Living the Liminal - Braving the Edge

Scott Neumeister, PhD, is literary scholar, author, TEDx speaker, and mythic pathfinder from Tampa, Florida, where he earned his doctorate in English from the University of South Florida in 2018. His specialization in multiethnic American literature and mythology comes after careers as an information technology systems engineer and a teacher of English and mythology at the middle school and college levels. He is coauthor of Let Love Lead: On a Course to Freedom with Gary L. Lemons and Susie Hoeller, as well as a facilitator for the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Myth and Meaning book club at Literati. As a traveler and explorer seeking insight, guidance, and wisdom from stories of all kinds, he has merged his lifelong personal and academic pursuits of literary studies, depth psychology, spirituality, and personal empowerment to understand the "texts of life," the personal narratives that both makes us individuals and connect us all. The greatest wisdom he has received is the understanding of how our inner world creates our outer world. The work of healing/changing the world starts as an inside job. Wayne Dyer once said, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." With the proper "technology" and guidance, we can effect an inner transformation that doesn't wait for/rely on all the causes and conditions of life to make US happy.

Scott Neumeister, PhD, is literary scholar, author, TEDx speaker, and mythic pathfinder from Tampa, Florida, where he earned his doctorate in English from the University of South Florida in 2018. His specialization in multiethnic American literature and mythology comes after careers as an information technology systems engineer and a teacher of English and mythology at the middle school and college levels. He is coauthor of Let Love Lead: On a Course to Freedom with Gary L. Lemons and Susie Hoeller, as well as a facilitator for the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s Myth and Meaning book club at Literati. As a traveler and explorer seeking insight, guidance, and wisdom from stories of all kinds, he has merged his lifelong personal and academic pursuits of literary studies, depth psychology, spirituality, and personal empowerment to understand the “texts of life,” the personal narratives that both makes us individuals and connect us all. The greatest wisdom he has received is the understanding of how our inner world creates our outer world. The work of healing/changing the world starts as an inside job. Wayne Dyer once said, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” With the proper “technology” and guidance, we can effect an inner transformation that doesn’t wait for/rely on all the causes and conditions of life to make US happy.

Lexa Hillyer is a creativity and life coach, writer, editorial consultant, and entrepreneur who created a seven-figure boutique book and entertainment business over twelve years ago, after nearly a decade working in traditional publishing, at HarperCollins and Penguin Books. She received an MFA in poetry from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine, and became a certified Jungian Life Coach through ICF-accredited CreativeMinds. She has published four novels with HarperCollins, and one prize-winning poetry collection. She is also a mother, human, sister, daughter, wife, friend, three-time wedding officiant, wine lover and failed ukuleleist.

Braving the edge is my way of sharing stories that open us to the greater potential that resides in all of us. I have come to know the more I witness my own courage and strength, the braver I am to witnessing that very same power in another. Change is a beautiful energy.  I am a storyteller. My kids even laugh at how creative I can be in my storytelling. I invite you to own your life story and use it to expand your vision so that your life is aligned with what you really want in your heart. Truth has always been my vision and every time I live my truth…the world expands and I rise to meet it. I want that for you.  I wish for you…the world!   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS:  Mindless walking to gain insight and nourishment. We each have our own journey and there is no rule that says we follow the same pattern or route. Our Internal Guidance System.  Primitive soul development and soul code.  Resurrecting the dead father.  The battle between the self and the soul.  Connection with the natural order.

Braving the edge is my way of sharing stories that open us to the greater potential that resides in all of us. I have come to know the more I witness my own courage and strength, the braver I am to witnessing that very same power in another. Change is a beautiful energy. I am a storyteller. My kids even laugh at how creative I can be in my storytelling. I invite you to own your life story and use it to expand your vision so that your life is aligned with what you really want in your heart. Truth has always been my vision and every time I live my truth…the world expands and I rise to meet it. I want that for you. I wish for you…the world! IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS: Estrangement and understanding what it really means. How Imprints are created. Conflict is here to show you what’s missing so you can find connection and get closer to who you really are. Creative opportunities - understanding there is more than one result of our actions. How to create a truer partnership with yourself.

