The Spirituality Out Loud Podcast

SOL Ep 022 Layla Saad Writer, speaker and founder of Wild Mystic Woman

Layla Saad is a writer and speaker, whose work focuses on centering the stories, art and magic of people of colour. As the founder of Wild Mystic Woman, Layla's work explores the intersecting themes of spirituality, creativity, feminism, business, leadership, and sacred activism.

As an East African, Arab, British, Muslim, feminist, soul seeker, living in the Middle East (Qatar), and sharing her work with the global community, Layla stands at a diverse intersection of identities, from which she is able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. Layla’s own personal journey as a black Muslim woman, her work with her clients and her writings often confront the oppressive cultures of patriarchy and white supremacy.

In addition to her popular work as writer, Layla is also a spiritual and business mentor, a certified Reiki II energy practitioner, an award-winning speaker, an Advisory Board Member for the Awarepreneurs Community, and the host of the Wild Mystic Woman Podcast.

 Website:
http://www.wildmysticwoman.com/

Patreon:
http://www.patreon.com/laylasaad

Instagram:
http://https://www.instagram.com/wildmysticwoman/

Business FB Page:
http://https://www.facebook.com/wildmysticwoman/

Wild Mystic Woman Podcast:
http://www.wildmysticwoman.com/wild-mystic-woman-podcast/

SOL Ep 021 Anakha Coman Author and all around Spiritual bada$$

This week’s podcast with Anakha brought me to tears, filled me up, gave me so many things. Give yourself a gift and listen to this woman’s wisdom!

Anakha speaks, teaches and consults with leaders and organizations worldwide. Her clients include Intel, Nike, Microsoft, Eli Lilly, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, SalesForce.com, the Mindfulness as Medicine Initiative, Save the Children and Parker Hannifin. She designed and co-authored the foundational curriculum for Intel’s corporate mindfulness program in 2011, then co-founded and launched Awake@Intel, a successful initiative to realize the potential of employee and corporate intelligence. She created and facilitates Awake at Work, a mindfulness based program aimed at increasing employee engagement, creativity, collaboration and wellness.

With an emphasis on mindfulness, relational and collaborative intelligence, and dynamic innovation, Anakha’s expertise is in organizational and leadership development. She holds a Masters in Organizational and Leadership Development, a Masters in Consciousness/Divinity, and a professional certificate in Spirituality, Health and Medicine. She is a certified Expressive Arts therapist and an ordained interfaith minister. 

Anakha is the author of The Proof: A 40-Day Program for Embodying Oneness (Hay House 2009); and The Law of Emergence: Living Your Soul’s Blueprint for Brilliance; and Awake at Work™, an online mindfulness program available through Sounds True. She is a leader within the Global Oneness Movement in conjunction with the United Nations and Humanity’s Team. She successfully designed and deployed a transformational justice program for incarcerated women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Oregon, entitled The Miracle of a New Beginning.

 www.awakeatworkinstitute.com 
www.awakeatworktraining.com 
https://www.facebook.com/anakha.coman
https://www.instagram.com/anakha_coman/

Leesa Renee Hall, Unwinding Oppression...Patreon Account
http://leesareneehall.com/expressivewriting-prompts-to-use-if-youve-been-accused-of-whitefragility-spiritualbypass-or-whiteprivilege/#sthash.lScvX20i.iQofrIK7.dpbs

Desiree Lynn Adaway, Freedom School
http://desireeadaway.com/

Abagail Rose Clarke, The Skeleton Key:  Dismantle
http://www.abigailroseclarke.com/dismantle/

Anakha Coman, Feminine Leadership and Embodiment and Unwinding Oppression and White Supremacy
www.awakeatworkinstitute.com 

Judith Blackstone
https://www.soundstrue.com/store/the-realization-process-2436.html

“most of the time most of our brains are constantly searching am I safe, do I belong. I teach people how to put these fears to rest” ~ Anakha Coman

“A lot of time, people think the spiritual path is up and out, and that is one direction, I have been doing down and in and more relational. That is where all the complexity is, if I am just up and out, I can bypass a lot of my neuroses and challenges in my relationships” ~ Anakha Coman

SOL Ep 020 David Wetton~ Faith Based Executive Coach, Emotional & Spiritual Intelligence Thought Leader

David is a Faith Based Executive Coach, Emotional & Spiritual Intelligence Thought Leader and Warwick Business School Alumni Mentor. He runs a Leadership Legacy Programme™ to help senior executives define and deliver their legacy to the world. He also offers tailored leadership coaching and consulting, working with groups of executives in transformational organizational workshops. His coaching provides a time of intense learning for his clients, which by its very nature will be transformational, since the central focus is on the personal growth and contribution of the business leader.

