Roar of Love Podcast

In this episode, we explore the deeper meaning of failure — not as a shameful endpoint but as a sacred teacher and ally. Through stories, reflections, and raw honesty, we look at how failure can strip away illusions, bring us back to truth, and open the door to humility, resilience, and alignment. Instead of glossing over or running from failure, we’re invited to sit in its discomfort, to ask whether it’s pointing us toward what we truly want, and to discover that real success is less about external wins and more about living in integrity with our deepest truth. Key Takeaways Failure is not the end — it’s a sacred teacher that strips away illusions and reveals what’s true. The difference between humility and humiliation shapes how we process failure: humility softens us and opens growth, while humiliation wounds the ego. Facing failure with honesty builds resilience and compassion — for ourselves and for others. Failure clarifies alignment: sometimes it shows us what we truly want to persist in, and other times it frees us to pivot toward a new direction. External success is fleeting; true success is living in alignment with our deepest truth. Shame around failure often comes from cultural conditioning — reframing it as a natural part of learning dissolves that shame. Every stumble on the path can either discourage us or become the soil for deeper integrity and authenticity. The “hero’s journey” reminds us that trials, setbacks, and failures are part of the story — and often the catalyst for ultimate transformation.

In this transformative episode of The Roar of Love, Dr. Heléna explores the profound territory of the shadow feminine—the hidden, repressed, or distorted aspects of feminine energy that show up in relationships, emotions, and self-expression. Far from being “bad” or “wrong,” the shadow feminine arises as a survival adaptation to wounds of rejection, abandonment, and silence. Through honest reflection and compassionate insight, Dr. Heléna reveals how patterns like manipulation, over-giving, seduction, or emotional withdrawal are not failures but invitations to healing. She guides listeners into understanding the difference between shadow and integrated feminine energy, the importance of conscious awareness and radical honesty, and how relational dynamics can either reinforce or liberate these hidden parts of ourselves. Listeners are reminded that the shadow is not an obstacle to wholeness—it’s the very path toward it. By honoring the shadow’s original intention, cultivating compassion, and reclaiming truth, we discover a feminine energy rooted in presence, wisdom, and love. Continue the Journey: Ways to work with Heléna Kate: https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ Free classes and teachings at Sacred Lights: https://sacredlights.com/ Explore healing and ritual services: https://www.healingandritual.com/ #ShadowFeminine #FeminineHealing #WholenessJourney #ConsciousRelationships #RoarOfLove #DivineFeminine #HealingPatterns #RadicalHonesty #SpiritualGrowth #LoveAwakens

In this honest and grounding episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate explores what it means to show up when everything in us wants to withdraw. Whether it’s in relationships, spiritual practice, or the daily challenges of life, the human tendency to run, into busyness, into numbing, into avoidance, is strong. Yet the art of showing up, not with perfection but with presence, is one of the most essential spiritual practices we can embrace. Heléna shares her own journey of learning to face vulnerability instead of hiding behind performance or pseudo-strength, and how the smallest acts of presence—breathing before a hard conversation, lighting a candle, choosing honesty over withdrawal—become radical gateways to growth, resilience, and love. Inside this episode, we explore: The human instinct to withdraw (fight, flight, freeze) and how to work with it Why avoidance creates loops of numbness and distraction How showing up builds energetic resilience and breaks the spell of avoidance The difference between genuine rest and avoidance disguised as self-care Why readiness is a myth and how growth begins in the “not ready” moments How showing up in relationships requires honesty, boundaries, and presence Why willingness, not perfection, is what deepens our spiritual path Reflection Invitation: ✨ Where in your life are you avoiding showing up? ✨ What small act of presence could you offer yourself today? ✨ Where have you mistaken perfection for love and what would it mean to love imperfectly instead? Mentioned in this episode: 🌿 The tendency to hide behind busyness, numbing, or spiritual performance 🌿 Anchoring practices like journaling, breath, and ritual to stay present 🌿 Boundaries as a form of vulnerability and respect 🌿 How showing up inspires others to take their own risks 🌿 The reminder that “I’m not ready” is often another way of saying “I’m scared” Continue the Journey: Ways to work with Heléna Kate: https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ Free classes and teachings at Sacred Lights: https://sacredlights.com/ Explore healing and ritual services: https://www.healingandritual.com/

