Spiritually Fierce the Podcast Ricci-Jane Adams

Ilonka Lucas spent years numb to her own life and escaping into fantasy through books and TV. She was on autopilot. Until one day, she realised she had forgotten to cure cancer! What this realisation meant to her was that she had forgotten herself, and to show up to life in a really big way. A journey of awakening began, and she now guides other women from crisis to catalyst for powerful positive change.

In this episode we discuss


how a midlife crisis is different for a woman compared to a man's experience
what a midlife crisis feels like
how this crisis is a call of the soul
the psychic reading that set Ilonka on her path


Biography

Very usual hum drum life with the common ups and downs that many of us face. In my mid-thirties I had a crisis of identity, purpose, and time - I felt that I had forgotten to do that great special thing, to have an impact and that by then it was too late to start over. I believed that I had screwed up my life and rather than waking me up, this sent me into a tailspin of apathy, seclusion, and in hindsight depression. I hid myself away in fiction and fantasy and my dark night of the soul lasted for years. It was existing rather than living.

2019 is when things began to shift. A friend of mine was going to see a psychic and asked if I wanted to come along for a day trip and a reading. I did. I didn't like everything that I heard, in fact, I tried to reason with her so that what she said would align with what I wanted, rather than the actions I was being asked to take.

It didn't matter, the seeds were planted and I went home and began to take action. Opportunities presented themselves and mentors entered my life. The initial stages of my spiritual awakening and personal growth were very fast. By the end of the year I had undergone a vast transformation, my life was expanding and unrecognisable from what it had been. I was on an upward spiral that touched every aspect of my life.

The key was meeting and releasing subconscious fear.This is what drew me to the Institute. From there I stepped into my Spiritual Fierceness. I evolved beyond my imagining.

My life is incredibly rich in so many ways, I feel fulfilled, purposeful and I know that rather than being halfway over, my life, my journey, has only just begun.

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When Juan and Leslie faced a crisis in their marriage, it looked like their family would be torn apart. Instead, they moved onto a boat for nine months with their four children and embarked on a journey of reconnection and rebirth. From this time on 'Damara', a deeper vision for their lives was born, and Casa Damara was conceived - a place where families could come to heal together. This is a remarkable story of a couple of had 'life by the tail', but nearly lost it all. Until they found a path of healing that they are now committed to offer to the world.

In this episode:


Juan and Leslie honestly share their journey from having it all to nearly losing it all
How their marriage crisis was a breakthrough to a powerful shared vision
Unlearning workaholism and trauma responses inside of a partnership
The key to maintaining a conscious connection in a long-term relationship

Biography

Leslie Bost

Leslie lives a Nomadic life with her husband and 4 children. You will usually find her on the ocean or between Los Cabos, Mexico and France. She is a human being who deeply cares. She cares about the connection with our children, our world, and most importantly the connection to ourselves. She believes that if we nourish ourselves from within, with loving self-care on a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual level, we will become the change we want to see.

The origin of her story of healing started after much trauma, abuse, abandonment, adoption, eating disorders, deep depression, multiple miscarriages, complicated pregnancies, NICU babies, and all of the challenges that these experiences bring to a marriage and parenting. This journey brought her to healing through mindfulness, meditation, therapy, compassion, and ultimately conscious parenting, trauma-informed work, Spiritual Psychology, Intuition Intelligence, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Timeline Therapy, Liberation Coach, a Masters in Conscious Parenting, BreathWave Certification and Post-Grad studies in Spiritual Direction.

This process of liberation and study has allowed her to develop a methodology by which she guides others through her company, Sabios Parenting. Currently, she is building a family healing retreat centre in Pescadero, Mexico alongside her husband and children called Casa Damara. It is a movement in conscious family living.

Leslie's goal is to guide overwhelmed humans, coaches & and parents to tap into their inner power, intuition and create compassionate inner-connection, while acknowledging their God nature. Ultimately, looking to have her clients navigate life understanding their subconscious programming, triggers, patterns, and limiting beliefs to release all that does not serve them and better connect with their loved ones through presence.

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Juan Diaz Rivera

Juan Diaz Rivera comes from a family of leaders and innovators. From an early age, he became acquainted with real estate development and marketing, which led him to become a founding partner of Capella Pedregal – one of the highest-ranked luxury retreats in Mexico. For over a decade, his leadership and market knowledge served as a COO and eventually CEO of Grupo Pedregal.

Through his company Artifex.Team he has conceptualized and developed projects such as 1 Homes Preview in Cabo and through his partnership in Bohari.com he has and continues to manage the rental and property management of communities such as Palmilla Dunes, Puerta Cortes and The Mountain Club.

Juan’s partnership with Leslie in Sabios Parenting has led to his certification in Soul Care Coaching, Breathwave and a Masters in Conscious Parenting with Yvonne Laborda which align with his love for Yoga’s physical and spiritual practice.

