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Ep. 189 Finding Meaning in Heartbreak and Time to Fall Apart

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Whether you’re going through a breakup, divorce, job loss or grieving a loved one this episode is for you. Sometimes when we think we’re at our breaking point life throws us yet another huge curve ball. In this episode, Katie shares advice gleaned from recent and past heartbreaks to support you in your darkest moments. Learn breathing practices to process your feelings and find the meaning in your heartbreak so you can come out stronger on the other side!

Thank you to our girlfriends PAAVANI Ayurveda for sponsoring this episode! PAAVANI is women-owned and sources organic ingredients to create their mindfully formulated herbal offerings. Use the discount code SpiritSessions for 10% off your order at paavaniayurveda.com!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ How to deal with heartbreak

~ The opportunity within heartbreak

~ Letting go of the illusion of control

~ Lessons about heartbreak from Pema Chödrön

~ Opening to uncomfortable feelings without wallowing in them

~ The Buddhist definition of awareness

~ The importance of getting grounded and how to do it

~ Breathing practices to process heartbreak

~ The ancient Buddhist practice of Thong Lyn

~ Early bird pricing for the 2025 class of our year-long Divine Feminine Ayurveda School is ending soon! Register here before October 31, 2024, to get the lowest price of the year!

Try some of our team's favorite PAAVANI products for fall! We love their Hydrate Blend Tea, Shatavari, Vata Spice Blend, Golden Milk, Ashwagandha, Coconut Milk Bath, and Vata Body Oil.

Other links and sources mentioned in this episode:

~ The work of Dr. Robert Svoboda

~ 1st Poem: “Absolutely Clear” by Hafez Shirazi

~ 2nd Poem: “The Sea and the Bells” by Pablo Neruda

~ Sign up for our free mini-course about Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda!

~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

~ Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy is available now!

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I hope the advice and practices in this episode help sooth your heartbreak.

From my heart to yours,

Katie

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Heart-Opening Winter Elixir

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The holidays can be a season of both feelings of connection and grief. We’ve created this special Shakti School heart opening elixir featuring skullcap, damiana and rose to get you through the waves of beauty, bliss, and pain.⁣
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🌹 Skullcap: Think soothing, stress relief, and relaxation - this nervine is an emotional balance supporter and restores the functioning of the nervous system.⁣
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🌹 Damiana: This aphrodisiac helper pairs well with skullcap for relaxation while also giving a little boost to mood and digestion.⁣
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🌹 Rose: Associated with the heart chakra, rose is said to help heal a broken heart and enhance feelings of self-love and emotional balance.⁣
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Here’s how to make it:⁣

~ 1/4 cup dried skullcap⁣
~ ¼ cup dried damiana⁣
~ 1/4 cup dried rose petal⁣
~ A few cinnamon sticks⁣
~ 1 T gently crushed cardamom pods⁣
~ 1 T gently crushed star anise⁣
~ 1 T gently crushed cloves⁣
~ an orange peel⁣
~ 1/2 c honey⁣
~ Brandy to cover ⁣
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Add all ingredients to a mason jar. Cover completely with brandy (push down everything in the jar so that it’s below the liquid). Place a piece of parchment paper between the lid and the jar to prevent any transfer from the lid or vice versa. Shake daily, storing in a cool place for about a month.⁣
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Enjoy in small servings as a healing tonic for your heart ❤️

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What’s estrogen dominance, you ask?
 Simply pu What’s estrogen dominance, you ask?

Simply put: it’s when there’s too much estrogen and not enough progesterone in the body. It’s related to how we sleep, eat, relate and yes, stress out.

From an Ayurvedic lens, it’s what happens when our liver and digestion get overwhelmed, and the body’s natural rhythm of build and release gets backed up. Instead of flowing like a perfectly timed orchestra, our hormones get out of sync, leading us to feel heavy, chaotic and inflamed.

But here’s the good news: your body knows how to find balance again. 

Herbs, supplements, and most importantly, nervous system, sleep and lifestyle rituals can 
help your hormones re-harmonize naturally.

