Spiritual Media Blog Podcast

Viki King's book, "How to Write a Movie in 21 days – The Inner Movie Method", in print for 40 years, has become a classic industry-standard guide. Additionally, Viki is the author of 3 other books and her latest work featured here, "How to Be the Hero of Your Own Life – a Unique Autobiography".

Viki King is well known for her wise counsel to luminaries in the Entertainment Industry as well as consultant, to many people, all over the world, in all walks of life.

I recently had the chance to talk about her new book and life experiences. Viki and I discussed the following:

1. What Sacred Contracts are, how they are formed before we are born, and how we can connect and follow them throughout our life.
2. The relationship between Sacred Contracts and our life purpose
3. Techniques for learning what our life purpose is and how to follow our life purpose and pursue our dreams
4. Viki’s memories and experiences of being in the womb, her birth, and what our birth may indicate about us and our life
5. Viki’s life experiences with her father, who was an alcoholic, and how she reconnected with him after being estranged from him for 25 years
6. What’s happening in the world in 2025 and how we may be able to find greater community and peace in the midst of chaos

For more information about Viki, please visit her website at https://www.vikiking.com.

Katherine Norland is an actor with 100+ credits, best-selling author with 5 books, a life coach, motivational speaker and filmmaker, mom of 2 boys, and married to her teenage crush. She is also the creator of a faith based confidence course "You are worthy". Her mission is to help people see themselves the way God does so they stop building people's dreams and sabotaging their own in order to step into their calling and live their purpose with courage and confidence.

In our conversation, we talk about:

• Katherine's journey from living in a trailer park to pursuing her dreams in Los Angeles as an actor
• Psychological and spiritual tools people can use to feel more worthy to pursue their dreams
• What leads people to feel a lack of self-worth and how they can move past that
• Her faith based confidence course, "You are worthy"

For more information about Katherine and to receive her free faith-based confidence course, "You Are Worthy" you can visit:

http://freegiftfromcoachkat.com

Christina Williams is a seasoned entrepreneur, bestselling author, and IFBB Professional bodybuilder with a Master's degree in Nutrition. Known for her resilience and reinvention, Christina has overcome significant challenges to build a life focused on wellness, personal growth, and helping others reach their full potential. She's the creator of the Serenity Sphere, a powerful tool designed to help individuals find balance and purpose. She is also an international DJ known as Femme Fatale, a fitness model, a former military service member, and a loving wife and mother. She has been a trusted coach to senior leaders for: The Bachelor, YouTube, Walmart, CNN, Ironman, Grammy Awards, Good Morning America, and Google. Christina’s mission is to empower others to make room for what matters most in life.

I recently had the chance to talk to Christina about her life journey, work as a life coach, and new book "The 28 Day Runway: Your Pathway to The Healthy Lifestyle of Your Dreams"

In our conversation, we talk about the following:

• Christina’s personal story of overcoming childhood trauma and how that shaped her mission to help others
• How she transitioned from the military and 15-year corporate career to become a life coach
• Fundamental health tips & strategies from her book "The 28 Day Runway”, including how she helps people by addressing family, cultural, physical, emotional, and spiritual factors that may be affecting their ability to achieve their goals
• How she uses her personalized assessment “The Serenity Sphere” to help others uncover the Root Causes of Health Imbalances and find more balance in their life
• How you can connect to your higher calling and purpose through curiosity

Christina not only “talks the talk”, but she “walks the walk” and has an authentic desire to help others that comes from her heart.

For more information on her life coaching and book, you can visit Christina’s website at https://imaginewhaticanbe.com/.

She offers visitors the following resources for free at her website:

1. You can take the Serenity Sphere Assessment and Discover What’s Truly Holding You Back.

This is more than a quick checkup—it's a deep dive into the core areas of your life: health, mindset, relationships, and purpose. Identify imbalances, uncover the root causes, and begin a transformative journey toward lasting harmony and fulfillment.

2. FREE Meal Plan Resource from her book “The 28 Day Runway”

Lisa Faremouth Weber is a graduate of Northwestern University and Loyola Marymount University's Masters of Yoga Studies program, is an advanced Yoga Therapist, and is a certified yoga teacher at the 500plus level.  She opened Heaven Meets Earth Yoga Studio in 2005 and has traveled internationally leading workshops and teacher trainings.  She is a certified Chakradance Facilitator, Reiki Master, Shiatsu, and Sacred Lomi Lomi Healing Bodyworker.  Lisa sits on several non-profit boards.  She produced the 30-minute documentary film “The Future of Yoga: Your Pathway to Happiness" which is featured on Kino MacGregors OMStars online yoga channel.

