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Restructure Your Inner World in Capricorn Season with Jana Roemer
Capricorn Season clears away old ideas, beliefs and structures and invites you to listen deeply for the wisdom to restructure yourself, your worldview and your life. This and more with astrologer & yoga nidra expert Jana Roemer
How to Disentangle from the Conditioned Self with Alex Boianghu
In the third in the series The Journey of Wholeness, meditation teacher & psycho-spiritual therapist Alex Boianghu and I discuss how to disentangle from the conditioned self and cultivate the experience of true freedom and wholeness.
Re-Imagine Your Purpose in Sagittarius Season with Jana Roemer
Sagittarius season is the alchemical fire that helps us re-turn to the light, re-member our purpose, re-connect with Source and, this year, to prepare for the deep, intense work of re-making yourself and the world.
The Art of Desire
If you’ve been on this planet for more than ten years, then you’ve probably heard the evils of instant gratification…BUT,
How to Stay Vulnerable in a Changing World with Mindvalley Co-Founder Kristina Mand-Lakhiani
Kristina Mand-Lakhiani, co-founder of Mindvalley, talks about how to be in the open state of vulnerability, how to live from a state of vulnerability and the difference between experiencing intense emotion and being vulnerable
How to Optimize Cooperation and Competition ~ Mystic Wisdom with Kristine Madera
Cooperation is the organizing principle of life and well-being. Competition is the 10% juice that optimizes cooperation
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.




