Adventures with Spirit Podcast

If you do not know Melissa Amos already, or even if you do know her, you are in for a treat in this episode. Melissa Amos is a Soul Transformation®️ Therapist, Akashic Records Reader and Holy Fire Reiki®️ Master Teacher who is dedicated to helping others cultivate their spirituality, embrace their intuition, and heal their past. She has been aware of her gifts all her life. When she was a girl, Melissa's hypnotherapist Grandmother would take her “over the rainbow,” opening her mind to new possibilities. As an adult, Melissa has reconnected with that fundamentally open nature, and now has the privilege of guiding others along their awakenings. Let's start the Adventure! Join us as we discuss: Kyle Gray Memoirs of a Mystic, In Training Physics in a minute: The double slit experiment Honorable Mentions Spiritual Evolution Collective The Universe is Listening How to Raise Your Emotional & Spiritual Vibration Self-Love Is the Key to Every Form of Manifestation. 13 Signs From The Universe That You Are on The Right Path Connect with Melissa here: Website: https://melissa-amos.com 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ This podcast is hosted by Andrea Neville and Jessica Paschke. As professional mediums and intuitives, their goal is to create a curiosity-led space that allows you to dive deeper into your own personal inner knowing and soul adventure, empowering you to create more joy and connection in your life. They'd love to have you join the conversation to explore the Spirit realm and how it can enrich all lives. Learn more about them here. 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ If you would love to connect with Andrea, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook If you would love to connect with Jessica, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest Have you been moved by what you heard in this week's episode of Adventures with Spirit? If so, Andrea and Jessica invite you to leave an honest review of how this episode impacted you. Also, share this podcast with a friend. You know, the one that needs to follow their intuition! The Adventures with Spirit intro, outro and transition music is named Heart Goes Numb by Coma Svensson and was found on Epidemic Sounds. Crackers In Soup is the podcast manager for this episode.

As a reminder, we are doing the arch of the Tarot cards this season. We started with the Leap of Faith. Then we moved into strength/going with the flow. In our last conversation we explored surrendering. In this episode, we explore The Eight of Cups which signifies the time for change or transition, by means of walking away from something OR are they walking TOWARDS something? Let's start the Adventure! Join us as we discuss: Spiritual Evolution Being uncomfortable Pain Points Knowing Trusting Intuition Pondering Points Surrendering Therapy Maturity Honorable Mentions Spiritual Evolution Collective Eight of Cups Tarot: Letting Go & Moving On The only time you are actually growing is when you’re uncomfortable 7 Signs You’re Growing As A Person, Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like You Are The Importance of Saying ‘Yes’ to Yourself Slideshow: The Truth About Sugar Addiction 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ This podcast is hosted by Andrea Neville and Jessica Paschke. As professional mediums and intuitives, their goal is to create a curiosity-led space that allows you to dive deeper into your own personal inner knowing and soul adventure, empowering you to create more joy and connection in your life. They'd love to have you join the conversation to explore the Spirit realm and how it can enrich all lives. Learn more about them here. 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ If you would love to connect with Andrea, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook If you would love to connect with Jessica, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest Have you been moved by what you heard in this week's episode of Adventures with Spirit? If so, Andrea and Jessica invite you to leave an honest review of how this episode impacted you. Also, share this podcast with a friend. You know, the one that needs to follow their intuition! The Adventures with Spirit intro, outro and transition music is named Heart Goes Numb by Coma Svensson and was found on Epidemic Sounds. Crackers In Soup is the podcast manager for this episode.

Whether it is bands retiring or changing locations, things are always ending and new beginnings are always emerging. Because Spirit is always leading us, The Hanged One Tarot card was revealed for this week's episode. The Hanged One is about sacrifice, new perspectives and waiting for the right time. As "real life" takes over, how are you looking at the situations that are presenting themselves? Are you looking inward to see how you can shift your perspective on anything you feel is not serving you at the moment? This is a reminder that you are exactly where you should, and more importantly, where you need to be at this moment. Let's start the Adventure! Join us as we discuss: Surrendering Shifting Perception Expansion Deep Connection Contemplation Miracles Taking Action Honorable Mentions Spiritual Evolution Collective What Is Perception? The Health Benefits of Pausing and Taking Breaks Take a moment to appreciate everyday miracles 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ This podcast is hosted by Andrea Neville and Jessica Paschke. As professional mediums and intuitives, their goal is to create a curiosity-led space that allows you to dive deeper into your own personal inner knowing and soul adventure, empowering you to create more joy and connection in your life. They'd love to have you join the conversation to explore the Spirit realm and how it can enrich all lives. Learn more about them here. 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ If you would love to connect with Andrea, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook If you would love to connect with Jessica, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest Have you been moved by what you heard in this week's episode of Adventures with Spirit? If so, Andrea and Jessica invite you to leave an honest review of how this episode impacted you. Also, share this podcast with a friend. You know, the one that needs to follow their intuition! The Adventures with Spirit intro, outro and transition music is named Heart Goes Numb by Coma Svensson and was found on Epidemic Sounds. Crackers In Soup is the podcast manager for this episode.

