Tending the Sacred Fire Michael Zade

This episode came from an impromptu conversation with one of my dearest friends, Lilla. Besides being one of the founding members of The Oshun Collective, Lilla also operates a Virtual Assistant business, focusing primarily on growing social media accounts for her clients. She reached out for some spiritual guidance around her business, her desire to be a digital nomad, and the travel she completed earlier this year. Part way in the conversation, Lilla asked if it would be possible to record our session so she could go back and reference it in the future, which I of course agreed to right away. When we were done recording, I asked if I could share a portion of the conversation as a podcast episode, and this is what you will find here.

We talk about being a spiritual entrepreneur, how to find a business that is aligned with your passion and purpose, and how to tap into the everyday synchronicities that have been happening in your life since you were very young, as a way of better understanding what it is you were born into this life to create. We speak briefly on the concept of Akashic Records, what the Akash is, and how understanding the Akash can be of benefit in determining the pattern of not only this life, but every life you have lived in the past, and every life you are still meant to live. We also tie in how the concept of Karma relates to the Akash, and how to use Karma as a way to help determine if you're on the right path.


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I am joined for this episode, which is Season One, Episode Eleven (1.11) by my dearest friend and spiritual guide, Michelle Badagliacca. Michelle is a Reiki Master and Instructor, hosts her own podcast (Soul Over Matter), runs a monthly Women's Circle titled SiSTARhood, and is by far one of my favorite people. She can be found on Instagram as @michelle.the.mystic and I highly recommend you take the time to follow her.

Our conversation today revolves around healing, specifically spiritual healing. We will touch on what spiritual healing is, how we can identify spiritual wounds we may carry, and how we may be able to tell when healing of these invisible wounds is actually taking place. Understanding how to heal our spiritual energies is one of the most important skills we can learn, especially in a highly divisive environment like we are seeing in the world today.


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Today my guest is my good friend, Stephanie, who I've known for about two years now. Stephanie is a licensed yoga instructor and spiritual guide who can be found on Instagram as @divine.cosmic.empress. She also has a YouTube channel and her own podcast (Divine Cosmic Journey) which can be found on Spotify as well as most of the common podcast platforms. 

In this episode, we discuss the concept of Self-Worth: what it is, how we define it, and also how to remove the layers of conditioning placed upon us by our family and society that might keep us from not only discovering our self-worth, but also engaging with our own sense of value in a way that enables creativity and passion to be fully expressed.


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I am joined by two fabulous women for whom I have the utmost admiration and respect for this episode. The first is Bekah Komar (Instagram: @bekahkomar), founder and CEO of The Oshun Collective (http://www.oshuncollective.com) and the second is Dr. Marissa Castello (Instagram: @the.spirited.doctor), who is a naturopathic doctor and the author of Sauced: 21 Irresistible Plant-Based Sauce Recipes to Make Eating Healthy More Pleasurable.

Our conversation today is around attachments, what they are, where they come from, and if there is anything we can be attached to that is positive in nature, or if all attachments carry some form of negative impact for us either in the short term or further down in our lives. We also discuss ways that we can learn to identify and move through attachments, including everything from our daily habits to the attachment we may carry around the subject of mortality and death.

This is a fantastic episode filled with some great questions, amazing suggestions and response, and plenty of humor and laughter throughout. 


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My guest for this episode is Aluna Lua, an entheogen guide and spiritual teacher with a deep history in and knowledge of plant and animal medicine and their uses. She has a wonderful message to share about not only the importance of integration when using these medicines, but also the care and concern we should all embrace as we approach sacred traditions such as these. Lua can be found on her website at http://www.alunalua.com, or on Instagram under @AlunaLua7. She is the founder and guide of a six-month prayer and integration program called the Ascension Academy, which is designed for people who are ready to go deeper into their experience with plant medicine, whether that might be sacred tobacco, cannabis, Kambo, Ayahuasca, or any of the other sacred medicines. Her knowledge and commitment to being a pure container for the expansion of entheogens within the larger spiritual community is admirable and so needed in the community. 


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My guest for this episode is Sarah Bofinger, someone I've known and worked with for nearly a year now. Sarah has an amazing story to share about her journey towards being a swimmer in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. She shares how she used the power of surrender to create and manifest to her even more than she had dreamed was possible, and it all happened the moment she began to follow the precepts of the quote that I discussed in Episode Two, "Until One is Committed". Come join Sarah and I for a fun-filled conversation about how to not only trust that the Universe always has our backs, but also how to embrace the aspect of play as we go about our days manifesting our desires.

Sarah is one of the partners of The Oshun Collective (http://www.oshuncollective.com) where she participates in delivering coaching and self-development services through various courses and other resources designed specifically for spiritual entrepreneurs, coaches and lightworkers to expand their impact and consciousness. She can be reached through Instagram (@mergoddess11) or through her blog (https://mergoddess.wordpress.com). 


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