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If you've ever felt that your calling isn't “big enough” or doubted your role in creating meaningful change, this episode will shift your perspective forever. It blends science with soulful truth to reveal how your heart's frequency matters on a global scale. Hosts Bella and Nikki unravel the profound impact of following your divine calling—not just for your personal fulfillment, but for the healing and elevation of the entire planet. Grounded in cutting-edge science and ancient wisdom, this conversation explores how our heart's coherence and authentic expression create energetic ripples that influence Earth's geomagnetic field and collective consciousness. Whether you're questioning your purpose or doubting the significance of your unique path, this episode offers a powerful permission slip to embrace your true self unapologetically. Discover why your calling—no matter how seemingly ordinary—carries sacred, planetary weight and how tuning into your heart's excitement can contribute to building the new earth we all crave. This episode is a must-listen if you want to feel empowered to live your purpose with confidence, understand the science behind human-planet interconnection, and see your authenticity as an essential act of global service.What You'll Learn / Get Out of This Episode:The science behind how solar activity and Earth's geomagnetic field affect human health, moods, and behavior.What the Global Coherence Initiative and HeartMath Institute reveal about the bi-directional relationship between human emotional states and Earth's magnetic field.How your personal calling, even if it feels small or unrelated to “big impact,” energetically contributes to planetary healing.The importance of heart coherence and how living in alignment with your excitement broadcasts a healing electromagnetic signal.Why authentic self-expression—whether as an artist, nurturer, warrior, or any role—is crucial to the collective and how it mirrors ancient tribal dynamics.How to navigate external noise and media chaos by returning to your center and focusing on your highest service.The empowering idea that your unique path and emotional state create tangible, positive effects on humanity and Earth's energetic environment.Practical insights on embracing your “sauce” (authentic self) and the ripple effect of your energy on your community and the planet.List of Resources:Earth's Magnetosphere: Protecting Our Planet from Harmful Space Energy - NASA Science Global Coherence Research | HeartMath Institute Chapter 11: Global Coherence Research | HeartMath InstituteThe Influence of Heart Coherence on Synchronization Between Human Heart Rate Variability and Geomagnetic Activity | HeartMath Institute Tuning In With Your Heart: Creating Your Future Love Synchronizes Our Hearts With Each Other and the Earth | HeartMath Institute Long-Term Study of Heart Rate Variability Responses to Changes in the Solar and Geomagnetic Environment | HeartMath Institute Geomagnetic field | Definition, Strength, & Facts | Britannica
Dr. Roger McFillin sits down with Stephanie Chevrier, creator of the viral Instagram account @live.deathless, where she shares scientific research on consciousness that most people have never heard of. After discovering the Bigelow Institute of Consciousness Studies, Stephanie went from skeptical agnostic to passionate researcher, uncovering rigorous scientific work happening in areas that challenge our understanding of reality itself. Her Instagram account has become a hub for evidence-based spirituality, attracting thousands who are curious about what mainstream science isn't telling us about consciousness, death, and human potential. Dr. Roger McFillin / Radically Genuine WebsiteYouTube @RadicallyGenuineDr. Roger McFillin (@DrMcFillin) / XSubstack | Radically Genuine | Dr. Roger McFillinInstagram @radicallygenuineContact Radically GenuineConscious Clinician CollectivePLEASE SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS15% Off Pure Spectrum CBD (Code: RadicallyGenuine)10% off Lovetuner click here
We reflect on how gratitude shifts energy—both individually and collectively—and how it can be a powerful tool for leadership. When we enter a challenging space, like a tense team meeting, and lead with genuine appreciation instead of pressure, we witness a tangible shift. Shoulders relax, attention sharpens, and solutions begin to emerge. Gratitude doesn't erase the problem; it transforms the emotional environment in which the problem exists. We discuss the idea of being “above the line”—a state of openness, creativity, and high emotional frequency—as opposed to being “below the line,” where stress and fear dominate. Through practices like gratitude journaling, we train ourselves to raise our frequency, not only over time but also in the moment. We share our personal experiences with gratitude as a daily discipline—writing not just from the head, but from the heart. By feeling gratitude fully, we activate emotional coherence, measurable in heart rate variability, and supported by tools like those from the HeartMath Institute. As leaders, when we show up with this elevated frequency, we influence the emotional state of our teams. We touch on stoic reframing, Bali's cultural embodiment of gratitude, and the neuroscience behind frequency and emotion. Ultimately, we see gratitude not as a fluffy add-on, but as a rigorous, embodied practice that improves well-being, sharpens leadership presence, and uplifts the energy of any room we walk into.
It is a hidden secret that one way to manifest your wishes is to access unseen support. This includes guides, higher denisty beings, angels, ancestors and so much more. Your guides have been waiting for this moment when you would finally understand how to work with them consciously. They've been sending you signs and guidance your entire life, but now you have the awareness and tools to receive their support at a completely new level. This activation has opened a doorway that remains permanently available to you. If consciousness exists beyond the brain, then other forms of consciousness, more advanced forms, can exist in dimensions we're only beginning to understand. The HeartMath Institute has proven that your heart generates an electromagnetic field 60 times greater in amplitude than your brain. This field extends several feet beyond your body, and it's constantly interacting with other electromagnetic fields around you. As you understand this more deeply, you begin to realize that you're not separate from anything - you're part of an interconnected web of energy and consciousness. The signs that your guides and higher beings are actively working with you appear in the physical world in fascinating ways. Synchronicities begin multiplying - you think of someone and they call, you need specific information and it appears in unexpected places, numbers start repeating in meaningful patterns. Animals often become messengers, acting unusually friendly or appearing at significant moments. Birds might follow you, butterflies could appear out of season, or you might notice the same type of animal showing up repeatedly. Your guides also communicate through your physical senses. You might catch the scent of flowers when none are present, or smell your grandmother's perfume when thinking about a decision she would have guided you through. Some people hear their name called softly when no one is around, or notice background music seems to carry messages in the lyrics. Others experience sudden knowing - information that downloads into your consciousness complete and fully formed, like remembering something you never learned but somehow always knew. Through this activation you will learn how to access this unseen support and manifest your dreams in ways that you once thought were impossible.
If you're curious as to whether you have any stored emotions or trauma that might be causing your illness, preventing you from achieving your best, or even just showing up as the best, authentic version of yourself, I invite you to take my free Stored Emotions and Trauma Quiz.You're already using quantum healing—you just don't realize it yet.In this mind-bending episode, Stephanie unpacks the misunderstood world of quantum healing—without the fluff, the mysticism, or the hard-to-follow science. She breaks down how electromagnetic fields, energetic resonance, and the nervous system's memory reveal that healing isn't just possible—it's already happening in ways you've overlooked. You'll learn what “quantum” really means (hint: it's not just a buzzword), how everyday experiences like gut instincts and synchronicities are actually quantum events, and why rewiring your nervous system at this level can unlock deeper emotional freedom. If you've ever felt stuck, disconnected, or like traditional healing methods weren't enough, this episode offers a radical, science-rooted perspective on transformation.You'll Learn:How quantum healing rewires your nervous system's response to traumaWhat the electromagnetic field around your body reveals about hidden stressWhy sensing someone's stare is more science than coincidenceHow intentional prayer and breathwork tap into the quantum fieldWhat the “twilight state” shows about subconscious access and healingHow to reframe a traumatic memory to shift your physical responseWhy everyday experiences like intuition are actually quantum eventsWhat government research says about remote viewing and energetic awarenessHow stored emotional trauma disrupts physical health—and how to release itWhy belief alone can trigger measurable changes in your healing processTimestamps: [00:00] Introduction [01:25] Why people dismiss quantum healing as woo [02:04] The basics of quantum physics and energy [03:40] Realizing the science behind energy and healing [05:02] Measuring your body's electromagnetic field [06:20] Recognizing quantum experiences in daily life [07:26] Sixth sense and energy awareness [08:44] Why prayer is a form of quantum communication [10:42] Why we're not taught about energetic power [11:43] What it means to be connected to everything [13:28] How quantum healing taps into past and future selves [14:55] How you can change how the body stores trauma [16:10] Why your nervous system locks in traumatic memories [17:36] What happens in a quantum healing session [18:45] Replacing fear with safety using guided visualizations [20:12] How the nervous system categorizes similar trauma [21:49] How quantum work shows up in breathwork and meditation [22:54] Why belief and hope drive transformationResources Mentioned:HeartMath Institute | Website Find More From Dr. Stephanie Davis:Dr. Stephanie Davis | WebsiteQuantum Rx | InstagramQuantum Rx | Skool
We just wrapped Day One of our Creating Clarity Series and wow… it was incredible. You all showed up with so much heart, presence, and power — and because it was too good not to share, I've uploaded the replay here on the podcast so you can tune in or revisit it anytime.In this episode, we dive deep into how to strengthen your “intuitive yes & no” — the energetic green and stop light that lives in your body. We also explore the fascinating science behind intuition, including the HeartMath Institute's discovery that the heart can actually sense information seconds before the brain. (Yep, your intuition is biologically real.)This is where we start tapping into intuition not just as a feeling, but as a tool — to accelerate your success, decision-making, and alignment with the life you truly want.And… I can't believe I get to say this but… applications for source clarity club are officially OPEN. This is my 12-week course where intuition becomes your most trusted compass — to unlock abundance, deepen self-love, heal what's been in the way, and embody who you came here to be.Apply below if you're ready to go all in on the life your soul already sees for you. I cannot wait to read your application.APPLY FOR SOURCE CLARITY CLUB HERE :)Connect with our free Source Clarity Community — Join Here :)For any questions, reach out to us at team@nickymoriarty.com — we're here for you!