I recently had a chance to talk to Lisa about the following:

1. How she transitioned from working in the corporate world to running her own yoga studio for the past 20 years
2. How she managed financial, spiritual, and psychological challenges of running a yoga studio
3. The type of energy that 2025 will bring and practices you can integrate into your life to respond to that energy
4. Daily routines to create more health, happiness, and spiritual connection in your life, especially if you are an empath and/or highly sensitive person
5. The yoga of money, relationships, and business and creating abundance and prosperity while living in integrity

Lisa is also offering “The Artist’s Way” 12-Month process:

A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, “The Artist's Way” 12-Month Process uses the book “The Artist's Way” written by Julia Cameron and the method outlined in the book as a way for creative recovery. In their meet-up group they will focus on a chapter of the book each month and include a meditation or movement practice to awaken and uplift the spirit. Lisa and other facilitators will hold you accountable for doing your morning pages and weekly artist dates. Together they will do the assignments listed in each chapter. They may also include meditation, yoga and other creative exercises. This is the process Lisa engaged in before opening Heaven Meets Earth Yoga Studio and she is excited to share it with you. The group process will provide support for discovering what is your bliss and what lights your heart up, what is your purpose, how to get out of your own way, manage the artistic roadblocks. Heal and move forward in creative recovery.

It is not just for artists, but for anyone seeking to grow personally, professionally, or spiritually, including business owners, writers, filmmakers, or any spiritual seeker.

Meetings are usually the last Sunday of each month from 2:30 to 4:00 PM starting January 26 and ending December 14.

You can participate in person or via Zoom from anywhere in the world!

For more information visit the following website:

https://www.heavenmeetsearthyoga.com/

Jill Kempner served as a massage therapist and yoga teacher for 20 years before becoming an Angel Coach. As an Angel Coach, Jill helps her clients heal physical pain by receiving angel love through relaxation. Jill is the author of her debut book, "Receiving from Your Angels: Four Practices to Heal your Pain with Angel Love."

I recently had the chance to talk to Jill about her work as an Angel Coach and her new book, "Receiving from your Angels"

In our conversation, we talk about the following:

• How she used psychotherapy, spirituality, and energy work to overcome a dark night of the soul and trauma related to her father being murdered when she was 11 years old
• How she communicates and works with Angels to help others overcome emotional and physical pain
• Specific tools and practices from her book "Receiving from Your Angles" to help you relax your body and mind to connect with your team of Angels
• How your past lives may be affecting your current conditions and techniques to work through your karma
• Examples from Jill of challenging clients she has worked with and also stories of clients overcoming their emotional and physical pain

Jill has also graciously offered to provide a one on one Angel Breakthrough Conversation with you via Zoom for free to help you learn what your Angels may be communicating to you. If you would like to apply for your Angel Breakthrough Conversation with Jill, you can visit:

https://angeljill44.wufoo.com/forms/zx3qcg81gh35px/

For more information, please visit her website at:

https://www.jillkempnerhealing.com/

Corey Lyon Folsom is a highly regarded love & relationship coach and the author of “Soul Statements: A Love Coach's Guide to Successful Communication”.

Corey’s award-winning book, “Soul Statements”, is a practical guide full of simple, yet potent tools for making small shifts that produce outsized benefits in life and love.

As a certified NLP practitioner and relationship coach, he helps people increase the soulfulness, clarity and ease with which they experience life.

Corey's passionate about helping people expand their empathy and communication skills.

After a spiritual soul-awakening in 2009, Corey participated in Ipsalu, Source School of Tantra Yoga, Love Coach Academy, Tony Robbins and other programs. He has also been a professional tracker, aboriginal skills instructor, wilderness guide for newly sober people and a vision quest leader.

He enjoys daily movement and is the father of two adult sons.

