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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

Other resources related to this episode:

~ Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

~ 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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Sponsored: This episode is brought to you by PAAVANI Ayurveda. PAAVANI Ayurveda is a female owned and family run health & skincare company based in Northern California. Use promocode GHEESPOT at checkout for 15% off your order.

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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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I have some BIG news!! ✨ I am SO excited to offic I have some BIG news!! ✨

I am SO excited to officially welcome the incredible Salila Sukumaran as one of The Shakti School’s newest teachers! ❤️

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Salila on my Spirit Sessions podcast for a beautiful, juicy conversation about feminine embodiment, the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and what it really means to come home to our bodies.

We dove into the power of Shakti, ancestral wisdom, feminine sovereignty and the importance of reconnecting with the deep intelligence and wisdom that lives within us as women.

One of my greatest passions has always been bringing the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda into the lives of modern women in a way that feels accessible, nourishing and deeply empowering.

And this is why I’m SO thrilled to have Salila joining us at The Shakti School! She brings such a beautiful depth of knowledge, a rich Ayurvedic lineage, and a unique perspective on what it means to truly EMBODY this wisdom.

There is something so powerful about women coming together to share, teach and keep these ancient traditions alive. And I couldn’t be more excited for our students to learn from her!

🎧 Comment “254” and I’ll send you the podcast link!
It was the end of our Level 2 last year, a class w It was the end of our Level 2 last year, a class where we give women time and space to really share what the two years of Shakti Ayurveda School have meant for them (yes, this can be a one or two year adventure). And a woman said something I will never forget - “I’m becoming the woman of my dreams.”

It hit me in all the right places and even made me self reflect. 

Am I the woman of my dreams? And if I had a dream woman, what would she be like? 

She would be kind, hold dignity, love her body and try to keep it safe and healthy and warm. She would give herself grace when she failed or tripped up in life. She would smile lovingly at herself when she said the wrong thing at a party or a date or a conference. She would eat good nourishing food and be OK with the fact that she didn’t look like the women in a magazine. 

But mostly, she would use this one and sacred life to learn the lessons of her soul, and feel alive in her mission to help others do the same.

We are genuinely here to support you in becoming THAT woman. Or even better said, in dusting off all the veils that block you from seeing that You Are Her Now. We truly find that the LIVE Ayurveda experience offers a magic that you will see in our classroom. And that magic translates to anyone doing the course at their leisure the rest of the month.

True. Ayurveda. Magic.

Ladies! Only a couple more weeks to get $500+ off this women-our-your-dreams year with our current early bird pricing. I will be there. And so will so many other dream seekers. Will you? 

💚 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL for more information about our earlybird tuition! 

🪷 Ready to become the woman of YOUR dreams? Learn how to care for yourself, trust your intuition and work WITH your body instead of against it in my free Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda mini-course. Comment WISDOM and I’ll send you the link!
The theme of fall according to feminine-form Ayurv The theme of fall according to feminine-form Ayurveda? ➡️ Major permission to start slowing down, warming up and amping up your inner mystic's rituals. Send this to a friend you wanna’ plan a fall Ayurveda self-care day with. 🕯️⁠
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🍁 Here’s your inspo: ⁠
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• Get cozy with herbal teas (and stoke your digestive fire). Make a big pot of ginger tea & sip throughout the day.⁠
• Give yourself an oil massage with warm sesame oil. Sesame is nourishing, warming & perfect for Fall.⁠
• Soak Fall-goddess style. Add 1/4 cup ginger powder & epsom salts to your bath.⁠
• Grab some warming essential oils like geranium, mahanarayan and vetiver (you can add those to the bath, too!)⁠
• Have a cozy night in. Fall is when we naturally start turning inwards—permission to stay in & get some extra sleep!⁠
• Get in the kitchen! Whip up a vata-reducing churna (spice blend) to sprinkle on your meals.⁠
• Become BFF’s with your crock pot. Bone broth, spiced stews and soups are balancing for Fall.⁠
• Light a fire. Fall is a time for dying off and letting go. Get quiet, journal and burn what you’re ready to let go of.⁠
• Unplug before sunset. Give your eyes and nervous system a break from screens and let candlelight guide your evenings. ⁠
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If you've been feeling the pull to study Feminine-Form Ayurveda, this is your reminder that Early Bird registration (save $500+ on tuition) for our 2027 Ayurvedic Wellness Coach Certification is ending this month. Now is the time to step toward the work your heart has been quietly calling you toward. ⁠
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🌿 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL and we'll send you all the details.⁠
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🌹 Get a taste right now. Comment WISDOM for our free Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda Mini-Course.
OMG y'all! Katie here. Ok, so apparently the 90s a OMG y'all! Katie here. Ok, so apparently the 90s are now VINTAGE. 😂📺 And this hilarious meme got me thinking about one of the deepest principles of Ayurveda…⁠
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MAMA MEDICINE. ❤️⁠
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You see, one of the first principles of Ayurveda is to remind someone who is sick that they are going to be WELL.⁠
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Fill them with love. Nourishing foods. Comforting words. Hugs. Remedies. And that beautiful feeling that someone is taking care of you.⁠
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Because sometimes the most powerful medicine isn't an herb or a supplement.⁠
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It's the feeling of being LOVED.⁠
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When I was a little girl, my mom's sick-day prescription was ginger ale (we NEVER got soda unless we were sick!), saltines, Campbell's chicken noodle soup with those slimy noodles and suspiciously soft orange carrots…And UNLIMITED TV. 😂⁠
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Little did she know I was downstairs watching JERRY SPRINGER and frying my developing brain on the absolute worst of 1990s American culture. 🍳📺🤣⁠
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But to this day, those memories make me feel so warm and loved. Because it was never really about the chicken soup. It was about being taken care of. And THAT is powerful medicine.⁠
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So I wanna know…⁠
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👇 WHAT WAS YOUR MAMA'S SICK-DAY STACK?⁠
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Was it ginger ale? Vicks VapoRub? Chicken soup? The Price Is Right? Some bizarre family remedy that probably should have been illegal? 😂 Please tell me, I gotta know! ⁠
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COMMENT BELOW and tell me what your mama (or whoever raised you!) gave you when you were sick.⁠
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💕 And TAG YOUR MOM, SISTER, OR BESTIE who remembers this era of questionable remedies and unconditional love.⁠
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Because sometimes the best medicine is simply knowing somebody loves you.⁠
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That's MAMA MEDICINE. ❤️🍜
Our world keeps telling women to push harder, opti Our world keeps telling women to push harder, optimize more and become some shinier (usually smaller) version of themselves. No wonder so many of us feel tired, disconnected and anxious.⁠
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Ayurveda offers another way.⁠
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Join Katie LIVE for a free class exploring Feminine-Form Ayurveda, a softer, wiser approach to health that honors your hormones, nervous system, intuition and natural rhythms. Because healing does not always happen through more effort.⁠
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Together we’ll explore:⁠
✨ What Feminine-Form Ayurveda is and why it feels like an exhale⁠
✨ “What’s my dosha, honey?” and how your unique mind-body type shapes everything⁠
✨ Ancient teachings for more rest, radiance, sensuality and longevity⁠
✨ The science and physiology of women: How to stop white-knuckling your way through life and create a healing climate instead⁠
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Come gather with us and remember something your body has known all along:⁠
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You do not need fixing. You need the right conditions to thrive. 🌙⁠
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The class will be held LIVE on October 27th at 11am Eastern US Time, join us! Everyone signed up will receive the recording!⁠
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Comment “THRIVE” and we’ll send you the sign up link!⁠

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