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Awaken your power.The Integration of Sexuality, Soma, Soul, and Service
Awaken Your Power — The Integration of Sexuality, Soma, Soul, and Service
(with Dr. Elizabeth Willis)
In this episode of Awaken Your Power, host Keri Mangis is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Willis, visionary educator, author, and Director of the Institute of New Paradigm Intimacy, for a rich and expansive conversation about embodiment, power, and what it truly means to return to wholeness.
Elizabeth introduces a deeply integrative framework—Sexuality, Soma, Soul, and Service—and invites us to reconsider where power actually lives. Not as dominance or control, but as presence, sensation, and the capacity to fee...
2026-01-1342 min
Gen X Juggler Podcast50. Honoring the In-Between: Rites of Passage, Life Transitions, and the Power of the Pause with Keri Mangis
In this episode of the Gen X Juggler podcast, host Deb welcomes author, speaker, and cultural critic Keri Mangis. The discussion focuses on breaking down societal norms and rethinking life transitions, with an emphasis on viewing menopause as a rite of passage rather than a crisis.
The conversation also explores the importance of emotional reflection, pausing in our busy lives, and embracing creativity as a vital part of our existence.
Keri sheds light on her TED Talk, her book 'Embodying Soul,' and her upcoming book, 'The Essential Ingredient,' encouraging listeners to see themselves as crucial components in the la...
2026-01-0841 min
Awaken your power.Presence, Power, and Belonging to Ourselves
Awaken Your Power — Presence, Power, and Belonging to Ourselves (with Mellara Gold)
In this episode of Awaken Your Power, host Keri Mangis sits down with Mellara Gold, a longtime meditation and mindful yoga teacher whose work centers on awareness, self-compassion, and embodied presence in a complex and often overwhelming world.
Their conversation opens with a question many spiritual practitioners quietly wrestle with: how do we remain rooted in love and light without turning away from real suffering, injustice, and cultural upheaval? Keri and Mellara explore the delicate balance between spiritual practice and honest engagement with th...
2026-01-0641 min
Awaken your power.Mental Illness? Or a Spiritual Emergency?
In this powerful and paradigm-shifting episode of Awaken Your Power, Keri speaks with Sean Blackwell, author of Bipolar Awakenings and creator of the Bipolar Awakenings project. Sean’s work courageously challenges the dominant psychiatric narrative, offering a radically different lens on bipolar disorder, psychosis, and what many might call “mental illness.”
Drawing from his own dramatic hospitalization in 1996, nearly 20 years of research, and extensive work with clients around the world, Sean explores the intersection of spiritual awakening, trauma, and non-ordinary states of consciousness. He argues that what is often labeled as pathology may in fact be a spirit...
2025-12-3042 min
Awaken your power.Claiming Your Voice and Your Space
In this episode of Awaken Your Power, Keri is joined by Karen Laos—speaker, coach, confidence cultivator, and host of the Ignite Your Confidence podcast. Karen has spent 25 years as a trusted C-suite advisor and keynote speaker for companies like Google, Starbucks, and NASA, and is the author of Trust Your Own Voice.
Keri and Karen dive into what it really takes for women to speak up, negotiate clearly, and take up space—at work, in relationships, and on the stage. Karen shares candid stories from her upbringing in a frugal, traditional home and how mixed messages abou...
2025-12-2343 min
ObservedayWhy World Menopause Month Matters: Breaking the Silence Together — Keri Mangis | Ep 112If you’ve ever wondered what World Menopause Month can mean for you — whether you’re in midlife, care about someone who is, or just curious about how we mark life’s transitions — this episode is worth a listen. In my chat with Keri Mangis, TEDx speaker and wholeness advocate, we look at menopause not as a medical event or an ending, but as a sacred rite of passage, a time to pause and reflect on what’s next.We talk about reframing menopause, moving beyond society’s narrative of decline and silence, and embracing it as an opportunity...
2025-12-2036 min
Awaken your power.The Feminine Path to Power, Healing, and Community
In this episode of Awaken Your Power, Keri talks with Maureen Spielman—spiritual psychology coach and host of the Mystical Sisterhood podcast—about what it really means to live from unity consciousness in a world that feels more divided than ever.
They explore how our inner work ripples out into the collective, why women and the reclaimed feminine are so central to this time on the planet, and how creativity, community, and liminal “in-between” spaces become initiations into a more awake life.
Maureen also shares candidly about her own cancer journey as a turning point that str...
2025-12-1638 min
Awaken your power.Yoga as Self-Inquiry
Episode Description
In this conversation, Keri sits down with yoga teacher and clinical social worker Karen DeBaun, owner of Yoga Moodra, to explore yoga as a practice for living—not just another form of exercise. They talk about midlife beginnings, healing from trauma, and how yoga can become a framework for pausing, reflecting, and living more consciously in chaotic times.
Karen shares why discomfort and anxiety are often the doorway to real change, how curiosity keeps us from hardening into certainty as we age, and why she sees herself as an “ambassador of love and peace...
2025-12-0944 min
Awaken your power.Menopause: Women's Third Rite of Passage
Episode Summary
In this episode of Awaken Your Power, Keri talks with Maree Lipschitz—speaker, facilitator, writer, and lifelong spiritual seeker—about the radical cultural power of female rites of passage. Drawing from decades of work with girls and women at puberty, motherhood, and menopause, Marie shares how ceremony and ritual can transform these transitions from private struggles into publicly honored initiations.
