Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the deeply soulful, compassionate, and knowledgeable Lauren McGill (Woman of Rivers). Lauren is a spiritualist, diviner, and root worker living in New Orleans. In her work as Woman of Rivers, she utilizes the Tarot for insight, growth, and healing as she helps her clients release old patterns and powerfully connect with their ancestors. To extend the scope of her work, Lauren is currently studying Art Therapy, a practice she intends to integrate with ancestral healing modalities of breathwork and herbal medicine making.  In this interview, we talk about ancestral healing: what it is, why it's important, and where you can start. We also chat about Lauren's healing journey and how water (and fluidity!) has been an essential element in both her business and private life.  To connect with Lauren, you can tune in to weekly collective Tarot readings via https://instagram.com/womanofrivers or visit her website for sessions, her spells deck, and conjure work at www.womanofr

This episode of TRIGGERED! explores the issue of feeling excluded, rejected, or like an "alien" or outcast. (Have you been there? Me too!) I respond to a listener's message about this and dive into the root of these painful feelings that can get activated whenever you feel left out or overlooked. Join me as we explore why we get triggered when we feel unseen or excluded and what we can do to soothe or relate differently to this trigger. We'll also go back in time to locate your "primary rejection" -- that first conscious memory of being rejected, excluded, unseen, or mocked simply for being who you are. Healing that core wound of rejection and compassionately holding the part of you that's still suffering because of it is the key to releasing this trigger. I'd love to hear your feedback on this episode! Please email me any time at [email protected] . I would also love to hear about your own triggers so we can work through them together. Thank you for being here! I see you, I acknowledge you, and you're

To celebrate Inner Work's 100th episode, join me for an interactive gratitude experience. This episode is ALL about gratitude and giving thanks! We'll do a guided meditation together to tune into your heart and cultivate loving-kindness within your whole body and outwardly towards your home, community, and the world. I'll also give you a set of 7 journaling prompts to go deeper into your gratitude practice (or start one!), as well as 3 gratitude challenges for which you can take action starting today. The goal of this episode is to move all aspects of yourself - your mind, body, and spirit - towards the expansive experience of feeling gratitude. As Rumi says, we must wear gratitude "like a warm cloak", for it will fill our lives with warmth, resilience, and peace. THANK YOU so much to every single listener who has tuned in on a monthly basis, left a rating or review, subscribed to the podcast, and/or recommended the podcast to a good friend. Your presence means the world to me. To connect with me directly, he

Being in a human, physical body can be very triggering at times. It can feel dense, unsafe, or uncomfortable to be in a body. This sometimes leads us to try to escape the body through coping mechanisms like overeating, undereating, drinking too much, checking out from reality, or spiritual bypassing. It can also feel unsafe to be in your body if you've experienced trauma of any kind in this lifetime. In this episode, I address a few different forms of trauma you might have experienced that could still be affecting your ability to feel grounded and embodied. I also offer two practices to begin healing your relationship to your body. *DISCLAIMER: nothing in this episode should be considered a substitute for medical, psychological, or psychiatric advice or treatment.* If you need specialized help working through body-based trauma, you can find a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner here: https://directory.traumahealing.org To connect with me directly, you can head over to www.josephinehardman.com  And please feel f

Having a dysfunctional relationship to time can make it difficult to stay present and grounded in each moment. In this episode, I explore the modern syndrome called "hurry sickness", which tends to manifest in the following ways: - a feeling of always trying to beat the clock (and always keeping an eye on the clock) - a feeling of never having enough hours in the day - the compulsion to do more and more in less and less time - inability to relax at the end of the day or even when you're away from work - frustration, irritability, anxiety, and stress regarding time and deadlines - physical symptoms such as muscle aches, tension headaches, insomnia, and restlessness in the body After examining the different ways in which "hurry sickness" might be showing up in your life, we'll dive into practical and spiritual approaches to heal your relationship to time. Applying the suggestions in this episode will help you feel more expansive, less hurried, and anchored in the present moment. Thank you for listening and supp

A very common trigger that most of us experience is comparing ourselves to others and then feeling worse about ourselves. This is also called "compare & despair", and it can bring up intense feelings of inadequacy, not being good enough, and impostor syndrome.  In this episode, I dive into this particular trigger and the different ways in which it might be showing up in your life. I share what has helped me become un-triggered and shift my experience with "compare & despair" into a doorway for expansion and for identifying my true desires. I also delve into the shadow side of comparing ourselves to others and offer suggestions for working with that shadow. I hope this will be helpful for you, wherever you are on the healing path! To share feedback or your own triggers, you can always email me at [email protected] To connect with me directly, head over to www.josephinehardman.com Thank you for tuning in and supporting the podcast by leaving a rating or review. Better yet, share the podcast with a

