• How confident Jackie feels with her money
• How the worry she’s felt around money has started to disippitate
• How she went to Mexico guilt free because she knew she could afford it and where her next revenue was coming from
• How she feels much more self-sufficient as a business woman to not only step into her next level, but to be a stable financial provider for her daughter as a single mom
• How she launched her tapping certification, something she’s been wanting to do for years, and did it within a week to a sold out launch
• How she just announced her first live event for 2020 that she’s also been dreaming of for years
• And how for the first time, she’s starting to think so much bigger of what’s truly possible for her to create because her business has the structure & systems to support her, which is freeing up her creative energy, y’all.

The CEO Shift will be starting a new cohort in January so if this is the work you want to do: business leadership, money mastery, CEO mindset, and the structural, strategic, and systemic business pieces that create massive momentum - definitely book a call with me here!  Our next group gets started January 6th and I would love to have you! 

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

21 Days of Tapping with Jackie McDonald

The CEO Shift - my new 5-month program that delivers a powerful 9-step framework to help you make the shift to CEO.

This was life this week as I had a "Love Lesson" pop up in my FB feed from 3 years ago when I was deep in writing mode for my unpublished book, Learning to Love. I got about 30,000 words into it before I realized this wasn't a book I was writing for anyone else. I was a book I was writing for me. 

But as I was reflecting on these love lessons that I have been popping up in my FB memories, I realized that every single piece of sustainability I've built into my business - all my money mastery, all of my leadership, every single strategy, structure, and system I've built - it's all been grounded in love. 

So, this week, I wanted to dive into how we can leverage love for business success, the biggest roadblocks I see along the way between entrepreneurs and their businesses, and how we can bring more intention to how we're loving our businesses and more importantly, how we can structure our businesses to more deeply love you back.  

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 

Brené Brown's Talk on Empathy

The CEO Shift - my new 5-month program that delivers a powerful 9-step framework to help you make the shift to CEO.  

Apply here! Our first cohort is getting started soon!

For 19 years, my friends, Susan has been using online coaching and in-person workshops to teach professionals how to maximize publicity and increase their visibility and credibility—and make a greater impact.

I wanted to have Susan on to talk about visibility because it’s such a key piece of growing your business and your brand. She’s doing a phenomenal 2 week deep dive into cracking the confidence code for women who are ready to get VISIBLE, own their message, & get media attention to grow their businesses.  

I can attest to the power of visibility – it’s been a key cornerstone to how I’ve grown my business over the years starting with guest blogging on sites like Mind Body Green, Elephant Journal, and Rebelle Society to being on podcasts and a couple tv appearances back in the day. Now, in 2020 – I have my eyes set on writing for a few key publications again as well as focusing on being a guest on more podcasts.  

If more visibility is on your goal sheet for 2020, friends, it is paramount you get out of your own way & generate ideas that the media will love. After all – one powerful pitch could put you in front of thousands and with Susan’s background and wisdom, you’ll definitely be in good hands to get more PR for your business and expand your impact and reach.  

Susan is a sought-after speaker and trainer, a former radio news reporter and on-air anchor, and has interviewed everyone from homeless people to presidents. She has been a member of the National Speakers Association and teaches professional women about public speaking, self-confidence, storytelling in business and reading body language. Susan is also a certified practitioner in NeuroLingusitic Programming (NLP).  

Susan’s favorite accomplishment: Being named “One of the Top 75 Badass Women on Twitter.” You can connect with her in her FB Group Communication Nation.  

Definitely check out this 2 week deep dive that’s getting started next week on Tuesday, December 3rd! 

Also mentioned in this episode:

The CEO Shift - my new 5-month program that delivers a powerful 9-step framework to help you make the shift to CEO. ENROLLING NOW!

If you missed the masterclass this past Monday on the 5 Agreements for Sustainable Money Grounded in Spaciousness & Ease, do not fear! 

>>> I'm doing an encore presentation this coming Monday at 2:30 pm CT and you absolutely have to be there! 

We're diving into: 

• The 5 agreements for sustainable revenue grounded in spaciousness & ease
• The #1 shift you MUST make to guide your business to more success
• How to turn consistent money into sustainable money
• Why money mindset is NOT the issue & what is!
• And the piece that ties this all together: the Intentional Money Model that will forever alter the way you do business 

>>> SIGN UP HERE! ]]>Hello, friends! I am so pumped for our episode today as we're diving into the Intentional Money Model and busting the myth that money mindset is the only thing that's needed to fix your revenue gaps!  

>>> SIGN UP HERE! ]]>2a9138da-907b-4d2f-b759-e38a025f2b00Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:29:10 -050014:07nofullMegan HaleEp 58: Building a Cohesive Brand with India JacksonHello, friends! I am so excited for our episode today as we are joined by the amazing India Jackson from Flaunt Your Fire, a Visual Marketing Agency, who is giving us SO many powerful pointers for building a strong brand that is cohesive & converts. 

Some of my fave parts of this episode were diving into:  

• The 6 types of visuals every business should have for a powerful brand
• The elements of a cohesive brand
• Why having an outside perspective can be so powerful for creating more cohesion
• The behind-the-scenes audit of my current brand & the incongruencies
• Subtle shifts you can make to create a stronger brand right now!
• And why being more YOU is SO important for EVERYTHING!  

Links Mentioned in this Episode: 

• Hire India Jackson to do an audit for YOUR brand! 
• Social Media Links:  

www.flauntyourfire.com www.instagram.com/flauntyourfire www.linkedin.com/in/theindiajackson www.instagram.com/theindiajackson

• The CEO Shift - my new 5-month program that delivers a powerful 9-step framework to help you make the shift to CEO.

• The processes I'm moving through
• Why rebrands are a powerful permission slip
• Why knowing yourself deeply will help create the most cohesive brand
• A few sneak peeks of my new brand as it is evolving
• Why moving in a different direction doesn't take away from where you've been
• And why integration is SO important for EVERYTHING!

These past 2 years have been a wild ride, to say the least.  So much has changed in my external reality, but also internally - as I lay out in this episode. 

We talk about understanding your strengths, your personality, and even your astrology as 3 fun pillars to dig into as you reflect upon your brand.  

Let's dig in!  I know you'll have so much fun digging into these 3 pillars yourself and reflecting on how much your current brand truly represents you!

I am so excited to be diving into this topic this week as this has been a huge piece of growth for me personally this past year. I’ve briefly alluded to my marriage going through a rocky season in 2018 as we went through a deployment, navigating the preliminary stages of a pervasive medical diagnosis for one our children, having a second child, and becoming acutely aware that the agreements in which we has built our marriage drastically needed to shift. What were originally created from a place of love we understood at the time had become toxic that were preventing both my husband and I from truly thriving – as individuals and together.  

The past year has been about redefining our agreements and updating our expectations, needs, communication, and boundaries that better support us as a couple, but also make space for us to reconnect to our souls on an individual level. Life has gotten immensely busier and fuller in this season, which means we’re needing more from each other and just in general than ever before. This has led to vulnerable conversations around what we need, how we need it, and how we need the other person to step up so we consistently get our needs met.  

And I can say too that going through a growth phase of business while also going through a growth phase of marriage isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes a lot of presence, hard conversations, and a willingness to embrace the suck for a little while until you come out the other side. I’ll never forget having a conversation with my husband about a year ago in which I shared I was angry we were going through this after all we’d just endured. I was angry that it would likely be awhile before this felt easier as I knew we needed to rebuild our marriage from the ground up. And I also knew if we could show up and stay committed to who we wanted to be, we’d come out the other side stronger than we’d ever been before. I anticipated this would take us 6 months to do, but nope – we’re still very much in the rebuilding phase of our marriage a whole year later and likely have at least 6 more months to go before we feel like we’ve arrived to a new normal.  