If you want to dive deeper, comment BALANCE and I’ll send you my full article: Estrogen Dominance: Signs You May Be Estrogen Dominant + What to Do About It. It’s a must-read if you’ve been wondering why you feel “off” or sensing your hormones need a reset.
Anxious thoughts you can’t turn off… ⁠ ⁠ S Anxious thoughts you can’t turn off… ⁠
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Sleep that feels light, restless or non-existent… ⁠
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A body that’s either buzzing on overdrive or crashing in exhaustion… ⁠
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A diet of coffee, cold food or too many grab-and-go meals that leaves you ungrounded… ⁠
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The constant pull of screens, stress and speed that has you longing for calm. ⁠
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You’re not alone. What you’re experiencing is what Ayurveda calls a Vata imbalance—the energy of movement, change and overstimulation gone rogue. ⁠
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And the good news? ⁠
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With the right tools, Vata can be soothed, your body can re-learn safety and your mind can finally settle into clarity. ⁠
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In this FREE one-hour live class, you’ll learn: ⁠
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🌬 Somatic nervous system resets you can use anytime to calm anxiety, ground your energy and return to presence in under 5 minutes. ⁠
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🌿 The Ayurvedic map of Vata: How modern stress patterns show up in your body, mind and digestion. Vata is both a mind/body type that some of us have, but it is also present in ALL of us at this time. ⁠
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🍲 A 14-day Chill Out Vata Reset: Practical food, feminine form energy meditations and lifestyle rituals to reduce overwhelm: simple recipes, meal timing and daily energy anchors that create nervous system stability. ⁠
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💤 Bedtime practices & herb allies: From warm nutmeg milk to Ashwagandha and Tulsi - let Shakti School help you sleep deeply and wake restored. ⁠
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🌀 Energy practices (breath, sound and subtle internal focus points) that bring prana (vital life energy) back into balance and restore the body’s natural flow of healing.⁠
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Come live to experience the practices with me, Katie Silcox, and walk away with a simple, printable Chill Out Vata Reset to start right away. Let’s slow down together. Your nervous system will thank you.⁠
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✨ Comment SOMATIC below to get the link to sign up.
In our feminine-form Ayurveda School, we begin whe In our feminine-form Ayurveda School, we begin where all deep healing begins—with remembrance. We begin not from rules, but from love. From the feminine.⁠
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Before we talk about food lists or herbs, we start with what we call the healing climate: curiosity, openness and deep tenderness toward ourselves. ⁠
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Feminine-Form Ayurveda says: ⁠
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You are not broken. ⁠
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You are already whole, worthy and loved exactly as you are.⁠
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From that foundation, we weave in the masculine. We immerse ourselves into the structure, discipline and science of Ayurvedic health. It’s not either/or. It’s both. The dance of Shiva and Shakti—masculine and feminine—that lives inside all of us.⁠
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In Module 1, you’ll learn the roots of Ayurveda, the five elements, the doshas and how to understand both your natural mind-body type and where you’ve gone out of balance (also known as your prakruti and vikruti). 🌿⁠
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This is where your journey home to your body begins.⁠
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🌙 Ready to begin your study of feminine-form Ayurveda?⁠
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💻 Comment WISDOM to get our free Women’s Wisdom & Ayurveda course and start learning.⁠
☎️ Comment MORE INFO to connect for a free call with our team!⁠
🌿 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL for full program details. 👇🏼
Ayurveda teaches that the opposite is the medicine Ayurveda teaches that the opposite is the medicine and that health isn’t one-size-fits all—sometimes that means a fired-up Pitta motivation sesh is the perfect antidote when you wanna’ stay in bed all day… 🔥😴

…and other times that means hitting snooze on your alarm and letting your body give into deep rest when it’s what you truly need. You’re the only authority on YOU. 😉🌙

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When I lost my home in a fire, there was one simpl When I lost my home in a fire, there was one simple breath practice that absolutely saved me. This breath practice helps us move the heavy energy of grief through our body instead of holding it inside. 

Grief lives in the lungs according to Ayurveda, and this one powerful way to start moving that energy right now.

I’ll be teaching the full practice in our FREE class next Tuesday, Nov. 11th at 11am ET—Healing the Nervous System with Somatic Ayurveda.

Comment SOMATIC for the link to register. 🌬️💗

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