I recently had the chance to talk to Corey about his journey and work. We discussed the following:

• What is a Soul Statement and why it is different from an affirmation
• Specific Soul Statements you can use to improve inner clarity, communication, and connection with partners, family, and friends
• How his life experiences helped shaped his interest in becoming a relationship coach
• How Soul Statements help busy people improve their self-care
• Examples of self-care activities that can help you stay more connected to yourself and others
• How his work has been influenced by his tantra background and tantric practices that can help you slow down and be more present
• Reconciling sexuality with spirituality

For more information about Corey Lyon Folsom, “Soul Statements: A Love Coach's Guide to Successful Communication”, and his relationship coaching please visit https://corerelationship.com/ 

Dawson Church is a best-selling science writer and author of the upcoming book Spiritual Intelligence: Activating the 4 Circuits of the Awakened Brain. I recently had the chance to talk to him about the following topics:

• What spiritual intelligence is and how we can tap into it
• Specific meditation techniques you can use to enhance feelings of bliss and spiritual oneness
• Scientific studies demonstrating positive effects of meditation on our physical, mental and spiritual health
• His work with the Veterans Stress Solution and how he uses EFT, energy, and meditation techniques to help Veterans and other people with PTSD reduce their symptoms of PTSD including nightmares, intrusive thoughts, hypervigilance, and increased arousal
• How to respond if you are experiencing a toxic work environment or abusive relationship

Dawson also generously shared that you can receive a Complimentary EFT Mini-Manual and BONUS Immunity EcoMeditation at www.DawsonGift.com. For more information on Dawson, please visit his website at https://dawsonchurch.com

Brent Webb is an acclaimed mind power expert and personal development leader, and has headlined his own programs at hotels, resorts, casinos, cruise ships, and colleges, and has created seminars and training programs for Fortune 500 corporations including Google, Ford Motor Company, Nabisco, and Hilton Hotels.

Brent has worked with superstars like Joan Rivers, Chaka Khan, Sia, Dionne Warwick, Dolly Parton, and Kenny Rogers, and has appeared twice at The White House.

He teaches people how to understand the hidden abilities they posses to do more, be more, and have more in every area of their life, from finances to relationships, it all starts with the mindset.

For more than two decades, Webb has focused his entire agenda around helping people create lives of prosperity, rewarding relationships, and spiritual awareness, and is internationally known for his inspirational and motivational style.

Brent has used his own knowledge of human potential and the mind to beat anxiety, drinking, drugs, cancer, and create a multi-million dollar brand.

I recently had a chance to talk to Brent. We talked about the following:

1. How to overcome anxiety using the following A-B-C technique:
   A) Awareness of the critical voice in head, where it came from, and a tangible tool to help you move past it
   B) How to change your Beliefs about yourself, others, and the world
   C) How to increase your Connection to your Self or Spirit
2. The Meditation technique you can use by counting to 20 to increase focus, connection to Self, and create space to help you consciously choose how to respond to stressful situations and your triggers
3. How to be less judgmental and more gentle of yourself when it seems like you aren’t making progress
4. How to manifest in a way that serves the highest good and leads to greater happiness

Brent packs about 10 hours worth of actionable steps into our 50 minute conversation and integrates some of the most useful psychological and spiritual tools. For more on Brent, you can visit www.BrentWebb.com, www.BrentsGroup.com. He also has a free meditation starter kit you can access by visiting: www.MeditationMiniCourse.com.

Lisa Faremouth Weber is a graduate of Northwestern University and Loyola Marymount University's Masters of Yoga Studies program, an advanced Yoga Therapist, and is a certified yoga teacher at the 500plus level.  She opened Heaven Meets Earth Yoga Studio in 2005 and has traveled internationally leading workshops and teacher trainings.  She is a certified Chakradance Facilitator, Reiki Master, Shiatsu, and Sacred Lomi Lomi Healing Bodyworker.  Lisa sits on several non-profit boards.  She produced the 30-minute documentary film The Future of Yoga: Your Pathway to Happiness which is featured on Kino MacGregor's OMStars online yoga channel.

 I recently had the chance to talk to Lisa about the following:

• Her story of opening Heaven Meets Earth Yoga in 2005. She also shared with me the spiritual, emotional, and financial practices she used to keep it open for the past 19 years, including during COVID when many other Yoga Studios were shutting down.
• How she aligned with her soul’s purpose and dharma and practical tips for how you can align with your soul’s purpose through your family ancestry and unique capabilities.
• How Lisa’s personal practice helped her overcome childhood trauma, an eating disorder and cope with grief
• How the Artist Way Process has been part of her spiritual recovery
• Examples of Yoga Sutras and how she has used them in her life
• What it means to her to have a relationship with God

Lisa also talked about why she made her 30 minute documentary film The Future of Yoga: Your Pathway to Happiness, which features real life stories of people who have incorporated yoga into their daily lives. Lisa has graciously made the film available for us to watch for free. There are two options to watch the film.