Pioneering the field of NeuroSpatial Linguistics, Kimberly Garner highlights focus points in the duality of interior design; the human experience within the inner environment of the mind & the interior environment of the home. An alchemy occurs when the interior environment of home and the internal environment of the mind are addressed in unison with our desires. What unfolds is transformational. Her mission is to help people accelerate their version of an ideal life by tuning the interior space of their home and subconscious mind with their intentions. Epigenetics and neuroplasticity play a large role in her method and precisely why it’s so effective. We are truly products of our environment and our environment informs so much of our life. Kimberly’s spent over 25 years studying, researching and practicing the intersection of design, science and the soul. Inspired by the complementary fields of epigenetics, neuroscience, behavioral science, positive psychology, life coaching, human ecology, design and theosophy she created Holistic ID, the School of Holistic Design and the Life+Design Method. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS: Science has finally found a portal into what we’ve known about the “science of the soul.” Evolving beyond the obstacles. How to go room by room through the house and remove toxic clutter - anything that brings up negative emotions, feelings or memories. Visual poison.  How our home is like our body. Each room in our home reflects an area in our life. It is all interconnected. Our home offers us a place to focus, have curiosity and be reflective. Making a change in your home - why do I feel like this is outdated? Be curious! Your subconscious intentionally placed things in a certain spot for a reason. Our home is one of the most beautiful relationships in our lives. Changing intentions for spaces and re-creation.

Braving the edge is my way of sharing stories that open us to the greater potential that resides in all of us. I have come to know the more I witness my own courage and strength, the braver I am to witnessing that very same power in another. Change is a beautiful energy. I am a storyteller. My kids even laugh at how creative I can be in my storytelling. I invite you to own your life story and use it to expand your vision so that your life is aligned with what you really want in your heart. Truth has always been my vision and every time I live my truth…the world expands and I rise to meet it. I want that for you. I wish for you…the world! IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS: Taking a look through the lens to see what is happening around you, and then the contrast to it. The seduction of the calling. The joy that comes from the ego narrative. Receive the guidance from the calling itself. The experience of multiplicity. There are a lot of aspects to the whole. Make a thousand mighty decisions and deaths and rebirths. It’s the ongoing evolution. The infinite within us. How it’s taboo to get closer to the REAL narrative that we need and are being called to understand and accept.

Braving the edge is my way of sharing stories that open us to the greater potential that resides in all of us. I have come to know the more I witness my own courage and strength, the braver I am to witnessing that very same power in another. Change is a beautiful energy. I am a storyteller. My kids even laugh at how creative I can be in my storytelling. I invite you to own your life story and use it to expand your vision so that your life is aligned with what you really want in your heart. Truth has always been my vision and every time I live my truth…the world expands and I rise to meet it. I want that for you. I wish for you…the world!

Stephanie Wilson is the newly published author of Big Waves & Wooden Benches, a harrowing true story that has been referred to as a modern day version of The Alchemist. She strongly believes storytelling can save lives and her MBA and over a decade of artistic training both help her live out that passion. Stephanie's goal is to encourage people to take a different path. To follow their heart's pull into the whirlwind of the unknown. Even if it goes against societal expectations, perfectionism or any kind of fear has conditioned them to live - playing it small and playing it safe. IN THIS EPISODE, KRISTI AND STEPHANIE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS: Embracing failure. How we can shift course and discover our self worth. Sacred Boundaries - not fearful boundaries and knowing the difference. Are we tamed or just mature enough to set boundaries? Gaining freedom from detachment from the outcome. No one has the answers for your life.

Braving the edge is my way of sharing stories that open us to the greater potential that resides in all of us. I have come to know the more I witness my own courage and strength, the braver I am to witnessing that very same power in another. Change is a beautiful energy. I am a storyteller. My kids even laugh at how creative I can be in my storytelling. I invite you to own your life story and use it to expand your vision so that your life is aligned with what you really want in your heart. Truth has always been my vision and every time I live my truth…the world expands and I rise to meet it. I want that for you. I wish for you…the world!

