Hello everyone and welcome to the Awaken Together podcast. I'm Jen and I'm Kat and today is our season finale of season four.
I can't believe it. Time flies.
Oh my goodness. We were talking about how it's literally been two years of this extremely intuitive and slightly impulsive decision
to make this podcast with each other and just reflecting on how easy it's been to kind of put this together
because this was so something that Kat and I were supposed to co-create and it's amazing to look at how much has shifted and happened
since the beginning of this.
Yeah, seriously. I want to reflect. It's like I truly don't think there's anybody else who I could have done this with
and have it be this like magical, magical, like just continue on. We hold each other accountable and we do it with such grace and balance
and I'm just so grateful for you, Jen.
I'm so grateful for you. Yes, effortless, so meant to be and it's been so beautiful to even expand this podcast into a retreat space
and we wanted to give a huge thank you just to everyone because we continue to grow and every single season has kept topping the others
and we're just so excited to keep seeing where we can take this.
So thank you so much for continuing to share our little podcast with your friends, with your family.
We've had some moms listen.
And yeah, we're just like so, so happy and excited for growing our beautiful community and then all starts with you.
Ah, yes. Thank you all. So for today's episode, we wanted to just do a little reflection on all of the topics that came up in this season.
It's been really beautiful to have so many guests come forward and share their specialty.
I also think for me and Kat, like so much has personally evolved for us and as we sit here and look at this list of episodes that we've given you guys for season four,
we can see the themes of our lives like so blended into this list because we've had pretty transformative years like we really have.
Crazy. Yeah. And looking at like the topics for this season, it was really relationship heavy and communication and sexuality and desire.
And that also shocker fits into some of the big themes and topics that we've been working on in our lives right now.
And it's just crazy. Like I'm looking at the time right now. It's 11 11 and we are riding out the full moon and Capricorn.
We're recording this on the 4th of July. So it's just like freedom alignment. It's cancer season.
We've both recently come home after a couple of transitions and times away.
So it just feels really, really right to be sitting down right now with you all and integrating all of this.
Yes. And this full moon and Capricorn that we're sitting here recording this with is also conjunct Pluto.
So there's so much just rebirth energy. So as it always goes, this just all feels so aligned.
And yeah, the astrology for it is always just a fun little layer to sprinkle on.
So starting with like the first five episodes that we did this season,
we started you guys off with a little astrology forecast.
And it's so funny to be sitting here because we are just about to go into that transition of the north and south nodes.
So this is looking at kind of our destiny, our souls mission and our south node kind of reflecting on
both our individual past journeys and the collective past.
Both of these nodes are about to switch into the areas in Libra access, access,
which is going to be such a cool shift on like how you own your individuality and in what area of life
that shines based on the house it lands in. And Libra is about partnerships and collaborations
and creating bonds and relationships that matter. So it's really looking at the integrity between
those things and how it fits. And so it's just so cool to be riding out this end of season with
those themes and entering into a full summer where you can really see that stuff shine and start to
reflect on that. And then going into episode two, we really started unpacking communication,
which for Kat and I, we were both really in therapy. And I think, you know, we've talked so much in
previous seasons about the importance of using your voice and the importance of sound. But the way we
word stuff still is so important. And I think you get used to these patterns of language, right?
It's the where we're trying to convey something, but it's not actually the words that we use. And
I think for me, like learning the power of how I'm wording something and how it commonly gets
perceived and how I can just play with word changes and get out of patterns of talking
has been so huge for me. And so that episode was so powerful because I've had to use my voice
and discuss subjects that I have very much pushed away this, this and this little period of my life
like for real. Yeah. And it's still like, it still kind of blows my mind that my partner Kyle can't
read my mind all the time, like some of my other people can. And so, you know, you know, I know
you read my mind. And so like the reminder of how important it is to use my words because I will
literally look at him sometimes after blabbering a short sentence and expect him to know the mountain,
the iceberg that's under that. And he'll just be like, no, I don't know what you mean. And so
just forcing me to back up, articulate all the little minutia, the fine print that's going on in
my mind so he can fully understand. It just helps both of us out. So that's been a big takeaway.
And we'll continue to be something I'm always working on with him and everybody else in my life.
Yeah. And it's hilarious. But you say that too, off of this episode, because I had a conversation
this week of saying, me and Danny read each other's minds so easily, so we don't bring words
into it a lot. But because of that, there's been such a lack of practicing, like actual words
coming out. And I've realized that that's created a whole habit loop. So the opposite problem of
now assuming that psychic understanding is there and realizing that that doesn't blend into a lot
of things. And it's made me kind of, yeah, stop using my voice and words as much. So that's, yeah,
so funny, two sides of the same coin, but just the importance of it. And then the religion to
spirituality episode where we had Lexi come on, Mercury Sagittarius and a Mercury Gemini gen
talking was just pure magic. And it was so fun to cover just the lessons of religion deconstruction
as I've also shared in previous episodes, because this is something guys that I swear the layers
do not end when you were raised in evangelical Christianity world. I keep unpacking more and
more stuff that is just so easy to sneak in that's coming from those old patterns from being raised
in that way. So talking this episode out with Lexi was so important. And it was also hilarious.
