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Your host Krista Xiomara has created a free 8 week learning course for the podcast summer series called "Releasing Religion, Inner Healing and Coming Home to Yourself." For the next 8 weeks Krista Xiomara will share her account of leaving her religion of origin, surviving religious trauma and wounding,  creating inner healing and coming home to herself.  The intention and purpose of this 8 week series is to provide a safe space for individuals to explore, create and release belief systems. The mission and vision for this series is to usher in a global expansion of our communities through open-dialogue, spirituality, reflection, inner healing and self-love. Listeners are encouraged to head over to the podcast YouTube channel for a video production of this episode where you can follow along with Krista Xiomara's powerpoint presentation. If you would like to participate in the weekly journaling and reflection prompts message the podcast at ianwpodcast@gmail.com or DM your host @ianwpodcast on Instagram.    The 8

This week I am joined by James Ross, shaman, spiritual teacher and intuitive healer. James recounts finding his spiritual gift and setting off on the path of a shaman. He shares the reality of confronting what is hurting within, doing the hard work and creating long term healing. He comically expresses what it means to learn the same spiritual lesson more than once and how we can learn to come back into alignment quickly. To find out more about James and work with him head over to his website and follow him on Instagram @iamjamesross and @highvibetribeoffical   Podcast Sponsors Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android App stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp Gone Rogue Coaching: For those on the spiritual path who have recently left their religion of origin or require support to leave. Sign up today and receive one free coaching session with Anika by using the code IANWPodcast. Follow us on Instagram @yogigone

This week I am joined by Melanie Esperon, clarivoyant and reiki healer. Melanie tells the audience about discovering her gifts as a child and a significant moment in her life that changed everything. Melanie shares her thoughts on life lessons, alchemy and healing on the spiritual path. To find out more about Melanie head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @reikiroomsd and @melanieesperon   Podcast Sponsors Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android App stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp Gone Rogue Coaching: For those on the spiritual path who have recently left their religion of origin or require support to leave. Sign up today and receive one free coaching session with Anika by using the code IANWPodcast. Follow us on Instagram @yogigonerogue  

This week I sit down with Fabi Dorea. Fabi is a lawyer, Self-Love Expert, Women's Empowerment Advocate, International Speaker and Writer. Fabi and I discuss finding yourself and creating your own unique authenticity. Fabi talks about how to listen to yourself and challenge societal and cultural norms that are places on us, especially if you are a woman. We conclude by reminding the audience that we are whole human beings, worthy of love, compassion, connection and long term internal happiness; that our life's work through personal development is one of coming home to ourselves. To find out more about Fabi or work with her head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @fabi_dorea   Podcast Sponsors Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android App stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp Gone Rogue Coaching: For those on the spiritual path who have recently left their religion of origin or require support to leav

IANW Podcast Host Krista Xiomara sits down with a panel of women activists, humanitarians, healers, ministers, and educators to discuss race, racism, equality, and individual contributions to long term systemic change. Each panelist brings their unique insight about creating change in their perspective ecosystems and sharing their voices in the fight for equality and justice. This is a candid conversation about race and racism, how we are all navigating through this collective moment and how we plan to move our experiences into action and continue to advocate for long term change in this country and in support of our black brother's and sisters who need us more than ever.   Featured in this episode is: Paula Frances Price, Associate Director for North Georgia. Paula Frances is an radical Christian Minister, activist and advocate for racial reconciliation. To learn more about Paula Frances follow her on Instagram @beingmolded Shevon Hoover, Entrepreneur, Fitness and Holistic Care Advocate, Female Empowerment

This weeks episode is dedicated to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Philando Castile, Samuel Dobose, Sandra Bland, Walter Scott, Terrance Crutcher and all victims of police violence & brutality. Please pause with me for a minute of silence to honor the lives of our brothers and sisters and the many nameless and faceless who met a similar tragic and senseless end.   To get involved with the Black Lives Matter movements across the globe head over to www.blacklivesmatter.com Get educational tools, support and donate to this organization if you have the means.    This week Alisha Hawrylyszyn Frank returns for a candid conversation about the state of our global community amidst a pandemic. We discuss what this moment is teaching us, asking for support and lending a hand in our communities. Alisha is the Founder of Fiercely Optimistic, developed to help people through life coaching, Reiki, meditation and yoga. To work with Alisha head over to her

This week I am joined by Psychotherapist and Spiritual Psychologist Chausey Leebron Jameson. Chausey opens up with her early childhood experience of growing up in an atheist household and finding God as a young girl. Chausey walks us through her young adulthood as an actress and looking inside herself to discover that her soul desired to do deeper, more fulfilling work in psychology. Chausey is also the Founder of the 33 Day Process a program built around creating an intuitive and holistic relationship with your body to initiate inner healing.  To find out more about Chausey follow her on Instagram @chauseyj   Podcast Sponsors ​Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android App stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp ​The CrossPods: A community directory of passionate podcasters who support creatives world wide. We are also a podcast too! Promote your podcast and advertise your business on CrossPods. Follow us on Inst

