In this episode, my Dad and I welcome our first special guest, Chiqui Woolworth, into the heart garden. Chiqui was one of my Mom’s best friends, and has been an incredibly important person in my life since I was a child. She was the first person to really teach me about the mystical, and in so doing, really supported me in developing a relationship with the mystical in everyday life. Looking into the origins of the word “Mystic,” it comes from the Greek word ‘mystikos’, which means "secret, mystic, connected with the mysteries.”

At the beginning of the episode, we reference one of the founders of the French surrealist movement, Paul Éluard, with his insight, “There is another world, and it is inside this one.” We start from this place, because we believe this sentiment encompasses the foundation of mystical awareness. Moving into an intentional conversation about the mystical, we then share about how we have each come to develop a relationship with the world inside this one.

Key Takeaways:

• We can all connect to the mystical in our lives.

• Being open to the mystical in everyday life can awaken us to the infinite connection between souls, especially those souls who are no longer physically present with us.

• Having an intentional relationship with the mystical, can help us in our grief healing journeys through offering us peace and wonder, in moments of synchronicity.

• To deepen into a relationship with the mystical, it is important to express gratitude to the Divine, when you have those moments of mystical connection.

• The more open you are to the mystical, the more you can co-create in Miracles with the Divine.

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Heart Gardening, a father-daughter podcast where Jasmin and Robert explore the transformative power of open, honest dialogue in healing relationships – especially in families. Hosted by Jasmin, this podcast tells the story of their reconnection journey after nearly 15 years apart.

To support our journey, before each episode we choose a flower essence from Lotus Wei and a card from Alyson Charles’ Animal Power Deck: 75 Animals to Awaken Your Personal Magic.

Follow our podcast on Instagram @heartgardeningpodcast

Read more about Jasmin here and Robert here

Learn more about Fall Up and our podcast: visit website

Music: “Open Doors” by Trevor Hall (licensed from Trevor Hall)

Hosted on Libsyn

In this bonus solo episode, I invite you to pause and reflect on the invitations that my Dad and I have shared with you, in episodes one through eight of Season 1, of our Heart Gardening podcast.

You’ll hear me share my personal reflections with these invitations and how I am integrating with them in my life.

Because each episode is its own sort of medicine ceremony and we know we’ve already covered a lot of ground within Season 1, I wanted to take this intentional pause to reflect before we embark on the remaining episodes for this season.

I hope my reflections support you in getting more connected and aligned to your unique path forward with the eight invitations we’ve offered to you and your heart gardens thus far.

Keep gardening,
Jasmin

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Heart Gardening, a father-daughter podcast where Jasmin and Robert explore the transformative power of open, honest dialogue in healing relationships – especially in families. Hosted by Jasmin, this podcast tells the story of their reconnection journey after nearly 15 years apart.

To support our journey, before each episode we choose a flower essence from Lotus Wei and a card from Alyson Charles’ Animal Power Deck: 75 Animals to Awaken Your Personal Magic.

Follow our podcast on Instagram @heartgardeningpodcast

Read more about Jasmin here and Robert here

Learn more about Fall Up and our podcast: visit website

Music: “Open Doors” by Trevor Hall (licensed from Trevor Hall)

Hosted on Libsyn

Have you ever thought about your first memory with grief?

Is there a story that you created from that experience that is still playing out now, in terms of how you relate to your grief – or, to your heart?

In this episode, my Dad and I have a heartfelt conversation about our earliest memories with grief and loss. (Listen for my Dad’s sweet reflection on Jiminy Cricket!)

You’ll hear my Dad speak to the sudden losses of his father and brother and the impact that had on his entire family. We go on to talk about the loss of my Mother and the healing that we both received through the support of our community – especially the Wheaton Academy high school community.

Towards the end of the episode, we discuss how we continue to navigate the universal human experience of grief – including the importance of allowing ourselves to feel our emotions, and how crying is indeed healing.

Key Takeaways:

• In light of your first childhood memory of grief, there may be an insight into how you currently relate to grief, based upon the message you received from a family member or caregiver, in response to your feelings.

• There is healing to be had in having intentional conversations with family members with whom you’ve shared in a loss, because you each had different relationships and experiences with that person.

• Grief is meant to be welcomed into the garden of your heart, as soil for the evolution of your soul.

• Don’t ask people who are grieving what you can do for them, just take a loving action on their behalf – whether with a call, organizing a Meal Train, sending flowers, or any other supportive actions.

