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When you can see possibilities for everyone else, why can it be so hard to find your own next step? We’re joined by Ben Padilla, author, embodiment practitioner, interpersonal relationship coach, and founder of Arise Healing Center in Bozeman, Montana, for a different kind of conversation. Ben introduces his Nine Currents framework, then turns the questions toward me for an exploration of connection, personal power, and the experience of being human.

“The past doesn’t define where we’re going.” — Ben

This week, I step into the interview seat as Ben gathers lived experiences for his ongoing book project. Through his questions, I reflect on how I move through the world: scanning a room, looking for depth in conversation, receiving inspiration, and feeling the pull to help others recognize their own possibilities.

We also get honest about the harder parts. Seeing something that could support another person doesn’t mean they’re ready to hear it. We talk about waiting for an invitation, allowing people their own choices, and the ongoing practice of honoring their sovereignty. I share why permission has been such an important part of my work, and how offering a spark of inspiration can be enough.

The conversation moves into the body, including what changes when I feel confident, what happens when I feel overwhelmed, and the practices that help me reconnect with myself. We explore the frustration of knowing what to do and still struggling to do it, and why even those of us who support others need understanding and community.

If you’ve ever felt deeply connected to your purpose and still found yourself navigating shame, loneliness, or uncertainty, there’s room for that here. This conversation invites curiosity about your natural strengths, compassion for your struggles, and respect for the different ways people experience life.

We wrap with Ben’s book, Body Remembrance: The 9 Currents, his ongoing interview project, and ways to explore his work through Arise Healing Center.

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When the same pattern keeps showing up in your life, how do you begin to choose something different? We’re joined by Stefanie Ruth, a psychic medium, Reiki Master Teacher, Akashic Records teacher, #1 best-selling author, and host of the award-winning podcast When Spirit Talks, for a conversation on intuition, self-trust, and bringing spiritual insight into the choices you make every day.

“When you affect the present moment, that’s how you change your future.” — Stefanie

In this episode we’ll explore:

🌕 Stefanie’s personal journey into Reiki and learning to express what she once held inside 
🌖 Giving yourself time to integrate your practice and grow at your own pace 
🌗 The Akashic Records explained through Stefanie’s “Google to the soul” analogy 
🌘 Exploring recurring patterns, relationship dynamics, and the experience of finding your voice 
🌑 Moving from recognizing an old pattern to choosing differently when it shows up 
🌒 Potential futures, personal choice, and why the future isn’t set in stone 
🌓 Receiving symbolic images and feelings, then journaling to explore their meaning 
🌔 Asking open-ended questions that support deeper reflection 
🌕 Grounding, automatic writing, and reconnecting with your own intuitive guidance 
🌖 Patience, surrender, and what to do when the answers don’t come right away

Stefanie shares how her own experiences led her toward Reiki and, later, intuitive development and the Akashic Records. Recognized by MSN among its Top Health Voices to Follow in 2025 and Self-Made Coaches Worth Knowing in 2026, she brings an approach that invites deeper awareness of your energy, your patterns, and the way you relate to yourself.

We explore her approach to Akashic Records work through personal stories about visibility, relationships, and choosing a publisher for her book. The thread running through it all is the present moment: what can this experience help you understand, and how will you use that understanding in your life? We also draw connections with shamanic journeying, including setting an intention, receiving symbolic information, and making time to process what it means for you.

There’s a gentle reminder here for anyone who’s been trying hard to “get it right.” Intuition can take practice, and sometimes the pause, the frustration, and the decision to try again are part of that process. We talk about making room to listen, using your own discernment, and allowing your path to unfold at a pace that feels true to you.

We wrap with Stefanie’s book, Your Sacred Journey: The Ultimate Guidebook to Align Your Mind, Body & Spirit, and a closing message inspired by the Chariot about where you want your energy to go next.

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When Spirit Talks podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7KKhRCbjA6R5HGQCKLADYA?si=fd7c36fd07c04898

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⭐️ New Wisdom Rising Podcast: **Trusting Your Calling and Creating Sacred Community**

What happens when the vision you’ve been carrying asks you to become someone new? Shantel Ochoa returns to Wisdom Rising to share the journey of creating House of Mystics in Hemet, California—a gathering place for Reiki, ceremony, restorative practices, and spiritual community. We talk about the inner work behind a very real building, following guidance through uncertainty, and allowing your purpose to grow beyond what you first imagined.

