Ep 89: Burnout, Chronic Pain & the Unexpected Path to Mediumship and Animal Communication w/ Sage of Unleashed Courage

Ep 89: Burnout, Chronic Pain & the Unexpected Path to Mediumship and Animal Communication w/ Sage of Unleashed Courage

What happens when the one thing keeping you together gets taken away? Kelsey sits down with Sage, intuitive, psychic medium, animal communicator, and forest therapy guide, for a conversation thats takes a journey from burnout recovery to animal communication. Sage's story begins with an unraveling: a toxic relationship ended, a move, a new job, and then her body spoke louder than words. Running, the thing that had always held her together, suddenly stripped away. What she found in the space that opened up changed the entire trajectory of her life. What followed was tower moment after tower moment. Jobs ending. Friendships shifting. Chronic pain that a dozen doctors couldn't explain. Her journey led her to forest therapy, pain reprocessing, psychometry, her grandparents messages coming through a little brass owl, and eventually a full mediumship and animal communication practice she is building from the ground up. Sage is newer to this work in the most beautiful way, and her willingness to be honest about the learning curve, the confidence wobbles, the discernment failures, and the breakthroughs makes this conversation a genuine gift for those who are somewhere in the middle of their own becoming. Here you'll learn: * What the pain-fear cycle is and how pain reprocessing therapy helped Sage communicate safety to her body when no doctor could explain what was happening * Why losing her ability to run became the catalyst for one of the most profound spiritual awakenings of her life * How playing small intuitive games with herself every day helped her stop outsourcing her own authority * The brass owl psychometry moment that cracked everything open and confirmed her mediumship gifts were real * How to spot AI accounts, bot followers, and high-pressure sales tactics in online spiritual spaces before they shake your confidence * Why neurodivergence and intuitive gifts may be more connected than we've been told, and what time blindness actually looks like when you're between worlds * The forest therapy practice that taught her body it was safe to be still for the first time You don't have to have it all figured out to start. You just have to keep taking one step, then another, then another. You don’t need a finished map, just enough direction for the next step. That's what Sage brings to this conversation. If this episode found you in a season of uncertainty, rebuilding, or quietly wondering if your gifts are real, you are exactly who this conversation was made for. Connect with Sage: * Animal Communication, Mediumship, and Training Sessions: Book Here [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevJ2On6q0rcVplxSRZHIXDhp905Dx6H_0pNSQBswwNjVqI7w/viewform?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGn6aQjzF5_07WCBmi8BbaG8AQUGQmACmYPBRwalpSZFza5cFq4Pcc6BIUyrjY_aem_GwPjf8wYITsRpepn0kl4nA] * Instagram: @unleashedcourage [https://www.instagram.com/unleashedcourage/] Connect with Kelsey + the Reclamation community: * Book a Reading with Kelsey — Here [https://kelseyandersonintuitive.com/sessions] * Instagram: @kelseyandersonintuitive [https://www.instagram.com/kelseyandersonintuitive/] * YouTube: @KelseyAndersonIntuitive [https://www.youtube.com/@KelseyAndersonIntuitive] Themes: mediumship, animal communication, chronic pain, forest therapy, pain reprocessing, psychometry, spiritual awakening, neurodivergence, inner authority, discernment, tower moments, CPTSD, intuition development, soul reclamation, the awakening woman, Remembrance Rising

Ep 88: Your Sensitivity Is the Gift w/Cheryl Byrne- The Embodiment Journey

What if the reason life isn't delivering what you want isn't because you're doing it wrong, but because you keep leaving the house right before it knocks? Kelsey sits down with Cheryl, embodiment mentor, soul activator, and founder of Goddess Rising, for a conversation that moves through so much ground it's hard to know where to begin. Cheryl works with women who want it all—the deep, soul-aligned partnership and the fully lived purpose. Her story starts in Ireland, moves through a toxic breakup, a long season of depression, and suicidal ideations that had been quietly present since childhood. What followed was a journey of following breadcrumbs she couldn't always explain—a coaching course, an intuitive gifts program she wasn't sure she belonged in, a flight to Australia she didn't want to take, and eventually Bali, which was never on her vision board but turned out to be exactly where life was pointing her. What Cheryl brings to this conversation is rare. She doesn't teach you how to manifest. She teaches you how to become available for what life already has waiting for you. And she does it through her body, through pleasure, through sacred union, and through a kind of radical honesty about what truth frequency actually feels like. This one is a transmission as much as a conversation. Here you'll learn: * Why "how do I make this happen?" isn’t always the right question and what to ask instead * The inner child work that actually moves the needle, including why your inner child might be turning away from you right now and how to rebuild that trust * How Cheryl uses a seven minute song to let her ego burn itself off instead of fighting it * What truth frequency really means, and why it includes the grief and the longing, not just the love and light * The pleasure practice that neurologically shifted Cheryl's nervous system and opened her ability to receive * How sacred union mirrors everything you haven't yet surrendered * The Akashic Records transmission that changed everything: you are not searching for love. You are love searching for itself. The awakening woman listening to this knows she's here for something big. She's had the visions, she's felt the pull, and she's also felt the burn of trying to make it happen from the mind instead of the body. Cheryl's work is the invitation to stop gripping the banks of the river and step all the way in. Connect with Cheryl: * Website: Learn more here [https://www.cherylbyrne555.com/] * Instagram: @cherylbyrne555 [https://www.instagram.com/cherylbyrne555/] * Soul Journey Session [https://www.cherylbyrne555.com/soul-journey] Connect with Kelsey + the Reclamation community: * Get your copy of The Signal: Listen to Your Intuition Through the Noise of Modern Life [https://a.co/d/01iDco7f] * Book a Soul Guidance Session [https://kelseyandersonintuitive.com/sessions] * Instagram: @kelseyandersonintuitive [https://www.instagram.com/kelseyandersonintuitive/] * YouTube: @KelseyAndersonIntuitive [https://www.youtube.com/@KelseyAndersonIntuitive] Themes: embodiment, sacred union, pleasure practices, divine feminine, surrender, inner child, truth frequency, soul activation, Akashic Records, nervous system, womb work, manifestation, available energy, spiritual awakening, Goddess Rising, the awakening woman