Download my free guided meditation audio bundle here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/audiobundle Concerned about the negative impacts of EMFs on your health? Save up to 50% on Harmoni Pendant here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/harmoni Did you know your heart's intelligence can profoundly regulate your nervous system and boost healing? Join me and my guest, Dr. Rollin McCraty, Director of Research at the renowned HeartMath Institute, to learn more about the power of heart coherence. In this Episode, we explore how our heart can lower pain, the impact of emotions, its magnetic field, and how simple breathing techniques can change our heart rhythm to bring calm and regulation to our entire nervous system. If you're seeking deep healing and a new understanding of your body's innate wisdom, don't miss this conversation with a leading psychophysiologist featured in numerous documentary films. Watch now to tap into your heart's healing power! In this episode you'll learn: ⏰ 03:38 - The beginning of the Heart-Math Institute ⏰ 09:51 - The intelligence of the heart ⏰ 20:52 - How the heart can lower pain ⏰ 34:39 - Depleting vs. renewing emotions ⏰ 39:59 - The magnetic field of the heart ⏰ 44:40 - Breathing changes heart rhythm and impacts the nervous system ⏰ 53:21 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing Check out Dr. Rollin McCraty's Bio: Rollin McCraty, Ph.D. is Director of Research of the HeartMath Research Center at the HeartMath Institute. As a psycho-physiologist, Dr. McCraty's research interests include the physiology of emotion, heart-brain communication and the global interconnectivity between people and the earth's energetic systems. Findings from this research have been applied to the development of tools and technology to optimize individual and organizational health, performance, and quality of life. Dr. McCraty has acted as Principal Investigator in numerous studies examining the effects of emotions on heart–brain interactions and on autonomic, cardiovascular, hormonal, and immune system function, and outcome studies to determine the benefits of positive emotion-focused interventions and heart rhythm coherence feedback in diverse organizational, educational and various clinical populations. He has been featured in a number of documentary films such as I am, The Truth, The Power of the Heart, Solar Revolution, The Way of Miracles, Cosmic Sentience, The 1-Field, Sacred Journey of the Heart and The Living Matrix among many others. Dr. Rollin McCraty's gift and link: Science of the HeartNew! - Exploring the Role of the Heart in Human Performance, An Overview of Research Conducted by the HeartMath Institute: New research shows that the human heart is much more than an efficient pump that sustains life. Our research suggests the heart is also an access point to a source of wisdom and intelligence that we can call upon to live our lives with more balance, greater creativity, and enhanced intuitive capacities. All of these are important for increasing personal effectiveness, improving health and relationships, and achieving greater fulfillment. This overview will explore intriguing aspects of heart science, much of which is still relatively unknown outside the fields of psychophysiology and neurocardiology. We will highlight research that bridges the science of the heart and the highly practical, research-based skill set known as the HeartMath System. You can find it here: https://www.heartmath.org/research/science-of-the-heart/ Connect with Dr. Rollin McCraty: Website: https://www.heartmath.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartMathInstitute Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartmathinstitute X: https://x.com/HeartMathInst LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-of-heartmath/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeartMathInstitute ***** Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves. Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show we explore practices, methods and science that contribute to releasing pain and inflammation naturally. Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com Would you like to learn how to release pain by creating more peace and calm? Download my free guided meditation audio bundle here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/audiobundle Connect with Jane: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janehoganhealth
Living from the heart is one of the most courageous things we can do. A healthy heart chakra brings about grace, strength and impenetrable boundaries. In today's episode, Katie shares ancient Tantric wisdom and modern scientific findings to help you understand the chakra system and tap into its immense power! Do you want to be guided through energetic practices for clearing, opening and awakening the heart chakra? This episode is part of a recent live workshop taught by Katie in our Spirit Sessions membership. To watch the full workshop replay with guided meditations AND join us for a LIVE for the next chakra system workshop, click here to join for just $28 a month! In this episode about the heart chakra, you'll hear: ~ The message and wisdom of the heart ~ The biggest heart chakra = the most powerful person in the room ~ A review of the first, second and third chakras ~ How our experiences are processed through the chakra system ~ Why many people stuck in the first three chakras ~ Growing and strengthening your heart chakra ~ How our magnetic fields influence each other ~ Important scientific discoveries about the heart ~ The heart as a primary nervous system organizer ~ The HeartMath Institute's Inner Balance Coherence Plus ~ Image of the biomagnetic heart field that Katie references ~ The connection between the heart chakra, the thymus gland and Shiva Rudra ~ Reigniting the thymus gland to improve immunity ~ How to know if you're living from the heart ~ Why true forgiveness of self and others is an inside job ~ Sign up for our free Women's Wisdom and Ayurveda mini-course! Other resources related to this episode: ~ Learn more about Ayurveda School ~ 2025 Chakra Yoga Nidra Workshop: Study with Katie and other luminary teachers this fall in the Bahamas! ~ 2026 Chakra Yoga Nidra Retreat: Deep dive into the chakras with Katie as your guide in the beautiful Bahamas in spring 2026! ~ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook ~ Katie's latest book, Glow-Worthy Get the full show notes here: www.TheShaktiSchool.com/podcast/
There's a missing link in our mental health routines, and it has everything to do with our HRV (heart rate variability) and the emotional alignment of our mind and heart.In this week's quickie, we're diving into the science of heart coherence — a powerful physiological state that can regulate your nervous system, reduce stress, and help you reconnect to your emotional intuition. This isn't just a woo-woo idea… it's backed by decades of research from the HeartMath Institute, and it shifted how I think about emotional wellness after I tried it in a recent therapy session.Tune in as I recount my experience with HeartMath, a heart rate variability (HRV) tool that measures your emotional state and alignment in real time. We cover how heart-brain coherence works, how it improves emotional resilience, and why regenerative feelings like gratitude, compassion, and connection are more effective than logic or deep breathing alone.Listen to learn about:What heart coherence really means and why it optimizes our mental and physical healthThe science behind HeartMath and HRV (Heart Rate Variability)How emotions like gratitude and humour can instantly improve your physiological coherenceWhy common coping strategies (like walking or box breathing) might not lead to coherence on their ownThe role your heart plays in decision-making, emotional regulation, and stressHow to practice heart-focused breathing and coherence-building techniquesWhether you're feeling burnt out, anxious, disconnected, or out of sync, this one's for you.
What if your heart was the key to not only healing your life—but healing the world? In this powerful episode of The You-est You® Podcast, I'm joined again by my friend, Dr. Rollin McCraty, Director of Research at HeartMath Institute, for a conversation that bridges science and spirit. We dove deep into the science of heart intelligence, the different types of intuition, and how your heart is actually the bridge to your higher self. You'lll not want to miss the gems dropped in this episode about the incredible power of your heart! Here's to remembering how powerful your heart really is! Learn more: get Dr. McCraty's book Heart Intelligence now here: https://amzn.to/4kmR6d5 About Dr. Rollin McCraty Dr. Rolling McCraty, Ph.D. is the Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute, where he has been a pivotal figure since its inception in 1991. A renowned psychophysiologist and professor at Florida Atlantic University, Dr. McCraty specializes in the study of heart-brain communication, heart rate variability, and the physiological impacts of emotions on health and cognition. His groundbreaking research has led to the development of tools and technologies aimed at enhancing emotional self-regulation, resilience, and overall well-being. As a principal architect of the Global Coherence Initiative, Dr. McCraty explores the interconnectedness between human consciousness and Earth's magnetic fields, emphasizing the heart's role in fostering global harmony. Dr. McCraty's work has been featured in numerous scientific journals, including the American Journal of Cardiology and Biological Psychology, and he has appeared in various media outlets and documentaries such as I Am and The Power of the Heart. Enjoy this conversation with Dr. Rollin McCraty! About Your Host, Julie Reisler Join Julie Reisler weekly, podcast host, intuitive coach, author, and multi-time TEDx speaker, each week to learn how to access your spiritual gifts and inner guidance to be your You-est You® and achieve greater inner peace, spiritual connection, happiness, and abundance. Tune in to hear powerful, inspirational stories and wisdom from spiritual luminaries, experts, conscious leaders, psychic mediums, and extraordinary human beings that will help to transform your life. Be sure to subscribe to Julie's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/juliereisler and ring the notification bell so that you never miss a powerful episode! Here's to your truest, You-est You! Love, Julie You-est You® Resources for YOU! See below for free tools, resources, programs, and goodies to help you become your YOU-EST YOU! FREE Manifest Your Goals & Dreams 7-Day Toolset This stunning free toolset is a 7-day workbook (25 pages full) of powerful mindset practices, grounding meditations (and audio), a new beautiful time management system and template to set your personalized schedule for your best productivity, a personalized energy assessment, and so much more. It was designed to specifically help you uplevel your routine and self-care habits for success so you can radiate and become your ‘You-est You'. These tools are some of Julie's best practices used with hundreds of her clients to help you feel more confident, clear, and connected to your best self so that you feel inspired to take on the world. Get it at: juliereisler.com/toolset FREE Intuition Test Unlock your unique intuitive super-powers and discover your dominant Intuition Language™. Take the free test now at https://juliereisler.com/intuitiontest-podcast Intuition Activation Mini-Course - 90% OFF! For a limited time only, get access to Julie's powerful transformative Intuition Activation mini-course for 90% off! You'll have lifetime access to this course that is full of video modules, worksheets, meditations, tools and practices to unlock your intuition and activate your inner guidance! Sign up now at https://juliereisler.com/activation Julie's Private Soul Circle Membership on YouTube is Here! If you've been craving a deeper connection to your intuition, spiritual guidance, and heart-centered community, this is your invitation.
