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You won't find Mary Henlin's extraordinary addiction recovery story anywhere else. From federal arrest and massive physical wounds to getting clean, you will be inspired and in awe of how Mary Magdalene showed up every step of the way. It will leave you asking how Mary Magdelene is alive in your life. Connect with Mary on Instagram @MaryHenlin  Shop in her Etsy shop Show Notes: Art, spirituality, and personal growth with an artist. 3:48 Mary Henlin creates beautiful Black Madonna and dark goddess statues and figurines. Melanie Weller and Mary Henlin reflect on their transformative journey through India, sharing stories of resilience and spiritual growth. Art, addiction, and recovery. 7:22 In the late 90s, the Mary started their art journey by creating a controversial piece on Mary Magdalene, which led to attention and a scholarship. Mary moved to the Bay Area to study fine art photography at Academy of Art University, where they lived above a DIY music venue and collaborated with artists and musicians. Mary Henlin recounts a harrowing experience at a metal festival in Germany, where they fell off a platform and was rushed to a hospital without their passport or ID. Mary Henlin hitchhiked back to the festival and later learned that the tour promoter had died in a car crash on the autobahn. Mary Henlin describes their experience with opioid addiction, starting with a fractured spine and subsequent surgery, and how they became addicted to prescription painkillers and eventually turned to illegal drugs. Mary Henlin's addiction led to a decline in their academic performance and photography career, and they eventually became bedridden due to their addiction. Addiction, rehab, and recovery. 15:46 Mary describes their addiction to prescription medication and rehab experience. Mary describes feeling lost and depressed after moving to a new house in a remote area, with numb limbs and a lack of interest in life. Mary's symptoms improve after months, with their hands suddenly pouring sweat in the kitchen. Addiction and recovery in Portland, Oregon. 19:58 Mary describes feeling numb and disconnected from their 20s due to addiction, leading to feelings of loneliness and isolation. Mary moves out of their parents' house and back into the city, where they face new temptations and old habits. Mary describes their experience with addiction in a small town, including the availability of drugs and the impact on their family. Mary moves to Portland, Oregon to escape their past and find new opportunities, citing the city's reputation for vice and debauchery. Addiction and mental health in Portland, Oregon. 25:58 Portland, OR has become an "open air asylum" with untreated mental health issues and drug abuse, despite making money from these issues. Melanie Weller asks Mary Henlin about their experience in rehab and the gap between what was offered and what they needed. Addiction, loneliness, and spirituality. 29:40 Mary Henlin describes their home as "a hoarder house of antique statues and roses" and how it became overtaken by their collection during a time of loneliness and addiction. Mary Henlin shares experiences of being robbed and kidnapped multiple times during this period, highlighting the dangerous and unpredictable nature of their situation. Kidnapping, addiction, and self-harm. 32:53 Mary Henlin describes being kidnapped and held captive by a man who was a gambling addict, who would force them to give him money and take their business. Mary Henlin eventually escaped and barricaded themselves in their house, feeling traumatized and scared of everyone. Mary Henlin describes experiencing severe foot wounds that were not healing properly, causing intense pain and discomfort. Mary Henlin tried going to the hospital but was unable to receive proper treatment due to lack of insurance and being openly judged for their drug use. Loneliness, addiction, and near-death experiences. 38:33 Mary struggles with personal issues, interprets crow's death as omen of impending doom. Melanie Weller shares her experience with loneliness and isolation, feeling trapped and unable to ask for help. Arrest, medical care, and legal proceedings. 42:03 Mary Henlin was arrested by marshals and taken to a federal courthouse, where they were told they faced 10 years in prison. Mary Henlin was taken to a hospital due to their poor health, and was handcuffed to a bed. Melanie Weller describes being handcuffed to a bed and facing federal conspiracy charges, feeling trapped and scared for her life. Mary Henlin recounts being chained and monitored 24/7 in a hospital, feeling violated and traumatized by the medical treatment. Mary Henlin describes being shackled to their hands while in the hospital for a drug overdose, with wounds on their arms and legs that were caused by the shackles. Mary Henlin talks to marshals in the hospital, who are older retired men paid to guard people, starting on day 9 or 10 of their hospitalization. Addiction, recovery, and incarceration. 49:56 Mary Henlin was advised to resist temptations and turn off human instincts to succeed in a difficult situation. Mary Henlin was placed in a medical ward of jail after 10 days in the hospital, where they experienced pain and discomfort due to a bad back and constant light exposure. Medical care in jail, mental coping mechanisms. 52:47 Inmate describes challenges with wound care and hygiene in jail. Mary Henlin describes being taken to a dermatology appointment in shackles and jail outfit to receive treatment for bleeding wounds. Mary Henlin found solace in reading "Woman Who Run with Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes in the jail library. Experiences of meditation and spirituality in solitary confinement. Meditation and reentry into society after prison. 59:42 Mary Henlin describes their experience in a halfway house after being released from prison, feeling like they were "entering a new world" with people who had been incarcerated for 20 years or more. Mary Henlin found solace in a particular book during this time, which they describe as a "treasure" that helped them feel more grounded and comfortable in their new surroundings. Life in a halfway house after prison. 1:02:40 Mary Henlin describes their experience in a halfway house after being released from prison, including the challenges of finding employment and navigating the city while being closely monitored. Mary Henlin struggled to find jobs due to a gap in their employment history and physical limitations caused by a back injury, leading to feelings of defeat and hopelessness. Mary Henlin describes their experience in a halfway house after being released from prison, including the challenges of living with many people and the importance of learning time management and discipline. Mary Henlin meets someone from a recovery group who offers them an affordable room to rent and a week later receives a check for over $5,000 from the auctioneers who had sold their possessions. Loneliness and adapting to life in a halfway house. 1:09:22 Mary reflects on their experience in a halfway house, feeling isolated and lonely despite being surrounded by others. As a defendant, Mary describes the challenges of pretrial proceedings, including constant therapy sessions and traveling to the courthouse for UA tests. Addiction, recovery, and legal struggles. 1:12:53 Mary Henlin describes their experience in a haunted house job, feeling alive and connected to the Portland community after years of addiction and instability. Mary Henlin mastered a call center job for environmental nonprofits, overcoming employment challenges and rising to the challenge every day to keep their job and support their freedom. Mary Henlin describes their experience with the criminal justice system, including their guilty plea and the emotional impact on their family and relationship with their partner. The judge in Mary Henlin's case was impressed by their perfect attendance and work ethic, and gave them a more lenient sentence than expected. Trauma, art, and probation after a felony conviction. 1:19:28 Survivor of traumatic event feels stuck in the present, unable to think about the future. Melanie Weller creates art while on home confinement and probation, finds solace in creativity. Art, spirituality, and personal growth. 1:22:38 Mary's art and spiritual practices are intertwined with their living situation, leading to unexpected reunions with past creations and landlords. Mary Henlin discovered Head Tn's work on Instagram and was inspired by her art and connection to goddesses, leading to a shift in how they saw the world and their art. Mary Henlin was passionate about making merry figures and connecting with the world through their art, even while on home confinement and after a year ended, they started walking everywhere in Portland looking for sacred spots to leave their figures. Portland's nickname, roses, and sensory experiences. 1:28:17 Mary Henlin describes the city of Portland as having a "magical" atmosphere, with vibrant colors and a sense of community. Mary Henlin reflects on the cultural significance of death rituals and floral displays in a historic cemetery, highlighting the importance of honoring the dead. Healing, creativity, and spirituality after escaping probation. 1:30:57 Friendship forms between Mary Elizabeth and Beth, born on same day, share sim

