Episode 3

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13th Nov 2024

The Rise of a Phoenix: My Journey through Addiction

Description of Episode:

*Content warning: Addiction and Trauma topics mentioned*

Shandra, the Bestselling Author of "The Rise of A Phoenix: My Journey through Addiction" in the collaboration "Evolving on Purpose: Mindful Ancestors Paving the Way", shares her journey through addiction and recovery. She discusses her addiction, which took root deeply after being prescribed opioids at age 14, due to trauma and severe menstrual pain. Going on 13 years of sobriety, Shandra emphasizes the importance of addressing the root causes of addiction beyond the physical, such as unresolved trauma and emotional pain. She highlights the role of spiritual healing, energy work, and somatic therapies in her recovery. Shandra encourages listeners to connect with their inner child and shadow self to heal and overcome addiction, offering her support and resources for those in need.

By the end of this episode you will:

Learn more about Shandra, her journey through addiction and recovery through spiritual healing. A greater understanding of where addiction comes from and how to move through it as well as a deeper knowledge of human development and the role that it and trauma play in addiction.


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Shandra Shultz:

Welcome to the Mystical Alchemy™ podcast where we voyage into all things woo, spirituality, and psychology to inspire action and growth. I am your host Shandra Shultz, a Spiritual Midwife, Alchemist, Mystic Shaman and Best Selling Author with over a decade in experience through a trauma informed lens, we will journey into self discovery, healing our shadow self and reconnecting with our inner child by diving deeply into the parts of our soul that remain unseen, we'll shine a light to allow them to find their way home. Have you dealt with trauma, abuse or addiction? Are you curious about the Woo and are you searching for tools to live the life you've always desired? Then join me on an adventure and let's dive in.

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Mystical Alchemy™
with Shandra Shultz
A Spiritual journey of rediscovering, accepting and learning to love ourselves fully guided by Spiritual Midwife, Alchemist, and Mystic Shaman Shandra Shultz. With over a decade of experience combining her own spiritual voyage, Psychology, Energy healing such as EFT and Reiki, Inner Childing healing, Shamanic Shadow-work, Oracle readings, Light Language Transmissions and more, she shares her own experiences as well as those of guests.


Through weekly episodes from a trauma-informed space of transformational energy, Shandra shares life-changing stories, journey's of recovery from addiction, trauma & abuse, spiritual growth and healing. This podcast will share tips, techniques, modalities and stories for inspiring action and growth by diving deeply into the parts of our soul that remain unseen while shining a light to allow them to find their way home.


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Shandra Shultz

As a Spiritual Midwife, Alchemist, & Mystic Shaman, I guide others on a journey of self discovery, healing our shadow self, and reconnecting with our inner children. From the lenses of Spirituality and Psychology as an Adult Chair Certified coach, having a degree in psychology, as well as being a multi-modality Energy Practitioner. I share my own experiences as a abuse & trauma survivor, having formerly having spent six years with Dissociative Amnesia where I had forgotten my entire memory due to a traumatic brain injury, being a late diagnosed neurodivergent and going on 13 years of Sober Recovery.