Episodes
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Here’s part two of my interview with Perth-based poet and artist Linda Cull, who last week told us about the amazing series of spiritually transformative experiences she began at age 16, including an astonishing encounter with an immensely loving divine Light. If you haven’t yet listened to part one, I encourage you to scroll down and tune in to that first, so that you grasp her whole story. In this episode, Linda tells us about her return to the light and how her creativity flourished afterward. She also talks about the challenges she experienced sharing her story and the “earth-shattering revelation” that followed.
Towards the end of our conversation, Linda also tells us about an astounding mystical vision of Mother Mary and her insights on the power of prayer. There’s so much here.
If you want to see some of the inspired art that Linda created following her encounters with the Light, I'll be posting those on Facebook and Instagram (links are in the show notes).
Enjoy the show!
Connect with Linda Cull at her website.
Buy Linda’s book of poetry, When Eve Walked.
Buy Linda’s memoir, Where the Light Lives.
Connect with Karina Machado at karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
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Saturday Nov 07, 2020
Saturday Nov 07, 2020
Today, my guest is Linda Cull, who lives in Perth, Western Australia. Linda is a visionary artist and the author of the memoir Where The Light Lives: A True Story about Death, Grief and Transformation and she’s also just released a poetry collection called When Eve Walked. Linda is the founder of Wilara Press and the blog Spirit my way, covering spirituality, inspired creativity, and transformative experiences at lindacull.com.
Throughout her twenties and thirties, Linda experienced spiritual reality many times. She encountered God, angels, spirit beings, late loved ones and religious figures, and experienced many remarkable states of consciousness that culminated in profound healing and transformation of her life.
Talking with Linda, I was in awe of her absolutely amazing experiences, which share traits in common with the near-death experience. I know you’re going to draw so much from this episode, the first of a two-part interview.
Quick note, Linda’s story includes mention of suicidal thoughts. If you need support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Enjoy my conversation with the wonderful – and I mean that in the truest sense – Linda Cull.
Connect with Linda Cull at her website.
Buy Linda’s book of poetry, When Eve Walked.
Buy Linda’s memoir, Where the Light Lives.
Connect with Karina Machado at karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Chantal's Haunted Life - Bonus Halloween Episode
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Welcome to the final episode in our special Halloween series on Spirit Sisters the Podcast. If you’ve missed the first two bonus episodes of virtual fireside conversations about haunted houses, scroll down and check out my two interviews with Ben and Liz. So far, we’ve heard about a storybook-pretty, yet ominous, house in Pennsylvania, and a family home in a harbourside suburb of Sydney that the original inhabitants were reluctant to leave … today, we’re travelling to Quebec, Canada. My guest, Chantal Lalonde-Coudriau, has always sensed the spirit world, which means that she has more than one haunted house story to share with us.
I think you’re going to really enjoy out chat. It’s goosebumps galore, too, so settle in…
Connect with Karina Machado at the new and updated karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
The Others - from the moment they moved in, Liz knew they weren't alone
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Welcome to another bonus episode of Spirit Sisters the Podcast. This is part two in our special haunted house series of virtual fireside conversations airing in the lead up to Halloween. My guest today is Liz Mutkins, who shares a story about the home she grew up in in Sydney’s north. What I love about this story is how it carves out a slice of the past, and returns it to us, intact with the people who once lived it, though today we call them ghosts. We might ask though, who’s haunting who?
Connect with Karina Machado at the new and updated karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Welcome to the first in a special series of haunted-house themed episodes of Spirit Sisters the Podcast, which I’ll be airing in the lead-up to Halloween.
Karina Machado speaks to Ben Atkins. Ben lives with his wife in South Australia, where he works as a manager in the wholesale electrical industry. Ben and his family moved from the US to Mount Gambier in 2009, when he was 16. Ben's story revolves around his beautiful, but oh so eerie, childhood home in Pennsylvania, just a few minutes’ drive from Gettysburg, the site of an 1863 battle which marked a turning point in the US Civil War. Up to 51,000 soldiers from both the Union and Confederate sides are estimated to have died in the bloody Battle of Gettysburg.
