Illuminating the Shadow

Illuminating the Shadow EP. 28: The art of OUTGROWING $#!t that no longer SERVES youWhen we know better, we do better. And as we grow more deeply in ourselves and more grounded in our truth, we find that some of the things, behaviors, people and tendencies that we used to accept, that we used to enjoy and that we used to readily embrace, some of the things we used to settle for… well we find that they no longer serve us. They no longer align with the person that we are growing into. And that’s okay. This is a natural part of the process of growth. Along with growth, comes a natural tendency to OUTGROW things, people and places. Change is NEARLY ALWAYS accompanied with some level of discomfort, some level of resistance. And this resistance, this discomfort IT’S A NORMAL PART of the process of change. Your body is constantly trying to level out, to maintain its own sense of homeostasis, and so sometimes when we do things differently, when we branch out and away from our normal patterns, it sends kind of like a shock, a false alarm through your nervous system. And that’s where this feeling of resistance come from. Shifting into something new, can sometimes feel like a threat to your nervous system, but in reality the only threat occurring is you challenging that baseline.Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

Illuminating the Shadow MEDITATION EP. 27: Releasing Negative Self-TalkWE'RE BACK and SEASON TWO is HERE!!Hey there, friends! Welcome and thank you for joining me in this meditation episode of Illuminating the Shadow. I have specifically designed this meditation to really help us to INTEGRATE some of the material from last week’s podcast episode "Challenging our Limiting Beliefs as we Challenge our Negative Self-Talk".I designed this episode to support us in RELEASING any of our unhelpful or unsupportive self-talk tenencies. It is my hope that this mediation practice supports you in your healing journey with shadow work. Join me as we work to cultivate a deeper sense of connection to ourselves through this guided meditation practice. Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

WE'RE BACK and SEASON TWO is HERE!!Illuminating the Shadow EP. 26: Challenging our Limiting Beliefs as we Challenge our Self-talkWhat if I told you our self-talk tells us the stories and narratives behind our beliefs, our behaviors and our actions. What if I told you that that inner dialogue has BOTH the capacity to propel you forward, to encourage you, to motivate you, and to comfort you in times of pain, BUT that inner dialogue of ours, it also has the capacity to hold us back, to keep us stuck frozen in fear, it has the capacity to keep us stuck in the repetitive patterns and cycles we find ourselves in? Do you ever question that inner dialogue, challenge it maybe even, when you notice that its unhelpful or harmful? Did you know that you can actually TRAIN that inner dialogue, that self-talk to better serve you and your needs. You can actually TRAIN that inner dialogue, that self-talk to support you through times of transition, times of stress?Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

WE'RE BACK and SEASON TWO is HERE!!Illuminating the Shadow MEDITATION EP. 25: Transitioning through Nature's Seasons: A Guided Visualization Hey there, friends! Welcome and thank you for joining me in this meditation episode of Illuminating the Shadow. I have specifically designed this meditation to really help us INTEGRATE some of the material from last week’s podcast episode.It is my hope that this mediation practice helps to instill a sense of safety during times of chaos and upheaval. It's my hope that this guided visualization helps you to develop a sense of trust in yourself through life's natural changing seasons and especially during those times of transition. Join me as we work to cultivate a deeper sense of connection to ourselves through this guided VISUALIZATION meditation JOURNEY. Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

WE'RE BACK and SEASON TWO is HERE!!Illuminating the Shadow EP. 24: Learning to Lean into the Discomfort of ChangeHow do you approach change or those more transitional periods of time in your life? How do you comfort yourself during these times of change? How do you cope with periods of transition? How can we find a sense of groundedness within ourselves, in the midst of the chaos and the upheaval? In today’s episode, we will be really exploring our relationship with change, and how we tend to approach and navigate through those more challenging periods of upheaval and transition. In this episode of Illuminating the shadow, I want to encourage you to reflect upon some of the ways that you tend to approach times of change. I want to encourage you to try to approach change as necessary and important PART of the process, rather than looking at it as an obstacle or hurdle that you have to overcome. Change is the one really CONSTANT thing in life. In this episode we'll be discussing how we can better support ourselves through the uncertainty and the discomfort of change and how we can find a sense of safety, within ourselves, even as we are experiencing deep change. We will be discussing tools that we can utilize during those times of uncertainty, so that we can better support and empower ourselves during the process of change and through the discomfort of uncertainty.Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

