Playful Spirituality
by Cara Viana
The Playful Spirituality podcast is the home for your unbridled wildness! A place to discover your magic and your superpowers (yes, you have them), remind you of your connection to Spirit, and tap you into the unconditional love and support that is flowing to you.In this playground, you will find many resources - from tools and teachings to guided meditations and energy healings, with occasional special guests and even live readings.Cara offers practical and fun guidance to help you raise your energy, amplify your self love, and inspire your joy!
Episodes
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#66 - What if life isn’t testing you… it’s handing you presents?
What if the way to hold everything together is to loosen your grip and follow what feels a little lighter? In this live reading, a client wonders how to best support her spouse while juggling work pressure, family (both here and in spirit), and the quiet sense that something meaningful is forming...
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# 65 - How Do I Get Out of This Constant Mental Spiral?
In this special episode, you get a front row seat to listen to an actual intuitive reading. Settle in for a dose of love, clarity, and insights as only non-physical can deliver it. What if the swirling vortex in your mind isn’t chaos, but a doorway to clarity? This live reading on the podcast...
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#64 - Lower Your Dams and Trust the Sled Dogs ~ a Live Healing Session
What if lowering your inner dams and trusting your spiritual sled dogs could heal you? In this special episode, Cara invites listeners into a live client session, offering a rare chance to hear intuitive energy work unfold in real time. As she helps her client release limiting beliefs and…
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#63 - Live Reading ~ From Stuck and Weighed Down to Relief and Hope
In this special episode, you get a front row seat to listen to an actual intuitive reading. Settle in for a dose of love, clarity, and insights as only non-physical can deliver it. What if the heaviness you’ve been carrying isn’t even yours to hold? During this live reading, Cara connects with a...
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#62 - What It's Like to Give a Psychic Reading
In this special prelude to Playful Spirituality’s first-ever live psychic reading, Cara gives us insights about what really happens during a session. Bringing live readings to the podcast has been a dream of Cara’s since the beginning, in her words, “For over 20 years I’ve been doing readings and...
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#61 - Raising Sensitive Kids and the Power of the Wiggle Dance
Brilliant Soul Gathering - Guest Speaker Cara Viana on Parenting Sensitive Kids What if your child’s sensitivity is not a problem to solve but a superpower you can help them understand? In this uplifting conversation from The Brilliant Soul Gathering Summit, Cara joins Teen Soul coach Nadine to...
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#60 - Call of the Wild
What if feeling human again was less about escaping modern life and more about remembering your own natural rhythm? In this live workshop recording, Cara guides you back to your wilder self, the part that knows how to breathe, feel, and recalibrate even when the world is buzzing nonstop. You will...
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#59 - Winter Solstice Magic and Rituals with Stephanie Burg
What if the darkest day of the year was an invitation more potent than you ever realized? For this Winter Solstice episode, Cara sits down with her dear friend: Coach and Herbalist, Stephanie Burg to explore the quiet magic of this seasonal turning point, and the rituals it inspires. Stephanie...
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#58 - Happier in 3 Simple Steps
What if becoming happier didn’t mean chasing bliss, but simply turning the dial up a notch or two? In this special experiential episode, Cara invites you to take part in her Happier Workshop, a hands-on journey designed to help you feel about 15% happier, starting now. You’ll begin with a light,...
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#57 - Interview with Amy J Hellman: What if Your Purpose Wasn’t What You Do, But Who You Are?
We often treat “purpose” like a finish line, tied to productivity, careers, or achievements. In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara welcomes healer and author Amy J. Hellman to explore a more playful, embodied way of living with purpose. Amy shares her practice of “following her smiles” —...
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#56 - Why Can't I Talk About My Period??
Periods: one thing everyone knows about but nobody wants to talk about. Cara’s not having it. In this hilariously taboo-busting episode of Playful Spirituality, she shares how she ditched the secrecy, casually announcing her period to a grocery store checker and, yes, using menstrual blood as...