“Don’t limit yourself to one vision, because literally the universe can have something so much bigger than you thought.” — Shantel

**In this episode we’ll explore:**

🌕 The vision behind House of Mystics and bringing a spiritual community together  
🌖 Trusting your guidance while navigating delays, decisions, and the practical work of building  
🌗 Leaving room for your dream to become bigger than your original plan  
🌘 Shantel’s journey from ASL interpreter to spiritual teacher and entrepreneur  
🌑 Moving beyond collecting certificates and into embodied practice and service  
🌒 Why mentorship, self-awareness, and continued learning matter for practitioners  
🌓 Choosing teachers with discernment and listening for the right fit  
🌔 Making spiritual spaces more welcoming, including possibilities for the Deaf community  
🌕 Slowing down, reclaiming your time, and listening to your own inner wisdom  
🌖 Boundaries, enoughness, and trusting that there is room for each of us

I’ve had the privilege of witnessing Shantel’s path unfold over the years, and this conversation is a celebration of what happens when personal healing becomes a foundation for serving others. We reflect on students becoming practitioners, practitioners becoming teachers, and the courage it takes to bring your gifts into the world. We also talk about the practical side: asking questions, standing your ground, and making decisions that honor what you’re here to create.

There’s an honest thread here about staying connected to yourself while your life expands. When you’re building something meaningful, it can be easy to keep saying yes, fill every moment, and lose the pauses that help you hear your own guidance. We explore what it means to protect your capacity, hold a boundary without guilt, and remember that rest and spiritual practice deserve a place in your life.

We also share how Soul Rising Shamanic Reiki Training supports the deeper work of knowing yourself and your energy. If you’re feeling called toward a new chapter, a spiritual practice, or a community where more of you can belong, this conversation invites you to get curious about what’s possible.

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Check out the progress of House of Mystics here: https://www.instagram.com/houseofmystics_reikicenter?xtok=N2ltMWZ0b3dxcGF0

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When you keep finding yourself in the same emotional loop, how do you begin to see a different possibility? We’re joined by Alexandra Omania, a soul development coach and mentor, for an honest conversation on perception, belief systems, shadow work, and remembering who you are beneath the roles and stories you’ve carried.

“You also have to make space for play and curiosity and to feel like a child again.” — Alexandra

In this episode we’ll explore:

🌕 How perception and belief systems shape the way we experience life
🌖 Stepping into the observer’s seat when you’re caught inside a familiar story
🌗 Recognizing scarcity patterns and reconnecting with your sense of enoughness
🌘 Who you are beneath the identities of mother, healer, entrepreneur, and more
🌑 Meeting your shadow and unwanted parts with curiosity and compassion
🌒 The difference between what you feel and the story you attach to that feeling
🌓 Why soul development is an ongoing relationship with yourself
🌔 Making room for play, wonder, and embodied experience in the healing process
🌕 Masculine and feminine energies, emotional safety, and holding space in relationships
🌖 Allowing more of your authentic self to be seen and expressed

I share some very personal mirror moments from my own life, including a recent shift in how I relate to scarcity, abundance, and the ways I’ve made myself smaller. Alexandra brings a perspective that invites us to step back and notice the beliefs underneath our reactions. When we’re inside the story, it can feel like the only truth available. Awareness gives us room to see something else.

We also talk about the parts of ourselves we’ve tried to hide, fix, or push away, and what becomes possible when we begin listening to them instead. There’s space here for anger, vulnerability, shadow, and the very human desire to be seen. There’s also an invitation to let healing include curiosity, connection, and the simple experience of being alive.

If you’ve been moving through a season of questioning who you are, what you believe, or how you want to show up in your relationships, this conversation invites you to pause, get curious, and come home to yourself.

We wrap with Alexandra’s approach to one-on-one soul development and her 12-week program for exploring the beliefs and patterns underneath the changes you want to make. Learn more here: https://www.alexomania.com/

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If you’ve ever felt like your sensitivity is both your superpower and the reason you burn out, this conversation lands with clarity. We sit down with Erin Ryan, a certified Reiki master teacher, licensed acupuncturist, and founder of Five Element Dragonfire Reiki, to talk about late-diagnosed ADHD and autism and what changes when you finally understand your neurotype. The throughline is simple and radical: not everything needs to be healed. Some parts of you need to be accommodated, honored, and supported.

