The Imaginal Change Podcast

Big visions, offerings and leaps of faith call us toward deeper alignment. .. but, most folks aren't talking about how to ALIGN, they're telling us how to "make it happen." Around here, we believe that forcing is overrated and stepping into aligned flow is a MUCH more enjoyable and inspired path.

In this episode I share my step by step guide toward building and practicing energetic alignment to support the things that matter most in your life.

We explore. . .

*Creating SPACE for big vision, intuitive curiosity, and creating space for big visions to evolve.

*Aligning TIMING by tuning into your intuition and the collective cycles and seasons.

*Practicing energetic INTEGRITY and the necessary process of growth, healing and "becoming" by committing to EMBODYING the essence of the offering/vision/possibility yourself.

*How to hold ALIGNED ENERGY while inviting folks in during a specific launch or manifestation period.

Trust me, if you do these practices before taking massive action, things will flow a LOT more smoothly!

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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Episode 28: Embodied Deconditioning - Learning to work WITH the nervous system to make magic

We live in a culture of mental focus, but SO much deconditioning work happens in the BODY, so this episode is all about exploring how to embrace the nervous system as a guide and partner in the process.

When we talk about partnering with the nervous system, we're actually entraining our body to build capacity in some way. We build capacity for things that we decide matter - for our well-being, for our future, to move toward our greatest visions in life.

In this episode, I talk about. . .

*Expanding capacity for pleasure and ease

*Teaching the nervous system to be with "necessary discomfort"

*How to expand our ability to be in states of both stillness and "not knowing"

*And the tricky dance between protective independence and co-creative interdependence and connection

When we learn to partner with the body, to honor where it is and lovingly guide it toward when we want to go. . . aligned magic begins to unfold.

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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Sometimes the most obvious things are the most easily overlooked, which is why today's episode is all about decoding and unpacking the meaning of some very commonly used words in the personal and spiritual growth realm - ALIGNMENT and MANIFESTATION

If you aren't swimming in the sea of growth every day these words may feel both interesting. . . AND wildly vague or unclear.

In this episode I talk about. . .

*MY definitions and understanding of each of these words

*What they ARE and what they are NOT

*HOW they are both PRACTICED and EXPERIENCED

*And how my favorite archetypal tool, Human Design, supports alignment, deconditioning and magic making.

*And as always, some real talk so that you leave feeling affirmed in the inherent messiness and humanity of it all.

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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Whether you're exploring transformational leadership, leadership development, organizational transformation, adaptive leadership, navigating uncertainty, the future of work, Imaginal Change, Imaginal Intelligence, embodied leadership, relational capacity, Human Design, somatic intelligence, applied neuroscience, or systems thinking, we hope these conversations offer practical insight, thoughtful reflection, and meaningful connection.

Woo hoo! It's our final stop on the "unpacking the radical magic roadtrip" podcast series! And THIS episode is a game changer!

Magical, intuitive and intentional yet surrendered co-creation as a daily practice and way of life will literally change EVERYTHING. Truly.

In this episode:

*I discuss what I mean by co-creation

*I explore how co-creation as a practice is both inherently receptive AND proactive

*I share why building a life and daily practices centered around magical co-creation is important, how it can enhance your life and path of greatest alignment, and what gifts it can bring.

*I also share some of the very human ego blocks and conditioning that I've found can get in the way of magical co-creation so that you can spot them when they pop up (because they WILL!)

*And I share some ways you can start practicing co-creation with the universe right now.

*And finally I share some of my favorite magical stories from my road trip. Because when you open to Divine collaboration. . . well, sometimes the magic that unfolds is hard to believe!

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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In episode 2 of this three part series, we're diving into all sorts of juicy gems of awareness and fun stories that emerged during my cross country roadtrip that was guided by intuition and connections along the way.

In this episode:

*I discuss how FOCUS is a powerful form of spell casting and magic making. Aaaaand how it's actually our responsibility to stay curious about what we're really focusing on so that we aren't feeding the stories we don't actually want.

*I share about my commitment to challenge my ongoing allergy to EXPANDED and truly RECIPROCAL RECEIVERSHIP. Y'all, I've come a LONG way, but I knew I still had some blocks and blindspots, so. . . I practiced! A lot!

*I explore the different flavors of RECEIVING. Hint: It's not just gifts and service from other people. It can also be a practice of receiving signs, gifts, beauty and direction from the Universe.

*I share about my own ongoing practice of trading my brain's need for certainty for my soul's desire to play in the playground of wonder-full not knowing. Possibility emerges when we make space for the story that lives beyond our control-flavored desires, you know. Magic often wants to show us the dream beyond the dream.

Stay tuned for the next episode where we'll build on this practice of wonder and unpack what I call "magical co-creation"!

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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Whether you're exploring transformational leadership, leadership development, organizational transformation, adaptive leadership, navigating uncertainty, the future of work, Imaginal Change, Imaginal Intelligence, embodied leadership, relational capacity, Human Design, somatic intelligence, applied neuroscience, or systems thinking, we hope these conversations offer practical insight, thoughtful reflection, and meaningful connection.

I'm back from my magical two month sabbatical and am SO excited to share the insights and magical stories with you!

In this first episode (of the three part series):

*I share with you WHY I went on this minimally planned cross country roadtrip.

*I share HOW I honored the inconvenient intuitive tugs to do it, in spite of LOTS of logical reasons why I "shouldn't". Bottom line: I knew I needed to test drive my magical theories in real life, it was time to feel what embodied freedom felt like in day to day choices AND I knew I needed to create a container to rewild my instincts . . .you know, without all of the to do lists and daily "shoulds" that can cloud my intuition.

