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Ep. 198 Family Archetypes: Understanding the Thanksgiving Dinner Table Dynamics

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You’ve done the inner work and matured spiritually, yet as soon as your family gathers for the holidays you feel like a little kid again and revert to the same old, dysfunctional family dynamics! Just in time for Thanksgiving, Katie shares how family archetypes affect our relationships and how you can start creating more healthy family dynamics this holiday season.

Learn how to approach your next family gathering with the mind of a yogini so you can unravel generational karma and have more compassion toward yourself and others.

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In this episode about family archetypes, you’ll hear:

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~ What is an archetype?

~ The Ayurvedic and Jungian perspectives of family archetypes

~ How to approach your family like a yogini

~ Family frameworks as coping mechanisms

~ The ego's role in family archetypes

~ How to identify the role you play in your family

~ Common family archetypes including the Caretaker, Whipping Boy, Black Sheep, Hero and Clown

~ Shifting out of the victim mindset

~ Why understanding creates compassion

~ Book a free call with one of our coaches to learn more about Ayurveda School!

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Related episodes:

~ Ep. 174 Explore Your Inner Child with Nicole Frolick

~ Ep. 160 Courage in Facing the Shadow

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Ep. 66 You Can’t Be Yo’Mamas Guru

Ever had the experience of telling a family member about a new thing you were doing, or giving them advice about something you’d spent so many hours researching only to be met with apathy, or worse, resentment? That’s the Catch-22 of family. Tune in for my insights and techniques for explaining yourself and your lifestyle choices to your family.

In this episode you’ll hear:

~How to talk to your family about your lifestyle choices

~Techniques for teaching Ayurveda

~A blessing song for before meals

~Why it’s hard to teach your family

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Kapha on a life-giving, life-affirming level is st Kapha on a life-giving, life-affirming level is stability. It’s endurance and resiliency, the structure that makes us feel safe and held. But this time of year, that same energy can start to feel heavy, slow and a little stuck, which is why we want to gently bring in light, movement and awareness. ⁠
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Here are three unconventional ways that you can work with kapha-balancing this season that I personally love. 👇🏼⁠
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☀️ Get that morning sunlight or try red light therapy. I have found red light therapy to be one of the best pieces of technology for helping to wake up your system, support mood, and regulate hormonal rhythms (all important for kapha this time of year). ⁠
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🌊 Instead of pushing through or staying busy, take a moment to slow down and feel what’s actually there. Underneath the rushing activity of our lives, there is often grief, and letting yourself feel it can open the heart to create real healing. In Ayurveda, this can help us begin to clear the channels of the body (and subtle body) - by bringing the light of our attention into the heaviness, into what’s been unseen.⁠
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🥬 Finally, this is the time of year to lean into fresh, light, and yes, raw seasonal foods. Dark leafy greens, herbs and raw veggies help move stagnation and sluggishness. Just add some oil, spices, salt and vinegar to reduce the vata. I sometimes add cinnamon!  Yep! ⁠
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Ready to dive even deeper?⁠
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💦 Comment RELEASE for my podcast episode Ep. 176 Kapha Mama! How to Release the Heavy. In the episode, I dive deeper into how I incorporate these practices this time of year.
The Level 2 course begins in 3 weeks and we are ge The Level 2 course begins in 3 weeks and we are gearing up to make it more amazing than ever before. We're adding new classes, teachers and finessing the curriculum to support the most transformative, deep-learning experience possible.⁠
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But don't take our word for it, here's what some of our past Level 2 graduates are saying:⁠
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🦋 "I am SO SO SO glad I said YES to Level 1. And even GLADER that I said YES to Level 2. This is more than a school. As someone who has her Masters degree & (loads) of 'qualifications', this is without doubt, the best 'school' I have ever studied under because it is taught with, from & for LOVE."⁠
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🦋 "Level one blew my heart and mind open to make a shift in my business and LIFE from the unbalanced masculine to the balanced masculine & feminine. I leaned so far into this transformative energy that I went on to learn how to facilitate womb circles, and led my first one this past Sunday! It was a magical experience- singing, sharing and surrendering with a group of amazing women. I am excited to merge our lineage of Ayurveda with my lineage of womb teachings to create a uniquely magical way to serve the womxn in my community. So grateful for all the teachings, support and inspiration I received here..."⁠
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Don't miss out on another incredible year with The Shakti School. We begin April 21st and there are only three weeks left to get in the door!⁠
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🔥 Ready to take your Ayurveda studies to the next level? Comment LEVEL2 (one word) to book a call with our team and let’s explore what’s possible. (Available to Level 1 graduates interested in Level 2. 🩷)⁠
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🎓 Level 2 grads: what was the most impactful part of Level 2 for you? Share below to light up our incoming Level 2 class. 👇🏼✨
Have you ever had those days where you wake up fee Have you ever had those days where you wake up feeling amazing? There is a lightness in your step, your hair seems to look especially good and your skin is glowing? ✨⁠
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And, then the very next day you have the opposite experience? You wake up feeling sluggish, a little puffy, and your hair is oddly oily or too dry and things seem to upset you easily? ⁠
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Most likely the glorious day you had before also started off with the perfect poop. Yeah, that’s right, I said it. Poop. 💩⁠
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Of course there can always be many other contributing factors at play here, but oftentimes it is our digestion that determines how we feel, how we look and how we see our inner and outside world.⁠
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In Ayurveda, digestion is all about agni. When your digestion is strong your agni is strong. And, when agni is strong, you can easily tap into that glorious flow state. ⁠
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A flow state is when you are in the zone. It’s when your mental clarity is at its peak, you feel vibrant, full of life and your shakti is lit up. When your digestive system is weakened it becomes much more difficult to follow through with daily tasks and your energy is usually pretty tanked. In Ayurveda, this is associated with an excess of ama. Ama is anything toxic that accumulates in the body. You can think of it as the sludge that slows down digestion. It is only when we are free from ama that we are able to digest our food properly and therefore we can more easily digest our life.⁠
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🔥 If you’re ready to take your Ayurveda studies to the next level, dive into our free Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda Mini-Course right now. Comment WISDOM to access.
Sometimes our inner guidance asks us to step into Sometimes our inner guidance asks us to step into what feels scary or uncertain. Listening to our intuition can be challenging, and demand that we take action requiring courage and faith.

