Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell

Finding Beauty in Times of Crisis

Ep#277 - Finding Beauty in Times of Crisis, An Interview with artist and practitioner of psychology, Dr. Laura Basha

 

I am thrilled to welcome artist, and practitioner of psychology, Dr. Laura Basha to Empowering Chats.

This is Laura’s second visit to my podcast. We had such a lovely connection the first time around that I just had to have her back.

In this transcendent and inspirational conversation, we talked about Beauty.

Beauty in the time of global crisis. We are in a transition point in human consciousness.

Laura believes, and I agree with her that the awakening of our collective humanity is all about being present to all of what is occurring. It is about seeing the good, the bad and the ugly. And doing this without judgment. And Laura believes it is doable. This is where the real work begins.

The creative process became the gateway for Laura to become more peaceful and to experience freedom from the fearful thoughts and conditions she was living.

Laura’s childhood was challenging so she turned to art as a way to heal and to access inner peace and freedom from suffering. 

As an artist I asked Laura to share how we, traditional non-artist types, can develop our own creativity or a practice that incorporates art that is unique to our individuality.

According to Laura, living is and can be art. She says it is “The Art of Living,” and we all have access to it. And there is beauty in that alone. Beauty is a perceptual vantage point from which to perceive life.

Laura says the real challenge is to disengage from our thinking so we can be present and listen for what we don’t know.

It really is the answer to everything we are looking for. And we all have access to it. But it becomes obscured with judgements and our own belief systems that many of us are so addicted to. So much so that we don’t see what is directly in front of us.

It takes awareness and it takes deep listening.

 

To learn more about Laura the work she is doing please visit: WhiteBirdRising.com

To purchase Laura's latest book, All is Chosen: https://a.co/d/8mrlZRR

To learn more about me and how I show up in the world please visit: SusanBurrell.com

Steward of Inspiration

Ep#276 - Steward of Inspiration, An Interview with Poet, James Anthony Ellis

Welcome everyone to Empowering Chats. In this episode we have a fun and inspirational conversation with poet, James Anthony Ellis.  I entered into this chat with the curiosity of an enthusiastic young child opening a present.  In this case the present is Jim’s latest book entitled, Breadcrumbs Volume 2: Poems and Prose Found Along the Sacred Path.  

Jim is a writer, a documentarian and a poet.

I opened this chat by asking Jim, Why Poetry? You came from a journalism background so when or how did poetry become part of your self-expression?

He responded by saying that he had recently asked himself that same question. The first poem he remembers writing was at the age of 10. And it was entitled, “The Clock of My Life.”  And it was Jim’s first experience of having a big discovery moment where he responded to what he had written with a resounding, “Whoa look at that!” And this is where the unveiling of something bigger than him came through. And he had no idea it was even there and yet he now knew he had access to it.

It turns out his grandfather was also a poet. Neither of his parents were writers but later in life, Jim discovered the small books of poetry written by his grandfather. And they made a big impression on him.

The inspiration is still pouring through Jim and he has gotten into a rhythm with it. Oftentimes it comes to him through a simple phrase spoken by him or someone else which then ignites a light or a flame within which needs to be expressed. Many times, within a 10 or 15 minute span Jim finds he is able to translate what he heard into a beautiful poem or into prose.

Jim says he feels like he is the steward of the message. As though the muse is speaking through him.

What is exciting for Jim is to share what comes through. Share the breadcrumbs so to speak.

Jim wrote volume 1 of Breadcrumbs in 2012. That volume was all about leaving behind clues and treasures that he had gathered in his life. Volume 2 is a journey he is asking his readers to take along with him. It starts at the most “perfect place,” the beginning of life, and then it takes you through the challenges, the joys, the sorrows, and the euphoric highs that occur in all of our lives. Then he guides you to come full circle. Back to that perfect place. He wrote it for other people so that they could follow and receive the breadcrumbs and find their way back home.

See what whispers into your heart when you crack open "Breadcrumbs, Volume 2." It’s a gift you can give yourself.

