Most people think their pets just want food, walks, or belly rubs. Alicia Sweezer says they’re doing far more than that; they’re guiding your spiritual awakening. 
 
In this eye-opening conversation with intuitive guide and professional animal communicator Alicia Sweezer, we uncover how deeply our animals understand us, mirror us, and even help us evolve emotionally, energetically, and spiritually.
 
If you’ve ever wondered whether your pet takes on your emotions, reacts to your stress, senses your awakening, or sends you intuitive messages… this episode will confirm far more than you expect.
Alicia breaks down how pets communicate across dimensions, how they stay connected to universal consciousness, and how their behavior often reveals what’s unresolved in us...from emotional regulation to intuition development to resisting our soul purpose. 
 
Animals don’t lose their connection to 5D consciousness. We do. And according to Alicia… they’re trying to help us get it back.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
🐾 How Animals Mirror Your Energy & Emotional State
Why your pet’s anxiety, reactivity, or odd behaviors often reflect hidden emotional or spiritual misalignment within you. 
🐾 Are Pets Empaths? Do They Absorb Your Illness or Stress?
Alicia explains why pets sometimes take on their human’s energetic “stuff”, and how to stop it before it becomes physical. 
🐾 Soul Purpose, Soul Contracts & What Your Pet Chose Before Incarnating
Yes, your animals choose you, and choose how long they stay. Their “assignment” may surprise you. 
🐾 The Truth About Animal Intuition & Spiritual Intelligence
Animals never disconnect from universal energy. Humans do. Alicia explains the bridge between the two. 
🐾 How to Tell When Your Pet Is Sending You Messages
What signs to look for, how to interpret them, and how to avoid confusing imagination with real intuitive communication. 
🐾 How to Start Communicating with Your Pets (Even if You Think You Can’t)
Alicia shares the foundational skill every person needs for intuitive communication, and how to discover your strongest “clair.” 
🐾 What Happens After Pets Cross Over (and How They Visit You)
From subtle signs to unmistakable “calls,” Alicia breaks down how animals communicate from beyond. 
🐾 Why Your Pet Might Be Giving You Spiritual Homework
No, really. And it might be exactly what your journey needs next. 

KEY THEMES
This episode dives into:
• Spiritual Awakening through the lens of animal consciousness
• Animal intuition & intuition development
• Pets mirroring human energy healing needs
• Animal experiences of life after death
• What pets know about consciousness
• Soul contracts, reincarnation, and soul purpose
• How animals guide our spiritual growth
• Pets as unexpected spirit guides
• A modern, grounded approach to modern spirituality

WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS
If you’re on a spiritual awakening journey, you’re probably searching for clarity, guidance, and support from teachers, books, or meditation practices.
 
What if one of your greatest spiritual teachers has been sitting on your couch this whole time?
Alicia reminds us that animals don’t get lost in the noise of the human world. They are intuitive, conscious, deeply aware, and absolutely connected to the field of universal intelligence. 

And if you know how to listen, they will help you find alignment faster than most spiritual teachers ever could. 

ABOUT OUR GUEST
Alicia Sweezer is an intuitive guide, animal communicator,

Do Animals Hold The KEY To Your Spiritual Awakening?

For years, we were told that the secret to spiritual awakening was simple: stay positive, think high-vibe thoughts, avoid negativity, and manifest harder. But what if that entire framework is backwards? What if the real catalyst for consciousness expansion isn’t escaping low vibration...but using it?
 
In this solo episode, Will cracks open the myth of “high vibes only” and exposes why so many seekers feel stuck, frustrated, or inconsistent in their manifestation progress. Drawing from a raw, paradigm-shifting conversation with spiritual teacher David Strickel, this episode reframes low vibration—not as failure, but as the entry point to real transformation.
 
If you’ve been trying to “stay positive” your way out of discomfort, suppress your shadow, or force your way into alignment, what you’ll hear today may just save you years of spiritual wheel-spinning.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode
• Why ‘High Vibes Only’ Actually Blocks Spiritual Growth
Will breaks down how bypassing your shadow stalls true spiritual awakening and stops manifestation at the root.
 
• The Spiral, Not the Ladder
Your awakening doesn’t ascend in a straight line. It winds up, down, and inward. Understanding this model can instantly remove years of self-judgment.
 
