Self Talk with Rachel Astarte
Self-Improvement
About
Self Talk takes a conversational look at how we can show up in the world—for the world. If you're on a journey to your true self, this is your next stop.
Episodes
- Living the Foundation of Self—Receive, Don’t Seek: Manifestation Reimagined
Send Rachel a text message. If you’ve ever felt like you’re “doing manifestation wrong”… this might shift everything. In this episode, we move beyond vision boards and wishful thinking to explore a deeper truth: You are not separate from w…
- Living the Foundation of Self—Reclaim Your Energy
Send Rachel a text message. Feeling exhausted, but not from what you actually did ? You might be leaking energy. In this episode, we explore: how we unconsciously give our energy away why it leaves us anxious, foggy, and burned out how to…
- Living the Foundation of Self—Meditate on This
Send Rachel a text message. Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already. — Pema Chödrön In this episode of Self Talk , we redefine what meditation ca…
- Living the Foundation of Self—Bring Fear Closer
Send Rachel a text message. It’s not that you must be free from fear… What is needed rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance is understanding fear; that means watch it; learn about it; come directly i…
- Living the Foundation of Self—Be Genuinely Curious
Send Rachel a text message. You have built your Foundation of Self; now it's time to start living it. In this episode of Self Talk , we talk about Genuine Curiosity —the foundational tool at the heart of the Foundation of Self framework. W…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—Interoception: Listening to the Body’s Wisdom
Send Rachel a text message. In this episode, we explore interoception —the inner sense that lets us feel and understand what’s happening inside the body. This often-overlooked skill forms the foundation of emotional intelligence, intuition…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—Creating Boundaries, Not Walls
Send Rachel a text message. In this episode of Self Talk , we discuss the true purpose of healthy boundarie s—and why they’re actually acts of compassion, not separation. Beginning with the core mantra, “My boundaries benefit both of us,”…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—Evolving the Underdeveloped Ego
Send Rachel a text message. In this episode, we explore the underdeveloped ego—the "small s self" that keeps us playing small, doubting our worth, and resisting change. You’ll learn what the underdeveloped ego is, how it shows up as negati…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—You Are Your Highest Self
Send Rachel a text message. The highest self isn't an idealized version of ourselves to strive for, but rather our preconditioned consciousness that has always been present within us. • Our highest self is like a blank sheet of paper upon…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—Mastering Self-talk
Send Rachel a text message. Be mindful of your self-talk, it’s a conversation with the Universe. — David James Lees This podcast episode focuses on negative self-talk , exploring how destructive internal dialogues are learned, not inherent…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—Walking the Path of Awakening
Send Rachel a text message. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakes. —Carl Jung In this episode, we explore the concept of awakening—a profound shift in consciousness where you recognize your interconnectedness with all existence…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—Gentleness, the Healing Salve
Send Rachel a text message. What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself, will…transform how you experience the world. What you do for yourself, you’r…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—The Tool of Awareness
Send Rachel a text message. You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being aware of other things; that is, of the not-Se…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—The Power of Nonjudgment
Send Rachel a text message. For the wakeful, one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgment and blame, there is no fear. —Buddha Today's talk continues the deep dive into Foundation of Self work with…
- Building Your Foundation of Self—What is Inner Work?
Send Rachel a text message. Asking yourself deeper questions opens up new ways of being in the world. It brings in a breath of fresh air. It makes life more joyful. The real trick to life is not to be in the know, but to be in the mystery.…
- Self Talk #131: INTERVIEW: Shelly Starks, Corporate Communication Specialist
Send Rachel a text message. Shelly Starks is the President & CEO of Inline Consulting Services. Her mission is to help businesses overcome internal and external communication barriers with clear and concise tools that align with the organi…
- Self Talk #130: INTERVIEW: Dr. Natalie Marr, Clinical Psychologist
Send Rachel a text message. Dr. Natalie Marr is a Clinical Psychologist who offers nationwide coaching and educational services through LearnToLoveYourStory.com . She has sat across the couch from clients for thousands of hours over the pa…
