Inner Space

Danielle YS

Tales of Transformation from the Edge of the Unknown Inner Space explores the art and science of becoming unafraid in the unknown. Through conversations with Danielle YS and women who’ve walked their own Edge, the show illuminates how discomfort becomes a doorway — and how navigating the unknown with intention unlocks clarity, creativity, and conscious evolution. If you’re standing at your own Edge and want support navigating what’s emerging, you’re invited to book a private Edge of Evolution Assessment with Danielle and discover your next aligned step. https://danielleys.com/calendar

  1. há 6 dias

    034. Carla McClure's Soul Signature Excavation Part 2: Anchor the Sacred

    She has known since she was five years old. Standing at Tenaya Lake in Yosemite, she could see the physics in the field around her — and she understood that she was here to bring in a new paradigm. The question was: what would that actually look like in a body, in a life, in a practice?✨ Book your free Threshold Assessment with Danielle:https://danielleys.com/calendarIn Part 2 of this Soul Signature Excavation, Carla McClure answers the question that ended Part 1: if she were to boil it down to one statement — why she does this work — what would it be? What follows is the deeper layer: the healing center that lives in her imagination, the personal work that remains, and the moment the Soul Signature finally surfaces in its own words.In this episode:• The five-year-old's epiphany at Tenaya Lake — how Carla has known since childhood that she was here to bring in a new paradigm, and how decades of practice have slowly taught her what that actually means• Meditation as world medicine: why getting even 100 people into a shared meditative field can shift crime rates for a month — and why young people are now the ones bringing their parents to meditation retreats• The fertility case that changed in 2 months: diet, eliminating alcohol, returning to old-school tracking methods — and why Carla wants to build a foundation to make this support available to women who can’t afford it• The business names and what they reveal: Get Pregnant Naturally, Joyful Life Healing — and Danielle’s synthesis: the certifications, degrees, and protocols are tools in a toolbelt; what she’s Excavating is what weaves them• The healing center vision: living outside, rooted on the land, a community that holds people through fertility, birth, and even death — and what housing instability has interrupted• What’s blocking the leap: Carla’s honesty about housing instability, about prioritizing clients over her own becoming, and why it’s time to show up for her Self• The Soul Signature lands: Carla answers her own question — “The purpose, regardless of the container, is to help people anchor the Sacred in their bodies on the planet” — and how Chinese medicine’s heaven-human-earth channels map exactly onto that• System disruptor, new nervous system: what it actually means to hold clear intention when you put a piece of metal into an electromagnetic field — and what shifts when a practitioner sees the bigger picture• Three dimensions of fertility work: what you consume (food, content, environment, people), the inner environment (facing yourself), and how you move through the world• The business as the new baby: “You are literally doing this work to shepherd in new Souls — how are you going to show up when the full baby comes along?”“The purpose, regardless of the container, is to help people anchor the Sacred in their bodies on the planet.” — Carla [00:08:00]Timestamps:[00:00] The cliffhanger answered: “I’ve known since I was five years old — I was here to bring in a new paradigm”[01:00] Meditation and the collective field: Dispenza, peace meditations, and young people waking up[02:16] The fertility case that changed in 2 months — and the foundation Carla wants to build[03:16] Business names + the Soul Signature synthesis: the tools are a toolbelt; the Soul Signature weaves them[04:31] The healing center vision: land, community, and being rooted in nature as medicine[06:32] What’s blocking the leap: housing instability and the personal work that remains[08:00] The Soul Signature re-intro: “I am here to help people anchor the Sacred in their bodies on the planet”[10:28] The one thing everyone on the planet needs: going into a quiet space and facing yourself[11:21] Three dimensions of the work: what you consume, your inner environment, how you move through the world[12:09] Biggest takeaway, the business as the new baby, and closing🌹 Find Carla McClure:Website: www.joyfullifeacupuncture.comEmail: joyacup@gmail.com

  2. 25 de ago.

