hello sweet souls and welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. in today's vulnerable episode, i'm openly sharing the mental struggles i've been facing lately, in the hopes that it may bring ease to someone experiencing something similar. you may resonate with this episode if ~
Scripture referenced: Psalm 39.
'remembering who God is' - episode about internal + external seasonal shifts.
Claudia.
hello sweet souls & welcome to this monthly “By His Grace” segment with my sweet sister in Christ, Naomi.
we’re two friends walking in faith together, who hope to captivate you with our conversation. in this segment we’ll be praying together; sharing how God is moving in our lives; reflecting on how Jesus has shown us the true path in recent experiences; scripture that has captured us; insights that have humbled us and the raw reality of our faith, as best as we can.
in today’s episode we are talking about God’s provision and how we can experience this fullness in our everyday, integrated life. we hope that this episode blesses you as much as it did us! in Jesus’ name, Amen.
scripture referenced:
Matthew 6:25-27;
Ephesians 2:8: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” ;
Matthew 26:39: “He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, ‘My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.’”
love, blessings and light,
hello sweet souls & welcome to this monthly “By His Grace” segment with my sweet sister in Christ, Naomi.
we’re two friends walking in faith together, who hope to captivate you with our conversation. in this segment we’ll be praying together; sharing how God is moving in our lives; reflecting on how Jesus has shown us the true path in recent experiences; scripture that has captured us; insights that have humbled us and the raw reality of our faith, as best as we can.
today’s episode is, once again, a prayer. let this be an ode to the entrance of a new season. wherever you are, take this moment to receive this prayer into your heart, your mind, your spirit; whether you are a practicing Christian, a curious agnostic, a spiritual seeker or simply somebody who appreciates intention.
love, blessings and light,
hello sweet souls and welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. this entry into a new season is the second of two halves and, you guessed it, we’re talking about the potency of a morning routine. initially set to be one episode, this is a revised - or "revived" - version of my current morning routine, centered around stillness, encouraged by the breath and rooted in faith.
this episode is for all of you - people of faith, of varying spiritual beliefs, of agnosticism, of indecision, of solid routine and of intuitive ritual. i think you'll be able to take something important from this and implement it directly into your days.
love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls and welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. this season finale is the first of two halves and, you guessed it, we’re talking about the potency of a morning routine. initially set to be one episode, this unexpected “prelude” is filled with allegory, poetry and spiritual significance, as i dig up my age-old love for English literature and share my unbridled love for the early morning. i sincerely hope you enjoy this love-letter of an episode - and i hope to see you here again next week for a second half of structure and sharing, of my revived morning routine rooted in faith.
love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls and welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. i do hope that you enjoy this unprepared episode where i speak to you about the current season that God has me navigating. i felt really pulled in this monologue to speak about remembering the nature of God in relation to ourselves. this age has us seeking God more than ever and it is so vital to know what, where and who He is and isn’t.
Scripture referenced: Psalm 104.
love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls and welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. this episode was inspired by an internal monologue that i had on today's sunrise walk in the forest (and that i definitely spoke aloud bc no-one was around...)
i used to worship nature and it made life easier... until it got harder. it "allowed" me to make up my own rules, to be the master of my own life and it grounded me... until i returned home and i would feel utterly uprooted... oh, the irony...
the truth that i now know is that God alone is my fortress; connecting with nature is a beautiful way to calm one's nervous system, to create a wonderfully positive physiological response in the body and cultivate clarity... BUT, without a foundation of knowing God, the fortress that we are surrounded by is false and governed by a darker entity that does not want us to know Him.
the reality is that nature is not God, but it is an amazing embodiment, outside of human example, of 'thy will be done'. if you are still worshiping nature and giving your whole self to the elements and the natural world around you... i beg you to consider - what is nature actually telling you? because, if you're really listening, you'll hear it enjoining you to worship the one who made it. this is the real, godly, meaning of oneness.
Scripture referenced: Psalm 95.
love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls & welcome to this monthly "By His Grace" segment with my sweet sister in Christ, Naomi.
we’re two friends walking in faith together, who hope to captivate you with our conversation. in this segment we'll be praying together; sharing how God is moving in our lives; reflecting on how Jesus has shown us the true path in recent experiences; scripture that has captured us; insights that have humbled us and the raw reality of our faith, as best as we can.
in today’s episode, we share our raw and real reflections on how we navigate living in “the world” as a follower of Christ.
if you find yourself ruminating on the things that you have lost since becoming born again, whether that was ten weeks or ten years ago, then this episode is for you.
i used the analogy of a tree, saying that sometimes we begin our walk with Jesus and, like a golden oak that has held on to its vibrant green leaves throughout Autumn, all to which we were holding suddenly drops and we are left bare; other-times, like the brazen birch whose leaves shed gradually from one season to the next, it takes a moment for the things of the world to slowly fall away but, when they do, we are once again left - bare.
as Christians, we are heavily misunderstood, but how can we work with our Saviour to create a sense of understanding amongst ourselves and the world in which we live?
