Life unfolds when we are in authenticity, and so often we don’t know how to stay in alignment to allow our authenticity to flow. In this week’s episode, I talk with KJ Atlas, who is a professional astrologer that guides how to return to the blueprint that was set the moment we were born. When we can learn to rid ourselves of the excess noise of our lives, and follow this practical tool, we can optimize our life and our path. Astrology provides a code that is not only a mirror to nature, but helps us tap into our inner wiring to assist in our journey of self discovery. In this conversation, KJ shares how much valuable information we can learn from our birth chart (the snapshot of planetary alignment from the moment you are born, and even how to use this information to your benefit in your career, in relationships and in making big decisions, including optimal places for you to live. She also explains the different aspects of astrology to pay attention to aside from your sun sign, which is the horoscope most of us would follow based on your birthday and the corresponding zodiac sign, including your moon and rising sun sign, as well as the impact of Mercury and Venus. KJ finishes up by sharing the power of the Spring Equinox and practices that you can practice during this season to get the most out of this current astrological alignment. If you are someone who is interested in more ways to understand yourself and your life path, then this episode is for you.

About KJ: KJ Atlas is a poetic whisperer of energy and the ether. Astrology is the language of nature and KJ has made it her mission to decode its complexities into something useful, meaningful, and practical. She approaches astrology strategically with a background in science, psychology, and health, and has an insatiable curiosity for the human mind. A seasoned nomad and travel enthusiast, she’s an expert in locational astrology and will help you find the best places for you to live and visit based on your unique energy and timing. She also specializes in business birth chart readings and astrological CEO coaching. She is a graduate of the Portland School of Astrology and has written for the Jan Spiller Legacy for several years. 

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Have you ever experienced chronic pain that resulted after a year of stress or trauma? My guest this week is Jane Hogan, who after hitting an emotional rock bottom, developed rheumatoid arthritis with a bleak prognosis. Despite the fear of a lifetime of enduring hardship, she listened to her inner knowing that not only was she going to get through this but that she was going to help others get through it as well. She went from being a civil engineer to becoming certified as a health coach, determined to uncover the root causes of people’s chronic pain. In this beautiful and impactful interview, Jane shares the ways in which we can heal our mind and body and the impact of the power of our mind. We truly can create our futures through our thoughts, vibrations and energy; and if you think this is woo-woo, it’s actually physics, so this belief is rooted in science. Jane ends the conversation guiding a radical self-love meditation, which is at the root of all healing.

About Jane: Jane Hogan, "The Wellness Engineer," blends leading-edge science and ancient spiritual practices to help people release chronic pain using the mind, body and breath so they can become empowered creators of their own health.  Her personal experience of reversing crippling rheumatoid arthritis using natural solutions inspired her to leave a 30-year engineering career and become a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, Certified Yoga Teacher and wellness educator. 

Combining ancient wisdom with leading edge science, Jane’s Wellness by Design Blueprint has helped thousands of people release chronic pain naturally. She is the host of the Wellness by Design podcast and her empowering message has been featured on numerous podcasts and summits. She has been published in Thrive Global and Elephant Journal magazines and is a contributing author on three best-selling books. In 2022, Jane hosted the Becoming Pain-Free: Healing the Root Causes of Chronic Pain online summit attended by 36,000 participants.

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To have soul path guidance is to discover the inner treasures that are being revealed in our lives but that we often ignore. We all have those little nudges inside of us that are trying to awaken us to growth and change, but we are so good at not paying attention to them. We have selective listening and don’t often do the work to notice what is trying to get our attention, since then we may have to make a different choice, and change can be hard. And yet, when we decide to listen to those internal nudges, and are open to the question of “how am I being called forth in this moment for me to know what is next?” then we can take aligned action that supports our soul’s purpose. In this episode, I talked with Pamela Johnson, who guides her clients into attunement of the 12 archetypes that are guiding us towards specific experiences, so that we can trust how our path is unfolding and become more active participants in our journey. If you are someone who wants to learn how to harness the messages you are receiving and how to align deeper with your soul's purpose, then this episode is for you.

More about Pamela: Pamela is the founder of SoulPATH Guidance. She is a Transformational Life Coach, CMED (Caroline Myss Educational Institute) Mentor, Enneagram Teacher, Soul Archetypal Consultant and Spiritual Coach. Her calling is to help you discover your inner treasure, become an agent for positive change in your life, and empower the authority of your soul. 

