Hold the Light

On the show today is Orly Altaras, a psychic medium who lives in Los Angeles. We met in an online community and I can’t really remember all the details of our meeting, but it was one of those things where we somehow connected online, we chatted, we did an Instagram Live together, and that was so fun that we hosted an in-person New Moon Circle, and have just been champions of each other since.As a psychic medium, Orly offers 1:1 sessions with people helping them to connect with loved ones on the other side; she does small group readings; she leads classes on how to tap into your intuition; and also is the owner of Lara & Lou, an online shop that provides goods and services for your spirit and home.Orly has such a beautiful spirit – you’ll hear that in this conversation. She shares some tips on how we can strengthen our intuition and shares some beautiful stories around tuning into the signs and synchronicities that are all around us.LEARN MORE ABOUT ORLY ALTARAS Instagram: @laraandlouWebsite: LaraandLou.comCOUPON CODE: FOR 20% off ORLY'S mediumship services or at her shop, Lara and Lou, use the code: LIGHTTHE HTL PODCAST CREWCreator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning GrossmanCo-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan GrossmanOriginal music: Jonathan GrossmanHold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CAFIND US AT:Website: Holdthelightcollective.comNewsletter: SubstackLaurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossmanHold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

Who’s ready to talk wishes? I imagine you have some for yourself, whether it’s at the forefront of your mind, or buried deep somewhere within.The topic of wishes is something that my guest today, Alexa Fischer, thinks about a lot. Alexa, who is a teacher, entrepreneur, and author of the book Wishwork, is the creator of Wishbeads, which is intention-setting, wish-granting jewelry. Basically, you wear your wishes! Her company has a mission, as she says: to inspire millions of people to make exciting wishes, take action, and put in the work to make those wishes come true.Alexa is a joy to talk to. She brings such clarity and inspiration for leading a soul-led life. I think you’ll love this conversation. Also, she walks through a breathing exercise and visualization towards the end of this episode, so you’ll want to listen all the way through so that you can reap the benefits of her teaching – and to connect to your own wish.WISHBEADS FOR HOLD THE LIGHTWishbeads: Buy HereCOUPON CODE: Get 20% off at Wishbeads. Use the code: HTL20*This is a one time use good through the end of the year.LEARN MORE ABOUT ALEXA FISCHERWebsite: Wishbeads.comInstagram: @wishbeadsAlexa Fischer Website: AlexaFischer.comTHE HTL PODCAST CREWCreator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning GrossmanCo-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan GrossmanOriginal music: Jonathan GrossmanHold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CAFIND US AT:Website: Holdthelightcollective.comNewsletter: SubstackLaurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossmanHold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

Have you ever had the experience of a sound bath? It’s truly magical.And that's how I met today’s guest, Alison Liepzig. Ali led a sound bath experience in my hometown of Los Angeles, which I was able to attend after hearing about Ali’s work from a friend. When it was over, I knew I wanted to talk with Ali here on Hold the Light.Ali has her hands in several spiritually-inspired spaces. She is the co-founder of Soul Camp Creative, which is a sacred strategy house committed to serving spiritual entrepreneurs. She’s also a spiritual teacher, retreat and camp leader, and a sound and vibrational healer.It’s her work with sound and vibration that we’re focusing on today.I’m excited for you to hear this conversation and learn more about the power of sound.LEARN MORE ABOUT ALISON LEIPZIGWebsite: SoulCampCreative.comInstagram: @alisonleipzigTHE HTL PODCAST CREWCreator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning GrossmanCo-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan GrossmanOriginal music: Jonathan GrossmanHold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CAFIND US AT:Website: Holdthelightcollective.comNewsletter: SubstackLaurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossmanHold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

Today's guest is today’s guest: Rev. Liliana Barzola, renowned spiritual intuitive and founder and CEO of Lotus Lantern Healing Arts.She’s been a psychic intuitive since childhood and uses her gift to help people and organizations find clarity and directions – and has conducted over 20,000 in-person and phone intuitive sessions, and has taught over 600 students since 2002. As she says, “Oftentimes, ‘psychic sensitives’ are the most in need of healing and support.”And that she likes to think of herself as the healer’s healer.Among other things we talk about in this conversation, of course, we talk about energy: why it gets stuck in our bodies and how it manifests. I was curious: what does stuck energy look like? Liliana shares how to clear our energy, how to ground ourselves, and also how to tap into our intuition.LEARN MORE ABOUT LILIANA BARZOLAWebsite: LotusLantern.orgTHE HTL PODCAST CREWCreator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning GrossmanCo-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan GrossmanOriginal music: Jonathan GrossmanHold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CAFIND US AT:Website: Holdthelightcollective.comNewsletter: SubstackLaurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossmanHold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

If you’ve been listening to Hold the Light these past weeks, you know that I’ve been sharing pieces of my conversation with Carissa Schumacher.In case you haven’t heard those episodes yet, a quick introduction:Carissa, who is one of my spiritual teachers, is a Forensic Psychic Medium, an empathic intuitive, a Sacred Ceremony Facilitator and a full-body Channel for Yeshua, with whom she co-created the book The Freedom Transmissions.You may have ideas when you hear the name Yeshua, and I did too. So, I wanted to hear from Carissa who Yeshua is to her. What is her definition?What she describes was so helpful to me – and I know to others who heard the full conversation – because there is such clarity – and beauty – in her answer. LISTEN TO MY FULL CONVERSATION WITH CARISSA SCHUMACHEREpisode 23: LISTEN HEREABOUT CARISSA SCHUMACHERWebsite: TheSpiritTransmissions.comRead: The Freedom TransmissionsRead on Substack: Why Hold the Light? EXCLUSIVE! ALOKA HOME x HOLD THE LIGHT COLLECTIVE QUILTSBuy a limited edition, one-of-a-kind quilt hand-stitched in India 60 to 80 years ago. They are perfect to place in your lap or wrap around your shoulders while meditating, or in a circle! BUY HERETHE HTL PODCAST CREWCreator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning GrossmanCo-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan GrossmanOriginal music: Jonathan GrossmanHold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CAFIND US AT:Website: Holdthelightcollective.comNewsletter: SubstackLaurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossmanHold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

