Brave Conversation Club

Brave Conversation Club

Are you tired of playing small and waiting for a version of yourself that feels out of reach? Welcome to the Brave Conversation Club. Join Anna & Katie in a sanctuary for the honest, unfiltered conversation on topics we usually avoid. From the weight of grief and complex relationships to the deep shifts of spiritual growth, we help you move through the haze and find your voice. Expect warmth, humour, and practical tools to help stop being a guest in your own life and start taking your seat at the table. Bravery isn't about the absence of fear; it's choosing to speak anyway. Welcome home.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    How to trust your intuition and find your purpose (even when life feels stuck)

    In this episode, we share what it really means to discover and embrace your spiritual gifts when everyone’s mediumship and healing journey is different. We explore joy, intuitive guidance, synchronicities and what it looks like to live a purposeful life after years of conditioning and disconnecting from the body. We share personal stories about navigating early spiritual experiences, spirit communication, inspired messages, and the courage it takes to trust what you know within. In this episode, we cover: Recognising and trusting intuition: how to distinguish your quiet inner knowing from mental noise, fear, and self‑doubt.The role of synchronicities: how subtle signs and moments of alignment reveal your next right step.Embracing spiritual gifts: understanding that everyone’s experience of intuitive perception, mediumship, and healing is completely unique.The power of intention and service: how setting pure intentions aligns your frequency and opens clear communication.Understanding soul continuity: looking beyond physical distractions to reconnect with the deeper essence of who you are.Reclaiming physical feeling: how conditioning and modern distractions numb us, and how to reconnect to authentic joy. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re ignoring your intuition, searching for your purpose, or missing the signs around you, especially as you explore mediumship and spiritual gifts, this conversation offers a grounded starting point. Make sure to follow the show here to never miss a new episode. Topics covered: life purpose, intuition, spiritual awakening, mediumship, psychic abilities, synchronicities, spiritual gifts, healing, joy, self-awareness, intention, inner knowing, burnout, and personal transformation. #LifePurpose #TrustYourIntuition #SpiritualAwakening #Mediumship #Synchronicities #BraveConversationClub

    How to trust your intuition and find your purpose (even when life feels stuck)
  2. Sep 29

    The power of the pause | external validation, Somatic healing & finding your true north

    Why is it so easy to trust everyone else's opinion, but almost impossible to trust your own gut? In this episode of the Brave Conversation Club, we look at what happens when life forces you to stop, step back, and strip away the need for external validation. When you walk away from the corporate grind or face an unexpected shift, the hardest part is often sitting in the quiet that follows. We talk about the discomfort of the pause, why we rush to stay busy just to feel worthy, and how somatic healing and breathwork can help release the grief and tension we carry in our bodies. We also share a trance mediumship perspective on shifting from external approval to inner truth, alongside a reading of the channelled verse "True North". In this episode, we cover: - The validation trap: Why seeking approval outside yourself stops you from hearing your own intuition. - The magic of the pause: How uncertainty and stillness act as a full nervous system reset. - Somatic healing in real life: How the body holds onto trauma and grief, and how breathwork releases it. - Divine timing over striving: Why forcing outcomes holds you back from real peace. - True North: A channelled verse on life, mortality, and finding your soul's direction through the simple act of breathing. If you are navigating a career shift, feeling stuck in a holding pattern, or trying to learn how to just be with yourself, this conversation is for you. Topics covered: intuition, inner knowing, life purpose, spiritual gifts, mediumship, spiritual healing, synchronicities, spirit communication, inspired messages, stillness, intention, service, spiritual awakening, purposeful living and continuity of life. #Mediumship #SpiritualGifts #TrustYourIntuition #LifePurpose #Synchronicities #SpiritualAwakening #BraveConversationClub

    The power of the pause | external validation, Somatic healing & finding your true north
  3. Sep 16