    033. Carla McClure's Soul Signature Excavation Part 1: The Specialty That Chooses You

    What if everything you were taught about fertility, pregnancy, and birth — the apps, the protocols, the medical handoffs — is missing the most important variable?✨ Book your free Threshold Assessment with Danielle:https://danielleys.com/calendarCarla McClure is a Chinese medicine doctor who has supported countless women across the full arc of the new Soul’s journey — from pre-conception to the fourth trimester of postpartum. In her clinical practice, two to three months on the correct blood type diet — combined with acupuncture, herbs, and targeted stress reduction — has produced a 100% pregnancy rate for clients who had been trying for years. Not because she does more. Because she sees more.In this episode, Danielle sits down with Carla for a Soul Signature Excavation: a live process of unearthing what the Soul is asking a practitioner to bring forth in the world. What emerged is a woman who has been quietly shepherding new Souls into this world for decades — and is only now beginning to name what she is actually here to do.This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 arrives September 1.In this episode:• Carla’s work: blood type diet, acupuncture, and why every 90 days you produce an entirely new batch of eggs and sperm — and what that window makes possible• The gap in the modern fertility industry: what doctors aren’t telling women (and men) about lifestyle, pesticide exposure, and stress as the #1 fertility killer• Why birth became a medical procedure instead of a community experience — and what we lose when women have never witnessed a birth before their own child's• What Chinese medicine knows about the moment life begins: the Soul’s intention to incarnate precedes conception; the baby chooses its own due date• The “New Soul Doula” — Danielle names what Carla does: full-spectrum support from clearing the field to the fourth trimester• Baby-friendly hospitals vs. standard care: why separation at birth causes trauma, and what skin-to-skin, rooming-in, and the “crawl to the nipple” actually do for the infant’s nervous system• The five stages of support women actually need: preparing the field → getting pregnant → moving through pregnancy → labor and delivery → postpartum (the fourth trimester)• The ancestral and emotional dimensions of fertility: baby spirits, generational clearing, and the case of a premature rupture of membranes at 20 weeks that went to 28“In Chinese medicine, we think that life begins with the intention to incarnate into a body. And that the baby picks its own due date.” — CarlaTimestamps:[00:00] Welcome + what a Soul Signature Excavation is — and Carla’s opening self-introduction[00:56] Carla introduces herself: Chinese medicine doctor, brick-and-mortar practice, online container vision[04:50] The gap in the fertility industry: pesticides, sperm counts, and what modern lifestyle is doing to fertility[07:14] The specialty that chooses you — how fertility work found Carla[11:18] Medicalized vs. communal birth: what we’ve lost when birth moved out of the community[16:13] What Chinese medicine knows about life before birth: soul incarnation, epigenetics, and babies who already understand everything[19:13] Baby spirits, generational clearing, and a premature rupture of membranes that went to 28 weeks[22:17] The “new soul doula” moment: Danielle names what Carla does[25:28] Getting the knowledge out: why education is the missing piece[30:05] The five stages of the new soul’s journey: preparing the field → fertility → pregnancy → labor → fourth trimester[33:57] Disrupting the medical system, high-functioning women, and stress as the #1 fertility killer[39:06] The full spectrum vision: from clearing the field to postpartum[40:22] Container timelines: how long each stage of support actually needs[41:22] [Continues in Part 2] “If you were to boil it down to one statement — why are you passionate about this work?”🌹 Find Carla McClure:Website: www.joyfullifeacupuncture.comEmail: joyacup@gmail.com

  3. 18 de ago.

