Listener note: This episode shares a personal survivor's story involving emotional manipulation, controlling relationship dynamics, abuse, and addiction. The content, particularly accounts of physical abuse and fear for life, may be activating. Please listen with care, and feel free to pause, step away, or return when it feels supportive for you.

Guest Sam shares her raw and powerful story of spiritual awakening through trauma. After enduring a decade-long, controlling relationship where she lost herself and then a frightening, abusive relationship fueled by drug addiction, Sam reached her rock bottom

Hear how ignoring red flags and lowering standards led her down a path of manipulation. Sam recounts the moment she discovered her first partner's cheating and her subsequent decision to move to Portugal. She describes her spiritual journey, including her first life-changing moon ritual on the beach the soul-connection with her child who "saved my life" and the terrifying moment of physical abuse.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Guest Introduction

1:03 The Guest's Story Starts

1:06 Ignoring Red Flags and Lowering Standards

2:23 Controlling Relationship and Loss of Self

2:51 Current Co-parenting Dynamic

5:51 Discovery of Cheating

7:00 Confrontation and Reaction to Cheating

8:34 Mother's Support and Move to Portugal

10:20 Ex's Mother Blames Sam

10:49 Finding Spiritual Wellness Christine (Embodied Energy Wellness)

12:05 Shamanic Journey and Connection to Ex's Grandmother

14:25 The Child's Role as a Savior and Awakener

15:46 Start of the Healing Journey: Reiki and the Beach

17:17 Friend Michelle and Finding the Healing Circles

22:20 Jumping into a New Relationship

23:57 New Partner's Addiction and Manipulation

28:54 Physical Abuse and Fear for Life

34:07 Soul Loss and Soul Retrieval

38:59 Healing, Self-Acceptance, and Current Relationship

39:00 Advice for the Listener: Trust Your Gut

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Welcome to The Healing Circle podcast, a grounded and soulful space for a healing journey through real-life conversations. Each week features live shamanic counselling sessions and conversations with brave souls navigating emotional change, identity shifts, grief, and soul-level transformation. This space is for those seeking healing, clarity, emotional guidance, and spiritual awakening.

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Listener Note: This episode explores choosing alignment over approval and the journey of living life differently. It’s for anyone feeling the call to stop seeking external validation and start trusting their own inner fire.

In this episode of The Healing Circle, host Christine Higgins sits down with Laura Seed, founder of Inner Wild Fire, to talk about the brave transition from living for others to living for yourself. Laura shares her powerful story of moving away from the "climb" for external status and titles to find a life that feels truly aligned with her soul. They discuss the concept of choosing alignment over approval and how we often ignore our body’s signals just to fit in. This conversation is a deep dive into reclaiming your personal power, breaking free from people-pleasing, and the liberation that comes when you finally decide to honor your "Inner Wild Fire" and speak your truth.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:08 Meet Laura, the Artistic Creator behind Inner Wild Fire

02:45 Founding Inner Wild Fire

04:50 Stepping Up & The Fear of Standing Out

06:57 Finding Your Calling

08:30 Blurring the Lines Between Passion and Work

11:20 Taking a Step Back: External vs Internal

16:24 The Fear of Money

19:40 Following Your Path

22:20 Travelling & Being an Artist

25:20 Self-Imposed Limitations & Giving Back to Yourself

35:07 Being Grounded & Life Stages

37:05 Finding Your Voice

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Welcome to The Healing Circle podcast, a grounded and soulful space for a healing journey through real-life conversations. Each week features live shamanic counselling sessions and conversations with brave souls navigating emotional change, identity shifts, grief, and soul-level transformation. This space is for those seeking healing, clarity, emotional guidance, and spiritual awakening.

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✍️ Step into a safe, grounded space and receive a full shamanic counselling session. You can choose to be on camera or remain anonymous. Apply here:

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Listener Note: This episode includes the sharing of a personal survivor's story, which explores themes such as silent trauma, grief, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, physical sexual abuse, the process of healing and returning to oneself, and physical manifestations of trauma (including issues with the root chakra, sacral chakra, and solar plexus, and medical issues like endometriosis and adomiiosis). The content may feel activating. Please listen with care. You are always welcome to pause, step away, or return when it feels supportive for you.