The Strength Card depicts a woman who is calm and appears to be at peace. She also happens to be standing next to a lion. She is not threatened by the 420 pound behemoth creature that could pounce on her at any moment. She has courage, trust and confidence that lion will not hurt her. Do you have these same feeling of assurance towards your Spirit Guides? In this episode, we will be discussing strength, planning and going with the flow. Although those words sound like they should never be placed together in the same sentence, they are all needed in order to fulfill the next adventure Spirit has in store for you. Let's start the Adventure! Join us as we discuss: Synchronicities Flow Evolutionary Process Trust Strength Spirit Guides Structured Control Planning Action Steps Honorable Mentions Spiritual Evolution Collective Why Going With the Flow can Boost Productivity and Wellness Ep. 9: Getting To Know Your Spirit Guides Let Go of Control: How to Learn the Art of Surrender 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ This podcast is hosted by Andrea Neville and Jessica Paschke. As professional mediums and intuitives, their goal is to create a curiosity-led space that allows you to dive deeper into your own personal inner knowing and soul adventure, empowering you to create more joy and connection in your life. They'd love to have you join the conversation to explore the Spirit realm and how it can enrich all lives. Learn more about them here. 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ If you would love to connect with Andrea, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook If you would love to connect with Jessica, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest Have you been moved by what you heard in this week's episode of Adventures with Spirit? If so, Andrea and Jessica invite you to leave an honest review of how this episode impacted you. Also, share this podcast with a friend. You know, the one that needs to follow their intuition! The Adventures with Spirit intro, outro and transition music is named Heart Goes Numb by Coma Svensson and was found on Epidemic Sounds. Crackers In Soup is the podcast manager for this episode.

While exploring what to discuss in Season 3, Jessica pulled The Fool Card. Now, per Oxford, a fool is "a person who acts unwisely or imprudently". Tarot sees The Fool differently. If the card is upright, the Fool represents new beginnings, having faith in the future, improvisation and believing in the universe and ADVENTURE! As we begin this Season with the focus on Spiritual Evolution, once again Spirit proves we are exactly where we are meant to be. Let's start the Adventure! Join us as we discuss: Self-Discovery Expansive Consideration Courage Hero's Journey Awareness Trust Leap of Faith Spirit Dimension Your Inner Voice: A Guide to Hearing and Trusting Intuition Honorable Mentions Courage is Taking That First Step Into the Unknown The Stages of the Hero's Journey Early Theories of Evolution The benefits of shadow work and how to use it in your journey 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ This podcast is hosted by Andrea Neville and Jessica Paschke. As professional mediums and intuitives, their goal is to create a curiosity-led space that allows you to dive deeper into your own personal inner knowing and soul adventure, empowering you to create more joy and connection in your life. They'd love to have you join the conversation to explore the Spirit realm and how it can enrich all lives. Learn more about them here. 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ If you would love to connect with Andrea, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook If you would love to connect with Jessica, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest Have you been moved by what you heard in this week's episode of Adventures with Spirit? If so, Andrea and Jessica invite you to leave an honest review of how this episode impacted you. Also, share this podcast with a friend. You know, the one that needs to follow their intuition! The Adventures with Spirit intro, outro and transition music is named Heart Goes Numb by Coma Svensson and was found on Epidemic Sounds. Crackers In Soup is the podcast manager for this episode.

