Throwing Light

Things I talk about in this episode:It's helpful to know the root causes (or some of them)For me, it got worse before it got betterI do still have some anxietyThere are lots of different reasons we have anxiety (or any mental health issue)Things that helped me:MeditationQuitting alcoholStepping into role in a helping professionOther spiritual practicesI manifested a baby and other things I wantedI did something that scared the crap out of meI learned to trust myselfI changed my dietI hope you enjoy! Grateful for you.HONORABLE MENTIONS:Muchelleb's YouTube channelThis Naked LifeThrowing Light episode on quitting alcoholThank you for listening! If you liked this episode, I would be very appreciative in you left a review on Apple Podcasts. Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoratio

We are in it, my friend, whatever "it" is. And now that the initial shock has worn off, it may be helpful to think about how we want to be while we're in it. A few broad stroke themes:Where are you starting from? Where was your mental health at the start?Normalizing the fact that it's okay to feel wobbly as we navigate uncertaintyAllowing all of your feelings—the good, the bad, and the uglyWeird spiritual techniques to help us make it throughWe are meaning makers I hope you enjoy! Grateful for you.HONORABLE MENTIONS:Natacha Oceane's YouTube channelExistential Kink by Carolyn ElliottInterview with Amanda FlakerAshley Wood's podcast, The LineWhat are the Akashic Records?Thank you for listening! If you liked this episode, I would be very appreciative in you left a review on Apple Podcasts. Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people wh

A couple of years ago, Amanda Flaker's YouTube channel stumbled onto my radar. I was more than a little intrigued by this seemingly magical being, often sitting in the woods, talking to "empath entrepreneurs" about shadow work and "exiting the matrix." These last few years, the way she conceptualizes the world and our role in it has become a constant encouragement and has helped me to hone and better articulate my own message of "shifting into shalom." Her words and her work have been especially meaningful to me these last few months as the world has turned upside down. I reached out to her in May to see if she would be up for a  having a conversation on Throwing Light. I was so thrilled when she said yes! We talk about everything from what it means to be an empath to how it's not enough to be anti-racism, with a hefty dose of weird spiritual wisdom thrown in for good measure. Listening back to our discussion as I was editing this episode to publish was surreal. I have been playing with these ideas for severa

In this interview, Maria Fernanda tells her story of being a Transracial Adoptee. She talks about what that means, why it's important, and what white adoptive parents can do to support adoptees. Maria Fernanda created @abutterflyseries on Instagram to share her personal experiences as a Transracial Adoptee. She shares stories of loss, self love, pain and healing.HONORABLE MENTIONS:To enter the giveaway mentioned in this episode, leave a review on Apple Podcasts and email me the screenshot at brandyglows@gmail.comA Butterfly Series on InstagramThank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engagi

Happy first day of Summer and Winter! Here's a meditation to help you ground into this new season. I hope it blesses you. This can be done anytime or every day all through the next three months. ---Thank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engaging with this podcast will help you on your healing journey and motivate you to delve even deeper into the beautiful work you are already doing in the world.If you resonate with my work and want to stay connected, be sure to follow me on Instagram or subscribe to Glow Mail (my semi-regular love letter via email). If you have any questions, you can em

Delighted and excited to share this episode with you!  I get teary talking about how proud I am of my son. His wisdom and thoughtfulness is this episode blow me away.  Below are all the ways to follow him on all of the socials.HONORABLE MENTIONS:Both of his TikTok accounts: @ghost.prince and @prince.ghosttOliver on InstagramOliver on TwitterThank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engaging with this podcast will help you on your healing journey and motivate you to delve even deeper into the beautiful work you are already doing in the world.If you resonate with my work and want to stay conn

Hello friend! Couple of things—First, I'm hosting a Giveaway throughout the month of June! Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts (I say iTunes in the episode. Oops!) and you will be entered to win a Shalom Session, a full email Oracle/Tarot Card reading, and some other fun goods!Second, in the title of this episode, I named four things and then I forgot to talk about one of them! If you're reading this and you've listened to the podcast, email me and name the thing I forgot and I will give the first person to notice a free email reading as well!Lastly, this is a heavy episode. I hope it helps you as you are doing the work of figuring out how to be of service in the world using your unique gifts. So much love, friend.HONORABLE MENTIONS:Meditation for Dirty HandsRebekah Berndt's websiteAmanda Flaker's video for EmpathsCarolyn Elliott on InstagramThank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to