During our conversation, a couple of concepts arose. One was Jim catching the phrase “a life without cross outs” and commenting “that sounds like a poem that I can send to you later.” The other was Jim seeing me as “a gentle bird.” Both ideas were inspirations that ultimately and swiftly became full-length pieces of prose. I've included the links below to those beautiful pieces written by Jim.

The Gentle Bird: 

FromTheHeadOfJim.logspot.com/2024/04/the-gentle-bird.html

A Life Without Cross Outs:

JimEllis.Substack.com/p/a-life-without-cross-outs

To get your very own copy of Breadcrumbs Volume 2 visit: LegacyProductions.org/breadcrumbs-vol-2/

To learn more about Jim Ellis visit: LegacyProductions.org

To learn more about me and how I show up in the world visit: SusanBurrell.com

Transcend Into Your Talent

Ep#275 - Transcend Into Your Talent - A Solo Show with your Host Susan Burrell

This is the year of BE Potential on Empowering Chats. 2024 is all about reaching for and accessing our Potential. And for the month of May we will be exploring the “T” in Potential. Talent. Our collective talent and our individual talent.

How do we transcend and explore our many talents? How do we choose to live our life in community and individually? I encourage you to take a listen to this episode and explore with me where your talents might lie. You may be surprised to see what comes up. I encourage you to stay curious and allow yourself to transcend to your higher potential. 

This place I am talking about requires deep listening and transcending beyond our own ego to allow for the essence of our being to show up. And doing something  artistic could be a way of opening a door to our gifts, our talents. It’s all about going within and listening and then having the courage to put action behind those thoughts.

To learn more about how I show up in the world please visit my website: SusanBurrell.com

Healing Through Integration

Ep# 274 - Healing Through Integration, An Interview with Holistic healer and and Author Judy Tsafrir

When I picked up this book, by the amazing and profound Judy Tsafrir, I was immediately taken by the title, Sacred Psychiatry.

Judy is a holistic healer with a private psychiatry and psychoanalysis practice in Newton, Massachusetts. She is on the leading edge of consciousness and I am so grateful to have her here to share her story and her book with Empowering Chats.

I opened this interview by asking Judy the questions: Why this title? How did it come about? Because personally, I have never seen psychiatry as sacred.

Judy responded to my question by stating that traditional psychiatry is not sacred, it is conventionally practiced. It has completely lost touch with the part of that word “psyche” which has to do with our soul. She goes on to share that modern medicine has also lost the connection to the psyche and the soul. It is now based on scientific materialism and has no sense of the sacred. And the role that the sacred plays in healing.

Her book opens with several quotes including one by the Greek philosopher, Plotinus where he states in part “all things depend on each other. Everything breathes together.”  As Judy states, we cannot sparse out the mind from the body and the spirit.

The point of the book she says is to illuminate that conventional psychiatry doesn’t encompass the sacred.

Judy shares how in the conventional approach to psychiatry most often patients are prescribed medication to deal with depression or anxiety, which only addresses the symptom not the root cause. She has the belief that the more we heal ourselves and access the help of our ancestors it also has a profound impact on our descendants.

Judy advocates for an individual to take responsibility for their health and become self-responsible. And in her book, she gives tools and insights to how the healing can come about. 

This is a time of tremendous change which is why this time on our planet is so difficult. We truly are entering a brand-new world. And part of this shift involves the individual and the collective and because we are all connected it is felt on all levels.

Judy's book explores the power of the sacred to promote healing, which is especially crucial in our current climate of widespread fear and disconnection.

To learn more about Judy Tsafrir visit: JudyTsafrirMD.com/

To purchase Judy's book visit: JudyTsafrirMDAuthor.com

To learn more about me and how I show up in the world visit: SusanBurrell.com

The Inner Frontier

Ep# 273 - The Inner Frontier, An Interview with Intuitive Teacher and Author Kim Chestney

 

I am so excited to welcome Kim Chestney to Empowering Chats once again. She first graced the airwaves with me back in 2021. Kim is an intuitive teacher and an author.

