“The Hidden Gift of Pain: Michael Stone on the Real Path to Awakening”

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Spiritual Infinity, Zenzi Sewaah speaks with Michael Stone, an 80-year-old spiritual teacher and shamanic practitioner whose life has been a living testament to resilience and transformation. From a childhood marked by trauma, loss, and survival, Michael’s story unfolds into one of awakening, love, and the healing of generational wounds.A former organizational consultant and host of Healing the Wounds That Separate Us, Michael shares how trauma shaped his understanding of spirituality and humanity. He reveals that trauma isn’t what happens to us—it’s what happens within us when we are overwhelmed. Healing, he says, begins in the body, not the mind. Through his book Traumatized: A Love Story, and his work at Well of Light, Michael guides people to heal by reconnecting with their emotions, softening, and slowing down enough to feel what has long been buried.He emphasizes that transformation is not about striving to reach an ideal future, but about presence—living as a verb rather than a noun. “Healing,” he says, “is the end of someday. It happens now.”Together, Zenzi and Michael explore how our personal healing ripples backward to ancestors and forward to future generations. As Michael beautifully reminds us, when we heal ourselves, we help heal the world.Closing ReflectionThe path to wholeness begins with presence.Soften, slow down, and breathe into your body. Feel what calls to be felt, for only what is felt can be healed.Affirmation: “I release the past and awaken to my wholeness now.”Guest Contact & BioMichael StoneAuthor | Spiritual Teacher | Shamanic PractitionerTraumatized: A Love Story – Healing the Wounds That Separate, Alienate, and Marginalize Us Website: www.welloflight.comWeekly Online Healing Circle: Tuesdays, 8 AM PacificMichael Stone has spent decades bridging the worlds of psychology, spirituality, and social transformation. As founder of Well of Light, he facilitates trauma circles, soul retrieval work, and spiritual development practices to help people integrate the fragmented parts of themselves and live from compassion and trust Get full access to Zenzi’s Substack at zenzisewaah.substack.com/subscribe