Healing Our Relationships: From Codependency to Authenticity

Season 2 is here! And I am bringing something tangible with it! 📖 Hello Journeyers! I am so excited to open this season with a companion to your journey. Inspired by all of your emails asking for the tools to really transform painful relationship patterns, I have spent the last seven months devoted to creating the Healing Our Relationships From Codependency to Authenticity Workbook. In this episode, I share the story behind its creation and the recovery and devotion that went into it. This isn't your average workbook. It's a journey of deep and powerful transformation inspired by 18 years of soul recovery, that offers mind, body, and spirit teachings and tools to support you in healing painful relationship patterns, while simultaneously offering you a powerful way to nurture and grow a deep and loving relationship with yourself. PRESALE IS OPEN! USE THE PROMO CODE: PODCAST Read the Back Cover👇 A Compassionate Guide To Understanding The Patterns That Once Protected You Whether you know the C-word, "Codependency,"and feel ready for this book, or the word itself makes you recoil from it like a hot flame, I promise this journey will surprise you, and hopefully inspire you to pass it on to a friend. Codependency is often misunderstood. It is not just people-pleasing or insecurity, it lives on a spectrum that almost everyone dances on. It shows up in the one who over-gives and the one who withdraws, in the perfectionist, the caretaker, the person who stays guarded, and the one who has spent years abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If you have ever related to others from a place of fear rather than authenticity, this book was written for you. Inspired by the author's beloved Healing Our Relationships podcast, this workbook draws from eighteen years of lived spiritual exploration. The workbook does not ask you to see yourself as broken, or to become someone better, but simply to remember and return to the authentic truth of who you already are. Through a lens of compassionate curiosity you will explore five core areas of codependent patterns, patterns many of us adapted to survive when our needs, feelings, and truth felt unsafe to express. Each area is explored through a five-step inquiry process that reveals the pattern, honors its origin, acknowledges the cost, and re-orients you towards new possibilities. Then, it brings it all into the practice of daily life. This is where the mind stops running old patterns on autopilot, the nervous system begins to heal, and you reclaim the power of choice. You are not here to judge yourself or label yourself as being codependent. You are here to honor what once protected you and to reclaim the parts of yourself that got lost along the way. If you have spent years abandoning yourself, shape-shifting for others, staying walled off or emotionally unavailable, or repeating painful relationship patterns, this is your invitation back to the most important relationship of all- the one you have with yourself. Head to https://www.healwithalchemy.com/presale use the Promo Code: PODCAST to pre-order the book at a special discount. Follow our NEW instagram page @soulalchemyhealing The book and our new website will be live June First @ www.healingourrelationships.com Work with me 1:1 or set up a free connection call @ https://www.healwithalchemy.com/coaching See you next week!

This final lesson is an invitation to continue walking between your inner and outer worlds. Everything you've experienced in this course — your landscape, your guides, the symbols, the sensations, the clarity that rises from within — becomes truly transformative when you nourish it and bring it into your daily life. Integration is not an ending. It is the beginning of living from your heart center — using your body as your compass, your intuition as your guide, and your inner world as a place you can return to again and again. This lesson is a reminder that the doorway is always open, and you now have everything you need to continue the journey within. Please download my free mediation app HealSpace https://healspaceapp.com You will hear me refrence mediation journeys and they can all be found here. I'm Marisa, Insight Timer Meditation Teacher and Transformation Guide and I am bringing this Insight Timer Course to you here on the Healing Our Relationships Podcast. This course is a bridge into embodied transformation: To become deeply connected to yourself and your inner world where your intuition, boundaries, and truth actually live. Through heart-centered visioning practices, guided inner exploration, and embodied teachings, you will learn how to: Enter your heart center with intention and clarity Navigate the inner landscapes that arise through visioning Understand the symbols, sensations, and imagery that come forward Connect with your intuition, inner guidance, and helping energies Strengthen self-trust and emotional regulation Shift out of mind-made stories and into truth Build new neural pathways that support healing and transformation Develop a deeper, more grounded relationship with yourself Access the unseen wisdom and spiritual connection already within you If you are ready to stop