Life Illuminated
95 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhat's stopping you from living the life you envision? Old stories? Engrained and conditioned limiting beliefs? Tune in to the Life Illuminated podcast for inspiring stories shared by people just like you who have taken the leap to recreate and reinvent their lives and confront the roadblocks and obstacles standing in their way. Weekly episodes will inspire you to live a life illuminated by awakening to your innate gifts and talents. In her unique way, Spiritual Mentor, Life Coach and Meditation Teacher Maggie will inspire you with engaging and thought-provoking interviews as well as dharma talks of Buddhist and other spiritual teachings certain to challenge you to reconnect to your innermost self. www.satsanghouse.com or www.maggiekelly.com
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Business, Balance & Bliss - Transform Your Life AND Your Career!
September 05, 2023 21:06 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBJoin Maggie Kelly on this week's episode of Life Illuminated as she speaks with CPA, Yogi, Technologist, and TedX Keynote Speaker, Amy Vetter! Amy draws from her unique work-life lessons -- backed by scientific research and thousands of hours helping business leaders be successful -- to give life-changing insights and actionable tools to live a more fulfilled, connected, and successful life at work and home.
Finding Your Soul Assignment
August 12, 2023 18:37 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBOn this episode of Life Illuminated, Maggie Kelly joins Best Selling Author, Transformational Speaker, and Founder of Astral Therapy, Mariko Frederick. Together they discuss the idea that each person has a unique soul assignment and they dive into discussion about finding purpose and clarity in order to monetize your gifts and live unapologetically! Settle into your abundance with Mariko and Maggie!
Fertility & Rebalancing Our Nervous Systems
July 02, 2023 05:35 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MBJoin Maggie Kelly on Life Illuminated as she dialogues with Fertility Coach, Margot Thornton. Margo works with women virtually from anywhere in the world to teach them how to balance their nervous system so the right messages are sent to the body to reproduce, how to improve egg health, and repair their cycle so they can boost their fertility and conceive the baby of their dreams. Enjoy this enlightening conversation!
Unlock Your Vitality
June 29, 2023 04:20 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBJoin Maggie Kelly and Nutritional Therapist Alison Bladh as they dive into a discussion on hormone balance, gut health, diet and lifestyle changes as a way to support your overall wellbeing. Alison offers insightful and practical ideas to help women get back on track and take control of their health. Please subscribe, rate, share and review! You can find Maggie at www.maggiekelly.com or www.satsanghouse.net.
Life Between Lives
June 22, 2023 03:33 - 38 minutes - 53 MBJoin Maggie Kelly on Life Illuminated as she talks with Hypnotherapist, Stress Management Consultant, Orgonite, & Tarot Reader, Monique Pliakos. Together Maggie & Monique dive into the ins and outs of Hypnotherapy - What to expect from a session? How can it help in healing? Monique shares her personal experience with hypnotherapy and how it opened the door to past life regression and life between lives. Enjoy this fascinating conversation!
Living Your Life on Purpose
June 19, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBIn a switch up of how we normally do things at Life Illuminated, this episode is actually an interview OF Maggie Kelly by Lance Essihos, the host of the University of Adversity podcast. In it, Maggie discusses her spiritual path, meditation, mindfulness and how her practice has led her to living a life of purpose, meaning and joy. Join us as we are honored to share in this very special episode with Maggie herself. Please subscribe, rate, share and review! You can find Maggie at www....
Dance of the Spirit
June 09, 2023 04:44 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBJoin Spiritual Teacher and life coach Maggie Kelly as she interviews William Patrick. From an early age, William was visited by spirits but kept it to himself. As he grew older, he explored and deepened his knowledge of the spirit world. Today, William practices Past Life Regression, Kundalini Yoga, performs Akashic Record Reviews and Tarot Card readings and practices mediumship. Join us for this fascinating conversation! You can find Maggie at www.maggiekelly.com
Challenge the Narrative
December 23, 2022 21:16 - 6 minutes - 8.37 MBWhat if instead of listening to your internal narrative about an experience you've had you instead challenge it? Explore a simple practice led by Spiritual Life Coach Maggie Kelly that will leave you with simple tools to first begin to notice that internal narrative but also take note of the dialog that you add to it.
Messages in the Mess
June 20, 2022 04:28 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBFunction and feeling go hand in hand. Do you ever notice when your bedroom or kitchen are out of order that you yourself feel a little "off." Join Maggie as she chats with interior designer and coach Kerry Leskowitz. Kerry will guide us in how to curate an environment in which we can flourish physically, spiritually and emotionally. [email protected]
What's Breath got to do with It?
