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Drawing from shamanic practice, psychology, and decades of firsthand experience with non-ordinary reality, Sarah and Wendy explore the deeper forces shaping our inner and outer worlds—from intuition and consciousness to deception, transformation, and the shifting nature of truth itself.

They don’t claim to have answers. Instead, they follow curiosity into the unknown—questioning, exploring, and inviting you to do the same.

Because in times like these, curiosity might be one of the most powerful tools we have.</description>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Manifestation, Timelines &amp; Creating Change</title>
      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>8</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:title>Manifestation, Timelines &amp; Creating Change</itunes:title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of Realms of Curiosity, Sarah and Wendy explore manifestation through a grounded, experiential lens.</p><p>Together they question popular ideas about manifestation and discuss the relationship between intention, action, healing, and personal responsibility. Through stories and reflections, they explore synchronicity, unconscious patterning, trauma, guidance, and the role inner change may play in creating outer change.</p><p>The conversation touches on timelines, higher self, effort versus flow, and the unexpected ways life sometimes redirects us when we move out of alignment.</p><p>As always, the discussion remains exploratory, open-ended, and rooted in curiosity rather than certainty.</p><p>00:00 Manifestation Basics</p><p>01:34 Mundane Steps Matter</p><p>03:43 Timeline Healing Blocks</p><p>05:47 Magical Thinking Phase</p><p>09:03 Universe Gifts Guidance</p><p>10:39 Water Rain Detour</p><p>13:20 Effort Synchronicity</p><p>14:44 Grateful For Avoidance</p><p>17:10 Signs And Synchronicity</p><p>18:51 Unconscious Manifesting</p><p>19:48 Relationships As Mirrors</p><p>23:03 Money Beliefs Survival</p><p>24:43 Flow Over Panic</p><p>25:38 Riding Life Rhythms</p><p>26:38 Untying Old Knots</p><p>27:05 Healing Takes Grace</p><p>28:39 Manifesting Like Chess</p><p>30:00 Timelines And Possibility</p><p>32:42 Oversoul Dreams Reality</p><p>35:19 Desire Versus Ego</p><p>36:44 Starting Over At 60</p><p>38:50 Effort Versus Trust</p><p>40:41 No Means Try Again</p><p>43:03 Helping Field Calling</p><p>45:26 Collaborate With Magic</p><p>46:13 Feel Your Vision</p><p>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of Realms of Curiosity, Sarah and Wendy explore manifestation through a grounded, experiential lens.</p><p>Together they question popular ideas about manifestation and discuss the relationship between intention, action, healing, and personal responsibility. Through stories and reflections, they explore synchronicity, unconscious patterning, trauma, guidance, and the role inner change may play in creating outer change.</p><p>The conversation touches on timelines, higher self, effort versus flow, and the unexpected ways life sometimes redirects us when we move out of alignment.</p><p>As always, the discussion remains exploratory, open-ended, and rooted in curiosity rather than certainty.</p><p>00:00 Manifestation Basics</p><p>01:34 Mundane Steps Matter</p><p>03:43 Timeline Healing Blocks</p><p>05:47 Magical Thinking Phase</p><p>09:03 Universe Gifts Guidance</p><p>10:39 Water Rain Detour</p><p>13:20 Effort Synchronicity</p><p>14:44 Grateful For Avoidance</p><p>17:10 Signs And Synchronicity</p><p>18:51 Unconscious Manifesting</p><p>19:48 Relationships As Mirrors</p><p>23:03 Money Beliefs Survival</p><p>24:43 Flow Over Panic</p><p>25:38 Riding Life Rhythms</p><p>26:38 Untying Old Knots</p><p>27:05 Healing Takes Grace</p><p>28:39 Manifesting Like Chess</p><p>30:00 Timelines And Possibility</p><p>32:42 Oversoul Dreams Reality</p><p>35:19 Desire Versus Ego</p><p>36:44 Starting Over At 60</p><p>38:50 Effort Versus Trust</p><p>40:41 No Means Try Again</p><p>43:03 Helping Field Calling</p><p>45:26 Collaborate With Magic</p><p>46:13 Feel Your Vision</p><p>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Telepathy, Intuition &amp; Why Some People Sense More Than Others </title>
