Toward A Better Life Podcast
Join Kevin Pennell on a journey Toward A Better Life. We can all move together toward creating more fulfilling, rewarding, and healthier lives. You won't need much for this trek, just an open mind, spirit, and heart. Toward A Better Life Podcast features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively.
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Episode 148 Ageless Art of Storytelling with Eimear Burke
11/20/2025
Episode 148 Ageless Art of Storytelling with Eimear Burke
Episode 148 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:26 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:06:22 Interview with Eimear Burke Eimear Burke - is the Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) who lives in Kilkenny, Ireland. Eimear is a retired Counselling Psychologist and her interests in Druidry and psychology have led her to act as a Celebrant, helping people to design and enact meaningful rites of passage. She is licensed to perform legal weddings in the Republic of Ireland and can also offer non legal ceremonies. Eimear has a deep love of the ancient Irish tales and has a passion for storytelling. She brings the old tales to new audiences, and - while remaining faithful to the stories - often examines them from new perspectives, so that listeners experience them as fresh and relevant. She particularly enjoys showing people the sacred sites of Ireland and telling the ancient tales right where they happened. Eimear is also a Priestess dedicated to Danú in the Fellowship of Isis. She is an Arch Druidess in the Druid Clan of Dana and a member of the Noble Order of Tara.' 1:04:00 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Eimear Burke Website: Eimear & OBOD: Contact: Order of Bards Ovates and Druids Website: Contact: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 147 Spiritual Magic of Hypnotherapy
11/13/2025
Episode 147 Spiritual Magic of Hypnotherapy
Episode 147 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:25 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:05:14 Interview with Craig Meriwether Craig Meriwether is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Medical Hypnosis Specialist, and author of the Past Lives Guidebook. He's also the founder of Sacred Mystery Hypnotherapy, where he goes clients through powerful spiritual healing journeys such as past life regression, life-between-lives regression, spirit guide connection, and ancestral healing. In Craig's work, he's helped Clients uncover and heal unresolved trauma from past lives. People connect with their spirit guides for clarity and direction. Individuals release ancestral patterns and generational wounds. Seekers access the “life-between-lives” spirit world for profound insight. Clients reconnect with their soul’s purpose and mission. In this magical episode, Craig shares how these techniques can help people heal emotionally, physically, and spiritually—often in ways that traditional approaches can’t reach. He offers a grounded, practical explanation of how spiritual hypnotherapy works, along with inspiring real-world stories from his practice. 1:10:33 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Craig Meriwether Website: Publications: Contact: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 146 5 Steps to WellBeing
11/06/2025
Episode 146 5 Steps to WellBeing
Episode 146 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:12 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:05:54 Interview with Dr. Len Lopez Dr Len Lopez is a Nutrition and fitness expert, who created 5 S.T.E.P.S. a Day... a unique ‘to-do’ list to help improve your Habits and Attitude by tracking how You Feed Body, Mind, and Spirit. Everyday shade-in One or all 5 S.T.E.P.S. for the action you took and tap into your 'visual' and 'kinesthetic' learning centers to help anchor those better habits and attitude. If you're already tracking your Physical steps or closing your Rings for your PHYSICAL Body... this will be easy, but What am I doing for My Mind and Spirit? Every day ask yourself these 5 questions? SLEEP ----- Did I Sleep/Dream with a Smile? THINK ----- Did I Think Better? EAT ------- Did I Eat Right? PHYSICAL -- Did I Get Physical? SPIRIT ------ Did I work my Spiritual muscles? ....if you did, shade-in that step. By the end of the day... week... month... you can quickly see how good you are at feeding your body, mind, and spirit. It's NOT Rocket Science... It's Feedback and Accountability. In less than 2 minutes you can track and see, if you are doing the things that will make you Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? Or at least get you to be Bigger, Better, Bolder? Dr. Len also created a TEEN version. The 5 S.T.E.P.S. are the Same - but applicable to teens. 1:09:41 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Dr. Len Lopez Website: Publications: Contact: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 145 Finding Our Spirit Guides
10/30/2025
Episode 145 Finding Our Spirit Guides