May 02, 2022 02:49 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBJoin us as we chat with Miriam Taham, an expert in Pranayama breath work and meditation. Breath practice came to her at a very pivotal moment in her life and helped her navigate some rough waters. It also led her to herself, the real best self that continues to evolve today. In this episode of the Life Illuminated podcast, explore the ways in which we can update our inherited patterns of behavior on the wings of a breath practice. Practice with the least effort and the greatest benefit. ...
It's All in Your Mindset
April 18, 2022 14:51 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MBSidelined from his first love of baseball due to injury, Mindset Coach and Fitness Trainer Damon Moshetto had to reevaluate his life. He uncovered the driving force behind his success and our in his study and practice of changing his mindset. Join us for this provocative and insightful conversation about how if we can change our mindset, we can discover the driving force to our own lives. www.maggiekelly.com
The Power of Hypnosis
March 24, 2022 01:53 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBKnown as a Law of Attraction Expert, Victoria Gallagher has dedicated her life to empowering people all over the world to successfully live life aligned with their dreams through her huge library of self-hypnosis recordings, online coaching courses, and live seminars and workshops. Join Maggie Kelly as she chats with Victoria to learn more about the power of Hypnosis. www.maggiekelly.com
Beyond the Rat Race
March 17, 2022 15:54 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBSpiritual Counselor Maggie Kelly connects with Carrie Hummingbird, soul guide and healer. Carrie mentors women to rewrite the story of their lives wide awake with authenticity, passion and purpose. She has a particular commitment to help us reconnect with Mother Earth through the practice of Shamanism. Join us for this inspiring and uplifting episode. www.maggiekelly.com
The Healing Power of Qigong
March 16, 2022 17:30 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBJoin Spiritual Life and Business coach Maggie Kelly for an intriguing conversation about Chinese medicine, Shiatsu and Qigong. Jessica Van Antwerp explains the healing power of Qigong and how its effects teach us how to reconnect with nature to rebalance our bodies, minds and spirits. Connect with Maggie at www.maggiekelly.com
Cultivating Compassion
December 12, 2021 17:47 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBWait a minute! I thought I was compassionate? Of course, we all have the seed of compassion stored in our consciousness. But we can strengthen and expand our compassion with practice. Find out how as Spiritual Life Coach Maggie Kelly guides you though first finding self-compassion so you can impart compassion on others. www.maggiekelly.com
What Does It Mean to Wake Up?
August 24, 2021 19:18 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MBEver wondered just what it means or what it looks like to "wake up"? Some of us believe it's this bolt out of the sky type event that we experience and then our lives are never the same. Instead, it's more like little droplets of awakening throughout your life. Using all of life's "obstacles" and circumstances as our teachers, that is the only way to live your life conscious, awake, aware, enlightened. www.maggiekelly.com
What is Self-Compassion
July 14, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBSelf-compassion isn't indulging in our laziness or choosing to stay home from work because we don't feel like going. Join contemplative psychotherapist Maggie Kelly as she takes you on a deep dive into what Self-Compassion is and is not. www.maggiekelly.com
Stepping Onto the Spiritual Path
April 05, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBEver wondered how to begin your spiritual journey? What does that look like? Is it hard? Where do I begin? Let spiritual friend, mentor and coach chat with you about what it looks like to step onto the spiritual path. Settle in. www.maggiekelly.com
Don't Short Circuit the Lessons
February 18, 2021 17:00 - 12 minutes - 16.5 MBJoin Spiritual Teacher and Meditaton Instructor Maggie Kelly as she chats about how the emotional pain and disruption is part of the process toward awakening. In this episode, Maggie reminds us not to skirt around the uncomfortable emotions that surface but rather to face them head on as we travel the path of awareness and purpose. Subscribe, rate, review. Find Maggie Kelly at www.Satsanghouse.net
Maximize, Minimize, Prioritize
February 11, 2021 20:00 - 41 minutes - 75.9 MBMaggie Kelly interviews Shea Leonard a Physicians Assistant, Functional Medicine practitioner, gut, hormone and mental health coach. The discovery at sixteen of her own hormonal and physical health challenges led Shea to become an investigator of her own health and well-being giving her the insight into the interplay between body, mind and spirit and their affect on overall health. Shea shares her advice on what we should maximize, minimize and prioritize our health. visit Maggie Kel...