      <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>7</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:title>Telepathy, Intuition &amp; Why Some People Sense More Than Others </itunes:title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore telepathy, sensitivity, and the many ways humans perceive information beyond ordinary awareness.</p><p>Together they question whether telepathy is best understood as thought transference, heightened sensory awareness, pattern recognition, or something more difficult to explain.</p><p>The conversation touches on intuition, neurodivergence, clairsentience, altered states, visualization differences, brainwave patterns, journeying, and the possibility that consciousness may operate more collectively than we typically assume.</p><p>Through personal stories and reflections, they explore how trauma, sensitivity, and direct experience may shape perception—and ask whether expanded awareness is more common than we think.</p><p>As always, the conversation remains open-ended, experiential, and grounded in curiosity.</p><p>00:00 Telepathy Or Patterning<br>01:28 Therapy And Clairsentience<br>02:46 Sensory Hypervigilance<br>05:22 Visual Intuition At Work<br>06:34 Aphantasia Vs Hyperphantasia<br>08:30 EEG Journeying Brainwaves<br>14:07 Defining Telepathy Broadly<br>18:56 Human And Nonhuman Contact<br>20:24 Calling The Uncle Guide<br>21:40 Spirit Cleanup Crew Stories<br>22:44 Telepathy Categories<br>23:25 Mind Reading Overload<br>25:08 Noisy Modern Minds<br>26:19 Plant Communication<br>27:09 Brainwaves And Focus<br>28:48 Interdimensional Helpers<br>31:19 Validating Psychic Info<br>33:33 Reality Iceberg<br>36:58 Trauma And Hypervigilance<br>38:14 Hollywood Sensitives<br>41:31 Autism And Telepathy<br>44:38 Closing Thoughts<br>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore telepathy, sensitivity, and the many ways humans perceive information beyond ordinary awareness.</p><p>Together they question whether telepathy is best understood as thought transference, heightened sensory awareness, pattern recognition, or something more difficult to explain.</p><p>The conversation touches on intuition, neurodivergence, clairsentience, altered states, visualization differences, brainwave patterns, journeying, and the possibility that consciousness may operate more collectively than we typically assume.</p><p>Through personal stories and reflections, they explore how trauma, sensitivity, and direct experience may shape perception—and ask whether expanded awareness is more common than we think.</p><p>As always, the conversation remains open-ended, experiential, and grounded in curiosity.</p><p>00:00 Telepathy Or Patterning<br>01:28 Therapy And Clairsentience<br>02:46 Sensory Hypervigilance<br>05:22 Visual Intuition At Work<br>06:34 Aphantasia Vs Hyperphantasia<br>08:30 EEG Journeying Brainwaves<br>14:07 Defining Telepathy Broadly<br>18:56 Human And Nonhuman Contact<br>20:24 Calling The Uncle Guide<br>21:40 Spirit Cleanup Crew Stories<br>22:44 Telepathy Categories<br>23:25 Mind Reading Overload<br>25:08 Noisy Modern Minds<br>26:19 Plant Communication<br>27:09 Brainwaves And Focus<br>28:48 Interdimensional Helpers<br>31:19 Validating Psychic Info<br>33:33 Reality Iceberg<br>36:58 Trauma And Hypervigilance<br>38:14 Hollywood Sensitives<br>41:31 Autism And Telepathy<br>44:38 Closing Thoughts<br>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:explicit>Yes</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>When Your Old Life Falls Apart: Death, Rebirth &amp; Transformation</title>
      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>6</podcast:episode>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore the shamanic concept of dismemberment and remembering—death-and-rebirth processes in which old identities dissolve so something new can emerge.</p><p>Through personal stories and reflections, they discuss experiences of loss, upheaval, symbolic death, identity shifts, and the unexpected ways transformation can unfold.</p><p>The conversation touches on shamanic journey experiences, resilience, difficult transitions, letting go of limiting narratives, and the role discomfort can play in personal growth.</p><p>They also explore how periods of breakdown—whether personal or collective—may invite deeper questions about who we are and what remains when familiar identities fall away.</p><p>As always, the conversation remains open-ended, experiential, and grounded in lived experience.</p><p>00:43 Why Dismemberment Matters</p><p>01:57 Sarah’s First Breakdown Rebirth</p><p>04:56 Defining Dismemberment Rebuilding Self</p><p>05:57 Classic Shamanic Journey Dismemberment</p><p>08:02 Wendy’s Visions and Choking Dreams</p><p>11:48 Vintage Mustang Story</p><p>16:27 Stolen Car and Life Unraveling</p><p>21:42 Santa Barbara Struggle and Turning Point</p><p>25:49 Relationships as Ego Death Catalyst</p><p>28:20 Shamanism And Divorce</p><p>28:55 Trusting The Restlessness</p><p>31:41 Inviting Dismemberment Journeys</p><p>33:13 Hollow Bone Practitioner Ethics</p><p>35:31 Couples Work And Clearing</p><p>39:04 Death Rebirth And Shedding Skin</p><p>41:05 Training Discomfort With A Dog</p><p>45:17 Global Dismemberment And Resilience</p><p>48:17 Finding Space Between Thoughts<br></p><p>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 08:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore the shamanic concept of dismemberment and remembering—death-and-rebirth processes in which old identities dissolve so something new can emerge.