The Unbroken Soul

The Summer Solstice is a time to honor the sun, to invite expansion and growth as the days extend into night and the nights become shorter. A rising up into the limitless potential of who you are becoming as the roots dive deep into the earthly soils. As Above, So Below. This brief meditation will anchor you into self and project you forward into the warmth of the suns glow and the endless opportunities that await.

On the heals of hosting a women's spiritual retreat in the Rocky Mountains Amanda reflects upon the importance of finding the courage to own every facet of our stories. To open up with vulnerability and expose the pieces that we may have abandoned along the way. Releasing the shame and learning to embrace that which assisted in the creation of who we are today gives us permission to be seen in completion. It is through sharing our stories that we continue to heal and invite others to join us. This episode is dedicated to all of the braves souls that have found their voices and continue to inspire others to do the same. I see you and I hear you. xo If you'd like to get to know Amanda she can be found on Instagram @amanda.joy.77 where she shares inspiration, truth and tools on how to begin your own healing journey. 

Every January Amanda is drawn to reflection, an opportunity to revisit lessons, challenges, and growth. 2020 has been a year of exception, creating challenges no one could have predicted resulting in obstacles we've never been presented before. However, if we pause and choose to be the witness we are able to see that in each experience there is growth. This short meditation was channeled in the early morning hours as Amanda sat in reflection of her own year and the many areas of spotlighting that gifted her room for greater understanding. Find a quiet space, put your headphones in and settle in for this brief but powerful 15 minute meditation. Interested in your own personal meditation? Amanda Joy would love to hear from you so please reach out and connect through Instagram @amanda.joy.77 or email hello@amandajoy.ca . Much love. xo

In this episode Amanda introduces us to the spinning vortexes of energy located along the spine and speaks about the importance of each center. She briefly pauses at each chakra and offers a greater understanding of each. The importance of the energy centers in healing trauma is to understand that when a major disruption happens in our lives it will create a blockage or a dampening of the energy in the body and therefore causes interference within the entire energy flow of the body. It is vital for the health of our energy that we find ways to release, cleanse and purify these blockages or densities. In the weeks to come Amanda will open up her exclusive studio workshop Journey Within to an online audience to assist in bringing us back into alignment and introducing tools to help keep us balanced and clear. This episode is sure to bring up some questions regarding the chakras and that's exactly the conversation that Amanda would love to have with each of you so please don't hesitate to contact her with any questions. As always she can be found on IG amanda.joy.77 Facebook Amanda Joy Spiritual Healing or by email hello@amandajoy.ca

The unfortunate truth about this episode is that it's all too common. Childhood sexual abuse by a family member stifled and silenced, stored at a cellular level until it eventually presents itself in the form of mental illness and numbed with alcohol. Charlene's story is shocking yet familiar to many.  A life long struggle resulting in the planning of her own suicide and saved only days prior by the story of another. This soul conversation reminds us of that the power of our own voice may be the one thing that saves anothers life. Charlene can be found on Facebook: Charlene Madden - Speaker & Author or by email charleneannemadden@yahoo.com.

In this episode Amanda invites us to become aware of the shifts that may take place within the mind and body while consuming endless information on Social Media Platforms. She speaks about her own decision to step away from the daily overwhelm to recognize what her mind/body needed to find a place of balance. Take a moment, feel into your body prior to opening up your favorite platform and get curious about how you're feeling, where are your thoughts, your breath, sensations in the body and then after you're done with your time online take another moment to check back in. What has or hasn't changed? Are you leaving with the same sensations or has something shifted? As always there is no right or wrong, just awareness. Only you know what is right for you, but in order to discover that you must get curious first.  

Tracy is no stranger to trauma, she is a warrior of life's many challenges and learned at a very young age to suppress her trauma and power on. It wasn't until her first breathwork ceremony that Tracy was introduced to a glimpse of the emotion she had been carrying for a lifetime. The session left her in awe. Opening a portal to untouched emotion and deep healing she continued to search for local practitioners and was happy to discover there was one in a neighboring community. She immediately signed up and was pleased to be greeted by her family physician as she arrived into a room full of strangers. However, her second experience was much different than the first and it left her with great reservations to attend any future events. Luckily, with the encouragement of her family physician, after dealing with many physical ailments, Tracy was convinced to return one more time with the promise that her doctor would be in attendance as familiar support. It is with deep gratitude that she mustered the courage to attend and has since continued practicing breathwork as a regular part of her healing practice. In this episode Tracy shares of the importance of breathwork not as a stereotypical modern day 'woo-woo' practice but as a necessity for everyone. It is through this practice that Tracy has heightened her meditation experiences and deepened her understanding of the power of our own breath. Amanda and Tracy discuss the importance of releasing emotional trauma through breathwork and offer us all a reminder that we are worthy of a joy-filled life no matter what your life's circumstances have been. Tracy can be reached through email at tracy.kuhn05@gmail.com with any questions regarding breathwork and why you should try it for yourself!

