Have you ever looked back at a painful chapter of your life and realized… it was actually the beginning of something wonderful perhaps your awakening?

Today’s episode is all about turning life’s hardest moments into personal power. I’m joined by spiritual life coach Becca Briggs from Astoria, Oregon, who shares her courageous journey from surviving a toxic relationship to helping others heal deep emotional wounds and reclaim their lives. We talk about how childhood patterns quietly shape our adult relationships, why unhealed pain lives in the body, and how awareness — not avoidance — becomes the gateway to real transformation.

Becca shares powerful client breakthroughs, a simple body-scan practice to reconnect with stored emotions, and how creative tools like art journaling can help transform struggle into growth, compassion, and self-trust. Because pain isn’t something to compare or hide… it can become the very force that leads us back to love.

Let’s dive into Pain to Power….Call IT in With Dar!

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Today I’m joined by Michael McAdams — a lifelong spiritual seeker whose path began in a Pentecostal upbringing and grew into a deep exploration of listening to Spirit and trusting inner guidance.

We talk about his remarkable book An Angel Told Me So, filled with messages shared through his mother over more than 20 years, and the wisdom he’s gathered about keeping an open mind while staying grounded. He reads some sections from the book that I can’t wait for you to hear.

This conversation is gentle, thoughtful, and truly heart-opening — especially if you’ve ever felt there might be something more guiding your path. So let’s call it in. “Call IT In With Dar!”

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This interview is with Edie Weinstein, a social worker, therapist, journalist, and interfaith minister who knows firsthand how life can change in an instant. At 55, she survived a heart attack and received a stent in her artery—a moment that became a profound wake-up call. Instead of letting fear define her future, Edie leaned into mindset, trauma awareness, and deep self-compassion as part of her healing.

She’s also the founder of Hug Mobsters Armed with Love, spreading the emotional and cardiac benefits of safe, intentional touch, and the creator of a strength-based therapeutic approach that helps people reclaim what’s right with them—using tools like vision boards and intentional focus.

Edie has even taken her message to the world stage with a TEDx talk on the healing power of touch, and checked off some pretty incredible bucket-list dreams along the way—including interviewing the Dalai Lama.

This is a conversation about healing, resilience, and choosing connection over fear—especially in the second half of life. “So let’s Call IT In With Dar”!

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Full Show Notes can be found at CallITInPodcast.com

Photo credit: Rebecca Lange Photography

Music credit: Kevin MacLeod Incompetech.com (licensed under Creative Commons)

Production credit: Erin Schenke @ Emerald Support Services LLC.

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