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Unlocking Intuition: Dreams, Astrology, And Mediumship With Claire Falcon

***This is part one of our conversation with Claire Falcon. Be sure to come back next week for part two.*** Host April DeMille welcomes guest Claire Falcon, a psychic medium and intuition teacher who uses dream interpretation and Western astrology. Claire shares her origin story: vivid dreams since childhood, frequent dream visitations, and a pivotal Berlin experience hearing and seeing a spirit who communicated details of a recent overdose death, prompting her to train professionally after recognizing the healing impact of readings. The conversation focuses on dreams as a unique state of consciousness for intuition and healing, teaching sleep hygiene and recall, universal vs personal symbolism, dream incubation and intention, categories of dreams (physical, emotional/psychological, spiritual, prophetic), and how dreamwork can empower people to heal PTSD, manage nightmares, set boundaries with spirits, and even resolve recurring dreams and past-life themes; Claire also describes aligning dream messages with astrology. Claire Falcon is a psychic medium and teacher of intuition based between Berlin and Pennsylvania. Rooted in Jungian dream interpretation and astrological wisdom, Claire specializes in guiding seekers to reclaim their birthright: intuition as celestial beings having a human experience. She's known for teaching clients to distinguish anxiety from intuition, decode dreams for soul guidance, and reconnect with the mystical in everyday life. If you want to start tonight with your dream studies, grab her free workshop, where she'll also show you how your dreams are delivering guidance you might be missing. It's one of the fastest ways to start living from your intuition.  → Just click Free Class here: https://www.clairefalcon.com/new-page-3 clairefalcon.com [http://clairefalcon.com/] contact@clairefalcon.com [contact@clairefalcon.com] Instagram: @penn_falcon ✨ Work with April 1:1 If you’re looking to work with April privately, here are the booking links: 30-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille] 45-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading  https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading] 15-Minute Discovery Call https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464867/fan_mail/new] Working with April 1:1

Fun, Raw, And Unpredictable: Random Questions with April And Steph

Unhinged Q&A: Toxic Traits, Discernment, Manifesting, and Embarrassing Moments Host April DeMille and co-host Stephanie Webb do a lighter, “unhinged” episode of Own Your Essence, asking each other surprise questions. April names over-explaining as a defended toxic trait tied to people-pleasing and needing to justify herself, and both discuss autonomy, discernment vs. judgment, and trusting intuition. April describes a rare mediumship experience where a famous spirit seemed to seek permission to move on, challenging her beliefs about crossing over. Stephanie shares leaving a black-and-white, evangelical upbringing and embracing manifestation teachings despite fear of hell. They talk about instantly judging someone and being proven right, whose thoughts they’d read (Stephanie says the president), outgrowing seeing others’ “potential,” misophonia rage, beliefs they now cringe at (curses; reiki/psychics as evil), what they’d be arrested for, self-competition, useless talents, roasting themselves, embarrassing moments, and their “enter a room” theme songs. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 01:33 Toxic Trait Overexplaining 05:04 Afterlife Belief Challenged 10:24 Manifesting and Leaving Religion 12:57 Judgment vs Discernment 16:55 Reading Thoughts and Power 18:19 Outgrowing Potential Guilt 22:38 Energy Reading and Misophonia 25:31 Cringe Past Beliefs 25:38 Garage Psychics Curses 27:31 Deconstructing Church Fear 29:11 Trusting Inner Authority 30:14 Arrested No Explanation 32:20 Secret Competition 35:37 Useless Talents Tongues 36:59 Roasting Yourself 40:33 Embarrassing Moments 43:26 Parents You'll Miss 46:40 Theme Songs Goodbye ✨ Work with April 1:1  If you’re looking to work with April privately, here are the booking links: 🔗 30-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille 🔗 45-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading  https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading 🔗 15-Minute Discovery Call https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464867/fan_mail/new] Working with April 1:1

Breaking The Chains: Brandon Marshall's Path To Self-Discovery

Host April DeMille interviews magazine photographer and author Brandon Marshall on Own Your Essence. Brandon reflects on turning 40, earning his GED, attending two semesters of school, and publishing his third book (having written six). He discusses quitting alcohol three times and deciding on December 11th to stop for good, while still using marijuana and periodic mushrooms for spiritual grounding. Brandon recounts childhood abuse, being malnourished by his stepmother, and drinking to numb hunger and gain courage, leading to violence, juvenile hall, jail, and two prison terms. A later incarceration in Arizona became a catalyst for change and future goals. He describes two years of celibacy, simplifying life, disconnecting from TV, spirituality, and his book “My Life as Soul Foods,” which shares real stories of trauma, growth, and awareness, alongside his photography as an identity anchor after prison. Born in Los Angeles, Brandon Marshall experienced significant instability early in life. After his parents separated when he was five years old, he moved back and forth between Los Angeles and the rural area of Valley Springs. During his childhood, he witnessed domestic violence and suffered abuse. Brandon began drinking at the age of 11 and was in juvenile hall by 17. Over the years, he spent time in six county jails and, by age 25, served his first prison term. He completed his last prison sentence at 30. Since then, Brandon has worked hard to rebuild his life and create a new path forward. Today, he shares his story of resilience, healing, and transformation. https://artbp13.com/professional-portfolio https://bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com/products/my-life-as-soul-food artbyphotography13@gmail.com ✨ Work with April 1:1 If you’re looking to work with April privately, here are the booking links: 30-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille] 45-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading  https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading] 15-Minute Discovery Call https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute]   Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464867/fan_mail/new] Working with April 1:1