Qigong as a nervous system regulation tool. 0:01 Melanie Weller and Scott discuss Qi Gong as a nervous system regulation tool, with a focus on energy channels and their function in modern exercise. Melanie Weller discovers parallels between her nervous system regulation teachings and traditional Chinese energetic practices, despite politics and cultural shifts in China. Melanie Weller and Scott discuss how art and meditation can become a threat to those in power, citing examples from history. Exercise and its role in modern society. 6:38 Exercise may not solve the underlying problems of modern society, despite being good for mental health. Scott highlights the importance of exercise for those who are not moving much, citing the potential negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle on the human body. Scott expresses surprise at the high cost of some exercise classes, such as a cycling class in San Francisco, and questions the value of paying for a structured exercise session when a gym membership can provide similar benefits at a lower cost. Idolizing a 20-year-old coach on a bicycle, revealing a lack of connectivity in society. Exercise, loneliness, and vision with a focus on nervous system regulation. 13:05 Exercise and nature connection can alleviate loneliness and improve mental health. Melanie Weller reflects on the impact of her surroundings on her vision, wondering if living in a different environment would have affected her need for glasses as she ages. Weller's husband's classmate creates makeshift glasses for people in Africa, highlighting the accessibility issue for those without proper vision care. Exercises impact five sensory systems: visual, vestibular, proprioceptive, somatosensory, and interoceptive. Dantian and joint mobility in Qi Gong and Tai Chi. 19:42 Dantian is a concept in Qi Gong and Tai Chi, referring to a storehouse of qi in the body. Melanie Weller discusses the importance of joint mobility in maintaining body health, citing examples from her visceral mobile mobilization training. Scott explains that stuck qi in joints can cause pain and limit the body's functioning, and provides examples of joint mobility exercises to open up the chi flow. Body movement and energy flow in Chinese philosophy and meditation. 24:11 Melanie Weller explains how Tai Chi movements can help treat trauma by increasing shock absorption and resolving stuckness in the body. Master Zhang's response to his students' concerns about training after retirement is to continue doing circles, which involves moving the body in various planes to keep the energy flowing. Melanie Weller explains how the Chinese philosophy views the body as consisting of different planes, including the coronal plane, which is involved in movement and posture. Scott discusses the microcosmic orbit meditation practice in the secret meditative tradition, which involves moving awareness up and down the body's energy channels for optimal health and awareness. Weller finds geometric patterns in body & cosmos, connecting alignment to cosmic rhythms. Vedic philosophy and alignment with spirit. 31:54 Scott discusses alignment with self, family, community, nation, world, and spirit as key to achieving bliss and well-being. Guru's plea for people's rights leads to his death by boiling. Enlightened state is achieved when one aligns with spirit, losing desire for external things. Melanie Weller discusses the concept of contrast in our lives, how it can be both positive and negative, and how it affects our ability to find meaning and pleasure. Weller and Scott explore how seeking pleasure can sometimes lead to more painful experiences, and how finding healthy contrast can help us enjoy life more fully. Spirituality, contrast, and nervous system regulation. 42:22 Scott suggests that contrast and the contrast of the collective can be soothing to the nervous system, potentially reducing drama in one's life. Scott and Melanie discuss the idea that karma can be manifested in the body and soothed through actions that promote relaxation and reduce stress. Melanie Weller discusses how solar in space weather affects the Earth's electromagnetic field, which can be measured in the vagus nerves, and how this relates to medical astrology and nervous system regulation.