A guest joins the healing circle to share her story of carrying silent trauma for decades. This heaviness froze her in a grief that shaped her life. The conversation explores her journey of healing and returning to herself, a story that will resonate with anyone who has felt stuck between who they are and who they are becoming. Her trauma began at age 14, involving physical and verbal sexual abuse, which the manipulative abuser encouraged her to internalize as blame. She didn't voice what happened until January 2021, which was tied to a closed voice chakra. The guest recounts how the quietness of COVID allowed her to see what was beneath the surface. The trauma manifested physically, causing issues in her body (including endometriosis, adenomyosis, and pelvic problems) and blocking her root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, and throat chakras. The healing journey, including reporting the case to the Guards, is discussed as a crucial step in speaking her truth.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:09 Calling in Sacred Space

02:54 Dropping In and Feeling Stuck

03:41 Voicing Trauma in January 2021

04:58 The Stillness of COVID and Seeing Beneath the Surface

05:48 The Trauma Began at 14

06:02 Physical and Verbal Sexual Abuse

08:12 Manipulative Behavior and Internalizing Blame

09:26 The Body Never Forgets and Soul Loss

13:42 Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, and Pelvic Issues

15:27 Womb Trauma and Manifesting Trauma in the Physical Body

15:54 Blocked Chakras: Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, and Throat

18:07 The Turning Point in 2021

22:53 Reporting the Case to the Guards

23:35 The Waiting Period and Breakdowns

26:55 The High Burden of Proof for Historical Cases

28:15 The Perpetrator Passed Away Under Suspicion

30:47 Anger, Feeling Robbed, and Difficulty Talking to Others

33:17 Moving to Energy Healing and Soul Retrieval

36:02 Connection with Paternal Grandmother

39:22 Ancestral Wound of Not Speaking the Truth

42:39 Forgiveness as Freeing Yourself from His Energy

48:44 Last Words of Wisdom: Beauty in Damage

50:18 Thank You and Closing

NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY

Welcome to The Healing Circle podcast, a grounded and soulful space for a healing journey through real-life conversations. Each week features live shamanic counselling sessions and conversations with brave souls navigating emotional change, identity shifts, grief, and soul-level transformation. This space is for those seeking healing, clarity, emotional guidance, and spiritual awakening.

JOIN THE HEALING CIRCLE

✍️ Step into a safe, grounded space and receive a full shamanic counselling session. You can choose to be on camera or remain anonymous. Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

💬 Prefer a private session? Join me for intuitive energy healing and discovery calls. No pressure, just gentle guidance when you are ready.

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Listener Note: This episode includes the sharing of a personal survivor's story. It explores themes such as grief, sudden loss, role reversal, divorce, abandonment, health scares (breast cancer), and the process of healing and reprioritizing life, which may feel activating. Please listen with care. You are always welcome to pause, step away, or return when it feels supportive for you.

In this powerful episode, Christine is joined by Denise, a woman who intimately knows the cost of caring deeply for others at the expense of herself. This conversation explores the journey of recognizing patterns of self-abandonment, breaking generational cycles of over-giving, and choosing self-priority without shame, force, or the need to fix.

If you have ever felt exhausted from being the "strong one," this episode is for you.

TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 Introduction
• 1:01 Noticing the Pattern of Putting Others First
• 1:17 The Pressure of Being the Eldest Child
• 1:48 Father's Sudden Death and Stepping Into His Role
• 2:36 The Pressure to Mind Mother and Younger Sister
• 4:56 Stepping Fully into Masculine Survival Mode
• 6:10 18-Year Marriage to a Partner with Feminine Energy
• 7:05 Finding a Partner Who Needs the "Fixer" Role
• 8:47 Realizing I was Down the Pecking Order
• 9:50 Health Scare: The Start of Breast Cancer
• 10:59 The Pressure of Being the Sole Provider
• 11:09 The Fixing Pattern Re-emerges in a New Relationship
• 11:56 The Body's Response to Heartache and Sorrow
• 13:29 The Overwhelming Breaking Point
• 14:00 Identifying Issues and Trying to Break the Pattern
• 15:09 Ancestral Pattern of Over-Giving Comes Through
• 16:16 Soul Stepped in to Break the Cycle
• 17:57 Fantasizing About Injury to Finally Rest
• 18:58 The Necessary "Shake Out" of Friends
• 20:00 Starting the Healing Journey (Breakdown before Breakthrough)
• 21:54 Implementing Boundaries: "Can I Get Back to You?"
• 22:00 Deciding to Take Medication for Mental Health
• 23:05 Prioritizing What's Within These Four Walls
• 24:16 The Need for External Validation Feeds the Ego
• 25:28 Turning Focus Inwards
• 26:26 Learning to Watch for Red Flags
• 27:44 Sitting in the "Observe, Not the Absorb" Mindset
• 28:00 Flipping the Mindset: Have I Leveled Up?
• 30:02 The Necessity of Shadow Work
• 33:10 Advice for Listeners: Stop and Take a Step Back
• 34:41 Healing Through Professional Singing
• 36:14 Final Words: You Return to Old Patterns Because They Kept You Safe

NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY

Welcome to The Healing Circle podcast, a grounded and soulful space for a healing journey through real-life conversations. Each week features live shamanic counselling sessions and conversations with brave souls navigating emotional change, identity shifts, grief, and soul-level transformation. This space is for those seeking healing, clarity, emotional guidance, and spiritual awakening.

JOIN THE HEALING CIRCLE

✍️ Step into a safe, grounded space and receive a full shamanic counselling session. You can choose to be on camera or remain anonymous. Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

💬 Prefer a private session? Join me for intuitive energy healing and discovery calls. No pressure, just gentle guidance when you are ready.

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Listener note: This episode includes the sharing of a personal survivor's story. It explores themes such as trauma, verbal and psychological abuse, divorce, abandonment, and the process of healing from these experiences, which may feel activating. Please listen with care. You are always welcome to pause, step away, or return when it feels supportive for you.

Join psychotherapist, Reiki master, and yoga nidra facilitator, Anne-Marie, as she bravely shares her personal journey of healing after narcissistic relationship and deep self-inquiry after experiencing two divorces and the sudden ending to a toxic relationship. Amarie's story reveals how, despite having training and tools, unconscious relationship patterns, often rooted in ancestral trauma healing, can still lead to unhealthy attachments. Her path required becoming the cycle breaker in relationships and committing to father wound healing and overcoming abandonment issues.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to Anne-Marie, and her journey of healing

02:39 Two Marriages and Two Divorces

03:45 Starting the Healing Journey

05:06 Meeting a Man Online and Love Bombing Signs

06:47 Recognizing Red Flags and Manipulation

08:58 Moving Quickly and Ignoring Inklings

11:11 Toxic Relationships and Attraction

13:51 Exploring Past Relationships and Seeking External Validation

16:49 The Father Wound Healing Revelation

19:26 Root Chakra Healing and Anxiety in Relationships

20:22 Realizing Self-Abandonment

20:56 The Co-Host's Experience as a Cycle Breaker with a Father Wound

24:27 The Breakthrough After the Healing from Narcissistic Discard

29:21 The Security Must Come From Within

31:15 Tools for Healing After Breakup

31:32 Yoga Nidra Benefits and Affirmations

32:42 Somatic Experiencing Therapy

33:24 Sea Swimming Benefits and Nature

33:50 Journal Writing for Healing (Morning Pages)

36:50 The Gift of the Discard

39:17 Final Message

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Welcome to The Healing Circle podcast, a grounded and soulful space for a healing journey through real-life conversations. Each week features live shamanic counselling sessions and conversations with brave souls navigating emotional change, identity shifts, grief, and soul-level transformation. This space is for those seeking healing, clarity, emotional guidance, and spiritual awakening.

