Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell

Ep#278 - Art as A Mindfulness Practice, An Interview with Artist and Sound Healer, Lida Martin

I am thrilled to welcome my dear friend Lida Martin to Empowering Chats. I first met Lida Martin many years ago at one of her art shows where she was displaying her watercolor paintings.

Lida is a watercolor artist and she is passionate about life and c...

Ep#277 - Finding Beauty in Times of Crisis, An Interview with artist and practitioner of psychology, Dr. Laura Basha

I am thrilled to welcome artist, and practitioner of psychology, Dr. Laura Basha to Empowering Chats.

This is Laura’s second visit to my podcast. We had such a lovely connection the first time around ...

Ep#276 - Steward of Inspiration, An Interview with Poet, James Anthony Ellis

Welcome everyone to Empowering Chats. In this episode we have a fun and inspirational conversation with poet, James Anthony Ellis.  I entered into this chat with the curiosity of an enthusiastic young child opening a present.  In this case the present is Jim’s latest book entitled, Breadcrumbs Volume 2: Poems and Prose Found Along the Sacred Path.  

Jim is...

Ep#275 - Transcend Into Your Talent - A Solo Show with your Host Susan Burrell

This is the year of BE Potential on Empowering Chats. 2024 is all about reaching for and accessing our Potential. And for the month of May we will be exploring the “T” in Potential. Talent. Our collective talent and our individual talent.

How do we transcend and explore our many talents? How do we choose to live our life in c...

Ep# 274 - Healing Through Integration, An Interview with Holistic healer and and Author Judy Tsafrir

When I picked up this book, by the amazing and profound Judy Tsafrir, I was immediately taken by the title, Sacred Psychiatry.

Judy is a holistic healer with a private psychiatry and psychoanalysis practice in Newton, Massachusetts. She is on the leading edge of consciousness and I am so grateful to have her here to share her story ...

Ep# 273 - The Inner Frontier, An Interview with Intuitive Teacher and Author Kim Chestney

I am so excited to welcome Kim Chestney to Empowering Chats once again. She first graced the airwaves with me back in 2021. Kim is an intuitive teacher and an author.

Her latest book, The Illumination Code, Discover the Magic of the Universe is chock full of information about quantum intelligence and how we can get back into tapping into our...

Ep# 272 - Restoring Balance in Our Lives - An Interview with Healer and Author, Dr. Christopher Macklin

We are in for a wild ride everyone. I have an amazing light leader and incredible man by the name of Dr. Christopher Macklin on Empowering Chats today.  He is a healer and an author. His most recent book is called “Centering the Mind.”

Christopher’s book came out in 2019 right before lock down and the pandemic. I remember praying...

Ep# 271 - Observe From A Higher Awareness - A Solo Show with your Host, Susan Burrell

Our theme for April is Observant. When I looked up Observant (as I often do when I am going to chat about a specific theme) here’s one definition that came up: Adhering to a particular law or ritual.

When you are observant you are adhering to. Like a philosophy, an idea, a ritual. Adhering to me feels like you’re stuck, or glued to something, even...

Ep# 270 - Students Share Their Love and Rave - An Inspiring Chat with Some of My Students

The theme for Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell for the year of 2024 is BE Potential.  And each month we are focusing on a different aspect of rising to your Potential. For the month of March, we are focusing on what it means to reach for your potential. Some of the keywords that support this theme include, power, purpose and recognizing ou...

Ep#269 - The Opulence Infusion - An Interview with Spiritual Mentor and Author, Jennifer Ruth Russell

I am so grateful to introduce and welcome Jennifer Ruth Russell to Empowering Chats. I have known Jennifer for many, many, years and I am thrilled that she’s here to have an empowering chat with me. 

Jennifer wears many hats. She is a Singer / So...

Ep#268 - Changing Lives - An Interview with Activist Dawn Manske

I had an Empowering Chat with this incredible individual in May of 2022 and I think it’s time to re-air this interview.

If you missed this the first time around or even if you heard it when it first aired, I encourage you to listen again.  I am honored to welcome Dawn Manske, activist and CEO of Made For Freedom to Empowering Chats. Her story of courage and innovation...

Ep#267 - The Healing of Trauma, An Interview with Efu Nyaki, a healer and author of "Healing Trauma Through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing."

The theme for this month of March is all about Potential. Our Potential. And exploring what that might look like in our lives.

I am thrilled to welcome Efu Nyaki to this episode to discuss the healing of trauma. Efu is a healer and the author of Healing Trauma Through Family ...

Ep #265 - Exploring The Frontiers of Your POTENTIAL - A Solo Show with your Host, Susan Burrell

As we enter into the month of March I am exploring the theme of “Potential” which is our theme for Empowering Chats for the month. And of course, I had to look up the word. Here are some dictionary definitions of Potential: Possible as opposed to actual. Capable of becoming or con...

Ep #264 - You Are Enough – An Interview with author and love activist, Scott Stabile

What a joy it is to welcome, author and love activist, Scott Stabile to Empowering Chats, The first thing that caught me was the title of Scott’s book: Enough As You Are. That alone says so much.

Scott shared that the title came about as a way to show that love and you are always enough. No ...

Ep #263 Boost Your Energy - An Interview with Intuitive Energy Healer, Dr. Mary Sanders.

We are continuing our theme of Eternal for the month of February. And so with that I also want to include the embracing of the Eternal and welcome my guest, Dr. Mary Sanders.

Dr. Mary is an Intuitive Energy Healer and is stunning in her vibrancy. We shared a ...

Ep #262 - Open To Life - An Interview with author, Emily Thiroux Thrett.

This Episode of Empowering Chats is about grief. And this month’s theme is “Eternal.” I intentionally placed this interview under this theme.  I believe that all of us have an eternal essence, an eternal soul and an eternal energy that stays in the hearts of those we come in contact with even when we have left our physical bodies.

My guest, Emily Thiroux Threa...

EP #261 - Embracing the Eternal, A solo show with your host, Susan Burrell

In this episode of "Empowering Chats" we investigate what it means to be eternal. What does it mean to embrace eternality?

You all know me so well by now so you know I always like to give the dictionary definition of the special word I am focusing on. This month that word ...

EP #260 - The Healing Path for Adoptees, An Interview with Author and Podcast Host, Michelle Madrid.

Welcome to this episode of Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell. I have a very special guest today. Her name is Michelle Madrid and she has recently penned a book called, Let Us Be Greater: A Gentle Guided Path to Healing for Adoptees.

In her book, Michelle documents her own story of being an International Adoptee who was born in the...

EP #259 - Thriving with Cancer, An Interview with Jan Adrian, author and Executive Director of the non-profit, Healing Journeys.

I am not only honored but so grateful to have Jan Adrian as a guest once again on Empowering Chats. I last interviewed Jan about 2 years ago and since that time she has written a memoir entitled, Coloring Outside the Lines, Surviving and Thriving with Cancer for 30+ Years. 

In this powerful chat Jan sha...