Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast

In this episode of AWAKENING, we'll explore the ways in which you might be handing over your power and decision-making to others. We'll run through some common examples of how (and why) we might do this in daily life, how it feels in the body when you give your power away, and some specific steps to start taking your power back - on every level. In the episode, I mention a resource for developing interoception, or body awareness. For that, go here: https://www.kelly-mahler.com/resources/blog/daily-activities-that-can-help-develop-self-regulation/   Thank you to Sarah for writing in and sparking this episode! To submit a question or topic suggestion, you can write to [email protected]. To explore my work and services, head over to https://josephinehardman.com   Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast on air and free of ads! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. You can donate as a one-time contributio

My special guest for this episode is Judith Orloff, MD, the "godmother of the empath movement." Dr. Orloff is a psychiatrist, empath, and intuitive healer. She is also a New York Times bestselling author and UCLA psychiatric clinical faculty member. Her books include The Empath’s Survival Guide, Thriving as an Empath, and Emotional Freedom. Dr. Orloff has written a new book called Affirmations for Empaths: A Year of Guided Journaling. In this episode, we talk about: what it means to be an empath the challenges of being an empath, especially if you were not heard or acknowledged for your gifts as a child how to survive in our modern world as empaths Dr. Orloff's new book and how affirmations can help you heal and fully claim your gifts of empathy & intuition You can purchase Dr. Orloff's new book here: https://www.soundstrue.com/products/affirmations-for-empaths-1 And visit her website here: https://drjudithorloff.com To explore my (Josephine's) work and services, please head over to www.josephinehardman

On the path of awakening, you might be called to begin living in a different or new way. This can happen when you're truly listening to your heart and tuning in to your inner guidance. In this episode of AWAKENING, I respond to a listener's email about how to begin aligning with the lifestyle and way of living that most resonates with you (and how to release limiting beliefs and fears along the way).  Join me for a discussion of: having the desire to live a peaceful, simpler life where you get to express yourself creatively or live in community with others  the importance of clarifying WHERE your desires are coming from, and WHY you're desiring these things giving yourself permission to live a life that is right for you clearing out internal blocks, fears, and limiting beliefs so you can create your desired lifestyle  an introduction to Byron Katie's The Work - you can explore this for yourself here: https://thework.com Thank you to Jenna for writing in and sparking this episode! To submit a question or top

This episode of INNER WORK is a spiritual exploration of hunger, desire, and how we relate to food. This discussion will be especially helpful if you have (or have ever had) a disordered relationship to food and eating. We'll examine what your relationship to food might have to do with your deeper hungers and desires, particularly if you're not fully allowing yourself to feel or express those desires. We'll also explore how the way you relate to food can often point to deeper places in yourself that are not being fulfilled or tended to. In this episode, I quote from two books: Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnston, and Women Food and God by Geneen Roth. IMPORTANT NOTE: this podcast contains a discussion of disordered eating. If this is triggering to you, please skip it. This podcast is not a substitute for medical or psychological advice, and I am not a doctor or eating disorder counselor. Please seek the proper help and advice following your own intuition and common sense. Please help me fulfill

In this episode of AWAKENING, I answer a listener's email about how to cope with seasonal depression during the fall and winter months. Join me for a discussion of: why you might feel anxious or fearful as fall and winter approach the spiritual meaning of the fall and winter seasons how this time of year can help us go within to examine what we really need (and what needs to be expressed or felt) spiritual and practical strategies to support yourself throughout the fall and winter months Thank you to Chelsea for writing in and sparking this useful discussion! To submit a question or topic suggestion, you can write to [email protected] Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast on air and free of ads! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. You can donate as a one-time contribution or sign up to support the podcast on a monthly basis. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/I4Zt8YSE To explore my

What do you do if you outgrow your job, career, profession, or business? What happens if you discover that your work, or certain ways of working, are no longer aligned with you? Join me for a discussion on this common experience of outgrowing your work or business as you continue awakening. In this episode, I talk about: the health challenges that have moved me to recognize the ways in which I've outgrown my spiritual business and past ways of working the importance of allowing your old identity to die to make space for the new to emerge being curious and truthful with yourself as you explore new possibilities for work, career, or business recognizing any unhelpful roles or identities you've taken on at work (like being the Helper, the Fixer, the Overachiever, etc), and releasing them I also share a quick sneak preview about my upcoming course on discovering and living your true life purpose. Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast on air and free of ads! Any amount that you're able to contr

Does letting go of something mean that you no longer care about it? Or that you shouldn't have any feelings about it? Or that you should never think about it again? A listener recently wrote in with these questions - and more - about what it really means to let go. In this episode, I answer this listener's email by exploring the spiritual concepts of "letting go", attachment and detachment, and surrendering to the flow of life. Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast on air and free of ads! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me or share feedback, head over to www.josephinehardman.com or send a note to [email protected] I deeply appreciate your presence, support, and willingness to do your inner work! Thank you for being here.  Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2022 All Rights Reserved.

