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Part four of the 10-part miniseries (episodes 98–107).

You can drop in here, but the journey builds, start at 98 if you want the full picture.

Here's what nobody in the productivity space wants to admit: working harder is almost never the answer.

And if you're a high-achieving woman who already knows how to get things done, being told to do more isn't just unhelpful. It's completely missing the point.

This episode is about the thing underneath the productivity conversation that nobody's actually asking.

Do you still want what you're working so hard towards?

Because sometimes the resistance isn't laziness, fear, or the wrong system.

Sometimes it's your whole self quietly telling you: this isn't it anymore.

We get into:

• Why the most common problem I see with high achievers has nothing to do with productivity and everything to do with alignment
• What happens when you've been chasing a goal someone else planted in you and you've never stopped to ask if you still want it
• The ship analogy and why being off course by one degree over time lands you in a completely different continent, and why quarterly check-ins will change everything
• Why so many successful people never let themselves stop and celebrate and what it's costing them energetically
• The courage it takes to say I don't want this anymore especially when you've been in it for 10, 15, 20 years
• My three Ds system , delete, delegate, or do and the one rule that makes it an alignment tool, not just a productivity hack
• Why the delete piece is not an excuse (and how to know the difference between misalignment and self-deception)
• The question to ask yourself before you try to fix anything: do you actually want what the system is producing?

This one is for the people who are busy all day and still feel like they're not moving.

Who have the skills, the strategy, the drive and still keep hitting the same wall.

The wall isn't the problem. The direction you're facing is.

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First things first — episode 100.

We got here!

It hasn't always been a straight road, but here we are and I'm not skipping past that without acknowledging it.

This is part three of the 10-part miniseries (episodes 98–107). Drop in anywhere, but the journey builds, so start at 98 if you want the full picture.

Now.

Let's talk about capacity.

Because I'd bet everything that you've been thinking about it upside down.

Capacity isn't about time.

Nor is it about energy.

It's about what you've decided (consciously or not) that you're allowed to have.

And that quiet decision is running everything.

Your income, your success, your ability to actually hold what you've worked so hard to build.

This episode came straight from real conversations I've been having recently, and from watching the universe throw my own material right back at me in real time.

Which, yes, it always does.

We get into:

• Why capacity has nothing to do with how hard you're working and everything to do with what you believe you're allowed to receive
• The glass ceiling conversation. What's actually imposed externally versus what you've quietly self-imposed and called circumstance
• The hot potato problem and why so many high achievers can grasp success but can't hold it, and what's actually going on there
• Why you can hustle for 10 years, get to the ceiling, break through it and still not be able to hold what's on the other side
• What I've observed specifically with female founders that nobody is saying out loud but needs to be said
• Why the work isn't about doing more. It's about deciding you're allowed to have more and then letting yourself
• 35 years in business, the sexism I've faced, and why every single time somebody told me that's not available to you, my answer was the same: watch me

This one is for the high achievers who are working incredibly hard towards goals they don't actually believe (somewhere underneath it all) are really for them.

That's the ceiling.

And now you know it's there.

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This is part two of the 10-part miniseries (episodes 98–107). You can drop in here independently, but if you want the full journey, start at episode 98.

We went deep on identity last episode. Now we go deeper. Into the stories.

Because here's the thing, we all have them. Even those of us who have been doing this work for years.

The stories we carry about who we are, what's possible for us, how the world works.

And the sneakiest part?

We've told them to ourselves so many times, we've stopped noticing they're stories at all. They just feel like facts.

They're not.

This episode is about learning to spot the difference and then doing something about it.

We get into:

• Why the stories you carry feel like facts, and how to start pulling them apart
• The difference between surface-level stories you can hear yourself saying out loud, and the quiet underground ones running the show in your subconscious
• How we take actual data and twist it into a story about ourselves and why that's keeping you stuck
• Why you're unconsciously searching for evidence to confirm the beliefs you already hold (and how to flip that)
• How the stories you carry literally collapse doors of possibility the universe is holding open for you
• The questions to start asking yourself when a story shows up (because awareness alone isn't enough)
• Why changing the story might feel fake at first

This isn't about going back and excavating every wound from your childhood.

It's about catching the story in real time.

Questioning it.

And choosing differently.

Because the problem was never really the story.

It's the authority you've been giving it over your life.

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This is episode one of the 10-part miniseries (running from episode 98 through to 107).

You can drop in anywhere, but if you want the full journey, start here.

