Resolutions pile up; intentions land softly. We open the year with a calming, guided meditation designed to help you set one clear, heartfelt intention and actually feel it take root. Instead of hustling into dozens of goals, we slow down together, breathe with intention, and ground in until your nervous system settles and the mind grows quiet enough to listen.

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When life demands armor, choosing softness can feel radical. We guide a calm, precise journey that starts with breath, then travels head to toe using brief, controlled muscle tension followed by full release. That simple rhythm—tighten on the inhale, soften on the exhale—teaches the nervous system what safety feels like and shows the mind how to return to the present without force.
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The mind loves to sprint while the body asks to slow down. We bridge that gap with a concise, soothing practice built around a two-word mantra and steady breathwork, designed to help you return to the only place you can actually live in—this present moment.

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If the holidays have you overwhelmed, stressed, and screaming silently inside - your not a grinch, you just need a breath. Try this quick mindfulness practice to reset your nervous system so you can be fully present for those magical holiday moments.

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Drop in for a quick 5 minute guided mindfulness moment to slow that monkey mind and reconnect to your body. You'll feel amazing after this, we promise!

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A single session set a bold challenge: make your voice available and your people will find you. That moment sparked a season of conversations and a growing community of spiritually gritty, physically resilient listeners who show up with curiosity and courage. To close out season one, we sit down with Priestess Yeshe Meryemana Matthews Robles—teacher, pilgrimage leader, and longtime student of mystery traditions—to explore how science, spirit, and strength converge on the sacred road.

We trace her annual pilgrimages through Greece’s oracular sites—Eleusis, Delphi, Dodoni—and unravel what “embodied history” looks like when you’re rolling bones at night and climbing to caves at dawn. Yeshi shares a slow travel framework that replaces checklist tourism with two or three perfect moments a day, so the place can imprint on your senses and your story. We dig into inclusive design for travelers of all abilities, practical flight and jet lag protocols (compression socks, movement cadence, hydration), and simple nutrition strategies that honor local food while protecting recovery.

From there, the conversation moves inward. We talk energetic hygiene on the road—pocket altars, mindful dress, grounding stones—and the stance she calls “friendship with humanity,” a way of showing up that respects culture and softens ego. Yeshi offers a timely, deeply compassionate guide to ancestor season: recognizing subtle signs, helping spirits who feel stuck after sudden death or dementia, and naming unacknowledged losses that echo through families. She shows how dedicating physical practice—those walks, squats, and steady breaths—to lineage repair can shift patterns forward and back.

If you’re craving a synthesis of training and transcendence, this finale delivers: a clear path to stronger bodies, steadier hearts, and a kinder, more present way to move through the world. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs this, and leave a review to help more seekers find the tribe.

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What if three minutes could change your day—and then your life? We welcome Unplug founder Suze Yalof Schwartz to trace the surprising journey from high-speed fashion editor to architect of a global, modern meditation movement. Suze shares the exact three-minute breathing exercise that snapped her out of panic, the moment she realized meditation needed a makeover, and how “simplify, simplify… simplify” became the design principle behind the first drop-in meditation studio and the Unplug app.

We dig into the science and the strategy: why thoughts drive feelings, how belief audits help you unsubscribe from inherited narratives, and why ten minutes a day—less than one percent of your time—can rewire stress responses and sharpen focus. Suze explains the habit architecture that makes practice stick: wake-and-meditate routines, guided “me time,” gratitude prompts, streaks, challenges, and rewards that deliver a double dopamine hit. We also cover the Unplug Meditation book’s breakdown of methods and research, the growth of corporate wellness programs that convert skeptics on Zoom, and the 40-day teacher training that turns personal insight into a skill you can share.

Expect practical takeaways you can use today: a three-step starter practice, myth-busting for “I can’t stop thinking,” and ways to choose the right style—mantra, breath, visualization, or sound—to meet your mood. Whether you’re anxious, over-scheduled, or just curious, this conversation shows how modern, accessible meditation fits real life without robes, jargon, or long retreats.

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We sit down with Laura Hoorweg—international intuitive coach, spiritual counselor, and psychic medium—to map how awe becomes practice, and how practice becomes healing that lasts.

Laura shares how a three-decade career in high-pressure media unraveled within months of her partner’s passing, sending her on a healing circuit through Brazil, the Peruvian jungle, and into therapeutic yoga.

We get practical about intuition and mediumship. Along the way, we talk quantum-curious science, the integration of divine feminine and masculine, and the simple gateways anyone can use.

If you’re craving grounded spirituality, tools that actually help, and a compassionate push back toward your own inner knowing, this conversation offers a clear path. Subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help more listeners find the show.

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