The Methodology

I am dedicating this episode to shadow work. It seems like a timely topic since the pandemic, where a lot of people have been confronted with their shadow. I have been invested in shadow work for many years, and it's a constant unraveling process. The more we can get comfortable with the discomfort of shadow work, the better we can be at showing up for life with more wholeness.

2:45 - what is the shadow?

11:29 - the first step of shadow work - acceptance

15:12 - why the shadow parts of ourselves become hidden

19:45 - introducing inner child work into your spiritual practifce

21:27 - friends that embrace your shadow

28:44 - the benefits that come from shadow work

33:52 - prayer as a powerful practice to be used alongside shadow work

Susan Hassen is a quantum practitioner, specializing in Quantum Sphere Healing. Using higher dimensional healing techniques, she works with clients to clear the energetic patterning behind physical and emotional trauma, connecting them with their higher selves and empowering them on their journey back home. She runs the blog CosmicArcheress.com where she uses her background in higher dimensional healing, emotional body, and energy bodywork, to assist humanity in our spiritual evolution. Susan hosts retreats and workshops in Los Angeles focused on the quantum field, grounding, and self-healing.

I had a transformative experience with her myself just over a year ago, so I am excited to welcome her as a guest on this show. In this episode, you will learn about how to tap into the 4th and 5th dimension to support your healing.

12:48 - What is a Shaman?

14:58 - What is quantum sphere healing?

17:10 - Tapping into the 4th and 5th dimension for your healing and evolution

21:15 - Susan's process for her clients' quantum sphere healing sessions

23:01 - What is the higher self and how does someone access it?

24:40 - Removing blocks with ancestral healing and past life healing

41:08 - Taking your healing into your own hands after a quantum sphere healing session

44:11 - How often can you receive a quantum healing session

46:48 - Protecting your energy when working as a healer

Website to book sessions: quantumspherehealer.com

Instagram: @quantumspherehealer

Blog: CosmicArcheress.com

I felt a calling to create a solo series, unpacking the Joyful Approach. The Joyful Approach is constantly expanding through my experiences and learnings, and it invites people to recognize the different dimensions of their mind, body, and soul.

This episode could go in a few different directions because of how multi-dimensional my approach is, and this series will be weaved through interviews that will help you to get a holistic picture of my methodology.

Through these episodes, I will share about my journey getting in touch with my mind, body, and spirit, and I hope you can take these lessons into your own spiritual path. I will share all of the tools that are crucial to a Joyful Approach path and how to implement them into your life.

4:03 - my journey into holistic and spiritual living

16:11 - what it was like to start my healing path while committed to loved ones who were not on the same path

18:45 - becoming a holistic life coach

23:11 - defining moments in the last decade of my life and career

26:47 - what is the Joyful Approach?

28:24 - how the Joyful Approach will fit into your unique life

30:48 - how the Joyful Approached is structured

37:55 - the self-love journey in the Joyful Approach

44:13 - the intention-setting practice that I teach in the Joyful Approach

48:48 - my personal daily practice that helps me to feel elevated

54:45 - the importance of meditation

57:15 - breathwork, the most important component of a Joyful Approach session

Melanie Hersch is a psychiatrist turned dating coach who teaches singles how to rewire the unconscious patterns that have been preventing them from having the love that they want. She believes that dating and relationships are the biggest catalysts for personal growth. She offers lots of insightful tips and tricks that are in alignment with the modern dating world. She has wonderful energy and attitude about her, and I am sure you are going to enjoy the episode.

9:43 - limiting beliefs and how they impact our success in dating

16:19 - why you should continue dating even if you have lost hope

20:34 - tips and tricks for online dating

24:14 - Melanie's favorite dating apps

25:08 - making online dating fun instead of a chore

31:44 - communications skills that will make you great at dating

35:30 - why ghosting is actually a good thing

40:30 - why do people attract unavailable partners?