We begin where we have to begin. Identity.

Because everything, EVERYTHING, you think you are, somebody told you you were.

And most of us have never stopped to ask: is that actually true?

Did I choose that?

Do I even want it?

This episode isn't about blaming the people who shaped you.

Most of it was said with love, with protection, with the best of intentions.

But good intentions don't stop a story from becoming a prison.

We get into:

• Why identity is the foundation of everything you do or don't have in your life right now
• How the labels placed on you (yes,even the loving, well-meaning ones) quietly shut down parts of you that were never given the chance to develop
• The difference between what was said to you and what was not said (and why the unspoken stuff is often the most powerful)
• Why you're probably defending pieces of yourself that you never actually agreed to carry
• How a passing comment from a total stranger on a random Tuesday in 2008 might still be running your life today
• The shift from awareness to actively choosing differently. Because awareness alone doesn't change anything
• How to start building the evidence for your new identity, one decision at a time

You didn't come to this planet with any of this.

It was programmed in.

And what was programmed can be unprogrammed.

If you picked it up, you can put it down.

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The podcast is back.

And no, I'm not going to spiral into guilt about the gap.

I'm just here, and here is where it counts.

This episode dropped in because of a recent full moon in Sagittarius and the kind of radical honesty it brings.

Not the sit-your-friend-down kind. The sit-yourself-down kind.

I'm talking about the thing so many of us do.

The energy we burn trying to make sure we don't miss what's meant for us.

The overthinking, the crossroads paralysis, the what-if-I-go-the-wrong-way spiral.

And what the universe has been reminding me of, loudly (with a little help from a very happy bird outside my office): what is meant for you will always find you.

We dig into:

• Why overthinking at the crossroads is keeping you stuck and why it actually doesn't matter which road you take

• The truck-and-container metaphor that reframes everything about timing, alignment, and trust
• What happens when you veer off the path (hint: you're still going to find your way back)
• Why staying true to yourself is the only navigation system you actually need
• What's coming in the 10-part miniseries and why it's the most aligned work I've brought to this podcast yet

Plus a little preview of the series arc: from who you were told to be, all the way through to who you actually are and how you go live that.

If you've been here from the beginning, thank you for your patience and for coming back.

If this is your first episode, welcome. You picked a good one.

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Welcome back to the Aligned Alchemy podcast and honestly, what a way to return.

No easing in gently here.

We're going straight to it.

In this episode I'm getting real about a big business mistake I made at the end of 2025 . It's one that, if I'm being completely honest, I absolutely knew better than to make.

And that's exactly why I'm talking about it.

Because if someone who has been working with energy, alignment and intuition for decades can still fall into this trap, you probably can too.

I'm breaking down how I almost launched The Sovereign Circle — a 12-month container that has been in the works for three to four years — on the wrong date, from the wrong energy, for all the wrong reasons.

I'm talking about what it feels like when something looks right on paper but feels completely off, and what happened when I finally listened to that knowing and pulled back.

I'm also getting into a secondary lesson that has shown up before in my life (and maybe in yours too) that is, what happens when you create something based on what other people say they want, rather than what you actually feel called to create.

In this episode:

• Why January 1st is an energetically arbitrary date and what it's costing you in your business
• The internal conflict between your logical, systems-loving self and your intuitive, aligned self (and how to stop letting the wrong one drive)
• The Spring Equinox and why it's the actual energetic new year for starting things
• What "main character energy" looks like in your business and life
• The subtle but critical difference between listening to what your clients say they want and listening to what you're actually called to create
• Why repeated lessons don't mean you failed — they mean you've evolved to a new level

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In this honest and tongue in cheek episode of Aligned Alchemy, I’m pulling back the curtain on one of the most ironic things happening in the spiritual world and that is judgment.

From makeup to manicures to meditation styles, people are still being told what’s “spiritual enough” and what isn’t.

And it’s time we talk about it.

Because here’s the truth.

You do not need to shrink your light, mute your joy, or edit your expression to fit someone else’s version of spirituality.

Inside this episode, I share:
• The real story behind a comment that sparked this conversation
• Why spiritual judgment hits differently (and why it’s so ironic)
• How to release the fear of what others think and live unapologetically
• The deeper spiritual meaning behind my nail art and why it matters
• How to stop letting other people’s opinions dilute your magic

If you’ve ever felt “too much” or “not enough” on your spiritual path, this one’s for you.

