Higher Self with Carina Shines

<p>Motherhood holds some of the brightest, most magical moments of our lives - ecstatic joy, oceanic love, and the kind of wonder that makes time stand still. But in the busyness of our day to day lives, it’s all too...

<p>In Part 2 of Overwhelm In Motherhood, we explore the freeze response - the nervous system state where overwhelm lives - and that can leave mothers feeling shut down, numb, or paralyzed. While freeze can feel like a...

<p>In this episode, we explore the hidden factors that contribute to overwhelm: chronic fatigue and sleep deprivation, the mental load of remembering and managing countless details, the role that estrogen plays...

<p>In this episode, we explore what it means to stay connected to your creativity in the midst of motherhood. Whether you feel creatively blocked, disconnected from your sense of self, or you’re simply longing to feel...

<p>Why does motherhood so often feel overwhelming, lonely, and heavier than we ever imagined? In this opening episode of The Inner Work of Motherhood, we explore the roots of the modern maternal struggle: the loss of...

<p>This first season is a deep dive into the emotional, spiritual, and somatic terrain of mothering. The identity shifts, nervous system regulation (and all that disrupts it), the healing, grief, joy, rage, and bliss of...

<p>In this soul-stirring episode, we journey beyond the Easter we know today and into the ancient, feminine roots. Long before chocolate eggs and Sunday services, cultures around the world honored the Earth's...

<p>Welcome the Spring season and true New Year with this short guided meditation (pulled from our most recent Spring Equinox episode).</p><p>We’ll take a few minutes to ground and settle, connect without breath and...

<p>As the wheel of the year turns, the Spring Equinox arrives as a powerful portal—inviting us to step out of winter’s reflection, dreaming, and fortification, and into early Spring’s integration, release, and...

<p>In this episode, we answer the question “Do I even have spirit guides? How do I hear them?” We explore different ways to connect with the chorus of unseen support behind us, including intuitive walks, oracle cards...

<p>After a 20-month hiatus to focus on pregnancy, birth, and mothering a new baby, I’m so excited to share this space with you once again.<br/><br/>I share some of my inner process as it relates to channeling creativity...

<p>In this episode, I tell the story of my son's wonderful home birth. I go into detail of every stage of the journey: what I found easy, the challenges I faced and how I got through them, what surprised me, what I...

<p>In this 2-Part episode, I begin telling the story of my son's painless, pleasurable, joyful, transcendent home birth. I believe that every good birth story starts with the conception and pregnancy story. In this...

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<p>The first trimester of pregnancy is often a time of profound emotions, consuming symptoms, and big life changes, all hidden from the world by a veil of secrecy.<br/><br/>In this episode, four women share their...