    032. Born Worthy: Isabel Serrano's Soul Signature Excavation (Pt 2)

    She leaned against a tree in the park, closed her eyes, and felt something she hadn't felt in a long time: held. In that moment, she understood exactly what her heart had been asking her to offer.✨ Book your free Threshold Assessment with Danielle:https://danielleys.com/calendarIn this episode, Danielle and Isabel Serrano — mindset and transformation coach, A Course in Miracles practitioner, and now a woman who has finally found the language for what she is — complete the Soul Signature Excavation that began last week. Haven't listened to Part 1 yet? Start there: https://youtu.be/doTB5QhzkhgIn this episode:• What the heart yearned to bring forth: care — love in the form of being held and heard• The tree in the park: leaning against the trunk, closing her eyes, feeling Mother Earth and God holding her at the same time• "Safety. That's it." — what Isabel realized she's been offering all along, before she had words for it• Showing up more honestly on social media: what it feels like to post from the heart instead of from should• "I've been asking my heart to lead — meaning God to show me"• "It's brought me to spiritual guidance. Now I see how big this is." — the pivot moment• "I think the soul is calling me a lot." — the heart's answer to what to lead with• The anatomy of Isabel's Soul Signature: Essence = love; Embodiment = trust, which opens into joy and delight• Joy vs. happiness — "joy is that internal light... it's not dependent on external conditions"• "The soul path to reawaken love, and to live in joy"• "I'm alive today — and what do I want to do with that?"• The arms-wide moment: "Maybe I do have what it takes to talk about myself as a soul guide"• The final question: what is the one thing every human would benefit from learning?"That they are worthy. Because they were born worthy. We don't need to earn it." — IsabelTimestamps:[00:00] The heart answers: "I feel like care. Love in the form of care."[00:17] The tree in the park — held, heard, supported by Mother Earth and God[01:25] "I can just relax and be. Safety. That's it."[01:51] Bringing safety into the world: showing up more honestly on social media[03:05] "I've been asking my heart to lead — meaning God to show me"[05:14] Where has this conversation brought you?[05:22] "It's brought me to spiritual guidance. Now I see how big this is."[06:57] "I think the soul. It's calling me a lot."[07:21] "That means you're in the right place" — the body as confirmation[08:00] The anatomy of Isabel's Soul Signature: essence = love[09:44] "I'm alive today — and what do I want to do with that?"[10:19] The embodiment: trust → joy → delight[11:00] Joy is the internal light, independent of external conditions[11:19] "The soul path to reawaken love, and to live in joy"[11:40] What Isabel will do with this now: write[11:52] The surprise — a literary contest, and making it to the first phase[13:45] "Maybe I do have what it takes to talk about myself as a soul guide"[14:04] Arms wide: "Yes. I'm embracing it."[14:18] The final question: what is the one thing every human needs to know?[14:25] "That they are worthy. Because they were born worthy."🌹 Find Isabel Serrano:Website: coachisabelserrano.comInstagram: @coachisabelserrano📺 Subscribe to Inner Space:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LK18nsoTVqT0Uup11CePCApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inner-space/id1699899159---About Danielle YSDanielle YS is a Threshold Guide for the Edge of the Unknown — helping mission-driven women through the Crossings of life so they develop Threshold Fluency and learn to meet any threshold, any ending, any Unknown, from the inside out. Former NASA researcher and C3.ai engineer, she guides high-achieving women through the only skill that will ever truly matter: the ability to meet the Unknown without flinching, and without armor.Learn more: https://danielleys.com

  4. 11 de ago.

