The Spiritual Shiftworker: Enjoy the shift, one breath at a time

203: Unbound: Healing Immigrant Guilt, Generational Trauma & the Power of the Pause with Serena Arora

Serena Arora shares her journey from Calgary to building a wellness retreat center in Costa Rica, where she works as an Ayurvedic health practitioner and yoga therapist of over 25 years. She opens up about the concept she calls "Imma Guilt" — the generational guilt and inherited weight of obligation and self-sacrifice passed down through immigrant families — and how it kept her stuck in a life of obligation over alignment. Serena talks candidly about reinventing herself again and again while still repeating the same burnout cycle, the inner child healing that came through her stepdaughter, and the deeper differences between masculine and feminine energy. The conversation also moves into Serena's current season of caregiving for aging parents, where she reframes discomfort as "dis-ease" — an early signal worth listening to through nervous system regulation and embodiment before it becomes something more. She shares the pause practice as a tool for self-abandonment recovery and reclaiming inner wisdom, the one question to ask before a big decision rooted in guilt versus alignment, and details on her upcoming women's wellness retreat, Living Unbound, plus where to find her book, Unbound. Follow Serena on IG @serena_arora [https://www.instagram.com/serena_arora/] Get the book here UNBOUND [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ381KK1?ref_=pe_93986420_775043100] Make sure to follow Lianne on IG @liannemcaughey [https://www.instagram.com/liannemcaughey/] And a 5 STAR review helps to get the podcast out to those that need the most.

202: Why I Almost Spent $7,000 on a Coaching Program — And What Stopped Me

Join the RENAISSANCE ROOM - a community where women are having soulful conversations, breaking patterns and unlocking their conscious awareness. Founders Rate available until July 1st RENAISSANCE ROOM [https://go.satva.io/payment-link/6a05bcc21d5a394a682e492d] Grab the HONEST CHECK-IN GUIDE [https://thespiritualshiftworker.com/honest-checkin-360384] - 7 questions for the woman who keeps living the same day on repeat and who is ready to change it. This week's conversation is for the women who are chronic course-buyers, program-hoppers, always looking for the next thing to fix them. Lianne almost learned a very costly lesson - but caught herself long enough to ask some deep questions. Make sure to follow Lianne on IG @liannemcaughey [https://www.instagram.com/liannemcaughey/] Follow @whispers_of_wings [https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_wings/] for Astrology updates And if you love this show, make sure to leave Lianne a 5 STAR review and even better, Lianne loves a good Cortado- you can buy her a coffee here: Buy me a coffee [ https://buymeacoffee.com/thespiritualshiftworker]

201: Stop Waiting for Certainty: How to Cross the Bridge Even When You Can't See the Other Side with Danielle Frank

If the RENAISSANCE ROOM is calling you - join us here: THE RENAISSANCE ROOM [https://go.satva.io/payment-link/6a05bcc21d5a394a682e492d], where women come for soulful connection and conversation, to be seen and to remember who they are at a soul level. Make sure to follow Lianne on IG @liannemcaughey [https://www.instagram.com/liannemcaughey/] This week I'm joined by Danielle Frank — author, luxury brand builder, and someone who has created a genuinely fulfilling life by embracing every unexpected turn along the way. Danielle started her career in international PR at Miramax Films, living the kind of 20s most people only dream about. But after six years, restlessness set in. She left New York, moved to LA, walked into a toxic PR firm, and quit three months later — without a plan. What followed was an accidental pivot into the wine and spirits industry, over two decades building iconic luxury brands at Bacardi and Moët Hennessy, and eventually, the courage to finally publish a book she'd written over a decade ago. A Wine Lover's Guide to Parenting is part comedy, part love letter to the industry she's spent her life in — a witty, satirical guide that parallels raising good humans with wine terminology, written from the perspective of a proud aunt who has spent years as a professional observer of chaos. It's proof that the things sitting on the shelf in the back of your mind deserve to be finished. In this episode, we talk about: * Why Danielle left a dream job and what that pit-in-your-stomach feeling is actually telling you * The life she thought she'd have versus the one she built — and why she chose fulfillment over the expected path * Publishing a book 14 years after writing it, and what finally pushed her to do it * Her concept of "don't linger on the bridge" — and why transitions aren't meant to be lived in * The difference between happiness and fulfillment, and why that distinction matters * Why she started the handle @CreateAGreatStory long before she became an author — and what it actually means Connect with Danielle: * Website: daniellefrankauthor.com [https://daniellefrankauthor.com/] * Instagram: @CreateAGreatStory [https://www.instagram.com/createagreatstory/] * Book available on Amazon [https://www.amazon.ca/Wine-Lovers-Guide-Parenting/dp/1967598061/] and Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-wine-lovers-guide-to-parenting-danielle-frank/1148414693?ean=9781967598069]

200: The Things I've Been Afraid to Say

For my 200th episode, I'm sharing some of the thoughts, fears, realizations, and truths I've edited, softened, or kept to myself over the years—and why now is the time to release it all, bit by bit. The book: Spiritual Awakenings Volume III [https://www.amazon.ca/Spiritual-Awakenings-3-KARI-GHANEM-ebook/dp/B0FL94M4FT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JAUZ5B3FBQR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vag8W_IvFxwjyD0U6Y572HC9MnHSuCb9E5lLHHJ8a6f__dQSK1izIijxNkTPmLmEPfUMDLnh2vLHQc5O_hgyxbVeqq4UCvv988UgD42he_lCU9KIVl_CJ_GIf3Y-OAtYsrNE6_cjvMxms5RjVx6Ky81jeckcmG23XDsk_Qv_dTuXjD7oomB1mAHjvf9Vvk0zBFolEHa-0s627Tu3f2pmyYldRLxNY6QG6sUICLf58EqGG4trN9xJsLAJgq4x6Rislhxmdn6I5yfDUCK_IpQ15BI0MeCurQZ5wAjeHHhuA48.Lo5EERx5-HydWuzJh54oyJPmhOf9f_VowTfGCKDHOyY&dib_tag=se&keywords=spiritual+awakenings+volume+3&qid=1780457810&sprefix=spiritual+awakenings+volume+3%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1#books-entity-teaser] Follow Lianne on IG @liannemcaughey [https://www.instagram.com/liannemcaughey/]

199: Why You Keep Waiting (And It Has Nothing To Do With Laziness)

The RENAISSANCE Room is open ! Founders Rate until June 1st - Join here: THE RENAISSANCE ROOM [https://go.satva.io/payment-link/6a05bcc21d5a394a682e492d] Have you ever caught yourself doing everything except the one thing that would actually move you forward? In this episode, Lianne gets honest about something she noticed in real time — listening to a book about self-sabotage while actively self-sabotaging. Sound familiar? This isn't an episode about productivity or motivation. It's about the story running underneath all of it — the subconscious belief that was written before you were old enough to question it. The one that's been quietly deciding what you deserve, what you're ready for, and how long you should wait. Because the waiting isn't protecting you. It's just keeping you comfortable in a life that was never fully yours to begin with. In this episode: * Why laziness and fear aren't the real reason you're stuck * What self-sabotage actually looks like in real life (hint: it's not dramatic) * The one awareness practice that changes everything — before any strategy or plan * The question you need to ask yourself honestly before anything else shifts Ready to go deeper?Grab The Honest Check-In — a free guide with seven questions for the woman whose soul has been quietly dying inside a life that looks fine from the outside THE HONEST CHECK-IN GUIDE [https://thespiritualshiftworker.com/honest-checkin-275833] David BAYER.com [https://davidbayer.com/]Book: A Changed Mind [https://www.amazon.ca/Changed-Mind-Beyond-Awareness-Extraordinary/dp/1642939862]