circling the same patterns and start living differently book a Free Connection Call with me to see how a 12-week guided 1:1 journey can help you rebuild trust with yourself and step into the life of radial self-acceptance and embodied love. Book your connection call here 📖 Want to Dive Deeper? Get The Workbook! PRESALE IS OPEN! USE THE PROMO CODE: PODCAST Read the Back Cover👇 A Compassionate Guide To Understanding The Patterns That Once Protected You Whether you know the C-word, "Codependency,"and feel ready for this book, or the word itself makes you recoil from it like a hot flame, I promise this journey will surprise you, and hopefully inspire you to pass it on to a friend. Codependency is often misunderstood. It is not just people-pleasing or insecurity, it lives on a spectrum that almost everyone dances on. It shows up in the one who over-gives and the one who withdraws, in the perfectionist, the caretaker, the person who stays guarded, and the one who has spent years abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If you have ever related to others from a place of fear rather than authenticity, this book was written for you. Inspired by the author's beloved Healing Our Relationships podcast, this workbook draws from eighteen years of lived spiritual exploration. The workbook does not ask you to see yourself as broken, or to become someone better, but simply to remember and return to the authentic truth of who you already are. Through a lens of compassionate curiosity you will explore five core areas of codependent patterns, patterns many of us adapted to survive when our needs, feelings, and truth felt unsafe to express. Each area is explored through a five-step inquiry process that reveals the pattern, honors its origin, acknowledges the cost, and re-orients you towards new possibilities. Then, it brings it all into the practice of daily life. This is where the mind stops running old patterns on autopilot, the nervous system begins to heal, and you reclaim the power of choice. You are not here to judge yourself or label yourself as being codependent. You are here to honor what once protected you and to reclaim the parts of yourself that got lost along the way. If you have spent years abandoning yourself, shape-shifting for others, staying walled off or emotionally unavailable, or repeating painful relationship patterns, this is your invitation back to the most important relationship of all- the one you have with yourself. Head to https://www.healwithalchemy.com/presale use the Promo Code: PODCAST to pre-order the book at a special discount. Follow our NEW instagram page @healingourrelationships The book and our new website will be live June First @ www.healingourrelationships.com Work with me 1:1 or set up a free connection call @ https://www.healwithalchemy.com/coaching

In lesson Six you'll learn how to receive inner guidance in the way it was always meant to be received — through the body, not the mind. You'll explore how visioning invites you to enter a state of somatic receptivity — a shift in your nervous system that opens the door to your inner world. From this place, guidance doesn't need to be forced or figured out. It rises on its own. Visioning works because it bypasses the mind's defenses. It reveals the truth beneath the Ego's story and narrative. And when the body feels that truth, the ego can no longer hold onto its old perception. The imagery becomes so real. When it is felt physically, emotionally, and energetically, the ego mind reorganizes itself around what you've experienced. This is why people have breakthroughs during inner journeys: not because they understand something new, but because they feel something true. In this lesson You'll learn how to receive guidance directly through the body's intelligence — the place where transformation actually happens. Please download my free mediation app HealSpace https://healspaceapp.com/ You will hear me refrence mediation journeys and they can all be found here. I'm Marisa, Insight Timer Meditation Teacher and Transformation Guide and I am bringing this Insight Timer Course to you here on the Healing Our Relationships Podcast. This course is a bridge into embodied transformation: To become deeply connected to yourself and your inner world where your intuition, boundaries, and truth actually live. Through heart-centered visioning practices, guided inner exploration, and embodied teachings, you will learn how to: Enter your heart center with intention and clarity Navigate the inner landscapes that arise through visioning Understand the symbols, sensations, and imagery that come forward Connect with your intuition, inner guidance, and helping energies Strengthen self-trust and emotional regulation Shift out of mind-made stories and into truth Build new neural pathways that support healing and transformation Develop a deeper, more grounded relationship with yourself Access the unseen wisdom and spiritual connection already within you Follow me on Instagram @soulalchemyhealing Join my Mailing List at www.healwithalchemy.com Email me with any questions or if you need any support marisa@healwithalchemy.com Book a free connection call if you feel called to work 1:1 and dive deeper into this work.

