It's Always Been More Than Creativity
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
Release Date: 05/29/2026
When You Don't Know What's Next
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
What do you do when you feel called to something new, but you have no idea what it is? For three years, I wandered in a desert of confusion, asking the Universe over and over, "What am I meant to do? Just tell me what to do, and I'll do it." It was a lonely, frustrating season, full of uncertainty, with no clear map forward. If you've ever found yourself in that same place of not knowing, this episode is for you. I explore yin creation vs. yang creation, what it means to explore without needing to know the destination, and the surprising realization at the heart of it all: sometimes the answer...
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Looks Weird, Feels Good: Trusting Your Evolution with Aimée Hoover
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
Sometimes the biggest transformation isn't finding a new path, but realizing you've become a different person than the one who started walking it. After more than 25 years as a professional wildlife painter, Aimée Hoover finds herself questioning old identities, learning to trust her intuition in deeper ways, and navigating the beautiful uncertainty that comes with becoming someone new. Together, we explore what happens when healing changes not only who you are, but what you're called to create. In this conversation, we talk about trusting yourself when your inner knowing asks you to change,...
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You're Not Doing This Alone
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
Modern life has left so many of us feeling disconnected—from ourselves, from one another, from nature, and from something greater than ourselves. We spend so much of our lives focused on what we can see that we forget some of the most important relationships exist beyond our physical perception. Throughout my decades-long journey as an artist and creative, one relationship has quietly shaped everything: my relationship with the Universe. It's influenced how I navigate uncertainty, how I make decisions, how I recognize guidance, and how I continue moving forward even when the path feels...
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When Your Darkest Season Becomes an Awakening with Sierra Enticknap
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
Sometimes the biggest changes in our lives don't begin with certainty - they begin with a quiet whisper. In this conversation, I'm joined by sound facilitator, breathwork coach, and cacao ceremony guide Sierra Enticknap to explore what it really looks like to reconnect with yourself. Sierra shares how postpartum anxiety, OCD, and her own healing journey unexpectedly led her from a successful corporate career into work that feels deeply aligned with who she truly is. Together, we explore the difference between anxious thoughts and intuitive knowing, why surrender can feel so difficult...
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Spirituality Is Not Self-Improvement
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
What if spirituality isn't another self-improvement project? We live in a culture that tells us there's always something to fix, optimize, or improve about ourselves. But what if spirituality isn't about becoming a better version of yourself? What if it's about remembering who you've always been? In this episode, I explore why spirituality and self-improvement are not the same thing, how hustle culture has quietly shaped modern spiritual practice, and why my own journey has felt less like optimizing myself and more like remembering and reconnecting to my original nature. In this episode: •...
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Returning to Your Original Magic with Sylvia Wes
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
There comes a point on the spiritual path when hiding parts of yourself becomes more painful than the fear of letting people see who you really are. For Sylvia Wes, that meant bringing together two worlds she'd kept separate for years: a successful career as a science-based dog trainer and a lifelong spiritual practice of witchcraft centered on intuition, ritual, and magic. In this conversation, Sylvia shares the journey that led her to found Sisters of Alchemy and what it was like to step out of the "broom closet" and into a more authentic life. We explore intuition, ritual, energetic...
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Are You Seeing Yourself Clearly?
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
What if the way you see yourself isn't actually the truth? So much of how we see ourselves is shaped by our conditioning, our achievements, our fears, and the stories we've carried for years. But spiritual awakening isn't about becoming someone new. It's about expanding your awareness and learning to see yourself from a higher perspective. In this episode, we explore what awakening really means, why I believe we're here to integrate our human and spiritual selves, and how to see yourself more accurately by looking through the lens of higher consciousness. By the end of the episode, you'll have...
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How Face Reading Reveals Your Spirit with Dr. Jen Ng
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
What if your face is a map of your energy? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Jennifer Ng, a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, facial acupuncturist, herbalist, and Chinese face reader. Dr. Jen blends her background in aesthetics with the deeper principles of Chinese medicine, helping people understand the connection between health, energy, and the face. Through practices like facial acupuncture, face reading, and other traditional healing modalities, her work focuses on treating internal imbalances first and helping people become the most aligned and vibrant version of themselves....
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Karma, Dharma, and the Creative Channel
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
What if karma isn't punishment? What if it's a curriculum? In this episode, we explore two spiritual concepts that often get flattened in modern culture: karma and dharma. We look at how the patterns we carry shape our lives, why the same lessons seem to repeat themselves, and what it means to move toward the fullest expression of who we are. We also explore the relationship between healing karma and creation, and how every pattern we clear opens the channel for creativity, expression, and meaningful work. Because karma and dharma aren't separate from creation. They are part of the path that...
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Fear Is the Portal to Awakening
Awakening With Grace — Creativity & Consciousness
Fear is often treated as something to overcome, avoid, or get rid of. But what if fear isn't a sign you're on the wrong path? What if fear is actually the portal to your transformation? In this episode, I share why nearly every major expansion in my life began with a decision that felt terrifying — from leaving science for art school, to starting a business, to stepping publicly into my spiritual work. Fear isn't the obstacle. It's the signal that you're standing at the edge of something that is truly meant for you. I talk about the difference between fear and true danger, how to recognize...
info_outlineWelcome back.
After three years away, I'm returning with a lot to share, including a new name for the show, an honest look at what I've been up to, and where we're headed from here.
Here's what I know to be true: creativity and spirituality have always been the same thing. After 20 years of building a career as an animal photographer, author, and creator, I'm done keeping those two worlds separate. On Awakening With Grace, we're going all in on consciousness, creation, and the unseen world of energy, metaphysics and more.
In this episode, I open up about the single scariest thing I've ever done (hint: it wasn't quitting my corporate job or moving across the country for art school). And I share why I believe your awakening isn't just for you, it's for all of us.
In this episode:
- 0:00 — The rebrand and what's changing
- 3:27 — The three things that sparked my awakening
- 7:12 — Why I kept my spirituality hidden, and why I stopped
- 8:50 — Fully coming out of the spiritual closet
- 13:20 — The loneliness no one talks about when you're pioneering your own path
- 18:21 — Why your awakening is bigger than just you
- 22:30 — Introducing Coffee and the Cosmos and what's coming this season
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