Ever wonder why money won’t land no matter how hard you hustle? We sat down with conscious wealth mentor Karen Baines to flip the script: alignment isn’t about efforting; it’s about how your daily choices broadcast your value to the universe. Karen maps out her Wheel of Alignment—money, time, and you—and makes a surprising case that money is usually the least misaligned area. The friction starts upstream with how you spend time and how you hold boundaries, and the fix is refreshingly practical.

We dig into the difference between soul desires that linger and ego wants that chase image, then get tactical about turning resonance into results. Karen explains why the universe reads the frequency of your doing, not your thoughts, and how feelings act as a GPS for aligned action. You’ll learn to spot the dysfunctional quartet—obligation, sacrifice, resentment, guilt—and consciously shift toward freedom, support, and creative power. She breaks down the stretch zone, breadcrumb tracking, and the three-to-five-month window for grounding a new normal so your life and business start reflecting your deepest priorities.

If you’re a heart-led entrepreneur or a curious creator, you’ll leave with a simple plan: protect your time, honor your body, set clean boundaries, and make one freedom-forward choice this week. Money follows value, and value is something you demonstrate, not affirm.

Grab Karen’s free Wheel of Alignment scorecard, identify your biggest leverage point, and start rewiring your days for abundance.

Link: https://gift.soulwhispers.uk/desire-as-medicine

This episode covers:

• alignment is doing you, fully and lovingly
• money is a happy byproduct of alignment
• soul desires contrasted with ego noise
• the Wheel of Alignment across money, time, and you
• time as the lever most people mismanage
• feelings as GPS and the stretch zone
• detoxing from obligation to invite freedom and support
• tracking breadcrumbs and shifting in three to five months
• broadcasting value through boundaries and rest
• free Wheel of Alignment scorecard for practical next steps

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Want a new year with resolutions that doesn’t fall apart by February? Go straight to sustainable change by making peace with right now so your goals have solid ground. Instead of forcing quick wins that fade, we explore how acceptance turns desire into a steady practice. True growth feels like a spiral, where you revisit old patterns with new wisdom, not the same you.

Together we unpack the difference between change and transformation, sharing candid stories from our health and money journeys. Catherine talks about the cost of an easeful retirement and how intentional systems beat impulse every time. Brenda brings the body into focus, walking through strength training at home, catching the urge to skip, and choosing the smallest next step that still builds self-trust. We get practical about calendars, trainers, grocery lists, and automatic transfers. These are so helpful when motivation dips.

You’ll hear how to spot the inner critic’s “radio” and change the station without drama, how to honor the grief that comes with new commitments, and how to ask cleaner questions: Where am I right now? What do I want? What is one action I can take today? If your resolutions are big but your energy wobbles, this conversation will help you create a kinder, more effective path forward. Take one small vote at a time for the life you want.

Tell us: what desire are you backing this week?

Desire becomes sustainable when we “back ourselves” with simple systems.

Highlights:
• acceptance as the foundation for change
• the spiral of growth rather than backsliding
• moving from self-criticism to self-trust
• systems that make follow-through easier
• naming the true cost of your desires
• grief and closure inside new commitments
• catching and changing the inner critic channel
• choosing one next step you can do today

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The moments that change our lives rarely shout; they whisper through breath, pulse, tightness, and ease. We designed this guided mini toolbox to help you hear those whispers and turn them into choices you trust.

Across a calm, grounded practice, we slow down your nervous system, contrast the felt sense of yes versus no, and translate sensation into a clean, honest response you can act on today.

This episode is a guided meditation designed to help you feel the difference between a true yes and no. You get to practice slowing down and putting your attention on your body while working with a real life choice so sensation becomes clear guidance. You leave with embodied clarity, stronger self trust, and one simple next step rooted in desire instead of pressure.

Highlights:
• why knowing yes and no builds trust with self and others
• breath, relaxation, and access to body cues
• contrast practice of imagining yes vs no
• mapping sensations like expansion, tightness, and flutter
• aligning choices with capacity and becoming
• choosing a clean, simple action without overexplaining
• integrating sensations and returning to the room
• permission to change your mind while staying honest

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Ever feel that automatic yes come out of your mouth, before you've really had the chance to think about it? We’ve been there, and we built a simple, reliable toolkit to help you answer with clarity instead of obligation or auto-response.

