Paradigm Expansions
Welcome to Day 3 of AWAKEN
Today's interviews focus on going deeper:
Presence and Embodiment
Keep your journal handy to write down "aha" moments!
Meet Today's Speakers:
Dr. Shannon South
"The Joy Doctor," Transpersonal Therapist, Author, Speaker
Colleen Lindberg
Soul Mission Activator, Spiritual Strategist
Nischala Joy Devi
Spiritual Teacher, Healer, Author of The Secret Power of Yoga
Tracy Cochran:
The Liberating Power of Presence
In this AWAKEN series interview, your host Stephanie Rouch interviews meditation teacher and author, Tracy Cochran. We discuss Tracy’s journey with presence as an invitation to come home to ourselves. For the past ten years, Tracy has lived with a raspy voice, which has become a profound teacher in her practice of presence. Rather than resisting, she has learned to embrace whatever arises, using presence as a grounding force to navigate fear and uncertainty. In dark and challenging times, presence not only opens our hearts but also provides a guiding light. We also explore her book, Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourself, where Tracy emphasizes the power of being fully present as a path to freedom and joy. She shares both the adventures and misadventures of life, making this journey an entertaining and relatable experience for all. A key insight Tracy shares is that presence cultivates a field of loving friendliness and compassion within us—one that naturally spills out into the world, making us channels for light even in the darkest times. During this conversation, we enjoyed a five-minute meditation exercise on embodied presence, offering listeners a direct experience of this practice.
Tracy's Free Gift
Tracy is generously gifting access to guided meditations on her website for listeners to explore.
Dr. Shannon South: Healing Through Mind-Body-Spirit Alignment: A Path to Lasting Joy
In this AWAKEN series interview, your host Stephanie Rouch speaks with Dr. Shannon D. South, also known as the “Joy Doctor.” As an award-winning therapist, best-selling author, and inspirational speaker, Shannon has dedicated over 25 years to helping people heal trauma and reconnect with their most joyful, abundant selves. Shannon shares her deeply personal journey of healing from debilitating anxiety and depression through a transformative spiritual experience during meditation in 1994. This peak experience of loving awareness permanently shifted her life, revealing that true healing happens when we integrate mind, body, and spirit in alignment. Since then, she has helped thousands access their inner wisdom and self-healing abilities. A key insight from Shannon’s work is the power of the Inner Counselor, a process she developed to help clients move beyond blocks and connect to their higher self. By using colors, images, and meditation techniques, this practice allows individuals to release emotional wounds, access inner guidance, and create lasting transformation. In our conversation, Shannon guides us through a powerful meditation to help listeners connect with their higher selfand align with their deepest wisdom. She also emphasizes the importance of giving from a place of overflow rather than sacrifice—when we are in alignment, we can serve others with ease and joy.
Dr. Shannon's Free Gifts
Dr. Shannon is generously offering listeners her free ebook and a guided YouTube experience of the Inner Counselor practice, designed to help you unlock your healing potential and align with your most authentic self.
Erica Bassani: Women Awakening Project:
Spreading the Wisdom of Women
In this AWAKEN series interview, your host Stephanie Rouch interviews Italian writer and host of the Women Awakening Project, Erica Bassani. We discuss the importance of accessing feminine wisdom within spirituality to accept and love our whole selves. While Erica’s work has focused on the divine feminine, she notes god has no gender or identity - and invites listeners to dive deep into their own shadow aspects, especially if they identify with a group that has been told they are not good enough. The divine feminine is soft and strong - unmeasurable, indescribable, both focused and at ease. Being in the body is a great place to access the divine feminine, and she guides us through an exercise to feel embodied and at peace.
Erica's Free Gift
Access wisdom from the women’s awakening project to learn more about the insights Erica has gained.
Colleen Lindberg: Integrating the Feminine to
Activate Your Soul Mission
In this AWAKEN series interview, your host Stephanie Rouch interviews soul mission activator and spiritual strategist: Colleen Lindberg. We discuss the journey of shifting from the authority structure into a purposeful, soul driven life. She shared how living from her true self has meant living with trust that she is held. Similar to merging science and spirituality for wholeness, integrating the “masculine” and “feminine” energies within us can lead to healing. She discusses her journey of learning, embracing, and owning her divine feminine nature of BEING while still honoring her “masculine” energy of DOING for success, service, and joy. Colleen’s call to action is to create space daily for you to just BE, open yourself up to intuitive hits, and ACT on the intuition you receive. Step by step, you will see changes in your life.
Colleen's Free Gift
Colleen is offering a free meditation on “Activating your Soul Purpose Light Language Transmission"
Nischala Joy Devi: Integrating the Feminine for
Healing and Wholeness
In this AWAKEN series interview, your host Stephanie Rouch interviews International yoga teacher, author, and healer, Nischala Joy Devi. We touch on how the integration of science and spirituality helps us shift from an external authority of health and healing to an internal one. Integration of the whole self has profound impacts on our ability to love, and our awareness of the abundance around us. Similar to blending science and spirit, we discussed integration of the masculine and feminine which results in deeper connection to our true self. Trusting our deep self may be scary and few do it, but it is the path to wholeness. Nischala walked us through an exercise of connecting inward with our hearts and sharing this love and abundance with the world. For more meditations and teachings from Nischala, check out abundance well being and the Gita podcast. https://abundantwellbeing.com/about-us/nischala-joy-devi/
Nishcala's Free Gift
Access Nischala's free weekly sutras for quick, potent ways to integrate wisdom into your life.
Thank you for tuning in!
What are you sensing IS available for you in this present moment?
Write down your reflections and follow-up questions in your journal.
Tomorrow's interviews will focus expanding awareness beyond fear and limitation.
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