<![CDATA[The Empower Channel]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8QGu!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46b9ed5b-7dfc-484e-b94a-3d8effa0848a_196x196.pngThe Empower Channelhttps://www.theempowerchannel.comSubstackSat, 17 Oct 2026 01:45:35 GMT<![CDATA[Becoming You and Channeling The Collective with Laura O’Malley]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/becoming-you-and-channeling-the-collectivehttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/becoming-you-and-channeling-the-collectiveWed, 14 Oct 2026 17:02:31 GMTLaura O’Malley was living a picture perfect life and had never felt worse when a meditation practice opened the door to channeling The Collective, a loving nonphysical consciousness whose daily messages fill her new book, Becoming You: A Daily Practice of Vibrational Alignment, Source Connection, and Intentional Living.

In this episode of The Miracle of Healing, I sit down with Laura, who is a mother, an elementary school teacher, a Level III Reiki Master, and a happiness coach, to talk about how an ordinary life can open into a daily conversation with Spirit.

Laura shares how her Reiki training taught her to listen to her inner voice, how she came to know and trust her spirit guides and The Collective, and what her family made of it all. We also talk about what The Collective means when they say that life is responding through us, how to work with fear and other hard emotions as guidance, and how the short daily messages in her book are meant to be used.

If you are curious about channeling, or if you have felt that fear is making too many of your decisions, I think you will find a lot of comfort and practical help in this conversation.

What you’ll take away from this episode:

- How Laura’s search for peace during the hardest year of her life led her to meditation, Reiki, and her spirit guides

- Who The Collective is, and how Laura learned to tell their guidance from her own thoughts

- Why The Collective teaches that every emotion is guidance, including the difficult ones

- What it means to practice being the energy of what you want to experience

- How to use a short daily practice to choose alignment over fear

Connect with Laura O’Malley: www.getintothelight.com

Book: Becoming You

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]]><![CDATA[When You Don’t Trust What You Know]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-you-dont-trust-what-you-knowhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-you-dont-trust-what-you-knowTue, 06 Oct 2026 17:02:32 GMTSometimes we know something before we can explain how we know it—and yet doubt can still find its way in. This week, Bonnie shares why we can question our own knowing and how to discern between fear, conditioning and the deeper knowing that is trying to guide us.

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]]><![CDATA[Stop Playing Small: What This Libra New Moon on Oct 10th Wants From You ]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/stop-playing-small-what-this-librahttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/stop-playing-small-what-this-libraMon, 05 Oct 2026 23:08:11 GMTStop playing small. That's the message from the upcoming New Moon in Libra.

Astrologer DK Brainard says this week opens loud — Moon in Leo, Mars sextile Uranus — then drops into the dark moon before Saturday’s new moon.

Venus is retrograde in Scorpio, square Mars. Sounds tense, and it is. Squares move things.

What this new moon actually wants: let go of the habit of playing small. The praise you won’t give. The money you won’t pay. The love you hold back because you’re sure it’ll be used against you.

That block usually isn’t them. It’s an old rule about how much of you it’s safe to be. More in this week's Weekly Astrology Update.

May you go with the stars.

— DK Brainard

DK Brainard can help you discover your life purpose and connect with your soul mission. He has worked as a professional astrologer for more than 20 years, doing thousands of personal readings as well as making podcasts, writing horoscope columns, and making astrology education videos.

We’re thrilled welcome DK back to Empower where he provided deep insight and education for several years. DK shares his weekly astrology updates every Monday, and his new Stars for the People series is coming soon. This educational series will show you how astrology works and teach you how you can use it to understand your life’s purpose and navigate these uniquely challenging times.

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]]><![CDATA[The Parts of Ourselves We Leave Behind]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-parts-of-ourselves-we-leave-behindhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-parts-of-ourselves-we-leave-behindTue, 29 Sep 2026 17:00:53 GMTAlong the way, many of us abandon pieces of ourselves in order to belong, succeed, stay safe, or meet the expectations of others. This week, Bonnie explores what happens when we begin reconnecting with the parts of ourselves we've neglected, hidden, or forgotten—and why wholeness often begins with remembering what was never truly lost.

