As we arrive at the close of another year, Julia offers a gentle, honest reflection on how we’ve been living—and how to tend the soul self during times of transition. This episode invites you to release resolution thinking, listen more deeply, and prepare the inner ground for the year ahead with kindness and clarity.
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In this episode, Julia revisits The Magical Papers, a self-paced online workshop rooted in archetypal wisdom and self-understanding. She also shares a note about the podcast’s upcoming January pause and invites listeners to revisit favorite episodes from the Indigenous Wisdom archive.
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In this episode, Julia Carmen shares a deeper look at her calling as a curandera de las curanderas — the healer of healers and seer of the soul. She speaks candidly about fear, learned conditioning, ancestral lineages of healing, and what it truly means to walk between the physical and non-physical worlds. This is an invitation to remember who you are beneath the noise of the over-culture.
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In this episode, Julia shares the origin story of the Dragonfly Guides and the dream that opened the path to their teachings. Each dragonfly arrives with a message about truth, courage, and remembering who you are. If this story resonates, the Dragonfly Circle Community and card deck offer a simple way to continue this conversation with your own soul self.
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You are eternal.
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In this closing chapter of The Indigenous Soul, Julia opens the door to one of the most tender teachings: the movement from warriors of the fight to warriors of the light. She reflects on decades of working with male energy, the wounds carried across generations, and the path home to soul remembrance through choice, compassion, and innate wisdom. This episode offers grounded guidance for anyone walking beside a loved one—or themselves—through the fog of mental health challenges.
This episode includes discussions of abuse, suicide, and mental health crises. You can use the timestamps below to skip sensitive sections if needed.
07:21–12:55 | Discussion of suicide ideation, family harm, trauma, and court-mandated clients.
12:55–17:09 | Mental illness, PTSD-like symptoms, internal battles, “good/evil” framing.
17:09–22:30 | Mental instability, brain survival responses, navigating internal struggle.
22:30–28:50 | Resistance to change, mental health challenges, emotional overwhelm.
28:50–32:25 | Julia’s personal story about her son’s long-term mental health struggles.
32:25–34:20 | Doors/realms metaphor tied to mental illness and destabilization.
34:20–36:40 | Substance use as an attempt to quiet mental distress.
36:40–39:48 | Abuse, domestic-violence field narratives, and the belief that people cannot change.
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In this episode, Julia shares what it truly means to offer soul care — not just to others, but to yourself. Through story, remembrance, and seasonal reflection, she explores how tending to your Alma creates real connection, healing, and resilience during challenging times. And, she shares special invitations from The School Without Walls to support you in caring for your Soul Self of Being.
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In today's episode of the Indigenous Wisdom podcast, Julia opens the doorway into the quiet, sacred relationship between humans and the animals who walk beside us. Pets are more than companions—they are teachers, angels, and carriers of messages from both the physical and non-physical realms. Through stories from her own life, Julia shows how animals guide us, protect us, and invite us back into our own humanity.
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Julia Carmen returns with a personal story from the early days of The School Without Walls, the vision of the Light Beings. Through this powerful remembrance, she invites listeners to reconnect with their own calling, release fear, and honor the light within. This is a channeled teaching on awakening, healing, and remembering who you truly be.
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In this heartfelt episode, Julia Carmen explores the teachings of Chapter 11 of The Indigenous Soul. Through personal stories of healing and awakening, Julia reflects on what it truly means to live between the physical and non-physical realms. She shares how her own journey through illness became a teaching on balance, remembrance, and the inseparable nature of both worlds.
Julia closes with a simple blessing and playful reflection on self-love: “Me and you — how do you do?”
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In today’s message, we meet the Purple Dragonfly, a messenger of protection, peace, and divine trust. Julia reflects on Purple Dragonfly's original message, and what it continues to teach about self-love, universal flow, and the remembrance of light within.
This episode is a gentle reminder that peace is not something to find—it’s something to remember.
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In today's episode of the Indigenous Wisdom podcast, Julia Carmen invites us to explore Qué es una Bruja? — what does it mean to be a bruja today? She shares stories from her lineage, unpacks the overculture’s fear of the seer, and shares wisdom from the Dragonfly Guides to remind us that magic lives within us. This episode is a remembrance of ancestral knowing, courage, and the truth of walking in both worlds.
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Learn about the upcoming holiday Dia de los Muertos as Julia shares reflections of her experience of remembrance, honoring her ancestors, and embracing her meaning in life. You'll also learn about the free offering for this season: The Dia de los Muertos Resource Kit.
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In this episode, Julia welcomes Raina Joi Beach, an energy medicine practitioner and massage therapist who lives on the water in the San Francisco Bay. Raina shares about her life on boats, her love of nature, the medicine of clean water, and how living gently with the elements shapes her work.
Julia and Raina talk about energetic boundaries, nervous system healing, and why true bodywork begins in the non-physical. They explore “chi chi soul time” and what it really means to listen to the divine heart rather than the human one. The conversation closes with stories of community, connection, and the remembrance of home within self.
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In this replay of one of our most popular episodes, you'll invited to learn about Soul Listening and how you can harness this powerful practice.
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Today, we have yellow dragonfly. A lady in waiting, yellow dragonfly. Our lady in waiting. She comes to us with the soft loving. Be still and listen to the divine one.
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Welcome back to the Indigenous Wisdom Podcast. In this episode, we explore Chapter Ten of Julia’s book, The Indigenous Soul. Our wisdom guide this month is Yellow Dragonfly, who invites us to embrace stillness. Julia delves into the ancient concepts of angels, guides, and "troublemakers" from other worlds.The conversation powerfully concludes with a reminder that our ultimate battle is won through unconditional love and trust in self.
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In this heartfelt conversation, Julia sits with Deanna Boettcher of Mar Vista Farm and Cottages in Mendocino County, California - the venue where we are hosting the February 2026 School Without Walls Retreat.
Together, they talk about land, spirit, and the journey that brought her and her partner to this magical place. From fresh eggs and gardens to the creek and ocean access, Mar Vista is more than a farm stay—it’s a space where the land itself calls you to be present. They also talk about loss, resilience, and the deep ways ancestors guide us.
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This bonus Cafecito y Chisme conversation with Natalie Bedard is full of laughter, motherhood stories, and soul truths. Together they talk about raising sons, the chaos of twins, and the wisdom that comes from simply surviving the unexpected. We could all use a little laughter right now: listen in and give your soul a small break today.
Listen to Julia and Natalie's original conversation in Episode 94: Indigenous Wisdom Conversations: The Warrior Work of Remembering Our Worth with Natalie Bedard
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Natalie has a free gift for our listeners: get yours at this link.
Listen to Julia and Natalie's conversation on the LiftOneSelf podcast.
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