Decades of experience with practical, creative, and spiritual studies establishes Pamela’s unique approach to her work as a spiritual director, guide, teacher, and facilitator. In addition to mentoring at CMED, she holds a faculty position and master level certification from The Deep Coaching Institute and is a teacher/senior mentor for other Enneagram Coaches. She also contributes to the emerging work with The Deep Living Lab (Enneagram + Spiritual nonprofit) as a facilitator and coach. 

Through deep listening, Pamela supports your ability to explore the depths of your soul, deepen courage, discover inner wisdom, and embark on the adventure of the inner work needed to bring your soul gifts to earth. Sharing embodied teachings that were foundational in supporting Pamela’s journey to wholeness after 9/11, she is incredibly grateful for this powerful work in her own life and honored to witness in clients.

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There are so many modalities we use to heal our traumas, process our lives and make sense of the current season we are moving through. In this week’s podcast episode, I talk with Michelle Dench, who is an intuitive astrologer, and uses her gifts and passion of reading the astrological birth chart along with her insights for healing in relationship and family patterns to guide her clients in healing. She so beautifully explains how our lives our impacted by the seasons - the changes of light and dark - and how when we can come to know ourselves and our relationships more deeply through a deeper understanding of the alignment of the energies from the stars and planets, we can be more attuned with the process of the soul. Michelle shares the impact of the once in a lifetime shifts occurring this month - March 2023 - with the ending of a 248-year cycle of Pluto and the end of a 30-year cycle of Saturn, namely that we are on the precipice of irrevocable change. She even pulls up my chart and gives me a short personal reading, so the listener can begin to see her magic at work. If you are someone who is curious about the ways in which astrological insight can help guide us in growing, healing and expanding in ways we’ve never done before, then this episode is for you.

About Michelle: Michelle Dench is an Intuitive Astrologer, she sees Astrology as a tool for Evolution, Healing and Insight. Her expertise is in looking at Relationships and Family patterns in the Birth Chart, for the purpose of healing and love. She is a Mother of three, and a student of A Course in Miracles. She is an artist, practices meditation, while devoting her life to raising children, practicing partnership and building community. Michelle serves as the Treasurer & Vice president of NCGR San Francisco, and the Administrator of the Jeffrey Wolfe Green Association of Evolutionary Astrologers. 

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I recently did a 10-day challenge in which I shared simple, yet potent and powerful shifts that you can make to create change in your life. The challenge was so good that I wanted to share the 10 shifts here so that more people can begin to journey forward into living aligned, fulfilling and abundant lives. When we think about creating change, it’s easy to believe that we need to make big changes producing big results. The problem with that belief system is that we aren’t able to implement big change because our expectations are often too high for too much to change at once. Rather, the best way to create the lasting change you seek is to do small, attainable steps that are facing in the direction of what you desire. In this episode, I walk you through 10 different ways that you can look at yourself and your challenges so that you can respond in a new way, allowing you to put yourself on a new trajectory. 

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I love episodes like this where we jump into the deep end of a fantastic conversation. In this episode, I talk with Kristin Urbanus who is a practitioner of spiritual psychology and somatic touch, a life coach along with being a yoga and meditation teacher. We take a deep dive into the nuances of how to regulate our nervous system when we are stuck in patterns that go beyond our cognitive or emotional consciousness. When we can become more aware of the multi-dimensional aspects of our human experience, we can then recognize that there are multiple ways we can rewire our patterns, heal traumas, get through challenges, and feel more whole and complete in our lives. We discuss the value of Internal Family Systems theory in understanding how to integrate the different “parts” of ourselves, how to move into being an observer of our own experience, how to decrease judgment and increase self-compassion, and how to put our present-moment experiences into a greater context to understand why we are reacting the way in which we are. Fundamentally, when we can accept that we didn’t do anything wrong, and that nothing is wrong with us, and that we are living a human experience, we can take small steps forward towards our healing and health. 

To learn more about Kristin, check out: www.kristinurbanus.com

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Our body does not lie. When something feels off, it likely is, and yet we often dismiss these cues because we don’t want to have to face or deal with, or make a different choice. We get stuck in our heads and how we want things to be and get in habits of ignoring the cues that are available to us. Our ego, or thoughts of what we wanted things to be, prevent us from taking action when we are not in alignment because we tend to believe our thoughts as truth. In this episode, I talk through the ways in which the body does not lie, and how we were wired for their to be physiological cues as indicators when we are in an unsafe (emotionally or physically) situation. This can go back to attachment styles from early childhood, unhealthy yet perpetual relationship dynamics in which we choose connection over safety, and yet over time, we can learn to gain greater agency over our choices and relationships to feel good more of the time. It is your birthright to feel good, and it’s only when we are in that good feeling state that we can be creative, feel secure and manifest our desires. If you are someone who gets stuck in the cognitive dissonance of feeling one thing but thinking another, and you’ve given more power to your thoughts and dismissed the cues in your body, then this episode is for you.

