Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast

This episode of AWAKENING explores the dangers of staying only at a mental level of healing (mental insights or breakthroughs) and not applying or living your insights.

Join me for a discussion of:

• how and why insight is only one level of healing
• the temptation to stay only at a mental level of healing, which can delay emotional, spiritual, and physical healing
• how we can become addicted to mental breakthroughs at the expense of deeper healing
• the importance of reclaiming your personal responsibility in your healing process
• how to actively use your insights to awaken and transform your life, from the inside out

I hope this episode is helpful and brings you some ideas of how to heal in an integrative, holistic way that takes into account your whole being.

Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast free of ads, for good! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. Here's the link to donate:

https://square.link/u/2O7ZaHO0

To connect with me or share feedback, please head over to www.josephinehardman.com or send a note to [email protected]

I deeply appreciate your presence, support, and willingness to do your inner work. May you discover creative and powerful ways to apply your insights in every area of your life, for the good of all concerned. So it is!

Music & editing by G. Demers

Inner Work 2022 All Rights Reserved.

*Please be advised: episode contains mature content.*

Mari Abraham is a Sangoma, a traditional Zulu shamanic practitioner. In this interview, I ask her about her spiritual journey of healing and transformation. Mari shares her insights about the state of spirituality today, how we must become responsible for healing ourselves before we extend our healing out into the world, and how we must help each other achieve a greater sense of belonging just being who we are. We also briefly discuss the nervous system and the importance of sexuality in fully healing the body.

To learn more about Mari's work, you can visit her website.

On the path of awakening, you might be called to begin living in a different or new way. This can happen when you're truly listening to your heart and tuning in to your inner guidance.

In this episode of AWAKENING, I respond to a listener's email about how to begin aligning with the lifestyle and way of living that most resonates with you (and how to release limiting beliefs and fears along the way).

Join me for a discussion of:

• having the desire to live a peaceful, simpler life where you get to express yourself creatively or live in community with others
• the importance of clarifying WHERE your desires are coming from, and WHY you're desiring these things
• giving yourself permission to live a life that is right for you
• clearing out internal blocks, fears, and limiting beliefs so you can create your desired lifestyle
• an introduction to Byron Katie's The Work - you can explore this for yourself here: https://thework.com

Thank you to Jenna for writing in and sparking this episode! To submit a question or topic suggestion, you can write to [email protected]. To explore my work and services, head over to https://josephinehardman.com

Please help me fulfill the goal of keeping this podcast on air and free of ads! Any amount that you're able to contribute will go directly towards the costs of creating, hosting, and producing the podcast. You can donate as a one-time contribution or sign up to support the podcast on a monthly basis. Here's the link to donate:

https://square.link/u/I4Zt8YSE

I deeply appreciate your presence and willingness to do your inner work! Thank you for being here.

Music & editing by G. Demers

Inner Work 2022 All Rights Reserved.

In this bonus episode of Inner Work, I share a personal story about working with and healing old grief. Join me for a vulnerable conversation on:

• how we sometimes resist crying (and why)
• what happens to our bodies and souls when we repress old grief
• what it means to REALLY listen to what your heart needs
• using movement (especially dance) to express and heal grief
• two of the major challenges I've been going through recently (and what I'm learning from them)
• how I'm aligning myself with my Soul's calling to go bigger

To connect with me directly, you can head over to www.josephinehardman.com

If this episode spoke to you, I'd love to hear about it! Please send feedback, questions, or stories to [email protected]

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for tuning in. I appreciate your presence here.

Music & editing by G. Demers

Inner Work 2021 All Rights Reserved

What is shadow work? And how can you do it responsibly and effectively?

This episode of Inner Work explores the shadow as a "dark aspect of the personality", in the words of Carl Jung. Your shadows are aspects of yourself that, for whatever reason, you've deemed as unacceptable or shameful. And so you repress these aspects into the subconscious. However, your unexamined and un-integrated shadows will continue to make themselves known and influence your behavior in one way or another.

So, this episode addresses:

• what is shadow work?
• secondary and primary shadow archetypes (which do you recognize in yourself?)
• key principles and suggestions to make your shadow work as effective and transformative as possible
• how to avoid spiritual bypassing when doing shadow work
• a 4-step method for doing shadow work as an ongoing practice in your life

Here's the blog post where I outline my 4-step shadow work method, in case you want to refer to that:

https://josephinehardman.com/how-to-do-shadow-work-a-4-step-guide/

To connect with me, you can visit www.josephinehardman.com or send a note to [email protected]

Thank you for tuning in! Please take kind and compassionate care of yourself -- and your shadows.

Music & editing by G. Demers

Inner Work 2022 All Rights Reserved