What do we do with our pain?
It’s an age-old question all sincere spiritual seekers must eventually wrestle with because no one escapes suffering in this life. The Initiations in Love podcast series features fascinating and inspiring conversations about rites of passage of real people who said yes to being catapulted into the genuine nature of Love.
Join Britta Eskey, acclaimed coach, facilitator, and author, for these uplifting and hope-filled stories about all things Initiation, and discover how your challenges, no matter how difficult, can be transformed into your gifts.
EPISODES
Episode 25: Are You Dreaming Big Enough?! with Morgan Zanotti
In today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast, Britta talks with Morgan Zanotti, a Natural Products industry expert and health and wellness enthusiast, discussing her journey from a quarter-life crisis to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Together, they...
Episode 24: Processing Exercise – The Call Within the Call
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: “How Can I Serve Today - The Call to a Deeper Love with Rob Schware, PhD.” In this episode, Britta explores the themes of purpose, service, and the life-changing power of saying...
Episode 23: How Can I Serve Today – The Call to a Deeper Love with Rob Schware, PhD
In today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast, Britta speaks with Rob Schware, PhD, who shares his transformative journey from a senior manager at the World Bank, to co-founding the Give Back Yoga Foundation. Together, they discuss the importance of service,...
Episode 22: Processing Exercise – Listening to the Body, Trusting the Heart
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: “Trusting Your Inner Knowing - How an Ultra Runner Found Healing and Self-Love with Katie Arnold.” In this episode, Britta explores the themes of healing, resilience, and...
Episode 21: Trusting Your Inner Knowing – How an Ultra Runner Found Healing and Self-Love with Katie Arnold
In this compelling episode of the Initiations in Love podcast, Britta speaks with Katie Arnold—author, ultra runner, and student of Zen—about her transformative journey following a traumatic wilderness accident. The conversation explores themes of love, healing, and...
Episode 20: Processing Exercise – Taking a Stand for Love
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: “Rebuilding Marriage with Courage and Love with Kristy Arnett Moreno.” In this episode, Britta explores the courage it takes to honestly expose our shadow side in relationships,...
Episode 19: Rebuilding Marriage with Courage and Love with Kristy Arnett Moreno
In this powerful episode of the Initiations in Love podcast, Britta speaks with Kristy Arnett Moreno—professional poker player, writer, and speaker—about the raw and courageous path she took to heal and rebuild her marriage after her husband's affair. Kristy’s...
Episode 18: Processing Exercise: Trusting the Light – Following Your Creative Bliss
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: “From Near-Death to Musical Awakening with Jens Kruger,” where we explored themes of trust, letting it happen, and creative passion. Jens experienced as a child how much he was...
Episode 17: From Near-Death to Musical Awakening with Jens Kruger
In this episode of the Initiations in Love podcast, host Britta Eskey speaks with Jens Kruger - a world renowned banjo player, and part of a trio called The Kruger Brothers - exploring his unique journey through music, family, and personal transformation. Jens shares...
Episode 16: Processing Exercise – Opening to the Unknown Through Life’s Challenges
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: “The Mystery of Life, Death, and Suffering with Drew Boa”. Britta reads a story from her new spiritual memoir, Initiations in Love, entitled, “Letting Janosch Go”. In this...
Episode 15: The Mystery of Life, Death, and Suffering with Drew Boa
In this episode of the Initiations in Love podcast, host Britta Eskey engages in a profound conversation with Drew Boa, founder of Husband Material. They explore the themes of love, grief, and the transformative power of loss through Drew's personal experience of...
Episode 14: Processing Exercise – The Dark Night as a Portal to Deeper Self-Love
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: “Finding Yourself in the Dark Night of the Soul with LiYana Silver”. Britta reads a story from her new spiritual memoir, Initiations in Love, entitled, “Maria's Advice”, where...
Episode 13: Finding Yourself in the Dark Night of the Soul with LiYana Silver
In today’s episode, Britta talks with LiYana Silver about the Dark Night of the Soul. For LiYana, the Dark Night was a profound initiation, one that rocked the foundation of her former self and changed her irreversibly, as Dark Nights have a tendency to do. We talk...
Episode 12: Processing Exercise – In and Through the Transformation Cauldron
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: How I Finally Stopped ‘Looking for The One’ with Bonnie Serratore. Britta reads a story from her new spiritual memoir, Initiations in Love, entitled, “Facing the Demon”, where...
Episode 11: How I Finally Stopped ‘Looking for The One’ with Bonnie Serratore
In today’s episode, Britta talks with Bonnie Serratore about her lifelong journey to find ‘The One’. Bonnie shares what she means by the term ‘The One’, and takes us from the beginning stages of her very challenging journey as a young person, all the way to where she...
Episode 10: Processing Exercise – Learning to Love Our Body More Fully
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: The Long Journey of Loving My Body with Dani Buckley. Britta reads a story from her new spiritual memoir, Initiations in Love, entitled, “The Change”, where she awakened to a...
Episode 09: The Long Journey of Loving My Body with Dani Buckley
In today’s episode, Britta talks with friend Dani Buckley about her long journey of loving her body. Discover how Dani has profoundly navigated this multifaceted aspect of her life, and how she grew in awareness that the way she was living her life was not serving her...
Episode 08: Processing Exercise – Growing into Right Relationship with the Inner Critic
Today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast is a follow-up to our previous episode: Facing the Inner Critic - An Initiation into Deeper Self-Love with Chrissy Brady-Smith. Britta reads a story from her book, Initiations in Love, entitled, “Knot in My Stomach...
Episode 07: Facing the Inner Critic – An Initiation into Deeper Self-Love with Chrissy Brady-Smith
In today’s episode, Britta talks with one of COR’s former facilitators Chrissy Brady-Smith about the Inner Critic. Discover Chrissy’s profound journey of navigating this often shadowy realm, and her initiation into a much deeper level of self-love. Together, they...
Episode 06: Processing Exercise – Facing the Bottomless Pit
In today’s episode, Britta reads a passage from her recent book debut, Initiations in Love, as a follow up to the (Transforming Codependency/Anxious Attachment with Aaron Steinberg) previous episode. In it, she recalls a personal growth story she has titled “The...
Episode 05: Transforming Codependency/Anxious Attachment with Aaron Steinberg
In today’s episode, Britta talks with Aaron Steinberg about his initiation of transforming his enmeshment-tendencies (doing extreme things in order to stay close to a loved one), and how he and his wife grew in love – both with each other and as co-parents. We dig...
Episode 04: Processing Exercise – Be A Breaker of Generational Trauma
In today’s episode, Britta reads a segment from The Gift stage of her book, Initiations in Love, regarding a profound insight she had in terms of finding peace within her family of origin. She then guides the listener through a journaling exercise to explore their...
Episode 03: Unmasking Generational Trauma with Gina Birkemeier
In today’s episode, Britta talks with Gina Birkemeier, licensed counselor, award-winning author, and speaker. The topic? Generational Trauma & Generational Healing! Listen as Gina shares her journey through the five Initiations in Love stages, and how she unmasked...
Episode 02: Processing Exercise – Is Something Calling YOU?
In today’s episode of the Initiations in Love podcast, Britta reads a segment of her book, Initiations in Love, and guides the listener through a journal exercise to explore if there is a place in your life where you are being called to step forward. This is a...
Episode 01: Finding Freedom in Motherhood with Jess Geist
In today’s VERY FIRST episode of the Initiations in Love podcast, Britta talks with her student, friend and business mentor, Jess Geist! They speak about her Initiations in Love journey, dig deep, get vulnerable, and Britta even coaches Jess throughout the discussion....
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