44:03 - building resilience in relationships and dating

49:20 - healthy boundaries and self-love for people who are dating

Connect with Melanie Hersch

A student of mysticism since age two. Rose has invested a lifetime studying and researching astrology and a decade of professional practice. Her formal education of neuroscience and art lends to her unique style and method of astrology; she incorporates neuroscience and a type of spiritual kinesiology to support people in aligning to their life path–to wholeness and well-being. I believe in exercising the fullness of life and have witnessed in reading thousands of charts how astrology can be utilized as a medium and tool to understand a person's purpose and healthy, natural way of being most profoundly.

"ASTROLOGY TO ME IS ABOUT CHOICE AND A PATH TO CHANGE–IT'S A WAY TO HEAL YOURSELF, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE, DIGNITY, AND SELF-LOVE."

In this episode, we get into Rose's background, how she incorporates color, her practice in mystical astrology, and the different types of charts and components of the chart. She guides us through the beautiful robust landscape of astrology into your lifestyle.

6:27 - Rose's beautiful journey into becoming an astrologer

13:20 - Rose's process as an astrologer

20:33 - The basic elements of your astrology chart

25:30 - How to work with common astrological events

34:18 - Why some people are more affected by Mercury retrogrades than others

36:22 - What it means to be born with a retrograde planet

37:39 - How to find the houses in your astrology chart and what they mean

46:17 - Working with color an aesthetic as a spiritual practice

53:46 - How to color-coordinate with the current astrology

56:36 - Using color to enhance your lifestyle

Offerings //

1. The Prosperity Workshop,Sunday, May 16. 2-4 PM EST. Only available live and a recording for those who can't attend.

The code to receive -$50 off. JOYFUL (all caps)

To be prosperous is to thrive in good fortune. Prosperity is the recognition that flows from and within you and produces: an abundance of material and spiritual wealth, love, happiness, health, and wholeness.

The workshop includes:

+ A TWO HOUR LIVE MINDSET WORKSHOP – Points of Prosperity and indicators in the natal chart (hidden asteroids and points that detail your unique prosperity signatures). (Invaluable)

+ DIGITAL JOURNAL. To work with after the workshop to align to your gifts and innate prosperity. (Value $180)

+ INDIVIDUAL PROSPERITY ANALYSIS. Based on your heart desires (goals) and natal chart, sent after the workshop (one page typed via email). (Value $320)

+ PROSPERITY SPELL. Customized for your prosperity points in your natal chart. (Value $88) a devotional way to activate your abundance signatures in your natal chart.

1. The Foundation,an ongoing course, digital online to learn astrology. Three Levels, to learn, embody, and know the language of astrology.

+ To strengthen intuition

+ Support soul growth

+ Understand the essential and alchemic layers of astrology related to spirituality

Cara Kovacs is an intersectional feminist, a trauma-informed empowerment coach with a background in psychotherapy, reiki, astrology, feminism, intuitive healing, and social work. She specializes in uncovering and healing blocks that keep people from claiming and living in their divine personal power. She published her book 100 Things I Love About You in 2020. She teaches entrepreneurs how to be wildly successful AND to be an ally to BIPOC and LGBTQ communities.

In this episode, we talk about her journey to discover her work, the importance of monetizing our work, and how we can collectively reshape the wellness industry to align with the social landscape of our world.

In This Episode

• 7:11 - Contemplations on the current astrology and the energies of 2021
• 14:25 - Feeling worthy in a world that teaches us to diminish ourselves
• 26:43 - What really is trauma and where does it come from?
• 32:41 - Sexual trauma that comes from a hyper-sexualized world
• 40:03 - How to do sex magic
• 46:50 - Using archetype integration to map your subconscious mind
• 1:02:00 - What 1:1 work would look like with Cara

Universal archetypes we all have

1. The Victim
2. The Prostitute
3. The Saboteur
4. The Inner Child

Resources

Connect with Cara on Instagram

Cara's website

Most of the episodes on The Methodology are interviews with other experts, healers, thought leaders, and kindred spirits, but this episode is more personal. I am sharing what I am feeling as we move into Taurus season. There is a lot of recalibration and changes happening, so I am sharing some reflections on what it means to live with joy and creativity.