Her latest book, The Illumination Code, Discover the Magic of the Universe is chock full of information about quantum intelligence and how we can get back into tapping into our intuition. It is set-up in a way that is easy to follow. Kim also outlines the 7 keys to unlock your quantum intelligence.

Kim talks about the invisible field of energy that we cannot see but can most definitely feel – it is what connects all of us. This field is accessible to us through our intuition. This invisible energy that holds these codes can only be read and understood through our intuition.  Our thinking minds cannot make sense of it, it must be felt through the pathways of our intuition.

Kim and I  both understand that the new frontier is really the inner frontier. It’s the shift of understanding that the wisdom we are seeking is only going to come from within us. This is especially true when we realize what we are capable of.

The Illumination Code presents seven keys to help you unlock your inner dimension so you can access expanded states of awareness that exist beyond the limits of the rational mind. Kim’s book guides you in gaining profound insights to discover the true power of your own inner wisdom.

The book is simple in its approach. It is presented with the language of quantum physics and yet it is not technical.  I so appreciated Kim’s easy and clean approach to how we can access the magic that we all carry inside. Her down-to-earth approach and the engaging exercises she provides in the book makes it easy to expand the intuitive nature we all carry inside.

Kim also started the Intuition Lab which offers leading-edge trainings with a modern-day approach to human intuitive ability, as a way to help people expand and develop their intuition.  She offers programs and workshops through her Intuition Lab to help people gain clarity and reconnect to their deepest self and learn to access their intuition.

To learn more about Kim Chestney visit: KimChestney.com

To purchase her book, The Illumination Code visit: KimChestney.com/bookshop

To learn more about the Intuition Lab visit: intuition-lab.com

To learn more about how I show up in the world please visit my website: SusanBurrell.com

Restoring Balance in Our Lives

Ep# 272 - Restoring Balance in Our Lives - An Interview with Healer and Author, Dr. Christopher Macklin

We are in for a wild ride everyone. I have an amazing light leader and incredible man by the name of Dr. Christopher Macklin on Empowering Chats today.  He is a healer and an author. His most recent book is called “Centering the Mind.”

Christopher’s book came out in 2019 right before lock down and the pandemic. I remember praying and hoping that people would take this time of lockdown to look within and change their lives. And instead, we came out of this pandemic with more chronic stress and it is now creating havoc.

Christopher recognized that the lockdown created so much separation with family, with society and it has divided people greatly. A lot of anger has been created as well.

It is apparent the collective energy is affecting all of us. Christopher explains how as individuals and as a collective society we must become aware of the energy we are feeling. We must learn to identify our personal energy as separate from the energy of the collective.

Christopher shared a story about his life from 2007 when he went bankrupt and his marriage dissolved. He was living in an apartment and went from having millions of pounds to having nothing. He turned to God and literally said: “Ok God this isn’t funny. I worked all my life and now what?” And the answer he received was something along the lines of “Because the time is now.”  From there Christopher went on an amazing journey and he discovered his healing gifts, which he has brought to many, many people.

Through his life experiences he has learned how we create dis-ease in our bodies by the stress we are living with. And many times we don’t address the stress or the negative emotions so they get bottled up and show up as dis-ease.

Christopher and I had a truly magical connection and a very powerful chat.

He conducts 2 free global healing meditations weekly as well as his one-on-one healing sessions.  All are welcome to participate in the new protocol to remove health challenges, anxiety, Lyme/Morgellons/AIDS/HIV and experience Christopher's work. 

To learn more about Christopher visit: https://www.globalenlightenmentproject.com/christopher-macklin-staff

To participate in the free global healing meditations visit: https://www.globalenlightenmentproject.com/vision-mission

To Purchase Christopher's book, "Centering the Mind: Healing Stress, Anxiety, Depression, ADD, OCD & PTSD" visit: GlobalEnlightenmentProject.com/centering-the-mind

To learn more about me and how I show up in the world please visit my website: SusanBurrell.com

Observe From A Higher Awareness

Ep# 271 - Observe From A Higher Awareness - A Solo Show with your Host, Susan Burrell

Our theme for April is Observant. When I looked up Observant (as I often do when I am going to chat about a specific theme) here’s one definition that came up: Adhering to a particular law or ritual.