In this tender and courageous episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate invites us to explore vulnerability not as weakness, but as a hidden face of strength. In a world that glorifies certainty, control, and performance, what if the most radical act is to soften? What if allowing ourselves to be seen in our truth tears, tremors, silence and all is the very bridge that lets love, and even God, in? Heléna shares her own lifelong relationship with softness, how she learned to protect her heart, and what it takes to live with undefended honesty. Vulnerability, she reminds us, isn’t collapsing into chaos or oversharing every detail, it’s the quiet courage of truth without armour. Inside this episode, we explore: Why cultural myths of strength often push us into hiding How vulnerability is emotional exposure, uncertainty, and honesty combined The different forms of vulnerability: emotional, relational, spiritual, creative Why vulnerability is a bridge to love, to others, to ourselves, to the divine How softness creates clarity, not chaos, and deepens our presence The link between vulnerability, creativity, and healing Reflection Invitation: ✨ Where in your life are you afraid to be seen? ✨ What truths are you still hiding or defending? ✨ Who do you become when you allow softness instead of armour? Mentioned in this episode: 🌿 The cultural myth of independence and control as “strength” 🌿 Brené Brown’s work on vulnerability as the birthplace of love, courage, and belonging 🌿 Practices for cultivating presence: ritual, journaling, silence 🌿 How reframing vulnerability as truthfulness transforms healing and resilience Continue the Journey: Ways to work with Heléna Kate: https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ Free classes and teachings at Sacred Lights: https://sacredlights.com/ Explore healing and ritual services: https://www.healingandritual.com/

In this heartfelt and illuminating episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate guides us into the sacred fire of commitment, not as obligation, but as alchemy. With tenderness and clarity, she explores how true commitment refines us, stretches us, and transforms us into something more whole, more loving, more aligned with God. Drawing on personal experience and timeless wisdom, Heléna reframes commitment as a living, breathing practice of devotion—one that can transmute fear into courage, ordinary into sacred, and fragments into wholeness. This episode is for anyone who has wrestled with staying the course. Anyone who has run from commitments, doubted their capacity, or feared being bound. Anyone who suspects that commitment, when rooted in love and devotion, may hold the very key to their freedom. Inside this episode, we explore: Why commitment is not static—but a vessel for transformation The difference between obligation and devotion in sustaining commitments How relationships serve as alchemical containers for growth and healing The hidden ways we confuse discipline with devotion—and why love must lead Why resistance, doubt, and delay are not failures but invitations to deepen How spiritual callings test our faith, refine our trust, and require recommitment The shadow side of false or fear-based commitments—and how to release them with integrity Why forgiveness is essential when commitments shift or break Reflection Invitation: Where in your life are you being invited to stay—and be transformed? What commitment is asking you not for duty, but for devotion? How might love, reverence, and desire reshape the way you show up for what matters most? Mentioned in this episode: ✨ How commitments rooted in love become catalysts for profound transformation ✨ Why resistance, doubt, and delay are natural stages in deepening devotion ✨ The liberating power of recommitment as a spiritual practice Continue the Journey: 🌿 Work with Heléna Kate: https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ 🌿 Free classes on spiritual awakening, energy healing, and more: https://sacredlights.com/