It’s funny, freeing, and full of truth bombs that will remind you to live fully.

Exactly as you are.

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In this powerful and eye-opening episode of Aligned Alchemy, I’m diving deep into what your environment really means and it’s not just about your home or your workspace.

Everything around you.....your relationships, the energy of your city, the people you follow online.....is influencing your thoughts, your frequency, and even your body on a cellular level.

In this episode, we explore:
• The unseen layers of your environment and how they shape your energy
• Why your phone might be your most influential (and dangerous) environment
• How social media algorithms quietly manipulate your vibration
• The energetic impact of people, spaces, and digital noise
• How to consciously choose what you absorb (physically, emotionally, and spiritually)

This episode is a reminder that your energy is sacred.

Protect it.

Nurture it.

And be fiercely intentional about what you let in.

Perfect for anyone craving clarity, peace, and energetic sovereignty.

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In this short and potent episode of Aligned Alchemy, I’m calling out one of the biggest misconceptions in the spiritual and manifestation world .......“fake it till you make it.”

You can fool yourself, but you can’t fool the universe.

We explore why pretending doesn’t work and how true manifestation only comes from genuine energetic embodiment.

Inside you’ll hear:
• Why the universe responds to frequency, not words
• The real difference between “believing” and knowing
• How your thoughts, feelings, and vibration shape your reality
• Why intention and emotion matter more than repetition
• The truth about time, energy, and how you bend reality

This one’s a powerful reminder that you don’t have to fake anything , you just have to become it.

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In this powerful episode of Aligned Alchemy, we’re diving into the sacred art of saying yes to yourself.

So many of us find it easy to pour our time, money, and energy into everyone else ......our children, partners, clients, homes and yet freeze when it comes to doing the same for us.

In this episode, we explore how to break that cycle, release the guilt, and reclaim your worth.

You’ll hear:

• Why you don’t need to apologise for showing up as your authentic self

• How generational patterns shape our resistance to self-investment

• The moment everything changes when you say “yes” to you

• A powerful story about waiting too long to put yourself first

• What really happens when you stop saving yourself for “someday”

This is a heart-opening reminder that saying yes to yourself isn’t selfish. It’s sacred.

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This conversation is your reminder that sometimes, it’s not about doing more, pushing harder or forcing the outcome.

It’s about surrendering, allowing and trusting that if it was truly meant for you, it would already be here.

Inside this episode:
• The difference between forcing and allowing in manifestation and spiritual growth
• Why doing “all the right things” can still block what you desire
• How to shift from attachment to surrender without giving up
• Real-life stories of doors closing and unexpected alignment opening
• The deeper lesson in timing, pivots and patience

This episode is for anyone who feels like they’ve been doing everything right but still aren’t seeing results.

Let this be your permission slip to exhale, release, and move into the sweet spot of trust.

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Learn five practical steps to release what no longer serves you and invite new energy on the Autumn Equinox.

Includes journaling prompts, cleansing and decluttering guidance, grounding practices in nature and one action to move you toward a heart led dream.

Bonus flash sale code for the moon circle for 48 hours.

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In this episode of the Aligned Alchemy Podcast, Ichel dives into a powerful truth that came through under the moon’s energy: you can’t lose what you never had.

Exploring how attachment to ideas, identities, relationships, and illusions of security keep us stuck in fear and how to release them so you can step into alignment and freedom.

You’ll learn:

• Why fear of “losing” is often tied to illusions and attachments

• How this shows up in relationships, careers, and even politics

• The danger of rose-coloured glasses and clinging to the past

• Why security is an illusion — and what you can trust instead

• The deeper spiritual question: who is shaking the jar?

This episode is a wake-up call to see things clearly, break free from false attachments, and step fully into your power.

Listen now and reclaim your truth.

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Do you really trust the universe or are you holding on “just in case”?

In this episode of the Aligned Alchemy Podcast, we explore the profound spiritual lesson of trust: why it can’t be partial, how surrender shifts everything, and what happens when you finally let go of control.

Inside this episode you’ll discover:

• Why trust can’t be 50% . It’s all or nothing.

• The difference between understanding a lesson and truly knowing it.

• How life’s hardest moments (the ones that bring you to your knees) become the gateway to trust.

• Why surrendering control activates the laws of the universe in your favor.

• How to spot the ways you’re not trusting and shift into full alignment.

• Practical wisdom on letting go, releasing attachments, and stepping fully into flow.

