Sacred Souljourners Podcast

What if awakening isn’t about following someone else — but reclaiming your inner authority? Sacred Souljourners is a campfire for the spiritually curious — a sacred space for those ready to embody spiritual sovereignty and choose love over fear. Hosted by Zan Kavanah and Troy Hawkner, this podcast invites you into real-time spiritual exploration — releasing inherited belief systems, stepping out of performance, and reclaiming the authority to walk your path without asking permission. Every episode navigates curiosity for spiritually hungry people who have outgrown inherited religion but still crave the sacred. Troy spent 15 years as a Baptist evangelical preacher before questioning everything and stepping into a new relationship with spirituality through nature, altar practice, intuitive guidance, angelic connection, and his spirit guide, the Owl. Zan has been embodying spiritual principles and quantum physics since 2004, through conscious entrepreneur

Sacred Souljourners Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Zan Kavanah & Troy Hawkner, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Zan Kavanah & Troy Hawkner hosts Sacred Souljourners Podcast, a education show with 19 episodes published.

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  Episode #19

  What Are You Willing to Put in the Fire? Sacred Ceremony, Shadow Work & Choosing What Matters

  Aug 19, 202646 minS1

  WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO PUT IN THE FIRE? Sacred Ceremony, Shadow Work & Choosing What Matters What do you hold sacred—and what are you willing to release in order to protect it? This week in Episode 19, Sacred Souljourners comes to you from Broomfield, Colorado, where we sit down with our dear friends Jen and Brian before Troy experiences his very first sweat lodge. Jen and Brian Berryhill share how their journey into Sundance, sweat lodge ceremony and Indigenous teachings passed to them through Chief Golden Light Eagle transformed not only their spiritual lives, but their 25-year marriage. We explore ceremony, shadow work, conscious relationships, discernment, forgiveness and what it means to recognize something as sacred enough to tend, protect and choose again and again. Jen shares how becoming a mother cracked open her spiritual journey, how shadow work changed her life and marriage, and how she now bridges two seemingly different worlds—supporting people through divorce and family transitions while bringing compassion, emotional awareness and spiritual understanding into some of life's hardest moments. And then we each answer the question we ask every guest: What are you willing to put in the fire? Grief. The story that says I'm not good enough. Rage. Reaction. The energies and old wounds that keep us from living from our highest selves. Maybe transformation isn't about becoming someone new. Maybe it's about finally releasing what keeps us from coming home to who we already are. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Jennifer Berryhill — Berryhill Family Law Colorado Licensed Legal Paraprofessional & Certified Divorce Coach Berryhill Family Law The Dark Side of the Light Chasers — Debbie Ford The book Jen credits as profoundly influencing her journey into shadow work, self-forgiveness and integration. Learn more about The Dark Side of the Light Chasers COME SIT BY THE FIRE Sacred Souljourners Campfire conversations for the spiritually curious. SacredSouljourners.life TikTok • Instagram • Facebook: @sacredsouljourners ️ Listen & follow us on: Spotify • Apple Podcasts • YouTube ❤️ HELP KEEP THE JOURNEY MOVING Sacred Souljourners is a nonprofit journey built around conversation, connection, spiritual curiosity and the stories we gather as we travel across the United States—with our Soul Pack right beside us. If something we've shared around the fire has touched your heart, helped you see something differently, or simply made you feel a little less alone on your own journey, you're invited to help keep our wheels turning and the campfire burning. Venmo: @sacredsouljourners $11 • $22 • or any magical number that speaks to you. Your contribution helps support our journey across the country with Kipper, Junior & Gypsy Jane as we continue meeting people, gathering stories and creating conversations that remind us: Campfire, not cathedral. Grace, not grind. Journey, not doctrine. Come sit by the fire. ❤️