He brings a unique blend of corporate, academic and spiritual depth to his coaching and consulting.

David is an ordained UK interfaith minister and spiritual counsellor; which means that he’s committed to holding a safe, heartfelt compassionate space for all those he coaches.

Social links: Website:    http://davidwetton.com/

LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/SpiritInWork

Twitter:      https://twitter.com/spiritinwork

To book a free session with David go here. https://davidwetton.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=4808199

SOL Ep 019 Anuradha Kowtha Transformation Consultant @ Manifest by Design

Anuradha Kowtha, is the CEO and Transformation Consultant at Manifest by Design. She’s a proud American and Brit, and proud of the south Indian heritage from her immigrant parents. Anuradha has a B.S. in Biology, an M.A. in Rhetoric. She’s an experienced educator, researcher, editor, and business owner. She’s also an accomplished Bharata Natyam dancer.

She now guides clients through this work of rediscovering who they are, why they are here and removing the conditioning that keeps them from doing it and writing powerfully about her work from within the fire of her life. She’s also had the courage to follow her calling: speaking her truth, however uncomfortable, letting go of careers, homes, relationships and beliefs that are not in alignment, and pursuing that life of meaning and freedom that is our birth right. And now she help her clients do the same in their lives. Anuradha truly believe marginalized folx can fulfill their calling and do their work in the world.

Website: http://www.manifestbydesign.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/AnuradhaKowtha
Facebook: http://facebook.com/manifestbydesign
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/anuradhakowtha
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/anuradhakowtha/
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ManifestByDesign

SOL Ep 18 Calvin Chen

Calvin Chen has a degree in Bioinformatics and worked at a Genomics institute, and NASA. In the middle of a successful career decided to become a Coach and worked with Tony Robbins before starting his own practice. Today we get to hear how this 1^st generation immigrant goes along the path in his own spiritual life.

He was born to Chinese immigrants from a war-torn Vietnam, in Los Angeles in 1983. His childhood was all about survival, opportunities, and the pressure for excellence. Some would call it tiger parenting, but for him growing up, that was just life. From every school subject, to Tae Kwon Do, to (even) rapping... he got good at being good at things! Except happiness. That mystery eluded him until his late twenties.

Calvin is a coach now, but in my previous life, He was a math and science guy, he got a degree in Bioinformatics from UC San Diego, and worked a Genomics Institute. He even worked at NASA for a bit. And then, he got the bright idea to become an entrepreneur instead.  He went from that profession to eventually, life and business coaching, working for the Anthony Robbins Company. He started his own coaching practice 4 years ago.

As a coach, he helps his clients to get more out of themselves, others, and life. Practically speaking, that has meant breakthroughs in revenue, first round knockouts in the UFC, high performing teams and better leadership, re-invigorated relationships, and a deeper sense of personal freedom/well-being.

Ultimately, he wants to contribute to a world where more people are successful, happy, and having a positive impact ... because that's what flourishing is all about!

Social links: 

https://www.facebook.com/cvchen
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvinvchen/
www.calvinvchen.com

SOL Ep 17 Felina Danalis Mindfulness Coach

Felina Danalis works with busy professionals to create more time for what really matters - and that usually isn't more time on the computer! As a mindfulness coach, she has helped people around the world create lives at home and work that they genuinely want to be present to. A Greek-American polyglot with a passion for sustainability, hiking, great organic bubble baths and the big questions of meaning and purpose, she currently lives in Palm Springs, California.

Her free eBook, 45 Days of Mindfulness: The Easy Guide to Developing a Daily Practice is available on her website http://www.felinadanalis.com/

Social links: 
https://www.facebook.com/SpiritualFitnessCoachingLLC 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMwC6ZkX9BztVWYZYoKnOlw/featured
https://medium.com/@Fdanalis  

Quinn Fontaine Author and Actor

Quinn Fontaine began his studies in Communications Media at Simmons College in Boston and continued his education studying Performance/Video at the California College of the Arts in Oakland. Fontaine went on to star in the independent feature, Some Prefer Cake. He also co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred with the sketch comedy troupe Nude Coffee, playing venues throughout the United States and Europe, most notably Edinburgh’s International Fringe Festival. Fontaine’s first-ever one person show, LEARNING TO STAY, was selected for fellowship with The Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. Fontaine’s second solo show, aptly titled KATHLEEN FONTAINE: THE MAN, THE MYSTERY!, played to sold out audiences.

