Gateways to Awakening

Today’s episode is a little different! After 175 episodes, Yasmeen Turayhi, host of Gateways to Awakening, has now turned the mic on herself and asked her dear friend and past guest, Dr. Laurie Scolarie to interview her to share her inspiration for the show with her audience. Yasmeen Turayhi is a technology agency founder, a filmmaker, a 3x author, speaker, and 3x podcast host. She is the host of the show, “Gateways to Awakening”, focused on neuroscience, intuition, and consciousness produced by Hakawati. She has a Master Certification in Intuition Medicine and runs an Intuition school called the Inner Knowing School (InnerKnowingSchool.com) for Executives and Creatives, where she teaches them how to tap into their intuition and master their energy instead of their time. She is the writer, narrator, and director of the audio miniseries, Hyphenated-Journey which chronicles her life growing up Iraqi-American. The show premiered at the top of the carousel on Apple in 2022 and was shortlisted in the category “Changing the World One Moment At a Time” at the International Women’s Podcast Awards in London 2023. She is the writer and executive producer of “A Star in the Desert”, a short fantastical drama about a boy who creates his own fantastical reality on the eve of the first Gulf War, which was selected as a finalist in over eight international film festivals, winning two audience awards for “best child actor”. She is often reflecting on the nature of reality and how she can be a steward of the planet, and to be of service to others. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ What is intuition? ✅ Her unique approach of creating transformation through energy management ✅ The two years she spent learning intuition at an academy that trains people on intuition development ✅ Why she started Gateways to Awakening ✅ Her intuition and transformational coaching program, Inner Knowing School If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up @ www.InnerKnowingSchool.com Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

Today’s episode is with Neil Markey the co-founder and CEO of Beckley Retreats, a holistic wellbeing company that merges the science-backed benefits of psychedelics with supportive, contemplative practices that support holistic wellbeing. At Beckley Retreats, Neil is dedicated to building a business that operates with the utmost integrity, both internally and across the many communities the business touches. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ How he discovered alternative well-being practices like mindfulness and psychedelic mushrooms as part of his healing journey? ✅ The role did meditation and plant therapy play in your personal healing process? ✅ The science-backed benefits of psychedelics that Beckley Retreats. ✅ How do these benefits complement contemplative practices for holistic well-being? If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up @ www.InnerKnowingSchool.com Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

Today’s episode is with Scott Britton, an entrepreneur, content creator, and consciousness explorer. His most recent startup Troops was acquired by Salesforce in 202 where he received the Forbes 30 Under 30 award for enterprise technology. He is the host of the EvolutionFM podcast and author of the substack blog Consciousness: The Doorway to Human Evolution https://blog.scottbritton.me/ where he writes about how we can use everyday life to expand our consciousness and redefine what is possible for the human experience. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ What exactly is intuition? ✅ How can people cultivate intuition or do they have to be born with this gift? ✅ What are some of the ways that people can tap into their intuition? ✅ What spirituality means to him? ✅ Some ways that people can cultivate abundance - and how he thinks about abundance? If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up @ www.InnerKnowingSchool.com Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

Today’s episode is with Gary Moon, who works and plays at the intersection of consciousness, entrepreneurship, and private capital markets. As the Founder and Managing Partner at Nfluence, Gary helps mission-aligned companies and conscious entrepreneurs on investment rounds as they scale and ultimate liquidity at the end of their company journeys. Married with 5 children between them, you can find Gary, and his wife Maria on various internal and external adventures somewhere around the world, including the Yearn where we met. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ The importance of a "fully integrated life". Can you elaborate on what that means for you personally and professionally? ✅ His personal journey towards blending capitalism with consciousness - and what conscious capitalism means to him ✅ The pivotal moments that made him take this role ✅ The cultural aspect of scaling a business and the role of a Chief Cultural Officer. This episode is sponsored by BloodMoonBox.com If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up @ www.InnerKnowingSchool.com Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

On today’s episode, I speak with Remington Donovan - a teacher and author, trained in the spiritual wisdom of the ancients. He was quite literally born into the traditions of mysticism, spirituality, and meditation, which naturally evolved into his now over 30 years of experience practicing with tarot and numerology. Along with performing thousands of private readings, Remington teaches and speaks all over the world. He hosts "The Mystical Artists" podcast with his wife, Jeana, and leads The Mystical Arts Mystery School. Remington Donovan is the author of Numerology - A Beginner's Guide to the Spiritual Meaning of Numbers published by Hardie Grant UK. His forthcoming book Prosperity Practices: Harnessing the Power of Positive Thinking to Get the Life You Want will be released in May 2023. Remington lives in Vermont with his wife and son, where he unironically believes in the infinite possibilities of the universe. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ What is numerology exactly - and how it can help us understand the world we live in? ✅ How is Tantric Numerology different than regular Numerology? ✅ How can understanding one's numerological chart contribute to personal growth and self-awareness? ✅ How can someone practically integrate numerological insights into their daily life for better decision-making and alignment? For example, if a number keeps showing up - what does that mean? And so much more! This episode is sponsored by BloodMoonBox.com If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up HERE: InnerKnowingSchool.com Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

