What if becoming happier didn’t mean chasing bliss, but simply turning the dial up a notch or two?

In this special experiential episode, Cara invites you to take part in her Happier Workshop, a hands-on journey designed to help you feel about 15% happier, starting now. 

You’ll begin with a light, flexible meditation to tune into your body, breath, and surroundings, then move through a series of guided reflection prompts that invite you to write, notice, and shift. Each step helps re-frame stress, soften self-criticism, and strengthen your connection to what truly feels good. The session closes with a soothing guided energy healing that supports emotional balance, physical ease, and a deeper sense of self-alignment.

Cara shares practical tools for rewiring old mental loops (no perfection required), from journaling and bilateral tapping to re-framing negative thoughts as dashboard lights pointing you toward clarity. This workshop is a grounded reminder that happiness isn’t a destination, it’s a skill you can practice, play with, and expand one gentle percentage point at a time.

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We often treat “purpose” like a finish line, tied to productivity, careers, or achievements. In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara welcomes healer and author Amy J. Hellman to explore a more playful, embodied way of living with purpose.

Amy shares her practice of “following her smiles” — letting her body’s authentic responses point the way toward clarity, joy, and fulfillment. Together, she and Cara reimagine purpose as something we are always creating, an intersection of passion, service, and presence rather than a job title or outcome.

They talk about:

• The in-between phases of life — career shifts, parenthood, identity changes — as fertile ground for curiosity and creation

• How unlearning productivity culture makes room for purpose as presence, even in something as simple as a genuine smile

• Seeing the unknown as a buffer zone for observation and gentle redirection

• Amy’s origin story of sudden hearing loss, the letter that changed everything, and how it led her to Theta Healing

Cara also reflects on her own identity shifts through leaving a long-term job and becoming a mother, and how disorienting transitions can be deeply transformative.

Amy closes with what’s next: her upcoming book Dump Reflections: Essays on Breaking Up, Breaking Down, and Recycling Yourself, and a course on direct communication with self, others, and Source.

This conversation is an invitation to let go of striving, follow your smiles, and discover purpose in the spaces in between.

Amy's Bio:

Amy J. is an educator, author, mother, and healing facilitator for students of all ages world-wide. Author of "An Instructor's Guide to Educating with Kindness and Leading with Love," and others, she believes in our human potential for great change and growth. She currently lives with her son on Hawaii island. 

Amy's Links:

Email: [email protected]

Insta: @mannahealingwithamyj

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mannahealing/

Website: www.mannahealing.com

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Facebook Page - ⁠https://www.facebook.com/caraviana⁠

YouTube - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/caraviana⁠

Happier in 3 simple steps? Click here to sign up for the free workshop!

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction to Playful Spirituality

01:18 Special Guest Introduction: Meet Amy

02:55 Amy's Reflections on Emotions and Smiles

06:01 Exploring Purpose and Fulfillment

15:56 Navigating Identity Shifts and Transitions

24:18 Embracing the Unknown

24:54 The Power of Curiosity

28:12 Childhood and Sensitivity

30:22 The Journey to Healing

30:59 The Turning Point: Losing Hearing

32:50 Discovering Theta Healing

35:57 The Letter That Changed Everything

42:08 A New Path: Teaching and Healing

43:25 Current Projects and Future Plans

47:51 Upcoming Workshop on Happiness

Periods: one thing everyone knows about but nobody wants to talk about. Cara’s not having it. In this hilariously taboo-busting episode of Playful Spirituality, she shares how she ditched the secrecy, casually announcing her period to a grocery store checker and, yes, using menstrual blood as fertilizer for her houseplants (spoiler: they’re thriving).

Between laughs and raised eyebrows, Cara dives into some big truths:

• Your cycle isn’t an obstacle, it’s a training plan. Syncing workouts with menstrual phases can supercharge energy, resilience, and performance.

• The wild practice of using menstrual blood as a natural fertilizer — and why her plants love it.

• The cycle offers cues to partners about the kinds of support women need in different phases.

• The four phases of the menstrual cycle and how each one shapes energy, emotions, and movement.

• Her own experiences with hormone sensitivity and the impact it’s had on her mental health.

Along the way, she explains how the four stages of the menstrual cycle mirror the four seasons, each with its own rhythms of energy, emotion, and rest. Expect frank talk, funny stories, and a healthy dose of side-eye for a culture that treats menstruation like a shameful secret.

This episode is equal parts education and mischief, guaranteed to leave you a little wiser, a little braver, and maybe plotting how to out your own cycle at the checkout line.

