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Truth & Transcendence | Hosted by Catherine Llewellyn | Brought to you by Being Space & Podfather Network Welcome to Truth & Transcendence. A podcast for seekers, leaders, creatives, and changemakers who are exploring the deeper layers of human experience. Launched in mid-2021, this show was born out of a time of global uncertainty. It began as a space to support conscious leadership in challenging times, a call to strength, wisdom, and integrity. Since then, the podcast has evolved alongside the world around us. Now, we welcome a rich tapestry of guests: leaders, entrepreneurs, coaches, artists, spiritual guides, alternative practitioners, and everyday people living extraordinary lives. Our focus is no longer on navigating crisis, but on embracing the joy of creation, discovery, and soulful expansion. Each week brings two episodes: 🔹 Nugget Mondays: Brief, insightful solo reflections. 🔹 Guest Fridays: Open-hearted, unscripted conversations that dive deep. We don’t do scripts. We follow the energy of the moment.

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November 13, 2026Episode 38846 min

The Principle That Built a Global Movement: When I Can, I Will ~ with Luke Mickelson

Catherine welcomes Luke Mickelson, founder of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP), a global nonprofit dedicated to the mission that no kid sleeps on the floor in our town. What began as a single handmade bunk bed has grown into more than 400 chapters across 47 states and four countries, delivering more than 500,000 beds to children in need. Luke has been featured on NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America and The Today Show. Luke grew up in a small farming community, raised by a single mother with four siblings. His community supported the family when money was tight, teaching him the value of service and the principle: “When I can, I will.” He shares how, despite having what looked like an amazing life, he found himself in a fog, questioning what mattered and what he was here to do. Everything changed when he learned of children in his town sleeping on the floor. He built a bed with the young people he was mentoring, delivered it to a family, and discovered a passion and sense of purpose he had been searching for. They explore how a simple act of service grew into a movement, why community is central to solving the problem, and Luke's message to people following their own passion: don't wait for it to be perfect. Start small, involve people, stay close to the mission and let it grow. #Service #Purpose #Community ================== Where our conversation went: 01:55 Luke's childhood and learning service 04:00 The community that helped his family 16:00 Building a successful life that looked good on paper 18:35 Questioning what really matters 20:12 Discovering children sleeping on the floor 21:20 Building the first bed with young people 23:45 The spark of passion and purpose 30:19 Delivering a bed and seeing its impact 32:36 Why the “fog” may have been necessary 36:07 Turning one project into a community movement 39:18 Giving people a way to serve 42:31 Don't wait for it to be perfect 43:56 Staying true to the original mission 44:50 Walking through the storm to the other side #Service #Purpose #Community #podmatch Where to find Luke Mickelson: https://shpbeds.org https://lukemickelson.com ======================= ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

November 9, 2026Episode 3875 min

Goals vs. Following Your Energy: Which One Actually Works?

Catherine explores two ways of approaching life: setting clear goals and plans, or following the energy of what feels alive and meaningful. Reflecting on conversations with friends about the success of Truth & Transcendence and her other projects, Catherine describes how she tends to respond to her inner voice and to what each project seems to be calling for, rather than aiming for specific outcomes such as money, status or achievement. She compares this with bringing up a child. The purpose is not to gain a reward, but to respond to what the child needs to become the best and happiest person they can be. In the same way, a project or vocation can be guided by care, passion and purpose rather than a fixed result. Catherine acknowledges that goal-setting can be powerful and has worked well for her at times. At other times, pursuing a goal has been a disaster because it was not right for that particular endeavour. Her invitation is to tune in before deciding whether to make plans and measure progress or to allow things to unfold. Neither approach is always right. The balance between deliberate goal-setting and following the energy may change at different stages of life. #Goals #Purpose #FollowingYourEnergy ================== Where our conversation went: 00:04 Goals and no goals 00:48 Following the energy rather than setting goals 02:15 What bringing up a child can teach us about purpose 03:25 When goal-setting works, and when it doesn't 04:00 Different ways to orient ourselves towards what we want 04:35 Finding the right balance between planning and flow 04:47 How our approach may change through life #Goals #Purpose #FollowingYourEnergy #podmatch ======================= ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

