Diary of a West Coast Swing Dancer: #1 The Door to Joy In this episode I begin the story of how I began dancing West Coast Swing, and what it has to do with the practice of joy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shamansnotebook.com…

A trip to the underworld to discover the root causes of Joyce's housing instability lead me to some surprising revelations.Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found. Subscribe to the Shamansnotebook.com

I spoke with a man this week who offered me advice based on his many years of experience in “the business” . When he was first starting out, he told me that many people had helped him. Now wanted to give back. I believed his motivations were sincere. The problem was his help. Ostensibly, the conversation was to help me. But he spent most of his tim…

Joyce’s inability to find the home wasn’t just because of the housing market was tough.. Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found. Subscribe at shamansnotebook.com

Fasten your seat belts. The journey to the underworld begins.Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found.

Who am I to take you on a journey to the underworld? It’s a good question and one you should be asking yourself. To go to the underworld, at the very least, requires you do some stumbling around in the dark.... Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found. DTXbw9aHNiIsRgvbGbdy…

There are many ways to get to the underworld. Estrella's preferred method: Lucid Dreaming. She devised a test, which I passed but also failed. Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found. Subscribe at shamansnotebook.com

To find a cure, you have to find the source of the problem. But what if you don’t know what the source of the problem is? Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found.

To go to the underworld, there are a few things you need, not the least of which is a clear intention…Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found.

I had decided I couldn’t help Joyce but circumstances, and something Joyce said made me change my mind. Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found.

People come into your life with messages, things you need to see. Joyce showed me a mirror of what my life might have been like had I been braver. Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found. Subscribe here or visit the shamansnotebook.com #portlandia #pdx #housing #shaman #mysterynovel #shamanism #shaman #shamanicjourney #…

There’s another side to being put on a pedestal: It’s what happens when you fall off of it…Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found. Subscribe at shamansnotebook.com

I had never been friends with someone like Joyce. Her life was not what I imagined. It was much better. The mystery of the Missing Home continues... Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found. Subscribe at shamansnotebook.com

I should have told her I was in over my head. Instead, I invited her to lunch, to a home that was mine temporarily. The mystery of the Missing Home continues...Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found.

There were a lot of good reasons to back out of the promise I made, starting with the fact that I was in way over my head. The mystery of the Missing Home continues...

The Homeless are treated as if they are the problem. The real problem is no mystery but it remains unnamed and unquestioned. The mystery of the Missing Home continues... Don't miss an episode in this twisted tale of housing lost and found. Subscribe at shamansnotebook.com

Part of the problem with solving Joyce's housing problem, was that it wasn't just her problem, or mine. Everyone was part of the making of Portlandia. Everyone was part of the making of Portlandia. Check out this three min mystery on the making of Portlandia. #portlandia #pdx #housing #shaman #mysterynovel #shamanism #shaman #shamanicjourney #detec…

If you’re looking for a new place to live, why go to the underworld? Why not look on Craigslist? This and other questions answered in this three minute mystery in the ongoing saga of the Case of the Missing Home. Don't miss an an episode. Subscribe to the Shamansnotebook.com,#mysterynovel #shamanism #shaman #shamanicjourney #detective #mysterystory…

Joyce asked me to be her shaman. I had my reasons, though thinking about it later, I realized, not all of them were the best. Subscribe so as not to miss an episode shamansnotebook.com

Joyce was unusual: unlike most of the people I met at Violette’s parties, she asked questions and actually remembered the answer. The Case of the Missing Home continues… Subscribe so as not to miss an episode. #mystery #femalesleuths #femalesleuthseries #mysterynovel #shamanism #shaman #shamanicjourney #detective #mysterystory #3minmystery #shamans…

The Case of the Missing Home continues as what started as a casual request soon becomes something far more serious. Don't miss an episode! Subscribe to the Shaman's Notebook Mysteries .

