Be. Play. Love.

What if personal transformation didn't have to be HARD? What if you could PLAY your way through obstacles in life and relationships? That's what the conversations on Be. Play. Love. reveal to you. Listen in and learn how to embrace your whole self. Pull up a chair and let's explore how to… - Live your life fully in your purpose - Interrupt old patterns and befriend your feelings - Experience “play” as a way of being Join us each week if you want to live consciously, joyfully, and transform your life and relationships, (especially when confronted with the unexpected and unknown!) Hosted by Katie Hendricks PhD. You may know her from Oprah and her long-time collaboration with husband and co-author Gay Hendricks. Katie pulls from 50+ years of clinical movement therapy. Co-hosted by Sophie Chiche, serial entrepreneur, former senior contributor to HuffPo, whose work has been featured on Ellen and Good Morning America.

An Aligned Exhale: How to Conclude With Conflict 08/26/2025

An Aligned Exhale: How to Conclude With Conflict Most people wait for burnout, conflict, or disaster before ending something that’s no longer in alignment. We’ve both done that in the past, pushing forward because things were “still going well,” even when a quiet inner voice was saying it was time to move on. But sometimes, the most life-giving move is to complete a chapter while there’s still joy, ease, and connection in it. In this special final episode, we pull back the curtain on our decision to end the podcast, while it’s still thriving. We explore why completion can be the most creative act of all. For us, it’s been about endings without drama, the art of listening to our “inner advisor,” and the unexpected magic that unfolds when you step into the unknown with clarity and curiosity. We reflect on more than two years of deep, unfiltered dialogue, the guests who bared their hearts, and the body of work we’ve created together. We discuss how this podcast has captured many of our most important conversations, and why it now feels like a beautiful exhale, making space for what’s next. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Why we end things while they’re still thriving What does it take to step away from something good, without fear, doubt, or regret—and trust that it’s time to move on? -How to listen to your “inner advisor” What’s the difference between a passing whim and the deep clarity that tells you to take a new path? -The power of letting go before burnout Why stopping while you’re energized can be the most generous, creative choice you make. -Stepping into the unknown with wonder How clarity, curiosity, and trust can make the next chapter even more vibrant than the last. About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37896640

Complete to Create: How to Stop Having Unfinished Business w/ Gay Hendricks 08/19/2025

Complete to Create: How to Stop Having Unfinished Business w/ Gay Hendricks Most people are either rehashing the past or obsessing over the future - never living in the present moment. The result? Walking around with major incompletions that keep us from connection, creativity, and wholeness. Carrying unfinished conversations, unspoken words, unresolved feelings, and unfelt experiences. And that robs us of something precious…all the incredible things we could be creating right now! Completion isn’t about perfection or checking every box. It’s the deep, often uncomfortable practice of letting go of past regrets, imagined futures, buried emotions, and the need to control what can’t be controlled. When we learn how to complete and release, we create space for what’s trying to emerge right now, and that’s where the richest experience can be found. Why is it so hard to live in the present moment? How do we detach from the past and the future? In this episode, Gay Hendricks returns to talk about one of life’s most powerful skills: knowing how and when to let go. We discuss how to complete things and why that makes room for essence, energy, presence, and genius. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Why we stay in the past (or worry about the future) What’s really behind our resistance to being in the present moment? Why are the past and future safe distractions from the wild creativity of now? -The hidden cost of incompletions How do unspoken feelings, unfinished business, and mental replays block our ability to manifest new ideas, deepen relationships, and feel fully alive? -The 10-second sweaty conversation that changes everything What’s the one unarguable sentence that can complete years of stuck emotion, tension, or confusion in a relationship, in just seconds? Guest Bio Gay Hendricks has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kate Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, At The Speed Of Life, The Big Leap, and the New York Times bestseller, Five Wishes. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at the University of Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute and later co-founded its charitable organization, Foundation for Conscious Living. He was also the founder of a virtual learning center for transformation and a publishing company, and was a co-founder of a conscious entertainment company. Throughout his career he has done executive coaching with more than 800 executives, including the top management at such firms as Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and KLM. His book, The Corporate Mystic, is used widely to train management in combining business skills and personal development tools. Gay is also a mystery novelist, with a series of five books featuring the Tibetan-Buddhist private detective, Tenzing Norbu. In recent years, he has co-created a popular podcast called The Big Leap with Gay Hendricks and Mike Koenigs. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS, and others. Learn about the Coaches Portal About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or , and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm, so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37772870

How to Use Your Voice to Heal, Express, and Connect (Even If You Can't Sing) w/ Noga Rappaport-Varadi 08/12/2025

How to Use Your Voice to Heal, Express, and Connect (Even If You Can't Sing) w/ Noga Rappaport-Varadi We think our voices are just how we speak, how we communicate, how we’re understood, but they are so much more than that. They are our own unique vocal fingerprint, our own frequency, and a way people identify us, but it goes even deeper. Our voices are instruments that communicate our inner landscape, and they can be vehicles for aliveness, creativity, healing, and wellbeing. What’s funny is that we talk all the time, but many of us have never really heard our own voices. That’s because our true voices often get lost in society’s rules about what sounds wrong or right, or the polite way to communicate. So, how can we start letting our real voices out, and why is that simple act such a powerful healing modality? With the right practices, we can unlock our inner instrument and even turn it into a powerful orchestra. How do we release the need to sound perfect? How do we reconnect with the raw, honest sounds that live underneath the scripts we’ve been taught? In this episode, we’re joined by singer, composer, vocal improviser, and vocal educator, Noga Rappaport-Varadi. She shares how to embrace our voice and use it as another expression of our essence, one that reconnects us not only to our creativity but to our sense of play, presence, and power. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Why we silence ourselves How does cultural and childhood conditioning shut down our voice, and how does that play out in everything from business meetings to relationships? -What gibberish can teach us about healing How can non-verbal vocalizations like face-flapping and humming disrupt anxiety and regulate the nervous system? -How to “conduct” your inner orchestra What happens when you stop suppressing your inner voices and start playing with them instead? -The last socially acceptable taboo Free vocal expression (not singing, not speaking, just sounding) still terrifies us. How do we slowly, gently reclaim it? Guest Bio Noga Rappaport-Varadi is a singer, composer, vocal improviser, and vocal educator who has spent decades helping people rediscover the power and presence of their own voices. As the founder of Catalyze, a Geneva-based center for creative expression, she’s developed transformative group experiences that blend vocal improvisation, movement, embodiment, and play. Drawing from her own classical background and her journey of unlearning perfectionism, Noga invites people to meet the many voices within them and give each one a sound. Through her concept of the inner orchestra, she guides people to become the conductor of their own internal symphony. Her work bridges vocal freedom with emotional healing. She has toured internationally as a performing artist, collaborated across cultures and languages. About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including bestsellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37729770