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#55 - Money Bliss with Hanna Bier
What if money is a form of love? In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara talks with Hanna Bier, author of Wealth From Within and founder of Money Bliss, about healing our relationship with money from the inside out. Hanna shares her journey from a high-pressure fashion career to a life...
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#54 - Nervous System Lessons from a Toddler
What if your two-year-old could teach you the most profound nervous system regulation technique you’ve ever heard? In this solo episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara reflects on the tender, tangled experience of coming down from the high of her wedding in Costa Rica and how her toddler’s one-word...
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#53 - Energetic Boundaries & Creative Magic: A Conversation with Natalie Neckyfarow
What if your sensitivity was actually your superpower? In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara welcomes Natalie Neckyfarow—actor, producer, and embodiment coach—for an insightful conversation about the intuitive gifts we all carry and how tuning into them can shift everything. Natalie…
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#52 - Embracing Your Whole Self: A Conversation with Sarah Moore
What if loving yourself fully was the boldest thing you could do? In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara welcomes author Sarah Moore for a deep and lively conversation about personal growth and the power of embracing who you truly are. Sarah’s book, Full of Herself, is a relatable, honest,...
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#51 - The Practice of Happiness
What if happiness isn’t a goal to achieve, but an emotion to embrace? In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara explores the idea that happiness is something we can actively cultivate, rather than a destination we need to reach. Cara shares how prioritizing happiness can transform our daily...
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#50 - When Manifestation Falls in Your Lap (The Bathtubs and Biceps Blueprint)
What if your dreams could manifest with ease, joy, and zero struggle? In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara dives into the magic of manifestation when we are able to approach it without resistance. Through personal stories full of unexpected connections and delightful surprises, Cara...
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#49 - Free Will vs Predetermined Destiny
Is your life unfolding by predetermined destiny, or everything decided in the moment by each free will decision you make? The answer may surprise you. In this episode of Playful Spirituality, we explore the mystical dance between free will and destiny. Cara pulls from her 26 years of channeling...
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#48 - The Art of Complaining
Is complaining always a bad thing, or can it be a pathway to positivity? Is it creating more negative situations in your life, or is it, dare we say, a pathway to manifestation? The answer is both, depending on how you do it. In this episode of Playful Spirituality, Cara explores how…
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#47 - Are We Back? The Postpartum Ass Kicking
What if everything you thought you knew about postpartum was wrong? In this deeply personal episode, Cara shares the unexpected challenges she faced after giving birth. She thought postpartum would be about simply bouncing back—losing weight, a quick recovery, and returning to her old self. But…
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#46 - The Magic of Big Picture Thinking
What if you could change the way you feel about your life in an instant? What if you could feel truly positive about your home, your partner, your body, your job? To suddenly feel proud of it all, grateful for it, like you want to shout from the rooftops how wonderful it is? To feel in awe of…
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#45 - Creating VS Reacting to Life; Living Life on Purpose
Most people go about their lives reacting to the circumstances they are in and the events they experience. There is another way to live, a way of curating how you feel and creating the reality around you on purpose. In this episode of the Playful Spirituality podcast Cara dives into the…
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#44 - Mindset Shifts for Money, Business, & More
Your mindset is one of the biggest keys (or possibly hurdles) to the success and happiness you desire. To get you the juiciest advice on mindset, Cara interviews her long time friend and colleague, Business Coach, Kim Argetsinger. Kim and Cara examine the idea of how core beliefs and patterns in...
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#43 - The Secret to Being in Flow with Life
Check out the Art of Slowing Down Free Workshop Listen to previous episodes on this topic: Navigating the Holiday Season as a Sensitive Person Creating and Manifesting in the Winter Season How the season and the new year energy affects your manifestation Aloha my friends, We are opening the new...
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#42 - Healing Religious Trauma with Sarah Chann
“How do you get over God trauma aka religious trauma so you can have an intimate relationship with the divine again?” In answer to this listener's question, Cara invited a very special guest, Sarah Chann, for an intimate and enlightening conversation about dealing with religious trauma and...
