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Surrendering to the Signs

Laura Gates

Religion & Spiritualité

Fréquence : 1 épisode/12j. Total Éps: 16

This isn’t your typical interview podcast. Our guests aren’t gurus or spiritual teachers, they’re everyday people who’ve faced extraordinary challenges. From divorce and cancer diagnoses to death-defying accidents, their stories reveal how crisis can become a doorway to purpose. With music woven throughout each episode (one listener called it “a healing journey, not just information”), Laura and her co-producer Daniel share conversations that show how listening to inner guidance and following the signs can lead us back home to ourselves.

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Fifth Dimensional Leadership with Ginny Clarke

vendredi 13 mars 2026 • Durée 44:18

In this deeply energising and wide-ranging conversation, Laura is joined by Ginny Clarke , conscious leadership expert, executive coach, former executive recruiter at Google and Spencer Stuart, and featured thought leader in Brené Brown’s book Strong Ground, to explore what it truly means to lead with consciousness, integrity, and soul.

Ginny shares her personal and professional evolution, from navigating loss and spiritual awakening to observing firsthand how leadership impacts human wellbeing inside some of the world’s most influential organizations. She speaks candidly about the urgent need to bring humanity, truth, and self-awareness back into the workplace and why conscious leadership is no longer optional, but essential.

Together, Laura and Ginny explore the deeper dimensions of leadership, not as a role or title, but as a way of being. This episode invites listeners to reconnect with their own agency, energy, and essence and to recognize that leadership begins not with managing others, but with remembering who you truly are.

What You’ll Hear In This Episode

Ginny’s journey from executive recruiter to conscious leadership pioneer
How personal loss became a catalyst for spiritual awakening and purpose
Why only a small percentage of leaders are truly effective, and what’s missing
The difference between ego-based leadership and soul-based leadership
Why energy awareness is one of a leader’s greatest superpowers
The urgency of reclaiming humanity in modern workplaces

Resources & LinksThe Five Dimensions of Conscious Leadership ™

Brené Brown’s Strong Ground - leadership and vulnerability research

Gallup leadership engagement research

Visit www.surrenderingtothesigns.com

Music Featured

The music in each episode of Surrendering to the Signs has been carefully curated to enhance the episode, below is a list of all tracks featured.

List of Music

Easy to Love - Saggie - Instrumental

Seven Raindrops -Yonnie Dror

Flower Duet Lakmé- Song by Hawkins

Birds - J. G

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15. Creating a Legacy

vendredi 27 février 2026 • Durée 53:19

In this moving and energising episode, Laura is joined by Maria Medrano, CEO and Co-Founder of Inspirame, tech executive, mother, and first-generation pioneer, to explore how faith, education, and an unwavering belief in possibility can change not just one life, but generations.

Maria shares her remarkable story, from growing up in a working-class immigrant family in California to becoming the first in her family to graduate high school and college, building a career in Silicon Valley, and ultimately dedicating her life’s work to ensuring others can see, and access, the paths available to them.

This conversation weaves together themes of spirituality, grief, resilience, education as liberation, and the quiet ways our loved ones continue to guide us after they’re gone. It’s a powerful reminder that signs often arrive through people, through opportunity, and through a deep inner knowing that we are here to give back what we’ve been given.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode

Maria’s early life story and the influence of her parents’ strength and values
Being the first in her family to go to college and what that really took
How teachers became early “signs” and champions of possibility
Navigating criticism, doubt, and being told she didn’t belong
The loss of Maria’s mother and how her presence continues in a new form
How grief sharpened Maria’s commitment to personal growth and purpose
The creation of Inspirame as an embodiment of legacy and love
Helping young people navigate education systems without shame or confusion

Resources & Links

Inspirame, a technology platform dedicated to simplifying access to education and career pathways for underserved communities

Visit www.surrenderingtothesigns.com

Music Featured

14. Being vs. Doing our Life

vendredi 13 février 2026 • Durée 01:20:20

In this expansive, philosophical, and deeply grounding conversation, Laura is joined by longtime mentor, friend, and executive coach Joel Kimmel to explore one of the most fundamental questions of our time:

Who are we being and how is that shaping the world we’re living in?

