Awakenings in Real Life

For this episode, we- the hosts - sat down to chat together about how the podcast has affected our own lives in the past year - the ups and the downs- the dark and the light- embracing and healing the shadow, as well as owning and accepting more of our authentic selves. Did you know…… Continue reading #22 Waking up and Catching up with Hosts Ruby and Chaya

We are so excited to welcome Ashley Graber MFT to the podcast! Listen through to the end of the interview in which she guides us in a brilliant short mindfulness practice. In this episode, she shares her story of transformation as she made the leap from a career in real estate in New York City,…… Continue reading #21 Waking Up thru Trauma with Ashley Graber

We were thrilled to spend time chatting with the hosts of the Bliss and Grit podcast Vanessa Scotto and Brooke Thomas who have conversations about being on a spiritual path in the modern world. It was so fun for us to share stories and geek out about awakening in contemporary life and how each of…… Continue reading #20 Round Table with Bliss and Grit Podcast creators Vanessa and Brooke

Amy Budden is the founder of Connect the Mind and is a certified hypnotherapist and meditation teacher. Prior to founding Connect the Mind, she worked as a Hollywood film editor and found her way into meditating as a way to recharge when a personal "life quake" hit in the form of a health issue. She is…… Continue reading #19 Waking up thru Hypnotherapy

This week we have Dani Katz, author of The New P. Handbook, Vol. 1: Little Languaging Hacks for Big Change She established her reputation as one of LA’s edgiest literary talents while writing about art, sex, consciousness, and visionary/transformational culture for the LA Weekly, back in its early millennium heyday. She has since contributed to dozens of…… Continue reading #18 Waking up thru Language with Dani Katz

Today we have Tal Rabinowitz, founder and CEO of Den Meditation and host of DenTalks Podcast. We speak about her path of leaving a successful career as an entertainment tv executive, to opening the Den Meditation and starting her The DenTalks podcast. Tal is a force of nature who inspires both of us! We speak…… Continue reading #17 Waking up thru Authenticity with Tal Rabinowitz

Tune in to our latest episode with Garz Chan! She is a Chinese Energy Healing practitioner. She is also certified in Kundalini Yoga, DNA Theta Healing, Aroma Touch, Innergetics, Akashic Records, Quantum Touch, 5th Dimensional Quantum Healing, Pranic Healing, master I.E.T.,master NLP life coach and has studied Psychic Mediumship. We speak about some amazing topics including: Her reluctant…… Continue reading #16 Waking up thru Soul Hacking and more with Garz Chan

We are so grateful to share our podcast with Jamie Wozny! She is spiritual teacher, reiki master, transformational life coach, motivational speaker & animal communicator. We loved sitting down with Jamie and hearing her story. There are some teachers who have truly gone through their own dark night of the soul, and return with gems…… Continue reading #15 Awakening thru Chronic Illness with Jamie Wozny

This week we are sharing our interview with the lovely Danielle Szasz,  a mom, psychotherapist and meditation teacher who was unknowingly blessed by being fired from her secure job as a lawyer. We learn about her journey thru separating herself from a Mormon upbringing and how that affected her - including leading her thru a…… Continue reading #14 Waking up from Eating Disorders and Addiction thru Compassion with Danielle Szasz

We are so happy to share our convo with Michelle Pellizzon. Michelle Pellizzon is the founder of Holisticism.  A certified health coach, published author, and former professional modern dancer, Michelle has spent the last five years working in the tech industry in Silicon Beach. After an epilepsy diagnosis at 17, she found herself immersed in the…… Continue reading #13 Waking Up After Seizures with Michelle Pellizzon

Alyson Charles is the Internationally renowned Television Host, Speaker and Spiritual Teacher, Alyson Charles aka RockStar Shaman who went from being a national champion athlete, #1-rated radio host and national daytime television talk show host to aligning with her calling as a shaman and mystic after a traumatic moment provided her awakening. Alyson leads us in a beautiful…… Continue reading #12 Waking up from Heartbreak and Shamanism with Alyson Charles

We had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Ivy Love Margulies, clinical psychologist who specializes in maternal mental health, reproductive and infant loss and grief.  Her work focuses on the She also refers to her self as a "death midwife" which we will explore more in the podcast. We spoke about her personal experiences in life which…… Continue reading #11 Waking up thru Death and Suicide with Dr Ivy Margulies