    031. Hungry for God: Isabel Serrano's Soul Signature Excavation (Pt 1)

    For over twenty years, Isabel Serrano thought she was hungry for a thinner body. She wasn't. She was hungry for God – and for love that's bigger than another human being.✨ Book your free Threshold Assessment with Danielle:https://danielleys.com/calendarIn this episode, Danielle sits down with Isabel Serrano — mindset and transformation coach and what her first client once called "a magician, but an angel and a guide" — for a Soul Signature Excavation: a live process of unearthing what the Soul is asking someone to bring forth in the world right now. What emerged is a woman who has been quietly guiding her clients back to God (love, just love) for over a decade — and hasn't yet found the permission to say so out loud.This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 arrives August 18.In this episode:• What a Soul Signature Excavation is — and the anatomy of a Soul Signature: Essence, Embodiment, Expression• Isabel's 11-year coaching practice: how it evolved from the Mind Body Reset into something much harder to name• Growing up Catholic, stepping away, and the day Wayne Dyer changed everything — at 30 years old• the decade-long journey toward God as love, and only love• The weight struggle — and the moment she realized her body wasn't hungry for food at all• "Hungry for God": the phrase that arrived and landed in her body like a heartbeat• The two-layer question behind "I feel like a spiritual guide but I don't say that upfront": first it was fear of scaring people away — then the deeper layer: do I have the right?• Love as the very center of Isabel's Soul Signature — "I set an intention to live in devotion to love"• "Soul journey": the language that was missing from her work, and what it means when life's path is for your Soul, not your mind• "The Soul never gets it wrong" — and why life by consequence leaves something essential unfed• What making choices from love actually feels like in the body: "It feels certain even though it's uncertain"• Intuition and love — are they the same thing? ("Your intuition never gets it wrong. It's like love guiding you somewhere.")• "Make decisions with the heart and plan with the mind""There was something else that was hungry — and it was not my body. It was my heart. I was hungry for God. I was hungry for love. But a bigger love. Not love from someone else." — IsabelTimestamps:[00:00] What a Soul Signature Excavation is[01:28] Isabel's 11-year coaching practice — and what's hard to name about it[02:40] "I feel like I'm a spiritual guide — but I don't say that upfront"[06:36] Stepping away from the Church: searching for her own experience of God[07:25] The day Wayne Dyer + Conversations with God cracked something open[08:09] A Course in Miracles — the decade that changed everything[13:05] Why she hid the God language[16:26] "Hungry for God" — the phrase that lands in her body[16:42] The weight struggle: what the body was actually reaching for[18:27] "Do I have the credentials to call myself a spiritual guide?"[20:29] "I set an intention to live in devotion to love"[24:07] "This is soul work. Soul journey."[25:01] "The soul never gets it wrong"[27:22] Life by consequence vs. life designed by the soul[28:24] Choosing from love: "It feels certain even though it's uncertain"[29:15] Intuition and love — is there a difference?[32:47] "Make decisions with the heart and plan with the mind"[35:16] [Continues in Part 2] "What is it that that heart is yearning to bring forth in the world?"🌹 Find Isabel Serrano: coachisabelserrano.com Instagram: @coachisabelserrano---Danielle YS is a Threshold Guide for the Edge of the Unknown — helping mission-driven women through the Crossings of life so they develop Threshold Fluency and learn to meet any threshold, any ending, any Unknown, from the inside out. Former NASA researcher and C3.ai engineer, she guides high-achieving women through the only skill that will ever truly matter: the ability to meet the Unknown without flinching, and without armor.

  5. 4 de ago.