What if the most powerful healing tool you have isn't something outside of you — but the energy radiating from your heart? In this illuminating episode, I sit down for Part 2 of my conversation with Kimberly Snyder — spiritual teacher, meditation guide, holistic wellness expert, and 3-time New York Times bestselling author — to explore how heart-centered living can radically transform both our inner and outer worlds. Kimberly is the founder of Solluna®, host of the top-rated Feel Good Podcast, and author of the transformative new book, The Hidden Power of the Five. Together, we explore the incredible wisdom of the heart through the lens of both ancient traditions and cutting-edge science. Kimberly walks us through the five energetic stages of the heart, from disconnection and burnout to compassion, clarity, and deep flow. She shares how even brief moments of heart-focused breathing — what she calls “micro-moments” — can begin to rewire our nervous system, regulate our emotions, and help us respond to life with more grace instead of reacting from old trauma loops. We also dive into the science of heart coherence, including research from the HeartMath Institute showing that the heart sends more signals to the brain than the brain sends to the heart — proving that our emotional state not only influences our biology, but also our perception of reality. And maybe Heart-centered living is actually the most INTELLIGENT way to live as we enter the Age of Aquarius. Kimberly offers powerful, practical tools for cultivating steadiness, navigating difficult relationships, and embodying love in everyday life. Together, we explore the energetic truth that love is the most powerful force, and how choosing to radiate it — even silently — can soften conflict, heal disconnection, and transform how we experience the world around us. This conversation is both grounding and expansive, offering accessible practices for emotional resilience, spiritual growth, and the return to our deepest truth: that WE ARE LOVE and LOVE heals all. LINKS Kimberly Snyder on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_kimberlysnyder/Solluna by Kimberly Snyder Website: https://mysolluna.com/Solluna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sollunabyks/The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ZUICm3 Connect with Kelly: · Watch all episodes on YouTube · Sign up for HEAL with Kelly newsletter · Follow Kelly on Instagram · Follow HEAL with Kelly on Instagram · HEAL with Kelly on TikTok · Follow HEAL with Kelly on Facebook · Visit HEAL with Kelly Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
— It has been our personal walk along the trail of life through challenges to our health and well-being that have cultivated and developed the programs and services we offer. What matters most has become self-evident. Being well, living well, and doing well are the areas in which Sol Sanctuary has evolved its focus. We know from personal experience what carries us through and what creates lasting health, well-being, and supports a quality of life that is meaningful and fulfilling. When we choose to practice ways of being that improve the quality of life in our day to day, then we are able to inspire and ignite hope and possibility for others. If we can do it, if our family can weather it and cultivate more healthy relationships, so can you and yours. It is our collective dream now, a dream that belongs to the community that continues to grow and gather. We each are able to provide a safe harbor for others as they travel the difficulties and triumphs of life's road. Valeria interviews Jen Jacobs — She is a humanitarian, visionary, coach, author, mother, and grandmother. As co-founder of Sol Sanctuary, a charitable organization, and a co-founder of Everyday Seven, a community of educators, practitioners and coaches, Jen's life is devoted to improving the well-being of our human life and elevating our experience of human connectedness, which is a crucial component to how well we feel in our everyday life. She currently offers a workbook series that invites us to look at our life experiences as purposeful, and that each experience brings an opportunity for growth and remembrance of who we truly are. Her expertise is getting to the heart of the matter, assisting clients in developing authentic relationships with themselves as well as tools that create healthy relationship patterns with others. Jen's focus is to foster and cultivate the development of individuals, families, and communities into regenerative relationships that create and sustain a symbiotic way of life for all. She has worked with Dr. Deepak Chopra and the late Dr. David Simon of the Chopra Center; the late Dr. Jeremy Geffen, oncologist and author of The Seven Levels of Healing; Spiritual and Emotional Wellness Committee, post wildfire community care; Camp Fire Collaborative, post wildfire community support; Choice Humanitarian, an international poverty alleviation organization; executives with Keller Williams Real Estate; The Mike Ferry Organization; Bruce Cryer, former CEO of Heartmath Institute; and Gary Malkin, founder of Wisdom of the World. To learn more about Jen Jacobs and her work, please visit https://www.solsanctuary.org/ https://www.solsanctuary.org/donate https://learn.everyday7.com/
Are you constantly feeling drained after interactions with others, even through phone calls or virtual meetings? As both a physicist and energy healer, I'm excited to share groundbreaking insights about emotional contagion - the scientific phenomenon of absorbing other people's energy that's affecting sensitive professionals more than ever before.In this episode, I share:
Loving the people the mind deems "loveable" is an easy task. Loving those who rub the mind the wrong way is difficult. And yet doing so is the truest testament to the meaning of love. To love someone who isn't easily “lovable” by the mind's standards is to access the depths of love from the space of the heart. In this episode, we'll explore the differences between these two types of love and examine the power of heart-based love and its potential to heal the planet.SourcesChildre, D. L., Rozman, D., Martin, H., & McCraty, R. (2022). *Heart intelligence: Connecting with the heart's intuitive guidance for effective choices and solutions. Waterside Productions.McCraty, R. (2004). The energetic heart: Bioelectromagnetic communication within and between people. Bioelectromagnetic Medicine, 531–552. https://doi.org/10.3109/9780203021651-42Ruiz, D. M. (1999). *The Mastery of Love. Amber-Allen Publishing.Continued Reading + ResourcesGlobal Coherence Initiative Relationship Based on Ego vs. HeartThe Heart's Electromagnetic Field is Your SuperpowerThe Energetic Heart is UnfoldingElectricity of Touch ExperimentThe Energetic Heart: Bioelectromagnetic Communication Within and Between PeopleHeart Lock-In Technique for fostering heart coherence*This is an affiliate link. Purchasing through affiliate links supports The Soul Horizon at no additional cost to you. Thanks for your support!Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for entertainment and informational purposes only and does not substitute individual psychological advice.
In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with Bruce Cryer—a pioneer in the field of heart-based living, former CEO of the HeartMath Institute, and a lifelong advocate for blending creativity, wellness, and leadership. Bruce shares insights on how gratitude and compassion can actually rewire our biology, how leaders can build emotionally intelligent teams, and how heart-centered practices helped him overcome profound personal health challenges.In this episode, you'll learn:What heart-brain coherence is—and why it matters more than everThe science behind emotions like gratitude and compassionHow simple HeartMath techniques can shift your energy in minutesWhy creativity and mindfulness are vital for modern leadershipHow to stop reacting and start responding from a place of inner powerIf this conversation resonates with you, tag us @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram & Facebook and share your takeaways! And as always, we appreciate your reviews on Apple Podcasts.If you'd like to follow me on Substack, you can join my newsletter: https://substack.com/@therealyasmeent, IG @TheRealYasmeenT or sign up for my newsletter at InnerKnowingSchool.com
In this heartfelt episode of Be Your Best You!, we're joined by Regan Caruthers, who takes us on a deeply personal and transformative journey of reconnection—to herself, to spirit, and to divine love.Regan opens up about her unique childhood, growing up with a spiritually aware mother and attending a school where meditation and the power of the mind were daily teachings. But like so many of us, she later disconnected from that part of herself... until a life-altering reconnection reawakened her soul and saved her life.We explore the power of emotional regulation, the role of daily spiritual practice, and the importance of facing our shadows with love and compassion. Regan also shares her beautiful insights from her work with the HeartMath Institute, where she supports people in returning to heart coherence and inner peace.This conversation is an inspiring reminder that no matter how far we stray, we can always find our way home—to ourselves, to love, and to something so much greater than us.
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Send us a textA small flute-like device that emits a 528 hertz tone could revolutionize how we think about healing, connection, and meditation. Sigmar Berg, founder of LoveTuner, joins Dr. Jade Teta to explore the fascinating science behind frequency healing and its profound implications for our wellbeing.The conversation dives deep into the electromagnetic field of the heart, which extends 3-6 feet beyond our physical bodies and interacts with others around us. This field, measured by researchers at the HeartMath Institute, strengthens when we're in parasympathetic states—precisely what the Love Tuner helps achieve through controlled exhalation and frequency exposure.What makes this approach particularly revolutionary is its accessibility. While traditional meditation often requires significant time and practice, biofeedback testing showed that complete beginners using the Love Tuner achieved the same brainwave patterns as experienced meditators in just six minutes rather than twenty. The audible feedback provided during exhalation helps maintain breath control while simultaneously immersing users in the healing frequency.Perhaps most fascinating is how this frequency affects water molecules. Since our bodies are approximately 75% water (with blood being 91% water), the ability of the 528 Hz frequency to rapidly restructure water into organized patterns—similar to what's found in pristine mountain springs—suggests profound implications for cellular function and overall health. This relationship between sound, vibration, water, and healing represents an exciting frontier in our understanding of holistic wellbeing.Try starting your day with a single tune to "set the tone," and return to this simple practice whenever anxiety arises or clarity is needed. As Sigmar reminds us: anxiety cannot exist in this frequency—darkness cannot persist in a room filled with light.Contact Sigmar:Website: https://www.lovetuner.comChapters:00:00:00 Introduction to Sigmar and Love Tuner00:05:42 Heart Electromagnetic Field and Frequency Science00:09:36 Sigmar's Discovery of Frequency Meditation00:17:18 DNA Repair and Cellular Restructuring00:24:41 Authenticity and Heart-Centered Healing00:32:40 Water, Frequencies, and Healing Vibratio Looking for a Next Level Human Coach? Get on the waitlist and get access to the brand-new science of quantum metabolism and identity restructuring with Dr Jade and the team.http://nextlevelhuman.com/human-coaching Want to become a Next Level Human Coach? Get on the waitlist. Go to: http://www.nextlevelhuman.com/human-coach Connect with Next Level HumanWebsite: www.nextlevelhuman.comsupport@nextlevelhuman.comConnect with Dr. Jade TetaWebsite: www.jadeteta.comInstagram: @jadeteta
“Your soul is not confused. It's your mind that's noisy.” Have you ever felt torn between two choices—one that feels right and one that sounds right? Do you question whether that nudge in your heart is your intuition or just fear in disguise? In this powerful SoulTalk episode, I dive deep into one of life's most important skills: learning to trust your intuition over fear. I'll guide you in discerning the difference between the quiet wisdom of your soul and the loud voice of fear shaped by past wounds and conditioning. You'll hear personal stories, scientific insights from the HeartMath Institute, and life-changing tools to sharpen your inner guidance system—so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start living in alignment with truth. Your intuition is your soul's compass. It's time to tune in, turn down the noise, and follow the inner whisper that always knows the way. Timestamps: (00:57) – Why most people ignore their intuition and how to reconnect to it. (03:15) – The difference between mental chatter and soul-level guidance. (07:37) – A powerful personal story: How saying “no” to one opportunity led to 15 years of life-changing retreats. (08:37) – The science of intuition and the intelligence of the heart. (13:03) – What happens when we ignore our soul's nudges. (19:41) – How trusting a strange inner pull led me to move my family across the country. (21:45) – 5 practical tools to strengthen your intuition and hear your soul clearly. (25:29) – Embodying your truth: Affirmations to activate your inner knowing. Some Questions I Ask : What is your soul trying to tell you right now? Are you willing to follow your truth, even if no one understands? Are you still living from fear that no longer belongs to you? What would change in your life if you trusted your inner knowing more than your logic? In This Episode You'll Learn: The 4 key differences between fear and intuition. How to know when your mind is lying to you. The scientific proof that your heart has its own intelligence. What happens when you betray your soul. (and how to course-correct) Practical exercises to hear your intuition more clearly, including: stillness, heart-breathing, journaling, and tracking. How one intuitive “yes” can radically change the course of your life. Links & Resources:
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As the world becomes increasingly polarized and external circumstances become more chaotic, you might feel powerlessness. This is where the rubber meets the road of transformational work. This is what we came here for. Today's guest is Regan Caruthers. Regan Caruthers is a spiritual teacher and the writer of a book called Tragic Magic. Join us to find out more. Regan Caruthers' book, Tragic Magic, is a candid memoir recalling her powerful life lessons of self discovery and transformational healing. Regan Caruthers is a trauma informed yoga 500 RYT instructor who was called to lead programs and retreats at the HeartMath Institute headquarters, for many years. Recently, Regan Caruthers returned home to Washington Missouri to open a spiritual enlightenment center known as Aset Yoga Center. Aset Yoga Center offers a free weekly group yoga class, private yoga instruction and Inner Life Coaching. Inner Life Coaching program teaches emotional self-regulation, self liberation from past traumas and how to make aligned life choices after accessing your deepest knowing. Watch or listen to the show to learn practical strategies for emotional self-regulation, and to make more aligned choices in life. You're Invited! READ: Tragic Magic https://www.amazon.com/Tragic-Magic-Regan-Caruthers-ebook/dp/B0DK7YN47Z/ FREE Discovery Call https://regancaruthers.com/inner-life-coaching/ REGAN CARUTHERS BIO Regan Caruthers is a writer, spiritual teacher, and founder of the Aset Yoga Center, exploring inner transformation, healing, embodiment of Divine Love energy. Her memoir, Tragic Magic, is a testament to unconditional love, forgiveness, and the discipline required to live with an unconditionally loving heart. Regan attended school where meditation, Tai Chi, and singing devotional songs were daily practices. There she learned that the story you tell yourself is key to creating a fulfilling life. Yet, she rejected these teachings to seek perceived safety in conventional norms and corporate success. An awakening at 27 brought her back to the teachings of her youth, igniting her lifelong pursuit for deeper truth and sustained awakening of her Divine nature. Her time at the HeartMath Institute and Silicon Valley provides unique experiences to form her message of love, forgiveness, transformation, and disciplined awakening. Her work reminds us that transformation requires inner revelation and disciplined action. She hopes that her writing, teaching, and podcast appearances inspire others to remember their eternal, Divine purpose on Earth is to learn how to consciously embody Divine Love. Connect with Regan Web: www.regancaruthers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regancaruthers/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/regan.caruthers LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/regan-caruthers-831104/ YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR: KERRI HUMMINGBIRD I love mentoring women to rewrite the story of their lives through inner transformation, connection to essence, remembrance of purpose, and realignment to authenticity and truth. If you don't want to settle for anything less than a life of passion and purpose, book a Discovery Call and let's talk! Schedule today! http://bit.ly/2CpFHFZ FREE GIFT: The Love Mastery Game, an oracle for revealing your soul's curriculum in every day challenges. http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/play JOIN SOUL NECTAR TRIBE! https://kerrihummingbird.com/membership Do you lack the confidence to trust yourself and go for what you want? When you take actions towards your dreams, does self-doubt infect your certainty? Do you find yourself distracting and numbing while also feeling something is missing inside? Do you feel disrespected and like your wisdom is being dismissed? Do you have a hard time asking for what you need? You may benefit from healing the Mother Wound and reconnecting with the Divine Mother for love. Find out more at www.motherwoundbook.com
On this episode of The Wholesome Fertility Podcast, I dive deep into a fascinating and vital topic—how stress impacts the gut-brain connection and, in turn, your fertility health. We'll explore how chronic stress affects your nervous system, gut microbiome, and hormonal balance, and I'll share actionable tips to regulate your nervous system, support gut health, and optimize fertility. Tune in to learn how to empower your mind and body for a thriving fertility journey! Takeaways The gut and brain are connected via the vagus nerve, creating a two-way communication system that influences stress and digestion. Chronic stress diverts blood flow away from vital organs, impacting digestion, hormone balance, and fertility. Practices like diaphragmatic breathing, meditation, and ear massage can activate the vagus nerve, promoting a"rest and digest" state. A diverse and healthy gut microbiome supports hormonal health, reduces inflammation, and enhances fertility. Emotional stress drains the body's reserves and can lead to hormonal imbalances like lowered progesterone levels. Mindful eating habits, such as chewing food thoroughly and avoiding distractions, improve digestion and gut health. Acupuncture and other TCM techniques help regulate the nervous system and support overall fertility wellness. For more information about Michelle, visit: www.michelleoravitz.com Check out Michelle's Latest Book: The Way of Fertility! https://www.michelleoravitz.com/thewayoffertility The Wholesome FertilityFacebook group is where you can find free resources and support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2149554308396504/ Instagram: @thewholesomelotusfertility Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewholesomelotus/ Transcript: [00:00:00] Welcome to the Wholesome Fertility Podcast. On today's episode, I'm going to be talking about a topic that I've talked about before, but it's a little different. And I am going to be discussing stress and its impact on fertility. Now, I've spoken about stress before, we've had many, many different episodes talking about how stress can impact fertility, and I know a lot of people say, Oh, does it really impact fertility? Yes. When it gets broken down, absolutely, and indirectly in some ways. So today I'm actually going to be talking about the gut brain connection, how stress can impact the gut and how the gut. is super important for fertility health. So stay tuned. So I find this topic actually really, really fascinating because the [00:01:00] gut is super smart. Actually, it has its own nervous system and it's really fascinating just how it runs. And I tend to be really fascinated by the nervous system as it is. And I think that the nervous system is one of the things that We don't really pay that much attention to, but it really does make a difference on so many factors and so many things in our body. And really, it makes such a difference and influence on how we feel in our life and how we perceive the world as well. And if you really think about the influence of stress on the nervous system, then you can see how it really is a Such a direct relationship. Stress is really how our nervous system reacts and responds to the life around us. Now, I always say this, I've said this before, and I'm going to say this today again, is that it's not about [00:02:00]eliminating stress or eradicating stress. As a matter of fact, stress can actually make us stronger. So having moments of stress, I mean, if you think about going to the gym and building muscle, One of the reasons why we get stronger is because of the stress and stress can also impact the bones and help the bones. So having that extra stress actually strengthens the bones. So stress can actually be something that can be alchemize to help our bodies to help our life like if you have difficulties or challenges in your life, you'll find that it actually makes you stronger and it makes you smarter and it gets you to think about things differently than you would have normally. And if you don't have that element of stress, then you don't really have that opportunity of growth. So stress is incredibly advantageous when it is not chronic when it's not all the time and we as humans and this is really like even how we learn about the body through Chinese medicine [00:03:00] is that A lot of things in our bodies and a lot of things in nature run in pulses, it runs in rhythms. So when you have something all the time without that break, that's when it can lead to imbalance. So when you have like pulses of stress or things that come and go, That is when the body is able to have the pulse and then it goes back into a more yin phase. I've spoken about the yin and the yang, which are really two opposing opposites that need each other in order to create harmony and balance. And that harmony and balance is something that conventional medicine will say or call homeostasis. And homeostasis is basically a state that the body always strives for in order to thrive. And that is the ultimate. So homeostasis is that balance that keeps us in check. It keeps the hormones in check. It keeps everything in check. Now, in order to have that, we [00:04:00] can't have too much yang or too much yin. We need the two. And this is how we have a pulse. A pulse is something that goes back and forth. and that back and forth is what keeps things in balance. So it can go back and forth, but then eventually grow into strength. So having that stress, but then having that recovery and that combination of the two is what actually gets us stronger. However, many cases our nervous system is hyper stimulated, hyper meaning over. So overstimulated by electronics, by sound, by things that are typically not occurring in nature if we were to be living really in accordance with nature and what we used to do in the past when we didn't have all these man made things like light at night or really loud noises from the garbage truck things that are [00:05:00]really not Something that you find in nature sounds that you don't really hear in nature, bright lights that you don't see in nature, things that are not typical to what our bodies are actually programmed to be used to, and also to understand the process. So when we have that extreme hyper stimulation all the time, and now I'm not even talking about the emotional stress. I'm just talking about. So I'm going to talk about the stressors that we are exposed to day in and day out that also stimulate our nervous system. And by stimulating it all the time, it actually weakens it. It makes you more tired. So in Chinese medicine, we talk about excess and deficiency, and that's kind of like the yin and the yang. And when we have too much excess, it can lead to deficiency because the body has to process that excess. And when there's just too much coming at it at once, it can make it more deficient. Just think [00:06:00] about a computer. If you're throwing in so many different software and really loading it up over time, it's going to get slower and it's going to get in the way of its ability to process signals and it takes a little longer to do things. So now that we covered that aspect of stress, there's also emotional stress, and if you notice, emotions actually take a lot of energy in the body, and so having that stress chronically of emotions, that drains the body of reserves, and it can also impact it. how we feel and impact the state of our brains. And it also has been shown to create a more incoherent state of brain waves. And that's been studied and observed in HeartMath Institute where they study the heart brain coherence. And it's really, really fascinating work because they're actually seeing that there's a relationship between the heart and the brain and the heart has [00:07:00] always been in Chinese medicine said to house the brain, which is interesting because nobody really understood from a conventional medicine perspective, what that really meant. Or it was kind of like, okay, well that's, I guess their perspective on it or their theory. But now science is actually showing that that is really in fact true. And as a matter of fact, the heart acts as a brain and it can really pick up on things before the brain even picks up on them. So your heart is in a sense even more powerful than the brain itself. Now when it comes to the brain and stressors and impacts of the stressors on the brain, that can impact a fight and flight. response from your body. So we know one thing that's really fascinating is that there's a bi directional relationship between the brain and your gut. So your gut has its [00:08:00] own nervous system and it's called the enteric nervous system. And your brain is connected to the central nervous system and that central nervous system gets information from the brain and it also receives information from the body. So how that is connected to the gut is through the vagus nerve. So the vagus nerve is kind of like playing operator and it has a bidirectional communication pathway from the enteric nervous system, which is our gut nervous system. And that basically runs from your mouth to your anus. So basically it runs throughout the whole thing and it has hundreds of thousands of neurons and that is pretty fascinating. But the fascinating thing is that it is connected via the vagus nerve to your brain and your brain connects with your gut. So when you have stressors that are impacting the integrity of the way your brain is [00:09:00]functioning, when there are too many Difficulties and coherences and dysfunctional stressors that can impact your nervous system and also impact you to be more in a fight or flight situation. state, then that can impact your gut health as well. So when the vagus nerve is activated, the vagus nerve can get you into a more rest and digest state. And that rest and digest state is optimal for your digestive system. And that is what you want. You want your body to be in a state of where fluids can flow freely, because you'll find that if you are in a fight or flight State your mouth gets really dry. It's like the fluids get like dried up and what happens is in those situations where your body perceives a danger, it knows that it can't focus on anything else, but the ability to run or to fight if you can't run. So what [00:10:00] happens is your body