What started as a casual request for housing turned into something far more serious... The Case of the Missing Home continues. For more, subscribe and visit me at https://www.suzannelagrande.com/

When a casual request turns out to be not so casual after all. Healing is an art, a science and also a mystery. In these three minute, twisted tales of transformation one thing is for sure: Healing never turns about to be what you expect.#comedyfiction #story #shaman #transformation #storytelling #mystery #healing…

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with stylist and founder of Have a Stylegasm, Jennifer Koch. They discuss: * What style is and how it’s connected to how you showing up and being visible * What a stylist does and why fashion matters * How style doesn’t necessarily require spending a lot of money and her “Shop Your Clos…

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with social media and personal branding photographer Julia Mae Hunt. Among other things, Suzanne and Julia discuss: How taking a photograph makes you vulnerable What social media photography is How storytelling is part of both photojournalism and social branding photography The surprisi…

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with women’s weight loss and body love coach, Sarah Hass. Suzanne and Sarah discuss: How Sarah’s son’s diagnosis of childhood diabetes started her on the path to building a healthy lifestyle for her family The kinds of simple changes that over time can make a big difference in physical …

In this episode of the Shaman’s Notebook, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with intuitive, coach, energy healer and transformational change agent Emilah Dawn DeToro. Emilah and Suzanne discuss: How our bodies hold the blueprint of our most evolved self as well as our stuck patterns and belief systems. The “whack upside the head” in that opened the way for n…

Today on the Shaman’s Notebook my guest is Katarina Supicic, who is Energy Healer, Transformational Coach, and founder of Your Divine Expansion. Ms. Supicic discusses: How her work as a language translator prepared her work as a spiritual translator What Divine Expansion is and how Quantum Healing works Intention and how intentions are strengthened…

In this episode of The Shaman’s Notebook my guest is astrology business strategist Laura Kasl. In this interview, Laura talks about: What most people don’t understand about marketing What it means to for spiritual entrepreneurs to be in alignment or out of alignment with respect to how they do marketing How understanding your birth chart can help y…

In this episode of the Suzanne Shamans Notebook, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with my guest is psychic, healer and quantum life coach Lara Provost. In this interview, Lara talks about: The Law of attraction and the idea that you co-create your reality, and some of the misconceptions people have about how manifestation works. The body as the place where …

In this episode of the Shaman’s Notebook, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Integrative nutritionist and energy healer Tammy Russell. As an integrative nutritionist, Tammy specializes in gut health. In this interview Tammy discusses The rise of gut health issues due to overprescription of antibiotics The way that pollution and other kinds of environment…

Suzanne LaGrande speaks with artist, psychic intuitive, author and teacher, Jane de Forest. Jane's intuitive readings are unique in that they combine automatic drawings with intuitive information about her clients. In this interview Jane discusses Where illness begins Different kinds of intuition How she combines shamanic journey, with art in an in…

“A return to nature-connectedness is being asked of us. What we love and truly understand, we cannot destroy.” — Kora Goodman In this episode of the Shaman’s Notebook, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with green alchemist, intuitive, teacher and animal communicator Kora Goodman. In the interview, Ms. Goodman talks about: How plants and animals are wisdom ke…

Suzanne LaGrande Speaks with Dr. Susan Shumsky, author of more than 20 books on spiritual topics including Instant Healing, The Big Book of Chakras and Chakra Healing, and Third Eye Meditations. She is also pioneer in the field of human potential field, who has taught classes in meditation, intuition and spiritual practices of affluence, among othe…

Suzanne LaGrande interviews Tara Hofmann, who is a professional singer, teacher and healer who works with the transformative power of crystals. In this interview, Ms. Hofmann talks about: Her journey from being a skeptic to witnessed the healing effects of stones on herself and those she works with. How music and stones both heal by affecting vibra…

Season Four of the Shaman's Notebook kicks off this week! Creator and host of the Shaman's Notebook Suzanne LaGrande talks with Guy Finley, author of The Secret, of Letting Go, Freedom from the Ties that Bind, and more than thirty other books and audio programs on the subject of self-realization. In this interview Guy discusses The misinformation w…