My mom has been listening to the podcast and this episode did not make her happy. So Scorpio
Lynn, I am sorry that the truths are being revealed on the pod. But it's so important
that I continue to unpack this story. And yeah, I mean, this is integrated into my family's lives
and unpacking this, you know, we're all awakening together, can I say? Yeah, sorry, not sorry.
Right. And that goes into the importance of sharing your story. That was such a good episode
to listen with Pat and our special guest Ash. And yeah, it was absolutely beautiful to hear that
because it links so well with just the other themes of communicating your story and your words
and how yeah, how important that's been for me. Yeah, and tone like the subtleties when you have
that moment with someone where you're just like gazing into each other's eyes, maybe it's someone
you just met and you just connect on this one thing, this one thing and it makes you feel so
seen and heard and validated and the power that comes with that too. It's magical. Absolutely.
And then one of our most popular episodes this season talking about soul contracts and this
is another layer of relationship healing. And I've had so many new characters come into my life
if we're thinking of it as a play, you know, these contracts that come in, these people that are
intentional and matter for a reason, me and Kat 100% agree to a soul contract together.
That it's the people that come in, it's effortless in either one category and depending on how long
that person's supposed to stay in your life is not really for us to necessarily decide. So trusting
the flow of when someone comes in, taking what the universe is trying to show you, loving the moment
for what it's teaching you and then trusting that the time will kind of work out for itself. But
there is deep intentionalness about who we attract and why. And I think when we reflect on that,
we can see so many hidden gems. Yeah, totally. And recently I was reflecting on this one too and how
obviously this pertains to love and romantic relationships, but also relates to conscious
friendships. And when I was at Electric Forest with my best friend, Margie, we were talking about how
like she was pulling us through a crowd, it was really packed. And I was following her,
which is not our norm. And it felt a little weird. And so she was like, this feels wrong,
you get in front, you lead. And I was like, oh, you're feeling that too. And then we just kind
of called it out like we have been best friends since preschool. Yeah. And we work so well and so
harmonious because I love to lead and she hates to lead. And so it's like, you might have been a
married couple. Yeah. You're like, remember, let's remember. Yeah, totally. And so like I fall
into that role of like, big sis, even though we're the same age. And it's just like, oh,
I'm just going to navigate. And she's always right there right next to me. And so it's just
that sweetness and the dynamic again of how relationships play out and how they work.
I truly think that when you are more in that kind of spiritual path and intentional to it's like all
these new people just come into your life and it adds to layers of synchronicities. Like it's so
freaking real. Like the people that I now are considering my best friends that I give my precious
resource of time and energy to are completely different people than you know, years back. And
I've just so much of this has evolved for me. And it's such a reflection of the work I've done
because the people I'm attracting are into such a different world and live so much more intentionally.
And that's felt so beautiful because it's helped me along my journey too. So such a powerful episode.
100%. So then taking it into our remaining episodes of the season, episode six was all
about psychic mediumship with Willow. That was such a fun episode. Oh my gosh, she gave us so
many great tips on how to like protect your space, how to work with darker energies. So for all of
our empaths, all of our people where the veil just feels a little bit thinner. This is a great one
to even listen back to and just hear her tips as a practicing psychic medium and get to know
like what things you might already be picking up on without having any like training or experience
practicing this in like a formal way. It was really enlightening for me and caused me to pick up a book
which Jen and I have both listened to at this point all about becoming a medical intuitive and
maybe next season we'll get into that. Yes. And that I was when I listened to that episode,
it also set me on a whole thing. I had just read energy codes. It was like really just honing
in more on psychic gifts. And it was so funny because I was living in Chicago when I was playing
this episode, I was taking the train and I have really like honed in so much on realizing like
how I feel and then tuning into other people and seeing what what I get off of people like where
my baseline is and when I tune into someone like what gets added to my energy body and oh my gosh
just like we don't realize how psychic we really are and I think we just move so quickly that we
forget that intentionality and it was so good just to hear some of her tips and play with them on
the train. I had so much fun with that. Such a fun practice. I love that. The next up we had breathwork
magic with Annalie and this one it was so helpful just to like hear about the nervous system in
different ways that your breath can really help you navigate that and regulate yourself. Yeah because
for us like breathwork is something we shared a lot with meditation but I think we forget all the
layers of healing that just focusing on breathwork can bring us and Anna is definitely a special person
from my past and it's just it reminds us we need that constant reminder that we have one of the
biggest magic tools like in something we do constantly you know but when you bring intentionality
behind it it changes everything. It sure does. It's wild. So cool. Then our next episode was
Ayurveda 2.0 with the lovely Havana. She gave us so many great tips, really ancient wisdom from this
beautiful life practice of Ayurveda. Things that you can do in the morning, different spices to
incorporate so really tactful grounding tips to just bring a little bit more ease to your life
holistically. I never will stop being amazed by the layers to that. I know. The different subtleties
so so cool. Then episode nine was our big episode about sex. You guys also downloaded this one in
record time just to say. Uh-huh. Our people we know. So cool to see and just know like our journeys
this year around sex and sexuality. Oh my gosh. Intersexual awakenings and my second puberty
and it's just like it's been a big year focused on sex. Yes me and Danny exploring polyamory
all of the different relationship layers that have come in realizing there is still so much
healing work to do around those categories. And so yeah it actually landed in nice lives like
very at the almost the same time it was wild. So apparently you guys were feeling that too.
