As you move through challenging life experiences, how are you using your thoughts?

Are you using them? … or are they using you?

I believe one of Katie Baird’s gifts to the world is her ability to articulate the power of focused thinking to help us heal.

Through sharing her personal story of healing from multiple physical and emotional traumas, Katie beautifully illustrates how so much of our healing journey is about learning to reach for a better feeling thought; to consciously choose a different lens through which to view our experience.

This is the real essence of what comes through for me in our conversation.

As a writer, Katie is truly gifted with words.

She uses her gift to show us how she renegotiated her relationship with fear,

and ultimately chose love over fear, by using ‘anchor thoughts’ to stabilize herself when conditions in her life were rough.

Katie Baird is a copywriter who runs her own agency, Katie Baird Agency, and is authoring her first book, a memoir of her experience healing from her first marriage.

You can connect with her online through her website: www.katiebairdagency.com

or on Instagram: @katiekpb

I reached Katie in her home in Durham, North Carolina.

“I’m so far away from the life I was supposed to have.”

Just one of the beautiful and profound statements Emily Getz makes in our open and frank conversations about her experience moving through secondary pregnancy loss and infertility.

She stopped me in my tracks with this statement because I believe it’s a familiar refrain for so many of us (whether consciously or unconsciously); this belief that we should be somewhere other than right where we are.

In Emily’s case, this idea she was missing out on the life she was supposed to have related to building her family. But of course, we can think this way about other aspect of our lives too, like our work, social or financial status, the quality of our relationships, or even our spiritual development.

And when this belief is active within us, it can really suck all the fun and enjoyment out of the here and now, as Emily so beautifully illustrates through a story about her son Ryder.

We cover a lot of ground in this episode, but the overarching message is the need to let go of the life you thought you were supposed to have so you can have (and enjoy) the life meant for you.

Letting go of beliefs, thoughts and things that aren’t true to who we are, is essentially what healing allows us to do.

And when we are willing to move through this painful and often scary process of healing, what awaits us on the other side is often unexpected (but super cool!) and always in alignment with the truth of who we are.

For Emily, one of those unexpected outcomes is the creation of her new podcast. Day 1 aims to normalize the experience of pregnancy loss and infertility - particularly here in Canada where for the most part, the conversation has yet to penetrate the mainstream - through interviews with experts and people with lived experience of infertility.

By carving out space for these important conversations, Emily hopes to create an amazing, positive loop: a better educated public who can respond more effectively to people experiencing infertility, who will then feel more understood by the people around them and be more likely to share their experience which will continue to educate the public ... An amazing positive loop, indeed.

To connect with Emily directly and subscribe to her podcast, follow her on Instagram @_day1podcast.

I reached Emily at her home in Toronto.

The intangible is always working in our lives.

That’s what Andrea Moyah Trucilla, Cree Medicine Woman and Modern Mystic, wants you to know. Understanding exactly what that means and learning how to tap into this intangible Spirit world is what she teaches through her School of the Mystic Arts and her 1:1 work with intuitive healers.

Her healing journey began at the age of 19 when she started practicing yoga. At the time, she believed the feeling of your chest caving in; of not being able to take a full breath, was a normal state of living. This began the reintegration process of her soul returning to her body and was the catalyst for her to powerfully claim her psychic abilities.

There is often a lot of fear when we contemplate tapping into the entirety of ourselves and awakening our soul purpose. Andrea and I discuss how this fear serves a purpose: it has kept us safe during the long period of our past when it hasn’t been safe to live openly as our true selves.

But now, it is safe, and Andrea delivers a powerful question for our listeners straight from Spirit:

What is your hero story?

Because it is time to tap into that and propel your life forward. It’s time.

We have a lively conversation, with Andrea channeling directly to Spirit, about how to do this and things to be prepared for in responding to this call to action from your soul. If you are feeling a pull to more but don’t yet understand it or know how to respond, this episode is for you.

To learn more about Andrea’s School of The Mystic Arts and to connect with her directly, find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.nygren.7 or email her at: [email protected].

I reached Andrea at her home in Georgetown, Ontario.

Can you relate to feeling uncomfortable in your own skin?

Having moments in your life, perhaps years, where you felt you weren’t quite in the right place?

Perhaps you are feeling that way right now in your life?

Johanna Rossi can relate. As a hands on healer, she helps women strip back the layers of experience from our present and past lives to reconnect when the truth of who we are. She is perfectly suited for this important work because she’s done it herself her entire life.

Johanna shares her journey of deep spiritual awakening, including the truths she’s covered about the connection between negative emotion and dis-ease, and how she is using this wisdom to help women release illness and live with freedom, love and truth.

To learn more about her healing practice and connect directly with Johanna, follow her on Instagram @raisingmywoman

I reached Johanna at her home in southeast France.

As purpose-driven, female entrepreneurs, Kelsey Blake & Shannon Laliberte ARE their clients.

That’s partly why they are so effective at capturing the essence of the women who hire them to create photo and video content for their purpose-driven businesses.

The synergy between these two is NUTS!

Each of them is so firmly in their zone of genius, they are powerful in their own rights but when they come together - BAM.

As a photographer and videographer respectively, Shannon and Kelsey exemplify the power of following your inspiration to generate an impact and an income.

That they found each other is no surprise to those of us who understand the vibrational nature of our Universe, but it is still INCREDIBLE to behold.

They share what the journey to here has looked like for each of them, the limiting beliefs each of them has faced (and flipped) to claim their identities as artists, and where they are going as the co-founders of FoundHer Productions.

Did you know yoga was not designed for exercise?

I did not know that!

I knew there was a lot more to it, but I didn’t know the practice wasn’t designed for the purpose of exercise at all.

For Victoria Noone, yoga has been her vehicle to self-love and acceptance.