Mindfulness is an Act of Love
February 04, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 36.9 MBMindfulness and Meditation Instructor, Spiritual Life Coach Maggie Kelly shares how without mindfulness, we slowly die. How can that be? Sounds pretty dramatic, doesn't it? Listen as she explains how mindfulness is the water for a dying plant - literally and figuratively. Download and subscribe. Visit Maggie at www.satsanghouse.net
Gradual Awakening
January 28, 2021 20:00 - 18 minutes - 33.9 MBMaggie explores this idea of "spiritual materialism" where we mistakenly believe that Enlightenment is something we can obtain if we work hard enough, attend enough retreats, read enough spiritual texts or meditate for long enough. But Awakening isn't a one shot deal; it's more of a slow and steady path. It's as if while on the path you receive a few sprinkles of awakening here and there as you go. Then perhaps you fall back into your habitual ways of being or patterns of behavior until y...
Noticing and Allowing
January 14, 2021 21:09 - 15 minutes - 28.3 MBJoin Certified Meditation Instructor and Life Coach Maggie Kelly as she walks you through how we allow our thoughts to drive the show. We believe everything we think without little question as to whether or not it is real or even true. You'll be left with tips on what to do with your endless internal dialog. Rate, review and subscribe. Visit www.satsanghouse.net for more details and information.
Synchronize Your Heart
October 08, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBProfessor/Author/Speaker Dr. Betty Kovacs shares Western culture's lost spiritual history of altered states of consciousness and what that means for us today. In this insightful and thought-provoking chat with spiritual teacher and mentor Maggie Kelly, Dr. Kovacs explores what it means to synchronize your heart with the core of creation. Contact Dr. Betty Kovacs at www.kamlak.com. Subscribe, rate and review. You can connect with Maggie Kelly at www.maggiekelly.com
Deep Listening and Compassionate Speech
September 24, 2020 01:28 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBJoin Spiritual Teacher and Life Coach Maggie Kelly as she offers her commentary on one of the oldest Buddhist teachings; the Fourth Mindfulness Training. Start to grapple with this idea of deep listening and compassionate speech as your path to liberation. Please feel free to connect with Maggie at [email protected]. Download, subscribe and rate this podcast and join us each week for a new episode.
Curb Your Emotional Eating
August 28, 2020 21:12 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBJoin Renee Jones, as she discusses the decades spent on yo-yo diets trying to find ways to curb her emotional eating. Renee's mission is to help others who struggle with their weight, who look to food for stress relief and to soothe themselves. Her motto is" When we face our stuff, we no longer need to stuff our faces". Subscribe to the Life Illuminated podcast. Visit Maggie Kelly at www.satsanghouse.net
Brushing off the Residual
August 20, 2020 19:00 - 18 minutes - 25 MBJoin Life, Business and Spiritual Coach, Meditation teacher and spiritual mentor Maggie Kelly as she gives us a little Dharma Talk on how to recognize the old habitual patterns of behavior and limiting beliefs that might be the residual we need to "brush off" in an effort to reconnect with our inner spark. Join us and walk away with a few new practices to catch yourself before going down the rabbit hole! Rate, review subscribe to Life Illuminated. Feel free to visit www.maggiekelly.com ...
Transcending Thought
August 13, 2020 19:02 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBThis episode is a little different in that it is a rebroadcast of an interview conducted by Alexandra Babayan, LAc and Maggie Kelly for Alexandra's "Transformational Healing Summit." Alexandra is a licensed acupuncturist, medical herbalist, qigong instructor, and lifestyle coach. She loves treating all patients with a focus on digestive disorders, mental-emotional health, and women's health. Her website www.beewellpdx.com. You can find Maggie Kelly at www.maggiekelly.com
Returning to YourSelf
July 30, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBSettle in to this in-depth conversation with Maggie Kelly. In a little role-reversal, Hypnotherapist and host of the "Power of Your Mind" podcast Victoria Gallagher interviews Life, Business, Meditation and Spiritual Coach Maggie Kelly. Join us as Maggie guides us toward the practice of meditation and "returning to your Self". Visit Maggie at www.maggiekelly.com and sign up for a complimentary coaching session via Zoom or phone.
Identifying Our Blindspots
July 20, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBCorporate life coach Kim Ades shares her "Frame of Mind Coaching" methodology for helping clients identify their blindspots, change their mindset and yield extraordinary results. Kim helps her clients connect to their own emotional resilience to help them navigate these difficult times. Join host Maggie Kelly for a thought-provoking chat with Kim Ades. Rate, Review, Subscribe. You can find Maggie at www.maggiekelly.com.
Mindfully Corporate
July 02, 2020 19:00 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBFormer monk, Pandit Dasa is a Mindful Leadership Expert, author and motivational keynote speaker. His inspirational speeches aim to create a more mindful workplace culture which increases productivity and improves retention. He emphasizes the importance of leading without ego and highlights the importance of cultivating self-awareness and personal growth and development. His story is chronicled in his book, Urban Monk. Subscribe to the Life Illuminated podcast for new weekly episodes. Cont...
