Out of the Fog with Karen Hager

In this short solo episode I share an update on my wife's cancer journey, announce a hiatus in releasing new interviews, and encourage you to rediscover the bright sacred Light that lives in you no matter what. You are of infinite worth, and how you care for yourself is a reflection of Divine Love.

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Karen Hager is an intuitive guide and psychic channel known for her compassionate, no-nonsense approach to the spiritual journey. She conducts more than 1200 private intuitive sessions each year with people from around the world looking for Spirit-led guidance. Karen is a passionate advocate for intuitive development, and her classes and events focus on empowering students to connect with their own natural intuitive awareness, deepen their spiritual practice, and open themselves to abundance. She is the creator and host of the long-running podcast “Out of the Fog with Karen Hager.” Find out more about Karen and her work at ⁠karenhager.com⁠.

Theresa Reed, the Tarot Lady,⁠ returns to the show to talk about how to use tarot to help us move through the most difficult passages of life. Illness, loss, and grief affect us all. Theresa says that tarot can be a balm for the soul when life is hard.

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Theresa Reed (aka “The Tarot Lady”) is a Tarot expert, astrologer, teacher and author who has been reading Tarot for more than thirty years. She is the author of ⁠Twist Your Fate: Manifest Success with Astrology and Tarot⁠ and about a dozen other books, including her latest, ⁠The Cards You're Dealt: How to Deal When Life Gets Real⁠. When she’s not gazing at the stars or flipping Tarot cards, you can find her in the kitchen amongst her two-hundred-plus cookbook collection, cooking up extravagant meals for her fussy Virgo husband. Find out more at thetarotlady.com.

Whether you’ve just started exploring things of a spiritual nature or have been walking this path for some time, you may have found yourself feeling a bit shy about sharing your interests in these “wacky” things. There are a lot of reasons people decide to stay in the psychic closet. For me, opening up about who I am and how I connect with Spirit was one of the most glorious gifts I’ve ever given myself … but it was definitely not an easy thing to do.

Samantha Fey returns to the podcast today to talk about her own coming-out. She’ll share some tools that will help you deepen your intuition and teach you to trust it more.

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Samantha Fey is the author of The Awake Dreamer: A Guide to Lucid Dreaming, Astral Travel and Mastering the Dreamscape, which explores the concept of soul travel through dreaming. She co-hosts two popular podcasts Psychic Teachers and Enlightened Empaths, which teach listeners how to embrace and celebrate their spiritual journey. She has advanced degrees in Education and is a Reiki Master who writes and teaches all over the world about dreaming, spirituality, crystals, and intuition. Catch her in November at the Edgar Cayce Annual Psychic Development Conference. Find out more about Samantha and her work at samanthafey.com.

What is the secret to good rest? Many of us push ourselves past the breaking point on a regular basis. The list of responsibilities can seem endless. When someone tells us to “slow down” or “relax” … what does that really mean? Is it even practical? Ximena Vengoechea is here to share practices and insights to help us tap into the restorative power of rest.

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Ximena Vengoechea is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator whose work has been featured in Inc., The Washington Post, Newsweek, Forbes, and Huffington Post, among others. Ximena is a contributor at Fast Company, and writes Letters from Ximena, a newsletter about staying curious, getting creative, and living well. She is also the creator of the popular project The Life Audit. Ximena is a keynote speaker on topics such as empathetic and inclusive listening, navigating difficult conversations, and preventing burnout. Her new book is Rest Easy: Discover Calm and Abundance through the Radical Power of Rest. Find out more at ximenavengoechea.com.

How do the things that hurt us leave a mark? Our unhealed wounds may become acute or chronic triggers. A person, object, smell, sound, dream, illness, etc., can set us off and we might not understand why. Buried memories and emotions surface in ways that may sabotage us.

Dr. Jacqueline Heller says knowing our emotions and the shifts in the here and now is crucial since our feelings are rooted in past events that may have no obvious context today, yet control our attitudes and behaviors in ways we don’t understand. Getting in touch with shifts in our body can help us label our emotions and interpret and understand our feelings.

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Jacqueline Heller, MD, a psychoanalyst, is board certified in psychiatry and neurology. Her professional experience as a practicing clinician has allowed her extensive insight into the vast range of human experiences. Her new book, Yesterday Never Sleeps, delves into her personal experience with family trauma and helping others work through their own. Learn more at jacquelineheller.com.

You are more than your circumstances, or your worry, or that hypercritical voice in your head. I know that already, you may be saying. But are you living the truth of that? Corey Lyon Folsom is here to talk about increasing inner clarity for better communication in relationships … and of course that includes your relationship with yourself … for greater empowerment in life and love.

