The Inspired Being Podcast

The dynamic duo is back in action! In this episode we explore emotional health. Our discussion pulls in generational trauma and gender conditioning, and Liz provides some questions to help ground you in determining if you are emotionally healthy. Our different backgrounds offer quite a contrast in how we've come to our shared definition. Welcome to the full emotional experience of being alive!

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Blessed solstice and welcome to summer everyone!

Today is a magical day in our yearly cycle, as we hit the apex of our journey towards the light (in the northern hemisphere). In this mini episode, I share what shamanism and Chinese Medicine have to say about this shift into the new season, and provide some prompts for you to consider and honor yourself at this point in your journey.

Liz and I will be back next week with another full-length episode - so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, Happy Summer!

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Caring is sharing, right?

We care because we love. We extend our energy to others so they can feel better and have the best life. But there's a toll that caring for others can take on us. It can be a real drain to be constantly giving and caring and supporting. In this episode, we discuss Compassion Fatigue. We cover the dynamics between individuals where this arises, how we can exit ourselves from that pattern, and what arises within when we do. Sometimes the best thing we can do is NOT actively caring and turning the love...

We're back this week with Dawn Aurora Hunt, owner and CEO of Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery, and we get into all the yummy magic of food. We discuss the energy of the food that we eat, how that influences us in our lives, and what we can do to influence that energy. In this grounded and inspired conversation, Dawn and I discuss this power that is accessible to us all, and something that is easy to incorporate into your daily life.

For more information on Dawn:

www.CucinaAurora.com
Facebook @CucinaAuroraFood
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This week I spoke with Charlotte Malin Collins, professional musician and sound healer. Our discussion on sound healing covered the wide range of mind, body, spirit... and beyond! From the basics of physics to what makes a self a self, the power of vibrational medicine is pretty incredible.

For more information on Charlotte:

www.charlottemalincollins.com

https://www.instagram.com/althaea_music/

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Liz Varney rejoins the Inspired Being Podcast this week for a discussion inspired by a meme. We explore what it means to live a peaceful life - are you making the choices you're making because you're healed, or are you simply avoiding what causes you trouble? Liz describes how she advises her clients very differently than she once did, and how choosing comfort can be quite uncomfortable. Dave reframes the question, bringing in the words toxicity and questioning the word "healed."

We're back with a lively back-and-forth, our usual banter, and a reminder of empowerment, choice, and...

This week I spoke with Onatah Stoll, a shiatsu practitioner, yoga instructor, and musician. After grounding what shiatsu is, we discuss healing the earth, and healing our relationship with the earth. If we are able to broaden our perspective to truly see and know that we ARE the earth, that automatically shifts how we relate to her. The Eastern Medicines that we both practice offer a really wonderful window into seeing the connection of within and without.

For more information about Onatah Stoll:

website: https://www.onatahlove.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com...

This week I spoke with Levitie, an incredibly lighthearted being who works as a transformational coach and shamanic breathworker, and we talked about the importance and gifts of being in your body. We are human, after all, and although we have spent much of this podcast talking about topics of mind and spirit, we would be remiss not to dive into all the signals that your body has to share. Levitie and I discuss why we are often so out of touch with our bodies, and what we can do to help return home to ourselves.

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With ample grounded reason, there is much talk about "toxic masculinity" these days. While it is super important to highlight the ways this unhealthy energy has invaded our collective, the question remains - what is the alternative? What is Divine Masculinity, and how do we get there? This week I spoke to Coach and Mentor Brian Jaudon about this very topic. While Brian and I have different origin stories, we align so deeply on the importance of aligning with this already-existing energy and expressing it out into the world.

Website: www.pisgahcoaching.com

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This week I had the sincere pleasure of speaking with Kelly Keyser. While Kelly is a Master Herbalist and Master Aromatherapist, Tarot Reader, Reiki Master, and general Witch at the Edge of Town, her true work lives beyond those modalities, as she calls all her clients to get really deep with themselves. We discuss what that means, why we're conditioned to look outside of ourselves for answers, and how to really, truly come home to yourself and make substantive changes.