This meditation came to me one evening after I had finished putting dirty clothes in the washer. Someone was occupying the bathroom, so for a few moments, I just stood there looking at my hands—waiting to wash them. As my attention rested on them, they began to tingle and the Muse dropped the idea of a "dirty hands meditation" into my head and heart. Love to you during these difficult days. I hope this brings you comfort and healing.--Thank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engaging with this podcast will help you on your healing journey and motivate you to delve even deeper into the beau

How do you connect with your higher self? What does he or she look like? Have you ever prayed to a god or a goddess that was not part of your tradition of origin? Why am I quitting my job??  All good questions!At the beginning of May, I put in my month's notice. In this episode, I talk about why and what I'm doing next. I also share a meditation that I did that helped me integrate part of my shadow self and remind me that God is not (only) a man AND I don't need a man to save me. HONORABLE MENTIONS:Meditation to manifest your deepest desireRebekah Berndt's InitiationGenealogy poem for the Goddess BrigidThank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people

Hello friend! I am very excited to share this meditation with you. I actually made it over a year ago for a class I taught. But there's a new moon today, and so it felt like a great time to share.The meditation takes about 8-10 minutes to complete. It's my own version of a meditation that I fell in love with from Dr. Joe Dispenza in his book, Becoming Supernatural. If you find it helpful, please share with someone who interested in manifesting their deepest desire! Thank you for listening! I hope it blesses you. :) Thank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engaging with this podcast will he

Hello friend!In these uncertain times, we sometimes find ourselves in uncomfortable places emotionally. I used to wrestle with the particular question of "What is the point?" kind of a lot—in this episode I talk about how I found my own answer. HONORABLE MENTIONS:Last week's episode, Follow Your (Own) LeadAmanda Flaker on YouTubeThank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engaging with this podcast will help you on your healing journey and motivate you to delve even deeper into the beautiful work you are already doing in the world.If you resonate with my work and want to stay connected, be su

Hello friends! This week I've been thinking about what it means to own my truth. In figuring out and journaling what that means for me, I landed on seven big ideas.1. There are infinite possibilities. (And some say infinite realities.)2. Experts can only get you so far.3. Feel what's true.4. Trust yourself and others.5. Resist the temptation to convince others.6. Ask yourself, Am I doing this because it's expected of me?7. Try it on and see what happens.HONORABLE MENTIONS:Caroline Myss's book Sacred ContractsAmanda Flaker on YouTubeMy life coach, Jill EllenEFT Tapping tutorialThank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring

When the pandemic first began, Rebekah went Live on Facebook to talk about the concept of Initiation. I was, as many of us were, still falling into the deep well of uncertainty and I found the idea comforting and helpful. No matter where you find yourself today, I hope you will, too.Rebekah is a friend and psychic/spiritual colleague of mine. She hails from the same progressive Christian vein that I came up in and I so appreciate her smart and open-minded perspective. The conversation itself is raw and unedited. That part felt right, too, even though my unedited self tends to take a bit longer than the average person to get at the point I'm trying to make. ;) You can sign up for Rebekah's class here. We had our first Zoom call tonight and I am still buzzing from the conversation. HONORABLE MENTIONS:Psychic Mastery Course from Intuitive MindOf Water and Spirit by Malidoma SomeAmanda Garcia-Yates book, Initiated: Memoir of a WitchRebekah's Instagram and Facebook groupRebekah on MediumInitiation: School for Magi

Hello friends! I have a new episode for you and I am so excited to share this one. As always, I am not pushing my own beliefs. What I want to do instead is share them, and in doing so, invite you to see how it feels when you try them on for yourself. What would change if you believed on a core level that you are immortal, that you are magic, and that you are good? In this episode, I outline 5 beliefs to help us shift into Shalom, or wholeness. They are:1. We are immortal. That fact doesn't erase our pain, but it can help us transcend it.2. Humans are good. When we make shitty choices, perhaps it's our beliefs that need to be shifted.3. Magic exists. And you have it in you.4. We all have a job to do. Your essential you-ness is the antidote to whatever trouble you're facing.5. War is not the answer. Ever. And so, what is?HONORABLE MENTIONS:Email me at brandyglows@gmail.com if you are interested in signing up for a Shalom SessionAmanda Flaker on YouTubeGary Vaynerchuk on YouTube (he's everywhere, though)Thank yo

