What if your life, including the pain, the initiations, and the moments that nearly broke you, was never random, but a sacred curriculum designed by your soul?
In this deeply moving and expansive episode of Mystical Sisterhood®, Maureen Spielman sits down with Ama Barron, also known as Ama Mystic, agape-licensed spiritual practitioner, soul care coach, breathworker, and modern shamanic guide. Ama shares her extraordinary journey from survival-based upbringing to spiritual initiation, sacred motherhood, and embodied feminine authority.
Ama reflects on growing up in an immigrant family shaped by generational trauma, her early search for truth, and how shamanism quite literally found her. From managing half-million-dollar shoeboxes of cash for indigenous teachers, to receiving her shamanic name through ceremonial initiation, Ama’s path reveals what happens when the soul leads and the mind learns to follow.
Together, Maureen and Ama explore spiritual awakening through motherhood, the nervous system impact of trauma, the healing power of community, and the radical transformation that occurs when we trust intuition over conditioning. Ama also shares how her spiritual practices carried her through a recent ovarian cancer diagnosis and into remission, reaffirming that devotion to the soul is not abstract, it is life-sustaining.
This episode is a reminder that your intuition is not imaginary, your soul is not confused, and your healing journey is already unfolding exactly as it should.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
Why spiritual awakening often begins in discomfort, disillusionment, or feeling like you don’t belong
How shamanic initiation awakens embodied feminine wisdom and self-authority
The difference between mental survival and soul-led living
Why fear is often a sign that the soul is asking you to move
How motherhood becomes a spiritual initiation rather than a detour
Why community, not isolation, is essential for healing
How intuition functions as spiritual guidance, not impulse
The role of compassion, self-trust, and nervous system safety in transformation
Why spiritual practices become anchors during illness, loss, and crisis
How to honor your soul’s curriculum without needing permission or validation
We talk about:
00:00 Introduction
03:00 The holidays as a sacred invitation inward
06:00 Sacred community, shared responsibility, and feminine leadership
10:00 Growing up in survival and becoming a seeker
13:00 How shamanism found Ama
17:00 Spiritual initiation, receiving a shamanic name, and embodiment
23:00 Motherhood as spiritual curriculum
26:00 Agape International Spiritual Center and radical belonging
31:00 Parenting, trauma, compassion, and soul care
37:00 Intuition vs fear, and listening to the soul
Maureen Spielman is the Founder of Mystical Sisterhood®, a podcast dedicated to bringing more joy, healing and expansion of consciousness to the world. She is a Conscious Life Coach who supports women through one-on-one coaching, tailored groups, and workshops.
Email Maureen at hello@maureenspielman.com to inquire about coaching, podcasting & speaking engagements
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