    030. Don't Stay in the Fake Safe Place — Aga Nowak on What Actually Heals (Pt. 2)

    She answered the cliffhanger. And what she said was more honest than most healing teachers dare to be.Aga Nowak doesn't want to work with the women who already know they need to focus on themselves. She wants the ones who are still looking at the other person — still cooking in the warm comfort of being understood, not yet willing to ask the harder question: who am I, now that I'm free? Because that was her.✨ Book your free Threshold Assessment with Danielle:https://danielleys.com/calendarIn this episode, Danielle and Aga Nowak — nature guide, animal communicator, and what she calls a "wayfinder of the return" — complete the Soul Signature Excavation that began last week. Haven't listened to Part 1 yet? Start there:https://youtu.be/kdEwfN2c0bkIn this episode:• Who Aga most wants to guide — and why this stage took her the longest to move through herself• The "cooking frog" dynamic: how staying in spaces that feel validating can quietly keep women stuck for decades• The generational cost — and what changes when a mother finally stops pointing at the other person• The one thing: "Don't stay in this fake safe place"• Inner child, inner nature, inner animal — how three offerings reveal a single deeper calling• "Guide, not coach" — why Aga doesn't give steps, and what she does instead• The mistake many women's guides make: describing their work by job titles instead of Soul Signature• The moment the Soul Signature lands: Connection as the thread running through everything• The four elements of Nature as a map — knowing where you are and what you need• The five tools Aga gives every woman in the bushwhacking stage• Aga's biggest takeaway from the Soul Signature Excavation, live"Don't stay in this fake safe place. Don't stay in this comfort — because that's what keeps you continuing on this suffering, even if it feels comfortable." — AgaTimestamps:[00:00] Welcome — "the most uncharted frontier isn't out there, it's in here"[01:21] The answer: who Aga most wants to guide — and why[01:38] The "cooking frog" trap — why support groups can keep women stuck for decades[02:55] The generational cost: what children absorb when parents never truly live[04:10] The one teaching: "Don't stay in this fake safe place"[07:37] The mirror framework: inner child, inner nature, inner animal[10:51] "Guide, not coach" — what that means for the journey[13:52] The mistake of describing your work by job titles[14:28] The Soul Signature lands: Connection is the thread running through everything[19:54] The five tools for women in the bushwhacking stage[24:07] Aga's biggest takeaway from the Soul Signature Excavation🌹 Find Aga Nowak:Website: aganowak.comInstagram: @sierraearthconnect | @inchargeofyourself📺 Subscribe to Inner Space:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LK18nsoTVqT0Uup11CePCApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inner-space/id1699899159---About Danielle YSDanielle YS is a Threshold Guide for the Edge of the Unknown — helping mission-driven women through the Crossings of life so they develop Threshold Fluency and learn to meet any threshold, any ending, any Unknown, from the inside out. Former NASA researcher and C3.ai engineer, she guides high-achieving women through the only skill that will ever truly matter: the ability to meet the Unknown without flinching, and without armor.Learn more: https://danielleys.com

  6. 29 de jul.

    029. What Nature Sees That Therapy Misses — Soul Signature Excavation w/ Aga Nowak (Pt. 1)

    She left the relationship. Eight years ago. And she still didn’t know who she was.Aga Nowak grew up in a small town in Poland — climbing trees, swimming in rivers, building secret missions with her friends, surrounded by animals and open land so naturally that she didn’t even register it as something special. Then adulthood happened. A nearly two-decade relationship built on control. A voice that got quieter every year. And then the moment she left — finally, breathtakingly free — only to discover she had no idea what to do with all her freedom.✨ Book your free Threshold Assessment with Danielle:https://danielleys.com/calendarIn this episode, Danielle sits with Aga Nowak — nature guide and wayfinder — for a Soul Signature Excavation: a live excavation of the wisdom inside someone’s life and work, guided by Danielle's Infinite GLOW model (Gather, Let Go, Open Gaps, Weave). What emerged is a woman whose entire calling lives at the intersection of one radical idea: connection — to Nature, to the Self, to other species — is not a luxury. It is the foundation for everything else.This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 arrives August 4.In this episode:• What the Soul Signature Excavation is — and how the GLOW model guides the process• Growing up in Poland: climbing trees, swimming in rivers, and the playfulness that got buried in adulthood — and what she’s now unearthing• The enrichment programs she built for children through unstructured nature play — and why leaving room for creative freedom is its own kind of radical act• The source of everything: nearly 20 years in a relationship built on control — and the 8 years she spent discovering what freedom actually means• Why women who’ve left difficult relationships so often get stuck in victimhood — and what actually turns the tides• The three paths through the wilderness: the paved path, the overgrown trail, and the bushwhacking she survived alone• One month in a yoga ashram in her late 40s: the spiritual awakening and universal laws that made everything else make sense• Why spiritual connection is the missing foundation that makes therapy finally work• Nature as the only egoless mirror — and what it shows you that human relationships never canTimestamps:[00:00] Welcome + what a Soul Signature Excavation is (the GLOW model)[01:28] Aga’s calling: building a business rooted in what she loved as a child[03:07] Growing up in Poland: trees, rivers, secret missions, and playfulness[05:37] Enrichment programs: unstructured nature play for children[07:26] Where “freedom first” came from: 20 years in a controlling relationship[08:27] The other thread: guiding women who’ve left but don’t know what’s next[11:18] The three paths — highway, overgrown trail, and bushwhacking[12:40] Discovering spirituality in her late 40s — and why it changed everything[13:43] Why spiritual connection is the foundation that makes therapy work[16:15] Nature as the safe present moment — “Now is the only safe place”[19:56] The toolkit: yoga, universal laws, and nature as co-pilot[24:14] Nature as the egoless mirror: seeing your true Self without the filter[30:52] Choosing her focus: why working with women is the heart of her calling[35:18] The third thread: dog adventures and animal communication[38:12] How the three threads become one — inner child, inner nature, inner animal🌹 Find Aga Nowak:Website: aganowak.comInstagram: @sierraearthconnect | @inchargeofyourself---About Danielle YSDanielle YS is a Threshold Guide for the Edge of the Unknown — helping mission-driven women through the Crossings of life so they develop Threshold Fluency and learn to meet any threshold, any ending, any Unknown, from the inside out. Former NASA researcher and C3.ai engineer, she guides high-achieving women through the only skill that will ever truly matter: the ability to meet the Unknown without flinching, and without armor.Learn more: https://danielleys.com