Drawing from near-death experiences, decades of leadership work, and a lifetime of inquiry into language and awareness, Joel shares a radically compassionate way of seeing life, one that moves beyond right and wrong, success and failure, and into honor, contribution, and presence.

Together, Laura and Joel explore how language doesn’t just describe our reality, it creates it. From the difference between “to-do lists” and “to-have-happen lists,” to listening beyond the thinking mind and into the quiet intelligence of being, this episode invites listeners to slow down, soften certainty, and discover new possibilities hiding in plain sight.

This is not a conversation about fixing the world but about seeing it differently, and allowing what wants to happen to unfold.

What You'll Hear In This Episode

Joel’s near-death experience and the three truths that shaped his life
Why who we are being matters more than what we are doing
The difference between intuition and embodied awareness
Why teams (and families) thrive when being is acknowledged
Listening to the inner voice without letting it dominate

Resources & Links

Self: The Vast World Behind Our Words — Joel Kimmel & Judy Kimmel

Visit www.surrenderingtothesigns.com

13. Practices for Navigating Change

vendredi 30 janvier 2026 • Durée 01:00:57

In this spacious, and deeply nourishing conversation, Laura is joined by leadership coach Nancy Larocca Hedley to explore the subtle art of completion, discernment, and listening to the body as a source of truth. Nancy brings wisdom from the world's spiritual traditions to her work with leaders, team facilitation, and leading in her community.

Together they reflect on how endings are not failures, but sacred thresholds, portals into the next chapter of becoming. From leaving long-held roles and relationships, to closing chapters at work, to making space for creativity, rest, and truth, Nancy shares how honorable closure has become one of her most powerful spiritual and leadership practices.

They talk about discomfort as a doorway, the difference between mental resistance and bodily knowing, the courage to have crucial conversations, and why our lives so often unfold through the unexpected rather than the planned.

This episode is a gentle invitation to slow down, notice what is complete, and trust what is quietly asking to be born.

What You’ll Hear in This EpisodeHow Nancy learned to trust her body as her primary compass
A powerful story of leaving Yahoo after a series of life signs
The subtle signals that tell us when something is no longer ours to do
The Enneagram as a tool for liberation rather than identity
Laura and Nancy’s reflections on the “helper” archetype and self-care
Why discomfort is often the doorway to freedom
Letting go of caffeine, alcohol, and habits that no longer serve the body
The difference between being busy and being available

Resources & Links

The Yamas (particularly non-stealing / right use of energy)The Enneagram (as a tool for ego awareness and freedom)Yoga philosophy and Kriya Yoga lineage (Yogananda, Roy Eugene Davis, Ellen Grace O’Brien)

Visit www.surrenderingtothesigns.com

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12. From Rock Bottom to Freedom

vendredi 16 janvier 2026 • Durée 01:19:13

In this deeply human conversation, Laura sits down with her longtime friend Tim Winters to explore the winding, painful, and ultimately transformative journey of addiction, surrender, and recovery.

Tim shares his story with remarkable openness, from a teenage sense of not quite belonging, to decades of alcohol and drug use that slowly narrowed his world, to the quiet, devastating moment when he realized he could no longer save himself.

He recounts the unforgettable car ride when his daughter-in-law drove him, without telling him where they were going, straight to rehab. A moment of fear, resistance, and finally surrender that would change the trajectory of his life.

What unfolds is not just a story about addiction, but about identity, worthiness, masculinity, grief, spirituality, and what happens when we finally stop running and let ourselves be helped.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode

This episode is a powerful reminder that healing rarely arrives the way we expect but often exactly when we are ready.
How early shame and identity struggles shaped Tim’s inner world
Why alcohol and drugs became a way to feel connected, confident, and safe
The slow progression from “social” use to silent dependency
Why “just don’t drink today” became a life-saving reframe
How anxiety and depression lifted only after sobriety began
The power of routine, community, and spiritual practice in recovery
How meditation and prayer became unexpected anchors
What Tim wishes people understood about addiction, recovery, and compassion
How small signs and nudges now guide his life in ways they never could before

Resources & Links

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Father Martin’s Ashleigh House treatment center

Visit: surrenderingtothesigns.com

Music Featured

The music in each episode of Surrendering to the Signs has been carefully curated to enhance the episode, below is a list of all tracks featured.

