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The ModernZen Collective PodcastValentine’s Day Didn’t Invent Love, It Just Rented It: February 2026 Arcturian ChannelingLet February be the month you finally let your body catch up to your growth. We open the door to integration and embodiment—moving from fresh awareness to steady action—while releasing the pressure to sprint toward clarity. Along the way, Nikki shares an Arcturian transmission that centers pure love as the month’s natural frequency: love for self, love for others, and a renewed tenderness for the world we live in.We reframe mistakes as signals of courage rather than signs of failure. By softening shame, you create the safety needed for change to take root. We talk...
2026-02-1110 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastComing Home to Yourself: Feminine Embodiment, Presence & Inner Calm with Gabrielle MastronardoWhat if the life that looks perfect from the outside quietly drains you from the inside? Nikki sits down with mindfulness teacher and feminine embodiment guide Gabrielle Mostronardo to unpack how she left a dream fashion job, rebuilt self-trust, and followed a trail of intuition from Europe to Mexico to Bali. Along the way, she reveals how to tell intuition from fear, what happens in a temazcal rebirth ceremony, and why balancing feminine and masculine energy is the key to sustainable clarity, creativity, and calm.We trace the practical steps that moved her from burnout to embodiment...
2026-01-271h 24The ModernZen Collective PodcastAgainst the Grain of January: Listening to the Season Instead of SocietyWhat if January isn’t the time to sprint, but the time to listen? We step into winter as a threshold, an intentional pause where rest becomes action and receiving becomes strategy. Instead of forcing resolutions against bare trees and short days, we explore how aligning with the season strengthens intuition, steadies the nervous system, and lays the groundwork for a more authentic year.Nikki unpacks the tension between society’s push for instant reinvention and nature’s quiet cadence. We revisit Ayurvedic wisdom and circadian rhythms, talk about creating white space in a culture that rewards consta...
2026-01-2037 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastClosing 2025 With Gratitude, Numerology, And Magic: A Collective ReflectionLizzy & Nikki close 2025 by challenging the January reset, honoring winter’s slower rhythm, & tracing the real magic that showed up when we stopped forcing timelines. From crossing 100 episodes to building a trusted Practitioner Collective, we share how vetted healers, grounded practices, and thoughtful curation shaped a year that felt both expansive and sane.We get candid about the pivots: shelving a membership, pausing an app after months of work, and choosing to pour our energy into what resonated most—this podcast. That shift opened space for richer interviews, monthly Arcturian channelings, and reflection guides that turn listening into...
2025-12-301h 13The ModernZen Collective PodcastThe Power of Knowing Yourself: Human Design & the Magic of Operating in AlignmentThe moment you stop forcing and start aligning, everything changes. Lizzy & Nikki dive into Human Design not as a personality label, but as a practical framework for making decisions, building relationships, parenting with ease, and finding that grounded sense of “this fits.” Together, we break down the five energy types—Generator, Manifesting Generator, Manifestor, Projector, and Reflector—and show how strategy and authority turn theory into repeatable choices that actually work.You’ll hear candid stories that make the system click: soothing a toddler in seconds by honoring his “direct light” digestion style, embracing a partner’s irregular rhythm...
2025-12-0953 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastPractice: Dia De Los Muertos Guided Meditation: Tapping into Ancestral WisdomWhat if a single, steady breath could turn a key you’ve been carrying your whole life? Nikki opens a quiet space and step through a threshold of diamond light to meet the ancestors—by blood, culture, and spirit—who stand ready to remind us who we are when we feel held. We explore how to trust what arrives without forcing it, how to ask honest questions, and how to listen for guidance that lands in the body as a clear, grounded response. Messages may come as words, images, or simple knowing. Doubt is welcome, and so is curi...
2025-10-3111 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastWhen the Veil is Thin: Navigating the Sacred Space Between WorldsThe calendar is loud right now—deadlines, holidays, the churn of doing—but the season itself whispers, slow down. We’re leaning into that cue with a restorative, heart-forward conversation about remembrance, ritual, and the thin-veil days between October 31 and November 2. Instead of chasing more input, we practice three slow breaths to tell the body it’s safe to feel, then we explore how cultures like Día de los Muertos and Samhain invite us to honor ancestry without fear. From there, we get practical: how to build a simple altar from objects you already own, and how to develop a...
2025-10-2133 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastFilling Your Own Cup: Self-Care Beyond Bubble Baths with Marney HenzeThis October on The ModernZen Collective Podcast, we’re moving through our theme of Rituals of Restoration — and this week, we’re talking about what it really means to fill your own cup.Self-care often gets reduced to bubble baths and surface rituals. While those can be lovely, true restoration goes deeper. In this episode, Lizzy sits down with Marney Henze, a yoga teacher, sound healer, and spiritual alchemist based in Sedona, Arizona. Marney creates soulful sanctuaries through yoga, meditation, sound, and creative ritual — guiding others to replenish, renew, and reconnect with themselves.Together, we explore...
