LightSong School of 21st-Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine Talking Stick Podcast

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S2 E4 "Right Brain, Left Brain, and the Ego: Becoming Whole-Brained Humans" – 11-15-25
Talking Stick Podcast — "Right Brain, Left Brain, and the Ego: Becoming Whole-Brained Humans" – 11-15-25 In this thought-provoking episode of the Talking Stick Podcast, Jan Engels-Smith and Micah "MJ" Schwader explore the balance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain—and how this balance influences creativity, intuition, and spiritual connection. The episode opens with a beautiful invocation from Jan, guiding listeners to rise above the densities of worry, frustration, and doubt into the realms of pure light, love, and truth. From there, Jan and Micah discuss the wisdom of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, whose groundbreaking insights on brain hemispheres validate what shamanic teachings have long known: energy work isn't "woo-woo"—it's whole-brain living. Highlights include: How modern culture's left-brain dominance limits our spiritual and creative potential. The relationship between the ego and the left brain, and how ego stories keep us in fear. Ways to reawaken the right brain through shamanic journeying, writing, art, and presence. The link between heart consciousness and right-brain awareness. Why imagination, intuition, and emotion are not illusions—but vital spiritual faculties. Reflections on psychedelics, plant medicine, and alternative paths to expanded awareness. Practical ways to live as a whole-brained human, integrating logic with intuition, and self with spirit. Jan and Micah remind us that wholeness begins with awareness—that our natural state is one of presence, gratitude, and connection to the living field of creation. Top 20 Tags: #WholeBrainLiving #RightBrainLeftBrain #EgoAwareness #Consciousness #Shamanism #EnergyHealing #SpiritualAwakening #HeartIntelligence #Intuition #Creativity #Mindfulness #Meditation #PlantMedicine #Awareness #FlowState #HigherConsciousness #HealingEnergy #Presence #DivineConnection #PersonalTransformation For more information about Micah's memoir, Stumbling Into Grace: The Adventures of a Transgender Shaman, visit ShamanSezz.com/stumbling-into-grace-the-book/ Gratitude donation- If you would like to make a donation to Jan Engels-Smith and keep Manifesting Miracles active please use Venmo @Jan-Engels-Smith or contact Jan with other payment options [email protected] Manifesting Miracles: This podcast is in a series of gatherings that are held bi-monthly on zoom calls. Participants from around the world that are interested in making positive changes in their life: career, relationship, health and finances are on this call. Jan starts this series with the most important tips in conscious manifestation. If you want the world to change, if you want your situation to change you must change within. You must become an energetic match for the things that you desire. Jan as a tenured teacher for 30+ years shares her wisdom on intentional manifestation and shamanism. Jan teaches, discusses and answers questions. For more information about Jan Engels-Smith and her work, visit LightSong.net. For more information about Micah and his work, visit ShamanSezz.com.
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S2 E3 Surrender, Healing, and the Quantum Power of Belief
S2 E37 Manifesting Miracles: Surrender, Healing, and the Quantum Power of Belief ✨ Podcast Summary / Description: In this expansive and deeply inspiring episode of Manifesting Miracles, Jan facilitates a full circle of transformation — beginning with a grounding invocation and evolving into a rich discussion on surrender, spiritual healing, manifestation, and shamanic wisdom. Through real-life stories of miracles, Jan and the participants explore how surrender, trust, and energetic alignment open the gateway for Spirit to work through our lives. Listeners hear powerful personal accounts — from licenses miraculously renewed, to trees moved by unseen forces, to lost wedding rings returned through divine timing — all illustrating how miracles manifest when we let go of control and align with love. Jan expands the conversation into profound teachings on shamanic healing, the unraveling of energetic patterns across lifetimes, and the laws that govern transformation in the quantum field. Through every question and story, Jan reminds us that what we focus on multiplies. By choosing trust over fear, gratitude over worry, and curiosity over judgment, we step into co-creation with Spirit — becoming conscious participants in the miraculous unfolding of life itself. 