November 6, 2026Episode 38648 min

We Are God Experiencing God: A Deep Dive into Consciousness with Joe Hehn

Catherine welcomes Joe Hehn, a dynamic mindset expert, keynote speaker and creator of The Higher Perspective, for a conversation about consciousness, perspective, authenticity and the idea that we are God, experiencing God, with God, through God. Joe has more than a decade of experience helping individuals, teams and organisations cultivate positive mindsets, embrace authenticity, manifest goals, deepen connection and build thriving cultures. He is also a published novelist, corporate consultant, husband and father. Joe shares how his own journey through success, loss, grief and searching led him to explore spirituality, neuroscience, philosophy and different traditions around the world. They discuss how perspective shapes experience, the possibility of using consciousness to create a more aligned life, and how suffering can become a gateway to transformation. The conversation also explores Joe's experience of moving from performing and trying to prove his value towards showing up authentically, and his message to people who help others: it is not simply what you know or what you can do, but who you are that makes the difference. #HigherPerspective #Consciousness #Authenticity ================== Where our conversation went: 00:33 We are God, experiencing God 04:01 Being here simply to experience 07:15 Suffering, consciousness and higher states 08:49 The rat race and the search for fulfilment 13:08 Perspective as a choice that can be learned 18:35 Loss, grief and the search for a different life 21:20 Learning that perspective shapes experience 23:00 Spiritual journeys across different cultures and traditions 24:30 Conscious creation and manifestation 25:00 Suffering as a gateway to transformation 25:42 Reprogramming the brain, mind and nervous system 35:14 Authenticity and self-acceptance 36:49 The Higher Perspective programme 43:45 A message for people who help others 46:01 Finding humour and lightness in spiritual life #Perspective #Authenticity #Consciousness #podmatch Where to find Joe Hehn: https://joehehn.com/workbook ======================= ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

November 2, 2026Episode 3859 min

Why You Don't Need to Change

Catherine explores a paradox: how can we grow and change without making ourselves wrong or trying to become somebody different? Drawing on an Enlightenment Intensive workshop she attended years ago, she asks whether we can give up wanting to change and instead surrender to accepting ourselves and our lives as they are. She suggests that our power lies in being present with what is true now, rather than fighting with ourselves. Catherine distinguishes between working on aspects of our behaviour and trying to change who we fundamentally are. She uses her own capacity for being bossy as an example, and explains how accepting that part of herself actually reduced its hold on her and created more freedom to choose how she behaved. She also explores this through the metaphor of a garden. We can remove dead growth, clear paths and help the roses thrive without believing the garden is fundamentally broken. In the same way, we can work on our relationships, behaviour, attitudes or knowledge from a place of self-trust and acceptance. The invitation is to surrender into exactly who you are now, while remaining free to learn, grow and make changes by choice rather than from a belief that you need fixing. #SelfAcceptance #PersonalGrowth #Presence ================== Where our conversation went: 00:09 Changing without trying to change 00:25 Giving up wanting to change 01:05 Where our power really is 01:28 Accepting the parts of ourselves we struggle with 02:34 Why Catherine works with change 03:07 What we miss when trying to be somebody else 03:48 Working on something without needing to be different 04:14 Changing from a place of self-trust 05:07 Behaviour is not the essence of who we are 05:33 The garden as a metaphor for ourselves 07:44 The difference between working on something and changing who we are 08:10 Could you give up wanting to change? 08:17 Surrendering while still choosing to grow #SelfAcceptance #PersonalGrowth #Presence #podmatch ======================= ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

October 30, 2026Episode 38443 min

What If You’re Ready to Leave Everything Behind? Following Your Inner Spark with Nedjma Belaid

Catherine welcomes Nedjma Belaid, who guides self-aware women to release roles, protections and conditioning that no longer serve them and reconnect with their truth. A former pharmacist and Tony Robbins coach, Nedjma is a clinical hypnotherapist and NLP master practitioner and trainer. She has facilitated over 2,500 transformational sessions and continues her own journey in deep inner alchemy. She created the Sacred Undressing Journey and the Five-Pointed Star Path to help women become aligned and turned on through high consciousness leadership. Nedjma describes the “fire within” as the spark that leads us towards what inspires us and creates aliveness. They explore her journey from mathematics and pharmacy to coaching, the courage to leave secure careers, and the challenge of knowing when something is truly not aligned rather than simply uncomfortable. They discuss self-selection, why seekers may need a path rather than a promised result, and how Nedjma's Sacred Undressing Journey helps people uncover layers of conditioning, wounds, coping mechanisms and limiting beliefs through four archetypes: the Sovereign, Warrior, Lover and Mystic. #FireWithin #SelfDiscovery #ConsciousLeadership ================== Where our conversation went: 01:55 The fire within and what it means 03:10 Choosing a path that feels alive 04:24 From pharmacy to personal development 06:00 Leaving a secure career to follow the spark 08:11 Becoming a Tony Robbins coach 13:50 Leaving Tony Robbins and following the next shift 16:11 What was making coaching feel misaligned 21:20 Creating a different coaching model 24:00 Working with seekers and self-selection 26:29 Why results are not the whole point 31:29 The Sacred Undressing Journey 32:58 The Sovereign, Warrior, Lover and Mystic 35:15 Building a business that feels aligned 38:44 Discernment, fear and knowing what is truly aligned 42:08 A message for people following their own path #Surrender #Intuition #SelfDiscovery #podmatch Where to find Nedjma Belaid: https://withkindawareness.substack.com ======================= ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

October 26, 2026Episode 3838 min

What If Everything In Your Life Is Something You Attracted?

