16: A Wild Heart Awakening with Beata Alfoldi

Beata Alfoldi is a teacher, workshop facilitator, Shamanic practitioner, healer, speaker, and see-er. She has an intuitive gift for assisting individuals to move through deep transformation. She holds private classes, sessions, workshops, and international retreats in Australia, Bali, Thailand and Mexico. She created the Integral Woman program for the Awareness Institute in Sydney and co-facilitated a transformational group journey to Peru where she lived and studied with various healers and shamans of the Amazon and the Andes.

Beata is passionate about inspiring others to find ways to live authentically with freedom and empowerment in life. She is a dear friend of mine, and I’m thrilled to have her on the show today. Join us! I'm sure you will find this conversation very moving and valuable.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Beata, at age 45, is childless, not by choice, but through the unexpected tragedy and shock of her son’s stillbirth four years ago.
• How stillbirth, and death/loss in general, are topics that people find difficult to address.
• How a life-changing event, like Beata’s loss, brings up personal feelings of guilt and challenges your basic belief system.
• How Beata feels a soul-connection to her son, that assures her that death is not the end.
• How small rituals each day helped Beata grieve and heal from the loss of her son.
• How the support of friends, who allowed her space for her healing, helped her get through the painful loss and how she, in turn, can help others in grief.
• How Beata has insight and wisdom to help each of us be helpful in supporting those who are experiencing grief.
• Her experience as a Shamanic practitioner has given her a deeper understanding, compassion, and increased gratitude for life.
• How Beata finds ways to mentor and influence the lives of the children in her life even though she doesn’t have the opportunity to mother daily her own son.
• How Beata aspires to set up a children’s charity in the near future, and already donates a percentage of her profits to help the lives of children.

“If we can set up more networks of grace, then we can build a better world where there is not ONE PERSON without access to clean water, food, and shelter.” Andrew Harvey

• Beata advises others who have experienced the loss of a child to take the time to grieve and then look for opportunities to serve others who are also healing.
• How Beata’s experience has liberated her from basic fears and intensified her appreciation for the sacredness of life.

Thanks for joining me for Beata’s touching story. I highly recommend her programs, workshops, and retreats. Learn more at www.wildheartawakening.com.

Please share this episode with any friends who are dealing with or have experienced similar situations of stillborn birth, miscarriage and loss.

My hope is that Beata's story will bring comfort and support as she's a wonderful role model of how we can gracefully and gently navigate these extremely challenging experiences. Thank you so much!

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