He has just completed his first book, HUNG LIKE A SEAHORSE: A Real-Life Transgender Adventure of Tragedy, Comedy and Recovery. In addition to creating his standup comedy special, HUNG LIKE A SEAHORSE: the show + tell version, Quinn’s currently planning his SPRING 2018 NATIONAL BOOK TOUR! Be on the lookout for both coming to a city near you.

website: http://quinnfontaine.com/
facebook: QUINN ALEXANDER FONTAINE
twitter: quinnfontaine1
intsagram: themanthemystery

Indigo Ocean Dutton Author and Principal Consultant at Awaken Business Consulting

Today’s podcast is with Indigo Ocean Dutton. It is filled with laughter and spirituality and a deep knowing. I could have talked to her for hours!  Her way of telling stories and explaining her experience filled me up.

Indigo Ocean Dutton is the author of Being Bliss and Micro Habits for Major Happiness. She is also the principal consultant at Awaken Business Consulting, where she helps clients tap into their intuitive guidance system and combine that clarity with practical business methodology to develop profitable businesses that fulfill both personal and financial aims.

Social links: 

https://AwakenBusinessConsulting.com

EPISODE QUOTABLES:

I was taught from a very young age that I got to choose my religion and I started actively working on that something around 12. I was at the town library reading books to help me decide my own religion. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton

I had a really close personal relationship with Jesus Christ as a child. Long before I was thinking about any of these thoughts, when I was 8 I remember sitting in my room, while everyone else was outside playing or studying and I was just sit there by myself having conversations with Jesus Christ for hours at a time. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton

I am pretty sure I knew my astrological sun sign before I knew my address. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton

There was always a Mystical openness and Mystical curiosity  that was indulged throughout my family. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton

I was deeply deeply deeply spiritual my entire life. I don’t have any memories that weren’t very spiritually aware. It was normal to me that you would have a relationship with someone like Jesus Christ. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton

Suzanne Giesemann~ Evidential Medium and Author

Suzanne Giesemann is an evidential medium who provides stunning evidence of life after death.  A spiritual teacher and the author of twelve books, she is a former U.S. Navy Commander who served as a commanding officer, special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations, and as aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

I have personally taken her Serving Spirit Class where she teaches people to be able to create their own connection to spirit. I also just got her new meditations where she combines Hemi-Sync to help create the connection.

Suzanne’s gift of communication with those on the other side has been recognized as highly credible by noted afterlife researchers.  Whether in her books, her classes and workshops, or her one-on-one sessions, she brings messages of hope, healing, and love that go straight to the heart.

Links:

https://www.suzannegiesemann.com
https://www.Facebook.com/SuzanneGiesemann
https://www.SanayaSays.com
https://www.StillRightHere.com

EPISODE QUOTABLES:

"I didn't realize that this kind of emptiness that I felt inside a lot was a spiritual emptiness I know that now in hindsight now that I've discovered this light that we all have inside I was the kind of person that you know I stayed in a marriage longer than I should have because I was afraid of being alone and now I know we're never alone and that we'd have guides and helpers and our loved ones on the other side or as near as our thoughts and I just didn't know that in the past well so I don't know." ~ Suzanne Giesemann

"I was out of control with food, I was that trying to fill that emptiness inside me and now I don't deal with that at all. I think that was actually part of my path of learning to trust my intuition and listening to my body and listening to that voice inside. Do I really need to eat this now? That was the start but I didn't see that as a spiritual path." ~Suzanne Giesemann

"I know that we're here to learn certain lessons for our soul’s growth." ~Suzanne Giesemann

"I know that I've turned that tragedy (her step daughters death) into something really healing for other people, because it was healing for me to discover that there's a whole lot more inside of us, and it is really just an urging to discover it for ourselves, what's really out there."  ~Suzanne Giesemann

Katharina Zuleger Swiss soul & business mentor

Katharina is a Swiss soul & business mentor for visionaries and soulpreneurs. Her work is focused on consciously navigating the time of fogginess, self-doubt and loneliness that lies at the start of finding their true colors and authentic voice. Her goal is to help her clients find deep clarity for their business and embody it with ease and joy.

www.katharinazuleger.com (English)

www.katharina-zuleger.com (German)