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Today is about confusion… that leads to clarity… that leads to closure. Because we all want closure when we've been hurt, don't we? No one wants to live with the mess of being betrayed… dumped… cast out… lied to… gossiped about… canceled… or abandoned. In Eps 146 of WITH LOVE, DANIELLE, I’m sharing a personal story of extreme emotionality and what I’m doing to find closure. I’m breaking it all down into 3 steps for you. This is how we heal. With Love, Danielle MENTIONED IN EPISODE 146: 🌞 Feel called to go to Egypt? My beloved sister Joey McCune is taking her next trip there in February 2025. Go to sakredjourneys.com. 💗 Get on the waitlist for the Heart Centered Membership. Do the light work, get access to all.

Loves, Today we’re diving into Shenpa—a Tibetan Buddhist term that’s translated as attachment, but it’s much more than that. It’s the hook, that triggering force that pulls us into habitual patterns of closing down. It’s the contraction reaction, not a conscious response.  You know that tight feeling? That’s Shenpa. It’s our soul’s invitation for integrity, pushing us to grow. Episode 145 of With Love, Danielle is about noticing the hook and making a better decision. It’s about not taking the emotional bait.  So that the next time you get triggered, take a breath, recognize the hook, and ask yourself, What’s my soul inviting me to do here? With Love, Danielle MENTIONED IN EPISODE 145: 📚 The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off at daniellelaporte.com/shop.  💗 The Heart Centered Membership is a support system for your body-mind-spirit…and your work in the world. A monthly workshop + audiobook series, with some self-help in the front and business in the back. Get on the wait list for when doors open in February. ✨ Sacred Weekends is my (always free) newsletter for devotion + lifestyl’ish. 220k subscribers are digging it! 2 Fridays a month.

Do you want to be forceful or magnetic? As a parent, boss, neighbor, leader of any kind… Do you want to be a megawatt lightbulb, or do you want to be like the sun? Do you want to be ego-gripped or soul-infused? We're all here for the same reason. To lead from the heart. To lead like the sun. Episode 144 of With Love, Danielle is bringing you thoughts on what it takes to lead from the heart and to be generous in how we govern. With Love, Danielle   MENTIONED IN EPISODE 144: Get our deepest discounts of the year… exclusive bundles OVER 50% OFF! Shop the Black Blessed Friday sale. 5 deals. 5 days. daniellelaporte.com/blessed-friday-sale  The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Order by DECEMBER 1 for holiday delivery, while supplies last! Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off at daniellelaporte.com/shop.  The Heart Centered Membership is a support system for your body-mind-spirit…and your work in the world. A monthly workshop + audiobook series, with some self-help in the front and business in the back. Get on the wait list for when doors open in February. Sacred Weekends is my (always free) newsletter for devotion + lifestyl’ish. 220k subscribers are digging it! 2 Fridays a month.

My loves, what if processing emotions wasn’t so daunting? What if it could actually be... liberating?  In Episode 143 of With Love, Danielle, we’re diving into the heart of it—those sharp, sticky, sometimes scary feelings we all face—and learning how to transform them with love and compassion.  I’m sharing five super simple practices to help you release the heaviness, balance your nervous system, and invite in the happiness and ease that sits on the other side of processing those emotions. Because the more we attend to the stuff in the basement of the psyche, the more conscious we become. The more luminous, the more robust, radiant, strong… the more regulated and balanced our nervous systems become.  With love, Danielle   MENTIONED IN EPISODE 143: ✨Sacred Weekends is my (always free) newsletter for devotion + lifestyl’ish. 220k subscribers are digging it! 2 Fridays a month. Get exclusive early access to our Blessed Friday Sale in Friday’s issue! 📚The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Order now for holiday delivery while supplies last! Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off at daniellelaporte.com/shop.

My loves, today, I’m bringing you the Shantideva Prayer—a powerful prayer that I’m committed to memorizing.  It’s a reminder that whenever we ask for support on behalf of helping someone else, we’re supported in return. This is about giving and receiving as one beautiful flow. We feelers, healers, seers, and everyday humans are called to alleviate suffering and amplify joy wherever we can. This prayer is a testament to that devotion. Ep 142 of WITH LOVE, DANIELLE is here to help move pain through us, like clouds across the sky, because we’re the sky—expansive, vast. We don’t hold onto suffering; we expand our commitment to serve. To be the lamp for those in the dark, the love wherever we go. With Love,  Danielle MENTIONED IN EPISODE 142: 📚The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Order now for holiday delivery while supplies last! Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off at daniellelaporte.com/shop.

