Today we explore the “stuck place” that often comes after a major change when you’ve processed what happened, built self-worth, and know what you want—yet life looks the same and nothing moves.

Drawing from my shamanic teachings we explore how understanding is not the end of creating your reality and the missing steps that help change everything, including explaining why therapy techniques or coaching advice to “surrender” often fail here.

If you have ever felt frustrated or wondering why your reality has not caught up with the inner work you have done, this episode is for you.

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What if values weren’t a boring list of words you picked in a coaching exercise… but a spiritual practice that shapes how you meet life every day?

In a world that often feels chaotic and unpredictable, knowing what truly matters to you isn’t just helpful, it’s essential. When values are embodied rather than intellectualised, they become a compass that helps you move through conflict, uncertainty, and change with clarity and power.

This episode invites you to experiment with living your values as spells—intentional energetic choices that bring meaning, alignment, and magic into everyday life.

Episode Chapters

00:00 — Introduction: Real World Spirituality
Bec introduces the podcast and the idea of living as an alchemist in everyday life.

01:10 — Why Values Matter in a Chaotic World
Why traditional values exercises often miss the point—and why values become more important as the world becomes more uncertain.

04:30 — Values in Psychology: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
How values help create psychological flexibility and support meaningful change.

07:45 — Values Through a Spiritual Lens
Exploring values through the medicine wheel, spirit, and Human Design’s concept of intuition and authority.

12:15 — The Freedom Trap
Why abandoning corporate life for “freedom” can create a different kind of struggle without deeper value alignment.

16:00 — The Expanded Values Model
Understanding core values, seasonal values, aspirational values, and anti-values.

20:00 — When Values Clash
How intuition helps navigate conflicting values in relationships, work, and everyday decisions.

23:00 — Living Values as Spells
Why embodying values energetically can transform how you create your life.

25:15 — Workshop Invitation: Values as Spells

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Why do you feel clearer, calmer and more like yourself when you travel or attend a retreat — yet within days of returning home everything goes back to normal?

In this episode Beck explores the real psychological reason some experiences lead to genuine personal growth while others function as temporary relief. Drawing from psychotherapy and real-world spiritual practice, she explains the two internal shifts that happen when you leave your everyday environment — and why most people mistake these for transformation.

You’ll learn why insight alone doesn’t change your life, why peace disappears when responsibilities return, and how to use retreats, travel and spiritual experiences as actual catalysts for change instead of short-term escape.

In this episode:

00:00 — Introduction
Escape or magic? Why some experiences transform you and others don’t.

04:30 — Bali vs Mexico
Two trips. One changed nothing. One changed everything. What was the difference?

10:00 — The First Shift: Attention
Why travel feels spiritual — your brain moves from processing life to experiencing it.

15:00 — The Second Shift: Identity
How environments reinforce who you think you are — and what happens when that drops away.

21:30 — What Creates Lasting Transformation
Why presence created by removing pressure doesn’t survive — and what actually does.

25:30 — The Question to Ask Before Any Retreat
How to know whether an experience will create real change or just temporary relief.

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