What we bring to what we see and why. 0:01 Astrology is just a framework. Libra and Aries are opposite energies in one way, but in another way, they are very similar astrologically. Astrology has been so valuable in terms of helping with pattern recognition. There is an interplay between the pattern and what the pattern is doing over and over again. Everything is energy. The fundamental difference in yin and yang is not a pattern. How do you shift your perspective on your story? 7:20 We are all wired for what is familiar, not what is right for us. Aries and libra are associated with the cingulate gyrus and the amygdala. Chinese medicine associates the kidneys with fear and the interplay between initiating something different and doing what is safe for you. Aries and Libra bring us to two major turning points in our earth's relationship with the rest of the universe and with our sun and the universe. Astrology of the West. Aries and Libra are very different, but they are also very alike. At each equinox, we are moving towards the light or the darkness of the great mystery. Libra is full of baggage. Aries libra interplay and balance. 14:56 Aries and libra interplay and how they show up in her life and how she is seeing it in her charts right now. The cultural myth that Libra is the one who makes things happen. Letting go of vision boards and manifesting strategies to focus on doing something. Justice is a big word right now. Justice is a puzzle. It's a paradox. As a libra, aries feel like they are often in the balance equally with all the people they care about. Native americans had a strong principle of reciprocity in their culture. Astrology of the West vs. Vedic astrology. 21:37 Sometimes things can come back into reciprocity or balance if at the moment one side is doing more than the other side. Egyptian and Vedic astrology The parallel energy structures that are held in different patterns by different gods like Jupiter, vishnu, shiva and Dionysus. The astrology of the west and the western way of thinking. If one wants to change the world, they have to change themselves. Astrology can help us do that. Every person on earth goes back to one mother, the mitochondrial eve. High contrast trauma. 29:07 Our nervous systems are always seeking contrast, but the nervous system will not let you live a boring story story, one without contrast. The universe is always whacking you upside the head with a two by four. War can take people to a different and yet similar kind of edge. Dionysus and the age of terror. Libra scales. 35:01 For a set of libra scales, there would be four platforms on it versus two, because all humans experience change through alertness, awareness, reward and rest. Nerve firing is a contrast. Aries and libra are the two spots in the zodiac where there are two times of equal balance, the equinox and the full moon. The path to wellness at all levels. The sun is associated with the thalamus. 40:57 The sun is associated with the thalamus, the center of the brain, and is the relay station for everything. The sun fuses together two elements, hydrogen and helium. Nerve cells in the thalamus are associated with the water that is in all of the cells and that fills all of us. Neurotransmitters break down into water when fired. Full moons are the only two celestial bodies that are here on the earth without the moon to stabilize orbit and regulate the waters. What happens when the neuron fires? 47:03 A full moon is a chance for everything to have a different stimulus and to clean house and release patterns that have been holding on to. 10 neurotransmitters do 99% of all functions, but it's more about how they cycle through them than how they live statically. Being present with the cycle is what being present is. The hardest thing as a parent is letting the child live out their own karmic journey and not trying to intervene in it. Holding the tension of the opposites is a contrast.

