The Illuminated Woman

Do you have a morning ritual? If you do, does it nourish your body and your Soul? In this episode, I share the importance of creating a nourishing morning ritual.
The way we begin our day creates the foundation for our day. Most of us jump out of bed and dive right into our day - whether it's getting kids up and off to school, checking your email and/or social media, drinking coffee, or watching the news. This creates a lot of stress and dysregulation to our nervous systems. It puts us in a hyper-masculine energy state when women are better served by beginning the day with more feminine energy. Women are more fluid in nature and require a morning ritual that's adaptive and intuitive.
Episode Highlights:

• The importance of morning rituals
• The beauty of nourishing morning rituals
• Listening to your body’s wisdom
• How following your intuition can help you create the perfect morning for you
• Practical tips for crafting your morning ritual
• Benefits of a nourishing morning ritual:

If you'd like to schedule a Soul Essence Reading to help you create a morning ritual that will nourish your body and your Soul, click here.

The Illuminated Connection Call is a free conversation where we talk heart to heart—no pressure, no agenda. I’d love to hear what’s on your heart, where you are in your life and spiritual journey, and what you’re sensing God may be stirring in you. Whether you’re just beginning to question the New Age path, exploring Biblical truth, are already living a God-led life, or simply feeling lost and unsure—this space is for you. Schedule through this link.

When I began my online business journey over a decade ago, I got caught up in following people who appeared to have all the answers. I thought they knew more than I did. And while they did have more knowledge and experience in certain areas than I did, many of them wanted to be put on a pedestal, like an object to be adored and admired. There are some who still do, and it's time to have a conversation about that. As an Illuminated Woman, you don't need a guru, but we can all use a guide on our journey. In this episode, I share:

• The concept of a guru
• Why we seek out a "guru"
• How we outsource our power to others - and the danger in that
• The purpose of a guide
• How we can work with a guide
• Areas where I gave my power away to "gurus" in the past - and how I stepped away from that
• How you can reclaim your own "inner guru"

The Illuminated Connection Call is a free conversation where we talk heart to heart—no pressure, no agenda. I’d love to hear what’s on your heart, where you are in your life and spiritual journey, and what you’re sensing God may be stirring in you. Whether you’re just beginning to question the New Age path, exploring Biblical truth, are already living a God-led life, or simply feeling lost and unsure—this space is for you. Schedule through this link.

NOTE: Please know that we do talk of suicide in this episode, so be gentle with yourself when listening.

Suzanne Anderson was living the happiest phase of her life when tragedy struck in January of 2013. Her beloved husband, David, had chosen to end his life. With it, life as Suzanne knew it ended as well.
Suzanne is vulnerable and authentic in our conversation. She's the author of the soon to be released book, You Make Your Way By Walking. Suzanne's writing is captivating and draws you right into her experience. In our conversation, we talked about her life before David's passing, the aftermath of that event, and how she made her path... by walking.

• The importance of sharing our stories and hearing different voices along the way
• Suzanne’s work helping women wake up both the feminine and masculine energies and weave them together
• What she found with David that she didn’t know had been missing from her life
• The price we as women pay for ignoring our feminine energies
• Suzanne’s journey through the corporate world - and what she noticed about the structure in management consulting
• The profound experience she had while meditating while visiting her sister in Indonesia
• The question she received that shifted the course of her life and work
• Moving from the call of the “Light” to the call of the “Dark”
• What helped prepare her for the unexpected loss of her husband and created the foundation for her to move through his death
• Some of the things she had to work her way through on her path - and what she didn’t do
• How understanding the journey David took after he chose to leave this life helped Suzanne on her journey
• The paradox between the human experience and the spiritual experience of death and loss - and the importance of integrating both on your healing journey
• Why we must make our paths by walking through any challenging life change
• What Suzanne believes is revealed by being broken open
• What’s revealed to you after a profound loss (if you’re aware and open to seeing what it is)
• How her first book, “The Way of the Mysterial Woman” helped her after David’s passing
• The myth of Persephone, Demeter and Hades - and why we must become Persephone and work with what’s hiding in the shadows of our psyche if we want to heal
• What myths speak to - and why they help us heal and integrate so many parts of ourselves
• One of the ways Suzanne experienced what she calls the “Capacity of Paradox”
• The freedom and liberation that comes through the "Capacity of Authentic Presence"
• “How” Suzanne chose to show up for herself, for events, and for life after David’s passing
• The sacrifice we must make when we go down into the darkness
• Who is the Mysterial Woman?
• The gift we receive when we “run toward the roar”
• What to do if you’re caught in the “freeze” aspect of fight-flight-freeze

Learn more about Suzanne and her work at The Mysterial Woman. Her latest book, You Make Your Path By Walking, will be released on June 13, 2023 and is available in bookstores and on Amazon.com.

