Magic Seeds

About Magic Seeds

Join Dr. Adam Gries, DACM, L.AC. and Laura Gries, Health & Spiritual Coach on their weekly podcast where they discuss how to navigate life's highs, lows, and everything in between. As professional spiritual and life coaches, they offer a holistic approach to finding peace and happiness using ancient wisdom. They cover topics such as setting good boundaries, love, marriage, raising children, finding your purpose, and more. With guests and in-depth discussions on personal experiences, their show gives listeners a roadmap to living in harmony and getting the most out of life. Tune in weekly and connect with their community on their website and social media pages. Don't miss out on the opportunity to live your best life today!

Publisher

Laura R. Gries

Category

health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jun 2023

Latest episode

26 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

130 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Feb 2026

   Episode 129: Safety Changes Everything: Health, Relationships, and Leadership

   Nothing thrives without safety. In this episode, we explore safety not as a soft idea, but as a biological requirement for healing, connection, and growth. From a physiological standpoint, the nervous system must detect safety before digestion improves, immune function strengthens, empathy becomes accessible, and creativity returns. Healing simply does not occur in a threatened state. We examine why so many people appear guarded right now. Guarded in conversations. Guarded in workplaces. Guarded in relationships. What can look like hostility or division is often protection. When people do not feel safe, they brace. They defend. They withdraw. They polarize. This guarding is not a character flaw; it is a protective adaptation. Through the lens of leadership, we reflect on what exceptional leadership actually requires. True leadership does not rely on force, urgency, or intimidation. It creates an environment where others can lower their defenses. The leaders people trust most regulate themselves first. They do not escalate chaos. They offer steadiness rather than dominance. People do not follow the loudest voice; they follow the safest one. This principle extends into parenting, partnerships, teaching, healing work, and community life. The question shifts from “Am I right?” to “Am I creating safety right now?” When safety is present, people listen. When it is absent, people protect. Safety is not weakness. It is the foundation that allows strength to emerge without violence. If this conversation resonates and you would like structured practices for cultivating emotional safety and nervous system resilience, our online membership and programs are available at Awakeningsonline.net (Awakeningsonline.net). For in-person care and integrative health services in Raleigh, visit Awakeningshealth.com (Awakeningshealth.com).

2. 

   21 Feb 2026

   Episode 128: Why Everyone Feels On Edge; Safety is the New Success

   If you’ve been feeling tense, reactive, more tired than usual, or quietly braced even when nothing obvious is wrong, this conversation is for you. In this episode, we explore the idea that what so many people are experiencing right now is not a personal failure, but a nervous system response to prolonged uncertainty. We are living in an era of chronic unpredictability, and the human body was never designed to remain in vigilance for years at a time. When uncertainty becomes constant, the nervous system shifts into protection. That protection can look like anxiety, irritability, numbness, withdrawal, overthinking, or anger that surprises even the person feeling it. Rather than asking what is wrong with us, we consider a different question: what has our nervous system been living inside of? The body does not respond to logic alone. It responds to lived experience. This is why mindset work, willpower, and positive thinking often feel insufficient when the body is still scanning for danger. You cannot convince your nervous system that it is safe; you have to show it. We also explore the impact of collective stress. Even when our personal lives appear stable, the broader emotional climate around us is processed individually in the body. Chronic exposure to division, crisis, and social tension can leave people depleted and guarded, not because they are weak or negative, but because they are physiologically overwhelmed. This episode is ultimately an invitation toward compassion. You are not broken. You are responding. Understanding your nervous system is the first step toward real change. If you would like to go deeper into embodied emotional health and nervous system restoration, you can explore our online programs at Awakeningsonline.net (Awakeningsonline.net). For those local to Raleigh, our integrative health and wellness clinic offers hands-on support at Awakeningshealth.com (Awakeningshealth.com).

3. 

   30 Jan 2026

   Episode 127: Nothing is wrong with you - but something is changing

   This episode is an honest, grounding conversation about the quiet transition many women find themselves in during midlife. Not a breakdown. Not a crisis. And not something that needs fixing. It’s a shift—often unnamed—that can feel confusing when you are healthy, capable, emotionally aware, and still noticing changes in your body, motivation, energy, and desire. We explore how perimenopause is often misunderstood as a problem to solve rather than a passage to honor. Why weight gain, decreased drive, and a fading interest in proving or performing do not mean you are failing. How the body may be asking for safety instead of output, rhythm instead of urgency, and truth instead of self-abandonment. This conversation is for women who are not falling apart, yet feel different. For those who have done the work, live consciously, and still wonder why the old strategies no longer apply. It is an invitation to release shame, name grief, and reframe power in a season that asks for listening rather than pushing. Perimenopause is not the end of vitality. It is the end of vitality that required self-abandonment. If this episode resonated, you are not alone. This is a shared human experience, and it deserves language, compassion, and community. To explore more resources, support, and offerings, visit AwakeningsOnline.net (AwakeningsOnline.net) AwakeningsHealth.com (AwakeningsHealth.com)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

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Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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