Episode Time Stamps

00:00 Introduction to Playful Spirituality

01:11 A Taboo Topic: Talking About Periods

01:34 Grocery Store Anecdote

02:57 Normalizing Period Conversations

07:59 The Magic of Menstrual Blood

08:56 Personal Reflections on Menstrual Cycles

19:21 Understanding Menstrual Phases

21:06 Training with Your Cycle

27:02 Empowerment Through Cycle Awareness

29:01 Conclusion and Gratitude

Check out Master Your Magic here and get on the waitlist!⁠

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What if money is a form of love? 

In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara talks with Hanna Bier, author of Wealth From Within and founder of Money Bliss, about healing our relationship with money from the inside out.

Hanna shares her journey from a high-pressure fashion career to a life centered on coaching, creativity, and her peaceful daily rhythms in a small village. Along the way, she discovered that the struggles we face — with money and beyond — can transform into growth, abundance, and deeper love for ourselves and others.

This conversation invites listeners to rethink money as an expression of love, shaped by early experiences and our capacity to receive. Hanna introduces ideas like "soul money numbers" and the power of visualization to unlock authentic financial flow. She reminds us that seeking financial freedom can be a deeply spiritual path, rooted in healing and self-trust.

If you’ve ever felt conflicted about money or wondered how it fits into a wholehearted life, this episode offers insights that just might change the way you think — and feel — about wealth.

Hanna’s Bio:

Hanna Bier teaches the art of making money with elegance, excellence, and ease. 

Her work turns what once felt confusing or intimidating into something thrilling, repeatable, and profoundly freeing.

Sales becomes noble. Money becomes kind. Success becomes inevitable.

On her way to becoming a corporate fashion girlie, Hanna switched careers and found her true calling: helping women discover the power of financial mastery. 

Hanna believes that a woman isn’t truly free until she’s deeply secure with money.

Through her work, she invites you to become unrecognizable. To create your own luck. To dress to the nines and walk into every room like you belong there. Because you do.

The side effect of being fully in your power is outrageous financial success.

Join the thousands of women who’ve worked with Hanna and step into the Wealthy Girl™ version of yourself. You can find her signature challenge and private coaching options at hannabier.com 

Links:

Website https://www.hannabier.com 

Close More Sales Challenge Waitlist https://hannabier.kit.com/challenge 

Apply to work with Hanna https://www.hannabier.com/apply
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hannamoneybliss/

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Facebook Page -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/caraviana⁠⁠

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Episode Time Stamps

00:00 Introduction to Playful Spirituality

01:17 Special Guest: Hannah Bear on Money and Abundance

02:29 Hannah's Journey: From Fashion to Life Coaching

05:07 Daily Life and Practices

08:15 Understanding Money and Energetics

16:19 Becoming a Great Receiver

21:03 Visualizing Wealth: The Power of Imagination

22:24 The Evolution of Entrepreneurship

24:29 Understanding Soul Money Numbers

25:54 The Joy of Having Money

28:55 Financial Planning and Emotional Security

33:36 Achieving Financial Freedom

37:48 Connecting with Hannah: Resources and Next Steps

41:48 Final Thoughts and Gratitude

What if your two-year-old could teach you the most profound nervous system regulation technique you’ve ever heard?

In this solo episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara reflects on the tender, tangled experience of coming down from the high of her wedding in Costa Rica and how her toddler’s one-word wisdom became the nervous system cue she didn’t know she needed.

From dreamy days surrounded by loved ones on the beach to the messy reintegration of daily life, Cara digs into the emotional whiplash of big transitions…and how her little one’s honest expression of overwhelm illuminated her approach to her own.

You’ll walk away with a simple, grounding nervous system check-in you can use anywhere (yes, even mid-meltdown), a powerful reframe for handling stress with compassion, and a gentle invitation to pause when life gets loud.

Blending lighthearted insight with embodied wisdom, Cara invites you to treat your stress responses with tenderness, follow your body’s cues like a wise toddler, and shake it off just like the animals do.

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YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/caraviana

Episode Time Stamps

00:00 Introduction to Playful Spirituality

01:11 Personal Update: Wedding and Life Events

04:24 New Dreams and Financial Goals

07:04 A Lesson from My 2-Year-Old

16:10 Nervous System Awareness Exercise

25:58 Conclusion and Gratitude

What if your sensitivity was actually your superpower? 

In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara welcomes Natalie Neckyfarow—actor, producer, and embodiment coach—for an insightful conversation about the intuitive gifts we all carry and how tuning into them can shift everything.