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#41 - A Different Take on Miscarriage
Excited to finally share the beautiful stories of her miscarriages and the evental birth of her son, Cara divulges her very personal journey over the last seven years. This episode is truly an Intuitive’s story of meeting her baby. A very different take on miscarriage than the norm, it is Cara’s...
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#40 - The Top 10 Things About Motherhood That Shocked The Hell Outta Me
Join Cara Viana on this episode of the Playful Spirituality Podcast as she returns from a maternity leave hiatus to candidly share her experiences as a new mom. This episode is a raw and honest reflection on the unexpected challenges, joys, and surprises that come with giving birth and raising a...
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#39 - Manifestation vs Action
One of the biggest unspoken questions in manifestation is “When do I take action and when do I go for a walk in the garden?” Well, that’s exactly what Cara's breaking down in this week’s podcast. “You can’t just sit around meditating and expect success to happen for you” True. “You can’t just...
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#38 - Joy Experiment
In this episode Cara shares the personal story of an experiment she decided to do in her own life, an experiment to put tiny bits of effort and focus into seeing if she could find the feeling of joy. Tune in to hear the results of this life experiment and the lessons she learned, as well as the...
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#37 - How the season and the new year energy affects your manifestation
The potent energy of the new year is an extremely powerful time to create within. There is a brewing, a budding, like a cauldron of change gently being stirred. This energy urges us to begin anew, to reevaluate, to desire, to grow, to change. However, … There is also a juxtaposition of a...
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#36 - An Intention Meditation to Create a Peaceful, Healing, and Joyous Season
The holiday season is full of magic, love, and wonder, but sometimes it is also wrapped in loneliness, comparison, and replaying old patterns. Meditation is a powerful way to release those gloomy feelings from the season and embrace your playful and joyous self. So, If you feel you are triggered...
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#35 - Jealousy and Comparison are actually secret keys to unlock your Manifestation
Are you stuck in a cycle of comparison? Wishing you could be someone else in a day or two. It's hard not to feel jealous, especially watching other people's dreams and desires come true. But you see, that jealousy you are feeling right now is an invitation telling you that you can receive what…
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#34 - Coming to Terms with Our Manifestations
Have you ever manifested something huge in your life without meaning to, or maybe you did it on purpose, and suddenly, your nervous system gets tense, and you start thinking: "Who am I to have this" "What if I lose it?" "Is this safe, or is the other shoe going to drop?" This is far more common...
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#33 - How to Get Out Of Your Own Way and Let it In
You have already desired so much for your future, far more than you consciously realize. Whether you know it or not, the universe is conspiring to bring all of this and more to you. Your job now is to get out of your own way and let in the good stuff. When it comes to manifesting our desires…most...
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#32 - Manifestation Myth Busting - You're Not Doing it Wrong.
If you have tried to manifest something and it hasn’t worked - listen to this. If you’ve worried you’re doing it wrong, or felt like you might accidentally create something you don’t want - listen to this. If you feel like the information on manifestation is sometimes confusing or contradictory...
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#31 - Carving my Man out of the Universe
Have you ever stopped to wonder how the really good stuff in your life happens? Have you wondered what’s actually happening when everything is going wrong and crumbling around you? How does a person go from the dissolution of your dreams to stepping into the new and better ones? In this episode...
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#30 - Creating a Sustainable Relationship with Emily Cassel
What would you feel if you received a gift beautifully wrapped with a big red ribbon? Where do you need to peel each part to uncover what's inside? That is so fun and exciting, right? We are sitting in a world full of possibilities, and the universe is doing so much prep for us to uncover an...
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#29 - Interview with Woodrow - Beliefs impacting relationships
Do you ever struggle to find joy, love, and connection in your life? Then this episode is for you. I have welcomed to the show an exceptional guest and someone who has been part of my past programs, Woodrow Petrović, a physicist and shaman who clearly sees the connections between science and...
