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Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomAncient Astrology: The Key to Unlocking the Blueprint of Your SoulIn this captivating episode, we unravel the mysteries of Vedic Astrology, a profound wisdom that has stood the test of time for over 10,000 years, predating the more commonly known Western astrology. Join us as we delve deep into the heart of this ancient tradition with our esteemed guest, Asha Ramakrishna - a #1 Best Selling Author and Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking.What’s in store for you:Discover the rich history of Vedic Astrology, an age-old practice that has fascinated generations for millennia.Explore the unique nuances that set Vedic Astrology apart from its Western counterpartDive deep in...2023-11-271h 40Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomAutumnal Catch-Up with Jillian & IrisLife is never what you expect it to be.In this episode, we throw our format out the window and just allow ourselves to be human as we explore what we’ve been experiencing throughout this year, and reconnect after a two month hiatus.Jillian has been focused on navigating divorce after the sudden end of an eight-year partnership, all while trying to meet her publisher’s book deadline and keeping Sage Crystals going. In the meantime, Iris opened the Enchanted Gardens retreat center in Bali this summer and accepted a senior-level position at a vet...2023-11-131h 20Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomHow to Awaken Creative Play & Meditative Moments Through Morning AltarsWhile altars are something most of us know about, and maybe even have in our home, you may not have heard of the Morning Altar practice, which helps us simultaneously tap into our creative potential, elemental communication, and connection to the divine.In this episode, we're joined by the insightful Claire Takahashi, a Creative Earth Coach who facilitates the teaching of this transformative practice in order to reconnect with both nature and ourselves. Prepare to embark on a journey unlike any other, as Claire unveils a perspective on Morning Altars that is nothing short of magical.2023-10-281h 06Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomSpiritual Entrepreneurship: Why is valuing ourselves so hard?In this episode, we dive into a common societal misconception: the notion that spiritual practitioners should offer their services for free to be truly spiritual. We challenge this belief and explore the importance of valuing one's expertise in the spiritual realm. We discuss how charging for your services can enable you to better serve others while maintaining your own well-being. Join us in this empowering conversation, where we are joined by Layla, Jillian’s close friend, an intuitive channel, and personal growth guide. Together, we unravel the layers of shame and guilt associated with this topic and offer fresh pe...2023-10-141h 25Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomHow to Embrace the Art of ForgivenessIs forgiveness actually the catalyst for healing? Join Iris and Jillian as they sit down with Anela Malulani Watson, an Energy Realignment Practitioner, as she shares her awe inspiring path from trauma to forgiveness, and the role it’s played in her spiritual awakening. This is a truly powerful and moving episode. Get ready for some insightful realizations as they discuss:Anela’s own journey as a mother with a career in the armed forces, experiencing a deeply terrifying trauma, to a life of peace and freedom, traveling the world to commune with the sacred places of th...2023-07-171h 49Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomScents of Healing: Exploring Our Sense of Smell with Plant EssencesSmell is intrinsically connected to memories, but it’s so much more than chemical reactions. Join us as we talk to Certified Aromatherapy Coach LeeYen Tan Anderson, as we explore the scientific and energetic connection between plant essential oils and our olfactory system. A fascinating discussion, LeeYen explains:How our sense of smell affects our limbic system, brain, and memoryHow plant essences affect us on a quantum and molecular levelHow smell can be a powerful tool for regulating our nervous systems during periods How synergistic energies of essential oils can open pathways to healing both physical and emotionalHow to...2023-07-031h 31Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomAstrology Demystified: Revealing the Secrets of the StarsWhether you're a beginner to astrology or are already familiar with the terms "Sun, Moon, and Rising Sign," prepare to embark on an enlightening journey as we delve into the profound realm of astrology. Our special guest, Tara Redfield, a cherished friend of Jillian and an esteemed astrology teacher, imparts her vast expertise and provides accessible explanations that reveal the true workings and remarkable potential of astrology. We unravel the intricate layers of this ancient practice, exploring how it serves as a powerful tool for self-discovery, purposeful living, and navigating our unique paths in this lifetime. Get ready to...2023-06-171h 48Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomTransform Your Mind, Transform Your Life: The Power Behind ThoughtworkJoin us as we speak with Master Certified Wayfinder Coach and Certified Facilitator of Byron Katie’s The Work™, Deanne Wienberger, to discuss the role our thoughts play in our happiness, fulfillment, healing, and how they can affect our entire perception of the world around us. You do not want to miss this enriching discussion as we bring to light: How Thoughtwork empowers us, and disrupts feelings of powerlessness and disconnectednessHow examining our thoughts can support healthier relationships with oneself and othersStrategies and techniques used to shift unhealthy thought patterns into self-aware, compassionate, and empowering onesThe role Affirmations and G...2023-06-031h 13Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomTransformational Stones From the Stars: Unveiling the Mystique of Moldavite & TektitesMoldavite: If you’re on TikTok, you might have seen viral videos of people reacting to this polarizing meteoric impact glass. Stories of spiritual visions, catalyzing havoc and breakdowns, alien messages, out of body experiences, and rapid healing both inspire and terrify those in contact with its powerful frequency.In this episode, Jillian and Iris explore the high-vibrational yet controversial Moldavite and its Tektite siblings, all formed from meteoric impact millions of years ago. Whether you're an avid Moldavite fanatic, are curious but wary, or have even had an upsetting experience with Moldavite in the past, this ep...2023-05-191h 24Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomHormonal Healing: Understanding Imbalances and How to Restore HarmonyIf you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!In this episode, Iris and Jillian consult with Registered Nurse Heather Fritsch, who left the world of Western medicine upon discovering the potency of holistic healing. After her own journey through hormonal imbalances, she now empowers