When Spiritual Work Feels Stuck — What to Do Next
Feeling stuck despite doing “the work”? This is the only podcast for spiritual, self-help-curious midlifers where you can explore hidden blocks, soulful practices, and actionable tools to find clarity, calm, and progress. We interview inspiring guests who share insights to help you move forward, and your host, The Gentle Yoga Warrior, knows what it’s like to be stuck for years — offering guidance, meditations, and practical practices to support your growth.
Many episodes include a bonus optional meditation!
Formerly Awakened Conscious Conversations, we’ve rebranded with a new title: When Spiritual Work Feels Stuck — What to Do Next. This updated name more fully reflects the heart of our work, and we’re deeply grateful to our longtime listeners for growing with us—and to our new listeners for joining us on the journey. We’re so glad you’re here!
Episodes
270 episodes
A Spring Reset For Mental Health With Simple Daily Habits
Your mental health does not always need a dramatic breakthrough. Sometimes it needs a small reset you can repeat, especially when the world feels intense and your mind will not stop replaying everything at once.We start by grounding our...
Men’s Mental Health: Why It Matters & How to Help
Men’s Mental Health: Why It Matters and How to Help. We’re joined by Stefanos Koutsoumpis, a PhD who left physics and multinational IT after realising success doesn’t guarantee happiness. We talk openly about how depression can hide behind a “g...
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Why Willpower Doesn’t Work (And What Does Instead)
We are joined by Positive Psychologist & Creator of Psychosomatic Intelligence Max Weigand. He helps us to break down the science of decision fatigue and the deeper truth behind self-control. In this episode, we unpack some of t...
Resistance Can Be Sneaky!
Resistance can be sneaky. It shows up right before the things that actually make us feel better, like rolling out the yoga mat, lacing up running shoes, sitting to meditate, or picking up a pen to write. On an Easter weekend with that early-spr...
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Healing Starts with Pleasure, Not Pain: Learning to Listen to Your Body
Healing doesn’t have to start by ripping open old wounds. Sometimes the most honest first step is simpler: notice what your body is already doing to help you, then let that support grow.I’m joined by Steven Hoskinson , founder of...
The Spring Equinox Invites You Back To Balance
The spring equinox doesn’t ask you to hustle harder, it offers something rarer: balance. I’m the Gentle Yoga Warrior, and today I’m sharing the quiet moment that sparked this reflection a tangerine early sky, birds moving through their morning,...
The Power of Quiet Moments: How Stillness and Boredom Spark Creativity and Inner Calm in Midlife
We explore why constant stimulation makes it harder to create, think, and feel present, and why a little “boredom” can be the doorway back to curiosity. Your best ideas might be hiding in the exact place you’ve been trained to avoid...
Stay Curious, Kind And Orientate Your Life To Better Than Normal
What if the problem isn’t people who don’t fit, but the idea of “normal” itself? We sit down with Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana—pastor, coach, author, and parent—to rethink how we measure worth, design community, and navigate seasons of change. Wi...
The Emotional Wounds We Carry From Lives We Don't Remember
Some patterns feel older than our memories. When recurring symptoms, looping breakups, and nameless dread don’t match our life story, we start asking different questions. I sit down with author Chris Nielsen to trace a decade-long journey from ...
My Laptop Died: You Are Not Late To Your Life
Ever feel like you have to apologise for slowing down? After an unexpected laptop failure forced time away from screens, I found an unexpected gift: presence. That pause became a teacher, revealing how attention returns when noise falls away an...
February’s Quiet Power: You Don't Need To Force What is Still Forming
February offers a different path: quiet power. We lean into the month’s subtle energy and unpack how to stop forcing outcomes and start trusting what’s forming beneath the surface. Instead of chasing momentum, we build it by stabilising our bod...
Why We Stop Trusting Ourselves—and How to Reclaim Inner Authority
What if the voice you keep sidelining is the one built to lead you? We sit down with Dr. Toni LaMotta to trace a brave arc from a vow of obedience to a life rooted in discernment, self-trust, and inner authority. Through lived experience and ge...
January Blues To Everyday Abundance: You Bank Account Might Be Cold But Your Bubble Bath Isn't!
January can feel heavy after Christmas: routines resume, bills arrive, and the cold bites harder than we remember. We wanted to offer something warmer than a pep talk—a mix of practical money calming and sensory richness that helps you feel abu...
From Hibernation To Habits: A Gentle New Year Plan
We start by reframing January from a sprint to a season of setup. You’ll hear how a playful mood board clarifies what you want to invite this year without turning goals into punishment. From there, we outline a one-habit-per-month strategy ...
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We Rebrand To Help You Move From Stuck To Steady Progress
We've rebranded and this message to explain why! Previously we were called: Awakened Consicous Conversations Podcast but we have rebranded to: When Spiritual Work Feels Stuck- What To Do next.Feeling spiritually stuck can feel lonely, co...
Pause, Reflect, Plan: A Seasonal Path To Self-Compassion
Holiday peace isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about noticing what’s real, caring for yourself, and choosing timing that supports your nervous system. Old triggers, and past experiences can distort the present. Chart a gentler path through wint...
Becoming The Woman You Once Needed
What if the person you needed years ago is the person you are now? I take you through a candid self-interview on growth, spirituality, and the quiet work of becoming. I share how small, ordinary moments—like a hot cup of tea during...
Your Time is Sacred- Protect and Honour it - Follow your path
If you’ve felt stretched thin by December’s pace and everyone’s expectations, this conversation is your reset button. We look at how to treat your time as sacred, why good people can still resist your growth, and what it takes to protect dreams...
Soulful December: A Journey Within – Releasing, Reflecting, and Preparing for the Light
The calendar may be crammed, but December itself invites a different pace—slower, quieter, deeply restorative. We lean into that invitation and map a soulful December that helps you release the weight of the year, reflect with clarity, an...
The Alchemy of Beauty: How Spirituality and Self-Care Transform How We Show Up
Beauty doesn’t start at the mirror; it starts in your energy. We sit down with Nina Gan—BBC‑trained makeup artist, commercial veteran, and sound healing practitioner—to trace how resilience practices like gong baths and kundalini yoga can resha...
A Comedian’s Guide To Trauma Recovery, Addiction And Spiritual Awakening
It's our 250th episode and a milestone deserves meaning, so we invited mystical comedian and author Justin L. Shaw to help us rethink trauma recovery with curiosity, humour, and a grounded spiritual toolkit. Justin’s story moves from an affecti...
Use Halloween To Heal: Honouring Ancestors, Emotions, and Our Energy
When the Halloween nights draw in, we look for light—on our porches, in our memories, and in the people who raised us or perhaps didn't. This conversation steps into Samhain, the Celtic end of summer and midpoint between equinox and solstice. B...
Scorpio New Moon, Use It To Dig Deep!
The nights are a little darker, and your mind a touch louder—perfect conditions to meet your truth with calm focus. We step into Scorpio season with a gentle, practical path: ground the body, quiet the noise, and let clarity surface through sim...
When Nature Pauses You, Listen!
A simple walk through Kew Gardens became a doorway to wonder. Wandering past Victorian glasshouses and autumn leaves, I stumbled into a rare moment of stillness: a young deer foraging in the quiet. That encounter wasn’t just beautiful—it reshap...
Heather Stewart on thriving without the myth of work-life balance, navigating midlife shifts, and turning crisis into clarity
Forget balancing acts—the more we try to separate “work” from “life,” the more exhausted we feel. We sit down with Heather Stewart—former corporate finance executive turned yoga teacher, coach, and host of Illuminate Your Worth—to explore a bol...