11. Listening to Your Body's Wisdom

vendredi 2 janvier 2026 • Durée 01:00:11

In this deeply resonant and wide-ranging conversation, Laura is joined by Jana Hendrickson, executive coach, researcher, and global citizen, to explore what it truly means to follow the signs even when fear, uncertainty, and practical logic are present.

Jana shares her extraordinary life journey, from growing up in East Germany with no spiritual framework, to a life shaped by intuition, somatic wisdom, faith, and profound trust in the unseen. Through vivid stories, turning away from Paris at the last moment, leaving a marriage she loved but had outgrown, years of nomadic living, and ultimately finding home. Jana illustrates how the body often knows the truth long before the mind catches up.

Together, Laura and Jana reflect on the discomfort of the “in-between,” the myth of instant clarity, the role of fear as a compass, and the difference between spirituality and religion. They also explore how social media, synchronicity, and shared stories can act as catalysts for courage and how our own brave choices quietly give others permission to make theirs.

This episode is a powerful reminder that surrender is not passive, it’s an active, embodied practice of listening, trusting, and moving forward one honest step at a time.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

Jana’s first profound experience of listening to her body’s wisdom
How “the pull” feels in the body and how to recognize it’
The difference between clarity and certainty and why clarity often takes time
Jana’s journey through divorce, grief, and radical self-trust
Nomadic living, synchronicity, and saying yes without a roadmap
How social media can act as a modern conduit for signs and connection
Why our stories matter and how sharing them gives others courage

Find Jana on Instagram at @iamjanahendrickson or connect with her on LinkedIn. She is currently completing her doctoral research in professional coaching and human development and is passionate about integrating spirituality, philosophy, neuroscience, and somatic intelligence into leadership practice. Jana’s work invites leaders to move beyond performance alone and into alignment, depth, and wholeness.

10. Why Every Encounter Matters

vendredi 19 décembre 2025 • Durée 18:32

Welcome to Season Two of Surrendering to the Signs. In this opening episode, host Laura Gates reflects on the deeper meaning behind signs, synchronicities, and, most powerfully, the people who show up on our path at exactly the right moment.

Laura explores how encounters often carry lessons, invitations, and turning points we can only understand in hindsight. From unexpected reunions and uncomfortable interactions to chance meetings on trains and long-term relationships born from unlikely moments, this episode invites listeners to look beyond first impressions and trust that the universe is constantly conspiring on our behalf.

As we step into a new season, Laura offers a gentle reminder that growth doesn’t always come through dramatic awakenings. Sometimes it comes through coffee meetings, missed deadlines, difficult conversations, quiet inner nudges, and moments where listening to the body becomes the most profound act of self-trust.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

Why making it to Season Two is a meaningful milestone
The many forms signs can take, goosebumps, intuition, inner voices, and people
How first impressions can block meaningful connection if we let them
A powerful story of a chance meeting on a train to Glastonbury
Reflections on meeting soul-aligned collaborators, clients, and lifelong partners
How surrendering control opens space for guidance and support
Honoring winter, rest, and seasonal cycles as part of the soul’s rhythm

Resources & Links

Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith

Visit: surrenderingtothesigns.com

Music Featured

The music in each episode of Surrendering to the Signs has been carefully curated to enhance the episode, below is a list of all tracks featured.

List of Music

Beauregard feat Ryvr - 101

Saggie - Easy to Love

9. Series 1 Round Up

vendredi 5 décembre 2025 • Durée 36:02

In this reflective season finale, Laura looks back on the conversations and transformations that shaped Season One of Surrendering to the Signs.

She shares what she has learned from her guests, from her own life, and from the unexpected signs that have continued to appear along the way, including the story of a small alleyway in Glastonbury that offered a message from her sister, three years after her passing.

This episode speaks to the journey we are all on: learning to trust our intuition, listening for the messages that guide us, and finding the courage to walk the path, even when we can’t yet see the ending.