We are so excited to begin Season 3! It has been a few months and we have missed you. During our break, we heard from some of you which we absolutely love. In this episode, we will be discussing what we have been doing with our time off, a quick season 2 recap, and how we wanted a specific theme for Season 3 but Spirit said "NOPE. Do something a little different". So, of course, we listened! Let's start the Adventure! Join us as we discuss: Spiritual Evolution Collective Spiritual Compass True North Disney Land Your intuitive voice Spirituality Neural Pathways Tarot Cards Exploration Evolution Honorable Mentions Season 2 of Adventures with Spirit The Power of Words Neuroplasticity and Spiritual Formation Why Evolution Has No Goal 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ This podcast is hosted by Andrea Neville and Jessica Paschke. As professional mediums and intuitives, their goal is to create a curiosity-led space that allows you to dive deeper into your own personal inner knowing and soul adventure, empowering you to create more joy and connection in your life. They'd love to have you join the conversation to explore the Spirit realm and how it can enrich all lives. Learn more about them here. 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ If you would love to connect with Andrea, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook If you would love to connect with Jessica, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest Have you been moved by what you heard in this week's episode of Adventures with Spirit? If so, Andrea and Jessica invite you to leave an honest review of how this episode impacted you. Also, share this podcast with a friend. You know, the one that needs to follow their intuition! The Adventures with Spirit intro, outro and transition music is named Heart Goes Numb by Coma Svensson and was found on Epidemic Sounds. Crackers In Soup is the podcast manager for this episode.

As our Spiritual connections evolve, we want our podcast to evolve with us. And in return, YOUR spiritual connection will evolve, too. So this season, we are focusing on Spiritual Evolution in Real Life. From Biology to Theology, we will be talking about how we have evolved in not only our spiritual practice but in our mind and bodies as well. Let's buckle in and get ready for some turbulence because we are ascending into the sky as we begin Season 3 of Adventures with Spirit. 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ This podcast is hosted by Andrea Neville and Jessica Paschke. As professional mediums and intuitives, their goal is to create a curiosity-led space that allows you to dive deeper into your own personal inner knowing and soul adventure, empowering you to create more joy and connection in your life. They'd love to have you join the conversation to explore the Spirit realm and how it can enrich all lives. Learn more about them here. 💼😇👼🏽 🧘🏽‍♀️🙏🏻 📿✈️ If you would love to connect with Andrea, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook If you would love to connect with Jessica, join here in these spaces: Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest Have you been moved by what you heard in this week's episode of Adventures with Spirit? If so, Andrea and Jessica invite you to leave an honest review of how this episode impacted you. Also, share this podcast with a friend. You know, the one that needs to follow their intuition! The Adventures with Spirit intro, outro and transition music is named Heart Goes Numb by Coma Svensson and was found on Epidemic Sounds. Crackers In Soup is the podcast manager for this episode.

Welcome to the last episode of season 2 of the podcast! Today we’re sharing two of our live listener readings, which Spirit led to revolve around giving yourself permission to evolve. Listen in as we discuss the importance of spiritual hygiene, how to develop self-trust through card use, and how reflection and building self-trust can help us embrace permission to grow and evolve on our spiritual journeys. As a bonus, you can catch a third live listener reading and hear about all the exciting happenings coming up in the extended episode by signing up for our newsletter. See you next season! This episode, we discuss: [02:32] The first live listener reading [06:53] The importance of spiritual hygiene [13:40] The 30,000 vs 10,000 ft view [18:40] A recap of the first live reading [20:11] The second live listener reading [23:53] Writing, Tarot cards, and developing self-trust [27:06] Cards and their connection to energy [33:09] Knowing how deep to go with cards [37:46] A recap of the second live reading [38:48] A peek into the extended episode [39:23] What’s coming next for AWS If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

Has someone ever said to you, “That’s just the story you’re telling yourself?” On today’s episode of Adventures with Spirit, we’re unpacking what this phrase actually means when it comes to self-discovery work. We’ve invited our friend and best-selling author Lauren Schwarzfeld to help add some clarity to this discussion, as she shares her own experience of using her Spiritual Compass to find True North on her path of self-discovery. If you’ve ever felt lost or confused about what path to follow in life, listen in to Lauren’s story for tips and insights on how to start trusting yourself and tapping into your own Spiritual Compass. This episode, we discuss: [01:41] A reflection on the past season’s exploration of exploring self [03:11] An explanation of the phrases ‘spiritual compass’ and ‘True North” [05:08] Lauren’s story: from spreadsheets to alignment [08:18] The roles of auto-pilot and alignment along our path of connecting to ourselves [13:06] How Lauren learned to trust herself enough to stop doing the things she hated [17:27] Figuring out True North and understanding your story as a whole [19:47] Shifting the scripts in the stories we tell ourselves [23:51] Techniques to bring in all the things that you love and release things you don’t [29:56] A reflection on what Lauren’s ‘Get Curious’ techniques can teach us [34:29] Lauren’s notes on finding the best expressions for you and how to find her [35:45] A recap of the episode and thoughts on our responsibility in writing our own stories [37:35] What’s coming next for Adventures With Spirit If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