  
  

If you’ve been clinging to backup plans, second-guessing yourself, or trying to control every outcome, this episode will help you surrender, trust, and move into alignment with the universe.

As always, I apprecaite you listening and would love to hear your shares and thoughts!

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In this episode of the Aligned Alchemy Podcast, we’re exploring the power of your words, the frequency, tone, and energy behind everything you speak.

Inside you’ll discover:

• How your words create your reality (for better or worse)

• Why self-talk impacts your body on a cellular level

• The “plant experiment” that proves tone changes everything

• How to shift from self-sabotage to self-mastery through language

Your word is your wand — are you speaking yourself into expansion, or limitation?

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Episode 86: Who are you getting into bed with? Energetic entanglements explained

In this juicy and eye-opening episode of Aligned Alchemy, we dive deep into the truth about energetic entanglements.

From the physical to the spiritual. It’s not just about who you share your bed with, but also who you share your energy, dreams, and intentions with every single day.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why sex and intimacy leave energetic imprints that linger long after the moment

• How friendships, business partners, and even online communities impact your energy field

• The hidden costs of entanglement (not just the gains we focus on)

• Why sharing your future plans can dilute your manifestation power

• A simple practice: pause, breathe, and ask — Who am I really getting into bed with, and what will it cost me?

Every connection leaves a mark. It’s time to get conscious about who you’re entwining with, physically, emotionally, and energetically.

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In this heartfelt and uplifting episode, we dive into the simple but profound truth: happiness is your natural state.

Too often, we get stuck in cycles of grumpiness and suffering, forgetting that joy is our birthright.

What you’ll learn:

• How we get attached to misery and why it becomes habitual

• The power of gratitude to shift your mindset instantly

• Simple daily practices to amplify happiness and joy

• Why your energy is contagious. Spread your joy and watch it ripple out

• A reminder that happiness is your default setting and it’s waiting for you

If you’ve been feeling stuck or disconnected from joy, this episode is your gentle, encouraging nudge back to happiness.

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Holding onto the past out of fear?

In this episode of Aligned Alchemy, we explore why letting go of the past is essential for personal transformation, how to navigate the void with trust, and what happens when you fully align with your purpose.

You’ll discover how to:

• Overcome fear of change and trust the universe

• Stop “just in case” thinking that blocks manifestation

• Close energetic loops so abundance and new opportunities can flow in

Whether you’re leaving a job, ending a toxic relationship, or stepping into your spiritual growth journey, this is your invitation to close the chapter and embrace the new.

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A 5 part mini-series to cover the fifty spiritual words of wisdom I'd tell my 20-year-old self if I could go back in time!

Episodes 79-83 cover all 5 parts, all 50 things!

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A 5 part mini-series to cover hte fifty spirituaal words of wisdom I'd tell my 20-year-old self if I could go back in time!

Episodes 79-83 cover aall 5 parts, all 50 things!

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A 5-part miniseries to cover the fifty spiritual words of wisdom I'd tell my 20-year-old self if I could go back in time!

A 5-part miniseries to cover the fifty spiritual words of wisdom I'd tell my 20-year-old self if I could go back in time!

Ok so let's rattle some cages, rock some boats and shake some people by the collars to wake up because this one needs to be spoken about.

Notice how it's mostly women who are told they are selfish?

When you know what is in alignemnet, when you identify your own wants and needs?

Isn't that what we are here for? To live OUR lives?

And yet the same people who say you are selfish are the ones who are selfish as they have an expectation that you should put THEIR wants, their expectations, their interpretations of how your life should look before their own.

Food for thought, right?

Anytime you are getting into worry you are getting into control and you are exisiting in the future.

Neither place will bring you the solutiions you are looking for, rather they will keep you attracting more things to worry about!

In this episode, discover how to get out of the worry loop and live from a place that actually brings solutions to you.

Absolutely everything that happens in your life is medicine for you to learn, grow and evolve.

Listen to this podcast to discover the most recent personal example and how these metaphors also apply to you and your life.

As your grow and evolve throughout life, you will most likely find that the circles around you change.

Do you allow this with no resistance or do you create stories about what it means, what others will think of you, and so make yourself small to stay in the same circles?

It is a beautiful and powerful thing to be supported and understood, exactly where you are. When you grow and change make sure those circles around you are changing, too.

As the shaman I work with says, the most difficult journey for most people to make is the 17 inches from their head to their heart.

Why?

