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Death & A Butterfly
by synergiKfit
Join Kerry Holmstrom - personal coach and shamanic healer - as she tackles topics like: philosophy, history, spirituality, fitness, and well-being with guests.Sharing knowledge for the modern journeyer - welcome to the thought process.
Episodes
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I'm back...
Let's get into a bit about my story... While this episode is just a small preface to the goings on of my childhood, I chose to read this letter specifically, to lay some ground work before the real fireworks. I was a child of the foster system, since I was born. Unfortunately my foster family…
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Episode 47: We're Back w/ Taurean Pt. 1
The hiatus is over - I'm moving forward in a direction that will allow my guests to speak their truths about their personal stories. THEIR JOURNEYS. How they got to be the people they are today. On today's episode I have brought back one of my OG guests, Taurean Wellman, with Wellman Wellness...
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Episode 45: Hold the Line
Let's talk about the use of the 'never before used' Emergency Act - in place of the Emergency War Act... We're no longer a democracy in Canada. How sad to say. I urge you to watch as Brian Peckford speaks on the use of it and how the Constitution surpasses such things...as he is the last living...
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Episode 44: Keep Going - We're Not Done Yet
Yes, we're making leeway on our stance of FREEDOM in Canada. Wild to even have to write that out or say...fighting for our freedom in Canada. Just because we've had a small win DOES NOT mean this fight is over. We must keep the pressure on. These leaders must be held accountable for their hate...
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Episode 43: Visualization for a Deep Sleep (Meditation)
You can listen to this meditation as many times as you’d like. This podcast is a focus on visualizing and relaxing the mind for sleep. When thoughts arise can you allow them to go? Put the power back in your hands... Here's to a beautiful and rejuvenating night's rest. In support of your success,...
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Episode 42: Dreams Part Deux
My second go at speaking about dreams...this is a large portion of what I learned this weekend. I cover the interpretation of your dreams, some techniques to utilize your dreaming, and the types of dreams you can encounter. HALF of our lives are spent sleeping!! It's important to innerstand how…
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Episode 41: It's Not All Love & Light
Here we go! Bear with me as my RANDOM thoughts come together. As a spiritual person, I'll be quick to say it's not all love & light - especially while trying to navigate my emotions while recovering from a concussion - I feel off and I'm trying to hold space for myself. Have to be in the darkness...
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Episode 40: A Stable Mind (11 Hz Meditation)
It's already been a year of podcasting! Happy birthday to the podcast (and me later this week)! You can listen to this meditation as many times as you’d like. Journal as you implement this into your routine…notice the changes as you begin to set intent for your own grounding and stability; how…
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Episode 39: Concussed
Here we go! Bear with me as my thoughts come together on my concussion and speaking about post-concussion syndrome (I can be a lil slow in my thought process). Have I ever gone to the doctor when I've struck my head? NOPE Have I gotten a baseline concussion test before? YES - results show I have...
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Episode 38: Plans Aren't Going According to Plan
What do you do when things aren't going according to plan? I can say, from past experiences, that the expectations we place on how things should go played into a lot of my own unhappiness. Things not going to plan can be blessings in disguise if you just learn to flow with it. In support of your...
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Episode 37: Gratitude Is Coming In...
Have you taken time to reflect on the amazing learning lesson's of the year? It's not all rainbows and unicorns, but if you can take something away from the experience you're doing well! Put more focus on the things that bring you joy and less focus on those that do not. I can say I am grateful…
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Episode 36: Your Mind is Like an Ocean (Meditation)
You can listen to this meditation as many times as you’d like. Today is a focus on breathing and mindfulness. What do you put your attention on? As you notice thoughts or feelings arise, can you sense and observe while allowing them to pass? Water flows, like the waves of an ocean, things will…
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Episode 35: Social Media Awareness (Meditation)
You can listen to this meditation as many times as you’d like. Most of us utilize social media for something...whether that's to actually be social or to follow our favourite actors/actresses, bands, etc. While there is a lot of good in being able to stay connected; there is a lot of negative...
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Episode 34: Love & Kindness (11 Hz Meditation)
You can listen to this meditation as many times as you’d like. Journal as you implement this into your routine…notice the changes as you begin to set intent for your own loving kindness and how you can carry that forward in your day-to-day life. Binaural beats in the alpha frequencies (8 to 13…
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Episode 33: Self Compassion
This one is for Reuben... I just scratch the surface on this one; from my own experience and how I felt a Dispenza book lent some value to this. Key takeaways for starters: Being mindful of negative self-talk Mindfulness of story telling and how it arouses your emotions Vulnerability to speaking…
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Episode 32: Relaxation for Sleep (432 Hz Meditation)
Get your sleep timer on and set it to the end of episode as we drift off to sleep in 432 hz meditation. You can listen to this meditation as many times as you’d like. Journal as you implement this into your routine…notice the changes as you begin to set intent for your dream time and how you can...
