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Anger is an Opportunity to See What You Desire to Change Mystic Wisdom with Kristine Madera
Is an opportunity to see what you desire to change, to feel your power, to know your truth, to act with courage and kindness, as you choose you. Mystic Wisdom & deeper dive video with Kristine Madera
Break Free from Collective Thought Control Pendulums Using Reality Transurfing with Renée Garcia
Pendulums are collective thought forms and ideas that control you and strip away your true thought freedom by hooking your emotions. To live the life you choose for yourself—and not that is chosen by the pendulums—you need to break free from thought control. Learn how in this episode with Renée Garcia, the founder of The International Transurfing Institute.
Why You Should Trust Feelings over Emotions Mystic Wisdom with Kristine Madera
Emotions come from the physical body & nervous system to warn from past experience. Feelings come from the subtle body and inform about the Now. The words feelings and emotions are often used interchangeably, but they have key differences. They are both communication systems in the body, and give you information about what is happening within.
Knowing you are right is a brain technology Mystic Wisdom with Kristine Madera
Knowing you are right is a brain technology and survival strategy,
But have you noticed that when you change your mind, you feel right about that, too? The brain as an organ is full of nifty functions that help keep us alive, and “knowing” we are right is one of them. That feeling you get when you are right is deceiving because you can have the same exact feeling when you change your mind 180 degrees.
Authentic Genius is the expression of life force Mystic Wisdom with Kristine Madera
Genius in modern society is recognized mostly in the realm of intellect. But intellect itself is only useful and fulfilling when it is part of the expression of a person’s natural or authentic genius.
Reality is what it is, regardless of what you believe it to be ~ Mystic Wisdom with Kristine Madera
Of course personal and collective beliefs shape our experience of reality, but it doesn’t change reality itself. Yet we are socialized to think that our opinions and beliefs reflect reality, as if our beliefs determine reality. So then, when you change a belief or opinion, does reality itself change?
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.

