Out Of The Fog With Karen Hager

Today's guest had the great fortune to work with amazing teachers --- his wonderful, funny, difficult, and loving dogs. They kept him going in times of great stress, fear, and loss. Along the way, he was given opportunities to remember, over and over, how to love. Dogs are healers, Michael Overlie says, and he knows they can help lead you back to your self.   Michael Overlie is a lifelong dog fanatic. He has had a gift of connecting with animals since he was a small child. Dogs have been with him most of his life, giving him gifts and teaching him lessons. His greatest breakthrough was after the death of his brother. While grieving this loss, he was fully awakened to his own potential and the gifts our animals bring to our lives. Now he helps other men awaken to the gifts available to them from their dogs. He has dedicated himself to assisting men and their dogs discover their path to living a life of purpose, being extraordinary. Remembering. This is Michael’s purpose, his mission on this Earth. Michael’s

My guest says that is time to become your own soft spot to land. What if you could stop trying to FIX you and become your own best ally? In today’s episode, Elena Sonnino will share how to form an alliance with intuition and your body to navigate the journey of your life.   Elena Sonnino is a life coach, yin yoga teacher, and author. But what most people say about Elena is that she brings delightful sparks of energy to everything she does. Elena is on a mission to help you transform the walls of survival mode into doors of possibility so that you can step into the spotlight of your life as your most rooted and nourished self. Her work helps you get out of your head and into your body as your source of wisdom, and moves you from beyond shoulds and into delight, one day at a time. At home, Elena enjoys watching the sunrise, tending to her many plants, riding her Peloton bike, and impromptu kitchen dance parties. Learn more about Elena here or by reading her new book, Inhabit Your Joy: A Book of Nudges.

Romance and love addiction are real. You may know someone who is constantly in search of the next “love high” or jumps from one relationship to another. Or they may be consistently drawn to toxic partners who are abusive and manipulative. Sherry Gaba brings deep insight into these patterns, and shares wisdom to help break free of these addictive cycles. Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and life coach who helps people cope with codependency, love addiction, toxic relationships, and mental health issues. Sherry is a single mother and once her daughter was old enough, Sherry returned to school to receive her Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California. As a leading expert on addiction and recovery, Sherry's TV appearances include: Vh1's Celebrity Rehab, CNN, Inside Edition, the Robert Irvine Show and Access Live, E! News, among others. She has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Women's World, the LA Times, Thrive Global, the New York Post, Marriage.com Psychology Today, Zoosk a

Daniel Shapiro shares the reality of the fifteen years he spent living and caring for his wife while single-handedly raising three young children. He often found himself looking for guidance as he struggled to figure out what is right, what is okay, what is wrong, what is just human, and how to bear it all. For anyone who has ever had to deal with the anguish and desperation of an illness, Daniel addresses questions that people living through unspeakable misfortunes may wonder about, but don’t know who to ask. Dan Shapiro is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brain Research Foundation, a foundation that exists to accelerate discoveries of the human brain by funding pioneering neuroscience research. Dan’s three children co-founded the Young Leadership Board in 2016 and have raised more than $260,000 for BRF. Dan is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. A lifelong Chicagoan, he has practiced trial law nationally for many years. He enjoys spending his time reading and hanging out with his gr

Emotions are something we experience. They don’t define us. In this episode, Amanda Hainline talks about how we can shift our emotional state to release stress, anxiety, and sadness. She will share tools we can use to help gain control of our emotions and feel better within five minutes. Fifteen years ago, Amanda Hainline accidentally went from a regular suburban mom to full blown psychic in 30 seconds. To cope with the utter chaos from that experience, she worked with healers and angels to regain her sanity. Along the way she started not only surviving but thriving as a result of her new found gifts, becoming an intuitive, and hands-on healer, working with clients all over the globe. Her new book is Feel Better in Five Minutes: An Empowering Guide to Gain Control Over Your Emotions. Find out more at amandahainline.com.

Today’s guest knows that living in your feminine brings more flow, abundance and fulfillment to life. But what does it mean to invite feminine energy, and to ground our lives in that space? Elé de Posson shares her wisdom about magnetizing our paths to receive more good things. Eléonore de Posson is a spiritual teacher, intuitive business mentor, healer, speaker, and author. She helps women entrepreneurs, leaders and wayshowers run their business and life from their feminine energy so that they can magnetize more wealth, alignment and flow while impacting humanity in their unique way.  Elé’s new book is The Path of Femininity: The 6 Gifts of Your Sovereignty, and she’s the host of the Sacred Roots podcast. Her gifts are depth, wisdom and practical leadership. With these gifts, she leads her clients to have a soul-led business and life. Find out more at eleonoredeposson.com.