Ben’s family home was literally built on blood-soaked land… Please note that during the interview, Ben mentions an artwork which drew the attention of the spirits in the home. When we spoke, Ben didn’t know what the artwork depicted, but he’s since found out it was an image of Jesus on the Cross.
Here’s Ben Atkins with the first in our haunted-house series for Halloween.
Connect with Karina Machado at the new and updated karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.
Friday Oct 16, 2020
"I know my sister's spirit lives on"
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
On this week’s episode, Karina Machado welcomes back an original interviewee from her book Spirit Sisters. My guest is Sharon Eckhardt, whose story about communicating with the spirit of her teenaged sister following her tragic death features in the chapter called Love After Death. It’s a story that, in a sense, is the beating heart of my work, because in its quiet, humble way, it shares the truth that our spirits are eternal. I think that many of you will be able to relate to the experiences Sharon shares.
If you’d like to read Sharon’s story in my book, pick up a copy of the 10th anniversary of Spirit Sisters, published earlier this year, at your favourite book store, or there are links to the ebook and audio version in the show notes.
Sharon is a mother of four who lives in Albury, NSW, where she works as a food and hospitality technician at a local high school. It was lovely to meet her face to face, via Zoom, for the first time. The shock of losing her younger sister scarred Sharon, but one thing brought her of peace: the knowledge that Mandy’s spirit lives on, as she’s about to tell us. Enjoy my conversation with Sharon Eckhardt, one of the original voices in Spirit Sisters.
Connect with Karina Machado at the new and updated karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Karina Machado speaks with Alicia Dumais Temmerman. Alicia, who lives in Melbourne, is an Energy-Healer Coach, Relationship Coach, lawyer, speaker, author and the founder of The Global Soul Centre. She's also a mum of four.
Alicia’s soul mission is to help people connect back to their souls and help them understand the Laws of Energy - to learn how to boost, clear, nourish, charge and protect their energy, which she calls “our most valuable commodity.”
All these beautiful and practical teachings come courtesy of a team of ascended masters, who speak through Alicia via direct-voice channelling. The story behind how the channelling first began in 2012, when Alicia was a frazzled and exhausted workaholic, is unforgettable, and in this episode, Alicia dives deep into what was going on in her life prior to that moment, and her six-year struggle to accept and incorporate the channelling, which was quite confronting for herself and loved ones, into her life, to “come out of the spiritual closet.”
Alicia tells us why she’s on a mission to help us remember who we are, and tells us all about the different guides who share their wisdom through her. She also reveals how as a lawyer, she was on a quest for evidence to validate what she was experiencing, and the mind-blowing revelation that finally convinced her.
Alicia talks about the power of intention, shares lots of tips to raise our frequency and cope with energy zappers and discusses forgiveness as the most powerful way to restore our energy leaks and imbalances. Make sure you stick around to the end when Alicia offers some wonderful insights into the spiritual significance of 2020 and Covid-19, and reveals the ultimate importance of self-love and self-acceptance.
This is a really jam-packed episode, you might want to make notes. Enjoy my conversation with the wonderful Alicia Dumais Temmerman, a true ambassador for “women healing women.”
Visit Alicia’s website to learn more about her work and book, Pure Energy http://www.aliciatemmerman.com
Learn more about The Global Soul Centre https://www.globalsoulcentre.com
Join the Facebook group, Breathe Love Laugh FB, where Alicia shares her channelling and more Facebook Groups
Join the Facebook group THRIVE, to access free online women's wellness classes Facebook Groups
Connect with Karina Machado at the new and updated karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Karina Machado speaks with the courageous and open-hearted Michelle McLaughlin, a nurse and mother of three from Sydney who shares a very moving story about the after-life contact she had with her gorgeous little boy, Tom, who was 4 when he tragically passed away in a road accident in 2014. His loss led to Michelle launching The Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation, in honour of her beautiful boy and as a means to prevent further tragedies of the kind that took Tom’s life.