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  Episode #18

  Breathing Through the Stories That Keep Us Stuck

  Aug 8, 202648 minS1

  Breathing Through the Stories That Keep Us Stuck With Chad Shober of The Pneuma Experience What if the breath moving through you isn’t simply keeping you alive—but quietly inviting you home? We recorded Episode 18 from our campsite in the Ozarks, this week’s campfire conversation welcomes Chad Shober, founder of The Pneuma Experience, for a powerful exploration of breath, presence and spiritual remembering. The word “pneuma” means breath, air or spirit—the Divine breath that gives us life. But this conversation isn’t about mastering another breathing technique. Chad invites us into something much simpler and deeper: pausing long enough to breathe with what is already here. What happens when life doesn’t meet our expectations? When our nervous system becomes overwhelmed, our thoughts create painful stories or we react from fear instead of responding from love? Can we stop fighting the moment and breathe through it? During this episode, Chad guides Troy through a deeply personal experience. Troy has often described his mind as a battlefield—a place where fear and stories take over. But rather than trying to silence, conquer or fix his mind, Chad invites him to create a new relationship with it: “I love my mind. I breathe with my mind.” In that moment, the conversation moves beyond information and becomes a living experience of coming home—from the noise of the mind to the wisdom of the heart. Together, we explore: • Why the breath is more than a physical function • How pausing helps us move from reaction to response • Breathing through difficult emotions instead of around them • The connection between breath and nervous-system regulation • How our language reinforces the stories we believe • Releasing the need to judge, fix or control ourselves and others • Coming home to the heart through presence • Spiritual awakening as spiritual remembering • Why every part of our experience belongs • How coherence creates space for love without requiring agreement At the heart of this episode is a profound reminder: we are all seeking to know that we are loved, that we matter, that we haven’t been forgotten and that we belong. Perhaps we were never truly lost. Perhaps we only forgot. This episode is an invitation to stop trying to breathe around the parts of life that feel uncomfortable. Bring them closer. Sit with them. Breathe through them. Allow the breath to carry you beneath the stories and back to the presence that has always been waiting within you. If you are seeking greater peace in your life, don’t miss this episode. Take a pause. Take a breath. Come sit with us around the fire. ABOUT OUR GUEST Chad Schober is the founder of The Pneuma Experience, a space rooted in presence, breath and spiritual remembering. Rather than offering another rigid teaching or program, Chad invites people to experience what becomes possible when they slow down, breathe and listen to the wisdom already living within them. Connect with Chad and explore The Pneuma Experience on YouTube and TikTok at @ThePneumaExperience. CONNECT WITH SACRED SOULJOURNERS Website: sacredsouljourners.life TikTok: @sacredsouljourners Troy's Dispatch Messages: TikTok: @souljournerTroy Instagram: @sacredsouljourners Facebook: Sacred Souljourners YouTube: Sacred Souljourners Listen and watch on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and Amazon Music. Real people. Real conversations. Sacred journeys. Come sit by the fire.

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  Episode #17

  The Bridge Between Faith & Consciousness: Jesus speaks both

  Jul 31, 20261h 3mS1

  The Bridge Between Faith & Consciousness:When surrender, healing, and love become more important than being right. This week in Episode 17: What happens when your faith is challenged... and healing shows up in the place you least expect? This week our journey takes us from a painful confrontation between Troy and his son over faith, identity, and leaving the church... to an unexpected prayer during a windshield repair... to a Bible study in Cleveland, Tennessee that completely changed our perspective. Along the way, we explore what happens when Christianity, consciousness, nervous system healing, and personal transformation stop competing and begin speaking the same language. We also share Troy's battle through nicotine withdrawal, the illusion of control, surrender, abandonment wounds, and what personal power really looks like when life doesn't go according to plan. This conversation isn't about choosing religion or spirituality. It's about discovering that truth can arrive through many doorways when love is at the center. Around this week's campfire: Can faith and consciousness coexist? What happens when old wounds shape our beliefs? Why is surrender so difficult? What if healing is less about being right... and more about becoming free? If you've ever questioned your beliefs, wrestled with your faith, or wondered if there is a bridge between spirituality and Christianity, this conversation is for you. Welcome to the campfire. Resources Mentioned Haven Earth Village https://havenvillage.net/ Transformation Prayer Ministry https://www.transformationprayer.org/ ⛪ Peerless Church – Cleveland, TN https://peerlesschurch.org/ Connect with Sacred Souljourners Website https://sacredsouljourners.life ️ Listen Everywhere Spotify • Apple Podcasts • YouTube Follow our journey TikTok: @SacredSouljourners Instagram: @SacredSouljourners Facebook: Sacred Souljourners Weekly Campfire Conversations for the Spiritually Curious #SacredSouljourners #FaithAndConsciousness #SpiritualAwakening #InnerHealing #Christianity #ConsciousLiving #NervousSystemHealing #PersonalGrowth #Transformation #Podcast

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  Episode #16

  The Storm Will Come—How Quickly Can You Return to Yourself?

