The Devotion Potion

I used to think that capacity was about holding more, but recently, that hasn't been feeling very true.

What if it's about allowing more to move through you?

In this conversation, Anthony joins me to explore a new perspective on capacity, growth, and entrepreneurship. We unpack why the challenges we face aren't obstacles to the path, but the path itself, and how adapting to life's seasons expands who we're capable of becoming. Through stories of business building, gardening, and nature, we explore why growth is less about pushing harder and more about learning to flow.

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In this episode, I'm sharing the messy, beautiful journey of my several experiences with entrepreneurship and why I've come to believe that starting a business is one of the greatest personal development journeys a person can choose.

We talk about failure, burnout, fear, values, identity, and the stories we tell ourselves about success. I open up about the businesses that didn't work, the ideas I abandoned, the course I was terrified to launch, and why this third chapter feels completely different.

If you've been sitting on an idea, wondering if you're qualified, or feeling the pull to create something of your own, I hope this conversation reminds you that your path doesn't have to look like anyone else's.

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If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who's been sitting on an idea they can't seem to let go of.

Sometimes the dream doesn't leave because it isn't finished with you.

And if you're in the middle of building something that no one else can see yet, keep going. The small, devoted actions you take today are quietly becoming the life you're creating tomorrow.

Love you, mean it. ❤️

For years, I found it easier to study, understand, and even revere the masculine than it was to turn toward my own relationship with the feminine.

This episode has been a long time coming.

In this episode, we're exploring what it means to devote ourselves to the feminine. Not as an aesthetic or a personality type, but as an essential energy that lives within all of us.

We talk about feminine and masculine energies beyond gender, the wounds that disconnect us from ourselves, the wisdom of Indigenous traditions, why creativity is a spiritual practice, and how remembering the feminine isn't about overthrowing the masculine. It's about restoring balance.

This is also one of my most personal episodes yet, as I share the experience that completely transformed my understanding of men, women, and the path that eventually led me to the work I do today.

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• Devotion to the Masculine — Episode 32 of Devotion Potion
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What happens when you commit an entire year to the completion of one thing? And what if that thing is your own becoming? In this episode, I sit down with my husband to look back on completing the DIY Mentally Fit Game, a curriculum created by our mentor, Erick Godsey. We recorded this back in January 2026, fresh off the finish line.

This was not a casual read-one-book-and-call-it-growth situation. It was a year-long initiation through three wheels: the Sun Wheel, the Moon Wheel, and the Fire Wheel. This curriculum covers everything from dharma artistry and shadow work to dream interpretation and brain organization systems. Along the way, we hiked the Camino de Santiago, got engaged, did The Artist's Way, planned a wedding, and somehow still finished the curriculum.

We talk about what drove us to start it, what brought us to our knees in the middle of it, and what it feels like on the other side.

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MF Game (the DIY Version)

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Season three is here, and so much has changed. New apartment. New season of life. New last name. But beneath all the changes, one question kept calling me back:

What does devotion actually mean to me now?

In this opening episode, I'm revisiting the heart behind the Devotion Potion Podcast and sharing how my understanding of devotion has evolved over the years. From discovering yoga in 2019 to navigating uncertainty, entrepreneurship, and the changing landscape of the world around us, I've come to see devotion less as transcending our humanity and more as becoming deeply rooted within it.

We talk about self-trust, identity, suffering, hope, integrity, and why the things we repeatedly give our attention to reveal what we're truly devoted to.

If you've been feeling untethered, discouraged, or unsure of what you're building your life around, this conversation is for you.

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Ep.29 - Devotion to Your Parts: An Intro to Parts Work

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In this intimate, heart-forward episode, I open the door to the private corners of my relationship and explore what devotion looks like when it’s embodied, imperfect, and alive inside a real partnership. I share the gritty, gorgeous truth of navigating conflict, healing old patterns, and learning how to love a good man with my whole being instead of through the lens of my past wounds. This conversation moves through the tender art of staying open when it’s easier to shut down, the power of naming your parts inside relationship, why safety is created rather than granted, and the sweetness that emerges when two people choose each other again and again in the micro-moments. If you've ever wondered what conscious partnership looks like behind the scenes — here’s my unfiltered love letter to the man I get to marry, and the devotion it takes to build something sacred with another human.

