Best KJ Thomas Podcasts (2024)

Stay tuned for WEIRDOPE BOARDGAME VOL 1 🌎 it’ll be out very soon! Without GOD, I am absolutely nothing.. please keep CHASING YOUR DREAMS & keep GOD first & watch how it magnify your life.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-knowledge-junkie/support

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Tiny Astonishments: Remembering Our Original Stories and Poems | KJ Nasrul 12:46

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"Look down at your body whisper there is no home like you" - thank you Rupi Kaur the sun and her flowers 🌴What would it be like to remember and honor your freest, most uninhibited self? Could reconnection with your ancestral guidance (what I call The Ancient Calm) bring you to your most creative, expressive you? Today's Tiny Astonishment finds KJ m…

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Reclaiming Our Potent Becoming Pt 2: Donor Conceived Awareness and Weaving Wholeness | Meg Thomas 53:44

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Welcome back to the second part of an extremely vulnerable conversation in which Meghan "Meg" Thomas - podcast hostess, and breathwork teacher - talks to KJ about the discovery that she is donor-conceived. She opens up about her journey of reclamation now that she has learned the truth. Meg shares what happened once she decided to "Click Connect" a…

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Reclaiming Our Potent Becoming Pt1: Fertility, Donor Conceived Awareness + Identity | Meg Thomas 45:09

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In this extremely open conversation, Meghan "Meg" Thomas - coach, podcast hostess, and breathwork facilitator - joins KJ on SOAL to share her deeply personal story publicly for the first time. Meg and KJ touch on themes of identity, reclamation, and the power of storytelling. Their dialogue serves as a catalyst for further discussions about fertili…

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KJ Speaks on (Trust) “Judge Lynn Toler, Drake, Myles Munroe, Chris Butler & more” 9:30

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Thank you all for listening! CHECK OUT #BIGGEORGEFORMAN On April 28 (I’m in that movie) #GODISGOOD #NOTHINGWITHOUTJESUS .. (I brought my blue check on Instagram) laugh at me @ ilmaoKJ #IqKnowledgeJunkie--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-knowledge-junkie/support

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Transformation & Creativity Through Conscious Breathwork | Elle Luna & Andrea Tomasi 52:43

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Today's new SOAL gallery features artist, writer, and best-selling author (and Dream Guest for KJ) Elle Luna and luminous Sound Healer and Shamanic Ritual Guide Andrea Tomasi in conversation exploring the intersection of art, breathwork, and the creative spark. Compassionate Considerations: 🌱 Conscious breath helps us to REMEMBER our Soul Self, our…

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Our Intuitive, Embodied Gifts | Brenda Winkle 43:36

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Today's episode features a joy-infused, nervous system-soothing conversation between kindred spirits Brenda Winkle and KJ. The ladies contemplate ways to recover and enhance our intrinsic power: our intuition. As a trauma-informed Reiki Master, Brenda helps highly sensitive people, over-achievers, perfectionists, people pleasers, and empaths set bo…

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Coming home: Wanderers, nomads and transplants | Lilian Wee 32:32

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This week's episode is less of an interview and more of an intimate chat between KJ and her friend Lilian Wee. Moving away from home and relocating to a new place of residence thousands of miles away can be extremely challenging and lonely. Adjusting to a new culture, falling in love, and navigating relationships all in the middle of a world health…

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F*cked-Up Hair Because You Care | Jo Dodd 44:00

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In the official Season Four Kickoff, Jo Dodd and KJ share stories of their own experiences about how difficult and overwhelming it can be as a woman, let alone a mother, thriving in a working environment that’s rigid, fast-paced, and insensitive. A mum of four, an author, speaker, and coach, Jo has published three children's books as well as a one-…

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Tiny Astonishments: Fall In Love With Listening | KJ Nasrul 7:15