This powerful episode is for anyone who wants to be inspired on how to not be defined by their trauma or addictions and learn that cultivating a healthy - emotionally, mentally and physically - life is possible. I talk with one of my dearest friends, Kristen Fuller, a recovery coach who is passionate about helping people heal their trauma and addictions. Kristin very vulnerably shares her journey of surviving 3 different episodes of sexual abuse and how alcohol became her way to numb and cope with her pain. In December of 2020, her family intervened and confronted her alcoholism, which led her on the path to sobriety and more importantly healing the trauma she’s been carrying since she was 6 years old. If you have ever experienced a trauma, or suffer with addiction, or know someone who could benefit from Kristin’s story, then don’t miss this episode.

About Kristin: Kristin Fuller is the Founder of Forward Progression Coaching, and the Producer of the “Last Call With Kristin” podcast. She is a certified Recovery Coach, speaker, and facilitator. Her passion is devoted to helping others to process the grief and trauma that is causing them to turn to alcohol as a coping mechanism. By teaching people how to identify their values, learn healthy coping skills, and give them permission to put themselves first, she leads her clients to transformative and lasting change in their behaviors and habits. 

Kristin has a Bachelor’s in Psychology, and her coaching practice is trauma-informed. She is also in recovery from alcohol dependence, which has contributed to her mission to help women to heal without guilt or shame. She is a mother to two teenagers, an avid hiker, and practices yoga daily. 

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Have you ever felt like everything is going well in your life and yet you are feeling off? When we can learn to ride the waves of emotions through the hills and valleys of our life, we can find greater peace and happiness. And when we find riding those waves challenging, it’s helpful to cultivate the skills and tools to become a self-leader, giving you more agency over your own life. In this episode, I talk with Ben Ritter, an organizational leader and coach who guides his clients on how to live for themselves. We talk through the power of gaining greater clarity on what you want in your life, including uncovering your core values and envisioning an aligned future, how to build more confidence through developing a positive mindset and overcoming limiting beliefs, and how to gain greater control over your environment by showing up consistently in your day to day life. If you are someone who wants to be accountable and empowered in all that you do so that you live for yourself, then be sure to check out this episode.

About Ben: Dr. Benjamin Ritter, founder of Live for Yourself Consulting, is a leadership and career coach, Talent Development Executive, values geek, international speaker, and podcaster, who’s passionate about guiding leaders to be the leader of their own career and create a career they love. 

With over 10 years of experience working with clients from companies such as Amazon, Coursera, Doordash, Google, Fiserv, Northwestern, Pinterest, and Yelp, Ben understands how to navigate any career path you decide you want to travel. 

From empowering professionals to get unstuck, to guiding senior leadership on how to stand out from the competition, develop executive presence, and feel confident in being a leader, Ben is an expert in his field and will guide you toward truly living for yourself at work and in life.

Ben received his Doctorate in Organizational Leadership with a focus on value congruence and job satisfaction and earned an MBA in entrepreneurial management, and an MPH in health policy administration.

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In this week's episode I talk with Heather, for the second time, because I have witnessed her in such a beautiful journey and wanted to share her story again. Heather‘s story has shifted as life has had different plans for her and her kids when she went from being a high-powered coach to now being a widow coach after the death of her husband in 2018. She shares very vulnerably what grief feels like, the isolation, dreams for her future, how to speak her truth even when it’s hard or she doesn’t know what to hold onto, the difference between grief and sadness and suffering, but most importantly how to transform yourself through your grief and how you can carry on the life and memory of your loved ones. Heather is an inspiration and a guide to other widows who are seeking to find a light in the dark during the hardest experience a family can go through. If you or someone you know is experiencing grief and loss I need a resource and inspiration and please check out this episode.

About Heather: After teaching women in business for over a decade, I sold my million dollar sales organization, closed my business coaching practice, and let my life change my career path.

"Life" was the sudden loss of my husband, Larry, in 2018.

I've taken my unique approach and awareness of grief and poured it into widows and grieving hearts online. As the founder of Real Widowhood, I help widows move forward from the darkness, make peace with his death, and intentionally create a life that's beautiful again.

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