Anna Whiston-Donaldson is a popular author and speaker whose New York Times bestselling book, Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love chronicles the raw, early grief of losing her 12 year old son in a freak accident. Selected one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2014, Rare Bird resonates with readers looking for hope in impossible circumstances. 

She also has a children’s book, A Hug from Heaven, that speaks to grieving children from the point of view of a loved one who died. Anna has been featured in The Washington Post, Ladies Home Journal, Woman’s Day, Time Magazine, and other publications both print and online. She lives with her family in the Virginia suburbs, has a blog titled “An Inch of Gray,” and is launching a podcast late 2021.

In this episode, we talked about:

• The crazy parallels between her life and mine, in 17 year intervals (aka cicada time), our kids traversed the same experiences.
• How she channeled her grief about losing...

Today my guest is Elena Hartz who describes herself as a 48 year old mother who is twice divorced, Russian-born (raised in Ukraine) and who immigrated to the US in 1993.

I was compelled to interview when I heard her story on her daughter's podcast. To hear the incredible story of her young life in Russia, her early marriage to a man who turned out to be a liar and an abuser, and her family's escape from Communist Russia, check out Episode 217 of the Manifestation Babe podcast. It's a long one but so worth it! (In this episode, we don't go into those details.)

We talked about so many things including:

• her perspective on the American dream and comparison to her way of life as a person who grew up in a communist society
• her difficult adjustment to her daughter's version of the American dream which is not the traditional one she had dreamt for her
• her big aha moment about manifestation and how it can backfire on us.
• her amazing take on "mistakes."
• her Rythmia experience...

This week’s interview is with Morgyn Danae, who refers to her past self as a “wounded healer." Now she uses the experience of her own self-healing from childhood trauma-based physical ailments and mental illness, in combination with her professional studies and training to encourage & teach others.

Morgyn’s personal experiences led her to be a Somatic Recovery Coach & Divine Feminine Guide who specializes in dance, core wellness, trauma recovery, and conscious performance. Self-love, spiritual practice, holistic natural lifestyle, and creative expression are the foundations of her recovery toolbox which she talks about in this episode.

Morgyn moved cross-country to Southern California in 2019, bringing her 25+ years of study, practice, and personal recovery full circle in her business and art..

"Healer, heal thyself” are words Morgyn claims saved her life. Listen to this episode as she shares her journey to healing. She hopes listeners know...

 My guest for this week’s episode is Emyrald Sinclaire, an intuitive guide and spiritual mentor who helps women to connect with the true desires of their heart, offering them the courage and accountability to follow through and take action on their dreams and giving them the practical tools in order to manifest the love of their lives and the life of their dreams.

Emyrald and I had a great conversation. She shared how she started listening to source, her heart and her spirit and how  her gifts unfolded so that now she gets to  use those gifts to live her passion as a Spiritual Life & Manifestation Coach. 

We also talked about how she came up with her name (interesting story about spiritual alignment!) and why she packed everything up and hit the road 3 months ago and is now living a nomadic lifestyle!

Emyrald believes that the ONLY THING holding you back from everything you desire (the relationship, the money in the bank account, or the dream job) is...

My latest guest is Thérèse Plummer, an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator, who lives and works in The Big Apple. She has recorded over 500 audio books for various publishers and won the 2020 Audie Award for her collaborative work on "The Only Plane In The Sky: An Oral History of 9/11" by Garrett M. Graff which garnered Audiobook of the Year!

Thérèse was a complete stranger to me when we logged onto Zoom for this interview as I had coordinated the interview through her publicist, but we instantly connected. She's the first actor I've interviewed and I so enjoyed hearing her backstory from being a rebel as a teenager to making the decision, at the last minute, to not go the traditional route of college, and instead followed an inner calling, moving to New Your City to become an actor.

We cover a lot of topics that I think you'll find relatable, but the main thing I came away with is that I believe Thérèse is an old soul, wise beyond...