Did you know that animal communication can actually help us understand ourselves more deeply? On today’s episode of Adventures With Spirit, we invited our friend, Karin_Bruère, to help us dive into what animal communication really is, how it works, and how the gifts and messages that animals have for us can help us gain a different perspective on our path. Karin is an expert animal communicator and holistic coach for cats and dogs, and has been communicating with animals from a very young age. Listen in to hear more about her story and how understanding our animal friends can bring us to a deeper understanding of self. This episode, we discuss: [02:29] Karin’s journey to becoming an animal communicator [05:22] How different clairs play a part in Karin’s communication with our furry friends [12:10] Karin’s work as an animal healer [14:24] How animals can be a reflection of self [20:31] How soul plans work with our furry loved ones [25:08] What Karin wants you to know about losing a pet [30:03] Why it can be more difficult to our own pets [31:55] How to get started with animal communication [36:20] Communicating with different animals [40:17] Using animal communication to keep animals from harm [42:58] Karin’s experience with collective versus individual consciousness [46:23] Seeing our pets in our dreams If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities! Follow Karin: Karin_Bruère | Instagram Angel Touch | Facebook Angel Touch | Website

Have you ever heard the term ‘soul contracts’ and wondered what it meant? One of the number one questions we are asked is how someone can know what their soul contracts are in terms of their romantic, business, or other relationships. Join us in today’s episode of Adventures with Spirit as we dive into the topic of soul contracts, discussing what they are, the amount of free-will versus fate involved, and what purpose they serve in helping you understand yourself on a deeper level. This episode, we discuss: [03:17] The role of soul contracts before and after your birth [05:21] Why soul contracts aren’t black and white [07:35] The idea of toxic soul contracts [09:38] Uncovering soul lessons and intentions in your contract [12:35] How you know you have a soul contract with someone [18:07] Short-term soul contracts [23:07] A listener’s question [25:01] When contracts end [29:11] What to do with a soul contract [33:50] One of Jessica’s favorite soul contract experiences [40:08] Writing the contract vs the script of a soul contract [42:53] Andrea and Jessica’s summary of soul contracts If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

Did you know you can use your clairs for more than receiving psychic information? On today’s episode of Adventures with Spirit, Andrea and Jessica cover how you can use them to connect to your higher self. Join the discussion as they talk about what clairs are, why they're important to your spiritual journey, and how you can work with your specific clairs to reach a higher level of self-awareness. This episode, we discuss: [01:54] What clairs are and how they work [04:03] Four different types of clairs [12:58] How clairs support self-understanding [19:07] One of Jessica’s first experiences with her clairs [24:12] Andrea’s personal experience with clairs [26:37] Ways your clairs can help you adjust your course [31:07] A live walkthrough to bring awareness to your feelings and clairs If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

Crystals are more than pretty rocks on a shelf, they’re their own energetic beings. On this episode of the Adventures with Spirit podcast, Andrea and Jessica invited Sara Bryki to sit down with them to share the crystal 411. Sara is a certified crystal healer, and the founder and CEO of Sarah Bryki Co and Bryki Gallery. Sara has been working with stones and crystals for over 15 years. From properly clearing your crystals to more deeply understanding self and trusting your intuition, Sara reveals answers to crystal questions that are helpful at any stage of your journey. Listen to the extended version for an even deeper discussion around the use and energies of crystals. This episode, we discuss: [01:56] How Spirit introduced Andrea to Sara and the beginning of Sara’s crystal story [07:05] Sara’s perspective of how she’s used crystals in her life [08:40] The 411 on keeping your crystals from gathering energetic gunk [10:58] The superpower of crystals [14:10] Bringing crystals home with you [18:01] The difference between clearing and charging crystals [20:23] What you need to know before working with crystals [23:29] Shapes of crystals and Sara’s favorite shape right now [26:08] What happens when a crystal moves on [31:37] Crystals in jewelry form and crystal combinations [35:59] How to know if your crystals are ethically sourced [44:44] How to find Sara If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

