012- The Transgender Soul Experience- A Shamanic Perspective
Release Date: 09/30/2020
101- Resilient Happiness: Shamanic Wisdom for a Hyperstimulating World
Practical Shamanism
In this episode, I explore what it really means to build resilient happiness in a world that constantly overstimulates our nervous system and pulls on our attention. I talk about the quirky mix of human animal and eternal soul, and how our instincts, brain chemistry, and modern capitalism can team up to keep us stuck in emotional numbing, low level discontent, and addictive chemistry hits. I share how our emotional set point can narrow over time, so we end up stewing in familiar feelings like frustration, helplessness, or mild depression instead of allowing deeper emotions, like grief, to move...
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100- Past Lives vs. Ancestral Patterns: What Impacts You More?
Practical Shamanism
In this episode, I explore a question I’ve been sitting with lately: are we more affected by past life imprints or by ancestral patterns? Drawing on 25 years of shamanic practice, I talk about how past lives, ancestral lineage, family of origin, nervous system trauma, and even biochemistry all weave together to shape our current experience—and why, in my client work, the guides often take me to past life healing first, even when ancestral themes are present. My intent is to give you language and lenses to better understand where your own “stuff” may be anchored and how to choose clear,...
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099- Introducing “A Shamanic Experience”: Sacred Travel, Land Energies, and How to Listen
Practical Shamanism
I’ve launched a new side project I’ve been dreaming on for years: A Shamanic Experience. It’s for those of us who feel the medicine of place — standing stones, hot springs, glaciers, deserts, and rivers — and want grounded guidance for connecting with the spirit of the land. In this episode, I briefly introduce the new show and then play the complete introductory podcast episode so you can sample it without leaving this feed. I share why sacred travel matters to me, how I attune to different layers of a landscape, and why solo travel helps me listen more deeply. You’ll hear stories...
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098- A Shamanic Experience in the Yukon
Practical Shamanism
In this episode, I share my early May travels through Whitehorse and the Yukon—a journey filled with epic landscapes, mercurial weather, nourishing earth energy, and spacious moments of connection. I talk about wild horses on the Alaska Highway, turquoise rivers, hot springs, slow travel, and the subtle power of land that welcomes you in. Along the way, I reflect on how shamanic practices like journeying to land guardians and traveling without a rigid agenda can deepen your relationship with both place and self. Want more shamanic travel content? Stay tuned for my "A Shamanic...
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097- Old Souls, New Era: Bringing Untrained Psychic Gifts into Alignment
Practical Shamanism
In this episode, I explore what it means to live in a time when so many old souls and psychically sensitive people are incarnating at once. Many of us arrive with strong, natural gifts but little training, which can leave us overwhelmed, ungrounded, or even vulnerable. I talk about why aligning your psychic abilities matters, how to avoid leaving the “psychic door” open, and practical ways to bring discernment, boundaries, and volitional control to your sensitivity. Think of it as learning the care and feeding of your energetic body, so you can thrive in this noisy, modern world while...
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096- How to Reclaim Your Energy from Negative Interactions
Practical Shamanism
Have you ever found yourself replaying a frustrating conversation or worrying in advance about a routine appointment — even when everything eventually goes fine? In this episode, I explore how our brains are wired to latch onto the negative, dramatic, or adversarial moments in life — and how we can reclaim our energy from that pattern. Drawing on personal reflections, real-life conversations, and wisdom from my guides and clients, I look at: Why our minds tend to replay past slights and anticipate future conflict How we can use “essay assignments” for the brain to shift our attention...
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095- When Life Gets Messy: Shamanic Field Notes on Fear, Fatigue, and Finding Center Again
Practical Shamanism
In this episode, I’m sharing some personal field notes from a season when life has been undeniably complex. From navigating my mom’s cancer diagnosis and treatments to unexpected travel hiccups, tech crises, and the temptation to argue with customer service reps, I’ve been reminded how fear, fatigue, and old patterns can surface — even for those of us deeply rooted in spiritual practice. I talk candidly about leaning on shamanic tools, managing energy as an empath, honoring boundaries, and finding unexpected resilience. I also explore the subtle art of not trying to fix someone...
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094- The Energy of Money: Tending Your Personal Economy
Practical Shamanism
In this episode of Practical Shamanism, I explore the concept of the personal economy—the energetic and practical ecosystem of your financial world—and how to work with it intentionally in times of collective uncertainty. Rather than getting swept up in fear or overwhelm about national or global economics, I invite you to turn your attention inward. We’ll talk about: Why our brains aren’t built to grasp large-scale economic systems How past life vows and spiritual conditioning might be influencing your money experience The importance of tending your energy body (especially the...
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093- What If You Didn’t Need the Whole Practice?
Practical Shamanism
Shift Your State in Seconds: Harnessing Your Inner Mastery! In this episode of Practical Shamanism, Katie Weatherup explores how we can harness our accumulated mastery with healing practices—like yoga, meditation, or ritual—to shift our energy and emotional state quickly and effectively. With guidance from spirit allies and insights from years of practice, she invites listeners to experiment with "mini versions" of their go-to techniques to move from stress to regulation in just a few breaths. Katie shares examples from her own life and client work, and she offers important caveats...
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092- Wisdom for Procrastination
Practical Shamanism
In this episode, Katie Weatherup explores the deeper emotional and energetic roots of procrastination through a shamanic lens. Rather than offering surface-level hacks, she unpacks why we get stuck, what our resistance is trying to communicate, and how to create more harmony between our productive drive and our need for rest and emotional processing. Topics Covered: Why procrastination is often a power struggle between parts of yourself The hidden role of perfectionism, emotional numbing, and overachievement How energetic sensitivity and neurodivergence can impact productivity The...
info_outlineMy guides have often illuminated the richness and beauty of the soul experience of being transgender. There’s also deep compassion regarding the harm that prejudiced human frameworks cause. There are good reasons a soul may opt to come into a body which has a biological sex that is different from the individual’s gender. Sometimes the soul’s plan doesn’t go as elegantly as hoped for or the discomfort is much greater than anticipated. Sometimes the soul’s goal is activism. Sometimes it’s about mastery in the less familiar form of magic and energy work that is more aligned with the energy body of a man or a woman even though that’s in opposition to the soul’s gender identity and affinity. In any of these cases, a person may find themselves navigating a tension between the soul’s gender and the body’s birth sex. Sometimes, it can be supportive to realign the energy body to the correct gender configuration matching that of the soul rather than the human biology. Also, learning to move in sexuality in a manner aligned with gender, regardless of anatomy, creates space for a freer, fuller, and more aligned expression.
This is by no means a comprehensive discussion on the subject, just some frameworks that I’ve seen from the transgender clients I’ve had the honor to support. I apologize for any misused terms or incorrect language in talking about this subject. I incorrectly used “gender” when the correct term would have been “sex” in several places. In addition, the most up to date language changes quickly and I have more of an engaged and curious layperson level of education about the social justice conversations regarding transgender issues rather than expertise, so I may well have made other errors as well. I hope you’ll grant me grace. And, if you’re someone who would be hurt by incorrectly used terms or language, please don’t listen to this episode, since the last thing I would ever want to do is cause distress.
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