You can find Kelly online: 

www.kellykeyser.com

Instagram: @kelly.keyser.oracle

Hello everyone!

As we move from winter to spring, a lot happens energetically. Shamanism and Chinese Medicine offer great perspectives on what is happening in the world during this transition, and understanding their perspectives can be great help to moving gracefully through these next few weeks.

Here is an outline of the Wood Element of Chinese Medicine, and how to work with it, supported by shamanic teachings, through this next stretch of time.

Links referenced in this episode:

Acupuncture Spring Cleaning Package: https://www.lionheartmedicinellc.com/product-page/acupuncture-spring-cleaning-3-session-package

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Liz Varney is back on the Inspired Being Podcast this week! She shares with us where she's been in her journey as a writer, and how what she has learned in that process dovetails so lovely with all the magic she's offered as a therapist and intuitive. We talk about the power of word, and return to some familiar spiritual themes of presence, knowing yourself, and the soul's journey.

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This week I had the sincere pleasure of speaking with Patyon Heogh, who is the program director for The Center for Spirituality in Nature. Though our stories are quite different, we speak the same language of honoring the spiritual dimension of the natural world. We talk about how this exactly the medicine that is needed in the world these days, what it means for two white men to promote this energy, and some simple ways for you to S.I.N.G.

The Center for Spirituality in Nature can be found here:

www.spiritualityinnature.org<...

I was thrilled to have internationally known medium Reverend Kathleen Farris join me this week. We discussed what mediumship is and how it works through her, and the challenges of being aware of and sensitive to both the incarnated human wants and needs and the discarnate spirit wants and needs, and how she manages them. What we discuss follows so naturally what Seana and I spoke about last episode, and is applicable to all of us in our daily lives.

More info on Kathleen:

www.KathleenFarris.com

Facebook: @kathleenfarrismedium

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How do we hold ourselves in Love during these intense times that are screaming non-love? In this conversation, psychotherapist and spiritual coach Seana Zelazo offers beautiful heart-felt wisdom for how connection with the Goddess can guide us back to ourselves, to deep connection, and through the toughest of times.

More information Seana:

www.seanazelazo.com

Instagram : @seanazelazoauthor

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The dream team is back!

Liz rejoins The Inspired Being Podcast this week as we reflect on, well, reflecting. We look back at the past four episodes with our lovely guests, and talk about how giving your life a hindsight review aids in your learning, growth, and expansion of confidence.

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Music credit: Chris Bachman

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Cara Bradley, who is a Reiki Master, crystal energy practitioner, and co-owner of the mineral shop Two Owls Limited. We cover a lot of ground, and our inspired conversation took us to many dimensions of who crystals are and what they do, from geologic forces, ancient civilizations, and modern-day metaphysical shops.

Cara Bradley with Two Owls Limited:
https://www.instagram.com/twoowlslimited
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TwoOwlsLimited
twoowlsltd@gmail.com

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This week on the Inspired Being Podcast I had a lovely conversation with Dr. Steven Farmer. Steven is a psychotherapist, shamanic practitioner, author, and oracle card creator. He is well known in the shamanic community with his focus on communicating with animal spirits, which is what we spoke about today. Enjoy our conversation, which was aided by messages from Blue Jay, Kangaroo, and local first responders.

For more information about Dr. Steven Farmer, his online presence is:
https://drstevenfarmer.com/
https://www.facebook.com/drstevenfarmer/
https://www.instagram.com/drstevendfarmer/

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"I don't think astrology really is something that one believes in. It's something you know or you don't know like French or German." -Alec Sense

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with professional astrologer Alec Senese. I have known Alec for a few years, and I have always liked how well he grounds spiritual information into the day-to-day. I was inspired to have him on the podcast for this exact reason... but I had no idea where the conversation would go organically! We touched on topics including word origins, masculine and feminine energies, and the...