The Leftover Essence
June 25, 2020 19:00 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBGeorge Tsiattalos, author of One with Life: Insights into Spiritual Enlightenment joins Spiritual Life Coach, Meditation Instructor and mentor Maggie Kelly for an insightful dialog about what it means to awaken. Reach George at: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorGeorgeTsiattalos/ Contact Maggie Kelly at www.maggiekelly.com Please rate, review and subscribe to the Life Illuminated podcast.
Come to Your Senses
May 22, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 63 MBJoin Maggie Kelly as she hosts Christiane Michelberger, former physician and psychoanalyst as they discuss the path the awakening. Christiane is a mentor, or as she puts it, Travel Guide, to those dedicated to awakening using the Buddhist Ten Fetters assumptions as her guide. Christiane won't teach you anything or give you anything. Instead, she prefers to keep you in an inquiry into your own spiritual awakening and path. Find Christiane at www.findingawakening.com. Maggie Kelly can ...
Freaking Out is GOOD News
April 09, 2020 19:00 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MBAlong the spiritual path you may encounter times when you aren't feeling like you're on solid ground. You might feel like the ground beneath your feet has given way. Join Spiritual Mentor and Contemplative Life Coach Maggie Kelly as she provides you with reassurance that Freaking Out is GOOD News on your spiritual journey. Subscribe, download and rate. Visit Maggie at www.maggiekelly.com or www.satsanghouse.net
Challenging Your Negativity Bias
April 02, 2020 19:00 - 10 minutes - 15.1 MBDid you know our brains take in more than three times the amount of negative input than positive? This bias then becomes part of our internal narrative so much so that we have difficulty accepting the positive in either our interactions, relationships or conversations. Tune in to gather some insight into how you can practice challenging your negativity bias. Subscribe, rate and review the Life Illuminated Podcast. www.maggiekelly.com
One Calm Person on the Boat
March 18, 2020 21:55 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MBJoin Contemplative Psychotherapist, Meditation and Spiritual Mentor and founder of Satsang House Meditation and Spiritual Center Maggie Kelly as she imparts beautiful guidance on how to survive the disruption and upheaval of the Coronavirus. How can we stay centered with a healthy dose of concern versus panic over our current state? NOTE: All in-person classes, coaching sessions and meditation sessions are now held online via Zoom. Please visit www.satsanghouse.com for details and informa...
Show Up to Your Life
March 12, 2020 19:00 - 12 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this episode, Spiritual and Meditation Teacher and Life Coach Maggie Kelly asks a fundamental question: Why do we check out of our lives? What are your ways of checking out? Talking? Eating, scrolling, gambling, binge-watching TV? Every experience we ever have in our lives only happens once. If we aren’t there to experience it, it’s as if it never happened. Tune in for Maggie’s insight and a practice you might incorporate into your daily life to help you show up to and check in to yo...
Reversing Disease
March 05, 2020 20:00 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBPain is the final pathway, the body screaming that something has gone terribly wrong. Dr. Gurpreet Padda and his team treat at the intersection of the pain epidemic, opioid epidemic, and the diabetes epidemic. Tune in for an informative conversation between Maggie Kelly and Dr. Gurpreet Padda as he discusses these interrelated pathologies and the clinical manifestations of systemic meta inflammation. Subscribe, rate and review. Connect with Maggie at www.maggiekelly.com
Into the Silence
February 27, 2020 17:00 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBUnder undue stress? Want to get off the proverbial treadmill of your chaotic life but can't find time for a vacation? Take a trip into the silence every day from the comfort of your own home! Join Spiritual and Meditation Teacher and Life Coach Maggie Kelly in a discussion of how incorporating this ancient practice into your daily life will settle your physiology and quiet your stress response allowing you to slip into the silence. Download, rate and review! Contact Maggie at www.sats...
Quiet Your Internal Dialog
February 20, 2020 17:00 - 9 minutes - 12.7 MBWouldn't it be nice to touch that space in between all o your noisy thoughts? Join Spiritual and Meditation Teacher and Life Coach Maggie Kelly as she discusses how meditation can help you quiet your internal dialog. Why meditate? Please download, subscribe and rate our broadcast. Visit www.satsanghouse.com or find Maggie at www.maggiekelly.com.