Episode 145 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:59 Autumn Leaves - Damh the Bard (Used with permission) 0:06:01 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:10:54 Finding and Being With Our Spirit Guides with Kevin Pennell Kevin Pennell is the Podcast Host and Producer of Toward A Better Life a Licensed Massage Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Shamanic Practitioner, and a Bardic member of the Order of Nards Ovates and Druids. He’s also an Usui Reiki Master, and Instructor for various self-help and continuing education workshops with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spurgeon College. As a healing facilitator, he devotes his life to being a “hollow bone” or tool to bring about “Compassionate Healing”. Kevin also writes, honing his love of writing through journalism. As an author, he applied his biographical and spiritual insights to complete the work Two Feathers: Spiritual Seed Planter that shares the life and spirit of Ken Two Feathers. 0:31:22 Guided Meditation to Find Your Spirit Guide 0:48:58 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Kevin Pennell & Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell: Damh the Bard Website:
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Episode 144 Creating Joy
10/23/2025
Episode 144 Creating Joy
Episode 144 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:10 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:05:54 Interview with Amy Dickens Amy Dickens is a leading voice on joy, play, and reconnecting with the parts of ourselves that make us feel most alive. She’s the creator of Joyfully You, where her mission is to help adults rediscover the transformative power of joy and play—not as something frivolous, but as a vital part of well-being, creativity, and authentic living. With her background in yoga, meditation, and coaching, Amy has guided people through healing and self-discovery for years. Now she channels that wisdom into her playful videos, her podcast, getting people quite literally dancing through the streets, and her new book 101 Ways to Spread Joy. Amy reminds us that joy isn’t just for kids—it’s fuel for our souls. 0:45:44 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Amy Dickens Website: Order 101 Ways To Spread Joy: Contact: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Ep 143 Working With Our Shadow Self
10/16/2025
Ep 143 Working With Our Shadow Self
Episode 143 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:53 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:04:05 Interview with Lizbeth DeSa Lizbeth is Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy Practitioner, Educator, Conflict Mediator, Laughter Yoga Leader, Writer. She helps those dealing with Shame, Anxiety, and Depression. Using An IFS Approach, she has also helped individuals suffering from Complex Trauma issues and PTSD with IFS. Lizbeth believes the mind is made up of sub-personalities or “parts”. Each part has unique qualities. Some parts are functional and valuable while others may behave in negative ways. However, they have positive intentions, even if that is hard to believe. Underlying the parts is a person’s true essence or Self.The Self knows how to heal in order to become whole and integrated. Sing the song of Your Self. Stay tuned as Lizbeth DeSa shares the magic of Internal Family Systems Therapy. 0:53:14 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Lizbeth DeSa Website: Contact: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 142 Acupuncture Demystified
10/09/2025
Episode 142 Acupuncture Demystified
Episode 142 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:55 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:03:38 Interview with Erica Joy Siegel Erica is an Acupuncture Physician & Herbalist in the Jacksonville, Florida area. In practice for 20 years she assists in treating a variety of health conditions, simple to complex, acute to chronic. Utilizing several techniques and adjunct therapies to get desired outcomes. She's the only practitioner in the region doing Acunova-a protocol from Denmark using points on the hands and feet to help recover some vision and slow degenerative eye diseases. She is also unique in her offering of laser acupuncture for kids and needlephobes. She's also authored a wonderful book which she talks about in this episode Acupuncture Demystified 0:51:08 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Erica Joy Siegel Website: Contact: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 141 Living Speaking Your Truth
10/02/2025
Episode 141 Living Speaking Your Truth
