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Emma's leadership journey started in her teens where she was put in positions to lead in various activities she took part such as brownies and later student representative. Then she went to work as a lecturer and had to rewrite the curriculum in the Health Science Department. This was the first time she experienced burnout. She felt she was under constant scrutiny by her peers but also her students and this drove her perfectionism to new heights. Her burnout manifested as anxiety, insomnia and self doubt.
As a lot of people do, instead of taking stock and redefining her life, she pushed through, hoping that after each deadline, the hard work would stop. It never did. The thing that helped her the most to recover from that first bout of burnout was listening to her body.
Leadership forced Emma to look at her shadow aspects, in particular her demons. Her upper limit also came up a lot as well as her core wound, which is not enoughness. Moving has been her medicine, especially outdoors.
To find out more about Emma, visit her website, find her on Instagram or Facebook.
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As entrepreneurs and leaders, we are often pressed for time. In this episode, I share with you three things you can do to create more time for yourself. My invitation is to be very intentional with the extra time you create so that it is used for your growth and wellbeing rather than just adding more things to do.
Before we dive into these three things, it is incredibly important that we challenge the version of success that we are pursuing. Too many of us, especially in our younger years, tend to live other people's versions of success. Interestingly, these versions of success often link to having more money or having more time, as if you had to choose between the two. The good news is that there is an energetic portal open now that allows you to have both. No need to choose anymore. In order to do this, though you need to abandon your attachment to the "working hard" mentality because subconsciously it will sabotage your entering that new paradigm.
Here are the three processes that will help you have all the time you need:
Retrain your mind when you experience a money or time pinch Learn to harvest time Curate an ideal dayIn the episode, I mention journaling for success. Sadly when I searched for it, I realised it was published on another podcast that is no longer available so you will have to wait for it to be republished. One more reason to continue to listen to this podcast. It will be released after the interview for this month (Mary 2026).
The last way to speed up time is to work in the akashic records. If you don't know what the akashic records are, click here to listen to EP 57 If you would like to learn how to do that, the best way is to work one to one in my VIP container. Book a discovery call to find out more about it.
Don't forget to sign up for my newsletter so you can attend my Tarot for decision-making webinar on the 27th of May 2026 at 7 pm UK time.
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The traditional image of leadership is of a person who speaks up, makes decisions and doesn't seek approval. All these traits are important but in my view the most important of all is listening. Better than that even, it's active listening. So in this episode we explore what it looks like, tips on how to be a better listener and the benefits of active listening.
I also explore how active listening can be more challenging, though not impossible, for neurodivergent individuals.
Active listening requires of us to engage in self enquiry so that we know what our biases are in order to prevent them from polluting our interactions with other people and in order for us to recognise when they are being activated.
We can also use spiritual tools such as tarot to find out what is being unsaid. I am offering a free webinar on the 27th of May 2026 where I will show you how to use a deck of tarot to enhance your understanding of a situation. To receive the booking link, subscribe to my newsletter. In addition to the link you will also receive a coupon to book your first session at a discount. Here is the link to subscribe.
If you would like to work with me to learn how to be more self aware and a better listener, book a discovery call.
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Today we are exploring an internal shift that is essential for all leaders and that is the shift from blame to taking ownership of how we react to situations. This doesn't mean that we repress our feelings around a certain situation or event. What it does mean, however, is that we shift from asking "Why is this happening to me?" to "What can I learn from this?"
It is important to acknowledge our feelings in this process and not to rush into seeing the gold in the situation. Feelings, if not truly felt, stay trapped in the body and can actually lead to illnesses. The link between the mind and the body is powerful.
If you need help to see a situation in a different light, I would love to help you. When we look into the bigger picture we are shown information that not only helps us deal with the situation but sometimes even transform our perspective in such a radical way that we now see an opportunity rather than a challenge. To book a discovery call, click this link.
I mention in the episode my Sage in Your Pocket Package. You can find out more about it on this page.
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As a leader it is easy to find yourself in a position where you are under pressure to cave in to opposing interests. I recently watched the Post with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks which illustrates it beautifully. On the one hand you have Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep who want to do the right thing. On the other hand you have the investors and the banks and even the Justice Department, who want you to do the opposite.
How do you make sure you do the right thing?
By first aligning yourself internally, and then aligning with the energy of the business or project you are working on, so that the energy you bring to the room is in integrity - we talked about the energy we bring to a room in EP 6. The second thing you want to do is align with the energy of the business itself.
And then you can use the Sacred Heart to place the whole situation in it.