What is Loving-Kindness
February 14, 2020 23:49 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MBJoin Spiritual and Meditation Teacher and life coach Maggie Kelly as she gives you a sense of what the expression "Loving-kindness" actually means. In the ancient language of Sanskrit, loving-kindness is called "Metta." Literally, is means that we will accept ourselves warts and all with self-compassion and understanding. Listen in for a more meaty understanding. Subscribe, rate and download this episode and stay tuned for a new teaching or interview conducted by Maggie every week. www...
Disrupting the Class
February 10, 2020 17:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MBJoin Spiritual Mentor and Life Coach Maggie Kelly as she engages on an inspiring interview with Jeff Gargas. Jeff Gargas is the COO and co-founder of the Teach Better Team (Creators of www.teachbetter.com, The Grid Method, and Teach Further) and co-author of the book, “Teach Better.” He works with educators to increase student engagement and improve student success. He also offers 1-on-1 coaching for teachers who have a product or idea they want to share with others to better education. ...
Rehumanizing
February 06, 2020 17:00 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBStéphane Grenier shares his vision to ensuring that there no longer be barriers to mental health in this beautiful interview with Spiritual Teacher Maggie Kelly. In his autobiography, After the War: Surviving PTSD and Changing Mental Health Culture, Stéphane tells his story from the day he landed in the midst of the Rwandan genocide, through his journey of changing mental health culture in the Canadian military, developing national Guidelines for Peer Support with the Mental Health Commis...
Peaceful Mosh Pit
December 19, 2019 17:00 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBJoin Spiritual Teacher Maggie Kelly as she chats with Tom Corner for a conversation about how anger and rage woke him up to himself. Tom discusses ways in which we can tame the "mosh pit " of our minds, break away the layers of uncovered unconscious beliefs and hold the focus of our awakening. Please rate, review and subscribe to the Life Illuminated podcast. Contact Maggie Kelly through [email protected] Or connect via www.satsanghouse.net
Tentacles to Consciousness
December 05, 2019 17:00 - 36 minutes - 50 MBJoin Maggie Kelly as she chats with Gin Carter, yoga and meditation teacher. Gin is also the co-founder of the Humanization Project, an organization devoted to humanizing our nation's prison population and creating compassion and understanding. Please subscribe and rate this podcast and feel free to connect with Maggie Kelly, Spiritual Life Coach and Meditation teacher at www.satsanghouse.net
Thriving in Spite of the Diagnosis
November 20, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBMisdiagnosed with and treated for Leukemia, Lyn Delmastro Thomson used her unbelievable experience to set out on a path as a Certified Body Talk Practitioner. Join Maggie Kelly, Life Illuminated host, in a conversation about fortitude, strength and the perseverance it takes when your life is turned upside down. www.Satsanghouse.net You can find Lyn at heartfirehealingllc.com
Cosmic Kick in the Ass
October 10, 2019 16:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBSpiritual Life Coach, Mentor and Meditation teacher Maggie Kelly chats with former High School teacher and Life Coach Sheila Sutherland. Sheila Sutherland shares her story of having the rug pulled out from under her as the entire contents of her life went up in flames. As she calls it, this "cosmic kick in the ass" came with huge life lessons and changed the entire trajectory of her life. Once she felt like she was back on her feet, she was diagnosed with a chronic inflammatory of the ...
Your Mind is Not Your Friend
September 19, 2019 04:00 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBJoin Spiritual and Meditation Teacher Maggie Kelly for a chat with author and coach Matthew Ferry. The two discuss the concept of "enlightened prosperity" as well as some of what might be keeping us from living both and enlightened life as well as a prosperous life. Mathew is a business coach and author. He has inspired thousands to create the life they envision for themselves by helping them understand that "your mind is not your friend." Please download, subscribe, rate and review the...
The Divine Mirror
September 05, 2019 04:00 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBBoard-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist Dr. Carolle Jen-Murat join Spiritual Teacher Maggie Kelly in an intriguing chat about what it looks like to be a medical intuitive and spiritual healer. Raised in Haiti and from a family full of healers, Dr. Carolle discovered her gifts of being able to intuitively know what was causing your physical illness. Particularly, Dr. Carrolle is able to connect with adverse childhood experiences, emotional, verbal, physical or sexual trauma and assis...
Are You Seeking or Striving?
August 29, 2019 04:00 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBJoin Meditation Instructor and Spiritual Teacher Maggie Kelly as she gives us a little insight into the distinction between being a spiritual seeker and actually staying stuck in survival mode striving to get out. Spiritual Awakening means you have to give up something of yourself, it's not about working toward or striving toward attaining anything. The peace and freedom you seek will fall out of you giving up the limiting beliefs, automatic behaviors and perceptions. Download, Subscri...