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In the Season Four Premiere, KJ checks in with you all on the day she leaves to host her second Bali Creativity Recovery Retreat. After a varied, expansive 2022, this new season greets 2023 already brimming with rich conversations between artists, healers, and visionaries... Welcome back to the Stories of Astonishing Light! Compassionate Considerat…

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KJ Speaks on (Humbleness) “John Madden, Joel Olsteen, TD Jakes, John Hagee, Vladimir Antonio & more” 11:52

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I know I might sound a bit rusty but be patient with me, I’ve been extremely busy focusing on my books, my boardgame, being in Arizona & taking care of family. Thanks so much if you’ve made it this far, I’ll send you a free copy of “HAHA” for free. Just ask on instagram @ilmaoKJ--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-kn…

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Safely Seen: A New Visibility | Mai-Kee Tsang 48:34

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In the Season Three Finale, Mai-kee Tsang and KJ contemplate their efforts in unsubscribing to the culture of urgency. Here is a compassionate conversation between friends who've experienced Othered pressures and seek trauma-informed care for themselves and fellow guides in the wellness space. Mai-Kee is a SUSTAINABLE VISIBILITY® Mentor, ICF Certif…

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Receiving Pretty Foods for healthier stress responses | Lauren Bryson 33:01

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After an unexpected and adventurous 6 month hiatus, KJ and her beloved listening gallery The Stories of Astonishing Light Podcast returns today! We're in Ultra Celebration Mode because KJ brings her friend and colleague Lauren Bryson, Certified Nutritional Consultant, back to SOAL to chat about the premiere of Lauren's new podcast Go Play In The Di…

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KJ Speaks on (Brilliancy) “Warren Buffett, Brian Tracy, Indonesian Proverb, Benjamin Franklin &more” 9:27

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Thanks to everyone who’s supported me along my journey, I really hope I was able to change lives with my information that I offered to you all! Please stay tuned for all the amazing things that’s about to happen for my life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-knowledge-junkie/support…

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KJ Speaks on (Desperation) "TD Jakes, Charles Bukowski, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Newman, & more” 16:25

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Thanks so much for the support! Please be sure to writedown everything you've learned. Here's JasperInstagram: @nola_deadliest_foot_workHere's Sonny Da Monsta music Information : Type in"Sonny Monsta" on YouTube. On sound cloud type in"Sonny da Monsta". Also y’all go check out my potna Toson go to YouTube and type in “Toson DaVulture”! Thank y'all …

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We Are All Held | Erica Skone-Rees 49:40

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"We are being held in all moments.” ~ Erica Skone-Rees KJ welcomes her friend and creative collaborator Erica Skone-Rees to the Astonishing Story Gallery today. Erica is a mindfulness & meditation teacher, chronic illness warrior, and healing arts practitioner. For the last 3 and 1/2 years, she has navigated recovery from mold toxicity and Lyme dis…

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Tiny Astonishments: Showing Up For Self Care | KJ Nasrul 20:50

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Showing up messy, showing up [40 minutes!] late, showing up Real. This is what Self Care looks like for KJ- sitting with streaky mascara in her car outside her massage therapist's studio, holding a Live Instagram #mondayswiththemuse session. After this solo show, stay for a sneak listen from next week's guest Erica Skone-Rees of Our Woven Path Eric…

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Orientating Towards Our True Selves | Karen Sprinkel Ancelet 45:24

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Author and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) Karen Sprinkel Ancelet joins KJ today in a conversation about bridging our highest identities so that we can truly thrive even while there is suffering. Dear friends for over fifteen years, KJ and Karen "Sprink" explore evidence that healing IS possible. In her work, Sprink acts as a witness to the…

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Nutritional Integrative Medicine: Biodiversity of soil and soul | Lauren Bryson 41:01

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Question: How sexy are the topics of healthy dirt and regenerative agriculture? Answer: SO VERY. Especially as we realize how 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 we are: healthy, diverse soil > 𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹 planet > enriched humans > optimal 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 ⁣ Lauren Bryson, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, returns to the show to launch the Quarterly Wellness Check…