Loves, You’re going to want to bookmark Episode 141 of With Love, Danielle, because what I'm going to offer today about the dark night of the soul is applicable to the micro challenges and the big mega challenges.  And you’ll want it handy when the dark night hits… We don't need to freak out and lose it. We just need to meet the challenge. The dark night of the soul is the recalibration of our priorities to Love, to our true nature. Healing for one is healing for many. Become a testament to the force of tenderness, and say thank you for all of it. With Love, Danielle   MENTIONED IN EPISODE 141: 📚 The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Order now for holiday delivery while supplies last! Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off at daniellelaporte.com/shop.  💗 The Heart Centered Membership is a support system for your body-mind-spirit…and your work in the world. A monthly workshop + audiobook series, with some self-help in the front and business in the back. Get on the wait list for when doors open in February..  ✨ Sacred Weekends is my (always free) newsletter for devotion + lifestyl’ish. 220k subscribers are digging it! 2 Fridays a month. 🎄 Bulk Orders Available: Looking for team gifts? Bulk orders receive up to 40% off. Visit daniellelaporte.com/planner-bulk to learn more and place your order by DECEMBER 1 for holiday delivery.

Ever wonder why we suffer? And if there’s a deeper purpose? In Episode 140 of WITH LOVE, DANIELLE, we’ll unpack how our toughest moments can lead us back to our luminous selves. (Complete with a story from my own journey—a living death in the desert that led to profound insights about love, pain, and radiance.)  Get ready for some real talk about the ego, the masks we wear, and how burning through them is essential for our evolution. Radiance isn’t just about glowing; it’s about the gritty work of surrendering our pain and embracing our divinity. Come on in… With Love, Danielle MENTIONED IN EPISODE 140: The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Order now for holiday delivery while supplies last! Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off at daniellelaporte.com/shop.  The Heart Centered Membership is a support system for your body-mind-spirit…and your work in the world. A monthly workshop + audiobook series, with some self-help in the front and business in the back. Get on the wait list for when doors open in February.. Sacred Weekends is my (always free) newsletter for devotion + lifestyl’ish. 220k subscribers are digging it! 2 Fridays a month.

What do you associate with rejection? What’s the antidote to rejection? What does liberation mean to you? What does ”spiritual success” mean to you? And what do these questions have to do with more emotional intimacy in all of your relationships…? Everything! Nothing about another person makes us suffer. Healing is loving the unloved parts of ourselves. It’s that simple (and profound and life-long.) Listen in to this highlight from the MUCH DEEPER INTIMACY workshop in the Heart Centered Membership. We’re exploring how to be more compassionate and less botherable.   Episode 139 of With Love, Danielle is ready for you… to heal from rejection. With Love, Danielle   MENTIONED IN EPISODE 139: The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Order now for holiday delivery while supplies last! Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off at daniellelaporte.com/shop.  The Heart Centered Membership is a support system for your body-mind-spirit…and your work in the world. A monthly workshop + audiobook series, with some self-help in the front and business in the back. Get on the wait list for when doors open in February.. Sacred Weekends is my (always free) newsletter for devotion + lifestyl’ish. 220k subscribers are digging it! 2 Fridays a month

Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Zeppelin… what’s your creative archetype? And what’s the Divine Feminine principle got to do with your creative edge? A lot. In Episode 138 of With Love, Danielle, we’re defining creative integrity in whacky times—no matter how tempting tech might be. Want to read the Slack memo I sent to my team about ChapGPT? Ya! (Spoiler: it’s a tool, not a replacement for your brilliance).  Presence cannot be outsourced. It is not going to fool the heart. Let’s do the human, real-time, real energy, joyful work of thinking, caring, and creating.  With love, Danielle Mentioned in Episode 138: ❤︎ The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Align your life with love and ease. Order now to get your planners for the holidays at daniellelaporte.com/plannerpod. Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off your planner purchase!  

I’ve been thinking a LOT about the concept of mercy this year. My very basic definition: Mercy is when we just wish for someone to catch a break. That simple.  Mercy is the bonus deal that comes from Compassion.  Today I’m rolling through the spiritual and practical definition of COMPASSION. What does it look like according to the mystics, and what does it look like in our emails and our self care? Side note: I know we’re all extra full of emotions these days. And I know giving your full attention to a podcast can seem like another thing “to-do.” I’d love your full attention but I have another invitation: just hit play and let me roll in the background. You don’t have to “learn” or take notes. Just let this energy be your sidekick as you do what you need to do. Your subconscious self will get what it needs to get. Your conscious self will remember what you need to remember. Just breathe. Eps 137 of WITH LOVE, DANIELLE is here to help you be Compassionate with all of it. MENTIONED IN EPISODE 137: ❤︎ The 2025 Heart Centered Planner: Align your life with love and ease. Pre-order by October 17th to receive your planner by the holidays. Order now at daniellelaporte.com/plannerpod. Use code PODPLANNER10 for 10% off your planner purchase!