The Inner Rubber Ducky: How to Interrupt Your Inner Critic with Play 08/05/2025

The Inner Rubber Ducky: How to Interrupt Your Inner Critic with Play We live in a world that trains us to focus on negativity. A world that wants us to contract, to judge, and expect the worst from ourselves (and others). That’s why being self-critical is our default. We absorb the script early: that we’re not good enough, not lovable enough, not deserving of ease or joy. Over time, that internal voice becomes automatic, so automatic that we don’t even hear it anymore. Then your inner landscape shifts into wholeness, and you start to notice it more. How do we shift ourselves out of that default state of negativity? Sometimes, it’s as simple as anchoring ourselves with something that reminds us that we are deserving of wonderful things. A beloved stuffed animal, a goofy rubber ducky, or a simple action that interrupts the spiral, these anchors remind us of what’s still possible: connection, curiosity, happiness, and love. When we surround ourselves with reminders of our softness and our worth, we start to rewrite the default script. In this playful and profound episode, we delve into how small, meaningful objects and seemingly simple rituals can evoke powerful emotional shifts. From feeding a roadrunner named Angus to discovering the magic of face-flapping, we unpack the hidden brilliance behind anchoring practices that help us come home to ourselves. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Your inner critic is running on autopilot Most of us default to self-judgment. How do we gently interrupt that loop using physical movement, play, and sensory cues? -A rubber duck can change your life Symbolic objects are a powerful way to remind ourselves of the magic of connection. How can a childhood toy or scented fabric anchor us to self-kindness and creativity when we feel stuck? -Noticing the drift How do we develop the subtle but powerful witness muscle that helps us recognize when we’ve left our center? What’s the quickest way to come back? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37607650

How to Shed The Weight (of What Wasn't Said) 07/29/2025

How to Shed The Weight (of What Wasn't Said) For so many people, excess weight isn’t about laziness or lack of willpower — it’s about carrying unspoken stories. It’s about living in a body that holds the weight of feelings your voice never got to share. Because when you can’t tell the truth — or even acknowledge what’s real — your body will speak for you. But what if the path to healing and releasing the excess weight is actually about allowing yourself to feel what you’ve buried? When you finally let yourself feel the big feelings, you stop accumulating them. You don’t have to numb out. You don’t need to overeat, overspend, scroll endlessly, or surround yourself with things you don’t need. You don’t have to create padding — emotional or physical — between you and the world. The problem is, society doesn’t want you to feel your feelings. When you’re asleep to your own inner world, it’s easier to move you through a life that isn’t really yours. But what if you did something different? What if you turned those long-buried truths into tears — and, ultimately, into wholeness and aliveness? In this episode, Sophie shares her own journey through weight loss, and how it was really about releasing what she’d been suppressing. We also explore how to turn coping mechanisms you once needed to survive into tools for healing and coming home to yourself. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -The real reason you might be overeating What if your late-night binges aren’t about hunger at all — but about the feelings you’re afraid might break you open? How does food become a veil between us and the truth? -From hypervigilance to intuition If you grew up needing to read the room for safety, how can you shift that survival skill into a superpower — and trust your inner knowing instead? -How to hold structure and flow at the same time Is it possible to be both strategic and intuitive? Logical and creative? How can straddling both worlds transform your career and relationships? -Feeling as liberation Why is letting yourself fully feel sadness or anger one of the most radical acts of self-love — and how can it set you free? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37442185

FACT: The Framework That Turns Fear Into Freedom 07/22/2025

FACT: The Framework That Turns Fear Into Freedom Fear isn’t just a fleeting feeling that visits quietly. It hijacks your nervous system, clouds your judgment, and makes even the smallest decisions feel paralyzing. It’s a fog that clouds your decisions, disconnects you from your body, and shuts down your creativity and sense of possibility. Triggered by something unexpected, challenging, or painful, fear can make us feel stuck, but there is a way out. There’s a surprisingly simple but profoundly transformational framework we can use to regain clarity, agency, and aliveness, even in moments of deep uncertainty. FACT is a way to access creativity and possibility in the face of fear, and today, we’ll show you how it works in action! The truth is, you can find steadiness not in fixing everything, but in facing what’s true, accepting your experience, choosing how you want to respond, and taking action. It’s a practice of reclaiming yourself moment by moment. How do we engage with all the emotions that come up when we’re uncertain or afraid? What’s the easiest path to new possibilities and choices? This episode is a guide to using FACT, a simple four-step framework that helps you stay connected to yourself, even when fear takes hold. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -“I’m fine” is a lie The default response to stress might keep you stuck. How do you listen to your body and create room for what you’re really experiencing? -How to accept the unacceptable Most people focus on finding solutions. Can feeling exactly what’s happening lead to more possibilities? -The truth about our fears Our fears are often based on operating under what other people say. How do we stop focusing on what’s “normal” and start honoring what’s real for us? -Living from fear without realizing it How does fear show up as over-achieving, anger, numbness, or people-pleasing? How do we shift into agency, one tiny choice at a time? Learn more about the . About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37418130

Your Body Knows the Family Secret, Use These Tools to Uncover It w/ Christina Trifero 07/15/2025

Your Body Knows the Family Secret, Use These Tools to Uncover It w/ Christina Trifero What if the aches in your body aren’t entirely yours? The shoulder pain, the gut tension, or the sense of incompletion might not just be physical. It could be the echo of a secret held for decades, maybe even generations? Because here’s the thing: families hold secrets, but those secrets have a way of leaking out or leaving breadcrumbs. And if you’re connected to your intuition, you can sense that there’s something that’s not being said. Most of us were taught to look forward, to toughen up, to leave the past behind. But what if that very suppression is why we can’t move forward? What if freedom lives not in forgetting, but in remembering? In this episode, we’re joined by spiritual strategist, energy healer, and psychic medium, Christina Trifero. We unpack the heavy cost of secrecy and the methods we can use to bring the unknown and unspoken out into the open. We also discuss how to be a healer without hero-ing yourself or compromising your own essence. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Secrets live in the body Could physical pain or chronic tension be carrying an emotional secret? How does naming what was once unspeakable change your relationship with your body? -Intuition vs. inheritance What’s the difference between your soul’s knowing and your family’s emotional programming? How can you tell what’s truly you and what’s been passed down? -How not to be a vessel for other people’s pain If you’re deeply empathetic or energetically sensitive, how do you hold others without absorbing their suffering? Guest Bio Christina Trifero is a Spiritual Strategist, energy healer, and psychic medium. After a long career building companies in Silicon Valley, she now uses her natural (and super-natural) gifts as an integrated intuitive, touching 1000s of lives globally. Combining lifetimes of experience, Christina uses a variety of ancient and modern techniques to communicate with your highest self so that you can have a clearer, aligned, and elevated life. Christins is constantly learning alongside you. She is an internationally certified as a clairvoyant and medium, taught by accredited universities, completed fascinating courses-- like "The Art and Science of Lucid Dreaming" taught by Fabrian Bogzaran, PhD at California Institute of Integral Studies, facilitated narrative trauma healing groups with incarcerated men at San Quentin Federal Prison, and has a Masters education from Fordham University where she studied Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, Sociology, and Communications. Christina is in service of the best possible outcome for your whole self and humanity. Visit to learn more. About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37343465

The Making of Katie Hendricks: A Life Built on Curiosity and Embodied Wisdom 07/08/2025

The Making of Katie Hendricks: A Life Built on Curiosity and Embodied Wisdom We all have secrets, painful experiences, and even childhood challenges that affect us to this day. What if keeping them is what’s keeping us unwell? Our culture teaches us to bottle in our truth, mask our emotions, and manage our image. But the body keeps score, and over time, that suppression turns into stress, disconnection, and even illness. What if healing is about processing these things through our bodies? That’s the lens Katie brings, not just as a psychologist or embodiment teacher, but as someone who’s lived it. Katie grew up in an environment where expression wasn’t welcome. Where looking the part was rewarded, but speaking your truth came with consequences. And yet, through a deep commitment to curiosity and movement, she found her way to something radically different. By tuning into her body's signals and honoring the impulses society taught her to ignore, Katie uncovered a deeper intelligence. One that didn’t just help her heal, it helped her become. It also helped her pioneer a whole new way of understanding ourselves. It’s what turned a shy, observant girl into a pioneer in body intelligence and relational honesty. It’s also what led her to her purpose: helping others reconnect to their truth, not just through talking, but through breath, sensation, and somatic expression. In this episode, Katie shares how secrets manifest in the body and how unprocessed emotions distort our relationships. We also discuss how pivotal moments from childhood, when metabolized, can become the very path to our genius. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Secrets make you sick What’s the hidden cost of withholding your truth, and how does transparency heal more than therapy ever could? -The body as a bridge Most people are so switched off from their bodies that it makes healing hard. How does tuning into physical sensation give you access to clarity, freedom, and your deeper self? -From pain to power Do people who thrive have harder childhoods? How do they learn to transmute their wounds into wisdom? -Sound encased in skin Music isn’t just something we experience; it’s a part of us. How do we find our own internal rhythm? /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37272845