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Tiny Astonishments: May Our Healers Heal | KJ Nasrul 21:22

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"The Wounded Healer is not someone who was wounded and is now healed. It is someone who continues to courageously break open the self and ego as a means for deep integration." ~Kim Krans, Archetype Deck, HEALER Card Dearest Ones, how do you as highly sensitive people, healers, and caregivers (because we all give and care for someone else) hold your…

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The Power of Visualisation Pt 2: Envision Your Passionate and Purposeful Life | Beth Hewitt 26:11

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“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.” - Hafiz Concluding part two of the conversation about attracting, visualising and accepting gifts, Beth Hewitt introduces us to her methodology including the strengthening of her intuition with the aid of Oracle Cards she uses in her work. Beth He…

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The Power of Visualisation Pt 1: Envision Your Passionate and Purposeful Life | Beth Hewitt 26:37

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In a return after a hiatus, KJ FINALLY connects with her dear friend, Beth Hewitt with this intimate two-part conversation. Beth is a Spiritual Performance Coach, Speaker, Author, and Hostess of the Visualise You Podcast, where she shares the transformational stories of people who have taken a leap to follow their true soul’s calling. Manifesting f…

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Curiosity and Co-Creating: Nurturing beginnings while in good company | Dingding Hu 32:23

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KJ and her friend, illustrator and author Dingding Hu welcome community over competition by meeting a couple times a month to churn on seedlings of ideas and current experiences. Hailing from China, Dingding is currently based in New York City and she specializes in drawing bubbly characters as well as serendipitous storytelling all of which can be…

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KJ Speaks on (Entitlement) “Rob Dyrdek, Robin Sharma, Brene Brown, & more” 9:34

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Thanks so much for y’all support. Stay tuned for the board game it’s insanely informative! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-knowledge-junkie/support

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Inviting In Imposter Syndrome | Margaret Soraya 30:41

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"Who am I to do this?" This isn't an interview, but rather a super casual jam session between friends, fellow artists, and podcasters about the fascinating and ever-hovering topic of Imposter Syndrome (IS). KJ and her friend, the gifted land and seascape photographer Margaret Soraya wonder: Is the pervasiveness of IS due to it having been labeled? …

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New Year's Nourishment and Nutrition | Lauren Bryson 42:14

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KJ invites friend and SOAL fan-favorite Lauren Bryson, a certified holistic nutritionist, back to the show to usher in 2022 with a tantalizing topic: nutrition and gut health to support overall physical and emotional health. Lauren understands the therapeutic value of real, nutrient-dense food and she recognizes the impact the environment, chronic …

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Tiny Astonishments: Embracing Endings and Beginnings | KJ Nasrul 19:27

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"To truly choose to love is heroic" - bell hooks It's the final episode of 2021. Today, KJ holds space to honor themes and threads of this unparalleled year: the practice of self-compassion by setting boundaries, participation in creativity, and listening to the dialogue of our body. Compassion is activism. Please leave a review for this podcast if…

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Sound Your Voice, Summon Abundance | Amanda Sellers 43:43

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Join KJ and enchanting Voice Actor Amanda Sellers in an uplifting conversation about vocalizing our requests for The Good. Amanda is the mother of 2 amazing boys, a musician, a Voiceover mentor, and a meditation teacher. She has also co-founded TheVoiceOverSchool.com and is the creator of the #1 Mindfulness tool, Abundance Wands. You’ve probably he…

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The Beauty in Belonging and Finding Your Tribe | The Magical Cartographers 43:30

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When and how did you know you belonged? When and how did you know you had found your tribe? Today, KJ jams with her Karaoke crew--The Magical Cartographers--about the nuances and complexities of belonging and how our desire to connect with others shapes our decisions and the way we show up in the world every day. Today, in addition to reminiscing a…