It enabled her to shed the tough exterior she developed in response to childhood trauma.

It has helped her feel good and strong and comfortable in her body again.

And it introduced her to gratitude as a powerful practice for redirecting her thoughts to feel good even when things are tough.

Now she teaches yoga to people who are just like her:

regular people, with regular bodies and a desire to feel better - as well as an attitude toward yoga that ranges from mild alarm to full-on resistance (well, that part is no longer her 😊).

Her Instagram feed is so authentic, I love it!

I mean, she is out there in the snow doing basic poses ... and so are her clients!

It’s so cool and so full of positive energy.

No wonder it’s blowing me up! Go follow her @yoga_embrace_by_victoria

Victoria shares her personal story of tuning in to her inner guidance to arrive at the unlikely place of yoga teacher and gratitude enthusiast, dedicated to sharing her journey of self-acceptance, love and surrender.

I reached Victoria at her home in Newcastle, England.

Jules Theis is writing a memoir about her experiences surviving death, mothering and healing.

Her story is nothing short of miraculous,

and I believe it has important lessons for us all around the power and opportunity contained in crisis.

When she finally allowed herself to feel the full range of emotions associated with her death experience, everything changed.

She connected with the truth of herself, unlocking her inner wisdom and allowing her to see the true purpose of her life: to break the intergenerational pattern of women in her family by loving herself first.

I believe genuine love of self is truly a radical act, especially for women, and it has the power to transform not just our lives, but the lives of everyone we touch.

Jules has taken her message of the power of self-love to Instagram where she is a consistent and uplifting presence for women, reminding us of the power and service in caring for ourselves first. You can follow her @thejoyofjules

I reached Jules in Cannes, France where she lives with her husband and two young sons.

Do you believe everything that comes into your life, you attract? The good, the bad, the ugly?

I do ...now, but I didn’t always. And I know from my experience arriving at this knowing, that accepting responsibility for everything that shows up in our lives can be a tough pill to swallow.

Obviously some of the things which show up in our lives (like the bad, and perhaps the ugly :) we don’t intend to attract. But as I’ve learned, the process of creation works the same whether we are employing it deliberately or not.

2 weeks ago I got a bad burn. Like, bad. The worst I can remember, maybe the worst I’ve ever had.

In this episode of Calibrations, I share the circumstances around “the burning”, the process I went through to understand how it was I attracted this experience and ultimately, what it was here to teach me.

In a nutshell:

Perception truly is everything; it 100% shapes our reality.

We can choose to look at things in our lives as happening to us or happening for us.

We can choose to see challenging events as evidence of our “bad luck” or as an opportunity for growth,.

The feelings we experience in every moment …. elation, sadness, frustration, peace, empowered, disempowered … they are simply the result of our interpretation of the experience - not the experience itself.

As we learn more about who we truly are and this beautiful, orderly Universe in which we live, we expand our awareness and more perspectives become available to us.

We begin to realize that, in all situations, every emotion is available to us - and with study, courage and a bit of practice, we can give ourselves permission to choose any one.

As a kid, Christie Wong changed schools every year until high school. 13 different schools!

After university, she started a new job every year in her 20’s.

Now, as she approaches her 30’s, she is using the powerful information in her varied life experience to clarify and refine her desire.

There is so much value in the contrasting experiences of our lives. We learn and benefit from the experiences of what we don’t want as much as, if not more than, those we do.

The path to Christie’s inspiration (so far) perfectly exemplifies how the Universe is always looking out for us; always guiding us to experiences where we will learn skills and gain knowledge toward that which is our intended purpose.

At times, what is happening in our lives may seem FAR from aligned with what we want, but there is always a master plan at work.

If you love a winding journey, this episode is for you :)

And as you reflect on your own journey …

maybe it’s feeling easy right now, or sticky, maybe it’s feeling aligned with the purpose to which you feel called in your life, or miles away …

I hope this episode offers some context and some comfort that you are, right now, exactly where you’re meant to be.

To learn more about Christie and her work, follow her on Instagram @chrwonstie

Do I have to lose everything to lose my fear of losing everything?

Powerful question, right?

I’ve been turning this over in my head for the past week. The seeds of this question were planted for me to hear in an Abraham Hicks session I listened to on YouTube. I am a big fan of their teachings and listen daily. In this particular session, a gentleman wanted to earn a billion dollars and asked Abraham: what do I need to do?

Their response was: want it and believe it’s possible. They went on to say that often the reason we humans don’t have the results we want in our lives … the huge bank balance, the lover and soul mate who lights us up at every moment of every day, the beautiful house on the lake … (ok yes, those are the things that I want :) is because we want things but we block with our belief. We want it, but we don’t believe it’s possible or possible for us, and this holds us separate and apart from the things we want.

As someone who recently started over in her life I can relate to the fear of losing everything. In the past 2 years, I’ve released most of what I accumulated in 20 years of life, work and partnership:

a 15 year career, an almost 20 year relationship, a comfortable income provided for me largely by my former partner, a lovely large house in a great neighbourhood in Toronto, many of my friends, some family.

I released all this in order to rebuild a life that is aligned with who I really am and why I’m here.

Interestingly, this fear of losing everything was more poignant for me post-separation than pre-separation. Meaning, it wasn’t until I began building my new life that I noticed fear was driving many decisions related to how I lived and worked.

Recently, I received evidence of how I’ve calibrated to a higher frequency and my fear of losing everything is (mostly) gone. What happened? I share my experience of how I identified the belief that was contributing to my fear, how I changed it and the evidence I see now in my physical environment.

If you like digging into the nitty gritty of daily thoughts and emotions, this episode is for you :)

I’m Lorna Morin and you’ve been listening to SHE. Inspired.

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