Pisces rules the feet and foot pain. 0:01 How saturn moved into pisces and aquarius, and how it caused her mother to come down with foot pain. Which one of the pisces is a stronger one. Every birth chart is designed so that life on earth is designed to be always breaking new ground. Breaking something gets broken in every breakthrough. The challenge is to be both grounded in the mother line and individually added from it, not a state. The importance of finding joy and pleasure in darkness. The new story about darkness is that black holes are the most luminous structures in the universe, that your darkness is your light, and that the darkness isn't scary. The story of the womb of darkness. 9:02 Darkness is a story that gives enormous power to a very small group of people. It is the womb of light of our birth. Darkness and light became the thing. There is more love in the dark than in the light. Too much light scorches everything, dries everything up, and things become too brittle. Darkness is the space where people rest. Where the darkness showed up as a gift, and where it showed up with opportunity in ways that she used it well or didn't have to repattern later. How she discovered her fascination with darkness. Seeking out the dark. 16:38 Seeking out the dark in childhood, feeling alone with the universe, retreating to her room with the shades drawn. The pluto signature in the third house of astrology. Our brains live in a little black box and only know the information that it gets from our bodies, eyes, ears. The myth of Persephone, both kidnapped and rescued by Pluto. Being rescued from the story that has mesmerized us for so long about light only light and how that leads to working 24/7 and never being able to rest. Melanie shares her story. Rescuing us from disempowered, disembodied bodies. 24:44 Isis and osiris, the story of how the stars moved and how Osiris got chopped into pieces as the king of egypt, but came back together. Medicine as an institution has the worst osiris wound. The earth is having its dark night of the soul, and that we are all participating and experiencing that with the earth. The gift of astrology and mythology. Zooming out to the 60,000 foot view is anxiety inducing and inspires purpose. It has been transformative for her own mental health and physical health. Trauma has a creative role in the world. The dark goddesses that are all transformers of trauma, and how they do not try to heal their own trauma. The trauma-free life. The importance of owning our traumas. 34:36 Trauma is something that comes inside of us and wants to transform us so that we are not the same person we were before it happened. The two primary traumas in her life. The purpose of a doula is to wake us up from thinking we are nouns, not verbs, and to support the birth process. Melanie is a trauma doula. Astrology has been a magic elixir for her, and the stories that go with it have been a framework to help understand what's happening. The black Madonna tarot deck. The power of the dark goddess. 42:24 Every birth chart is full of darkness. Life is filled with darkness, and the dark goddess invites us into it. The first use of satan in the old testament. Marsha defines darkness as a bigger being over time, but she loves how she redefines darkness and how it is fundamentally held in the nervous system. Dutch teaching systems hold the stories we know and the ones that we haven't yet discovered. Story lives epigenetically in our bodies.

Exploring the meaning of life. 0:00 Chronic regional pain syndrome crps, is a leading cause in health crises and trauma, seeing them as messages, not random or divine punishment. The role of purpose in the health crisis. The astrologer Caroline Casey used the phrase, "My dangerous, beautiful assignment," in a conversation with Sophie Strand over a year ago. Setting the stage for the diagnosis. Every life is a compromise with the understanding at the time and the larger understanding of who one is moving into. One day near Christmas, a long cashmere scarf knocked her off balance. How did you become aware of your physical health? 7:18 She was 55 years old and had broken her right arm four times since she was six, the fifth and last time she broke it. She was working for a private university. She was finally diagnosed with a complex regional pain system called reflex sympathetic dystrophy, or RSD, which is a misfiring of the nervous system. RSD is very mysterious and can start in one part of the body and then spread to others. It is unpredictable. She was fired from her job in her mid 50s. How did you know you needed help? 14:49 She went to every major medical center in the south face and was all the same thing, a sad diagnosis. She started working with an herbalist and neurofeedback. The first several times she went over a period of months twice a week, she was fascinated by the brainwaves. The flare-ups continued to get more and more infrequent. The four transits beginning at 50 and ending around age 62, beginning with the chiron return and ending at 62 with the chariklo return. Being in the window of the second saturn return. The four transits that are our guidepost and initiators through our 50s, which is the journey when we realize we are on the track. The four yin yang pairs. Connecting back to the bigger picture. 24:03 As a woman in her early 50s, she relates to how this is unfolding in her own life right now. When she stops thinking about herself, things flow the best. The last time he had a flare-up was in 2010, and only in the last few years has he begun to realize she had lost everything. The framework of how she lives her life. The most devastating betrayals are the ones where the person always knew, but pretended they didn't know. We can't get enough of what we don't really want. Numbing yourself to pain. 30:37 We live inside a pain body where the payoffs are so large, comfortable and generous that we believe we just have to learn to live with this pain. Success is a way of numbing. The process of breaking her arm five times to avoid her own healing process around her complicated relationship with holidays and holidays. The pattern of breaking one's right arm three times or four times, and how this pattern was fundamentally threatening to her. Broken arms lead to an opening of space for the left hand pass in the right hand. A book of Greek myths, persephone and her journey to the underworld. How do elbows and forearms relate to saturn? 39:41 The earth rotates one degree on the ecliptic every 72 years, and the Earth rotates by one degree. The average carrying angle of 90 degrees is 72 degrees. Bones, crystals and rocks hold the oldest memories, and there is a whole physiology about how bones connect to the brain. The astrology of her foot fracture was so hilarious. We are all here to see these things and how they happen for us and for the collective vs. to us. Black holes are the most luminous structures in the universe.