In this episode of Truth and Transcendence, Catherine explores attraction and the law of attraction from her particular point of view. What are we attracting towards us right now? And what would we like to attract? Rather than approaching attraction as simply thinking positively or believing hard enough that we will get what we want, Catherine invites us to treat it as an experiment: what if everything in our lives is something we have attracted towards us? Not as a reason for blame, but as an opportunity to become more conscious of the energy, vibration and messages we are expressing. She explores the relationship between what we do and who we are, the importance of embodying the qualities we want to attract, clearing unhelpful conditioning and questioning our beliefs. She also shares a simple practice for noticing what we are attracting in each moment—and why humour and having fun may be some of the most powerful ingredients of all. #attraction #consciousness #selfawareness ================== Where our conversation went: 00:10 – What is attraction, and what attracts what? 00:42 – The different levels of attraction. 01:35 – What are we attracting towards us? 01:53 – A thought experiment: what if everything in our lives has been attracted by us? 02:51 – Moving beyond blame and treating the idea as an experiment. 03:12 – Seeing ourselves as an energetic beacon or magnet. 03:31 – What would we like to attract, and what vibration would support that? 03:45 – Embodying what we want to attract. 04:21 – Attraction is about being as well as doing. 04:44 – Letting go of unhelpful habits, conditioning and beliefs. 05:37 – Why attraction cannot be created through the mind alone. 06:35 – Checking in with what we are attracting in each moment. 07:10 – Attraction as an ongoing, moving feast—and the importance of humour. 07:21 – Having fun and interrupting patterns that attract what we don't want. 07:57 – A final invitation to have fun and attract what you want. #podmatch #attraction #consciousness #selfawareness Where to find Catherine: https://www.beingspace.world ========================= ✦ Make the most of your calling Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦Podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Podcast: https://differentpointspodcast.com ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: / https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: / https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world/ ✦ Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: / https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

October 23, 2026Episode 38241 min

All Is Divinity: Moving Beyond the 'Me' with Indra Rinzler

Catherine welcomes spiritual seeker, teacher and author Indra Rinzler to explore consciousness, intuition, surrender and living beyond conditioned stories. Indra explores “all is divinity” — moving beyond seeing everything through the lens of “me”. They discuss observing thoughts and feelings without having to believe or act on them, and allowing opposing truths to coexist. Indra shares stories from his spiritual journey, including 20 years in a spiritual community, travelling the world and an experience in New Zealand of deep completeness. He describes learning to make decisions from intuition and explores surrender as releasing control and the need to be in charge. They also explore his work with Vedic astrology, the Enneagram, astrocartography and the Wheel of Totality, and the story behind Indra’s Net. The episode closes with Indra’s message to open your heart and see yourself as a vehicle through which something greater can move. #AllIsDivinity #Spirituality #Consciousness ================== Where our conversation went: 00:33 What does “all is divinity” mean? 05:13 Observing thoughts without believing them 05:50 Allowing opposing truths to coexist 09:12 Discovering metaphysical bookstores 12:50 Leaving the spiritual community and travelling 14:01 Experiencing completeness in New Zealand 15:39 Making decisions through intuition 20:41 What surrender means 24:03 How Indra came to his work with readings 26:58 Writing Indra’s Net “through” rather than “from” himself 31:15 Living in the place of not knowing 32:14 A book that invites reflection rather than easy answers 35:45 A message for people following a spiritual calling 37:00 Being a vehicle rather than the source 41:01 Closing thoughts and blessings #Surrender #Intuition #IndrasNet #podmatch Where to find Indra Rinzler: https://truthandtranscendence.com https://indrarinzler.com Get Indra’s book, Indra’s Net, and explore his work with Vedic astrology, the Enneagram, astrocartography and the Wheel of Totality. ======================= ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

October 19, 2026Episode 3816 min

Why the Fastest Route Through Your Organisation Isn't Official

In this episode of Truth and Transcendence, Catherine explores “wormholes” as a metaphor for unexpected openings within companies, organisations and other complex systems that can create a much quicker route from A to B. A wormhole might be a junior person reaching the CEO with an important message, or an unexpected connection providing exactly the knowledge needed to unlock a problem. The key is recognising that possibilities can exist beyond established structures. Catherine explores how wormholes may reveal themselves through unexpected conversations, connections or emerging groups, and invites us to stay receptive rather than dismissing developments simply because they were unplanned. It is a playful exploration of organisational change, possibility and emergence – and the idea that the quickest route through a complex system may not be the official one. #Wormholes #OrganisationalChange #Leadership ================== Where our conversation went: 00:01 Welcome to Truth and Transcendence 00:09 What is a wormhole? 01:04 Wormholes in companies, organisations, cultures and countries 01:38 Discovering organisational wormholes through change work 02:10 How you know when you have found a wormhole 02:54 A junior employee reaching the CEO 03:00 Unexpected connections that unlock organisational problems 03:32 What makes an organisational wormhole surprising and unpredictable 03:47 Why analysis alone will not necessarily reveal a wormhole 04:09 Believing that unexpected possibilities can exist 04:54 How entrenched cultures can cause organisations to miss opportunities 05:23 Opening up to wormholes in complex situations 05:40 Recognising the signs that a wormhole may be opening 06:07 Using unexpected connections to create new possibilities 06:10 The invitation to play with the idea Where to find more episodes: https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Podcast: https://different-points-podcast.com/ ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