When you're living from a level of low-grade anger or fear, you're not living in your heart - you're likely living in your head. In your heart there is no anger, there's no passive-aggressiveness, and there's no fear.

I'm not saying that if somebody physically, verbally, or emotionally abuses you, you should respond with a "love and light" attitude.

Absolutely NOT! Always put boundaries in place and protect yourself at all costs.
I simply suggest thinking about what you're absorbing on the daily as you interact with your close circles. Is this really how you want to operate for the rest of your life?

What head-based behaviors do you no longer wish to tolerate (in yourself and others)?
Value your thoughts and your mind, but always remember to make the journey back down to the heart.

If you are asking if you are overthinking the short answer is yes!

In this episdoe we explore why you are overthinking and how it's not your fault.

If you're like most people who listen to this podcast, you are a light worker and an empath.

So sometimes when we are feeling big emotions like fear, it's energy we have absorbed and taken on from the collective, not even our own.

Sometimes when we feel big emotions like fear, it's simply energy that we've absorbed and taken on from the collective or our closest circles.

It's not even our own.

Immersing yourself in social media and the mainstream news in particular is detrimental to your wellbeing, so my suggestion is to put down the phone and step away...

You may consider it harmless to doom scroll on Instagram, TikTok, etc., but beware that these programs are designed to create an echo chamber around you.

For instance, if you find a story on social media that makes you pause and say, “Oh my goodness, that's awful! What if that happens to ME?”

...the algorithm will notice that you watched and reacted, so it will feed you more of the same. Before long, your entire feed is filled with stories that are reaffirming your worst fears and anxieties.

Fears that never would've been introduced into your life had you, say, spent that doom scroll time tending to your garden, or choosing to play with your kids or pets.

Whether it's social media, the news, or your gloom and doom next door neighbor, it's essential to separate what is yours from what is not.

How much personal power and energy do you leak by arguing with someone who is so committed to their opinion they will never see your perspective?

Want to hear one of my favorite pieces of advice about this? I learned it from my shaman.

“If you don't want to get wet, stay out of the water.”

What many of us do is dive straight into the water. We have an urge to get involved, we want to help our friends and family, we desperately want to save the other person. 

As a result, we make ourselves wet by getting in that water, into that drama.

The truth is, you can choose to be on the riverbank where it's dry and leave everybody else is in the water to live their own life experiences…

In their stuff, in their stories, in their entanglements and attachments.

It's got nothing to do with you.

The power is within the observer. The power is within the unattached.

It is ALWAYS about you and your energy.

One foot in, one foot out energy will attract exactly that back to you.

You have to take a hard look at yourself. Where is your energy going? What is your focus like? Is it scattered about or is it laser beam zeroed in?

The reason why a laser works the way it does is because all of its energy is focused onto one spot.

But if you take those same beams of energy and scatter them them all over the room, the laser is going to have no power at all.

So, is your energy a scattered, fractalized laser beam?

Or is it super focused and showing the universe what it is that you want? 

Whatever you're currently experiencing in your life is what you have created.

It's exactly what you though was or wasn't possible.

So, if your life looks pretty mediocre right now, it's because that is what you thought was possible or available to you.

But the happy news? You can pivot.

We're conditioned to think that whatever decision we make, that decision is final. That we're married to it for life. That we can't make another choice.

The truth is, you can turn your life into a "choose your own adventure."

You can choose one direction, and if that choice doesn't end up feeling good...

Or if things don't end up work out the way you intended...

You have the power to flip the script.

BUT before you do, trust that you were taken in that direction for a reason. You were meant to experience something specific.

Once you've integrated the lesson, simply allow yourself to choose a different direction...

Ever notice how elders seem so wise? It's not just a stereotype - it's because they get it! Time is finite.

I've learned time and again that the time to jump is always NOW.

So, let me ask you - what is stopping you from starting right now?
Could you start right now? Could you start tomorrow?

Don't be one of those people who are bitter and resentful and twisted 10, 20 years from now because of the chances you didn't take, because of the opportunities you didn't leap at.

I challenge you today to do one thing that you've been delaying - that one nagging thing you've been putting off.

What happens is that this simple action begins to change your identity.

So, what do you need to change in your stories that’ll allow you to take that leap right NOW? 

Have you ever grown apart from a friend you've had since kindergarten or high school? Suddenly realizing that you don't have much in common with that person anymore?

The truth is, we are all moving ALL the time. Sometimes we simply move one way and the people we were close to move in a totally different direction.

