Stop Trying to Be Spiritual

Laila Taylor
  • 5.0 (19)
  • Religion & Spirituality
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The Stop Trying to Be spiritual podcast is the show that makes spirituality practical for everyone so that healing, expanding consciousness, & connecting with Spirit is authentic and unique as you are. Taking complex topics and breaking them down, so you can stop "trying" to be spiritual and start BE-coming who you are meant to be. Join me each week as I do solo cast & invite in thought leaders to encourage, teach, and share relatable stories on the spiritual journey.

  1. 1d ago

    Ep. 112- Why Your Spirit Guides Aren’t Telling You What to Do

    If your spirit guides are here to help, why won’t they just tell you what to do? I’ve wanted that too. Tell me which choice to make. Tell me it’s going to work. Give me the whole picture so I can stop questioning myself. In this episode, we’re talking about what your spirit guides are actually here to do, why expecting a complete plan can leave you feeling let down, and how to ask questions that help you understand yourself and your choices more clearly. I share how this showed up when I left nursing to do spiritual work full time, and how I’ve leaned on guidance through family grief without knowing how everything would unfold. You can be supported and still be the one who decides. If you’re ready to understand how your intuition speaks and build your own connection with your spirit guides, explore my mentorship and one-on-one sessions. More info HERE: www.lailataylor.com

  2. Sep 29

    Ep. 111- How I Healed My Fear of Being Tricked by Spirit

    What if the energy you’re afraid of isn’t actually attacking you? One of the biggest fears I see during a spiritual awakening is: What if I’m being deceived? What if I’m connecting to something bad? What if I can’t trust what I’m receiving? I understand that fear because I lived it. For years, I experienced energy through the lens of fear. I saw things that terrified me, questioned whether I could trust my guides, and constantly felt like I needed to protect myself. Until my guides taught me to look beyond what I was seeing. In this episode, I’m sharing how my beliefs were shaping the way I experienced energy, what finally changed those experiences for me, and why constantly trying to protect yourself can actually make it harder to trust your spiritual connection. We’ll talk about religious programming, scary spiritual imagery, shadow energy, self-trust, sovereignty, and how to become curious about what an experience is actually trying to show you. Because developing your intuition isn’t about becoming more afraid of the unseen. It’s about knowing yourself deeply enough that fear no longer gets to decide what everything means. Work 1:1 with me at- www.lailataylor.com

  3. Sep 22

    Ep. 110- Why Your Spirit Guides May Show Up Differently Than You Expect

    Your spirit guides know where you struggle to trust yourself. They know when you’re likely to dismiss something as your imagination, convince yourself you wanted to see it, or stop receiving before the message has fully unfolded. Recently, one of my clients connected with three of her spirit guides for the first time. But when we brought in her main guide, he appeared one way to her and completely differently to me. It looked like we were receiving conflicting information. We weren’t. Her guide was intentionally showing each of us something different because he knew exactly what she needed to finally trust that the connection was real. In this episode, I’m sharing what happened and what it reveals about the way your own guides may communicate with you, including: Why a guide may change the way they appear How your guides work with your individual doubt Why their appearance is often symbolic How to recognize the energetic signature of different guides Your guides are already communicating with you. The real work is learning how your energy receives them and trusting what comes through. This is the work I help you do inside AWAKEN and my one-on-one mentorship. We don’t just talk about spirit guides. I help you understand exactly how your intuition flows, connect with your guides directly, and develop a relationship with Spirit that you can trust. Find the ways to work with me here: -Sessions and mentorship: www.lailataylor.com -Awaken: AWAKENJULY2025

  4. Sep 15

    Ep. 109- Being an Empath Can Block Your Intuition—Receive Clearer Messages by Doing This

    Empaths are often some of the most intuitive people, but their ability to feel energy can also make their intuitive guidance harder to understand. You may feel someone’s emotions, notice sensations in your body, see a color, or experience waves of energy and assume that is the intuitive message. But the feeling itself is not always the message. Sometimes, it is simply the knock on the door letting you know there is something there to explore. In this episode, I explain the difference between empathically absorbing energy and receiving actual intuitive guidance. I also share why you need to understand your own energetic signature before you can clearly recognize your intuition, your spirit guides, or someone else’s energy. We talk about: How empathic abilities can blur your intuitive messages Why feeling energy does not always mean it contains guidance What I mean when I call empathic sensations “door knockers” How to recognize your own energetic signature Why some intuitive people receive messages randomly but struggle when they intentionally try to connect How I transformed my sensitivity into one of my greatest skills as a spiritual teacher and healer Your sensitivity is not the problem. You may simply need to learn how to clear what is not yours, recognize your own energy, and then open the door to the message underneath the feeling. AWAKEN begins September 21. This four-week live group mentoring experience will help you understand how your intuition uniquely flows, connect with your spirit guides, clear your energy, and confidently break down the messages you receive. Learn more through the link below. AWAKENJULY2025 More offerings on my site- www.lailataylor.com Follow me on IG/TikTok @laila.l.taylor