2025-10-1453 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastBONUS: Choosing Inner Peace in a Noisy World: October’s Arcturian TransmissionStart with a breath and a question: what does inner peace look like for you today? We open a guided Arcturian transmission for October that invites you to slow down, feel safe in your body, and build a calm foundation that supports clearer choices, stronger boundaries, and an authentic life. Instead of glorifying hustle, we examine why nervous system regulation is the real engine of productivity, creativity, and connection—and how a few simple rituals can reset your day.We explore the energy of a year nine cycle—endings, completions, and intentional release—and why protecting your peace...
2025-10-1110 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastRest as Resistance: Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Slowing DownWhat if the most powerful move you make this season is to slow down? We’re challenging the myth that worth equals busyness and inviting you into a month of rituals of restoration—practical tools, soulful wisdom, and a refreshingly honest look at why choosing rest can feel so hard and how to make it finally stick.We start by tracing the roots of hustle conditioning—from school checklists and “well-rounded” resumes to generational stories that equate stillness with laziness. Then we reframe rest as a sacred pause found across traditions, from sabbath rhythms to savasana, and unpack the...
2025-10-0732 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastPractice: Guided Restorative Meditation: Creating an Energetic CocoonSome days ask more than your body and spirit can give. We created a guided ritual that helps you pause, restore, and protect your energy—without needing an hour, a mat, or perfect quiet. Through breath awareness, soothing body cues, and a vivid cocoon of light visualization, we lead you into a space where tension loosens, calm returns, and your inner boundaries grow clear and kind. It’s practical, portable, and grounded in simple cues anyone can follow.If you’ve been craving a reset that respects your time and meets you where you are, this ritual offers...
2025-10-0709 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastBreaking Open: The Sacred Art of Falling ApartHave you ever felt your life crumbling around you? Those moments when everything seems to fall apart simultaneously can be terrifying—but what if they're actually sacred beginnings?In this deeply personal episode, Lizzy shares her recent experience of completely upending her life. From selling her family home of ten years to embrace a nomadic camper lifestyle with her husband and young children, to the emotional breaking point when their storage unit was broken into and the police never showed up after hours of waiting. That night, after months of holding everything together, she finally allowed herself to...
2025-09-3017 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastPractice: Release & Receive: A Guided Walking Meditation for Inner ClarityFeeling weighed down by mental clutter, emotional baggage, or energy that no longer serves you? This guided walking meditation offers a powerful yet gentle path to release and renewal.Nikki guides you through a beautiful practice designed to help you let go of what's taking up space in your mind, heart, and energy field. Unlike traditional seated meditation, this practice harnesses the natural rhythm of walking to facilitate mindfulness and release. Each step becomes an opportunity to leave behind expectations, comparisons, and the need to control outcomes.The beauty of this meditation lies in its...
2025-09-2607 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastPractice: Guided Autumn Equinox Energy Balance MeditationFinding balance between doing and being might be one of life's greatest challenges. The autumn equinox—that magical threshold where day and night stand perfectly equal—offers us a powerful template for this harmony.Our guided meditation takes you to a serene field at dusk, where the setting sun and rising moon share the sky. As you breathe deeply, golden sunlight fills one side of your body with creative energy and motivation, while silver moonlight washes over the other side with restoration and intuition. These opposing yet complementary forces meet at your heart center, creating a luminous bala...
2025-09-2409 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastSpecial BONUS: Unlock Your Dream Life: A 10-Minute Subliminal ExperienceDiscover the effortless path to transformation through the power of subliminal programming. This special episode offers a unique 10-minute subliminal experience designed to bypass your conscious mind's resistance and speak directly to your subconscious, where lasting change truly begins.Utilizing a double induction method, this carefully crafted subliminal pairs beautiful music that occupies your conscious awareness while positive affirmations work beneath the surface. The affirmations focus on manifesting your dream life, experiencing greater ease, attracting luck and abundance, enhancing health and vitality, and gently releasing anything that no longer serves your highest good—all perfectly timed with th...
2025-09-2315 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastBONUS: September 2025 Arcturian Wisdom: Embrace the 9-9 EnergyEver notice how you reach for your phone the moment uncomfortable feelings arise? The Arcturians have a message for you about this very tendency—and why September 2025's powerful 9-9 energy makes this the perfect moment to break the cycle.This channeled transmission cuts straight to the heart of our collective avoidance patterns. The Arcturians explain we're experiencing a critical transition point in both the "year of nine" and "month of nine"—a powerful numerical alignment that amplifies endings and completions. Their advice? Slow down. Feel what arises. Stop filling every moment with distractions that ultimately delay your...
2025-09-1716 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastThe Spiritual Art of Letting GoAutumn whispers to us of nature's sacred rhythm—a time for harvesting what nourishes us and releasing what doesn't. But why do we cling so tightly to things that no longer serve us? In this soul-stirring conversation, Lizzy and Nikki explore the transformative power of conscious release and how creating space through letting go becomes the very catalyst for manifesting what truly aligns with our highest purpose. Through vulnerable personal stories—from walking away from prestigious career positions to outgrowing friendships that once felt essential—they illuminate how identity attachment, fear of loss, and societal expectations keep us teth...