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KJ Speaks on (Independence) “Elon Musk, Jim Rohn, TD Jakes, Joyce Meyer, CoSweets, & more” 8:14

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I really hope y’all enjoy this episode! Also how do y’all like my cover for my 5th book. If you want to purchase a book DM me on Instagram @ilmaokj--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-knowledge-junkie/support

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Tiny Astonishments: Restoring Balance After Burnout | KJ Nasrul 29:46

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In this season of gratitude, KJ names appreciation for burning out, coastal train rides, and actress/director Kristen Stewart. This Tiny Astonishment almost wasn't published; the podcast was nearly placed on an indefinite hiatus. How does one come back from bouts of exhaustion and overwhelm, especially during these charged and tender times? KJ shar…

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Sun Still Rising: Poetry For Overcoming Shame | Noor Pinna 43:14

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It's another SOAL Special featuring an Astonishing #WOCHealer! Ms. Noor Pinna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and transformative mindset coach. She helps women break free from the barriers of shame, emboldening them to advocate for themselves and their communities, and to embody resiliency. Noor guides women to celebrate deeply nourishing sel…

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We Shine On: Revealing and Repatterning Our Beliefs | Shanna Windle 35:21

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Today KJ opens the SOAL listening gallery for a story from Shanna Windle, an attorney turned holistic-subconscious mind-hacker with a mission of helping us utilize the natural resources within ourselves to make changes and regain control in certain arenas of our lives. Using the award- winning approach of Rapid Transformational Therapy Hypnosis, Sh…

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Redefining Our Feminine Armory: Create Safety and Radical Love | Nina Flores 37:41

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Childhood friends KJ and Dr. Nina Flores jam about empowered presence as biracial Women Of Color. Dr. Flores is an Assistant Professor with the Social & Cultural Analysis of Education master’s program in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach. There she engages students in deep analyses of issues concerning justice, pow…

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Tiny Astonishments: Qualities of gratitude when quitting your job | KJ Nasrul 16:24

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Tis the Season! KJ assesses and honors qualities of gratitude for all the challenges and blessings received in the months of August and September. KJ returns with the first Tiny Astonishment (solo show) of Season Three after unexpectedly taking a month off from podcasting to experience a number of fairly significant life events. KJ's husband NN bec…

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A Rebellious Beauty: What Is AAPI Mental Wellness? | Judy Tsuei 46:14

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Hey Rebels and Misfits! Welcome to the newest episode of the SOAL Season 3 Mini-Series: Astonishing women of color healers. Today's #WOCHealer is Judy Tsuei. She's a yoga teacher, Reiki, healer. Writer and speaker on all things, mental health for Asian-Americans. She is the hostess of F*ck Saving Face, a podcast that is both assuring and provocativ…

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Well-Rounded Creativepreneurs: How to become a triple threat in wellness | Jen Morris 44:45

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KJ jams with her friend Jen Morris on today's new SOAL. Jen is an actor, Certified Health Coach and the host of the Well-Rounded Actor, a show that helps actors become Today’s Triple Threat - mentally, physically and financially WELL. She ardently believes that actors are built for business - and not just show business. She started her first busine…

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Surrender With Wonder and regain your natural delight | Yasmin Afrazeh 44:07

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When was the last time you experienced divine play? "Lila" is a Sanskrit word used in Hinduism and yogic philosophy, loosely translated as "play", and "delight in the moment." Today's new episode explores these concepts and is the first interview of a new mini-series: Astonishing WOC Healers. KJ will share conversations held with healers, social ac…

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KJ Speaks on (Humility) “Sri Chinmoy, Abraham Lincoln, Criss Jami, C.S Lewis & more” 13:45

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Thanks to everyone one who got this far on my episode! Please be sure to write down what you learned, it’ll benefit you more than you imagine! I imagine this episode to my Uncle David! Love you Unc!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-knowledge-junkie/support