The Performer’s Gift: How to Awaken the Creativity in Others w/ Jennifer Blaine 07/01/2025

The Performer’s Gift: How to Awaken the Creativity in Others w/ Jennifer Blaine Most people don’t think of themselves as creative. We say, “I’m not artistic,” or “I can’t perform,” and leave it at that. But the truth is, creativity isn’t reserved for the select few. It lives in everyone. It’s baked into how we think, feel, dream, and respond to the world. The problem is that most of us were taught to shut it down. We were told to color inside the lines, follow the rules, and keep things appropriate. Over time, we stopped expressing the weird, wonderful parts of ourselves and started believing that creativity belonged only to the professionals. But performers like Jennifer Blaine know better. Jennifer is a comedian, improviser, and creativity coach who doesn’t just entertain, she activates. Her shows invite people to stop watching and start engaging. Through playful characters, spontaneous interaction, and real-time coaching, she helps people bypass their inner critic and access the creative voice that’s been waiting inside them all along. Because when someone is bold enough to play in public, it sparks something in the room. It gives the rest of us permission to try, to improvise, to be ridiculous, expressive, and alive. How do we use play and improv to pull out our true expression? In this episode, Jennifer shares how performance becomes a portal, why creative energy is always running beneath the surface, and how just a little bit of play can bring people back to life. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -The gaze that frees How does simply being seen without judgment ignite your creativity and confidence? -Performance as permission Why does witnessing play unlock something in you, and how can performers create the safety for that to happen? -Improvising with life We’re all improvisers. So, how can you get better at dancing with the unknown instead of fearing it? -From grief to genius Can play be the most honest response to pain, transition, or loss, and how does it open doors to new expression? Guest Bio Jennifer Blaine is an actor, comedian, playwright, and character chameleon. She has been performing one-woman shows for 25 years. Her original writing, performing, and comedy delve into serious and socially relevant issues and provide audiences the opportunity to unite in laughter. Jennifer has opened for George Carlin and performed with Chris Rock and Joe Piscopo. She has worked with great actors such as Glenda Jackson, Christopher Plummer, Laura Linney, Joanne Woodward, and Paul Newman, and was featured on ABC’s Philly After Midnight: Women Comedians. She starred in the animated series “Teddy P. Brains,” in which she played a precocious brainy boy, and has lent her voice to hundreds of voiceover projects. According to the Philadelphia Daily News “not even Sybil can compete with Blaine’s cast of characters. Her comic genius is like Lily Tomlin and Tracey Ullman.” Visit to learn more. About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37143770

Your Creativity Isn't Dead...Here's How to Revive It w/ Laurie Shiers 06/24/2025

Your Creativity Isn't Dead...Here's How to Revive It w/ Laurie Shiers In a world that worships productivity, we’ve traded our inner spark for efficiency and completely lost the creativity that’s vital to flow. For many of us, this disconnection with our creativity goes back to childhood. This is where we were taught not to be weird. Where we were trained to do things in one specific way, and forced to correct ourselves when we didn’t. For years, we’ve heard negative things that have shaped how we feel about our creativity, so no wonder we’ve suppressed it. But without play, coloring outside the lines, and trusting the parts of ourselves that don’t “make sense,” we’re cut off from something important. When we begin listening to that inner nudge, just for 10 minutes a day, something extraordinary starts to happen. We come alive, playfulness begins to emerge, and our inner landscape will match our outer expression. If our creativity has been boxed in for ages, how do we find it again? How do we venture from our zone of excellence into our zone of genius? In this episode, we’re joined by Laurie Shiers, a lifelong writer and creativity coach who once thrived in the fast-paced world of advertising, but eventually realized she was living someone else’s version of success. We talk about the systems that trained us to shut creativity down, and how to let our creativity become our leader, especially in moments of grief, transition, or reinvention. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -The zone of genius vs. the trap of excellence Are you succeeding at something that no longer lights you up? How can you tell if you’re in your true genius, or just doing what you’re good at? -Creativity as a relationship Creativity is the old friend you abandoned. How do you repair that bond and make space for joyful expression again? -The healing power of play How does play help us process pain? And why is creativity often the most honest response to grief, loss, or emotional stuckness? -Permission to color outside the lines Why do we fear being “too much”? And what changes when we stop trying to be acceptable and start being fully ourselves? Guest Bio Laurie Shiers is a creativity coach, a believer in the power of play, and someone who knows firsthand how transformative a blank page—or a fresh start—can be. After spending 15+ years in advertising as a copywriter and creative lead, Laurie felt burned out, disconnected from herself, and knew it was time to make a change. So, she did what she hadn’t done in years: she returned to the sandbox. She played and wrote. She made potions and paintings. Not for work or for anyone else; just for joy. Through that process, Laurie rediscovered that creativity isn’t just about making something beautiful; it’s a tool for transformation, a way to shift perspective, and a path back to ourselves. A new focus was born. Today, as an ICF-credentialed Professional Certified Coach with a degree in human development, Laurie helps others reconnect with their intuition and desires to unlock new possibilities in their lives and careers. Through expressive arts including writing, painting, and embodiment practices, she guides artists, entrepreneurs, and those in recovery to get out of their heads, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and tap into what matters most. Laurie is the co-author of the bestselling book Mindset Mondays with DTK, the creator of Creative Block, and the maker of a series of guided journals designed to make self-discovery both playful and actionable. When she’s not coaching, you’ll find her writing poetry, making a mess in her art studio, or uncovering new ways to transform “what if?” into “why not?.” Visit to learn more. About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/37064920

How to Release the Old to Make Room for What’s Next 06/17/2025

How to Release the Old to Make Room for What’s Next You’re standing in front of a mess…clothes, memories, identities…scattered on the floor. A rod gives out, a shelf falls, or maybe your inner structure does. It looks like chaos, but it might just be intuition telling you: it’s time to release the weight, it’s time to let go. Whether it’s a closet full of old identities, a childhood belief you’ve outgrown, or a lingering fear that you’re still “too much,” life finds ways to show us what no longer fits. But what if that collapse isn’t a failure but an invitation to release, integrate, and reclaim ourselves? It’s a shift trigger - another opportunity for curiosity, attention, circulation, and appreciation. How do we use the “falling rod” to grow further? What happens when we treat a shift trigger with curiosity? In this episode, we explore how closet collapses and pickleball revelations can support intuition and gently guide us toward more freedom, more play, and presence. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode When the rod breaks What does a fallen closet rod have to do with personal transformation, and why do breakdowns often come before breakthroughs? Your body knows before you do Physical sensations like heaviness or tension can act as intuitive clues if we’re willing to listen and follow them. Objects hold energy, and so do we What happens when we surround ourselves with things that reflect our current values instead of outdated versions of ourselves? The new AAA From pickleball courts to grocery store checkouts, ordinary interactions become extraordinary mirrors for healing, awareness, and aliveness. How can we meet situations in life with attention, appreciation, and action? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36956370

