In this episode, Dr. Robyn McKay takes a deep and discerning look at the angelic realm, spiritual guidance, and the very real need for clarity about who we are actually communicating with. Drawing from her clinical background, her own spiritual journey, and the teachings of Father Ripperger and Doreen Virtue, she offers a grounded framework for navigating the spiritual landscape with wisdom, intention, and peace.

This episode explores:

• How to discern your guardian angel's voice from other influences

• Why free will is the real spiritual battlefield

• The felt sense of peace as a signal of true divine guidance

• Why impulsive, exciting spiritual promptings deserve more scrutiny

• The three biblically confirmed archangels and why that distinction matters

• Doreen Virtue's conversion and what it reveals about the wider spiritual space

• Why not everything that calls itself angelic actually is

• How to use your guardian angel as a trusted advisor in your career and life

• Protecting your spiritual life from deception and darkness in disguise

The most sophisticated spiritual practice is not the newest one or the most exciting one. It is knowing exactly who you are talking to and exactly why they were placed in your life.

Your healing potential isn't blocked—it's simply misdirected. Understanding exactly where you are in the journey from burnout and moral injury toward identity, authorship, and calling is crucial. That's why I've created the KNOWN 90-minute Personality Intensive—to give you precise clarity on your personality and the next right steps in your healing.

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About Dr. Robyn McKay

Dr. Robyn McKay is an award-winning psychology and authority on spiritual intelligence, informed by Catholic mysticism and counseling psychology. Her work bridges clinical rigor, personality research, and identity-level transformation.

With more than 20 years of practice and study, she is known for helping gifted, high-functioning women read burnout as information rather than failure, accurately name moral injury, reclaim original identity, and return to work as calling—the co-creative contribution they were made for.

A PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Kansas, Robyn's academic formation is rooted in vocational psychology and the psychology of gifted and talented people across the lifespan—a body of work she contributed to as co-author of the award-winning Smart Girls in the 21st Century: Understanding Talented Girls and Women (2014). That foundation extends into positive psychology, creativity research, and optimal human development, and culminates in the study of spiritual intelligence. Where mainstream wellness culture borrows loosely from spiritual concepts, Robyn draws from a more exacting source—the Catholic intellectual and mystical tradition, and the saints who mapped the interior life long before psychology had a name for it.

Robyn advises high-EQ executives and leaders at Fortune 500 companies, as well as elite performers in entrepreneurship, sports, and entertainment. She is sought after for her ability to meet people where they are—and for her discernment in navigating the intersection of ambition, identity, and calling.

Her work is delivered through private retainers, intensives, keynote addresses, corporate training, and small group labs. Outside of her practice, she is an advocate and steward for wild horses, and can most often be found hiking the red rocks of Sedona with her husband of ten years and their goldendoodle, Cooper Mack.

Connect with Dr. Robyn McKay:

• LinkedIn: Robyn McKay, PhD

• Facebook: Dr. Robyn McKay

• Instagram: @burnoutisdata

• Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@burnoutisdata

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