In lesson four you'll learn how to discern between the voice of the ego and the voice of the soul by working inside your heart center. Rather than thinking your way into clarity, you'll discover how your inner landscape reveals the energetic difference between fear and truth. You'll explore the qualities of ego and soul as archetypal forces within you, learn how they feel inside your inner realm, and understand the dance between them. This lesson teaches you how to bring situations from your outer life into your heart center for clarity, compassion, and soul-led direction. Please donwnload my free mediation app HealSpace: www.healspaceapp.com You will hear me refrence mediation journeys and they can all be found here. I'm Marisa, Insight Timer Meditation Teacher and Transformation Guide and I am bringing this Insight Timer Course to you here on the Healing Our Relationships Podcast. This course is a bridge into embodied transformation: To become deeply connected to yourself and your inner world where your intuition, boundaries, and truth actually live. Through heart-centered visioning practices, guided inner exploration, and embodied teachings, you will learn how to: Enter your heart center with intention and clarity Navigate the inner landscapes that arise through visioning Understand the symbols, sensations, and imagery that come forward Connect with your intuition, inner guidance, and helping energies Strengthen self-trust and emotional regulation Shift out of mind-made stories and into truth Build new neural pathways that support healing and transformation Develop a deeper, more grounded relationship with yourself Access the unseen wisdom and spiritual connection already within you Email me with any questions or if you need any support marisa@healwithalchemy.com Book a free connection call if you feel called to work 1:1 and dive deeper into this work. Follow me on Instagram @soulalchemyhealing Join My Mailing list www.healwithalchemy.com

In lesson two you'll learn how your inner world communicates through symbolic imagery, sensation, energy, and intuitive knowing. We explore elemental landscapes, colors, emotions, animals, guides, and the ways your heart will speak to you. You'll discover how visioning works, why nothing you see is "made up," and how to trust whatever arises — whether vivid, subtle, somatic, or symbolic. This lesson prepares you for your first embodied journey into the "other realm" of your great within in the next session. Please donwnload my free mediation app HealSpace https://healspaceapp.com/ You will hear me refrence mediation journeys and they can all be found here. Email me with any questions or if you need any support marisa@healwithalchemy.com Book a free connection call if you feel called to work 1:1 and dive deeper into this work. I'm Marisa, Insight Timer Meditation Teacher and Transformation Guide and I am bringing this Insight Timer Course to you here on the Healing Our Relationships Podcast. This course is a bridge into embodied transformation: To become deeply connected to yourself and your inner world where your intuition, boundaries, and truth actually live. Through heart-centered visioning practices, guided inner exploration, and embodied teachings, you will learn how to: Enter your heart center with intention and clarity Navigate the inner landscapes that arise through visioning Understand the symbols, sensations, and imagery that come forward Connect with your intuition, inner guidance, and helping energies Strengthen self-trust and emotional regulation Shift out of mind-made stories and into truth Build new neural pathways that support healing and transformation Develop a deeper, more grounded relationship with yourself Access the unseen wisdom and spiritual connection already within you Follow me on Instagram @soulalchemyhealing Join My Mailing list www.healwithalchemy.com

Codependency is often the habit of leaving yourself to stay connected to someone else. It can look like over-functioning, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, controlling, fixing, rescuing—anything to create safety through the external world. But healing codependency isn't just changing behavior. It's rebuilding the inner relationship that was interrupted: self-trust, nervous system safety, and the ability to stay with yourself when something feels uncertain, uncomfortable, or emotionally risky. Most of us spend our lives looking outside of ourselves for clarity—seeking answers, guidance, and spiritual connection from the world around us. But the deepest truth, the clearest direction, and the most reliable wisdom you will ever receive lives within you. This course is designed to help you access that inner world. I'm Marisa, Insight Timer Meditation Teacher and Transformation Guide and I teach Psychospiritual Meditation. I am bringing this Insight Timer Course to you here on the Healing Our Relationships Podcast. This course is a bridge into embodied transformation: To become deeply connected to yourself and your inner world where your intuition, boundaries, and truth actually live. Through heart-centered visioning practices, guided inner exploration, and embodied teachings, you will learn how to: Enter your heart center with intention and clarity Navigate the inner landscapes that arise through visioning Understand the symbols, sensations, and imagery that come forward Connect with your intuition, inner guidance, and helping energies Strengthen self-trust and emotional regulation Shift out of mind-made stories and into truth Build new neural pathways that support healing and transformation