From Interruption to Inner Flow: How to Use Play As a Path to Wholeness w/ Alana Shaw 06/10/2025

From Interruption to Inner Flow: How to Use Play As a Path to Wholeness w/ Alana Shaw Creativity isn’t just a skill, it’s a lifeline in a play-deprived society. When young people feel unseen, unheard, and unwelcome, they shut down. Their development gets interrupted. Their story gets cut short. But give them the joy of movement, and a place to express their creativity, and something transformational happens. They come alive. Not because someone told them what to say or how to be, but because someone finally asked: Who are you? And what’s inside you, waiting to be expressed? In this episode, we explore what happens when we stop trying to “fix” kids and instead create the conditions for them to be fully seen, felt, and valued. We look at how creativity, play, and radical presence can disrupt cycles of invisibility and disconnection, not just for youth, but for adults too. We’re joined by Alana Shaw, founder of Turning the Wheel, a national nonprofit that brings creative expression to underserved youth across the country. Her work restores flow, it’s not just about performance, but a return to inner wholeness. How does the power of play translate into healing? How do we reclaim our value and heal our inner child? In this conversation, Alana shares what happens when we invite kids to lead with their play and creativity, and how adults can grow self-love, regulate emotion, and begin reweaving the threads of their own stories. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode Creativity as medicine What if expression, not explanation, is what really heals us? How can movement and play reach the parts of us that words can’t? The power of being seen So many of us carry the wound of invisibility. What shifts when someone meets you with full-bodied presence and says, “You matter. I see you.”? How to love yourself for real Self-love isn’t just a concept. It can be a practice we return to daily. How do we do this with more ease and joy? Growing wholeness in others (and ourselves) Healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken, but about restoring the flow from within. How do we cultivate environments where people feel free to unfold? Guest Bio Alana Shaw is the founder and executive director of Turning the Wheel. She is an inspiring and empowering speaker, teacher, and guide. Alana has facilitated joyful and healing movement events in cities in the US and Canada for over 30 years. Her dynamic and energetic presentation style is both humorous and transforming, and consistently positive and uplifting for her audiences. She holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Colorado with a thesis on healing and reintegration through creative expression. Alana's books, "Dancing Our Way Home" and "The Body Now" catalyze her mission to inspire a new paradigm for inclusiveness, collaboration, and community engagement. Both books are available on Amazon. She is also a certified Hendricks Body/Mind Vibrance Coach. . About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36892045

Embodied Power: How to Stop Running From Your Emotions w/ Julie Colwell 06/03/2025

Embodied Power: How to Stop Running From Your Emotions w/ Julie Colwell The power-over / power-under / power-with dynamic isn’t just something we have with other people, it often resides inside us. When we override our emotions, suppress our sensations, and try to outmaneuver our discomfort, we manifest that dynamic. We see it when we push past our sadness, armor over vulnerability, or try to exert power in ways that are loud and forceful instead of connected and quiet. Maybe it’s thinking we need to toughen up and act like a badass in reaction to our sadness. That’s what we think being powerful looks like. But what if the real path to personal power was learning to stay? To breathe. To notice. To be with what’s actually happening in our body. Most of us are in a constant, unconscious tug-of-war with ourselves. Trying to control, suppress, or outperform our inner experience. But emotional triggers are a huge opportunity many waste. They are an invitation to move old pain through and reclaim our presence. This is what true, embodied power looks like. In this episode, we’re joined by Julie Colwell, PhD, a psychologist, teacher, and author who’s spent decades training coaches and therapists in conscious relationship skills. She takes us through her heart-centered S.E.W. practice to guide people back to alignment in moments that would otherwise spiral into self-judgment, shutdown, or struggle. You’ll also witness us work through a real-time moment of sadness and regret using Julie’s process. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Feel to Flow Body awareness is the key to emotional freedom. Can connecting to our physical sensations shift us out of self-judgment and into grace? -Power Over vs. Power With What if our instinct to control others (or ourselves) is actually a fear response? How does hierarchy creep in during reactive states, and how do we choose co-creation over control? -From Shame to Self-Compassion Honoring our emotional truths creates space for transformation. Is there a way to meet our inner child with kindness instead of critique? -What You Really Want Under every reaction is a deeper longing. How do we uncover our truest desires once we’ve moved the emotion through? Guest Bio Julie Colwell is a Psychologist, speaker, author, and guide for relationship transformation and the Founder of the Evolutionary Power Institute. Julie catalyzes relationships out of old, stuck patterns and onto the road of their innate creative potential. Her proven methodology can be applied by any willing person and embodied over time with the support of the dynamic Evolutionary Power Institute community she founded, as well as the vast library of books, videos, audios, and blogs that she’s authored. Julie teaches her powerful, immediately applicable practices to large and small groups through interactive presentations and workshops, as well as training practitioners in my approach. She works with a small number of couples and individuals to support them in unlocking the energy that will jettison their lives and relationships onto the paths of true possibility. To learn more about her work, visit About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36712940

When Love & Beliefs Collide: Repairing or Releasing a Friendship 05/27/2025

When Love & Beliefs Collide: Repairing or Releasing a Friendship Here’s an uncomfortable or even painful experience many people are having right now. Losing a friendship over differing political views or fundamental values. It hurts…but what if it’s also a window into something deeper? In today’s cultural climate, the divide between people often goes far beyond a simple disagreement or differing opinions. It can reveal a far deeper truth: when values clash, friendships can break. But what does that rupture reveal about how we relate, how we build trust, and how we stay open in moments that hurt? Most of us are taught to manage difficult emotions by defending ourselves or retreating from discomfort. But those very emotions, the anger, sadness, and disappointment, can be an invitation to connect more honestly. Do we avoid the messy middle and settle for predictability? Or do we choose curiosity, get in the pool, and learn to swim, again and again? In this episode, we talk about the micro-moves that make or break our relationships. We explore how trust is built not through agreement, but through presence, tossing the metaphorical ball, and choosing openness in the face of rejection. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -The art of the toss There are two options in relationships: meet each other with presence, or let the ball drop. Why is the metaphor of tossing and catching the heartbeat of every real relationship? -Reconnecting and recommitting Why are people so quick to discard people when there’s a disagreement instead of working through it? -Curiosity over control What happens when we stop predicting and start wondering? How do we replace defensiveness with genuine curiosity? -The end of performative friendship How do you know when someone’s no longer “in the pool” with you? And what does it mean to choose integrity over rescuing a relationship that won’t meet you halfway? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or , and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36648870

The Fear-Driven Urge to Fix and How to Get Past It 05/20/2025

The Fear-Driven Urge to Fix and How to Get Past It Sometimes, the danger isn’t real, but our bodies still act like it is. You’re stuck in traffic, someone you love is upset, or a friend doesn’t text back, and suddenly, you’re spiraling. Your heart races, your thoughts scramble, and before you know it, you’re either fixing, fleeing, or shutting down. What’s happening? In a world that constantly pushes us to stay in control, we forget how to stay connected, to ourselves, to others, and to the moment. But our bodies remember. They hold wisdom, intuition, and the capacity to guide us, if we’re willing to listen. When we learn to pause, feel, and trust, we unlock a deeper kind of safety that doesn’t depend on circumstances. In this episode, we unpack the fear-driven urge to fix, the stories our minds create to avoid discomfort, and the deep wisdom available when we drop into presence. Through stories of hypervigilance, childhood coping strategies, and even traffic-induced meltdowns, we explore how embodiment opens up more freedom, clarity, and connection than control ever could. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -The fixing instinct Why do we leap into action when someone else is struggling, and what are we really trying to avoid? -Hypervigilance reframed What if your childhood survival skills could become your greatest gifts, once you learn how to work with them instead of against them? -Your body gets there first How can checking in with your body (instead of your thoughts) stop fear from spiraling and bring you back to your own inner wisdom? -The contagion of calm What happens when we meet tension with grounded presence, and how does that ripple outward to others? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36623725

