The Abundance Journey: Live From Your Inner Power

What if the reason you still feel stuck isn’t a lack of knowledge—but something your reactions are inviting you to notice? Elaine Starling explores why even spiritually aware people can hesitate to receive the support, visibility, ease, and opportunities they truly want. Discover how Grateful Curiosity can replace self-criticism with understanding, and why your inner growth deserves celebration long before the results become visible. Explore The Consciousness Advantage™ free at https://MasteringAbundance.com

You’ve meditated. Journaled. Visualized. Practiced gratitude. Set Intentions. So why might peace, fulfillment, and abundance still feel just out of reach?
In this solo episode, Elaine Starling explores a possibility that can change the way you approach personal growth: the event is not the experience. Your consciousness shapes your experience.

Discover why you may not need more information or another spiritual practice, how curiosity and compassion can help you understand patterns you’ve been trying to fix, and why the first stage of manifestation happens within you—before anything outside you changes.

Elaine also guides you through a simple question you can use with a current challenge: “How do I choose to experience myself in this moment?”
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What if the most valuable book you’ll ever read is already sitting on your shelf?
You highlighted the passages. You loved the ideas. You may even have thought, “This could change my life.”
But did anything actually change?
Nick Hutchison, founder of BookThinkers and author of Rise of the Reader, joins Elaine Starling to explore the difference between consuming information and turning what you learn into lived experience.
Nick shares a practical SMART goal strategy that gives you a clear Intention before you begin reading, helping you recognize the ideas that matter and actually do something with them.
You’ll also discover why context matters, how conversation can deepen learning, when to read your most important material, and why engaging actively with ideas can strengthen your ability to think for yourself.
Because finishing the book isn’t the goal. Applying what matters is.
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What if that dream you can’t forget, the gut feeling you can’t explain, or the coincidence that arrived at exactly the right moment deserves more of your attention?
Psychologist Dr. Nic Sebastian and sociologist Prof. Michael Sebastian join Elaine to explore what happens when you begin treating your dreams, intuition, signs, synchronicities, and inner knowing as information worth noticing.
You’ll hear the extraordinary story of the dream Prof. Mike recorded three years before meeting Dr. Nic, discover why the pair believes many of us are conditioned to dismiss our internal guidance, and learn about HU, the simple vibrational practice at the center of much of their work.
Most importantly, this conversation invites you to experiment for yourself: become present, pay attention, track what happens, and discover how guidance uniquely shows up for you.
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Summary
What if your most valuable knowing arrives before you can prove it? In a world that rewards data, evidence, and rational thinking, intuition can be easy to dismiss even when it has been quietly guiding you all along.
Investor, medium, and global keynote speaker Naiana Miranda joins Elaine to explore what becomes possible when intellect and intuition stop competing and start working together. Naiana shares the experiences that shaped her leadership journey, how a near-death experience changed her understanding of consciousness and connection, and why she believes intuition grows stronger when we practice trusting it.
You will discover how to recognize inner knowing, build trust one moment at a time, meet uncertainty with greater self-compassion, and bring intention into the way you give, lead, invest, and create. The invitation is not to abandon intellect, but to expand the information you are willing to receive and use.

Topics Covered
0:00 What do you know before you can prove it?
5:02 Trance mediumship, shared intention, and combining energies
9:09 Trust the process, step by step
11:14 Naiana’s path from the Amazon to leadership training
14:12 The experience that changed Naiana’s relationship with intuition
19:04 Abundance as unwavering faith and Divine reciprocity
22:17 Why intellect and intuition work better together
24:45 Practicing intuition and the Mindsight experience
29:39 Self-acceptance when intuition feels uncertain
31:16 Rebuilding trust one present moment at a time
37:21 Giving more without fear and living within your means
39:49 Impact investing, women, and aligning money with values
44:04 Practicing intuition in community
46:10 Trust yourself and stay open to the magic

Key Takeaways (Skimmable Wins)
Intellect and intuition do not have to compete. Naiana sees them as complementary ways of knowing that become more powerful together.
Intuition becomes easier to trust through practice. Small experiences of noticing, testing, and recognizing inner signals can build confidence over time.
Abundance can look like unwavering faith that life remains meaningful and Divine even when circumstances do not feel abundant.
You do not need perfect certainty to move forward. Returning to the next present moment can help rebuild trust after a major disruption.
Self-approval matters. Learning to support the person you see in the mirror changes how willing you are to trust and express what you know.
Your resources can express your values. Giving, sharing, and intentional investing can become practical ways to participate in the world you want to create.

Step-by-Step Process Shared
Build Trust in Your Inner Knowing
Notice the signal: Pay attention to the hunch, feeling, bodily response, image, or inner knowing that arrives before an explanation.
Practice in small ways: Give yourself low-stakes opportunities to notice and test what your intuition is communicating.
Return to the present moment: When trust feels shaken, focus on enjoying and inhabiting the next ordinary moment rather than solving everything at once.
Reinforce what supports trust: Use reminders, music, practices, and experiences that help you remember that possibility and magic are still available.
Let intellect become a partner: Bring strategy, evidence, and practical thinking into the conversation without requiring them to silence what you already sense.

Listen to the episode for Naiana’s personal examples and the conversation about practicing intuition without abandoning practical judgment.

Questions Answered in This Episode
How can I trust what I know before I can prove it?
What changed for Naiana after her near-death experience?
Where do highly intellectual people tend to struggle with intuition?
Can intuition become stronger with practice?
How does Naiana define abundance?
What small steps can help me rebuild trust when I feel disconnected from my inner knowing?
How can giving and investing become expressions of the world I want to create?

Pull Quotes
“To me, you can’t have intellect without intuition. They go hand in hand.” - Naiana Miranda
“It’s a journey. Be okay with when you’re not feeling okay.” - Naiana Miranda
“Tudo vai dar certo, which means everything will work out.” - Naiana Miranda

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Resources Mentioned in This Episode
Mindsight - referenced during the conversation about practicing intuitive perception.
Portfolia - referenced by Naiana as an investment platform focused on women and thematic funds.
Kiva - referenced by Elaine while discussing small investments in entrepreneurs.
BMW - referenced in Naiana’s early career story.
Babson College - referenced in Naiana’s path into investing.
Harvard - referenced in Naiana’s investing education journey.
Impact investing - referenced as investing for positive impact as well as financial returns.

About the Guest
Naiana Miranda is an investor, medium, and global keynote speaker working at the intersection of consciousness, impact, and human transformation. Born in the Amazon jungle of Brazil and raised in the United States, she became one of the country’s youngest leadership trainers at 22, has trained thousands of leaders, spoken at the United Nations, consulted family offices, and invested in more than 50 women founders. She holds an MBA from Babson College, serves on the board of the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth North America, and is co-founder of MSH Partners, helping high-achieving leaders trust what they know before they can prove it.
Instagram: @iam.naiana
LinkedIn: Naiana Miranda
Substack: Naiana Miranda

About the Host - Elaine Starling
Elaine Starling, The Abundance Ambassador, is an international TEDx speaker, bestselling author, coach, and host of The Abundance Journey. Through her signature program, The Inner Power Protocol, Elaine guides spiritually-minded women to reconnect with Divine guidance, awaken their inner wisdom, and activate abundance in every area of life.
Website: TheAbundanceJourney.com
Facebook: Elaine Starling
LinkedIn: Elaine Starling
YouTube: @ElaineStarling
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Book: The Abundance Journey

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