Together, Keri and Maree explore how reclaiming these rites of passage doesn’t just support individual women—it quietly undermines patriarchal, capitalist norms and invites an entirely different model of wisdom, leadership, and communit...
2025-12-0247 min
Awaken your power.Awakening into Sovereignty
Awakening Into Sovereignty
with Aaron Scott
In this episode, Keri Mangis is joined by author and systems-thinker Aaron Scott for a far-reaching conversation about what it means to awaken inside a world built on inherited myths, conditioning, and collective illusions.
Drawing from his background in philosophy and nearly two decades on Wall Street, Aaron offers a rare lens into how our identities are shaped—and misshaped—by the structures we grow up within. Together, they explore the process of shedding those layers and reclaiming a deeper, more grounded truth.
This episode move...
2025-11-2535 min
Awaken your power.Inner Alchemy for a Fractured World
Awaken Your Power — Episode: From Block to Powerful (with Cheryl Stelte)
Episode Overview
In this deeply insightful conversation, Cheryl Stelte
joins Keri to explore what it means to move from block to powerful. A spiritual coach, master healer, and author of From Block to Powerful: The Spiritual Guide to Unlocking Inner Clarity and Authentic Power, Cheryl helps women uncover how trauma, conditioning, and subconscious beliefs shape our lives—and how true transformation requires healing beneath the surface.
Together, Keri and Cheryl dive into the energetic connection between personal healing and collective evolut...
2025-11-1843 min
Awaken your power.Awaken Your Gifts
In this conversation, writing coach and author Amy Hallberg joins Keri to explore how we awaken power by claiming our gifts—especially in times of upheaval. They trace Amy’s journey from “upholder” to norm-breaker, the humbling wisdom of being an exchange student in West Germany, and why language is only an approximation of lived experience. Together they unpack ritual, grief, and everyday action in the wake of community tragedy, and reframe “purpose” from a rigid noun to a living verb. If you’re navigating liminal spaces—midlife shifts, identity transitions, creative blocks—this episode offers practical ways to honor what’s break...
2025-11-1141 min
Awaken your power.The Alchemy of Menopause
Episode summary
Menopause advocate and life strategist Zapheria Bell joins Keri to reframe midlife as a profound alchemical journey. Drawing on her “Five Passages of Menopause,”
Zapheria bridges science and soul—neuroscience-informed tools, emotional clearing, and what she calls psych-architecture—to help women move from cracking and burning to pause, remembering, and rising. This is a compassionate, practical conversation about nervous system regulation, corporate culture, HRT without shame, and honoring the sacred fire that remakes us. Guest Zapheria Bell is the founder of the Institute of Inner Mastery, creator of
The Five Passages of Menop...
2025-11-0453 min
Awaken your power.Asking the Why, Bringing the How
Episode Summary In this season finale, host Keri Mangis reflects on the powerful conversations from Season 3 of Awaken Your Power. Throughlines emerge from her five incredible guests: the courage to question the status quo, to keep asking why, and to follow not just the mind but the heart and soul. Drawing inspiration from her own TEDx experience, Keri shows how truth and wisdom often come not from certainty but from curiosity, humility, and a willingness to unlearn. With references to cultural norms, the Truman Show, midlife transformation, and the parable of the blind men and the elephant, this episode...
2025-10-0721 min
Awaken your power.All of the Truth
Jen Veralle — event experience strategist; founder of Spark Track and Mindful Drinking Movement; co-founder of Sauna & Sobriety; TEDx speaker (“Why We Should Rethink Drinking Culture”); eleven years alcohol-free and an advocate for inclusive, alcohol-optional social spaces. Episode snapshot After two decades of alcohol misuse and a corporate burnout at forty, Jen rebuilt her life and work—then went public with her story.
In this conversation we unpack how to move from stigma to choice, why “sober not somber” matters, and how the “messy middle” (the liminal space between breakdown and rebirth) becomes a catalyst for a truer self.
Fro...
2025-09-3043 min
Awaken your power.SheBang - The Power of the (Meno) Pause
🎙️ Episode Title: Not Your Mama’s Menopause: Redefining Midlife with Shebang
🗓️ Episode Summary: In this powerful, candid, and laugh-out-loud episode of Awaken Your Power, I'm joined by Lori and Doty—founders of Shebang, the bold and unapologetic voice redefining the midlife experience for women. What started as a friendship forged over a tearful porch conversation blossomed into a movement built on honesty, humor, and the deep knowing that menopause is not a crisis—it's a sacred rite of passage.
Together, we unpack the silence around perimenopause and menopause, share the pivotal moments that sparked Shebang...
2025-09-2347 min
Awaken your power.Galina Singer - Disrupting Relationship, Reclaiming the Self
Guest: Galina Singer | Coach, Writer, Soulful Disruptorhttps://galinasinger.com/ | IG: @galinasinger
🌟 Episode Summary
In this bold and deeply honest conversation, Keri welcomes coach and writer Galina Singer to explore what it really means to live beyond the status quo. Together, they examine the quiet (and not-so-quiet) ways women disrupt inherited roles—especially around marriage, motherhood, aging, identity, and the body.
From redefining partnership and parenting to navigating menopause and political despair, Galina speaks to the power of self-responsibility, embodied sovereignty, and the courage it takes to become “nobody” in order to become ful...