Psychedelic Presence: How to Heal the Places Words Can’t Reach 05/13/2025

Psychedelic Presence: How to Heal the Places Words Can’t Reach There are many ways we try to heal. Therapy, meditation, breathwork, movement, and mindset work - just to name a few. These paths are powerful, transformative, and often life-changing. But sometimes, despite all the tools and effort, there are places within us that remain untouched, places our intellect can’t quite reach. We’re exploring one such threshold, where healing stops being something we do and becomes something that happens to us at a cellular level. Where transformation drops from the head into the body through the quiet, mystical intelligence of mushrooms. Journeying with and surrendering to mushrooms isn’t an escape from reality, but rather a deeper entry into it. That’s what we’ve experienced. In this episode, we share our personal experiences with psilocybin (aka “journey mushrooms”) in a candid, responsible, and deeply moving conversation about transformation, play, healing, and the way wisdom often arrives when we least expect it. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Change doesn't have to be hard We’ve been told transformation is painful and slow. But what if that’s just an old story? What if mushrooms and nature itself could teach us to let go of suffering and embrace ease? -How to love your body in a completely new way From gratitude for ankle bones to releasing years of shame, how can psychedelic journeys help us rewrite our relationships with our bodies in the most unexpected way? -What do you know that you don’t know you know Could someone else take a substance and access wisdom from your life? Are we all more connected than we realize? -From comparison to inner clarity How can a conversation with a pear tree (yes, really) teach us to stop trying to be something we’re not and embrace the beauty of who we already are? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36538610

From Defensiveness to Discovery: How to Stop Assuming the Worst 05/06/2025

From Defensiveness to Discovery: How to Stop Assuming the Worst We all do it. When there’s silence, ambiguity, or the absence of clear feedback, we fill in the blanks with stories. But here’s the problem: our minds don’t reach for generous interpretations. They default to criticism, fear, and doubt. Whether it’s giving a talk, navigating a friendship, or reflecting on ourselves, we often assume the worst, even when reality is far more kind. Evolutionary survival instincts, societal conditioning, and inner critics keep us stuck in fear-based thinking. What if there was a powerful alternative (spoiler alert, there is!) - reconnecting to the present moment, our curiosity, and embodied awareness brings us back to center so that we can really see the truth in front of us. But what happens when we let those made-up stories dictate our behavior, disconnecting us from others and ourselves? In this episode, we unpack the human tendency to assume the worst, especially in the absence of feedback. We dive into how we can stop making up stories and start living from wonder instead. Things You’ll Learn in This Episode -From defensiveness to discovery Why does your mind automatically assume the worst when you don’t have all the information? How can you retrain it to lead with curiosity instead? -The power of “I’m making up a story” How does owning your internal narrative out loud open the door to deeper connection, especially in moments of tension or misunderstanding? -The loop of awareness What happens when we shift attention between ourselves and others, and how can this “loop” help us co-create instead of self-isolate? -Reconnect through the body Why does presence live in your body, not your head, and how can physical awareness stop fear from spiraling into self-doubt? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36340900

How to Reclaim Creativity in a World Obsessed with Productivity 04/29/2025

How to Reclaim Creativity in a World Obsessed with Productivity In our world, productivity and creativity occupy two different buckets. The former is functional, necessary, and purposeful. The latter is frivolous, chaotic, and irresponsible. It should be put on the back burner so that we can focus on “more important things.” As a result, creative expression ends up as an afterthought, something we can only do after the real work is done. The problem is: so many of us end up feeling disconnected from our creativity, cut off from a vital resource for resonance. What if instead of putting off creativity for later, we could integrate it into everything we do? We can find harmony between creativity and productivity - getting things done and expressing our essence. The key? Integrity and freeing ourselves from the unspoken rules we follow about creativity. In this episode, we share how to recover your creativity and express yourself in a way that’s authentically you. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -How to unblock your creativity Creativity isn’t something specific people manufacture from nothing, it’s a natural impulse we all possess. What blocks us from it? -Tap into your creativity Integrity is the safe structure that supports many areas of our lives. How does inner debris block integrity and eat into our creative space? -How to let your creative impulse arise For many of us, our creativity was suppressed by other people’s judgment. How do we recover it? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36299245

Working on Something New? Don’t Bottle Fear In, Blurt It Out w/ Naz Perez 04/22/2025

Working on Something New? Don’t Bottle Fear In, Blurt It Out w/ Naz Perez Something most people underestimate about having a big vision is the process of bringing other people on board. Whether it’s an investment partner or a strategic collaborator, we’re required to communicate what we see, open ourselves up to their opinions, and invite them to join us on a journey to an uncharted territory. It’s a vulnerable place, so of course, old fears, old stories, and upper limits will come up. How do we get them to trust us and see what we see? How do we silence those old stories from past experiences? For most change-makers dealing with the fear of executing a big vision, the natural response is to keep all the anxiety to yourself. Bottle it in so people don’t think you aren’t cut out for it. The problem is this isolates us and makes connection and collaboration impossible. Instead of hiding your feelings, try this instead: Voice and share what you’re experiencing and let people in on what’s going on internally. This will create a new space where people can collaborate with and contribute to you rather than having to get in line and follow you. Then, you can proceed together and create something beautiful. How do we get underneath the old stories and figure out where they come from? How do we open up about our fears? In this special coaching episode, we’re joined by TV Producer, Host, and Podcaster Naz Perez. She shares her recent experience of bringing a vision to reality. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -From either/or to both/and One of the most common manifestations of the Upper Limit problem is thinking of a situation in binary terms. How do we shift to seeing more possibilities? -Transparency creates trust When it comes to voicing our vision, we often avoid sharing our anxieties and fears because we think it might stall the project. Can opening up move things forward faster? -Support your magnificence In unknown territory, it’s easy to start changing yourself to fit in. Why must we avoid this? Guest Bio Naz Perez is a TV Producer, Host, & Podcaster. She got her start on the hit daytime talk show Ellen in production and then went on to produce for E!’s Live from the Red Carpet and the popular E! True Hollywood Story docu-series. After E!, Naz produced 5 seasons of the number one prime-time show ON ABC: THE BACHELOR, THE BACHELORETTE, AND BACHELOR IN PARADISE. ABC’s The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise and 2 Bachelor spin-off series on Freeform called Happily Ever After. She left reality TV in 2017 to pursue a career on camera and is currently an on-camera host for Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, The Los Angeles Dodgers, T-Mobile, and The I Don’t Get It Podcast. Naz has also worked for various digital outlets, including but not limited to E!’s Daily Pop, Clevver, ATTN, UPROXX, & Citizen Watch. In addition to hosting, Naz is the founder of a support group for people that are heartbroken called Heart Broken Anonymous. Visit to learn more and follow her on . About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36220745

Play-Powered Living: What It Looks Like and How to Get There w/ Rabbi Jessica K. Marshall 04/15/2025

