🎙️ Episode Summary

In this powerful Spirit Posse Solo episode, Carrie takes us onto the American Birkebeiner's Kortelopet, an 18-mile cross-country ski race through the Northwoods of Wisconsin, and into a much deeper story about grief, loss, spiritual connection, intuition, manifestation, & signs from the other side.

During this year's race, Carrie finds herself 15 miles into an exhausting & challenging course & facing a difficult stretch of frozen lake. Yet instead of feeling the fear she expected, she experiences an unexpected sense of calm and protection. That moment takes her back to 2018, when a tragic car accident sent Carrie & her husband Scott into the Wisconsin River. Carrie survived; Scott did not.

After his death, Carrie intuitively signed up for her first Kortelopet in 2019—even though she didn't own skis & barely knew what she was signing up for. Over the years, the race became much more than an endurance event. It became a spiritual ritual and a way of staying connected to the people she loves who have passed away.

On the trail, Carrie calls on her late father for strength on the flats, draws on the memory & spiritual presence of a dear friend on the climbs, & asks Scott to protect her on the downhills. She explores the deeply personal question many people experiencing grief have asked: Are our loved ones really communicating with us, or are we creating the connection in our own minds because we need it?

For Carrie, the answer can be both.

The conversation explores how grief and trauma can change us, how movement & endurance can become spiritual practices, & how signs, synchronicities, angel numbers, intuition, manifestation, & spiritual connection can help us navigate loss.

Carrie also shares how journaling, visualization, & mentally rehearsing an experience as though it has already happened can help create confidence & calm—connecting the practice of athletic visualization with manifestation and future-focused mental rehearsal.

Whether you are navigating grief, looking for signs from a loved one who has passed, exploring spiritual guides & synchronicities, or simply curious about the mysterious ways we experience connection, this episode offers a deeply personal reflection on loss, healing, courage, faith, & the possibility that the people we love are still cheering us on. ❤️

✨ IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER

• Grief, loss & healing after the death of a loved one

• Feeling connected to loved ones who have passed away

• Synchronicity & angel numbers, including 11:11

• Manifestation, visualization & mental rehearsal

• How movement, endurance, & physical challenges can support emotional and spiritual healing

• The evolving journey from needing protection to trusting yourself

📚 RESOURCES & SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS MENTIONED

🎿 American Birkebeiner & Kortelopet is a 18-mile cross-country ski race on the Birkie Trail from the Cable area to downtown Hayward, WI.

🧠 Sports Visualization & Mental Rehearsal is a technique used by athletes to mentally rehearse an upcoming performance. Carrie connects this practice to manifestation by imagining an experience as though it has already happened, helping create a sense of confidence, calm, and familiarity.

👼 Spirit Guides are believed to be spiritual beings or sources of guidance that help support a person's life journey. Carrie discusses experiencing guidance & protection through her connection with loved ones who have passed.

🔮 Signs & Synchronicities Meaningful coincidences or unexpected events that are interpreted as spiritual signs, messages, or reminders of connection.

🔢 Angel Number 11:11 Repeating numbers such as 11:11 are often interpreted in spiritual & numerological traditions as signs of awareness, alignment, or spiritual connection.

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In this inspiring episode of Spirit Posse, Kim, Carrie, Jennifer, and Monique welcome internationally recognized spiritual teacher, life coach, bestselling author, intuitive guide, TEDx speaker, and You-est You Podcast host, Julie Reisler for a heartfelt conversation about spiritual awakening, trusting your intuition and becoming your authentic self.

Julie shares her deeply personal spiritual journey, revealing how learning to listen to the quiet whispers of her intuition led her through a profound life transformation. She opens up about the wake-up call that inspired her to release fear, embrace vulnerability, feel her emotions instead of avoiding them, and courageously create a life aligned with her soul's purpose.

Together, the posse and Julie explore how intuition is available to everyone, how to recognize divine guidance, and why reconnecting with your higher self is the key to living with greater joy, purpose, authenticity, and inner peace. They discuss worthiness, people-pleasing, personal transformations, spiritual growth, and how following your inner wisdom can completely change the direction of your life.

Whether you're experiencing a spiritual awakening, searching for your life purpose, learning to trust yourself, or hoping to strengthen your intuition, this conversation offers practical wisdom, inspiration, and encouragement to help you become the person you were always meant to be.

