Newfound Awakening Opus

Ep31: Divorce, self-awareness, and rewriting the rules of modern relationships

This one is for anyone who's ever asked: Is this all there is?

Renee Arseneau shares her journey from the structured world of corporate accounting to the raw process of personal reinvention. After walking through divorce and a full life reset, she now guides women through the same threshold she once faced—into relationships rooted in self-awareness, real connection, and inner truth.

This episode touches the deep stuff: love, communication, emotional intelligence, and how modern culture is reshaping the way we show up in partnership.

What’s in this episode:
- Why Renee left her CPA career and what came next
- The real grief behind divorce (and why it’s not failure)
- Relationship patterns, emotional reactivity, and growth
- How to create intimacy through conflict and curiosity
- Unlearning expectations around gender and love roles
- The quiet power of self-reflection in relational healing
- Navigating dating, friendship, and the blurry lines in between
- The impact of social media on modern love and attention
- Understanding and honoring love languages
- What it means to stay with yourself in connection

If you’ve ever felt like love is slipping through your fingers—or that you’re the common denominator in your relationship patterns—this one might just open a door.

Where to Watch & Listen: ▶️ YouTube 🟢 Spotify 🍏 Apple 🫘 Podbean 👍 Facebook

Connect with the Guest:
IG: itsrenee.a
IG: itsyourtimecoaching
Website: www.startitsyourtime.com
Podcast Host: Start It's Your Time

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Ep30: Creative embodiment, voice reclamation, and the slow drip of motherhood

This one is about feminine expression in its full range—unfiltered and untamed.
Chantal Lynn joins the podcast to share her journey from silence to song.
As the creator of the Web of Women project and a guide in vocal alchemy.
Chantal invites women into spaces where vulnerability becomes power and creativity becomes ceremony. In this episode, we explore the intersection of motherhood, self-expression, and the raw beauty of choosing a slower, intentional life.
Through story, voice, rhythm, and a refusal to be boxed in, Chantal gives us a glimpse into what it means to embody womanhood on your own terms.

What’s in this episode:

The story behind Web of Women and ceremonial photography
Reclaiming the voice as a sacred tool for transformation
Vocal alchemy: what it is and how it heals
Navigating motherhood while honoring personal expression
Homeschooling, child development, and parenting philosophies
The wisdom of puberty, rhythm, and rites of passage
Letting discomfort teach you instead of avoiding it
Defining success as wholeness, not productivity
Creative offerings that empower women through sound and stillness
How to live slow without losing your fire


If you’ve ever felt like you had to choose between being a mother and being a whole woman—this one offers something different. Something ancient. Something true.

Where to Watch & Listen:
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Connect with the Guest:
IG:
Website: chantalrmercier.com

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Ep27: Ricky Goodall on intimacy, ayahuasca, and spiritual awakening after the fall

This one tracks the whole arc—from breakdown to breakthrough.
Ricky Goodall went from the instability of his youth to a career as a professional MMA fighter.
But after one knockout too many, everything came crashing down. What followed was a spiritual reckoning that led him into plant medicine, ceremonial magic, and the quiet power of conscious connection.
In this episode, Ricky shares what it means to fight for your truth after fighting for survival—and how conscious intimacy became the ring where real healing happens.

What’s in this episode:
- The rise and crash of an MMA fighter’s identity
- Masculinity, rage, and chasing power in all the wrong places
- The knockout that changed everything—and the spiral that followed
- From fitness coaching to ceremony: how plant medicine cracked open purpose
- Ayahuasca journeys and the brutal beauty of spiritual death
- Conscious intimacy games and the art of being seen
- The spiritual roots of Kabbalah and ceremonial magic
- Why vulnerability is the new strength
- Reclaiming connection, community, and sacred relationships
- If you’ve ever felt like you were built for battle but needed to soften to survive—this one’s for you.
- Healing doesn’t always look like light.
- Sometimes it looks like breaking.

Where to Watch & Listen: ▶️ YouTube 🟢 Spotify 🍏 Apple 🫘 Podbean 👍 Facebook
Links are in the comments for easy access.

How to Connect with the Guest:
(Personal):
IG:
FB: facebook.com/ricky.goodall.2025
(Business):
IG: .intimacy.games
www.consciousintimacygames.com

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A Gen Z Story - Pt.2 - w/ Matthew Dingee
Ep24: Matthew Dingee on addiction, faith, and the battle for belongingThis one hits deep.
In Part 2 of his raw conversation, 17-year-old life coach Matthew Dingee opens up about his descent into substance use, the chase for dopamine, and how the desire to fit in nearly cost him his life.
From mixing medication with alcohol, suicidal episodes, peer pressure, and emotional chaos, to finding grounding in community and purpose through faith.
This is the unfiltered story of a young man walking himself out of the dark.
It’s not a redemption arc. It’s a reckoning.

What’s in this episode:

The hidden dangers of mixing meds with alcohol as a teen
The misunderstood role of dopamine in addiction and peak chasing
The impact of early peer pressure and identity distortion
Va**ng, marketing, and how kids get hooked without realizing
Why sobriety felt like a prison and substances felt like freedom
How witnessing his sister’s mental health journey influenced his own
The power of community, faith, and honest mentorship
What brought him to the church
A full-circle moment: from drug use in the church parking lot to working there


If you’re raising a son, mentoring youth, or you remember the tension of being young and misunderstood. This one hits different. Share it with someone who needs to know they’re not alone. These are the conversations that ripple forward.

Where to Watch & Listen:▶️ YouTube🟢 Spotify🍏 Apple🫘 Podbean👍 Facebook
Links are in the comments for easy access.

How to Connect with the Guest:
IG: .lifts
TikTok: .liftsLinkedIn: / matthew-dingee-4a7681369

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