Scripture referenced: Psalm 56, Matthew 19:23-26.
love, blessings and light,
hello sweet souls and welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast.
please enjoy this spontaneous, post cold-plunge short episode in my pj's... it was inspired by the longest run i've ever done for my current half marathon training. if you've ever wondered how on earth to find joy and peace during trials and tribulations, then i promise that this episode is the one for you. amen.
Scripture referenced: James 1:2-3
love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls & welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast.
this was such a beautiful and enlightening conversation. I gained so much wisdom from listening to Sylvia. We talked about so much and timestamps will be included below, though the spirit of this discussion simply cannot be conveyed in mere text.
11:10: Sylvia’s faith journey from childhood to now
19:20: Similarities in mine and Sylvia’s Christian upbringing
22:05: What does it mean to be faithful?
25:35: The misunderstood nature of the Christian walk
34:15: The spiritual humility that comes, both when we see others acting like Christ, and when we are being called to respond like Him in the face of adversity
37:30: The intricacies of an inter-denominational relationship
45:00: Navigating being at different “stages” of faith to your partner
50:43: We discuss my recent curiosities about Catholicism and where I began to feel drawn into its beliefs
01:01:08: The sense of undeniable peace that grounded Sylvia back into her Catholic roots
01:06:45: The grace that Sylvia experienced from participating in The Eucharist, after distinguishing between simply understanding it versus fully believing in its truth
01:10:15: Where I began to question protestantism’s “warnings” against traditionalism
01:17:03: Discernment comes from personal, deep and intimate time with God, not from our own minds, traditions or perspectives
01:19:15: Wrap up & final guest questions.
Scripture referenced: Matthew 7:13-14, John 3:5-8
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls & welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast.
the video version of this podcast.
today we are talking about a trendy topic within the "Christian Culture" world. this is something that i hear an abundance of opinions on... and i wanted to weigh in with mine.
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls & welcome to this monthly "By His Grace" segment with my sweet sister in Christ, Naomi.
watch the video version of this podcast on Substack.
we’re two friends walking in faith together, who hope to captivate you with our conversation. in this segment we'll be praying together; sharing how God is moving in our lives; reflecting on how Jesus has shown us the true path in recent experiences; scripture that has captured us; insights that have humbled us and the raw reality of our faith, as best as we can.
today, we are praying. it is as simple as that. take these five short yet profound minutes to receive this prayer, as you are, right now. God is here and He is awaiting you with open arms. Amen.
Scripture referenced: John 3:16.
Love, blessings and light,
hello sweet souls & welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast.
the video version of this podcast episode.
in this episode i share a little about my recent experiences with feeling depleted and how faith eventually brings me out of it, but also, and perhaps more importantly, through it. i also share with you a recent vivid dream that i had, that helped me to give my faith more to God.
it’s important to remember that, as Christians, we too can be left wondering “where is Christ in this?” and that doesn’t make our faith insufficient. what it can instead serve as is a chance to give ourselves up to God, to surrender to His plan that has no bearing on our own, for ultimately His Will be done.
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls & welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. today we welcome, yet again, my lovely friend Gabrielle onto the show. (4th time!) yet another spontaneous conversation which, by no coincidence, are always the best and most fruitful. timestamps can be found below:
03:11: how do our definitions of religion matter when it comes to our relationship with God and “god”?
09:30: what it really means to be born again
11:01: how “new age” spirituality and misinterpretations of the Bible and Jesus separate us from the One, True, Living God
19:33: the pitfalls of putting yourself in the place of God instead of calling upon Him
25:16: the price of your new life is your old one, but suffering alongside our Saviour is not in vain - quite the opposite - it equates to freedom
32:32: “I am the vine”: spending time with Jesus is what makes one like Him and helps to let those attachments that no longer serve drip away, not through force or dogma
36:10: God’s true, misunderstood character, as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
42:42: how God sees us through the cross. we have to *cross* the same bridge through which He came to save us, in order to get to God. this is where the differentiation between truth andperception arises.
Scripture referenced: Psalm 121; Matthew 16:24-26; John 15:5; John 14:6
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia,
hello sweet souls & welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. in today’s raw episode i candidly share the fruits of my recent disappointments… yes, you read that right - the fruits of… disappointment.
firstly let me share the reel that i shared, that sparked this conversation.
i decided to let scripture guide this vulnerable conversation and shared the caption of this reel into Chat GPT to see what it came up with... i related each of these passages to what God has taught me from my recent experiences with disappointment, friendships, isolation and the recent acknowledgement that, through all of this, Jesus has been healing me.
As always, God never fails.
Scripture referenced: 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:1; John 8:36; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; John 14:27; Luke 15:20.
