What does it mean to own something you made — in a world where anything digital can be copied in an instant? And what does that question have to do with the music your ancestors carried? In this episode, Julia Carmen sits down with Catherine Gairard, a French-Peruvian harpist and songwriter who creates what she calls emotive landscapes — music designed to reach the places words can't always find.

They begin in the practical, discussing digital art and why proof of ownership matters more to small, independent artists than most people realize. But the conversation doesn't stay there. It moves — the way good music does — into something deeper: cultural inheritance, the difference between forgiveness and ongoing harm, and what it really means to carry a lineage forward rather than be weighed down by it.

And then there's sound itself. Catherine breaks down the science of healing frequencies — why 432 Hz feels different in your body than 440 Hz, why you don't just hear with your ears, and why the idea that music "goes through you" is not metaphor. It's physics. This one starts in the practical and walks right into the sacred.

Listen in today and join us in a few weeks as Julia continues the conversation with Catherine in a powerful Part Two.

Links & Resources:

• Catherine's music and work

Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:

• Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul Self
• Enroll in The Magical Papers
• Schedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia
• Learn more about Master Alma Class (MAC) sessions
• Explore The School Without Walls
• Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

Production assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

In this episode, Julia Carmen introduces the Alma Class: a year-long container for those who are hearing the knock—that inner call to come home to themselves.

This is not a curriculum. It's a remembrance. The Alma Class is for anyone who has felt that movement within, that sense that something deeper is asking to be known. Julia talks about what soul listening actually is, how the archetypes guide your own remembrance, and why this work cannot be rushed or done alone.

She shares what you receive as part of the class—quarterly group sessions, one-on-one time with Julia, access to the Dragonfly Messenger readings, the Dragonfly 52 card deck, early access to retreats, and most importantly, real time with Julia focused entirely on you and your soul self.

Learn More:

• Free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia: Book a conversation with Julia to explore if this is the right timing and fit
• Listen to "The Light Beings" recording on the website
• Visit The School Without Walls: theschoolwithoutwalls.net

Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:

• Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul Self
• Enroll in The Magical Papers
• Listen to Diamond Dragonfly's Message
• Schedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia
• Learn more about Master Alma Class (MAC) sessions
• Explore The School Without Walls
• Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

Production assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

What does it mean to honor where you come from while walking between two worlds? In this conversation, Julia Carmen sits down with Lily Espinoza—educator, author, and advocate for Latinx students in higher education—to explore identity, legacy, and what it takes to stay centered when the world asks you to choose.

With over twenty years of experience at universities including Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, and UC Berkeley, Lily brings a wealth of knowledge about educational pathways and systemic change. But more importantly, she brings the lived experience of a daughter honoring her mother's legacy, a single parent navigating multiple identities, and a woman who refused to give up.

This is a conversation about breathing through difficulty, feeding the fire of curiosity in our young people, demanding better from our education systems, and understanding that the word pura vida—simple life, pure life—is an anchor for the soul.

Connect with Lily:

• Lily's website
• Centering Pura Vida: the movie

Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:

• Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul Self
• Enroll in The Magical Papers
• Listen to Diamond Dragonfly's Message
• Schedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia
• Learn more about Master Alma Class (MAC) sessions
• Explore The School Without Walls
• Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

Production assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

This month, Julia continues the archetype series, diving into The Alchemist.

If you've ever had the experience of things just coming together for you — opportunities that seem to flow in without force, knowing something before you can explain how you know it — this episode might explain a lot.

The Alchemist archetype lives across two worlds at once, creating in the unseen before anything appears in the physical. To the outside, it looks effortless. But Julia unpacks what's actually happening beneath the surface, and why the doing was never the source to begin with.

If the archetype series has been resonating with you, this one goes deep. And if you're ready to discover and explore your own archetypes, The Magical Papers is the place to continue the journey.

Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:

• Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul Self
• Enroll in The Magical Papers
• Listen to Dust Particle Dragonfly's Message
• Schedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia
• Learn more about Master Alma Class (MAC) sessions
• Explore The School Without Walls
• Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

Production assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

In this episode, Julia Carmen of The School Without Walls invites you to experience Cafecito y Chisme.

