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Ep. 223 Dating Apps: Spiritual Yay or Nay?

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How do we stay awake and true to our spiritual path in the era of swipe?

In this episode, Katie talks about dating in the modern world, from navigating dating apps with intention to reframing rejection as an opportunity for growth. You’ll learn how your unique dosha can shape the way you approach love, and dating tips to keep your nervous system in balance and self-worth intact. With science-backed insights, spiritual practices and funny personal stories, Katie shares how dating can be one of the most transformative spiritual adventures of your life!

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In this episode about spirituality and dating apps, you’ll hear:

~ Can a spiritual person find love on a dating app?

~ How your dosha influences your dating experience

~ Spiritual dating advice

~ Setting boundaries

~ What does tantra have to do with dating apps?

~ Impacts on the nervous system

~ Can you get addicted to dating apps?

~ Expanding the “soulmate field”

~ Setting a sacred intention for dating

~ Katie’s pre-date energy work practice

~ Dating as a spiritual opportunity and a mirror

~ Reframing rejection

~ Advice for when someone ghosts you

~ Katie’s one-liner for breaking off a connection

~ Scientific findings around the psychological impacts of dating apps

~ Body image and self-worth

~ Red flags to watch out for on dating apps

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

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Other episodes you’ll love about dating apps and spirituality:

~ Ep. 130 Can Dating NOT Suck These Days?

~ Ep. 199 Conscious Relationships and Modern Dating with Angelica Neri

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~ Join us in The Shakti School Membership

~ 2026 Chakra Yoga Nidra Retreat: Deep dive into the chakras with Katie as your guide in the Bahamas in spring 2026!

~ Read Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy

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Ep. 199 Conscious Relationships and Modern Dating with Angelica Neri

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If you’re a spiritual gal navigating the wild world of modern dating or you want to improve the health of your current relationship, don’t miss this episode! Last week we asked you, dear listener, to send us your questions about dating and relationships. This week, Katie and Ayurvedic Practitioner, Angelica Neri, answer your questions! They vulnerably share lessons they’ve learned and advice to help you develop healthy, conscious relationships.

Want to learn more about how to stay grounded in a sea of complicated human relationships? Register for our FREE Liberating Yourself from Family Archetypes webinar! Click here to join us live on December 13th or receive the replay!

This episode will also be airing on The Divine Feminine Healer's Podcast.

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In this episode, you’ll hear:

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

~ What is a conscious relationship?

~ Are women more conscious and spiritual than men?

~ What if my partner isn’t spiritual?

~ The discord between our primal brains and dating apps

~ Why many people marry their “unfinished business”

~ The missing divine connection in most romantic relationships

~ Maintaining your sense of self in relationships

~ The matured inner masculine and inner feminine

~ How the chakras influence our romantic life

~ Signs you are (or aren’t) in a conscious relationship

~ Click here to learn more about our Divine Feminine Ayurveda School

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

~ Find Angelica's reiki certification program and other offerings on her website

~ Follow Angelica on Instagram

~ Angelica interviewing Katie on The Divine Feminine Healer's Podcast

~ Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray

~ Follow The Shakti School on Instagram and Facebook

~ Read Katie’s latest book, Glow-Worthy!

Related episodes:

~ Ep. 130 Can Dating NOT Suck These Days?

~ Ep. 178 Boundaries

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Ep. 135 Turning Pain into Bliss with Dr. John Douillard

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Katie here with a VERY special podcast guest on how we can take our life's greatest challenges and extract the bliss (yes, for real bliss).

Don't miss this episode where I sit down with Dr. John Douillard - former Director of Player Development for the New Jersey Nets NBA team, author of 7 health books including his newest bestseller Eat Wheat, a repeat guest on the Dr. Oz show, and founder of the LifeSpa Ayurvedic Clinic, the 2013 Holistic Wellness Center of the Year in Boulder, CO.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ What is conscious aging?

~ Embracing the vata stage of life

~ Our modern information age and our nature of satisfaction

~ Benefits of the ‘longevity hormone’ 

~ Practical ways to support yourself for longevity

~ The incredible benefits of pranayama

~ You can connect with Dr. Douillard and learn more at LifeSpa.com

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for early bird registration! Get in now before prices go up by $500 after September 30

~ Click here to book a free coaching call about Ayurveda School

~ Send a screenshot of your rating and review of Spirit Sessions Podcast to [email protected] to receive a special gift!