Even when you believe yourself to be at rest, you're not. Everything else is still moving past you...

So you may think you're in the same place, but you're actually further back than where you were!

But rather than focusing on the loss and what you're "losing," focus instead on what you're gaining. Namely, the positives and all the things that you want to accentuate in your life.

Trust that what's falling away is making space for something that is more in magnetic alignment with who you are NOW...

I was asked a question about the podcast many moons ago, and I’m finally getting around to answering it!

The question was, “What is alchemy?” (Fair enough, since the podcast is called “Aligned Alchemy,” after all.)

Alchemy is one of those words that is bandied around in spiritual circles, like “alignment,” “transmutation,” transcendence,” etc. Spiritual alchemy is basically the same thing the alchemists of old did, transforming their lead into gold, but now we're alchemizing our spiritual experience; our life experience.

Think of someone in your life who went through a really difficult, life-altering situation. Someone that you greatly admire because of who they've become today due to that experience. They took something dreadful that you would never wish on anyone and they're now showing others how to alchemize that darkness and come out into the light.

So that, to me, is what alchemy is. It's taking the most difficult, the most painful, the darkest parts of yourself and your life, and turning them into gold. And we're not talking science labs here. We're talking about your LIFE.

Nature has seasons and ebbs and flows, so why should WE be any different?

One of the biggest lies that we have been told (and this is one thing that I REALLY stand on) is that your worth comes from how much you do and how much you can constantly go go go go go without stopping.

The idea that the more you do, the more valuable you are is an absolute crock of utter nonsense.

Nature gives us all the cues and leads and everything that we need. Honestly, there are lessons to be found there EVERY single day.

If you take your cues from nature and you really take the time to pause and observe it, soaking up all the wisdom, you’ll see that nature bends to seasons and cycles, ebbs and flows.

Nature is never going full out 100 miles an hour nonstop. It knows when to push. It knows when to pull back. It knows when to be in action, it knows when to be in rest.
So, what if you took your cues from nature? What if you allowed yourself to flow into these seasons and cycles as well?

And you can learn all about my upcoming Sacred Seasonal Collective Mastermind here (doors open back up soon): https://www.ichelfrancis.com/sacred-seasonal-collective

Do you stick with things that don’t resonate anymore? Or get distracted by what other people say you "should" be doing, especially when it comes to business and creativity?

Of course, it’s great to get helpful advice, but it is ALWAYS a good idea to follow your path with heart.

Does it feel fun? Does it feel exciting? Is this the direction you even want to go in anymore?

Do what feels good. Because I'm telling ya, if you’re not feeling good or excited or aligned, nothing that you put out, nothing that you create, will feel good. And people will read that energy ALL day long.

Life is to be lived, so grab it with both hands. Follow your bliss. Do what lights you up. And make sure not to become disconnected from that along the way.

This week’s episode is mostly a PSA for these challenging times, but also serves as a more nuanced way of looking at the concept of self-care and how to discover the specific "medicine" that we need.

This episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast explores…

-Why there's actually nothing to worry about despite these intense solar flares
Why it's important to move out of the left brain during these challenging times

-Why it's perfectly fine if you're not experiencing anything groundbreaking

-Why multitasking takes us out of the moment

-How to identify what YOU need and how to give that medicine to yourself

You’ve got this. We’ve got this. We’ll find our way through.

The lesson in this week’s episode was inspired by nature yet again. The swallows didn’t come for me this time, though…it was the tulips!

Here’s how it went down -

Last week, between calls, I took a little break outside. But before going back into the office to resume work, I decided to pause and enjoy my beautiful tulips a little bit longer.

I really immersed myself in the moment, completely present with the beauty, the explosion of color, the texture, the aroma. I dedicated all of my senses to this experience (as one tends to do this deep into Taurus season).

And then, I suddenly realized that I had things all backwards...(and you probably do, too...).

Listen in for some timely advice and lessons from the tulips!

A little lesson I learned from the swallows…

Think about the dreams and aspirations you had - maybe as a teenager, maybe in your early 20s. How aligned are you with them now? Did you abandon these dreams at any point? Or did you choose to keep going with them?

This is your reminder to check in with your heart, to check in with your dreams. Are you following your heart path? Pause and ask yourself…

“Is this still the direction I want to be moving in?”

Swallow medicine asks us: “Are you moving towards your dreams or are you going backwards? It’s okay to pivot, but you’ve got to keep moving forward.”