automatically will start to send it. blood to the arms and to the legs and away from your organs. So that, where does that move away from? It moves away from your heart. It moves away from your liver. It moves away from all your internal organs, moves away from your digestion. It moves away from your uterus and your ovaries. And to have yourself be in a state that is chronically like that, it's going to impact how your body is going to nourish itself and regenerate. And that of course is going to impact your fertility health. So yes, stress can really, really impact fertility health. But a very big reason for why is also because it impacts your gut health. And your gut health is central to your fertility health. It can impact how your body is able to process nutrients, how your body is [00:11:00] able to get energy, how your body deals with inflammation, and how your body's immune system operates. All things that contribute greatly to your fertility. fertility health. And it also impacts your body's microbiome, not just the gut microbiome, but it can also influence your vaginal microbiome and your uterine microbiome. So it can impact so many things and it's such a trickle effect. And that's the thing with a body that is so amazing, but also can be challenging for, you know, Sometimes conventional medicine to approach, because if you take pieces of the body or parts of the body and just focus on that part, you're just not going to get the full picture. And this is why I love Chinese medicine is because it looks at the full circle, the full picture and how all the different parts work together. And it's like a big, huge web that [00:12:00] intercommunicates with each other. So when you start to realize that. You don't need to really figure it out all together, and that's a thing that I do want to stress in this. Um, no pun intended, but I do want to mention that ultimately all the things that I'm telling you is really to give you a big picture about it, but you don't have to figure out exactly how it works. It's really more an understanding. of really what stress can do to your gut. The reason I say this is because your body's actually really intelligent and your body knows what to do. So when you get it to a state where you regulate your nervous system, and I'm going to be sharing things and to do's towards the end of this. So you can keep listening to find out. But when you do get yourself to that state, Then your body knows exactly what it needs to do. You don't have to figure it out and you don't even have to tell the body what to do. The body already knows what to do. All it needs is an environment that feels [00:13:00] safe for it to do so. Another thing to note is that the brain. not only impacts the gut, but the gut can also impact the brain. So the gut can also impact our ability to produce serotonin, which is a neurotransmitter that impacts your mood and overall wellbeing. So if you have any kind of issues with your gut, it can also impact the brain and that can create more stress. So it's bi directional. And that is what is so fascinating about this is that you can really impact your gut through your brain and you can impact your brain through your gut. So besides stress impacting your gut, I also want to mention that it can also elevate cortisol levels, which cortisol is a hormone and again, cortisol has a lot of benefits for the body as well, but you don't want it to be chronic. When it's chronic, it can suppress ovulation. It can also Lower progesterone levels. So that's one of the [00:14:00] reasons why somebody can have lowered progesterone is from high stress. And progesterone is really important. It's important for fertility, obviously, but it's really, really important for pregnancy. So to, in order to sustain a pregnancy, you need good, healthy amounts of progesterone. So, I wanted to mention a couple of really interesting studies and one of them was the study on Tibetan monks and what they did was they actually looked at the gut microbiome of those Tibetan monks and also neighbors and so basically what they found was that, um, the microbiome of the meditators and the microbiome of the neighbors. And they both ate similar foods. They were exposed to the same water. They lived in the same area. The only difference really was that the meditators meditated all day. And what they found was that the gut microbiome and the meditators was a lot more enriched and a lot more [00:15:00] diverse than the ones of the neighbors. And that's pretty fascinating because What that shows you is that there are types of microbiome and what it looked like for the meditators is associated with a lot less risk of inflammation and risk of heart disease and lots of different. autoimmune conditions. So it protected them basically by having that enriched gut microbiome. It protected their bodies, but it also shows us that their meditations have something to do with the gut microbiome. Something else that I want to note Is if you've been listening to me, you probably are sick of hearing me talk about Dr. Joe Dispenza, because I absolutely have been so influenced by his work. And when I went to his retreat, they basically studied the participants blood and their gut microbiome is one of the things that they study in brain waves and amongst many other things. And what they [00:16:00] found was that when they take the stool samples of the participants from the beginning before they actually start the week long meditation retreat, they check their stools before and then they check it afterwards and they find that it's drastically different and it has way more diversity in their microbiome and it's associated with much better health. Okay. And so that's pretty fascinating. And that's something that I directly had experience to watching. So it seems like basically that through meditation and through mindfulness practices Or any kind of practices that lower stress that that can impact the gut microbiome, which is fascinating because then it gives us a lot of power. It gives us a feeling of empowerment that you really can make a difference in your gut just through your mind alone. Another really fascinating study that I found was that they [00:17:00] had correlations between certain types of mental disorders and some of them were even mild depression or mild anxiety all the way leading to bipolar and other types that were more severe. And what they found was that there was an interesting pattern of the microbiome and it was a similar type of microbiome pattern where it showed some microbiome dysbiosis that related to the mental condition. that the person had. So depending on what it was, there seemed to be a pattern in their gut microbiome, which is another incredibly fascinating thing. And something that I also heard about was fecal implants, I don't necessarily suggest it. I think it's still an experimental phase, something that you might want to ask your doctor about if you really have gone through a lot, but. Definitely do your [00:18:00] research because I know that it's not something that I think that it's not something without any risks at all. But what they found, which was fascinating about this, is that when they did the fecal transplant, the person would basically take a transplant of poop, it's kind of gross, from somebody who has a really good enriched microbiome. And they basically transplanted that poop from that person to the other person, who'd take the poop and put it back. into the person who had dysbiosis or issues with their gut. And what they found was that it influenced their gut health because what happened was that microbiome would start to populate and grow in numbers for the person that needed it. And they found that not only did it help in many cases with gut conditions, but it also helped with mental conditions. Um, it helped with ADHD and many other types of mental diagnoses. So it was [00:19:00] really, really, really fascinating that that can really make such a difference, but it can. So it is kind of cool to know this because then you realize that yes, I can approach this through the gut itself. Which a lot of people do, but many times people get so focused sort of on like the physical body that they ignore the mental body. And I find that I meet a lot of people, whether it's my clients or in person or online. where they have spoken to functional doctors, they know pretty much what supplements to take, what to eat, and they figured it all out and almost to a point where it caused them a lot of mental stress. But the focus was so much just on the physical that the mental was ignored. And it is something that is easy to ignore because. It's something that we don't really see, we can't touch, it's something that kind of operates behind the [00:20:00] scenes, and most of the time, our eyes, when they're open, are focused on the world around us, so it's easier for us to focus on that. and not close our eyes and go within, which is what a lot of these mindfulness practices teach us. And this is actually something that I cover a lot in my book, the way of fertility, because I thought it was so important. What I found just really in working in this field is that That is the most ignored aspect of our being and it's because it can be actually really frustrating to deal with. It's frustrating to do something and work with something and focus on something that we can't really hold and it's not as tangible. And it feels like we have less control, but ultimately by doing so and allowing ourselves to experience that feeling, the feelings that come up with it, that's when we actually do start to feel [00:21:00] more of a sense of control. So it's kind of like a little paradox in its own experience. but I do highly recommend looking into it. But I'm going to talk about not just the mindfulness aspect, but I'm also going to talk about really tangible ways that you can impact your nervous system. And of course I'm going to mention acupuncture. And that is something that I do. And acupuncture, is incredibly beneficial on regulating the nervous system. It works on your circuits, basically. I mean, to really say it in the most simplest way, obviously, acupuncture is a lot more complex than just calling it circuits, but it's really beneficial. To say circuits, it makes it easier for the mind to really envision. Do you basically have circuits in your body and that circuits and the pulses that the circuits bring, which is really the channels inside your body. When you're stimulating that with acupuncture, it can really help regulate [00:22:00] the nervous system and basically restart that. And so what that does is over time and not in the beginning, sometimes in the beginning you could feel more tired, but over time it'll increase your energy. But also will help you feel calm at the same time. So I call it calm alert. And I love that combination when you're calm and you're alert, which is the opposite of like having a lot of coffee to try to like force yourself to have energy and then you're jittery. So no, no jitters, you're super alert, but you're also calm. It's like the perfect combination. So acupuncture can really support that in many different ways, not just by regulating your own patterns, but also by stimulating the channels and also by doing auricular therapy, which is really addressing the points on the ears. The ears are one area that make the vagus nerve accessible. The vagus nerve, which is that go between your brain and your gut is really, really important. , when it gets stimulated, it [00:23:00] actually stimulates the rest and digest part of your nervous system. So that could be really, really impactful on your gut health. And so one of the ways that you could do this, so acupuncture is one of the ways, but one of the ways that you could do this at home is simply by massaging your ears every single day. You could do this at night and you could do this in the shower. Or you could do this whenever you remember to do it. But massaging your ears can almost immediately have an impact on the nervous system. So it not almost immediately. It actually does have that. So that's something that you might want to do. And while you're doing that, You can also do some deep breathing. So working that diaphragm. So diaphragmatic breathing where we're breathing from the belly, that's ultimately the best way to breathe. We are trained over time and conditioned to breathe through the ribs and. while [00:24:00] the ribs are part of how we breathe, the most effective way to breathe is through the diaphragm. So you can practice this by putting your hand on your belly and feeling your belly go in and out and train yourself to do that. Get back into that. And you can actually train yourself to do that. I used to not do that. And I, Now I train myself to do that. That is just the way I breathe. It's not going to give you a huge belly. You know, people are so afraid of that, that they start to breathe the wrong way. And ultimately it helps oxygenate your body much better, but then also when you're doing some breathing exercises, it can also calm the vagus nerve. One of the ways to do this is by inhaling to four counts, holding your breath and then exhaling to eight counts. So when you exhale longer than you inhale, you get yourself into a more rest and digest mode. [00:25:00] If you have issues sleeping at night, this is a great exercise to do and you could literally combine that with massaging your ears and also slowing down your breath and holding it on the inhale and holding it a little bit on the exhale. So controlling that breath. And then filling up the lungs all the way and then exhaling all the air out. Another thing that you can do is hum. So humming that vibration sound from your throat can actually impact and stimulate the vagus nerve. So that's another way to stimulate the vagus nerve. And generally speaking, things like yoga, qigong, and movement that becomes more conscious can also regulate your nervous system. And you can also, as you're laying down, if you have any issues falling asleep, you can also do something called Yoga Nidra. You can find many different ones on YouTube [00:26:00] where they guide you through focusing on the different parts of your body. But becoming aware of your body sensations is another way to really make that strong connection between your brain and your awareness and your body. So that is