I wanted to bring Anna on to talk about entrepreneurship & mar&iage because one – both of these things are so complex and challenging and two - I often see business success come at the detriment of successful marriages. Entrepreneurship asks a lot of you as the CEO, but it can also ask a lot of our partnerships and I know from a personal level how much stress it puts on every area of your life when marital issues and rough patches pop up. It shifts the foundation in which you walk and can make you re-examine everything. Today, Anna is going to be giving us some tips and tools for maintaining intimacy and how to reconnect when we’re not really "feeling the love".  

She’s offering an amazing 7-day challenge for couples to reconnect intentionally which you can find right here. Some of my favorite parts of this conversation were when she distinguished between being busy &&being productive, how we can leverage our entrepreneurial strengths for relationship success, why it’s so important to...]]>Hi, friends! Today, I'm joined by Anna Osborn – a LMFT based out of Sacramento who specializes working with entrepreneurial women and couples to help them reconnect and deepen their intimacy as she believes your primary relationship can be your greatest tool or greatest barrier to success.  

I am so excited to be diving into this topic this week as this has been a huge piece of growth for me personally this past year. I’ve briefly alluded to my marriage going through a rocky season in 2018 as we went through a deployment, navigating the preliminary stages of a pervasive medical diagnosis for one our children, having a second child, and becoming acutely aware that the agreements in which we has built our marriage drastically needed to shift. What were originally created from a place of love we understood at the time had become toxic that were preventing both my husband and I from truly thriving – as individuals and together.  

The past year has been about redefining our agreements and updating our expectations, needs, communication, and boundaries that better support us as a couple, but also make space for us to reconnect to our souls on an individual level. Life has gotten immensely busier and fuller in this season, which means we’re needing more from each other and just in general than ever before. This has led to vulnerable conversations around what we need, how we need it, and how we need the other person to step up so we consistently get our needs met.  

And I can say too that going through a growth phase of business while also going through a growth phase of marriage isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes a lot of presence, hard conversations, and a willingness to embrace the suck for a little while until you come out the other side. I’ll never forget having a conversation with my husband about a year ago in which I shared I was angry we were going through this after all we’d just endured. I was angry that it would likely be awhile before this felt easier as I knew we needed to rebuild our marriage from the ground up. And I also knew if we could show up and stay committed to who we wanted to be, we’d come out the other side stronger than we’d ever been before. I anticipated this would take us 6 months to do, but nope – we’re still very much in the rebuilding phase of our marriage a whole year later and likely have at least 6 more months to go before we feel like we’ve arrived to a new normal.  

I wanted to bring Anna on to talk about entrepreneurship & mar&iage because one – both of these things are so complex and challenging and two - I often see business success come at the detriment of successful marriages. Entrepreneurship asks a lot of you as the CEO, but it can also ask a lot of our partnerships and I know from a personal level how much stress it puts on every area of your life when marital issues and rough patches pop up. It shifts the foundation in which you walk and can make you re-examine everything. Today, Anna is going to be giving us some tips and tools for maintaining intimacy and how to reconnect when we’re not really "feeling the love".  

She’s offering an amazing 7-day challenge for couples to reconnect intentionally which you can find right here. Some of my favorite parts of this conversation were when she distinguished between being busy &&being productive, how we can leverage our entrepreneurial strengths for relationship success, why it’s so important to celebrate your wins, and how we all go through seasons of marriage just like we go through seasons of business growth.  

Here's more about Anna: 

Anna Osborn, LMFT, owner of Life Unscripted Counseling and host of Her Life Unscripted podcast, focuses her work on reconnecting couples and inspiring individuals. She works with couples and individuals on improving communication, deepening intimacy and changing negative patterns of disconnection in their love relationships. As a licensed psychotherapist and relationship specialist Anna provides therapy, relationship workshops and hosts speaking events that help folks create change and live their lives with intentionality. Anna also works with entrepreneurial women to inspire and motivate them to step fully into their voice and live their lives out loud. She believes that your primary relationship can your greatest tool or greatest barrier to success.  

To connect with Anna on social, find here on Facebook!  

I'm so excited to share my takeaways with you from the event when I get back.  

This week on the podcast, we're diving into one of the most potent pieces of stepping into more earning that doesn't require more doing. It requires more YOU. And more specifically - owning your YOU-ness! This is one hell of an episode. I can't wait to dive in :) 

Some of my fave parts of this episode were diving into:  

• The transition from transformational coach, helper, or healer to intentional CEO
• Allowing yourself to be both Good & Growing, especially in regards to DEI
• The process of creating more potency in your work & your revenue
• The 4-part framework for creating powerful transformational experiences
• Introducing the waitlist for my next program: The CEO Shift (join the waitlist below 🙌🏼)
• How to leverage more being for more earning
• How we become our BIGGEST selves (** hint, Embrace the & to Expand) 
• And why it's absolutely necessary to see yourself as a BIG DEAL and to jump on our own bandwagon!

Links Mentioned in this Episode:  

• Hire Erica Courdae, DEI Coach & Consultant
• Shine Live with Chantelle Adams
• The Grounded CEO Masterclass: Now The Money Map
• The CEO Shift Waitlist

This DEI conversation is a big one, which is why I want to get your wheels turning for how you can start leveraging your business and your platform to create more change no matter what phase of business you’re in. 

As I mentioned in Episode 51: The Power of Money, which PS if you haven’t tuned in, definitely go have a listen as we talk about what’s really keeping you from stepping into more earning, but in that episode, I started sharing a few big shifts that have been happening over here at Wild & Holy headquarters (aka, my soul) these past 2 years, especially in regards to seeing the opportunity we have as business owners to leverage our platforms for more awareness and change. 

If you’re new to me, first of all WELCOME!  I’m so glad you’re here J  But if you’re new, just to catch you up, I think it’s incredibly important that our businesses are an extension of our values and for the most part we might think of this concept in terms of what we choose to be vocal about, what we choose to take a stand on, what organizations we choose to publicly support and so on.  And no doubt, those things are important.  We have such massive opportunity to use our platforms to raise awareness for causes we care about and if you follow me on social, you know that’s a big way of how I continue to challenge myself to use mine, but today, I want to talk about some other ways you can also use your business to love the world forward because chances are, you’re probably overlooking some subtle shifts that can have a huge impact on:

• serving a more diverse audience, 
• making your work accessible to more people, 
• creating an inclusive workplace and company culture as you grow, and 
• starting to tackle disparities that can help others level up – whether that’s directly through your business’s offerings or ways you choose to give back, create a movement, or put forth energy to create systemic change.  

 Find the full show notes here!  

Connect with Erica on social: Instagram LinkedIn Website

Ways to Work with Erica: 

DEI In Business Workshop Series

Ask All the Things Call

I also leave you with 4 powerful questions to ask yourself during the integration process: 

1. Where am I being called to grow?
2. What’s feeling out of alignment?
3. What are the steps I need to take to feel truer to who I want to be?
4. What can I do differently in the future? 

As well as the importance for reaching out for outside perspective.  I know I hold this space for my clients often, especially around BIG topics of leadership and being an agent of change in the world.  If this is work you know you need to do or become more proficient with, I want to point you to Lee Chaix McDonough's Coach with Clarity Membership program that is currently open for enrollment.  Lee teaches coaches how to leverage their intuition for business growth, expand their leadership, and hone their skillsets as intuitive coaches.   It just opened for enrollment, which you can check out here: bit.ly/coachwithclarity_mh.

If you missed the Clarity Summit last week, most definitely go check out the last two masterclasses HERE where Lee walks you through 5 Qualities of a Powerful Coach which are all qualities you can leverage for doing your own integration work.   Over the next few weeks, I'll be introducing you to a few people who are helping me ask big questions as I move into my next phase of business growth while staying rooted in my values.  You don't want to miss it!   Until then, here's to the courage to show up braver - whole heart, full self, all in.  We got this! 

Kath works primarily with women and their families to help them create financial success. 

With a passion for educating and helping families feel confident in their future and creating a plan and pathway for them to come together, Kath helps individuals and families with achieving their financial goals and dreams from a holistic viewpoint, as a fiduciary; Kath’s firm is independent. 