JOIN THE HEALING CIRCLE

✍️ Step into a safe, grounded space and receive a full shamanic counselling session. You can choose to be on camera or remain anonymous. Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8q2W3Xwirf9ZYxbYRJKTKMFM9ybIyimkAkUyJoRUxxvMbGQ/viewform

💬 Prefer a private session? Join me for intuitive energy healing and discovery calls. No pressure, just gentle guidance when you are ready.

CONNECT

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Listener note: This episode includes the sharing of an anonymous survivor’s story. It explores themes such as trauma, pregnancy and baby loss, grief, and experiences that may feel activating. Please listen with care. You are always welcome to pause, step away, or return when it feels supportive for you.

We open the new season with a deeply personal shamanic counselling session. Philippa joined us to share her experience of profound grief following the loss of her two terminally ill babies shortly after birth.

She speaks openly about the numbness, burnout, and emotional collapse that can follow such an unimaginable loss. At the heart of her sharing is a gentle reminder that healing does not have to be limited to counselling or clinical support alone. She offers a different way of meeting grief, one that allows space for other paths, other tools, and other ways back to yourself.

This episode holds a conversation around spiritual healing and alternative child loss support, and how a shift in perspective can slowly open the door from grief toward hope.

TIMESTAMPS

1:11 Introduction to The Healing Circle and Philippa Journey

3:39 Fertility Journey After Loss: Miscarriage Stories

4:56 Terminal Prenatal Diagnosis: Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18 Pregnancy)

7:43 Coping with Pregnancy Loss: Grief Numbness and Soul Loss Trauma

9:38 Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: A Second Diagnosis

10:57 The Liminal Space: Mourning and Dealing with Grief at Home

12:35 Spiritual Healing After Loss: Rose Quartz Healing

14:53 Making Others Comfortable While Dealing with Grief

15:21 Alternative Grief Therapy: Marathon Running vs. Counseling

16:07 Finding a Safe Sacred Space in the Healing Circle

17:27 Emotional Healing: Permission to Cry and Be Seen

19:41 Feeling Connected: Lifting Physical Pain Through Meditation for Grief

20:33 Spiritual Perspective on Baby Loss: Shifting from "Why Me?" to "Why Not Me?"

23:02 Transformation: A Different Perspective on Death

25:41 End of the Fertility Journey and IVF After Genetic Disorders

26:39 Switching from Grief to Hope

27:57 Reprogramming the Mind for a Positive Perspective

NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY

Welcome to The Healing Circle podcast, a grounded and soulful space for a healing journey through real-life conversations. Each week features live shamanic counselling sessions and conversations with brave souls navigating emotional change, identity shifts, grief, and soul-level transformation. This space is for those seeking healing, clarity, emotional guidance, and spiritual awakening.

JOIN THE HEALING CIRCLE

✍️ Step into a safe, grounded space and receive a full shamanic counselling session. You can choose to be on camera or remain anonymous. Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8q2W3Xwirf9ZYxbYRJKTKMFM9ybIyimkAkUyJoRUxxvMbGQ/viewform

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Episode Description: In this powerful episode, Christine dives deep into the spiritual war playing out across the world—a subtle but profound battle designed to keep humanity trapped in fear, control, and division. But there’s a higher truth calling us forward. Through conscious awareness, love, and compassion, we have the power to raise our vibration and break free from the energetic control systems that thrive on our disconnection from truth and from ourselves. This episode is a wake-up call for the soul. It’s time to remember who we truly are, reclaim our sovereignty, and step into a more awakened, united way of living. In this episode, we explore:🔹 The nature of the spiritual war and how it affects our energy and consciousness🔹 How fear and division are used to lower vibration and disconnect humanity🔹 The role of consciousness, love, and compassion in breaking free🔹 How to recognize control systems and reclaim your inner powerTimestamps:00:00 Introduction and Current Chaos01:00 Social Media and Free Speech03:11 Historical Context of Suppression05:02 Spiritual Insights and Experiences07:18 Observing Without Absorbing09:03 Empowerment and Unity12:21 Conclusion and Contact InformationAdditional Notes and Invitations:🌟 Ready to reclaim your energy and step into your truth? Christine offers intuitive energy healing and no-pressure discovery calls to help you realign and rise.*Connect With Us:- Website: SpiritualWellnessChristine.com- Email: Christine@SpiritualWellnessChristine.com- Follow Us: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter - @SpiritualWellnessChristine

