Episode Details

To the public, Alyson Charles is a revered shaman, best-selling author, and spiritual teacher. But her journey to the medicine path was anything but linear. A former national champion athlete and hip-hop radio host, Alyson spent years "winning but lost"—chasing external accolades while her soul withered in a toxic relationship and a disconnected life.

In this episode, Alyson shares the raw, unvarnished story of her spiritual awakening. She recounts the cataclysmic moment her guides intervened, forcing her to face the brutal truth of her reality and shattering the illusions she had built. She discusses the deep work of reclaiming her physical vessel from years of athletic and relational disempowerment, and how she navigated the terrifying transition from a mainstream media career to a life of spiritual service.

Corissa and Alyson dive deep into the practice of Animal Medicine. Alyson reveals the eight-year journey of birthing her book Animal Power, including the moment she scrapped a completed manuscript on surrender because hundreds of animals flooded her meditation to demand a different book.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Winning But Lost Syndrome: Why high achievers are often the most spiritually disconnected, and the danger of living a life that looks perfect on paper.
• The Awakening: The specific, undeniable moment when Alyson’s clairaudience turned on, revealing a truth so painful it dropped her to her knees.
• Reclaiming the Body: How early athletic coaching and later toxic relationships taught Alyson to dissociate from her body, and the work required to reclaim her sacred vessel.
• The Rockstar Shaman: Navigating the identity crisis of being an unexpected shaman (a white woman from the Midwest with a background in hip-hop) and the integrity checks required to hold that title.
• Animal Power: The mystical story behind Alyson's best-selling book, and why the artist who illustrated it completed his soul's mission with its final image.

Notable Quotes:

• "I felt like I needed to make a choice between keeping my connection to the divine... or shutting that line down and keeping my connection to my dad." — Alyson Charles
• "When you're in denial, you don't know you're in denial. It's the nature of it." — Alyson Charles
• "I am the noodler of the riddle." — Alyson Charles

Resources & Links:

Her website for everything
Her Instagram

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