A Quest For Home

Hello!In this episode, we are talking about:🪷 My personal journey with the mother wound & my choice to go no contact with my earthly mother🪷 Accepting the role of patriarchal & colonial systems’ impact on women and motherhood.🪷 The resistance towards addressing pain as Africans🪷 African children as ancestors returned🪷 How unconscious African parenting is failing africa & how we experience delays with our destinies as Africans because of trauma🪷 Affirming your choice to go to NC to heal the mother wound.Thank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with growing this podcast and being a creative soulpreneur.✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ Instagram - @bylaurelsibanda & @aquestforhomepodcast✨ Threads - @bylaurelsibanda✨  TikTok - @thespiritualpoetessDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.

We are back, and this podcast is officially in video mode now! We will have new episodes each Monday, but for now, here is a bonus episode as a way of closing out the chapters that I have needed to from when I first started this journey.Things we talk about in this episode:🌸 Changes with the podcast and opening up for guests.🌸 Why we perceive safety in belonging and our search for a tribe.🌸 The artist journey to embrace our humanness.🌸 New Age spirituality explaining the why behind our experience here without addressing them.🌸 Bypassing the human experience and why we enter into New Age.🌸 Self-blame and gaslighting.🌸 Spiritual men and unaddressed patriarchy.🌸 Twin flame coaching scams.🌸  Ancestral healing journey as a return to the body and the human.Article I mentioned: How New Age Spirituality Functions Like Addiction. Creator I mentioned on "Celtic Spirituality". ✯✯✯Thank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with growing this podcast and being a creative entrepreneur.✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ Instagram - @bylaurelsibanda & @aquestforhomepodcast✨ Threads - @bylaurelsibanda✨  TikTok - @thespiritualpoetessDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.✯✯✯

Bonus video edition!I haven’t felt this excited to share an episode as much as I am with this one. This is a journey that I have written about on other platforms, Medium and Substack, and now I have a whole episode talking about my journey with the recovery and healing.Things we talk about:♥︎ The stigma around self-harming.♥︎ Why do we self-harm (going beyond the personal to what we have been facing as a collective, including racism and the necessity to decolonise)♥︎ Shifting to healthier coping mechanisms♥︎ The role of my spirituality as part of my healing and recovery.As part of your healing and recovery, I recommend therapy / counselling, services / healing services. Having a non-judgmental and compassionate space where you can discuss self-harming and unpack the reasons behind it helps a lot.✯✯✯Thank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with my journey of being a creative soulpreneur too!✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at: [email protected].📱Let's connect:✨ Instagram & Threads - @bylaurelsibanda✨  TikTok - @thespiritualpoetess.The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.

Hello! In this episode, we're talking about:⭐️ why people are obsessed with humbling black women. ⭐️ the call to embrace our ancestral healing and breaking up with patriarchal and colonial systems.⭐️ how our inner work as black &/or African women leads to collective change and the New Earth.🌸 bonus on humiliation kinks and what they are teaching us. If you're new to collective fragmentation that I mentioned here, check out this teaching by spiritual teacher Teal Swan.Thank you for your patience and for tuning in. Stay tuned; we're still here, showing up and desiring to grow in whole new awesome ways. ✯✯✯Thank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with my journey of being a creative soulpreneur too!✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ @authorlaurelsibanda - Threads✨  @thespiritualpoetess - TikTok✨ @authorlaurelsibanda / @aquestforhomepodcast - InstagramDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.

“A relationship is like a plant that both of you need to be tending to water so that it grows”.🌿 In this episode, we talk about:🌱 What's hurting modern-day relationships / how our relationships lack growth and conflict resolution.🌱 Social media apps are not your friends - neuromarketing and how the like button works on the unconscious ego.🌱 Considering the impact of social media stats.🌱 Letting go of instant gratification through awareness.✯✯✯Thank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with my journey of being a creative soulpreneur too!✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ @authorlaurelsibanda - Threads✨  @thespiritualpoetess - TikTok✨ @authorlaurelsibanda / @aquestforhomepodcast - InstagramDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.

