December Energy Theme: Finding Balance & Self-Compassion in Change→

It's my last solocast of the year, so tune in to get all the powerful December insights. Inspired by the magical Butterfly, December's theme is all about Transformation. Listen in for such perfectly divined guidance to wrap up 2021. Topics include:

- Energetic hygiene for the holidays

- Butterfly card reversed & what that means

- Year long reflection

- Growth you don't see

- Letting go of the resistance of change

- Finding balance in growth

- Differerent seasons of growth

I would be so grateful if you would download, subscribe, rate, review and share the Open to Alchemy Podcast with a friend. Check out my Clarity Workbook, the perfect gift for you or the aspiring entrepreneur in your life. Follow me on Social at Open.to.Alchemy. 

Love you all! Happy December!

Exploring Animal Energy→

Calling all animal lovers! If you ever wanted to know more about the beloved animal in your life, this is the episode for you! My guest, Melinda Lee Schmitt is an Animal Energy Therapist and brings her authentic and inspiring perspective to help animals and humans communicate on a more seamless level. In this incredible conversation we chat about:

- Animal Energy Therapy

- Owner and pet communication

- Difference in energy bodies

- How animals think about pain

- Self-love from an animal viewpoint

- Benefits of meditation

- Getting closer to animals

- Animal souls

- Play and curiosity

- Animal signs and feather meanings

- Skeptical moments

And lots more!

To connect with Melinda on Facebook @melindaleeschmitt. To find out more about Melinda's services, visit her website Melinda Lee Schmitt.

To connect with Lauren on social, follow @open.to.alchemy. To learn more about Lauren's work, including her tools to help aspiring solopreneurs align their passion and purpose to create soul-fulfilling work, visit Open to Alchemy.

Please hit subscribe, rate, review, share with a friend. I love connecting with other high vibe souls, so send me an email: lauren@opentoalchemy.com and lets chat!

The Power of Prana→

Are you ready to understand and harness the power of your prana? Then listen in! My guest Tatiana Franklin is a Pranic Healer and Life Coach who has such a beautiful gift for making the healing journey more accessible. In this episode we chat about:

- What is Prana and Pranic healing

- Understanding your Chakra health

- The Tony Robbins experience & walking through fire

- Combining coaching and healing

- Claiming a wider identity

- The energy of curiosity

- Feeling clarity in your body

- Growing into a business

- Understanding your gifts

- Being the vessel

- Living in your purpose

And more!

To find and follow Tatiana on social, visit the_healer_coach. Visit her website at tatianafranklin.com. To see Tatiana's classes, along with mine and lots of other amazing practicioners, visit Center for Love & Light.

To find and follow Lauren on social, visit open.to.alchemy. Visit my website for information on booking a session and my new Clarity Workbook for aspiring entrepreneurs.

I would love for you to hit subscribe, rate, review, share with a friend. Thank you for your support!

November Energy Theme: Clear the Clutter→

Happy November! In this monthly solocast episode we are channeling the Frog animal spirit, which had so much practical and inspiring wisdom to leap into (see what I did there). In this episode I cover:

- Time accelerating

- Frog Spirit

- Leaping into action

- How & why to stop taking in information

- Media consumption journal

- November challenge: check your consumption diet

- Taking back your power

- Changing the second thought

- Being the watcher

- Where do limiting beliefs come from

- It's okay to change

- Inspired action

- My new Clarity Workbook

- Gratitude

To follow me on social, go to Open.to.Alchemy. To grab your copy of the Clarity Workbook, visit Open to Alchemy. 

Applied Astrology: Cosmic Career Guidance→

Have you ever wondered what you were truly meant to do? According to my guest, Career Astrologer, Podcast host and Author Natalie Walstein, the answers for each of us, are written in the stars. Natalie combines her deep knowledge of Astrology with a practical and inspiring perspective on living a soul-aligned work/life. In this expansive episode we chat about:

- Why Astrology

- The Cosmic Calling formula to figure out your Career

- Developing a unique POV

- The value of just doing the work

- Writing a book

- Manifesting tips

- Importance of Mindset

- How confusion is part of the process

- Chiron breakdown

- Our dream world

- Taking time off and avoiding burnout

And so much more!

To follow Natalie on social visit at Soulshine Astrology. Check our her new book Find your Cosmic Calling and grab the amazing pre-order bonuses.

