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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!

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

From my heart to your screen,

Katie

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These acts may seem small, but they are powerful A These acts may seem small, but they are powerful Ayurvedic rituals for dropping into your heart and cultivating gratitude for the Earth, our relationships and our food. 🌿 ⁠
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🤲🏼 Offer gratitude. Give thanks to Big Mama Nature and feel that She is providing you with nourishment through the sacrifice of other plants and animals.⁠
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🍲 Feed someone else first. First feeding others is a sign of our gratitude to the Big Mama who is feeding us. If you are single, make some extra food for a neighbor, water the plants or feed the birds.⁠
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🍽️ Set the table. Even if you are eating alone, laying down a beautiful tablecloth, placemats and cloth napkins tells your unconscious, "Eating is sacred."⁠
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📵 Be present. Eating while web-surfing, watching TV, texting or driving dampens the digestive fire.⁠
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🥄 Chew slowly. Chew mindfully. Feel grateful for where you are now in your life.⁠
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🧘🏼‍♀️ Eat in a good mood: Our mood carries power into the food we eat. If we eat while we are angry or sad, or any other negative mood state, that mood will be transmitted into the food we eat, and deeper into the body and mind.⁠
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Save for your quick reminders on how to ritualize eating this week. 🍽💗🍂
You know you are feeling GOOD with Ayurveda when y You know you are feeling GOOD with Ayurveda when you are snapping selfies on I-81 in a roadside gas station somewhere down in Tennessee…😂🪷😂🪐🐯🪐🌋 @sohumhealingresort hosted me for a week. Get ready for more exciting collaborations between us in the future! Who wants a Shakti Tantra + cooking retreat with Chef Sean!?!
In deep reverence for our Crone Mama Fall (+ Winte In deep reverence for our Crone Mama Fall (+ Winter), I am bowing before the altar of all things spicy, warm, orange, yellow and brown. (South hemisphere ladies, we see you in your bikinis!)⁠
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I am also owning the heck out of my basic self. That means:⁠
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1. Yoga pants⁠
2. Furry Boots⁠
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and…⁠
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3. Pumpkin Spice⁠
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Our team member Eva over here at Team Shakti came up with this RIDICULOUSLY yummy, Ayurveda-inspired Pumpkin Spice Latte. With warming ginger, black pepper and nutmeg to help kindle your agni plus some grounding pumpkin and optional ashwagandha, what more could the vata in each of us need!? 😉☕⁠
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🍁 Comment “PSL” below for the recipe. 👇🏼💌
Wondering what you can do with our Level 1 Ayurved Wondering what you can do with our Level 1 Ayurvedic Wellness Coach Certification?⁠
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➡️ The Shakti School curriculum is built on the highest standards for online Ayurveda education. Upon completing Level 1, students are certified to offer Ayurveda wellness counseling and educational guidance, supporting clients and communities in prevention, balance and holistic well-being.⁠
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As a graduate, you can use your education for your own personal growth or to guide others, whether in 1:1 sessions, workshops, retreats or group settings, or by incorporating Ayurvedic teachings into your current work.⁠
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Inside the program, you’ll learn to support others through nutrition, lifestyle guidance, meditation, psycho-spiritual approaches, herbal education and goal-setting rooted in sankalpa and dharma work.⁠
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You’ll also learn practical tools for assessing Prakriti (your unique body-mind constitution), along with guidance around scope of practice, marketing, business development and more.⁠
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Our graduates legally practice as certified Ayurvedic Wellness Coaches around the world! ⁠
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In Module 3: Foundations of Women’s Health, we dive into how these teachings come alive in the female body and hormonal system. We’ll cover topics like:⁠
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✔ The hallmarks of women’s health⁠
✔ Challenges to maintaining women’s health⁠
✔ The effects of stress on women’s health⁠
✔ The endocrine system and its role in women’s health⁠
✔ Regulating Agni, removing Ama and building Ojas⁠
✔ Womb care at every stage of a woman’s hormonal life⁠
✔ The Ayurveda approach to thyroid and balancing hormones⁠
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🌹 Ready for a taste of what The Shakti School is really like? ⁠
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💻 Comment WISDOM to get our free Women’s Wisdom & Ayurveda course with our founder, Katie Silcox, and start learning.⁠
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🌿 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL for the full program details.
The holidays are a time for celebration and joy, b The holidays are a time for celebration and joy, but it’s easy for digestion and energy to become off-kilter with stress, over-indulgence or overwhelm. Ayurveda offers us simple ways to stay grounded AND nourished during times like these:⁠
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1️⃣ Honor your agni. Choose warm, lightly spiced and wet foods that support digestion and keep your agni kindled.⁠
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2️⃣ Digestion-honoring habits. Sip ginger tea, stop eating at the first burp and avoid cold drinks to help your body assimilate nutrients and digest heavy foods with more ease.⁠
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3️⃣ Bring in the gratitude (like, REAL gratitude - get those thankful vibes flowing!) When we eat from a space of love, connection and genuine thankfulness, Ayurveda teaches that digestion improves naturally. In other words, we are not just what we eat, but HOW we eat. ⁠
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🍎 Want my Ayurveda-inspired and digestion-friendly Butternut Squash and Roasted Apple soup recipe to bring to your next holiday gathering? Comment BUTTERNUT below. 🌿⁠
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P.S. These tips are for my ladies in the Northern Hemisphere this time of year. Southern Hemisphere gals will want to follow summer Ayurvedic recommendations. 😉

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