The Conscious Diva

In this episode, Dr. Scott Guerin joins me to discuss his new book with co-author renowned intuitive Nichole Bigley. 

The book is called Looking For Angels: A Guide to Understanding and Connecting with Angels. 

This book is an invaluable manual for anyone interested in learning more about angels and other divine beings and how to connect and communicate with them and your spirit guide team. It also highlights the history of angels throughout religion, science, and psychology.

I also share some of my personal experiences with spirit communication.

HIGHLIGHTS:

ABOUT:

Dr. Scott Guerin holds two master’s and a doctorate in Human Development. He concentrates on spiritual development.

Nichole is a psychic intuitive who’s been talking to angels her whole life. She is also the host of the weekly podcast, A Psychic’s Story.

I hope you enjoy this conversation. For more information you can visit the show page at www.The Conscious Diva.com And follow me on Instagram at The Conscious Diva. Thank you so much for listening. 

https://www.lookingforangelsbook.com

https://www.angelintraining.org

https://www.apsychicsstory.com

Joining me in this episode is wellness advocate and wilderness guide Sydney Williams. Sydney beckons to all those burdened with unspoken trauma, offering the wilderness as both metaphor and remedy for the soul in her new book, Hiking Your Feelings: Blazing a Trail to Self-Love.

This transformational book reveals how we can turn our pain into power. It's part inspirational memoir, part practical guide, Hiking Your Feelings offers a toolkit for unpacking your “trauma pack” the best version of yourself. 

I love this episode so much, and I enjoyed reading Sydney's book. I hope you do, too.

Please visit the show website at The Conscious Diva.com, ep 68, for more information about Sydney and her work as an author, speaker, and founder of Hiking My Feelings, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the healing power of nature. You can also follow me on Instagram at The Conscious Diva. Thank you for listening.

HIGHLIGHTS:

ABOUT SYDNEY:

Sydney Williams is an author, speaker, and the founder of Hiking My Feelings, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the healing power of nature. Her fifteen-year (and counting) career in communications has run the gamut from launching Oscar Mayer's social media channels and working with Fortune 500 brands to educating the public about the importance of stewardship and equitable access to recreational opportunities. Through it all, she centers empathetic storytelling and allows her curiosity and enthusiasm to lead the way.

Sydney has been featured on FOX5 San Diego, KPBS, San Diego Magazine, Huff Post, Psychology Today, U.S. News & World Report, and on the SXSW stage. She is also a certified Wilderness First Responder, an instructor at the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park, an instructor at the Field Institute at Sequoia National Park, and a founding member of the Outdoorist Oath. Sydney has been nominated for Woman of the Year by San Diego Magazine.

LINKS:

https://hikingmyfeelings.org

IG: https://www.instagram.com/hikingmyfeelings/

Upgrade your breathing toolkit! Have you ever considered whether you are a mouth or nose breather? I know I didn't.

Joining me is my friend, breathwork guide, and meditation teacher Matteo Pistono. Matteo is the author of several books on meditation and spirituality. In his latest book, Breathe How You Want to Feel: Your Breathing Tool Kit for Better Health, Restorative Sleep, and Deeper Connection we discuss how "keeping it nasal" literally upgrades your nervous system so you can live your optimal life physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

In this episode, we discuss:

I hope you enjoy this episode and don’t forget to write a review and follow me on Instagram @The_Conscious_Diva

About Matteo:

https://www.matteopistono.com

IG: @matteopistono

Matteo Pistono is a writer, meditation teacher, and conscious breathing guide. He has authored numerous books including Meditation: Coming To Know Your Mind, Fearless in Tibet, and In The Shadow of the Buddha. He teaches concsious breathing and meditation to individuals and groups in-person as well as online. 

Matteo began his spiritual journey over 30 years ago while living in Nepal and Tibet. Informed by his study of Buddhism, Vedanta, and Hatha Yoga, extensive periods of solitary meditation, and pilgrimages across sacred Himalayan landscapes, Matteo offers an engaged approach to ancient wisdom traditions. Matteo maintains a daily yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation practice. Matteo earned a Masters in Indian Philosophy from the University of London, and his writings have appeared in The Washington Post, BBC, Buddhadharma, Tricycle, Men's Journal, Kyoto Journal, and HIMAL South Asia. Matteo and his wife surf and ride mountain bikes from their home in Southern California. 

Thank you so much for listening to The Conscious Diva podcast. Diana Cooper joins me to discuss her latest book, The Golden Future, and its accompanying oracle deck of the same name.

In this powerful new book, she describes how an entirely new age – the golden future – is being birthed. Diana reveals a glimpse into 2032 and offers the reader tools and practices along the transformational path to the fifth-dimensional golden future.

This is a timely and critical book for all Light Workers, healers, and anyone seeking to ascend into loving awareness. The book itself transmits the energy to the reader, so you literally experience the energetic shifts and up-leveling Diana describes. All of her practices are easy to follow and incredibly uplifting.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode and may it inspire and guide you along our collective transformational journey towards a better future. 