Melanie’s introduction. 0:01 Introduction of Dawson Church, phd, award-winning science writer. Being on the leading edge of the craziness. Bliss is feeling really good. How do you measure happiness? 3:42 How to measure happiness on a scale. The highest frequency wave, gamma. The 10,000 hour process to create the EFT system. A pivotal experience in a hotel. Training people to acquire the brain states of zen. 8:24 Training people to acquire brain waves really fast. How to get there in 10 minutes. Transformation in one session or a few simple exercises. The short path, the direct path. How neurotransmitters are like drugs. 14:02 How neurotransmitters are like drugs, similar to pharmaceuticals and recreational drugs. Psilocybin and morphine. Why Dawson meditates every day. The importance of coming back to the here and now. 18:30 Two minutes of grounding at the end of each eco-meditation. Why feeling bad is so important. Happiness is not necessary for evolutionary survival. The importance of being on high alert. Modern day society and the threat of the pandemic. The benefits of bliss. Different types of meditation and their benefits. 24:59 Stroke patients can still gain improvement 20 years later. The seven distinct schools of meditation. Seven different kinds of meditations in tibetan buddhism. Using a visual cue in Tibetan Buddhism. Loving kindness and compassion in meditation. 30:44 Loving kindness and compassion are the most powerful components of meditation. Compassion fatigue. Compassion in meditation produces quicker wiring and suppression of self-absorption. Tibetan monk's moment of greatest danger. Compassion. 35:34 Compassion is not just for others. The power of self-compassion in 2017. Wildfire racing down the hillside toward them. The next morning they woke up to devastation. Emergency meditation during the pandemic. The importance of being blissfully happy every day. How meditation and immunity work together. 43:23 Resilience is not a psychological trait, only a volume of tissue. Meditation and mindfulness. Immunity and meditation in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic. EFT acupressure and meditation. The power of energy consciousness. The vision for basic public health. Innovation in health care. 49:26 Innovation in healthcare is bleak. The medical system is highly resistant to innovation. Acupuncture is a quantum leap for mental health and pain. The resistance to EFT. Get a copy of bliss brain.

For more about Scott Roos go to https://www.teacherscott.org/ Introduction to the episode. 0:01 Welcoming Scott roots to the podcast. Scott is a yogi teaching qigong and practicing vedic astrology. The resurgence of ancient and indigenous medical practices. An ayurvedic practitioner vs an ayurvedic doctor. American Medical Association only recognises Mds and doctors of osteopathy. 4:14 American medical association only recognizes mds and doctors of osteopathy. The blurring of boundaries between doctors and yoga. The difference between ayurvedic medicine and western medicine. Vitamin c and ayurvingic medicine. What is the problem with western medicine? 9:04 Different ways of thinking. Stress causes 75-90% of all disease. How the body mimics the zodiac. The three doshas, vata, pitta and kapha. What kind of person are you dealing with? 14:16 Dealing with different types of people. Differentiating between vedas and kapha. Belief is just the way the world works. The science behind higher veda. The basic science of iron veda. 19:27 The basic science of iron veda. Why cold water with meals is not good. The neuroscience of storytelling and the neuroscience of change. Modern medicine vs acute care medicine. How to heal a herniated disc? 25:08 Steroids and ayurveda to heal the body. The story of a student from meijer. Somatic plasticity of the body. The difference between herniated discs and non-herniated disc Yoga Training and Kapha pathology. 30:27 Yoga teacher training and ayurvedic practitioner. The importance of hydrating the body. The vedic astrologer who inspired scott. The year program with dr laden alburquerque. How the vedas describe leaky gut syndrome. 35:12 Leaky gut syndrome in ayurveda and modern medicine. Vedic astrology and jyotish framework. The difference between western and eastern ways of thinking. The key to understanding eastern thinking. Where modern medicine gets its start. 40:20 Modern medicine is addicted to being right. The importance of giving up power. The daily show interview with a congresswoman. The American medical association and diabetes association. How to be healthy in an unhealthy environment? 45:55 Society is addicted to sugar and junk food. The modern world is a youtube addict. McDonald's is not the cheapest meal. Keto and paleo eating plans are popular

