Grief With Grace Lori Latimer

This episode has been brewing inside of me for several months, and it's finally time to release it.

They say the only thing constant in life is change, and that's certainly been my experience. In this episode, I share the journey of the Grief With Grace Podcast, and why it's time to bring it to completion.

Did I just say that? Yes, I did. It's very tender and bittersweet, and yet to ignore the guidance of my Soul would be in direct opposition to what I believe and know, and the messages I've shared over the past 4 years.

However, that does not mean this is the end of the podcast! Not at all. It means that it's time for it to grow and evolve, just like we do. Our creations are living, breathing energies - just like we are.

In this episode I share why the podcast is changing, why it can be so difficult to complete something like this, as well as what's next.

On the eve of the New Moon in Taurus, I invite you to look at what's ready to come to completion in your life, and then set intentions on the New Moon for things you'd like to create and manifest in your life around all the Taurus themes like beauty, material comfort, being more grounded, and sensuality.

If you'd like to schedule a Karmic Soul Profile reading with me, click here. I have a few spots open for May and June.

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While ending Grief With Grace is truly bittersweet, I'm so excited to birth the new podcast and share it with you! Stay tuned ✨
I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. 
Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

I have a fabulous guest on today’s episode. I connected with Vanja Banks through my karmic astrology mentor and past guest on the podcast, Vika Bradford. As Vanja says, she’s a healer who brings the cosmos down to Earth. (Be sure to read to the bottom because Vanja is offering my listeners some very generous discounts on her products and services 💖)
I had a very unique astrology reading with Vanja that we talk about on the episode. It was so insightful that I knew I wanted to share her and her gifts with all of you. Vanja is a beautiful example of looking at what we loved In childhood or our early years and finding our purpose and passion so we can live them throughout our lives. In this episode we covered a variety of topics, including:

✨ Bridging physical and emotional healing
✨ Where she looked for connection and spirituality in her early life
✨ What led to her love of plants and astrology (you’ll love this combination and what she’s created from it!)
✨ How she connected with her inner child and did the healing work she didn’t know she needed
✨ How learning to live by the Moon helped her heal imbalances in her life
✨ What a progressed Moon is and how it affects us
✨ What our Moon sign represents and how we can use that information on our healing journey
✨ Using herbal tea as a self-care and healing tool - even in a bath!
✨ Where to look to create rituals to help you heal
✨ Using the four elements for healing (my workshop, Illuminate Your Healing Codes will show you which elements you’re designed to work with)
✨ Examples of rituals you can easily incorporate into your life to help you heal
✨ Using the phases of the Moon on your healing journey (there are apps you can use to track this so you don’t need to know how to look it up!)
✨ How Vanja creates Astro Reiki experiences specific to each client - this is fascinating and very unique!
✨ The insights I had in the Soul Map reading I had with Vanja
✨ Why we are not victims of life and life’s circumstances and how astrology can help empower us to make more informed choices
Vanja is a Trauma-Informed Spiritual Astrologer, Reiki (Level 2) Practitioner, 200hr Yoga Teacher, and Herbalist, operating on the belief that everything is energy.
She applies her learned experience & wisdom to restore energetic harmony and promote holistic healing by helping others cultivate a deep connection to their authentic Self.
Having grown up in war-torn Yugoslavia and immigrating to Canada at the age of 10, Vanja's path has been one of unlearning & healing trauma to find her way back to her authenticity, power, and passions.
As a generational cycle breaker, healer and teacher, she works intimately with clients & shares her wisdom through courses to help them reclaim lost parts of themselves, step into their power, and follow their own path, free of societal conditioning and familial patterns.

Connect with Vanja on her website or on Instagram

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I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. 
Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

If you've ever looked at your birth chart, it can be overwhelming with all the symbols, colors, and lines! And yet, everything on it has deep significance for us, including when we're on a healing journey.

I've talked in many episodes about the Full Moons and New Moons in various signs. I've talked about the planets in various signs. But there's another layer that's specific to each person, and that's the areas of life represented by the astrological Houses.

As always, I make this understandable and relatable for you. Each House represents a different area of life, and each one tells us something about ourselves based on the sign that's in the House, as well as the planets and other placements in each House, if any.

If you'd like to schedule your Karmic Soul Reading, you can click here.
I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. 
Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

You are in for a real treat with today's guest, Stephen Panus. He's a husband, father, bereaved father, and so much more. He wrote an amazing book that comes out on April 16, 2024, "Walk On." This is not your typical story of child loss. Stephen shares bits of his son, Jake's, tragic passing in August 2020, but he also weaves in the story of how he's keeping Jake's legacy alive as well as incredible quotes and spirituality in a way that is very unique. This book isn't only for bereaved parents. This book is for everyone on the journey of life because there is wisdom and nuggets for everyone.

In our conversation, we talked about a lot of the quotes and inspiration in the book, and so much more.


The dual meaning of "Walk On"How Stephen moved from survival to finding meaning after his son's passingThe first time he felt joy after Jake's passingHow Stephen is helping to pass the baton to other young men and women in Jake's honorVarious signs he's received from Jake (some of these are very unique!)How he was inspired by the life of Viktor FranklThe qualities we need to source from within when we go through life-changing experiencesHow finding Gratitude, Grit and Grace helped him on his healing pathThe concept of "Vigilant Mercy" and how it impacted his marriageHow he found his purpose after Jake's passingThe difference in how he and his wife have grieved Jake's passing
Stephen's book will be featured as Good Morning America's "Buzz Pick" on Saturday, April 20th!  I highly encourage you to get a copy of "Walk On." You can thank me later 😊

You can connect with Stephen on his website or on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. 
Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

Are you ready? We're on the brink of one of the biggest cosmic events of the year, the Total New Moon Solar Eclipse in Aries. It offers so many possibilities, and in this episode I highlight the many gifts this fated event is bringing to us.
Why this New Moon Solar Eclipse brings even more new possibilities than other New MoonsWhat we're being asked to look at during this EclipseWhy this is such a big cosmic wake up call for us here on EarthHow complacency has become an epidemic in society - and how this Eclipse might shake us out of itWhere you might be looking that's keeping you from moving forward on your Soul's journeyThe karmic points this Eclipse is aligned withHow Mercury Retrograde is supporting us during this pivotal timeThe energies that Aries is bringing to this EclipseWhy I don't set intentions on a New Moon Solar Eclipse
There's so much available during this time! I also got a little emotional and vulnerable at one point which isn't easy for me, but the conversation called for it - and I decided not to edit it out.

I also gave you many questions to sit with and journal on during this Eclipse. Whether you're in the path of the Eclipse or not, the energies will be felt around the globe.
I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. 
Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!

It's time for the 2nd Quarter Energy Forecast, and we have some potent energy coming our way! Listen in to learn what to expect energetically, and how to use the energies of the second quarter of 2024 on your healing journey.

✨ When we'll experience the first Retrograde of 2024
✨ What Retrogrades really mean, and how we can use them in our healing
✨ The expansion, liberation, and awakening we can look forward to in May
✨ The part we play in the cosmic energies
✨ Which planet is changing signs in May that will bring more lighthearted and playful energies to us
✨ Some harmonious combinations that will be in play
✨ Two other retrogrades we have coming in May and June
✨ Several questions for contemplation and journaling to assist you in working with all these beautiful energies
If you'd like a Karmic Soul Alignment reading to receive more personalized guidance, you can schedule yours here.
I invite you to join me for the virtual 2024 Illumination Circle on January 25, 2024 where I'll guide you through a process to reflect on and release 2023, and create a map for the 2024 experiences your Soul desires. Click here to save your spot in our gathering. 
Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!