2025-09-1653 min
Awaken your power.Kristi Hemmer - Reclaiming Moxie: How Women Shrink—and How to Stop
🎙️ Episode Title: Reclaiming Moxie: How Women Shrink—and How to Stop
🪷 Episode Summary: In this empowering and insightful episode, Keri sits down with social entrepreneur, educator, and unapologetic change-maker Kristi Hemmer. Together, they explore what it means for women and girls to “shrink”—in classrooms, boardrooms, conversations, and everyday culture—and how to reclaim your voice, space, and inner fire. From redefining the word “sorry” to honoring the power of liminal spaces, this episode offers a vibrant reminder that your moxie isn’t something you outgrow—it’s something you grow into.
👤 About Kristi Hemmer: Kristi Hemme...
2025-09-0944 min
Awaken your power.Anna Dannfelt - Menopause Is Not a Disease, it's a Transformation
🎙️ Episode Title: Menopause Is Not a Disease—It’s a Rite of Passage
🪷 Episode Summary: In this fierce and freeing conversation, Keri is joined by veteran aromatherapist, coach, and wise woman Anna Denfeld to reclaim menopause as the sacred transformation it truly is. Together they dismantle toxic cultural narratives that treat menopause as a disease or a decline and instead frame it as a chrysalis moment—a profound shift into power, clarity, and elderhood. This episode is a call to arms (and hearts) for any woman who's tired of shrinking and ready to rise.
👤 About Anna...
2025-09-0230 min
Awaken your power.What Power Really Means (and What It Doesn’t)
Welcome to the season 3 of Awaken Your Power. In a world that rewards fitting in and staying small, what does it really mean to step into your power? In this solo opening, I dig into the myths and misunderstandings about power that keep so many of us from living fully. Is power the same as control? Does it always corrupt? Is it just for a chosen few? Together, we’ll explore a very different kind of power—one rooted in agency, awareness, and alignment with our deepest values. This episode is both personal and cultural: it’s about reclaiming your o...
2025-08-2623 min
Halfway To Dead, A Midlife Spiritual JourneyE47 -Midlife: Crisis or Transformation? with Keri MangisWhat if midlife isn't a crisis at all, but a powerful opportunity for transformation? In this illuminating conversation, author and spiritual teacher Keri Mangis challenges us to flip the script on everything we thought we knew about this pivotal life stage.Keri shares her extraordinary journey through breakdown to breakthrough, including a raw, vulnerable moment when years of suppressed emotions finally erupted in a primal scream that changed everything. She explains how women especially are conditioned to "keep the peace" at the expense of our authentic selves, storing trauma in our bodies until we finally create space...
2025-04-231h 10
Living The Next Chapter: Candid Conversations with Authors and Writers for Readers Searching for a New ReadE453 - Keri Mangis - Embodying Soul, A Return to Wholeness - Mind, Body, Spirit - A MemoirEpisode 453 - Keri Mangis - Embodying Soul, A Return to Wholeness - Mind, Body, Spirit - A Memoirmy missionI'm a writer, author, and spiritual teacher, focused on raising awareness and consciousness. I dig deeper into the collective consciousness to root out the myths that keep us stuck in the status quo. I am a wholeness advocate who promotes transformation through the three stages of breakdown, reflection, and rebirth.My JourneyI have often tried to insist that I remain a certain way—defined by a particular label, role, or gr...
2024-11-1641 min
Awaken your power.The Power of the Liminal Spaces
Episode Title: The Power of Liminal Spaces
Host: Keri Mangis
Main Topics:
Understanding Liminal Spaces:
[05:00] Definition and emotional resonance of being "in between" states, the challenge and beauty of transitions.
Cultural Context and Historical Insight:
[12:30] Discusses how different cultures and ancient rites incorporate the understanding of these transitional phases.
Transformation in Personal and Collective Spheres:
[20:45] Reflects on the pandemic as a collective liminal space and the need for real transformation rather than superficial changes.
Navigating Liminal Spaces:
[31:10] Offers practical advice on de...
2024-04-1932 min
The Being Curious ShowKeri Mangis – Author, Thought leader & InnovatorExplore reinvention, success, and resilience with guest Keri Mangis. Discover the power of self-discovery, embrace change, and empower your journey of transformation!
2023-11-3051 minThe Being Curious ShowKeri Mangis – Transformation & Lifestyle ConsultantWe welcome back Keri Mangis and we discuss reinvention and Sometimes, the things we fear the most – failure, falling apart, letting go, having a breakdown/meltdown, a midlife crisis, etc – are exactly the things that catapult us to a new place on our journey in a way that simply “one foot in front of the other” never could!
2023-02-1345 min
Awaken your power.Embodying Soul Audiobook...
Dear Power Source subscribers,It has been a long, busy, hot summer so far! My newsletter has surely fallen down on the list of priorities!However, I have remained busy. I’ve been writing articles for Spirituality & Health Magazine, which you can check out here.I’m also writing two columns for The Edge Magazine, one on personal transformation, and the other on simple tips and tricks. Please check those out as well!Finally, I spent June and July recording my audiobook for Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness!! I re...
2022-07-2807 min
Awaken your power.Embodying Soul Audiobook...Dear Power Source subscribers,It has been a long, busy, hot summer so far! My newsletter has surely fallen down on the list of priorities!However, I have remained busy. I’ve been writing articles for Spirituality & Health Magazine, which you can check out here.I’m also writing two columns for The Edge Magazine, one on personal transformation, and the other on simple tips and tricks. Please check those out as well!Finally, I spent June and July recording my audiobook for Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness!! I re...