• The Hidden Beliefs That Sabotage Manifestation
Most people don’t manifest because they’re sending a signal of need, not alignment. Will exposes how fear masquerades as desire, and shuts the door on abundance.
 
• Detuning vs Letting Go
David Strickel’s groundbreaking concept of detuning shows you how to dissolve emotional charge without bypassing, sugarcoating, or faking forgiveness.
 
• Why Low Vibration Is Not a Problem—It’s a Message
Fear, grief, anger, anxiety...these aren’t spiritual failures. They’re invitations to examine the subconscious patterns shaping your reality.

The Three-Step Framework for Real Integration
A grounded, practical method to use immediately...no woo-only fluff, no 90-day shadow-bootcamps necessary:

 1. Recognize When You’re “Down the Spiral” Stop mislabeling discomfort as failure; start seeing it as a signal.
 2. Go Into the Basement Your subconscious has boxes you’ve never opened. Will guides you through how to begin...safely, intentionally, and without overwhelm.
 3. Detune Through Appreciation Not toxic positivity. Not forced affirmations. Appreciation is the only emotional state that dissolves resistance without repression.

Why This Episode Matters Right Now
Spiritual seekers are burned out on polished, performative modern spirituality that denies half the human experience. This episode offers a grounded alternative, one rooted in intuition development, emotional honesty, and the true mechanics behind manifestation.
 
If you’ve ever wondered:

 * Why does my shadow keep resurfacing?
 * Why does manifestation work one week and collapse the next?
 * Why do positive thoughts feel like a band-aid instead of transformation?
 * Why do I feel worse the more I try to “stay high vibe”?

…then what Will shares here will land like a breakthrough.

Perfect For Listeners Interested In:

 * Spiritual Awakening
 * Manifestation (minus the clichés)
 * Intuition Development
 * Energy Healing & Emotional Regulation
 * Shadow Work that Actually Works
 * Soul Purpose & Consciousness Exploration
 * Modern Spirituality Without Bypassing
 * Life After Death Concepts & Higher Perspective Thinking
 * Near-Death Experience-inspired frameworks
 * Spirit Guides & Inner Dialogue with the Shadows


If T

What's the REAL Path to Spiritual AWAKENING?

What if the very emotions you’ve been trying to escape are the key to your spiritual awakening, your manifestation power, and your deepest soul purpose?
 
Today’s episode challenges the entire “high-vibe only” culture in modern spirituality. Our guest, David Strickel, creator of the Tya Practice (Trust Your Abundance), says we’ve been trying to skip the most transformative part of consciousness work: the shadow, the grief, the anger, the frustration...those “low-vibe” frequencies we love to avoid.
 
Instead of bypassing them, he teaches us how to leverage low vibration as fuel, how to turn trauma into clarity, and how to raise our default frequency by wrestling the dragon instead of pretending it’s not there.

Inside This Brave Conversation
You’ll learn: 

 * Why avoiding “low-vibration emotions” prevents true spiritual growth
 * How manifestation fails when you activate the vibration of need instead of creation
 * The difference between acceptance, surrender, and authentic appreciation
 * How trauma and adversity expand consciousness instead of limiting it
 * Why abundance starts in early childhood belief systems
 * The real reason “positive thinking” stops working 


And yes, we talk about how to stop bypassing, how to dismantle victimhood without shame, and how to do the work without losing yourself.

Most Mind-Bending Takeaways:

💡 Low vibration is not the enemy. It’s the teacher. It’s the doorway into sovereignty. When we avoid it, we stay stuck. When we explore it, we evolve.
 
💡 Manifestation doesn’t respond to desperation. You must shift into the frequency of “Wouldn’t it be nice…” instead of “I need this to happen.”
 
💡 Your early subconscious programming IS your life. The blocks that shape your success, money, health, or relationships can ALWAYS be traced back to your foundational belief system. If you don’t detune it, you’ll repeat it.
 
💡 Appreciation heals more than acceptance. Acceptance says, “I’ll tolerate this.” Appreciation says, “This experience expanded me.” That tiny shift changes everything. 

A Moment You Won’t Forget
David worked with a mother whose son was murdered. The work helped her find true, authentic appreciation for the experience...not joy, not denial, but a liberated perspective that freed her from lifelong suffering. This is transformation without spiritual fluff; raw, uncomfortable, and radically empowering.