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]]><![CDATA[Stop Settling — Venus Retrograde in Scorpio Starts October 3]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/stop-settling-venus-retrograde-inhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/stop-settling-venus-retrograde-inMon, 28 Sep 2026 23:14:24 GMTIt’s time to get serious about doing what you came here to do.

Venus stations retrograde Saturday morning, October 3, in Scorpio, and stays retrograde through November 13. Venus does not love Scorpio. Venus does not love being retrograde. Together they put a light on pleasure and on relationships — including the casual ones and the work ones.

Ask two questions:

Where am I choosing a cheap substitute (doom-scrolling, settling, numbing) instead of healthy pleasure?

The person I’m loving — are they loving me back, or did I decide this was all I could get?

You should have a clearer answer by November 13.

The buffer is already in the sky. Mars moved into Leo Sunday night. That placement is expansive, generous, and simple: you are a unique spark of creator. You don’t need your whole life purpose mapped. You need the thing you love, the thing you’re good at, the thing that helps when you put it out.

Do more of that this week. The Venus weather gets quieter when you stop shrinking.

Watch this week’s Astro Outlook for a full review — about four minutes.

May you go with the stars.

— DK Brainard

DK Brainard can help you discover your life purpose and connect with your soul mission. He has worked as a professional astrologer for more than 20 years, doing thousands of personal readings as well as making podcasts, writing horoscope columns, and making astrology education videos.

We’re thrilled welcome DK back to Empower where he provided deep insight and education for several years. DK shares his weekly astrology updates every Monday, and his new Stars for the People series is coming in October. This educational series will show you how astrology works and teach you how you can use it to understand your life’s purpose and navigate these uniquely challenging times.

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]]><![CDATA[The Fear of Disappointing Others]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-fear-of-disappointing-othershttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-fear-of-disappointing-othersTue, 22 Sep 2026 21:42:21 GMTMany of us are willing to disappoint ourselves long before we're willing to disappoint someone else. Join Bonnie this week for a conversation about approval, expectations, and the discomfort that often arises when we begin honoring our own needs, desires, and truth.

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]]><![CDATA[Weekly Astrology Sept 21, 2026 | Equinox, Grand Air Trine & Full Moon]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/weekly-astrology-sept-21-2026-equinoxhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/weekly-astrology-sept-21-2026-equinoxMon, 21 Sep 2026 17:50:28 GMTThis week looks upbeat… until the Aries Full Moon.

Astrologer DK Brainard breaks down the week of September 21, 2026: Sun enters Libra at the fall equinox, a grand air trine with Uranus and Pluto supports connection and plans, and Mars moves into Leo late Sunday. Energy builds as the Moon waxes.

Saturday’s Aries Full Moon is the turning point. Tightly conjunct Neptune (and loosely Saturn), it can show you a powerful picture of who you’re becoming — or put rose-colored glasses on a fantasy. Use the vision. Skip the delusion.

0:00 Week ahead + the Full Moon caution

0:23 Sun enters Libra / fall equinox

1:25 Grand air trine: Sun, Uranus, Pluto

1:51 Waxing Moon through Aquarius & Pisces

2:22 Aries Full Moon conjunct Neptune

4:14 Stars for the People + close

Join me each week for my new Weekly Astrology Update on The Empower Channel. May you go with the stars. — DK Brainard

DK Brainard can help you discover your life purpose and connect with your soul mission. He has worked as a professional astrologer for more than 20 years, doing thousands of personal readings as well as making podcasts, writing horoscope columns, and making astrology education videos.

We’re thrilled welcome DK back to Empower where he provided deep insight and education for several years. DK shares his weekly astrology updates every Monday, and his new Stars for the People series is coming in October. This educational series will show you how astrology works and teach you how you can use it to understand your life’s purpose and navigate these uniquely challenging times.

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]]><![CDATA[Who Would You Be Without the Role?]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/who-would-you-be-without-the-rolehttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/who-would-you-be-without-the-roleTue, 15 Sep 2026 17:55:43 GMTMother. Caregiver. Leader. Helper. Provider. We all play many roles throughout our lives, but what happens when we begin confusing those roles with who we are? This week, Bonnie explores the difference between what we do and who we truly are beneath the responsibilities, expectations, and identities we’ve carried for so long.