Devotion to the self and bringing joy into our own lives is really important. When we step into our creativity, into what energizes us, into what motivates us, this is a spiritual act. It is by following your joy that you live the life you are designed to live. You being in your joy is actually an act of service for the planet.

I also share my recent personal experience where I was faced with challenges in my life, and I had the opportunity to choose to see those challenges as opportunities and how I was able to be joyful and creative through these recent challenges.

In this episode

• 2:11 – Doing what you love and being in flow as a spiritual practice
• 6:05 – How to find joy and self-love again after undergoing periods of suffering
• 8:32 – My personal experience with encountering parts of myself that have previously been dormant
• 10:10 – The archetypes and how to identify which ones are unique to you
• 17:32 – The magic that happens when we start embracing joy and doing what we love
• 26:52 – Mindset tips and wisdom for anyone facing adversity at this moment

Links

Caroline Myss – Archetypes

Today's guest is Dr. Klara Brown. Dr. Klara is a New York and Connecticut state licensed acupuncturist, board certified herbalist and doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. She's a Diplomat in Oriental Medicine as certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).

Dr. Klara graduated from the prestigious Pacific College of health and science in New York City and San Diego, where she earned a Master of Science degree and later her Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Klara has an extensive background in women's health and fertility support from over a decade of experience, as an acupuncturist, herbalist and former massage therapist and doula.

She's an active participant in the ever advancing field of reproductive health as a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and through her ongoing conversations and collaborations with renowned reproductive endocrinologists and fertility clinics throughout New York City and Connecticut, such as; Weill Cornell, Colorado Reproductive Medical NY (CCRM), Reproductive Medical Associates (RMA), NYU Langone Fertility Center, and American Fertility Services. As a skilled practitioner with an integrative approach, it's been Klara's clinical experience that the highest quality of care and success come from utilizing the best of both worlds and bridging the gap between Eastern and Western medicine in order to generate dynamic and effective treatment plans. She works with her patients to not only encourage and develop healthy lifestyle habits that include nutritional support, appropriate supplements, herbal medicine, regular exercise, and stress management, but to actively listen and hold space for all the joys and sorrows that's happening along one's health and wellness journey.

Alana Fairchild is the Australian creative visionary, spiritual teacher and beloved author. Her diverse and original body of work includes over 55 published titles from books and oracle cards, to meditations and music. Alana teaches unique healing modalities online including how to practice divine feminine energy work in The Kuan Yin Transmission and the sacred art of lightwork with enlightened beings in Saraswati Healing.

Check out her work:

healing.alanafairchild.com

alanafairchild.com

So excited to introduce our next guest, Michael Chernow. @michaelchernow is the founder of the Born Or Made podcast, which I was so honored to be a recent guest on, and was able to share some breathwork and meditation tips.

Michael has been working in restaurants in New York city since he was 12 years old. He opened his first business, The Meatball Shop, in 2010 and in 2015 he opened his next restaurant concept, Seamore's. Michael is currently getting ready to launch a third business, Kreatures Of Habit, a lifestyle and wellness brand rooted in nutritional consumer packaged goods and apparel.

The thing about Michael that I love so much is that he really walks the talk. He leads by example, he's doing it day in, day out. On the podcast, we get into some of the toughest moments in his life with addiction, how he really turned his life around and how he is living with so much positivity.

We have to put the work in. We have to really be intentional. Which is why Michael profoundly said one of his favorite quotes during the show: "The power is in the pause."

Head over to his website to see all of what he shares, from fitness plans to meal plans, and just anything inspiring him.