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Sacred Sound: Crystal bowl healing Pt 2 | Deva Munay 29:00

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** BIRTHDAY & NEW SEASON CELEBRATIONS ** Today’s opening episode for the third season of SOAL is the nourishing, concluding conversation with Yoga & Meditation teacher and Certified Sound Healer Deva Munay. In the first part of this conversation [Episode 49], we learned that Deva’s home community had perished in a California wildfire earlier this y…

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KJ Speaks on (Individualism) “50 Cent, Oscar Wilde, Maya Angelou, Sheldon Adelson, Mark Twain &more” 9:28

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Thanks so much for the support! On this episode I wanna enlighten my audience on the importance of individualism because without being ourselves we won’t experience the fullness of what we could actually be.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-knowledge-junkie/support

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SOAL Second Listen: Raise Your Resilience | KJ Nasrul 15:19

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**BONUS** Here's a SOAL Second Listen to hold you until the Season 3 premiere. In the Fall of 2020, KJ was featured on the incredible podcast Go To Gal as hosted by Jaclyn Mellone. Today, just as she did on Go To Gal, KJ shares observations after years of studying resilience: People exhibit common elements which indicate high resiliency levels. Do …

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Tiny Astonishments: Soul Stories and Salves | KJ Nasrul 14:58

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“We are ourselves creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves.” -Julia Cameron, The Artist's The Way It's Episode 50 and the Season Two Finale for this Listening Gallery of Stories and Healing Salves. KJ celebrates her 11 month journey since starting Stories Of Astonishing Light by honoring her beginning…

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Sacred Sound: Crystal bowl healing Pt 1 | Deva Munay 34:26

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Sound is one of the oldest and most natural forms of healing known to our planet. Sound frequencies can restore one’s mind, body and spirit back to a state of balance. KJ welcomes Certified Sound Healer Deva Munay to explore what this means today in our Pandemic-riddled world. Deva has traveled and studied healing modalities across many landscapes,…

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She Returns To Rise: Rebuilding business in difficult times | Sophia Noreen Syed 38:42

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How do you dig deep and summon your resilience in a crisis? Today's SOAL friend Sophia Noreen Syed returns to the show to share her experience as she witnessed the incredible success and then the halting of her product-based start up company Also Sophia during the pandemic. Sophia Noreen is a Toronto-based physiotherapist, podcaster, multi-business…

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Recovering, Transforming and Transcending Fear | Terri Kozlowski 44:31

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How do you move forward as an adult after experiencing a childhood filled with abuse and trauma? We discuss this in today's SOAL. Our guest is Terri Kozlowski, a Native American Warrior, certified life coach, blogger, and author of the book "Raven Transcending Fear". She is also founder of the Soul Solutions Podcast and YouTube Channel. Terri speci…

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Tiny Astonishments: These Unexpected Gifts | KJ Nasrul 14:06

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KJ Nasrul realized she was Asian when she was 11 years old. KJ has suffered bouts of depression throughout her life, most markedly at age 17. Today, KJ has turned in her notice and is leaving her corporate job to open the doors to her trauma-informed, expressive arts healing practice. In this personal solo episode, [Tiny Astonishment], KJ shares wh…

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KJ Speaks on (Consideration) “Will Smith, Biggs Burke, William Gilmore Simms & more” 9:25

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As unfortunate as it was to hear my father pass away on Father’s Day, I still talked to God and found the strength to record even when I didn’t feel like it! Keep God first! He’ll bring you through anything!!!!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iq-knowledge-junkie/support…

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Blooming Within Water and Salt | Dani Richards 44:13

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“If the ocean can calm itself so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air.” ~Nayyirah Waheed Today's #SOAL guest Dani Richards has known KJ for many years, having first met in an online community based on monikers and screen names built to protect identity and distance. Today's episode is their first face-to-face conversation in nearly a deca…

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