You can learn more how to do this in the episode. If you want to learn how to use spiritual tools to enhance and bring ease into your leadership, book a discovery call to find out how you can work with me.
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Bristol born Dan Bartlett is a two-time founder, TRE practitioner, a coach and a long life practitioner of meditation in many different forms. As a self taught engineer, he embarked on a journey of entrepreneurship with the enthusiasm of youth. He co-founded a social network platform for meditator, which he then sold. His second venture, Almanac, a workflow tool and demanded that he worked around the clock to stay in touch with stakeholders in different times zones. Then the pandemic hit and his marriage fell apart creating the perfect storm.
Burnout hit big time with fatigue, pain in the body and numbness. Feelings of incompetence drove him to work harder, which, instead of solving the problem, compounded it. Dan experienced very scary feelings and took four weeks off but as soon as he came back, the burnout symptoms returned. He felt resentful and cynical, which surprised him as this was not in his true nature.
When he finally stepped away, he felt like a failure. He worried about having let people down.
The thing that helped him the most were long walks in nature, cold plunges and forest bathing.
To read Dan's account of his journey, click here.
Dan's personal website can be found here.
If you are interested in his Tech Coaching, click here.
For TRE, click here.
To connect to Dan on LinkedIn, click here.
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As a leader, knowing who to trust is paramount. My Spirituality for Leaders podcast is here to help you understand spiritual tools that can support you on your leadership journey and today we are going to talk about intuition.
Perhaps you already trust your intuition. Maybe you don't. Maybe you would like to be able to trust in all the time - if that's the case, the best way to do this is probably to work with me one on one, so book a discovery call to find out about the different ways to work with me.
Intuition is often believed to be pattern recognition in leadership circles, as has been documented by Malcom Gladwell in his book Blink, but it's so much more than that.
In this episode, I give you three processes that can help you tap into your intuition. The third one is using a tarot deck. If you don't have one, I am recommending a deck in the episode. I am also inviting you to sign up for my newsletter so that you are informed of when I will be launching my tarot for leaders online course.
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The energy you bring to a room is vital to the outcome. The reason for this is your energy matters and it links in to the energy field we have around us that influence other people and situations. You have probably experienced people who light up a room when they walk in.
When your energy is off, you are more likely to experience difficult people, people overlooking you, people not paying attention to what you say.
In this episode I talk about your energy field, how to maintain it and how to set an intention before you enter a room so that you get the results that you aim for. If you want to learn how to curate your energy to create flow in your life, why not book a discovery call with me with this link.
Other episodes to explore: EP 84 How to be High Vibe no Matter What and EP 121 Get Your Energy Back.
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In this week's episode we explore how the concept of ego can help leaders who are highly competitive.
I start with my own fear about how competitive I am and how it has stopped me from taking part in competitions until I reached sixty.
Spiritual circles frown upon competitiveness as it is associated with the ego. But you can be both competitive and spiritual and spirituality has tools to help keep that competitiveness in check so that you use it for the highest good of everyone.
To book a discovery call with me, click here.
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Wani is the first guest in the new format of the podcast and before we dig into the content of the episode, I wanted to give the behind the scenes of how she came to be a guest. On Friday the 20th of March, I decided to cancel all my future guests on the podcast. I was booked until November 2026. It was a bold move. Once I had messaged the potential guests, I wondered who I could interview for March as I always have one guest per month on the past Friday of the month. I reached out to a woman in a business Facebook community who specialised in burnout and waited.
On Monday at 2 am, which would have been Wani's Sunday, I received an email from Wani asking if I would consider her on the podcast. Her profile was perfectly aligned with the new feel of the podcast. Normally, I pre-interview my guests but I decided to go for it. The next day, we were recording the episode and it is EPIC.
Wani is an Intellectual Property Attorney from Miami, who left her career after receiving sign after sign, for a year, to move to Paris. She had already been on a spiritual journey for nine years, which started after September 11, 2001. After a year of those signs, she sold her home, her car and got rid of almost everything she possessed and moved to Paris. She didn't know the language and had only been there as a tourist once.
She says this is the moment she stepped into what she calls "Self-leadership" which she defines as self-awareness and the willingness to look within, including at our shadow. It requires us to do the work, which can be really hard at times. For Wani, what it looked like was to stop being so hard on herself and more open to life.
Even thought she had made the decision to fully pursue a career in public speaking and change management as a consultant, it was hard for her to let go of her lawyer identity.
To hear her share about what helps her stay centred when life gets overwhelming (how much more overwhelming than a move to a country where you don't speak the language?) and so much more wisdom, click here.
