TIPA Podcast Ep #1: Archetype and Authenticity
We are so excited to share with your our first “official” Training in Power Academy Podcast! In this episode, we interview storyteller and beloved faculty member Shaughna Born. Teacher of the Archetype course, Shaughna shares the power and the pitfalls of archetypes in our life and how we can use this system to better know ourselves and…
Read More“We were made for these times” Prose to inspire the spiritual path.
“We were made for these times”, is an iconic line of prose by author Clarissa Pinkola Estes, that today feels more relevant than ever. In the poem by the same name, she speaks to those that may be disillusioned by the state of the world, describing the helplessness that many of us feel in the…
Read MoreHow childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
“Only in Truth can you heal”. This quote from our Level 1 foundational course says it all. It seems so simple and yet, when we begin to look inside ourselves and seek our healing, it can take us to deep and dark places. Ultimately, this is what we want. In order to free ourselves of negative…
Read MoreThe three M's of beating stress
As we come to the end of September, I find myself thinking about summer as if it was long long ago. In our household, back to school also means back to work and to the super-busy routines of fitting everything into a day. The easy days of summer seem far away as stress starts to…
Read MoreThe Spirit of Purpose: An Audio Interview with Faye Fitzgerald
Spiritual teacher Faye Fitzgerald is never one to shy away from the big questions of life. She has a knack for bringing big lofty concepts down to earth in a way that makes them tangible and easy to understand. In this interview, we tackle the big topic of capital “P” Purpose: What is it? Where…
Read MoreGratitude: Life's precious teacher
Every night when I put my 4 year old son to bed, he asks me to recount the events of the day, often with excruciating detail. When we finally say goodnight, there is a sense of completion. No matter how good or bad the day was, in the…
Read MoreImagine re-imagined
When John Lennon wrote “Imagine” in 1971, it was a call to peace and unity in a tumultuous time. Yet, here we are in 2017 and the song has never felt so relevant. Countless artists have covered Imagine, adding their own tone to the universal message of the song. With the raw power of their…
Read MoreSurvival of the sisterhood: working from the inside-out
After the historic women’s marches that took place across the world on January 21, 2017, the global consciousness was reminded of what women, when united, can achieve. For those who participated, there was a palpable power, a healing quality to the experience. It was a macrocosm of what many of us feel when we come…
Read MoreMother to Daughter: Take care of YOU first
In the video below, Jada Pinkett Smith breaks down the key concept of Self First to her daughter and how it effects our balance as individuals and especially, Mothers. Clearly spoken from well earned experience and self exploration, take 6 minutes and watch this testament to the power of meditation, self responsibility and leading from…
Read MoreSolstice: A Universal call to the Light
Solstice is coming. I get so very excited these days when the great wheel of time swings around to mid-winter’s eve. Let me preface by assuring you that I was once a tremendous humbug about Christmas time. I felt like there was magic happening but somehow the stories I was being told about the reasons…
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