We get real about sensory overload, anxiety, and the exhausting cognitive dissonance of trying to explain your lived experience in a world built for neurotypical nervous systems. Erin shares how diagnosis reshaped her relationship, unlocked grief and relief, and helped her release years of internalized ableism. We also name the harm that can happen in spiritual communities when toxic positivity and spiritual bypassing turn healing into a performance, especially for neurodivergent entrepreneurs who are already masking to survive.

From there, we bring it into spiritual entrepreneurship and energy healing: how to create neuroaffirming programs, why flexibility is access, and what it means to build a business structure that matches true capacity instead of hustle culture. Erin also shares the story behind Five Element Dragonfire Reiki, weaving Reiki, traditional Chinese medicine meridians, five-element theory, and dragon medicine into a modality designed for deeper integration.

If you’re a Reiki practitioner, healer, coach, or spiritually gifted creative, listen, share it with a friend who needs permission to stop “fixing” themselves, and subscribe and leave a review so more people can find neuroaffirming support.

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Biz Phone: 815-893-9590

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Tantra gets talked about like it’s a secret technique, but what happens when you bring it into the hard parts of real life? We’re joined by Patrick Chapman, a certified SkyDancing Tantra presenter with a background in executive coaching, law, and Kundalini Yoga, for a grounded conversation on self-awareness, deconditioning, and learning to live inside your body instead of inside your spiraling mind. 

In this episode we'll explore:

🌕 Tantra defined as weaving together awareness, vitality, and liberation 
🌖 Why sacred tantra is bigger than sex and brings reverence to all of life 
🌗 Deconditioning “I’m not enough” and stepping out of transactional relationships 
🌘 Holding grief and frustration while caregiving for a parent with dementia 
🌑 Anxiety reframed as an experience rather than an identity 
🌒 Grounding tools that slow the mind and bring attention back to the body 
🌓 What happens when emotions, vulnerability, or unexpected energy arise during intimacy​ 
🌔 Nature, breath, sound, and movement as practical embodiment supports 
🌕 Kundalini Yoga’s role in calming the nervous system and building awareness 
🌖 What to expect from tantra workshops and the Austin Intro to Sacred Tantra training

Patrick shares how tantra supported him through separation, chronic anxiety, and the ongoing heartbreak of watching his father move through early Alzheimer’s and short-term memory loss. We talk about the moment you catch yourself “holding it in,” and how sacred tantra invites something more honest: feeling frustration without dumping it on others, honoring grief as grief, and still staying present for love and connection. 

We wrap with what Patrick offers in workshops and how the Intro to Sacred Tantra training in Austin, Texas (January 15th through the 18th, 2027) can serve as a foundation for deeper SkyDancing Tantra study. We invite you to join us! 

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What actually happens in the bedroom when you bring Tantra into your relationship?

We decided to talk about it.

In this episode of Wisdom Rising, Christine Renee sits down with her partner, Jim Macdonald, for a very real conversation about sacred sexuality—not as an idea or a spiritual concept, but as something they are actually living and exploring together.

We talk about the beautiful parts, the awkward parts, the funny parts, and the deeply tender parts of bringing Tantra, Shamanic Reiki, embodiment, energy, and conscious communication into our intimate relationship.

In this episode, we’ll explore:

• What Tantra actually looks like inside a real relationship
• How we experience sexual energy as something that can move through the body rather than something we simply “use” to reach orgasm
• Breath, movement, and sound as practices for awakening and circulating sexual energy
• Anatomy, arousal, and understanding your own body as part of your orgasmic potential
• Consent as an ongoing conversation—not just a one-time yes or no
• The role of play, creativity, curiosity, and relaxation in pleasure
• What happens when emotions, vulnerability, or unexpected energy arise during intimacy
• Shamanic visioning, sexual magic, and the spiritual dimensions of sexuality
• The importance of aftercare, nesting, and giving the body space to integrate

We also talk about the realities of teaching Tantra and creating spaces where people can explore intimacy, sexuality, energy, and embodiment with integrity. That includes the ethics and boundaries that matter when you bring this kind of work into workshops, retreats, and trainings.

This isn't a step-by-step formula for having better sex. Some things simply can't be turned into a formula—and we don't think they should be. Instead, we're interested in what makes deeper intimacy possible: presence, trust, communication, curiosity, play, and the willingness to let go of performance.

Because sacred sexuality isn't about becoming better at sex.

It's about becoming more present to yourself, your body, your partner, your energy, and the experience you're actually having.