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Ep. 132 Dr. Gundry on All Things Health, Heart and Longevity

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We have a very exciting episode today as Katie is joined by the one and only Dr. Steven Gundry. Dr. Gundry is a cardiothoracic surgeon, a heart surgeon, a medical researcher, and a New York Times best-selling author. Tune in to hear Katie and Dr. Gundry discuss what led Dr. Gundry from being a heart surgeon to where he is today, the reason young adults are suffering from gut issues and chronic fatigue but the older generation isn’t, and Dr. Gundry’s infamous advice to women who struggle with people who don’t take them seriously.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ An inspiring story about Dr. Gundry’s patient, Big Ed, ultimately leading Dr. Gundry to change the trajectory of his career

~ The concept of uncoupling your mitochondria, why you want your mitochondria uncoupled, and specific fats that bring about this mitochondrial supercharging

~ Why you should worry about the quality and not quantity of the fat you are ingesting, and why Americans have it all wrong

~ The role of polyphenols and why they are important for our health (p.s. Get your hands on some cloves!)

~ Dr. Gundry’s non-negotiables in his daily life that keep him looking young and vibrant

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is currently at the lowest price it will be! Use discount code HotGirlSummer for $100 off any of the payment options at registration

~ You can connect with Dr. Gundry at drgundry.com and gundrymd.com, via Instagram @drstevengundry, and The Dr. Gundry Podcast

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Ep. 130 Can Dating NOT Suck These Days?

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In this episode, Katie dished with spirit-infused dating expert Lisa Holden, who is here to make dating fun! When she’s not writing up her dating experiences for outlets like Popsugar and Marie Claire, she offers 1:1 dating hype sessions to light up your single life and help everyone make the most of their dating adventures. 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ All about Lisa’s fascinating background growing up in a spiritual community and how it informed her current life’s work

~ The current state and culture of dating and how dating has been reinvented in the digital age

~ Dating is supposed to be fun! And ways to make it more fun

~ Energy work during dates as a way to more deeply get to know inner self and states that you hold

~ How coming to dates as your authentic self can attract people and creates a deep love within

~ Vulnerability and how it is earned, not a right

~ Lisa’s ultimate dating tip when you don’t have a lot of dating prospects

~ How our limiting beliefs when it comes to dating can hold you back from meeting someone amazing

~ Something every person should do before going on a date that may surprise you..

~ Ancient Tantric wisdom on how we hold sexual energy in our organs

~ Tips for gracefully exiting a bad date

~  Follow @lisaaholden across all social channels and learn more at www.lisaaholden.com

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is currently at the lowest price it will be! Use discount code HotGirlSummer for $100 off any of the payment options at registration

 

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Ep. 105 The Healing Vortex with Cristal Mortensen

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How do we invite the divine into our tissues? We open our perceptions. In this episode with special guest Cristal Mortensen, Nervous System Specialist & Somatic Neuroplasticity Expert, we discuss the embodiment of consciousness and the divine in our bodies. This episode includes an Earth-energy based grounding practice!

In this episode you’ll hear:

~The Healing Vortex vs The Trauma Vortex

~What is Spiritual Bypassing

~What’s Right Attention

~Valuing our past and pain

~Rewiring Attachment

~Polarization of the mind

~Beyond duality for embodiment

~Working with Earth energy

~Find Cristal Mortensen online at https://awarealignedawake.com/

~Book: The Great Coddling of the American Mind

~Upcoming Course: Deeper Dating & Relationships

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Ep. 19 BONUS Thanksgiving Special

Join Kaite and surprise guest, Vera Silcox (aka Katie's mom) for a sweet, candid conversation about Thanksgiving, dating, and the special relationship between mother and daughter.

Topics discussed in this special Thanksgiving episode:

~ Dating

~ Popcorn

~ Sweet spicy tea we love – our wine alternative

~ On changing patterns

~ On mothers and daughters

~ Constant growth

Happy Thanksgiving!

