Are you "high-functioning" and successful on the outside, but secretly exhausted, numb, or empty on the inside?

You are not broken. You might be waking up. 💜

In this powerful episode of Awaken Your Authentic Self, Host Jessica Rooks sits down with psychic medium and spiritual counselor Laura Hooweg to unpack the high-functioning trap so many successful women fall into - especially in midlife.

Together, we explore why achievement, productivity, and doing "all the right things" can still leave you feeling spiritually empty, disconnected, or off-path and what your soul is actually trying to tell you.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why career success can quietly mask deep spiritual emptiness
• The hidden signs of high-functioning anxiety most people ignore
• How to recognize when you're out of alignment with your authentic self
• What it truly means to go through a dark night of the soul
• Practical spiritual tools to reconnect with your soul purpose
• How to hold onto your professional success and honor your inner truth

This conversation is especially for you if:

• You're a high achieving woman (often 45-65+) who has "checked all the boxes"
• You feel like you should be happy, but something is missing
• You sense a spiritual awakening or inner shift you can't ignore anymore
• You're ready to live from your authentic, soul-led self instead of just your resume

🔮About Our Guest - Laura Hoorweg

Laura is a gifted psychic medium and spiritual counselor who supports high-functioning professionals in breaking free from emptiness, perfectionism, and burnout so they can reconnect with their intuition, soul purpose, and spiritual path.

✨Connect with Laura

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpiritSpeaksToMe

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoorweglaura/?hl=en

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurahoorweg/

Website: https://www.spiritspeaks2.me/

🌿About Your Host - Jessica Rooks

Jessica is the host of Awakem Your Authentic Self, a sacred space for soul-led seekers, spiritual empaths, and truth tellers ready to rise into theor fullest expression. Through intuitive wisdom, spiritual tools, and heart-centered conversations, she helps you remember who you truly are.

✨Connect with Jessica

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessica.rooks.77377/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1120_livingmybestlife/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AwakenYourAuthenticSelf/

Email: awakenyourauthenticself@yahoo.com

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Meant for more but feeling blocked, burdened by grief, or weighed down by chronic pain? What if everything that broke you open is actually the doorway to your spiritual power?

In this soul-stirring episode of Awaken Your Authentic Self, Jessica Rooks sits down with spiritual coach, master healer and best selling author Cheryl Stelte - founder of the Star of Divine Light Institute and the Azarias Energy Healing Certification Program.

Over 30+ years, Cheryl has:

• transformed depression, PTSD, and chronic neck and shoulder pain
• Healed deep emotional trauma and grief after her brother's suicide
• Survived a near-death experience in Uganda
• Lived with indigenous tribes like the Maasai (Kenya) and the Shuar (Equador)
• Stepped fully into her purpose as a powerful healer and spiritual teacher

All of it began on a beach on Vancouver Island with a radiant ball of light, filled with uncondiontional love and the undeniable presence of her brother on the other side.

In this episode, we explore:

• How trauma, grief, and near death experiences can awaken your spiritual gifts
• Practical ways meditation and energy healing support depression and chronic pain
• The deeper spiritual meaning of neck issues and throat chakra blocks
• Why so many mature women feel "meant for more" but stay stuck in subconscious patterns
• The most common energetic blocks Cheryl sees and how Azarias Energy healing shifts them
• How to discern a true soul calling vs. simple frustration with your current life
• Simple daily tool to become your own energy healer and reclaim your authentic voice

If you're a soul led woman who knows you're meant for more but feeld blocked, this conversation is a powerful invitation into your healing, purpose, and spiritual awakening.

Connect with Cheryl:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheryl.stelte/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steltecheryl/

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-stelte/

YouTube: https://www.youtube/@cherylstelte

Website: https://starofdivinelight.com/

Free Meditations: https://cherylstelte.kartra.com/page/powerful-mediatations

Connect with Jessica:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessica.rooks.77377/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1120_livingmybestlife/

YouTube: https://www.youtube/@AwakenYourAuthenticSelf

Email: awakenyourauthenticself@yahoo.com

#EnergyHealing #SpiritualAwakening #TraumaHealing #GriefHealing #NearDeathExperience #ChakraHealing #ThroatChakra #DepressionHealing #PTSDRecovery #ChronicPainRelief #SoulCalling #AuthenticPurpose #SpiritualJourney #SpiriyualCoach #EnergyHealer #HealingTrauma #SpiritualTransformation #AwakenYourAuthenticSelf #SpiritualPodcast

What if your darkest wounds were actually invitations into your most authentic self? 🌿

In this powerful episode of Awaken Your Authentic Self, Jessica Rooks sits down with Zen practioner, spirtiual teacher and Best Selling author Lee Carlson to explore his journey from trauma to triumph-and how Zen, mindfullness, and spiritual awakening helped him transform pain into purpose.

Inside this conversation, you'll hear:

• Lee's personal story of healing from trauma and finding inner peace
• How Zen teachings and meditation supported his spiritual awakening
• Practical mindfulness tools you can use to calm your nervous system
• The link between trauma healing, authenticity, and spiritual growth
• How to hold space for your own pain without getting lost in it

This episode is for soul-led seekers, empaths, and truth-tellers who feel the call to heal, awaken, and live more fully as their authentic self. If you've walked through darkness and are longing for a more grounded, peaceful, spiritually aligned life, Lee's story will remind you: you are not broken, you are becoming.

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Connect with Lee:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LeeCarlsonAuthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leecarlsonauthor

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeeCarlsonAuthor

Website: http://leecarlson.life/

Book: A Single Excellent Night available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles

Connect with Jessica:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessica.rooks.77377/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1120_livingmybestlife/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AwakenYourAuthenticSelf

Email: awakenyourauthenticself@yahoo.com

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