You’ve likely heard of Akashic records, but what are they really? As a dimension of consciousness that contains a vibrational record of every soul’s journey, it’s important to understand how Akashic records can help you in your own adventures. On this episode of Adventures with Spirit, Andrea and Jessica discuss what the Akashic records are, how you may experience the teachers of the Akashic records, and why they do and don’t work for certain scenarios. Continue listening for a live Akashic record reading! This episode, we discuss: [02:46] Andrea’s introduction to Akashic records [04:30] What Akashic records actually are [06:31] The roles of Lords, Masters, and Teachers within the records [11:12] What Akashic record readings do (and don’t) work for [23:13] A live Akashic record reading [41:28] The driving force behind everything Jessica does If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

What if you viewed the adventure of your life like a garden? As something to be tended to, nurtured, and co-created? In today's episode, we're exploring what tending to your life looks like and how understanding yourself through spiritual work is a key aspect of co-creating your desires. This episode, we discuss: [02:05] A peek into why Andrea and Jessica decided to pivot their direction for the rest of season two [04:02] How to embrace changing and updating your plans [10:23] Taking a look at your soul garden and creating intentions [13:18] Defining the areas you need to focus on [15:28] Determining your hopes and desires [17:22] Figuring out what your action steps are [23:32] Nurturing and letting your intentions grow [24:37] How to step into co-creation with your spirit team [32:14] Jessica walks us through a guided meditation [43:58] How you can join Andrea and Jessica for their upcoming Word of the Year Workshop If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

What images or thoughts come to mind when you hear the word yoga? Deep stretching? Maybe uncomfortable poses and overpriced activewear? Scheri Goff joins us on this episode of Adventures with Spirit to talk about how the practice of yoga goes much deeper than the westernized, business model it’s widely accepted as today. This episode, we discuss: [3:55] Basic beliefs about yoga[6:00] What yoga is really all about[7:07] Why yoga is so much more than just an exercise class[9:56] The 5 main parts of a yoga practice [18:23] How Scheri got started with practicing yoga[20:19] How Scheri deepened her yoga practice beyond just taking classes[28:23] Using breathing as a tool[30:03] Abdominal breathing walkthrough [39:32] How you can work with Scheri beyond yoga [43:42] Scheri’s final piece of advice for listeners Connect with Scheri Goff: Website If you loved this episode, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

Welcome to Adventures with Spirit, where we love inviting our audience to join us for live readings! On today’s episode, Janey and Marcia allowed us to join them on their journeys, and once again Spirit brought it all together in ways we could not have planned better ourselves. Join us today as we discuss ways to play with your guides, how you can learn to decipher between your guides, Inner Voice, and Angels, and how we all experience these in our own unique way. To our two lovely audience members that allowed us to take this journey with them - Welcome to the adventure! This episode, we discuss: [1:59] Why we do these live readings [9:11] How to tap into your inner voice and spirit guides [15:29] Jessica walks us through tuning into our higher self [18:23] Why Janey’s spirit guides are communicating differently than her angels [30:59] Andrea and Jessica recap Janey’s live reading session [33:50] Helping Marcia tap into her inner voice If you loved this episode, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

In today’s episode of Adventures with Spirit we’re sitting down with Adreanna Limbach to talk about all things meditation. Adreanna is a meditation instructor, personal development coach and author of Tea and Cake with Demons: a Buddhist Guide to Feeling Worthy. As a meditation teacher, she cut her teeth teaching secular Buddhist studies and meditation at the Interdependence Project beginning in 2012. She has since hosted retreats both internationally and stateside at the Omega Institute. Adreanna was also a founding teacher at Mindful, New York City's premier drop in meditation studio, where she served as a mentor and faculty for their 300 hour teacher training program. When she's not on the cushion, she can be found fixing up an old house with heaps of charms in the Hudson Valley of New York. This episode, we discuss: [2:52] What meditation actually is [5:03] The greatest obstacle to meditation [6:27] How Adreanna first got into meditation [9:47] The type of meditation that Adreanna practices [11:38] The different types of meditation [15:36] How meditation helps us understand ourselves better [19:54] The definition of mindfulness [21:11] How to get started with meditation or deepen your meditation practice [26:06] How to adjust our meditation practice to fit our needs [29:55] Why Adreanna wrote her book Tea and Cake with Demons: a Buddhist Guide to Feeling Worthy [38:06] What Adreanna’s favorite part of her book is [48:59] Adreanna’s final piece of wisdom Connect with Adreanna: Website Instagram If you loved this episode, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