Happy 2025! As we kick off a new year, we kick off a new chapter of the Inspired Being Podcast! While Liz is focusing her energy on her writing projects, Dave will be bringing on other Inspired practitioners to continue the conversations on all things mind, body, and spirit... and beyond!

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Emily Schneider, LMFT. Emily and I discuss the important dynamics between practitioner and client, and how our clients reflect us as practitioners. As a Marriage and Family Therapist, Emily shares more about what that work entails, debunking some...

Being our 50th (!) and final episode of the year, we step back and reflect on the year that was... 2024. We outline where we have been, not just this year, but the past 5 (and 13) years and announce some exciting changes as we aim to streamline what we offer and how we offer it going forward. There are some exciting announcements within...

Liz's initial article on New England Psychologist: https://www.nepsy.com/articles/columnists/stress-tolerance-for-private-practice/

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We continue our conversation about clearing in this week's episode as we talk about clearing your self! We bring our different backgrounds and perspectives to the topic and explore whether things are actually "cleared" or simply readjusted, and some very simple (and free!) things you can do on your own to clear / adjust your own energy if you're feeling off.

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As we enter the holiday season, it is common to have many people in and out of your space, and for you to travel to places which are not your home. In this week's conversation, we discuss what it means to "clear" a space - both to get it ready for you when you visit and for to reset it to you after others leave. Though Dave comes from a stronger background with energy work and Liz from psychology, we "align" our energies to this seasonally-appropriate.

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We've taken the week off from new content... so in the place of a brand new episode, this one from last year's holiday season feels quite apropos as we enter this year's!

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"It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? Shouldn’t I be enjoying it more??"

We all know the holiday season holds a lot of potential for fun. It is also quite common to feel overwhelmed, obligated, pressured and exhausted!

Let us help lighten the load of expectations this season with some ideas and offerings to lead...

We were both simultaneously inspired with the topic for this week's conversation, as we explore what it means to say that your spirituality is nature. With Liz and Dave having grown up in very different environments, how we define our spirituality related to nature is quite different, though the practical elements of communication with nature beings as well as just feeling connected to something larger than yourself is the same. We put a few questions and polls out to you our listeners as well - come join in the discussion with us!

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With many of us in the United States feeling like we have experienced a huge setback as a country, the concept of “resiliency” has been very present in our sessions lately. What makes someone resilient to life’s hardships? Is this a natural and innate force, or is resiliency something you need to work at developing? Whether resiliency is fixed and found, cultivated or grown, we ultimately marvel at the mind-blowing power of love and our hearts’ determination to continue to seek loving connections.

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We are spiritual beings having a human experience, and the Inspired Being Podcast aims, in part, to include a grounded spiritual perspective into our everyday life. Yet spirituality can have a dark side, as anything else, from whitewashing experiences, denying our own feelings, to outright manipulation and abuse. We shine a light on how spirituality can go bad and things that can be done to ensure a healthy, full, autonomous exploration.

Resources mentioned in the episode:
https://www.seeksafely.org/about-us/our-story/
https://www.snapnetwork.org/
https://screamintothevoid.com/

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Happy Halloween!
We are offering our episode a day early this week to come out on Liz's favorite holiday, the Hallowed Eve. We spent all our time last week focusing on the veil between worlds, so this week we discuss a smattering of Halloween superstitions, including black cats, spiders, masks and costumes, and much much more. What if the Grim Reaper has gotten a really bad rap?

Special thanks to Sunmark for doing all the research: https://www.sunmark.org/connect/sunmark-360/spooky-halloween-superstitions

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Welcome to the first of our two-part spooky season episodes! This time of year is rich with the magic and mystery, and as is commonly mentioned, the "veil" thins. We discuss what the veil is, what it means for it to thin (including wondering if if ever thickens), and how to approach this season with grounded curiosity and a sense of potential and creativity.