Kath serves on a non-profit board for an organization that provides financial literacy to children from K-12 and through to adulthood in the state she resides. 

Disclaimer and disclosures: Kath is a regulated Advisor, however, this podcast does not constitute advice. Kath is not affiliated with any specific products that may or may not be mentioned during this podcast or other public recordings. You should seek advice regarding your own personal circumstances.  To connect with Kath, find her on Facebook here.  

>>> I want to point you to my most recent social media post titled: Why I Stopped Burning Sage & Palo Santo as a Spiritual White Woman With all the many platforms I'm active on, I want to make sure we're on the same page with changes that are happening at Wild & Holy and the why behind them.  To catch up on this post, find it on FB here & IG here.   >>> Second, in this episode, I mention the Grounded CEO Masterclass where I teach the GBB Goals Framework.  Since this episode's first release,

I have added so much juicy content and included topics like understanding your money motivators, the foundation for creating a sustainable business through aligned strategy, and the basics of Profit First.  It’s now a completely developed system distilled and perfected in The Money Map - the most holistic profit planning tool on the market. 

If you’re ready for accelerated business growth without sacrificing alignment, check it out here!  I’d love to see you in the exclusive Money Mapping community for our next live coaching call.  >>> Lastly, I also mentioned an opportunity to work together 1:1.  My 1:1 work has shifted structure since the release of this episode and my calendar is currently full.  Check out The CEO Shift in the meantime to get access to my signature framework for aligned growth, money mastery, and making your unique impact in the world.  >>> Other than that, join me inside the Clarity Summit where I'll be presenting a brand new masterclass on How to Leverage Your Impact, Intuition, and Integrity for More Revenue!  It's free to join and this lineup of speakers is POWERFUL!  Join us here :)  We get started next week!!

To find all past episodes of Wild & Holy Radio with full show notes, visit me here!  

If you're new to Jaya, she's a transformational speaker, spiritual business coach, and essential oil educator.  She helps multi-passionate entrepreneurs package their magic and speak clearly to the world WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY DO, and WHY THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO IT - so they can create financial freedom and a massive impact along the way.   You're going to hear Jaya talk about the importance of embodiment and if this is work you know you need to do, I'd love to invite you to learn more about her program, Embody.  It's a 12 week beautiful that focuses on helping you embody your soul’s purpose with more clarity & honor your energy more deeply.  If you’re an empath who knows she’s here to do big things – most definitely go and check it out right here and connect with Jaya.  We’ll be speaking side by side at Shine Live in Kelowna, BC October 21st-23rd and obviously we’d love to see you there in real life too!  For all the details on Embody, find everything you need right here. 

To join us at Shine Live, find all the details here.  We'd love to see you there!  

Join me as we dive into vulnerability blocks & how to navigate them to keep showing up for more earning!

In this episode, I mention the Grounded CEO Intensive.  This offer has been rolled into The CEO Shift, my signature program for creating aligned business growth through money mastery and going all in for the unique impact you're here to make.  Learn more here!

Other links mentioned in this episode:  Coaching as Activism with Andréa Ranae Johnson Moms Demand Action 

During this episode, I mention the Grounded CEO Masterclass. Since the episode’s first release, I have added so much juicy content and included topics like understanding your money motivators, the foundation for creating a sustainable business through aligned strategy, and the basics of Profit First.  It’s now a completely developed system distilled and perfected in The Money Map - the most holistic profit planning tool on the market. 

If you’re ready for accelerated business growth without sacrificing alignment, check it out here!  I’d love to see you in the exclusive Money Mapping community for our next live coaching call.

If you’re ready for accelerated business growth without sacrificing alignment, check it out here!  I’d love to see you in the exclusive Money Mapping community for our next live coaching call.

Other links mentioned in this episode:

My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege.  I Decided to Be Honest.

Rachel Rodger's Million Dollar Badass Podcast Interview with Rachel Cargle

Jackie is an EFT Practitioner, which if you’re new to EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique also known as tapping, which we’re diving all the way into today and even doing some live tapping as Jackie guides me through some of my own emotions around earning which I know you’re going to love!  In addition to being one of the best EFT Practitioners, she’s also a Conscious Life Coach, Speaker, Mama, and Leader to Sensitive and Successful Women who are ready to use their gifts intuitively, avoid burn out and achieve success with soul.  EFT has allowed her to heal physically, build a thriving business, and transform people’s lives from the inside out. You can find Jackie online sharing the behind the scenes of everyday business and life or on the beaches of Mexico hosting retreats with like-minded change makers. She believes sensitive ambitious women have a unique way of being in the world that is special, sacred, and should be encouraged to flourish.

Make sure to check out her 21 Days of Tapping, which is by far one of the BEST ways to start utilizing this practice in your life & business!  

I also mentioned the Wild & Holy Leader Circle, which has since been rolled into The CEO Shift, my signature program helping you create leverage in your business through aligned strategy, money mastery, and going all in on the impact you're here to make!

They got their start working with LGBTQ teens and found their passion through this work. Seeing the experiences of these amazing youth had a profound impact on Mason, and through their volunteer work they found opportunities training educators and social service providers. They have since grown those opportunities into the Aided podcast and are creating a movement to help equip others to be a safe person for youth who are coming out.

Mason loves spending time with their wife and toddler, going on walks, cooking good food, and pretending to be a pretentious coffee snob. One of their biggest life goals is to hike the Ozark Trail across Missouri.

Mason has their own podcast launching in July called Aided where they’ll be sharing so much wisdom for how to bring more inclusivity and diversity into your life & business as well as offering education on how to do this mindfully.  Mason's NEW podcast, Aided, launches on July 1st!  Support them by becoming a Patreon!  And hire Mason as your D&I specialist by hiring them to speak at an event or for private consultation for your business!  

If you're ready for money to feel grounded, fun, empowering, and liberating AF, learn all the things right here:meganhale.co/moneymap

Kate has appeared in MindBodyGreen, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Forbes, Lifetime Moms, The Intelligent Optimist, Business Insider, and more, and her website Your Courageous Life was named a top-50 blog for happiness by Greatist. She’s spoken at conferences and seminars on the topic of courage as it relates to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money mindset, wellness, increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal-setting using habit-formation techniques.  

Find a sample of Kate’s book, The Courage Habit, here!

If you're ready for money to feel grounded, fun, empowering, and liberating AF, learn all the things right here: meganhale.co/moneymap

Podcast episodes referenced: Ep. 33: The 5 Love Languages of Money

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/

During this episode, I mention the GBB masterclass. Since it’s first release, I have added so much juicy content and included topics like understanding your money motivators, the foundation for creating a sustainable business through aligned strategy and the basics of Profit First.  It’s now a completely developed system distilled and perfected in The Money Map - the most holistic profit planning tool on the market.  If you’re ready for accelerated business growth without sacrificing alignment, check it out here!  I’d love to see you in the exclusive Money Mapping community for our next live coaching call.  Find out more below: 

Interested in Wild & Holy Weekend?  Join the waitlist here: http://wildandholyweekend.com

In just two days, I’m scheduled to deliver our second baby boy and with the hubby down with the flu, I’m not quite sure that’s going to happen as planned, but at this point in my life, I’ve learned to roll with it – all the unexpected shifts and twists that life can sometimes bring and trust everything is always as its intended. So, I want to start off the New Year with you in celebration!  First of all, I have a wonderful interview out on The Courage and Clarity Podcast today with my friend Steph Crowder that’s all about setting good/better/best goals that has literally transformed so much for me this year.

