The Beauty Way

The Beauty Way: Moving Beyond Right vs Wrong

The Beauty Way: Moving Beyond Right vs Wrong What if the need to call someone “bad” is less about justice… and more about psychological comfort? In this episode of The Beauty Way, Carissa, Kirsty and Lynley unpack themes sparked by a conversation between Aubrey Marcus and John Demartini around amorality and non-duality. Rather than debating the individuals involved, they explore the deeper question: Why do humans feel relief when a person is labeled the villain? The discussion moves through:• The difference between explanation and excuse• Why society prefers punishment over understanding• How moral certainty protects identity• The discomfort of holding paradox• Indigenous and Toltec perspectives on consciousness archetypes• Personal responsibility beyond victim–perpetrator dynamics Through stories, metaphors and lived experience, the conversation looks at how re-humanizing behaviour may be essential for real change — both individually and collectively. This episode doesn’t ask you to approve harmful behaviour. It asks a harder question: Can we understand it without losing our humanity? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe [https://kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Beyond Words

In this episode of The Beauty Way Podcast, Kirsty and Carissa sit down with Stephanie Banks - intuitive channel, mentor, and guide, with a grounded clinical background as a speech-language pathologist, plus years as a birth doula, lactation consultant, and infant massage instructor. The conversation is a warm, wide-ranging exploration of connection and communication beyond words - with a particular tenderness for dementia, non-verbal communication, and the deep intelligence of the unseen.Stephanie shares how her mother’s early-onset fronto-temporal dementia became the unexpected doorway into her channeling journey. When verbal connection broke down and frustration crept in, a friend channeled her mother’s soul - offering Stephanie a profound reframe: stop trying to pull your mum back into “normal” reality. That one message transformed their relationship, restoring playfulness, ease, and genuine connection. We discuss: presence as a practice, staying connected without correcting, and the ethics of spiritual communication. Carissa raises the important question of consent - where integrity can wobble when people channel from ego or a desire to “fix” someone. Stephanie explains her approach: channeling from 5D / unity consciousness, strong self-care and boundaries, and a clear principle - no permission, no message (and if a soul declines, guidance still comes through via other supports). Her advice as a consumer is refreshingly blunt: if it doesn’t feel like love, leave. Carissa shares a beautiful story about her non-verbal nephew and the intimacy that becomes possible when you stop demanding verbal language and instead meet communication through presence, timing, and trust. This flows into a rich discussion about telepathy research (including “the telepathy tapes”) as a “bridge language” for more skeptical minds - and how our definitions of telepathy vs channeling may be due for an upgrade. Stephanie also tells the behind-the-scenes story of her TEDx talk (I Am An Intuitive Channel): pitching “safer” topics until the curator insisted she speak the truth, then facing her biggest fear on stage - freezing mid-talk - only to discover that nobody cared about the stumble because the energy landed. We close with practical ways to strengthen intuition: get into nature, connect with trees/animals/plants, create art, move your body, choose joy, and stop trying so hard. Channeling, in this frame, isn’t a performance - it’s life in relationship. Bonus takeaway: apparently the holy trinity is nature, presence, and dark chocolate! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe [https://kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Following the Pull: Astrocartography, Inner Guidance & the Coming Shift in Consciousness

Following the Pull: Astrocartography, Inner Guidance & the Coming Shift in Consciousness Why do certain places call to us… and what happens when we listen? In this conversation with Ariel, what begins as a discussion about travel quickly unfolds into something deeper — how we navigate guidance, timing, and the difference between choosing from the mind versus responding to the soul. We explore astrocartography, intuitive decision-making, and why the path that looks correct often isn’t the one that expands us. From pilgrimage and place memory to the approaching 2027 shift in consciousness, this episode questions how much of life is planned… and how much is being revealed. Rather than predicting the future, this conversation invites a new way of relating to it — through resonance, refinement and inner alignment. If you’ve been feeling an invisible pull, or sensing that something is changing beneath the surface, this episode will speak to you. Where you can find Ariel:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arieltang_global/ [https://www.instagram.com/arieltang_global/]Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beloveariel [https://www.facebook.com/beloveariel] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe [https://kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Wild Rhythms, Wise Leadership, with Jade Miles

In this episode, we’re joined by Jade Miles: regenerative heritage fruit farmer, storyteller, local food advocate, “poly-jobist,” and the force behind Black Barn Farm on Victoria’s Stanley Plateau. Jade is also the author of "Futuresteading: Living Like Tomorrow Matters" and her newest book "Huddle: Creating a Tomorrow of Togetherness".Together, we explore the idea of “remembering” - not as nostalgia, but as something ancient in the human body: our ecological purpose as a custodial species. Jade speaks to the cost of modern industrial pace - the noise, the performance, the endless growth loop - and we also discuss the remedy: returning to place, ritual, seasons, and reciprocity. We talk about what this looks like in the real world: how to reconnect even in urban life (through small, repeatable rituals), how to live by actual seasons rather than calendar seasons, and why regenerative life and business aren’t linear - they’re relational. We also go deep into women’s circles, grief as a largely unnamed undercurrent in modern life, and the profound aliveness that can come when we stop stifling what we feel.Finally, Jade shares how these principles translate into leadership: bringing wholeness into workplace culture, honouring women’s rhythms, and still holding clear structure, accountability, and delivery. Because The Beauty Way isn’t escape. It’s integration - presence and practical action, in service of a more beautiful world. Find Jade at Black Barn Farm on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Black.Barn.Farm.Australia [https://www.facebook.com/Black.Barn.Farm.Australia] Or on Instagram:@black_barn_farm Or tune in to her podcast, 'Futuresteading' on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5OFbma9mUm5fuiNkfNTOjI?si=6ccb8cd6890547bb [https://open.spotify.com/show/5OFbma9mUm5fuiNkfNTOjI?si=6ccb8cd6890547bb] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe [https://kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When Nature Speaks - Re-membering the Intelligence of the Body with Rian Smith

In this deeply insightful episode of The Beauty Way, Carissa and Kirsty welcome naturopath Rian Smith for a paradigm-shifting conversation on terrain-centered healing, body intelligence, and the power of reclaiming agency over our health.Rian shares her journey from traditional naturopathy into the terrain model—an approach that sees the body as a self-healing, self-regulating natural system. She explains how symptoms are not enemies to fight but messages and processes that express the body’s innate intelligence.Together, we explore how conventional germ theory has shaped collective consciousness, how beliefs directly shape biology, and why resonance, emotional states, environmental influences, and energetic factors must be considered in true healing.We unpack the difference between supporting the body versus suppressing symptoms, the role of microbes as nature’s “cleanup crew,” and how language such as “I’m sick” reinforces disempowerment.This conversation invites listeners into a compassionate, empowering reframing of health—one that honours nature, the unseen intelligence of the body, and the holistic terrain that shapes our wellbeing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe [https://kirstygreenshields.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]