We walk through five practical tools you can use today. The pause that interrupts people-pleasing, a body check that reads expansion or contraction, a desire filter that reveals whether you’re avoiding or creating, clean scripts for yes and no, and a future self check to test how you'll feel tomorrow about the choice. We share personal stories about ghosted messages, sensitive friends, and the subtle ways we dilute our boundaries by over-explaining. You’ll hear language you can borrow word for word ~ “I’m not available for that,” “That works for me,” and “Let me check in with myself and get back to you” ~ plus tips for closing the loop so relationships feel clear.

This conversation blends somatic awareness, emotional intelligence, and relational hygiene. If you’re tired of resentment, calendar overload, and the constant stress of managing other people’s feelings, these tools will help you move from autopilot to intention. Learn how to honor your yes, protect your no, and build self-trust one clean answer at a time. Listen, practice your next request, and notice how much energy you reclaim when you choose from desire, not pressure.

Highlights:
• the pause as an antidote to autopilot
• body check for signals of expansion or contraction
• desire filter to spot avoiding versus create motives
• clean yes and clean no scripts that hold boundaries
• closing the loop to honor connection
• future self check to forecast approval or resentment
• courage, self-trust, or excuses

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Ever notice how fast “YES” leaves your mouth while your body whispers No!?

We go deep into the real mechanics of yes and no. Some reasons why we say them. How they land in the body, and what it costs when we ignore the truth to keep the peace. From the short-term comfort of people-pleasing to the slow creep of resentment and burnout, we map the terrain so you can feel the difference between a clean answer and a automatic response.

We share personal edges and self practiced tools for holding boundaries without drama, including simple scripts, partial yes options, and a quick after-action audit that strengthens self-trust.

We unpack two common traps: saying yes when you mean no to avoid conflict, and saying no when you mean yes to dodge vulnerability and growth. You’ll hear the subtle body cues of alignment, the calendar clues of misalignment, and why it’s often more fruitful to try and fail than to shrink and stall.

We also bring in human design as a practical lens for decision-making. If you’re sacral, that gut response is gold, clear and fast when you don’t override it to be polite. If you’re emotional authority, clarity arrives over time; riding the wave and acting when the answer lands is the move. And then there's splenic, where it could change very quickly. Not into human design? Take what works and leave the rest. Knowing how your clarity shows up is the practice. Protect the space that lets you hear it, and claim your answer with one concrete step the moment it arrives.

Holiday season or not, this is an everyday practice. This episode will help you explore the energy beneath a true yes and true no, the short-term benefits of misalignment, and the long-term costs to self-trust, time, and intimacy. Here are the rapid fire episode bullet points:

• benefits and costs of false yes and false no
• people pleasing as self-abandonment
• resentment, calendar overload, and body signals
• vulnerability of a true yes and choosing growth
• small experiments to rebuild self-trust
• holiday invitations and partial yes strategies
• sacral/emotional authority/splenic decision-making
• claiming clarity with immediate action
• post-commitment self-audit for patterns

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The calendar fills. Group chats buzz. The season starts to feel like a performance instead of a celebration. In this episode, we pause to name what drains our joy this time of year: Obligation.

We explore how obligation shows up as invisible labor, full of emotional management, and conditioned yes responses. A tight chest. Shallow breath. Subtle self abandonment. We talk about how resentment builds and how to notice the signs early.

We speak honestly about conditioning, especially for women taught to nurture first. Beneath the doing often sits a simple desire for connection, recognition, or belonging. When those needs get chased through overspending or over functioning, disappointment follows. We reframe responsibility with small children as a values based choice rather than a life ruled by musts. We also name the line between loving care and scorekeeping. Using Byron Katie’s question, Is it true?, we separate facts from stories so decisions stop running on guilt and habit.

