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Surrender to Faith, Source and Flow in Pieces Season with Jana Roemer

Surrender to Faith, Source and Flow in Pieces Season with Jana Roemer

Pisces sun season is where merge with all that is, in death==whether death of the ego, of old patterns and habits, or of the physical body. It’s also an opportunity to surrender to trust and flow as the primary strategy of life. This year, the USA Pluto return brings the opportunity to reimagine the structures, systems, values and other aspects of American society. This and more with astrologer & yoga nidra expert Jana Roemer

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How to Surrender and Let Life Live Through You with Renée Garcia

How to Surrender and Let Life Live Through You with Renée Garcia

Society (and school, etc.) teaches us to work hard, hustle and grid to survive—but does anyone actually like doing that? What would happen if you let life lead, and you rode shotgun on life’s ride-along? We explore how this works and much more in this episode with Renée Garcia, the founder of The International Transurfing Institute.

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About Kristine

Kristine Madera is an Amazon #1 bestselling author who writes fiction and nonfiction shaped by travel, culture, and lived cross-cultural experience.

Inspired while volunteering at Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying in Calcutta, her novel God in Drag examines what happens when spiritual faith fractures in the sacred city of Varanasi. Read the first chapter of God in Drag HERE 

She birthed her upcoming novel, The Snakeman’s Wife, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Papua New Guinea.

Be on the lookout for her Etiquette Express Guides, a series of short, practical travel guides that help readers understand the customs, social expectations, and everyday dos and don’ts that make travel smoother and more connected.

Her travels have taken her across India, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Papua New Guinea as both a backpacker and Peace Corps Volunteer. A portion of her book proceeds supports cross-cultural education scholarships.

You don’t need to “master” a culture to move through it well.

You just need a few steady skills:

  • How to stay curious,
  • How to adjust without performing
  • How to recover gracefully when you miss a cue—because we all do.

This free PDF guide gives you 12 simple, human skills you can use anywhere: whether traveling abroad, navigating a new city, joining a host family, starting a new job, or even re-entering your own life after a trip.