What if love and not politics was the answer to society’s most pressing challenges? What if our salvation came not from laws, leaders, or bureaucracies, but from the very essence of our being — love, compassion, and spiritual awakening? It’s a radical proposition, one that TeZa Lord, a passionate advocate for personal and collective transformation, believes is the answer to humanity’s struggles.
On last week’s episode of the Enlightened Light Podcast, I sat down with TeZa Lord, an author, yogi, and advocate for environmental and spiritual healing. With four non-fiction books and a newly released eco-novel under her belt, TeZa’s mission is clear: she is here to spread love, energy, and healing — in every sense of the word. And if you think that sounds lofty or idealistic, she’s got the personal story to back it up.
TeZa’s journey didn’t begin with peaceful meditation or writing books on spiritual awakening. It began with a profound struggle. Born with a deep sense of adventure and rebellion, TeZa spent much of her early years running away from the “normal” life. “I just never felt like I fit in,” she shares. “I didn’t even want to be a human.” Her struggles with addiction, familial trauma, and an existential crisis pushed her to leave her home in the U.S. during the Vietnam War and sail the seas for nearly a decade.
Her “she-pirate” persona came about as an expression of her need for freedom, even if that meant confronting harsh realities along the way, including a stint in jail. This experience, she admits, was the wake-up call she needed. “Everything we do in life catches up with us,” she says. “For every action, there’s a reaction.” It was in that moment of confrontation that she decided to turn her life around, forever leaving behind her old identity and stepping into a new one — “TeZa,” a name that resonated with her newfound sense of self.
Recovery, TeZa believes, is about transformation — not just the removal of negative behaviors, but the conscious replacement of those behaviors with positive, uplifting ones. And for her, this includes embracing love as a “weapon of mass illumination.” The phrase, she explains, emerged from her observations of society and the prevailing language of “weapons of mass destruction.” Why, she thought, should we focus on destruction when we could focus on the mass power of love, compassion, and illumination? It’s an idea that goes far beyond the personal, reaching into the collective evolution of humanity.
“When you shift your focus from the negative to the positive, you change everything,” she says. “There’s an army of people who are already embracing love and spreading it every day. We’re everywhere — we just need to connect.”
But this transformation doesn’t happen in isolation. TeZa believes that personal healing and planetary healing are intimately connected. “We are a microcosm of this macrocosm,” she explains. “You can’t save the planet until you heal yourself. You have to be whole in order to truly contribute to the healing of the world.” The analogy she draws is simple: in an airplane, they tell you to put on your own oxygen mask first before assisting others. Likewise, you can’t help others if you aren’t taking care of yourself — physically, mentally, and spiritually.
TeZa’s new eco-novel, The Bridge Tender, embodies this interconnectedness of personal and planetary healing. It’s the story of a woman, Thea, who undergoes a profound spiritual awakening while being deeply involved in the environmental movement. The book is an exploration of magic — not the sleight-of-hand kind, but the everyday synchronicities and signs that reveal the unseen forces around us. For TeZa, writing fiction allowed her to delve deeper into these concepts, bringing them to life in a way that non-fiction couldn’t.
But TeZa’s commitment to making knowledge accessible goes beyond her writing. She’s recorded her books as audiobooks to ensure they’re available to a wider audience, including the visually impaired. She recounts, with heartfelt passion, how she created an audiobook version of her art book specifically for blind listeners, describing each piece of art in detail so that those unable to see could still experience the magic of her visual creations. “Blind people should be able to appreciate art if it’s explained to them,” she says, a sentiment that speaks to the core of her philosophy: the more we open ourselves to the unseen and the unspoken, the more we evolve.
In a world that feels increasingly divided, TeZa Lord offers a refreshing perspective — that healing begins with love, personal growth, and the willingness to embrace a consciousness revolution. It’s not just a lofty ideal; it’s a movement already in motion, quietly but powerfully transforming lives one person at a time.
Scott is a Spirit Medium, TV Personality, and speaker, and is author of the book “In the Presence of Light-A Funeral Director’s Journey from Mourning to Mediumship.” Also known as The Boston Medium, Scott is best known for his appearances on the Dark Echoes Paranormal TV Show on Amazon Prime Video and Paraflixx. To learn more about Scott, click: mediumscottallan.com
To listen to my full interview with TeZa Lord, click here: The Enlightened Life Podcast with TeZa Lord