Natalie shares her path from the high-energy world of performance to the grounded practices of embodiment and energy work.  Through personal stories of navigating chronic health issues, discovering her clairsentience, and learning to set energetic boundaries, she offers a candid look at what it means to reclaim your inner wisdom—even in the most chaotic of times.

From pandemic pivots to life-altering choices, including divorce and creative reinvention, Natalie reveals how spiritual tools helped her transform both her inner and outer worlds. 

Natalie is a graduate of Master Your Magic Intuitive Development School, and she shares how her study of learning energy work and uncovering her gifts with Cara impacted her life in every way.  

This is especially true of her work, which has evolved to create something the industry has never seen.  Her unique program, The Embodied Actor, was designed to help artists manage emotional currents and stay rooted in themselves while stepping into character.

Whether you're highly sensitive, intuitive, or simply curious, this episode is an invitation to trust your inner knowing and discover what becomes possible when you do.

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Natalie Neckyfarow is an Embodiment Coach who helps actors heal their own shit so they can finally manifest the roles they actually want. Also an Actress, Writer, and Producer, Natalie discovered Embodiment work when she was feeling stuck in her life as an artist. Her Life Coach and Energy Work journey was the catalyst for healing life-long patterns of overwork and overwhelm, old beliefs around lack and unworthiness, her autoimmune condition, and stepping into a new level of success in her career. In 2024 alone, she raised over $10K for her short film "The Spark" , now in post-production, was awarded a Seed & Spark Patron's Circle grant from Jason Reitman, attracted new representation, and moved to Los Angeles. The founder of The Embodied Actor, Neckyfarow has been featured in Backstage and on podcasts like Film Broads, See? and Millennials are Ruining the World. She has helped clients through her signature Embodiment Method manifest some incredible opportunities, including more auditions, callbacks and bookings, raising money for and producing their own work, and embodying deep trust in themselves and the universe.

Links:

Instagram: @natalieneckyfarow @thesparkshort

Website: www.theembodiedactor.com // Acting:  www.natalieneckyfarow.com // Production Co: www.bucketfulofsunshine.com 

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Episode Time Stamps

00:00 Introduction to Playful Spirituality

01:19 Meet Natalie: A Journey of Intuition and Energy Work

03:51 Discovering and Embracing Sensitivity

09:38 Navigating Energetic Boundaries

17:48 Impact of Energy Awareness on Life and Career

27:40 The Early Days of Auditioning

28:07 Challenges and Growth in Acting

28:36 Discovering Singing and Personal Struggles

29:51 Turning Points and New Tools

31:25 Life Changes and Divorce

33:33 Creating and Crowdfunding a Film

38:25 The Embodied Actor Program

41:23 Applying Energy Work to Acting

52:20 Future Projects and Personal Evolution

55:07 Final Thoughts and Gratitude

What if loving yourself fully was the boldest thing you could do? In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara welcomes author Sarah Moore for a deep and lively conversation about personal growth and the power of embracing who you truly are.

Sarah’s book, Full of Herself, is a relatable, honest, and often funny exploration of self-love and the courage to own our stories. Together, she and Cara dive into themes of judgment, self-worth, and the importance of curiosity and compassion in personal growth.

From navigating fear and big ideas to fostering self-awareness in relationships, Sarah shares the lessons that have shaped her journey—including transformative experiences from her travels that changed her perspective on life.

Tune in for an inspiring discussion that will challenge you to rethink self-judgment, lean into personal magic, and step fully into who you are meant to be.

You can find more about Sarah here:

Sarah Moore is not just any coach—she’s a Master Life Coach with over 14 years of experience and more than 4,000 coaching hours. She works with high-achieving women at companies like Google, Meta, Salesforce, and American Express, as well as ambitious entrepreneurs and personal growth enthusiasts, helping them step into their full power.

Despite their success, many of the women Sarah coaches second-guess themselves, feel pressure to get it just right, and struggle to fully embrace their strengths. Whether they’re senior leaders balancing ambition with well-being, entrepreneurs redefining success on their own terms, or women simply ready to stop hustling for validation, Sarah helps them trust themselves, take up space, and show up like they belong—because they do.

Because let’s be real—we’re not here to settle. You can have your success cake, eat it, and enjoy every bite.

Sarah is the creator of The Pump Up Session, a fully curated, high-energy mini-retreat, and the author of Full of Herself: Finding the Audacity to Love Who You Are.

