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This is Season 3, Episode 154: Holding Space in the Mess

Ever feel like you're teaching one thing but living another? This episode gets raw about what happens when the gap between who you say you are and who you actually are becomes impossible to ignore.

Sebastian shares his ninth year working with Ayahuasca at Yachaywasi Lodge in Peru, but this time, the healing center was falling apart, the water pump was broken, and nothing went according to plan.

Instead of the perfect retreat experience, he learned the most powerful lesson yet: holding space isn't about having everything perfect, it's about showing up anyway.

You'll hear about turning into the pig he butchered (yes, really), befriending a shark and a snake with fiery red eyes, reconnecting with his aunt who passed away just hours before his flight, and getting the ultimate reality check from plant medicine: "Your stuff works, Sebastian. Now prove it."

This is about what happens when you fall off your discipline for two months, gain a bunch of weight, throw your back out, and have to practice what you preach. It's about the difference between performing perfection and demonstrating the process of coming back to center.

If you've ever felt like a hypocrite, fallen off your habits, or wondered how to lead when your own life feels messy, this one's for you.

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Welcome to Ignite the Spark Within Podcast!This is Season 3, Episode 153 Jungle Stripped My Ego

Ryan shares what it's really like to take the leap into the unknown, literally. From almost missing his flight to Peru, to getting stuck in mud on the way to the jungle, to bathing in a river with no running water, Ryan's Ayahuasca journey tested him in ways he never expected.

This conversation goes deep into why someone would willingly sign up for eight days in the Amazon with bugs, rats, snakes, cold water, and no Wi-Fi. Ryan opens up about the fear leading up to his first Ayahuasca ceremony, the powerful conversation he had with God during the experience, and why kambo (frog medicine) might have been even harder than the plant medicine itself.

But this isn't just a story about drinking Ayahuasca. It's about doing hard things on purpose. Ryan breaks down how the jungle itself became a teacher, why discomfort is actually a gift, and how taking a freezing river bath can make you grateful for things you've taken for granted your whole life.

He also gets real about the voices in his head telling him to quit, the moment he almost backed out of the final ceremony, and what changed when he decided to drink the full cup anyway. Plus, he shares the one realization that shifted his entire relationship with fear, money, and taking risks.

If you've been sitting on the fence about something that scares you, or wondering whether you're strong enough to handle the hard stuff, Ryan's story will remind you that fortune really does favor the bold.

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This is Season 3, Episode 152: Shadow Work Over Ceremonies

Neenah went into the Amazon jungle without really knowing what she was getting into. First time doing Ayahuasca. First time meeting the shaman. First time in that kind of wilderness. But she had something most first-timers don't: her partner Brandon, who'd done this before.

In this conversation, Neenah shares what it's like to face plant medicine as a couple, how she took two Kambo dots when the guys could barely handle one, and why she realized the real work isn't drinking Ayahuasca. It's what comes after.

We talk about:

• How doing this work with your partner can bring you closer or expose everything you've been avoiding
• The difference between actually being a healer and feeling like an impostor
• Why the jungle experience itself breaks you open in ways a comfortable retreat center never could
• What happened when she looked up and saw the shaman's third eye clear as day
• Her commitment to shadow work and finally loving herself for real, not just saying it

Neenah didn't come to the jungle looking for answers. She came looking for an adventure. What she found was way bigger than that. She found herself, the hard parts included.

If you've ever struggled with self-love, doubted your gifts, or wondered what real healing work actually looks like, this episode will hit different.

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