The Reality Check Podcast

Intuitive Guidance is the process I am using to help 100’s of people each week to release trauma from the body. It holds to the premise that the body keeps the score. Simply put, what we don't or can't process (trauma) manifests over time as illness, injury, psychological blocks, and stress. The good news is that by turning our attention to the body, connecting to it, and allowing it to express, it will begin to release trauma from the body.

In this episode I break down the Intuitive Guidance process and share some of the profound insights and releases that you can expect during a session:

‘I saw my fear as a blinding sun, too bright to face, too vast to fully comprehend. At first, I was a single planet orbiting it, caught in its pull, repeating the cycle. Then I took a breath, and the vision expanded. I was no longer just that planet, but an entire universe. Countless stars, countless worlds, countless inner stories, each with their own cycles and connections. I left knowing I must honor the fear within me, without getting lost in the belief that it is all I am.’

Links Mentioned:

What is Intuitive Guidance (blog)

Intuitive Guidance For Self Healing (5 part audio course)

Intuitive Guidance For Deep Healing (46 minute guided meditation)

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The art of manifestation gets a bad wrap, tied in the minds of most to questionable woo-woo ideas that seem fanciful at best. But manifestation is real, and the methods it works on are simple and obvious once explained and embraced.

Simply put, we manifest what we focus on because we are primed to find and act on them.

In this episode I share two tracks, the first is a talk titled ‘how manifestation really works’ and the second is a guided meditation called ‘powerful manifestation visualization’.

These tracks, and 100’s more are available in the Ultimate Audio Collection. This can be accessed, along with video courses, and exclusive content as part of the members area.

Check it out!

There comes a time when we know we need to act, but nonetheless find ourselves blocked by fear, or inertia, or confusion, or some other unnamable emotion.

It is then when we must take a leap of faith - despite the possibility that we may fail. In this episode I discuss how I have taken a leap of faith and offer guidance on how you can do the same.

If you are struggling to do what you know you must, this one is for you!

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In today’s session I share with you a guided meditation that weaves together mindfulness, breathwork, healing visualization, and mantra, inviting you to soften, slow down, and reconnect to the self and the moment.

You can follow each cue or simply sit and listen. This space is here for you. Let the words, breath, and stillness meet you as you are.

*Don’t Play While Driving!

This track is taken from The Ultimate Audio Collection, an ever-growing library of guided meditations, wisdom talks, and audio courses designed to help you unlock calm, clarity, and confidence. You’ll get access to this and much more inside the members area.

You can check out more of my free meditations & talks here.

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Final day of the Master of Counselling intensive and what a beautiful way to close.
Today we explored creative therapies: using art in all its forms to support clients in expressing, processing, and healing.

In a week or two, I’ll be recording a follow-up episode to this series a reflection on what’s really landed and how I’m integrating it all into my practice and life.

Todays main insights:
- Creative approaches like art therapy offer a gentle, powerful way into emotion and inner exploration, especially for clients who are non-verbal, stuck, or struggling to express their stories.
- The interpretation always belongs to the client (and only if they want to share). The therapist’s role is simply to witness, hold space, and explore if invited.

Main Takeaways From the Whole Course:
- Soften, and go slow. Listen, and let go.

Poem:

the thoughts left behind
confined my mind
to a moment in time

i am scared
but ready to unwind

i am no longer past defined
but informed and perhaps refined
okay to breathe and wait until we both feel safe to confide

until then i invite you
to walk with me hand in hand
listening to the waves
and dancing with the tide

Curious to go deeper?
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Today we were observed in live sessions as part of our assessment, a big moment in the week! We also explored how to close a session effectively, which brought up a deeper question for me:

“What’s the point of being a great counselor if we can’t attract and retain clients, or navigate the systems around our work?”

This led me to ask about the business side of practice, because without sustainable systems, people who need support might never find us.

Today’s main insights:
- Be ‘client-led’ in everything and trust that if I offer something of value, the right clients will come and be best served.
- Consent comes with payment. It marks a conscious agreement to engage, and it carries energetic weight.
- Clients (and counselors!) shouldn’t live in constant self-work. As a season of therapy ends, come up for air and ask: Do we pause here, or continue the journey?

Curious to go deeper?
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Trigger warning:
Today’s episode includes discussion of suicide and crisis intervention.
I’m now at Day 3 of my Master of Counseling intensive, and today’s focus was crisis management, specifically, how to support clients who may be at risk of harm to themselves or others.

It was an intense, emotionally heavy day with a lot to process, but it’s already added depth to my practice and revealed some blind spots I’m committed to addressing.

Today’s main insight:
Don’t shy away from the hard questions.

Ask directly: “Are you having suicidal thoughts?”
Be specific, clear, and explicit — it avoids ambiguity and best serves the client.

Another powerful takeaway:
Know the boundaries of your role and come to peace with them.
We can’t save everyone, and that can be hard to sit with. But we can be ethical, prepared, and grounded in our professionalism.

Curious to go deeper?
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I'm in the middle of a Master of Counseling intensive this week, and each day I'm sharing what’s landing most deeply… today was emotion day and by the end of it, we were all feeling it.

Today’s main insight:
- Emotions are messages, both to ourselves and others. They motivate action, and when we help clients access their emotions, they gain the ability to make clearer, more aligned choices

Accessing emotion activity (TRY THIS!):
1: Choose an emotion you’ve felt recently.
2: Describe the context (briefly) - what happened that brought it on?
3: Tune into your body - what physical sensations did you notice?
4: Use an analogy to describe the emotion (or a metaphor/image, e.g. “a tight knot,” “a rising wave”).
5: Reflect:
- how did it feel to notice the emotion?
- what was the reaction to the emotion?
- was the emotion sharing a message?
- what did the emotion need from you?

Curious to go deeper?
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I’m away this week on a Master of Counseling intensive, and each day I’m sharing key lessons and insights that are emerging as I dive deeper into the therapeutic process.

If you're curious about what therapy training is really like, work in the healing space, or simply want to deepen your own self-awareness, these reflections may offer meaningful takeaways.

The insights that landed today:
- Use questions sparingly, they can interrupt more than they help.
- Silence is a gift and a point of difference. Use it.
- Many of us are still waiting for permission from something outside ourselves.
- Change the word ‘but’ for ‘and’.
- Ensure that you are grounded and have a procedure for when a client triggers you.
- Reframing life as art is powerfully healing.

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Why is it so hard for some people to stand up for themselves?

In this episode I discuss three primary reasons why as well as some solutions that you could implement to overcome them.

1: Low self-worth - if you don’t believe you deserve to be treated well/get what you need from life, then you will fail to act.

2: Unclear goal or direction in life - if you don’t know where you are heading/what you value, you won’t know what to push for and what to avoid.

3: Unable to hold space for their response - standing up for yourself will put people out, if you cannot sit with the negative feelings, moods, emotions, or responses that arise you will continue to give ground in every interaction until you discover that your life is not at all the way you want or need it to be.

I offer guidance for each issue as well as way to practice meditation that combines the felt sense of self with positive visualization, inner work, and mindfulness that will help you stand up for yourself.

Links mentioned:
- Shadow Work Journal PDF (free)
- How To Get Your Shit Together - Book (free)
- Internal Family Systems Books
- My website

If this episode has resonated with you, I would love your support.

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