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Join host Wilma Mae in the premiere episode of The Healing H.A.C.K. Podcast for an intimate conversation with filmmaker, writer, and director Shani Pride about finding purpose, spiritual practice, and the transformative power of manifestation.

In this deeply personal episode, Shani shares her journey from actor to award-winning storyteller, revealing how she discovered her true calling during the COVID-19 pandemic. After years performing in front of the camera, she made the courageous transition to writing and directing, a shift that Sundance Film Institute recognized and nurtured. Now, she's creating impactful stories that blend social consciousness with compelling narrative, including a feature film shooting in Italy and a television series set in Brooklyn.

What You'll Discover:

Spiritual Practices for Modern Life: Shani opens up about her daily rituals, including meditation, crystal work, and mantra practice. Learn how she uses stillness as a tool for creativity and peace, and why meditation doesn't have to be intimidating. It can happen anywhere, anytime.

The Art of Manifestation: Hear powerful manifestation stories, including Wilma's unique sigil-making practice that helped a friend land his dream CEO position. Shani shares how she's been manifesting since high school, using vision boards and intentional practices to create the life she envisioned, from getting into UCLA and USC to manifesting her current film projects.

Purpose-Driven Creativity: Discover why Shani calls herself an "impact-driven storyteller" and how she harnesses media to enlighten, inspire, and provoke thought. She discusses her upcoming projects, including a film described as "Eat Pray Love meets Erin Brockovich" and "Brownsville Redemption," a series about a teenage piano prodigy navigating survival and creativity.

Self-Care Without Guilt: Both Wilma and Shani, self-described "reformed workaholics," share why self-care isn't indulgent. It's essential. From playing with puppies during the pandemic to establishing boundaries around work hours, they discuss practical ways to prevent burnout while staying productive.

Spiritual Toolkit Building: Explore diverse practices including Buddhist philosophy, crystal healing, healing card decks (like Matt Khan's healing mantras), and the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. Shani shares how traveling to spiritual centers in India, Bali, and Mexico has shaped her practice.

The Power of Specificity: Learn why being specific in manifestation work is crucial, and why many women struggle to articulate what they truly want for themselves (versus what they want for others).

Conscious Media Consumption: Understand how the stories we consume, from news to social media to film, profoundly affect our spiritual and emotional wellbeing, and why choosing "puppy dogs and rainbows" content isn't frivolous. It's self-preservation.

This conversation is perfect for anyone seeking to build their own spiritual toolkit, creatives looking to align their work with purpose, or anyone curious about manifestation, meditation, and living authentically. Whether you're just beginning your spiritual journey or deepening existing practices, Shani's wisdom and Wilma's insights offer practical guidance for navigating a demanding world with grace.

Keywords: manifestation techniques, spiritual practices, meditation for beginners, purpose-driven life, creative spirituality, self-care for entrepreneurs, crystal healing, mantra practice, vision board manifestation, filmmaker journey, conscious living, spiritual toolkit, min

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MY JOURNEY TO SPIRITUAL HEALTH

Welcome to the first episode of The Healing H.A.C.K. Podcast. I'm Wilma Mae Basta, and this is my story.

Fifteen years ago, I hit rock bottom—severely depressed and hospitalized for six weeks in London. That breakdown became my breakthrough. I share how I rebuilt my life by creating a spiritual toolkit, and how you can build yours too.

IN THIS EPISODE:

0:00 Welcome & What H.A.C.K. Stands For
0:45 Who I Am - Founder of Sordoe
4:00 Growing Up in a Mystery School
6:30 Building a Life in London
8:46 The Breaking Point - Hospitalization & Depression
11:20 Rebuilding Through Alternative Healing
14:52 My Three-Point Daily Check-In (Expectations, Boundaries, Self-Love)
18:52 A Year and a Day - Life Transformation
19:58 Life Today - Healed Relationships
20:46 Using My Toolkit in Crisis (Recent Fire)
23:35 DRK Beauty Healing Nonprofit
24:35 Why This Podcast Exists
25:45 What's Coming Next

RESOURCES:

• Pema Chödrön (Buddhist teacher)
• The Hoffman Process: https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org
• Life Alignment: https://www.lifealignment.com

CONNECT:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thehealinghack
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sordoerituals
Sordoe: https://instagram.com/sordoeofficial

H.A.C.K. = Healing, Abundance, Connection, Knowledge

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Unprocessed trauma and maladaptive coping mechanisms can often leave us operating in survival mode, without us even realizing that we are living in a state of constant fear and anxiety. This week marks the final episode in our series, and we have a truly remarkable guest to bookmark the end of this first chapter. Regina Louise is the best-selling author of several books, including her incredible memoir Somebody’s Someone, and Permission Granted: Kick-Ass Strategies to Bootstrap Your Way to Unconditional Self-Love. Her devastating experiences in the foster care system as a child led her to become a children’s advocate and shaped her deep knowledge of healing and self-love. Regina speaks about her healing journey with immense wisdom and generously shares the context of her painful upbringing. We delve into the prevalence of imposter syndrome among women of color and ruminate on the role that radical self-love has to play in freeing one’s self from the judgment of others. Our conversation also covers the weight of intergenerational trauma, its disproportionate effect on women of color, and what it means to be “adultified” at a disturbingly young age. Join us today for a beautiful conversation on the universality of suffering, the healing journey, and what it means to choose to live life in a sublime state of awareness.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing today’s guest Regina Louise.
• How Regina is choosing to live her life with an elevated sense of awareness.
• The Hoffman method and other supportive interventions for healing and embodying our higher selves.
• The prevalence of imposter syndrome among women of color and how learning to love yourself can address it.
• How the Hoffman method facilitated Wilma May’s journey to self-love.
• Regina’s devastating experience of being raised in the same foster home in which her biological mother was trafficked.
• The disproportionate presence and impact of intergenerational trauma on women of color.
• A special quote from Anais Nin on taking the risk to bloom and how it manifested in Regina’s life.
• Regina’s healing journey and a beautiful and vulnerable description of where she currently places herself.
• What it means for Regina to depart from living in a constant state of survival.
• The damaging effects of being “adultified” as a young child.
• How Wilma Mae challenged her preconceived notions around healing to allow herself access to practitioners who understand suffering.
• The concept of the wounded healer and why Regina identifies so strongly with it.
• A reading of the Anais Nin poem that played a pivotal role in Regina’s healing.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Regina Louise

The Hoffman Institute

The Red Book

Somebody’s Someone

Someone Has Led This Child to Believe: A Memoir

DRK BEAUTY

DRK BEAUTY Healing

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