women to advocate for their own mental and physical health needs, and educates about supporting the ever changing flux of our systems through natural remedies. Join us as we delve into the complex world of Hormones, those tricky messengers in the body that affect everything from our sleep, to...2023-05-051h 24Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomThe Truth About Cleansing Crystals: Are Your Crystals Performing at Peak Potential?If you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!To cleanse our crystals, or not to cleanse our crystals: Where do you fall on the great crystal clearing debate? Do you spend 4 hours wheelbarrowing your stones outside to reset them in the light of the full moon? Or maybe you just let ‘em do their own thing? In this episode, Jillian and Iris discuss the energetics and science behind clearing our stones, and maayybe get a little loopy along the way.Tune in as we discuss:What’s the deal? Do we e...2023-04-201h 29Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomHow to Release the Unconscious Blocks in our Lives through Inner Child Work, with Kris Olivas, LMFTIf you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!In this episode, Iris and Jillian sit with Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Kris Olivas, to delve into how experiences from our childhood, even after therapy, can continue to block us from living our fullest potential, and what to do about it. A self-proclaimed “therapist gone rogue,” Kris combines western therapeutic and shamanic techniques to help her clients recognize where "blocks" come from, and how to move through them. In this episode, Kris walks us through:What exactly is Inner Child WorkHow we can pinp...2023-04-051h 28Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomCrystal Gridding: How to Manifest The Life of Your Dreams through Sacred GeometryIf you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!Crystal gridding may seem complicated or confusing, but it’s actually a really simple and beautiful way to deepen your connection with your crystals, while also empowering yourself to co-create with the Universe.In this episode, Jillian and Iris discuss deepening crystal manifestation practice through crystal gridding, and examine all the specifics and nuances for creating your own crystal grid including…What exactly is a Crystal Grid?Why Sacred Geometry is important for more than just griddingThe nitty gritty on how to buil...2023-03-211h 21Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomHow to Tune In to Your Inner Wisdom through Animal GuidesIf you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!Do you feel connected to animal energies? Iris and Jillian chat with author Jenn Bauer, a Certified Equus Coach and founder of the Institute of Nature Centered Coaching, to learn how we can access our own inner knowing through the reflection of Animal Messengers & Guides, and the crystals that support us in doing so.Join all the “aha!” moments as we discuss:Horse Magic, and how their body language in reaction to our individual presence holds so much meaningThe life cycle of the...2023-03-071h 24Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomHow to Heal the Relationship with our Bodies through LoveIf you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!Join us as we sit down with Marla Mervis-Hartman, a body-positivity coach and self-love goddess, to gently feel into those tender places within ourselves: those shadows that color how we feel about our bodies. Why do we fixate on the parts of ourselves we dislike? Why can it be hard to love the vessel that carries us through this world?In this episode, we go deep as we reflect on:Why loving and being fully connected to our bodies is imperative to...2023-02-191h 26Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomHouseplants & Happiness: Redefining our Magical Connection to NatureIf you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!In this episode we meet with author, plant connector, spiritual coach, and energy worker Rachael Cohen to discuss the energetics of plants and why it’s so important for us, as individuals and as a collective, to reestablish our relationship with the natural world at a soul level.While there are quite a few laughs, we dig deep as we explore:The Brain Science of why being around plants is not only beneficial-its necessary How to connect to Nature in everyday life, eve...2023-02-051h 39Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomWorking with Crystals - 101 (aka the most entertaining crystal class you've ever had)If you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!For the second Episode of Crystallizing Conversations, Iris and Jillian swim into the vast and varied world of working with stones in one’s everyday life, including:A brief history of humanity’s love of crystals (hint: it goes back before humans even existed!)The science behind crystal healingWhat the heck does it even mean to “work with crystals”?The “right way” to work with crystalsAnd so much more. This episode will probably be the most entertaining crystal class you’ve ever had.Reso...2023-01-2156 minCrystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomTapping into your IntuitionIf you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!We are honored to have intuition expert, and Jillian’s dear friend, Harumi LaDuke, teach us about intuition: what it is, the ways in which intuition appears to us in our bodies, and how to cultivate our own “intuition muscle".Also discussed:Different modalities to unlock what’s inside of youThe mind vs intuition: How to tell the differenceSimple exercises to feel into our intuitive radarCrystals, and formations, that help cultivate and enhance our intuitionLoving this topic? Embody it with t...2023-01-211h 17Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomCrystallizing Water (And How It Can Transform Your Life)If you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!In this fascinating episode, Dr. Yael Green shares with us what makes water crystalline, its effects upon our energetic fields and physical body, and how to bring ourselves back into alignment utilizing water science/energetics.We also explore:How our intentions and thoughts affect the water we drink and the water within our cellsHow to heal ourselves with waterWays to restructure waterGem elixirsWhich crystals are elementally aligned with waterHow to honor and build relationship with waterLoving this topic? Integrate...2023-01-211h 09Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal WisdomWelcome to Crystallizing ConversationsIf you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!In this introductory episode, Jillian and Iris invite you into their world of crystals, sharing who they are, how they got here, and why they are starting this podcast.Join Jillian and Iris as they chat about: Their journey with crystals How they began working in service to crystalsSome of their favorite stonesImpactful crystal moments from their livesWhat sparked Crystallizing ConversationsWhy it’s “more than just a podcast”…and so much more! Resources:Crystals mentioned in this episode...2023-01-191h 07