Develop a deeper, more grounded relationship with yourself Access the unseen wisdom and spiritual connection already within you This work is experiential and alchemical. It allows you to move beyond thinking and into a lived relationship with your inner world—one that transforms how you relate to yourself and how you move through life. By the end of this course, you will know how to step into your heart center, listen to its guidance, and use this inner realm as a source of clarity, grounding, intuition, and spiritual connection. You will walk away with a reliable practice for accessing your own wisdom—again and again. This is a journey into the great within. And it begins here. Please donwnload my free mediation app HealSpace https://healspaceapp.com/ You will hear me refrence mediation journeys and they can all be found here. If you are ready to stop circling the same patterns and start living differently book a Free Connection Call with me to see how a 12-week guided 1:1 journey can help you rebuild trust with yourself and step into the life of radial self-acceptance and embodied love. Book your connection call here 📖 Want to Dive Deeper? Get The Workbook! PRESALE IS OPEN! USE THE PROMO CODE: PODCAST Read the Back Cover👇 A Compassionate Guide To Understanding The Patterns That Once Protected You Whether you know the C-word, "Codependency,"and feel ready for this book, or the word itself makes you recoil from it like a hot flame, I promise this journey will surprise you, and hopefully inspire you to pass it on to a friend. Codependency is often misunderstood. It is not just people-pleasing or insecurity, it lives on a spectrum that almost everyone dances on. It shows up in the one who over-gives and the one who withdraws, in the perfectionist, the caretaker, the person who stays guarded, and the one who has spent years abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If you have ever related to others from a place of fear rather than authenticity, this book was written for you. Inspired by the author's beloved Healing Our Relationships podcast, this workbook draws from eighteen years of lived spiritual exploration. The workbook does not ask you to see yourself as broken, or to become someone better, but simply to remember and return to the authentic truth of who you already are. Through a lens of compassionate curiosity you will explore five core areas of codependent patterns, patterns many of us adapted to survive when our needs, feelings, and truth felt unsafe to express. Each area is explored through a five-step inquiry process that reveals the pattern, honors its origin, acknowledges the cost, and re-orients you towards new possibilities. Then, it brings it all into the practice of daily life. This is where the mind stops running old patterns on autopilot, the nervous system begins to heal, and you reclaim the power of choice. You are not here to judge yourself or label yourself as being codependent. You are here to honor what once protected you and to reclaim the parts of yourself that got lost along the way. If you have spent years abandoning yourself, shape-shifting for others, staying walled off or emotionally unavailable, or repeating painful relationship patterns, this is your invitation back to the most important relationship of all- the one you have with yourself. Head to https://www.healwithalchemy.com/presale use the Promo Code: PODCAST to pre-order the book at a special discount. Follow our NEW instagram page @healingourrelationships The book and our new website will be live June First @ www.healingourrelationships.com Work with me 1:1 or set up a free connection call @ https://www.healwithalchemy.com/coaching

Today I have someone incredibly special with me. Not just a renowned Toltec Master of Transformation, not just a teacher or an author, but a dear friend to me and to everyone he meets. don José Ruiz is a Toltec Master, a storyteller, the author of The Fifth Agreement, Ripples of Wisdom, and My Good Friend the Rattlesnake. He's a speaker, a devoted vegan, a coffee lover, and someone who has dedicated his life to translating ancient Toltec wisdom into practical teachings that bring more truth, love, and personal freedom into the world. But beyond all of that... José is someone who embodies unconditional love. He walks through the world in a way that makes people light up when they see him. His presence softens defenses. His humor and humility make the teachings feel accessible. And the way he loves openly, generously, and without condition is medicine this world desperately needs more of. José shares his own personal story, the obstacles he has worked to overcome, his journey inside of relationships and addiction. He will inspire you to remember you are more than your human experience. You are infinite, and you have the power to create the life of your dreams. You have the power and courage to love yourself and soften to love others and the world around you, even if you do not agree with their personal dream. This conversation is unscripted and straight from the heart. No planned questions. No performance. Just two friends sharing truth, laughing, exploring, and letting the moment guide us. I'm so honored to share this space with him, and I hope you feel the love, the freedom, and the permission that José naturally awakens in everyone he meets. *Content note: This episode includes a brief reference to sexual abuse. Please prioritize your emotional well-being as you listen. Let's dive in. Learn more about Jose here If you are ready to stop circling the same patterns and start living differently book