  Jul 23, 202658 minS1

  EFT, Inner-Child Healing & Nervous-System Regulation with Nancy Gnecco Day one of our journey begins with a conversation that reaches straight into the heart of why we react, what we carry, and how we begin to heal. In Episode 16, we sit around the fire with Nancy Gnecco—psychotherapist, energy-psychology consultant, and one of only 29 EFT Founding Masters—to explore Emotional Freedom Techniques, commonly known as tapping. Nancy helps us understand how childhood experiences can become beliefs, patterns, and emotional reactions that follow us into our adult relationships. Together, we talk honestly about anger, abandonment, fear, the inner child, and what happens when two wounded nervous systems meet in the middle of a conflict. Troy shares how fear once became anger—and how returning to the wounded parts of his childhood has helped him respond from the man he is today instead of the frightened little boy he once was. Zan shares what she is learning about witnessing emotional reactions without immediately becoming part of them. As Nancy reminds us, healing is not about never being triggered or never encountering another storm. It is about learning how to return to ourselves more quickly when the storm arrives. In this episode, we explore: What EFT tapping is and how it may support emotional regulation How childhood experiences shape adult beliefs and reactions Why couples often become two wounded children fighting to be heard Moving from fear and anger toward awareness and love Why healing our past does not weaken us—it helps us become whole Gratitudes, acknowledgments, and affirmations A guided tapping exercise you can experience with us Nancy also shares an exclusive Souljourner offer: four private sessions, including the initial intake, for $500. To request the offer, mention that you are a Souljourner when contacting her. Learn more about Nancy at nancygnecco.com . Come sit by the fire with us. You don’t have to have everything figured out. You only have to remain curious—and keep finding your way home. Two people. One fire. No script. Visit us at sacredsouljourners.life #SacredSouljourners #CampfireConversations #EFTTapping #InnerChildHealing #NervousSystemHealing #EmotionalRegulation #TraumaHealing #ConsciousRelationships #SpiritualAwakening #HealingJourney #FromFearToLove #StayCurious Resources Mentioned in This Episode The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer Emotional Freedom Techniques—EFT for Christians: Tapping Into God’s Peace and Joy by Charity Virkler Kayembe and Sherrie Rice Smith Learn more about Nancy Gnecco and her EFT services at nancygnecco.com Amazon links are provided for convenience. Sacred Souljourners does not receive compensation from these purchases unless otherwise stated.

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  Episode #15

  Control becomes the Cage: From Control to Curiosity

  Jul 15, 20261 hourS1

  Control Becomes the Cage – From Control to Curiosity What if the thing you're trying hardest to control... is the very thing keeping you from experiencing peace? In Episode 15 this week around the campfire, Zan and Troy are joined by special guest Penny Cook of Cook Family Moringa Farm for one of their most honest conversations yet. What began as a search for a replacement truck became something much deeper. A blown motor. A dealership that didn't work out. A nervous system pushed to its limits. A relationship learning to choose curiosity over certainty. Together, they explore what happens when life doesn't follow the plan—and how surrender often opens doors that force never could. In this episode you'll hear: ✨ Why "control" often disguises itself as safety ✨ The truck that wasn't... and the unexpected detour that followed ✨ How nervous system reactions can hijack our relationships ✨ Why curiosity creates connection while certainty creates conflict ✨ Penny's story of expectations, perfectionism, and learning to trust life on the farm ✨ The healing power of allowing space in relationships without making it mean separation ✨ How asking better questions changes everything This isn't a conversation about having all the answers. It's about becoming aware enough to ask better questions. Because sometimes... Control becomes the cage. And curiosity becomes the key. 🔥 Introducing Campfire Witness Conversations with Zan & Troy During this episode, Penny and her husband Matt experienced one of our first Campfire Witness Conversations , and we share what they discovered through simply being seen, heard, and witnessed. We currently have 2 FREE Beta Sessions available (a $222 value) for couples who would like to experience this offering. What is a Campfire Witness Conversation? This is not therapy. This is not counseling. This is not mediation. It is a sacred, guided conversation where two conscious couples gather in a safe container. Together we create space to: 🔥 Be seen without judgment 🔥 Speak honestly and listen deeply 🔥 Recognize relationship patterns with compassion 🔥 Gain clarity through reflection rather than advice 🔥 Practice curiosity over certainty 🔥 Leave feeling more connected—to yourself and to each other Each session is approximately 60 minutes and is held privately over Zoom with Zan and Troy. The first two couples to reach out will receive this experience completely free as part of our beta launch. 📞 844-JOY-3227 (844-569-3227) or send us a message on: 📱 TikTok: @sacredsouljourners 📷 Instagram: @sacredsouljourners 📘 Facebook: Sacred Souljourners 🌐 www.sacredsouljourners.com

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