In this episode of Practical Shamanism, I dive into what might get in the way of fully living your soul purpose. Inspired by Julia Cameron's playful take on artistic blocks and insights from one of my own teachers, I explore some of the reasons we might feel disconnected from our path. This includes: How we often stay loyal to outdated dreams or pre-incarnation plans, and why it's so powerful to pivot when something no longer feels right. The impact of stress, fatigue, and living in "fight...

In this podcast, I challenge a popular meme that suggests we should be grateful for the present because in 20 years, we'll wish we could return to where we are now. I strongly disagree with this notion. Those who listen to this type of podcast are actively investing in a future where they have greater physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Modern culture bombards us with toxic ideas that chip away at our peace and happiness. Learning to "weed the garden of your mind" is an essential...

In this episode, I explore the concept of psychic protection, especially for those who are energetically sensitive. I share personal experiences and discuss practical strategies to protect one's energy field from unwanted influences. Learn more about how to create energetic boundaries, manage psychic noise, and protect yourself from both subtle and intense energetic disturbances. You can read an article with an overview of this information here:...

Some of the catch phrases like “I deserve” and “I have trouble knowing my worth” can take people further away from the experience they want to have rather than closer. They can turn us towards inner work that won’t produce the results were hoping and, worst case, can bolster a story that we’re entitled to things we’re truly not. In this podcast, I explore some alternate perspectives that I believe will help have more success in having the things that are important to you. The notion of...

In past lives, we tended to place energetic bindings on the oaths and vows we swore.  These could be vows of marriage, chastity, or poverty.  In each case, there were energetic structures put in place to hold us to the vow.  Often those past life promises are disruptive to our contemporary experiences.  So, it’s wise to clear them and free ourselves.  In this podcast I teach more about how this works as well as ways you can be free of this energy- either with help or as a DIY project. Want...

Sometimes people have the false belief that they need to resolve all the pain and trauma of the past before they can make functional choices in the present.  In this podcast, I talk about some focus points to help yourself make a very quick shift or change when a pattern urgently needs to change.  I hope to give you a better map for pathways to healing that don’t have to have a big time lag to getting to a place in your life that is functional and sustainable.  I invite everyone to be in a...

Healthy lifestyle changes can become a complicated and loaded topic.  The amount of information can be overwhelming and it’s easy to feel like what we’re doing is never enough.  In this episode I explore some new perspectives that may help you set your compass for an aligned lifestyle without shame or self-doubt.  I find that when we take care of our physical experience, our spiritual experience is profoundly enhanced.  Having an elegant approach to self-care frees us for the fullest possible...

If you’re hurt and angered by unsolicited criticism, you come by it honestly through human biology.  It activates our instincts.  In the modern world, we navigate so many intrusive opinions about how we live our lives coming from people who aren’t stakeholders in how we do life. Having a well-thought-out personal policy about who is and isn’t invited to give advice, feedback, reflection, or criticism is useful in being able to navigate these situations effectively.  Then we can fast track...

When we raise our vibration (or make our energy brighter), we move through the world more easily.  It improves our direct, in the moment experience as well as helping to manifest things that support us and deflect things that do not.  There are many things we can do to raise our vibration.  Ideally, you want to create a personal list of things that have a high return on investment of results for energy expended.  These things ideally will also be highly accessible on an average Tuesday and be...

When we’re stressed, our minds often ruminate on the past and worry about the future.  When it comes to the future, we tend to imagine that we’ll have the same or less (money, support, health, etc.) to deal with hard things.  Meditation and moving our bodies are great medicine for this.  But, for me, I also cultivate the ability to facilitate my mind into shifting away from overthinking the future.  Creating authentic faith in future me to deal with situations as they arise is something that...

In this episode I talk about creativity and money and where those intersect and where they don’t.  I also share that I’m musing on the future of the podcast.  If this podcast has had value for you, I hope you’ll drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know.  Or tag me on Facebook or Instagram with a comment. I’m celebrating the milestone of over 40,000 unique downloads, which is wonderful!  But I’m not sure if I’m seeing new growth.  I’d be grateful if you’d leave a 5-star...

I recently enjoyed a magical trip through Yellowstone and Wyoming.  I share about my journey and some reflections along the way in this episode.    Want to support my work and be supported by my team of guides?  Check out my membership offer: https://www.patreon.com/practicalshamanism Want more audio content from me? Check out my online academy at https://academy.handsoverheart.com/  Sound editing by Kevin Young.  You can reach him at [email protected] DISCLAIMER: The suggestions...