My guest for this episode, Sara Artemisia, MS, CMC is an Abundance Mindset Coach & Akashic Records Reader. Sara helps wellness professionals and empaths clear their inner financial blocks and clarify their life purpose. She's been coaching individuals to move through obstacles for over 12 years. Sara has experienced a profoundly transformational shift in her relationship with money over the past decade. She shares this work with people on the journey of understanding how the sacred power of money and conscious wisdom of Nature can help them fully embody their soul's purpose. In our interview, we dive deep into how you can become conscious of and transform your money story. We talk about how this relates to ancestral healing, becoming aware of inherited patterns around money, reconnecting with nature, and using sacred tools like the Akashic Records to accelerate your healing on all levels. You can find Sara online at www.saraartemisia.com or www.instagram.com/akashic.plantspirit. Sara is also generously

Today, we begin with a powerful quote from Victor Frankl: "Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." These words remind us that we don't have to respond reactively to life. That we can notice and work with our triggers to diminish our knee-jerk reactions, which can often cause suffering for ourselves and/or others. In this episode, I answer a listener email about a specific triggering situation: when you feel unheard or misunderstood in the context of an intimate relationship (or friendship). I share what I have found useful in these situations. I also encourage you to examine past relationship dynamics - including your relationships with your parents - so you can take stock of the unhealed or core wounds you bring with you into your interactions with people now. Thank you for supporting the podcast by tuning in! If you have a minute, please leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts to help the podcast

For Inner Work's first episode of 2021, I'm sharing a list of 7 powerful books that can awaken and transform you. These are unique, truthful, and healing books that I've returned to over and over again as I've walked my own spiritual path. I hope you'll find a title that resonates with you and that can help you kick 2021 off with renewed hope, clarity, and inspiration. I run through each of these books and describe their main purpose, who they're meant for, what makes them unique, and why they're important for those of us on the spiritual path. Here's the list of books included in this episode: Ram Dass - Grist for the Mill Clarissa Pinkola Estes - Women Who Run With the Wolves Penney Peirce - The Intuitive Way Lama Tsultrim Allione - Feeding Your Demons Jean Shinoda Bolen - Goddesses in Everywoman Benebell Wen - Holistic Tarot Seth Godin - Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Please note: this is NOT an affiliate episode, so I don't receive financial compensation if you purchase any of these books. I'm recommend

You finally find a quiet moment to meditate, you sit down, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths... and your brain is off to the races. The ego mind can often get in the way of your meditation practice by pulling you in many different directions. In this mini-episode, I explore the most common interference patterns used by the brain and ego mind when you try to meditate. I also share a few journaling or reflection prompts so you can explore the idea of surrendering, letting go of control, and creating more space between you and your ego mind. Additionally, I offer some alternative practices if sitting still in complete silence is too unbearable for you. Sometimes this can be a sign that you're tapping into "frozen" or unresolved trauma, so it's important to be mindful of what's happening in your body and take a more gradual approach to meditation. If this episode is helpful for you, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcasts - or, better yet, telling a friend about the podcast! Also, you

Becoming less reactive is an important goal on your path of healing and spiritual awakening. To respond to situations from a place of wisdom, higher truth, and confidence – instead of responding out of fear, worry, anger, or any kind of knee-jerk reaction. This goal of becoming less reactive – and therefore becoming more centered and grounded in the present moment – is what inspired this new experimental series of mini-episodes, which I’m calling TRIGGERED! (with an exclamation point because when you get triggered, it can be pretty intense). Through these episodes, I also want to bring some levity and lightness to the process of spiritual development, which can sometimes really challenge you. In this first mini-episode, we’ll be working with what happens (and what to do) when you put yourself out there and someone criticizes you. This topic was inspired by one of my own triggers, so this episode includes a personal anecdote. I then shift to the bigger picture and some specific takeaways as you strive to put y

Thomas (of Hermit's Mirror) uses the Tarot as a mirror to redirect light back into the hidden corners of the mind, guiding querents through the wilderness of life and helping Tarot readers find their own way more easily. He's been reading Tarot for over 20 years. Thomas is also the host of an Instagram series of Tarot talks and the author of Tarot Tableau: The Fool's Journey. In this conversation, we talk about how we can use the Tarot to excavate transformative and useful insights - even when we get cards we didn't expect or when our readings unfold in unexpected directions. To connect with Thomas, head over to www.hermitsmirror.com or www.instagram.com/hermitsmirror To connect with me (Josephine!), you can visit www.josephinehardman.com or follow me on www.instagram.com/purefield.healing Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast by leaving a rating or review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts. Your presence here means so much to me!   Edited & music by G. Demers Inner Work 2020 All Rights Reserved.

As a healing tool, the Akashic Records can help you navigate uncertainty in our modern times, make more informed and intentional choices, release dysfunctional patterns, and reconnect you to a sense of purpose and meaning in your life. In this episode, I take you deeper into the Akashic Records to deliver some collective messages from the Record Keepers.  These messages include guidance about what to focus on, what to prioritize right now, and potential areas for deeper healing in your life. For example, the Record Keepers speak about letting go of the need for external validation, the importance of not interfering in others' healing processes, and the practice of unhooking yourself from painful thought forms. To connect with me directly, please head over to www.josephinehardman.com or www.instagram.com/purefield.healing Thank you for being here, and please keep doing your inner work! Inner Work 2020 All Rights Reserved.