Ep 87: Reclaiming Your Voice After Religious Trauma w/ Kate Johnson - A Deconstruction Story

What happens when the belief system you were handed as a child starts to feel like a cage? Kelsey sits down with Kate Johnson, evangelical pastor's daughter turned Reiki practitioner and deconstruction guide, for a conversation that is honest, layered, and genuinely moving. Kate's story begins in the PCA church, where she was raised on Calvinism, purity culture, total depravity, and a very clear message about who gets to have a voice and who doesn't. She learned early that her body wasn't her own and that silence was the safest place to live. What followed was decades of quietly unraveling all of that, through discovering her bisexuality, surviving abuse that purity culture left her completely unprepared for, going no contact with her father, and eventually finding her way to Reiki, inner child work, and the kind of creativity that started giving her voice back one layer at a time. She also shares the most beautiful ritual: a paper boat folded from a letter she wrote her dad, a lake at sunset, and a fish that leaped up out of the water at just the right moment. This one is for the awakening woman who has felt the weight of a story that was never really hers to carry. Here you'll learn: * How purity culture set Kate up to misunderstand her own body, boundaries, and desires, and what the path back from that actually looked like * Why shame is the thing that separates us from the divine, not sin, and how Kate found that thread inside the very theology she was deconstructing * How the root chakra, throat chakra, and sacral chakra all showed up in Kate's physical body as she started doing the healing work * What ambiguous grief is and why it might be the hardest kind to move through, especially when the person you're grieving is still alive * Why anger isn't the enemy, and what the image of a white tiger protecting her true identity taught Kate about her own voice * The way grief, creativity, and the Artist's Way worked together to help Kate reclaim her creative life and her sense of self The silence that was asked of you was a system protecting itself, not the truth about who you are. And somewhere underneath all of those rules, there has always been a version of you who knew that. If this conversation touched something in you, whether you are actively deconstructing, quietly questioning, or simply trying to understand why certain parts of yourself have felt so hard to access, you are not alone in it. Connect with Kate Johnson: * Website: Roadmap to Ambiguous Grief Recording [https://substack.com/@katejohnsonwrites/note/c-281834839?r=1vy99t&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnsl7XeUkvp6tXlae2jlWhO9z-Nl4ZJxI8yBUkEJHAtHKqALnoxtKaQGo5md0_aem_BTABGLVgFO-gVPuXTxxP1A&utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3] * Instagram: @katejohnsonwrites [https://www.instagram.com/katejohnsonwrites/] * Substack: Quips and Confessionals [https://katejohnsonwrites.substack.com/] * Connect with Kelsey + the Reclamation community: → Join Remembrance Rising Waitlist — Here [https://stan.store/KelseyAndersonIntuitive/p/join-the-waitlist-wrq1aumx] * Book a Soul Guidance Session with Kelsey — Here [https://kelseyandersonintuitive.com/sessions] * Instagram: @kelseyandersonintuitive [https://www.instagram.com/kelseyandersonintuitive/] * YouTube: @KelseyAndersonIntuitive [https://www.youtube.com/@KelseyAndersonIntuitive] * Themes: religious deconstruction, evangelical church, purity culture, shame, inner child, ambiguous grief, Reiki, throat chakra, sacral chakra, no contact, bisexuality, identity reclamation, creative healing, anger as medicine, the awakening woman, Remembrance Rising