  5. Sep 8

    Ep. 108- How to Get Better at Receiving Messages From Your Spirit Guides

    What if you are receiving guidance from your spirit guides, but overlooking it because it seems too simple? We often expect Spirit to give us an elaborate message or reveal the entire path ahead. But most guidance comes through one clear truth, one next step or the same message repeated until we finally do something with it. In this episode, I’m breaking down why simple messages can be the most profound, how trust and playfulness strengthen your connection and what to do when the guidance you receive feels vague or incomplete. We’ll talk about: • Why you may be missing the messages your guides are already giving you• The difference between struggling with connection and needing to strengthen the technical side of channeling• How to ask better questions and pull apart a message for deeper clarity• Why taking action on guidance helps you receive more• The role trust, curiosity and even fun play in developing your abilities Your connection does not need to look dramatic to be real. Sometimes the message you keep overlooking is the exact one that can change everything. AWAKEN starts 9/21- Channel your Spirit Guides, Control your own Energy, & Make receiving intuitive guidance a normal part of your life. https://soulwisela.my.canva.site/awaken Follow on IG/TikTok: @laila.l.taylor Work 1:1 with me at: www.lailataylor.com

  6. Sep 1

    Ep. 107- Who Your Spiritual Awakening Is Asking You to Become

    AWAKEN starts 9/21- Channel your Spirit Guides & 4 weeks of live group mentoring: AWAKENJULY2025 Your spiritual awakening isn’t only asking you to open your psychic abilities, receive signs, or connect with your spirit guides. It is asking you to remember who you are. In this episode, I share the deeper purpose behind developing your intuition and why this work is not reserved for people who want to become psychic readers, mediums, or healers. Your intuition is first for you. It helps you understand your energy, hear the parts of yourself you have silenced, recognize what is and isn’t yours, and become someone who no longer abandons herself when life feels uncertain. Because your spiritual awakening isn’t trying to turn you into someone more spiritual. It is leading you back to the truth of who you have always been. Inside this episode: • Why developing your intuition is about more than giving readings• How your beliefs and unhealed wounds filter spiritual guidance• Why knowing yourself is essential to trusting yourself• How energy work can help you stop carrying what isn’t yours• What it means to allow your soul to lead your human life AWAKEN begins September 21. This four-week live experience will help you understand your energy, discover how your intuition uniquely flows, develop your psychic abilities, connect with your spirit guides, and receive guidance you can trust and apply to your life. More info here: AWAKENJULY2025

  7. Aug 26

    Ep. 106- How to Actually Connect With Your Spirit Guides (And Trust What You Receive)

    AWAKEN starts for the 5th co-hort 9/21/26 - https://soulwisela.my.canva.site/awaken Have you ever tried to connect with your spirit guides and wondered if you’re actually receiving guidance or just making it up? In this episode, I’m breaking down what spirit guides actually are, how they communicate with you, why certain guides may feel closer during different seasons of your life, and why struggling to hear them does not mean they’ve abandoned you. I’m also sharing my own experiences of developing a relationship with my guides, including the guide who appeared during a pivotal point in my healing work and the moment my guides told me my nursing department was going to close days before it happened. We’ll also talk about the difference between your higher self and your spirit guides, how to recognize a guide’s unique energetic signature, why your emotional and energetic state affects your ability to receive, and how to ask better questions so you can receive guidance you can actually use. If you want to move beyond simply feeling Spirit and begin building a conscious relationship with your guides where you can receive, understand, and trust what comes through, this episode is for you. Work with me: www.lailataylor.com Join AWAKEN: AWAKENJULY2025

  8. Aug 18

    Ep. 105 — How to Access Your Intuition When You Actually Need It

    You know you're intuitive. You receive random knowings, feelings, images, signs or messages when you're driving, falling asleep or just going about your day. But the second you actually need an answer? Nothing. In this episode, I'm sharing what I worked on with several of my clients recently who were experiencing this exact problem and the techniques I use to help them move from randomly receiving intuition to consciously accessing it. We'll talk about why trying too hard can actually create resistance, how to use your body and energy to become more receptive, why curiosity is one of the most powerful states for intuitive connection, and how to begin recognizing the unique way intuition wants to flow through you. Because you shouldn't have to sit around waiting for your intuition to randomly speak. You can learn how to meet your body, open your energy, move into your heart and receive the guidance that's already available to you. AWAKEN is enrolling for the 5th co-hort September 21st- AWAKENJULY2025 Work 1:1 with me- www.lailataylor.com

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The Stop Trying to Be spiritual podcast is the show that makes spirituality practical for everyone so that healing, expanding consciousness, & connecting with Spirit is authentic and unique as you are. Taking complex topics and breaking them down, so you can stop "trying" to be spiritual and start BE-coming who you are meant to be. Join me each week as I do solo cast & invite in thought leaders to encourage, teach, and share relatable stories on the spiritual journey.

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