Learn more about Justin and Lisa at https://www.prescottpt.com/ Fearless Present Introduction. 0:01 Introduction to Lisa and Justin McKinney. The first piece of change starts with Lisa. Heart palpitations and digestive issues after covid-19. The vagus nerve is getting better. Night and day difference after 18 months of all-day stomach pain. Success story. What drives you to become a physical therapist? 7:11 Sleep apnea. What drives her to collect all of her skills. Feeling things in the body is a huge primary driver. Seeing lives changed by PT. Staying away from Pts. 11:25 Lisa calls PT her drug of choice. Stepping away from PT for brain integration. Bringing up the body part to improve body functions. Limiting is a common issue. The magic show of physical therapy. 15:27 Lisa describes her private practice as a magic show. Lisa shares her favorite techniques. The human connection and how it can unlock pain. The intention is everything. Bringing all of yourself to the table. 21:19 How physical therapy has changed in the last 27 years. The american physical therapy association. Being receptive and confident in the skill set. Educating the client. How to talk to your body. 26:41 Creating a safe space for the client. An exploratory approach to therapy. The body has its own language. Bike fitting and hydration for the body. The worst thing to do to the heart is become dehydrated. Bilateral plantar fasciitis. The importance of proper posture and posture. 33:22 Look at the kinematic chain to the elbow, shoulder, neck. The value of movement. How posture affects the nervous system. How kyphotic posture supports the aortic arch. How to get in touch with Justin and Melanie. 37:10 How to get more information about Justin Lisa. Finding the right physical therapist or neuro practitioner.

For more about Carrie Gallant go to https://gallantleader.com/ Introduction to the episode. 0:01 Melanie introduces her guest for this episode, Carrie the coach. Carrie shares her background and background. The science of conversation and how it works. The business community has adopted conversational intelligence. The power of being heard. 4:02 Reducing medical malpractice cases in the medical profession. The civil procedure. Why apologies diminish conflict resolution cases. The core fundamental human need to be heard and understood. What keeps people from suing companies? 8:00 The three levels of conversation, level one, level two and level three. Transactional, relational and transformational conversations. Parasympathetic nervous system is important for creativity. Innovation can be perceived as a threat. The importance of understanding the core values of an organization. 11:49 The disconnect between intentions and impact. The importance of understanding core values. The main issues executive leaders face. The inner and outer game with their clients. How to deal with stage fright? 15:37 Body is an expression of the mind. Differences between male and female executives. The short history of women in the workplace. Mental mental health and imposter syndrome. The science of confidence and the physiology of confidence. 21:19 The science of confidence and the physiology of confidence. The importance of being rooted in the ground. The difference between standing on toes and standing on heels. Her background in improv. Two perspectives on theatre. 25:25 Two perspectives, pre and post-law school. The moment of transition. The core foundation of improv, yes and both. The importance of accepting an offer. The value of a coach and the value of momentum. 30:17 The value of being a coach. Creating momentum with the yes. How to connect with Carrie on social media. How to get more information about Carrie.

For more about Amy White, go to https://amywhite.co/ Amy’s background and introduction. 0:01 Introducing Amy White, a medium and consultant. The power of clarity and clarity. Being a reluctant intuitive medium. Rediscovering her intuitive gifts in the ten years leading up. Intuition and consciousness are not the same thing. The definition of intuition. The paradox of listening to the whispers of intuition. 5:57 The paradox of being in the human experience. Inner resistance vs external resistance. Connecting to intuition and synchronicity. The challenge of trusting the process of intuition. Learning your own intuition language. 11:29 Intuition is a very personal language. Trust is a big issue with intuition. The word trust and the feeling of trust. How to trust yourself and your intuition. The fear of stepping out of the spiritual closet. 17:00 The fear of stepping out of the intuitive closet. Having conversations with friends and family. Fear of being himself in front of anyone. Spirituality experience first, then finding their way. What is the role of the greater consciousness? 21:49 Greater consciousness, the connection to infinite wisdom. Questions and problems that people come to you. The deeper level of introspection and exploration. The duality of consciousness and ego. The 11 million bits per second speed of the brain. Intuitive work and business consulting. Bringing all of yourself to the table. 29:23 The greater consciousness and the balance point. Enlightenment is not about transcending human experience. Evolving as a messy human being. Intuitive intuition and psychics as an industry. When you know, there is no question that is off limits. 33:06 The first thing is that there's no question that's off-limits. There's no questions that are off limits. Self-fulfilling prophecy, self-fulfillment and self-improvement. The importance of being aware of breadcrumbs. The value of intuitive work. 37:41 Intuitive work is often a snapshot in time. The human experience has freedom. Take what resonates with you and leave the rest. The surrender experiment by Michael Singer. The wave of the future. How to get in touch with Amy.