The most powerful, important change is the one that YOU choose…

It's the one that YOU instigate, it's the one that YOU co-create with the universe, and that becomes an unstoppable force.

How many of you from a really young age asked, "What am I doing here?"

Like it or not, the fact of the matter is that every single thing about you, YOU chose.

Your mom, your dad, your siblings, the color of your skin, your gender, your nationality - you chose to be here and now for a reason, to learn lessons and evolve the way your soul needs to at this moment.

And not only do you have your spiritual lineage, you also carry the wisdom and lessons of your ancestry and bloodline here on earth!

So, do we come to the planet with a natural ability, or is it more a matter of teaching, practicing, and mastery? And do our children inherit our gifts, too?

A word of caution as you ponder this week's Aligned Alchemy Podcast episode on nature vs nurture - you might not like what comes up to the surface under this full moon in Scorpio!

Everything is illuminated, bringing the hidden out front and center...

I advise you to lean into this energy by allowing hidden or unexplored truths to bubble to the surface. Trust that everything happens for a reason! And do let me know what you discover...

If you’re sensitive to locations and environments, the energy of specific places may greatly affect your personal energy as soon as foot touches ground.

I believe many of us possess this gift of clairempathy…

Think back to a time when you looked at photos of a seemingly-perfect vacation spot or flipped through the listing of a promising new home, but when you actually stepped into the area, physically, you felt something else entirely.

My advice? Listen to this inner knowing and choose where you spend your time wisely!

This episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast explores…

• Tapping into the gift of geographical and environmental sensitivity

• Why listing prices and property taxes aren't the most important factors when considering a new home

• Tools to protect your environment when circumstances change

• How to get your energy “back” asap!

• The sacred spot I chose for my summer solstice retreat and why I said, “Yes, this is it!”

If a summer solstice retreat in the highlands of Scotland, on sacred ancestral ground, with sister goddesses (and yours truly) sounds like your idea of heaven, you can check out all the details here: https://www.ichelfrancis.com/retreat

Spaces are limited, so I encourage you to secure your spot asap if you feel called to join us in June.

Ultimately, an eclipse is a bringer of change. And today's eclipse is a bringer of How do you feel about drastic change? Are you like, "Yeah! Bring it on!" Or more like, "Uh oh, I really don't like the unknown..." Either way, trust that this eclipse is accelerating what you need. This might not be what you want to hear from me right now, because what we need isn't always what we want to hear, but trust that the wheels are in motion. Ask yourself - "What would a warrior do at this time?" When you receive what you receive with this eclipse, simply be thankful, take your medicine, and take your lessons from it.

How many life metaphors are you being given all the time but are not finding the true lesson within them?

We often think that signs are completely mundane, ordinary things (which they are, to the layperson).

However, every sign is interlaced with magic and ancient wisdom containing beautiful lessons and messages.

IF and only IF you choose to see them...

If you don't, it's easy to think you're just moving through life on a mundane hamster wheel.

Once we break free from this illusion, we realize that magic is interwoven into every single thing...making every encounter meaningful. 

Aligned Alchemy podcast explores…

• A frustrating tech issue that turned out to be more of a "me" issue and the lesson that came along with it
• Why we think we need multiple signs (why one often doesn't feel like enough)
• Our inclination to bend and manipulate signs in order to confirm what we already believe
• The pitfalls of rushing through life and the important things we miss when we're in "go" mode
• A simple trick to slowing down and embracing the "transitional" phases of life
• How self-trust factors into everything

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You have a spiritual gift.

Something that comes so easily and naturally to you that you may not even consider it a gift.

Are you allowing your gift to be seen?

Are you even aware of it in the first place?

Sometimes we subconsciously don't acknowledge our spiritual gifts because this acknowledgment involves allowing parts of our current identity to fall away...

Our current understanding of how the world works, maybe even the foundations of our childhood, how we were brought up, and the things we were taught.

To fully acknowledge your spiritual gifts would mean putting away some of those understandings, and that can create such cognitive dissonance that it further prevents you from acknowledging them in the first place.

This episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast explores…

- How to find and accept your spiritual gifts

- Why assumptions and comparison can dilute your potential

- How society makes us believe that we can't freely share our gifts

- Why holding back our gifts is detrimental to the planet 

- The power of acceptance and acknowledgment

I truly hope that this episode unlocks something within you, inspiring you to realize your gifts and change your frequency for the good of the planet!

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Have you heard of the "Witch Wound?"