Hello, in this episode, we talk about why people copy and imitate, offering a compassionate perspective with some truths to help you get beyond both the resistance that comes with fear of being copied and imitated, and understanding why we copy and imitate at all. Things we get into:💚 For creators/artists/influencers, accepting being copied as part of the journey, and learning from 3D celebrities who are constantly being manifested by people. 💚 Navigating the call for ancestral healing during these times.💚 Decolonial lens on Black women imitating and copying the beauty that comes naturally to other women as an aftermath of colonialisation💚 The role of compassion in dealing with imitation/copying instances.💚 Pain avoidance as part of the reason why we copy/imitate.Episodes I referenced:⭐️ Destiny swapping.⭐️ Envy and your heart's desires.⭐️⁠ Witch woundThank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with my journey of being a creative soulpreneur too!✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ @authorlaurelsibanda - Threads✨  @thespiritualpoetess - TikTok✨ @authorlaurelsibanda / @aquestforhomepodcast - InstagramDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.

Hi, in this episode, we are getting into the abandonment wound. This is one of the core wounds we face as human beings and it plays out in so many different ways in our lives.❄️  How it manifests in relationships, including the avoidant attachment and why there's a lot of pessimism in relationships❄️ A fun Bojack Horseman reference - one of my favourite shows.❄️ Passport Bros & the male abandonment wound ( men with abandonment wounds seeking partners who they think won't walk away).❄️ How other people's abandonment wounds can affect your life (why you are not getting support from your friends)❄️ What the abandonment wound teaches you - there is a wonderful lesson here.❄️ Navigating rejection, social media unfollowings and people not liking you.✯✯✯Thank you for being here. 💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with my journey of being a creative soulpreneur too!✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ Instagram & Threads - @bylaurelsibanda✨  TikTok - @thespiritualpoetessDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.

In this episode, we are talking about running your own conscious and creative business. Things we get into:Moments when we regret our spiritual awakenings and navigate awakenings around those who are not yet where we are.Bypassing pain in spiritual spaces.The importance of continued healing as spiritual teachers/coaches.Getting ready to embrace launching your own spiritual business/podcast and risking being judged as crazy.Protecting our 3D selves and awakening from spiritual psychosis and twin flame narratives.Navigating our blood / karmic family as we awaken and change with our relationships.✯✯✯Thank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with my journey of being a creative soulpreneur too!✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ @authorlaurelsibanda - Threads✨  @thespiritualpoetess - TikTok✨ @authorlaurelsibanda / @aquestforhomepodcast - InstagramDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.

This episode is all about inner child healing, including a vulnerable story of meeting my own inner child and how it manifests itself with rejecting love, and why I am pro-forgiveness. There are some hard-hitting truths here, so grab your favourite beverage and a notebook to make notes as you go on your own journey, and what comes through within you. 💚 Sitting with your inner child to listen to what story has been running in your life💚 Radical self-forgiveness for our past selves💚 Physical discipline and the aftermath of it with our relationships with ourselves💚 Forgiveness without an apology, forgiving our mothers in the context of the mother wound and why parents do not apologise to their children.💚 Cancel culture mindsets.✯✯✯Thank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with my journey of being a creative soulpreneur too!✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ @authorlaurelsibanda - Threads✨  @thespiritualpoetess - TikTok✨ @authorlaurelsibanda / @aquestforhomepodcast - InstagramDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.

In this episode, we talk about loneliness that goes beyond being surrounded by people. The loneliness that we’re experiencing as a collective is one from being disconnected from ourselves.Things we talk about: 💚 We talk about the patriarchy’s role in the male loneliness conversations.💚 Valuing our feminine energy for connections.💚 Feeling lonely whilst in relationships, and the feelings of guilt and shame around it.💚 Overcoming loneliness (creating from it) and through embracing Oneness.✯✯✯Thank you for being here.💗Please like / share / follow/rate this podcast, it helps to boost it so it can reach more beautiful souls and helps me with my journey of being a creative soulpreneur too!✯✯✯Check out more of my work, including my Substack newsletter and books out now via my website ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can contact me via email for a hello or collaboration at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.📱Let's connect:✨ @authorlaurelsibanda - Threads✨  @thespiritualpoetess - TikTok✨ @authorlaurelsibanda / @aquestforhomepodcast - InstagramDisclaimer:The information provided in this podcast is for informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, psychological, or any other form of professional advice. The host and any guests are not licensed professionals unless otherwise stated. By listening to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any decisions or actions you take based on the content. Neither the host nor guests assume any liability for any loss, damage, or adverse effects resulting from the use or reliance on the information provided.