really what I have for the mind. But then when it comes to your gut, you could do a lot of things too, to support your mind and to support your gut. And so my number one rule for this, number one, is chew your food. Chew your food so that it becomes complete mush. And I remember hearing, when I was studying Ayurveda, I remember hearing my teacher shared this quote, and I was like, oh my god, this It's true. And he said, drink your food and eat your drink. So I'm like, okay, you know, it's kind of weird to hear the first time you hear about it, but drink your food, meaning you choose so well that you basically have a smoothie [00:27:00] in your mouth, ready to like swallow like a drink. And then also taking your time with it. The drinks and the soups and kind of giving yourself a little more time in your mouth because what happens is Your saliva has these amazing enzymes that help break down your food Once it enters your gut so that is the first process and probably the most important because you want to start that foundation of digestion right and that foundation starts with mastication which is chewing and combining that with with your saliva. So not only liquefying it, but also liquefying it with liquid gold, which is digestive enzymes that you're able to really get into the food so that the food is able to process and the digestive system doesn't have as hard of a time doing what it does because the digestive system process is actually very energy [00:28:00]consuming and that is one of the reasons why we need to rest and digest. We get more tired after we eat because our bodies need energy in order to digest. So when you're doing that, you're actually making it easier and creating a much more efficient digestive process. Secondly, if you're going to have proteins, Combine them with vegetables or some fibers so that you're able to process it and really chew it. But also the biggest, most difficult to digest meals should be eaten when the sun is strongest outside. What that does is that our bodies respond very much to the environment and it will respond to that digestive fire. So having that sun very strong will impact our Agni, which is the digestive fire, and that will impact how we're able to process food. And I also suggest eating less at night. As the sun goes down, your [00:29:00] digestive system also starts to sleep. So it's important during that time to go easy. And you can have soups, steamed vegetables, really, really light meals at night. and then allow your stomach and your digestive system a little fasting time in the evening before you go to sleep. Your sleep is going to be a lot better because again, all that energy that usually goes into digestion can go into repair, into balancing hormones, into replenishing your body as you sleep. Plus your sleep will be deeper and better if you, don't have too much in your stomach. I also highly suggest getting on a good probiotic. And the one I like, and again, it really depends on your gut condition because you might need different protocols, but the company I like is microbiome labs and they do gut testing. They also do, [00:30:00] they have lots of different supplements. Megasporbiotic is the most common one for people with really complex digestive issues, they might benefit from going with something a little more gentle than Megasporbiotic and doing like a one strain in the beginning so their body gets used to it. But I highly recommend their products because they are really, really top notch. And lastly, you could do this while you shower, you could do this after your shower, massaging your belly is one of the most impactful things, not just for your gut, but it can also impact your uterus and get more blood flow to that area. So really just massaging in clockwise circles. So as you're looking at your belly, circle around your belly button and you can do a wide circle until you get closer to the belly button and then go wide again and then go back and forth like that. Then you can go [00:31:00] from the top of the rib cage down to the belly button and then from your pubic bone up and from the sides towards the center of your belly button and diagonal. And really you are intuitive and your hands are intuitive. So your hands will figure out how it feels good to massage your belly. So you can press in certain points that feel like it needs more movement or if it feels stagnant and you'll get to feel what you need because that's ultimately what happens when we start to connect with our bodies. And lastly, just a really good habit to get into is mindful eating, becoming aware of what you're eating and not doing other things like watching TV or being on your phone, just sitting and looking at your food because you do start salivating when you look at your food. Looking at your food is also the beginning of digestion. So becoming mindful with your food, also tasting your food, chewing your food, and [00:32:00] becoming aware of how certain foods make you feel and really connecting with that because that will connect you to intuitive eating, where you intuitively know what is good for you and what is not good for you. So that concludes today's episode, and I hope you enjoy this. To me, this is a really fascinating topic, and it's something that I think a lot of people should really give attention to, because the mind and the gut are really both important things in life. when it comes to your fertility health. And it also will help the process so that you don't feel as stressed and you feel more ready and equipped to get through this. because we know the fertility journey is challenging as it is. So I hope you feel more empowered with this message. And if you guys feel connected to the content that I am sharing, please subscribe. And I would be so grateful [00:33:00] for a review. Thank you so much for listening in and I hope you have a beautiful day.
Susan Inouye is a transformational executive coach with nearly two decades of experience empowering leaders across 600 companies in 40 industries. Her 1-1 coaching method integrates deep, holistic practices of mind, heart, and body, honed through extensive training with a 7th-degree Black Belt Aikido sensei and insights from the HeartMath Institute. This approach not only enhances emotional intelligence but also reshapes organizational cultures into thriving, sustainable entities. CONNECT WITH Susan Inouye Social Media Link: https://susaninouye.com/ltg/ JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST FOOD INSECURITY Join the fight against food insecurity here in the U.S. with an online donation. $25 will provide food and life essentials for 10 vulnerable families. DONATE TODAY at Meet the Streets Outreach, INC. to fight hunger! Meet the Streets Outreach provides essential support to Houston's food-insecure communities by offering over 2,000 hot meals each month. With your help, we can continue to serve those in need. Your support ensures that we can continue to make a meaningful difference in the lives of Houston's most vulnerable residents. Thank you for considering this opportunity to invest in the well-being of our community. Food Insecure Households For many families in the U.S., the past several years have been difficult. Higher food prices, economic instability, and other factors have made providing for a family even harder. 1 in 8 households in the U.S. is food insecure. That means these families don't have enough money or resources to buy enough food for everyone in their household. As recently as 2022, 7.3 million children lived in food insecure households. Also, 16.9% of children live in poverty. SNAP Benefits More than 22 million U.S. households use SNAP benefits to help with food costs, as of April 2023. Sometimes known as “food stamps,” SNAP is the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. People who receive SNAP benefits can use it to buy groceries, seeds, and plants for food. SNAP cannot be used to purchase hot food or household items like cleaning supplies, vitamins, or diapers. CONNECT WITH Cedric Francis Website: https://www.lead2greatness.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cedricbfrancis X (twitter): https://twitter.com/cedricbfrancis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadtogreatness/ • • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedric-b-francis-a0544037/
Some of the most devastating experiences in our lives can often lead to the greatest transformations and change in fortune. Which is why I love the title of my guest this week's book, Tragic Magic, which reveals how she overcame profound childhood trauma, answered the call, and healed through practices that anyone can use to create a life of purpose and connection. Regan Caruthers is an author, former Silicon Valley executive, previous staff member at the Heartmath Institute, and Spiritual teacher. After years in the corporate world, Divine guidance brought her back to St. Louis, where she discovered she needed life-saving open-heart surgery. That journey transformed her life and deepened her commitment to service, leading her to write and speak to inspire others.On this guest episode, Regans talks about the themes of her newly published book, Tragic Magic. Its essence of how she finally healed from significant trauma through spiritual practice and discipline. The relationship with the divine that she cultivated, ultimately saving her life, literally, and she talks about the moments of Divine intervention and heeding the call of Divine guidance. Regan explains how her early education served as the blueprint and once she truly returned to the lessons of it, she was able to heal and thrive. She wishes to offer hope as well as share some of the practices that healed her and led her to a fulfilling, healthy, peaceful life.Bio:Regan's path was informed by her early schooling where she meditated daily, practiced Tai Chi, and learned about the power ofself-love and conscious thought. A former Silicon Valley executive in the educational software industry and published author,Regan recently moved back to Missouri from Santa Cruz, CA. She's the founder of Aset Yoga Center and dedicates her life toteaching and helping her clients achieve a more intimate inner life through yoga, breathwork,meditation, coaching, and herReady to Awaken courses. She conducts yoga classes for her community as an act of service at no charge and provides careand counsel for private clients seeking transformative change. Regan's favorite role is being a wife to her husband Jim andmother to her two sons, Connor and IanWebsite: https://regancaruthers.com/IG:@regancaruthers
Dr. T and Truth Fairy welcome guest Gil Bar-Sela to the podcast to talk about his work as a psychedelic guide, facilitator, and trainer working with individuals, couples, and groups. Gil weaves modalities like generative somatics, compassionate listening, and archetypal work into the more ancient medicine ceremonies. Gil shares his personal journey with Dr. T and Truth Fairy and engages in thoughtful discussions about psychedelics and healing. Gil shares that when he moved to the United States after being raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, he had his first opportunity to deal with the trauma lodged in his body. That led him to ask questions about conflict, the root causes of conflict, trauma, and intergenerational trauma which put him on track to explore all those issues. He also began his own personal healing process around his queer identity. This experience and questioning led him to the studies and practices he engages in today. Truth Fairy, Gil, and Dr. T talk about how self-awareness is what first leads to healing work. Having a sense of what we need can lead us to the right kind of work to be doing. Gil talks about the building blocks necessary to become a good guide which include ethics, pharmacology, and onboarding clients in a responsible way. The conversation highlights Gil's own strong sense of guidance and understanding of the different types of medicine available for healing individuals which also includes psychedelics.“You have the psychiatrist, you have the psychotherapist moving into the space that are very rooted in the Western psyche, but are also lacking usually in terms of connection to spirit, to more expansive practices, to ancient wisdom. And so I think, in particular, the role of the underground guide can be to merge the two worlds. Because we're not here and we're not there. We can be bridge builders. The training that I lead is very much focused on that.” - Gil Bar-Sela__About Gil Bar-Sela:Gil has trained teams and businesses to invoke a thriving work culture. He has inspired audiences of thousands by speaking at colleges across the country on topics such as the power of listening and gender equality. He has collaborated with the leadership team of Seattle's Restorative Justice Initiative, creating community-based, non-punitive solutions to conflict. He co-leads annual delegations to Palestine and Israel with The Compassionate Listening Project, an organization dedicated to empowering individuals and communities to transform conflict and strengthen cultures of peace. He also coaches privately, and leads workshops and retreats globally.Gil is a Certified Trainer with the Heart Math Institute and a Certified Facilitator with The Compassionate Listening Project. He has also trained at Susan Scott's Fierce Conversations, Dominic Barter's Restorative Circles, Core Energetics, META (Mindful Experiential Therapy Approaches), Cortiva's 1,000-hour massage therapy program, and shamanism.Website: GilBarSela.com__Contact Punk Therapy:Patreon: Patreon.com/PunkTherapyWebsite: PunkTherapy.comEmail: info@punktherapy.com
Yvette's dynamic and fun conversation with Bruce Cryer, renaissance man, creativity catalyst, strategist, provides wisdom and life guidance for the ages. Bruce was the founding director of the acclaimed HeartMath Institute and later CEO of HeartMath for 11 years. HeartMath is about optimal health, human performance and the heart-brain-breath connection. Bruce put his view of health and leadership in practice dealing with his own personal life-threatening health issues. He is now 15 years cancer-free, and 14 years dancing and hiking on titanium hips. You can access his new VYBRATO™ program where he will share his transformational wisdom: Dynamic Practices for Mastering the Waves of Work, Health and Love.