</p><p>Through personal stories and reflections, they discuss experiences of loss, upheaval, symbolic death, identity shifts, and the unexpected ways transformation can unfold.</p><p>The conversation touches on shamanic journey experiences, resilience, difficult transitions, letting go of limiting narratives, and the role discomfort can play in personal growth.</p><p>They also explore how periods of breakdown—whether personal or collective—may invite deeper questions about who we are and what remains when familiar identities fall away.</p><p>As always, the conversation remains open-ended, experiential, and grounded in lived experience.</p><p>00:43 Why Dismemberment Matters</p><p>01:57 Sarah’s First Breakdown Rebirth</p><p>04:56 Defining Dismemberment Rebuilding Self</p><p>05:57 Classic Shamanic Journey Dismemberment</p><p>08:02 Wendy’s Visions and Choking Dreams</p><p>11:48 Vintage Mustang Story</p><p>16:27 Stolen Car and Life Unraveling</p><p>21:42 Santa Barbara Struggle and Turning Point</p><p>25:49 Relationships as Ego Death Catalyst</p><p>28:20 Shamanism And Divorce</p><p>28:55 Trusting The Restlessness</p><p>31:41 Inviting Dismemberment Journeys</p><p>33:13 Hollow Bone Practitioner Ethics</p><p>35:31 Couples Work And Clearing</p><p>39:04 Death Rebirth And Shedding Skin</p><p>41:05 Training Discomfort With A Dog</p><p>45:17 Global Dismemberment And Resilience</p><p>48:17 Finding Space Between Thoughts<br></p><p>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>Yes</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Why The World Feels So Chaotic Right Now</title>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>5</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:title>Why The World Feels So Chaotic Right Now</itunes:title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore the growing sense that the world feels increasingly chaotic, polarized, and difficult to interpret.</p><p>Through personal stories, reflections on cultural change, and shamanic perspectives, they discuss themes of deception, uncertainty, intuition, and the challenge of discerning truth in an age of information overload.</p><p>Wendy shares transformative journey experiences that shaped her view that humanity may be moving through a period of breakdown and revelation, while both reflect on the importance of grounding through nature, community, personal integrity, and direct experience.</p><p>The conversation also touches on telepathy, collective consciousness, symbolic perception, and Wendy’s novel<a href="https://www.threeworlds.media/books"> Raven’s Daughter: The Story Keeper</a>, which explores themes of deception and technological influence through speculative fiction.</p><p>As always, the discussion remains exploratory, reflective, and rooted in curiosity rather than certainty.<br>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Learn more about </strong><a href="https://www.threeworlds.media/books"><strong>Wendy's book Raven's Daughter</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore the growing sense that the world feels increasingly chaotic, polarized, and difficult to interpret.</p><p>Through personal stories, reflections on cultural change, and shamanic perspectives, they discuss themes of deception, uncertainty, intuition, and the challenge of discerning truth in an age of information overload.</p><p>Wendy shares transformative journey experiences that shaped her view that humanity may be moving through a period of breakdown and revelation, while both reflect on the importance of grounding through nature, community, personal integrity, and direct experience.</p><p>The conversation also touches on telepathy, collective consciousness, symbolic perception, and Wendy’s novel<a href="https://www.threeworlds.media/books"> Raven’s Daughter: The Story Keeper</a>, which explores themes of deception and technological influence through speculative fiction.</p><p>As always, the discussion remains exploratory, reflective, and rooted in curiosity rather than certainty.<br>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Learn more about </strong><a href="https://www.threeworlds.media/books"><strong>Wendy's book Raven's Daughter</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore the growing sense that the world feels increasingly chaotic, polarized, and difficult to interpret.</p><p>Through personal stories, reflections on cultural change, and shamanic perspectives, they discuss themes of deception, uncertainty, intuition, and the challenge of discerning truth in an age of information overload.</p><p>Wendy shares transformative journey experiences that shaped her view that humanity may be moving through a period of breakdown and revelation, while both reflect on the importance of grounding through nature, community, personal integrity, and direct experience.</p><p>The conversation also touches on telepathy, collective consciousness, symbolic perception, and Wendy’s novel<a href="https://www.threeworlds.media/books"> Raven’s Daughter: The Story Keeper</a>, which explores themes of deception and technological influence through speculative fiction.