Life; No Filter

Welcome back! Its been too long. I'm so excited to be back recording. I'm kicking off recording with my 12 year old son, Cooper. He bravely talks about his struggles with anxiety and OCD. Listen as we dive into what going to school is like for someone battling OCD. Cooper has a beautiful gift of vulnerability and I'm so grateful he's brave enough to share it with the world.

This episodes guest is Jess Lowry. She is a Pastor, wife, mother, and dear friend. Our story is riddled with lessons, heartache, and eventually friendship and for me a stronger connection to God. Join us as we candidly discuss our rocky beginning and all of the in between divine moments that led us to where we are today. To learn more about Jess's Ministry work through the Charis Collective click HEREYou can follow on IG at @Charis.collective 

Episode 2 is with Gina Donnell. She is a certified Trauma Informed Life Coach, Alchemist, Yogi, and healer. Her authenticity, vulnerability, and ability to speak about hard things is refreshing and healing to bare witness to. Listen in as she tells of her own abuse, and sifting through her healing all the while parenting, running a co-op for homeschoolers, and helping her husband run a very success business.You can find Gina Donnell on FB and IG @coachginadonnell Learn more about Gina at www.ginadonnell.com

Carrie Wicks is back on the podcast to start off season 2! We talk astrology, trauma and so much more. To learn more about Carrie, visit astrotherapy.co . 

Triggers and anger are a normal part of healing and existing as a human being. Laura discusses her own struggles with triggers and anger. She also discusses the shame we hold around our imperfections. Joins her as she discusses the messy parts of life!Link to purchase the Hoodie from Love Imperfection, that inspired this epidsode below:https://www.facebook.com/LoveImperfectionUSA/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZUwljLVh_fcvHTXgehxezyU2rOgPaUpZluBUPvCdTGG_baeV_0ZbFLlvY_aBDYEP3E8tPVCEVK-uObjr5L9-fqbeQatWRtVVW1bNsx2AaW9WCewLOIEvcEIKpQL1x1QJq6N5I6njxBXLjh3tOpSw8E-mRzfamMx52786DsIyJcPqQ&__tn__=R%5D-R

I sit with spiritual therapist Carrie Wicks and we discuss how our worlds collided after decades. Carrie is a clinical therapist who is shifting her life path to incorporate astrology, spirituality, healing and therapy to create a unique healing experience. To schedule a healing session and to learn more about Carrie Wicks visit https://astrotherapy.co/

Hello! Sorry I've been MIA, some minor scheduling issues but I'm back. Let's catch up and round out the New Year!Thank you so much for listening and supporting this little dream of mine. I appreciate each and everyone of you. Send you healing and love,Laura Hillkirk

Trigger warning ** Eating disorders, addiction, and loss of loved ones sick with cancer**We discuss the various ways our trauma has manifested within us and the difficulty to move on after a loved one dies. Survivor guilt, addiction, eating disorders and much more are covered. I get messy and raw with Melanie Smith, The Maumee Medium.To find out more about todays guest host, Melanie Smith click the link below. Melanie is a medium, empath, and intuitive healer. https://www.facebook.com/MelanieTheMaumeeMedium

This is a very special episode with guest host Cooper Hillkirk. Cooper is an empath, medium, lover of all things sports, and the coolest 4th grader you'll ever meet. I may be biased, he's my oldest child. Cooper has always been an old soul who continues to teach me so many things in this life.Listen is as he gives an inside look at what it feels like to be an intuitive at such a young age. He candidly discusses having an anxiety disorder and what that feels like to do normal everyday kid things. Join us as we get messy and unfiltered about the hard things life throws our way.

We have guest host Melanie Smith, Medium, Empath, and Intuitive healer. Join us as we discuss what it's like to be a medium. We talk about grocery shopping, trying to sleep and so much more. Learn more about Melanie Smith, The Maumee Medium by following her on Facebook at the link below:https://www.facebook.com/MelanieTheMaumeeMedium

What is stopping you from living the life you want to live? I talk about why we are stuck in lives that don't feel good anymore. 

We are progammed from birth to become whatever version of "good" is in our household.  So much of who we are and what we becomes is based off of the expectation of other people. Leaving the question do you know who you are? Do you actually know who you are at your core? 

Grab the tissues and skip the mascara for this episode. Listen in as Laura opens up about her experiences with grief and losing loved ones. She talks about personal accounts of her own grief and the trauma. Grief is a never ending thing, and the journey to come out the other side is a heavy and dark one. This episode is her unfiltered perspective of grief.

Parenting is hard even on the best of days. Shedding your programming from the way parenting was shown to you or learned through social norms is even more difficult. We talk about giving children the tools to not only feel their emotions, but the ability to feel comfortable in expressing them. Join us as we discuss how we navigate parenting, how we get it wrong, and the importance in apologizing to our children when we do mess up. If you're offended by the "F" word then this episode might not be for you. After all this is Life; No Filter.

We discuss what an empath is, and how draining it can be. Energetic protection and boundaries are so important to exist in this energy intense world. Join us as we talk about how our society is programmed to take from us energetically without permission. 

Join us as we dish about our encounters with the spirit world. We reveal stories from working on murder cases to classes that are interrupted by spirits. Listen in as we reminisce past experiences.

We discuss the various things that we should be grieving. When there is loss of life, we give ourselves permission to grieve, but what about the other things we should be grieving and healing? We talk divorce, friendships that end, and so much more!

Join us as we get messy and talk about our childhood trauma. We dive into our abandonment issues and how it shows up in our life today. Grab the tissue box as we show up raw, and honest about our struggles as children and young adults. 

Why are we taught to put everyone else's comfort before our own? We talk about speaking in the moment rather than waiting and sitting in anger. Join us as we share stories of holding back when we should of spoken up.

Growing up intuitive presents its own set of challenges, especially when you have no idea you are different. Join us as we talk about the things that happened to us as children as intuitive empaths. 

Get to know Shanna & Laura as they navigate their first ever podcast episode. They discuss boundaries and all the mess that comes with setting them then sticking to them!