To follow me on social, visit Open.to.Alchemy. If you are ready to align your passion and purpose, for sustainable, soul-fulfilling work, visit Open to Alchemy and book an Empowered Alchemy session.

I would be so grateful for you to hit Subscribe, Rate, Review and Share this episode with a friend.

Decoding Human Design→

My guest Alyson Foley-Contreras is a Designer and Creative Consultant who uses her incredible knowledge of Human Design, Reiki and Psych K to inform her work and lead clients to more ease and authenticity. If you ever wanted to hear how two Human Design guides connect, talk HD and use the system IRL, this episode is for you! We chat about:

- Discovering Human Design

- Learning Energy Types

- Generators vs Manifesting Generators

- Burnout

- Learning to say "No"

- Moving energy

- Responding in Joy

- Deep dive on "Yesses"

- Trusting body over the mind

- Psych K & balancing right and left brain

- Ego vs Intuition

To follow Alyson on social, visit Sphere.of and to find out more about her offerings, visit her website at Sphere of You.

To follow Lauren on social, visit Open.to.Alchemy and if you are ready to align your passion + purpose for sustainable and soul-fulfilling work, visit Open To Alchemy and book a session.

I would love so much for you to send this episode to a friend, hit subscribe, rate and review! 

Open to Alchemy: Embodied Clarity→

It was such an incredible delight to spend time in the clear, authentic, intentional energy of my guest Jessica Briggs, an intuitive healer, reader and nature enthusiast. If you are ready to expand your view of what alignment can look like IRL, this is your episode. We talk about so many magical topic including:

- Living in Mt Shasta

- Changing the energy of manifestation

- Tending to your humanness

- The gifts from your birth environment

- Being energetically blocked from things

- Letting go of judgement

- Daily practice & inner worlds

- Unlocking a new reference point

- Nature rituals

- Emotional intelligence

- Auras

And seriously, SO much more!

Follow Jessica on social at lovejessicabriggs and find out more about her background and offerings at JessicaBriggs.me.

Follow Lauren on social at Open.to.Alchemy and if you are ready to align your passion and purpose for soul-fulfilling work, visit Open to Alchemy or email lauren@opentoalchemy.com

Open to Alchemy: October Energy Theme→

Y'all I was not planning or expecting all the major pep-talk energy that came into this episode, but I guess that BEE spirit knows what it's doing. In this solocast, I dive deep into my new re-focused energy on helping aspiring entreprenuers combine their passion and purpose for fulfilling and sustainable work+life alignment. Listen in for:

- The benefits of pulling oracle or tarot cards 

- Niching down

- Connecting inner calling with outer results

- Passion + purpose

- Fully accessing and putting your gifts to use

- The Three C's: Clarity, Confidence and Creative Action

- Why I am ready to help you 

- Thinking like a Bee

- Overcoming our own objections

- And so much more!

This is our time (Goonies, anyone?). If you are ready to join me, follow a long all October on social @Open.to.alchemy. Join my email list at Opentoalchemy.com. Please send this episode to all your soulsisters, galpals, bestbuds who you know are here to shine their light and just need some help in finding their path. Would love for you to subscribe, rate and review.

Open to Alchemy: Empathy & Accessing your Intuition→

My guest Laura Insley of Charging Sky Consciousness shares such a grounding and refreshing look at modern spirituality. From her connection to crystals to her drive to champion the secondhand first movement, Laura brings such mindfulness and intention to everything she does. In this far-reaching episode we chat about:

- Honoring your energy

- Living as an empath

- Working through being sensitive

- Conscious parenting

- Soul contracts with our children

- Her start to awareness and intuition

- Discovering the power of crystals

- Launching a social media based business

- The minimalism shift

- Clearing clutter

- Connecting with the land

and so many more topics!

Find Laura on social at Charging Sky Consciousness and Slow Drop Shop. You can find her blog on No Answers Here.

Find Lauren on social at Open to Alchemy and on her website at Open to Alchemy.

I would be so grateful if you would hit subscribe to this podcast so you never miss an episode and if you would share with a friend that needs more woo love in their life!

Open to Alchemy: Exploring the Dream World→

They say life is but a dream, but which world is the waking one and which one is dreaming? My guest, Tracy Amiel of Ethereal Communications explores this and so many more possibilities in her role as a Dream Oracle. In this beautiful episode we chat about:

- What is a Dream Oracle

- Dream Messages & creating your own dream dictionary

- Empathic abilities

- The effect of Moon cycles and Astrology on dreams

- Layering modalities

- Timeline Jumping

- Removing containers of judgment

- Which one is the dream world

- Living in paradise

- Astrocartography

And more!

