Unmasking the Self

Episode Title: Unmasking the Self

Episode Description: #3 with Jan Engels-Smith and Micah Schwader

Welcome to the Talking Stick Podcast, where co-hosts Jan Engels-Smith—founder of the LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Healing and author of Becoming Yourself: A Journey from Head to Heart—and Micah Schwader—Transformational Writing Coach and author of Stumbling Into Grace: The Adventures of a Transgender Shaman—guide you through the shamanic principles that can help you manifest the life you desire.

In this powerful episode of the Talking Stick Podcast, your hosts Jan Engels-Smith and Micah Schwader dive deep into the concept of the masks we wear—those layers of subconscious programming, societal conditioning, and inherited patterns that shape our identities and behaviors without our conscious awareness.

Drawing on years of shamanic practice and personal transformation, Jan and Micah explore how these masks form, why we cling to them, and what it truly takes to peel them away. Through personal stories, client experiences, and ancient shamanic wisdom, they offer insight into the tools and rituals that can help us recognize and release these limiting patterns so that we can live more soul-aligned and enriched lives.

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