Renee Baribeau had a profound experience that inspired this episode. We encounter countless people each day, moving through life at such a rapid pace that it becomes difficult to pause and engage in true heart-to-heart exchanges. Too often, we place labels on others—calling them ignorant, lazy, or mentally ill—without ever stopping to connect with them on a human level. But when we take the time to engage authentically, we tap into a deep well of truth, empathy, and shared humanity. Viewing others as archetypes or one-dimensional characters distances us, reducing them to mere figures in a virtual game, void of connection. In this episode, we explore what it means to truly see and honor the people we cross paths with, from a place of compassion and openness.

Life is about connection. We came here to connect with people and all of nature. So if connection is what we truly crave it is time to start treating people as individuals who we can connect with in beautiful ways to open to the vastness of unique beings who all came to share something quite unique when they chose to be incarnated into this lifetime. Meeting people outside of the labels we give them creates a more enriching life for all of us.

Join Renee and Sandra Ingerman as they reflect on this powerful topic!

With a world filled with trauma it is time to turn our attention into cultivating our Inner World. This is not an action to take to escape life. It is to build up a beautiful inner landscape where we can allow our inner awareness to help cope with stress and trauma. There is so much noise and chatter that people are no longer listening to their hearts and body which hold wisdom of how to navigate challenges with clarity and peace allowing us to be resilient. Our Inner World is a place to find strength and healing. Have you noticed how many people are getting ill from reaching outside instead of within for resilience and strength? This is a time to listen to the wisdom of your body and from here you will feel safe no matter what is happening around you. For the only true reality is your life in your Inner World. So that is the place of safety for you!

This is a topic that spoke deeply to both Renee and Sandra and it is a wonderful to start season 7 of The Shamans Cave!

As more people get interested in the practice of shamanism more people are buying shamanic instruments to do their healing work and journeys. But do you know where the materials of instruments come from and how they were made. Today so many nature beings are being killed for modern day practitioners who don’t know how to ask if materials were ethically sourced or how to take care of your precious shamanic instrument that will literally become your greatest friend.

Renee Baribeau and Sandra Ingerman talk about this topic of how to ethically buy and care for your sacred shamanic tools.

And then Renee and Sandra let everyone know they are taking a break for the summer to both take a time out from working tirelessly through the pandemic and into present time. It is a time for a pause for self care and new visioning.

Renee and Sandra have 6 years of recorded Shamans Cave podcasts. Check out our archive during the summer on Shamans TV.com!