Feeling exhausted, confused, and stressed out? This has been another tough year, and we may have survived intense emotions and spiritual pain. The Rev. Earl Johnson joins me to offer guidance on maintaining hope and relationships with people and things that matter, finding comfort during hard times, and entering the new year with hope. As the national spiritual care manager for the American Red Cross, Rev. Earl E. Johnson, recruited, screened, trained, and deployed highly credentialed healthcare chaplains to mass fatality events for ten years. From plane crashes to school shootings, Johnson was part of a team that assessed and planned emotional and spiritual support for the victims and loved ones of these horrific unanticipated events. Johnson has appeared on MSNBC and CNN to advocate for families of those lost in the Malaysian air incident. He lectured at Michigan State, Michigan, and Radford/Virginia Tech disaster preparedness conferences. In the past decade, he coordinated professional spiritual care sup

Listener favorite Dr. Michael Lennox is here with astrological insights for the new year! Join us for a peek into 2022 and get Michael’s take on what to look forward to … and what to be aware of … in the months ahead. Psychologist, Astrologer and Dream Expert, Dr. Michael Lennox has been helping people have a deeper understanding of their unconscious mind for almost twenty-five years.  In workshops, in the media, and for private clientele, Lennox guides people through life’s mysteries with a deep and profound wisdom delivered through a humorous and extemporaneous style that has become his trademark.  He is your ambassador to conscious embodiment.  His #redrobeastrology reports on Instagram reach thousands of people every day. A highly sought-after media expert, Dr. Lennox has appeared on many television shows.  His radio and podcast appearances talking about the power of dreams and the impact of astrology now number in the hundreds. He hosts his own podcast, Conscious Embodiment: Astrology and Dreams with D

2021 brought unexpected challenges and changes to all of us. Kathy and Karen are no exception. In this interview, Kathy and I share some of our personal experiences with disruptive change over the last year. You’ll also hear our take on how realizing what’s really important can shift perspective and shine a light on whether we’re operating from fear or with love. Kathy Henry is a marketing consultant and copywriter, community volunteer and leader. TO her surprise, she is the mother of two adults (from a chronological perspective at least). In 2016 she co-founded Open Peaceful Heart with Karen Hager, a community dedicated to bringing more peace and love into our daily lives so it can ripple out into the world. Learn more at openpeacefulheart.com. 

Want to know why new year’s intentions fail—often before January is even over? Want to start off 2022 maximizing the chances for fulfilling your dreams? Dr. Alice Chan joins me to share the secrets of living your best life in the new year! Dr. Alice Chan is an author, executive and life coach, speaker, and teacher of conscious living principles. She works in the intersection of neuroscience and spirituality, particularly helping clients access their full-body intelligence and innate wisdom. Alice holds a doctorate in Communication Arts and Sciences-Mass Media and certifications in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; the Enneagram; and various coaching programs, including Miracle-Minded Coaching with Marianne Williamson.  Find out more at https://dralicechan.com.

Karen brews a strong cup of tea and answers listener questions in this special year-end episode. Who knows what will fall out of the mailbag? Tune in to hear her musings on intuitive development, abundance, connecting with guides … and whatever else comes up. Karen Hager is an intuitive guide, psychic channel, frantic knitter, inveterate puzzler, and hosts the Out of the Fog podcast. She connects with more than 1200 people each year for private intuitive sessions. Karen has taught intuitive development for more than a decade, with a focus on empowering students to connect with their unique gifts and find their own intuitive voice. Find out more about Karen and her work at karenhager.com.

Living in a house with funky energy? Have you found yourself wondering whether it is haunted? Amy Dempster, host of the Earth Keepers podcast, shares wisdom about how we can reclaim our power in places with paranormal activity, and how we can clear and protect our own personal energetic fields as well. Amy Dempster helps in understanding the healing power of the earth. What began as openly sharing her spiritual journey on her popular blog Following Hawks, has become a resource for others wanting to learn how to communicate with nature and share their own unique healing gifts with the earth. Together with the Spirits of the Land in the mountains of northwest Montana, she tends seven portals on the land where she lives, along with any grid keeping work she is assigned. She also leads the Earth Tenders Academy, an immersive online journey to help others re-establish their connection with their ancient ancestors, learn to communicate with the seen and unseen forces in their environment and respectfully offer t

Nightmares can shake us out of sleep and mirror our real-life worries. Dream interpreter Stase Michaels will talk about how to handle bad dreams, and give us tools for deciphering their meaning. We’ll also look at how we might keep daily anxieties from becoming invasive bad dreams. Stase Michaels has three degrees in psychology, and a lifetime of experience in writing and dream analysis. She’s taught college courses in psychology and dream interpretation, and has done a great deal of research on nightmares, including writing two theses. Stase suggests medical researchers, scientists, and inventors can harness dreams as a powerful source of practical insights for sought-after breakthroughs. She’s the author of eight dream books, including the best-sellers A Little Bit of Dreams and Nightmares: The Dark Side of Dreaming. Her newest book is a true crime novel called Justice Plays Roulette. Find out more at interpretadream.com. 

Are you highly sensitive? Empathetic? Empathic? An empath? Accepting and embodying your empathic nature is an intentional path towards balance and belonging to yourself. Signe Myers Hovem demystifies empathic receptivity, believing that it is not a “gift” or “power” but a feature of one’s sensory perception and intuition, an ability that allows us to live in extended communication with nature and humanity. Signe Myers Hovem has created homes on five continents over twenty years, raised four uniquely sensitive children, pursued a special education lawsuit appealed to the US Supreme Court, volunteered in a hospice in Texas and an orphanage in Azerbaijan, worked as a spiritual counselor in Houston Texas, and taught workshops and trainings in the art of being an empath and the power of language in many countries around the world. She splits her time between Boulder, Colorado, and Oslo, Norway. Her new book is The Space In Between: An Empath's Field Guide.

