Free: The Podcast

Free: The Podcast

Want to open up your ability to design your life in a conscious way? Wish you could create more personal freedom by doing more and being more of what you love? Join Megan Shumaker on a quest to discover how to turn life on its head and pivot in a completely different direction to be able to live more in line with your own personal values instead of blindly following societal expectations. You will be introduced to multiple ways of living and explore both your inner and outer worlds in order to live in a way that serves your highest good while still taking care of each other and the natural world. In this podcast, each episode is an in depth exploration into topics ranging from living off the grid to how we make decisions...from eccentric money management methods to releasing past life trauma. We’ll investigate anything that holds us back whether it be in the areas of health, wealth, relationships or time to uncover what one truly wants in order to live a life with more freedom, fun, adventure and wonder.

Episodes

June 3, 2021 79 mins

#013 - Enjoy this conversation with intuitive empath, story teller, shamanic healer, comedian, teacher, writer, and speaker as she shares her spiritual journey towards healing herself and others through inner work and spiritual modalities including the Akashic Records. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • How an impromptu intuitive reading lead her from LA to the Chicago improv scene and how that work ultimately cultivated her ...
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#012 - Enjoy this conversation with the all-in-one business and career coach, mindset expert and spiritual advisor. Courtney Parks teaches us the real meaning of Success Without Exhaustion and how to recognize and break through internal barriers that may be holding us back from truly living into our highest potential. We openly share examples of moving through our own glass ceilings and Courtney shares a mini coaching process with ...

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#011 - In this episode I talk with author, researcher, and educator Dr. Tracy Cooper who helps us understand what it means to have the personality trait of being a highly sensitive person. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • How he stumbled upon the work of Dr. Elaine Aron in attempts to find a topic for his dissertation when introversion seemed to have been well studied already.
  • What it means to be a highly sensitive person, o...
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#010 - This outdoor backpacking educator and empowerment coach shares her story about becoming confident, safe and self-sufficient in the outdoors and now she empowers other women to do the same regardless of their experience. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • Allison's journey from feeling clueless in the outdoors to gaining full confidence in herself and her skills to be on her own as well as lead others.
  • How her "...
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March 18, 2021 23 mins

#009 Solo episode to check in, share updates and discuss messages from you, the listeners...plus, a couple announcements of things to come.

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#008 Enjoy this conversation with Jessica Zuik of Connected Mother Coaching as she shares her tools for staying connected to self, following your inner guidance system and having more compassion for yourself during times of transformation. In this episode we discuss:

  • finding and appreciating your personal superpowers
  • tools for how to be more confident in your decisions by understanding where you fall on a continuum from chaos to ...
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#007 Meet Christine Reed - hiking guide, backpacker, rock climber, trail runner, van lifer and author. Her new book, Alone in Wonderland, on the surface is a story about her solo thru-hike of the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier. In truth, it’s about so much more. In this episode we discuss:

  • How discovering an Appalachian Trail forum led this unlikely outdoor enthusiast to long-distance backpacking in order to reinvent hers...
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#006 An adventurous mother of two school-aged children shares her story of how she and her husband used real estate investing as a way to leave their full time jobs and travel North America in an RV trailer. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • How they fell into real estate and built their own company one investment at a time which led to them being able to quit their full time jobs.
  • How the simple reward of buying a trailer fo...
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#005-During a visit to my ecocentric cousin's land, I learned how he was able to create an oasis for nature and himself through permaculture and sustainable living. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • Ecological restoration and some of the historic and current threats that are transforming our natural spaces.
  • How humaneur composting is easier than you think and could protect wildlife and provide a cleaner water supply.
  • Graf...
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#004-Join speaker, coach, and author of the book, Happiness Happens: A 10-week guide to reconnect with who you are, dream a new dream & make magic happen! Emily Capuria talks about how her journey with infertility lead her to starting her own practice as a holistic health coach and writing her book in order to share the steps she created to achieving happiness.

In this episode you will learn:

  • Why so many people feel...
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#002 - Enjoy this conversation with Mindset Mentor, Melissa Monte and hear her story of how she found her purpose despite challenges and how it lead her to starting her own successful podcast Mind Love.
In this episode you will learn:

  • how to recognize if you have a limiting belief and how they're tied to our emotions 
  • how you can use the Law of Attraction and transform negative experiences into beneficial beliefs
  • how to f...
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#003-Can an overemphasis on keeping kids safe actually be causing more harm than good? This episode highlights how much has changed in the level of freedom and childhood experiences over the years and the long term implications that may result. This is a conversation with Brenda Richards, an occupational therapist who offers a program called Timbernook. The program uses nature-based play experiences to foster mental, emotional and ...

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#001 - Self proclaimed self-help addict Megan Shumaker shares her story of how she is on a mission to demonstrate how you can live more in line with your values and create your own personal freedom.

In this episode we will discuss Simon Sinek's book Find Your Why, the importance of creating your own personal mission statement and why it's also important to gain input about how others perceive you using the metho...

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