In this wholehearted episode of Spirit Posse, Carrie, Jennifer, Kim, and Monique explore how to stay connected to your spiritual practices when life feels busy, stressful, and overwhelming. The conversation begins with a touching story about receiving signs from loved ones who have passed and expands into a discussion about mindfulness, nature, gratitude, and the small spiritual practices that can help us feel more present and connected each day. The posse reflects on the importance of slowing down, spending time in nature, observing the beauty around us, and finding moments of peace amidst life's demands. They discuss how shifting our perspective can transform relationships, reduce conflict, and help us respond to life's challenges with greater awareness and compassion.

They also explore Newton's Third Law: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. While this principle applies to the physical world, the posse reflects on how we don't always have to respond to life with the same energy we receive. We can learn to pause, become aware of our choices, and choose how to respond rather than react. As we grow spiritually, we begin to realize that we have the power to shift our perception, and sometimes that shift is the miracle itself—when nothing around us changes, but we change. Through mindfulness, awareness, and conscious choice, we can break old patterns of automatic reaction and create a more peaceful, intentional way of living.

The group also explores the spiritual concept of soul contracts & the lessons we learn from one another through these agreements. They discuss the belief that souls make agreements before birth to encounter specific people, relationships, & life experiences that support growth and evolution. These contracts may bring love, joy, challenges, loss, forgiveness, or healing. From this perspective, even the people who push our buttons or create difficulties in our lives may be helping us learn important soul lessons. The posse reflects on how viewing relationships through this spiritual lens can help us find deeper meaning, compassion, and understanding in both the joyful and challenging experiences of life.

Whether you're navigating a challenging season, looking to strengthen your spiritual practice, or simply searching for more peace in your everyday life, this episode offers powerful reminders that spirituality can be found in the simplest moments.

📚 BOOKS, TEACHERS & SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS MENTIONED

Gabby (Gabrielle) Bernstein is an American motivational speaker, life coach, and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Hailed by Oprah Winfrey as being a next generation thought leader.

Emmett Fox - Referenced for his timeless spiritual essays and practical spiritual wisdom.

The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger - A powerful memoir about resilience, forgiveness, freedom, and choosing how we respond to life's challenges.

The "Empty Boat Theory" (or Mindset) is an ancient Daoist parable that teaches emotional resilience by reframing how we perceive conflict. It suggests our anger stems from the belief that others intend to harm us, but most daily frictions are unintentional—like bumping into an "empty boat" drifting on the lake.

Soul Contracts In spirituality, a soul contract is a pre-birth agreement your soul makes with other souls, spirit guides, and the universe. It acts as a spiritual blueprint mapping out the key relationships, life themes, and challenges you will experience in your current lifetime to help your soul evolve.

The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle - A spiritual classic that teaches the transformative power of living fully in the present moment.

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle - A spiritual book exploring ego, consciousness, presence, and awakening to a higher state of awareness.

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In this insightful solo episode Kim explores the spiritual concept of “Awakened Doing” inspired by the teachings of Eckhart Tolle and his book A New Earth. The conversation centers around the idea that it is not what you are doing that matters, but how you are doing it.

She discusses the importance of being connected to the Universe while engaging in everyday life, rather than operating from stress, worry, ego, or disconnection. She explores how being disconnected from universal consciousness can create suffering, split energy, and spiritually dysfunctional actions, while being grounded and fully present allows a deeper energy and consciousness to flow into everything you do.

Also explored are the three states of “Awakened Doing” — acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm — each carrying a different vibrational frequency and energetic connection to the creative power of the Universe. Acceptance is described as surrendered action and learning to find peace within situations that cannot be changed. Enjoyment is explored as becoming fully present in the moment and experiencing joy through consciousness rather than external circumstances. Enthusiasm is described as a heightened energetic state where flow, creativity, vision, and presence fully align.

Themes include mindfulness, gratitude, flow state, surrendered action, vibrational frequency, energetic alignment, present moment awareness, and the relationship between ego and consciousness. The conversation also reflects on how changing your energy and awareness can transform even the simplest daily tasks and infuse life with greater meaning, intention, and connection.

📚 Books & Spiritual Terms Mentioned

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
A spiritual book exploring ego, consciousness, presence, and awakening to a higher state of awareness.

Awakened Doing
A spiritual concept describing the practice of being present, conscious, and energetically connected to the Universe while taking action.

Acceptance
A state of surrendered action where peace, presence, and non-resistance create energetic alignment within situations that cannot be changed.

Enjoyment
A conscious state where joy comes not from external outcomes, but from being fully present and connected to the activity itself.

Enthusiasm
A heightened vibrational state where presence, flow, creativity, and vision align with the creative power of the Universe.

Flow State
A deeply focused and present state of consciousness where action feels effortless, aligned, and energetically connected.

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
A spiritual book that teaches the transformative power of living fully in the present moment to quiet the ego, reduce suffering, and awaken consciousness.

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In this powerful episode of Spirit Posse, Carrie, Jennifer, and Kim explore profound spiritual experiences including an out-of-body experience (OBE), spiritual auras, intuition, raising your vibration, and the power of feeling a prayer versus simply reciting it.

A central theme of the conversation is how certain spiritual experiences can shift your perspective, allowing us to see one another not simply as a human being, but as an actual soul connected through a greater spiritual consciousness. They discuss the universal nature of prayer and spirituality, honoring connection, and higher consciousness, whether rooted in personal belief, spiritual practice, or religion.

Spiritual auras are also explored — the energetic field that surrounds the body and reflects emotional, mental, and spiritual states through vibrational frequency and energy. The group shares personal experiences around raising vibration, energetic awareness, authentic connection, and the feeling of being fully present with others on a soul level.

Further themes include energetic healing, chakra clearing, life contracts and the importance of releasing relationships or energetic attachments that no longer serve personal growth or alignment. The conversation also explores using our intuition as a form of inner knowing to remember the wisdom we already carry within us.

📚 Books & Spiritual Terms Mentioned

Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott
A book centered around three essential prayers: asking for help, expressing gratitude, and feeling awe for the world around us.

Spirit Daughter by Jill Wintersteen
Encourages readers to trust their intuition, embrace personal growth, and create the life they are meant to live.

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
A spiritual guide built around four transformative principles:

Be impeccable with your word
Don’t take anything personally
Don’t make assumptions
Always do your best

Akashic Records
A non-physical energetic library believed to contain the history and wisdom of every soul, accessed for spiritual insight, healing, and transformation.

Spiritual Auras
An energetic field believed to surround all living beings, reflecting emotional, mental, and spiritual states through vibrational frequency and energy.

Field of Potentiality
A state of pure consciousness and infinite possibility believed to be the energetic source of creation, awareness, and manifestation.

Out-of-Body Experience (OBE)
A spiritual experience where consciousness appears to separate from the physical body, often involving heightened awareness and observation beyond the self.

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