• Remember: your consistent presence is the greatest gift to give to someone you love who is grieving.

• Prioritize remembering birthday anniversaries and death anniversaries of the people (and pets) your family, friends, and loved ones have lost.

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Heart Gardening, a father-daughter podcast where Jasmin and Robert explore the transformative power of open, honest dialogue in healing relationships – especially in families. Hosted by Jasmin, this podcast tells the story of their reconnection journey after nearly 15 years apart.

To support our journey, before each episode we choose a flower essence from Lotus Wei and a card from Alyson Charles’ Animal Power Deck: 75 Animals to Awaken Your Personal Magic.

Follow our podcast on Instagram @heartgardeningpodcast

Read more about Jasmin here and Robert here

Learn more about Fall Up and our podcast: visit website

Music: “Open Doors” by Trevor Hall (licensed from Trevor Hall)

Hosted on Libsyn

How can plant medicine support healing? Plant medicine, through the grace of The Divine, got us here into the heart garden. (Thank you plant medicine!)

We keep hearing from listeners that they want to hear about this topic: our initial resistance to plant medicine, how it has supported our healing journeys — both individually and as a father and daughter, and the importance of preparing for your own ceremony and integrating with the invitations you receive.

In this episode, we share:

• Gratitude to the Indigenous keepers of these sacred medicines, and of course to the medicines themselves.

• The story from my first plant medicine ceremony.

• The catalyst for my Dad attending his first plant medicine journey.

• My Dad’s integration invitations.

• An invitation to you, the listener, who may be curious about how to best support or encourage a loved one, to attend their first plant medicine ceremony.

Key Takeaways:

• In the right set and setting, plant medicine can be a powerful healing modality for personal growth and transformation.

• Plant medicine can help us meet that which was previously met by fear, with love. (Thank you, Stephen Levine).

• Listening to and acting upon the invitations received in sacred ceremony space can guide us into deep healing.

• “Emanate love, not fear.” (Thank you, Ram Dass).

For this episode we selected these two Lotus Wei flower essences: Divine Truth Elixir and Sacred Heart Anointing Oil

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Heart Gardening, a father-daughter podcast where Jasmin and Robert explore the transformative power of open, honest dialogue in healing relationships – especially in families. Hosted by Jasmin, this podcast tells the story of their reconnection journey after nearly 15 years apart.

To support our journey, before each episode we choose a flower essence from Lotus Wei and a card from Alyson Charles’ Animal Power Deck: 75 Animals to Awaken Your Personal Magic.

Follow our podcast on Instagram @heartgardeningpodcast

Read more about Jasmin here and Robert here

Learn more about Fall Up and our podcast: visit website

Music: “Open Doors” by Trevor Hall (licensed from Trevor Hall)

Hosted on Libsyn

Two weeks ago, while editing Episode 6, I was called to come into the recording studio to record and share these reflections with you. To both communicate my gratitude, and to invite you to use The Fall Up Method, as a means of connecting more with your heart, and what is present within it right now.

If you listened to our most recent Heart Gardening episode, which inspired this bonus episode, we shared about Marilyn Murray’s Three Little Children. One of the things that I love about practicing presence, with reflection and gratitude, is that these practices give us the opportunity to connect more with our Original Child, especially while moving through grief. Marilyn defines The Original Child as the child who we are created to be. It’s the child that embodies our soul and spirit in their original form, untainted and filled with potential.

Whatever is present within your heart gardens today, I hope that these reflections on how I’m relating to The Pause, The Breath, The Feeling, and The Healing inspire you in being more present – and alive – to your big feeling hearts.

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Heart Gardening, a father-daughter podcast where Jasmin and Robert explore the transformative power of open, honest dialogue in healing relationships – especially in families. Hosted by Jasmin, this podcast tells the story of their reconnection journey after nearly 15 years apart.

Follow our podcast on Instagram @heartgardening

Read more about Jasmin here

Learn more about Fall Up and our podcast: visit website

Music: “Open Doors” by Trevor Hall (licensed from Trevor Hall)

Hosted on Libsyn

How do we release the childhood messages that no longer serve us? Join us, as my Dad and I explore this question in today's episode of Heart Gardening.

Continuing with the belief that all of our stories contain medicine, we open this episode by sharing stories from our childhoods that speak to some of the early messages that we received.