October 16, 2026Episode 38039 min

Why You Don't Fit In (And Why That's Good) with David Collura

Catherine Llewellyn welcomes David Collura to explore what it means to risk being original when our spiritual interests and personal path do not fit easily with other people's expectations. David has taught spirituality, energy and non ordinary states of awareness for more than 15 years. He previously taught with the International Academy of Consciousness and now works with Mosaic Wellness and Education, a nonprofit he co founded with his wife Ashley and three colleagues. He is also the author of Multidimensional Lens: Practical Ideas for Spiritual Co Creation. They explore authenticity, the risk of not being understood, practical energy work and energetic hygiene, and developing a more creative dialogue with life. David's message: do not discount any part of yourself or your experience. Bring all of yourself into the journey. #Originality #Spirituality #EnergyWork ================== Where our conversation went: 01:48 Risking being original 04:48 What we risk on an unconventional path 06:39 The need to be seen and understood 09:12 How spirituality helped David know himself 11:23 Finding courage to follow your path 13:00 Experiential spiritual practices 16:20 Energy work and our energetic ecosystem 19:20 How spiritual practice changes life 21:09 A more expansive relationship with life 22:45 Agency and creativity 28:14 Energetic hygiene 30:15 David's nightly energy practice 32:23 Mosaic Wellness and Education 35:21 David's message to people following their path 37:47 David's favourite part of the conversation #podmatch #Spirituality #EnergyWork #SelfDiscovery Where to find David Collura: https://energyaudiobook.com Mosaic Wellness and Education YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MosaicWellnessAndEducation ========================= ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#explore 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Podcast: https://different-points-podcast.com ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate

October 12, 2026Episode 37921 min

Why You're Losing Corporate Clients (And How to Fix It)

Catherine Llewellyn shares lessons she learned from a long and successful career as an executive coach working at Board level in large corporates. Her work brought together consciousness, self awareness, presence, energy and spirituality, alongside organisational change and business performance. She explains how introductions opened the door to corporate clients, why finding out what people actually want is more effective than trying to persuade them to buy what you are offering, and how to use skill, authenticity and courage to build trust. The episode offers practical reflections for anyone working with, or wanting to work with, corporate clients. It explores introductions, authentic contracting, balanced cooperation and the importance of consciously reviewing what is happening within the client relationship #CorporateClients #ExecutiveCoaching #Consulting ================== Where our conversation went: 00:55 How Catherine came to work with senior corporate clients 01:41 The three things that enabled Catherine to enter and succeed in the corporate world 01:59 Why introductions can open doors to corporate clients 03:18 The potential downside when sales and delivery are disconnected 05:13 Finding out what clients actually want rather than persuading them to buy 06:38 Why manipulation does not work and authenticity does 08:15 The importance of meaningful work and positive experiences for senior executives 09:44 Developing an offering that genuinely helps clients achieve what they want 10:48 Trust, skill and courageous communication 11:49 Leaving the organisation and setting up independently 12:18 The research question that led Catherine to interview senior executives 13:14 Interviewing 39 people across around 30 organisations 14:30 What the research revealed about consultant client relationships 14:49 The unconscious parent child dynamic between consultant and client 16:24 Why unconscious role patterns can create problems 17:57 Subpersonalities and the different wants and needs people bring to a working relationship 19:27 Three practical considerations for anyone working with corporate clients 20:05 Creating mutual, balanced cooperation 20:12 Building review and reassessment into the contract 20:30 Recognising unconscious dynamics and unspoken needs #podmatch #CorporateConsulting #ExecutiveCoaching #Authenticity ========================= ✦ Make the most of your calling; Book an Exploratory Call with Catherine: https://beingspace.world/#exploratory-call 🤝 Join our Being Space Community ✦ Podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com ✦ Podcast: https://different-points-podcast.com/ ✦ Website: https://www.beingspace.world ✦ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BEINGSPACEcatherinellewellyn ✦ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingspace.world ✦ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingSpaceWorld ✦ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beingspace.world Support the podcast: https://truthandtranscendence.com/donate