Podcast Summary: The Cathy Heller Podcast

Episode Title: How My Student Stopped Dimming Her Light & Made Quantum Leaps
Host: Cathy Heller
Guest: Angie (Abundance Mastery student)
Date: May 30, 2025

Episode Overview

This inspiring episode features a heartfelt and empowering conversation between host Cathy Heller and her student Angie, a creative entrepreneur who has recently experienced extraordinary breakthroughs in her business and personal growth. The central theme is spiritual alignment, self-empowerment, and claiming one’s unique gifts as a pathway to abundance, happiness, and making an impact. Angie shares her story of how she stopped playing small, took bold action, and found the courage to “claim it”—with remarkable results, including new opportunities, higher visibility, and the creation of World Calligraphy as Meditation Day. Cathy and Angie explore how shifting internal stories, raising your frequency, and saying “yes” to your calling can lead to quantum leaps in life and business.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Power of Claiming Your Worth (04:19–08:58)

• Angie reflects on her decision in late 2024 to step into her bigger purpose and “claim it,” joining Cathy’s coaching group with the intention that 2025 would be her year.
• As soon as she made this inner decision, opportunities began coming directly to her:
  • A woman contacted Angie via LinkedIn for a paid speaking engagement and calligraphy workshop out west—her first time being paid to speak and teach in this way.
  • Angie decided to confidently name her price (something she hadn't done before), and the company immediately agreed.
    Quote [05:13]:
    “I thought, you know what, I'll just throw out a number. And I threw out a big number. And yes, okay, I'm going to send it to the financial person. And it was happening. And I thought, okay, that was easy.” — Angie
• This marked a pivotal transition from hesitation and dimming one’s light to confidently putting herself out there and embracing new identities (corporate workshops, public speaking, etc.).

2. Manifestation in Action: Synchronicities & New Honors (06:30–08:58)

• Angie shares the story of being invited by the editor of Calligraphy Crush magazine, a prominent industry publication, not only to write an article but to think bigger about calligraphy and mindfulness.
• Together, they co-created the inaugural World Calligraphy as Meditation Day (declared as June 21st, the summer solstice).
  • High-profile calligraphers, including Paul Antonio (“the scribe to Queen Elizabeth”), are participating.
• A manifestation moment:
  After visualizing herself on the magazine’s cover (even making a mockup on Canva at a retreat), Angie received a request for a photo to actually be on the cover—almost immediately after.
  Quote [08:11]:
  “While we're at the retreat in bloom the third morning… I look on my phone and I get the message from the editor of the magazine saying, hey, Angie, can you send me a good photo of you? We're putting you on the cover.” — Angie
• She emphasizes that “claiming it” is available to everyone, and abundance pours in when we say yes and allow ourselves to be seen.

3. The Frequency Shift: Allowing Yourself to Say Yes (08:58–09:46)

• Cathy highlights the palpable energy when someone fully steps into their calling, describing Angie’s energy as “oxygenated everyone.” Quote [08:58]:
  "It's amazing how when you tune to that frequency, there you were at the hotel, like, in Los Angeles. And meanwhile, like, that is felt in the field, like, you are available for the solution in the moment that you just decided to fully stop holding back on who you are." — Cathy
• Cathy frames this as being “safe to say yes to your assignment,” emphasizing the importance of willingness and openness over perfectionism.
• She shares a story of singer Christina Perri, who recently performed for Julie Andrews and (accidentally) forgot the words—reminding listeners that being present is more important than being flawless. Quote [10:19]:
  “She said to me in the dressing room, oh, my God, I've never forgot the words. I've sang this. And I said, you are the words. It doesn't matter. It's almost perfect because everyone in the room needs that message that when you forget the words, the message was still 100% communicated." — Cathy

4. The Ripple Effect: Becoming a Beacon for Others (11:27–12:42)

• Cathy notes that when one person drops their facade and fully shows up, it ripples outward and inspires others.
• She encourages listeners to notice what rises up in themselves when witnessing Angie’s authenticity and empowerment. Quote [11:31]:
  “For everybody who is listening, it's like, I want you to memorize how it feels in your body to be around Angie right now and what moves in you and what rises in you. When you see a woman who's decided to drop the pretending, to drop the dimming her light and just be—as she was divinely meant to be—how does it make you see what's available to you?" — Cathy
• Cathy highlights the importance of community, creativity as mindfulness (calligraphy, coloring, mandalas), and staying in rooms with people who “can see further.”

5. Synchronicity and Intuitive Alignment (12:42–13:19)

• Angie shares a delightful—almost magical—moment of predictive synchronicity, when her mother suggested she might one day work with Cathy, only for Cathy moments later to invite Angie to teach calligraphy at a future retreat. Quote [13:08]: “My mother said, maybe, maybe you could work for Kathy someday. And I said to her, I'm going to do calligraphy at her retreat. And you just said it. That's how it works.” — Angie

6. Gratitude, Community, and Ongoing Expansion (13:15–13:19)

• Both Cathy and Angie close the main discussion by expressing gratitude for their supportive community and the serendipitous energy that emerges when aligned with purpose.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Manifestation and Claiming It:
  “I was always so, you know me, like, why am I so special? We're all special. But you have to claim it. You have to say, yes, I'm ready, and allow it to come in. And it's just pouring in.”
  — Angie [08:54]

• On Being a Channel, Not Striving for Perfection:
  “You have to be available to be the vessel, and the divine light that is meant to flow through you is going to do it all. You're just going to be a channel. You're just going to be you. You're just going to be your sweet present self.”
  — Cathy [10:00]

Important Timestamps

• 04:19: Angie joins, shares her story of claiming her light and opportunities arising
• 05:13: Angie negotiates her first high-paying workshop deal
• 06:30: Angie discusses her feature in Calligraphy Crush magazine and co-founding World Calligraphy as Meditation Day
• 08:11–08:58: Angie receives confirmation of being on the magazine cover; realization of the power of “claiming it”
• 08:58: Cathy describes the shift in energy from stepping fully into purpose
• 10:00–11:27: Cathy’s Christina Perri anecdote: being the vessel and the message
• 11:31: Cathy’s reflection on how authenticity inspires others and creates ripple effects
• 12:42: Angie’s synchronicity story of her mother's prediction coming true
• 13:15: Final words of gratitude and magic

Episode Tone & Vibe

• Uplifting, heart-centered, and spiritually empowered.
• Cathy and Angie both speak with openness, warmth, and a sense of awe at the “magic” that happens when aligned action meets spiritual faith.
• Listeners are encouraged to step into their own greatness and allow abundance to “pour in” by being brave enough to claim their light.

Key Takeaways

• Claiming your gifts and saying “yes” to visibility creates energetic openings for growth and prosperity.
• Community, synchronicity, and spiritual alignment are powerful catalysts for quantum leaps in business and life.
• Authenticity inspires not just yourself, but everyone around you.
• Miracles happen—sometimes instantly—when you allow yourself to be seen and say yes to your assignment.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone on the verge of stepping into more authentic self-expression, abundance, and spiritual purpose. The real-life examples and candid wisdom demonstrate how transformation unfolds when you stop dimming your light and allow the universe to meet you halfway.