2022-07-2707 min
Awaken your power.Embodying Soul PrologueI have several exciting projects going on this summer, but my favorite is recording my audiobook of Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness!This project was on my list back in 2020 when I published the paperback and e-book, but I didn’t get around to it. But now, I’m diving in, and having so much fun! I’m hoping to be finished recording in a month or two (it takes a long time!) and have it ready for listeners by fall.As Power Source members, I invite you to listen to the prologue today!...
2022-06-0309 min
Awaken your power.What's the Big Idea?The Main Stage EventI’m writing this post partially to share with my readers, and also for posterity's sake. I spent so much time preparing for this audition, I want to remember how it all went down.First, if you’re not familiar with TED Talks, you might want to change that! They are brief, concise talks given by thought leaders of any industry —from science to medicine to self-care to personal growth to, well, anything.The point of a TED Talk is all about the power of ideas. The best TED talks...
2022-04-3007 min
Awaken your power.🎧Audio Guided Tonglen
We are living in a time of immense confusion, pain, and disconnect. When there are horrors in every direction, it overwhelms us, and can cause us to feel like there’s nothing we can do. It can lull us into numbness.Hopelessness is a dangerous emotion. It’s very easy to get caught in a cycle of cynicism, fear, and bitterness. Yet, we are called to pull ourselves out of those cycles. We are called to greater things.“The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life e...
2022-04-0210 min
Awaken your power.🎧Audio Guided TonglenWe are living in a time of immense confusion, pain, and disconnect. When there are horrors in every direction, it overwhelms us, and can cause us to feel like there’s nothing we can do. It can lull us into numbness.Hopelessness is a dangerous emotion. It’s very easy to get caught in a cycle of cynicism, fear, and bitterness. Yet, we are called to pull ourselves out of those cycles. We are called to greater things.“The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life e...
2022-04-0110 min
Awaken your power.Book Your Transformation & Lifestyle Consultation TodayDear Power Source Subscribers:Today is the day you can book a Transformation and Lifestyle Consultation with me! For more about these consultations and what they entail, please listen to the brief audio.And here is a link to the page with more information and to book! Hope to see you on my calendar soon!https://kerimangis.com/work-with-me Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2022-03-0108 min
Awaken your power.Daily Evening Meditation
Dear Power Source Subscribers:You didn’t think I’d give you a morning meditation without also offering an evening meditation, did you? 🙃Bookend your days with these two guided meditations, and notice the shifts in your mindset, well-being, and even productivity.Namaste,Keri Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2022-02-1711 min
Awaken your power.Daily Evening MeditationDear Power Source Subscribers:You didn’t think I’d give you a morning meditation without also offering an evening meditation, did you? 🙃Bookend your days with these two guided meditations, and notice the shifts in your mindset, well-being, and even productivity.Namaste,Keri Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2022-02-1611 min
Awaken your power.Daily Morning Meditation
Of all the good habits you can put into place, taking just a few moments in the morning to get grounded and set your intentions can make all the difference between a day where you always feel a step behind and a day when you feel unstoppable.This AM meditation is just 11 minutes. I encourage you to bookmark this email and get into the routine of playing it each morning. (For paid Substack members, this meditation will be available on your VIP page for easy access.)Happy morning! Get full...
2022-02-1511 min
Awaken your power.Daily Morning MeditationOf all the good habits you can put into place, taking just a few moments in the morning to get grounded and set your intentions can make all the difference between a day where you always feel a step behind and a day when you feel unstoppable.This AM meditation is just 11 minutes. I encourage you to bookmark this email and get into the routine of playing it each morning. (For paid Substack members, this meditation will be available on your VIP page for easy access.)Happy morning! Get full...
2022-02-1411 min
Awaken your power.The Three Stages of Personal Transformation
An overview of the three primary stages of alchemical transformation.
2022-02-0819 min
Awaken your power.The Three Stages of Personal TransformationDear Power Source subscribers:The date is set. I will be opening my calendar for Transformation and Lifestyle Consultations beginning March 1st! These hour-long Zoom consultations will include:* An assessment of your Ayurvedic Prakriti (your constitution/original nature)* An assessment of your Ayurvedic Vikriti (your current imbalances)* A discussion of where you are in the ever-continuing stage of personal transformation.* A personalized plan with the steps to move forward in your life with greater consciousness of how to maintain balance and harmony in...
2022-02-0719 min
Awaken your power.How to Practice Metta (Loving-Kindness)
In times of uncertainty, the most important thing we can do for ourselves is be kind. In this brief 10 minute audio, I offer three Metta phrases to help you find peace, safety, acceptance, and compassion in a shifting, changing world.Take some time to listen, and then start practicing repeating these phrases as you move through your days. Namaste, Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2022-02-0211 min
Awaken your power.How to Practice Metta (Loving-Kindness)In times of uncertainty, the most important thing we can do for ourselves is be kind. In this brief 10 minute audio, I offer three Metta phrases to help you find peace, safety, acceptance, and compassion in a shifting, changing world.Take some time to listen, and then start practicing repeating these phrases as you move through your days. Namaste, Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2022-02-0211 min
Awaken your power.Developing Resilience in Times of Adversity
Dear Power Source subscribers:Here’s an audio post for you this week on resiliency. I especially had all of you stoic Midwesterners in mind, ;) but also, anyone who has a tendency to push through instead of flow with adversity. I talk about the differences between perseverance, endurance, and resilience, as well as offer several ways to boost your natural resiliency so you can face whatever is to come with more grace, compassion, self-love, and wisdom.Stay tuned for more audios to come! Get full access to The Po...