Who Should Listen?
This episode is for anyone who has:
✔ Tried “positive thinking” and failed
✔ Been blocked in their manifestation despite doing all the things
✔ Experienced trauma and wants liberation—not denial
✔ Felt disconnected from mainstream spiritual teachers
✔ Wanted practical and grounded spiritual awakening, not fairy dust

About Today’s Guest
David Strickel is a spiritual teacher, channel, and founder of the Tya Practice, a belief system based on channeled Source consciousness known as the Stream. He teaches high-performing seekers how to exit the matrix by detuning subconscious blocks, transforming polarity, and cultivating authentic liberation, not perfection. 

Website: TYAAcademy.com
Listen to David’s Podcast: The Tya Podcast

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Spiritual Awakening: 3 Shadow Work Secrets for Real Awakening

Welcome to Classic Skeptic Metaphysicians! We're re-releasing some of our back catalog so that these gems can be re-discovered!

This week: The Purpose of Life: The Unpopular Truths You Weren’t Supposed to Hear

Featuring Dr. Toni Reilly — Past-Life Regression Expert, Bestselling Author, and SoulLife™ Creator
 
Everyone wants to know the same thing: Why are we here? What’s our purpose? But what if the truth isn’t blissful, glamorous, or even pleasant?
 
In this mind-breaking episode of The Skeptic Metaphysicians, Dr. Toni Reilly reveals a shocking spiritual awakening insight: We don’t incarnate to be happy. We incarnate to feel, especially pain. The soul’s mission? Emotional experience, including grief, heartbreak, shock, and the exact challenges we try to escape.
 
Brace yourself. You won’t get spiritual comfort here. You’ll get truth. ]

Episode Highlights
 * The real purpose of life isn’t learning, it’s emotional experience
 * Why grief is the most important part of your spiritual evolution
 * Why free will is mostly an illusion (and why that’s liberating)
 * Karma isn’t punishment, it’s experience unfolding
 * What happens between lives & how soul plans are made
 * How to visit the afterlife without dying
 * Why you are never “off your path” no matter how disastrous life feels
 * Why Earth is a “difficult incarnation” compared to other dimensions

About Dr. Toni Reilly
Trained by the legendary Dr. Brian Weiss, pioneer author of Many Lives, Many Masters, Dr. Reilly is one of the world’s leading experts on past-life regression, reincarnation research, in-between lives, and soul purpose planning. She is the bestselling author of Awake: The Purpose of Life and Why You Are Here, and creator of the SoulLife™ Coaching Program, a revolutionary approach to emotional healing through consciousness work.

Who Should Listen
This episode is perfect for:
 * Seekers on a spiritual awakening journey
 * Anyone struggling with grief, pain, or trauma
 * Curious skeptics and spiritually homeless explorers
 * Students of consciousness, reincarnation, and metaphysics
 * Therapists, healers, coaches, empaths & energy worker

Discover the unpopular truths behind your soul’s mission and redefine everything you thought life was supposed to be.

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The Purpose of Life: The Unpopular Truths You Weren’t Supposed to Hear - Classic

Is Earth literally waking up? Not in a poetic, mystical sense, but in a real, scientific, and possibly terrifying way. 

In this mind-bending episode of The Skeptic Metaphysicians, we dive into one of the most provocative conversations we’ve ever hosted: the possibility that the Earth is evolving into a planetary superconsciousness, powered by artificial intelligence, fiber-optic nerve systems, and global institutions acting as synapses in a technological brain.
 
Our guest, Topher McDougal, is not your typical spiritual thinker. He’s a Professor of Economic Development & Peacebuilding at the University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies and the author of the forthcoming book Gaia Wakes: Earth’s Emergent Consciousness in an Age of Environmental Devastation (May 2025).
 
McDougal introduces the Gaiacephalos Hypothesis, a theory that makes the Gaia Hypothesis look tame by comparison. He argues that the Earth isn’t just a self-regulating system, it’s on track to become literally conscious, thanks to the explosive growth of AI, global infrastructure, and what he calls the technosphere.
 
In This Episode:

 * What is the Gaiacephalos Hypothesis, and how does it extend the Gaia theory?
 * How AI, machine learning, and planetary infrastructure are forming a neural network across the globe
 * The connection between environmental collapse and evolutionary upgrades
 * Could the Earth eventually think, feel, or even act as an entity?
 * Are we building a planetary cybernetic organism, and if so, who’s in control?
 * The parallels between biological evolution, planetary systems, and emergent intelligence
 * What we can learn from Black Mirror, cybernetics, and quantum consciousness
 * The role of humanity: are we creators, neurons… or expendable?