Episode 141 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:03 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:04:27 Interview with Angie Hawkins Angie Hawkins is an Inner Glow Coach who transforms high-achieving, spiritual women from chasing love and approval to radiating fierce confidence so they can finally feel happy, free, and loved for who they are. She works with women who’ve done therapy, read the books, tried the spiritual path, but still feel like something’s missing. Through deep inner work and identity transformation, she helps them break the cycle of not feeling “enough,” so they can experience real love, confidence, and peace without having to change who they are. Angie authored Running in Slippers, a raw and vulnerable memoir about finding resilience after emotional rock bottom. Angie has moved from Chicago to Hawaii on her own, jumped out of a helicopter and into the ocean Navy SEAL-style, bungee jumped, skydived, and cliff jumped, and now she's jumping in to talk with me about People Pleasing, Boundaries, and Being A Functional Adult. Stay tuned for my eye opening chat with Angie. 0:49:56 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Angie Hawkins Website: Contact Dana: Buy Her Book: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 140 EcoSpirituality
09/25/2025
Episode 140 EcoSpirituality
Episode 140 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:12 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:05:48 Interview with Dana O'Driscoll and Nate Summers Dana O'Driscoll - Dana is the Grand Arch Druid of AODA in the US along with being a lifelong student of nature spirituality and Druidry and has been practicing for 18 years. She has authored of multiple books that focus on nature spirituality and neopagan practices through the lenses of reverence, respect, and direct action on behalf of the living earth. Nate Summers has authored several books as well studying with a number of amazing teachers and mentors over the years. Nate's approach is a blend and mix of the lineages. Ultimately, his goal in writing, teaching, and mentoring is to help people discover their own truths and ways with the guidance and wisdom handed down through the ages and through many powerful lineages. Nate hopes to empower people in their lives, to help them discover ease, peace and confidence, and to be lit up inside with their own primal passion, vitality, and power. Dana and Nate talk about their new book "Eco-Spirituality in the 21st Century: ReVisioning Nature, Community, and Connection for a Better Tomorrow" an incredible title for an incredible book. Eco-Spirituality offers a new vision for nature spirituality both by drawing upon ancient, ancestral connections and by visioning human-nature-spirit connections for a brighter future. The authors combine their collective skill sets in druidry, wilderness survival skills, permaculture, and more, to create this new framework for engaging in an eco-centric spiritual practice and lifestyle in the 21st century. Stay tuned for this compelling chat about Eco-Spirituality! 1:15:27 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Dana O'Driscoll Website: Contact Dana: Nate Summers Website & Contact: Buy the Book: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 139 ADHD As A Superpower
09/18/2025
Episode 139 ADHD As A Superpower
Episode 139 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:58 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:03:40 Interview with Corie Wightlin Corie Wightlin, an ADHD/executive functioning coach, educator, and mindfulness facilitator who gets ADHD—because she lives it. With over 25 years of experience in cognitive science, education, and coaching, she helps overwhelmed folks turn chaos into clarity using real-life strategies that actually work. Her approach is rooted in self-compassion, practical tools, and meeting clients exactly where they are. 0:50:01 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Corie Wightlin Website: Corie's Dopamine Menu: Buy the Book - Balance Your Business: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 138 Exploring Our Soul
09/11/2025
Episode 138 Exploring Our Soul
Episode 138 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:08 Nwyfre and Intuition - The Listening Breath Dr. Abby Campbell (Produced by Kevin Pennell and Used By Permission) 0:03:57 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:07:47 Exploring Our Soul - Kevin Pennell Kevin is a Podcast Host and Producer of Toward A Better Life. He’s also a Licensed Massage Therapist, an Usui Reiki Sensei, and Continuing Education Instructor and Instructor for various self-help workshops. Kevin has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spurgeon College. As a healing facilitator, he devotes his life to being a “hollow bone” or tool to bring about “Compassionate Healing”. Various cultural and ceremonial methods may be applied to his work as a facilitator for personal healing and spiritual counseling. He employs Traditional Massage Therapy, TuiNa (a Chinese form of medical massage), Thai, Trigger Point Therapy, Acupressure, and other bodywork techniques plus Reiki, Intuition, and Empathy to promote the individual’s emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Creator and Spirit Guides play vital roles in Kevin’s facillitory work with others. He also applies hypnosis, journey, and guided meditation techniques for overcoming present, past, and/or past life issues in person and via Zoom Kevin also writes, honing his love of writing through journalism. As an author, he applied his biographical and spiritual insights to complete the work Two Feathers: Spiritual Seed Planter that shares the life and spirit of Ken Two Feathers. 0:37:14 Guided Meditation with Kevin Pennell 0:54:53 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Kevin Pennell Email: Buy the Book - Two Feathers Spiitual Seed Planter: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 137 Myth Sorcery and a Moral Compass