It goes all the way back to the history of how witches, healers, herbalists, midwives, etc. were persecuted, hunted, and murdered in the most horrific of ways.

This gruesome point in time has been held as trauma in our bodies for hundreds of years, and is the root of why spiritualists and mystics avoid standing out...

It's for the sake of survival.

It's for the sake of being accepted and not rejected from the community.

So many of us still hold the subconscious belief that when we share our spiritual gifts, we'll be shamed or ridiculed. And, while this no longer means certain death, it does often result in a social "death."

However, hiding our true selves results in something far worse than social death - it results in the shaming and shunning of ourselves.

Trust that your authenticity is what makes you so profoundly beautiful. I would love to see a world where we can all show who we are…

This episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast explores…

- A deeply personal childhood experience that I was told never to share outside of the home

- Why my mom called herself a "secret hippie"

- One of my most pivotal experiences with a mentor that changed everything

- Why we feel the need to blend in

- What happens when you allow yourself to be seen

Also, have you heard?! There is a powerful portal opening next week and I want to make sure you are able to make the absolute most of this opportunity.

So, I am here to invite you to stop working with the made up New Year you've been lied to about and start working with nature's REAL New Year for phenomenal change. Join me on March 19th at 12:00pm PT for this super potent Equinox event I am hosting where you will discover: 

- The reason you’ve been lied to your whole life

- A deeper understanding of what makes you tick

- A connection to the ancestors and ancient ones and the systems they used -

- History of the Equinox and its importance in many civilizations

- Your best plan of action for contentment, harmony and success

- Rituals and tools to help amplify the Equinox energy

Sign up for FREE right here! https://www.ichelfrancis.com/the-real-new-year-equinox-event

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Finding a community - a group of people who get you, a place where you feel safe, seen, and heard - is absolutely essential to how far, how fast, and how deeply you will go in your journey.

Many people (especially women) don’t feel safe or supported to share their true, authentic self with their local communities…

In fact, many women who are drawn to join my circles tend to have throat chakra issues due to their struggles trying to express themselves without fear of judgment from their peers.

It’s amazing the magic a supportive community can weave around you, inspiring you to shine your light so that you can, in turn, light the way for others.

This episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast explores…

• The stories we’re told (and believe) that prevent us from shining our light
• Why having a guide is just one part of the journey
• How to use your “training wheels” to learn how to prepare for the bigger world
• Why you’re never truly alone
• Juicy teasers and a special invite!

As mentioned in the episode, you can find out more about my Goddess Moon Circle here: https://www.ichelfrancis.com/thegoddessmooncircle

And learn more about the Scotland Summer Solstice retreat here: https://www.ichelfrancis.com/retreat

Have you ever thought you were coming from a place of love for wanting to help someone (especially someone close to you)?

Despite your best intentions, there is actually something else that can be at play here.

You may be so much in your ego that you think you know exactly what that person needs…

But how can you? Do you know what their personal karma is? Do you have a roadmap of their life?

The situation very easily crosses over into control...

“I know what's best for you. Just DO THIS THING that I'm giving to you! I KNOW it's going to give you the results you need!”

But how do you know that?

Just because it gave YOU certain results doesn't mean it's going to give the person you love those same results.

What if forcing them to go down a specific path means that they miss out on an entire lesson that may have been life changing for them if they had just figured it out on their own?

Most of us can’t see into the future. So we must release control and expectation, trusting that whatever is happening is happening for the highest good of all involved.

Also, be sure to download your FREE copy of the Personal Power Retrieval Process eBook that I mention in this episode. I take you through the steps that I took and I give you all of the tools that I have used to show you how to call your personal power back in so that you can do what you have been put here on earth to do.

Download your FREE copy here. https://www.ichelfrancis.com/personal-power-retrieval-process-ebook

Is your worth dependent on what you do? If so, what happens if that title changes or is taken from you? Who are you then? How much doing, exactly, do you have to do to feel worthy? And what would happen if you stopped doing?
All this and more in a deep dive into this commonly-experienced notion that your worth is somehow linked to your ability to do. I’m here to assure you that this is not true!
This episode of the Aligned Alchemy podcast explores…

• How we are conditioned to “do” by our parents, role models, and society
• The beautiful experience of just “being”
• Why creating doesn’t have to involve an agenda or specific outcome
• Exploring ways of being that are free from the compulsion to monetize, monetize, monetize everything
• Where expansion, inspiration, and new ideas truly come from

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