Some highlights include:

·       Preparing for the Fifth Dimension.

·       Diana's fascinating journey with Angels and their work.

·       What is the monad, and how to tap into it?

·       How to shift negative dark energies. 

·      The journey to the golden future of Earth 

ABOUT DIANA:

Diana has been working with the angelic realms since her guardian angel appeared to her 40 years ago. Her mission is to connect people to angels, dragons, unicorns, and Atlantis for personal and planetary ascension. She has written over 30 books translated into 28 languages and produced many oracle card decks. 

https://dianacooper.com

www.dianacooperschool.com

Dr. Giavanni Washington joins me to discuss the often-overlooked goddesses from across the African continent. Dr. G, as she is affectionately known, created the Black Goddess Within Oracle card deck to awaken liberation, healing, and remembrance. She shares not only how we can use the deck but also why it is vital to change the way the world sees the Black body, Black women, and Black people through the images of Goddesses from all over Africa.

This was an empowering conversation, teaching a new way to learn about the powerful African Goddesses and their history. I hope you enjoy this episode and learn something new. Thank you for listening and following my podcast. You can also follow me on Instagram at The Conscious Diva.

More about Dr. G:

Dr. Giavanni Washington, creator of the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, is an intuitive healer, mother, speaker and spiritual guide who holds a doctorate from UCLA’s department of World Arts and Cultures and was recently selected for the California Creative Corps Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship by the California Arts Council. 

Called to the medicine of ancestral restoration, Dr. Giavanni creates healing opportunities for other Black diasporans to reconnect with lost histories and ignite hidden ancestral wisdom. Dedicated to amplifying Black Beauty, reconnecting to the deep roots of Black Divinity and encouraging the full expression of Black Joy, her latest creative expression, the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, is a 44-card deck and guidebook featuring photographs of real Black Women embodying Goddesses from Africa. When she isn’t talking to ancestors or helping Black women connect to their divinity within, Dr. Washington enjoys hiking with her husband, son and her pup called Pumpkin.

WHERE TO FIND DR. G:

https://www.drgiavanniwashington.com

https://www.instagram.com/blackgoddesswithin/

Dr. Sweta Vikram is joining me in this episode of the Conscious Diva Podcast. Sweta is an Ayurvedic doctor and an international speaker. She has written multiple award-winning books and is a trusted source on health and wellness, frequently appearing on NBC. 

Today, we are chatting about her latest book, The Loss That Binds Us. It is the first book to use the principles of Ayurveda to heal grief. Sweta shares how Ayurveda and grief work together. She explains what grief is and how it shows up differently for everyone, which has a lot to do with our Ayurvedic constitution - our predisposed characteristics. 

Her book offers 108 practical tips to help navigate the multitude of emotions brought on by loss, as well as helping you identify what you are experiencing so you can acknowledge, understand, and accept.

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone navigating the challenging journey of healing after the loss of a loved one, a beloved pet, job loss, or a breakup. I hope you enjoy this episode on conscious grieving. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

ABOUT Sweta Srivastava Vikram: Featured by Asian Fusion as “One of the most influential Asians of our time,” is a best-selling author of 14 books, a mindfulness writing coach, a headstand-devotee, and a certified yoga & Ayurveda counselor who helps people lead creative, productive, and healthier lives. Born in India, Sweta spent her formative years between the Indian Himalayas, North Africa, and the United States collecting and sharing stories. She writes about women, multiculturalism, wellness, and identity. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, amongst other publications, across nine countries on three continents, is an award-winning writer and graduate of Columbia University. She lives in New York City with her husband and in her spare time, teaches yoga to female survivors of rape and domestic violence.  

You can find her in these online spaces: X (@swetavikram), Instagram (@swetavikram), and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Words.By.Sweta

Renowned Dream expert Theresa Cheung joins me in this episode of The Conscious Diva podcast.

We talk about…dreams! In her newly revised and updated The Dream Dictionary: Interpret the Secrets of Your Dreams, you will discover the secrets of your dreamlife. 

This is the best reference book on dream interpretation I have read in years. Her book helps you decipher what's possibly going on in your unconscious and offers insights to cross-reference how your dreams might impact your waking life.  

Theresa Cheung gives you everything you need to dream bigger and better. Whatever your dream symbol or experience, you will find a treasure trove of thousands of interpretations in her new Dream Dictionary.

Theresa has written over 150 books, and she is a regular media commentator on dream decoding, spirituality, the afterlife, astrology, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this deep dive into dream interpretation. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

About Theresa:

Theresa Cheung is a modern mystic and Sunday Times bestselling dreams, spiritual, and paranormal author. Since leaving King’s College, Cambridge University, with a degree in Theology and English, she has written numerous bestselling books and encyclopedias which have been translated into dozens of different languages. She has appeared regularly on ITV This Morning as their Dreams and spiritual expert as well as BBC Radio 2 with Claudia Winkleman, BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief, BBC Radio 5 Live Sounds podcast Different with Nicky Campbell, Capital Radio with Ronan Kemp, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, Gaia TV with Regina Meredith as well as appearances on Channel 4, ITV GMB, Today extra, Good Day Chicago, KTLA, This Morning Virginia, among others. She has appeared on celebrity podcasts such as Megan Trainer's Workin On It, Top 100 podcasts such as Sean Mike Kelly's Digital Social Hour and written many features or been quoted in publications such as Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, InStyle, Heat, Refinery 29. Her mission and passion are to make spirituality and the paranormal more credible, engaging, and mainstream.