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]]><![CDATA[Venus in Scorpio: Choose your obsession ]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/venus-in-scorpio-choose-your-obsessionhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/venus-in-scorpio-choose-your-obsessionMon, 14 Sep 2026 18:11:00 GMTVenus entered Scorpio on September 10. She usually leaves in three and a half weeks. Because of the October retrograde, she stays about ten. In detriment she still magnetizes — she just magnetizes the shadow as easily as the desire.

  • The transit: Venus in Scorpio ~10 weeks; detriment = opposite Taurus.

  • The rule: she attracts what you obsess on. Get the object right.

  • Shadow tell: control, manipulation, gaslighting — in you or at you. Wake-up, not fate.

  • Love: fixating on one unavailable person vs becoming a match for the right one.

  • Money: chasing a number so you can make art vs obsessing on the art until money follows.

  • This week’s aspects: Venus square Pluto Mon/Tue (compulsion). Finger of God / Yod all week — Neptune in Aries + Uranus in Gemini pointing at Venus. Returns mid-October and early December.

  • Practice: journal, meditate, shadow work or start the book / song / canvas and let Scorpio carry it to year’s end.

Join me each week for my new Weekly Astrology Update on The Empower Channel. May you go with the stars. — DK Brainard

DK Brainard can help you discover your life purpose and connect with your soul mission. He has worked as a professional astrologer for more than 20 years, doing thousands of personal readings as well as making podcasts, writing horoscope columns, and making astrology education videos.

We’re thrilled welcome DK back to Empower where he provided deep insight and education for several years. DK shares his weekly astrology updates every Monday, and his new Stars for the People series is coming in October. This educational series will show you how astrology works and teach you how you can use it to understand your life’s purpose and navigate these uniquely challenging times.

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]]><![CDATA[When Responsibility Becomes Identity]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-responsibility-becomes-identityhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-responsibility-becomes-identityTue, 08 Sep 2026 17:00:42 GMTResponsibility is often seen as a strength. But what happens when being the dependable one becomes part of who we are? Join Bonnie this week for a conversation about the roles we unconsciously adopt, the expectations we carry, and how responsibility can quietly become an identity we no longer know how to set down.

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]]><![CDATA[Tapping Into the Akasha with Rohini Moradi]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/tapping-into-the-akasha-with-rohinihttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/tapping-into-the-akasha-with-rohiniWed, 02 Sep 2026 20:42:32 GMTRohini Moradi was born inside the only Hindu temple in Iran, where her father served as the Pujari. Her childhood was chanting, meditation, and pilgrimages through India to temples most seekers never get to enter. Then her family arrived in America as refugees, and she spent years learning to hide the parts of herself that didn’t fit. A devastating loss later undid her completely. She describes becoming a puddle she had to re-form herself from, and that rebuilding is where her real work began.

Rohini is an author, artist, composer, and creator of immersive experiences. She’s the founder of Magic Inclined and The Cocktail Camp, and her debut book, Tapping Into the Akasha, is out now from Red Wheel/Weiser.

In this episode:

- What the Akasha actually is, and why Rohini pushes back on much of what gets said about the Akashic Records

- Growing up in the only Hindu temple in Tehran, and what that upbringing gave her that no training ever could

- Arriving in America as a refugee and the masks she put on to belong

- How grief became the doorway into her deepest work

- Why her book isn’t a system for fixing yourself, but an invitation to set down the identities that were never yours

- Sound as a healing force, from modular synthesis to field recordings to plants that sing

- Simple ways to begin accessing the Akasha in your own life

If you’ve ever sensed there’s more available to you than what you were handed, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Rohini Moradi:

Website: www.magicinclined.com

Book: Tapping Into the Akasha (Red Wheel/Weiser)

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]]><![CDATA[When Helping Becomes Hiding]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-helping-becomes-hidinghttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-helping-becomes-hidingTue, 25 Aug 2026 17:01:06 GMTHelping others is often seen as a strength. But sometimes helping becomes a way of avoiding ourselves. This week, Bonnie explores how focusing on everyone else's needs can distract us from the parts of our own lives asking for attention.