To find out more about Wani, check her website, her LinkedIn profile and her Instagram account.
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Have you ever had that moment… where someone pops into your mind out of nowhere—and then, almost instantly, they message you? Or you dream something so specific it feels impossible to ignore… and then it happens?
If you're someone who prides yourself on being logical, rational, scientifically minded… you've probably dismissed those moments. Coincidence. Pattern-seeking. Noise.
Until they happen again.
And again.
And again.At some point, you start to wonder—what if this isn't random?
In today's episode, we're exploring that uncomfortable, fascinating space where logic meets experience. Where the things you can't explain begin to show up too often to ignore. And what that might mean—not just for how you understand the world—but for how you lead.
Because what if the leaders who make the best decisions aren't just analytical… but are also paying attention to something quieter, less measurable… and just as powerful?
To book a discovery call to find out how you can learn to trust your intuition as a process that both protects you from burnout but also allows you to reach new and sustainable levels of success, click here.
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I specialise in Business akashic records which are the records of the soul of a business. i was shown about ten years ago that every business has a soul independent of its founder and they have a soul contract. The founder or founders agree to bring the business to life, and the business chooses the founders for the characteristics that they bring to the business. It starts as a perfect match, although the founders might think it was their idea. Spirit works in a different way.
If you don't know what akashic records are, I invite you to listen to EP 57 The Akashic Records.
Businesses, governments, buildings and generally entities have souls. And because they do, they have records.
At the start of a business, the relationship between the founder and the business is like any relationship. It's the honey moon phase. Over time, however, the two can become misaligned. I link it back to Simon Sinek's book Start with why. A business has a very strong why at the start. And if it looses its connection with its purpose, then it becomes less purposeful effectively becoming soulless.
I find it fascinating that a business consultant like Simon Sinek can come to the same conclusion as I do even though he is not spiritual. Imagine what would happen if he was and he knew the tools that I know to align or realign a business owner to its business.
The soul quality of charitable organisation is easier to accept because intrinsically, they are here to do good, but it's not reserved for the non-profit sector. Commercial companies can also be soul driven.
Once you connect to the soul of your business, it can show you exactly how you are supposed to do business, what brand colours to use, what offers, what pricing, what funnels. All these things that can confuse us and take months if not years to hone, we can receive the information almost instantly when we open the records of a business. And most business owners and entrepreneurs tell me that they knew this was what they were supposed to do but they lacked the confidence in the vision they had received.
If you would like me to read the records of your business, why not book a session with this link.
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With the world going to hell in a hand basket right now, with incredibly rich and powerful people being listed in the Epstein files whilst other leaders are playing battleship in the Middle East, we need conscious leaders more than ever.
In this episode I define the three quality that I believe conscious leaders have:
They are here to serve They value democracy They want what is for the highest goodI also talk about when leadership does none of these three things and use our current Labour government here in the UK, which sadly has fell to alarmingly high levels of corruption - as highlighted by Transparency International, an organisation that publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index. The situation is so bad that we are now at risk of this becoming an embedded culture here in the UK.
Paul Holden's book, the Fraud, is an eye opener. Although I have not read the book myself, I have listened to his interview on the Bold Politics Podcast and I encourage you to do the same. Here is a link if you wish to do so.
This being said, I invite you to use the law of attraction to focus on the conscious leaders of this world and send them the energy that they need to make this world a better place. For me, at the moment, it is Zack Polanski, the new leader of the England and Wales Green party. I would love to know who it is for you, so feel free to share on my website on the show notes.
But if you can't see one where you live, perhaps this is the nudge that you need to step up. I can help. I have recently stepped up myself and have used my EPIC framework to scaffold that experience and prevent myself from burning out. If you are interested in hearing more about conscious leadership, why not sign up for my newsletter with this link.
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My guest his month is Australian based Nyx Vera. She was kind enough to share her personal experience with Druidry.
We think of druids as these ancient sages with long beards and personally, I was heavily influenced by my childhood comic Asterix, to the point where I took for granted the idea that druids had always existed in Europe and that they were somehow connected to my ancestors, as a French born person.
I found out thanks to Nyx's book recommendation that entire myths had been created by a couple of authors in the 1700s in the UK that were sometimes plucked out of thin air for the author's ulterior motives. The truth is that due to the fact that Druidry used to be a purely oral tradition, like most indigenous traditions, very little is known about them.