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Episode 31: Kisandra, Dan & I (Pt. 2)
We hear more from Dan in this episode; where we went Joe Rogan style with no set conversation of topic perse. Chatting about our journeys through life - from workout tapes with our moms to drifting in cars with boys... Grateful for great friends who are basically family! In support of your…
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Episode 30: I'm GRATEFUL for TRIGGERS
I told myself I'm just tired. This has been an ongoing week of triggers and physically decompressing from it... I am grateful for triggers - they show me areas I still need to grow... I'm grateful to be able to grow - YES it's hard. YES it feels like shit. But is it worth it; you bet your sweet…
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Episode 29: Bringing Awareness to a Problem Without Fixing (Meditation)
Today we bring awareness to problems we may have WITHOUT fixing it. We tend to have an inherent want to consistently overthink things and feel the need to always be 'fixing.' This doesn't mean we don't need to find a solution to our problems; just that sometimes the 'what if' scenarios cause too...
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Episode 28: T-T-T-T Triggers
******Trigger alert******** The word R-A-P-E is used in this podcast. Be forewarned. Why is it so acceptable to say you're triggered and yet not do anything about that wounding that is causing you to be triggered or reactive? I dig into my own personal experience of this and shed a little...
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Episode 27: Kisandra, Dan & I (Pt.1)
Welcome Kisandra to the arena! In this episode, we Joe Rogan style with no set conversation of topic perse. We play a children's fart game to break the ice and chat about books we've read, influences, and move onto some other things... This one ended up being lengthy with our banter so I'll break...
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Episode 26: Relaxation for Chronic Pain (Meditation)
A follower recently asked me to give ya more meditations; stating they helped with their chronic pain! Well, here ya go! We're working on attention to breath and staying present. Get yourself in a nice, quiet, and comfortable space; away from distractions - go ahead press play! If there is a…
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Episode 25: Dreams
I'm talking dreams today! Not the Fleetwood Mac kind, although it is one of my favourite songs for karaoke. A follower recently asked me to speak a bit more about dreams... So buckle up for 30 min of the teaching I learned a year or so ago! Grab a paper or whatever you need to take some notes :)...
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Episode 24: Know Your F**king Rights
Today I chat a bit about an experience I am facing in my employment... My current employer is putting a vaccination policy in place as of November 1, 2021... So I touch a bit more on my options and why this is inherently SO WRONG. For more reference information - go to my blog here Miigwech,...
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Episode 23: Conditional
Today I am talking about how relationships, platonic or otherwise, hinge on whether you wish to be controlled and likeable. I urge you to really look at the 'why' behind your narrative needing to be the narrative of many. OR do you choose to go with your own narrative...the one without influence…
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Episode 22: Food for Thought - Literally
Today's episode is brought to you by: "It's not the government's job to keep us healthy; it's the government's job to stand up for our rights." Our health has always been our own priority it seems - I'll tell you why the government has never been concerned with our health... Here are only a few...
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Episode 21: History Repeats Itself
TRIGGER WARNING: I say some things that don't necessarily fit the current societal narrative...you've been warned GRADE 10 - I had a teacher who educated my guitar class on the importance of learning from the past. He said we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes if we stay blind to the past....
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Episode 20: Put A Name To It
TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE Let's put a name and a description to abuse - emotional, verbal, physical, sexual - it doesn't matter what abuse it is. There's no room for people who go through life consistently getting their way with their terrible behaviour and never seeing repercussions. Karmuppins is...
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Episode 19: Put YOUR Oxygen Mask On First
We're using the flight policy of "put your oxygen mask on first" as an analogy today. I chat a bit about putting yourself first in order to be better for yourself and others...as well as being triggered and what it can mean for you. If you haven't already done so... Go listen to the previous...
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Episode 18: What Do You Allow?