Then we move into the body. A true yes feels open and breathable. A no feels compressed or heavy. We share fast somatic resets like a short walk, a stretch, or a song that brings you back into your hips so clarity returns quickly. We offer scripts to enroll help without control. Appreciate the effort. Name the help you want. Repeat. Done and not done by me becomes the seasonal mantra.

We close with a reimagining of tradition. Fewer tasks. More presence. Boundaries that stay clear and kind.

Episode Highlights

• naming obligation energy and self abandonment
• separating facts from stories using Byron Katie’s question
• recognizing body cues for yes and no
• unpacking conditioning and invisible labor
• reframing responsibility with small children
• enrolling help through clear requests and repetition
• simplifying gifts and traditions for connection
• somatic resets to stop pushing through
• practical checkpoints before saying yes
• setting boundaries without guilt

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What if rest wasn’t a prize you earn after burning out, but the source of your creativity, clarity and kindness? We pull apart the tangled beliefs that keep us sprinting from the fear of losing momentum, the scarcity around time, and the nagging worry that energy might never return and offer a grounded way to choose rest before the crash.

Together, we map the difference between sick rest and restorative rest, and why both matter. You’ll hear candid stories about pushing past limits, learning to read the body’s early signals, and the surprising relief that comes from canceling plans without guilt. We get practical: simple rituals for low-input restoration, a candle-and-oil wind-down that nourishes the senses, and a quiet-leaning approach for those who crave silence. We also share a quick energy audit to build evidence that rest “works,” helping you trust your body over the loud "shoulds".

Rest isn’t always stillness. Sometimes movement is the medicine. From an unhurried walk, to free dancing (with or without music), to gentle somatic practice that helps emotions metabolize. We offer a litmus test to decide: Is your body truly tired, or are you tired of feeling emotions/feelings? That distinction unlocks momentum without self-abandonment. We also look at how boredom primes the mind for creativity, why sustainable pacing changes with age, and how honoring your cycles protects your relationships, your work, and your health.

We explore rest for rest’s sake... We invite you to do the same.

Here are some episode highlights:
• difference between sick rest and restorative rest
• age, energy capacity and letting go of the push
• daily rest rituals and low‑input options
• human design nuances and pacing styles
• emotional fatigue versus physical fatigue
• evidence‑based energy audits to test what works
• boredom as a doorway to creativity
• when rest invites big feelings and what to do
• choosing between rest or movement each day
• protecting relationships by resourcing early

an added note: When using grounding as a rest method, a minimum of 15 minutes is required to impact the viscosity of our blood. So for example, that means we need a minimum of 15 minutes of barefoot/palm contact when on grass/sand, in water, or when touching a tree.

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What if you stopped waiting for an invitation and started treating life like it matters today? Catherine and Brenda explore the power of ritual, the medicine of desire, and the steady courage it takes to create meaning in your own life. From the circle of the Grand Ole Opry to a candlelit bill paying session at a kitchen table, they look at how a small shift in attention changes everything.

They explore the trap of waiting for the perfect moment and offer a grounded reframe. Work with what is here right now. Brenda shares simple practices that steady her each day and shift her energy and her relationships in real time. Catherine explores the pressure to say yes in communities where sacrifice is praised and how clear boundaries become a form of self-respect.

Perception becomes a practical tool. They look at how algorithms shape mood and how choosing beauty and kindness can expand possibility. They offer simple ways to bring ceremony to chores. Music, soft lighting, a favorite glass, or a comfortable robe. The task stays the same but the experience shifts, along with the willingness to keep showing up. The idea of every day as a holiday becomes a map. It's up to us to you make our own life feel meaningful.

They explore how ritual and perception shape ordinary moments and why waiting for an invitation keeps people outside the lives they want. They share daily practices, boundary setting, and practical ways to make hard tasks pleasurable.

Episode Highlights

• ceremony and ritual as daily tools for meaning
• creating your own drum roll
• moving from future wish to present action
• speaking your true yes and a true no with courage
• simple morning rituals that fuel joy and change perspective
• perception as practice and curating your algorithm
• turning chores into pleasure with design and attention
• honoring impermanence and celebrating small wins

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