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At the heart of therapy and personal growth resides our belief systems. Formed when we're young and vulnerable, it is common for many of us not to question these until we're offered a call back to "reality," while others of us are routinely on the lookout for new information. In this listener-suggested topic, we explore how our beliefs shape our lives.

Referenced in the episode: Growth and Fixed Mindsets https://fs.blog/carol-dweck-mindset/

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Where do you find your motivation to try something new, to change, or to simply keep progressing? With the New England autumn upon us, we have found many of our clients preparing for a long, dark, dragging winter that is leaving them feeling unmotivated. In order to find what motivates you - and keeps you motivated - Liz proposes it's important to find your "why." With a little psychology and a brush up on the Stages of Change, we explore the concept of ambivalence and how it often is a sneaky factor in why we do not stay motivated...

As a follow-up to our conversation on Love Languages, we discuss what it means to receive good things. We have both worked with clients who have had difficulty accepting in new things for a few reasons. We explore a few of those, and discuss that to welcome in some things, we have to be willing to let other things go. 

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It's nice to listen to a podcast where someone else has picked the topic - no additional "mental load" required. Continuing in the flow of episodes with a focus on relationships, we explore the relational aspects of who takes on the burden of planning, organizing, and leading. From group projects in school to picking movies for a night with friends to family relationships, let us take the lead in this conversation on what helps partnerships truly thrive.

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While the Five Love Languages has been part of our cultural understanding for over 30 years, what does it mean to give and receive love in various ways? We explore the depth of communication versus more surface-level platitudes, as Liz shares what makes her inner alert siren go off, and Dave has an aha moment. We think you will LOVE this episode, as well as the new project Liz teases...

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As Liz so clearly put in last week's chat that we all have a need to be witnessed for who we are, and the only way to really do that is to open ourselves up to being vulnerable. There can be such intense fear around opening ourselves up to being hurt, as the dictionary puts it, so how do we face this and overcome it? What's on the other side of being exposed? Dave offers himself up as an embodiment of vulnerability in this episode, and Liz shares about doing therapy as a teenager at Taco Bell and guides...

Did you feel satisfied with our conversation last week? Did we leave you wanting more? We felt there was much more to explore, so we both wanted AND needed to continue it. This time around, we explore applying wants and needs within relationships. Who in your life leaves you wanting more? Who can you be just fine without? We explore these questions and much more in Part 2.

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You may need to listen to this episode (or maybe you just want to) to help you determine what your wants and needs are!
Depending on how you were raised and during which generation, you may not fully be in touch with your needs beyond those for basic survival - food, shelter, water, clothing. In this episode, we work through Maslow's hierarchy of needs to start to go to the "next level" of wants and needs.
If you are not fighting for your survival, then you are afforded the right to think about what you want to...

Do you live from your head - or do you live from your heart? Finding a balance between these two energy centers can be a challenge - especially when your brain thinks it always knows best and your heart wants to be protected from hurt! Might we suggest bringing in a third energy to help you out? Give a listen to see “who” we think can help out with the head and heart conundrum.

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This episode drops just in time-ish for you to take full advantage of the last weeks of summer! But, what is time anyway? Is it just a made up construct to help us keep the trains from crashing into each other... or is it there to remind us to live more spiritually and fully? Recorded on 8-8-8, we dive into the concept of Time. In what Dave initially thought would be a "beyond" episode, Liz brings down to ground floor with her reflections on the struggles her clients have with time, including the pressure to live fully now...

We're back! Have you been waiting expectantly for our next episode? We hope that doesn't create stress or strain when you hear what we cover. We delve into the world of expectations in this episode, and how they can set us up for all sorts of mental and emotional anguish. Is there ever a healthy use of them?

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Music credit: Chris Bachman