When you are observant you are adhering to. Like a philosophy, an idea, a ritual. Adhering to me feels like you’re stuck, or glued to something, even when it doesn’t feel correct.

When my team and I came up with the theme for the year and consequently for each month and Observant showed up, so did other words like: openness, overflowing and opportunity. I feel like being observant also brings us an opportunity to witness, to be more, and to also shift our perspective.

I am also using this phrase to reflect and “see” what is going on internally as well.

The observer within oneself – observe your emotions are they moving through you. Or are you finding that your emotions are stuck on constant repeat?

I feel with all the movement of our planets and particularly with both the solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse occurring this month we have an opportunity to shift even more. These eclipses I believe are change agents, showing up so that we can move, observe and change our internal landscape to better serve us in life. And we have the opportunity to aim for our highest potential. We must be observant and lift our awareness so that we can see the whole perspective that is accessible to us all.

I believe this is where our intuition will expand and our wisdom will enlighten and grow.

I also believe this is a way of ushering in a new way of being in Humanity, being in connection, being in touch with our human kindness and love. And it has to start with us.

 

To listen learn more about how I show up in the world please visit: SusanBurrell.com

Students Love & Rave on Susan

Ep# 270 - Students Share Their Love and Rave - An Inspiring Chat with Some of My Students

The theme for Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell for the year of 2024 is BE Potential.  And each month we are focusing on a different aspect of rising to your Potential. For the month of March, we are focusing on what it means to reach for your potential. Some of the keywords that support this theme include, power, purpose and recognizing our own worth.

And so, in this episode I talk about acceptance of who we are and how we show up in the world. For me personally, 2024 has been a remarkable year so far. I have stepped back into teaching classes and it has been profound for me as a teacher. I feel I am stepping into my full potential as a Master Teacher.

My Intention when I teach is to create sustainable transformation so that when people go out into their world they have the skill sets and tools they need in order stay centered and continue on their path of transformation.  I always try to create a very safe container for students to feel grounded in their sharing and in their transformation.

In the first quarter of 2024, I offered a Light Leader 5-Day workshop and I am now getting ready to offer a 6-week class entitled, “Energy in Motion.”

I invited 3 of my students, who are all beautiful shining lights, to share their experience of taking a class with me.

These women graciously said yes to my invitation. Much of what they shared touched me deeply, and included the following.

From Karen: “I have opened up so I can now move into an unknown direction and be at purpose with what is going on now in the world . . . and doing the exercises in the workshop has given me the courage to really face myself.”

From Laurie: “I’ve been on a journey these last 5 years that have been very transformative for me. And it has been hard for me to accept the unknown, to allow and trust myself.  The activities in Susan’s class allowed me to embrace all of it and trust it. And most importantly to be authentically me. This has been a hugely impactful experience for me that I would not trade for anything.”

From Lynn: “My first class with you Susan was in 2022 and I came into the class a skeptic. By the end of the class, I learned to open up to all possibilities and to connect with other souls. Your class was a gift to me. I put trust in you, as our teacher and it taught me to trust myself and to trust in the Universe.”

I am grateful for all of my students and for Karen, Laurie and Lynn’s courage to share their insights today on Empowering Chats.

Thank you for listening.

To learn more about the classes and workshops I offer please visit: SusanBurrell.com/workshops&classes

To learn more about me and how I show up in the world please visit: SusanBurrell.com

The Opulence Infusion

Ep#269 - The Opulence Infusion - An Interview with Spiritual Mentor and Author, Jennifer Ruth Russell

I am so grateful to introduce and welcome Jennifer Ruth Russell to Empowering Chats. I have known Jennifer for many, many, years and I am thrilled that she’s here to have an empowering chat with me. 