​This week on the podast Laura Wainer, Founder of Home of Passion, Mental Health Advocate, Illustrator & Home Interior Designer.  Laura shares her early childhood experience of spirituality & religion growing up Denmark, and the contrast she noticed when she lived in the states. Laura explains Home of Passion her online business dedicated to merging mental health and the spaces we occupy—like our home and offices. Laura’s shares her struggles with depression and how having a safe and beautiful space can help create healing. She talks about the importance of having open dialogue when it comes to mental health and illness to remove societal stigmas and create awareness. To find out more about Home of Passion head over to their website and follow them on Instagram @homeofpassion   Podcast Sponsors Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android App stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp ​Vybrante Ventures: is a c

​This week I am excited to be joined by don Jose Ruiz. don Jose is a Toltec Master of Transformation, descended from the Toltecs of the Eagle Knight lineage. He is the author of four books including “The Wisdom of the Shamans” and “The Medicine Bag”  don Jose gives the audience a powerful look inside his own journey and how he came back to himself, becoming the love of his own life. don Jose defines important points on the spiritual path towards re-awakening. He encourages the audience to question their own domestication and engage ones own re-wilding, through ritual, introspection and inner trust and self-love.  To find out more about don Jose head over to his website , follow him on Instagram @donjoseruiz and connect with him on Facebook    Podcast Sponsors Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android app stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp Gone Rogue Coaching by Anika Spencer: Coaching for those on the spiritu

This week I am delighted to be sitting down with Arden Reece. Arden is color Oracle and practitioner who helps individuals get clarity on their purpose and guide them to express themselves authentically through color. We discuss Arden’s professional success in the world of fashion and personal styling and what lead her to finding her life’s calling. Arden defines soul and life path colors and how we are usually drawn to specific colors that align our souls and life path. She leaves us with the wisdom what we are all of the same light. To learn more about Arden head over to her website and follow her on Instagram at @ardencolors   Podcast Sponsors  Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android App stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp

This week I sit down with Marriage Therapist, Intimacy Expert, Author and Speaker Dr. Gayle Friend. Dr. Friend walks us through her early childhood experience in Catholicism and how that informed her adult life and relationships. She guides us through letting go of old, conditioned beliefs that belong to the generations before us. We conclude our conversation with Dr. Friend sharing the five points of intimacy and how true intimacy begins from within and she encourages the listeners to be open and curious about their past and how they feel in their bodies. To find out more about Dr. Friend, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @drgaylefriend For more podcast content follow us on Instagram @ianwpodcast   Podcast Sponsors Blossom Success by Ayesha Hilton: Helping conscious spiritual entrepreneurs create successful, soul aligned businesses through career mentoring programs. Follow us on Instagram @ayesha_hilton Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged

​This week I sit down with Sarah Beth Hunt, Podcaster, Yoga and Meditation Teacher. Sarah talks about her journey towards enlightenment, making life a meditation and carving out a practice unique to you. She shares her struggles and triumphs through becoming a practitioner and how that road led to the birth of her podcast Messy, Luminous, Being Podcast To find out more about Sarah, check out her website and follow her on Instagram @messyluminousbeing Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast and for bonus podcast content click here Podcast Sponsors Blossom Success by Ayesha Hilton: Helping conscious spiritual entrepreneurs create successful, soul aligned businesses through career mentoring programs. Follow us on Instagram @ayesha_hilton Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android App stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp Imposter to Influencer by Tara Rae Bradford: This course teaches you how to get featured

​This week I sit down with Denell Nawrocki, Author of "Informed, Aware, Empowered: A Self-Guided Journey to Clear Paps." Denell is an international speaker and holistic health expert specializing in women’s health & wellness. Denell and I discuss female sovereignty, reclaiming our life force, cervical wellness and self-healing. Denell walks us through her unique and powerful life story and journey through self-healing. She imparts wise advice to all on the path of healing and personal growth. Please note this conversation deals directly with female anatomy and adult topics that might not be suitable for children. To learn more about Denell and order her book, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @cervicalwellness   ​Podcast Sponsors   Blossom Success by Ayesha Hilton: Helping conscious spiritual entrepreneurs create successful, soul aligned businesses through career mentoring programs. Follow us on Instagram @ayesha_hilton Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual jo

​This week I sit down with Kelly Lindsey; Author, Body Mind Therapist, Yoga and Meditation Teacher and Founder of Dakini Meditative. Kelly and I talk about what it means to live with an open heart by highlighting this central topic of her new book; "The Four Immeasurables." Kelly shares two key ideas for those just starting out on the spiritual path—first to cast a wide net and secondly to trust oneself as practice. Kelly discusses raising children, building a happy home and parenting as a spiritual path. To find out more about Kelly head over to Be Well Austin, to access her free meditation resources head over to Insight Timer and follow her on Instagram @kelly.ann.lindsey Follow this podcast on Instagram @ianwpodcast   Podcast Sponsors Blossom Success by Ayesha Hilton: Helping conscious spiritual entrepreneurs create successful, soul aligned businesses through career mentoring programs. Follow us on Instagram @ayesha_hilton Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged.