Episode Description:

What happens after we leave this physical world? In this enlightening episode, we explore one of the greatest mysteries of existence—the journey of the soul through the afterlife and beyond.

I share insights into the spiritual realm, describing it as a vast, multidimensional space where souls continue to evolve, heal, and grow. Imagine the afterlife as a set of stairs, where each step represents a new level of understanding, reflection, and expansion.

When we pass, our soul doesn’t simply vanish—it transitions into a realm of wisdom and transformation. Some souls move effortlessly through this process, integrating lessons from their earthly lives, while others take time to process, heal, and reconnect with unfinished lessons.

In this episode, we explore:

🔹 What happens after death? A deeper look at the soul’s transition through the afterlife

🔹 The afterlife as a space of reflection, healing, and expansion

🔹 How past-life connections shape our spiritual evolution

🔹 Ways we can prepare in this lifetime to navigate the next phase with grace and wisdom

Join me as we uncover the mysteries of the soul’s journey through the afterlife and how we can embrace this knowledge to live with greater peace and purpose.

Actionable Insights:

✅ Shift your perspective on death—understand it as a transformation, not an ending

✅ Explore past-life connections and how they shape your current experiences

✅ Embrace personal growth and healing as part of your spiritual evolution

✅ Practice mindfulness and presence to prepare for transitions with peace

Connect With Us:

• Website: ⁠SpiritualWellnessChristine.com⁠
• Email: ⁠Christine@SpiritualWellnessChristine.com⁠
• Follow Us: @SpiritualWellnessChristine - Instagram, Facebook, X

Additional Notes & Invitations:

🌟 Curious about the soul’s journey beyond this life? Christine offers intuitive energy healing and discovery calls—no pressure, just guidance when you’re ready.

🎧 Enjoyed this episode? Share it with a friend, leave a review, and explore the deeper questions of existence together.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Introduction: The Mystery of What Happens After Death

• Why this is a universal question

• The intention of this episode: reducing fear around death

00:01:00 – Understanding the Afterlife: The Soul’s Journey

• The spiritual realm as a staircase of soul evolution

• How souls progress through different levels

00:02:30 – Why Do Souls Choose to Come to Earth?

• Earth as a place for learning and growth

• The lessons souls seek to experience (love, pain, healing, etc.)

00:04:00 – Free Will and Life Choices

• The role of spirit guides in guiding our decisions

• How we can be steered back onto our soul’s path after detours

00:06:00 – Life-Altering Moments & Spiritual Awakening

• When spirit guides intervene to push us into transformation

• Recognizing the signs that lead us to our healing journey

00:07:30 – The Transition After Death

• The 6-8 week period of soul reflection after passing

• Reviewing life lessons and deciding the next steps in the soul’s evolution

00:09:00 – Why Some Souls Stay Stuck: The Concept of Earthbound Spirits

• Understanding ghosts, spirits, and unfinished business

• Why some souls resist stepping into the light

00:10:30 – The Role of Light and Darkness in the Soul’s Evolution

• Understanding why some souls choose to experience darkness

• How collective healing can shift the balance towards light

00:12:00 – Overcoming the Fear of Death

• Understanding death as a transformation, not an ending

• How our awareness of the afterlife can bring peace

00:13:30 – Final Thoughts & Closing Message

• The importance of embracing spiritual growth in this lifetime

• How preparing for death can help us live fully