In our conversation, Michelle talks openly about the profound spiritual experience involving her late grandfather on the morning of Tom’s death, about the spirit encounters Tom himself reported in the months leading up to the accident, and the many ways he offered precious signs of his presence afterward. Notably, this includes the time Michelle woke up and saw Tom by her bedside, looking solid as life.
There’s also a wonderful story about a dream Tom’s sister, Sophie, had, a couple of months after he passed, which, as the then-seven-year-old told her mum, made her feel good.
My hope is that this episode helps to lift your spirits too, especially if you too have lost a child and are familiar with the kind of grief Michelle takes us into in such a raw way in this conversation. Remember, if you need support, you can contact Lifeline in Australia on 13 11 14.
Ultimately, this is a life-affirming story about the bonds of family and the death-defying power of love.
Learn more about Michelle’s foundation, Little Blue Dinosaur at the website.
Visit Little Blue Dinosaur on Facebook.
Email Michelle at Michelle@littlebluedinosaur.org
“I Carry Your Heart,” the poem by E.E. Cummings that Michelle discusses.
Connect with Karina Machado at the new and updated karinamachado.com
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
In part two of a double episode featuring Brisbane author and psychic-medium Dr Lynda Cramer, Karina Machado speaks to Lynda about her amazing near-death experience.
If you haven’t listened to part one yet, I encourage to scroll down to the episode below this one and press play to hear Lynda sharing all about her experiences with ghosts, spirits, phone calls from Heaven, and much more.
As I mentioned in the introduction to that episode, that show was full of unexplained sounds, chatter and other anomalies, almost as if an alternative conversation was going on in the background to ours. This episode is no different, as you’re about to find out.
What really counts, however, is the story Lynda shares about her near-death experience in 2001. There’s so much to this: from her understanding of the oneness that underpins all life as she spent time in a majestic landscape she calls Home, to her intricately detailed life review and meeting with a trio of light beings as well as an ancestor who was something of a kindred spirit. Stay tuned until the end as Lynda shares her understanding about what really matters in life, and how to bring Heaven to Earth.
Lynda also shares candidly about the challenges she’s faced in her life, including domestic violence. If you’re experiencing domestic or family violence, please call the national free counselling service 1800RESPECT or visit their website, 1800respect.org.au.
Buy Lynda's books at her website.
Connect with Lynda on Facebook.
Join Lynda's Paranormal Group on Facebook.
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Connect with Karina Machado at the new and updated karinamachado.com
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Today’s show is the first of a double episode which I believe you’re going to love. My guest is Dr Lynda Cramer, PhD in Metaphysics. Lynda is an author, psychic-medium and near-death experiencer from Brisbane, Australia. She’s been seeing and communicating with ghosts and spirits since she was a toddler.
I spent an enjoyable and enlightening couple of hours with Lynda talking about ghosts, spirits, phone calls from Heaven, the purpose of life and her wonderfully detailed near-death experience. As we talked, I noticed something that no doubt you will pick up on as well: there seemed to be another conversation going on beneath ours.
Calling all experts, or even dabblers, in EVP – electronic voice phenomena – I want to hear your thoughts on this intriguing double episode, because it’s right through both.
As exciting as all of that is though, I hope it doesn’t distract you from the topics Lynda covers here, which took me back to my earliest fascination with the spirit world and the question of ghosts. Did you know that the expression on a ghost’s face is usually utter astonishment that someone has seen them? Here’s Lynda to tell you about that, as well as the many encounters she’s had over the years with people who’ve crossed over yet refuse to accept that their time on earth has come to an end. Always, she responds to them with respect and compassion.
Buy Lynda's books at her website.
Connect with Lynda on Facebook.
Join Lynda's Paranormal Group on Facebook.
Buy the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters as a paperback at Booktopia.
Connect with Karina Machado at the new and updated karinamachado.com
Buy the e-book of the 10th anniversary edition of Spirit Sisters at Kobo.
Buy the audio book of the original Spirit Sisters (narrated by me) at Audible.
Connect with Karina on Facebook.
Connect with Karina on Instagram.