This or Something Better is a weekly podcast for curious, thoughtful seekers who want to live with greater awareness, alignment, and intention. Hosted by Izolda Trakhtenberg, writer, card reader, creator, and lifelong student of the human condition, this show explores the powerful crossroads where science, creativity, metaphysics, dreams, and symbolism meet everyday life.
Each episode invites you to slow down and listen inward, examining the difference between what you want and what may truly be best for you. Through reflection, story, research, and grounded practices, Izolda unpacks how manifestation actually works, not as wishful thinking or forced optimism, but as a collaboration with psychology, universal patterns, and lived experience.
You’ll explore:
• How to work with the universe instead of against it • Why detours, endings, and uncertainty often hold essential wisdom • How symbols, archetypes, and reflective tools (including the cards) reveal what your inner world already knows • Ways to build clarity, purpose, and momentum while doing good and causing no harm
Each episode offers a simple contemplative practice, and a card drawn from Izolda’s awareness-based deck, to help you check in with yourself, deepen insight, and open space for what’s meant to unfold.
Because sometimes the most powerful intention you can set is this: May this, or something better, come to pass.

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