Thank you for your patience with me as I relaunch this podcast in a pandemic. I am practicing radical self compassion and self kindness and I hope you are too. After a good deal of resistance, I have finally created an episode I am excited to share! It's difficult but important to allow yourself to be creatively vulnerable in the best of times. Under these current circumstances, it feels even more essential.In this episode, I share 5 ways you can bloom where you're planted—we're all planted somewhere right now. We can't change the soil, so we may have to change ourselves.HONORABLE MENTIONS:Amanda Flaker on YouTubeSacred Contracts by Caroline MyssThank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in conne

MAN. Welcome to Season 3! It seemed like a good day to launch the new season. Ha. I hope you are doing well. I hope you are staying healthy, hydrated, and home. I hope you are washing your hands. :)I am all of those things, gratefully. This episode is called "Where We're At" and it's also a snapshot of where I'm at. HONORABLE MENTIONS:Rob Bell's latest podcast about the CoronavirusDeepak Chopra on YouTubeHelpful TED Talk about CoronavirusCOVID-19 Update; 3/14/2020. A Message From Concerned PhysiciansThank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engaging with this podcast will help you on your h

Hello friend! I am so excited to share this episode with you. If you have been enjoying this series, I think you'll really dig the culmination of how to dig in and re-examine what you believe. Also, this is the last episode of season two! I'll be out for a couple of weeks while I have a bebe. After I learn to nurse again and get myself used to middle of the night diaper changes, I'll be back with all new content. HONORABLE MENTIONS: New tiers on Patreon Interview I did with Mama Honey on her podcast, Finding Mommy's Soft Voice EFT tutorial from Jessica Ortner Dr. Joe Dispenza's book, Becoming Supernatural TL episode with energy expanding meditation, What is Your Soul Purpose? (I couldn't find the original YT video where I got the inspiration for this meditation—but it's at least five years old, so it may have been taken down) Bruce Lipton's full lecture on the Biology of Belief My favorite past life regression meditation from Dr. Brian Weiss Thank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe

Hello! Whew. It's been a minute! But I'm back! Rounding out Season Two with two more episodes—hoping to get them out before I have a baby! This whole series has been an exercise of working out in real time what it looks like to co-create with the universe. In this episode, I talk about the importance of knowing our patterns. HONORABLE MENTIONS: The very brilliant Emily Nagoski, Ph. D. Amanda Flaker's Astral Ettiquette for Massive Abundance Thank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engaging with this podcast will help you on your healing journey and motivate you to delve even deeper into t

Two main things! First, in this episode I took a moment to rave about my amazing partner. Can I just gush for another minute, because no joke, as I was editing this episode at 10pm at night he was making me dinner. Swoon. Second, I also talk about how I'm not the parent who has her kids in all sorts of activities. BUT, I forgot to add that one of the things I do with my kiddos is look for ways to combine our passions. And the latest culmination of that is the gaming YouTube channel I started with my 7yo (details below!) HONORABLE MENTIONS: This Naked Mind's Instagram post on how she does it all Our YouTube Channel, BKSU Thank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping profe

Shifting gears! The last couple episodes of this series have focused on the negatives—how to get rid of what we don't want. And that's an important place to start. But now it's time to talk about what we want. What YOU want. Because clarity is key. HONORABLE MENTIONS: Information of Mercury Retrograde and the astrology happening these next few weeks Our GoFundMe Campaign Marie Forleo's interview with Gabby Bernstein Manifesting for Dummies episode Rob Bell's episode on An Ode to Part Way Interview with De'Nicea Hilton Thank you for listening! Throwing Light is for people who believe in the restoration and healing of the world and who aren't hung up on outdated dogma that seeks to dictate what that's supposed to look like. I'm interested in connecting with people who are actively working toward healing and restoration for themselves and the world. I am especially interested in connecting with helping professionals and people who spend their days caring for others. I promise that engaging with this podcast wi