Juan is now bringing his Real Estate and resort management track record, his formation in conscious parenting and his personal growth experience into co-creating a conscious family living community in Pescadero, Baja California Sur Mexico where families can come to

In this solo episode, I share some of my journey from 30 to the creation of the Institute at age 36. There's a lot in this! The first half of my thirties was a rich, busy, terrifying, joyful, traumatic and wonderful time of my life. The seeds of everything the Institute became were there, if only in hindsight. I hope you enjoy this very personal story that leads up to the moment the Institute was realised. On the eve of the Institute's 10th birthday, I am so grateful to share these events.



In this episode, I share:


the life-saving power of conceiving my first son, completely unplanned
My move from Melbourne to Queensland and back again
processing the grief of letting go of the life I had planned
getting everything I wanted only to be angry and anxious, and
the phone call that brought the Institute into reality.

Dr Niikee Sha is a woman who is unafraid to embody her sacred truth. But it wasn't always this way. Once, she could only whisper, even in the privacy of her own home, when speaking on spiritual matters. Walking between the worlds of academia and spirituality, she lived with a bodily terror of being 'outed' for her spiritual truth. But step by step, she overcame this fear to emerge as a spiritual leader who walks her own path.

In this episode, we discuss:


receiving a new name on her 50th birthday, and the energy it brings
being comfortable is an illusion
how to move beyond the victim mentality
the meaning of the energy of our time

Biography

Dr Niikee Sha is the principal of her School for Metaphysical Practice, which is a modern-day mystery school, sharing wisdom through the ages. Her teachings and practice are based on Energy Medicine and how we can work with different forms of energy to reharmonise old, outdated patterns and programs that get stuck in the subconscious and on repeat!

As a healers healer and mentor, she works with channelled guidance from Ascended Masters and other Beings of Light, as well as mystical journeys and shamanic practice to support shifting layers that often come through timelines and ancestry.

Dr Niikee’s latest ‘Library of Sacred Elements’ bridges Heaven and Earth through Initiation with 10 Elemental frequencies to create massive shifts inside and out…

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Chenae Carey is a woman on the move. Literally! She recently moved into a van with her husband, forgoing the comfort and stability of a more standard way of living. Chenae seeks freedom in all she does, but freedom in her understanding, is not about NOT showing up to life and her purpose. It is about living beyond fear. Moving into a van is not a fantasy. It is a way to ensure she is living in the growth zone, getting to know herself and her relationship more deeply, and expanding her life in planned and unexpected ways. Chenae is a trailblazer and we dive into her life in this glorious conversation.

In this episode, we discuss:


what entrepreneurial freedom really means
how she brings business and intuition together
how fear propels our business forward when we know how to work with it
why training intuition matters to work ethically



Biography

Chenae is an Intuitive Business Mentor who specialises in businesses run by women. Her work bridges the gap between practical strategy and intuitive guidance. Highly motivated by her value of freedom and a strong desire to not feel imprisoned by her business, Chenae is a demonstration of how to use her business as a vehicle of transformation.



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Sibylle Stehli joined the Institute a little over a year ago, and in that time she has made a profound impression on me. Her story is extraordinary. In 2000, she was suffering from suicidal depression and severe colon dysfunction and was heavily overweight. The depression nearly caused her to drive my car off a cliff. Through divine intervention, she was given a second chance to live, and it is the reason she is here today. In 2016 she published her first book called The Courage to be Me. It tells her story through the lens of the downward spiral, turn-around and what manifested after going forward.

Through these experiences and more, which she so graciously shares in this episode, Sibylle has learned the art of having the courage to be herself and offers this in service to others as a disruptor of chaos. You will be riveted by this fascinating conversation.

In this episode:


We discuss the influence of Nelson Mandela and Sibylle's life in Apartheid, South Africa. This conversation was recorded on the eve of Freedom Day 2024
Being raised in a spiritual home in the 1970's when this part of her father's life had ot be hidden from the world
Keeping the faith through life experiences that would be easily break most people
and how writing her book saved her life

Biography

I was born in South Africa to Swiss parents and South Africa is home. I have 2 adult children who reside and work near London UK.

After school, I qualified as an optometrist and had a successful career for 23 years even though I knew it was not my passion or purpose. However, in the year 2000, I was suffering from suicidal depression and severe colon dysfunction and was heavily overweight. The depression nearly caused me to drive my car off a cliff. I say nearly because through divine intervention, I was given a second chance to live and it is the reason I am here today. In 2016 I published my first book called

. It tells my story through the lens of the downward spiral, turn-around and what manifested after going forward.

In 2009 I made 3 radical moves in a period of 2 months. I quit my career, opened my complementary health care practice the next day and initiated what would turn into a 19-month divorce ordeal. In April 2017 I had to give up my home due to bankruptcy and so began what has been a 7-year gypsy journey. Yes, I have been homeless during that time and slept and lived in my car as it was all I could do to survive. And through all of these experiences and more, I have learned the art of having the courage to be me and to be in gratitude for all I now have and what lies ahead.