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Expanding Inward

Lilly Macfarlane
Expanding Inward
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    Reclaiming Your Energy, Boundaries & Intuition

    2026/08/05 | 46 mins.
    Maureen Walsh joins me in the studio (all the way from Hawaii!) to break down energetic boundaries. What they actually are, how to feel them in your body, and how to hand back what isn't yours. 
    We talk about:
    energetic boundaries
    sensitivity as a strength rather than a flaw
    the clairs (clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognizance)
    how intuition shows up differently for everyone
    why grounding has to come before any of the more expansive spiritual work
    and why intuition is more important than ever

    Maureen will be guiding in-person, 1:1 sessions at The Space in London from August 11-13th. You can learn more and book your session here.
    Resources & Links:
    Maureen's website
    Maureen's instagram
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    10 Mental Reframes for When You Feel Stuck

    2026/07/15 | 36 mins.
    If you’re feeling stuck (with work, with your health, with a relationship, with anything) this episode is for you. I’m walking through ten mental reframes that have helped me find my way back to myself, again and again. Some of these come from my meditation practice, one comes from my dad, and all of them are ones I still use today.
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    The Power of Ritual with Tracee Stanley

    2026/07/01 | 44 mins.
    In this episode I sit down with Tracee Stanley to talk about the what, why and how of rituals. We explore how rituals help unearth our most sacred selves and connect us to a sense of wholeness and belonging. This episode is great for those who are looking for a way to bring the sacred back into their busy lives.
    In this episode we talk about:
    True nature as something we uncover rather than build, the work as undoing, not adding
    Why ritual asks a willingness to change
    The difference between a habit and a ritual 
    Earth mapping, moon cycles and three simple pauses a day to connect with nature
    Connecting to ancestral roots through food, seeds, music and the dream space
    Building and tending an ancestral altar, and why a new moon is a lovely place to begin
    Reframing discipline as devotion, and devoting yourself to one thing rather than everything

    Tracee's book, Living Ritual, offers micro rituals, larger rituals, and self-inquiry prompts to weave into the day, growing the divine fabric of our lives and creating a shawl that nurtures, protects, and heals - not only ourselves but the collective. 
    Resources & links:
    Tracee's new book, Living Ritual
    Tracee's Substack post on The Enlightened Water Bottle
    Tracee's website

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    How to Widen Your Capacity to Meet Life

    2026/06/17 | 31 mins.
    Capacity is how much you can stay with (feeling, sensation, life) without getting overwhelmed or shutting down. In today's episode we cover what capacity is, how we can widen it and why it may be small.
    You might find this useful if:
    You tend to flood easily or go numb and flat when things get hard
    You brace against the good stuff too like joy, love, being seen
    You're in a caregiving role, holding a lot for other people
    You've tried to push through hard feelings and it hasn't worked
    You want to feel more without being swept away by it

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    Remembering Our True Nature with Wendy & John Steward of Wild Tomorrow

    2026/06/03 | 51 mins.
    If you're a nature lover, this one's for you. I'm joined by Wendy and John Steward, the co-founders of Wild Tomorrow, a nonprofit that protects and restores wildlife habitat for threatened species while building a more hopeful future for nature and people. 
    After successful corporate careers (John as a creative director at leading New York advertising agencies, Wendy as a Director of FX Sales for international banks) they left traditional paths behind to devote themselves fully to wildlife conservation, founding Wild Tomorrow in 2015.
    In today’s conversation, we get into rewilding (both the inner and outer landscapes), how the window of tolerance relates to compassion, the nervous system and why the change we want to see outside us begins by expanding inward first.
    Books & resources mentioned
    Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World — Jason Hickel
    Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy — Matthew Scully
    Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet — Thich Nhat Hanh
    Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel — Carl Safina
    We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate — Michael Grunwald
    Learn more about Wild Tomorrow here. 
    Join us in London! On Saturday, June 20th we'll be hosting a Wild Tomorrow event at The Space in South London. It's a donation-based gathering where we'll explore rewilding our inner landscape while learning about rewilding out on the land. Learn more here.
    Saturday, June 20th from 3-5pm at The Space in SW4.
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About Expanding Inward
Expanding Inward, hosted by Lilly Macfarlane, is a podcast about self-remembrance.So much of modern life pulls us outward, away from our own inner knowing and intuition. This show explores how to look inward with curiosity, remember your true nature, and come to accept and trust your inner landscape.What does it mean to make more space within? How can we widen our capacity to meet life as it is? And how does turning inward deepen our connection to ourselves, to others, and the world?Here, the conversations stay conceptual, drawing on voices from a variety of lenses. For a more experiential relationship to these topics, find Lilly's Substack, also called Expanding Inward, with practices to explore and shift your inner life.Let's connect! Don't be shy, please reach out on:www.lillybalch.comInstagram: @expanding.inwardExpanding Inward is produced by The Space (London).
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