Learn More about Alex Kuisis and her work at https://goaskalex.co Alex’s introduction. 0:01 Welcome to the show, Alex Kuisis. Alex talks about his book, truth matters. Three things that cannot be long hidden. 1:50 Three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon and the truth. Trusting yourself. Transparency in having resources to support him. The legal system is part business and part game. Proclaim Justice T-shirt. 7:31 Proclaim justice, a non-profit fighting for the wrongfully convicted. Charges against alex. Babysitting a young girl and her sister. Being arrested for being the babysitter in the story. The importance of telling the truth about memory. 12:40 Memory is a slippery, tricky thing. How her memory experts supported her. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, an esteemed professor in southern california. The importance of eye witnesses. How our subconscious leverages trauma into healing. 16:37 How the subconscious leverages trauma. His belief system, soul fitness and breathing. The moment she knew she was abused as a child. How she learned to value her own self and her own healing process. The egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. 22:21 The egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. How writing a book has changed her destiny. The importance of telling the truth. 24:57 The importance of clear out the cobwebs. Friendship breakups are a necessary part of life. How writing the book helped him grow as a person. Taking ownership of the situation. The power of taking ownership of the situation. 29:19 The importance of taking ownership of the situation. The spiritual aspect of the case. Getting right with things that only he knew. The power of forgiveness and self-compassion. Taking the case to trial. 34:12 Taking the case to a trial. Holding on to the promise of freedom. How to get more information about Alex. How to connect with Alex.

Find more about Acharya Shunya at https://www.acharyashunya.com/ Acharya Shunya's introduction. 0:01 Shunya is the first female lineage holder from an ancient line. Everything in the cosmos lives in the self. Buddhism’s definition of self. 3:11 Before religion was born in India, hinduism and buddhism. The self is in the form of consciousness awareness. Bondage and suffering are optional in the vedas. The sanskrit term jiha. How we have forgotten our true essence. 6:57 Cognitive error, forgetting the true essence. The vedas, the vedus and suffering. Chasing shadows in the 21st century. Striking the balance between understanding and not being consumed. Stop trying to fix what you can’t fix. 10:54 Human beings are not prone to sorrow. How COVID-19 has impacted the community. Buddhism, hinduism and other traditions of humanity. The beauty of trauma in trauma. Mythology is an eternal part of life. 15:19 Fala g mythology is an eternal part of our existence. Rage like a goddess. The three levels of the human mind. The trinity, the triangle and the way of darkness. The third vibration of the mind. The mode of sattva, balance and active mode. How to contextualize your evolution. 21:55 How vedas represent the anatomy of the human body. The invisible rope story. Life based on half reality, mithya, subjective reality. Body is the center of the body. Turning our eyes inwards. 26:38 The snake and rope analogy. The new meditation tradition is about stress relief. How to domesticate an elephant in India. How to overcome childhood trauma. Moving beyond the trauma of trauma. 30:48 Advising the conversation beyond the trauma. The karmic backstory of her own trauma. Holding trauma like a bouquet to prevent more trauma. Recognizing a true guru. Why blame the master for sleepwalking disciples? 36:39 Don't throw the baby with the bathwater. The importance of surrendering to the guru. Model what it is to be a teacher in the 21st century. How to get in touch with Shunya.

Kelsey Peterson lives in Fearless Presence every moment, living with a spinal cord injury.  I haven't wanted to help create change for anyone more than her. Learn more about Kelsey Peterson and access her movie, Move Me, here: https://linktr.ee/thesuperiorsiren Introduction to Kelsey Peterson. 0:01 Introducing Kelsey Peterson: dancer, choreographer and activist. Award-winning documentary "Move Me." Background on kelsey and her life transformation challenge. How she got into kayaking. The difference between being a dancer and having a spinal cord injury. 3:55 Being able-bodied and her spinal cord injured. Claiming her own power. Respect the first conversation with a stranger. A moment of fearless presence. Being a teacher and being an able-bodied person. Being able-bodied and being able-minded. The obstacles of being disabled and overcoming adversity. 12:47 Awareness of obstacles and the unfriendly environment. The importance of being disabled. The journey of becoming disabled. How the film came to be made. Finding a deeper sense of community. 18:02 Finding a deeper sense of community and being an artist. Scheduling for electronic stimulation implants. Hoping for change in sexual function and bowel function. Her relationship with hope. Finding joy in the midst of difficult times. 23:08 Creating a healthier relationship with hope. Finding joy in the midst of other emotions. Blessed to have come into this life in this position. Finding joy. Acceptance is a way of life for everyone. 28:34 Finding emotions in new ways is a way of life. Dopamine addiction. Finding a new path to a good feeling. Acceptance as a practice. Getting to know your body again. 32:22 Peeling back the layers of negative thought patterns. A daily practice of connecting with her body. Being able-bodied and feeling whole. The first reaction to stress. Being present with who you are. 38:49 The importance of being present with one's body. Acceptance as a defeat. The power of living in the present moment. The greatest hope for the film. Surrendering to the flow of life. The gifts that have come from the injury. 45:16 The gifts that have come from her injury. Your future is behind you. Sabeg is a slogan for inclusion and equity. How to access the documentary. Check in with your own body before and after the video.