✨ In This Episode You'll Discover

• Becoming your authentic self

• What a spiritual awakening feels like

• Learning to hear the quiet whispers of your soul

• Why feeling your emotions is essential for healing

• How to overcome fear and people-pleasing

• How to trust your intuition and recognize inner guidance

• Living your soul's purpose with greater intention

• Developing your natural intuitive gifts

• The connection between worthiness, self-love, and spiritual growth

• How following your intuition can transform your life

📚 Books, Teachers & Spiritual Concepts Mentioned

Julie Reisler juliereisler.com

International intuitive guide, TEDx speaker, life coach, bestselling author, founder of the Intuitive Life Design Academy, Georgetown University faculty member, and host of the You-est You Podcast, Julie's work helps people strengthen their intuition, reconnect with their higher self, and create lives aligned with their soul's purpose.

Julie has interviewed and collaborated with many respected voices in spirituality, consciousness, neuroscience, and personal growth, including:

• Mel Robbins
• Laura Lynne Jackson
• Gregg Braden
• Suzanne Giesemann
• Marianne Williamson
• Dr. Bruce Lipton
• Sara Landon

Spiritual Gifts Discussed

• Clairaudience (Clear Hearing)

• Clairvoyance (Clear Seeing)

• Clairsentience (Clear Feeling)

• Intuition

• Higher Self

• Spiritual Awakening

• Divine Guidance

• Authentic Living

• Soul Purpose

• Worthiness

• Personal Transformation

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In this wholehearted episode of Spirit Posse, Carrie, Jennifer, Kim, and Monique explore how to stay connected to your spiritual practices when life feels busy, stressful, and overwhelming. The conversation begins with a touching story about receiving signs from loved ones who have passed and expands into a discussion about mindfulness, nature, gratitude, and the small spiritual practices that can help us feel more present and connected each day. The posse reflects on the importance of slowing down, spending time in nature, observing the beauty around us, and finding moments of peace amidst life's demands. They discuss how shifting our perspective can transform relationships, reduce conflict, and help us respond to life's challenges with greater awareness and compassion.

They also explore Newton's Third Law: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. While this principle applies to the physical world, the posse reflects on how we don't always have to respond to life with the same energy we receive. We can learn to pause, become aware of our choices, and choose how to respond rather than react. As we grow spiritually, we begin to realize that we have the power to shift our perception, and sometimes that shift is the miracle itself—when nothing around us changes, but we change. Through mindfulness, awareness, and conscious choice, we can break old patterns of automatic reaction and create a more peaceful, intentional way of living.

The group also explores the spiritual concept of soul contracts & the lessons we learn from one another through these agreements. They discuss the belief that souls make agreements before birth to encounter specific people, relationships, & life experiences that support growth and evolution. These contracts may bring love, joy, challenges, loss, forgiveness, or healing. From this perspective, even the people who push our buttons or create difficulties in our lives may be helping us learn important soul lessons. The posse reflects on how viewing relationships through this spiritual lens can help us find deeper meaning, compassion, and understanding in both the joyful and challenging experiences of life.

Whether you're navigating a challenging season, looking to strengthen your spiritual practice, or simply searching for more peace in your everyday life, this episode offers powerful reminders that spirituality can be found in the simplest moments.

📚 BOOKS, TEACHERS & SPIRITUAL CONCEPTS MENTIONED

Gabby (Gabrielle) Bernstein is an American motivational speaker, life coach, and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Hailed by Oprah Winfrey as being a next generation thought leader.

Emmett Fox - Referenced for his timeless spiritual essays and practical spiritual wisdom.

The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger - A powerful memoir about resilience, forgiveness, freedom, and choosing how we respond to life's challenges.

The "Empty Boat Theory" (or Mindset) is an ancient Daoist parable that teaches emotional resilience by reframing how we perceive conflict. It suggests our anger stems from the belief that others intend to harm us, but most daily frictions are unintentional—like bumping into an "empty boat" drifting on the lake.

Soul Contracts In spirituality, a soul contract is a pre-birth agreement your soul makes with other souls, spirit guides, and the universe. It acts as a spiritual blueprint mapping out the key relationships, life themes, and challenges you will experience in your current lifetime to help your soul evolve.

The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle - A spiritual classic that teaches the transformative power of living fully in the present moment.

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle - A spiritual book exploring ego, consciousness, presence, and awakening to a higher state of awareness.

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In this insightful solo episode Kim explores the spiritual concept of “Awakened Doing” inspired by the teachings of Eckhart Tolle and his book A New Earth. The conversation centers around the idea that it is not what you are doing that matters, but how you are doing it.

She discusses the importance of being connected to the Universe while engaging in everyday life, rather than operating from stress, worry, ego, or disconnection. She explores how being disconnected from universal consciousness can create suffering, split energy, and spiritually dysfunctional actions, while being grounded and fully present allows a deeper energy and consciousness to flow into everything you do.

