Imani Ellis has always believed community is a superpower. What began as a small gathering in her Harlem apartment grew into The Creative Collective NYC and CultureCon — one of the largest conferences celebrating creators of color. But behind the highlight reels and celebrity speakers, Imani’s journey has been defined by burnout, bold leaps and learning when to pause. In this episode, Ben and Kathleen sit down with Imani and explore what it takes to transform a passion project into a cultural movement. From balancing a demanding career at NBCUniversal with late-night CultureCon planning, to walking away from work at the height of burnout for a self-designed “creative residency” in Paris, Imani shares the realities of leadership, rest and why joy and community must stay at the center of her work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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That Mystic Podcast (formerly We Woke Up Like This) is the podcast where sacred meets science and awakening gets real. Each week, Joya, and sometimes guests, explore resurrection consciousness, quantum spirituality, our superpowers as multidimensional beings, and how life's greatest breakdowns become your most powerful breakthroughs. This is embodied awakening for souls ready to stop seeking and start BEING the light they came here to share.
You can find Joya everywhere social @vibologie and at vibologie.com
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You can find Joya everywhere social @vibologie and at vibologie.com
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Send us a text Grief can feel like a burning cauldron in the heart—searing, relentless, disorienting. What if that fire is also an initiation that reveals who you are beneath the armor? I open up about losing my son, the dark night that followed, and the unexpected discovery that awakening lives inside the wound. Rather than aiming to “get back to normal,” we explore how conscious grief reshapes the nervous system, deepens love, and expands capacity so you can hold what once shattered you. I break down the difference between coping and transformation and share why grief can catalyze lasting change faster than meditation, therapy, or even plant medicine. We look at the neuroscience: default mode network quieting during crisis and mystical states, and research on post‑traumatic growth in five domains—relationships, new possibilities, personal strength, life appreciation, and spiritual reconstruction. You’ll hear how shattering can lead to a truer reconstruction when it’s done with presence and intention. From there, we ground the mystical in the practical with the four pillars of awakening through grief: people, process, practices, and purpose. I guide a simple somatic inquiry to meet contraction with breath and soften the body’s bracing. We talk voice work, drumming, movement, and devotional yoga to move grief up and out, and how community witness helps pain metabolize without platitudes. The throughline is paradox: becoming someone who is both shattered and whole, carrying profound sorrow and profound gratitude in the same chest. If you’re ready to walk through the fire with support, join the Held Circle on Mighty Networks for weekly live gatherings, a growing library of practices, and a community devoted to embodied awakening. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help more people find this work. Your presence matters and your awakening changes the world. Join The Held Circle - https://www.theheldcircle.com You can book a 1:1 session with Joya at https://www.thatmystic.com…
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Send us a text What if enlightenment isn’t a peak state but the simple, radical act of seeing yourself clearly with mercy? We trace a path from “manic bliss” to embodied joy, where clarity flows through the body and peace becomes a felt experience rather than a spiritual badge. Along the way, we unpack a bold claim—there’s no such thing as enlightened cruelty—because all harm springs from confusion, not clarity, and light distorts when it passes through unhealed wounds. I share a grounded reframe of awakening and a compassionate map of core fractures—belonging, safety, worth, shame, trust, abandonment, powerlessness—that shape repeating patterns. Instead of chasing origins, we learn to track the pattern, forgive the self, and let grief move without a story. There’s a guided practice you can use right now: hand to heart, breath into the belly, name the self-judgments, and ask the soul to illuminate what you can’t yet see—with ease and grace. As the nervous system settles, grace becomes physiological, othering dissolves, and true power feels like peace. We also open a 14-week cohort for women to co-create a living framework that moves from forgiveness to radiance. Built on four pillars—people, process, practices, and purpose—the arc blends Inquiry, Meditation, Sound, Art, Voice, Embodiment, and Dance so insight lands in the body. Whether you’re navigating grief or just tired of insights that won’t stick, this journey offers soul CPR: concepts that orient, practices that regulate, and realizations that arise from your own truth. If this resonates, subscribe, share with a friend who needs it, and email joya@vibologie.com with “embodied truth” in the subject line to learn more. Your clarity changes more than your life; it ends the war inside and brightens the world you touch. Join The Held Circle - https://www.theheldcircle.com You can book a 1:1 session with Joya at https://www.thatmystic.com…