1. You can watch it on Vimeo at:
   https://vimeo.com/306320412
2. You can watch it on OmStars Online Yoga Channel at:
   https://omstars.com/ and use her affiliate code OMSTARSLISA
   This option gives a new member a free month of access to all the content on OmStars including her film plus my other programs including her Radiant Restorative Yoga series, meditations and more.

Martin Sutton is a multi-platinum award winning hit songwriter and record producer with songs released in over 50 countries around the world. His credits include Backstreet Boys, LeAnn Rimes, Celine Dion, Lulu, Olivia Newton-John, Gary Barlow, Sir Cliff Richard, Mike & The Mechanics, and multiple X-Factor and The Voice winners around the world. His debut as an author saw his inspirational spiritual book “Conversations With Nishu: Unexpected answers about life, time and death” become an Amazon #1 best seller in the first week of release.

Conversations With Nishu is an inspiring guide to finding peace, overcoming anxiety and depression, uncovering hope in the face of loss, and igniting the infinite power in returning to the children we used to be.

I recently had a chance to talk to him about Conversations with Nishu. We talk about the following ideas:

• What happens after we die and how can reduce our fear of death
• The nature of time and how to live in the present moment
• How to reconnect with our childlike joy and innocence
• Martin’s commitment to living an authentic life by following his dreams and writing his book
• How people in the music business reacted to Martin’s book

For more information about Martin and Conversations with Nishu you can visit his website at:

https://martinsutton.com/

Practicing the Yoga Sutras by Carroll Ann Friedmann combines clear explanations of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with prompts for personal discovery and reflection. The concise instructions and explanations offered by the Yoga Sutras are still powerful and exceedingly valuable for moving toward peace and knowledge of the Self. Practicing the Yoga Sutras also offers space for personal reflections and self-study notes.

I recently had the chance to talk to Carroll Ann about her book and practical ways to apply its teachings and The Yoga Sutras to your daily life. She shares insights about specific group of sutras including samyama, abhyasa, and Vairagya and how they can influence our attitudes and behaviors. She also talks about her background as the owner and yoga teacher at Ashtanga Yoga Charlottesville and the Ivy Yoga School.

I have had my own personal yoga practice now for close to 11 years and found her insights about yoga and the Yoga Sutras to be practical, ways to enhance my own yoga practice, and deepen my connection to my spiritual Self. One of my favorite parts of the conversation with Carroll Ann is talking about how to deepen your own yoga practices by focusing on the spiritual aspects of yoga. She provides clear explanations of how yoga not only affects us physically, but also on a spiritual and emotional level too.

For more information you can visit her website at:
https://www.practicingtheyogasutras.com

Growing up in a Jewish home in war-stricken Israel, Yosi Amram received early exposure to religious fundamentalism, war, and trauma that came from them. Now, Dr. Amram is a licensed clinical psychologist, a CEO leadership coach, author, and a pioneering researcher in the field of Spiritual Intelligence.

I recently had the chance to talk to Yosi about his life experiences, research, advice for business owners and employees who would like to implement his insights on spiritual intelligence into their life and work, and his book “Spiritually Intelligent Leadership: How to Inspire by Being Inspired”. In our conversation, we talk about the following:

• What spiritual intelligence is and how it differs from and complements emotional intelligence
• How you can implement principles of spiritual intelligence into your work if you are unhappy, stressed, or considering a career change
• How leaders can use principles of spiritual intelligence to make positive changes in their organization and challenge unhelpful bureaucratic procedures
• How his background in the military, CEO, and Harvard MBA helped influence his teachings and practices on leadership
• How to start and run a business that implements principles of spiritually intelligent leadership

Yosi not only talks about how you can incorporate principles into your spiritual life; but also your work and professional life to make changes on an individual and organizational level.

We also spend some time talking about how to implement these principles to international war, including the current conflict between Israel and Hamas based on what he learned in the Israel military. 