In this uncompromising and illuminating episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate calls us beyond the platitudes of “love and light” into the raw terrain of true spiritual transformation. With compassionate precision, she explores why superficial spirituality can no longer hold us—and how lineage teachings, sacred structure, and deep commitment are essential when we’re ready to go further. This is a conversation for those who feel the ache for something more. Who’ve glimpsed awakening, only to find themselves adrift. Who suspect that their spiritual path demands more than inspiration—it asks for integration, embodiment, and fierce truth. Heléna gently dismantles the New Age illusion that positivity is enough, offering instead a map to anchor, deepen, and remember who we truly are—not just in moments of bliss, but in the heart of life’s complexity. Inside this episode, we explore: Why “love and light” is a beautiful phrase—and where it often becomes a bypass The real process of spiritual awakening: beyond the first glimpse into lasting embodiment How lineage teachings offer sacred ground, tested tools, and energetic support Common fears around structure, discipline, and spiritual authority Why resistance to lineage is often rooted in trauma, ego, or misunderstanding The difference between inspiration and transformation—and why we need both How spiritual mastery always includes mentorship, initiation, and chosen paths What it means to walk the path with devotion, humility, and unwavering truth Reflection Invitation: Where are you relying on lightness to avoid depth? What part of your spiritual path is calling for more devotion, more structure, or more truth? What would it feel like to walk a path where your transformation is held and guided? Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Why ancient lineage teachings are more relevant than ever in a disoriented world ✨ How the spiritual ego disguises itself as independence, novelty, or resistance ✨ A loving dismantling of the illusion that “positivity” is the highest form of spirituality Continue the Journey: 🌿 Work with Heléna Kate: https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ 🌿 Free classes on spiritual awakening, energy healing, and more: https://sacredlights.com/ 🌿 Explore ceremony, healing, and lineage-rooted ritual: https://www.healingandritual.com/

In this tender and revelatory episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate invites us to remember one of the most sacred aspects of our being: our unbroken purity. Not the perfectionist ideal of purity, but the radiant clarity of our original essence—the part of us that knows love before fear, trust before betrayal, and connection before defense. We explore the deep spiritual truth that innocence is not naivety—it is power. And that purity is not about being untouched by life, but about remaining unaltered in the face of it. Through poetic insight and practical reflection, Heléna offers a path for honoring, protecting, and embodying the purity and innocence within, even after trauma, shame, and hardship. This episode is a balm for those who fear they’ve lost their true self—and a call to return to it with reverence and courage. Inside this episode, we explore: Why purity is not about perfection or morality, but energetic clarity The spiritual essence of innocence as unguarded openness and divine trust How trauma and conditioning obscure—but never destroy—our true self The myth that innocence is weakness, and how it is actually raw spiritual power The difference between healthy protection and emotional shutdown Why purity must be both honored and fiercely safeguarded Devotional practices, nature-based rituals, and daily reflections to reclaim your essence How recognizing our core purity leads to profound healing and personal transformation Reflection Invitation: When was the last time you felt connected to your own innocence—unguarded and whole? What boundaries or rituals might help you protect the purity within you, instead of hardening around it? Mentioned in this episode: ✨ The reclaiming of innocence as a revolutionary spiritual act ✨ How purity can be found in nature, devotion, and unarmored presence ✨ The power of honoring our essential self as sacred—not naïve Continue the Journey: 🌿 Ways to work with Heléna Kate: https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ 🌿 Free spiritual classes on energy healing, meditation, and spiritual awakening: https://sacredlights.com/ 🌿 Explore the healing and ritual services of Heléna Kate: https://www.healingandritual.com/