I know you know if you’re a previous listener of The Enoughness Revolution, so much of my worthiness used to be tied to hitting the moon when it came to goals.  I’ve always had high expectations for myself and would repeatedly feel discouraged whenever I failed to meet them, which was actually… quite often – especially when it came to hitting financial goals.  And maybe you can relate…. Feelings of failure were rampant inside my heart and there was always this mix of pressure and guilt that I wasn’t making as much progress as I thought I should be.  I constantly felt like I was letting my family down when I wasn’t doing enough and, to make it all worse, there was also a lot of comparison going on in there too.  And we all know where that gets us – straight to the pit where the voices of “not enough” are strongest that take us away from our truth and most definitely away from our power.  But this year was THE year I started doing things differently with this Good/Better/Best format and not only did I start hitting my goals, I started surpassing them super fast.  I talk all about it over on The Courage and Clarity Podcast this week so I’d love for you to go check that out!   One of my Best goals wrapping up 2017 was to sell out Wild & Holy Year.  As the cart officially closed at 10:00pm last night (which is the new midnight around here by the way!), 17 women decided to journey together for the bravest year of their life!  That means there are just 3 spots left as I walk into 2018 and my heart is so incredibly full you guys for several reasons. One, I’m proud of the way I held this container this past month, the way I practiced my tools of staying grounded and not letting the fear of the “what if’s” get in my way.   I believed wholeheartedly in the value of what we’re creating and instead of chasing people down to convince them how great it was, I instead sent out heart felt invitations for the right women to join me and they did! 

Second, I’m so incredibly grateful for the ease that was present in the way I showed up and talked about the momentum we’re creating inside our community and why it is SO incredibly special.   If you’re a Wild & Holy Women tuning in right now, I know you know the deep level of connection, love, and support we have for each other.  I know you know the way we naturally start to believe in ourselves more and trust the value that we bring, the value that we are.  And I know you know the way we hold space for each other to show up as we are and walk this curvy, windy road of expansion with all it’s highs and all its lows.  I know you know how magical it all is to know how supported you always are.  And I’m so incredibly grateful to YOU and for YOU for helping me build a one of kind community this year by adding your magic, heart, and soul to the mix.  So from my heart to yours, I am especially wishing you a beautiful New Year full of gorgeous expansion!  You always have a seat at my table forever and always and I can’t wait to hug you at some point in person this next year however...]]>Happy New Year, friends!  I cannot believe we’ve arrived to the finale episode of Season 1!  Did that go quickly or what?

In just two days, I’m scheduled to deliver our second baby boy and with the hubby down with the flu, I’m not quite sure that’s going to happen as planned, but at this point in my life, I’ve learned to roll with it – all the unexpected shifts and twists that life can sometimes bring and trust everything is always as its intended. So, I want to start off the New Year with you in celebration!  First of all, I have a wonderful interview out on The Courage and Clarity Podcast today with my friend Steph Crowder that’s all about setting good/better/best goals that has literally transformed so much for me this year.

I know you know if you’re a previous listener of The Enoughness Revolution, so much of my worthiness used to be tied to hitting the moon when it came to goals.  I’ve always had high expectations for myself and would repeatedly feel discouraged whenever I failed to meet them, which was actually… quite often – especially when it came to hitting financial goals.  And maybe you can relate…. Feelings of failure were rampant inside my heart and there was always this mix of pressure and guilt that I wasn’t making as much progress as I thought I should be.  I constantly felt like I was letting my family down when I wasn’t doing enough and, to make it all worse, there was also a lot of comparison going on in there too.  And we all know where that gets us – straight to the pit where the voices of “not enough” are strongest that take us away from our truth and most definitely away from our power.  But this year was THE year I started doing things differently with this Good/Better/Best format and not only did I start hitting my goals, I started surpassing them super fast.  I talk all about it over on The Courage and Clarity Podcast this week so I’d love for you to go check that out!   One of my Best goals wrapping up 2017 was to sell out Wild & Holy Year.  As the cart officially closed at 10:00pm last night (which is the new midnight around here by the way!), 17 women decided to journey together for the bravest year of their life!  That means there are just 3 spots left as I walk into 2018 and my heart is so incredibly full you guys for several reasons. One, I’m proud of the way I held this container this past month, the way I practiced my tools of staying grounded and not letting the fear of the “what if’s” get in my way.   I believed wholeheartedly in the value of what we’re creating and instead of chasing people down to convince them how great it was, I instead sent out heart felt invitations for the right women to join me and they did! 

Second, I’m so incredibly grateful for the ease that was present in the way I showed up and talked about the momentum we’re creating inside our community and why it is SO incredibly special.   If you’re a Wild & Holy Women tuning in right now, I know you know the deep level of connection, love, and support we have for each other.  I know you know the way we naturally start to believe in ourselves more and trust the value that we bring, the value that we are.  And I know you know the way we hold space for each other to show up as we are and walk this curvy, windy road of expansion with all it’s highs and all its lows.  I know you know how magical it all is to know how supported you always are.  And I’m so incredibly grateful to YOU and for YOU for helping me build a one of kind community this year by adding your magic, heart, and soul to the mix.  So from my heart to yours, I am especially wishing you a beautiful New Year full of gorgeous expansion!  You always have a seat at my table forever and always and I can’t wait to hug you at some point in person this next year however the Universe brings us together!!

And Third, each of the women who have said “yes” to herself is a woman I cannot wait to support, cheer on, encourage, and bring back to her truth when she forgets so I can witness all the ripples she’s going to create in the world.   Wild & Holy Year has brought together a powerhouse group of therapists, coaches, helpers, and healers.  Some of them have been journeying with each other for some time and some will just now be meeting, but I cannot wait to see the way this group expands in their truth and is braver together in 2018!

If you’re wishing you hadn’t missed out on joining us, the cart will remain open until Sunday although I won’t be actively promoting it.  There’s just 1 Crown Level left and 2 Lotus Levels left.  After that, the cart will close until mid February where the price will increase: The Crown will increase from $350/mo to $375 and the Lotus will increase form $150/mo to $175.  So tell your friends <3 

I’d love to hold the space for them to have their own breakthroughs this year so they can show up braver and help others have their own. So… this first season on Wild & Holy Radio has been amazing!  The expansion series which includes episodes 3, 5, and 6 is probably some of my favorite content I’ve created this year, interviewing Rob Bell who has opened up so much for me spiritually this year was like a dream come true, and also episodes 8, 11, 12, 13, and 18 in particular have so much of my heart and soul in them.  It is such an absolute honor to connect with each of you every week and to know the topics we’re exploring on Wild & Holy Radio are making an impact.

I know if you’ve loved some of these discussions, you’ll most definitely LOVE the Wild & Holy Fresh Start Spiritual Bundle I’ve put together too – 8 of my favorite self-paced exercsies to ease your way into the New Year in a way that feels grounded in truth, clarity, and bravery.  I’ve set it up to be delivered over the course of 8 weeks so it’s super manageable to integrate into your life with short activites that blend together reflective journaling prompts (one of my favorite gifts), guided meditations, and spiritual exercises I’ve collected over the years that really help clear the space of things that don’t serve you to make more space for the things that do!  You can find out how to order it in the show notes and it’s the exact process all the Wild & Holy Year Women will be going through before we officially get started in March!  I know you’ll love it so go check that out! 

So… I always get sad when I’m going to be away from you guys for a bit.  Podcasting has become such a natural way for me to feel like I’m connected to you all even though it’s just me and my mic in my office recording.  To go on a short break these next few months is going to be hard, but I know taking this time for me and my family is the right decision with all the shifts and transitions we have coming up! I’ll be in and out of social media these next few months too, but I’d love to stay connected there!  So make sure we’re connected via FB or Instagram.  I’m sure you’ll see a cute baby picture every now and then and a real deal behind the scenes look of how I’m navigating becoming a mama to two under two!  Pray for me <3  BUT, I’m already looking forward to Season 2 which will kick off in Late Spring/Early Summer.  One of the areas I can’t wait to dive into is talking about Wild & Holy Parenting – how do we raise resilient children, how do we navigate the waters of spirituality and give them the spiritual tools to grow into healthy, whole adults, how do we navigate our own issues of parenting – choosing our own values and letting go of the rest?  How do we build in self-care practices that takes care of us as humans so we can show up as better parents?  All of these topics are things I can’t wait to explore in Season 2 and I have a great line up of guests to introduce you to. So, make sure you’re subscribed on iTunes so you’ll be first to know when Episode 1 of Season 2 is live!  I’m wishing you such a magical, powerful New Year, a brave year, a year full of gorgeous expansion.   Thank you SO much for supporting me on this new venture this year by listening to the show and sharing it. We’re so very much just getting started and I’m eager to be back with you all as we dive even deeper into spiritual truths, becoming our best selves, and expanding into our fullest expressions!  So much love to you and yours from me and mine!  Happy 2018! 