We are so happy to welcome Jocelyn Daher to our podcast! Jocelyn’s gift is being able opening people’s hearts. In that opening, being able to see who you really are without who you think you should be for everyone else. This sacred space we create together is where your essence is able to be connect…… Continue reading #10 Waking up thru Abuse and Special Needs Parenting with Jocelyn Daher

In this episode, we open up even more about our experiences on the spiritual path.  We hit upon the topics you often don't hear about such as: -waking up from the dream of reality - kundalini awakenings -dark nights of the soul -getting stuck in the Void -losing motivation -when your partner thinks you are going…… Continue reading #9 Getting Real on the Path with Ruby and Chaya

We loved speaking with Angie Vroom, writer, artist, meditation teacher, producer of the feminist podcast Don’t Waste Your Pretty and mother to a 7 year old daughter. Angie, who is such a gifted storyteller, shares with us her spiritual autobiographical journey from evangelical Christianity and Jesus camp as a teen, to her obsession with the…… Continue reading #8 Waking up thru Depression with Angie Vroom

In this podcast, we dove deep with Data Vaidya, star of Bosch, and explored so many important topics: Her full circle journey from booking her first major network series, to having three kids under three, to her healing journey as a two time breast cancer survivor Her moment of facing mortality when you have a choice to give up, leave this world, or you get back in it and you go even deeper! Impact of making changes around what she ate, how she worked out, who she surrounded herself with, and leaving behind toxic thinking How to feed your soul on a daily basis and finding your own bag of tricks Talking facetune, Instagram and finding the beauty of our flaws! Facing our own prejudices and talking about race Her connection to political activism coming from a family in which her dad's dad walked with Gandhi and her mother fought in the civil right's movement Her choice to change the needle of culture with her art and so much more!

Welcome to Awakenings in Real Life! We are so honored to offer this episode with Tabitha Jayne, BSC, MSC, MBPSS, CPC, FRSA. Tabi has nearly a decade’s experience in delivering nature connected solutions in a variety of public, private and third party settings. She also has MSc in Applied Ecopsychology and is completing her 2nd…… Continue reading #6 Waking up with Nature’s help with Tabitha Jayne

Welcome to Episode 5 of Awakenings in Real Life! We are so happy to have Amanda Chase as our guest.  We had a wonderful time speaking with Amanda, hearing her story, and exploring her awakenings that are so helpful for many women to hear about trusting your self, finding your voice, and living an authentic…… Continue reading #5 Waking up thru difficulties and breakups with Amanda Chase

We are so excited to introduce this week’s remarkable guest! Melody Fletcher is an energy coach, a blogger, author of Deliberate Receiving: Finally the Universe Makes Some Freakin' Sense! (read it, I know you’ll love it) And a super funny gal!   Join us as we talk to Melody about her journey and what drove…… Continue reading #4 Waking up by Raising your Vibe with Melody Fletcher

Welcome back to Awakenings in Real Life! Conversations about the spiritual journey of women and mothers in contemporary life. This podcast is hosted by integrative psychotherapist and meditation teacher Kathryn Chaya Lubow, and actress and transformational life coach Ruby Mercado. Join us as we share insights, challenges and laughs on what its like to dive…… Continue reading #3 Waking up thru Divorce with Elizabeth Winkler

Welcome to Our Stories of Awakening Part 2 For this episode, Ruby interviews me about my adventures on the spiritual path. I share how the universe gave me a huge wake up call at age 19 when I was a passenger in a car that went off a pier into the Puget Sound. I share the impact it had on my life and path, from deep realization to a planetary search to heal from PTSD. I explore some of the practices that have helped my own path as well as inspired me to work with others as a psychotherapist, including the surprise insight (that happened on a treadmill) that changed the playing field for my life and spiritual practice.

We are so excited to share our very first podcast and hope that you will join us on this adventure where we open up about our journey and our day to day lives while living this spiritual path. In this first episode, I, Ruby Mercado, open up about my journey and how my daughter's diagnosis…… Continue reading Our Stories of Awakening Part 1