  7. 21 de jul.

    028. Victoria McMahon (Part 2): Where the Vision Takes Shape

    She’s the last surviving founder of the circle she’s been trying to recreate. That realization arrived mid-sentence. And it changed everything that came after. 🌱 Ready to stop accumulating and start integrating? The Art of Being Whole is a 28-day self-paced journey — 20 minutes a day — to gently reconnect with your Whole Self, shift your relationship with discomfort, and let clarity arise from the inside out. https://learn.danielleys.com/the-art-of-being-whole/order/ In Part 2 of this Soul Signature Excavation, Victoria McMahon and Danielle pick up in the wake of a grief neither of them saw coming — the grief of being the last one standing, and the mission it carries. What follows is what happens when the excavation lands: the vision begins to form, the offering takes shape, and the conversation moves from the chasm to the bridge. Start with Part 1 (IS-027) if you haven’t listened yet. In this episode: • The grief revelation landing — and why being the last surviving founder of the original circle changes what she’s building now • What makes the Women’s Wisdom Circle different: designed around commitment, not easy access • 1.0 before 2.0 — why Victoria builds her own bridge to herself first, before she can hold it for others • The challenge of bringing forward something that’s fully yours — when your instinct is always to collaborate • The structure taking shape: six weeks, three pillars, an entry point that doesn’t demand everything at once • Victoria names her business identity live: “I’m an Embodiment Geek” • The four final questions: biggest mistake, unique teaching method, how clients feel, first color • Making requests to the unseen forces — and the Pillars of Creation: where there’s enough raw material, stars are born “In my desire to build the bridge to others, the work for others is building their bridge back to themselves.” — Victoria McMahon Timestamps: [00:00] The grief revelation landing — and what it means to be the last one carrying it [01:20] “It’s craving a new iteration” — commitment-based community vs. easy access [05:30] “Let’s call it in” — structuring 1.0 before 2.0 [07:00] The intro offer: six weeks, three pillars, a bridge to the longer container [12:00] “Victoria McMahon, The Embodiment Geek” — the business identity arriving [17:00] “Not remembering who they are” — the root cause, and the answer she won’t give yet [20:30] The Pillars of Creation: where there’s enough raw material, stars are born [21:20] Making requests to the unseen forces — the final layer of the work 🌹 Find Victoria McMahon: Website: victoriamcmahon.com Podcast: Co-host of YSM Conversations (with Danielle YS) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vyxu13ABtAYxEgGYa30Ju?si=8rDgP4y7Taq6O9BZDiJR4Q Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ysm-conversations/id1896763775 📺 Subscribe to Inner Space: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LK18nsoTVqT0Uup11CePC Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inner-space/id1699899159 --- About Danielle YS Danielle YS is a Threshold Guide for the Edge of the Unknown — helping mission-driven women through the Crossings of life so they develop Threshold Fluency and learn to meet any threshold, any ending, any Unknown, from the inside out. Former NASA researcher and C3.ai engineer, she guides high-achieving women through the only skill that will ever truly matter: the ability to meet the Unknown without flinching, and without armor. Learn more: https://danielleys.com

  8. 14 de jul.

