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Hearts Rise Up Podcast
Experience inspiration with host Carol and co-hosts Ann and Concetta along with guest interviews to help you elevate your mind, your life and the world. We’re here to inspire, empower, and catalyze your evolution to live life on your terms, be intentional, and rise to your best and highest self.
Explore new ways of Thinking, Feeling, Seeing, and Being in the world. Extract wisdom and share it with others. Together we can rise to a higher level of consciousness and a more constructive state of being.
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Ep. 100 – Awakened by the Forest: Cristiano Colla on Healing, Presence, and Wholeness
Former professional footballer Cristiano Colla joins us to share his healing journey through Ayahuasca, inner-child work, dream guidance, and the sacred balance of masculine and feminine energies—a robust conversation on presence, authenticity, and reclaiming wholeness.
Ep. 99 – From Burnout to Breakthrough – Leslie Draffin on Healing Trauma, Womb Wisdom & Sacred Medicines
What happens when burnout, grief, and loss collide? For Leslie Draffin, a 15-year broadcast journalist and news anchor, it became a breaking point—and ultimately, a breakthrough. In this episode, Leslie shares her raw, vulnerable story of walking away from the anchor desk after years of hidden trauma, PTSD, and exhaustion. What followed was a “dark night of the soul” that became a portal to authenticity, womb wisdom, and the rise of the Divine Feminine.
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14 Guideposts To Navigate 2023’s Uncommon Crossing
There is a certain trepidation we feel entering 2023. We know things will continue to change as we traverse the coming days. Unexpected happenings will erupt into reality, scorching familiar comforts and beliefs. Accept this turmoil, however disruptive. Powerful new bedrock, ideas, and alliances will be forged from these fires. The quest for what is real and true is accelerating.
How Books Ignite Our Hearts And Minds
I'm a heart-centered, lifelong learner, reader, and promoter of books. That's right, and I have been reading since early childhood. It was my mother's hobby, and I picked it up from her. I could read just about anywhere - on the floor, in bed, or up a tree. My...
6 Ways You Can Learn To Relax
It seems odd that we need to learn how to relax. Shouldn't it be a natural state when we are not in an active mode - like our ancestors' primal fight or flight? Environment And Our Ability To Relax When did anxiety and nervousness replace relaxation in my life?...
Let Nature Nurture Your Soul
—We have come out of one of the strangest winters of our lives - having weathered the ups and downs of quarantine and COVID. Our lives are different. The stress of this time we are in plays havoc on mind, body, and soul. Amid the stress of loss (jobs, health,...
7 Inspiring Changes In Our Lives Due To COVID-19
We’ve all had to make changes big and small in order to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are seven inspiring changes people are making in response to the pandemic.
3 W’s Of Belonging
It may be true that we come into and leave this life alone, however, while we are here, we seek a sense of belonging. According to the Oxford dictionary, belonging is "an affinity for a place or situation." We tend to be most comfortable and ourselves when we feel...
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