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When I was younger, connecting with my intuition w When I was younger, connecting with my intuition was more like an intentional practice of learning about it and studying it.⁠
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Now my intuition is really accessible, and it’s really fast. And it’s also deeply challenging.⁠
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I know very quickly the highest and best move, action-wise. So the task isn’t as much, “is this my intuition? How do I connect to my intuition?” ⁠
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My intuition is already right there. And so is yours.⁠
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The challenge is to actually do what it says. ⁠
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Our ego, or our little self, is so used to thinking and acting like it’s in charge… But our intuition is like, “Hey lady, why don’t you NOT react and just pause instead? What if you don’t know everything? What if you really take a moment to listen?”⁠
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As we age, the most important thing around intuition is this: ⁠
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Do what it freaking says. ⁠
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Sometimes, that’s really, really hard because our reactions are almost instant. ⁠
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But here’s the thing. When you start to learn what happens when you DON’T listen to your intuition - you begin to learn that the cost is usually too much NOT to listen.⁠
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When did listening to your intuition really “click” in your personal evolution or aging process? Share with me down below - I wanna hear your experience.⁠
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If you want to dive even deeper into this convo, check out my latest Spirit Session Podcast episode. ⁠
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Here’s how to use these different herbs to balan Here’s how to use these different herbs to balance summer pitta heat: ⁠
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🌹TEAS & INFUSIONS⁠
Steep dried herbs in boiling water for several hours:⁠
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• Licorice⁠
• Rose⁠
• Hibiscus⁠
• Rose Hips⁠
• Marshmallow⁠
• Mint⁠
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In the summer, you want to stay really hydrated, and that doesn’t mean just drinking a ton of cold ice water. It means drinking things that hold lubricants in them like licorice tea, rose tea, hibiscus tea, rose hips and marshmallow tea. All of these are cooling and damp and will help plump up the skin full of water (but not in a water-retentive sort of way).⁠
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🌿 HERBS FOR ABHYANGA⁠
Choose oils infused with these herbs and plants over the summer:⁠
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• Neem⁠
• Lavender⁠
• Jasmine ⁠
• Rose⁠
• Helichrysum⁠
• Frankincense⁠
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Ayurveda teaches that staying hydrated and cool is really about having a daily skincare routine whether it be January or July. The cornerstone of Ayurvedic skincare is putting herbal-infused oils on your body every day. Herbal infused oils are natural skin protectants and healers.⁠
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Make a hydrating facial spritzer with:⁠
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• Rose⁠
• Lavender⁠
• Frankincense⁠
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You also want to stay hydrated on the outside. This time of year, I’ve got little bottles of spritzers everywhere and I just spritz myself all the time, slightly obsessively. Keep your skin moist. Mist and spritz! ⁠
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Remember some of the qualities of pitta: hot, ligh Remember some of the qualities of pitta: hot, light, oily, sharp, intense, and mobile. 

Because of these inherent qualities, pitta-type people will do best with forms of body movement that cultivate the opposing qualities (i.e., exercising in temperate or cool weather, and exercising in a calm and steady way). 

Working out in this manner will help relieve some of the tension, intensity, heat, and irritability associated with pitta imbalance. It will also help get rid of any excess Fire (i.e., stress and acid) in the body, most specifically in the sites where heat accumulates—small intestine, liver, blood, head, and eyes. If you exercise in a way that aggravates pitta, you will actually accumulate more Fire in those body parts. 

Any body type will benefit from using the pitta-reducing routine if they are relatively healthy and it is summer.

Pitta types can tend to be overly competitive and “burn out.” Make sure to hydrate your pitta body with water or other liquids, particularly in the summer time.

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Put all of the ingredients except the zinc into a Put all of the ingredients except the zinc into a large glass mason jar. Fill a medium saucepan with a few inches of water and place that on medium heat. Loosely fit the lid on the jar and place that in the water. ⁠
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Let all those ingredients melt together completely, shaking or stirring to get it all blended.⁠
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Once everything is melted, take it off the heat, add in the zinc, secure the lid, shake it up and stir it well. Then pour it into whatever container you plan on keeping the sunscreen in and let it cool.⁠
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This sunscreen has around 35 to 40 SPF naturally!⁠
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And one more thing - if you still love conventional sunscreen and want to keep using it, just avoid any sunscreen that has oxybenzone. Oxybenzone is found in about 40% of sunscreens and it’s been banned in Japan and parts of Europe because it’s been found to be a major endocrine disruptor related to infertility, hormone imbalance and low birth rates.⁠
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Remember the golden rule in Ayurveda: ⁠
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We don’t put anything on our skin that we would not use in our kitchen. 🥣⁠
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Enjoy your summer and take care of your skin! ✨⁠
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One thing about Pitta types… they usually have a One thing about Pitta types… they usually have an opinion. 🔥😉

I see pitta as a glowingly hot arrow. She is the heat of transformation. She is the energy of Fire and a little Water. You may have experienced pitta’s imbalanced side when you have had fever, loose stools, skin rash or acne, or the heated emotions of anger and frustration.

On the plane of the mind and spirit, pitta carries the gift of discernment that can cut through the smokescreen, allowing you to see a situation clearly.

You know your mental pitta is weak, for example, if you continually repeat the same life errors over and over again (I think of dating).

You will know your mental fire is getting stronger when you can quickly sift the wheat from the chaff-and do so with grace and kindness. 

When we use our pitta fire for good, we have the ability to see the white-hot truth about ourselves and others. 

When it is out of balance, we become overly critical and compulsive—like those people who insist on rearranging others’ emotional spice cabinets or micromanaging a grown child’s life path.

🌱 Are you ready to learn more about the three Ayurvedic mind-body types AKA doshas? Learn more in my podcast episode, “The Three Doshas: Are You a Bullfrog or an Orchid?” 

Comment “179” and I’ll send you the link!

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