Jennifer wears many hats. She is a Singer / Songwriter, a Spiritual Mentor and an Author. She is also the creator of the Angels of Abundance Ascension Academy.

Her newest book is called, Opulence Infusion, A New Faith Currency, which was inspired by a calling she got directly from Mother Mary.  It changed her life.  Opulence Infusion is the latest book in the series of books she has written in deep connection with Mother Mary.

Jennifer shares her thoughts on ascension explaining that in her understanding it is about coming into true oneness with the Divine. And reaching our true potential and ascending into our highest vibration while still walking our journey on earth.

I asked Jennifer how her book Opulence Infusion came about and why now? It came about, she said, as a response to the many years she had lived with the struggle of making money and her perception of limited supply. She was working with the “I Am” presence through the work of St. Germaine. And she clearly heard one day, “Why don’t you just precipitate pure gold, be the alchemist, create it out of pure nothing.” She was challenged by this request so much so that ultimately, she knew she had to rise to the challenge and so she began working with St. Germaine. However, the precipitating of gold did not sit in harmony with her or the energy our physical world has around gold so an internal shift took place that allowed for the creation of a faith currency. Which Jennifer explains is an easy, simple message of “All of our needs are met all of the time. Anytime, every time.”

It’s a feminine energy – where abundance flows.

Her Angels of Abundance Ascension Academy follows this same simple message. Jennifer designed the Academy to help students open up to their true wealth and abundance, by connecting with the Ascended Masters, the Angels, and the Elementals to help develop sacred gifts, while connecting with the support of a like-minded family.

We all have many tools available to us and according to Jennifer it is time to shift into the next golden age which is the Aquarian age.

To learn more about Jennifer and explore her books and her music visit: JenniferRuthRussell.com

To Purchase Opulence Infusion, The New Faith Currency visit: JennifeRruthRussell.com/books

Jennifer has also offered a free gift to our listeners.
To unlock your Opulence Light Codes visit: AngelsOfAbundanceAscensionAcademy.com/

To learn more about me and how I show up in the world please visit: SusanBurrell.com

Changing Lives

Ep#268 - Changing Lives - An Interview with Activist Dawn Manske

I had an Empowering Chat with this incredible individual in May of 2022 and I think it’s time to re-air this interview.

If you missed this the first time around or even if you heard it when it first aired, I encourage you to listen again.  I am honored to welcome Dawn Manske, activist and CEO of Made For Freedom to Empowering Chats. Her story of courage and innovation is awe-inspiring.  You may need Kleenex by your side as you listen to her journey of how her innovative social company came to be. Made For Freedom, uses fashion to empower victims of sex trafficking and other marginalized situations.

The 10 years Dawn spent in China teaching English helped her to understand the unbalance produced by the devaluation of the girl child. This was her first exposure to poverty levels she had never seen before. In 2007 she viewed a documentary about sex trafficking that deeply affected her. She desperately wanted to see this horror and injustice come to an end but she had no idea what could be done from her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

Dawn shares her story of how her dream to help rescue and restore girls being victimized started with a pair of pants. Made For Freedom arose as the number of compliments she received from complete strangers about her super-comfortable fisherman pants, (purchased in Thailand) soared. It was stories like these and others that compelled Dawn to make the following pledge, “If there is any way I can help girls like this by selling pants, I will sell pants.”

That pledge marked the beginning of Made for Freedom, and Dawn hasn’t looked back since. She partners with centers that are located in the United States and abroad to sell products made by the survivors of human trafficking. It is a win-win situation. The women and girls are given dignified employment with skills that empower them to walk away from their former life and create a beautiful new life with a purpose.

Together, with her partners, they are all committed to doing everything in their power to help women around the world know that we are all Made for Freedom.

To learn more about Made For Freedom and to purchase their products visit: MadeForFreedom.com

To learn more about Dawn Manske visit: MadeForFreedom.com/our-story

To learn more about me and how I show up in the world please visit my website: SusanBurrell.com