*I share how every single day I practiced LISTENING within, ACTIVE SURRENDER and "open palmed" FAITH to pave the way toward magical possibilities and highest good alignment.

*I also share some fun stories, because truly this experience was SO MAGICAL!

Join me in the next two episodes as I continue to unpack this radically magical roadtrip!

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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This episode is a love note from me to you. It's personal, honest and about things that are happening in my own life. . . in real time.

TLDR: I'm doing a big brave thing. . . I'm taking an extended time out and time off from my business. . . for the FIRST TIME EVER!

Curious? Keep reading.

In this episode I talk about:

*How I came to my intuitive (and illogical) decision to take a two month sabbatical this winter while my home life is already in a state of necessary destabilization.

*What deeply aligned intuitive hits feel like in the body (at least in MY body)

*The powerful and at times wobbly practice of both sacred GIVING and courageous RECEIVING

*The importance of "letting it all go" sometimes in order to make space for the "NEW" to flow in (and how I'm doing this with my business right now)

*How I'm choosing to practice embodied freedom during my sabbatical (hint: it's a sort of radical magic road show!) and how the narratives we carry affect our sense of freedom in life.

*How our level of energetic output must be balanced with our level of receivership if we are to avoid burnout or having our big beautiful fully-embodied service in the world stifled.

There's a LOT in this episode and I hope it speaks to your heart and your unique journey of navigating grit and polishing your inner brilliance.

I'll see you in 2023!

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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It's fall, y'all! Aaaaand, since we are part of nature, this season inevitably comes with all sorts of growth-inducing invitations to let go, grieve and courageously allow the changes that really want to happen for our highest good (trees drop leaves and we're invited to drop things too, you know).

When we learn to allow this natural cycle of release to take place, taking compassionate and honest inventory of our lives and relationships we make space for new growth, more aligned possibilities and an overall greater sense of empowerment and lightness as we move through life.

In this episode:

*We explore the good-bad news that we don't get to grow and expand without also learning to honor and embrace the necessary (and often messy, feely and illogical) grieving process

*I discuss how grief and letting go is far bigger than literal death of a person/ pet. Contrary to what we're taught, grief happens when we let go of anything (externally or internally) that we've held close.

*We expand our understanding of HOW we experience grief - as it's FAR more than thoughts and stories in the mind. Grief must move through the body.

*I share perspectives and practices to support you in releasing the things that are no longer serving and supporting you. . . because insight is great, but without aligned, empowering action we can stay stuck.

This is a season of radical compassion, brave honesty, and fierce love. It's a time of doing the brave work of letting go, and then being really kind to ourselves and others as we navigate the messy alchemy.

It's time to lighten your load, recalibrate your life and trust fall into your next chapter. . . because in order to invite in NEW magic, you must make space by clearing out OLD, outdated "stuff."

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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Whether you're exploring transformational leadership, leadership development, organizational transformation, adaptive leadership, navigating uncertainty, the future of work, Imaginal Change, Imaginal Intelligence, embodied leadership, relational capacity, Human Design, somatic intelligence, applied neuroscience, or systems thinking, we hope these conversations offer practical insight, thoughtful reflection, and meaningful connection.

I'm joined today with the fabulous "High Priestess Money Witch", Serena Hicks. Serena's sacred money work is based on the belief that we ALL can get into the practice of loving ourselves, choosing ourselves, and trusting ourselves in spite of the conditioned beliefs we often have around money.

The stories we learn have socialized us to stay scared, to not receive abundantly, to "play it safe" and to fear our power and capacity to be stewards of wealth, BUT there IS another way. . . a more magical and empowered relationship with money where we use abundance to positively impact not only our own lives, but to also CHANGE THE WORLD.

If this episode resonates with you, you can learn more about Serena Hicks and her group program, The Boom-Boom Room, "where patriarchal programming about you and money goes boom" at www.serenahicks.com. As well as following her on social media platforms.

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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Whether you're exploring transformational leadership, leadership development, organizational transformation, adaptive leadership, navigating uncertainty, the future of work, Imaginal Change, Imaginal Intelligence, embodied leadership, relational capacity, Human Design, somatic intelligence, applied neuroscience, or systems thinking, we hope these conversations offer practical insight, thoughtful reflection, and meaningful connection.

In today's episode we'll explore the radical idea of living a nonlinear life. Bottom line: We're sold a very rigid, linear story of how things "should be", but humanity is NOT linear!

So, let's get curious about WHY we think and believe what we think and believe so that we can have greater clarity about WHAT we CHOOSE to do or not do.

In this episode we explore. . .

*The core values of the systems of oppression that shape us.

*How those core values shape the stories we accept as truth. . . even when those stories aren't made for us and don't honor real humanity.

*Things to ponder to start unbinding ourselves from the rigidity of the "linear story" of success, relationship, and humaning, in general.

*How nature is the most powerful teacher as we create new stories to serve true growth, healing and connection.

*And what radical actions and practices support us coming home to our most expanded experience of living a human-affirming and empowering life?

I'm so excited to share this episode with you all so that more folks can ride the organic waves of cycles, seasons and natural energies associated with being human. . . as THAT is where the magical alchemy really happens!

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Meghan O'Malley is a Transformational Leadership Coach & Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of The Imaginal Change Podcast. Through Imaginal Change and Imaginal Intelligence, she helps leaders, organizations, and changemakers navigate uncertainty, strengthen relationships, and develop the distinctly human capacities needed to lead meaningful change.

Learn more: https://meghan-omalley.com

Watch Meghan's TEDx Talk: Unshakeable: The Power of Connection When Everything's Crumbling

Read Unstuck Yourself: Thrive Beyond Burnout & Discover Your True Purpose (co-authored by Meghan O'Malley and Laura Cardwell)

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