A lot more is known about Modern Druidry however and Nyx was kind enough to direct us to two books that can give us a lot of information about this practice. One called World Druidry by Larisa A. White and one called Australian Druidry by Julie Brett. What I found fascinating from my chat with Nyx is that Druids come from all sorts of backgrounds and not only from tree hugging individuals, however endearing that might sound. There are scientists, artists, and so many more who are all united by a devotion to nature and the land. There is no formal authority and no requirements to become a druid. Some druids choose to study and if they do so, there are usually three levels of studies that can take at least one year to complete.
In our discussion with Nyx we explored the following questions: is there an intersection between paganism, druidry and witchcraft? Is it possible to practice druidry in a city environment? The most common misconception people have about druids? And so much more.
What struck me is how inclusive the world of druids seems to be.
To connect with Nyx, click here.
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Is money good or bad? In this episode, I explore what we attach to money and what we make it into.
I have an interesting background because on my dad's side they came from money whereas on my mum's side they were working class. This has given me a rich tapestry to observe people's beliefs and attitudes towards money. Perhaps this has led to me seeing that money in itself is neutral. How people see and use money, however, isn't.
We need to observe every belief we have around money and question it to we can free ourselves from the bond we have with it.
Money likes to flow, like water. In and out. When we try to stop it from moving, we are going against its nature.
What I have realised when I lost my career as a lawyer is that certain professions have a relationship with money that differs broadly from other professions. When I was a lawyer, I felt secure in my relationship with money and didn't think I had money mindset issues. And yet I did. I deflected money by giving it away as if I didn't deserve it. I invite you to listen to EP 28 that explores the question of whether it is a spiritual thing to help others.
The moment I became an artist and a healer, my relationship with money changed entirely. It felt like with the job came a poverty consciousness that I never realised was there, which derives from the myth of the starving artist. That poverty consciousness found a part in me that I didn't even knew existed, that doubted my own self worth. It took me years to shift that part of me.
My invitation in this episode is to challenge your beliefs around money and change your relationship to money. When you come across a belief around money, use the four questions of the work, by Byron Katie, to challenge that belief. Go back to EP 97 to see how the process works. And conclude the exercise by writing a letter to money.
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The energy of your home can affect you in profound ways. There are two reasons. First your home has an energy of its own. But second, you leave an energetic footprint to your home through your emotions and your thoughts, which, if not cleaned regularly, can build up thought forms and energetic clouds.
Once the energy become strong enough, it then becomes harder to get rid of it. In the episode, I share with you a simple practice that can help you break up that energy and start to get rid of it.
I would also like to invite you to listen to previous episodes about this topic:
EP 30 The Ancient Chinese Art of Feng Shui
EP 70 A Fresh Start for You and Your Home
I talk about decluttering and give you my best tips on how to get started. I give you my definition of what clutter is and how clutter creates energy drains.
If you need help, why not book a house clearing session (if works for flats too).
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Due to the release of the Epstein Files, I have been asked to do an episode on how to protect ourselves from what I would like to refer to as Energetic Black Holes, which represent the darkest side of humanity. Up until now, I have been talking about several different energy vortices:
EP 115 The energy of the news and politics
EP 122 The energy of flags (UK)
EP 123 The energy of war and peace
EP 124 The energy of songs
But none of these episodes looked into the darkest side of humanity. We are being exposed to this right now, not because it has never existed before, but because it has to be exposed and to come into the light for healing. However, I am urging you not to dive into that energy unless you are a very experienced lightworker - a term I use very seldom. Not every reiki master is an experienced lightworker. I have had reiki masters tell me that if you are "of the light" then that sort of darkness cannot touch you. They are misguided. That sort of naivety is dangerous and could lead you to put yourself in danger.
I also want to warn against using words such a sociopath, psychopath and narcissist lightly. This is very harmful to the community of people who suffer from mental illnesses.
Nasty people are usually powerful energy vampires but this is another level entirely that has a purposeful device added to the dark energy that is designed to syphon your energy if you come into contact with it. Just like you shouldn't run into a house on fire to save people in it unless you were a fully trained firefighter, the same goes here about these dark energies.
I was shown by my spirit team that Epstein was so dark that his soul was terminated. To give perspective, Hitler soul hasn't been terminated, although he is in a very dark place right now.
In the episode, I share an intention you can set which I have borrowed from Amanda Ellis, to whom I want to give credit. I have however, attached a caveat to it, which you will find out if you listen to the episode. These energies are like black holes and just like black holes, when you engage with them there is what is called a "boundary of no escape" - which, if you cross it, will require professional help to recover from. And the sad thing is, you can cross that line so easily from just going down a rabbit hole after seeing a post on social media, which you weren't even necessarily looking for.
