In this episode of Avoiding Average, host Susan Gates sits down with Cathleen Allen, a spiritual practitioner known for her work in spiritual hygiene, psychic surgery, and entity removal. Cathleen shares her extraordinary journey from being a psychic child to becoming a grounded, no-nonsense guide in the spiritual community.

Together, they discuss how spiritual hygiene protects your energy field, why empaths struggle with "leaky auras," and the powerful role of the dark feminine in boundaries and self-sovereignty. The conversation also explores religious programming, past-life shadow work, and practical tools for staying energetically clear.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone navigating awakening, energy sensitivity, or deeper levels of spiritual discernment.

You’ll learn:
• Why spiritual hygiene is essential—not optional
• How entity attachments happen and how psychic surgery works
• The importance of grounding, embodiment, and nervous system stability
• What the dark feminine teaches us about boundaries and self-protection
• Why self-care is spiritual, not selfish

More about Cathleen:

Cathleen’s spiritual journey has been largely influenced by her yoga practice, which began at 17 and continues as a daily non-negotiable practice. Cathleen incorporates modalities such as the Akashic Records, shadow work in the Underworld, and channeled messages into her one-on-one sessions and group programs, along with her gifts for seeing auras, spirits, and both past and future timelines .Cathleen’s approach to healing is to look closely at her clients’ energy fields for anything that's dissonant from their highest timeline. Since we don't manifest what we want, but rather magnetize what we are, she loves to find the distortions in her clients’ fields (such as limiting beliefs, traumas, psychic blocks, curses, astral implants, and malevolent spirits), helping to clear them so that they can shift to the timeline they truly desire to be on.Find her at www.CathleenAllen.com

Explore more and connect with Susan at: www.avoidingaverage.com

In this inspiring episode of Avoiding Average, host Susan Gates sits down with Lindsey Lightner, an Air Force veteran and founder of The WanderHer, to explore her incredible transformation from military life to van life and homesteading.

Lindsay shares how leaving a toxic relationship, embracing nature, and living on the road became catalysts for deep healing and self-discovery. Together, they discuss the importance of community, vulnerability, and following your intuition when stepping into an authentic life.

This conversation is perfect for anyone seeking freedom, healing, and purpose through travel and connection with the earth.

Listen in to discover:

• How van life became Lindsay’s path to healing and freedom

• Tips for solo travel and staying safe on the road

• How nature and community can guide personal transformation

• What it means to choose yourself and trust your intuition

Connect with Lindsey:

thewanderher.com

Instagram: @lefthandedteacher

Connect with Susan Gates:
Explore astrocartography and transformational coaching at www.avoidingaverage.comConnect on Instagram: @susan.a.gates

In this deeply inspiring episode of Avoiding Average, host Susan Gates sits down with Joie (formerly Brittany Dobbs) — an Inner Evolution Coach who shares her profound story of transformation, healing, and rebirth.

After surviving a life-changing brain injury, Joy embarked on a journey of self-love, ancestral healing, and spiritual awakening that took her from corporate America to the sacred lands of Tanzania, Bali, and Ireland. Through travel, yoga, and embodiment practices, she discovered the true meaning of empowerment and purpose.

Tune in as Susan and Joie explore:
🌿 Healing the nervous system after trauma
🧘 The power of yoga and embodiment for inner evolution
🌍 How travel catalyzes personal and ancestral healing
💫 The ongoing journey of self-love and compassion
🔥 The identity shift from corporate success to soulful service

Whether you’re on your own healing journey or simply craving deeper meaning, this conversation will remind you that transformation is not about becoming someone new — it’s about remembering who you truly are.

More about Joie:

Since this conversation was recorded, Brittany now goes by Joie (pronounced Joy), and she has moved her Inner Evolution Coaching over to www.theultimatejoie.com.

The expression of Joie, the Inner Evolution Coach, that you are meeting here is one that has been through many cycles of death and rebirth in order to move through life as the truest authentic version of herself. She is a visionary that co-creates expansive and vibrant lives with her clients through Inpowerment, a process of inner evolution that uncovers the truth of who you are that resides beneath the layers of conditioning and allows you to stand in your own power sourced from within. Whether you are on a healing journey, going through a big life transition, seeking a deeper meaning and purpose in life, or just alive in the chaos of this time, Joie is passionate about working with you because of her own experience of moving through the depths of her suffering in order to embrace a life filled with more alignment, freedom, abundance, safety, and love. In her “previous lives,” she worked for Disney and HBO in NYC, founded a non-profit in Tanzania and healed herself from a brain injury. She has over 1,000+ hours in trainings and certifications in yoga, meditation, energy healing, coaching, and more.

Ways to work/connect with Joie:

Website: www.theultimatejoie.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheUltimateJoie

FB: www.facebook.com/Joie.InnerEvolutionCoach

IG: www.instagram.com/ultimatejoie

Connect with Susan:
www.avoidingaverage.com | @soulcoachsusan

Keywords: inner evolution, coaching, self-love, healing, travel, yoga, brain injury, ancestral healing, personal growth, empowerment