Also explored are the three states of “Awakened Doing” — acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm — each carrying a different vibrational frequency and energetic connection to the creative power of the Universe. Acceptance is described as surrendered action and learning to find peace within situations that cannot be changed. Enjoyment is explored as becoming fully present in the moment and experiencing joy through consciousness rather than external circumstances. Enthusiasm is described as a heightened energetic state where flow, creativity, vision, and presence fully align.

Themes include mindfulness, gratitude, flow state, surrendered action, vibrational frequency, energetic alignment, present moment awareness, and the relationship between ego and consciousness. The conversation also reflects on how changing your energy and awareness can transform even the simplest daily tasks and infuse life with greater meaning, intention, and connection.

📚 Books & Spiritual Terms Mentioned

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
A spiritual book exploring ego, consciousness, presence, and awakening to a higher state of awareness.

Awakened Doing
A spiritual concept describing the practice of being present, conscious, and energetically connected to the Universe while taking action.

Acceptance
A state of surrendered action where peace, presence, and non-resistance create energetic alignment within situations that cannot be changed.

Enjoyment
A conscious state where joy comes not from external outcomes, but from being fully present and connected to the activity itself.

Enthusiasm
A heightened vibrational state where presence, flow, creativity, and vision align with the creative power of the Universe.

Flow State
A deeply focused and present state of consciousness where action feels effortless, aligned, and energetically connected.

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
A spiritual book that teaches the transformative power of living fully in the present moment to quiet the ego, reduce suffering, and awaken consciousness.

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In this powerful episode of Spirit Posse, Carrie, Jennifer, and Kim explore profound spiritual experiences including an out-of-body experience (OBE), spiritual auras, intuition, raising your vibration, and the power of feeling a prayer versus simply reciting it.

A central theme of the conversation is how certain spiritual experiences can shift your perspective, allowing us to see one another not simply as a human being, but as an actual soul connected through a greater spiritual consciousness. They discuss the universal nature of prayer and spirituality, honoring connection, and higher consciousness, whether rooted in personal belief, spiritual practice, or religion.

Spiritual auras are also explored — the energetic field that surrounds the body and reflects emotional, mental, and spiritual states through vibrational frequency and energy. The group shares personal experiences around raising vibration, energetic awareness, authentic connection, and the feeling of being fully present with others on a soul level.

Further themes include energetic healing, chakra clearing, life contracts and the importance of releasing relationships or energetic attachments that no longer serve personal growth or alignment. The conversation also explores using our intuition as a form of inner knowing to remember the wisdom we already carry within us.

📚 Books & Spiritual Terms Mentioned

Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott
A book centered around three essential prayers: asking for help, expressing gratitude, and feeling awe for the world around us.

Spirit Daughter by Jill Wintersteen
Encourages readers to trust their intuition, embrace personal growth, and create the life they are meant to live.

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
A spiritual guide built around four transformative principles:

Be impeccable with your word
Don’t take anything personally
Don’t make assumptions
Always do your best

Akashic Records
A non-physical energetic library believed to contain the history and wisdom of every soul, accessed for spiritual insight, healing, and transformation.

Spiritual Auras
An energetic field believed to surround all living beings, reflecting emotional, mental, and spiritual states through vibrational frequency and energy.

Field of Potentiality
A state of pure consciousness and infinite possibility believed to be the energetic source of creation, awareness, and manifestation.

Out-of-Body Experience (OBE)
A spiritual experience where consciousness appears to separate from the physical body, often involving heightened awareness and observation beyond the self.

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In this episode of Spirit Posse, we explore the powerful intersection of spirituality and politics, and how to stay grounded and loving in an increasingly divided world.

How do we navigate conversations with people who hold completely different beliefs? How do we stay open without betraying our authenticity—and can there be more than one truth?

This honest and heartfelt conversation dives into:

• Navigating political division from a spiritual perspective
• Learning how to agree to disagree while maintaining authenticity
• Understanding the impact of misinformation
• How to honor and respect differing beliefs and perspectives
• How to stay open and grounded during difficult conversations
• Practicing curiosity instead of judgment
• Recognizing that we are more alike than we are different

At its core, this episode is about remembering that we are all human—that we all want to be seen, heard, and loved. In a world that often feels divided, real change begins with how we treat each other in our everyday lives.

If you’ve been searching for answers on how to talk to people with different beliefs while staying peaceful, open-hearted, and spiritually aligned in today’s political climate, this episode is for you.