2022-01-2529 min
Awaken your power.Developing Resilience in Times of AdversityDear Power Source subscribers:Here’s an audio post for you this week on resiliency. I especially had all of you stoic Midwesterners in mind, ;) but also, anyone who has a tendency to push through instead of flow with adversity. I talk about the differences between perseverance, endurance, and resilience, as well as offer several ways to boost your natural resiliency so you can face whatever is to come with more grace, compassion, self-love, and wisdom.Stay tuned for more audios to come! Get full access to The Po...
2022-01-2529 min
Awaken your power.The Power of Ignoring Every Belief You’ve Ever Believed – S2 01
"What if we begin at the beginning? If begin with "maybe nothing I've ever been told is true," then the possibility is that we can start to deconstruct some of the ladder of belief that we've been attached to, We can start freeing ourselves up to explore other places and opportunities and ideas and creativity we can slowly start to return, at least in our mind, to that child, we once were, that has that open curiosity and imagination and wonder about this world. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-07-3025 min
Awaken your power.The Power of Ignoring Every Belief You’ve Ever Believed – S2 01"What if we begin at the beginning? If begin with "maybe nothing I've ever been told is true," then the possibility is that we can start to deconstruct some of the ladder of belief that we've been attached to, We can start freeing ourselves up to explore other places and opportunities and ideas and creativity we can slowly start to return, at least in our mind, to that child, we once were, that has that open curiosity and imagination and wonder about this world. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-07-2925 min
Awaken your power.The Power of Challenging Every Belief You've Ever Believed"What if we begin at the beginning? If begin with "maybe nothing I've ever been told is true," then the possibility is that we can start to deconstruct some of the ladder of belief that we've been attached to, We can start freeing ourselves up to explore other places and opportunities and ideas and creativity we can slowly start to return, at least in our mind, to that child, we once were, that has that open curiosity and imagination and wonder about this world.
2020-07-2900 min
Awaken your power.Seeking Cultural Change Through Individual Change
"And if we've learned anything, we have learned that there is no warrior coming to save us. That real life is not like the movies. There is no one person that is assigned to save the world and let the rest of us just go on living our life. It's here, it's now, change is upon us." Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-06-1620 minAwaken your power.Seeking Cultural Change Through Individual Change"And if we've learned anything, we have learned that there is no warrior coming to save us. That real life is not like the movies. There is no one person that is assigned to save the world and let the rest of us just go on living our life. It's here, it's now, change is upon us."
2020-06-1500 min
Awaken your power.Seeking Cultural Change Through Individual Change"And if we've learned anything, we have learned that there is no warrior coming to save us. That real life is not like the movies. There is no one person that is assigned to save the world and let the rest of us just go on living our life. It's here, it's now, change is upon us." Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-06-1520 min
Awaken your power.The Five Necessary Ingredients to Cultivating Wisdom
We're not here to rest. We're here to grow wiser, we're here to ask ourselves the hard questions. We're here to look at our dark sides and our shadow sides, and our blind spots. Those are the keys to developing even greater wisdom, and then sharing that with others—not through our words necessarily, but through our very being, through our very presence. This is wisdom. This is the journey and it is motivated from the soul. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-05-2628 minAwaken your power.Five Necessary Ingredients to Cultivating WisdomWe're not here to rest. We're here to grow wiser, we're here to ask ourselves the hard questions. We're here to look at our dark sides and our shadow sides, and our blind spots. Those are the keys to developing even greater wisdom, and then sharing that with others—not through our words necessarily, but through our very being, through our very presence. This is wisdom. This is the journey and it is motivated from the soul.
2020-05-2600 min
Awaken your power.The Five Necessary Ingredients to Cultivating WisdomWe're not here to rest. We're here to grow wiser, we're here to ask ourselves the hard questions. We're here to look at our dark sides and our shadow sides, and our blind spots. Those are the keys to developing even greater wisdom, and then sharing that with others—not through our words necessarily, but through our very being, through our very presence. This is wisdom. This is the journey and it is motivated from the soul. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-05-2628 min
Awaken your power.Why NOW is the Best Time to Wake Up
wake upWaking up is not just about us. It's not just about an individual. Waking up might be a an individual journey, but the result of our waking in our own lives is a gift to the collective society and it guides the energy for where society moves next.If you would like to actively participate in the direction that society moves, then we must wake up, we must be mindful for that will encourage more people to wake up more people to be mindful in their lives, which will encourage better, more mindful choices...
2020-05-1426 minAwaken your power.Why NOW is the Best Time to Wake Upwake up
Waking up is not just about us. It's not just about an individual. Waking up might be a an individual journey, but the result of our waking in our own lives is a gift to the collective society and it guides the energy for where society moves next.
If you would like to actively participate in the direction that society moves, then we must wake up, we must be mindful for that will encourage more people to wake up more people to be mindful in their lives, which will encourage better, more mindful choices for all of...
2020-05-1400 min
Awaken your power.Why NOW is the Best Time to Wake Upwake upWaking up is not just about us. It's not just about an individual. Waking up might be a an individual journey, but the result of our waking in our own lives is a gift to the collective society and it guides the energy for where society moves next.If you would like to actively participate in the direction that society moves, then we must wake up, we must be mindful for that will encourage more people to wake up more people to be mindful in their lives, which will encourage better, more mindful choices...
