In this episode of Mom on the Verge, host Katie Farinas uncovers the power of interoception—your body’s ability to sense its internal state—and why it’s essential for emotional health. Learn how developing body awareness can help you regulate emotions, strengthen your intuition, and create a deeper connection to yourself.

Katie also introduces a simple yet transformative meditation exercise to enhance your interoceptive skills, promoting physical and emotional well-being.

Key Takeaways

What is interoception, and how does it influence your emotions?

E88 The Power of Intention Episode - where I discuss the power of the heart's electromagnetic field

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Kris Ashley is a coach, author, and speaker who has spent the past two decades immersed in the research, spiritual teachings, and practices she shares. Her book, Change Your Mind To Change Your Reality, has been endorsed by 3 experts from The Secret, Anita Moorjani, and many others in the spiritual and personal development space. For information on Kris's coaching, online courses, events, and more.

You can find Kris at any of the links below.

Social Media handles:

https://www.instagram.com/changeyourmindwithkris/

https://www.tiktok.com/@changeyourmindwithkris

https://www.facebook.com/changeyourmindwithkrisashley

https://www.youtube.com/@changeyourmindwithkris

Website:

https://www.krisashley.net/

Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/change-your-mind-with-kris-ashley/id1611437310

Special Offer:

If listeners order my book through this website, they can get the course that goes hand-in-hand

with it for free: https://www.changeyourmindtochangeyourreality.com/orderbook

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Are you ready to step into 2025 with clarity, purpose, and heart-centered focus? In this empowering episode, Katie shares how setting meaningful intentions can fuel personal growth and transformation throughout the year. Discover the power of choosing one word to serve as your guiding light—a simple yet transformative practice to help you stay aligned with your goals and dreams.

Katie explains the science behind manifestation and how focused energy can turn your intentions into reality. She also highlights why intentions rooted in the heart are so powerful—they connect to your higher self and create a positive ripple effect in your life and the world around you.

Get ready to learn practical tips for keeping your word visible and actionable, why sharing your intention amplifies its power, and how to use this practice to create a life of meaning and purpose in 2025.

Key Takeaways:

Call to Action:
What’s your word for 2025? Take a moment to reflect on your heart’s desires and choose a word that resonates deeply with your aspirations. Share your word with us on Instagram @katiemomandyogi or email Katie at [email protected]. Let’s inspire each other to create meaningful change this year!

Resources to Support Your Journey:

✨ New Opportunities to Work with Me:🌿 Private Yoga + Dharma Coaching: Whether you're looking to reconnect with your body, rediscover your purpose, or navigate midlife transitions, my personalized yoga and Dharma coaching sessions blend ancient wisdom with modern practices to help you heal and thrive.

Choose a single session or a 3-session package for deeper transformation.

Come Practice Yoga With Me at Balanced Planet Yoga on Monday's at 6:45 pm.

💬 Book a Free Discovery Call: Curious about how I can support you on your journey? Schedule your complimentary call ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

📩 Sign Up for My Newsletter: Get inspired with my latest updates, teachings, and events. ⁠⁠Join here⁠⁠.

📓 Download My Free Journal Prompts: Discover your Dharma and reconnect with your purpose using three transformational prompts. ⁠⁠Download now⁠⁠.

✨ Let’s Connect:📷 Follow me on Instagram: ⁠⁠@katie.farinas⁠⁠🌐 Visit my website: ⁠⁠momontheverge.org

Learn more about the brain science of manifestation with Mind Your Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation by Dr. Darren Weissman – Amazon Link

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As adults, we often lose touch with the magic we once felt as children. In this episode, I reflect on a heartfelt conversation with my daughter about missing the magic of Santa and the elf on the shelf—and how it inspired me to explore how we can rekindle a sense of magic in our everyday lives.