If you’ve been listening to my podcast, you know that I recently spoke with Carissa Schumacher. Carissa is a Forensic Psychic Medium, an empathic intuitive, a Sacred Ceremony Facilitator and a full-body Channel for Yeshua, or Christ Consciousness. She’s also one of my spiritual teachers.When we spoke in our original conversation, Episode 23, one topic we discussed was how do we find peace and hope at this point in time? What can help us right now as we move into a new era and a new cycle on our planet? In case you haven’t heard that conversation yet, I want to share this excerpt with you because it feels important and necessary and expansive. As she says, "Be the moral, not the story."LISTEN TO MY FULL CONVERSATION WITH CARISSA: Episode 23: Click hereABOUT CARISSA SCHUMACHERWebsite: TheSpiritTransmissions.comRead: The Freedom TransmissionsRead on Substack: Why Hold the Light? EXCLUSIVE! ALOKA HOME x HOLD THE LIGHT COLLECTIVE QUILTSBuy a limited edition, one-of-a-kind quilt hand-stitched in India 60 to 80 years ago. They are perfect to place in your lap or wrap around your shoulders while meditating, or in a circle! BUY HERETHE HTL PODCAST CREWCreator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning GrossmanCo-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan GrossmanOriginal music: Jonathan GrossmanHold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CAFIND US AT:Website: Holdthelightcollective.comNewsletter: SubstackLaurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossmanHold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

For those on a spiritual growth path, or for those who are curious on how to cultivate this path, we often wonder how we can weave spirituality into our day-to-day lives. In a recent conversation on this podcast I asked my spiritual teacher Carissa Schumacher this question. I wanted to know: how can we hold the light and build it into a daily practice for ourselves? What structure is most conducive to opening our channel so that we can stay connected to our spirit and to the unseen? Especially when our lives can get consumed with a lot of doing, instead of simply being.Carissa, who is an intuitive psychic, medium, channel for Yeshua (or Christ Consciousness), and co-creator of the book The Freedom Transmissions has several suggestions for what could be helpful. She says to take what serves you and leave the rest behind. Something to keep in mind as you listen, Carissa mentions the vertical and the horizontal in this conversation. If you haven’t already listened to my full conversation with her on Episode 23 where she discusses this in detail, here are some crib notes: the vertical is our being or our consciousness – it’s that part of us that is Spirit inhabiting form.And the horizontal is our human lives, our egos, our identity constructs, and the societal norms that are placed within that. It’s basically our day-to-day lives, based in the realm of the doing.To listen to my full conversation with Carissa Schumacher – which of course I highly recommend – visit the show notes or find Episode 23 here on Hold the Light podcast.ABOUT CARISSA SCHUMACHERWebsite: TheSpiritTransmissions.comRead: The Freedom TransmissionsRead on Substack: Why Hold the Light? EXCLUSIVE! ALOKA HOME x HOLD THE LIGHT COLLECTIVE QUILTSBuy a limited edition, one-of-a-kind quilt hand-stitched in India 60 to 80 years ago. They are perfect to place in your lap or wrap around your shoulders while meditating, or in a circle! BUY HERETHE HTL PODCAST CREWCreator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning GrossmanCo-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan GrossmanOriginal music: Jonathan GrossmanHold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CAFIND US AT:Website: Holdthelightcollective.comNewsletter: SubstackLaurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossmanHold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective

Carissa Schumacher is a world-renowned Forensic Psychic Medium, an empathic intuitive, a Sacred Ceremony Facilitator and a full-body Channel for Yeshua. Carissa is a facilitator who is willing to walk the walk. She has an incredible gift as a channel – and it does seem otherworldly – she embraces her human self and shares that with us. There is a lot of laughter and joy in her presence.So, while this episode is longer than usual, there is so much goodness shared here. I know that many of you listening are cautiously curious about The Freedom Transmissions and Carissa’s work. So keep an open mind and an open heart. This work is Universal… there’s something for everyone.Here we talk about what it means to hold the light; Carissa offers context and definition to Yeshua, as well as the vertical and the horizontal; she shares how people can create a daily structure to help them connect, or stay connected to their spiritual selves; and we cover so much more. There is great wisdom in this conversation.ABOUT CARISSA SCHUMACHERWebsite: TheSpiritTransmissions.comRead: The Freedom TransmissionsRead on Substack: Why Hold the Light? Listen: Air the Griefances, Not the Grievances – Yeshua’s Transmission on Pulling the ThreadEXCLUSIVE! ALOKA HOME x HOLD THE LIGHT COLLECTIVE QUILTSBuy a limited edition, one-of-a-kind quilt hand-stitched in India 60 to 80 years ago. They are perfect to place in your lap or wrap around your shoulders while meditating, or in a circle! BUY HERETHE HTL PODCAST CREWCreator, producer, and host: Laurie Gunning GrossmanCo-producer and audio mixer/sound guru: Jonathan GrossmanOriginal music: Jonathan GrossmanHold the Light podcast is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio in Los Angeles, CAFIND US AT:Website: Holdthelightcollective.comNewsletter: SubstackLaurie on IG: @laurie.gunning.grossmanHold the Light on IG: @holdthelightcollective