    Navigating sudden life transitions, lost identity and mental health

    What happens when life strips away the corporate armour, the titles, and the scripts you relied on to survive? In this unscripted transmission of the Brave Conversation Club, Anna and Katie pull up a chair for an honest, vulnerable exploration of forced transitions, identity loss, and emotional unravelling. From Anna leaving three decades of corporate security to walk alongside her mother’s end-of-life journey, to Katie facing redundancy, prolonged physical recovery, and the weight of unwanted labels, this conversation dives deep into the messy middle of life. Together, they break the silence surrounding youth mental health, surviving depression, and the life-saving power of speaking your raw truth when the darkness creeps in. Mental health support notice: This transmission contains raw discussions around severe depression, grief, and past suicide attempts. If you are carrying heavy weight today, please know you do not have to hold it alone: New Zealand: Call or text 1737 anytime for free, confidential support from a trained counsellor.International: Please reach out to your local helpline, support network, or healthcare provider.The world is not a better place without you. Key transmissions: Shedding the corporate armour: Moving through sudden redundancy, career exits, and the terrifying disorientation of losing your professional identity. Reclaiming feeling from somatic numbness: How high-performance environments push us into high-functioning freeze, and the somatic work required to feel again.Human discernment vs. AI agreement: Why automated sycophancy is dangerous, and why true self-knowledge is the only way to discern what is real.Sitting in the messy space: Why society fears quiet, unravelling moments, and how Kiwi culture defaults to surface-level check-ins. Breaking the mental health silence: Katie’s personal story of surviving depression, parenting with emotional transparency, and choosing to stay. Topics covered:Navigating life transitions, coping with unexpected change, career change, redundancy, identity shifts, uncertainty, surrender, intuition, spiritual guidance, synchronicities, finding your purpose, self-discovery, emotional awareness, inner peace, resilience, mental health, suicide awareness, loneliness, self-compassion and brave conversations. #LifeTransitions #NavigatingChange #PersonalGrowth #SelfDiscovery #MentalHealthAwareness #EmotionalWellbeing #indentitychanges #braveconversationclub

    Navigating sudden life transitions, lost identity and mental health
  4. Sep 10

    The great unravelling, corporate armour & finding our truth

    How does a single, unfiltered conversation in a formal corporate setting completely alter the trajectory of your life? In this maiden transmission of the Brave Conversation Club podcast, hosts Katie and Anna unpack their coming-out journey, moving beyond the hyper-vigilance of corporate performance, and navigating the quiet, often lonely path of spiritual awakening. When you decide to stop hiding behind professional titles, labels, and shiny distractions, the world as you know it begins to fall apart. What emerges from that unravelling is an undeniable encounter with your true self. The weekly brave question What is the one thing holding you back from stepping into your truth? Even if you cannot voice it to another human soul today, can you have the brave conversation to voice it to yourself? In this transmission • The desk roll that changed everything: how Katie rolling across the office alleyway to out herself (and Anna) as a medium disrupted a formal corporate workplace. • Shedding the corporate armour: leaving behind headlines, three-bullet-point summaries, and constant performance.• The isolation of awakening: why finding your truth is inherently a solo path, and why your world falls apart before coming together. • Uncovering hidden ancestral lines: childhood premonitions, seeing spirit, and spiritualist church roots. • Ego purpose vs. soul purpose: chasing corporate carrots and titles versus surrendering to presence and serving spirit. • The universal nudge into the drain: Anna’s realisation that keeping yourself unseen will not keep you safe. • Navigating fear and procrastination: Katie on breaking mapped life structures and choosing to show up anyway. Key transmissions: "When you start figuring out who you are, it seems that it needs to come with a big warning label that says: 'If you start on this path, your world will change drastically, and so will you.'" — Katie "What if actually your purpose is just to have a conversation with someone? What if in one conversation, something you say lands for that person in such a way that whatever has been hidden gets unfolded?" — Anna "I got a universal nudge that revealed my truth: being unseen won't keep you safe. Staying unseen is no longer the answer." — Anna

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Are you tired of playing small and waiting for a version of yourself that feels out of reach? Welcome to the Brave Conversation Club. Join Anna & Katie in a sanctuary for the honest, unfiltered conversation on topics we usually avoid. From the weight of grief and complex relationships to the deep shifts of spiritual growth, we help you move through the haze and find your voice. Expect warmth, humour, and practical tools to help stop being a guest in your own life and start taking your seat at the table. Bravery isn't about the absence of fear; it's choosing to speak anyway. Welcome home.

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