In this revelatory episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate peels back the layers of spiritual bypassing—the subtle ways we use spiritual practices to avoid the deeper, messier work of growth. This conversation isn’t about shame or blame. It’s about honesty, compassion, and the courage to tell ourselves the truth. So often, we walk the spiritual path with sincerity—only to discover that our devotion has quietly become a hiding place. Dr. Kate  shares her own experience of losing touch with life in the name of “being spiritual,” and what it took to return to a more integrated, embodied path. Inside this episode, we explore: The hidden ways spiritual practices become shields instead of gateways How to recognize resistance that masquerades as discernment Why real teachers lovingly challenge us—and what that reveals The difference between being “on a path” and truly walking it How to feel into your inner compass to know if you’re growing—or just performing What beginner’s mind really means in a mature spiritual practice Why initiation, lineage, and mentorship are vital for staying on track Reflection Invitation: ✨ Have you ever used spirituality to avoid life rather than deepen into it? ✨ Are your current practices connecting you to the world—or keeping you safe from it? ✨ Where are you resisting change that might actually be calling you forward? Mentioned in this episode: 🌿 Spiritual bypassing as a form of self-protection 🌿 Sensory cues to track inner truth 🌿 The value of initiation, lineage-based paths, and qualified spiritual teachers 🌿 How to distinguish surface-level progress from embodied evolution Continue the Journey: 🌀 Ways to work with Heléna Kate: https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ 🌙 Free classes and teachings at Sacred Lights: https://sacredlights.com/ 🔥 Explore healing and ritual services: https://www.healingandritual.com/

In this soul-stirring episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate opens the sacred conversation on wayfinding—not as a map we follow, but as a living relationship with our own inner truth. Through the dance of passion and inspiration, we learn to navigate the unknown with courage, presence, and trust. With vulnerability and wisdom, Heléna shares her personal journey: how following what simply felt interesting led her out of darkness and into deeper alignment. Passion, she reveals, is not just a feeling—it is the soul’s fire. Inspiration is not just a spark—it is the breath of the Divine. Together, they become our compass, guiding us home. Inside this episode, we explore: Passion as a soul directive—not a fleeting thrill Inspiration as Divine breath—a whisper of what could be The internal compass that guides us when external maps fall away How cultural conditioning buries our deepest longings Learning to trust the subtle vibrational language of the soul Practices to discern inspiration from impulse What to do when fear blocks your next step Why following what lights us up is a revolutionary spiritual act How to walk the path when you don’t know what’s next Reflection Invitation: What are you being quietly pulled toward right now? Where does passion live in your body—and how often do you listen to it? What inspiration has arrived recently like a whisper, a nudge, or a breeze? Mentioned in this episode: ✨ The relationship between passion and inspiration as sacred elements of the soul ✨ How to take aligned action even when you feel fear ✨ The practice of learning from every choice—especially the ones that didn’t “turn out well” ✨ Passion and responsibility as sacred partners, not opposites Continue the Journey: 💫 Work with Heléna Kate one-on-one in the Elevate and Expand 12-week journey: https://helenakate.com/mentoring 🌿 Explore free classes on energy healing, meditation, and spiritual awakening: https://sacredlights.com 🔮 Discover Heléna’s healing and ritual services: https://www.healingandritual.com 🔔 Subscribe in my channel for more soul-led conversations on spirituality, healing, and sacred embodiment. 📌 Let's Connect: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helenakatephd/ 🎧 Spotify & Apple: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OsEoGqskszMi5FdeKKvIJ?si=Z0m_QJoPS9i6MugB_BZL-A

In this evocative episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate guides us into a reclamation of beauty, not as something to chase or perfect, but as a sacred expression of truth. In a world that often distorts, commodifies, or fears beauty, we are invited to remember it as a spiritual language—a way the Divine reveals itself through form. Beauty is not vanity. It is a devotional act. It is essence made visible. Through personal storytelling and poetic reflection, Heléna shares her own journey with beauty: the longing, the resistance, the conditioning—and ultimately, the profound realization that true beauty lives in the courageous expression of our sacred self. Inside this episode, we explore: The spiritual essence of beauty beyond the commercial lens Beauty as a pathway to devotion, presence, and energetic truth How cultural conditioning distorts our ability to see and honor beauty The difference between adornment and performative perfection Beauty as a healing force when approached as sacred expression Why beauty can feel threatening—and how to work with that resistance Spiritual practices to reclaim beauty as a source of truth and power What it means to be a facilitator of beauty in everyday life Reflection Invitation: When was the last time beauty stopped you in your tracks? What did it awaken in you? What small act of devotion—whether putting on mascara, placing flowers on your altar, or tidying a sacred space—could become an offering to the Divine? Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Heléna’s personal essay On Beauty ✨ Beauty as energy and essence made visible ✨ How reclaiming beauty heals shame, restores feminine power, and brings the sacred back into the everyday   Continue the Journey: Ways to work with Heléna Kate https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ Free spiritual classes on energy healing, meditation, and spiritual awakening. https://sacredlights.com/  Explore the healing and ritual services of Heléna Kate: https://www.healingandritual.com/