In this episode Amanda reminds us to become curious about our energy. Does the energy belong to us or are we picking it up from others? During this time it is important to remember to ask yourself questions such as "Is this mine?" and "How does it want to be moved?" By learning to connect to an internal awareness we can better navigate our current situation and release trapped energy from the body creating freedom from tension and dense energy. Amanda also includes two simple breath techniques to incorporate into your daily routine to help ground and center the body, a gentle reminder to the nervous system that you are safe and in control at all times. If you have questions or are seeking a greater understanding Amanda welcomes all comments to be directed to her IG account @amanda.joy.77 or her Facebook page Amanda Joy Spiritual Healing & Guidance

Today's honored guest is one with a story so heavy most of us can't even possibly fathom it. In 2014, while at a house party in Calgary, AB, Canada, Shannon's youngest daughter Kaiti was murdered along with 4 others. It was through her own journey of grief that Shannon found her ultimate purpose and passion in life, to help others navigate this unknown territory. She has taken her tragedy and built upon it to hold space and guide others through their own stories of trauma, from the loss of a job, a marriage, or a dear loved one. Shannon offers a kind, nurturing presence as she openly shares her most challenging moments and how she came to understand that in our darkest times there is always light. Shannon can be found on Facebook sharing tools and tips on grief at Conversations with Shannon or on her website at conversationswithshannon.com 

We have been engulfed in a fear-based mentality. With the recent global outbreak of the coronavirus we are inundated with media frenzies focusing on doom and gloom enhancing and encouraging fear. It is everywhere, from social media, email, the conversation with friends and family we are surrounded. At this time it is imperative to pause, take a deep breath and ground back into the knowing that we are safe. There are no mistakes in life and that we are being gifted an opportunity for growth and awakening. In all of this chaos we have a choice, we can choose to live in fear and attract more of it into our lives or we can turn our faces to the light and realize the beauty unfolding around us. Families are becoming closer, the elderly are being cared for and the young are being guided into new opportunities. If you redirect your attention to gratitude and look for the lessons they are there, it's up to you to seek them. This podcast is elevated with a Healing Light Meditation. Put your headphones in, relax and breathe into the knowing that you are safe, you are peace, you are light. And so it is. As always Amanda Joy can be found at IG: amanda.joy.77 or on Facebook: Amanda Joy Spiritual Healing

In this episode Amanda Joy discusses the crossroads between living a life filled with excuses or choosing to find reasons. Often when we are presented with opportunities in life our first response to is stay in the space of comfort, allowing the ego mind to keep us safe. In reality the very excuses we hide behind, our children, partners or finances can be the exact reasons why we should be stepping into growth. An open conversation around the reality that we are the creators of our own destiny and if we don't look for the reasons why we'll continue to stay trapped in the excuses. Amanda Joy can be reached at IG: @amanda.joy.77 or Facebook: Amanda Joy Spiritual Healing

In this episode Amanda Joy and Christi Towers dive into the tragic reality of growing up in a small town and experiencing the untimely loss of close friends at a young age. After losing several dear friends in an extremely short time span it didn't seem like it could get any worse. Until one dreadful night, after attending yet another funeral of a young loved one lost too soon, Christi's world was rocked upside down with the news that her sister and fiance had been the most recent victims of a fatal car accident. With her world spiraling out of control Christi did what she knew how to do best, she went on living her life and being "OK". Christi's story comes with a reminder of the words we speak to our loved ones, the fragility of life and the necessity to allow ourselves the permission to heal no matter the timeline. It is a story of lost identity, disassociation from truly feeling and the reality that it is never too late to begin your healing journey. You can find Christi Towers on IG: @christitowers Facebook: Christi Towers and on the web at www.realaccountabilitypartner.com

In this episode Amanda Joy reminds us that emotion is energy in motion and the importance of shifting this energy to free ourselves from a comfortable state of suffering. Quite often in life we get distracted from the full expression of feeling and as a result we tend to stuff and suppress our emotions. When we allow this to happen we create unnecessary suffering as a result of the trapped emotion. If we can learn to offer awareness to our experiences we can then begin the process of locating the energy in the body, finding a healthy outlet to express the emotion resulting in a shift and ultimate release of stuck energy. As we learn to invite this process into our lives we will create space for a natural expression and a healthy outlet for feeling all emotions. As always, any questions or comments can be directed to Amanda Joy on IG: @amanda.joy.77 or FB: Amanda Joy Spiritual Healing & Guidance

At the tender age of 6 years old Krista and her younger sister were kidnapped by their own father and fled across international borders into the USA. Her mother frantically searched for them hiring private detectives and even contacting America's Most Wanted to no avail. Today's episode is about a childhood of confusion. Convinced by her father that her mother left them, Krista did what any child would do. She put her entire trust into her fathers hands. Instructed not to speak about her mother or their past Krista began to question the line between truth and reality and relied heavily on her father to speak for her for fear of saying or doing the wrong thing. It wasn't until the tragic loss of her father in her adult years that she realized she had been living her life to please him. Krista has since embarked on her own journey of healing childhood trauma and reconnecting to the lost voice inside. It is through this journey that she now offers hope and inspiration to other women as a life coach. Krista guides women into a safe place of identifying unhealthy people pleasing patterns and assisting them in rewiring limiting beliefs to bring them back to a greater understanding of their own personal power. Krista can be found at: IG: @imkristak FB: Krista Kokot Lifecoach

The word trigger is commonly used in trauma language to identify an experience that draws you away from an internal awareness and into a high elevated state of fear or better known as the fight or flight reflex. In this short episode Amanda Joy introduces us to triggers and offers a reminder of tools to bring us back into a calm state of present moment awareness. Connect with Amanda Joy: IG: amanda.joy.77 

It is with the utmost gratitude and deep sense of fear that I am publishing my Podcast. After many years of silencing my voice, I am standing in the power of vulnerability and truth telling. Dissolving shame and unveiling the promise of hope. In this episode you will get a glimpse into how life as I knew it was shattered one beautiful Fall afternoon and how I slowly began my healing journey to uncover the powerful woman I am today.