Braving the edge is my way of sharing stories that open us to the greater potential that resides in all of us. I have come to know the more I witness my own courage and strength, the braver I am to witnessing that very same power in another. Change is a beautiful energy. I am a storyteller. My kids even laugh at how creative I can be in my storytelling. I invite you to own your life story and use it to expand your vision so that your life is aligned with what you really want in your heart. Truth has always been my vision and every time I live my truth…the world expands and I rise to meet it. I want that for you. I wish for you…the world!

Dr. Ricci-Jane Adams is the principal of the Institute for Intuitive Intelligence®, a world-class, global professional intuition training school. She trains exceptional spiritual people as socially conscious leaders and profound intuitives. Ricci-Jane is the author of the bestselling Spiritually Fierce, as well as Intuitive Intelligence Training and the just-released Superconscious Intuition. Ricci-Jane has a doctorate from the University of Melbourne in magical realism. She has spent over twenty-five years devoted to her spiritual awakening and is a qualified Transpersonal Counsellor.

Braving the edge is my way of sharing stories that open us to the greater potential that resides in all of us. I have come to know the more I witness my own courage and strength, the braver I am to witnessing that very same power in another. Change is a beautiful energy. I am a storyteller. My kids even laugh at how creative I can be in my storytelling. I invite you to own your life story and use it to expand your vision so that your life is aligned with what you really want in your heart. Truth has always been my vision and every time I live my truth…the world expands and I rise to meet it. I want that for you. I wish for you…the world!

Kristi Peck helps individuals develop agency of the true self in all relationships, through every life transition, and by partnering with their dreams. As an intuitive Jungian life coach who specializes in relationships and dreamwork, Kristi believes we are whole, worthy of divine bliss, freedom, and peace, and have unique value to share with others. For over 30 years, she has helped people remember who they are beyond old conditions and outdated influences.  Kristi loves sharing stories that captivate and inspire people to take adventurous leaps of faith within a framework of understanding who they are. Her own vulnerability offers audiences a safe haven to be seen and heard while courageously choosing new ways of living life and showing up in all relationships. Kristi lives by example that the most impressive gift we can offer to another in any relationship is the agency of our true self. Kristi is the author of Coming Home – A Love Story, and a podcast host of Living the Liminal:  Finding Joy in the Pauses of Life. She has a wealth of transformational life experiences and her warmth and vulnerability have been described as a “soft-toughness”.  Kristi is fierce in her compassion to learn, opens her heart to courageous choice-making, and deeply understands the human dynamic. Her passion for living life consciously is a game-changer. IN THIS EPISODE, KRISTI TALKS ABOUT THESE TOPICS: The basement is symbolic of the unconscious mind - look for fun in the fear of the unknown Trusting we are here for a reason and it’s all going to work out for us Finding and reclaiming our personal power What’s your story? How do we get close to the edge? The bigger question is - WHY? Why is going to the edge revolutionary?

Andrea Kasprzak is a writer and intuitive. Both her fiction and non fiction are inspired by fairy tales, nature, and a feeling of being connected to something bigger than ourselves. She is the author of the daydream playbook Imagination Transforms Everything (Seal Press/Hachette Book Group) and the invitational journal Experiments in Dreaming (Chronicle Books, 2022). Andrea writes books and talks to people about matters of the heart. Sometimes you’ll imagine together, and sometimes she mostly listens and remind them of their own magic. This is what how our interview went. It is very playful and encourages others to discover more about their dreams. In this episode with Andrea Kasprzak, we have a a light-hearted and playful conversation all about dreams. From the hot topic of sex dreams to lucid dreams to what exactly are “nightmares,” this session will definitely spark your interest to dive deeper into what your subconscious is trying to tell you every night!