📚 Books & Terms (linked below)

• The Story of the Chinese Farmer – A parable about uncertainty, perspective, and non-judgment. It teaches that we cannot immediately judge events as good or bad, and encourages acceptance of life’s unfolding nature.
• Year of the Fire Horse – A Chinese zodiac year occurring every 60 years, associated with intensity, transformation, passion, and rapid change.
• The Nine Waves of Creation by Carl Johan Calleman proposes that the Mayan calendar's nine waves are quantum-holographic blueprints that shape human consciousness and history, moving from a unified cosmic order to a focus on duality (Good vs. Evil) and now towards a Ninth Wave of unity consciousness.
• The Mayan Calendar – An interconnected system of cycles (Tzolk’in, Haab, Long Count) used by the ancient Maya to track time, agriculture, and spiritual events.
• Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living – Krista Tippett – Explores wisdom through words, embodiment, love, faith, and hope, drawing from her podcast On Being.

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In this insightful episode of Spirit Posse, the friends explore spiritual growth, healing, astrology & the Akashic Records while reflecting on how life’s challenges can become powerful catalysts for transformation. The Posse supports Jennifer as she shares her recent injury & ongoing healing journey, which includes Reiki with a clairvoyant vision, acupuncture & chakra clearing. While deeply challenging, the injury created space for Jennifer to slow down, reflect, & reconnect with herself on a spiritual level — highlighting how healing often begins when we pause & listen.

The conversation expands into astrology and collective transformation, with insight into the upcoming Chinese Year of the Fire Horse & the symbolic Shedding of the Snake, both representing rapid change, passion, rebirth & the importance of staying grounded during times of intense energetic shifts. The Posse reflects on how humanity is navigating a significant period of universal change & personal evolution. Then they honor the film Perfect Days, which beautifully illustrates finding peace, joy & mindfulness in everyday routines, reminding us that spiritual fulfillment is often found in simplicity rather than constant striving.

Monique announces her retirement, sharing her renewed focus on spiritual growth & personal development & introduces the group to the timeless book Spiritual Growth: Being Your Higher Self by Sanaya Roman. The Posse felt an immediate soul-level connection to this work, describing it as a calling similar to their experience with A Course in Miracles. The episode concludes with Kim’s exploration of the Akashic Records, described as a vast ethereal library containing every thought, action & choice made by every soul that ever lived. The Posse also discusses how raising one’s vibrational frequency through meditation, releasing mental resistance & energetic alignment is essential for accessing the Akashic Records & experiencing higher states of spiritual consciousness.

📚Books & terms linked below.

• Akashic Records A non-physical, energetic library believed to contain the history of every soul, accessed for spiritual insight, healing & transformation.
• Josephine Hardman Akashic Records Teacher https://josephinehardman.com/
• Vibrational Frequency The energetic state created by thoughts, emotions & beliefs. A higher vibration supports clarity, healing & spiritual connection.
• Reiki A Japanese energy technique where practitioners channel universal life force energy to support emotional & physical well-being.
• Chakra Clearing An energy practice that removes blockages from the body’s energy centers to restore flow & alignment.
• Year of the Fire Horse A Chinese Zodiac year occurring every 60 years, associated with intensity, transformation, passion & rapid change.
• Shedding of the Snake A spiritual metaphor for rebirth, renewal & releasing old patterns.
• Spiritual Growth: Being Your Higher Self by Sanaya Roman
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
• Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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In this deeply personal and spiritually powerful episode of Spirit Posse, Kim vulnerably opens her heart & shares a profound soul-guided reflection on living fearlessly, intentionally, & in spiritual alignment. Faced with the reality that none of us know how many days we have left, she makes a conscious choice to stop living in fear, worry, & in survival mode—& instead live deliberately, fully present, & connected to Source.

Through a beautifuly channeled conversation with her soul, Kim shares the spiritual guidance she received on how to live the rest of her life with meaning, peace, & purpose. This episode explores gratitude practices, manifestation techniques, universal energy, intuition, & spiritual rituals designed to create alignment, raise vibration, & bring conscious awareness into every moment.

Kim discusses powerful daily routines, including gratitude pathways, manifestation visualization, energy shifting, & intentional living. She shares a transformative manifestation practice learned from Reiki Master Fiona & Peter Sage, emphasizing how memory-energy & emotional frequency communicate directly with the Universe.

This episode explores:

• Soul guidance & channeling
• Living without fear of death
• Spiritual rituals for daily life
• Gratitude as a neurological and energetic pathway
• Manifestation through emotional alignment
• Universal energy & intuition
• Segment Intending from Abraham Hicks
• Mindfulness, surrender, & the art of allowing
• Vibrational frequency & spiritual alignment
• Facing fear & becoming comfortable being uncomfortable

Kim shares why she doesn’t fear death—but has found living on Earth far more complex—& how connecting inward has always been her path home. This episode is a reminder that nothing outside of us needs to change for everything to change—alignment changes everything.

As the episode closes, Kim invites listeners to reflect on one powerful question:

What is your soul trying to tell you?

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