09/04/2025
Episode 137 Myth Sorcery and a Moral Compass
Episode 137 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00: 56 Eve of A Great Discovery by Awenfire (Used By Permission) 0:04:55 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:08:05 Interview with Victoria Williams Victoria Williams is the author of The Warlock and the Ovate. The cover says it's a timeless fantasy adventure crafted for older children and adults. Set in a mythological world of ancient castles, majestic dragons, wise druids, and battle-hardened Vikings and even a magical tree where morality and corruption collide. Powerful themes of redemption, ancient wisdom, and the awakening of true purpose are also found in the pages of Victoria's The Warlock and the Ovate a world where hope prevails! 0:49:39 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Victoria Williams Email: Buy the Book - The Warlock and the Ovate: : Awenfire "An Artist/Producer who blends Ancient Wisdom with Moden Songcraft" Music Link: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 136 Regenerating Our Planet
08/28/2025
Episode 136 Regenerating Our Planet
Episode 136 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:15 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:05:13 Interview with Matthieu Mehuys Matthieu Mehuys, is an award-winning author and landscape architect on a mission to make the world a greener, healthier place. His story began on a family farm in Belgium, where, from the age of three, Matthieu was captivated by the magic of plants and the incredible transformation of a tiny seed into vibrant life. After earning a Master of Engineering in Landscape Architecture, he started what he thought was his dream job—but Matthieu quickly felt trapped in a system that didn’t align with his purpose. Depressed and unfulfilled, he decided to make a bold move, quit a 9-to-5 job and set off on a global adventure to explore and work on some of the world’s most stunning gardens and groundbreaking eco-projects. This journey shaped Matthieu's vision and passion, leading him to start his own business. Today, he helps clients around the world creating low-maintenance, biodiverse gardens, farms, and high-value developments. His focus is on designing spaces that work with nature to restore ecosystems, reduce maintenance, and unlock the full potential of the land 0:56:46 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Matthieu Mehuys Website: Buy 12 Universal Laws of Nature: Contact Matthieu Mehuys: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 135 Sourcery 101
08/21/2025
Episode 135 Sourcery 101
Episode 135 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:38 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:03:54 Interview with Justin Shaw About Justin Shaw is a mystical comedian, Dr. of Divinity, and a Sourcerer passionate about empowering people to reclaim their self-worth and manifest their highest potential. Following a long battle with substance abuse, PTSD, depression and anxiety disorders, Justin, a former stand-up comedian, experienced firsthand the redeeming power of Source energy after an incredible experience he will never forget. A little bit Deepak and a little bit Tupac with a sharp comedic edge, Justin L. Shaw challenges the status quo and empowers people to wake up and live their truth with his new book Sourcery 101: 13 Rungs to a Higher Elevation of Consciousness, a new system designed for Sourcing a spiritual revolution. 0:56:00 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Justin Shaw Website: Buy Sourcerer 101: Contact Justin Shaw: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 134 Intuitve Hypnotherapy
08/14/2025
Episode 134 Intuitve Hypnotherapy
Episode 134 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:50 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:04:35 Interview with Elizabeth Catherine About Elizabeth Catherine Elizabeth Catherine has been creating hypnotherapy sessions for healing, self love, and spiritual experiences, inspiring others to feel good, and treat each other with compassion for years. She trained with Dr. Brian Weiss an American psychiatrist, hypnotherapist, and author who specializes in past life regression. Elizabeth's Self Hypnosis for Healing Podcast is an experience based healing journey. Each episodes covers a different spiritual, or relaxation topic, covering everything from energy healing to utilizing your body chemistry to bring you to a relaxed space where you are immersed in feelings of love and compassion. The second part of the weekly episode is a self hypnosis session where you will put everything you have learned into a relaxing session. 0:52:20 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Elizabeth Catherine Website: Podcast: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 133 Transforming From The Inside Out