🔹 Topics Covered: Opening invocation and breathwork to ground and connect with Spirit The power of surrender and trust in manifesting miracles Personal miracle stories shared by participants: Carmen's healing and upgraded spiritual license Rosemary's tree miraculously moved by unseen forces Patty's lost wedding ring returned through angelic guidance The quantum principles of manifestation — high frequency collapses time Energetic repatterning, healing ancestral trauma, and parallel realities Shamanic perspective on Newton's first law and energetic unraveling Understanding illness and emotional blocks through soul retrieval Healing anger, grief, and "blind spots" through shamanic and energetic insight Acceptance vs. striving — finding wholeness in the present moment Soul retrieval as an ancient path to reclaiming power and wholeness How thought, belief, and vibration create our reality Practicing gratitude, curiosity, and sacred choice to shift frequency "Whatever you add energy to multiplies" — the law of creation Gratitude donation- If you would like to make a donation to Jan Engels-Smith and keep Manifesting Miracles active please use Venmo @Jan-Engels-Smith or contact Jan with other payment options [email protected] Manifesting Miracles: This podcast is in a series of gatherings that are held bi-monthly on zoom calls. Participants from around the world that are interested in making positive changes in their life: career, relationship, health and finances are on this call. Jan starts this series with the most important tips in conscious manifestation. If you want the world to change, if you want your situation to change you must change within. You must become an energetic match for the things that you desire. Jan as a tenured teacher for 30+ years shares her wisdom on intentional manifestation and shamanism. Jan teaches, discusses and answers questions. For more information about Jan Engels-Smith and her work, visit LightSong.net.
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S2 E2 - Intuition, Prophecy & the Language of the Soul
Episode Title: Intuition, Prophecy & the Language of the Soul In this deeply heart-centered episode of the LightSong Talking Stick Podcast, co-hosts Jan Engels-Smith and Micah Schwader explore the many dimensions of intuition—its spiritual roots, psychological clarity, and poetic beauty. The conversation begins with a grounding invocation as Jan guides listeners into breath, presence, and the welcoming field of divine support. From there, Jan and Micah open a rich dialogue about intuition as the "quiet language of the soul," sharing their personal stories, shamanic experiences, and teachings on how intuitive knowing shows up in everyday life. They discuss: Three perspectives on intuition—spiritual, psychological, and poetic—and how they all point to the same inner truth. Right-brain intelligence and heart knowing, and why intuition bypasses logic to land as a calm, instant understanding. Prophetic dreams and shamanic guidance, including Micah's profound visions preceding Hurricane Katrina and his mother's passing, and Jan's experiences with claircognition and spirit-led dreaming. The repression of intuition and imagination throughout history—especially through patriarchal structures and the Inquisition—and the modern reclaiming of these innate "superpowers." Telepathy, energy communication, and shamanic tools, from tarot to dream travel to everyday intuitive hits. How creators, writers, and healers access intuition—including Micah's examples of subconscious flow writing and the moment when words arrive from a deeper realm of knowing. Together, they illuminate intuition not as a mysterious gift for a select few, but as an ancient human ability that lives within all of us—one that can guide, warn, inspire, and connect us with spirit, with nature, and with each other. This episode invites you to recognize the intuitive moments woven throughout your life, to trust the quiet voice within, and to remember that you are supported by both seen and unseen allies on your Earth walk. Aho and enjoy the journey. For more information about Micah's memoir, Stumbling Into Grace: The Adventures of a Transgender Shaman, visit ShamanSezz.com/stumbling-into-grace-the-book/ Gratitude donation- If you would like to make a donation to Jan Engels-Smith and keep Manifesting Miracles active please use Venmo @Jan-Engels-Smith or contact Jan with other payment options [email protected] Manifesting Miracles: This podcast is in a series of gatherings that are held bi-monthly on zoom calls. Participants from around the world that are interested in making positive changes in their life: career, relationship, health and finances are on this call. Jan starts this series with the most important tips in conscious manifestation. If you want the world to change, if you want your situation to change you must change within. You must become an energetic match for the things that you desire. Jan as a tenured teacher for 30+ years shares her wisdom on intentional manifestation and shamanism. Jan teaches, discusses and answers questions. For more information about Jan Engels-Smith and her work, visit LightSong.net.