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Corey Lyon Folsom has been a professional tracker, wilderness guide for newly sober people and a vision quest leader. After a spiritual soul-awakening, Corey participated in the Human Awareness Institute (HAI), Source School of Tantra Yoga, Sedona School of Temple Arts, Love Coach Academy and Tony Robbins programs.

As a Certified Tantra Educator and a love & relationship coach since 2012, he assists people from all over the world to increase the soulfulness, clarity and ease with which they experience life. Corey is the father of two adult sons and he lives in California. He’s the author of Soul Statements: A Love Coach’s Guide to Successful Communication. Find out more about Corey and his work at corerelationship.com.

What stops you from pursuing your creative passions? Maybe you flash back to a bad middle-school art project experience, or you were raised to value practicality and somehow got the idea that opening to your creative gifts isn’t practical. Kate Volman is with me today, and she says creativity is the key to living a happier, more fulfilling life.

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Kate Volman is CEO of Floyd Coaching. With more than twenty years of experience in developing and leading life-changing programs for entrepreneurs and leaders, she has a passion for helping people grow. In addition to serving on the leadership team for multiple organizations throughout her career, she also used her entrepreneurial skills to start and run a boutique marketing firm.

Kate’s enthusiasm and passion for helping people explore their creativity both personally and professionally make her a sought-after speaker, trainer, and executive coach. Kate is the author of Do What You Love: A Guide to Living Your Creative Life Without Leaving Your Job. She is the host of two podcasts: Create for No Reason and Lead With Culture. Kate is a multi-passionate leader, fitness enthusiast, podcaster, content creator, book lover, and author. Find out more about Kate and her work at katevolman.com.

Poet Jerome Gagnon's work has been described as sitting at the intersection of inner and outer landscapes, and as a call to action to restore the harm we do to nature and to ourselves. We’ll be talking about his new collection, Refuge for Cranes.

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Born in Oakland, CA, Jerome Gagnon received a Masters in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and lives and works in Northern California. A former teacher and tutor, he’s the author of the collections Spell of the Ordinary, Rumors of Wisdom, and most recently, Refuge for Cranes from Wildhouse Publishing. Winner of the Louis Award and the Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award, his writing has appeared in Poet Lore, Spiritus, The Healing Muse, California Quarterly, Modern Haiku, and many other journals. A long-time student of non-dual traditions, he’s passionate about the preservation of Sandhill Cranes and other bird species. Find out more at jeromegagnonblog.wordpress.com.

Can you connect with your loved ones who have passed over? Sophia Demas says that when we die we simply shed our bodies, yet remain as conscious as you and I are right now. It is through consciousness that communication with departed loved occurs. This has garnered the attention of scientists and after-death communication (ADC) is a new field of study. Sophia’s here to share some true stories of signs, messages, and timing with the departed that have inspired her work and changed her life.

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In her first book, The Divine Language of Coincidence, Sophia Demas chronicles the miracles she has experienced since the age of 19. After discovering the key to turning a coincidence into a potential miracle, she was propelled to share with the world how miracles are accessible to anyone. By paying attention to divine nudging and taking action, Sophia has enjoyed three diverse careers, had her marriage saved from the brink of divorce, and many other extraordinary events that have led her to her true purpose and has brought her sublime happiness. Her experiences related to death and after-death communications are incorporated in her second book, Consciousness Beyond Death, to be released in September 2023. Find out more at sophiademas.com.

I’m fascinated by the idea that there is a deeper connection between all of us than we can see. Our illusion that we are solitary can lead to a lot of pain … and it can also lead us to romanticize that pain and maybe wallow in it in a way that can be unhealthy.

On today’s show, you’ll meet Judy Wilkins-Smith. She says that we are shaped by patterns handed down by our ancestors—invisible multi-generational patterns of thoughts, feelings, actions, reactions, and choices that limit our responses to events and influence every decision of our lives, unconsciously running the show … but that this doesn’t mean there’s nothing we can do to heal or change. Instead, she says, this truth can open a treasure chest of possibilities and growth.

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Judy Wilkins-Smith is an organizational, individual, and family patterns expert. A systemic executive coach, trainer, facilitator, thought partner, and leadership conference and motivational speaker, she has 18 years of expertise in assisting high-performance individuals, Fortune 500 executives, and legacy families to end limiting cycles and reframe challenges into lasting breakthroughs and peak performance.

As the founder of System Dynamics for Individuals and Organizations, Judy collaborates with individuals and corporate decision-makers to implement innovative, ‘whole system’ design elements, ensuring balance, appetite for excellence, passion, and sustained success.

She is the author of Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint: A Powerful Guide to Transformation Through Disentangling Multigenerational Patterns. Find out more at judywilkins-smith.com, or connect with her on Facebook and Instagram @judywilkinssmith.