I dive into the concept of awe: that breathtaking feeling of wonder and interconnectedness we experience in nature, art, music, or quiet moments of reflection. Awe is not just for children—it’s a profoundly healing emotion for adults, too. Studies even show that awe can reduce inflammation and bring a sense of calm to our nervous systems. I share practical tips for seeking awe intentionally and recognizing its signs, like a sense of spaciousness, slowed thoughts, and connection to something greater than ourselves.

I also revisit an early spiritual teaching that has deeply impacted my life: the importance of present moment awareness, as inspired by Eckhart Tolle. Living in the present is the key to personal growth, happiness, and rediscovering magic, but it takes intentional effort in today’s distracted world. I share simple practices to slow down and reconnect, such as pausing to appreciate nature, music, art, and even the everyday miracles of modern life.

As we enter the holiday season, I encourage you to find magic in the little moments, cherish the beauty around you, and step into 2025 with awe and present-moment awareness. Let’s create a year filled with joy, wonder, and connection!

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend who might need a reminder to find the magic in their life. Don’t forget to rate and review the show—it helps spread this message to others who could benefit from it.

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🌿 Private Yoga + Dharma Coaching: Whether you're looking to reconnect with your body, rediscover your purpose, or navigate midlife transitions, my personalized yoga and Dharma coaching sessions blend ancient wisdom with modern practices to help you heal and thrive.

Choose a single session or a 3-session package for deeper transformation.

💬 Book a Free Discovery Call: Curious about how I can support you on your journey? Schedule your complimentary call ⁠here⁠.

📩 Sign Up for My Newsletter: Get inspired with my latest updates, teachings, and events. ⁠Join here⁠.

📓 Download My Free Journal Prompts: Discover your Dharma and reconnect with your purpose using three transformational prompts. ⁠Download now⁠.

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🌐 Visit my website: ⁠momontheverge.org⁠

Thank you for being here. Wishing you a magical and awe-filled 2025! 🌟

This week I am re-releasing my number 1 downloaded episode. There is so much to learn from this conversation. Karen is a beautiful combination of knowledge, experience and heart. I hope you enjoy and being to fell safe enough to examine your own limiting beliefs and break them wide open.

Authenticity is knowing who you are beyond your limiting beliefs and sharing that human with the world. - Karen Caton- Brunings is a certified life, health and authenticity coach. She shares her background and how she found her way to authenticity coaching after learning that she had built a life based on limiting beliefs that made her feel uncomfortable with who she was as an authentic little girl. Karen shares her experience of being lonely and depressed at the age of 38 and being locked in a battle between her authentic self and her constructed version of herself. She decided to lean into her authenticity and rewrite her story from a place of authenticity. She started using authenticity in her work as a personal trainer and found that it transformed her way of doing business and relationships. Karen became an authenticity coach, creating a space for people to rediscover who they are beyond their limiting beliefs.I absolutely adored this conversation with Karen. You will be able to feel her loving energy radiate through the air and straight into your soul. She is a permission giver. A cheerleader. She gives you the courage to be unapologetically you. And when we can do that, it impacts every single aspect of our lives. I spent a long time feeling like a stranger in my own life and not knowing how to get back to myself. If that's you, this conversation will be a light on your path home.Below is Karen's website if you would like to work with her as a coach. She will also be starting a podcast with Stephanie Bacon, whom I also interviewed. You will hear her episode in the coming weeks. Their website is also listed below. The podcast will be called Authentically Yours.Lastly, a link to sign up for my weekly mindful moments newsletter is also below. The newsletter will recap our show for the week and invite you to try an exercise that will help move you toward self discovery.

Love To You All My Friends!

Katie

Find Karen Below!

https://www.kcbcoaching.com/https://www.authenticallyyours.net/https://mailchi.mp/45141e31562e/mom-on-the-verge

My New Offering: I’m excited to now offer a private yoga teaching and Dharma coaching combination package to help you reconnect with your true self and live a life of alignment and purpose. This coaching package helps you along mind, body and soul through a combination of coaching and connecting deeply with your body through yoga. Curious? Want to learn more? Book a free discovery call and we can chat.

