The Journey of an Awakening Spirit - Conversations That Heal The Silence Within
This isn’t just another podcast or blog about spirituality. Here, we name the truth: behind the polished mask, many of us feel isolated, unworthy, and alone. Through raw stories, soul-centered tools, and deep conversations, you’ll discover that love was never pain, it’s freedom. And alignment is the path home.
Episodes
This episode explores the deeper truth about forgiveness, not as excusing the past, but as a powerful act of self-liberation. Through a raw and honest conversation, we uncover how unresolved anger and trauma quietly keep high-achieving women stuck in survival mode, disconnected from their intuition and inner peace. The discussion reframes forgiveness as a practical, step-by-step process that restores emotional safety,...
This episode explores why burnout isn’t always caused by doing too much and why rest alone often doesn’t fix the exhaustion so many high-achieving women feel. Kathleen shares a deeply personal reflection on how long-term survival mode keeps the nervous system on high alert, even when life appears stable or successful.
Through lived experience, she explains how unresolved trauma, chronic stress, and emotional hypervigil...
This episode explores the Infinity Wave, a living frequency of love and compassion that supports humanity through accelerated change. Through a deeply personal and reflective conversation, Kathleen Flanagan and Hope Fitzgerald discuss what happens when life begins to shift faster than our ability to control it, and why resistance to change often creates more suffering than the change itself.
Hope shares how the Infinit...
This episode shares a raw, compassionate story of a strong woman who lived in survival mode inside a toxic relationship and the quiet moment that changed everything. It explores why leaving isn’t about weakness, how trauma silences intuition, and what it really takes to choose yourself. Through honesty and deep reflection, the message offers validation, hope, and a path back to emotional safety, self-trust, and true a...
This episode explores the kind of spiritual awakening that doesn’t come through peace or perfection, but through collapse, grief, and deep inner reckoning. Kathleen Flanagan and Birgitta Visser share raw, lived experiences of healing after abuse, loss, and trauma, revealing what happens when survival mode can no longer hold.
Through honest conversation, they discuss nervous system healing, forgiveness, sacred plant med...
The holidays can trigger old wounds, emotional overwhelm, and people-pleasing patterns, especially for women who appear strong on the outside but feel depleted on the inside. In this episode, we explore how to reclaim inner safety, interrupt emotional triggers, protect your energy without guilt, and choose alignment over obligation. Through grounding practices, conscious boundaries, and reconnecting with your inner gu...
This episode explores the powerful connection between your body, mind, and spirit, and how physical symptoms often reveal deeper emotional wounds and spiritual messages. Kathleen shares personal experiences with thyroid issues, migraines, sciatica, and emotional overwhelm to illustrate how the body communicates when the soul is ignored. She explains how stress, trauma, intuition, and energetic misalignment shape your ...
In this deeply honest and uplifting episode, Kathleen sits down with PodMatch founder Alex Sanfilippo for a conversation about unexpected wins, inner transformation, and the courage it takes to grow through life’s hardest seasons. What starts as a discussion about podcasting quickly unfolds into a raw exploration of worthiness, identity, fear, surrender, and the quiet battles so many high-achievers fight alone.
Alex sh...
In this deeply honest episode, Kathleen Flanagan explores the hidden cost of pretending to be “fine” while silently falling apart inside. She shares the raw truth of her own experience—showing up strong during her divorce while privately breaking down—and reveals how emotional suppression affects the body, mind, and spirit in ways most people never realize. From chronic stress and anxiety to physical pain and spiritua...
In this heartfelt episode of The Journey of an Awakening Spirit, Kathleen Flanagan shares her powerful story of rediscovering her authentic self after years of living by others’ expectations. She opens up about the moment her life unraveled—the loss, pain, and disconnection that forced her to face who she had become and remember who she truly was. Through deep self-reflection, gratitude, and spiritual guidance, Kathle...
In this transformative episode of Journey of an Awakening Spirit, Kathleen Flanagan sits down with neurologist, Navy veteran, and bestselling author Dr. Ryan Williamson to uncover why the modern world is overwhelming our brains—and what we can do to reclaim control before burnout becomes the norm.
Dr. Ryan breaks down how our ancient biology is clashing with the pace of today’s overstimulated world, leading to chronic ...
In this powerful episode of The Journey of an Awakening Spirit, host Kathleen Flanagan welcomes Matthew Strunk, entrepreneur and founder of Illumishift, for a deeply human conversation about what it means to exist in the “spaces in between”—those moments when life feels uncertain, directionless, or painfully quiet.
Together, they explore the concept of liminal spaces, both physical and emotional, and how these transiti...
In this heart-opening episode of The Journey of an Awakening Spirit, Kathleen Flanagan explores one of the most powerful acts of healing — forgiveness.
More than just releasing others, forgiveness is about freeing yourself from the energetic weight of the past. Kathleen shares her deeply personal experience of moving through layers of resentment, anger, and grief — and discovering the grace that lives on the other side...
In this heartfelt episode of The Journey of an Awakening Spirit, host Kathleen Flanagan welcomes Gemma Serenity, a woman whose incredible story takes listeners from the depths of despair to the heights of divine transformation.
Gemma opens up about her painful past—growing up in a home where emotional and physical abuse were considered “normal,” and later finding herself trapped in years of domestic violence. Her life ...
In this inspiring episode of The Journey of an Awakening Spirit, host Kathleen Flanagan welcomes Dr. Joseph Drolshagen, a nationally recognized transformational coach and creator of the SMT Method, to explore the power of letting go of control and stepping into flow.
Together, they dive deep into what happens when you stop living from the logical mind and start living from the heart. Dr. Joseph shares how aligning the ...
In this heartfelt episode of Journey of an Awakening Spirit, Kathleen Flanagan explores what happens when old wounds we thought were healed suddenly resurface. Sharing her own experience of grief and hopelessness following her father’s passing, she reveals how emotions tether us to the past—and why revisiting them isn’t failure, but an invitation to deeper healing.
Kathleen explains the spiral of emotional growth, the ...
In this episode of Journey of an Awakening Spirit, Kathleen Flanagan explores the heartbreaking moment when you no longer recognize yourself. Outwardly, everything looks fine—career, responsibilities, respect—but inside, there’s a deep emptiness that no success can fill. Kathleen shares why so many high-achievers feel this disconnection, tracing it back to silenced voices, people-pleasing, and living by others’ expect...
In this episode of The Journey of an Awakening Spirit, Kathleen Flanagan opens up about the secret burdens we often carry in silence—unhealed wounds, hidden shame, grief, and the pressure of always being the strong one. She shares her own journey of living with feelings of unworthiness, anger, and isolation, and the turning point when she chose to face her pain instead of continuing to hide it.
Kathleen outlines the fi...
In this heartfelt episode of Journey of an Awakening Spirit, Kathleen Flanagan celebrates the release of The Infinite Impact: Stories of Alignment, a #1 bestselling book that features her most vulnerable and defining story. She shares the emotional journey of writing a chapter she never intended to reveal, the grief and healing that surfaced during the process, and the courage it took to step out of invisibility. With...
Have you ever felt like you’re doing everything right on the outside—holding it all together, achieving the goals, keeping the smile—but inside there’s still a quiet ache? That ache isn’t failure. It’s your soul calling you home.
In this heartfelt episode of Journey of an Awakening Spirit, Kathleen Flanagan shares her own story of masks, struggle, and transformation—and the path back to the place where you can finally ...
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