My guest for this episode is Rachel Garrett, a Registered Nurse and expert in multidimensional healing. Rachel is a spiritual guide and teacher who loves to work with people no matter where they are in their journey of healing and awakening. She focuses particularly on the Akashic Records, Energy Healing and Channeling. Rachel has a special gift for tapping into the root causes of what holds people back on their spiritual paths, and can help you craft your unique roadmap to an empowered life.  In this interview, Rachel shares her infectious enthusiasm and vibrant energy with me as we talk about her understanding of the Akashic Records, what healing really means, and how to work with "off-planet" energy in a grounded, useful way – among other fascinating topics. To connect with Rachel, visit https://akashicangels.com Books recommended by Rachel, if they resonate with you: Revelations of the New Lemuria (Telos) Discover Atlantis by Diana Cooper Family of Light by Barbara Marciniak Please help me fulfill the g

Do you have a hard time trusting the good in your life? Or trusting that life CAN be good? Or trusting that good things can last? This is the episode for you. As you begin creating a more aligned, joyful life on your path of awakening, you might get tripped up if a part of you feels unworthy of goodness. Unworthy of expansion and freedom. Or if a part of you is skeptical about good things lasting, and is still expecting for the other shoe to drop. In this episode of AWAKENING, we'll explore what could be behind that skepticism or difficulty trusting the good. I've included some affirmations to support you in trusting yourself and in your ability to create and sustain good things in your life. Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast on air and free of ads! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me or share feedback, head over to www.jos

In this episode of AWAKENING, I respond to a listener email that asked this question: What happens when a decision on your spiritual journey hurts someone else? We'll dive into the topic of making tough choices on your spiritual path, when you know those choices will likely upset, hurt, or disappoint someone else. Join me for a discussion on: why it's so critical for you to live your truth and follow your Soul's calling, and how it hurts you and everyone else when you don't do this how to be more ok with disappointing others as you continue awakening how you can live authentically without abandoning yourself while still being a compassionate human the importance of detachment in close relationships (especially family relationships) Thank you to Diane for submitting this thought-provoking question! Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good. Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's t

My special guest for this episode is Dr. Ricci-Jane Adams. She is the principal of the Institute for Intuitive Intelligence®, a world-class, global, professional intuition training school. She trains exceptional spiritual people to become socially conscious leaders and profound mystics. Ricci-Jane has authored the bestselling book Spiritually Fierce, as well as Intuitive Intelligence Training and Superconscious Intuition. She has a doctorate in magical realism from the University of Melbourne and has spent over 25 years devoted to her spiritual awakening.  In our interview, Dr. Adams shares her no-bullshit approach to spirituality. We talk about integrity on the spiritual path, how to avoid spiritual bypassing, and how she helps people develop their superconscious intuition. To explore her work, please visit https://instituteforintuitiveintelligence.com or https://instagram.com/intuitiveintelligenceinstitute Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're

Are you allowing the past to define you? Are you still living an identity that was created long ago, and that no longer reflects who you really are... or who you are meant to be in this lifetime? This episode of AWAKENING is all about coming to terms with and releasing the past, so you can create a new identity from an empowered, conscious, awakened place within yourself.  I talk about how we unconsciously develop constricting, unhelpful, limited identities based on past experiences, and share a personal story to illustrate this. We'll then move into some powerful exercises to release limiting belief systems, behaviors, and energetic cords keeping you tethered to this old identity. Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me or share feedback, please head over to www.josephin

My husband (and soulmate!) Garrett Demers and I sit down for a candid conversation on how to use your relationships to evolve spiritually. We talk about some of the challenges and triggers in the early stages of our relationship and how we overcame them. We also respond to a listener email on how to remain confident and continue evolving while being in a romantic relationship. Here are the resources we mentioned in the episode: My blog post on subpersonalities: https://josephinehardman.com/6-subpersonalities-that-might-be-sabotaging-your-healing/ Information on psychosynthesis: https://www.psychosynthesis.org/about/what-is-psychosynthesis/   Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me or share feedback, please head over to www.josephinehardman.com or send a note to me@joseph