Hypnosis in an incredible tool to achieve Fearless Presence, and Drake Eastburn can help you do that. Drake has maintained a thriving full-time private practice with multiple Denver offices for over thirty years. His global training includes advanced methods such as Regression Therapy, Resolving Repetitive Body Focused Behaviors (nail biting, skin picking, etc.), and smoking cessation. Drake is the official hypnotist to the USA Olympic Cycling Team and has actually worked with athletes across all sports.  His hypnosis work is effective for anxiety and performance and is especially helpful in keeping athletes from freezing in critical moments. As one of the most prolific authors in contemporary hypnotism, Drake has written seven books on the subject.  His books include The Power of the Past; Power Patter; The Therapeutic Hypnotist; The Power of Suggestion—What Every Hypnotist Needs to Know; No Time to Waist—Powerful Hypnotic Weight Loss Secrets You NEED to Know, and the definitive work on his profession, What Is Hypnosis? Really, which will be released as a revised 2nd edition in 2023. Drake’s forthcoming eighth book, The Hypnotist’s Bible—A Reference and A Journey, is set to be released on December 15, 2022. The Hypnotist’s Bible is a journey through the history of hypnosis for practitioners, with a full glossary of hypnosis terms. Listen in for information on: How hypnosis can help you lose weight and reach your 2023 fitness goals Why hypnosis can give you the tools to kick your bad habits Debunking misinformation and myths about hypnosis Learning how to harness the power of your brain for your ultimate success You can find more about Drake on his website. 

Episode introduction. 0:01 Introducing sensei Victoria Whitfield, energy master coach and business reiki master. Leadership. How do you bridge tactical and esoteric leadership? 1:43 Bridging the tactical and esoteric aspects of leadership. Being ungrounded as a leader. Putting down roots to weather the storm of feedback and marketing data. Trends are profitable. Authenticity, deepest purpose and problem-solving. The artist trap. Psychic expenditure in gold coins. 8:08 Branding. The artists and inventors dilemma of creating a new thing. Riding the wave of currency. Psychic expenditure is a piece of burnout. The first image of traveling by land on a raft. How to swim upstream. The importance of alignment with the flow of the market. 15:06 Transitioning from a finite game to an infinite game. Reiki as a lubricant. Reiki as a mental and social lubricant. The five core principles of reiki. The five reiki principles, staying in integrity. The five principles of integrity. Building trust within yourself and your organization. 22:07 Building trust within yourself and within the organization. The problem of having too much ego. Adapting to everyone else's standards. Being an emotional contortionist vs a physical contortionists. Reiki as a healing and healing leadership technique. Reiki training and burnout. The anatomy of reiki and how it works. 27:47 Reiki as a non-intervention-based therapy. Reiki principles applied to different areas of flow. The biosense scan in Japanese. How easy change can be. Being present to the real problem. 32:08 The one thing that needs to shift, like a psychic refund. The reiki principles. Taking an inventory of how one feels. Somatic wisdom and decision making. Burnout is a betrayal of your somatic system. 38:12 Burnout is a betrayal of the somatic system. Reiki is about listening to the body. Listening at a deep level drives patient outcomes. Cultivating own coherence and language. Cultivating personal and professional coherence in relationships and marketing. Resonating and harmonizing with the person. The relationship between intuition and the spirit guides. 44:20 Her relationship with her spirit guides. The relationship between intuitive skills and income. Importance of doing things in a certain way. The science of getting rich by Wallace D Wattles. The certainty that comes with understanding your intuition. 50:03 The certainty that comes with understanding one's intuition. The communal mind of nature. The power and wisdom of melody and intuition. How to get in touch with Victoria.

Years before The DaVinci Code book came out in 2003 featuring bold new revelations about Mary Magdalene, Marguerite Rigoglioso, Ph.D., was one of the first scholar priestesses to teach about this great holy woman to small groups in the Boston area.  Informed by modern icons of the Magdalene movement, Dr. Rigoglioso explores, writes, and teaches about goddesses and priestesses worldwide. Her most recent book, The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception: Mary and the Lineage of Virgin Births, - and it changed my life. She has a new book that will be published in 2024. Continuously revealing her deep and evolving understanding of Mother Mary through her original and unique research,  Dr. Rigogliso is on a mission to help others embody and express the many forms of Mother Mary and the Magdalene. She has a new, expanded, and strengthened course, The Seven Mysteries of Magdalene, that launches February 21, 2023 - and I will be in it!