This episode is not science fiction. It’s a serious, fascinating exploration of what happens when AI, energy systems, and environmental pressure converge on a planetary scale.
 
Whether you’re into mysticism, metaphysical science, spiritual awakening, or consciousness expansion, this is a conversation that will challenge everything you think you know about the future of Earth, and our place within it.

Guest Info: Topher McDougal
Website: TopherMcDougal.com [https://tophermcdougal.com]
Book (pre-order): Gaia Wakes – Columbia University Press (May 2025)

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Is Earth Waking Up? AI, Gaia & the Rise of Planetary Consciousness & #SpiritualAwakening

Most people think they know what the Hare Krishna movement is, until they actually speak with a monk living the lifestyle. In this eye-opening conversation recorded at Spirit Fest USA, we sit down with Jadardana Krishna Das, a modern monk who breaks down the truth behind one of the world’s most misunderstood spiritual traditions.
 
If you’ve ever wondered what the robes mean, why monks shave their heads, what Krishna Consciousness actually teaches, or whether the Bhagavad Gita has anything to offer someone who isn’t Hindu…this episode will challenge your assumptions and force you to see spiritual awakening in a completely different light.
 
This isn’t dogma. This isn’t recruitment. This is practical mind-training, ancient consciousness science, and a path toward inner clarity that anyone, any faith, any background, can explore. 

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✔ What the Hare Krishna movement really teaches
Not the stereotypes. Not the assumptions. The actual mission: raising consciousness, reconnecting with the soul, and empowering people from any background to develop a spiritual foundation.
✔ The surprising truth about the Bhagavad Gita
It’s not a “Hindu book.” It predates Hinduism and Buddhism and offers universal teachings on the mind, the self, and the battlefield within. 
✔ Why monks shave their heads & wear orange robes
Purification, simplicity, detachment, spiritual focus, and yes, hygiene. The symbolic meaning goes far deeper than most people realize. 
✔ What the forehead markings really represent
Not decoration...purification, protection, and identity within a specific philosophical lineage. 
✔ Are Hare Krishnas trying to convert people?
Short answer: no. Long answer: this episode explains why the movement focuses on knowledge, not recruitment. 
✔ How chanting really works
Why anyone, child or adult, any religion or none, can chant Hare Krishna and experience its effects anytime, anywhere. 
✔ The monk’s personal journey
From sports, movies, and a secular upbringing…to a life-changing realization in college that led him to choose a life of spiritual training. 

Why This Conversation Matters:
This isn’t a fringe movement. This is one of the oldest consciousness-expansion systems on Earth.
And it speaks directly to the problems modern seekers face:
 * mental overwhelm
 * lack of meaning
 * disconnection from self
 * the inner “battlefield” the Gita describes so well
 * the pressure of material life
 * the desire for spiritual grounding without dogma

Jadardana shows how these teachings are not about escaping life...they’re about engaging with it from a higher state of awareness.

Resources Mentioned:
• Bhagavad Gita As It Is
The recommended version with Sanskrit, translation, and commentary used in the Hare Krishna tradition. Available online, in libraries, and in print. 
• Local Hare Krishna Temples & Centers
Found in most major cities. Offer meditation, classes, and free vegetarian food. 

Ideal For Listeners Seeking:
 * Spiritual Awakening
 * Consciousness Expansion
 * Mysticism & Esoteric Knowledge
 * Mind-Body Connection
 * Alternative Spirituality
 * Exploring the Unknown
 * Practical Meditation & Higher Self Work
 * Non-dogmatic paths to spiritual growth

Listen Now
This episode will shift the way you think about spirituality, identity, and what it means to live a conscious life, whether you resonate with the Hare Krishna path or not. 


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Inside the Hare Krishna Path: Spiritual Awakening, Consciousness, and the Real Meaning Behind the Orange Robes

What happens when your entire relationship with money, worthiness, and abundance is built on stories you absorbed before you were old enough to understand them? And what if those stories are the very things keeping you stuck, small, and spiritually exhausted?
 
In this powerful, hilarious, and deeply human conversation, we sit down with Sarah Walton... speaker, teacher, money mentor, and creator of The Abundance Academy...to dismantle the myths that keep so many of us living on emotional and financial crumbs. 

