A Guided Life

In this episode, I talk to Heather about her life journey that includes years of addiction, facing a past of sexual abuse, and learning to face and work through those trials. In her words: “My name is Heather Kesslak. I am a survivor of childhood mental, physical, and sexual abuse. In the year 2020, I had an epic breakdown. Covid struck, my daughter was in 1st grade, I was in the middle of an experimental dry month, and I had NO idea that my next 2 years would be absolutely life changing. I lived my ENTIRE life in addiction. It started with food. It moved into cigarettes, alcohol, shopping, exercise, diet...I’m sure I’m forgetting something. ANYTHING I tried; I became addicted to. It’s why I never tried hard drugs. If I had, you wouldn’t be reading this. In February 2020, with little acceptance or awareness that Covid was coming HERE, I planned an experimental dry month. I didn’t admit that I was an alcoholic. I would just say I was doing it to get healthier. Oddly, I was also in an experimental stage of really looking at my emotional eating (it was straight up addictive eating, but that’s beside the point). March 13 was the Covid bomb. I did NOT start drinking again. Instead, in my state of absolute terror, I panicked. Literally. I had my first panic attack (I would have 5-6 over the course of the year) while I was bathing my daughter. For the first time in my life, I wasn’t stuffing my trauma with addictions. I wasn’t emotionally eating because I was too terrified to breathe, let alone eat. I wasn’t getting my normal suppression from my addictions, so guess what... They came to the surface. And with a terrifying VENGEANCE. I remembered my childhood sexual abuse for the first time in 46 years. I suppressed it my entire life with addictions. I had no idea, except for the ONE event that I knew about and pretended my whole life didn’t happen. Over the course of these 2 years, I have sought coaching and spiritual education that has assisted me in EVERY quantum leap that I have achieved. And I’ve achieved a lot of them. Prior to 2020, I didn’t believe in anything. I was too clouded in my addictions to SEE or really understand the need for spirituality in my life. I was raised Catholic, and like most indoctrinated souls, I leaned FAR out of it once I had the freedom to do so. I didn’t believe in anything. I just floated through life. I had no connection to my guides, my guardian angels, my soul team, God, Jesus, or anything that resembled spirituality. I was angry, I was scared, I was lonely, I was insecure, I was self-loathing, I was self-destructive and any other self-deprecating thing you can think of. If it included hating myself, treating myself badly, abusing myself, or sabotaging my success...you better believe I took part in all of it. I kept people in my life who mirrored the disdain I had for myself. They didn’t like themselves either. It’s why I kept them around. I needed to feed my story, and so... there they stayed. Until I cleared them out of my life. And I did... swiftly, with intention and purpose and no regrets. Until I reached far back to that original soul that lied inside me all this time, I would never heal and I knew it. So I made HUGE changes. Now I care for the beautiful child who exists within me. She knows how much she is loved. She is supported. She is guided. She is free.”

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Today, Theodora talks about her witchy journey starting with childhood. She shares about growing up Catholic and Lutheran while interested in the Tarot. She shares about her book, podcast, and what it's like when witches get together.

Theodora Pendragon holds a master’s degree in Counseling & Human Services from the State University of New York at Oswego. She has extensive experience as a therapist and program manager in various settings: non-profit agencies, residential treatment centers, and military facilities. Now Theodora has a full-time independent private practice in Texas, providing a wide range of services to diverse populations.

Theodora is passionate about helping clients with relationship issues and encourages independence and self-respect. She is all too familiar with secret closets: helping people come out of the rainbow closet and the broom closet, as well as flying in and out of her own broom closet.

Not one to sit still for long, Theodora lives in a world filled with many interests and hobbies. She is a marathon runner, enjoys sewing, crocheting, making wine, refinishing furniture, collecting antiques and selling real estate. Yes, and she still makes time for her pets and the people in her circle.

In an effort to debunk misinformation and misconceptions about Pagans, witches, witchcraft and our wonderful world of magick, Theodora hosts a podcast Witchcasting with Theodora Pendragon.

Check out the book Taking The Flight Out of the Broom Closet by Theodora Pendragon

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Today, Kaye shares about her shamanic work, how she connected with Raven energy, and finding universal wisdom from within.

Truth is beyond the shadow of the belief system. Kaye is a truth seeker with a deep desire to know, understand, reflect, and feel what is accurate. Then, she becomes a truth speaker. She is refreshingly down to earth, natural, and real. All journeys start with being inquisitive. As a storyteller, Kaye takes the complex and makes it simple, so you can understand, evolve, and grow.

Kaye believes that life is our journey to integrate our physical and spiritual selves and to discover our truth.

Kaye is an entrepreneur, two times international best-selling author, speaker, facilitator, podcast co-host, Women’s Shamanic Leadership Life Coach and creator of Inner Expressions; helping women realize their leadership from within. An unshakeable optimist, she lives with a foot in both worlds –physical and spiritual, working with her unique blend of gifts in connection, knowing, shamanic energy sound healing and accredited master life coaching. Kaye helps women who wish to create change in any area of their life who feel stuck, time poor and overwhelm. She empowers women with self-worth and the ability to create change. Supporting them to feel and know their inner power moving them beyond their comfort zone and back into the driver’s seat of their life. Kaye has been working with women for over three decades—and working on herself longer. Her motto is “the power of change is in your hands.”

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Today, Yael shares about Esoteric Western Astrology and what life information can be found when reading one's chart. She also provides me with a mini reading as an example of what information it can yield.

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Today, intuitive channel, mentor, and guide Stephanie Banks shares how she learned to communicate with the soul of her mother while she had dementia. This led to becoming a channel for other living people, Gaia, and animals.

Stephanie Banks is a highly sought-after intuitive channel, mentor and guide who helps people connect on the soul level. She channels from the perspective of any soul currently on the planet, souls on the other side, purely non-physical beings such as spirit guides, as well as trees, animals, and Gaia.

Connection and communication are the common themes in all of Stephanie’s professional endeavors as a speech-language pathologist, birth doula, lactation consultant, infant massage instructor, and intuitive channel. When her mother’s dementia made verbal communication impossible, Stephanie found ways to communicate with her mother’s soul. This was the beginning of her channeling journey.

As a conscious channel, Stephanie is both the vessel to receive the messages as well as a guide to provide depth and context for the information coming through. She uses her keen sense of humor, love, and compassion to join her clients in their spiritual experience.

Stephanie also mentors clients in discerning their own inner voice of wisdom, enhancing their confidence and self-trust, improving their relationships, clarifying their soul's purpose, and finding their laughter and joy.

Author of the best-seller Joining Joanie–Staying Connected To Your Loved One Through Dementia And Beyond, Stephanie is currently completing her second book about her spiritual journey. In her TEDx talk, I Am an Intuitive Channel, she shares her unexpected experience with channeling and invites others to discover their own intuitive gifts.

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