Recapping a bit on the last episode - short and sweet - what actions do you allow from others? When is enough truly enough? How do you know when to remove yourself from a situation or relationship? If you haven't already done so... Go listen to the previous episode (#17) talking about toxic…
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Episode 17: Identifying & Cutting Toxic Relationships
The Month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month - thus all the meditations I've been giving away to keep ya going! Here's another installment - but we're talking toxic people you encounter today, how to take your power back, and how to address the situations you may be dealing with regardless…
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Episode 16: Breathing Away Anxious Thoughts
The Month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month - thus all the meditations I've been giving away to keep ya going! Here's another one. Breath. It is a primal pattern of movement in our bodies. Let us use it today as a primary tool for relaxation. Take a moment to set yourself up in a…
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Episode 15: The Five Senses
Take a few moments to practice mindfulness with the help of your senses. Notice 5 things you can see. Four things you can feel in your body. Three things you can hear. Two things you can smell. One thing you can taste. Instead of looking outside of yourself - find some presence within yourself…
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Episode 14: Body Scan Meditation
This practice is a simple way to get into more awareness of your own body; what tensions are you hanging onto that may lead from worries or anxieties in your daily life? Take some time to relax and sit with yourself in order to bring more light to the areas you hold those tensions. Please feel…
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Episode 13: Bringing Your Mind Back From Thoughts
Your thoughts are like snowflakes - one moment they are here and the next they melt away. Allow your thoughts to be and move on in order to gain more clarity. Incorporate this practice into your daily routine and watch how your mind and body shifts into a constant state of relaxation. In support…
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Episode 12: Transformation Tuesdays
This topic really ties in to what I've been speaking to lately - EVERYTHING is mindset. Looking a certain way is great and all, but if you're doing it for anything, but yourself it's going to be a struggle. Your mental health is far more important than your physical health so we're going to chat...
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Episode 11: Dropping Worries & Regrets (Meditation)
Continuing on the subject of letting go - what baggage do you carry around with you? Pack those worries about the future and regrets of the past into suitcases and let's drop that baggage off together. This is a powerful visualization for releasing some of that weight we carry. Let's go!
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Episode 10: The Subtle Art of Letting Go
What are you running away from? What do you numb yourself with: drinking, drugs, or sex? "In a world of tension and breakdown it is necessary for there to be those who seek to integrate their inner lives not by avoiding anguish and running away from problems, but by facing them in their naked...
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Episode 9: Shine Your Light
I'm talking about taking up some space in this world we're journeying through... Why is it that so many of us are content with dimming ourselves down to fit in with the crowd? No more. Be the brightest light...be your truest, most authentic self. It starts with speaking your truth and looking at...
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Episode 8: Self-Love Meditation
Self-Love - it's what I'm all about. Find that before searching for it in others... So take a short break, ease your mind, and practice bringing some attention to yourself. Your mind, Your body, Your journey.
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Episode 7: Alleviate Stress (Meditation)
In today's journey, you will be taken through a simple '3 deep breath' technique and releasing any tension you may be holding onto throughout your body. Your mind, Your body, Your journey.
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Episode 6: Undoing The Known
Once you awaken to the journey you are called to, you begin to undo the reality you have always known. This is something I have embraced, over the last year, as I have stepped into my own truths. Whether it was through readings, podcasts, or personal "doorways" I had to walk through...regardless…
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Episode 5: The Values...To The Everything
This is a short and sweet episode - I'm literally giving you the notes I took on my latest shamanic teaching, but it resonated for me so much that I wanted to share. Life isn't about making yourself small or asking for permission - so let's get into it!
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Episode 4: Embodiment w/ Melanie Ben Diaf
Melanie “Biker Mama” Ben Diaf and I get into embodying self-love & self-worth – “You’re not going to get what you want if you half ass it. If you’re only half-assing it; you’re going to get half-assed shit.” What promises are we making to ourselves that we break? Are we teaching others what is...
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Episode 3: Emotional Abuse
In this week's episode, I was essentially voluntold by a friend to speak a little about my experience with emotional abuse because we got on the topic. Now, I didn't want to fully delve into all the dirty details here, so I did keep things a little more generalized and hopefully relatable. This…
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Episode 2: Boundaries w/ Taurean Wellman
On this week's episode... I have my good friend and mentor, Taurean, join me as a co-host. We delve into the subject of boundaries - I get a little passionate as I have a new found outlook on them. Boundaries and the rollercoaster ride we embark on if we aren't able to define them in our life and...
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Episode 1: Me, Myself, and I
In this week's episode, I'm getting into a little bit of my story. My why...and how my own healing of things turned into a journey of serving others towards their own journeys.
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Join Kerry Holmstrom - personal coach and shamanic healer - as she tackles topics like: philosophy, history, spirituality, fitness, and well-being with guests.Sharing knowledge for the modern journeyer - welcome to the thought process.
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