Waking Up In Dark Places

About Waking Up In Dark Places

What if the spiritual journey is a love story? Not the kind we've been sold. Not the kind that keeps us small and endlessly waiting to be chosen, waiting to find our other half to be whole. A different kind. The kind that breaks your heart and opens your eyes. Welcome to Waking Up In Dark Places. This has been my path. A practical way through the tangled overlap of grief, climates of abuse, personal development, and spirituality, told through the esoteric heroine's fairytale journey. The full story lives at https://wakingupindarkplaces.com (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com). This is an audiobook-style podcast. No roundtables. No interviews. No hot takes. No ads if I can help it. What you'll find here are layered pieces, essays, myths, and meditations, meant to be taken in slowly, the way any real initiation unfolds. This work draws on esoteric wisdom, lived experience, and a ruthless commitment to telling the truth about what consciousness actually costs. Some of the language here may be unfamiliar. That's intentional. You'll find a working glossary at https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) - worth a visit before going too deep. We begin with orientation, then story, then the journey itself. Like any serious diver knows, you don't just drop into the deep. You learn the world you're entering first. Whether you're navigating loss, burnout, awakening, trauma, or simply the ache of no longer fitting in the life you once built, if you're in the between, you're not alone. I write for myself. I write for the younger version of me. I write for anyone who's lost themselves and wondered if the way back or forward is even possible. More than all of this, I write for liberation. In honor of the known sages and unknown initiates who paved the way, to the ancestors whose ceiling became our floor, we continue on. In earnest. In effort. In the reach to lift each other toward a more authentic expression of spirit. This isn't a space for easy answers or borrowed light. It's a space for the real work. If you're looking for the language of the darkness you've found yourself navigating, to call it by name and reclaim your power, your light, your misplaced sparks of divinity from the bottomless hunger of this world, this is the place. You're not alone here. This is where we remind ourselves not only what's possible but what we're here to become, no matter how long the journey. If you're ready, the first step is yours to take.

Publisher

Andi

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

29 Jul 2026

Latest episode

5 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Aug 2026

   Chapter 1- Leadership vs A Good Performance

   Chapter 1- Leadership vs A Good Performance Full version of today's story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/leadership-vs-a-good-performance/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/leadership-vs-a-good-performance/) New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the reader who needs them. Notes On Becoming (The Blog): https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/)

2. 

   2 Aug 2026

   Our Story: Part 4: Welcome To Hell

   Full version of today's story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-4/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-4/) New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the reader who needs them. Notes On Becoming (The Blog): https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/)

3. 

   2 Aug 2026

   Our Story: Part 3: Crossing The Threshold

   Full version of today's story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-3/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-3/) New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the reader who needs them. Notes On Becoming (The Blog): https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/)

4. 

   2 Aug 2026

   Our Story: Part 2: Spiritual Maturity - Disobedience Is Not A Sin. It’s A Responsibility.

   Full version of today's story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-2/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-2/) New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the reader who needs them. Notes On Becoming (The Blog): https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/)

5. 

   2 Aug 2026

   Our Story: Part 1: The Forgotten Kingdom

   Full version of today's story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the reader who needs them. Notes On Becoming (The Blog): https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/notes-on-becoming/)

6. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Prologue: The Plan Be

   Full version of today's story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/the-plan-be/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/the-plan-be/) New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the readers who needs them.

7. 

   29 Jul 2026

   My Story: Part 2: Deconstructing My Innocence

   Full version of today's story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-2/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-2/) New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the readers who needs them.

8. 

   29 Jul 2026

   My Story: Part 1: The Big Four-Foot Drop

   Full version of today's story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the reader who needs them.

9. 

   29 Jul 2026

   About This Space

   New here? This piece uses language built across the site. If any of it lands strangely, orientation lives at: My Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/my-story-part-1/) Our Story: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/our-story-part-1/) What Words Mean: https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/ (https://wakingupindarkplaces.com/what-words-mean/) Or read on. The words tend to explain themselves to the readers who needs them.

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