This week I sit down with Carol Bustamante, Intuitive, Spiritual Counselor and Teacher. Carol shares her life’s work and passion for helping people see themselves and others in their wholeness, she shares why all learning is sacred, and reminds the audience that we don’t have to wait until tragedy strikes to shift, change and evolve. We can do it now by grounding ourselves deeply in the moment and taking purposeful action. Carol candidly explains how loving herself unconditionally means that she can in turn love others in the same capacity.  To find out more about Carol follow her on Instagram @intuition_0f_light       Podcast Sponsors   Blossom Success by Ayesha Hilton: Helping conscious entrepreneurs create successful, soul aligned businesses through career mentoring programs. Follow us on Instagram @ayesha_hilton Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android app stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp Vybrante Vent

​This week on the show I sit down to talk to transpersonal psychotherapist and non-dual teacher Bonnie Greenwell. Bonnie is a successful author who’s work focuses on spiritual awakening, Kundalini, and the inward journey. Bonnie walks us through her spiritual history and we discuss the many types of spiritual awakenings. She defines for the audience Kundalini and non-duality and how they are two sides of the same coin. We conclude with Bonnie sharing wisdom and advice for anyone who is on the path of awakening. Bonnie's book "When Spirit Leaps: Navigating the Spiritual Awakening Process" is core curriculum for anyone on the spiritual path. To find out more about Bonnie head over to her website. Follow this podcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @ianwpodcast   Podcast Sponsors Ayesha Hilton: Helping conscious entrepreneurs create successful, soul aligned businesses through career mentoring programs featured on Blossom Success. Follow us on Instagram at @ayesha_hilton   Saged: Stay aligned, connected and su

​This week I sit down with Liliana Barzola Entrepreneur, Writer, Spiritual Intuitive, and Healer. Liliana discusses her personal spiritual journey and unique family history. She defines for the audience what it means to open up energetically to the world around you, and what steps you can take to create safe boundaries for yourself while maintaining an open heart. Liliana puts a fine point on the spiritual experience of remembering our deep wisdom and divinity.  To learn more about Liliana, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @lotuslantern   Podcast Sponsors  Enlightenedhood: Where motherhood meets spirituality. Use the code IANW for 15% off your first month or annual subscription. Follow us on Instagram @enlightenedhood   Heartease exclusively for spiritual entrepreneurs. Follow us on Instagram @the_heartsease   Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp       The CrossPods:  A community directory of passionate podcas

Today I am joined by Jaclyn Johnston, Author, manifesting coach and CEO of Manifest It. Jaclyn and I discuss getting out of her own way, manifesting her dreams in spite of her depression & anxiety. She shares advice about how to surrender when you want to manifest the right relationship for you. To find out more about Jaclyn head over to her website and follow her on Instagram @journalgirljaclyn   Podcast Sponsors   Enlightenedhood is a one-of-a-kind inner work membership platform and podcast that provides everything you need to look inward, go deeper, and honor your motherhood journey.  Use the code IANW for 15% off your first month or annual subscription. Follow us on Instagram @enlightenedhood   SE3 Live Events A Heartsease production Austin, Texas on September 19th and 20th 2020, exclusively for Spiritual Entrepreneurs. Spend 2 empowering days with leading global entrepreneurs who have achieved success without sacrificing their values. Early Bird Registration ends March 24th! For tickets and more info

Today I sit down to talk to Stephen McManus. Buddhist teacher, healer, and director of Three Jewels New York City. Stephen and I discuss his journey towards Buddhism and he shares a significant life event that drew him deeper into spirituality and Buddhism. Stephen is passionate about creating sustainable inner peace, he shares what this means and how each one of us can find a way to integrate peace in our life’s long term. We chat about karmic lessons that help us use everything and every situation as teacher—to liberate us from mental afflictions and the ego. Stephen has also found a way to bring humor into the spiritual path, through his creative and lighthearted posts on his Instagram page @superspiritual To find out more about Three Jewels, Stephen or if you want to partake in daily practices subscribe to their YouTube page Three Jewels   Podcast Sponsors   SE3 Live Events by Heartease is hosting a conference exclusively for spiritual entrepreneurs in Austin, Texas September 19-20, 2020. Learn from the

Today I sit down with Elena Solano, licensed therapist, writer and healer. Elena shares her spiritual journey and what Echkart Tolle taught her about the ego and pain body. We discuss what happens to us physically, mentally and emotionally when we start to change and integrate new beliefs. We share our stories of loving oneself and surviving religious trauma. To find out more about Elena head over to her website or follow her on Instagram @feelingndealing   Podcast Sponsors   SE3 Live Events by Heartease is hosting the only spiritual entrepreneur conference in Austin, Texas September 19-20, 2020. Get your early bird tickets before March 24th before tickets run out! Follow us on Instagram @the_heartsease     Saged: Stay aligned, connected, and supported on your spiritual journey with Saged. Download Saged for free from your iPhone and Android app stores. Follow us on Instagram @sagedapp     Blossom Success by Ayesha Hilton: Helping conscious entrepreneurs create successful, soul aligned businesses thro