She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Preston, and their son, Austin—and if you ask them, they’ll tell you she moves through life more like a bull than a gazelle.

Links:

My popular Full of Herself blog + book

Want a free coaching session?

IG: @moore.soul.sessions

Follow me on FB

Episode Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to Playful Spirituality

01:16 Introducing Sarah Moore

01:41 Devouring 'Full of Herself'

05:24 Quotes and Reflections

09:56 The Audacity to Love Yourself

16:57 Judgment and Self-Compassion

27:12 Navigating Conversations and Discernment

30:40 Big Ideas and Fantastical Thinking

36:43 Harnessing Big Thinking

41:45 Relationship Dynamics and Self-Reflection

48:20 Life-Changing Experiences and Travel Stories

52:22 Conclusion and Gratitude

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What if happiness isn’t a goal to achieve, but an emotion to embrace? In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara explores the idea that happiness is something we can actively cultivate, rather than a destination we need to reach.

Cara shares how prioritizing happiness can transform our daily lives. She highlights the power of gratitude as a tool to shift our energy and mindset, and discusses how limiting beliefs or fears can block the natural flow of joy.

Cara offers practical steps to overcome these obstacles, encouraging listeners to actively pursue happiness through small, meaningful actions that spark joy and nurture positivity. The episode wraps up with a rampage of appreciation, celebrating the simple yet mighty wonders of life.

Cara’s authenticity and sense of wonder here is utterly captivating, and will leave you feeling flush with positive energy. 

Tune in for a refreshing reminder that happiness is always within reach, waiting to be experienced—if we choose to embrace it.  

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If you’re ready for some help creating the happiness and deeply fulfilling life you know you can have: Cara’s program, Manifestation Magic, is just the ticket.  

Now with new bonus live calls and group support. 

https://caraviana.podia.com/manifestation-mini-course

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What if your dreams could manifest with ease, joy, and zero struggle? 

In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara dives into the magic of manifestation when we are able to approach it without resistance. 

Through personal stories full of unexpected connections and delightful surprises, Cara illustrates how the universe often works in mysterious—and perfectly timed—ways. 

From a seemingly casual wish to an unforgettable experience, she reveals how desires can materialize when approached with ease and trust… sometimes 25 years later!

This episode is a playful reminder to embrace the unknown, look around for the surprising miracles, and watch as the magic of manifestation unfolds in ways you never saw coming.

00:00 Welcome to Playful Spirituality

01:12 Understanding Manifestation and Resistance

02:09 The Expanding Heart Sisterhood Story

03:16 Manifesting the Outdoor Tub

05:53 Discovering the Front Porch Inn

14:34 Building the Dream in Hawaii

18:53 Reflecting on Manifestation Magic

20:25 Prom Night Manifestation

24:45 Conclusion and Gratitude

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If you’re ready for some help creating the happiness and deeply fulfilling life you know you can have: Cara’s program, Manifestation Magic, is just the ticket.  

Now with new bonus live calls and group support. 

https://caraviana.podia.com/manifestation-mini-course

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Is your life unfolding by predetermined destiny, or everything decided in the moment by each free will decision you make? 

The answer may surprise you. 

In this episode of Playful Spirituality, we explore the mystical dance between free will and destiny.

Cara pulls from her 26 years of channeling peoples higher selves, and chatting with the divine to bring you a more comprehensive answer to this question then you’ve likely heard before

She describes how our soul “packs a bag” before we’re born, setting a general direction for the adventure ahead. But once we’re here, the choices are ours to make—shaping, adjusting, and co-creating our unique journey. She reveals how our higher selves and the universe are always working behind the scenes, guiding us toward alignment, no matter which twists and turns we take.

Feeling stuck or second-guessing your decisions? 

You need to hear this episode! 

Cara reminds us that our deepest desires are far more influential than any single choice. This episode is a loving invitation to trust your path, embrace the unknown, and revel in the beautiful balance between destiny and free will.

Join Cara in getting reconnected to your magic, allowing your dreams to come to fruition, and amping up your miraculous life with the Manifestation Magic Course! Now with new bonus live calls and group support. 

https://caraviana.podia.com/manifestation-mini-course

00:00 Introduction to Playful Spirituality

01:12 Exploring Free Will vs. Predetermined Destiny

06:41 The Balance of Free Will and Destiny

07:12 Soul's Journey and Life Choices

14:53 Navigating Life with Flexibility

19:53 Support from the Universe

31:28 Conclusion and Gratitude

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Website -⁠⁠ https://www.caraviana.com/

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