Best of With Love, Danielle: Downsizing as a spiritual practice and how to make the best decision
This episode originally aired as Episode 169 on March 7, 2025, and became one of your favourites of the year. We're bringing it back because this conversation on letting go and making aligned decisions really resonated. If you missed it the first time or want to revisit, here we go… Loves, I'm attempting to be useful in two ways today. BONUS. 1) Let's talk about decision making, how to know when it's right or wrong. 2) And how the ego loves to look good. And thus! how letting go of status concepts can be radically liberating and HEALING. I once traded a status symbol (sexy Audi, FAST) for a soul symbol (pre-owned VW, FREE). Turns out, less status = more me. More LIFE. In this episode: How the ego masks self-worth struggles with status symbols The surprising freedom in less (and why "downgrade to upgrade" is real) The three red flags that signal a misaligned decision A spiritual approach to right-sizing your life—beyond logic, beyond labels MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Follow + subscribe to With Love, Danielle on Substack for weekly podcasts, essays + more (formerly known as The Sacred)
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How I'm STILL Recovering From Spiritual Bypassing
Comparing your spiritual path to someone else's is crazy-making. And yet… most of us do it. Daniell talks about how she's STILL recovering from spiritual bypassing and why Because your path is your path. Your Soul isn't here to win a spiritual competition. It's here to love, to serve, to stumble, to practice. Over and over again. In this episode: Why comparing your spiritual path to someone else's is self-punishment The many absurd (and enlightening) ways we measure our "devotion" How spiritual bypassing keeps us from real growth Why being full human is the real holy move Plus: a poem on devotion and daily enlightenment MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Danielle's book White Hot Truth: Clarity for Keeping it Real on Your Spiritual Path from One Seeker to Another GetHeartCentered.com—Download the FREE Astro + Events calendar and sync your plans with the planets Follow + Subscribe to With Love, Danielle on Substack for weekly essays + more Join the CENTERED Collective
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How I Got My Body and Energy Back
It took three years and a blessed fortune, but Danielle feels—and looks—better than ever. This is the episode where she tells you everything. The mold that tried to kill her twice. The metals poisoning. The 12-inch worms (yes, really). The 27 pounds she lost without counting a single calorie. The face that made people ask, "Have you had work done?" No tox. No surgery. Just results. Danielle walks you through the practitioners who actually helped, the protocols that worked, and the expensive mistakes she made so you don't have to. This is raw, real, and intensely practical. If you've been trying everything and nothing's working—your body might just be trying to stay alive. In this episode: Why mold and parasites are buddies (and how to evict them both) The brain and metals detox that brought her clarity back What actually worked for weight loss after trainers, cardio, and protein shakes failed The 3-month parasite cleanse and what came out of her body (bring chopsticks) How she lost 27 pounds without counting calories The insulin resistance reset that changed everything Face yoga, red light therapy, and the tools that firmed up her face (no Botox) The spiritual practices that helped her discern solutions The essential oils, air purifiers, and home environment shifts that support healing Big disclaimer: This is not medical advice. This is Danielle's body, her karma, her choices. Take what you want, leave the rest. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: GetHeartCentered.com—Download the FREE Astro + Events calendar and sync your plans with the planets Follow + Subscribe to With Love, Danielle on Substack for weekly essays + more Join the CENTERED Collective
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There's Wisdom in What you Might Think is the Worst Part of You
After a year of revelation around inner child work and shadow integration, Danielle is redefining what healing really means. It's not about conquering fear or forcing confidence. It's not about getting your inner child to "grow up." Healing is about loving every fragment of yourself, exactly as it is. Through a story about heartbreak, grief, and self-compassion, Danielle reveals how meeting her wounded self with tenderness—rather than rejection—transformed everything. Find out what happened when she asked her inner child, "What do you need?" and listened, with Love. In this episode: Why healing is integration, not correction The courage to meet darkness with curiosity, not shame What your inner child actually is (and isn't) Danielle's shadow work practice How our deepest needs reveal our divinity MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: GetHeartCentered.com—Download the FREE Astro + Events calendar and sync your plans with the planets Follow + Subscribe to With Love, Danielle on Substack for weekly essays + more Join the CENTERED Collective
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I Want a Million People to Answer This Question
We're doing something different today. A survey. The world's largest survey on one simple question: What do you want to let go of? We have been asking thousands of people this, and the answers are immediate, emphatic, and HEALING. From the responses, we've been able to identify the top seven universal patterns of what people most want to release. This is the foundation for Danielle's next book, Bless & Release, and we want your voice in this movement. Take 30 seconds right now. Head to LettingGoSurvey.com. Leave one word or a few sentences. That's it. You'll be part of the movement of blessing & releasing. In this episode: Why Danielle is setting out to gather 1 million responses to the letting go question The top 7 patterns of what people want to release Why asking for help is actually a gift (for you and for them) A peek into Bless & Release—the book and workshop methodology launching in Spring 2026 Plus two counterintuitive suggestions of what we can let go of right now. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: What do you want to let go of? Add your response and join the movement at LettingGoSurvey.com. GetHeartCentered.com—Download the FREE Astro + Events calendar and sync your plans with the planets Follow + Subscribe to With Love, Danielle on Substack for weekly essays + more Join the CENTERED Collective
A one woman show about self-realization from Danielle LaPorte, a member of Oprah's Super Soul 100 and creator of The Desire Map. How do you create a spirituality that's more rock n' roll than oppressive, turn your anxiety into power, and live more deeply but lighten up? Danielle keeps it practical while riffing on the divine—from compassion and self-help fatigue, to sex, joy, and serving the world. She is, as Eve Ensler describes, "a force field of energy, wonder, humor, and love", and her authenticity will have you feeling a little less crazy, full of possibility, and clearly part of the solution.
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