LINKS:

https://www.theresacheung.com

https://www.instagram.com/thetheresacheung/

Joining me in this episode is Lama Rod Owens. Known as the Black Buddhist Southern Queen, he is a highly sought-after Buddhist minister, author, activist, and yoga instructor, an authorized Lama in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism, and an international influencer. He holds a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School, focusing on the intersection of social change, identity, and spiritual practice. He's an all-around amazing guy.

Here, we talk about his latest book, The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors. Lama Rod has broken down some key aspects from the Buddhist traditions he has practiced and put them into his own words so the reader can tangibly apply these wisdom teachings. This is a jam packed episode not to be missed.

In this episode, we talk about:

MORE ABOUT LAMA ROAD OWENS

Lama Rod co-founded Bhumisparsha, a spiritual community with a mission of making tantra accessible and inclusive for North American practitioners. He’s also the co-founder of Dharma Queens, a series of conversations on Instagram Live with sister sadada, to help people get freer faster. His teachings center on freedom, self-expression, and radical self-care.

https://www.lamarod.com

The Spirit Underground Podcast with Lama Rod & Spring Washam

https://beherenownetwork.com/category/spirit-underground/

Joining me in the episode to discuss her new book - The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis - is Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network, International, known as WECAN. 

In this hopeful book, Osprey asserts that the dominant worldview—described as capitalist, colonialist, patriarchal, and extractive—is the main culprit for environmental destruction. 

Osprey skillfully weaves history, mythology, anthropology, climate and earth science, sociology, and spirituality to illustrate the central message: Capitalism and colonialism have gotten us on this path of catastrophic climate change but, as she shares in her book, they can be tranformed. Osprey shows how people all over the world are rising to defend Earth. Her book includes the memory and knowledge of how we can live in balance with nature, which still lives on in Indigenous communities.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- Origin stories are Spiritual healing for our planet. 

- What is WECAN

- Explain the concept of “Mother Law”

- What is the LANDBACK movement?

- The dominant cultural worldview.

MORE ABOUT OSPREY:

http://www.ospreyoriellelake.info

https://www.wecaninternational.org/who-we-are

Osprey Orielle Lake is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). She works nationally and internationally with grassroots and business leaders, policy-makers and scientists to promote resilient communities, foster a post-carbon energy future, while also addressing societal transformation. Osprey is Co-chair of International Advocacy for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and the visionary behind the International Women's Earth and Climate Summit, which brought together 100 women leaders from around the world to draft and implement a Women's Climate Action Agenda. She teaches WECAN’s international climate trainings and directs WECAN’s advocacy work in areas such as Women for Forests program, Rights of Nature and UN Forums. Osprey is the author of the award-winning book, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature. 

This episode is all about awe and how we can use awe to heighten our awareness in only a few seconds. Joining me is author Jake Eagle to discuss his latest book, The Power of Awe.  Jake and his co-author Michael Amster, have developed a simple, clinically proven practice to reduce inflammation, stress, loneliness, and burnout while improving overall well-being. The method takes less than a minute. The authors call it “microdosing mindfulness”. 

With that, I invite you to experience a little bit of awe in your life today. If you felt inspired by this episode, please write a review and share this episode. Thanks for listening.

Highlights:

* What is the emotion of awe? 

* Why mindful practices feel challenging or inaccessible for some people.

* How the AWE practice is a shortcut to experiencing transcendence, turning ordinary moments into awe-inducing experiences within a matter of seconds.

* Understanding the 3LC: Heart consciousness. Spacious consciousness. Safety consciousness.  

* How can experiencing awe be a healing experience, and how can we use this technique in times of global crisis and chaos?

Websites:

https://thepowerofawe.com/practices/

https://liveconscious.com

About the authors:

Jake Eagle, LPC, is a psychotherapist, mindfulness instructor, fellow member trainer of the International Association of Neuro‑Linguistic Programming, and cofounder of Live Conscious. After thirty years in private practice, Jake now works part-time as a meta-therapist, working with people who want to go beyond the bounds of traditional therapy. Together, he and his wife, Hannah, lead life-changing small group retreats at awe-inspiring locations around the world.

Michael Amster, MD, is a physician and faculty member at Touro School of Medicine. With twenty years as a pain management specialist, he is currently the founding director of the pain management department at Santa Cruz Community Health. A practitioner of meditation for over thirty years, he is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher. He splits his time between clinical work, research on awe, teaching mindfulness, and leading awe-inspiring retreats around the world.