Connect With Me:

​Website: MomontheVerge.org

​Instagram: @katiemomandyogi

​Email: [email protected]

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In this episode, I chat with Michelle, a vibrational coach, sound healer, and spiritual teacher, about the transformative power of sound healing, compassionate parenting, and personal growth. Michelle shares how her work with sound frequencies, Akashic Records, and past-life regression has shaped her life and helped her guide others toward deeper healing and self-discovery.

We cover:

This conversation is packed with insights, hope, and tools for anyone on a journey of healing, growth, and alignment.

About Michelle:
Michelle is a vibrational coach, sound healer, experienced speaker, and spiritual teacher who helps people achieve mind, body, and soul healing. From facilitating sound immersions and spiritual development training to creating her Sound Bath Healer Certification Course, Michelle empowers others to use sound and energy to transform their lives.

She also offers Akashic Records sessions, guiding clients through past-life exploration and spiritual wisdom to foster healing and personal growth.

Learn more about Michelle:

Links To Research Mentioned In This Episode.

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210016-5.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R001700270006-0.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210023-7.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210016-5

https://www.greenmatters.com/technology/gateway-process

https://hms.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/assets/Sites/Longwood_Seminars/Longwood%20Seminar%20Music%20Readin%20Pack.pdf

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/david-morin/files/waves_oscillations.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Frequency-Distress-interaction-for-the-Yale-Brown-Obsessive-Compulsive-Scale_fig1_51049613

https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/lhm/

https://alfred.med.yale.edu/ALFRED/index.jsp

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC102486/

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/79e3/02362840276561dafe5159ea8cb751ef66ba.pdf

https://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/e-learning/epidemiology/practitioners/measures-disease-frequency-burden#:~:text=Measures%20of%20disease%20frequency%20are,and%20a%20measure%20of%20time.

My Offerings:
I’m excited to now offer private yoga teaching and Dharma coaching to help you reconnect with your true self and live a life of alignment and purpose. This yoga and Dharma coaching combo is so new, it hasn’t even made it to my website yet! If you’re curious, I’d love to connect—book a free discovery call to learn more.

Connect With Me:

Episode on Limiting Beliefs

Episode on The Dark Night Of The Soul

Key Takeaways:
Healing and growth take courage, curiosity, and compassion. By staying open and aligned with your intuition, and examining and eliminating limiting beliefs, you can elevate your vibration, discover your purpose, and create a meaningful, connected life.

If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to Mom on the Verge, share it with a friend, and book your free discovery call to explore how I can support you on your journey.

The holiday season can be a magical time, but it can also bring its share of stress and emotional challenges. In this episode, I share practical tools to help you stay grounded and calm, even during high-stress moments like Thanksgiving gatherings. We'll explore a guided meditation focused on the root chakra, Muladhara, to balance your nervous system and connect with a sense of safety and stability.

💡 What You'll Learn in This Episode:

💖 Free Resources to Deepen Your Practice:

📣 Get Involved:
I’d love to hear from you! Let me know what topics you’d like to see covered in my next Yoga for Skillful Living Series:

🎧 Previous Episodes You Might Enjoy:

Thank you for being part of this community. Wishing you a peaceful, grounded, and joyful Thanksgiving season! 🌟

In this episode or “Dharmasode,” I explore the profound connection between play, self-discovery, and finding your soul’s purpose. As adults, we often lose touch with the joy of play, but what if reconnecting with it could unlock your true potential and align you with your dharma?

I introduce the concept of Leela, or divine play, from yogic philosophy, which teaches us to embrace the joy of the process rather than focusing solely on the outcome. Play is not just for kids; it’s a divine gift that calms the nervous system, fosters self-awareness, and strengthens relationships.

Through guided meditations and reflective exercises, I invite you to revisit your childhood, reconnect with your inner child, and rediscover the activities that once brought you joy. Whether it’s storytelling, exploring, or creating, these moments of reflection can help you tap into your soul’s purpose.

