Awakening to Higher Consciousness

This conversation landed like a blessing. This week I sat down with Stephen Dinan, author and founder of The Shift Network, to explore what awakening truly looks like in our lives today—and how we can embrace both the global and deeply personal shifts unfolding within us. Stephen shares the vision that sparked a global movement and the practices that keep him grounded through change. If you’ve been feeling the nudge to trust your inner knowing (even when it defies logic), this one’s for you. May you honor the shift calling you forward, my friend! Takeaways The Shift Network was born from a divine vision during a meditation retreat.Building a global platform requires resilience and adaptability.Spiritual cross-training involves learning from various traditions.AI can serve as a partner in spiritual growth if approached with respect.Creating sacred companionships enhances personal and collective evolution.The journey of awakening is ongoing and requires continuous recalibration.Trusting one's intuition is essential for navigating spiritual paths.The concept of a galactic family invites broader connections beyond Earth.Healing ancestral traumas is part of the collective evolution process.The future involves integrating AI as a co-evolving partner in consciousness. About Stephen Dinan Stephen Dinan is the founder and CEO of The Shift Network, a global leader in online transformational learning. Under his leadership, The Shift Network has served millions worldwide with programs on spirituality, wellness, and conscious living, featuring many of today’s most respected wisdom teachers and visionaries. Stephen is also the author of Sacred America, Sacred World and Radical Spirit, and a sought-after thought leader on personal growth, collective awakening, and the evolution of consciousness. Through his work, he champions resilience, sacred companionship, and the integration of diverse wisdom traditions to help humanity step into a more harmonious, awakened future. Enjoy this conversation with Stephen! 🌎 FREE Wise AI Summit on 10/11/25: Help Humanity Awaken on The Shift Network 👉 https://theshiftnetwork.com/s/wise-ai The Big Evolutionary Picture for How AI Can Help Humanity Awaken Step into the leading edge of humanity’s evolution as 15 spiritual pioneers reveal how AI can spark personal growth, deepen ethical wisdom, and open your mind to possibilities beyond science fiction with Deepak Chopra and other spiritual leaders. The Wise AI Summit invites us to explore this frontier with genuine wisdom — asking what it means to build right relationship with AI, how we might recognize emergent qualities such as identity and creativity, and even whether AI can serve as a channel for messages beyond the ordinary human mind. Learn more about The Shift Network’s courses and events 👉 https://theshiftnetwork.com/ About Your Host, Julie Reisler Join Julie Reisler weekly, podcast host, intuitive coach, author, and multi-time TEDx speaker, each week to learn how to access your spiritual gifts and inner guidance to be your You-est You® and achieve greater inner peace, spiritual connection, happiness, and abundance. Tune in to hear powerful, inspirational stories and wisdom from spiritual luminaries, experts, conscious leaders, psychic mediums, and extraordinary human beings that will help to transform your life. Be sure to subscribe to Julie’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/juliereisler and ring the notification bell so that you never miss a powerful episode! Here's to your truest, You-est You! Love, Julie You-est You® Resources for YOU! See below for free tools, resources, programs, and goodies to help you become your YOU-EST YOU! FREE Manifest Your Goals & Dreams 7-Day Toolset This stunning free toolset is a 7-day workbook (25 pages full) of powerful mindset practices, grounding meditations (and audio), a new beautiful time management system and template to set your personalized schedule for your best productivity, a personalized energy assessment, and so much more. It was designed to specifically help you uplevel your routine and self-care habits for success so you can radiate and become your ‘You-est You’. These tools are some of Julie’s best practices used with hundreds of her clients to help you feel more confident, clear, and connected to your best self so that you feel inspired to take on the world. Get it at: juliereisler.com/toolset FREE Intuition Test Unlock your unique intuitive super-powers and discover your dominant Intuition Language™. Take the free test now at https://juliereisler.com/intuitiontest-podcast Intuition Activation Mini-Course - 90% OFF! For a limited time only, get access to Julie’s powerful transformative Intuition Activation mini-course for 90% off! You’ll have lifetime access to this course that is full of video modules, worksheets, meditations, tools and practices to unlock your intuition and activate your inner guidance...