Shadow Work Secrets for Spiritual Awakening & Soul Growth

What if the very emotions you’ve been trying to escape are the key to your spiritual awakening, your manifestation power, and your deepest soul purpose?
 
Today’s episode challenges the entire “high-vibe only” culture in modern spirituality. Our guest, David Strickel, creator of the Tya Practice (Trust Your Abundance), says we’ve been trying to skip the most transformative part of consciousness work: the shadow, the grief, the anger, the frustration...those “low-vibe” frequencies we love to avoid.
 
Instead of bypassing them, he teaches us how to leverage low vibration as fuel, how to turn trauma into clarity, and how to raise our default frequency by wrestling the dragon instead of pretending it’s not there.

Inside This Brave Conversation
You’ll learn: 

• Why avoiding “low-vibration emotions” prevents true spiritual growth
• How manifestation fails when you activate the vibration of need instead of creation
• The difference between acceptance, surrender, and authentic appreciation
• How trauma and adversity expand consciousness instead of limiting it
• Why abundance starts in early childhood belief systems
• The real reason “positive thinking” stops working 

And yes, we talk about how to stop bypassing, how to dismantle victimhood without shame, and how to do the work without losing yourself.

Most Mind-Bending Takeaways:

💡 Low vibration is not the enemy. It’s the teacher. It’s the doorway into sovereignty. When we avoid it, we stay stuck. When we explore it, we evolve.
 
💡 Manifestation doesn’t respond to desperation. You must shift into the frequency of “Wouldn’t it be nice…” instead of “I need this to happen.”
 
💡 Your early subconscious programming IS your life. The blocks that shape your success, money, health, or relationships can ALWAYS be traced back to your foundational belief system. If you don’t detune it, you’ll repeat it.
 
💡 Appreciation heals more than acceptance. Acceptance says, “I’ll tolerate this.” Appreciation says, “This experience expanded me.” That tiny shift changes everything. 

A Moment You Won’t Forget
David worked with a mother whose son was murdered. The work helped her find true, authentic appreciation for the experience...not joy, not denial, but a liberated perspective that freed her from lifelong suffering. This is transformation without spiritual fluff; raw, uncomfortable, and radically empowering.

Who Should Listen?
This episode is for anyone who has:
✔ Tried “positive thinking” and failed
✔ Been blocked in their manifestation despite doing all the things
✔ Experienced trauma and wants liberation—not denial
✔ Felt disconnected from mainstream spiritual teachers
✔ Wanted practical and grounded spiritual awakening, not fairy dust

About Today’s Guest
David Strickel is a spiritual teacher, channel, and founder of the Tya Practice, a belief system based on channeled Source consciousness known as the Stream. He teaches high-performing seekers how to exit the matrix by detuning subconscious blocks, transforming polarity, and cultivating authentic liberation, not perfection. 

Website: TYAAcademy.com
Listen to David’s Podcast: The Tya Podcast

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