And sometimes, that means getting really honest about what happens in the bedroom.

We also share ways our workshops and trainings support this path, including upcoming offerings through Moon Rising Shamanic Institute and an Intro to Sacred Tantra training in Austin. You can find Christine's Substack here. 

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Badassery isn’t a vibe. It’s a practiced relationship with your own energy, your body, and your boundaries. We get real about what it looks like to move from years of people pleasing, second-guessing, and overgiving into a grounded “unfuckwithable” steadiness that still stays heart-open and human.

In this episode we'll explore:

🌕 Why so many of us feel disconnected from who we are
🌖 The long arc from being a doormat to becoming self-led
🌗 Physical, emotional, and psychic boundaries that actually hold
🌘 Grounding with the earth and using release as “compost”
🌑 Sexual energy as a life force you can direct​
🌒 Bottom-up healing through breath, sound, movement, and sensation
🌓 Moving energy through the chakras to build self-worth and clarity​
🌔 Relationship alignment, reciprocity, and learning to say no
🌕 She Who Rises, The Art of Receiving Retreat, and Intro to Sacred Tantra training details

Christine Renee shares how sexual energy can be cultivated as life force and directed through the system to support anxiety relief, clearer communication, stronger self-worth, and more authentic connection. We also talk about verticality (anchored into the earth and connected to the cosmos) and how that inner alignment changes your relationships, your intuition, and your ability to stay centered when criticism, judgment, or psychic noise shows up. We also share ways to work with desired reality, trust your next step, and create space for a fuller, more pleasurable life.

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She Who Rises: The Inner Temple: 3 Month Online Course and Energy Mentorship Program starts September 29th: https://moonrisinginstitute.circle.so/c/she-who-rises

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The internet is louder than ever, and a lot of “experts” look convincing right up until you pay them. I sit down with my long-time business coach, Kimra Luna, creator of Be True Brand You, to talk about what actually holds up over time: a clear message, real results, and relationships you can feel. We go back to her early days of Googling how to start a blog, learning from podcasts, and building community from the ground up, then trace how that same resourceful approach becomes a repeatable marketing strategy for online entrepreneurs.

In this episode we'll explore: 

🌕 Kimra’s path from learning basic tech to building a thriving online brand
🌖 Community building through genuine connection and support
🌗 Why oversaturation and viral culture can create fake expertise
🌘 Relationship-first marketing as a trust reset
🌑 Meeting ideal clients where they already consume content
🌒 Serving students well through Q&A and real access
🌓 Selling tangible outcomes instead of vague spiritual buzzwords
🌔 Long-form content strategy with smart repurposing into short clips
🌕 Details on the Be True Brand You program starting September 17th

For our Reiki practitioners, shamanic healers, and spiritual entrepreneurs, Kimra shares practical guidance you can apply today: niche down, sell a tangible outcome, and write copy that sounds like a real human speaking your client’s language. We also unpack the downside of letting AI write your messaging for you, and why long-form content still converts when you want deeper clients who are ready to do the work.

If you’re curious about Kimra’s next Be True Brand You round starting September 17th, we share what’s inside and why it’s designed to be customized to you. Subscribe, share this with a friend building a heart-led business, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

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Christine Renee and Jim Macdonald share a grounded, beginner-friendly approach to sacred tantra that puts presence first, not technique, performance, or perfection. We talk about tantra as an experiential path of expanding aliveness by combining conscious awareness with energy flow, then moving that energy through three keys you can practice anytime: breath, sound, and movement.

We also clear up a common misconception: tantra isn’t only for couples and Shiva and Shakti aren’t gender labels. They’re inner principles that live in every person. When we learn to sense what’s happening inside us, we get more honest about what we want, what we fear, and where our boundaries are. That self-awareness makes it easier to communicate without collapsing into people-pleasing, defensiveness, or shame. From there, intimacy becomes what it’s meant to be: seeing and being seen, knowing and being known.

You’ll get a simple guided practice to help you land in your feet, track sensation, add sound, invite the spine into movement, and notice what changes when you slow down and stay present. We also talk about the real skill of the work: returning when you lose presence, and using that moment as a pathway back to connection. We close with ways to go deeper through upcoming offerings, including:

🌹 She Who Rises, the Inner Temple online women's only training beginning September 28th
🌹Intro to Sacred Tantra training in Austin, Texas January 15-18th, 2027

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