    027. Victoria McMahon (Part 1): The Gap Between What You’re Carrying and What the World Gets to See

    You already know what you’re here to offer. But somewhere between knowing it and putting it into the world — there’s a gap. And for some of us, that gap has become a chasm. ✨ Book your free Threshold Assessment with Danielle: https://danielleys.com/calendar In this episode, Danielle sits down with Victoria McMahon — embodiment teacher, somatic coach, mental health therapist, yoga and Tai Chi practitioner, and co-host of the YSM Conversations podcast — for the first Soul Signature Excavation on Inner Space. The Soul Signature Excavation is a heart-to-heart conversation guided by Danielle’s Infinite GLOW Model: Gather, Let Go, Open Gaps, Weave — a process for bringing the wisdom already inside you into visible form, into offering, into expression. What emerges from this conversation is unexpected. And far deeper than either of them anticipated. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 (episode 028) arrives the following week. In this episode: • The Soul Signature Excavation and the GLOW Model that guides it: Gather, Let Go, Open Gaps, Weave • Victoria’s lifetime of embodiment work: teaching children, therapy, yoga, Tai Chi, somatic coaching • The three pillars that emerge live from the Gather phase: trust, relationship, embodiment • The gap between renewing yourself and expressing what you’ve become — and why it can feel like standing at the edge of a chasm • The somatic inquiry: “Is something holding you back from bridging that gap — or is there no bridge yet?” • What lives inside the chasm — and why being in relationship with it, rather than afraid of it, changes everything • A vision beginning to surface mid-conversation: “I know why I have the deep passion to recreate the Women’s Wisdom Circle” • A grief revelation neither of them saw coming — and why it reframes everything in Part 2 “I wanna build the fricking bridge so that I can just let the work come.” — Victoria McMahon Timestamps: [00:00] Welcome to the first Soul Signature Excavation — and the GLOW Model [02:50] Victoria’s intro: “65 does not mean retirement — it means stepping into what is unimaginably new” [06:50] The Gather phase: 40+ years of embodiment work, laid out live [11:35] “I see the spiritual essence of me in everything that I do” [17:00] The gap between renewal and expression — and why it feels like a chasm [18:30] “No bridge.” — the somatic revelation and what the body says next [27:10] The bridge builds as you walk: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and video games [31:15] “I know why I have the deep passion to recreate the Women’s Wisdom Circle” [36:40] A grief revelation neither of them expected 🌹 Find Victoria McMahon: Website: victoriamcmahon.com Podcast: Co-host of YSM Conversations (with Danielle YS) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vyxu13ABtAYxEgGYa30Ju?si=8rDgP4y7Taq6O9BZDiJR4Q Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ysm-conversations/id1896763775 📺 Subscribe to Inner Space: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LK18nsoTVqT0Uup11CePC Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inner-space/id1699899159 --- About Danielle YS Danielle YS is a Threshold Guide for the Edge of the Unknown — helping mission-driven women through the Crossings of life so they develop Threshold Fluency and learn to meet any threshold, any ending, any Unknown, from the inside out. Former NASA researcher and C3.ai engineer, she guides high-achieving women through the only skill that will ever truly matter: the ability to meet the Unknown without flinching, and without armor. Learn more: https://danielleys.com

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Tales of Transformation from the Edge of the Unknown Inner Space explores the art and science of becoming unafraid in the unknown. Through conversations with Danielle YS and women who’ve walked their own Edge, the show illuminates how discomfort becomes a doorway — and how navigating the unknown with intention unlocks clarity, creativity, and conscious evolution. If you’re standing at your own Edge and want support navigating what’s emerging, you’re invited to book a private Edge of Evolution Assessment with Danielle and discover your next aligned step. https://danielleys.com/calendar