Today’s episode is about awakening to our womb with Dr. Azra Bertrand who is an award-winning author, physician, healer, and mystic, and the founder of Biomancy University, a visionary new model of bio-magical education. He received his medical doctorate from Duke University and also holds a degree in biochemistry. Dr. Bertrand conducted neuroendocrinology research at the National Institutes of Health in mother-child bonding and attachment, before completing his residency in family medicine through the University of California-San Francisco. He is currently the director of Biomancy University, merging leading-edge science, somatics, and mystery traditions, to awaken our bio-magic in connection with our living planet Gaia. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅What the word “womb” means ✅What the term "womb literacy" means to him, and why he thinks it's important? ✅In his book, he refers to the womb as the "Creatrix of All." ✅What is biomancy? Why is understanding biomancy important to understanding the womb? ✅Why he created biomancy university ✅How he sees the role of the womb beyond the biological perspective ✅Insights into how ancient cultures viewed the womb, and what we might learn from them This episode is sponsored by BloodMoonBox.com If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up here: https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=t35r3am8s88w&utm_content=hxnch5l Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

In today’s episode, I’ll be speaking with Peter Diamandis. Named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the executive founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world's leaders on exponentially growing technologies. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅How he sees AI driving other technological advancements in the coming decades ✅Why he decided to create XPRIZE? ✅How might AI-driven innovations help address global crises such as pandemics, natural disasters, and climate change ✅ What about SIngularity University - what was the genesis for this organization? ✅ Some companies he is most excited about and why ✅ How he foresees AI transforming various industries, from healthcare to transportation, and what potential disruptions or opportunities he sees emerging? This episode is sponsored by BloodMoonBox.com If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up here: https://www.yasmeenturayhi.com/gateways-to-awakening/ Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

Today’s episode is with Anita Moorjani. After a 4-year battle with cancer, Anita fell into a coma and was given days to live. As her doctors gathered to revive her, she journeyed into a near-death experience (NDE) where she was given the choice to return to her physical form or to continue into this new realm. She chose the former, and when she regained consciousness, her cancer began to heal. To the amazement of her doctors, she was free of countless tumors and cancer indicators within weeks. Her book Dying To Be Me has sold over a million copies worldwide, in over 45 languages. It has been named a Contemporary Classic and a Foreign Language Phenomena by her publishers. Anita was a protégé of the late, great Dr. Wayne Dyer, who brought her onto the world’s stage in 2011. She is a great speaker and has gone on to capture the hearts and attention of millions across the globe and has been a featured guest on The Dr. Oz Show, Fox News, The Today Show, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, the National Geographic Channel, The Pearl Report in Hong Kong, Headstart with Karen Davila and more. She is also the author of “What if this is heaven”, and “Love: A Story about who you really are”. I had the pleasure of hearing her inspiring talk at a conference last fall, and I am delighted to welcome her to the show to talk about a highly requested topic, near-death experiences. I also read her book Dying To Be Me years ago and was so moved by it. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅To kick it off, what is a near-death experience? ✅What was your experience like? What are the major takeaways? ✅What did you see on the other side? Why was this so meaningful? ✅How has your experience changed your views on life, death, and the nature of reality? ✅Can you speak about your understanding of the connection between NDEs, spirituality, and healing? ✅Do you think consciousness is local, or non-local? ✅What is your new book “What if this is heaven” about? Why did you decide to write it? This episode is sponsored by BloodMoonBox.com If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up here: https://www.yasmeenturayhi.com/gateways-to-awakening/ Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

On today’s episode, I speak with Allie McFee (Numana) - a Certified Women's Health Educator, Womb Priestess, and Tantric Practitioner. Allie guides leaders deeper into their purpose by accessing the wisdom of their wombs, expanding into abundance via body-based pleasure rituals + somatic expression, and establishing a hormonal balance with nutrition at moderngoddesslifestyle.com. She certifies Womb-Healers to lead rituals that liberate divine feminine energy in her retreats and online academy Juicy Feminine Leadership™ Academy. Socials: @moderngoddesslifestyle I had the pleasure of attending her workshop at Lightening in a Bottle and found it incredibly informative and transformational! I hope you check it out. We talk about the following and so much more: ✅Why understanding how the menstrual (moon) cycle and nutrition is so important? ✅Why nourishing our womb is so important? ✅ The 4 phases of our cycle ✅ What we should be eating for each phase? ✅ What working out does to our hormones? ✅ Why getting the right supplements and nutrients is important? ✅ Why is soaking our nuts and seeds so important? ✅ One fun recipe that you make for your cycle You can find her at: https://www.moderngoddesslifestyle.com/womb-recipes This episode is sponsored by BloodMoonBox.com If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up here: https://www.yasmeenturayhi.com/gateways-to-awakening/ Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.

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