Play-Powered Living: What It Looks Like and How to Get There w/ Rabbi Jessica K. Marshall An aligned life filled with presence, playfulness, freedom and growth expresses itself in many ways. It shows up in our choices (and how we make them), our relationships, our words and how we live. In short, it’s highlighted in our ability to Be, Play, and Love. Most people miss the fact that the process of finding one's own alignment is an inner game. It has little to do with what’s happening outside of us, and rarely stems from finding the right routine, ritual, or life hack. It’s continuously dropping into our heart space, feeling into what’s right, releasing fear, and expanding our capacity for good things. This sounds like a lot of serious work, but it doesn’t have to be! There’s nothing better than when we can weave together deep wisdom and playfulness. That’s where life gets delicious! How do we find what flow and alignment mean to us? What gets in the way of it? In this episode, we’re doing something different. Spiritual coach Rabbi Jessica K. Marshall joins us today to ask us some questions! We share what’s most meaningful and joyful to us and how we express it in our lives. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Weave deep wisdom into play Is there a way to grow in our purpose without losing our playfulness? How do we find that balance? -Be willing for things to be easy Our society is attached to the idea of struggling if something is right. The truth is, when we’re on the right path, there’s less friction. How do we identify when we’re out of alignment and pushing harder than life wants us to? -From control to curiosity In most relationships, the intention is to be right and in control. How do we let go of those old patterns and get to the part where we can explore, grow, connect, and play together? Guest Bio Rabbi Jessica K. Marshall’s soul is nourished by loving connection to others and the natural world. She serves by creating a sacred space to honor moments of joy, tenderness, and overflowing possibility. For the last 20 years, in environments as diverse as colleges, congregations, and secular settings, Rabbi Jessica K. Marshall has nurtured each person’s inner and communal connection so their path lights up with ease, abundance, and JOY! Fusing personal growth and inclusive spiritual paths beyond Judaism, she draws on nature-based ritual, energy practices, and a healthy dose of playfulness and humor. Jessica is a devoted galvanizer of sacred community, which she uses to reveal the depth of meaning that awaits us when we bring our full selves to communal experiences. She offers weddings, a virtual spiritual community, and one-on-one support to bless the love and spirit present in each chapter of life's journey. Find out more at . About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/36084860

The Politeness Problem: How to Stop Withholding Your Truth 04/08/2025

The Politeness Problem: How to Stop Withholding Your Truth In the name of politeness, we often sugarcoat or dilute the truth, twisting it into something softer that we think the other person would rather hear. Instead of saying what we truly mean, we go out of our way to smooth over situations in hopes they’ll land better. Here’s the issue: when we start holding back our real feelings, we disconnect from ourselves and others. We step out of alignment with our inner wisdom. Though society teaches us that maintaining peace is more important than being honest, human beings are meant to express themselves. While we may fear that speaking our minds will lead to conflict, there’s nothing more harmful than sugarcoating the truth. Suppressing our true feelings damages our relationships and makes us lose integrity. It’s impossible to live fully and authentically when we’re weighed down by unexpressed emotions and holding back our true essence. But where does this need for politeness come from? How can we stop withholding and start expressing ourselves honestly? In this episode, we explore how to break free from sugar coating and embrace genuine self-expression. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Truth is located in the body, not the brain When we’re in integrity, our body sensations will tell us when we’re concealing instead of revealing. Why do we need to get out of our heads to gain access to this valuable raw data? -Withdraw, withhold and project Withholding our feelings immediately puts us in a state of disconnection. How does it lead to us projecting and turning our problem into someone else’s? -Clear the debris People think withholding is the best way to maintain a relationship. The truth is, the relationship loses its integrity when we’re not honest. How do we move through a kerfuffle in our friendships without interrupting the flow of connection? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people!odcast CTA /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35966895

How to Make Up Your Mind By Listening to Your Body 04/01/2025

How to Make Up Your Mind By Listening to Your Body One of the biggest barriers to us getting the things we really, really want are the mixed messages we send to ourselves. We want it, then we’re not sure we do. We want it again and then we don’t think it will work out. We definitely want it, but then we can’t do it because it’s risky. When we want to go in a certain direction, we won’t reach our desired destination this way. Instead, we need to be fully committed and completely in alignment - not shaky or wishy washy. The missed messages take different forms - maybe it’s doing a push and pull, making excuses not to take action, or just dipping our toe in. However it manifests, this creates a tangle in our energy system and that keeps us from having any momentum. When we fully commit to something and go all in, that’s when we experience the magic of the universe conspiring for us, but it starts with taking our whole selves into the decision. If we treat what we want like we deserve it and believe the world is there for us to go after it, that’s when the magic happens! How do we use body wisdom to figure out the direction we want to take? How do we fully commit to something? In this episode, we talk about how to find alignment so we can make decisions with less internal friction. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Make what’s going on in your mind real How do we use movement to role play walking in each direction towards the thing we want or don’t want? -Thank you for self-selecting The safest place to get feedback is from people who are in alignment themselves. How do we identify who is in integrity and who definitely isn’t? -Recognize your inner yes and no In our early years, we’re taught that our own experience doesn’t matter so we lose trust in what we’re experiencing. Why does that make it hard for us to know what we really want? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35862130

Aging Playfully: How to Make Peace With Uncomfortable Experiences w/ Dr. Susan Campbell 03/25/2025

Aging Playfully: How to Make Peace With Uncomfortable Experiences w/ Dr. Susan Campbell If there’s anything our culture likes to collectively ignore, resist and hide, it's aging. And yet, aging happens to every single one of us - whether it’s aging parents, aging partners or aging selves, we all have an experience with it. With age comes the opportunity for nourishment and deeper learning, but aging also comes with some unpleasant emotions and experiences. Cognitive and physical decline and even loss are all parts of the process of getting older. How do we learn to treat these things as a learning adventure? How do we deal with loved ones becoming shadows of their former selves? Instead of resisting the things that come with aging, embracing them makes life richer. The skill of learning to be with unpleasant experiences and emotions is one we can learn at any point in our lives, and it certainly comes in handy when we’re getting older. How do we build this skill? What are the gifts of aging? In this episode, we’re joined by couples therapist, relationship coach, author, speaker, college professor, trainer, and founding teacher of the Getting Real work, Dr. Susan Campbell. She shares how we can be more prepared for unwanted changes and why that can be an enriching experience. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Use everything that happens for learning When it comes to aging, most people want to resist or ignore what happens. Why do we need to allow what is to be there? -The loop of awareness Unpleasant interactions don’t just throw you out of connection with your loved one, they also affect your connection with yourself. How do you find yourself again? -Embrace, don’t erase How do we approach the aging population? How do we avoid making assumptions about their reality? Guest Bio Dr. Susan Campbell is a couples therapist, relationship coach, author, speaker, workshop leader, trainer, college professor, certified Radical Honesty trainer, and founding teacher of the Getting Real work. The Getting Real work is a body of communication and awareness practices that foster personal healing and social evolution. She has written eleven books on relationships, including several best-sellers. A faculty member at the San Francisco Gestalt Institute and an Adjunct Faculty at Saybrook Graduate School, Susan trains coaches and therapists throughout the U.S and Europe to integrate the tools in this book into their professional practices. In her own practice, she works with singles, couples, co-workers, and work teams helping them communicate respectfully and responsibly when conflicts arise. Dr. Susan’s latest book, “From Triggered to Tranquil” provides tools for navigating emotional reactivity in all types of interpersonal relationships, organized around five steps to “trigger mastery.” Visit to learn more and get the new book . About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35794795

From ‘Yeah, But’ to ‘Yes, And’: How to Embrace Life’s Flow with Wonder 03/18/2025

