Women Seeking Wholeness

Maureen Pelton & Charlie Hartwell are a soul-powered married couple and the creators of ShiftIt Institute, a collaborative effort to ignite expanded states of human consciousness and to inspire human potential and create paradigm shifts at a personal and institutional level. Removing the intensity in relationships Addressing misogyny & unhealed patriarchal/toxic masculine within  Recovering from dogmatic wounding & orthodox programming in partnerships   Find Maureen & Charlie: shiftit.com

Do you have a hard time getting out of people-pleaser mode? In this episode, author & life coach for mature women -and self-proclaimed “feel-good junkie” Julie Scott- discusses how to live your life without the resentment of feeling unfulfilled. Ultimately, you’re the only one holding yourself back! This takes courage. 6 Connection Points to the “Ageless Goddess Within” Are you hungry for food or for LIFE? “I will never again sacrifice my health.”   Find Julie: The Confident Women’s Community on FB   Did you know you can watch this entire interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qWgLOYMKJYg

This one is for those who feel lost, who are in the middle of the darkness and struggle, yet who recognize the power of the “glimmer.” Sometimes all you have is a teeny tiny “glimmer” of hope, somewhere in the deepest recesses of your mind-body. Award-winning author & speaker, Heidi Tucker, and I discuss: What we’ve learned about healing depression What a woman with dissociative identity disorder taught Heidi about wholeness “We’ve got to position our hearts to receive.”   Find Heidi: heiditucker.com  

It is my 26th Wedding Anniversary and boy, have I learned some powerful lessons about marriage the last few years! Jeff and I almost didn’t make it. The truth is, I almost personally didn’t make it. Today, I just wanted to share what I understand to be the BOTTOM LINE to keeping love, fulfillment and joy alive in a marriage.  Spoiler alert: It has all come down to healing my own SELF ABANDONMENT. The 4 Phases of Marriage Alchemizing the “Marriage Within” How can you BE love, in order to be someone’s be-loved?

Have you hit a wall - emotionally/mentally/physically or spiritually? Maybe it’s a “capacity” issue: “the ability to hold, handle and receive every aspect of your life.” Time to create some EXPANSION! Lisa Fabrega is a leadership coach for women who desire to create a deep & lasting impact on the world. She’s helped many, including Academy Award nominees & Nobel Prize candidates.  Focus less on tactics; more on how you see yourself 6 Capacity Plateaus Why we get demotivated Find Lisa: lisafabrega.com

What 2 things open up for a woman when she starts to rise up and create her own income? Voice & Choice. Joining us from Paris, France, Best-Selling Author & Biz Coach Fabienne Fredrickson has 20+ years mentoring women in business & wealth creation – the smart, feminine way. This is a time of great transition; women are stepping onto their soul paths.  “Put Your Ear to Your Heart & Listen Hard!” You can have it all; whatever all means to you Mary Magdalene’s influence in France   Find Fabienne: boldheart.com

Hint: It’s not what you think! The Dark Night of the Soul, “the loving darkness of your mother’s womb” “the space between” The Mystery –it has many names. Author & Feminine Lifestylist Jonita D’souza’s opening line to me was, “I see that we share a similar vision of walking the sacred path of divine feminine evolution.” Indeed! Her work combines the teachings of Indian feminine mysticism & shamanism.  Meeting Your Dark Feminine  What is Womb Awakening? Building “body trust”   Find Jonita: jonitadsouza.com

“Will I have to be in a loveless marriage forever?” This is one of the most devastating questions ever – and there was a time I believed it. So did my guest expert, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Empowered Wife, Laura Doyle. Both of our decades-long marriages nearly ended in divorce because we and our spouses didn’t grasp true feminine – and masculine! – empowerment.  How marriage therapy can backfire He only wants you to be happy! The “spouse-fulfilling prophecy”         Find Laura: lauradoyle.org

This statement of Jesus’, to me, is a mystery/wisdom teaching of the individual identity of I AM, or God/self-realization.  It doesn’t diminish Christ for us to claim this Oneness, this At-One-Ment. Speaker & Best-Selling Author, Jeffery C. Olsen has been on this show before, wherein he shared his Near-Death Experience (Ep 019: The Veil). Here, we took it a step further: The deepest purpose of life Peace with life & ourselves Claiming inner authority with loving awareness   Find Jeff on Facebook & Instagram

What do you need for your spirituality to “work”? Creative gift expression. Chelan Harkin’s recent book of mystical, ecstatic poetry, Susceptible to Light, is a gem. In our discussion, she shares her experience of growing up in the Baha’i faith, and how she bridged an “honest, wholehearted relationship with Spirit”– by expanding her poetic gifts.  Faith transitions drive one to the depths within Receiving “torrential inspiration”  Luminosity, flow & healing from your artforms     IG: @chelanharkin