Andrea has some amazing bonuses for you when you order her book, one of which is a month-long book study that's kicking off January 22nd.  Order her book here and then go claim your bonuses!!

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Andrea Owen is an author, mentor, and certified life coach who helps high-achieving women let go of perfectionism, control, and isolation and choosing courage and confidence instead. She has helped thousands of women manage their inner-critic to create loving connections and live their most kick-ass life.

She is the proud author of 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life: BS Free Wisdom to Ignite Your Inner Badass and Live the Life You Deserve, (Adams Media/Simon & Schuster). Her second book: How To Stop Feeling Like Shit: 14 Habits That Are Holding You Back From Happiness is due out in January 2, 2018 (Seal Press/Hachette Books).

When she’s not juggling her full coaching practice or hosting retreats, Andrea is busy competing in triathlons, chasing her 10-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter or making out with her husband, Jason. She is also a retired roller derby player having skated under the name “Veronica Vain”.

Learn more about Andrea at http://yourkickasslife.com and join the fun and wisdom at http://facebook.com/yourkickasslife

Also mentioned in this episode: WILD & HOLY YEAR and there are just 6 spots left to join me!   If you're a coach, therapist, helper, or healer who's ready to have her own breakthroughs so she can show up braver and help others have their own, this container is FOR YOU!  Find out more by going to megan-hale.com/wildholyyear/ Enrollment will be closing soon and I'd love for you to join us!

Tune in to learn how I've gone from stressed out, overwhelmed, perfectionist, control freak to laid back, easy-peasy, go with the flow even when a million things are going on!   Mentioned in this episode:  Wild & Holy Year: a year long spiritual container for coaches, therapists, helpers, and healers ready to have their own breakthroughs so they can show up braver and help others have their own.  There are 2 spots left at the Crown Level & 7 spots left at the Lotus Level. Enrollment closes December 31st or whenever it sells out, whichever happens first!   We'll be getting started in March AND you'll be getting access to the Wild & Holy Fresh Start Spiritual Bundle the first week of January!  WOOHOO!   If you're ready to feel more grounded so you can show up braver, I'd love for you to join me this next year!  Find out more here! 

Wild & Holy Year - a year long spiritual container for therapists, coaches, helpers, and healers to have their own breakthroughs so they can show up braver and help others have their own - is NOW open for enrollment with TWO unique ways to join:

1.  The Lotus Level ($150/month) - 8 Spots Left

2. The Crown Level ($350/month) - 5 Spots Left

What's the difference between the two tiers?  You can find out more at Wild & Holy Year and I'm so excited about the level of value I'm offering at each.  Enrollment will close December 31st or until we sell out, whichever happens first, and I'd love for you to be a part of what we're co-creating together inside the Wild & Holy Community.

Last week, I promised you a woman who was on a soul mission and this week, she's sharing how she found her work, her spiritual journey of finding herself, and how we can all make a difference by being more intentional with where our money is going this Holiday Season.

Today, I'm speaking to the lovely Reshma Thakkar, the founder of Made with a Purpose, a social enterprise committed to empowering girls and women in India with education, skills training, and economic stability. (P.S. She's giving you a Wild & Holy discount at Made With A Purpose!  Use coupon code WILDANDHOLY at checkout!)

Reshma’s journey began in Southwest Michigan, half a world away from the rich culture and deep-seated traditions of India. Despite the distance, her heritage shaped her personality and colored her life, engraining a deep appreciation for the world and people around her.

Throughout her education and career, including a degree in Health Administration and a high-powered position as an IT consultant, Reshma continued to pursue her love of exploration. To-date, she has visited over 35 foreign countries, and embarks on new adventures as often as possible.

It was along this journey that Reshma was summoned with an inexplicable, deep desire to return to her homeland, India. She made the bold decision to take a three-month sabbatical from her successful career to journey overseas alone. What followed would eventually lead to her being featured on the groundbreaking television event, Belief, produced by Oprah Winfrey.

Reshma has since been featured on OWN, MSNBC, Yahoo, The Huffington Post, Variety, and other major publications. She has utilized this opportunity to launch the Belief Explorer Quest with featured guests such as Mastin Kipp, Don Miguel Ruiz, Arielle Ford, Marianne Williamson, Danielle LaPorte, and more. Reshma cites the Belief Explorer Quest as one of her greatest accomplishments, helping to replicate the journey of wonder and self discovery in the lives of thousands of people across the world.

I'm so excited to share her wisdom with you and I'd love for us to support her work by shopping with Made With A Purpose this Holiday Season!

I'll see you next week for another episode on Wild & Holy Radio!

The last 4 weeks are upon us before this Wild & Holy mama welcomes her newest little one into the world.  Can you believe it?

With that, I have some things I'm buttoning up over here business wise to prepare for this new addition as well as a new opportunity you MUST be aware of that's taking place next year!

Wild & Holy has been blossoming this year to be THE SPACE to be for coaches, therapists, helpers, and healers to have their own breakthroughs so they can show up bigger in their vision so they can help others have their own.

This is why I wanted to continue to mentor these Wild & Holy Women as it's not only been some of the most gratifying work I've ever facilitated, but I know it's going to have a ripple effect for years and years to come.

IT'S CALLED WILD & HOLY YEAR!!

I'd love for you to take a moment to check out this beautiful container we're co-creating together next year as well as the two unique ways to join us!

Enrollment is officially open for women who are ready to be poured into and pour into each other for their bravest year yet!

Find all the details here and I'll be back next week with a beautiful guest I know you're going to LOVE!

Three questions to ponder as you move through today's podcast:  1. If you were to draw your own bullseye, who you would place in your inner circle and your support circle? These people are most important!

2. Do you know how to move in and out of these circles to practice vulnerability and bravery?  As in, do you know what types of information to share with each circle that increases vulnerability and bravery? 3. And lastly, are you giving more weight to what the global circle thinks than your You, Yourself, and God circle? And this is a BIG ONE when it comes to sharing your truth, owning it, and moving past the fear of not being liked.  Ready to join a support circle that will be YOUR playground for more vulnerability and bravery?  Read more about the newest way to work together inside Wild & Holy Year! 

Andréa Ranae is a vision-led facilitator and coach who believes that together, we rise. She is deeply committed to doing her part in cultivating a world that works for everyone and does so by placing her work at the intersections of personal growth, social justice and conscious business.

• As the creator of Coaching as Activism, she supports people doing transformative work to deepen their impact by taking a critical look at how their work and lives are connected to social change. As the co-founder of Whole / Self Liberation, she offers and uplifts practical tools, resources and wisdom for those who want to make change happen in their lives and communities. As a coach and consultant, she works with entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations that want to be more inclusive and impactful do so through their approach to leadership, their marketing and their company culture. She's a huge fan of #blackgirlmagic, sunsets and veggie burritos. Please make sure you follow her on social media.  Here are her channels:  FacebookTwitter Instagram 

AND, make sure you check out Coaching as Activism!  I cannot wait to take part in this program when it re-opens for enrollment.   Have a blessed Thanksgiving and I'll see you soon for another episode on Wild & Holy Radio <3  

• Is surrender a street fight with lots of four letter words for you? 
• Do you surrender easily? 
• Are there things that are easier to surrender than others? 