</p><p>As always, the discussion remains exploratory, reflective, and rooted in curiosity rather than certainty.<br>______________________</p><ul><li><strong>Learn more about </strong><a href="https://www.threeworlds.media/books"><strong>Wendy's book Raven's Daughter</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a></li><li><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a></li></ul><p><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <itunes:keywords>consciousness, reality, shamanism, intuition, altered states, healing, dreaming</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>Yes</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>How People Access Altered States of Consciousness</title>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>4</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:title>How People Access Altered States of Consciousness</itunes:title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore how people access non-ordinary states of consciousness through practices found across cultures and spiritual traditions.</p><p>They discuss shamanic journeying through drumming and rattling, altered states induced through breathwork, fasting, ecstatic dance, and plant medicines, and the connection between dreaming, symbolic perception, and expanded awareness.</p><p>Drawing from personal experience, they compare shamanic journeying with psychedelic experiences and reflect on the importance of integration, inner preparation, and learning to perceive rather than force experience through the analytical mind.</p><p>The conversation also touches on differing cosmologies of middle, lower, and upper worlds, archetypal imagery, the unconscious, and the evolving nature of spiritual practice.</p><p>As always, the discussion is exploratory, experiential, and rooted in curiosity rather than certainty.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore how people access non-ordinary states of consciousness through practices found across cultures and spiritual traditions.</p><p>They discuss shamanic journeying through drumming and rattling, altered states induced through breathwork, fasting, ecstatic dance, and plant medicines, and the connection between dreaming, symbolic perception, and expanded awareness.</p><p>Drawing from personal experience, they compare shamanic journeying with psychedelic experiences and reflect on the importance of integration, inner preparation, and learning to perceive rather than force experience through the analytical mind.</p><p>The conversation also touches on differing cosmologies of middle, lower, and upper worlds, archetypal imagery, the unconscious, and the evolving nature of spiritual practice.</p><p>As always, the discussion is exploratory, experiential, and rooted in curiosity rather than certainty.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 05:22:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore how people access non-ordinary states of consciousness through practices found across cultures and spiritual traditions.</p><p>They discuss shamanic journeying through drumming and rattling, altered states induced through breathwork, fasting, ecstatic dance, and plant medicines, and the connection between dreaming, symbolic perception, and expanded awareness.</p><p>Drawing from personal experience, they compare shamanic journeying with psychedelic experiences and reflect on the importance of integration, inner preparation, and learning to perceive rather than force experience through the analytical mind.</p><p>The conversation also touches on differing cosmologies of middle, lower, and upper worlds, archetypal imagery, the unconscious, and the evolving nature of spiritual practice.</p><p>As always, the discussion is exploratory, experiential, and rooted in curiosity rather than certainty.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>Yes</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>What Is Intuition, Really? (And Can You Trust It?)</title>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore the nature of intuition and the challenge of learning to trust it.</p><p>They discuss how to distinguish intuitive guidance from fear, ego, subconscious patterns, and wishful thinking, and reflect on how easily these can be confused. Drawing from their experience in shamanic practice, they describe intuition as a form of direct knowing—often arriving fully formed rather than through deliberate thought.</p><p>The conversation also explores possible sources of intuition, including higher aspects of self, collective consciousness, and symbolic forms encountered in shamanic journeying. They consider whether helping spirits and guides are separate entities or expressions of a larger unified awareness.