This episode of AWAKENING explores the concept and experience of toxic positivity. Join me for a discussion of: What is toxic positivity, and how does it harm us on the path of healing and evolution? Examples of toxic positivity that you might be inflicting on yourself and/or others (including examples from the spiritual community) How to avoid toxic positivity in your life What I've learned about being unconditionally present with people who are in pain through 10 years of healing work   Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me or share feedback, please head over to www.josephinehardman.com or send a note to [email protected] I deeply appreciate your presence, support, and willingness to do your inner work.  Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2022 All Rig

This is the final installment in my four-part series on the Tarot suit of Wands. Join me for a discussion of the Wands court cards: the Page, Knight, Queen, and King of Cups. I'll break down each card and suggest a variety of ways in which you can interpret them and apply the cards' healing energy to your life. Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me or share feedback, please head over to www.josephinehardman.com or send a note to [email protected] I deeply appreciate your presence, support, and willingness to do your inner work.  Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2022 All Rights Reserved.

This episode of AWAKENING explores the dangers of staying only at a mental level of healing (mental insights or breakthroughs) and not applying or living your insights. Join me for a discussion of: how and why insight is only one level of healing the temptation to stay only at a mental level of healing, which can delay emotional, spiritual, and physical healing how we can become addicted to mental breakthroughs at the expense of deeper healing the importance of reclaiming your personal responsibility in your healing process how to actively use your insights to awaken and transform your life, from the inside out   I hope this episode is helpful and brings you some ideas of how to heal in an integrative, holistic way that takes into account your whole being. Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2

Welcome to the thid part of my four-part series on the Tarot suit of Wands. In this installment, we'll explore the 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Wands in depth. Join me for a conversation of these cards as they relate to: standing your ground and holding true to your core values establishing healthy boundaries that are neither too porous nor too rigid healing past wounds & trauma to emerge out of hypervigilance and fear releasing anything you've been carrying that isn't really yours If you've been enjoying this series, I'd love to hear from you! (And please let me know if you'd like me to cover the suit of Pentacles on this podcast as well.) You can write directly to [email protected] Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me or explore my work, please head over to www.jos

This episode of AWAKENING invites you to ask an important question: Are you choosing peace above all else? Above drama? Above unnecessary conflict? Above proving yourself right, or others wrong? Above the whims and demands of your ego? Join me for a conversation on the critical importance of choosing peace, no matter what. This episode includes a sequence of powerful affirmations for peace and safety, which you can use as a meditation practice. Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me or share feedback, please head over to www.josephinehardman.com or send a note to [email protected] I deeply appreciate your presence, support, and willingness to do your inner work. May you be at peace. May you feel safe and whole. May you thrive in every aspect of your life. So it is!

This is the second installment in my four-part series on the Tarot Wands. In this episode, I cover the 4, 5, and 6 of Wands. Join me for a discussion of: the 4 of Wands and learning to celebrate yourself the 5 of Wands and the importance of rising above your ego the 6 of Wands as an invitation to step into your divine leadership   One of my current goals is to keep this podcast free of ads... for good! If you've gotten some value out of my episodes and can contribute ANY amount to help me reach this goal, you can do so here: https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0 To connect with me, please visit www.josephinehardman.com or send a note to [email protected] Thank you for tuning in, for supporting the podcast through your presence, and for being willing to do your inner work. Much love to you! Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2022 All Rights Reserved.

On the path of awakening, you can sometimes feel stuck in survival mode. You might use this mode as a coping mechanism, if you learned early on in life that you need to be tough, to put up with things, and to survive. In this episode, I answer a listener's email about how to emerge out of survival mode and begin thriving. Join me for a discussion on: how there's absolutely NOTHING you need to just tolerate or put up with how survival mode keeps you stuck in your reptilian brain, unable to make creative and empowered choices for yourself the importance of resolving childhood trauma to emerge out of survival mode and feel safe how to start "breaking the habit of being yourself" (in the words of Dr. Joe Dispenza) Throughout this episode, I recommend these important books: Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza Special thanks to Katelyn for writing in and sharing her story with us. To connect with me, you c