From ‘Yeah, But’ to ‘Yes, And’: How to Embrace Life’s Flow with Wonder In improv and in life, “yes, and..” are two words that allow us to receive what’s coming at us, integrate it and add to it in our own way. “Yes, and” has its own flipside which completely kills all play, wonder and joy, and it’s known as “yeah, but”. When people say “yeah but” when something happens, it makes them protect, contract and move away, instead of coming forward and connecting. Here’s the thing: life will always unfold in a spontaneous way and we can’t control what comes up. Adopting a “yes, and..” attitude allows us to be in harmony with life’s twists and turns, and it makes everything more joyful. If we stick with a “yeah, but” attitude, we’ll never get to experience the expansion and wonder of curiosity. Why do people say “yeah but”? How do we shift into curiosity? In this episode, we talk about the difference between “yes, and” and “yeah, but”, and how to align ourselves with the energy of wonder. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -From criticism to curiosity If you grew up pickled in criticism and negativity, it’s really easy to become a “yeah, but” person. How do you shift into a “yes, and” attitude? -Receive integrate and respond How do we stop protecting, contracting and disconnecting and start expanding, coming forward and connecting? -Find harmony between form and aliveness In life, we need both free flow and structure. How do we build a bridge between the two? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35679055

Expand and Integrate: How to Successfully Navigate the Unknown 03/11/2025

Expand and Integrate: How to Successfully Navigate the Unknown Anytime we head into the unknown and want to break past a limit, a question arises inside of us, “is it safe for me to be this big out in the world?” That’s because if we want something bigger, our ceiling has to rise to encompass that thing and that can be scary. Sometimes we’ll expand into that bigger thing but then shrink back into our familiar shells. If we don’t make our presence bigger than our fear, this process will keep repeating itself. What if, instead of expanding and contracting - we could expand and integrate at a new level? That’s where flow comes into play - it’s a way for us to expand our capacity for bigger things with curiosity, instead of contracting ourselves back into the known. Like a dance where we don’t quite know the routine, the key is to move so that the next step emerges from the flow. How do we integrate to a new level and not sabotage ourselves? How do we reduce our fear when we’re stepping into the unknown? In this episode, we talk about how to accompany yourself to the next level. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Find safety in integration not contraction When we’re faced with the unknown, we can either contract or expand into it. How do we leap into the latter without fear? -Turn towards what’s wanting to happen When we’re in the flow (not the fear) of the unknown, life becomes a free form dance. Why do we have to let go in order to find the next step? -It’s as easy as saying “tell me more” When we stay in conversation with others, it opens up the flow. How do we learn to go into unknown situations with curiosity instead of contraction? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35553810

From Pitchforks to Peace: How to Lead in Highly Polarized Times w/ Betsy Stix 03/04/2025

From Pitchforks to Peace: How to Lead in Highly Polarized Times w/ Betsy Stix One of the unfortunate truths about our society is that we’re more divided, vitriolic and operating from fear than ever before. When we look at how people interact, there’s no civility and mutual respect anymore. There’s this huge collective tantrum and so much anger in people and it’s completely polarized the culture. This is especially highlighted in the political sphere. From local government to the national stage, there’s more division, more contempt than collaboration, and that was never the original intent. At its very basic level, government is about creating harmony and equity in society, but that’s not happening anymore. How did we get here? How do we find peace in the midst of such vitriolic polarity? In episode, former mayor of Ojai, California, Betsy Stix joins us to talk about leading in these contempt-filled times, and how she maintained equanimity in inflamed situations. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -A powerful impetus How did The Big Leap lead Betsy Stix into local government? -The source of our separation The amount of conflict and polarity we’re seeing in our world feels unprecedented. How did we get here? -React, disengage or rise above In these times of high conflict, it’s really easy to get hijacked by fear. How do we redirect towards love? -Back to breath How do we use our breath to create safety for ourselves when there’s chaos all around us? Guest Bio Betsy is a lifelong teacher of human development, yoga, English, and French and former mayor of Ojai, California. After teaching for decades, she decided to run for mayor in 2020 during COVID, after reading Gay Hendricks’ “The Big Leap” and learning that the city council was slow to enact environmental and social justice policy. She canvased the town of 7,500 people in a mask and won 64% of the vote! And she won again in 2022 when she ran against actor Anson Williams. During her tenure, the Ojai City Council passed rent stabilization/tenant protection, a greenhouse gas emission reduction code, approved truly low income housing while developing better solutions for the unhoused, passed animal protection ordinances celebrated by PETA, improved the city’s plastic and tree ordinances, flew the Pride Flag for the first time, and founded the Mayor’s Youth Council. She is proud to have run two 100% positive campaigns and championed emotional and spiritual intelligence while moving the ball forward for progressive issues. She was so grateful to have been able to depend upon her yoga practices and experience teaching children and young people as well as the teachings of Katie Hendricks and Marianne Williamson to support her during her time in office. She looks forward to continuing to serve her community and the planet. Follow Betsy on . About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35440225

How to Use Melters to Turn Fear Into Flow 02/25/2025

How to Use Melters to Turn Fear Into Flow What’s the cure for fear? Fearlessness? Avoidance? Rationalization? The answer is…none of the above. Fear is something we all experience, and even though it dresses itself up as different things (anger, diminishing or attacking ourselves), the same thing happens. When we’re afraid, we make an enemy of everyone - even ourselves. We become internally gridlocked so we can’t problem-solve. We fall into whatever reactive pattern we learned early on to cope with our fears. Thankfully, there is a better remedy which we all possess. The only true solution for fear is presence. We have to locate ourselves within the fear and move it through our bodies with something as simple as wiggling the body a bit. What are some simple fear-melters that will allow us to not be ruled by fear? How do we create even the tiniest doorway to presence? In this episode, we talk about simple but profound tools for shifting from fear into flow. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -How fear works Why does fear incapacitate us internally and why do we get so tripped up when we’re afraid? -From gridlocked to “goldfish” Fear has a way of internally incapacitating us. What simple exercises can we use to interrupt this pattern? -How to befriend yourself through fear When we are fearful, we tend to abandon ourselves and disconnect from others. How do we use presence to be softer towards ourselves and create doorways to connection? About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35354765

Detoxification Before Optimization: How to Heal an Inflamed Body w/ Meghan Swidler 02/18/2025

Detoxification Before Optimization: How to Heal an Inflamed Body w/ Meghan Swidler When it comes to transforming and healing our bodies, our culture is heavily fixated on quick fix inputs. Food, supplements, gummies, trading your coffee for that trendy new herbal tea, eating more protein, trying the latest sugar alternative…the works. People do just about everything to improve their health via what they put into their bodies, and it doesn’t work. Why? Because they don’t take the time to examine the environment they’re putting those things into. If your internal terrain is broken, clogged up, inflamed, contaminated and compromised, no amount of optimization or miracle ingredient will work. People are walking around with stored up toxic waste and debris in their bodies, and it affects them physically, spiritually and emotionally. In order to truly transform, we need to detoxify before we try anything else. How do we begin to detoxify a body clogged with debris? How do we start experiencing our birthright aliveness? In this episode, we’re joined by Holistic Health and Detoxification Coach, Meghan Swidler. She shares why all healing begins with an unclogged internal terrain, and how we make it happen. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Symptoms are a miracle When you have a detached relationship with your body, it’s really easy to ignore all the ways it’s telling you something is wrong. How do you know your body desperately needs a detox? -Clarity inside, elevation outside For so many people detoxifying their bodies creates a cascade of breakthroughs, miracles and opportunities in other areas of their lives. Why does this happen? -Cleansing is a process not an event In this instant gratification culture, we might expect internal cleansing to be instantaneous. Why does it often get worse before it gets better? Guest Bio Meghan is a Holistic Health and Detoxification Coach - specifically an expert in deep cellular cleansing & detoxification specializing in colon, liver, parasite, mold, and heavy metal detox. She currently supports high-performing individuals—founders, co-founders, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and other corporate leaders—who are struggling with gut, hormone, thyroid, energy, skin, or any other physical symptoms to help them cleanse their bodies, transform their health, and upgrade their lives—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually—to reach their full potential. She is also the author of — a comprehensive gut health guide and of — a comprehensive and revolutionary deep cellular cleansing and detoxification guide, an advisor to a health-focused venture capital fund, a creator on and on , and an angel investor in consumer health tech companies. Important Links: About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35314680