08/07/2025
Episode 133 Transforming From The Inside Out
Episode 133 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:22 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:06:03 Interview with Aneta Waclaw About Aneta Waclaw Aneta is a transformation guide, wellness advocate, and the voice behind the powerful movement Nourished Inside Out. Once a ballet dancer and hairstylist, she took the pain of an unhealthy relationship and turned it into purpose—helping thousands of women heal, reclaim their confidence, and rebuild their lives after heartbreak. She’s the author of Blooming with Self-Love and the host of a popular podcast that dives deep into mindset, emotional wellness, and self-worth. Through her affirmations, journaling practices, and unapologetic self-care teachings, Aneta empowers her audience to break free from the patterns that no longer serve them and step boldly into the life they truly deserve. When Aneta speaks, she speaks from experience. With heart, honesty, and hope, she reminds us all that healing isn’t about going back—it's about rising up, nourishing yourself from within, and choosing yourself every single day. 0:37:43 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Aneta Waclaw Website: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 132 A Catalyst for Purposfeful Living
07/31/2025
Episode 132 A Catalyst for Purposfeful Living
Episode 132 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:02 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:04:30 Interview with Zoia About Zoia Zoia is a success catalyst who doesn't want people to just believe in themselves, she wants them to advocate for themselves the way she did. She doesn't tolerate weakness, but not because she judges it, rather she knows the cost of staying stagnant. Instead of talking dreams there can be results. Her work dives deeper than the usual self care to the journey of self-mastery. Zoia down't tell people what they want to hear, she tells them what's needed to effect real change. Hitting rock bottom can become unshakable power She helps people understand emotional strength. No more self-betrayal. Zoia is an author, carrying three degrees, multiple certifications in fields like Sexology, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Psychosomatics, and Neuroplasticity providing a multidimensional approach to personal growth, transformation, and empowerment and where each certification unlocks different layers of human psychology, behavior, and transformation. Zoia is not just another mindset/life coach— she's an expert in personal transformation, relationships, and brain rewiring. She is a Catalyst for Purposeful Living. 0:56:50 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Zoia Website: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Ep 131 What Is Reiki
07/24/2025
Ep 131 What Is Reiki
Episode 131 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:32 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:03:02 Interview with Erin Pontbriand About Erin Pontbriand Erin has been practicing Reiki for several years and is currently a Reiki Sensei or Reiki Master/Teacher. She is also a compassionate mental health professional with a dedicated focus on perinatal and women’s wellness. Erin works with individual clients, ensuring they feel validated, empowered, and connected to a community that knows it takes a village to thrive during life’s pivotal moments. She extends her expertise to providers in the perinatal and birthing fields, offering supervision and support to fellow mental health & perinatal practitioners. With her deep commitment to fostering connection and empowerment, Erin helps clients and professionals alike navigate their unique journeys with confidence. 0:58:33 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Erin Pontbriand Website: Contact Erin: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 130 Creativity Within Spirituality
07/17/2025
Episode 130 Creativity Within Spirituality
Episode 130 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:58 Saint Nectans Glen - Alex Roberts (Used with Permission) 0:05:01 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:09:13 Interview with Stephanie Thomas Berry About Stephanie Thomas Berry Stephanie Thomas Berry an accomplished artist, poet and practicing Druid from Western North Carolina. Stephanie documents the mysterious wonder-filled and other-worldly aspects of life through her captivating artwork and prose. She has three guiding principles for her work, creativity is a spiritual path, It’s a path of growth and healing (which is scientifically proven, by the way). But it’s also a path where we can experience the mysteries that inhabit our inner world. Creativity is relationship. She says, "My creative work is fed primarily by two relationships: my relationship with the natural world (and perhaps more specifically, the landscape where I make my home) my relationship with the dream world, that vast inner landscape we all roam about." And thirdly Creativity is Community. At its heart, creative work longs to be shared. We are social animals to the core, and creative work gives us the opportunity to share our unique inner worlds with our community. There’s a deep joy that comes from that feeling of being seen so deeply, and contributing to the communal inner life 0:50:54 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Stephanie Thomas Berry Website: Contact Stephanie: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 129 Connecting The Spiritual Realm