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]]><![CDATA[Reiki From the Farm with Pamela Allen-LeBlanc]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/reiki-from-the-farm-with-pamela-allenhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/reiki-from-the-farm-with-pamela-allenWed, 12 Aug 2026 17:00:24 GMTHave you ever wondered if your animals are trying to tell you something? In this episode I sit down with Pam Allen-LeBlanc, an ICRT Licensed Reiki Master Teacher, animal communicator, and the founder of Reiki from the Farm. Pam has a background in science and an MBA, and she was skeptical about this work for a long time before the animals changed her mind. She now teaches Reiki, Animal Reiki, and Animal Communication to students all over the world from her farm in New Brunswick, where she lives with twelve horses and four dogs.

We get into what animals actually think about us and where they see us out of alignment, why animal Reiki looks so different from what most people picture, and what horses understand about presence, leadership, and boundaries that most of us have forgotten. Pam is also the author of The Reiki Business Book, so we talk honestly about money, visibility, and why so many healers struggle to charge for their work. If you have ever felt a nudge that you might be able to hear animals, this conversation is a permission slip.

What you’ll take away from this episode:

-Why animals lead their own Reiki sessions, and why consent changes everything about the work

- What animals understand about energy and presence that humans have largely forgotten

- The most common ways people block their own intuition, including overthinking and needing to be right

- A simple place to start if you want to try animal communication for yourself

- Why healers so often undercharge, and what a sustainable, soul aligned practice actually looks like

Connect with Pam: www.reikifromthefarm.com

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]]><![CDATA[When Awareness Isn't Enough]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-awareness-isnt-enoughhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-awareness-isnt-enoughTue, 11 Aug 2026 18:02:36 GMTIf awareness alone created change, we'd all be living differently. So why do old patterns continue showing up even when we know better? This week, Bonnie explores why understanding a pattern is often just the beginning of breaking free from it.

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]]><![CDATA[What Grief Really Teaches Us About Love with Bryan Welch]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/what-grief-really-teaches-us-abouthttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/what-grief-really-teaches-us-aboutWed, 05 Aug 2026 17:02:06 GMTHis son died at 25. In the months that followed, Bryan could not find a single reason to care for himself or for much of anything at all, and the only way forward he could see was to learn how to care without a reason, which is another way of saying he learned to love unconditionally. What came back to him eventually was not just survival, but a strange and unmistakable joy.

In this episode of The Miracle of Healing, Lisa Campion talks with Bryan Welch, a business executive, writer, rancher, and practicing Buddhist who spent nineteen years running Ogden Publications, home to Mother Earth News and Utne Reader, and who now raises grass fed cattle, sheep, and goats with his wife Carolyn on their farm in Kansas. His new book from New Harbinger, The Gift of a Broken Heart: How Our Grief Can Connect Us, is the unflinching record of the years after his son’s death.

This is a conversation about grief as a teacher rather than a problem to be solved, about how loss takes apart our illusions of safety and separateness, and about what becomes available to us once we stop trying to get over it. If you are carrying a loss of any kind, whether the death of someone you love, the end of a marriage, or the quieter grief so many of us feel about the state of the world, this one will meet you where you actually are.

What you will hear:

-Why the grief we are most afraid of is the grief that connects us to everyone else

-What Buddhist practice has to offer a heart that has already broken

-The particular anguish of loving someone through addiction, told honestly and without cleanup

-How vulnerability becomes the doorway to compassion rather than the thing that ruins you

-Why if we love, we will grieve, and why Bryan no longer considers that a tragedy

Connect with Bryan Welch

Website: www.thegiftofabrokenheart.com

Book: The Gift of a Broken Heart: How Our Grief Can Connect Us, available wherever books are sold

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]]><![CDATA[The Stories Running in the Background]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-stories-running-in-the-backgroundhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-stories-running-in-the-backgroundTue, 04 Aug 2026 17:02:01 GMTMany of the choices we make are influenced by stories we’ve been carrying for years—stories about who we need to be, what makes us worthy, and what keeps us safe. Join Bonnie this week for a conversation about the unseen narratives shaping our lives and what becomes possible when we begin to question them.

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]]><![CDATA[What Are You Making It Mean?]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/what-are-you-making-it-meanhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/what-are-you-making-it-meanTue, 28 Jul 2026 17:01:07 GMTLife happens. People disappoint us. Plans change. Doors close. But often it isn't the event itself that causes our suffering—it's the meaning we attach to it. This week, Bonnie explores how the stories we create shape our reality and how changing the story can change everything.