People often end up limiting their emotional experience to a handful of flavors.  These could be unpleasant ones that they default into and/or favorite ones that they chase.  This approach disconnects us from a lot of the opportunity of the human experience and tends to promote some health challenges along the way. In this podcast I share a bit about a client of mine who had a number of lifetimes experiencing a particular flavor of difficult emotions.  The result was that all of the healing...

Most of us receive little or no training in how to use our psychic and intuitive abilities to effectively support our lives.  The default can be hypervigilance even when we’re enjoying excellent safety.  In this podcast, I talk about how to redirect your third eye to maintain appropriate situation awareness, while mostly scanning for possibilities and ways forward.  This simple redirection will refocus our psychic abilities and help us to create the life we want. Want to support my work and...

Our best qualities can also, if left unsupervised and allowed to run amok, be the qualities that most damage our relationships.  In this podcast I pull from some recent moments in my own life exploring Destined for Doom ways of relating that we may feel are actually likely to create success, no matter how much evidence we have experienced to the contrary.  I explore unsolicited advice, contribution, and arguing with the other person’s truth if you’re not getting what you want in...

I’d like to offer some insight on navigating weight loss with self-compassion.  The less struggle we can bring to lifestyle changes, the more sustainable they become.  As it happens, I wrote up some really cool show notes when I first recorded this, but I’m in the Yellowstone area when this is due for release and my cloud drive didn’t agree with me about making them available as I roam.   So, I’ll let the title and episode mostly speak for themselves. You can get a 35% discount on my full...

Lifestyle changes can be incredibly complicated to implement and sustain.  Giving yourself grace with this complexity and implementing a plan to address this aspect will improve your results.  I talk about lining up the energy around the change we want.  And also, about overcoming the aversion chemistry that seeks to get us to avoid implement things that we know are good for us but our inner cave person thinks threaten our survival.  I hope this helps you find a graceful path forward to a...

We have an aspect of our soul that is the bridge between the human experience and the soul journey.  It’s connected both to the now and the eternal.  We can learn to use our mind to direct our psychic abilities to take counsel with our inner wise one!   For a variety of reasons, sometimes doing something like shamanic journey may not be the optimal way to send our awareness out to talk with our guides. If we’re highly emotional (which we all are at times), we may not have the clarity and...

As a former engineer turned shamanic practitioner, I’m incredibly interested in efficiency and elegance in addressing the question of what will create the most holistically fulfilling life.  In this podcast, I explore some ways to get to clarity on what you want, to screen out the ways our minds lie to us, and to find a sustainable path forward toward that outcome. Want to support my work and be supported by my team of guides?  Check out my membership offer:...

A powerful way to sustain health, vitality and personal happiness is by keeping the fire of your passion for living vibrant and bright. I often work with people who don’t have a death wish, but neither do they have a particular life wish. The lack of a strong vision and intention in this area can create vulnerability to illness and accidents.  Learn about tending and amplifying your life wish! Want to support my work and be supported by my team of guides?  Check out my membership offer:...

In this episode I share about a couple of months that were hard for me.  Sometimes it’s one big thing and other times a number of small things that undermine our well-being and emotional centeredness.  I hope this episode helps you to have compassion for yourself and others when things get tough.  Also, to have a realistic idea about what mindset and meditation can and can’t do to help.  And I hope it gives you some ideas to move yourself along the journey of restoring your well-being when...

I adore traveling and connecting with land magic!  I even wrote a short book with all my best knowledge:  https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Travel-Practical-Shamanism-Vacations-ebook/dp/B00C2LKZE6 In this episode, I share about some of my top travel tips for working with energy and connecting with the land.  Also, some specifics about places like Ireland, Peru, Iceland, New Mexico, Death Valley and more! Want to support my work and be supported by my team of guides?  Check out my membership...

Sometimes we get so wounded by other people’s messiness and unskillful relating or outright bad behavior that we don’t want to engage our hearts with other people going forward.  We can unconsciously (or consciously) create heart armor to avoid future connection.  We can even distort and disrupt our natural, healthy ability to run energetic connection with other humans. I invite you to treat healing heartache and loss as a learnable skill.  Often new possibilities flow into empty spaces...

I had a journey some years ago wherein my guides talked to me about ways I was using my will and magic to stabilize things in my life that had run their course out of a fear of and resistance to change.  They shared ways it was limiting the life I would live and asked me to make a choice about this aspect. In this podcast, I talk about ways to catch when we’re doing this and how our instincts can cause our mind to rationalize remaining committed to an unstainable course of action.  I give...