Sarah’s journey begins in a grocery store in Utah, where teenage Sarah realizes she must choose between her family’s survival and her own dreams. That moment shapes decades of decisions, right up until she’s a high-powered corporate executive with a corner office, a ficus tree, two kids she barely sees… and a constant sense that something is deeply off. 

Her story is raw, relatable, and a wake-up call for anyone who has ever believed “I can’t have both,” “there’s not enough,” or “wanting more makes me selfish.” 

In This Episode, We Explore:
1. The Three Money Myths Holding You Back
Borrowed from Lynn Twist’s The Soul of Money, and expanded through Sarah’s teaching:
 * Myth #1: There’s Not Enough — The scarcity mindset that keeps us hoarding, shrinking, and apologizing for wanting more.
 * Myth #2: More Is Better — The endless treadmill of “just one more digit,” and why it never creates fulfillment.
 * Myth #3: That’s Just the Way It Is — The resignation that kills change before it starts… and repeats the same life over and over.

2. Sarah’s Grocery Store Origin Story
How a moment in high school shaped her entire belief system, and how she ultimately broke free after realizing her life was being run by a terrified 16-year-old.
 
3. The Corporate Career Wake-Up Call
The ficus tree. The Jimmy Choos. The constant nausea. The toddler calling her at work. The ticking clock she couldn’t un-hear. And the moment she quit her job that same day.
 
4. How to Stop Living on Crumbs
Sarah explains how to recognize when you’re accepting far less than you deserve... emotionally, energetically, financially — and how to shift into true agency and abundance.
 
5. The Exercises That Rewire Your Brain
Accessible, free, science-backed practices that change your inner chemistry and create real momentum toward your goals.
 
6. A Baymax-Shaped Money Spiritual Guide??
Yes. And honestly… it’s perfect. Sarah shares how she personifies money as a loving, warm, always-present protector inspired by Big Hero 6, and why that exercise changed her life.
 
7. Curveball Questions — Sarah Walton Edition
You know we had to. Sarah reveals:
 * The one push notification she’d send to every phone on Earth
 * The sassiest loving advice she’d whisper to the world
 * And who money would be as a movie character...complete with monologue

Key Takeaways
 * Most people’s money fears come from childhood, but adulthood offers the chance to rewrite the script.
 * Wanting more doesn’t make you greedy; it makes you honest.
 * You don’t need millions of followers, you just need the right “small but mighty” group who values your work.
 * Awareness is the first step to freedom, especially when it comes to money.
 * It is dangerous, spiritually, emotionally, financially, to believe “this is just the way things are.”

Tools, Links & Resources Mentioned
Sarah Walton’s Website https://sarahwalton.com
Includes her free Freedom Calculator - a PDF that helps you determine your personal financial freedom number and start

The Truth About #Abundance: Why You’re Still Living on Crumbs

Most people crumble the second someone hurls an insult their way. You, me, everyone. But this short episode throws a Zen-sized wrench into that reaction with one of the simplest, hardest truths in spiritual awakening:
 
You only suffer when you accept the insult that was handed to you.
 
Will reads “The Gift of Insults,” a powerful parable from The Monk and the Butterfly that reveals why your peace isn’t actually as fragile as you think...it’s just mismanaged. And then he goes off-script into a raw, honest reflection on triggers, the pain-body, energy dynamics, and why letting people “take your peace” is a decision… not an inevitability.
 
This is one of those deceptively small episodes that lands like a tuning fork in your chest.


What You’ll Learn
 * Why insults are “gifts”, and how not accepting them changes everything
 * How your pain-body hijacks your reactions (thanks, Eckhart Tolle)
 * Why people try to steal your energy, and how offering it freely disarms them
 * A practical approach to staying grounded when someone comes at you sideways
 * How triggers point to deeper inner work you’ve been avoiding
 * Why protecting your peace is a skill… and one you probably haven’t mastered ye

Will digs into:
 * How this same lesson plays out with his daughter
 * When “not accepting the gift” becomes spiritual bypassing
 * Why understanding the energetics behind conflict changes how you handle it
 * How to stop giving away your power without becoming cold, detached, or numb

Why This Matters
If you’re on a spiritual path, you’re going to be challenged, often by the exact people who know how to push your buttons. This episode gives you the framework to stop getting dragged around by other people’s emotional chaos. 