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]]><![CDATA[When You Stop Asking for Permission]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-you-stop-asking-for-permissionhttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/when-you-stop-asking-for-permissionWed, 15 Jul 2026 20:36:38 GMTMany women spend years waiting for permission—to change, to speak up, to choose differently, to want more. This week, Bonnie explores what becomes possible when we stop looking outside ourselves for approval and begin trusting what we already know.

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]]><![CDATA[The Life That No Longer Fits]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-life-that-no-longer-fitshttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-life-that-no-longer-fitsThu, 02 Jul 2026 20:18:51 GMTSometimes growth doesn't arrive as inspiration. Sometimes it arrives as discomfort. A quiet awareness that the life you've created no longer feels like the life you're meant to be living. Bonnie shares the signs, synchronicities, and quiet nudges that often appear when we've outgrown a chapter of our lives—and why letting go of what no longer fits is an act of profound self-respect. The question isn't what's wrong with your life. The question is who you've become since you created it.

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]]><![CDATA[The Story of Empower Radio]]>https://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-story-of-empower-radiohttps://www.theempowerchannel.com/p/the-story-of-empower-radioWed, 17 Jun 2026 12:18:40 GMT

Empower Radio began as an idea scribbled on the back of a receipt following a lunch in 2007.

What if there was a way to leverage the power of radio to help raise consciousness and connect with people in a deeper, more meaningful way.

What if... there was a radio network designed to lift people up.

Something that wasn’t religious or political, but appealed to our highest potential and the greater good. Instead of tearing people down, we built them up. Gave them hope and tools to use during challenging times. Created a safe haven away from the negativity that surrounds us every day.

A network to EMPOWER people in every area of their lives.

The idea finally became a reality in 2009 when founder Brent Carey resigned his radio programming position out West and headed back to Michigan to launch Empower Radio.

Empower Radio began as an internet station broadcasting from the basement of a group of stations in Northern Michigan where Brent was consulting.

Live shows were made available after broadcast as podcasts. The audience wasn’t really sure how to use podcasts, so they were called “shows on-demand” while the audience was educated what this new podcast world was all about.

Empower was one of first national podcast networks offering podcast subscriptions for shows broadcast on the station

Slowly, but steadily, Empower Radio found an audience – and the right voices. Radio veterans and emerging leaders in personal development, spirituality, and health/wellness from across the country began to join our team.

The station moved into the Specs Howard School of Media Arts building in 2012 and continued to expand our lineup of hosts. The network grew organically into one of the leading online platforms for personal development and spirituality content. We also built a dedicated studio team to help bring it all together every day.

Core programming topics on Empower Radio include: Self-help, relationships, health & wellness, mental health, mindfulness, meditation, women’s issues, finances, spirituality, metaphysics, consciousness, the power of gratitude, and overcoming life challenges.

While life continued to change more quickly with every passing year, our programming adjusted to offer support and help people navigate those changes successfully.

Changing Times

Empower Radio moved into a new expanded studio in Spring of 2019. Unfortunately, just as we were getting used to our new surroundings, the world changed in March 2020. Thanks to our incredible studio team and hosts, we managed to keep going during the difficult days of the pandemic. A few shows added video to compliment the audio content and expand reach while people were homebound. While Empower was able to continue, the rising costs and other challenges led to us to press pause on the network in 2022.

The Evolution of Empower

After 13 years as an online radio station and podcast network, we transformed into The Empower Channel in 2024.

The same mission of personal empowerment, now with a video focus on YouTube, Facebook, X and Substack. We launched Empower TV on our YouTube channel to celebrate our 16th anniversary in 2025, offering a 24/7 stream of our most inspiring conversations. Now for our 17th anniversary, we’re going back to where it all started.

Empower Radio Returns

We’re celebrating our 17th anniversary by bringing back Empower Radio for a limited time. The station is online now at www.empowerradio.com featuring the very best conversations from 2009 right up to today.

We’ve opened up the archives to highlight our wonderful hosts and shows that in many cases, are even more relevant today than when they first aired. You will also hear new episodes from hosts Bonnie Wirth and Lisa Campion each week. Empower Radio will remain live through the summer.

A sincere thank you to every host, listener, supporter, contributor and team member over the past 17 years. We appreciate you!

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