And I think it's so important we talk about subject matters that were previously seen as
something you should keep private because we're all living this human experience. And there are so
many parallels when you reveal and look at everything and there's so much importance about
not seeing some subjects as no no's and to stay away from it because that's how shame stories I
think can get so loud and we can kind of stunt our growth when in reality there's so many pieces we
can connect from each other's stories. Absolutely. One of those topics that they say are the most
taboo that you shouldn't talk about with people. It's sex, religion and politics. We talk about it
all. Yeah probably more than anything. Get that megaphone and so loud. Yes please. Yes that's what
we're here to do on earth all the shit that's been kept down and just see how we can make our
own opinions and feel about it and notice that we're not alone. Yeah so next episode this happened
in Pride Month which was so special and important. It was with Phoenix exploring gender and sexuality.
This one was super cool. Yeah Phoenix and I created our virtual program, InterU and we recorded this
podcast at that same time and just the amount of stuff that has shifted for the LBGTQIA community.
There has been so much legislation trying to move backwards in these subject matters and it's just so
important that we remember that there is so many there's such a spectrum of the human experience
and just because you don't understand it doesn't mean that it's not happening and everyone deserves
to live in full integrity to their own human experience. So anything that is stifling that is
so important to remove and I think we so think that we have to understand everything to let it
just be and that is so the themes of that are so important and in that episode just getting to talk
through what that has looked like for Phoenix's journey who is non-binary and just how it's blended
into society. We need this now more than ever with the Supreme Court recently just taking us even
more backwards and some of these themes like we have got to come together and be loud for the people
whose voices have continued to be stifled throughout history for just something that is a part of their
day today we should all be able to be humaning in whatever way that looks like. Yep that one was
sex it was politics and it was religion all in one so lots to integrate and take away from that
episode and just like this whole theme in life right now. Yes then our final episode before
this one was all about gaslit by birth control. Thank you for sharing that all. Oh of course
yeah thanks for all coming on that journey with me it was a lot and still learning my last cycle
was shorter than normal and so I'm like is the pendulum swinging in the other direction now
but I feel like it's all just kind of you know shaking out and everything and I'm feeling really
really good so I was actually talking to someone recently now that we're in our 30s a friend he
had just turned 32 and he was saying how he wakes up every day with some more aches and pains and
how that's just normal and I kind of got to reflecting on that and I had this takeaway of
coming back from electric forest my body actually felt the best it ever has and I've been going for
eight years so I kind of just want to like sweep that away and of course like age I can't span that
yeah of course age has maybe something to do with our bodies and like yeah we need to treat our bodies
with extra loving care the older that we get because they don't just bounce back quite as easily
but age is just a number and it is all about how you take care of yourself I know you have my back
my physical therapist friend yes I think that is so huge and that's why I'm so proud of you for
sharing that piece of your story and even just the messiness and I'm not even having it have to be
like full concrete answers but the importance in this is so many layers deeper that we have to keep
exploring our bodies we are in relationship with it and as we freaking know relationships don't just
get to go on autopilot it's supposed to be intentional and our bodies are constantly sending us messages
and we have to keep paying attention and yeah the homework for that even like your regular
relationships is going to shift and what you have to look into is going to be important there's going
to be new messages but writing it off as it's normal to be experiencing um x y and z and it's all kind
of in these more negative lights I just so don't prescribe to that because I have met so many people
in their 90s thriving and more connected and alive than ever before age does not summarize this and
so it's important that we are constantly playing around with things and seeing where our body lands
within it and that is going to look personal and different for everyone I think we can get very
dangerously in the in the dark side of stuff when we start saying it has to be this way but I also
think it's important that we remember that not everything that has been seen as normal is necessarily
right and that it's important we keep doing the work to unveil that and look at how it interacts
with our own personal stuff 100% yeah I if I have to hear my mom say one more time oh you'll
understand when you're in your 60s how much your body just hurts naturally because of age I'm like
challenge accepted mom literally same you're on because I'm gonna keep doing the yoga I'm gonna
keep walking I'm not gonna be sedentary and um you know if you don't use it you lose it yes and
that is a perfect example of what I think has happened for that generation sadly and not to
their own faults um it's been a very sedentary culture but we are here busting that and paying