- Self Talk #129: INTERVIEW: Isabelle Fortin: Sales Management Strategist
Send Rachel a text message. Isabelle Fortin is a dynamic sales management strategist who seamlessly blends military discipline with a rebellious spirit. As the founder of Rebel Sales, a consulting firm specializing in supporting sales team…
- Self Talk #128: INTERVIEW: Jason Medlock, Quantum Healing Hypnotist
Send Rachel a text message. Jason Medlock is the best-selling author of the groundbreaking book Empowered by Consciousness . He is also a Level 2 Quantum Healing Hypnotist and highly sought-after mindset coach who brings a transformative e…
- Self Talk #127: INTERVIEW: Troy Hadeed, Yoga Teacher + Author
Send Rachel a text message. Troy Hadeed is a yoga teacher, author, and social entrepreneur who is continuously excavating the human experience while aiming to make God more accessible, discover what it truly means to embody love, and aid h…
- Self Talk #126: INTERVIEW: Cathy Gabrielsen, Healer + Near-death Experiencer
Send Rachel a text message. Cathy Gabrielsen is a Healer, Spiritual Teacher, Ayurvedic Health Coach, Vedic Meditation Teacher, Graduate Teacher of Energy Medicine, and #1 best-selling author of Dying to Live: Surviving Near-Death . Cathy h…
- Self Talk #125: INTERVIEW: Gabrielle Pimstone, Energy Coach
Send Rachel a text message. Gabrielle Pimstone is an Energy Coach who is dedicated to assisting those on the cusp of change but in need of that crucial nudge forward. Her story, “Finding Your Inner Hero: A journey beyond burnout”, narrates…
- Self Talk #124: INTERVIEW: Leslie Draffin, Psychedelic Integration Guide
Send Rachel a text message. Leslie Draffin is a Certified Psychedelic Integration Guide, Somatic Embodiment Coach, and podcast host who is passionate about helping people embrace their bodies, cycles, sex, and psychedelics. She supports co…
- Self Talk #123: INTERVIEW: Kent Weishaus, Socially Conscious LCSW
Send Rachel a text message. Kent Weishaus had a 25-year career in television production, working on talk shows, game shows, tabloids, sitcoms, and other programming, before making a switch in 2006, going back to graduate school and becomin…
- Self Talk #122: INTERVIEW: JJ DiGeronimo, Career Strategist + Lightworker
Send Rachel a text message. •• IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT •• As of this month, Self Talk has entered its sixth year of production! 🎉🥂 A heartfelt thank-you to all the listeners. You have made Self Talk an absolute pleasure for me to create.…
- Self Talk #121: INTERVIEW: Andra Dediu, Integration Specialist
Send Rachel a text message. Andra Dediu supports individuals to integrate the highs and lows experienced as a result of big moments of psychospiritual change like spiritual awakenings, mystical experiences, and insights from altered states…
- Self Talk #120: INTERVIEW: Kimberly Braun, Minister, Reiki Master + Educator
Send Rachel a text message. Kimberly Braun, impelled from earliest childhood mystical experiences, has spent over a decade as a monastic nun exploring the path of Presence. With a master's in theology with special focus on the adult spirit…
- Self Talk #119: INTERVIEW: Susan Gold, Trauma Coach + Author
Send Rachel a text message. Navigating a ferociously challenging upbringing while bravely moving forward as an adult to face ingrained, outdated, and patriarchal programming head-on, Susan now shares a unique perspective in viewing life ch…
- Self Talk #118: INTERVIEW: Denise Miceli, Intuitive Life Coach + Healer
Send Rachel a text message. When does impostor syndrome really show up? When we’re trying to make a change. —Denise Miceli Denise Miceli is an inspiring, empathic guide and mentor in creating space for change and growth. She is known for h…
- Self Talk #117: INTERVIEW: Abdi Assadi, Spiritual Counselor + Healer
Send Rachel a text message. No matter what the question, Love is the answer. Love with a capital L. —Abdi Assadi Abdi Assadi is a spiritual counselor and healer with four decades of clinical experience in acupuncture, body-centered psychot…
- Self Talk #116: INTERVIEW: Lauren Leduc, Yoga Teacher + Coach of the Sacred Feminine
Send Rachel a text message. Lauren Leduc is a visionary, yoga teacher, intuitive, mentor, and mama. With the special gift of cultivating community and creating accessible experiences, Lauren has taught thousands of students with her approa…
- Self Talk #115: INTERVIEW: Ann Bell, Love + Sex Coach
Send Rachel a text message. Ann Bell has been a love and sex coach since 2012, fostering deep connections, and empowering individuals to embrace their authentic selves. She creates a safe, judgment-free space, along with guiding transforma…
- Self Talk #114: INTERVIEW: Noëlle Janka, Author and Coach for Social Impact Leaders
Send Rachel a text message. Noëlle Janka, PCC (she/her) is a politicized coach for social change leaders and author of Rebel Healing: Transforming Ourselves and the Systems That Make Us Sick . She has lived with health challenges for more…
- Self Talk #113: INTERVIEW: Michael McGinnis, Author and Spiritual Revolutionary