</p><p>Along the way, they share personal insights into quieting mental noise, working with nonverbal perception, and recognizing the difference between intuitive clarity and emotional reaction.</p><p>As always, the conversation is exploratory and grounded in lived experience, offering a thoughtful perspective on the nature of inner knowing.</p><p>00:37 Why Intuition Feels Scary</p><p>02:33 Defining Intuition</p><p>03:57 Higher Self Downloads</p><p>06:03 Telepathy And Symbols</p><p>07:04 What Are Spirits</p><p>09:11 Oneness Versus Separation</p><p>13:19 Why Incarnate Here</p><p>15:51 Fear Wishful Thinking Synchronicity</p><p>18:18 Pondering Intuition</p><p>19:07 Ego Versus Guidance</p><p>19:51 Modular Home Metaphor</p><p>21:23 Noise And Discernment</p><p>23:28 Ancestors And Telepathy</p><p>25:24 Plant Communication State</p><p>26:32 Meditation Resistance</p><p><br></p><p>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em><strong> </strong></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy explore the nature of intuition and the challenge of learning to trust it.</p><p>They discuss how to distinguish intuitive guidance from fear, ego, subconscious patterns, and wishful thinking, and reflect on how easily these can be confused. Drawing from their experience in shamanic practice, they describe intuition as a form of direct knowing—often arriving fully formed rather than through deliberate thought.</p><p>The conversation also explores possible sources of intuition, including higher aspects of self, collective consciousness, and symbolic forms encountered in shamanic journeying. They consider whether helping spirits and guides are separate entities or expressions of a larger unified awareness.</p><p>Along the way, they share personal insights into quieting mental noise, working with nonverbal perception, and recognizing the difference between intuitive clarity and emotional reaction.</p><p>As always, the conversation is exploratory and grounded in lived experience, offering a thoughtful perspective on the nature of inner knowing.</p><p>00:37 Why Intuition Feels Scary</p><p>02:33 Defining Intuition</p><p>03:57 Higher Self Downloads</p><p>06:03 Telepathy And Symbols</p><p>07:04 What Are Spirits</p><p>09:11 Oneness Versus Separation</p><p>13:19 Why Incarnate Here</p><p>15:51 Fear Wishful Thinking Synchronicity</p><p>18:18 Pondering Intuition</p><p>19:07 Ego Versus Guidance</p><p>19:51 Modular Home Metaphor</p><p>21:23 Noise And Discernment</p><p>23:28 Ancestors And Telepathy</p><p>25:24 Plant Communication State</p><p>26:32 Meditation Resistance</p><p><br></p><p>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em><strong> </strong></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 08:02:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:explicit>Yes</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>What Is Shamanism? Healing, Consciousness &amp; Why We Feel Stuck</title>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <em>Realms of Curiosity</em>, Sarah and Wendy explore how they understand and describe shamanism based on decades of personal experience and practice.</p><p>They discuss the distinction between ordinary and non-ordinary reality, and how cultures around the world have developed different frameworks for engaging with spiritual experience. Drawing from their training in core shamanism, they reflect on the role of altered states of consciousness in accessing insight, healing, and guidance.</p><p>The conversation also touches on working with helping spirits, the practitioner’s role in facilitating healing, and techniques such as extraction and power augmentation.</p><p>From there, they shift into a discussion of “stuckness”—how people can become caught in unconscious patterns and narratives—and how shamanic work, symbolic experience, and connection with nature can offer pathways toward change that extend beyond traditional approaches.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <em>Realms of Curiosity</em>, Sarah and Wendy explore how they understand and describe shamanism based on decades of personal experience and practice.</p><p>They discuss the distinction between ordinary and non-ordinary reality, and how cultures around the world have developed different frameworks for engaging with spiritual experience. Drawing from their training in core shamanism, they reflect on the role of altered states of consciousness in accessing insight, healing, and guidance.</p><p>The conversation also touches on working with helping spirits, the practitioner’s role in facilitating healing, and techniques such as extraction and power augmentation.</p><p>From there, they shift into a discussion of “stuckness”—how people can become caught in unconscious patterns and narratives—and how shamanic work, symbolic experience, and connection with nature can offer pathways toward change that extend beyond traditional approaches.