07/10/2025
Episode 129 Connecting The Spiritual Realm
Episode 129 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:46 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:04:32 Interview with Michael McAdams About Michael McAdams Michael McAdams, a lifelong seeker of spiritual truth and co-author of An Angel Told Me So. This compelling book offers a collection of messages and teachings dictated directly from spirit teachers/angels. Michael’s dedication to bridging the physical and spiritual realms has provided profound insights to many and established him as a trusted voice in spiritual communication. In An Angel Told Me So, Michael shares the remarkable experiences of his late mother, Wilma Jean Jones, who received messages from spirit teachers for more than 22 years. These teachings provide a roadmap for personal spiritual development, offering actionable steps to recognize and interpret messages from beyond. Michael’s insights empowers many to explore spiritual potential and find comfort in understanding life beyond this physical plane. Michael’s work has touched countless readers, providing comfort and clarity in understanding life beyond the physical plane. His appearances have drawn interest from spiritual seekers and skeptics alike, as he invites everyone into a dialogue that balances faith, reason and personal discovery. 1:15:04 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Michael McAdams Website: Contact MIchael: Get Your Copy of "An Angel Told Me So": Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 128 Beneficial Senior Care
07/03/2025
Episode 128 Beneficial Senior Care
Episode 128 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:01 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:04:41 Interview with Amy Friesen About Amy Friesen Amy Friesen assists with answers and recommendations that can be fruitful for all concerned. Amy is a renowned expert in senior care with over 20 years of experience, helping families navigate the complex maze of eldercare decisions. As the founder of Tea & Toast, Amy has dedicated her career to simplifying senior-living options and providing personalized, compassionate guidance. Her deep understanding of the emotional, financial, and logistical challenges faced by caregivers makes her insights invaluable for those struggling to care for their loved ones. Amy's innovative approaches to aging in place and caregiver burnout prevention have made her a sought-after speaker and media guest. She is a wealth of information shared from a place of true compassion. 0:51:43 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Amy Friesen Website: Contact Amy: Tea and Toast: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 127 Bouncing Back
06/26/2025
Episode 127 Bouncing Back
Episode 127 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:15 Silverbird - Denise London (Used By Permission) 0:03:58 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:06:44 Interview with Andrew Matthews About Andrew Matthews Today we're talking to Australian author and international speaker, Andrew Matthews. Andrew's books, including BEING HAPPY!, FOLLOW YOUR HEART and BOUNCING BACK speak to happiness, resilience, gratitude, and so much! He has sold over 8 million copies in 48 languages and has presented to over 1000 corporations on 5 continents! Andrew is popular with CEOs and surgeons, with teenagers and even prisoners. Andrew's latest book is BOUNCING BACK! - How we rebound from disaster and disappointment. It is now available on amazon in hardcopy, eBook and Audible. Andrew is an accomplished artist and his 12 books are lavishly illustrated with his own cartoons. Andrew has done over 5,000 media interviews on 5 continents. Andrew lives in Queensland, Australia, with his wife and publisher, Julie. 0:50:41 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Andrew Matthews Website: Contact Andrew: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 126 Communing With Spirit Guides
06/19/2025
Episode 126 Communing With Spirit Guides