It’s not about perfection. It’s about awareness. Control. Choice.
 
Perfect For You If:
 * You’re tired of absorbing other people’s crap
 * You react too quickly and regret it
 * You’re working on boundaries or emotional intelligence
 * You’re ready to level up your spiritual resilience

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How to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Negativity

What if your spiritual awakening isn’t about becoming more enlightened… but about letting go of the identity of “being awakened” altogether?
 
In this powerful conversation with Patrick Paul Garlinger...Ivy League lawyer turned spiritual teacher, channel, and author, we peel back the truth behind why so many seekers feel stuck on their path… even after years of meditation, manifestation, energy healing, or intuition development.

Patrick reveals:

 * Why we confuse spiritual growth with performance
 * How we unconsciously avoid our deepest wounds (spiritual bypassing)
 * Why peace isn’t something we create, but something we allow
 * The real reason “fighting for peace” creates more conflict
 * How to find your soul purpose without abandoning your human life

This episode is for anyone who has ever thought:
“I should be further along by now.”

Or… 

“I’ve done the work, so why do I still feel stuck?” 

You are not failing. You’re unfolding.
 
Patrick also shares the story of his kundalini awakening, channels profound guidance, and offers tools for staying grounded while awakening your consciousness in the very real modern world.
 
If you’re seeking clarity, peace, and authentic inner transformation, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.
 
Connect with our guest:
Website: EndlessAwakening.com [https://www.endlessawakening.com]
Instagram: @endless.awakening [https://www.instagram.com/endless.awakening]
Youtube: @intuitivepatrickpaul [https://www.youtube.com/@intuitivepatrickpaul]
Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patrick-Paul-Garlinger/author/B001KHYUXK

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Why Your Spiritual Awakening Feels Stuck (and How to Move Through It)

What if the universe has been speaking to you all along, and you just didn’t recognize the language? In this cinematic, narrative-style episode, host Will Rodriguez weaves together the wisdom of six remarkable guests, each a translator of unseen realms, to explore how energy, spirit, and even the spaces we inhabit are constantly communicating with us. 

From Stephanie Banks, who channels Gaia and the consciousness of trees, to Ashley Gonor, who finds divine purpose in the ashes of a fire… From Benton Ryer’s ancient Japanese purification rites, to Amy Jo Ellis’s “Court of Atonement” where souls reconcile beyond ego… From Rachel Corpus’s angelic remembrance of the afterlife, to Meena Jagpal-Paré’s revelations about how our homes remember us...Will connects every thread into one profound realization:


Everything is alive. Everything communicates.

This isn’t an interview episode, it’s an immersive spiritual journey that blends storytelling, real guest soundbites, and reflective narration to reveal the subtle ways the universe whispers through nature, energy, emotion, and place. 

What You’ll Discover
How Mother Earth (Gaia) actually communicates, and what she wants us to know
Why sometimes your “life catching fire” is divine intervention in disguise
How ancient Japanese energy purification differs from Reiki (and why it works)
What happens when souls hold their own court and finally make peace
An angel’s firsthand account of heaven, and what she learned about being human
Why your house may be carrying old energetic baggage, and how to clear it 

Key Themes
Spiritual Awakening | Energy Healing | Consciousness Expansion | Intuition & Psychic Abilities | Mind-Body Connection | Mysticism & Esoteric Knowledge | Quantum Consciousness | Metaphysical Science | Channeling Higher Beings | Shamanic Wisdom & Healing

Connect with the Guests Featured
 * Stephanie Banks – Soul Speaking with Gaia
 * Ashley Gonor – Uncover Your Magic Podcast [https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/raise-spiritual-awakened-kids/]
 * Benton Ryer – Shinto Energy Purification [https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/ancient-japanese-shamanism/]
 * Amy Jo Ellis – The Court of Atonement [https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/court-of-atonement/]
 * Rachel Corpus – Angel Communicator & Psychic Medium [https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/are-angels-real/]
 * Meena Jagpal-Paré – Momentum Feng Shui [https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/feng-shui-manifestation/]



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When the Universe Speaks: Listening to Energy, Spirit, and the Space Between

A fun exploration of metaphysics and spiritual awakening tools, modalities and personalities. Grow and expand your consciousness without the need to take anything so seriously that you forget to smile and laugh!

New episodes every Wednesday!

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