Yet leaning in and trusting that inner whisper is how we grow more aligned with who we’re meant to be.

When we listen to our inner guide, even when it’s soft or subtle, we always end up with what is truly meant for us. (Even when you’d rather ask the Universe for a *different* answer instead. 😉)

This is your nudge to listen to the inner signals you’ve been sensing lately. 🪄💫
✨ 3 NEW classes are officially coming to our 202 ✨ 3 NEW classes are officially coming to our 2026 Level 2 Ayurvedic Health Counselor Training that begins April 21st ✨⁠
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We are so excited to share these new additions designed to help you not just learn Ayurveda… but truly apply, embody and live it.⁠
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🌿 The Art of Chikitsa: Crafting Ayurvedic Care Protocols with Laurel Odom⁠
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A foundational, confidence-building class where you’ll learn how to translate theory into real, living care protocols for common conditions. This is where the fear of “I know the theory but don’t know what to do” begins to dissolve so that you can support yourself and others with clarity and discernment.⁠
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🔥 Ayurveda as the Original Biohack with Katie Silcox⁠
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A bridge between ancient wisdom and modern science, exploring Ayurveda as a metabolic operating system. You’ll learn how agni, ama and ojas map onto metabolism, inflammation and nervous system health, and how to use rhythm, herbs and daily practices to restore energy and resilience.⁠
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🪔 Light & Sound as the Future of Healing with Katie Silcox⁠
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From mantra and frequency to sunlight and nervous system regulation, this class explores how light, sound, temperature and water act as powerful healing inputs. You’ll begin to understand healing beyond food, working with the subtle forces that shape vitality and coherence.⁠
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If you’ve completed Level 1, Level 2 is where everything becomes integrated, embodied and clinically relevant. You’ll move from learning Ayurveda to actually practicing it. You’ll gain the confidence, skillset and lived understanding to support both your own healing and the healing of others in a deeply real way.⁠
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🌿 Ready to explore Level 2? Book a call with one of our coaches—we’d love to connect with you. Comment LEVEL2 (one word) to connect with our team. We start in less than four weeks!⁠
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Please note that these calls are available only to Level 1 graduates who are interested in exploring our Level 2 Ayurvedic Health Counselor Certification Training.

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