Cafecito y Chisme calls are free 30-minute discovery calls offered through the School Without Walls. These are opportunities to gain a greater understanding of Julia's work, and which offerings may be right for your Soul's journey at this moment. At times, there can be some confusion: these calls are not a reading, not a mini session, not deep personal processing, but a place to begin.

Julia has noticed that her own excitement during these conversations may sometimes read as pressure. It is not. It is simply an invitation and comes from the joy of connecting with someone ready to heed the call of their Soul Self.

Julia also shares the origin of the name — rooted in how her family and community spoke, where cafecito (a little coffee) and chisme (the kind of storytelling and sharing that deepens relationships) went hand in hand. She closes with a reading from Black Dragonfly.

Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:

• Schedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia
• Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul Self
• Enroll in The Magical Papers
• Learn more about the new Alma Class
• Explore The School Without Walls
• Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

Production assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

Today's guest previously joined Julia to talk about dancing to the tune of your own soul, in episode 79. In this follow-up conversation, soul empowerment coach and light language healer Birgitta Visser opens up about what it really looks like to walk away from the relationships and patterns that have been keeping you small, and what the work of rebuilding from the inside out actually requires.

Julia and Birgitta talk story about dysfunctional relationships as mirrors of unhealed pain, the moment you stop asking "why is this happening to me" and start asking "why is this happening for me," and how self-responsibility — not self-blame — becomes the turning point. They also get into Brigitta's books, her love of Joe Dispenza's gratitude meditations, light language as a frequency of the soul, and what it means to create in the present moment rather than from fear.

And stay with us to the end — Birgitta closes out the episode with a live light language transmission set with the intention of releasing fear and anxiety. Your soul already knows how to receive it.

A note: this episode contains mentions of childhood and relational abuse. Please take care if you are sensitive to these topics.

Connect with Birgitta:

• Birgitta's website
• Birgitta's books

Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:

• Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul Self
• Schedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia
• Learn more about Master Alma Class (MAC) sessions
• Explore The School Without Walls
• Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

Production assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

In today's Indigenous Wisdom Conversation, Julia revisits her original conversation with Birgitta Visser — divine channel, soul empowerment coach, light language healer, and author — as a special rerun before welcoming Birgitta back next week for a brand-new follow-up episode. Don't miss Part 2, airing next week!

In this episode, Julia and Birgitta explore what it means to truly live in the present moment, the power of breath as a gateway to awareness, and the relationship between the soul, the mind, and the ego. Birgitta shares her work as a light language healer, explaining how these cosmic healing codes speak directly to the soul. They also dive into overcoming deep personal trauma, breaking free from people-pleasing, navigating boundaries, and why so many of us live like "gerbils on a treadmill" instead of following our true path.

Connect with Birgitta:

• Birgitta's website
• Birgitta's books

Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:

• Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul Self
• Schedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia
• Learn more about Master Alma Class (MAC) sessions
• Explore The School Without Walls
• Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

Production assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.

This month, Julia Carmen continues the archetype series with The Sage.

The Sage doesn’t announce itself. It moves like an infinity sign — constant, flowing, without ego. If you’ve ever walked into a room and felt more at home in the background than the front, or found yourself watching the world with curiosity rather than judgment, this one is for you.

In this episode, Julia explores:

• What it means to be “not seen when seen” — the central paradox of the Sage archetype

• Why Sages often mistake their natural energy for invisibility or being undervalued

• The difference between shrinking and simply flowing

• How the Sage can be cultivated — even if you weren’t born into it

• The Joyful Sage dragonfly pairing.

This is an invitation to stop fighting your own current. To let yourself move the way you were built to move.

If today stirred something in you, go back and listen to the Diamond Dragonfly episode. And to go deeper with all the archetypes — including videos, teachings, and community reflection — visit the Magical Papers Workshop.

Learn more about The School Without Walls and the Dragonfly Guides:

• Get your free guide: 10 Questions to Ask Your Soul Self
• Enroll in The Magical Papers
• Listen to Diamond Dragonfly's Message
• Schedule a free Cafecito y Chisme Call with Julia
• Learn more about Master Alma Class (MAC) sessions
• Explore The School Without Walls
• Connect with us on Instagram and Facebook

Production assistance from Podlad.com and Daypack Digital. Artwork by Olivia Dancel. Dragonfly art by Soul Creative Design.