attention and getting out of our minds and into our bodies and letting our traumas move through us
and doing the work so I have high high hopes for us all I so do too and as we uh shared in that first
episode Pluto will move back into Aquarius in January for 35 years the collective is gonna
be affected in this Aquarius way and Aquarius is so about making sure everyone's individual story
and self-expression is shining out so this work this work of awakening this work of unpacking
your old stories to step into new trust and co-creation with the universe it's intentional it
matters it's breaking down structures that don't work and it's allowing us to not only extend so
much self-compassion but also extend compassion to every single person outside of us and when we
are living in alignment with that love we are not normalizing pain and hurt and um yeah the things
that tend to keep us small maybe we should just get more curious about I love it beautifully said
yes and so with this being our season finale of season four it's all about integration so
we'll ask you to consider the topics that we covered this season and see if there are any that
you feel like there's still something left to squeeze out of that topic um you know go back
listen to some of them ask us questions reach out to us um because we're always doing the work
ourselves and so Jen as we head into the rest of July August the remaining of summer I'm curious
what are some of the things in your spiritual journey that you are really integrating and
leaning into yeah as you said I just came into kind of a different sense of home I was away for
90 days living in another city and I think just getting out of my normal flow it was it so emphasized
what I was both craving and what felt good to kind of let go of so I think I'm really am redefining
home I'm redefining what relationships mean and look like to me and I'm really in the process of
all of that trying to make space for the things that I really know to be true about myself that
have come from doing the work so I think that Aries Libre theme right like self and integration
with connection to others and finding that like sweet balance and also just yeah creating a sense
of home in whatever way that is going to look like I think the concept of home is switching so much
for me with what has been happening in my life and I'm just really thankful to have the home
within myself that I feel like I can trust which I've had so many gratitude cries on this last
little bit because self was so far from being home for me for so long so to know that I now have
that as a structure system that no one can ever take from me also means everything what about you
it's so beautiful I love it I love it thank you um yeah for me I mentioned at the beginning too
just coming home from Electric Forest a little over a week ago now and how that was our eighth year
there and it very much feels like home for us um and coming back like I always gleam so much from
it and it's it's life changing every single year like we bring we bring different groups of people
every year this year we brought our best friends Kirsten, Brandon, Heather and Margie and just
seeing their eyes like light up at the forest is always beautiful and amazing and I think some of
the things that I'm taking into this summer with me as I still have not exited Festival Mode I'm
actually going to see some music today um is how how beautiful connecting with others is like you
just shared Jen and how we live in such a society that is so individualistic and I think a lot of
I think a lot of people just think that they are more introverted than they actually are because
there's a fear to express themselves fully and a fear of rejection and a fear of not just like
being their weird true selves because somewhere in their upbringing um somewhere in their journey
they've been taught that's not okay um and so it's a lot of inner child healing work and that's
like that whole sense of play that equals Festival Mode for me and just being this like silly goofy
version of myself not just um at festivals or on weekends with friends but like bringing more play
into my everyday life um I also kind of like got away from my meditation practice while I was there
because I was sleeping maybe three hours a day um and so getting back into that has been a little
challenging for me and that's hard for me to say because it's something that I like revel in and
do so well in every single day just having like a grounded routine but I also like to practice what
I preach and give myself some grace and know that um I listened to my meditations on my phone and I
didn't have my phone for a week and so integrating the teachings from that um side note I lost it
at Electric Forest and someone turned it in and I got it back so Forest provides it's back to me
nothing happened to it and and we're back and my meditation is going to come back and just giving
myself grace and knowing that I'm exactly where I'm meant to be in this moment right now. Yes and
you are also meditating in such different ways so that can also look so many ways so it's so important
to yeah ebb and flow with the themes that are popping up in your life because there is a freaking
reason always always always always just learning and changing and growing and yes doing it together
yes we are doing it together and we're doing it with all of you and thank you guys for the layers
of love that we have felt from this podcast and just giving us a safe space where we can share
and have it then resonate with so many people it means everything. We love you all so much um please
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you thank you so much and we'll see you this fall for season five. See you then. Bye!