Donald Harold Young was successful business leader, living the American dream, but a very unhappy person. Something was missing from his life. So, he chased what he thought would make him happy: reputation, physical desires, and everything the material world has to offer. However, Don reinvented himself, his heart and his life in his 50s after he surrendered himself to God and to Love. Then, his whole being became
filled with a deep sense of peace and gratitude after years of unhappiness and selfishness.

I recently had the chance to interview Donald about his life and upcoming memoir, Finding God in Vegas: Reimagining the American Dream.

In our conversation Donald talks about:

• His journey from a material life marketing pharmaceuticals focused on worldly success to a more spiritual life
• His decision to pursue his passion instead of money
• How he is able to trust in God throughout his journey
• How his sexuality as a gay man affected his journey and advice for other people who may be struggling with their sexuality
• Suggestions for other people who want to reinvent themselves and follow their passions
• How he believes his purpose is to creating more love; and meaningful actions he has taken to do that such as volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for the Eighth Judicial District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Donald was very authentic and honest about how his journey from being focused on material success to a more spiritual life has filled him with greater peace and freedom. However, he also shares that he experiences anxiety and doubt about trusting in God. One of the most profound and practical insights Donald shared with me is that it is okay and normal to trust in God even if we are still feeling doubts and anxiety. He also shares his daily practices and helpful beliefs for dealing with his anxiety and doubts. 

Conversation includes:

• Why we were created and why we are here on Earth
• Major obstructions to finding Truth and how we can overcome those obstructions
• How we can perceive conflict, division, and natural disasters
• How to sharpen your intuition to gain insight for making decisions in everyday life experiences
• How occurrences in nature and everyday lives reveal wisdom and orderliness of creation

Listen to Dr. Matthew Welsh J.D., Ph.D (Spiritual Media Blog) and Stephen Paul Chong, M.Ed. (https://www.stephenchong.com.au/) as they discuss the majesty of the ‘Laws of Heaven and Earth’ .

These (15) Laws of Heaven and Earth were serendipitously discovered embedded in the text of Stephen’s book, The Afterlife, a Journey to: Now You Know What Will Happen and are presented to us as a gift from the heavenly realms.

Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD, is a retired clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst, a businessman, and shamanic practitioner, author, and a philanthropist, funding over 60 charities and more than 850 past and current Greer Scholars. He has taught at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago and been on staff at the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being. He received his PhD from Columbia University and was on their faculty teaching finance and management in their graduate school of business. He is also the author of a memoir: The Necktie and The Jaguar: A Memoir to Help You Change Your Story and Find Fulfillment in Your Life.

In our conversation, we talk about the following:

• Why and how he switched careers as the president of an oil and gas company to become a clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst, and shamanic practitioner.
• What synchronicity is and how you can create more of it in your life.
• His work as a shamanic practitioner and how you can use shamanic practices in your life to connect with your Spirit and create a vision for your life.
• How you can find meaning and guidance in your dreams.
• How to avoid burnout, compassion fatigue, and stay motivated.
• What your mythopoetic self is and how you can connect to it through nature.

During our interview, I actually lost connection with him over Zoom about 18 minutes into the conversation. After about 10 minutes we eventually reconnected, regained connection, and restarted the conversation. Carl looked for the deeper meaning in that experience and remarked, “Life throws us curves and sometimes we can’t overcome them. But sometimes we hang in there and things change.” This is a good life lesson that comes across throughout our conversation and during his memoir: The Necktie and The Jaguar: A Memoir to Help You Change Your Story and Find Fulfillment in Your Life. For more information please visit http://www.carlgreer.com/

Dr. & Master Zhi Gang Sha is an international spiritual teacher, Tao Grandmaster, world-renowned healer, and 11 New York Times bestselling author. He is one of the leading voices today in combining modern science with alternative medicine, alternative wellbeing practices, and spirituality.

In a time of real global upheaval, Master Sha organized a very ambitious online summit with some of the world’s finest thinkers (including none other than Deepak Chopra) to discuss the need for spirituality, consciousness, and the ability to self-heal, in order to create happiness in today’s climate.

The ambitious inaugural science and spirituality online summit, titled Tapping The Source, took place Saturday July 16 featured speakers such as Deepak Chopra, Ervin Lazlo, Master Sha, and quantum physicist Dr. Rulin Xiu.