2020-05-1426 min
Awaken your power.Practicing Mindfulness for Transformation & Self-Understanding
"My mindfulness is largely a practice of curiosity. It's a practice of wonderment and wondering about this process of being human about the interconnectedness between all of us, and how certain people come into our lives and why they do and how this or that person triggers us. Isn't that interesting?" Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-05-0726 minAwaken your power.Practicing Mindfulness for Transformation & Understanding"My mindfulness is largely a practice of curiosity. It's a practice of wonderment and wondering about this process of being human about the interconnectedness between all of us, and how certain people come into our lives and why they do and how this or that person triggers us. Isn't that interesting?"
2020-05-0600 min
Awaken your power.Practicing Mindfulness for Transformation & Self-Understanding"My mindfulness is largely a practice of curiosity. It's a practice of wonderment and wondering about this process of being human about the interconnectedness between all of us, and how certain people come into our lives and why they do and how this or that person triggers us. Isn't that interesting?" Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-05-0626 min
Awaken your power.The Power of Discomfort: Lowering Resistance to Transformation
"Discomfort allows us to move inward, to reflect, to consider to contemplate, so that we can change and we can adjust and grow through that discomfort." Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-04-2926 minAwaken your power.The Power of Discomfort: Lowering Resistance to Transformation"Discomfort allows us to move inward, to reflect, to consider to contemplate, so that we can change and we can adjust and grow through that discomfort."
2020-04-2800 min
Awaken your power.The Power of Discomfort: Lowering Resistance to Transformation"Discomfort allows us to move inward, to reflect, to consider to contemplate, so that we can change and we can adjust and grow through that discomfort." Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-04-2826 min
Awaken your power.We Won’t Break: Building Emotional Resiliency & Equanimity
Part of a journey to wholeness, part of a journey to awakening power, is to expand our emotional experience so that we become fuller, more whole human beings. That's what my work is all about. That's what this podcast is all about. And I dare to say that that is what this time is asking us to do. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-04-2128 minAwaken your power.Building Emotional Resiliency & EquanimityPart of a journey to wholeness, part of a journey to awakening power, is to expand our emotional experience so that we become fuller, more whole human beings. That's what my work is all about. That's what this podcast is all about. And I dare to say that that is what this time is asking us to do.
2020-04-2100 min
Awaken your power.We Won’t Break: Building Emotional Resiliency & EquanimityPart of a journey to wholeness, part of a journey to awakening power, is to expand our emotional experience so that we become fuller, more whole human beings. That's what my work is all about. That's what this podcast is all about. And I dare to say that that is what this time is asking us to do. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-04-2128 minAwaken your power.Investing in Creativity & Curiosity During Times of CrisisI'm so glad to be able to do this podcast right now. It means so much to be able to chew through some of these difficult things that are going around in our head as we all deal with the effects of the Coronavirus.
If you are an artist or creative or a visionary or a leader in any capacity right now, I think today's episode will be especially valuable for you. Andrea and I talked about how important it is to stay connected to our creativity and our curiosity and our hope for a new world as...
2020-04-1400 min
Awaken your power.Investing in Creativity & Curiosity During Times of CrisisI'm so glad to be able to do this podcast right now. It means so much to be able to chew through some of these difficult things that are going around in our head as we all deal with the effects of the Coronavirus.If you are an artist or creative or a visionary or a leader in any capacity right now, I think today's episode will be especially valuable for you. Andrea and I talked about how important it is to stay connected to our creativity and our curiosity and our hope for a new world as...
2020-04-1445 minAwaken your power.When Growth Looks More Like UnravellingThink of this period of time as a form of revelation, as a form of truth now coming to the surface because it can't be hidden under business. It can't be hidden under power. And we can't hide. Our true selves are going to come to the surface.
2020-04-0700 min
Awaken your power.When Growth Looks More Like Unravelling: Navigating COVID-19Think of this period of time as a form of revelation, as a form of truth now coming to the surface because it can't be hidden under business. It can't be hidden under power. And we can't hide. Our true selves are going to come to the surface. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-04-0747 min
Awaken your power.Our Stories: Find the Healing; Share the ValueIt's really important to go write right now. It' doesn't matter what shape it takes in the end. You have a thought, write it down, save it for yourself. And you can come back to it later. And maybe the only point of that thought was that it comforted you right now. And maybe it's something more, and it's not your business right now. Your job is just to be present with what is. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-03-3155 minAwaken your power.Our Stories: Find the Healing; Share the ValueIt's really important to go write right now. It' doesn't matter what shape it takes in the end. You have a thought, write it down, save it for yourself. And you can come back to it later. And maybe the only point of that thought was that it comforted you right now. And maybe it's something more, and it's not your business right now. Your job is just to be present with what is.
2020-03-3100 min
Awaken your power.Who Am I Really: Discussion on Identity + Yoga Nidra
This podcast is divided into 2 parts—the first 15 minutes are devoted to a discussion on identity. Starting at about the 15 minute mark, I transition into a 30-minute Yoga Nidra —a long, guided meditation through the Koshas—the "sheaths" or "layers" of the body.I wanted to do this episode today, outside of my normal rhythm, as something I can do to help during the Coronavirus and stay-at-home, social distancing measures we're implementing and following. As hard as this period of time is for so many, it can actually be a good time to explore some answers to the Big Qu...