a Free Connection Call with me to see how a 12-week guided 1:1 journey can help you rebuild trust with yourself and step into the life of radial self-acceptance and embodied love. Book your connection call here 📖 Want to Dive Deeper? Get The Workbook! PRESALE IS OPEN! USE THE PROMO CODE: PODCAST Read the Back Cover👇 A Compassionate Guide To Understanding The Patterns That Once Protected You Whether you know the C-word, "Codependency,"and feel ready for this book, or the word itself makes you recoil from it like a hot flame, I promise this journey will surprise you, and hopefully inspire you to pass it on to a friend. Codependency is often misunderstood. It is not just people-pleasing or insecurity, it lives on a spectrum that almost everyone dances on. It shows up in the one who over-gives and the one who withdraws, in the perfectionist, the caretaker, the person who stays guarded, and the one who has spent years abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If you have ever related to others from a place of fear rather than authenticity, this book was written for you. Inspired by the author's beloved Healing Our Relationships podcast, this workbook draws from eighteen years of lived spiritual exploration. The workbook does not ask you to see yourself as broken, or to become someone better, but simply to remember and return to the authentic truth of who you already are. Through a lens of compassionate curiosity you will explore five core areas of codependent patterns, patterns many of us adapted to survive when our needs, feelings, and truth felt unsafe to express. Each area is explored through a five-step inquiry process that reveals the pattern, honors its origin, acknowledges the cost, and re-orients you towards new possibilities. Then, it brings it all into the practice of daily life. This is where the mind stops running old patterns on autopilot, the nervous system begins to heal, and you reclaim the power of choice. You are not here to judge yourself or label yourself as being codependent. You are here to honor what once protected you and to reclaim the parts of yourself that got lost along the way. If you have spent years abandoning yourself, shape-shifting for others, staying walled off or emotionally unavailable, or repeating painful relationship patterns, this is your invitation back to the most important relationship of all- the one you have with yourself. Head to https://www.healwithalchemy.com/presale use the Promo Code: PODCAST to pre-order the book at a special discount. Follow our NEW instagram page @healingourrelationships The book and our new website will be live June First @ www.healingourrelationships.com Work with me 1:1 or set up a free connection call @ https://www.healwithalchemy.com/coaching

Release resentment in this transformative 5-minute spiritual based practice. Let go of giving someone or something your energy and power. Through a powerful practice of cord cutting, sever the ties that bind you to the other. Step away from the ego's grip on resentment and step into the energy of your soul. Step into your courage and let go of giving someone or something yoru energy, your power and your time. Close your eyes, take a breath, and allow the journey to hold you. You can find more of my meditations on Insight Timer or my personal mediation App Healspace. Learn More About Working With Me @ www.healwithalchemy.com Find Me on Instagram @soulalchemyhealing

This week on the Healing Our Relationships Podcast I have a very special guest. She is the author of 13 books, the Founder of Venus Rising Association for Transformation and creator of Shamanic Breathwork. She has been a shamanic visionary teacher and guide to thousands of people over the last four decades, dedicating her life to assisting soul seekers to transform and embrace their lives. Star Wolf's lifelong passion and sacred purpose is to support personal transformation. She shares openly and vulnerably of her addiction and codependency recovery and brings forward a theme we have not yet touched on in our podcast, Codependency as a crisis of the Spirit. In this vulnerable and intimate conversation, we explore how the roots of codependency can stem from spiritual disconnection, the forgetting of who we truly are and the divine source that is all around us. Star Wolf speaks to how recovery, in its truest sense, is a process of remembrance and of coming home to the sacred within ourselves. Together, we discuss how healing moves beyond human behavior and into the realm of the soul, where surrender becomes an opening rather than a loss, and where breath becomes the bridge between the human and the divine. We also touch on the deeper spiritual roots of codependency and how it reflects the collective wounding of the Divine Feminine under patriarchal systems that have long valued doing over being, pleasing over truth, and control over trust. In reclaiming our connection, we begin to restore balance within ourselves and the world remembering that our worth, our power, and our love were never meant to be earned, only remembered. This episode is an invitation to those on the path to explore if a connection to something greater could help them reclaim the power of love, and to remember that the journey of healing is ultimately a journey of returning to wholeness, to truth, and to the heart of who we are. I invite you to have an open heart and open mind. Take what feels in alignment, leave what doesn't and be curous about that which may push you to your edges. Remember we are sharing our own personal expereince- not overarching truths. Learn More