In our interview, I had a chance to talk to Master Sha about this conference. Additionally, he shared his wisdom on the following topics:

• Dr. Sha’s work on quantum healing and how that can help you heal yourself
• The vertical between science and spirituality
• The Law of Shen Qi Jing and how the soul leads the heart, the heart leads the mind and energy leads the matter
• Dr. Sha believes that when we all have positive information messages and energy, life flows and we can transform our lives physically, mentally, emotionally, and spirituality.
• Specific tools and resources to help create this positive information messages, including a live performance of a healing chant, a reading from his latest book Tao Calligraphy, and a demonstration on creating and using calligraphy to create wealth and happiness.

Dr. Sha has an Instagram Live show with Queen Diambi of The Democratic Republic of Congo every Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ET where he shares a healing. He also has many services, programs, and books, including his latest book, Tao Calligraphy, all available at his website at https://drsha.com. 

Duncan Cryle is Senior Director at a global software company with over 25000 employees where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program. He was previously one of the pioneers of IBM's mindfulness community. He is founding member of Clear Sky Center in British Columbia, Canada, and is co-executive director there. He co-teaches Clear Sky's Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential mindfulness-in-action program.

Karen McAllister is founder of the Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race. She is a founding member of Clear Sky Meditation Center in British Columbia, Canada. She has been Director of Fund Development since 2008 & Board Chair from 2014 to present. She co-teaches Clear Sky's Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money.

In our conversation we discuss the following:

• What is mindfulness and how people can apply it to their lives
• What are common challenges to integrating mindfulness into our daily busy and chaotic live
• Duncan and Karen's personal and profession journey of integrating mindfulness into their daily lives
• What is Clear Sky Center
• Duncan's role in in his software company and how he teaches mindfulness to other employees at his company
• Karen's work as a mindful money coach
• What is a mindful approach to money and finances
• Why it is important to bring awareness and healing into our relationship with money

For more information, you can find  Duncan Cryle and Karen McAllister on LinkedIn. 

Mandi Freger is a professional counselor, consultant, and author of the upcoming book From Exhausted to Energized: The Autism Spectrum Disorder Caregiver’s Guide. Mandi is not your typical counselor.  Being in a rare position of gaining experience early on with the first generation of Energy Psychology leaders in the field, Mandi has over 20 years of experience making her a master in the art of using energy therapeutic techniques with her clients.

Mandi’s counseling approach is truly individualized, typically blending energy therapeutic techniques and principals of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) to treat a rainbow of issues including but not limited to: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) through the lifespan, peak performance, general fatigue, anxiety, depression, trauma, cognitive disorders and managing pain. Her upcoming book From Exhausted to Energized supplies rapid relief tools that are the perfect solution for ASD caregivers! It is the first book to illustrate what hasn’t been talked about – the psychoenergetic dynamics that cause and sustain the emotional, mental, and physical drain on family members and guardians. Freger further provides readers with quick energy psychology tools that address trauma, anxiety, depression, and burnout. In our conversation, Mandi shares with me:

• Why traditional stress management strategies for ASD caregivers don’t always work and why her techniques do
• Specific Energy Psychology breathing techniques caregivers can use to help them manage stress
• How she combines Energy Psychology and Applied Behavioral Analysis in her counseling and consulting work
• How to better communicate and understand people who have ASD
• How she works as a peak performance consultant to help people maintain mind-body wellness and increase performance

For more information on Mandi, you can visit her website at: https://mandifreger.com/

Karen V. Johnson is the author of Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss. In 2014, her twenty-seven-year-old son, Ben died of a heroin overdose. She shares on her website: “it never occurred to me to see grief as a journey of transformation, or to find the blessings in the grieving process, or about allowing myself to grow into the state of living with grief. I had to figure it out by myself. It was a lonely path of self-discovery that was not mainstream and not accepted.” She decided to retire, sell her house, and went on a two-and-a-half year journey that took her all over the world on a search for meaning in her tragic loss. This was especially surprising to others considering she had spent the previous thirty years as a criminal and energy law attorney and administrative law judge in Washington D.C.

During our conversation we talk about the following:

• How she moved from a state of sadness and despair over her son’s death to finding greater meaning and purpose in it
• Her two year journey across the world learning how to use energy medicine and shamanic healing practices
• Specific advice and ceremonies people can use to help them transform their grief
• How people can better manage sadness, guilt, anger, and despair when they are grieving
• How she transitioned from being an administrative law judge to having a deeply fulfilling career as an author, consultant, and energy medicine practitioner
• How you can follow your dreams and create a deeply fulfilling life