2020-03-2548 min
Awaken your power.Who Am I Really: Discussion on Identity + Yoga NidraThis podcast is divided into 2 parts—the first 15 minutes are devoted to a discussion on identity. Starting at about the 15 minute mark, I transition into a 30-minute Yoga Nidra —a long, guided meditation through the Koshas—the "sheaths" or "layers" of the body.I wanted to do this episode today, outside of my normal rhythm, as something I can do to help during the Coronavirus and stay-at-home, social distancing measures we're implementing and following. As hard as this period of time is for so many, it can actually be a good time to explore some answers to the Big Qu...
2020-03-2448 minAwaken your power.Who Am I Really: Discussion on Identity+ Yoga NidraThis podcast is divided into 2 parts—the first 15 minutes are devoted to a discussion on identity. Starting at about the 15 minute mark, I transition into a 30-minute Yoga Nidra —a long, guided meditation through the Koshas—the "sheaths" or "layers" of the body.
I wanted to do this episode today, outside of my normal rhythm, as something I can do to help during the Coronavirus and stay-at-home, social distancing measures we're implementing and following. As hard as this period of time is for so many, it can actually be a good time to explore some answer...
2020-03-2400 min
Awaken your power.Awaken Your Magic: Heal Yourself, Align with Your Values, and Change the Culture.Introduction2:08About Emily's Book - Damsel No More: The Secret to Slaying Your Anxiety and Loving Again After an Abusive Relationship. 4:45 Healing Through Writing - Gaining Perspective & Forgiveness7:39 - Why Healing Doesn't have to be Painful10:12 - Life Stories as Goldmines11:08 - Discussing Anxiety vs. PTSD13:05 Differentiating Anxiety from General Fear17:15 - How Emotions are Like Candy!18:38 Emotional Management for Kids and Adults22:11 - Need to Belong23:36 - Gaslighting, Narcissism, and Cultural Zit Popping26:30...
2020-03-1745 minAwaken your power.Awaken Your Magic: Heal Yourself, Align with Your Values, and Change the Culture.Introduction
2:08
About Emily's Book - Damsel No More: The Secret to Slaying Your Anxiety and Loving Again After an Abusive Relationship.
4:45 Healing Through Writing - Gaining Perspective & Forgiveness
7:39 - Why Healing Doesn't have to be Painful
10:12 - Life Stories as Goldmines
11:08 - Discussing Anxiety vs. PTSD
13:05 Differentiating Anxiety from General Fear
17:15 - How Emotions are Like Candy!
18:38 Emotional Management for Kids and Adults
22:11 - Need to Belong
23:36 - Gaslighting, Narcissism, and Cultural Zit Popping
26:30 - Purpose of Finding your Magic, Especially in Times like ours
27:33 - Working with the Collective Consciousness
29:02 - Live Your Purpose
29:42 - Importance o...
2020-03-1700 minAwaken your power.The Power of Living, Sharing, & Speaking the TruthAuthenticity is a willingness to pursue your interests, your values, what makes you happy, and then also a willingness to speak your truth and express your needs without apologizing for it.
2020-03-0200 min
Awaken your power.The Power of Living & Sharing TruthAuthenticity is a willingness to pursue your interests, your values, what makes you happy, and then also a willingness to speak your truth and express your needs without apologizing for it. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-03-0232 min
Awaken your power.Navigating A Dark Night of the SoulYou did not choose this life for it to be easy. You did not choose this life to escape or get by on habit and routine. You wanted to come here to change, to evolve, to grow, and to learn. And sometimes just because of the nature of life, things get backed up. We've been on autopilot for way too long. And so all of this change and all of this transformation that was coming to us is sort of bottle jammed, and we must now move it out. This is sometimes what causes a Dark Night of the Soul...
2020-02-1820 minAwaken your power.Navigating a Dark Night of the SoulYou did not choose this life for it to be easy. You did not choose this life to escape or get by on habit and routine. You wanted to come here to change, to evolve, to grow, and to learn. And sometimes just because of the nature of life, things get backed up. We've been on autopilot for way too long. And so all of this change and all of this transformation that was coming to us is sort of bottle jammed, and we must now move it out. This is sometimes what causes a Dark Night of the...
2020-02-1800 min
Awaken your power.Honesty, Authenticity & the Willingness to Keep Going – 10In this episode, Dyanne Kelley and I talk about what it takes to keep moving on a journey toward greater truth and authenticity. We agreed that it begins with deciding that we are worth saving. We also discuss the value of women's stories, the emotional challenges such as guilt and shame, and discuss what it means to ask ourselves the question, Who Am I, Really? Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-02-0432 minAwaken your power.Honesty, Authenticity & the Willingness to Keep Going – 10In this episode, Dyanne Kelley and I talk about what it takes to keep moving on a journey toward greater truth and authenticity. We agreed that it begins with deciding that we are worth saving. We also discuss the value of women's stories, the emotional challenges such as guilt and shame, and discuss what it means to ask ourselves the question, Who Am I, Really?
2020-02-0400 minAwaken your power.Finding Strength in Self-Love & Sovereignty – 09In this episode, I chat with my friend and founder of Mxe, Heather Corndorf. Here's just a snippet of what she had to say:
"Heather: Right and that these are all the the core values are, these are internal words at MXE, and it's our vision. So, on the surface, it looks like we're, you know, moving around and dancing, laughing which we are, but the whole purpose I see this vision that these people that coming in, they are going to love themselves unconditionally. They're going to have compassion, respect, and then they're...