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Our guest this month is Hay house published author, artist and spiritual teacher, Helen Plehn, who has trained in an impressive number of spiritual modalities. Her book called Aura Colour Wheel presents a radical system of looking at the aura and the chakra system in the light of our soul path, lessons and wounds.
We started the discussion by talking about Feng Shui as I wanted to honour Helen's Chinese heritage and knowledge of Feng Shui, and the image for these show notes was taken whilst we recorded the episode in zoom when Helen excitedly reached out for the compass that was used by her grand mother and handed down to her dad, then to herself as a third generation Feng Shui master.
Helen also shared about her kundalini energy experience and how this suddenly allowed her to see spirit through the opening of her third eye but also how it took her a couple of weeks to integrate the energy with the support of her spiritual teachers, particularly to learn to close her third eye to be able to function in the 3D world.
We talked about her mother's recent cancer diagnosis and healing that she calls a miracle as it happened on the back of her mother releasing the anger she held against her own parents, which was stored in her solar plexus, and that had created liver cancer. Helen explained that her mother does not believe in any of the angelic and spiritual teachings of her daughter but that this helped her nevertheless.
Even though the Aura Colour Wheel is complex, this does not deprive us of our free will.
You can find out more about Helen and take her quiz on her website www.helencreatesbeauty.com. If you purchase her book, which is available on all the platforms where books are sold, you will receive three bonuses that you can claim here. So make sure you keep your receipt so you can enter the details on her website. One is a personal reading that will allow you to start the year with a bang by knowing a very important personal number that will help you find out about your prosperous direction. The second is access to Helen's facebook community. And the third derives from the second as Helen does monthly live Q+As in that community.
If you buy Helen's book and you enjoy it, you can vote for it in the Conscious Life Expo Book Award with this link. No purchase required though.
Helen has also started a podcast on her YouTube Channel at the start of January 2026 which you can watch live every Monday at 10 am Pacific Time called the Aura Evolution Podcast.
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Songs can carry a mix of energies and because we listen to them in a state of semi-hypnosis the lyrics and that mixed energy can unduly influence us in our beliefs. In order to demonstrate this, I went through what are considered to be the top 10 most popular songs in the UK and I deconstructed them to prove my point.
All of Me - John Legend I Will Always Love You - Whitney Huston The Power of Love - Jennifer Rush Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran I don't want to miss a thing - Aerosmith Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars Angels - Robbie Williams Everything I do, I do for you - Bryan Adams My heart will go on - Celine DionThe problem that I have with most of those songs, except perhaps Bruno Mars' song (although it's problematic in a different way), is that they have less than ideal messages wrapped up in a pretty box with a bow. That pretty box is a fine tune or a lovely melody and often it comes with a beautiful voice, but the message is still problematic.
There are of course wonderful songs and I have a playlist called High Vibe. Some of the songs you can find in there are:
Mr Blue SKy - ELO Thank you - Bliss Here comes the sun - the Beatles Intuition - John Lennon Happy - Pharrell Williams W.i.t.c.h. - Devon ColeIf you have a favourite high vibe song you would like to share with us, why not share it in the comments on the podcast show notes on my website. www.spirituallawyer.co.uk/podcast-2
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On the 3rd of January, Trump launched military strikes on Venezuela and captured President Maduro and his wife in violation of the UN charter and Venezuela's sovereignty. I believe this vastly increased the chances of WW3. For the first time, I went to bed wondering in what state I would find the world when I woke up the next day?
Why? Because up to now, for all its faults, the USA was considered a European ally and a force to fight Putin's nefarious ambitions. And for the first time, the USA has stopped being an ally. It has joined the ranks of Russia and Israel in the belligerent and lawless states.
In truth the energy of WW3 has been building steadily since February 2022 since Russia invaded Ukraine. And the energy of war has actually dominated the world for a very long time, over the energy of Peace. There have been 285 armed conflicts since 1946.
The energy of war is one of the energy drains that can affect us at the moment and one that we will be clearing during my five day challenge starting on the 26th of January 2026. So sign up for the challenge to be part of the movement for Peace.
This episode, however is here to show you that there is something we can do. Not only that, we have reached a tipping point where the energy of Peace is actually stronger than the energy of war and I want to invite you to do what you can to be part of this incredible movement full of hope.
To hear Barbara answer my question of whether we have reached a tipping point that will take us from destruction to salvation, click here.
- Visa fler