Episode 126 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:08 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:03:55 Interview with Chris Lippincott About Chris Lippincott Chris is an international psychic medium, spiritual teacher, bestselling author, and the host of the Spirits Beside Us podcast. Chris is my guest on this episode of Toward A Better Life. Through his evidential readings and unique insights from spirit, Chris has transformed lives by providing comfort, healing, and the profound reassurance that our loved ones in spirit remain close and continue to care for us. His mission is to elevate the spiritual awareness of humanity by sharing spirit’s healing messages through his mediumship, teachings, books, and frequent podcast appearances. As a trance medium, Chris channels messages of love and healing from his spirit guides, offering listeners a direct link to spirit’s wisdom. Chris also teaches the fundamentals of mediumship, guiding those on their spiritual journey toward a deeper understanding of spirit and the afterlife. 1:08:00 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Chris Lippincott Website: Soul Growth Circle: Free Meditation: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 125 Songs of Magick Myth and Legend
06/12/2025
Episode 125 Songs of Magick Myth and Legend
Episode 125 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:50 Spirit of the Green - Spiral Dance - (Used By Permission) 0:06:59 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:10:45 Interview with Adrienne Piggott About Adrienne Piggott and Spiral Dance Many of you have heard Spiral Dance songs featured on past episodes of the show. A visit to their website will share that Spiral Dance is As powerful as any equinox and as magical as any inspired ritual, Spiral Dance offers up rich vocals, delicate melodies and rousing jams all invoking the pagan world at the dawning of its rebirth. Spiral Dance plays high energy pagan folk rock that combines an eclectic blend of powerful self-penned songs and tunes. Spiral Dance are the song catchers of Magick, myth and legend. The band was formed in 1992 as a project to explore some of the more mystical elements in life and has drawn its energy from the song-writing and vocal skills of Adrienne Piggott. Adrienne’s haunting lyrics and Paul’s innovative accordion tunes are carefully arranged to blend acoustic folk- rock with lush Celtic harmony, creating an almost tangible musical aura that envelopes the audience. Spiral Dance Songs Featured During the Episode Interview (Used by Permission) 0:19:02 Thirteen Notes 0:35:33 Marrundi Song 0:47:44 To The Wild-Dancing Hare 1:04:42 Man of Straw 1:10:58 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Adrienne Piggott & Spiral Dance Website: The Music of Spiral Dance: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 124 What Is A Druid
06/05/2025
Episode 124 What Is A Druid
Episode 124 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:13 Yggdrasil - Alex Roberts - (Used By Permission) 0:04:57 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:08:34 Interview with Dr. Larisa A White About Dr. White Larisa writes to celebrate nature, advocate ecological stewardship, and to explore the ways in which people relate - or fail to relate - across nations and cultures, landscapes and species. She has won international awards for her poetry and screenwriting, and enjoys writing rich stories with compelling characters, grounded in the living world. Larisa’s past projects have ranged from award-winning screenplays for animated films ( / Logline: Bee meets girl.) to acclaimed academic studies ( / exploring how modern Druids relate to their local landscapes). At present, she is developing the modern eco-myth trilogy, Tales of the Primordial Mountain. 0:52:20 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Dr. Larisa A. White Website: Larisa's Newest Book: Alex Roberts Alex Roberts Music Downloads and More: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 123 Soulful Magical Insights
05/29/2025
Episode 123 Soulful Magical Insights
Episode 123 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:49 Forests - Willowolf - (Used By Permission) 0:04:36 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:07:55 Interview with Michael Wilson About Michael Wilson Michael is a psychotherapist with an extensive background in psychotherapy, and (or Spiritual Psychology). He has written excellent books on psychology. Michael is a long term membef of OBOD (The Order of Bards Ovates and Druids) He also recently published a phenomenal book, Portals Into Deep Imagination, Celtic Mythology, Nature's Year, and the Quest for Soul. 0:34:10 The Dragon Lines - Willowolf - (Used By Permission) 0:37:50 Michael Wilson Interview Continues with Book Discussion 1:02:04 I'll Be With You - Willowolf - (Used By Permission) 1:06:40 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Michael Wilson Website: Michael's Publications: Michael's New Book & Events: Willowolf Willowolf Music Downloads and More: Order of Bards Ovates & Druids Website: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 122 Navigating Our Spiritual Path
05/22/2025
Episode 122 Navigating Our Spiritual Path