What do you think of when you hear the words journaling or automatic writing? It may call in memories of angsty teenage years, but did you know they can also be powerful tools on your spiritual journey? On today’s episode of Adventures With Spirit, we dive into both journaling and automatic writing practices, discussing what these tools are, why we use them, and how they can help you understand your soul more fully while helping to create a direct line to Spirit. We invite you to join our conversation and come with an open mind to leave old, and maybe even triggering, definitions behind and to create space for a uniquely crafted practice that can support you throughout your life adventures. This episode, we discuss: [02:51] How Jessica went from hating to loving journaling [04:38] Our personal reasons for journaling [07:38] What journaling can look like and what it can do for your spiritual journey [15:22] The process and value of automatic writing [18:51] How to start automatic writing [28:35] How to create a safe space for automatic writing and journaling [29:32] Soul journaling and automatic writing prompts [38:24] Updates from Adventures With Spirit If you loved this episode, or have questions about our topics today, go ahead and send us an email at hello@adventureswithspirit.com and remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get access to extended episodes and live reading opportunities!

Why are sacred spaces and rituals important? Used in the metaphysical and religious worlds, these terms can feel confusing, even triggering, when we are trying to align them with our past understandings and our new perspectives. On today’s episode of Adventures with Spirit, we discuss how to find a place of comfort for ourselves while making space for these ideas.. Grab a cup of tea and sit with us as we dive into maintaining the integrity of sacred space and ritual, how creating sacred space allows Spirit to work, and what to do when our past experiences cause us to feel uncomfortable as we use these tools to tap into our inner voice. This episode, we discuss: [02:26] Our childhood experiences of tuning into our own inner voices and rituals As you grow and evolve as a human being, so will your prayers, rituals, and sacred space. Jessica expresses that even though she loves prayer now, she still is sometimes triggered by the word as it is reminiscent of her past experiences with prayer. She felt that recited prayers moved her further away from Spirit as they weren’t her own words and didn’t connect with her true self. Now she feels prayer and her other rituals suit her more, because they are her words that carry deep meaning for her. Having a personal connection to the ritual or words in the prayer allow her to tune into and express her inner voice in an authentic way. Andrea shares that she was raised in a Jewish and Catholic family, which challenged her and also opened her eyes to how she could have a relationship with Jesus that looked differently than others. She feels that it helped her reconcile her knowing that her relationship with Jesus didn’t quite fit into the typical religious connotation. [09:51] What we mean by ‘ritual’ Simply put, a ritual is something that you do that holds great significance for you. For Andrea, her ritual includes starting her morning by creating a sacred space and spending time with her guides, angels, and loved ones while in her prayer space. For others, a ritual could be getting coffee in the morning and being mindful of what you’re grateful for that day. The key piece to a ritual is having intentionality behind the habit. [13:39] Intention setting, prayers, and requests For us, our ritual involves settling in, calming our minds, and opening with a prayer with the intention that we're creating sacred space. However, you don't have to be giving readings, teaching classes, or recording a podcast; you can invite that sacred space into wherever you are with your intentions. When you think about intention, think about your ‘why’ and what your goal would be. Prayer and requests are interchangeable, so we encourage you to use whichever term makes you feel most comfortable. Prayers and intention setting are often an expression of things or requests for help, and these practices are activating a rapport with the being that you are asking to respond to your request. [16:39] Why it’s important to make space for Spirit to work When you’re asking to receive, you also have to give, as in you have to give space to receive it. When we leave space for Spirit to work their magic, we keep ourselves open to receiving answers in whichever form they may come. [19:00] How rituals, sacred space, prayer, intention setting, and your inner voice are all entwined Rituals, sacred space, prayer, intention setting: What do they have in common? They’re all connected to your inner voice. It all comes back to finding an authentic way to express your Higher self. Just as we all connect with Spirit in different ways, we also have to learn what helps us connect to our unique inner voice. It’s a journey of bringing Spirit closer each step of the way. [24:10] Ways you can create sacred space (and our personal practices) Over the next few episodes of our podcast, we’re going to be sharing and experimenting with different ways to create sacred space and connect to our inner voice. We would ask that you choose one...