Send Rachel a text message. As a change catalyst, Michael McGinnis has dedicated his life to the awakening of humanity on a global level. Through extensive self-study and first-hand experience, he has been gifted to serve as a channel for…
- Self Talk #112: INTERVIEW: Heather Claus, Author + Boundaries Specialist
Send Rachel a text message. Heather Claus has lived an atypical life. She’s traveled across the country, exploring (and teaching about) alternative lifestyles and communing with diverse people. All of her experiences thus far have led her…
- Self Talk #111: INTERVIEW: Maryjane Fahey, Author and Founder of Glorious Broads
Send Rachel a text message. I want to inspire women to say: I wanna be that broad! and see fearmongering about age become a thing of the past in my lifetime. Let roaring into age prevail! —Maryjane Fahey Maryjane Fahey is on her fifth rein…
- Self Talk #110: INTERVIEW: Ben Oofana, Traditional Wisdom Healer
Send Rachel a text message. Ben Oofana began his training at the age of 20 with one of the last surviving traditional doctors/medicine men among the Kiowa Indian tribe. Ben helps people to heal their bodies, minds, broken hearts, and other…
- Self Talk #109: INTERVIEW: Satya Lila, Sacred Sexuality Coach
Send Rachel a text message. Satya Lila, the founder of the Sexual Communion program, has taught and guided people in the area of sacred sexuality since 1993. She has had around 15,000 hours of client sessions and led hundreds of workshops,…
- Self Talk #108: INTERVIEW: Esther Kalaba, Art + Somatic Therapist
Send Rachel a text message. Esther Kalaba is an art therapist, somatic psychotherapist, known by many as the "breathwork lady." Her signature therapeutic offerings combine movement, art, breathing, and meditation and teach us basic skills…
- Self Talk #107: INTERVIEW: Nan Kreuger, Eco-conscious Interior Designer
Send Rachel a text message. Nan Krueger is a designer who's passionate about the power of interior design. She never really fit in at school, but her sanctuary during those painful times was the home that her parents lovingly designed. Now…
- Self Talk #106: INTERVIEW: Nyk Danu, Yoga for Misfits
Send Rachel a text message. Nyk Danu is an IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) certified Yoga therapist. Her therapeutic specialty is back pain and anxiety relief. She works with Yoga Misfits, Gen Xers (and sometimes y) who…
- Self Talk #105: INTERVIEW: Maria Verdicchio, End-of-Life Designer
Send Rachel a text message. Maria Verdicchio is an End-of-Life Designer and Nature & Forest Therapy Guide, providing heart-centered and pragmatic advance-care planning, end-of-life education, and life transition ceremonies. Maria helps peo…
- Self Talk #104: INTERVIEW: Susan Bratton, Intimacy Expert
Send Rachel a text message. Susan Bratton, "Intimacy Expert to Millions" is a champion and advocate for all those who desire intimacy and passion their whole life long. She’s created hundreds of techniques that transform “having sex” into…
- Self Talk #103: INTERVIEW: Coach Lee Hopkins, Socal Connection Coach
Send Rachel a text message. Shameless Plug Episode: Annual Social Connections Summit 2023 Coach Lee Hopkins is a transgender man who helps people create lasting friendships. After struggling with loneliness most of his life, he's developed…
- Self Talk #102: INTERVIEW: Timothy Stuetz, Family Sacred Sciences Coach & Author
Send Rachel a text message. Timothy Stuetz has written more children’s stories than anyone currently alive—88 to date with more on the way. Using fairy tales, ancient arts, sacred sciences, and “everything in between,” he empowers people o…
- Self Talk #101: INTERVIEW: Nisanka Wickramarachchi, Trauma Coach & Narcissism Specialist
Send Rachel a text message. PTSD comes free with narcissism. —Nisanka Wickramarachchi Nisanka Wickramarachi is a trauma-informed life coach and an NLP and EFT practitioner who helps parents co-parent with narcissistic partners or ex-partne…
- Self Talk #100: INTERVIEW: Abdi Assadi, Spiritual Counselor and Healer
Send Rachel a text message. ✨ 100th EPISODE SPECIAL ✨ Join me in this special, one-hour interview with Abdi Assadi, a remarkable healer and counselor I've had the privilege to know and work with for over a decade. _________________________…
- Self Talk #99: INTERVIEW: Greg Weiting, Chronic Pain Specialist
Send Rachel a text message. For the first 20 years of his life, Greg Weiting was in debilitating and insufferable chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. He decided that a life of pain was unacceptable and that he had to do whatever it took…
- Self Talk #98: INTERVIEW: Martin Theis, Spiritual Coach and Shamanic Teacher
Send Rachel a text message. "If we are courageous enough to let go of our 'personal history' and the identification with our past, we can become a stronger, more fulfilled version of ourselves.” —Martin Theis Martin Theis is a spiritual co…
- Self Talk #97: INTERVIEW: Jem Fuller, Mindset Coach and Author
Send Rachel a text message. Jem Fuller has lived a colorful, global life. From barefoot backpacker to corporate leader, fire-dancer and traditional tattooist, a kindergarten teacher to motorcycle courier, masseuse and reflexology practitio…