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In this week’s intimate and illuminating episode, Carly cracks open one of the most transformative inner practices she’s ever worked with: Parts Work, also known as Internal Family Systems (IFS). Inspired by her year-long initiation with her fiancé — and her recent reread of No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard Schwartz — Carly shares how this modality has reshaped not only her relationship with herself but also how she shows up inside her partnership, her creativity, and her growth.

She breaks down the three core types of parts we all carry — Exiles, Managers, and Firefighters — and explains how each one, in its own messy, well-intentioned way, is always trying to protect us. From the people-pleasing perfectionist… to the hyper-independent achiever… to the tender inner child who still thinks you’re 8 years old… every part is doing its best with what it learned long ago.

Carly also walks through the difference between the 8 C’s of Self-leadership  and the “self-like” 5 P’s. You’ll hear how to recognize when you’re truly in Self — and when a part has quietly hijacked the wheel.

To bring the work alive, Carly offers a real-time parts work demo, showing how to identify a “trailhead,” make gentle contact with a part, hear its needs, and soften the internal system. This episode is equal parts practical, emotional, spiritual, and deeply human — a devotional return to your own complexity.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re “too much,” “not enough,” contradictory, chaotic, or confusing… this episode is a homecoming. You’re not broken. You’re a whole ecosystem. And all of you belongs.

✨Resources:

No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard Schwartz

IFS Practitioner Directory

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Begin your Return to Reverence

In this week’s short and potent solo episode, Carly explores one of the most under-discussed yet essential practices in our modern world — the art of disagreeing civilly. With polarization on the rise and conversations becoming battlegrounds, Carly invites us to reimagine disagreement as an act of devotion — to truth, integrity, and connection.

She shares how to stay grounded when emotions run high, how to express your truth without abandoning yourself, and how to rebuild trust in your voice — even when it shakes. Through real-life examples, reflections on Brene Brown’s Braving the Wilderness, and stories of compassion and forgiveness from the show Shrinking, Carly reminds us that disagreement doesn’t have to divide — it can be a portal to deeper understanding.

Learn to find your center in chaos, approach conflict with curiosity, and reclaim disagreement as sacred practice. Because the goal isn’t to be right — it’s to stay human.

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In this episode, Carly explores the energetics and emotions behind money, reframing the way we think about wealth, worthiness, and abundance. She shares how tracking her daily habits—including money and marketing—transformed not only her financial awareness but also her relationship with personal power.

Through stories from her own life, Carly reveals how our financial patterns often mirror deeper emotional and generational conditioning. From childhood money memories to limiting beliefs about scarcity and safety, this episode takes you on a journey of financial reclamation—reminding us that money is not something to fear or chase, but something to partner with consciously.

You’ll learn practical tools to start healing your relationship with money, from identifying your “money mindset” to exploring high-yield savings accounts, cultivating nervous system regulation around wealth, and defining what a “rich life” truly means for you.

This episode is a sacred invitation to see money as an amplifier for your devotion—to yourself, your values, and the life you’re creating with intention.

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In this unapologetically juicy episode, Carly dives headfirst into one of the most sacred and misunderstood forms of devotion — your relationship to your sex. This episode is a permission slip to reclaim your pleasure, heal your shame, and begin to see your sexuality as an energetic, emotional, and spiritual practice — not just a physical act.

Carly shares stories of creative breakthroughs sparked by pleasure, the importance of developing a self-pleasure devotion, and how our ability to receive — compliments, money, love, and support — is intricately connected to our capacity for pleasure. She also explores the emotional roots of guilt and shame in the body, the wisdom of the menstrual cycle, and how reconnecting to your sensuality can awaken deeper trust in your intuition and power.

This episode offers a mix of playful storytelling, embodiment practices, and grounded tools to help you return to reverence for your body, your pleasure, and your sacred feminine energy.

💌 Links + Resources:

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