Medical intuition is not a gift limited to only a few. My guest today says that you are already wired to tap into medical intuition, and so is everyone else! Tina Zion says that learning to understand ourselves this way will sharpen our intuition and change our lives.   Tina Zion is a fourth-generation intuitive medium, educator, and is considered an expert in medical intuition. She is the author of three award-winning medical intuitive books: Become a Medical Intuitive; Advanced Medical Intuition; and her newest book, Be Your Own Medical Intuitive. Tina is also the author of The Reiki Teacher’s Manual and Reiki and Your Intuition. Tina’s books are sold in more than 40 countries and have been #1 in Canada and Australia. She teaches in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Europe, Canada, Mexico and throughout the USA. Tina is a contributing author in Michael Newton’s book, Memories of the Afterlife. Tina has taught self-development courses for 30 years and specifically has specialized in medical intuition for more t

Intuition is a naturally occurring gift. Chanda Parkinson will show us how we can safely explore, grow and understand our intuition … all from the privacy and comfort of our home. Join us for practical, meaningful ways to connect more closely with your psychic abilities. Chanda Parkinson utilizes her spiritual gifts, tarot, and astrology to support others through transitions in life with clarity and deep compassion. No stranger to introversion, Chanda seeks to live in the grey matter of life, leaving lots of room for exploring the playground of her own mind, and the rich, wild, sometimes animated thoughts that drive her creativity on the daily. As the author of Meditations for Psychic Development: Practical Exercises to Awaken Your Sixth Sense, Chanda is fiercely committed to mentoring others in the discovery of their own spiritual gifts. Find out more at chandaparkinson.com.

Today’s guest knows firsthand that intuition and love are central to healing, and to navigating any of life’s challenges. After a 20-year journey through Environmental Illness, Maryanne began to teach and help others. She’ll share simple, powerful tools to help listeners access their own healing power in their lives. Maryanne Sea, MSW, discovered the power of intuition in healing as she was recovering from severe Environmental Illness. She introduced Intuition in Healing courses to nurses, doctors and other health professionals at many Australian hospitals, and also taught at four Australian universities. Maryanne has been a frequent guest on Australian radio shows and has appeared in documentaries/news features with ABC (USA), BBC (UK) and ABC (Australia). Her Mindbody Healing Intuitive Transformation sessions help people who feel there is something that they can’t access that is playing a part in their being sick or struggling in some way. Maryanne’s newest book is Love is the Healer. 

Sometimes it takes a catastrophic event to wake us up. We’re diagnosed with a life-changing illness, end a long-term relationship, unexpectedly get laid off, or face an event that utterly upends life as we know it. We all encounter these turning points, so how shall we face them? Radha Ruparell shares wisdom about how we can rise with courage through tough times and use those lessons to unlock our greatest selves. Radha Ruparell is a global cross-sector leader with expertise in leadership development and personal transformation. She has worked with CEOs, Fortune 500 senior executives, social entrepreneurs, and grassroots leaders around the world, Radha heads the Collective Leadership Accelerator at Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations in 60 countries committed to developing leadership in classrooms and communities to ensure all children fulfill their potential. She holds a dual master’s degree from Harvard University and is the author of the Amazon top seller Brave Now: Rise Through S

Can you create more joy and meaning in your career, even if you don’t love your job? Beverly Jones says you have more power than you realize and that you can start to make changes right away. Tune in to hear practical strategies to help you find more satisfaction and success on the job and in your life. Beverly Jones works with leaders to spark engagement and productivity in their teams, and helps professionals to thrive in their careers. Her clients include leaders and professionals in businesses, universities, and government agencies. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University. Bev writes and speaks about issues related to leadership, collaboration, professional growth, strategy, and well-being: Her new book, Find Your Happy at Work, is a guide to finding joy, meaning and success at work, and at the same time motivating your team. Her book on career resilience, Think Like an Entrepreneur, Act Like a CEO, is available around the world. Her NPR

Anxiety can rob us of joy, pull us out of the present moment … and it is exhausting. My guest today is Wendy Tamis Robbins, and even as her life looked perfect and high-achieving on the outside … anxiety and panic attacks were increasingly limiting her life. She’ll share how we can free ourselves from the prison of anxiety through self-compassion and the hard work of introspection. Wendy got herself free, and she says you can too. Wendy Tamis Robbins, author of The Box: An Invitation to Freedom from Anxiety, is a lawyer by day, writer by night, and a “professional panic attacker.” Despite near-crippling anxiety, she worked her way through Dartmouth College and law school before, in her 30s, she set her mind to overcoming the anxiety and panic attacks that increasingly limited her life. For the past 20 years she has worked in corporate finance, creating and preserving affordable housing and lending to underserved communities.