In this powerful New Year's episode, I'll share my personal journey from a "fighting" mindset to embracing a healing mentality after breast cancer. We'll talk about how resistance can block your path to wellness and how allowing yourself to heal can create profound positive changes. Key Points: The difference between fighting disease and allowing healing How resistance impacts our physical and emotional wellbeing Research from the Heart Math Institute on stress hormones and healing The role of positive emotions in recovery and healing Moving from New Year's resolutions to intentional allowing Understanding the subtle ways we resist positive change Creating space for healing across all areas of life Highlights: The importance of releasing suppressed emotions while cultivating positive ones How our thoughts about money, health, and relationships can create resistance Practical tips for identifying and releasing resistance Daily practices for allowing more peace, joy, and healing Resources Mentioned: "Radical Remission" by Dr. Kelly Turner The Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Dr. Nasha Winters "Creating a Life You Love in 168 Hours a Week" program with Laura Lummer Connect with Laura: Instagram: @thebreastcancerrecoverycoach Facebook Group: The Breast Cancer Recovery Group Website: www.thebreastcancerrecoverycoach.com
Our special guest for today's New Year episode is Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., innovator, psychophysiologist and director of research at HeartMath® Institute Research Center. One of Rollin's primary areas of focus is the physiology of emotion, investigating the mechanisms by which emotions influence cognitive processes, behavior and health. Hear his transformative journey from a communications engineer to a trailblazer in consciousness studies. He shares transformative early experiences with Doc Childre, founder of HeartMath, which ignited a profound heart awakening and reshaped his life's mission. Rollin reveals how the heart's electromagnetic field communicates emotional states between individuals and can synchronize heart rhythms. We discuss why it's important for people to consider their “emotional diet", as he guides us through the intricate connections between the heart and brain, shedding light on the heart's crucial role in intuition and decision-making. We unpack the science behind how emotions like love and appreciation can shift physiological states and why heart-brain coherence is key to emotional balance. We also discuss the groundbreaking work of Mae-Wan Ho, Ph.D., on the multidimensional quantum coherence of living systems. Learn about the brain of the heart, the intrinsic cardiac nervous system (ICNS), and how HeartMath techniques can enhance intuition and increase synchronicity. Rollin explains the implications of these phenomena for energy healing practices and global, collective coherency. Furthermore, he provides practical steps for self transformation from mindfulness to the awareness of what he calls “the vibrational spectrum of love”. Whether you're intrigued by the science of heart coherence or its broader implications regarding human interconnectedness, this episode offers a compelling look at the heart's profound role in our existence and the science behind it.Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., is director of research at HeartMath® Institute Research Center, a professor at Florida Atlantic University, and a psychophysiologist. He has been with HeartMath Institute since its founding by Doc Childre in 1991. Rollin's critical research on heart rate variability and heart-rhythm coherence has gained international attention in the scientific community and is helping to change long-held perceptions about the heart's role in health, behavior, performance and quality of life.heartmath.comLiked what you heard? Help us reach more people! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts Start Energy Healing Today!Unlock your healing potential with our informative and fun introductory 10 hour LIVE online class in energy healing Our Flagship Training is Setting the Standard in Energy HealingThe 100 hour EHT-100 Energy Healing Training Contact Field Dynamics Email us at info@fielddynamicshealing.com energyfielddynamics.com Thanks for listening!
Dr. Rollin McCraty, a leading figure in the field of heart-brain communication, emotions, and their profound impact on our lives.He is the Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute, a pioneering research organization that explores the fascinating connections between our hearts, brains, and emotions. With over three decades of dedicated research, he has made groundbreaking discoveries regarding heart-brain coherence, the role of the heart in our emotional experiences, and how our connection with the Earth's electromagnetic field, known as Schumann resonances, may influence our well-being.His work has not only reshaped our understanding of the human experience but has also provided practical tools and techniques to enhance our resilience, emotional health, and overall quality of life. Dr. McCraty's insights have far-reaching implications for personal growth, health, and the broader understanding of our place in the world.https://www.heartmath.org/Follow Keresse on Instagram for more inspiration and updates on future episodes. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform!Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the podcast host or platform.Join us every Friday for a new episode filled with insightful conversations, empowering stories, and transformative wisdom. Thank you for being part of our soulful community!1:1 Services, Coaching, Readings, Therapy, Courses & more:www.therapeutichealingbyreese.comFollow me on Instagram!https://instagram.com/_keresse_?utm_medium=copy_linkFollow me on Facebook!https://www.facebook.com/TherapeuticHealingByReese/TikTok:@DiaryofanEmpathpodcastFor more info on my services such as Coaching & Tarot readings please visit my website at www.therapeutichealingbyreese.comFollow me on Instagram!https://instagram.com/_keresse_?utm_medium=copy_linkFollow me on Facebook!https://www.facebook.com/TherapeuticHealingByReese/
Gaby Vargas, maestra certificada en HeartMath Institute, nos habla sobre la inteligencia del corazón, ¿Qué será? Conéctate en Tamara con Luz en MVS, de lunes a viernes, de 10:00 AM a 12:00 PM por MVS 102.5 FM.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Platicamos con Paloma Villa, escritora y especialista en desarrollo personal, sobre cómo la falta de aceptación nos lleva a perdernos a nosotros mismos. El Dr. Gerardo Castorena nos visita para aclarar todas nuestras dudas sobre los pellets hormonales, un tratamiento de testosterona y estrógeno. Nos explica en detalle los pros y contras de este método, especialmente en temas de equilibrio hormonal. Gaby Vargas, maestra certificada en HeartMath Institute, nos habla sobre la inteligencia del corazón, ¿Qué será? Llegó nuestro amigo Stivi de Tivi para platicarnos sobre lo nuevo de cine y series: Entrevista película ALAS BLANCAS. Talento actriz Helen Mirren. Entrevista película UN HOMBRE DIFERENTE. Talento actor Sebastián Stan. Entrevista película TURNO NOCTURNO. Talento director Rigoberto Castañeda. Reseña serie Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Stivi award: documental ESTA AMBICIÓN DESMEDIDA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Energy Mastery: Harness Mind-Body Science for Radiance and ManifestationHosted by Kara Lovehart, Mind-Body Psychic Medium and Executive Intuitive Business Coach, Energy Mastery is a transformative 7-episode podcast series that dives deep into the science and spirituality of the heart chakra, the electromagnetic energy field, and the mind-body connection.This series explores how balancing your energy field is the key to health, manifestation, and living in alignment with your true self. Drawing insights from the HeartMath Institute and cutting-edge mind-body science, Kara unpacks how empaths and healers often block themselves from their fullest potential and how reconnecting with your divine essence creates a lasting resource for navigating life's challenges.You'll discover:The role of the heart's electromagnetic field in health and manifestation.How to move from being head-led to heart-and-head-led for true alignment.The blocks that disconnect you from your authentic self and how to overcome them.The science of energy balance and how it can evolve consciousness and psychic abilities.Practical tools to reconnect with your energy field and manifest your dreams.By the end of this journey, you'll learn how aligning with your energy field leads to expanded consciousness, improved intuition, and the ability to live a radiant, purpose-driven life. It's time to master your energy and step boldly into your best life.Tune in and harness the ultimate resource within you—your energy field—to live your dreams and expand humanity's collective consciousness.