Episode 122 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:04 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:05:08 Interview with Katie Turner Katie Turner Katie is a Registered Psychologist, speaker and the founder of Katie Turner Psychology Inc. and the author of F*ck Toxic Spirituality: Avoiding Red Flags and Navigating the Spiritual Path with Integrity. Katie believes in a holistic approach to healing. She has studied a wide range of Western psychological approaches and Eastern healing techniques. Katie is passionate about helping her clients to heal the past, find more peace in the present and to create their best possible future. Her mission is to bring together the science of psychology to the practice of spirituality. She offers consultation services, sessions, workshops and resources for organizations and modern-day spiritual seekers. She lives in Calgary, Alberta Canada with her daughter and rescue dog. When she is not holding space in her practice or working on her latest project you can find her exploring the Rocky mountains or on her yoga mat. You can take her FREE Quiz to Discover your Dominant Intuitive Superpower at at: katieturnerpsychology.com 0:49:48 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Katie Turner Website: Free Quiz: Katie's Book: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 121 Mind Mapping for Personal Growth
05/15/2025
Episode 121 Mind Mapping for Personal Growth
Episode 121 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:46 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:03:35 Interview with John Diggs John is a Mappineering Mentor and the creator of the I AM Mind Map System, a transformative approach to personal development that combines mind mapping with powerful self-discovery techniques. John Diggs is dedicated to helping people live and love their best lives by using their own unique blueprint for health, wealth, success and happiness. Through the power of Mappineering, John has guided individuals, from students and athletes to parents and professionals, in gaining clarity, building resilience, and achieving extraordinary results. 0:44:57 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: John Diggs Website: Begin The I AM System: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 120 21st Century Bardic Troubadour
05/08/2025
Episode 120 21st Century Bardic Troubadour
Episode 120 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Tresspass - Alex Roberts (Used with Permission) 0:02:34 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:06:23 Interview with Alex Roberts John is a Mappineering Mentor and the creator of the I AM Mind Map System, a transformative approach to personal development that combines mind mapping with powerful self-discovery techniques. John Diggs is dedicated to helping people live and love their best lives by using their own unique blueprint for health, wealth, success and happiness. Through the power of Mappineering, John has guided individuals, from students and athletes to parents and professionals, in gaining clarity, building resilience, and achieving extraordinary results. 0:19:25 Bumblebee - Alex Roberts (Used with Permission) 0:29:52 John Barleycorn - Alex Roberts (Used with Permission) 0:56:58 Guilding the Ascendant - Alex Roberts (Used with Permission) 1:00:57 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Alex Roberts Website: Music Link: Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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Episode 119 The Circle of Ceridwen
05/01/2025
Episode 119 The Circle of Ceridwen
Episode 119 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:00:33 Episode Opening: The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions: Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file. Subscribe AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care. Free Discovery Call By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call. 0:04:13 Interview with Octavia Randolph Octavia Randolph Octavia authors The Circle of Ceridwen Saga, a book series set in 9th century England, Denmark, and the Baltic island of Gotland, where she lives. A life-long fascination with the making of England, along with the material artifacts of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age, has ever guided her work: the hand-carved combs, skillfully wrought swords, and gemmed goblets of the world of the Saga. The path of her interests has led to extensive on-site research in England, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and Gotland. She is a frequent speaker at both international literary festivals and museums, and has been the recipient of Artistic Fellowships at the Ingmar Bergman Estate, Fårö, Sweden; MacDowell; Ledig House International; and Byrdcliffe. 1:02:14 Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Octavia Randolph Website: Sign up here to receive a free copy of Book One of The Circle of Ceridwen Free Cookery Cookbook: Facebook: Instagram: To visit the Baltic island of Gotland with Octavia on one of her Saga Tours, write to Octavia directly with the subject heading "Saga Tour", at Toward A Better Life Website: Kevin Pennell:
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