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode of <em>Realms of Curiosity</em>, Sarah and Wendy explore how they understand and describe shamanism based on decades of personal experience and practice.</p><p>They discuss the distinction between ordinary and non-ordinary reality, and how cultures around the world have developed different frameworks for engaging with spiritual experience. Drawing from their training in core shamanism, they reflect on the role of altered states of consciousness in accessing insight, healing, and guidance.</p><p>The conversation also touches on working with helping spirits, the practitioner’s role in facilitating healing, and techniques such as extraction and power augmentation.</p><p>From there, they shift into a discussion of “stuckness”—how people can become caught in unconscious patterns and narratives—and how shamanic work, symbolic experience, and connection with nature can offer pathways toward change that extend beyond traditional approaches.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <itunes:explicit>Yes</itunes:explicit>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this first episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy open the door to the conversations they’ve been having for years—exploring the edges of reality, consciousness, and spiritual experience.</p><p>With backgrounds in psychology, art, and decades of shamanic practice, they share the personal stories that shaped their paths—from early skepticism to profound, sometimes unexplainable encounters that challenged everything they thought they knew.</p><p>Wendy recounts a striking waking vision that raised questions about time, identity, and the nature of consciousness, while Sarah shares the experiences that led her to shamanism, including moments that hinted at unseen realms and deeper intuitive knowing.</p><p>Along the way, they explore what shamanism is (and isn’t), why they use the term “shamanic practitioner,” and how direct experience—not belief—has guided their understanding.</p><p>This isn’t about having answers. It’s about following curiosity into the unknown—and inviting you to do the same.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this first episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy open the door to the conversations they’ve been having for years—exploring the edges of reality, consciousness, and spiritual experience.</p><p>With backgrounds in psychology, art, and decades of shamanic practice, they share the personal stories that shaped their paths—from early skepticism to profound, sometimes unexplainable encounters that challenged everything they thought they knew.</p><p>Wendy recounts a striking waking vision that raised questions about time, identity, and the nature of consciousness, while Sarah shares the experiences that led her to shamanism, including moments that hinted at unseen realms and deeper intuitive knowing.</p><p>Along the way, they explore what shamanism is (and isn’t), why they use the term “shamanic practitioner,” and how direct experience—not belief—has guided their understanding.</p><p>This isn’t about having answers. It’s about following curiosity into the unknown—and inviting you to do the same.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this first episode of <strong>Realms of Curiosity</strong>, Sarah and Wendy open the door to the conversations they’ve been having for years—exploring the edges of reality, consciousness, and spiritual experience.</p><p>With backgrounds in psychology, art, and decades of shamanic practice, they share the personal stories that shaped their paths—from early skepticism to profound, sometimes unexplainable encounters that challenged everything they thought they knew.</p><p>Wendy recounts a striking waking vision that raised questions about time, identity, and the nature of consciousness, while Sarah shares the experiences that led her to shamanism, including moments that hinted at unseen realms and deeper intuitive knowing.</p><p>Along the way, they explore what shamanism is (and isn’t), why they use the term “shamanic practitioner,” and how direct experience—not belief—has guided their understanding.</p><p>This isn’t about having answers. It’s about following curiosity into the unknown—and inviting you to do the same.<br>______________________</p><p><strong>Visit</strong> <a href="https://sarahfinlay.com/"><strong>Sarah's website</strong></a><br><strong>Visit </strong><a href="https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/"><strong>Wendy's website</strong></a><strong><br></strong><br><em>Realms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer</em></p>]]>
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      <itunes:keywords>consciousness, shamanims, shamanic training, visionary experiences, waking dreams, death visions, spiritualism, ancestry</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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