How can pleasure lead us to greater personal power? In this episode of The Shaman’s Notebook, leading sexuality and embodiment coach, Grace Willow talks about the journey that led her to heal herself and then develop the tools and experiences to heal others. In the interview Grace talks about: Barely surviving a car accident where she suffered a tr…

How do brief encounters with strangers change us? In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, I speak with essayist, teacher, and editor Colleen Kinder who has just published Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us. In the interview, Ms. Kinder talks about: How she came up with the idea to do a book of letters about encounters with strange…

“Horses, in their capacity to heal, become a mirror of our inner life. This is where and how the work begins. The horse that chooses us reflects our deepest self to us.” While in Costa Rica for a month to work on writing a book Rosalyn Berne decided to go to take a break and go horseback riding. What happened on that trip, changed the course of her…

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with prolific writer and artist Susie Hodge who has just published Art Quake. For more interviews, kickass women writers, artists, healers, and activists, subscribe to the Disobedient Femmes Podcast at the link below. Join me on Fridays at the Healing Salon where I free workshops in cra…

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Anna Reser and Leila McNeill, authors of Forces of Nature: The Women: The Women Who Changed Science. In this interview, Anna and Leila discuss: The reasons why so few women scientists have been included in the history of science Some of the fascinating women scientists whose work i…

How can pleasure lead us to greater personal power? In this episode of The Shaman’s Notebook, leading sexuality and embodiment coach, Grace Willow talks about the journey that led her to heal herself and then develop the tools and experiences to heal others. In the interview Grace talks about: Barely surviving a car accident where she suffered a tr…

What would you risk to be free? In this episode of Disobedient femmes, Suzanne LaGrande speaks with author Trisha Thomas about her latest book, What Passes as Love. Set in antebellum Virginia, What Passes as Love tells the story of Dahlia Holt a light-skinned black woman who works as a servant in the home of a large slave owner who is in fact her f…

What would it take for a robot to be able to make you a sandwich? In this episode, Suzanne LaGrande interviews science writer Kathryn Hulick, who has just published Welcome to the Future: Robot Friends, Fusion Energy, Pet Dinosaurs, and more. In the discussion, Ms. Hulick talks about: How her love of science fiction led her to write about science f…

Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer, blogger, online art curator Sarah Elizabeth who has just published The Art of the Occult, a visual sourcebook for the Modern Mystic. The book draws together artists from a variety of occult sources and practices: from theosophy and kabbalah, from alchemy; spiritualism to sacred geometry. It introduces the ideas b…

If we knew death wasn’t the end how would it change the way we live? In this episode of the Shamans Notebook, Suzanne LaGrande interviews educator, community organizer, and Soul Regression Therapist Dr. Smita Garg. In the interview, Dr. Garg talks about The death of her friend and how it began her search for answers about death What Soul Regression…

In this episode of Disobedient Femmes, Suzanne LaGrande interviews Creative Coach and founder of PDX Vox, Marie Schumacher. Marie discusses why cultivating creativity is important, how she works with the inner critic, and ways that people can overcome anxiety and cultivate wonder. For more about her work, visit https://www.pdxvox.com For more inter…

In this episode of the Shaman’s Notebook, Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer, blogger, online art curator Sarah Elizabeth. Sarah has just published The Art of the Occult, a visual sourcebook for the Modern Mystic, which features art from a variety of occult sources and practices: from theosophy and kabbalah, from alchemy; spiritualism to sacred geo…

“Horses, in their capacity to heal, become a mirror of our inner life. This is where and how the work begins. The horse that chooses us reflects our deepest self to us.” While in Costa Rica for a month to work on writing a book Rosalyn Berne decided to go to take a break and go horseback riding. What happened on that trip, changed the course of her…

Disobedient Femmes begins its the third season! Suzanne LaGrande interviews writer and author Kate Hodges who has just published Warriors Witches, and Women: Mythology's Fiercest Females. Ms. Hodges discusses how both feminism and stories about monsters and ghosts helped inspire her book, which is a compendium of fascinating female figures from Wor…