In this soul-expanding episode of The Roar of Love, Heléna Kate invites us into a deeper contemplation of relationship, not as something to fix or figure out, but as a sacred mirror and spiritual technology. Rather than offering surface-level tools, we journey into the energetic and devotional dimensions of connection. From divine union to human attachment, Heléna explores how every relationship romantic, spiritual, familial, or with self is a portal into greater intimacy with the Divine. Through her own path of relational wounding and devotional practice, Heléna shares how ritual, self-inquiry, and presence can transmute pain into wisdom, and separateness into communion regardless of where you are in your development. This episode is a call to reclaim vulnerability as sacred, to witness the divine in each encounter, and to walk the path of relationship as a living practice. Inside this episode, we explore: Relationship as a sacred curriculum for our evolution How ritual and devotion expose our relational dynamics The spiritual dimension of attachment styles: anxious, avoidant, secure The danger of spiritual bypassing and the invitation into deeper honesty Using connection as a path to spiritual maturity Ending relationships from clarity rather than confusion or judgment Outgrowing someone with love, not abandonment Reflection Invitation: What relationship in your life—past or present—has revealed the most about your spiritual path? Where do you feel resistance, and where are you being invited to open? Mentioned in this episode: ✨ How spiritual “independence” can mask fear of intimacy ✨ Ritual devotion as a diagnostic and devotional tool ✨ Developing your intuitive language to distinguish fear from truth Continue the Journey: Ways to work with Heléna Kate. https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ Free spiritual classes on energy healing, meditation, and spiritual awakening. https://sacredlights.com/  Explore the healing and ritual services of Heléna Kate: https://www.healingandritual.com/

Welcome to The Roar of Love, a sacred space where spiritual truth meets the wild human experience. In this premiere episode, Heléna Kate invites us into a foundational conversation around the divine masculine and feminine—two primary energies that shape our world and live within each of us. Through gentle wisdom and personal story, we explore the origins of imbalance between these polarities and how misunderstanding, marginalization, and cultural distortion have impacted the way we relate to one another and to ourselves. This episode offers a spiritual framework—not rooted in ideology, but in energetic truth—for reclaiming right relationship. This is a return to reverence. A reclaiming of complexity. A call to reimagine empowerment not through separation, but through respect, context, and conscious co-creation. Inside this episode, we explore: The foundational truth of polarity: masculine and feminine as universal energies Why removing or demonizing either energy leads to dysfunction and disempowerment Heléna’s personal journey of navigating feminine suppression and masculine over-identification The role of archetypes in expanding our understanding of feminine complexity Why spiritual study is key to healing the masculine-feminine dynamic How devotion, listening, and respect create environments where both energies thrive Moving beyond blame and into empowered, relational wholeness Reflection Invitation: Take time this week to notice how the masculine and feminine show up in your life. Where are you honoring both? Where might there be space to restore reverence, soften judgment, and deepen listening? Mentioned in this episode: ✨ Heléna’s teachings on Umbanda and energy mapping ✨ The call to spiritual study as a path to healing relationship wounds ✨ The vision for the Roar of Love as a space of collective remembering and sacred inquiry   Continue the journey: Ways to work with Heléna Kate https://helenakate.com/mentoring/ Free spiritual classes on energy healing, meditation, and spiritual awakening. https://sacredlights.com/  Explore the healing and ritual services of Heléna Kate: https://www.healingandritual.com/