Ep 86: When You Ignore the Sign, The Universe Will Ask Again

What happens when you ask for guidance, get it clearly, and still put it back on the shelf? In is a solo transmission, short and recorded in real time, Kelsey is talking about Oracle cards, rejected signs, and how these lessons reach into every part of life. She shares what happens when we ask for a sign, receive it, and ignore it anyway. This episode is Kelsey naming, out loud and unfiltered, what it looks like to resist the guidance we asked for. She talks openly about why that resistance shows up for her, including how her PDA wiring (a form of autism centered on a need for autonomy) plays into it, and why the signs we ignore don't just disappear, they often come back louder and harder to miss. Until we finally pay attention, that is. Here you'll learn: * The full Oracle card story as it unfolded in real time, including the card that quite literally jumped off the table * How PDA autism shapes the way Kelsey receives and resists guidance, even guidance she asked for herself * Why ignored signs tend to come back louder and more creative the longer we put them off * The difference between not receiving guidance and not receiving the guidance you actually wanted * Why momentum and small acknowledgments matter more than waiting until you feel ready The universe isn't testing you or trying to catch you off guard. It's handing you something it already knows you asked for, and waiting to see if you'll open it. You don't have to get it right the first time. You just have to stay curious enough to look again when it shows back up. If you've felt that pull and brushed it aside before, you're human, and the guidance will keep finding new ways to reach you until you're ready to receive it. If you want a deeper container for this kind of work, that's exactly what Remembrance Rising is built for. Connect with Kelsey + the Reclamation community: → Join Remembrance Rising Waitlist — Here [https://stan.store/KelseyAndersonIntuitive/p/join-the-waitlist-wrq1aumx] * Book a Reading with Kelsey — Here [https://kelseyandersonintuitive.com/sessions] * Instagram: @kelseyandersonintuitive [https://www.instagram.com/kelseyandersonintuitive/] * YouTube: @KelseyAndersonIntuitive [https://www.youtube.com/@KelseyAndersonIntuitive] Themes: Oracle cards, signs and synchronicity, spirit world, PDA autism, neurodivergence, intuition, trust, resistance, momentum, soul reclamation, spiritual awakening, Remembrance Rising

Ep 85: You Are Your Guides w/ Andrew Spirit-Mediumship Lessons From the Other Side

What happens when the messages from spirit don't come with guarantees, perfect clarity, or a manual? Kelsey sits down with Andrew Spirit, medium, spiritual mentor, and the kind of teacher who can take the biggest concepts in the spirit world and hand them back to you in plain, human language. Andrew's path started with deep dissatisfaction, a meditation and practice circle he was "the slowest one in," and years of learning that what he was sensing was real before he ever called himself a medium. This conversation moves through chakras and auras as energetic markers, the difference between clairvoyance and claircognizance, and what it feels like to receive information from spirit (hint: it's never a perfect photograph). Andrew also opens up about the freedom and risk of building a life around this work, and what loved ones in spirit most want the living to know. If you've ever felt a pull toward your own abilities but talked yourself out of trusting them, this episode will meet you exactly there. Here you'll learn: * How chakras and auras work as energetic markers, and why color and location help translate information that doesn't have words * The difference between clairvoyance (inner seeing) and claircognizance (inner knowing) and why the second one requires the deepest trust * Why mediumship readings are never "100% accurate" and how to stay open instead of dismissing the message over one small detail * How Andrew learned to "keep his personality outside the building" and let spirit speak before the ego has a chance to filter it * What it really means to be life-rich, and how Andrew rebuilt his life around freedom instead of security * Why spirit guides may actually be aspects of your own soul, and how the law of one reframes everything * What loved ones in spirit consistently want the people they left behind to know You are already connected to everything you're seeking. The guidance, the knowing, the peace, none of it is outside of you waiting to be earned or found. It's already there, waiting for you to get quiet enough, brave enough, and open enough to let it through. If this conversation stirred something in you—whether you've felt the pull toward your own gifts, you're craving more freedom in how you live, or you simply needed reassurance that you're not making any of this up—this episode is for you. Connect with Andrew Spirit of Medium Blessings: * Website: Medium Blessings [https://mediumblessings.weebly.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnkwObCdbixGXtxoVbWAt1Cw0w9hIgDTU0DmBDZU895vz2itLgCTj7MSGK69M_aem_ZUlK7nO1PDl327T-gcwMJg] * Get a copy of his book Here [https://www.balboapress.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/787594-simply-spirit] * Instagram — Medium Blessings Andrew Spirit [https://www.instagram.com/mediumblessings/] Connect with Kelsey + the Reclamation community: → Join Remembrance Rising Waitlist — Here [https://stan.store/KelseyAndersonIntuitive/p/join-the-waitlist-wrq1aumx] * Book a Reading with Kelsey — Here [https://kelseyandersonintuitive.com/sessions] * Instagram: @kelseyandersonintuitive [https://www.instagram.com/kelseyandersonintuitive/] * YouTube: @KelseyAndersonIntuitive [https://www.youtube.com/@KelseyAndersonIntuitive] Themes: mediumship, spirit guides, clairvoyance, claircognizance, chakras, auras, intuition development, spirit world, life-rich living, freedom, religious deconstruction, soul reclamation, trust, spiritual awakening, energy work, law of one