As spiritual beings in human bodies, we can sometimes get caught up in the illusion of 3D reality. Bills must be paid, kids must be driven to school (or educated at home during a pandemic!), cars must be repaired, and dinner must be cooked. We also have to interact with others and navigate a chaotic world. In this process, we can get lost in material reality and forget to stay connected to a Higher Perspective. In this episode, I talk about how you can disengage from the illusions of 3D reality and reach for the higher truth of any situation or experience. This requires you to reconnect to Divine Source over and over again. Finding the higher truth means becoming more aware of what your Soul would say about any situation or challenge you're facing. As you do this, you expand your perspective and shift to a more hopeful, joyful, supported, and empowered state. To explore my work or connect with me, head over to www.josephinehardman.com or www.instagram.com/purefield.healing Thank you for being here, and please

In the words of Joseph Campbell on the labyrinth as a mythological symbol: "We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us — the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world." In this episode, I explore the labyrinth as a metaphor for the healing path, with its winding detours, distractions, obstacles, and victories along the way. I talk about some of the key places and figures you'll encounter inside the labyrinth including the Dead End, the False Teacher, the Spiritual Advisor, and the Sanctuary. Join me for this traversal through the labyrinth -- which we ultimately never walk alone.   To connect with me, please visit www.josephinehardma

Expecting the healing path to move in a linear fashion can set you up for frustration and disappointment. A more accurate metaphor for the healing path is a spiral or labyrinth, with lots of detours, roadblocks, and shadows that come up to be healed along the way. In this episode, I share specific tips for dealing with setbacks on your healing path -- starting with the importance of redefining the word "setback" itself. This discussion is also helpful if you're experiencing a healing crisis or feeling a sense of dejection, confusion, impatience, or frustration with where you are on your healing journey. To connect with me directly or explore my Akashic Records work, you can head over to www.josephinehardman.com or www.instagram.com/purefield.healing Thank you for supporting the podcast by listening and leaving a rating or review, if you feel called to do so.    Editing & music by G. Demers Inner Work 2020 All Rights Reserved.

Gatekeeping is an insidious form of restricting access to knowledge, information, resources, or opportunities. In this episode, I delve into the "shadow side" of the spiritual community to explore the issue of gatekeeping and unethical practices. I talk about the dangers of idealizing spiritual teachers and healers and giving your power away, as well as the importance of finding and following your own inner authority. To connect with me, head over to www.josephinehardman.com or www.instagram.com/purefield.healing Thank you for supporting the podcast by listening to this episode and leaving a rating or review. Your presence is so appreciated!   Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2020 All Rights Reserved.

My guest for this episode, Sandra Costello, is a portrait photographer, branding coach, and joy instigator. Transforming the way women see themselves, Sandra captures natural portraits that are professional yet approachable. She creates a playful, positive environment giving her clients permission to be themselves and to show up authentically and with purpose.  In this episode, we talk about the importance of authentic branding and finding the unique voice and personality of your business. I had the pleasure of working with Sandra on my first branding photo shoot, which was a powerful healing experience that brought up many fears and resistance to the surface. (I share some personal details of that experience throughout.) You can connect with Sandra in the following ways: https://sandralovesyou.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sandracostellophotography/ https://www.facebook.com/sandracostellolovesyou And here's the interview Sandra did with personal trainer Kelly Coffey (mentioned in the episode): https://yout

Do you often find yourself trying to please everyone to keep the peace? Does conflict - or even the idea of conflict or disagreement - send you into a tailspin? Do you rely on others' praise and approval to feel ok about yourself? If so, you might be stuck in a pattern of people pleasing and approval addiction. In this episode, I talk about where these patterns and behaviors often originate and how early childhood conditioning can set you up to people please as an adult. I also discuss the Fawn Response, the automatic response to trauma beyond fight, flight, or freeze. Finally, I share some suggestions for starting to move beyond these deeply engrained patterns, one step at a time. To connect with me for one-on-one healing, please visit www.josephinehardman.com  You can also find me on Instagram, where I offer free monthly Tarot challenges and spiritual guidance: https://instagram.com/purefield.healing Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast! If this episode was helpful, please leave a rating or re

It's so important to have clear boundaries in your business as a healer, lightworker, or spiritual entrepreneur. A lack of boundaries can leave you feeling exhausted and burnt out. It can also put your business, health, energy, and sanity in jeopardy. In this episode, I cover some of the most common pitfalls in setting boundaries in your spiritual business and offer suggestions on how to enforce healthy boundaries. We'll also talk about how some of these patterns of poor boundaries leak out into other areas of your life. To connect with me, please head over to www.josephinehardman.com or www.instagram.com/purefield.healing Thank you for being here and supporting the podcast! Your ratings and reviews are infinitely appreciated. Please keep doing your inner work!   Audio editing & music by G. Demers. Inner Work 2020 All Rights Reserved.