Modern Soul Speaks – Details, episodes & analysis

Hey - So our summer break lasted a little longer than planned and for good reason. In today's episode, we will share all.

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If you're considering becoming a Lunar Coach, this week’s episode could be a perfect motivation.

In episode 23  Lina tells us all about the lunar cycles and how working with the moon's energy can maximize our manifestations but also deepen the healing of anything we want to release and let go of.

This week Lina is back to tell us all about how she became a Moonology Coach as well as topics like, how she found her own spiritual path.

Rachel and Gemma ask her a mix of their more classic questions, as well as an array of questions specific to her modality, Lunar Cycle Coaching.

Book Suggestions:

Moonology™: Working with the Magic of Lunar Cycles by Yasmin Boland

New and Full Moon Ritual Suggestions:

She’s  Lost Control Online ceremonies with Tree Carr

How to stay in Contact with Lina:

Instagram

Website

Did you know your subconscious could be blocking you from creating the perfect home or work environment? 

...And any space we regularly use, provides significant clues to unlock our limitless potential?

This week Emily Rose of @the_energyofspaces talks to Rachel and Gemma about how the spaces you inhabit are a reflection of your subconscious. An expert in both ‘Conscious House Design’ and ‘The Energy of Spaces’, Emily explains how she works with her clients in a collaborative process. That allows her to support them in their own evolution, while also creating homes that reflect their higher selves. 

In this episode, Emily hosts a mini masterclass on the energy of our homes. Then next week she will be back to do a short, chatty interview with the Modern Soul Speaks girls.  

Resources:

Emily’s website

Colour Mirrors

This week sees Gemma and Rachel riff about how they each use meditation, different meditation forms such as gratitude meditations, crystal meditations, walking meditations,, guided meditations, group meditations, hypnotic states, etc., and the benefits from different meditation experiences and practices.

We talk about using meditation for:

• Connection to higher self and Source
• Spirit guide connection
• Theta healing and 7th plane connection
• Breath work
• Cord cutting and gratitude
• Working with crystals
• Chakra work
• Visualisation
• Sound healing - using sound bowls, tibetan bowls, gongs, and tuning forks
  

Gemma also talks listeners through how she conducts her meditation classes and gives tips to people on how to hold their own classes. Some of the tips and what works for Gemma include:

• Telling people what to expect (i.e. breathwork, yoga nidra, visualisation) and when
• Advising attendees on how to know when it’s finished to limit mind chatter
• Starting with breath work
• Focusing on the exhale of breath as well as the inhale
• Considering the depth of meditation
• Healing within meditation
• Being aware of trigger words
• Crystals to use to aid meditation
  

Mentioned in this episode:

• Theta healing
• Diana Cooper 
• Headspace
• Calm
• Gabby Bernstein
• Deepak Chopra
• House of Wisdom
• The Herbalist Hub
• Re:Mind 
• She’s Lost Control
• London Buddhist Centre 

In episode 13, we continue with the vitamin and mineral deficiency series, this week focusing on “the sunshine vitamin”; vitamin D.

We talk about how we produce Vitamin D, the different types of Vitamin D (D2 and D3), what a deficiency looks like, dietary options to enhance vitamin D, toxification if taking an excessive amount, and the official guidance around supplementation.

We also touch upon inflammation - what it is, and anti-flam foods to help lower the levels of it in our bodies.

This will be the last of the deficiency series until later on in the year.

If you have any queries or would like to get in touch with us, please DM us on instragram - @modernsoulspeaks.

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Patrick Holford
• Alternatives events

This week Rachel and Gemma are joined by Rachael Morley, founder of The Herbalist Hub.

With Valentine's Day a few days away, it is the perfect week for a self care topic so Rachael is here to tell us all about Astro Self Care. This is a holistic modality based on Medical Astrology methods and Holistic Herbalism. Together, as you will hear, these practices allow for a deeper understanding of your health and wellbeing needs. Looking at your Astrology Birth Chart, Rachael can identify any areas where you may feel you need some extra wellbeing support, then help you integrate the right herbs, self care practices and adjustments into your lifestyle in a comfortable, supportive way. 