My Dad, Robert, goes on to reflect upon his lifelong workaholic tendencies, which stemmed from the childhood messaging he received. He speaks candidly to the fact that moving from being a human doing for most of his life, to being a human being is an ongoing process.

As we close out this episode, we discuss renowned psychotherapist Marilyn Murray’s concept of The Three Little Children.

The topic of childhood messaging is a big topic, and through exploring how our childhood messages shaped our identities, we are invited to write new, healing stories for ourselves.

Key Takeaways:

• Reflecting on impactful moments from childhood can highlight a message that we may still be living out today.
• Allowing ourselves to feel deeply and live in alignment with our truth is an important part of reparenting ourselves.
• Marilyn Murray’s concept of The Three Little Children invites us to identify and connect with the child within us that needs attention, reparenting, and healing.

Resources:

• Jim Carrey quote: “I have enough. I’ve done enough. I am enough.”
• The Murray Method https://murraymethod.com/

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Heart Gardening, a father-daughter podcast where Jasmin and Robert explore the transformative power of open, honest dialogue in healing relationships – especially in families. Hosted by Jasmin, this podcast tells the story of their reconnection journey after nearly 15 years apart.

To support our journey, before each episode we choose a flower essence from Lotus Wei and a card from Alyson Charles’ Animal Power Deck: 75 Animals to Awaken Your Personal Magic.

Follow our podcast on Instagram @heartgardeningpodcast

Read more about Jasmin here and Robert here

Learn more about Fall Up and our podcast: visit website

Music: “Open Doors” by Trevor Hall (licensed from Trevor Hall)

Hosted on Libsyn

How do the messages that we received in childhood shape our lives?

In this episode, my Dad, Robert, courageously reflects on the key messages he received in his childhood, and how those messages informed the path that he has taken for the better part of his life. Specifically, going to an Ivy League school and achieving at a high level in the financial markets.

You will hear my Dad share about how his journey of awareness was catalyzed by his time in a recovery focused treatment center in the early 90s. He goes on to share the transformation he is leaning into in his retirement, listening to his heart and following his passions – proving it’s never too late!

We close this episode by inviting listeners to reflect on the childhood messages you received, and how you feel they have shaped your life up until this point. We acknowledge that awareness is always the first step in the journey transformation. If you’re waking up to the impact of your childhood messages, congrats and welcome to the club! We hope this new awareness will seed transformation and support you in creating the healing that you desire for yourself and your heart garden.

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Heart Gardening, a father-daughter podcast where Jasmin and Robert explore the transformative power of open, honest dialogue in healing relationships – especially in families. Hosted by Jasmin, this podcast tells the story of their reconnection journey after nearly 15 years apart.

To support our journey, before each episode we choose a flower essence from Lotus Wei and a card from Alyson Charles’ Animal Power Deck: 75 Animals to Awaken Your Personal Magic.

Follow our podcast on Instagram @heartgardeningpodcast

Read more about Jasmin here and Robert here

Learn more about Fall Up and our podcast: visit website

Music: “Open Doors” by Trevor Hall (licensed from Trevor Hall)

Hosted on Libsyn

Are you feeling called to co-create in healing with a family member? But have perhaps been stuck because of longstanding resentment, estrangement, or xyz. Grab your favorite tea and mist yourself with some Lotus Wei flower essences, because you’ve come to the right place.

As the shaman I apprenticed often said, “You can have your story or you can have your healing, but you can’t have both.”

In today’s episode, my Dad and I reflect upon the stories that we had to let go of, in order to embrace the healing that started in the virtual therapy room, four years ago. Additionally, we speak about how to move from rupture to repair (hint: you have to let go of the old story), and share the practical steps we took to get ourselves into a place of intentional healing as father and daughter.

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Heart Gardening, a father-daughter podcast where Jasmin and Robert explore the transformative power of open, honest dialogue in healing relationships – especially in families. Hosted by Jasmin, this podcast tells the story of their reconnection journey after nearly 15 years apart.

To support our journey, before each episode we choose a flower essence from Lotus Wei.

Animal Power Deck: 75 Animals to Awaken Your Personal Magic by Alyson Charles

Follow our podcast on Instagram @heartgardeningpodcast

Read more about Jasmin here and Robert here

Learn more about Fall Up and our podcast: visit website

Music: “Open Doors” by Trevor Hall (licensed from Trevor Hall)

Hosted on Libsyn