I'll see you next week for another episode on Wild & Holy Radio!  

Gurds empowers her clients to shine into their light through the art of self-love, forgiveness with a holistic blend of spirituality.

As a coach, she believes that lasting shifts result from creating a loving space filled with raw honesty, practicality and down to earth advice in a positive, empowering manner. Gurds has a contagious energy and love for life, a quality that encourages her clients to fall in love with their journey as a warrior.

Over the first 20 years of her life, Gurds endured a series of traumatic events including: childhood trauma, depression, regeneration of her left arm and more. She openly shares how she overcame these traumas to transform her thinking, rewire her mindset, find peace within, and embrace a zest for life.

Gurds is an inspiring real-life example of everything she teaches. She hosts the Get Inspired With Gurds podcast, where she brings inspirational interview with a guests who have shifted their lives in areas of spirituality, health, or mindset.  

And one of those guests is ME!  Check out our interview here right here.

To connect with her, find her on social here: 

1. The power of integration work
2. The power of story work
3. Becoming the person we always needed
4. Reclaiming the rules and rewriting them
5. The foundation for self-trust

If this episode resonates with you, I'd love to invite you to learn more about working with me 1:1.  I know you're here to be braver and the biggest component of bravery is creating more wholeness and learning to trust ourselves more.  You can find out more about 1:1 coaching here! 

Likewise, if you know someone who could benefit from this episode, please pass this along to them and I'd love for you to leave a quick review on iTunes.  It's so helpful in sharing the love for Wild & Holy Radio!

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I share these thoughts not to impart any big nuggets of wisdom because I'm not sure there are any.  I share these to help unpack my thoughts around something that feels massive and big so I can move forward in my work in the world.   I'll see you next week for another episode of Wild & Holy Radio.   With Love,  Megan

First up, we have a FREE masterclass happening this Wednesday where we'll be talking about how to have more faith and less doubt in 8 weeks or less so you can do YOUR HOLY work in the world.  I'd love for you to be there!  It's all happening at 12:00 CST.  Sign up here to get a notification for when I go live!

Second, enrollment is officially open for Wild & Holy Truth 8 Week Program!  If you've been feeling the call to be BRAVER and are ready to do the spiritual work to help you get there, I'd love to be braver together for the rest of the year!  Wild & Holy Truth begins October 23rd and will run through December 12th, the PERFECT and most POWERFUL way to end 2017 and blow 2018 out of the water <3

This program is a practical spirituality course that will ask you to reclaim the narratives of who you're allowed to be as a woman. We'll be diving into your family narratives, our cultural narratives, and most importantly, our religious narratives that keep us from being braver!

Wild & Holy Truth is an open, inclusive and diverse community of women from all religions, races, and backgrounds.  Expect to learn from the wisdom each woman brings and open yourself to new ways of connecting to God/Source/Spirit that will help deepen your faith so you can be BRAVER!  What I love most about Wild & Holy is that it adds a depth to your spiritual practice whether that be a religion, a particular faith, or your own intuition.  This is what makes our community different and I've very proud to grow a space where all women feel welcome to be who they are, own their truth, and step into their fullest expression.

AND, I'm giving away some AMAZING BONUSES like a FREE ticket to Wild & Holy Live, my next big event happening in Austin, TX June 1-2.  Read all about it here PLUS the amazing payment plan that's good through midnight, October 6th!

Are you being called to expand?  To be braver?  To move outside your comfort zone?

Then you'll want to tune into this episode because we're going into the messy middle of uncertainty and the unknown as we're expanding into a new version of self.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron
• "Everything you need to become the person you're here to become next exists in the hot loneliness of now." ~ Glennon Doyle
• Rising Strong by Brené Brown

I'll see you on Thursday at 11:30 CST for After the Episode over on FB.  Make sure you've liked my page here to be notified of when I go live! 

I'll see you in your inbox tomorrow :)

So, today, we’re diving into a topic that came up during our After the Episode segment last week that was SO good, I wanted to do a whole podcast episode on this because it’s major! If you tuned into After the Episode, you know I talked about how our view of God shapes the way we approach the world. And there are three pieces specifically I wanted to dive into. The first is who we imagine God to be. The second is where we imagine God to be. The third is who we imagine we need to be. Now, I want to hear from you!  Which of these resonated with you the most?  Join me for After the Episode right here on Facebook this Thursday at 11:30 CST to chat all things Wild & Holy Radio and your own spiritual growth!

As you all know…. The past three years have been such a personal journey of mine of unraveling the concept of enoughness and how we cultivate it to live lives that are in line with who we’re here to be.

Last year, was a huge unraveling for me personally as I realized one of the biggest pieces of cultivating enoughness is having a deep understanding of your truth and most importantly your Divinity.

This is why Wild & Holy Weekend exists, why Wild & Holy Radio exists, and now why Wild & Holy Truth exists – a free four day challenge that helps you know your truth, trust your truth, and own your truth so you can be more Wild & Holy.

This challenge came out of a desire to help you tap into your own wisdom and more importantly learn to trust it.

One of the most empowering things we can do is stop abandoning ourselves by pushing down our truth. If we’re here to expand into our fullest expressions, which I believe we all are! (I’m looking at you Soul Seeker!), truth is the foundation for doing that. And trusting it is the vehicle that allows you to not just dream about the person you want to be and life you want to have, but actually fully create it!

we’ll be joining together for 4 days of truth with a simple assignment each day that will take no longer than 15 minutes.

If you’ve ever done one of my challenges or courses before, you know I have an uncanny knack for asking some of the most powerful questions that lead to blow your mind clarity, feed your soul action, and you walk away feeling more empowered and inspired to be the person you’re here to be.

This challenge will be no different! Except I’m bringing the past 3 years of wisdom with me this time and it’s going to be SO GOOD!

But…. It gets even better. It’s been on my heart for some time now to offer a way for others to do this Wild and Holy Work who aren’t able to join me for a Wild and Holy weekend or 1:1 coaching.

So, I’ve created a beautiful, glorious, sing to your soul group experience that I’ll be talking about in a couple of weeks all geared toward helping you trust your truth even more so you can do your Holy work in the world.

We’ll be diving into the most potent stories that are keeping you stuck and once and for all reclaim those narratives that keep you doubting your divinity and if I must say so myself…. This program is my best work yet! The person who shares this challenge the MOST is also going to win a free seat into this program. It is SO incredibly important to me that more and more of us are awakening to our truth and living it. It is only by doing this that we become the potent forces of change and love this world so desperately needs, and what makes this even better is that we get the deep soul level satisfaction of knowing we are living into who we're here to be and nothing is a fulfilling as feeling as if you’ve arrived!

This is why this Wild & Holy Work won’t just change the rest of this year, Sister but blow 2018 out of the friggin’ water!!

I’ll be announcing all the details on how to win in your inbox later this week, but this challenge is going to be SO powerful and SO transformative for how you walk through the world!!!

Are you ready to be more Wild & Holy, girlfriend? More embodied, more confident, more certain with more faith, more trust and less fear and less doubt? This is the challenge that will help you get there!

Tell a friend, bring a friend and most importantly bring yourself because we’re about to dive into what it means to be Wild & Holy and I can’t wait for you to live your truth bravely in the]]>Hello Friends! I am so excited about our mini-episode today and I can’t wait to share what I’ve been cooking up for all of us.

As you all know…. The past three years have been such a personal journey of mine of unraveling the concept of enoughness and how we cultivate it to live lives that are in line with who we’re here to be.

Last year, was a huge unraveling for me personally as I realized one of the biggest pieces of cultivating enoughness is having a deep understanding of your truth and most importantly your Divinity.

This is why Wild & Holy Weekend exists, why Wild & Holy Radio exists, and now why Wild & Holy Truth exists – a free four day challenge that helps you know your truth, trust your truth, and own your truth so you can be more Wild & Holy.

This challenge came out of a desire to help you tap into your own wisdom and more importantly learn to trust it.