2020-01-2100 min
Awaken your power.Finding Strength in Self-Love & Sovereignty – 09In this episode, I chat with my friend and founder of Mxe, Heather Corndorf. Here's just a snippet of what she had to say:"Heather: Right and that these are all the the core values are, these are internal words at MXE, and it's our vision. So, on the surface, it looks like we're, you know, moving around and dancing, laughing which we are, but the whole purpose I see this vision that these people that coming in, they are going to love themselves unconditionally. They're going to have compassion, respect, and then they're going to be able...
2020-01-2130 minAwaken your power.The Power of Intuition: Family, Friends, Food & Work – 08There's all kinds of information out there, but then there's also this incredible power we all have just innately, and that's our intuition.
2020-01-0700 min
Awaken your power.The Power of Intuition: Family, Friends, Food & Work – 08There's all kinds of information out there, but then there's also this incredible power we all have just innately, and that's our intuition. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2020-01-0728 min
Awaken your power.Regenerating Power Through Silence and Solitude – 07A lot of what this podcast is talking about so far is power as it relates to our place in the world—our courage to stand up for things, our ability to influence, lead and persuade, our strength as we move out into the world with our voice and our sense of personal authority. But there is another angle to this kind of power that we are trying to awaken. And that's the power of sovereignty. That power of being in oneself in solitude, in aloneness, and being okay with that. That too, is a kind of power.
2019-12-2417 minAwaken your power.Regenerating Power Through Silence and Solitude – 07A lot of what this podcast is talking about so far is power as it relates to our place in the world—our courage to stand up for things, our ability to influence, lead and persuade, our strength as we move out into the world with our voice and our sense of personal authority.
But there is another angle to this kind of power that we are trying to awaken. And that's the power of sovereignty. That power of being in oneself in solitude, in aloneness, and being okay with that. That too, is a kind of power.
2019-12-2400 min
Awaken your power.The Power of Reflection and Hindsight – 06Personal growth was not only for childhood. We are all walking around, wounded in some way. For this planet to heal, and for us humans to continue to evolve, we must begin ourselves. If we don't fully recognize our human stories for what they have to teach us, hoping instead, that by ignoring them they will go away, we will never actually be free Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2019-12-1018 minAwaken your power.The Power of Reflection and Hindsight – 06Personal growth was not only for childhood. We are all walking around, wounded in some way. For this planet to heal, and for us humans to continue to evolve, we must begin ourselves. If we don't fully recognize our human stories for what they have to teach us, hoping instead, that by ignoring them they will go away, we will never actually be free
2019-12-1000 min
Awaken your power.Growing Power Through Ownership and Healing-Ep 05Growing our power is a process of deepening our knowledge of ourselves and this world and our place within it. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2019-11-2621 minAwaken your power.Growing Power Through Ownership and Healing-Ep 05Growing our power is a process of deepening our knowledge of ourselves and this world and our place within it.
2019-11-2600 minAwaken your power.Removing the Obstacles to our Personal Power-Ep 04But now I've learned the importance of empowering myself. When it comes from within, it's a completely different kind of power. It is not a contingent or conditional power. It simply is a part who we are.
2019-11-0700 min
Awaken your power.Removing the Obstacles to our Personal Power-Ep 04But now I've learned the importance of empowering myself. When it comes from within, it's a completely different kind of power. It is not a contingent or conditional power. It simply is a part who we are. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2019-11-0717 minAwaken your power.Anger’s Fire: How to Receive and Digest the Message-Ep 03Anger's Fire
"Anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way that is not within everyone's power. And it's not easy." Aristotle anger
Anger is a challenging emotion because it is fire and fire is hard to manage.
But when used appropriately, it can create a fire that brings light and illumination into the world. It can bring clarity, it can allow for digest of old ideas and beliefs...
2019-10-2900 min
Awaken your power.Anger’s Fire: How to Receive and Digest the Message-Ep 03Anger's Fire"Anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way that is not within everyone's power. And it's not easy." Aristotle angerAnger is a challenging emotion because it is fire and fire is hard to manage.But when used appropriately, it can create a fire that brings light and illumination into the world. It can bring clarity, it can allow for digest of old ideas and beliefs...
2019-10-2920 minAwaken your power.How to Slip the Grip of Reputation-Ep 02Figure out what it is that truly will make you happy from inside and stop chasing after reputation and status, which are as transitory as a media cycle, as impermanent as a snakeskin.
2019-10-1500 min
Awaken your power.How to Slip the Grip of Reputation-Ep 02Figure out what it is that truly will make you happy from inside and stop chasing after reputation and status, which are as transitory as a media cycle, as impermanent as a snakeskin. Get full access to The Power Source at kerimangisauthor.substack.com/subscribe
2019-10-1517 minAwaken your power.Resisting the Pull and Power of the Status Quo-Ep 01Resisting the Pull and Power of the Status Quo
The status quo is a force of power that keeps a society stuck. But, to best challenge the societal status quo, we must first challenge our own.
Why is it that as we grow up, we become incurious? As we move from childhood to adulthood, we slowly lose that sense of pushing back, questioning authority, or challenging norms and rules. What's even worse than that? Becoming rigorous defenders of the status quo, bound and determined to prevent anyone with a new idea and a new thought, and a different way o...
2019-10-0100 min