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#28 - Is this the secret fix for your relationship? Are you rejecting or receiving love?
Have you ever experienced that feeling of misfire in a relationship, when your communication just seems to be on different planes? Or have had times in a relationship when one or both of you feel you aren’t getting what you need no matter how hard you try? Or maybe you feel like you're the one...
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#27 - Resentment is a cock block - how to get it out of your relationship
Let's imagine that you are in your circle of friends, and you get together but discuss all the things that drive you nuts about your partner; that's what you do, right? It's not a societal norm to talk about all the great things your partner does; we tend to focus on what we resent more than...
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#26 - Your Miraculous Nervous System and the Rewiring of It
Is your nervous system addicted to stress? Maybe it’s fear, or financial struggle or let down in relationships? In this episode Cara dives into exploration of your incredible nervous system, and how to rewire or heal it after periods of prolonged stress, or a life of being wired a certain way. In...
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#25 - The Art of Gliding Above Stress
Through personal stories and examples, Cara shares how our daily stresses result from our perceptions rather than actual danger or threats to our well-being. This is great news! We can learn to shift reactionary patterns of anxiety and alarm - bringing relief to our nervous systems and a sense of...
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#24 - Navigating Big World Events as an Empath
Do you ever feel mentally, emotionally, or physically overwhelmed by global events? In this episode, Cara shares how to transform your sensitivity into healing during times of collective upheaval. As sensitive beings, fearful and anxious energies threaten our ability to function. Learn to process...
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The #1 Key to Manifesting a Beautiful Life
Do you find yourself stumbling along the path of manifestation? Maybe other people, situations, or stories present themselves as blocks and derail you from your clearest vision and intention. Or, maybe you're already having a wonderful experience but sense that there could be even greater…
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How to Stop Criticizing Your Body
How dramatically would your life change if you suddenly lost the impulse to you criticize yourself? We all do it, rather consistently and often subconsciously. But what if instead of being hyper-focused on the so-called negative aspects of ourselves, we delighted in finding and adoring the…
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#21 - Meditation to Ignite Peace and Passion
Have you ever tried to force passion? Imagine how it would feel to discover passion from a sense of restored peace, spaciousness, and alignment with your Higher Self. If that sounds pretty good - this meditation is for you! Passion can be brought to any aspect of your life, from daily activities…
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Debunking the Purpose Myth
If you have ever wondered “What’s my purpose?" perhaps with a surge of anxiety, inadequacy, or discouragement - this episode is for you. Cara is busting the purpose myth and sharing the answer to this question as she's received it from many peoples' Higher Selves during readings. Through Playful...
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#19 - An Energy Healing for Money and Abundance
In this episode, Cara offers a potent and powerful healing to release old patterns, beliefs, and subconscious behaviors around money. Working in the realm of money, this healing will help increase your capacity to receive abundance, restore feelings of safety and support in your first chakra, and...
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#18 - Money is Your Dance Partner
How do you relate to money? What are some common stories you tell? In this episode, Cara invites us to explore our relationship with money as it relates to feelings of safety, security, and happiness. Perhaps money has been a source of stress, perhaps we feel we will be judged for how much or how...
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#17 - Healing the Relationship with Money
Can you image feeling safe and secure regardless of the amount of money in your bank account? Join Cara and Body-Money-Passion participant, Kendra, for an intimate interview about what it means to finally have a healthy relationship with money. Through this honest and open dialogue, you are…
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About this show
The Playful Spirituality podcast is the home for your unbridled wildness! A place to discover your magic and your superpowers (yes, you have them), remind you of your connection to Spirit, and tap you into the unconditional love and support that is flowing to you.In this playground, you will find many resources - from tools and teachings to guided meditations and energy healings, with occasional special guests and even live readings.Cara offers practical and fun guidance to help you raise your energy, amplify your self love, and inspire your joy!
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