First of all, I need this the most! How do you bring mind/body/spirit to the workout space? How do you get up the gumption to even WANT to? You may recognize master fitness expert, trainer & creator of Tae Bo Fitness, Billy Blanks. The guy’s a celebrity. He’s helped MILLIONS, thus being dubbed the Godfather of Fitness. Billy’s story & philosophy are uber-inspiring!     The greatest 2 enemies of fitness Why movement must be a top daily priority Creating a mindset that moves you   Find Billy: taebonation.com

…The first episode where I full-on lost it, bawling. I shared a VERY vulnerable story that came rushing out as we began discussing religious body shaming. Holly Toronto is a Master Level Coach specializing in Body Image, Self-Trust & Sovereignty. 3 Steps to Self-Reclamation How body shame keeps us from experiencing the fullness of our humanity & divinity How purity culture can be toxic   Holly’s Free “Return to Wholeness” Journaling Guide  https://mailchi.mp/6adaf207fc0a/rtw-journaling-guide

This is one of my favorite interviews yet! Why is your “mess” magnificent – an actual portal into self-liberation & self-love? How is “mess” an aspect of the Feminine?  Monica Rodgers is a podcast host & creator of The Revelation Project – all about the full actualization of women – and disrupting the “trance states” of comfort and perfection. “I had to lose my life to choose my life.” You must go into the underworld before you can ascend  Why this is The Sophia Century   Find Monica: jointherevelation.com

Do you feel healthy & whole as a sexual being? Is your libido shut down? Learn about the complexities of the powerful sexual force within – and the difference between “cultural roles” & “energetic principles” of conscious femininity. My friend Melisa Keenan is an international Feminine Intimacy Coach, Visionary & Speaker. Owning your INTUITION as a gateway to masculine/feminine harmony Your sexuality is yours (first and foremost). Body as bridge between mind & spirit  Find Melisa: melisakeenan.com

No matter what stage of life you’re in, if you’re female, your hormones are driving HOW YOU FEEL in your body–even in your spirituality. How do you stop the cascade of hormonal shifts?  My fellow podcaster & oils enthusiast, Dr. Mariza Snyder, is a Functional Practitioner & Author of 2 comprehensive books on natural hormone solutions.  Link between silencing our voices & thyroid issues How essential oils create neural “safety signals” What hot flashes are teaching me!   Find Mariza: www.drmariza.com

Aroma has the unique ability to access the brain’s amygdala; the “bridge between the personal and the deeply personal.” Dr. Brian Falk holds a Masters in Chinese Medicine and a Doctorate in Depth Psychology. His doctoral research and book, “Smell Your Reflections,” takes an interdisciplinary approach to the psychology of aroma. The link between psychic imagery & scent Spirit/pneuma/breath’s connection to smell The psychological impact of essential oils   Find Brian: www.UnifiedMedicine.com

Did Mary M – the first to “see” and to “go and tell” – ever get discussed in your Easter lessons at church? My guess is – rarely, if ever. Jamie Walters’s blog is my absolute favorite. Not only is she a deep researcher of the Magdalene, but she focuses on reclaiming ancestral wisdom, restoring our humanity, sacred relationship, and the embodiment of the Divine Feminine.    Mary Magdalene & the Sacred Feminine in our day  Restoring the Holy She “Seek for Her in your heart.” Find Jamie: www.sophias-children.com

There is power in “being in the mystery.” Coming to us from India is my dear friend Nithya Shanti, an internationally acclaimed teacher of joyful & conscious living. He earned an MBA and worked in the corporate world, then left it to live as a forest meditation monk for 6 years. He now shares his deep learnings with audiences worldwide.                “Great faith, great doubt...great everything.”       “If you can’t see God in all, you can’t see God at all.”       Aliveness + Connection as our main goal  Instagram: @nithyashanti

If someone would have told me a couple years ago that I’d be going to another country, by myself, to take a psychedelic plant substance with complete strangers… Yeah, I’d have thought they were nuts. Yet, it ended up being absolutely – profoundly – transformative. Lots of people have been asking me about it, so…gulp, here we go. Ayahuasca as a Feminine plant and “teacher” The emerging field of psychedelic science; changing global consciousness My top 3 life realizations after this sacred journey

Ready for some fascinating history on how women were left out of humanity’s true story? Amy McPhie Allebest is pursuing a Master’s in Liberal Arts from Stanford and hosts the podcast, Breaking Down Patriarchy: An Essential Texts Book Club. How not knowing women’s history aids in our subordination Has there ever been a matriarchal culture? Why “power over” no longer works     Find Amy’s podcast on iTunes Amy’s article, Dear Mormon Man: https://mormondom.com/letter-to-a-mormon-man-8d251aa1f062