Nearer the end of the episode, Rachael also tells us about her experiences with Shamanism and Light Language, two new areas she is currently exploring.

*Listener's Offer:*

After listening to this episode, we can imagine you may want to give Astro Self Care a try. Rachael has been kind enough to offer our listeners a 10% discount off their first session with the discount code:

MODERNSOUL10

This code can be used on her website. Any question about this offer DM Rachael directly.

How to stay in contact with Rachael:

Follow her on Instagram at: @theherbalisthub

Rachael's Book suggestions:

• Witch: Unleashed. Untamed by Lisa Lister
• Exhale: How to Use Breathwork to Find calm, Supercharge Your Health and Perform at Your Best by Richie Bostock
• A New Light on Ascension by Diana Cooper

This week, in episode 11, we’re riffing on journaling, talking through our personal experiences, the different types of technique we each use and provide insight into the benefits we’ve both received from our respective journaling practices.

We cover techniques such as using journaling for gratitude lists, setting intentions and manifesting, easing anxiety, channeling, or using methodology from Julia Cameron’s book, “The Artist’s Way”.

This will be of specific interest to anyone looking to get started in journaling or those who want to explore different methods of how they can journal.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity” by Julia Cameron
• Abraham Hicks 
• Africa Brooke 
• Amanda Francis 
• “Good Grief - A lightworker's guide to Shadow work” by Ruth August

Please head to our Instagram @modernsoulspeaks for more information on this episode or to get in touch with Rachel and Gemma.

If you want to try something a little different, that will entertain you through Covid, this week’s episode is perfect. The final one in our current intuition series, Gemma talks about symbolism and how it can be used to receive intuitive guidance.

This is a fun, lighthearted episode with all the off-topic chats expected with these two.

Gemma highlights the three different ways we can use symbols for intuitive messages:

1. For reassurance.
2. As a representation of information you need.
3. As guidance on specific questions.
   

She then guides Rachel through several tasks to demo how we can use Tarot and Oracle Cards, as well as our soundings to access our intuition.

The card decks used where:
Rider Waite Tarot Deck
Work Your Light Oracle Cards by Rebecca Campbell

You can head to our Instgram @modernsoulspeaks to see the visuals used.

Today we have our first ever guest. Joanna O from Life Tonic Podcast is with us to go through the Astrology of 2021. What to expect and the Key dates and themes.

You will know by now the Modern Soul Speaks podcast is all about sharing knowledge so we can grow and expand our awareness. To date Rachel and Gemma have been uniquely sharing their knowledge but moving forward, once a month we will invite a guest to share their teachings with us.

Throughout Rachel and Gemma will ask the questions their listeners might be wanting to ask themselves.

We are so grateful to be kicking off this new feature with Joanna’s insights. She is a certified Mindfulness Practitioner and the host of The Life Tonic Podcast. A fast growing resource for intentional living and personal growth. 

Her podcast debuted at the beginning of 2020 and is designed to bring a message of inspiration and transformation for anyone navigating transitional times in their personal growth journey.

Joanna also offers directional one-on-ones to help people overcome chronic stress, anxiety and mindset limitations; working with tools for deeper self-knowledge, allowing them to explore their potential.

Joanna's Instagram: @lifetonispodcast

Books Mentioned:

• 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
• Becoming Supernatural  by Dr Joe Dispenza

Astrology Resources Mentioned:

• Saturn Return Calculator
• Time Passages app

Ep 8 - Pendulums 101

This week we discuss how we both use pendulums.

Firstly, what is a pendulum? “A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely” is the Google definition, but we essentially use the pendulum (which could be a crystal on a chain) as a tool to assist with intuitive messaging.

In this episode, Gemma and Rachel talk about different types of pendulums, ways to use pendulums, the types of questions that can be asked, how answers present themselves, and their personal experiences.

You may notice this week that we’ve taken a slightly different approach to our podcast. Usually, we like to give our listeners something that we’ve learnt ourselves in our studies, and there’s usually a little bit of structure to our episodes, however, this week, we’re “riffing” about our own experience - neither of us have been formally trained in this but we wanted to talk about how we use pendulums in our everyday lives and the guidance they provide us in different ways.