Send us a text A single dad, two seven-year-olds, and an advanced cancer diagnosis that should have flattened him. Instead, Barry chose a different road: blessing what hurt, building a healing posse, and orienting every day toward joy, devotion, and the fierce practicality of staying alive. We walk through that turning point and the unexpected aftermath—how heightened senses, slow time, and simple music became medicine; how a century-old Carmel cottage turned into a sanctuary; and why generosity might be the fastest way to unblock money and meaning. We dig into the quiet science of mysticism: breath that calms the nervous system, meditations that plant new patterns, and movement that clears the mind when “monkey brain” won’t sit still. Barry shares his coaching lens from Silicon Valley, where imposter syndrome visits executives and first-time managers alike. We talk feminine leadership in men and women—authentic communication, empathy without apology, and the strength to say what you mean. The theme repeats: expand your vessel so you can hold more light, lead with clarity, and let impact flow through you rather than from you. Carmel becomes a character of its own: ocean air, redwood trails, and a garden stitched with Japanese maples he planted during recovery. Out of this place, Barry launched Postcards for Healing—free week-long stays gifted to people moving through loss or illness, nominated the old-school way with pen, ink, and stamp. It’s reciprocity made real, a tangible way to turn love into logistics. Along the way we trade practical tools: a simple breath ratio to quiet the mind, a daily two-minute visualization that rewires beliefs, and the “find your song” ritual to shift state on command. Come for the story; leave with a blueprint for thriving. If this conversation stirred something in you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review so more people can find their way here. And if someone you love is healing, send a postcard and nominate them for Carmel right here. Join The Held Circle - https://www.theheldcircle.com You can book a 1:1 session with Joya at https://www.thatmystic.com…
Send us a text What if the voice that sounds like wisdom is actually resistance keeping you small? This conversation walks straight into that uncomfortable truth and offers a compassionate, usable map for getting unstuck. We trace a personal grief trigger that derailed healthy routines, then name the sneaky ways ego weaponizes pain to maintain the familiar - even when the familiar hurts. From there, we lay out an embodied path: start where you have access (the mind), then descend into the heart (feelings), and land in the body (sensations). You’ll hear why awareness, acceptance, and allowance become a reliable compass across these three centers. We unpack practical tools: labeling thought loops, simple mantras, compassionate self-talk, and a journal prompt that reveals what’s really repeating, alongside somatic practices that shift the nervous system when words fall short. Expect concrete guidance like one-minute humming, breath with sensation, and movement rituals that help grief complete its cycle rather than stall as chronic tension. We also explore how loss can temporarily unplug identity, creating a rare window to consciously rewire patterns. That’s where devotion in motion takes shape: small, consistent choices that build capacity for love, presence, and true change. If you’ve ever felt stuck behind an “energetic wall,” this is a grounded way through, rooted in neuroscience, tender with emotion, and fiercely practical in the body. Subscribe, share with someone navigating grief or growth, and leave a review with one practice you’re committing to this week. Your step forward might be the nudge someone else needs. The Sisterhood is launching - our welcome ceremony is 10-30-25. Samhain , is one of the most potent thresholds in the ancient mystical calendar and is a true portal of becoming . It marks the moment when the old cycle dies and the new one is conceived in the dark. The Celts called it the New Year of the Soul , when the veils thin not only between the living and the dead, but between who we have been and who we are becoming. To launch That Mystic Sisterhood now is to align with the rhythm of the unseen , to root this offering in the same current that governs the birth–death–rebirth of all things. It's also the day of the 3I Atlas perihelion. There are many ideas floating around about what it can be - whatever it is, it carries a frequency that cause a frequency in our own field. Samhain is the Earth’s initiation : descent into darkness to gestate the light. Perihelion is the initiation : ascent into light, purified by fire. Together, they mirror the sacred rhythm of the Feminine Mystic Path itself, the way I teach it: from descent to devotion, from surrender to radiance. thatmysticsisterhood.com Join The Held Circle - https://www.theheldcircle.com You can book a 1:1 session with Joya at https://www.thatmystic.com…
Send us a text Stop arguing with reality and feel your power return. This conversation dives into acceptance as a fierce, life-giving stance—not resignation, not bypassing, but the honest, grounded “yes” to what is. We unpack the difference between the clean pain of the heart and the sticky suffering created by the mind’s “shoulds,” and we show how radical acceptance lowers stress, restores clarity, and becomes the soil where real transformation takes root. We trace acceptance from neuroscience to mysticism. You’ll hear how fight-or-flight floods the body when we resist, why the prefrontal cortex goes offline, and how Jung’s “what you resist persists” plays out in neural wiring. Then we widen the lens: acceptance as a spiritual gateway that makes space for grace and sets the conditions for forgiveness. From body image and aging to relationships and self-judgment, we explore how accepting what’s here now softens the inner war and opens the path to compassionate, sustainable change. You’ll also step into a guided “Temple of Acceptance” meditation that is safe, steady, and practical. Use it to practice a sacred pause, breathe into the present moment, and let feelings move through rather than get stuck. NOTE: Please don't listen to the meditation while driving - it may make you sleepy! By the end, you’ll have a few anchor phrases, simple micro-choices to use when resistance spikes, and a lived sense of why acceptance is the ground for awakening. If this resonates, share it with someone who’s fighting a hard moment, then subscribe, leave a review, and tell us what shifted for you today. Find Joya at thatmystic.com Join The Held Circle - https://www.theheldcircle.com You can book a 1:1 session with Joya at https://www.thatmystic.com…
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