About Star Wolf and Venus Rising at https://www.shamanicbreathwork.org/ You can buy her new book Aquarian Shaman Here You can learn more about SHIP (Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process) Here Buy Jacquelyn Small's Book Awakening In Time From Codependency to Co-Creation Here If you are ready to stop circling the same patterns and start living differently book a Free Connection Call with me to see how a 12-week guided 1:1 journey can help you rebuild trust with yourself and step into the life of radial self-acceptance and embodied love. Book your connection call here 📖 Want to Dive Deeper? Get The Workbook! PRESALE IS OPEN! USE THE PROMO CODE: PODCAST Read the Back Cover👇 A Compassionate Guide To Understanding The Patterns That Once Protected You Whether you know the C-word, "Codependency,"and feel ready for this book, or the word itself makes you recoil from it like a hot flame, I promise this journey will surprise you, and hopefully inspire you to pass it on to a friend. Codependency is often misunderstood. It is not just people-pleasing or insecurity, it lives on a spectrum that almost everyone dances on. It shows up in the one who over-gives and the one who withdraws, in the perfectionist, the caretaker, the person who stays guarded, and the one who has spent years abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If you have ever related to others from a place of fear rather than authenticity, this book was written for you. Inspired by the author's beloved Healing Our Relationships podcast, this workbook draws from eighteen years of lived spiritual exploration. The workbook does not ask you to see yourself as broken, or to become someone better, but simply to remember and return to the authentic truth of who you already are. Through a lens of compassionate curiosity you will explore five core areas of codependent patterns, patterns many of us adapted to survive when our needs, feelings, and truth felt unsafe to express. Each area is explored through a five-step inquiry process that reveals the pattern, honors its origin, acknowledges the cost, and re-orients you towards new possibilities. Then, it brings it all into the practice of daily life. This is where the mind stops running old patterns on autopilot, the nervous system begins to heal, and you reclaim the power of choice. You are not here to judge yourself or label yourself as being codependent. You are here to honor what once protected you and to reclaim the parts of yourself that got lost along the way. If you have spent years abandoning yourself, shape-shifting for others, staying walled off or emotionally unavailable, or repeating painful relationship patterns, this is your invitation back to the most important relationship of all- the one you have with yourself. Head to https://www.healwithalchemy.com/presale use the Promo Code: PODCAST to pre-order the book at a special discount. Follow our NEW instagram page @healingourrelationships The book and our new website will be live June First @ www.healingourrelationships.com Work with me 1:1 or set up a free connection call @ https://www.healwithalchemy.com/coaching

This month I am on an ancestral pilgrimage to Italy with my father so I am getting creative to bring you something every week. A couple weeks ago my offering for you was a free 7 Day Morning Practice at your own pace video course, last week I offered you a prayer for moments of relationship fear, obsession or disastermind. This week I offer you a guided meditation. In this meditation you will embark on a profound journey to release feelings of insecurity, unreasonable expectations for yourself and "not enoughness," fear, and anxieties. Expand your consciousness, and transition from focusing on the micro to the macro. As you immerse yourself in the energy of your soul, you will rise above your current state, and transcend beyond the constraints of your rolls, expectations and surroundings. Find inner peace and transform your perspective in this empowering meditation experience. Give yourself 10 mins to be held, inspired inside of your vision and connect to yourself. I have a reputation for being the best meditation teacher for people who don't like to meditate. I don't invite you into silence, but into vision, into a creation of an inner landscape where you can learn to trust yourself and remember who you are. You can find more of my meditations on Insight Timer or my personal mediation App Healspace. If you are ready to stop circling the same patterns and start living differently book a Free Connection Call with me to see how a 12-week guided 1:1 journey can help you rebuild trust with yourself and step into the life of radial self-acceptance and embodied love. Book your connection call here 📖 Want to Dive Deeper? Get The Workbook! PRESALE IS OPEN! USE THE PROMO CODE: PODCAST Read the Back Cover👇 A Compassionate Guide To Understanding The Patterns That Once Protected You Whether you know the C-word, "Codependency,"and feel ready for this book, or the word itself makes you recoil from it like a hot flame, I promise this journey will surprise you, and hopefully inspire you to pass it on to a friend. Codependency is often misunderstood. It is not just people-pleasing or insecurity, it lives on a spectrum that almost everyone dances on. It shows up in the one who over-gives and the one who withdraws, in the perfectionist, the caretaker, the person who stays guarded, and the one who has spent years abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If you have ever related to others from a place of fear rather than authenticity, this