If you’ve ever wondered: Why am I here? What is my purpose? How do I follow the signs in my life?

This closing reflection offers comfort, clarity, and companionship for that journey.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

Laura’s gratitude for the people who helped bring Season One to life
Honoring the guests whose stories opened the season’s conversation
The evolving identity of the podcast and why naming the “mystery” matters
Why so many of us hesitate to talk about spirituality or intuition openly
How signs, synchronicities, and subtle nudges guide us toward alignment
A moving story of Laura’s sister Janice and a message that arrived in Glastonbury
Dreams, symbols, and the quiet language of the unconscious
Seeing relationships through the lens of soul contracts and karmic lessons
Reflections on not having children and the unexpected ways motherhood showed up
What Season Two will explore: deeper conversations, more seekers, practical guidance, and spacious truth-telling

Resources & Links

Spirit Babies, Walter Makichen

The Surrender Experiment, Michael Singer

The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

8. When Life Reinvents Us

vendredi 21 novembre 2025 • Durée 42:49

In this profoundly moving and life-affirming conversation, Laura sits down with Ruud Hopstaken, former healthcare executive, cancer survivor, and now coach, to explore what it truly means to wake up to life.

Ruud shares his extraordinary story: from a high-powered career as vice chair of a major Dutch medical university, to a sudden cancer diagnosis that brought everything to a halt. What followed was not just a physical healing journey, but a spiritual awakening invited him to redefine success, surrender control, and listen deeply to his body and soul.

Together, Laura and Ruud unpack themes of identity, loss, courage, and freedom. This episode is a powerful testament to how even the darkest moments can hold sacred invitations and how surrender can lead to the most profound kind of healing.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

The pivotal moment when Ruud’s life changed overnight
How illness became a messenger and teacher, not an enemy
The experience of losing his stomach and finding wholeness instead
Why he cried tears of loss, not just joy, after being declared cancer-free
How the need for identity and achievement can keep us from truly feeling
The long process of learning to listen to his body’s voice
Stories of transformation: marathons, illness, healing, swimming with the dolphins,and walking with the Maasai
Why he believes cancer was his greatest gift and how it led him to guide others

Bio

Ruud Hopstaken is a coach, mentor, and former senior healthcare executive based in the Netherlands. After decades of high-intensity work in leadership and academia, his life took an unexpected turn with a diagnosis of stomach cancer, a journey that transformed how he saw himself, his work, and the world.

Resources & Links

The Work by Byron Katie

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Teachings on somatic wisdom and Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Ruuds website https://www.ruudhopstaken.com/

7. The Need for Space

vendredi 7 novembre 2025 • Durée 44:07

In this deeply inspiring episode, Laura speaks with Allison Sagraves, data and AI strategist, educator, and lifelong learner whose unconventional journey led her from corporate burnout to a cabin in the woods and to an entirely new way of living.

What began as a quiet yearning for space became a full transformation: from feeling claustrophobic in her career to creating a wild sanctuary rooted in nature, community, and creative purpose. Allison shares how buying a tiny cabin led her into beekeeping, rewilding her land, and reconnecting with the rhythms of the natural world, all while continuing to teach and consult at the highest levels of data and AI leadership.

This conversation beautifully bridges the practical and the spiritual, the technological and the natural. It’s a story of listening deeply, following intuition, and allowing life to unfold in its own time, an act of applied serendipity in every sense.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

How Allison’s yearning for space sparked a life-changing journey
The healing connection between grief, land, and freedom
From corporate claustrophobia to cabin life: what happens when you listen to intuition
How one small cabin turned into a compound of creativity, connection, and care
The surprising intersections between AI, data science, and citizen science
What nature can teach us about systems, resilience, and balance
The future of community: family, tribe, and shared spaces of belonging
Healing through simplicity, rest, and reconnection
Allison’s reflections on risk, resilience, and reclaiming her own narrative

Bio

Allison Sagraves is a data strategist, AI advisor, and educator who helps organizations around the world design intelligent data systems with integrity and insight. She serves on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University in the Chief Data and AI Officer Program and is the founder of Applied Serendipity, where she blends technology, strategy, and soulful leadership.

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