How to See Infinite Possibilities Instead of Limited Options 02/11/2025

How to See Infinite Possibilities Instead of Limited Options “I had no choice”, “this is how it has to be”, and “it is what it is” - for some people these aren’t just statements, these are the basis of their entire reality. Rather than seeing themselves as architects with a wealth of choices to shape their lives, they feel resigned to the idea that things are fixed just as they are. No alternatives and no changes. This way of thinking goes back to the same place: the old stories we run in our minds become the cages that limit our own lives. It’s like we’re sitting in a container that shrinks our possibilities, but we can open the door anytime we want. In any given situation, there are many possible choices but if our field of view is limited, we’ll never allow ourselves to see them. The result? We give our power away to the external world, and feel oppressed by the misery of seemingly being choiceless. How do we learn to shift out of all these stories, and truly tap into our creative engine that gives us hundreds of choices? How do we see endless possibilities where others see limited options? In this episode, we talk about how to stop limiting yourself and believing you have no choices. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Be Response-ABLE People limit their own choices because of fear. How do you reclaim responsibility and start to see all the other options that are available to you? -Activate curiosity and wonder How do we identify the old stories that are making us feel choiceless, how do we change the framework? -Make a new choice Let’s admit it: old stories are comforting because they are familiar, not because they are helpful. How do we create a new context around curiosity and choices? Register for Katie’s Newest Program, , and learn how to create new stories that serve your ultimate aliveness and expansion! Add “Be Play Love” in the Additional Notes section on the checkout page, and receive a complimentary copy of Gay Hendricks’ latest book, Your Big Leap Year. About Your Hosts Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT*, is an evolutionary catalyst and freelance mentor who has been a pioneer in the field of body intelligence and conscious loving for over forty years. Katie has an international reputation as a presenter and seminar leader, bodifying the core skills of conscious living–authenticity, response-ability and appreciation–with conscious enthusiasts from many fields. She is the co-author of twelve books, including the best-selling Conscious Loving, At The Speed of Life and Conscious Loving Ever After: How to Create Thriving Relationship at Midlife and Beyond. Katie has been a successful entrepreneur for over forty years. She specializes in turning concepts such as commitment into felt experience and igniting new actions that emerge from the inside out. Her unique coaching and leadership programs have generated hundreds of body intelligence and relationship coaches in the U.S. and Europe. She co-founded the Spiritual Cinema Circle and the virtual Body Intelligence Summit. Katie has appeared on over 500 radio and television programs and traveled well over one million air miles as the ambassador for the work that she and her husband Gay Hendricks have developed. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has traveled the world working with thousands of people and dozens of teams. With a passion for fully expressed living, Sophie coaches, and facilitates group sessions to help people and teams remove what gets in the way of them living their most meaningful lives.Not only does she work with clients to design the life they want, but she's also developed methods, mindsets shifts, and healing modalities to create it elegantly. Born in Paris, raised in Barcelona, and lived in LA for 30 years, Sophie now lives in the middle of nowhere Arizona, where she rides her Harley with her boo, Wall. And plays a lot of pickleball. Episode Resources: Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people! /episode/index/show/d4c59ad9-c664-4257-bc3f-bad57d47a50c/id/35226660

A Symphony Within: The Dance Between Energy, Mass, and Space w/ Gay Hendricks 02/04/2025

A Symphony Within: The Dance Between Energy, Mass, and Space w/ Gay Hendricks Are we mass, energy or space? That’s the question many have pondered time and time again. The answer: we’re all 3 at the same time. We are not just bodies of mass, though we feel the weight of our flesh, the solidity of our bones. Beneath this, there is a huge symphonic panorama inside of us, and when we tap into it, we can experience true healing and freedom. Often we focus on the mass aspect of existence, but the energetic aspect has a lot more power. The ever-shifting flow of energy that rises and falls within us expresses itself as emotion, movement, and sensation. The rush of excitement, the pang of sorrow, the heaviness of grief—these are all movements of energy that can shape our physical experience. Beyond the mass of our bodies and the energy within, there is space. When we tap into that space, we find a sense of peace, a realization that we are not just our thoughts or emotions, but something much greater. How do we access space and energy? How do we stop identifying with the fluctuations of energy and start identifying with the space that holds it? In this episode, we’re joined by Gay Hendricks to talk about the power of mass, energy, and space, and how to stop living from the surface, but from the deeper, expansive place within us. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode - Getting unstuck from your body traumas The mass that is our body is a repository of personal and generational grief and trauma. How does energy and space heal all of these things? - From repression to release We all possess within us an energy that flows freely. What are some of the things that compress this energy or misuse it? - Learn to be with fear One way humans do away with fear is trying to control everything. Why is letting go of control a necessary step to tapping into the expansive space with us? Guest Bio Gay Hendricks has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kate Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, At The Speed Of Life, The Big Leap, and the New York Times bestseller, Five Wishes. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at University Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute, and later co-founded its charitable organization, Foundation for Conscious Living. He was also the founder of a virtual learning center for transformation and a publishing company, and was a co-founder of a conscious entertainment company. Throughout his career he has done executive coaching with more than 800 executives, including the top management at such firms as Dell Computer, Hewlett Packard, Motorola and KLM. His book, The Corporate Mystic, is used widely to train management in combining business skills and personal development tools. Gay is also a mystery novelist, with a series of five books featuring the Tibetan-Buddhist private detective, Tenzing Norbu. In recent years he has co-created a popular podcast called The Big Leap with Gay Hendricks and Mike Koenigs. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others. Buy your copy of Your Big Leap Year . About Your Hosts Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT*, is an evolutionary catalyst and freelance mentor who has been a pioneer in the field of body intelligence and conscious loving for over forty years. Katie has an international reputation as a presenter and seminar leader, bodifying the core skills of conscious living–authenticity, response-ability and appreciation–with conscious enthusiasts from many fields. She is the co-author of twelve books, including the best-selling Conscious Loving, At The Speed of Life and Conscious Loving Ever After: How to Create Thriving Relationship at Midlife and Beyond. Katie has been a successful entrepreneur for over forty years. She specializes in turning concepts such as commitment into felt experience and igniting new actions that emerge from the inside out. Her unique coaching and leadership programs have generated hundreds of body intelligence and relationship coaches in the U.S. and Europe. She co-founded the Spiritual Cinema Circle and the virtual Body Intelligence Summit. Katie has appeared on over 500 radio and television programs and traveled well over one million air miles as the ambassador for the work that she and her husband Gay Hendricks have developed. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has traveled the world working with thousands of people and dozens of teams. With a passion for fully expressed living, Sophie coaches, and facilitates group sessions to help people and teams remove what gets in the way of them living their most meaningful lives.Not only does she work with clients to design the life they want, but she's also developed methods, mindsets shifts, and healing modalities to create it elegantly. Born in Paris, raised in Barcelona, and lived in LA for 30 years, Sophie now lives in the middle of nowhere Arizona, where she rides her Harley with her boo, Wall. And plays a lot of pickleball. Check out this episode on our , , or and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. 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