The Illuminated Connection Call is a free conversation where we talk heart to heart—no pressure, no agenda. I’d love to hear what’s on your heart, where you are in your life and spiritual journey, and what you’re sensing God may be stirring in you. Whether you’re just beginning to question the New Age path, exploring Biblical truth, are already living a God-led life, or simply feeling lost and unsure—this space is for you. Schedule through this link.

How do you find the strength, the fortitude, the emotional resilience to keep moving forward in life after trauma or loss? This week's guest, Dahlya Brown Shook provides tips and insights from her vast background. Listen in as we discuss:

• How Dahlya’s journey led her from being an artist to occupational therapist to becoming a medical intuitive
• Her long path through the Western medical model for treating her depression and anxiety
• Looking for answers and solutions outside of herself that lead to addictions
• Why she thought occupational therapy hung the moon
• Her late entry into learning “the skills of the living”
• Why she used to be afraid to use her voice
• Some of the other self-harming behaviors she engaged in
• The modalities she utilized to wean herself off of antidepressants
• The shift her life took at 40 years of age - and the courageous path she embarked upon
• Realizing her purpose in this life is greater than her certifications and degrees
• The reclaiming and remembering of her psychic gifts
• Turning what she used to think were her liabilities into her superpowers
• Why she’s grateful for the opportunity to change her pain into purpose - and what she’s received in that process
• Learning that empathy is her strength, not her weakness
• The trap of the victim mindset
• The other components of physical dis-ease that are often ignored or overlooked
• What you can see through your own journey
• What Dahlya had to do before exploring her medical intuitive abilities
• What might actually be happening when we have physical symptoms such as headaches
• The effects we may experience of picking up emotions that aren’t even ours
• How I healed two frozen shoulders without surgery or pharmaceutical medications
• Why the “quick fix” for health issues isn’t necessarily the best option
• Where the Western medical model has done us all a disservice - and where it can be absolutely necessary
• Are you making time for prevention or only for damage control, i.e. sickness?
• How Dahlya’s medical intuitive abilities come up when she’s working with her clients
• Dahyla’s advice for sensitives who live with other people
• How old traumas can resurface - and the opportunities we’re given when they do
• The concept of emotional resilience and why it's necessary when we're on a healing journey

You can connect with Dahlya on Instagram or through her website. And be sure to get your copy of her free Brain Optimization Toolkit!

The Illuminated Connection Call is a free conversation where we talk heart to heart—no pressure, no agenda. I’d love to hear what’s on your heart, where you are in your life and spiritual journey, and what you’re sensing God may be stirring in you. Whether you’re just beginning to question the New Age path, exploring Biblical truth, are already living a God-led life, or simply feeling lost and unsure—this space is for you. Schedule through this link.

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Grief With Grace podcast! In this episode, I’ll take you behind the scenes of who I am and how this podcast was born. From family law paralegal to intuitive strategist and grief partner, we’ll dive into my intentions for this podcast and the path that brought me here. I want you to know that if you’ve experienced the deep, profound grief of losing a child, there is hope, healing, and continued living to be found. I’ve done it, I’ve helped others through it, and it’s what helped me make it through the first year after my son, Greg crossed the Veil.

You can download your complimentary copy of my free guide, Sacred Self-Care For Grieving Moms at https://lorilatimer.lpages.co/sscguide/

If you’re a grieving Mom, please join our closed Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/GriefWithGrace/

The Illuminated Connection Call is a free conversation where we talk heart to heart—no pressure, no agenda. I’d love to hear what’s on your heart, where you are in your life and spiritual journey, and what you’re sensing God may be stirring in you. Whether you’re just beginning to question the New Age path, exploring Biblical truth, are already living a God-led life, or simply feeling lost and unsure—this space is for you. Schedule through this link.