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S2 E1 - Heart Connection and Spiritual Light - Manifesting Miracles
S2 E1 - Heart Connection and Spiritual Light - Manifesting Miracles In this heartfelt episode of Manifesting Miracles, Jan gathers a global community of souls to reconnect with the pure frequency of love and divine awareness. The session begins with a gentle meditation that invites participants to close their eyes, settle into stillness, and find comfort within the shared presence of the group. With hands resting over the heart, listeners are guided to send a simple, profound message to their own being: "Hello, I see you. I am safe." From that space of loving acknowledgment, Jan channels spiritual light from the heavens, guiding it to flow through the crown, face, neck, and body—infusing every cell with warmth, illumination, and peace. The light becomes a river of grace, connecting heaven and earth within the body. This meditation opens the pathway to self-recognition, allowing participants to remember their divine nature and expand their energetic field outward to bless others. Throughout the episode, Jan speaks to the beauty of vulnerability, the courage of the open heart, and the power of presence. She encourages each listener to feel the unity that exists beyond physical distance, reminding us that light is not bound by space or time—it moves through intention, love, and awareness. By the end of the experience, the listener feels renewed, grounded, and uplifted, aligned once again with the miracle of being alive. Topics Discussed: The energetic connection of a global community of hearts Entering stillness through conscious breath and mindfulness The transformative act of placing hands over the heart Inviting divine spiritual light into the physical body Awakening cellular consciousness and light frequencies Releasing fear and embracing the feeling of safety within The courage to stay open and vulnerable in love Expanding one's energy field to include compassion for all beings Experiencing divine union through body, mind, and spirit Remembering the miracle of life as a daily practice of gratitude and light Gratitude donation- If you would like to make a donation to Jan Engels-Smith and keep Manifesting Miracles active, please use Venmo @Jan-Engels-Smith or contact Jan with other payment options [email protected] Manifesting Miracles: This podcast is part of a series of gatherings held bi-monthly on Zoom. Participants from around the world who are interested in making positive changes in their lives —career, relationships, health, and finances — are on this call. Jan starts this series with the most essential tips in conscious manifestation. If you want the world to change, if you want your situation to change, you must change within. You must become an energetic match for what you desire. Jan, as a tenured teacher for 30+ years, shares her wisdom on intentional manifestation and shamanism. Jan teaches, discusses, and answers questions. For more information about Jan Engels-Smith and her work, visit LightSong.net.
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S1 E36 - The Bigger Picture - LightSong Talking Stick Podcast
S1 E36 - The Bigger Picture - LightSong Tlaking Stick Podcast In this illuminating episode of the LightSong Talking Stick Podcast, Jan Engels-Smith and Micah Schwader invite listeners to rise above the noise of daily life and glimpse the bigger picture—that vast web of connection, energy, and meaning that shapes our experiences beyond what the eye can see. The episode opens with a grounding invocation that lifts us from the "densities of Earth" into the frequencies of light, love, and awareness. From there, Jan and Micah explore how every challenge, synchronicity, and belief carries purpose—threads in a much larger tapestry of the soul. Through stories drawn from Jan's decades of shamanic healing and soul-retrieval work, she reveals how unseen energetic patterns—vows, attachments, and forgotten choices—can quietly influence health, relationships, and abundance. Micah reflects on his own lifelong awareness of signs in nature, the patterns revealed through writing and reflection, and how perspective transforms hardship into insight. Together they weave shamanic wisdom, storytelling, and personal experience into a rich conversation about karma, energetic law, and human evolution—reminding us that what we perceive as coincidence is often divine design. Highlights include: A guided invocation to raise your vibration into the "purities of light, love, and truth." How recurring life patterns and relationships reveal soul-level lessons. Stories of energy healing, vows, and the unseen roots of illness. Transforming limiting beliefs through conscious choice and "airtime." The medicine wheel's teaching of the eagle—seeing life from a higher perspective. The playful intelligence of the universe and how to recognize its signs. Whether you're navigating personal change, exploring energy medicine, or simply seeking perspective, this episode is a reminder that there is always a bigger picture—and you are part of it. For more information about Micah's memoir, Stumbling Into Grace: The Adventures of a Transgender Shaman, visit ShamanSezz.com/stumbling-into-grace-the-book/ For more information about Jan Engels-Smith and her work, visit LightSong.net. For more information about Micah and his work, visit ShamanSezz.com.
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