Kristi Peck helps individuals develop agency of the true self in all relationships, through every life transition, and by partnering with their dreams. As an intuitive Jungian life coach who specializes in relationships and dreamwork, Kristi believes we are whole, worthy of divine bliss, freedom, and peace, and have unique value to share with others. For over 30 years, she has helped people remember who they are beyond old conditions and outdated influences.  Kristi loves sharing stories that captivate and inspire people to take adventurous leaps of faith within a framework of understanding who they are. Her own vulnerability offers audiences a safe haven to be seen and heard while courageously choosing new ways of living life and showing up in all relationships. Kristi lives by example that the most impressive gift we can offer to another in any relationship is the agency of our true self. Kristi is the author of Coming Home – A Love Story, and a podcast host of Living the Liminal:  Finding Joy in the Pauses of Life. She has a wealth of transformational life experiences and her warmth and vulnerability have been described as a “soft-toughness”.  Kristi is fierce in her compassion to learn, opens her heart to courageous choice-making, and deeply understands the human dynamic. Her passion for living life consciously is a game-changer.

Corbie Mitleid has been on the mystic’s path for almost 50 years -- meeting challenges, always questioning, leading the “Examined Life.” This road has illuminated an essential Cosmic Truth: God gives all of us what we need for a life filled with miracles and joy, and as long as our hearts are open, whole, and aligned with our Source Energy, anything is possible. (And it never hurts to bring laughter on the path with you!) If she can share that blessing with you, she feels she's doing things right. Corbie is a psychic, channel and medium, reading since 1973. She travels coast to coast and into Canada as a full time intuitive counselor, appeared frequently on radio and television and is an inspirational teacher and facilitator. She is a featured channel in Robert Schwartz’s breakthrough series, Your Soul’s Plan, Your Soul’s Gift and Your Soul’s Love and is herself the author of Clean Out Your LifeCloset, The Psychic Yellow Brick Road and You’ve Got the Magic, Who Needs a Genie? Corbie’s certifications and affiliations include being a Certified Tarot Master, a member of the American Tarot Association and The Tarot Guild, an ordained minister of the Sanctuary of the Beloved (Order of Melchizedek). Her specific skills include Tarot and Oracle/Divination deck readings, spiritual/intuitive counseling, past life retrieval and analysis, mediumship, and spirit guide conferences (including speaking with one’s Soul or Higher Self). IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS: Spiritual Rebelism - taking leaps to access beyond the physical world Faith over Fear Teaching and learning from our experiences in a better way Why we hide behind our victim stories and the victim consciousness Opening up to possibilities of realignment Past Life Regressions and Akashic Records Does everyone have a past life? What are soul plans and (between lives) soul planning partnerships? 7 stages of a spiritual awakening External Reality vs what is beyond what you can see

Kristi and Melissa Lyons get together for this three-part series to discuss the feminine and where we are, and where we can go from here - our permission and choice as an agency for change. To do, to be, to excel, to speak, to dream. Melissa is a self-discovery expert and best-selling author of I Will Always Love You and Until We Meet Again. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS: How to just be, and just allow it. Why we get signs and synchronicities The sacred space of knowing Thought nutrition How to notice to slowly think better thoughts Having compassion for yourself – because you’re human

Kristi and Melissa Lyons get together for this three-part series to discuss the feminine and where we are, and where we can go from here - our permission and choice as an agency for change. To do, to be, to excel, to speak, to dream. Melissa is a self-discovery expert and best-selling author of I Will Always Love You and Until We Meet Again. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS: Why it’s easier to believe our minds and our external landscape than the internal voice. The Intentional choice to choose yourself. The next permission is – it’s okay to be like this, to be different. The color array of emotions that you experience – the gift of emotions. The depth of understanding every single person’s viewpoint. HSPs – highly sensitive people.

Kristi and Melissa Lyons get together for this three-part series to discuss the feminine and where we are, and where we can go from here - our permission and choice as an agency for change. To do, to be, to excel, to speak, to dream. Melissa is a self-discovery expert and best-selling author. IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS: The first permission is deciding you’re worthy enough to explore who you are. Permission and choice – are they freedom givers or prison Being fully honest with ourselves Define your authentic happiness: what you need vs what you have. Do we really know what these are? What is the potential to fill us fully that we’re not connecting to? And what if we never get it? Your blind spots – the things you’re not willing to see about yourself. What it’s hard to see our own dimensions and what we’re capable of.