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Ep. 226 The Night My House Burned & What Truly Saved Me

This is a picture of Katie Silcox. The text reads, "Spirit Sessions: Find your true spiritual home with Katie Silcox."

In this deeply personal solocast, Katie opens up about the life-altering experience of losing her home to a fire, and the profound spiritual lessons that have emerged from the ashes. She reflects on grief, transformation and the sacred space between life and death, exploring how tragedy can become a teacher of resilience and awakening. With honesty and heart, Katie shares her story, her gratitude for the community’s support and the spiritual practices helping her find gold in even the darkest moments.

As Katie shares in this episode, the Vedic spiritual practices she teaches at The Shakti School have been her anchor during challenging times. If you’d like to explore these teachings and nurture your own strength, resilience and feminine power, we’d love to have you in Ayurveda School.

There are just a few weeks left to enroll with our Early Bird Pricing! Sign up for Ayurveda School before October 31, 2025, and receive over $500 OFF the regular tuition price! Click here to learn more and enroll today!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

~ An invitation to book a call with one of our Ayurveda School graduates

~ The story of Katie’s house fire

~ Living in the liminal space

~ Death, loss and grief

~ When the division between our spiritual life and worldly life dissolves

~ A heart broken open and huge

~ The life lessons Katie has learned through this ordeal

~ How the nervous system responds to unexpected disasters

~ Katie’s heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported her during this time

~ The importance of having good insurance

~ The goddess Kali, aka the Dark Mother

~ The Black Madonna

~ Meditating on ash and soot

~ Finding spiritual gold in tragedy

~ Spiritual practices that teach us how to live more fully and die well

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

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Related episodes to support you in dark times:

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

~ Ep. 112 A Self-Healing Meditation for Fall

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

Help Us Spread Our Pod Wings!

I hope you found this episode about navigating hard times helpful. This show is a passion project that I produce for the love of sharing. If you love the show and want a free and easy way to help it grow, the most effective way you can help is to:

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From my heart to yours,

Katie

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Ep. 134 Being Willing to be Heartbroken Together with Kimberly Johnson and Stephen Jenkinson

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Katie speaks with authors of the new book, Reckoning, Kimberly Johnson and Stephen Jenkinson in this heart-felt, heart-broken edition of Spirit Sessions. Come for insights and honest conversations that don't really figure anything out, but speak to what Stephen Jenkinson calls a willingness "to be heartbroken together." 

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ A taste of the polarization and cruelty of culture today 

~ Notions of individuality and community and citizenship 

~ Eldership and the lack thereof

~ Death, grief and culture-making 

~ Find Kimberly Johnson and Stephen Jenkinson’s new book here: https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/reckoning-book/

~ Learn more about Stephen Jenkinson and Orphan Wisdom here: https://orphanwisdom.com

~ Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for earlybird 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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HELP US SPREAD OUR POD WINGS

This show is a passion project that I produce for the love of sharing. If you enjoy this show and want a free and easy way to help it grow, the most effective way you can help is to:

  1. Subscribe to the show by clicking “subscribe” in iTunes
  2. Write us a review in iTunes
  3. Share this show with one friend right now!

It’s seems simple, but you’d be AMAZED to know how much it helps my little love project reach more people. iTunes’ algorithm uses ratings and reviews to know who to show our show to in their app.

Here’s the link to leave us reviews in iTunes.