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls & welcome to this monthly "By His Grace" segment with my sweet sister in Christ, Naomi.
we’re two friends walking in faith together, who hope to captivate you with our conversation.
in this segment we'll be praying together; sharing how God is moving in our lives; reflecting on how Jesus has shown us the true path in recent experiences; scripture that has captured us; insights that have humbled us and the raw reality of our faith, as best as we can.
today, the Holy Spirit guided us through a wonderful conversation on friendships. i thought i’d include timestamps in this episode because it was filled with so much fruit that seemed to go in all directions, but that i truly think links altogether so beautifully. so you will find them below - enjoy!
01:27: the shift that happens in all relationships when you begin to prioritise God in Your life
04:30: ‘a good friend is a blessing from God’ - we often fall short in glorifying God for our wholesome friendships that aren’t faith-centred
07:57: the necessity of faithfulness in our friendships: ‘it isn’t in what we say, it’s in what we do’
14:21: the neglected meaning behind The Temple of the Living God scripture in 2 Corinthians;
- 17:20: we are all children of God and we are all sinners; to become known by God we have to acknowledge that part of our human nature
- 25:15: the devil uses our God-given qualities (such as logic and intellect) to thwart our faith as even he fears us growing closer to Him
- 35:35: clarity on the scripture: we can pray for God to intervene and to be the guide of all of our friendships
38:08: how we navigate the yearning for friends to come to faith
43:03: Jesus’ glory is proven to be bigger than our terms & conditions
50:20:
“I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”
(Matthew 17:20)
Scripture referenced: , 1 Samuel 20:18-42, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, Song of Songs 2:14, Luke 22:42 (“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”), Matthew 12:38–40 (The Sign of Jonah), Matthew 11:28.
this episode was inspired by a dream wherein God planted a seed of revelation inside of me; the illusory and manipulative nature of knowledge versus the seemingly whispy, according to the world, yet truthfully concrete and grounded, nature of knowing the One, True God.
what does Jesus mean when He tells us that we must listen and understand? how can we draw closer to Him to deepen our understanding? where does our fruit not match our intention and how can we purify our prayer to come closer to God instead of to fuel our own desire for knowledge? you can have ALL of the knowledge in the world and be completely separated from God. in this episode we explore all of this and more.
Scripture referenced: Matthew 10:27, Matthew 7:24 ‘Building on a Solid Foundation’, Matthew 13, Matthew 12:33, Luke 8:18, Isaiah 59.
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls & welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. today we are welcoming my sweet friend Gabrielle back onto the podcast (for the third time!) to talk about the sacred nature of birth, how its over medicalisation has sought to strip it of that, and the journey taken to return to its origin. you will find timestamps below.
05:25: what is behind the over-medicalisation of birth?
14:25: there is power in distancing ourselves from the systems that seek to control birth and education
19:49: how pre-conceived notions of pain and safety have the potential to create outcomes, the definitions of which lie in our hands
29:47: the natural cycle of labour is engrained in our DNA, but often rejected in a medical-birth setting
34:12: the legitimate impact of over-reliance on a medical system that seeks to gain from your disconnect to your body’s wisdom, using induction as an example
46:34: our societal disconnect from pain that breeds a resistance to feeling our full and natural experience
01:01:01: the illusion of seeking a constant state of bliss and how this removes us from true presence
01:05:33: the beauty and necessity of having faith during the birthing process
01:16:16: final guest questions and Jesus talk <3
Scripture referenced: Colossians 3:12, Luke 5:4-6
connect with Gabrielle here and find her doula support here.
the Christian hypnobirthing account mentioned in this episode.
our first episode from November 2022: We Are In Flow: Reconnecting With our Natural State of Being.
our second episode from April 2024: The Path Of Femininity: Uniting the Inner Masculine & Feminine.
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia,
Welcome, to Alma Y Tierra (formerly, Trust The Process).
I’m your host, Claudia, and today’s episode is reminding you that we are one with nature. The cycles that nature undergoes are never-ending; they are in a constant state of movement and they encourage us, to notice, and to stop blocking our own natural cycles that crave to take place.
To truly reap the fruit out of life, we have to begin recognising the seasons - both within ourselves, externally, and then come to the conclusion that we are really one-and-the-same.
I feel like there is soo much more to be said on this topic, but I hope that you find some value and enjoyment in this soft reminder as we head into Summer, but, also, into shedding…
Until next time… Stay present. And be in the noticing.
Bible verse mentioned: Luke 12:54-56.
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia.
hello sweet souls and welcome back to the Alma Y Tierra podcast. i hope you are doing well! this is a special episode... we've rebranded, in case you didn't know, and i thought it an app't time to share, once again, my very own testimony. this was recorded in April last year and is very raw and real. the link to watch the full thing on YouTube is below! enjoy x
Love, blessings and light,
Claudia.