In this episode, my guest is Cyndie Kramer, an Ancestral Energy Healer & Coach, who empowers women in midlife to find their voice and finally start saying YES to themselves, by releasing unresolved family patterns that have been holding them back from living fully.

After over 20 years working in land use planning for local governments, Cyndie was called to follow her personal passion for ancestral exploration and use it to help other women.

Through many hours of family research, she has developed a gift for seeing each woman's life as a unique soul journey while at the same time being intricately linked to the lives of the family that came before her.

She helps women in midlife understand and transform the patterns of feminine wounding in their family history so they can finally uncover who they are, why they are here and what they want to do with the rest of their lives.

In 2020, Cyndie launched her ancestral healing and coaching practice, Ancestress Awakening.

Here are the...

Breathwork is a very useful tool if you are someone who wants to achieve a better sense of self-awareness, higher consciousness and as my guest mentions, ‘self-healing’. Our body is a natural healer and breathwork is a proven effective tool to mentally, physically and spiritually, improve our overall well-being.

In this episode, I speak with Kelly West, a Registered Nurse, Certified Neuro Coach and lover of breathwork! She helps caregivers banish burnout and build resiliency. We talk about the benefits of breathwork, especially to people who experience anxiety, depression, and trauma. Kelly also shared an interesting story about how she got serious in improving her own health and total wellness.

With her combined knowledge with Neuro Coaching and breathwork, she has focused on helping women get unstuck in life, to let go of the baggage and negative energy and connect the mind and body to bring greater healing so they can achieve their desires without any distraction.

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EP84: Today's message is once more coming straight from my intuition, prompted with a card from my Energy Oracle card deck, and it's a discussion about your 2021 journey.

Where will your journey take you in the next 12 months? What do you plan to focus on?

In this episode I talk about 3 different journey buckets... Physical, Mental, and Spiritual.

Or shall we call them adventure buckets? I resonate more deeply with the word adventure because it implies fun along the way! That word just SOUNDS fun, doesn't it?

In this episode I share examples and things I have planned for my 2021 adventures. And what I'd like you to do after listening, spend some time in quiet thought and then write down at least ONE ADVENTURE for each bucket. Title that piece of paper: "My 2021 Journey" and then get to work adventuring!!! ‍

Here's the exact wording from the card:

Journey - Movement, Relocation, Travel

"Pack your bags! The Journey card foretells upcoming travel or a shift in location. It may be...

Did you know that there are 12 scientific laws of the universe? Most people know of the Law of Attraction since that was the subject of the book "The Secret" and then later the movie. Well, there are more and we talk about a lot of them on this episode. And they are all fascinating!!!

My latest podcast guest, Janice Berkenheger, is an expert on these laws and focuses on 7 of them in particular! Not only that, she uses them in as tools in her life and her business as a Manifesting and Money Coach.

Janice is the founder of Janice Berkenheger Coaching and has helped many women discover how to use Universal Laws and Manifesting to create the life and business they dream of.

I had so much fun talking about these laws with Janice and hearing her stories about these laws have helped her throughout her life, even before she even knew what they were. In fact, I felt we ran out of time so we'll have to do a follow up episode!

Janice believes that we all have these tools inside of us, even if...

"So many things in my life that I had thought were impossible became possible. WHY? because I started trying, I had to, I had no choice, when you feel as though you have lost everything you suddenly have NOTHING TO LOSE!

So I stopped worrying about the consequences, the "what if's" and really started living."

Strong and inspirational words from my latest guest, Louise Wilson. She is a Mystic, Healer, Entrepreneur and Business Coach and has over 30 years experience in consulting, finance, spirituality, and business having launched her own retail store, retreat center, and coaching and healing practice.

Having gone through multiple major shifts in her life, she found herself letting go of her fears and started her journey on spiritual path and self-discovery. From struggling with Dyslexia at a young age, to having separated from her first husband and working at a job that she didn't love, Louise had her back against the wall and realized there's nothing to lose so she decided to stop...