To find out more about Tracy and her services visit Ethereal Communications.

To follow Lauren on social, visit Open to Alchemy. To book a Timeline Jump, visit Open to Alchemy.

Open to Alchemy: Sound Healing→

If you haven't heard the sweet sounds of a sound bath, you will definitely want to after this episode. My guest Danielle Hall of Sound Embrace, shares so much wisdom about this ancient practice that is getting lots of attention in the spiritual world and beyond. We chat about: 

- What is Sound Healing

- Theta brainwaves

- Being sensitive

- What we learn from resistance

- Humming benefits

- Letting go to allow more

- Value of your personal story

- Not being everyone's teacher

- Inner & outer balance

- Danielle's first sound bath experience

- Getting more messages through gratitude

And so much more!

Visit Danielle's social at Sound Embrace and learn more about her membership, certification program and more at Sound Embrace

Vist Lauren's social at Open to Alchemy and learn more about her transformational modalities and book a session at Open to Alchemy.

Open to Alchemy: September Spirit Animal Energy→

Hello September! This month we are working with the energy of the Vulture spirit animal who reminds us that nothing is wasted. So much goodness came in during this solocast, including a bit about my process in helping people open to their own alchemy. Here's what I touched on:

- How all experiences can provide value

- Experiences without meaning or judgement

- Connecting with all parts of ourselves

- Playing for pay

- Not wasting time

- Mindlessness vs  Intention

- Taking a break from social

- Process of Alchemy

- Tools for finding out where you are

- Getting to the why

- Clarity tools

- How to get to new energetic space 

If you want to know more about working with me or the various modalities I use (Human Design, Reiki, Intuitive Channeling, Timeline Jumping) check out my revamped website Open to Alchemy.

Open to Alchemy: Bringing the Divine into Design→

Have you ever thought about infusing your space with more of your soul? My guest Bonnie Casamassima can help you connect with your most aligned environment using her incredible blend of natural design studies and intuitive abilities. In this soulful episode, we chat about:

- Biophilic Design

- Reconnecting with nature

- Connecting your values with actions

- Guided visualizations to get space senses

- Accessible design vs Consumerism

- Sacred Geometry + Golden Ratio

- Meditation to reduce stress

- How to overcome sharing your gifts

- Following the call to be the only one

- Light language + visual metaphors

- Clairabilities

- Showing up with curiosity 

- Learn it Live

For more from Bonnie on social, follow Interweave People Place and on her website at Interweave People Place. Bonnie's new class is at https://www.learnitlive.com/Class/Creating-Space-for-Your-Intuition/18895

For more from Lauren on social, folllow Open to Alchemy. To find out more about how to access the magical alchemy inside you, visit Open to Alchemy website.

For incredible classes and community, visit the Virtual Center for Love and Light on the Learn it Live platform.

Open to Alchemy: Connecting with Crystal Energy→

My guest, Deirdre Selby-Gius, takes Crystal healing to a whole new level. Tapping into her gifts as a way to help support her son's journey, Deirdre shares her beautiful techniques for helping clients find their way back to wholeness. In this episode we chat about:

- Supporting yourself through supporting others

- Gifts in motherhood

- Energy channels in crystals

- Moving from 3rd to 5th dimension

- Crystalline beings

- Fragmentation as a source of pain

- Fire integration ceremonies 

- Finding wholeness

- Recognizing programming 

- Bridge manifestations

- Calling in angels to ask for help

And more!

For more information and to connect with Deirdre, visit Crystal Enhancements or Crystal Enhancements.

To connect with Lauren, visit Open to Alchemy on social or visit the Open to Alchemy website.

Open to Alchemy: Stepping into your Shadow→

Have you been diving into Shadow Work or avoiding it all together? Learning more about your shadow can be integral part of your spiritual journey, so it's time to get curious. My guest Rebecca Wierman is a Shadow Work Coach and Intuitive Healer, who uses a variety of modalities to create uniquely guided healing containers. In this expansive episode we talk about:

- Taking leaps

- Breaking away from identities

- What a full-body YES feels like

- Shadow work

- Miscommunications

- Flexibility in healing

- Spiritual bypassing

- Embodiment

- New versions

- Minimizing expectations of others

- Pushing beyond plateaus in business

- Energetic boundaries

Learn more about Rebecca at This Consciousness. And here is her freebie with 10 shadow work prompts! 