book was written for you. Inspired by the author's beloved Healing Our Relationships podcast, this workbook draws from eighteen years of lived spiritual exploration. The workbook does not ask you to see yourself as broken, or to become someone better, but simply to remember and return to the authentic truth of who you already are. Through a lens of compassionate curiosity you will explore five core areas of codependent patterns, patterns many of us adapted to survive when our needs, feelings, and truth felt unsafe to express. Each area is explored through a five-step inquiry process that reveals the pattern, honors its origin, acknowledges the cost, and re-orients you towards new possibilities. Then, it brings it all into the practice of daily life. This is where the mind stops running old patterns on autopilot, the nervous system begins to heal, and you reclaim the power of choice. You are not here to judge yourself or label yourself as being codependent. You are here to honor what once protected you and to reclaim the parts of yourself that got lost along the way. If you have spent years abandoning yourself, shape-shifting for others, staying walled off or emotionally unavailable, or repeating painful relationship patterns, this is your invitation back to the most important relationship of all- the one you have with yourself. Head to https://www.healwithalchemy.com/presale use the Promo Code: PODCAST to pre-order the book at a special discount. Follow our NEW instagram page @healingourrelationships The book and our new website will be live June First @ www.healingourrelationships.com Work with me 1:1 or set up a free connection call @ https://www.healwithalchemy.com/coaching

This week I have something special for you. We can only go so long on our healing journeys with concepts and conversation. We need rhythm. We need practice. We need to move from head to heart to truly begin to embody the work we are doing. We need tools that helps us feel connected to ourselves in a real and powerful ways. In this bonus episode, I'm offering you just that. A way to root deeper into self-love and self-trust. A way to expereince compassionate awareness as a real living thing and not just a concept. A space for daily practice, without pressure or perfection. As I am traveling this month and can not bring you a full in depth episode this week, I wanted to make sure you had something substantial from me. So give this short episode a listen, head back here, click the link below, and put in the 100% off code. On the other side is a gift from me to you — one you can return to again and again. Your Free Gift Is HERE Your Promo Code is: PODCAST22 You are worth it. Come home to yourself. If you are ready to stop circling the same patterns and start living differently book a Free Connection Call with me to see how a 12-week guided 1:1 journey can help you rebuild trust with yourself and step into the life of radial self-acceptance and embodied love. Book your connection call here 📖 Want to Dive Deeper? Get The Workbook! PRESALE IS OPEN! USE THE PROMO CODE: PODCAST Read the Back Cover👇 A Compassionate Guide To Understanding The Patterns That Once Protected You Whether you know the C-word, "Codependency,"and feel ready for this book, or the word itself makes you recoil from it like a hot flame, I promise this journey will surprise you, and hopefully inspire you to pass it on to a friend. Codependency is often misunderstood. It is not just people-pleasing or insecurity, it lives on a spectrum that almost everyone dances on. It shows up in the one who over-gives and the one who withdraws, in the perfectionist, the caretaker, the person who stays guarded, and the one who has spent years abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If you have ever related to others from a place of fear rather than authenticity, this book was written for you. Inspired by the author's beloved Healing Our Relationships podcast, this workbook draws from eighteen years of lived spiritual exploration. The workbook does not ask you to see yourself as broken, or to become someone better, but simply to remember and return to the authentic truth of who you already are. Through a lens of compassionate curiosity you will explore five core areas of codependent patterns, patterns many of us adapted to survive when our needs, feelings, and truth felt unsafe to express. Each area is explored through a five-step inquiry process that reveals the pattern, honors its origin, acknowledges the cost, and re-orients you towards new possibilities. Then, it brings it all into the practice of daily life. This is where the mind stops running old patterns on autopilot, the nervous system begins to heal, and you reclaim the power of choice. You are not here to judge yourself or label yourself as being codependent. You are here to honor what once protected you and to reclaim the parts of yourself that got lost along the way. If you have spent years abandoning yourself, shape-shifting for others, staying walled off or emotionally unavailable, or repeating painful relationship patterns, this is your invitation back to the most important relationship of all- the one you have with yourself. Head to https://www.healwithalchemy.com/presale use the Promo Code: PODCAST to pre-order the book at a special discount. Follow our NEW instagram page @healingourrelationships The book and our new website will be live June First @ www.healingourrelationships.com Work with me 1:1 or set up a free connection call @ https://www.healwithalchemy.com/coaching