One of the most empowering things we can do is stop abandoning ourselves by pushing down our truth. If we’re here to expand into our fullest expressions, which I believe we all are! (I’m looking at you Soul Seeker!), truth is the foundation for doing that. And trusting it is the vehicle that allows you to not just dream about the person you want to be and life you want to have, but actually fully create it!

we’ll be joining together for 4 days of truth with a simple assignment each day that will take no longer than 15 minutes.

If you’ve ever done one of my challenges or courses before, you know I have an uncanny knack for asking some of the most powerful questions that lead to blow your mind clarity, feed your soul action, and you walk away feeling more empowered and inspired to be the person you’re here to be.

This challenge will be no different! Except I’m bringing the past 3 years of wisdom with me this time and it’s going to be SO GOOD!

But…. It gets even better. It’s been on my heart for some time now to offer a way for others to do this Wild and Holy Work who aren’t able to join me for a Wild and Holy weekend or 1:1 coaching.

So, I’ve created a beautiful, glorious, sing to your soul group experience that I’ll be talking about in a couple of weeks all geared toward helping you trust your truth even more so you can do your Holy work in the world.

We’ll be diving into the most potent stories that are keeping you stuck and once and for all reclaim those narratives that keep you doubting your divinity and if I must say so myself…. This program is my best work yet! The person who shares this challenge the MOST is also going to win a free seat into this program. It is SO incredibly important to me that more and more of us are awakening to our truth and living it. It is only by doing this that we become the potent forces of change and love this world so desperately needs, and what makes this even better is that we get the deep soul level satisfaction of knowing we are living into who we're here to be and nothing is a fulfilling as feeling as if you’ve arrived!

This is why this Wild & Holy Work won’t just change the rest of this year, Sister but blow 2018 out of the friggin’ water!!

I’ll be announcing all the details on how to win in your inbox later this week, but this challenge is going to be SO powerful and SO transformative for how you walk through the world!!!

Are you ready to be more Wild & Holy, girlfriend? More embodied, more confident, more certain with more faith, more trust and less fear and less doubt? This is the challenge that will help you get there!

Tell a friend, bring a friend and most importantly bring yourself because we’re about to dive into what it means to be Wild & Holy and I can’t wait for you to live your truth bravely in the world !

Rev. Carol Howard Merritt is a minister whose writing, speaking, and teaching is anchored in theological wisdom and sociological insight. She’s a sought-after keynote speaker, especially on the topic of ministering in a new generation. After being raised as a conservative Baptist and attending a fundamentalist Bible college, Carol studied at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Texas and became a Presbyterian (USA) Minister. She’s known for serving growing Presbyterian (USA) churches, especially those with a deep commitment to serving the poor and disenfranchised. The award-winning author of Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation, Reframing Hope: Vital Ministry in a New Generation, and Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God After Experiencing a Hurtful Church. Carol is a frequent contributor to books, websites, magazines, and journals. She is a regular writer at the Christian Century where her blog is hosted and also co-hosts the thought-provoking podcast, God Complex Radio, with Rev. Derrick Weston.

For full show notes, visit Megan-Hale.com.

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Happy Labor Day, friends.  

I hope you're enjoying a nice holiday weekend if you're in the US.  We're diving into a hefty topic today and I'm going to do my best to do it justice, although I suspect this topic will continue to be explored through multiple lenses as we continue on in Season 1.

Today, we're diving into healing religious wounds and this is a big one!  In fact, I'd say this is one of the biggest reasons so many of you identify with the idea that you can be both Wild & Holy and I hope that our community continues to be a safe space for all of us to do our spiritual healing and find more wholeness and permission to be who we are.

1.  I want to approach this topic from a place of deep healing, but there are still hurts I'm very much unraveling.  It's important to me to be as unbiased as possible when discussing this because my goal isn't to make religion bad or wrong, but rather identify the parts that haven't resonated with me, the parts that have caused wounds and how I've navigated this thus far.

2.  I'm very much still in the process of exploring religious wounds.  There's been a great deal of healing here for sure, but I'm in the depths of reopening old wounds this year to gain deeper perspective and further healing.  That's what prompted me to return to church to do this exploration.

So as we dive in here, know I'm human with my own experiences and perspectives, but it's my intention to approach this topic with as much grace, compassion, and objectivity as I can muster.

My Definition of Religion: a set of rules, rituals, beliefs, morals, and values that create a subset of culture that one find identify and affinity with to explain the concept of God and how this God should be worshipped.

Why many people seek religion: religion aims to describe the mystery and complexity of life, how to have a relationship with God, and provides a road map of what's good and bad, right and wrong, as well as gives an understanding to big ideas such as what happens after we die and how we explain life events.

What happens when we start to de-identify with a particular religion is a process known as existential individuation in which we start to cultivate differing beliefs, values, morals, rules, and rituals that guide our lives.

This can be quite the unraveling of personal experiences as it calls a lot into question.

Furthermore, religion serves to meet a big basic need of acceptance and belonging.  When we start to pull away from a faith, we can feel as though we don't know where we belong.  There's loss here and because of this, the grieving process is absolutely normal.

We must feel and process through the stages of grief to find our way to more wholeness and grief is anything but a straight line.

Episodes mentioned in today's episode:  The Expansion Series: Episodes 3, 5, and 6. What I Mean When I Say the Word "God", Ep 8.

Other things to consider:

There's a difference between pain from a religion and pain from God.  These aren't always the same thing and it's important to treat them as separate processes.

Lastly, healing wounds requires forgiveness.  Forgiveness doesn't make something okay or mean that you agree with something. Forgiveness means you absolve someone for the actions they took based]]>This episode is brought to you by the magic of Wild & Holy Weekend! There is still space to join me for a weekend of hugs, tacos, truth and expansion, but the time is now to secure your spot.  Visit WildandHolyWeekend.com for all the details and to buy your ticket!

Happy Labor Day, friends.  

I hope you're enjoying a nice holiday weekend if you're in the US.  We're diving into a hefty topic today and I'm going to do my best to do it justice, although I suspect this topic will continue to be explored through multiple lenses as we continue on in Season 1.

Today, we're diving into healing religious wounds and this is a big one!  In fact, I'd say this is one of the biggest reasons so many of you identify with the idea that you can be both Wild & Holy and I hope that our community continues to be a safe space for all of us to do our spiritual healing and find more wholeness and permission to be who we are.

1.  I want to approach this topic from a place of deep healing, but there are still hurts I'm very much unraveling.  It's important to me to be as unbiased as possible when discussing this because my goal isn't to make religion bad or wrong, but rather identify the parts that haven't resonated with me, the parts that have caused wounds and how I've navigated this thus far.

2.  I'm very much still in the process of exploring religious wounds.  There's been a great deal of healing here for sure, but I'm in the depths of reopening old wounds this year to gain deeper perspective and further healing.  That's what prompted me to return to church to do this exploration.

So as we dive in here, know I'm human with my own experiences and perspectives, but it's my intention to approach this topic with as much grace, compassion, and objectivity as I can muster.

My Definition of Religion: a set of rules, rituals, beliefs, morals, and values that create a subset of culture that one find identify and affinity with to explain the concept of God and how this God should be worshipped.

Why many people seek religion: religion aims to describe the mystery and complexity of life, how to have a relationship with God, and provides a road map of what's good and bad, right and wrong, as well as gives an understanding to big ideas such as what happens after we die and how we explain life events.

What happens when we start to de-identify with a particular religion is a process known as existential individuation in which we start to cultivate differing beliefs, values, morals, rules, and rituals that guide our lives.

This can be quite the unraveling of personal experiences as it calls a lot into question.

Furthermore, religion serves to meet a big basic need of acceptance and belonging.  When we start to pull away from a faith, we can feel as though we don't know where we belong.  There's loss here and because of this, the grieving process is absolutely normal.

We must feel and process through the stages of grief to find our way to more wholeness and grief is anything but a straight line.