Illuminating the Shadow MEDITATION Ep. 23: Slowing Down with IntentionHey there, friends! Welcome and thank you for joining me in this meditation episode of Illuminating the Shadow. Through this Reiki-infused, guided meditation practice, I hope to really facilitate a safe and nurturing space that aims to support you in your own personal journeys in self-awareness, radical self-acceptance and self-trust. Join me as we work to cultivate a deeper sense of connection to both ourselves through this heart-felt guided meditation practice. Enjoy!Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

WE'RE BACK and SEASON TWO is HERE!!Illuminating the Shadow Ep. 22: Sometimes we just need to SLOW the F*** Down!!What if we valued REST, just like we valued play or like we glorify the daily grind? What if we didn't have our sense of self-worth so wrapped up in our ability to perform and so wrapped up in our ability to handle shit? What if the measure of a good day wasn't how much you accomplished or wasn't how productive you were, but rather how you feel how you felt throughout the day?We live in this society that GLORIFIES the HUSTLE and praises the GRIND and the all the perseverance and hard work, while condemning burnout and demonizing REST. In a society that demand results and that glorifies the grind, rest is a rebellious act. What if we REBELLIOSLY allowed ourselves the REST we need, as we need it? JOIN the REBELLION and TAKE a NAP!Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

Illuminating the Shadow EP. 21: How to COPE when $#!t HITSDo you ever feel like things are just out of your control? Or like the world feels bleak or hopeless? Does it ever feel like you’re on a sinking ship, and there are no remaining life vests on board? Or maybe you are f***ing pissed off at the state of the world? Is the current political climate and all this bull$#h!t legistlation negatively impacting your mental health and overall well-being? Have you noticed a drastic increase in your stress levels and in your inability to deal with life’s ordeals?In this episode of Illuminating the Shadow podcast, we be exploring coping skills and I will be giving you an applicable list of suggestions for different coping skills and strategies that you can try on your time. It’s my intention that this material serves you, that it supports you in your own journey of personal growth and self-awareness. And its my hope that the next time that you feel yourself slipping into those patterns of struggle, that you remember something from this episode that you can use to sooth yourself, to sooth your hurt and pain, in a way that is both constructive and supportive for you.Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

Illuminating the Shadow MEDITATION: Cultivating WHOLENESS through acceptance & compassion for ourselvesHey there, friends! Welcome and thank your for joining me in this meditation episode of Illuminating the Shadow. Through this Reiki-infused, guided meditation practice, I hope to really facilitate a safe and nurturing space that aims to support you in your own personal journeys in self-awareness, radical self-acceptance and self-worth through the use and integration of our own internal boundaries. Join me as we work to cultivate a deeper sense of connection to both ourselves through this heart-felt guided meditation practice. Enjoy!Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!

Illuminating the Shadow EP. 19: RECLAIMING OURSELVES through Implementing Strong INTRINSIC BOUNDARIES In this episode, I hope to facilitate a safe space for you all here to really explore and re-examine how some of your beliefs on your internally-driven boundaries as we shine a gentle light of awareness upon some of our beliefs on our own personal & intrinsic boundaries and how these beliefs & these tendencies we hold, how they exhibit through our lives. We are going to speak about how our beliefs are reflected back to us through these intrinsic boundaries and are echoed back to us through our self-talk, through our inner dialogues and how ultimately these internal boundaries they help us to define & develop our sense of our self.  Our internal-most boundaries, at a most basic level, reflect our values, they reflect what we choose to PRIORITIZE and they reflect what we hold true. When we honor our own internal boundaries, our own intrinsic boundaries, we have the capacity to break our old patterns of self-neglect, self-abandonment, and we can transition out of our victim-based internal narratives and we can step into our own personal power we can then re-write some of these narratives, as we see that they are no longer serving us. And so we’re going to explore these themes a bit deeper today, because BOUNDARIES literally hold the KEYS to your LIBERATION. Your boundaries keep you SAFE and STRONG in your CONVICTIONS. Boundaries allow you to FREELY and CONFIDENTLY speak your truth and to help you meet your personal needs while upholding your personal values. Boundaries allow you to PRIORITIZE yourself & your needs FIRST. When we set personal boundaries WITH ourselves its an opportunity for us to RECOGNIZE and honor our own NEEDS, our own values and our own priorities. Join me as we illuminate the shadows together!The is POWER in your voice and there is MEDICINE in your Story.Instagram: @illuminating_the_shadowEmail: [email protected] US ON PATREON, by becoming a PATRON subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/IlluminatingtheShadowNEW Episodes now EVERY Wednesday! Available on Apple, Audible, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast!