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

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

Ep 84: The Myth of the Finish Line & the Freedom of Starting Where You Are

In this solo transmission—one that came through unplanned, the way the truest ones always do—Kelsey is pulling back the curtain on one of the most corrosive lies in the spiritual and personal growth space: that there's a finish line, that everyone else has already crossed it, and that if you haven't gotten there yet, something is wrong with you. She's not just calling out the highlight reel, but also walking you through her own seven-and-a-half year journey. From the clip-art logo and the 20 domain names to the years of mentors, modalities and quiet, invisible work, she’s showing you what building something real actually looks like from the inside. And to give you permission to stop measuring your behind-the-scenes against someone else's curated front. This one is honest in the way that feels like relief for the soul. Here you'll learn: * Why the "arrive fast" narrative is quietly harmful to women who are just beginning and why it discounts the work that actually makes big things possible * How Kelsey reclaimed the word failure and why she now celebrates pivots as some of the most important moves in business and life * The crystal pyramid metaphor—what's visible above the horizon versus the vast, weighted foundation most people never get to see * Why your nervous system has to be understood and calibrated to hold the vision before the vision can land * The difference between performing like you've figured it out and actually embodying what you know * How showing up curiously, not perfectly, is where the magic and the aliveness actually live You are not behind, too slow, too messy, or too much of a beginner. The invisible apprenticeship you're in right now, the one where you are studying, stumbling, pivoting, is the foundation. And that foundation and nourishment is building something that will hold. If this landed somewhere real for you, this is exactly the kind of work we do inside Remembrance Rising, not arriving at some shinier version of yourself, but coming home to the woman who's already here and learning to build from her intuitive wisdom, from within. 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: spiritual awakening, personal growth, showing up messy, imposter syndrome, comparison, social media highlight reel, nervous system, embodiment, inner child, business building, soul reclamation, entrepreneurship, visibility, iteration, shadow work, Remembrance Rising

Ep 83: The Love That Never Stops Knocking—Breathwork, Near-Death Experiences & Collective Awakening w/ Dr. Colleen Quinn

What if every hard thing that has ever happened to you was love trying to get your attention? Kelsey sits down with psychologist, breathwork facilitator, and author Colleen Quinn for one of the most expansive conversations Reclamation has ever held. Colleen has spent decades at the intersection of science, spirit, and the body—and what she has to say about the collective awakening we're living through, the ego as a family of wounded children, and the love energy that runs through every living thing will reach you somewhere deep and true. Her path here wasn't linear, it moved through the sudden loss of her 15-year-old brother, a complicated three-year depression, two near-death experiences, a retreat in Costa Rica that cracked everything open, and a breathwork practice that became her life's calling. What emerged is a framework she calls essence merging—a way of living so present, so rooted in conscious breath, that the mundane becomes sacred and everything becomes a conversation with the divine. This one asks something of you. It invites you to consider that the pain you're moving through might not be punishment, it might be a love squeeze. And that the way back to yourself has been available in every single breath. Here you'll learn: * Why we are collectively in "labor pains" right now and what two ancient cultures predicted about where we're headed * How the ego is actually a family of wounded children, and what it means to love them into safety rather than silence them * What breathwork actually does to the energy body and why Colleen says everyone's first journey is a love journey * The stunning butterfly story that confirmed what Colleen already knew about twin flames, synchronicity, and love * What both of Colleen's near-death experiences revealed—and how love asked her to come back, each time * Why conscious breath is the only true gateway to presence, and how to return to it in any moment If this conversation stirred something in you, whether you're in the middle of a season you don't understand yet, curious about breathwork, or simply ready to remember that you are made of the same love that runs through everything, this episode is for you. Connect with Colleen Quinn: * Essence Merging- Find Her Here [https://www.essencemerging.com/] * Breathwork on YouTube - Tune In [HTTPS://youtu.be/HiHkw_9UiVo?si+UDLiyUZCzN-Kfl2O] * Colleen on Instagram- @essence_merging [https://www.instagram.com/essence_merging/] * Amazon link to book: https://a.co/d/0fxOGEEd [https://a.co/d/0fxOGEEd] 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: breathwork, collective awakening, near-death experience, ego healing, internal family systems, wounded inner child, essence merging, twin flame, conscious breath, spiritual awakening, love energy, psychic, spirit world, soul reclamation, feminine energy, labor pains, presence