Unmasking Performance: A Journey To True Self With Lara Bokovay

Host April DeMille interviews intuitive guide and truth teller Lara Bokovay on the Own Your Essence podcast about returning to self and living in alignment. Lara shares how leaving corporate work, health exploration, divorce during the pandemic, and becoming a mother catalyzed a deep healing journey centered on self-worth, accountability, and unlearning lifelong “performing” for external reactions. She defines performing as acting to avoid abandonment or gain approval, which fuels resentment, guilt, shame, and imposter feelings, and emphasizes self-awareness and listening to bodily signals to move through discomfort faster. They discuss healing from truth versus survival conditioning, distinguishing compromise from self-abandonment in relationships through shared understanding and communication. Lara describes sacred sexuality as reconnecting safely with her body after trauma, reducing external validation needs, and honoring primal life-force energy, including six years of celibacy and later dating guided by intuition. Lara Bokovay is a mother, intuitive, guide, and truth-teller dedicated to helping women come back to themselves. After navigating the end of her marriage, the challenges of new motherhood, and a deep personal healing journey, she now helps women uncover their authentic selves, reclaim their self-worth, and live aligned, empowered lives. Her work is rooted in intuition, presence, and radical authenticity—showing that true leadership and feminine power aren’t about performing or pleasing others, but about living from your own truth, embracing wholeness, and leading by example.   www.larabokovay.com info@larabokovay.com @larabokovay ✨ Work with April 1:1 If you’re looking to work with April privately, here are the booking links: 30-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille]   45-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading  https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading]   15-Minute Discovery Call https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464867/fan_mail/new] Working with April 1:1

From Triggered To Empowered: Unlocking Self-Worth With Royce Morales

Host April DeMille welcomes Royce Morales, founder of the Perfect Life Awakening Program, a multidimensional self-development program designed to help people dissolve subconscious programming, self-sabotage, and lack of deservingness by accessing deep awareness and cellular memory while remaining conscious. Morales describes how her method emerged intuitively during a meditation class about 40 years ago and expanded from living-room sessions to rented spaces, retreats, and now remote teaching. The conversation focuses on “mirroring,” which Morales explains as suppressed energy surfacing through others’ behavior or withholding, making triggers a message about denial, guilt, or worthiness, and noting mirrors can magnify until addressed; she shares examples involving weight comments and being denied water at a restaurant. They discuss intuition as essential, built through repeated trust and experience, the importance of releasing outcome expectations, and how lack of worth blocks manifesting. Morales shows her book “A Spiritual Wake Up Call” and her middle-grade novel “My Grandfather Died and Turned Into a Hummingbird,” and notes she offers remote group and private work. Royce Morales has been a spiritual seeker her entire life, driven by a deep curiosity and frustration that nothing she explored could fully answer her profound questions about life and death. More than four decades ago, she began receiving intuitive insights that provided the clarity she had long been searching for—answers that resonated deeply and expanded far beyond her original questions. As others were drawn to her understanding and asked to learn from her, Royce spontaneously and intuitively developed the Perfect Life Awakening program. Through this work, she has helped thousands of individuals from all walks of life turn inward, discover their authentic selves, identify and resolve subconscious patterns that may be holding them back, and awaken to their own intuitive knowing. Royce is also an accomplished author, having written several books based on her teachings. She is currently working on a series of middle-grade fiction books as well as books for children and parents. In addition, she hosts a weekly podcast, The Perfect Life Awakening Show, on OM Times Media. www.RoyceMorales.com [http://www.roycemorales.com/] www.PerfectLifeAwakening.com [http://www.perfectlifeawakening.com/] (310) 710-9741 Royce@RoyceMorales.com ✨ Work with April 1:1 If you’re looking to work with April privately, here are the booking links: 30-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading-with-april-demille]   45-Minute Intuitive Breakthrough Reading  https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/intuitive-breakthrough-reading]   15-Minute Discovery Call https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute [https://calendly.com/ownyouressencepodcast/breakthrough-discovery-call-15-minute] Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2464867/fan_mail/new] Working with April 1:1