Episodes mentioned in today's episode:  The Expansion Series: Episodes 3, 5, and 6. What I Mean When I Say the Word "God", Ep 8.

Other things to consider:

There's a difference between pain from a religion and pain from God.  These aren't always the same thing and it's important to treat them as separate processes.

Lastly, healing wounds requires forgiveness.  Forgiveness doesn't make something okay or mean that you agree with something. Forgiveness means you absolve someone for the actions they took based on the beliefs they held.

Join me this Thursday over on my Facebook page for an in-depth discussion on healing religious wounds and how we can do this work together!

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I do my best and still feel I'm coming up far short, but maybe that's because language doesn't do God justice.  Maybe that's why God is described through music and art and poetry.

Yet, I think this conversation is important as I know the word "God" carries a lot of meaning and association for many of us.

For years, I wouldn't speak that word because of all the memories and connotations it brought up.  For the longest time, God felt like it was a word I could only use if I belonged to a specific faith.  And it's only been this past year that I've officially reclaimed that word for myself.  It's been incredibly healing and restorative to reclaim a word that means to much to me personally yet has such a different meaning than it once did.

On today's episode, I tell you, quite vulnerably, what I mean when I say the word God, but I want to hear from you.

• What word feels most resonant for you at this point in time?  The Universe?  Source?  Spirit?  Divine?
• How would you describe what this word means to you?

Meet me on my FB page at 11:30 CST for After the Episode where we'll discuss together <3  

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As I mentioned at the beginning of this episode, there are countless ways you can get involved to support those impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

Breck and I will be donating to the Texas Diaper Bank and the San Antonio Humane Society, but other organizations you can support can be found here.  As always, do your due diligence on the charities you support.  This Vox article lists a lot of great charities that are local to the Houston area and have boots on the ground right now!!

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For the past few episodes, we've been diving into the spiritual work that accompanies expansion and before we dive into Part III today, let's talk about expansion in general.  Why do we do this work?

If expanding into our best selves were easy, there wouldn't be a need for spiritual development or personal development.  There wouldn't be a need for life coaches or therapists or personal trainers or any other type of professional that guides us through change.  As I mentioned in Part II, change is hard.  We cha-cha forward and cha-cha back.  And simply living through this limbo phase of change is challenging enough on it's own.  The contrast here is palpable.  We deeply feel the gap between who we want to become and the ways we are working on getting there, often times feeling as though we're coming up short.

This contrast becomes such a new normal for us that we gradually grow accustomed to this new level of conscious effort we put forth to become someone new.  It's so gradual that we often don't realize when this effort starts to taper off and we find ourselves in this new, new normal of simply being this new version of ourselves, which is why I want to take you back to where this series all began - sitting in the river after Wild & Holy Weekend.... For Full Show Notes, visit Megan-Hale.com.

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As you recall, on Episode 3, we started diving into Part I of III of the three types of spiritual shifts that accompany expansion and today is Part II!

If you haven't checked out Part I, go listen to that one first as this episode builds off of the groundwork we laid talking about paradigm shifts.

We wrapped up that episode with a small, yet mighty statement that actually leads us perfectly into today's spiritual shift that you may have totally missed because I didn't draw much attention to it.

I said paradigm shifts change the way you think and feel about everything.  And that's where we're heading today.

The next type of Spiritual Shift that accompanies expansion is what I like to call TFD Shifts.

For complete show notes, head to megan-hale.com. 

• How do we build a deeper relationship with God?
• How do we cultivate more faith and trust?
• How do we practice the very vulnerable act of surrender?
• How do we find our truth and let it guide our lives?
• How do we cope when we manifest the opposite of what we wanted?

These are just a few questions we touch on in today's episode and each of these are heavy hitters.  If you're new to spiritual growth or development, I know you'll identify with a lot of the roadblocks we talk about today that prevent us from doing the above.  Christian and I dive into how we've navigated these areas in the past and continue to navigate them in the present.

After all, spiritual growth is never a one and done process.  Our relationship with God can always be deeper, our faith and trust can always be stronger, our ability to surrender can always be fiercer, and choosing to remind ourselves of our truth when fear rears its ugly head is as much of a spiritual practice as anything I've ever known.

But the reason we do all of these things is to cope more positively, and with mastery, when life doesn't turn out how we expect or how we thought it should.

We lay some major groundwork for using spirituality to navigate the messy middle we often find ourselves in.  I can't wait to dig in with all of you!

Christian Sinclair is a spiritual author and teacher who has worked with thousands of people, assisting them in creating dynamic shifts in their consciousness, lives, health, relationships, and careers. With a brazen honesty and commitment to the deepest Truth, she has developed a modern voice with an ancient foundation that allows for profound insights and results to transpire. Christian has spent her life in the spiritual field surrounded by New Thought leaders and Spiritual New York Times Bestsellers such as: Dan Millman, Doreen Virtue, Jimmy Twyman, Gregg Braden, Don Miguel Ruiz, Donna Eden, Mary Morrissey, and Dee Wallace, as well as many others. Christian's work has been featured in: The Huffington Post, YFS, Revamped Magazine and Mind, Body, Green. She is the author of ultimate manifestation and abundance book, The Sacred Laws of Prosperity and Providence, and is the creator of the life-changing Spiritual Archetype guidebooks.  Find out more about her spiritual mastery mentorship here.

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Hey, hey, soul seeker!   I know if we're friends, we must have similar interests and passions.  You're probably not content living a purposeless life.  You want to experience more and feel more than the average human, but more so, you want to challenge yourself to expand into your potential, your impact, and your capacity for love, positivity, vulnerability, and faith.

Because of that, I wanted to talk about several phases of our journeys that allow us to do just that.  And more specifically, we're tapping into a phenomena that I witnessed at the most recent Wild & Holy Weekend.  The more I've thought about how we actually expand into a new version of ourselves, I've really been doing some reflecting on my own life as to when the three spiritual shifts I'm going to be sharing with you today have shown up for me.  After all, these three types of spiritual shifts most definitely have an order/sequence, but they definitely do NOT have any type of expiration date meaning we continue to go through these types of shifts as long as we're on our personal journey of self-exploration and spiritual growth.

Why did I feel so called to talk about this?  

As we were sitting in the river after our closing ceremony of Wild & Holy Weekend, one of my clients (and retreaters) mentioned to me that she wished she would have come to something like this when she was a bit earlier on in her spiritual journey.  Her reasoning?  She felt like it would have been even more impactful of showing her what's possible.  Instead of feeling this huge monumental internal shift, she felt as though no big, life altering change had really happened until I shared with her what I'm going to share with you!

After all, not all spiritual shifts have the same quality.  Some feel like huge waves of aha's that totally rock us to our core while others seem like such a gradual next step in our own personal evolution that they can indeed go by completely unnoticed if you're not careful.  And it's actually this last particular type of spiritual shift that is the MOST important.  It's the reason we work so hard to begin with.

So, on today's episode, I wanted to talk about these three types of spiritual shifts, the expansion they create for us, and why all three are equally important to our own personal growth and evolution.  You ready?

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This episode is brought to you by Wild and Holy Weekend, an intimate TX retreat for women ready to be their fullest expression.  Join me this September for an unforgettable weekend to hear your own wisdom, take a courageous leap forward, and expand into your next evolution of self!  Find out more by visiting wildandholyweekend.com.   It feels so good to be back from my 6 week hiatus after the final episode aired of my first podcast, The Enoughness Revolution.  To say I'm excited to get this new party started is a complete understatement.   On Season 1, we're diving into the depths of spirituality, defining God, building faith, and healing wounds so we can expand into our fullest expression.  

I'm joined by some amazing guests including authors, speakers, inspirational thought leaders, and spiritual teachers as we tease apart the power of spirituality in our lives to become who we really are and pursue our holy work in the world.   Tune in to learn more about what's new for Season 1 and make sure you've subscribed so you don't miss an episode!  

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