In this special conversation, I sit down with Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. — A Toltec Master, author, speaker, teacher, and the son of Don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements. Together, we explore the Toltec path and how its wisdom can help us navigate the fears and patterns that shape our relationships. Miguel shares powerful insights from his new book, The Poisoned Arrow: The Toltec Guide to Overcoming Fear, on how fear underlies so much of our human experience, and why the key to healthy, happy relationships is not control, shpeshifting, or perfection — but authenticity and unconditional love. We talk about the courage it takes to surrender, to honor both our yes and our no, and to meet others not through fear but through freedom and truth. This episode is an invitation to pause, reflect, and remember that love rooted in authenticity transforms not only our relationships, but our relationship with ourselves. By combining the wisdom of his family's traditions with the knowledge gained from his own personal journey, Miguel helps others realize their own path to personal freedom. Meet him on his website www.miguelruizjr.com Check out his new book in bookstores and online: The Poisoned Arrow: The Toltec Guide to Overcoming Fear If you are ready to stop circling the same patterns and start living differently book a Free Connection Call with me to see how a 12-week guided 1:1 journey can help you rebuild trust with yourself and step into the life of radial self-acceptance and embodied love. Book your connection call here 📖 Want to Dive Deeper? Get The Workbook! PRESALE IS OPEN! USE THE PROMO CODE: PODCAST Read the Back Cover👇 A Compassionate Guide To Understanding The Patterns That Once Protected You Whether you know the C-word, "Codependency,"and feel ready for this book, or the word itself makes you recoil from it like a hot flame, I promise this journey will surprise you, and hopefully inspire you to pass it on to a friend. Codependency is often misunderstood. It is not just people-pleasing or insecurity, it lives on a spectrum that almost everyone dances on. It shows up in the one who over-gives and the one who withdraws, in the perfectionist, the caretaker, the person who stays guarded, and the one who has spent years abandoning themselves to keep the peace. If you have ever related to others from a place of fear rather than authenticity, this book was written for you. Inspired by the author's beloved Healing Our Relationships podcast, this workbook draws from eighteen years of lived spiritual exploration. The workbook does not ask you to see yourself as broken, or to become someone better, but simply to remember and return to the authentic truth of who you already are. Through a lens of compassionate curiosity you will explore five core areas of codependent patterns, patterns many of us adapted to survive when our needs, feelings, and truth felt unsafe to express. Each area is explored through a five-step inquiry process that reveals the pattern, honors its origin, acknowledges the cost, and re-orients you towards new possibilities. Then, it brings it all into the practice of daily life. This is where the mind stops running old patterns on autopilot, the nervous system begins to heal, and you reclaim the power of choice. You are not here to judge yourself or label yourself as being codependent. You are here to honor what once protected you and to reclaim the parts of yourself that got lost along the way. If you have spent years abandoning yourself, shape-shifting for others, staying walled off or emotionally unavailable, or repeating painful relationship patterns, this is your invitation back to the most important relationship of all- the one you have with yourself. Head to https://www.healwithalchemy.com/presale use the Promo Code: PODCAST to pre-order the book at a special discount. Follow our NEW instagram page @healingourrelationships The book and our new website will be live June First @ www.healingourrelationships.com Work with me 1:1 or set up a free connection call @ https://www.healwithalchemy.com/coaching

You can't just flip a switch and love yourself after a lifetime of feeling disconnected. For many of us, self-worth was never modeled it was something we had to earn through approval, performance, or meeting someone else's expectations. Over time, our nervous systems adapted to live in survival mode, we lost sense of who we really are and But this is not who you are. Beneath the roles you've played and the patterns you've carried is the unshakable truth of your worth. In this episode of Healing Our Relationships, we'll explore why reclaiming self-worth isn't about pretending, bypassing, or forcing affirmations to land. Instead, it's about coming back into alignment in your mind, body, and spirit recovery and discovering your truth, accepting the truths that already exists. It is about creating space for compassion and care to grow. In this episode you will learn three powerful practices you can start using today to move from head to heart and to shift your nervous system out of survival mode, ground into security, and reconnect with yourself in a way that's loving and lasting This is your reminder: self-worth isn't the starting point. It's the result of choosing truth over fear, moment by moment. The books mentioned in this podcast are: Dr. David Hawkins - Letting Go The Pathway to Surrender Don Miguel Ruiz- The Four Agreements Learn more about me at www.healwithalchemy.com Follow me on instagram at @soulalchemyhealing Join us on Zoom on the last Thursday of the month for Healing Our Relationships the Circle