From my heart to your screen,

Katie

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✅ Q: What’s the quick-and-dirty on the Shakti ✅ Q: What’s the quick-and-dirty on the Shakti School Ayurveda Program? What do I really need to know?⁠
A: The Ayurvedic Wellness Coach Certification is our year-long, Level 1 Spiritual Ayurveda training—and it’s a complete, transformative experience on its own. It’s 100% online, totally flexible, with live weekly classes that are always recorded and housed in our easy-to-use online classroom.⁠
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✅ Q: How does it work with my schedule?⁠
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✅ Q: What will I learn?⁠
A: You’ll study the foundations of Ayurveda, feminine-form wisdom, psychospiritual tools and the core coaching principles you need to guide others effectively.⁠
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✅ Q: Who is this for?⁠
A: Anyone craving deeper personal healing, a more regulated lifestyle, and the fulfillment of supporting others. You can’t teach others to thrive if you’re struggling yourself—this program builds your physical, emotional, and spiritual resilience so you can become the medicine you offer.⁠
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✅ Q: Will I be certified?⁠
A: Yes. Upon completion of Level 1, you’ll be a certified Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, equipped to use Ayurveda in your life and offer workshops, classes and 1:1 wellness coaching within your scope.⁠
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Module 4 of our yearlong Ayurvedic Wellness Coach Certification Training is all about how the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda is interwoven with modern science. In Module 4 you’ll study topics like: ⁠
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🧬 Basic introduction to allopathic medicine in relation to hormones and health⁠
🧬 Inflammation and the gut⁠
🧬 Stress and its crucial role in our health⁠
🧬 The nervous system⁠
🧬 Learning to craft your own guided meditation⁠
🧬 Sleep science⁠
🧬 Energy work⁠
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You inherit your mother’s nervous system. The w You inherit your mother’s nervous system.

The way her body responded to stress, safety, love, chaos, nourishment and touch shaped the blueprint your own system was built upon. 

These patterns get passed through the womb and the subtle ways our caregivers regulated (or couldn’t regulate) themselves.

This is why so many of us grow up feeling anxious, overwhelmed or “too much.”

But it isn’t a personal flaw. And it isn’t your parents’ fault. It’s just your lineage.

The good news is that the nervous system patterns you inherited are not your destiny. 

Through embodied awareness, nervous system and energy work and loving consistency…we can literally rewire our physiology.

This is the heart of what we teach inside The Shakti School - how to reclaim your inner world, heal the inherited patterns living in your tissues, and pass down a more regulated, embodied lineage to everyone who comes after you.

🌹If you’re ready to take your lineage into your own hands and begin healing generations forward and backward starting right now, comment SOMATIC and we’ll send you our free class, Healing the Nervous System with Somatic Ayurveda. 

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The wheezy, lengthened exhales of Bellows Breath t The wheezy, lengthened exhales of Bellows Breath tones the vagus nerve, calming anxiety and easing the heart. Try this practice and feel for yourself how it leaves you bright, clear and lighter.⁠
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Keep in mind: skip this if you’re pregnant, on your period or have high blood pressure. Always stop if you feel dizzy and finish with a minute of slow breathing.⁠
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💗 Are you longing to connect more deeply with your mind, body and heart? You’ll love our free course, Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda. Comment WISDOM and I’ll send you the link now. ⁠
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🌿 Curious about our yearlong Ayurvedic Wellness Coach Certification Training? Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL (one word) for the full program details.
Raise your hand if you are fighting for your life Raise your hand if you are fighting for your life to stay warm and grounded this season. 🙋🏼‍♀️

Vata season is HERE. (To all my vatas out there - I see you and feel you. And we’re sending major warm, spicy, grounding energy your way.) 

If your heart is whispering for you to remember the wisdom of your ancestors and surrender to nature’s cycles (and you want to learn practical, time-tested Ayurvedic rituals to support you) here are some free resources.👇🏼

🌬️ Comment SOMATIC for my free class, Healing the Nervous System with Somatic Ayurveda (the ultimate toolkit for grounding and nervous system regulation).

🌹 Comment WISDOM for my free mini-course Women’s Wisdom and Ayurveda to learn the foundations of Ayurveda and start reclaiming mind-body balance today.

📚 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL (one word) to learn more about our yearlong immersion into feminine-form Ayurveda that starts in January.
Ayurveda teaches that this time of year asks us to Ayurveda teaches that this time of year asks us to anchor, simplify and choose what nourishes the soul. Presence over hurry, peace over worry, faith over doubt, love over ego. ⁠
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A seasonal reminder that our inner alignment is the deepest wellness practice.⁠
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