Follow me on social at Open to Alchemy and book a Energy Alchemy session here!

Open to Alchemy: August Spirit Animal Energy Update→

Welcome to August! The month we harness the energy of the Buffalo, who teaches that the abundant universe will always provide. This is my most personal solocast yet, where I share a very raw look at the energy that both me and my family has been sitting with. Listen to hear insights on:

- Experiencing loss and moving through grief

- Asking for help

- The Powerful Buffalo

- Accessing all parts of you and finding all your achievements

- Freedom vs Constraints

- Finding answers through different perspectives

- Cultivating gratitude through rituals

- Living in a void state

- Clearing out and deconditioning

(Plus more, ha!)

Can't wait to hear what you all think, so the first 10 people to send me a IG DM with your review can get either a Free Timeline Jumping Session or Intuitive Plant Healing Session! My gift to you as I play with two new potential offerings. 

Follow me on IG at Open to Alchemy or visit my website at Open to Alchemy.

Open to Alchemy: Foraging for Authenticity with Mother Earth→

There is something unmistakenly grounding about my guest Andrea Blanton of the triply-incredible Food Earth Birth. Her knowledge and use of nature guides both her businesses and her way of showing up in this life. Get ready for a beautiful, soulful conversation including a deeper look at:

- Finding nature in a concrete jungle

- Postpartum depression/healing

- Divine intervention

- Herbs speaking to you

- Superhero Mothers & being a soulpreneur with kids

- Micro-decisions

- Rooting down

- Knowing when it's time to shift

- Understanding Seasons in business

- Finding your Ideal Client Avatar

- Using your intuition in business

- Showing up in integrity

and lots more nuggets!

Follow Andrea for all her amazing wisdom and offerings at Food Earth Birth on social and Food Earth Birth website.

Follow Lauren at Open to Alchemy on social. Reach out to book a Human Design Reading or Soul Session at Open to Alchemy.

Open to Alchemy: Being the Creator of your Life

An "Artist's life" is more than just an idea for my guest Stephanie Della Porta, it's an embodied way of living. And after hearing her beautiful, inspiring story, you'll find a whole new way to activate the intuitive artist within you. In this episode we chat about:

- Causes of suffering

- Feeling one with source

- Duality & Polarity

- Spiritual bypassing

- Integration, interpretation, perception

- Art as a soul language

- Aura colors

- Taking a leap of faith

- Unsubscribing from other's beliefs

- Life as a work of art

- Ascension activation and symptoms

- Seeing symbols

And so much more!

To follow Stephanie, check out her social at Stella Porta or her etsy website at Stella Porta.

To follow me, visit Open to Alchemy. To book a Human Design session, Soul Reading or Idea Lab Workshop, visit Open to Alchemy.

Open to Alchemy: July Spirit Animal Embodiment

July's energy is upon us and the amazing Bobcat is helping to guide us and remind us that life is a mystery! In this solocast, I talk about:

- Bobcat spirit

- No Judgement July 

- How it's all information 

- Duality

- Softening to your intuition

- Allowing what is

- Getting to the truth

- What we get from control and how to release it

- Unhooking from your story of "supposed to"

- And more drops of wisdom

To follow me on social, check out Open to Alchemy. To book a Human Design reading, Reiki session or Mind, Body, Soul reading, visit me at Open to Alchemy.

Open to Alchemy: A Soulful Approach to Skin (and life)

Listen in as my guest Susan Gonzalez, owner and creator of Moon Organics, shares her incredible story of finding her purpose through her pain. With such an insightful and beautiful approach to life, soulpreneurship and self-care, I know you'll love this episode as much as I did. We chat about:

- Susan's cancer diagnosis and how her needs led to creating a business

- Process of creating a product

- St. Hildegard

- Aromatherapy

- Scents + emotions + memories

- Building a fan base

- Giving time to purpose

- Being open in business

- Doing the work to get to the other side of fear & grief

- Using intuition in skincare

- Social media 

- Innovative business ideas 

and more!

Follow Susan on social at Moon Organics and online at Moon Organics.

Follow Lauren on social at Open to Alchemy and book a Human Design reading or Energy Healing session at Open to Alchemy.

Know someone who would be great on the podcast or a topic you'd love me to cover? Send me an email: lauren@opentoalchemy.com