Welcome to Stepping Up To Your Potential – a podcast dedicated to personal growth and development through self-awareness and emotional intelligence! I am SO happy you’re here. See, I believe that humans are loaded with nearly limitless potential — but too often we settle for average. YOU ARE NOT AVERAGE! After all, you’re here and you got here because the idea of actually expressing even a small amount more of the vast potential that is you is one that appeals. So live boldly and step up with me! I’ll admit I haven’t figured everything out quite yet, after all life is a journey rather than a destination, but constantly finding ways to express and expand the potential that I was born with is one of the most profoundly spiritual things I can imagine. Whether your goal is to earn more on the job, create greater success for your business, or embrace all those things you’ve wanted to do but were hesitant to, I welcome you! There are several ways you can keep updated with new insights, challenges and encouragements:
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Birthing Ontocracy
There’s a moment that comes after the healing, or most of the healing anyway — one that few people talk about. It’s the quiet after the storm, when the ego finally stops bracing and something else is allowed to unfold. I’ve talked before about the ego as the structure which holds up the framework of Self. I used the analogy of the central ring in a yurt. When we stabilize that central ring structure, known as Ego; when we heal the poles which fold up that structure, the poles of identity, belief, and story — that is when the ability to truly...
read moreDrowning in Abundance … and Still Empty
Have you heard about the various manifesting abundance practices floating around out there? It’s hard to avoid them, actually. But I decided to try one — it was the challenge of the month in one of my practice groups. Midway through that month, I ended up watching the 2020 Dracula series on Netflix. (I know — unexpected detour. Just stay with me.) To set the stage: Dracula has just arrived in modern England after centuries locked in his old world. He breaks into a modest suburban home. The woman inside is terrified. He looks around —...
read moreThe Many Paths of Awakening
“What’s your awakening story?” It’s a common question in spiritual spaces — the assumption being that if you’re “awake,” something big must have happened. A veil-ripping moment. A dark night of the soul. A kundalini rising. A mystical near-death experience. Something cinematic and impossible to ignore. Something… dramatic, inspiring, titillating. But what if your journey doesn’t look like that? Mine didn’t. And I’ll call BS on any suggestion that makes the quieter path feel less valid. Here’s the truth: Not everyone wakes up through...
read moreThe Ego Isn’t the Enemy – It’s the Structure
There’s an idea among many spiritual seekers that the ego is a bad thing and that we need to somehow ‘get rid of it’. A few teachers remind us that getting rid of the ego is not possible, so instead we need to subdue it or otherwise minimize it. Essentially, we need to either excise or repress the part of us that interfaces with the world in which we live. I have a very different perspective. It’s one I’ve outlined in the episode “Ego is just a Sense of Self”, but it’s been a while and I wanted...
read moreLessons in Betrayal from a Scorpion
Years ago, my husband and I were having one of our many philosophical conversations about emotional truths. He brought up the topic of betrayal, and I sat with it for a bit before realizing something that surprised even me: I don’t actually believe in betrayal. At least — not in the way most people mean it. He was certainly surprised by this perspective, and likely you are too. His first thought was that clearly I hadn’t experienced betrayal, and therefore was naive on the subject. *chuckles* Ooooh, no. I’ve definitely been in situations that...
read moreBook Review: Alexandr Dugin’s Fourth Political Theory
The world is in crisis. Political systems are failing, cultural identities are fracturing, and the ideological structures that once provided meaning no longer hold. Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian philosopher and geopolitical strategist, has emerged as one of the most radical critics of modernity. His book Fourth Political Theory challenges the dominance of liberalism and attempts to carve out a new ideological framework beyond the failures of fascism and communism. There’s much to appreciate in his diagnosis—but I think that his prescription...
read moreCollapsing Paradigm; Rising Consciousness
I remember listening to one of the many candidates as they stumped during the primary season this last year. I listened with a growing sense of dis-ease as they spoke about how obvious were the various solutions for fixing the many ills being discussed. “Just do that … like last time!” I paused and sat with the feeling, asking it what message it had for me that my conscious mind was overlooking. Finally, I understood. Every “solution” had been tried before. And yet, here we were, still debating the same problems. It hit...
read moreThe Global Identity Crisis: A Great Unmaking
Right now, I see the world as experiencing a massive identity crisis—one that is not just social or political, but spiritual. It mirrors the Dark Night of the Ego on a global scale, where long-held assumptions about who we are—as individuals, cultures, and nations—are being torn apart. The insistence on Identity as absolute and unchanging is not just a symptom of this crisis—it is one of its core barriers to transformation. Many believe they fully “know who they are” from an early age, denying any possibility that growth,...
read moreUnity: Not What We Think
We are shifting from a world built on control and submission (power-over) into an era of sovereignty and conscious connection (power-with). With power reclaimed and boundaries set, the final step is learning how to build together. The False Promises of Unity Unity is one of the most seductive ideals of the Piscean Age. It calls to something deep within us, the longing to dissolve division, to find peace, to merge into something greater than ourselves. Pisces seeks unity through transcendence. It teaches that suffering, conflict, and...
read moreBoundaries are the Rules of Engagement
In the last episode, I explored my journey through a growing understanding of power. That post actually started as a review of my journey through understanding boundaries, but I realized that without owning my own power, the ability to recognize and enforce my boundaries was pretty much moot. So, the topics were broken into two pieces, though I now think they are integral to each other. Interconnected, such that without owning my power, the ability to maintain a boundary is impossible, and without a boundary, there is no reason that I could...
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This is where I come to wrestle with what it means to actually live what I say I believe. It’s not about being perfect or enlightened—it’s about being real, being willing, and being in process.
I believe we are soul first, human second. And in this life, that means our emotional messes, identity crises, ego structures, and old patterns are the curriculum. I don’t have all the answers. But I do know that the only way out is through—and I’m committed to doing that work out loud.
This podcast is part of that process. It’s where I share the insights that come from deep dives, emotional gut punches, and the occasional cosmic slap. If you’re walking your own version of this path, you’re not alone.
Come as you are. No masks required. Just curiosity, courage, and a willingness to grow.
Let’s walk it together.