S2 E8 Talking Stick Podcast with Jan Engels-Smith & Micah Schwader
Episode Title: "Embodiment: Living What You Think, Feel, and Manifest"
In this expansive and deeply practical episode of the Talking Stick Podcast, Jan Engels-Smith and Micah Schwader explore the true meaning of embodiment—not as a concept, but as a lived, moment-to-moment experience that shapes our health, emotions, relationships, and the reality we create.
The episode opens with a grounding invocation, inviting benevolent allies to hold a sacred container of safety, integrity, and heart-centered awareness. From there, Jan reframes embodiment as the integration of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual systems—a rare and powerful configuration unique to human beings.
Together, Jan and Micah examine how unconscious thought patterns—especially repetitive negativity and unresolved emotional reactions—become physically embodied in the body, often manifesting as pain, illness, exhaustion, or emotional reactivity. Jan explains how the body cannot distinguish between a remembered experience and a current one, meaning that replaying old wounds can cause repeated energetic and physiological harm.
This conversation moves beyond theory into practice. Jan shares simple yet profound techniques for interrupting destructive mental loops, including her powerful "cancel" practice, which stops unconscious mind chatter and returns the nervous system to the present moment. She illustrates how choosing and embodying higher-frequency emotions—such as gratitude, appreciation, joy, and peace—can recalibrate the entire system and shift what we attract into our lives.
Micah adds personal stories that ground these teachings in real life, from noticing how chronic negativity shows up as physical pain in others, to recognizing his own patterns of victimhood through writing—and ultimately rewriting both his manuscript and his life. Together, they explore how awareness, accountability, and conscious interruption allow us to move from being participants in old stories to directors of new ones.
The episode closes with a powerful experiential moment, inviting listeners to feel the immediate bodily shift created by high-frequency words—demonstrating, in real time, how embodiment works.
In this episode, you'll explore:
This episode is both a teaching and an invitation—one that asks a simple but powerful question:
What are you embodying right now?
Listen in, feel into your body, and begin practicing embodiment as a way of living—not just thinking—your truth.
Learn more about Jan's teachings and programs at LightSong.net
Learn more about Micah at ShamanSezz.com