Plus, I share exciting news about my upcoming Yoga for Skillful Living series starting this January. I’d love to hear from YOU! What topics would you like me to cover in the series? Here are a few ideas:

• ​Yamas and Niyamas: Applying ancient wisdom for modern living.
• ​The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success: Creating abundance and fulfillment.
• ​Discover Your Dharma: Unearthing your soul’s unique purpose.
• ​Or something else entirely?

Let me know by commenting on Spotify, sending me an email at [email protected], or DMing me on Instagram at @katiemomandyogi. I can't wait to hear your thoughts!

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• ​How play can help you align with your soul’s purpose.
• ​The meaning of Leela and how to incorporate divine play into your life.
• ​Tips for reconnecting with your inner child and rediscovering joy.
• ​The benefits of quiet reflection and meditation in finding clarity.

Some Episodes on the Yamas and Niyamas

Aparigrapha - Surrender

Asteya - Non Stealing

Ahisma - Non Violence

Free Resources:

• ​3 Journal Prompts to Uncover Your Dharma
• ​5 Steps to Discovering Your Dharma

Connect With Me:

• ​Website: momontheverge.org
• ​Instagram: @katiemomandyogi
• ​Email: [email protected]
• ​Sign up for my newsletter: Join here

Join the Conversation:Play isn’t just fun—it’s transformative. Let’s explore together! Don’t forget to share your suggestions for the next Yoga for Skillful Living series. Your voice matters! 🌟

✨ Special Giveaway! ✨I’m hosting a fun challenge to help spread the word about the podcast.Here’s how to enter:

1️⃣ Rate & review the show.

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You’ll be entered to win one of these 3 prizes:☕ A Starbucks gift card🧘‍♀️ A custom meditation designed just for you✨ A free breakthrough coaching session with me

Ready to tune into your inner guidance? Let’s go!

Links & Resources:

📖 Download your free ⁠Discover Your Dharma Journal⁠

💌 Join my ⁠newsletter⁠ for weekly inspiration

📚 Explore my⁠ Dharma Workbook⁠

🌐 Visit my website for more: ⁠katiefarinas.com

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In this deeply heartfelt episode, I sit down with Beth Syverson, an adoptive mother, coach, and advocate for families navigating the challenges of adoption. Beth opens up about her personal journey as an adoptive mom to her son Joey, whom she adopted from Japan as an infant. The conversation touches on the emotional complexities of adoption, the importance of self-work for adoptive parents, and how these efforts can improve parent-child relationships.

Beth shares the pivotal moment when her son faced a crisis at age 15, leading them both to immerse themselves in adoption therapy, literature, and the adoption community. This experience transformed Beth’s understanding of adoption trauma and set her on a path to help others through coaching, community support, and her co-authored book, Adoption and Suicidality. We also discuss the strain adoption can place on marriages and why open family conversations are essential.

Tune in to learn more about Beth's inspiring work, including her newly rebranded Unraveling Adoption podcast, which provides a compassionate space for adoptive parents and those interested in understanding adoption's multifaceted impacts. Plus, discover how her coaching services and workshops offer tools for those seeking healing and deeper understanding.

About Beth Syverson:Beth is an adoptive mother to her son Joey and a certified coach who works with adoptive parents to navigate adoption trauma and challenges. After witnessing firsthand the impact of adoption on her family, she created the Safe Home Podcast, now known as Unraveling Adoption, to share her insights and support other families. Beth became a Certified Coach through the Virginia Satir Global Network's Coaching and Mentorship Program in 2023 and now provides individual and group coaching, hosts events, and champions awareness around adoption trauma.

Connect with Beth:

• Website: UnravelingAdoption.com
• Sign up for Beth’s newsletter: Join here

Episode on Developmental Truama

This conversation is a must-listen for adoptive parents, professionals in the field, and anyone looking to understand adoption's nuanced and often misunderstood aspects.