Tip a toe across the portal of personal transformation as Vision and Jessica Stepnowski surf the strange waves between persistence and surrender, struggle and serenity. Ever wonder if letting go is just cosmic failure—or a secret doorway to effortless magic? From the wisdom-soaked trenches of medicine ceremony to the wild paradoxes of desire, trust, and knowing, this episode flips self-improvement on its head. What if you’re already there, and all that tension is just the universe nudging you to relax into your own aliveness? Ready to alchemize your suffering, fold into your shadows, and discover the hidden bliss in bowing down? Tune in for a witty, deep-dive on surrender—where giving up the fight means evolving into everything you’ve ever been.
Show Notes
Guest: Jessica Stepnowski
Energetic Healer, Akashic Channel, Medicine Woman.
Jessica offers Akashic Body Clearing sessions, facilitates spiritual ceremonies in Austin, TX, and works as an intuitive guide for personal and group transformation. She brings wisdom from her own journey through identity rebirth, energy medicine, and plant medicine ceremony, helping others to experience surrender as a path to aliveness and practical magic.
Sessions, Retreats, & Energy Work: Akashic Body Clearing, Group Ceremonies
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Show Host: Vision Battlesword
Founder, iEvolve Life
Host of Intentional Evolution Podcast & Live Events
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91:23— Closing & Future Invitations
00:00— Welcoming Jessica & Why "Surrender"
00:55— Who is Jessica? Identity, Devotion & Remembering Your Essence
04:08— What is Intentional Evolution? Agency, Choice & Remembering
05:08— The Polarity of Surrender and Willpower
06:31— Why Surrender? Identity Death, Grief, and Attunement
08:51— Evolution, Resistance, and the Role of Suffering
10:42— Letting Go: Dr. David Hawkins, Alchemy, and Emotional Sensation
14:01— Roadblocks, Persistence vs. Surrender, and the “Never Quit” Paradigm
16:35— Redefining Surrender: Letting Go of Outcome, Moving Beyond Suffering
18:27— The Mainstream Fear of Surrender (Failure, Loss, Shame)
20:22— Surrender in Spiritual Practice & Medicine Ceremony
24:00— Anger, Resistance, and the Emotional Process of Surrender
26:37— Applying Surrender to Everyday Life & Aliveness
28:15— Jessica’s Career Void: Resourcefulness & Coming Into Nothingness
32:21— Embodiment: Surrender as Effortless Magic
34:02— Nervous System Responses: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn, Fold
36:13— Fold as Thriving: Bowing, Melting, and Making Space for All Parts
39:10— The Self-Improvement Trap & Accepting All Parts of Self
42:54— Surrender, Gratitude, and Alchemizing Suffering
45:47— Pain to Power: The Alchemy of Fully Felt Emotions
48:02— Are There “Negative” Emotions? Shame, Anger, and Their Purpose
51:17— The Usefulness of Shame, Guilt, and Anger
54:15— Vision’s Model: Emotions as Internal Compass and Tools
58:03— Surrender as Radical Aliveness
59:19— Dialogue with Emotions, Non-Judgment, and Curiosity
62:22— Can You Surrender Too Much? Intentionality vs. Apathy
65:55— Surrender as an Active Process: Stories from Jessica
68:14— Surrendering to Process: Manifestation, Desire, and Openness to Outcomes
72:24— Knowing vs. Believing: Trust and the Path to Inner Knowing
76:09— Trust: The Bridge Between Belief and Knowledge
79:13— How to Find Trust in Moments of Surrender
84:14— Summary: Surrender as Aliveness and a Portal to Becoming
85:19— Surrender, Death, and the Magic of Letting Go
88:27— Jessica’s Work & Where You Can Connect