2025-09-1741 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastAyurveda for Seasonal Shifts: Aligning Mind, Body & Spirit with Autumn Energy w/Sasha BershadskyHave you ever noticed how your body and mind shift with the changing seasons? There's ancient wisdom in that awareness, and it's the foundation of Ayurveda—a 5,000-year-old healing system that's more relevant than ever in our fast-paced modern world.In this soul-nourishing conversation, we're joined by Sasha Bershadsky, clinical Ayurveda specialist and founder of Ojas Oasis Ayurveda. Sasha shares her remarkable journey from New York City art director to Ayurvedic practitioner, following what she describes as an undeniable divine calling that came first as a whisper, then grew to an unmistakable resonance "that hit the walls of...
2025-09-091h 47The ModernZen Collective PodcastEmbracing Life’s Cycles: The Season of HarvestThe ancient rhythms of nature have always been our most profound teachers, if only we pause long enough to listen. As summer's vibrant energy begins to shift, we're reminded that every season serves a purpose—including the seasons within ourselves.This episode explores the wisdom of fall's dual invitation: to harvest what we've cultivated and to release what no longer serves us. Drawing inspiration from Jim Rohn's philosophy of life's four seasons, we examine how working with natural cycles rather than against them brings greater clarity, balance, and purpose to our journey. You'll discover why September's rare "do...
2025-09-0220 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastPractice: Barefoot Grounding Walking Meditation – Root Your Energy & Manifest with the EarthWhat if the missing piece in your manifestation practice has been right beneath your feet this whole time? We explore the transformative power of barefoot grounding meditation, a practice that bridges the gap between your dreams and reality through direct earth connection.Walking meditation becomes something entirely different when you remove the barriers between your body and the natural world. We guide you through an intentional practice of releasing what no longer serves while anchoring your deepest desires into the supportive energy of Mother Earth. This isn't just about taking off your shoes—it's about remembering that yo...
2025-08-2911 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastSpiritual Q&A: Manifesting in Uncertain or “Low” SeasonsHave you ever felt your manifestation practice grind to a halt when life gets heavy? You're not alone—and there's profound wisdom in these seemingly unproductive seasons.The universe doesn't care about your pretty vision board; it cares about your capacity to hold what you're asking for. When manifestation feels slow or challenging, it's not failing—it's preparing you for what's coming. As Lizzy and Nikki reveal in this episode, the manifestation process isn't just about attracting what you want but becoming the person who can sustain it.Drawing from personal experiences—from Nikki's divine interv...
2025-08-2640 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastPractice: Embracing Your Divine Path: A Guided Sleep Visualization for AlignmentEver felt like your dreams are just beyond reach? Tonight's guided practice might be the missing piece in your manifestation journey.We're diving deep into a powerful bedtime ritual designed to plant the seeds of your desires directly into your subconscious mind. This isn't your typical meditation—it's a comprehensive approach that combines relaxation, vivid visualization, and potent affirmations, all timed perfectly to work with your brain's natural transition into sleep.What makes this practice particularly effective is how it guides you to experience your desires in first person, engaging all your senses to create a...
2025-08-2211 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastGuided Visualization Practice: Celebrating Your Manifested RealityEver wondered what it would feel like to embody the version of yourself who already has everything you desire? This transformative guided meditation takes you on a journey to meet that future self.Nikki of the ModernZen Collective guide you through a powerful visualization practice designed to help you release limiting beliefs, receive abundance, and align with your highest potential. The meditation begins with gentle breathwork to establish presence before inviting you to imagine yourself having already manifested your deepest desires. What makes this practice uniquely powerful is the addition of celebrating this achievement with a loved...
2025-08-1607 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastIf You’re Waiting for a Sign, This Is It!What if the sign you've been waiting for is right here, right now? Lizzy and Nikki dive deep into the mysterious world of divine guidance, synchronicities, and those persistent nudges from the universe that we often ignore.Through vulnerable personal stories, the hosts reveal how signs appeared at pivotal moments in their lives. Nikki shares how a powerful visualization exercise became her unmistakable signal to leave corporate life without a plan. Lizzy recounts the electrifying full-body experience that brought tears to her eyes—a physical manifestation of divine guidance so powerful she immediately committed to an eight-month ce...
2025-08-1329 minThe ModernZen Collective PodcastBONUS: The Struggle Doesn't Equal Abundance: Arcturian Wisdom for August 2025The universe is calling us toward lightness, and the Arcturians are here to guide the way. This profound channeling delivers timely wisdom for navigating the transformative eclipse season ahead, reminding us that our bodies are preparing for a significant energetic shift.Are you feeling the physical symptoms of this cosmic upgrade? Fatigue, aches, congestion, and lightheadedness aren't random – they're signs your body is shedding density to embrace higher frequencies. This message arrives with perfect timing, whether you're listening in August 2025 or another moment; you're exactly where you need to be.The Arcturians reveal a fundamental tr...
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