Why should medicine consider trauma as a diagnosis of inclusion and not just when nothing else is found wrong? The failure to recognize and treat the stored trauma that drives many patients' health challenges has profound and far-reaching consequences. It perpetuates a cycle of ineffective care. It worsens patient outcomes and undermines the overall effectiveness of the healthcare system. As a medical physician and also one who has been this type of patient, this episode and the Trauma-Informed Medicine Project coming out of this was really important to me. One of the key problems is that trauma manifests in diverse ways across multiple bodily systems, making it difficult to identify as the common thread. Patients may present with a range of symptoms such as migraines, chronic pain, digestive issues, sleep problems, and mood disorders. Rather than recognizing these as interconnected signs of nervous system dysregulation stemming from trauma, the medical system often compartmentalizes the symptoms, referring patients to various specialists to treat each one in isolation. This leads to a "medical merry-go-round" where patients bounce from one provider to the next, undergoing test after test, without ever getting to the root of their issues. Which is why I bring in Dr. Jorina Elbers, a board certified physician in neurology with a masters in epidemiology and former assistant professor and pediatric neurologist at Stanford University. She has authored over 25 research articles and book chapters, and really focuses on what's going on in the nervous system in regards to stress and trauma and how to recognize it. She is currently the director of the Trauma Recovery Project at the Heart Math Institute and runs her own trauma sensitive neurology clinic. In this episode, you will hear Dr. Elbers journey of how she discovered the critical link between trauma, stress, and neurological disorders. You will hear how she started asking better questions of her patients, uncovering stories of family trauma from her patients and just what to do especially when labs and tests show nothing wrong. In this episode, you'll learn: How to ask better questions that lead to discovering the true causes behind seemingly inexplicable diagnoses What tools can healthcare practitioners integrate into consultations to uncover patient's trauma history and why this is so important The importance of including trauma in differential diagnoses, especially when conventional medical tests don't reveal a clear cause. How to move away from treating symptoms on a neurotransmitter level and into treating the whole nervous system The autonomic nervous system and heart rate variability Medical trauma from procedures and treatments that actually contribute further to symptoms and chronic conditions For more information and show notes, please visit our website: https://biologyoftrauma.com/biology-of-trauma-podcast/
In this episode of The Living Artist, we get straight to the heart. Literally. This episode gives a shout out to Dr. Joe Dispenza, LOA, the HeartMath Institute, and more... Preston delves into the idea of focusing in on a specific heart practice that has the potential to bring about massive changes in our lives and art careers. Listen in to find out what we are talking about. Enjoy! For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pmsartwork (social media everywhere @pmsartwork). You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork. If you would like to donate to the podcast to keep it going strong, you can do so here: https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast The Living Artist makes the top of the Audible Blog's List of the Best Art Podcasts to listen to For Artists! Check it! Thrilled to announce that Artwork Archive just included The Living Artist on their list of the The Best Art Podcasts of 2021! Check it out. Excited that Agora Group International Fine Art included The Living Artist on its list of The Best Art Podcasts To Listen To (coming in at #5). Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 70 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2023. It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #8) with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts. Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"
In this powerful episode of the HEAL with Kelly Podcast, I speak with wellness expert, bestselling author, founder of Solluna, and my dear friend Kimberly Snyder, to explore the profound insights from her latest book, The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts. In the book which she considers her greatest contribution by far, Kimberly combines ancient wisdom with cutting-edge research to reveal how dropping into the heart and getting into a state of coherence can spark quantum leaps in your health, emotional well-being, and overall life experience. Beyond the book, Kimberly and I also explore the science behind heart intelligence, including how negative emotions like fear and anger disrupt your body's harmony, while positive emotions like appreciation help to restore balance and boost vitality and joy. We dive deep into the little known five stages of the heart while Kimberly shares groundbreaking research from her study with the HeartMath Institute, showing how simple, heart-centered practices can lower stress, increase immunity, and enhance emotional intelligence in just eight minutes a day. If you're looking for practical tools to bring more peace, resilience, and energy into your life, this episode delivers inspiring stories and accessible techniques that can help you unlock the incredible potential of your heart. LINKS Kimberly Snyder on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_kimberlysnyder/ 'The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ZUICm3 Solluna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sollunabyks/ Solluna by Kimberly Snyder Website: https://mysolluna.com/ SPONSORS LMNT: Get your FREE LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase at https://www.DrinkLMNT.com/Heal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us a textWhat if the key to unity lies in listening, not agreeing? In this new solo series, which I'm calling "Brain Buzz," I am exploring the surprising insights from studies that reveal how perception gaps deceive us into thinking we're more divided than we truly are. Join me here as we uncover compelling, fascinating research from organizations like More in Common and a Stanford study that surprised everyone, including the researchers. I'm diving into how we belong--and connect--any time, but especially now when the world feels so polarized. I also lead you on a short, science-backed exercise on heart coherence and belonging inspired by the work of Kimberly Snyder and the HeartMath Institute. This practice invites you to cultivate a sense of belonging in your daily life through coherence breathing and connecting with your heart space and evoking a feeling of belonging. Whether navigating interpersonal dynamics at work, within your community, or at home, this exercise provides a powerful tool to foster the connections we all crave. In a time of heightened division, join me in embracing authenticity and the beauty of showing up as our true selves, finding belonging in the most unexpected places.Here's the link to The Happiness Lab podcast episode which details the connection studies mentioned today.Here's the link to Kimberly Snyder's work. She does some amazing heart coherence work, and has a new book out, The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts, which is really great!And here's the HeartMath Institute which has soooooooo much good and free and worthwhile content. Find out more about Melissa, breathwork, mindfulness and somatic coaching for individuals and organizations at:https://www.thefullymindful.comOr email me today at: info@thefullymindful.comAnd check out the socials too:)
"You have to activate the heart and live by the virtues of the heart because they are what access higher frequencies.” In this enlightening episode of SoulTalk, we are joined by Deborah Rozman, a leading expert in heart intelligence and the co-founder of the HeartMath Institute. Deborah shares groundbreaking insights into the powerful connection between our hearts and the Earth, revealing how heart coherence can synchronize human consciousness and impact our lives. She discusses innovative research showing that the frequencies of the Earth's core resonate with our heart rhythms, demonstrating that we are all interconnected. Deborah elaborates on practical techniques, such as heart lock-in and the freeze-frame technique, that can help us tap into the heart's guidance for better decision-making and manifestation. Through her wealth of experience, she emphasizes the importance of aligning our intentions with our true desires and living from a place of appreciation and gratitude. As we explore how to harness the heart's wisdom, Deborah inspires us to embrace a heart-centered life for greater fulfillment and connection. Tune in and learn how to unlock your heart's potential and enhance your ability to manifest your dreams! Timestamps: (00:03:25) - Deborah's childhood and her work with HeartMath. (00:08:08) - Exploring the cultural awakening in the 1960s and 70s. (00:10:11) - Transitioning from traditional psychology to conscious studies. (00:12:39) - How Debora met Dr Childre the founding of HeartMath Institute.(00:16:44) - Distinguishing between emotional desires and the deeper wisdom of the heart. (00:20:28) - The practices of heart-focused breathing and heart coherence. (00:24:55) - Dealing with stress. (00:33:00) - Self-regulation and situational awareness. (00:39:00) - The power of pausing and taking a break. (00:44:08) - The human heart frequencies and Schuman resonances. (00:46:24) - Ancient traditions that understood the heart as a source of intelligence and connection. (00:48:45) - The human heart coherence and achieving the soul's higher purpose.(00:50:06) - The importance of practicing manifestation and surrender. (00:54:08) - The power of appreciation and gratitude. (00:55:15) - The freeze frame technique. Some Questions I Ask: What led you to getting into this field? How do you listen to the deeper sense ? What is the heart? Can you speak a bit more about the energetic heart? How can someone still discern whether their intuition is truly the intuition? What am I grateful for, and who do I appreciate and why? What is the impact of the heart on manifestation? In This Episode You Will Learn: Understanding the connection between our heart rhythms and the planet's geomagnetic field. Discover how ancient traditions and modern research converge in identifying the heart as a source of intelligence and higher consciousness. Practical methods like the “heart lock-in” and coherence exercises to elevate your heart's vibration and manifest intentions. Explore how aligning your desires with your heart's higher intelligence can lead to more fulfilling outcomes, rather than just material goals. Focusing on appreciation lifts your frequency, brings clarity, and attracts more joy and success into your life. The freeze-frame technique for handling challenges. LINKS DEBORAH ROZMAN URL: https://www.heartmath.com/experience/ Get in Touch: Email me at kuteblackson@kuteblackson.com Visit my website: www.kuteblackson.com Events with Kute Blackson: Join me on a life-changing journey in Bali this December. Apply here: www.boundlessblissbali.com
Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., director of research at the HeartMath Institute, is a professor at Florida Atlantic University. McCraty is a psychophysiologist whose interests include the physiology of emotion. One of his primary areas of focus is the mechanisms by which emotions influence cognitive processes, behavior, health and the global interconnectivity between people and Earth's energetic systems. He has been with HeartMath Institute since its founding in 1991 by Doc Childre. He has worked closely with Childre to develop HMI's research goals and has been instrumental in researching and developing the HeartMath System of tools and technology. He is one of the primary creators of the Global Coherence Initiative and the principal designer of the Global Coherence Monitoring System and its international network of magnetic field sensor sites. Related to this, McCraty heads up HMI and GCI researchers investigating the relationship between human and geomagnetic field environments and the interconnectedness of and communication among all living systems. They also investigate how these fields act as central synchronizing signals within the body, carry emotional information and serve as key mediators of energetic interactions between people and living systems. In this episode you will hear: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:42 What is HeartMath? 00:05:00 Who is Rollin McCraty? 00:10:42 Consciousness from a Neuroscientist's perspective 00:13:22 The benefits of connecting with the Heart 00:19:10 What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)? 00:20:00 Heart Coherence 00:23:50 Heart Intelligence 00:33:11 Social Coherence 00:36:55 Heart-Centered possibilities 00:42:33 What all world religions have in common 00:48:09 Global Consciousness Project 00:55:50 Dr. Rollin McCraty's Heartprint Those with ears, let them hear. Always love Ryan Connect with Dr. Rollin Website: https://www.heartmath.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rollinmccraty/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartmathinstitute Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Website: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/ Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weareabty Join our mail list here for exclusive content here: https://abty.co.uk/contact Sign up for our coaching here: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Thank you to our supporters Exhale Healthy Coffee. Exhale is the first coffee to be sourced, roasted and lab tested specifically to maximise its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potency. An independent lab test showed one cup of Exhale coffee has the same antioxidant power as 1.8kg of blueberries or 55 oranges! Get £10 off your first bag when you visit https://exhalecoffee.com/abty Please email your questions and comments to podcast@abty.co.uk #HeartMathInstitute #HeartIntelligence #DrRollinMcCraty #HeartMath
In this enlightening episode of Katie's Classroom, Katie delves into the transformative Cut Thru technique, inspired by the HeartMath Institute. Designed to help you release stress and emotional blockages, this powerful method equips you with tools to regain clarity and inner peace. Join Katie as she breaks down the Cut Thru process, guiding you step-by-step through its core principles. You'll learn how to identify and address overwhelming emotions, allowing you to shift your focus and cultivate a sense of calm amidst life's challenges. With practical exercises and insightful tips, this episode is perfect for anyone seeking to enhance their emotional resilience and mental clarity. Tune in to discover how the Cut Thru technique can empower you to navigate stress and anxiety, fostering a deeper connection with your heart and intuition. Get ready to unlock your potential and create a more balanced, fulfilling life!
The pressure to perform in today's fast-paced world has underscored an important realization: external success isn't enough. With burnout rates on the rise, more individuals and organizations are turning inward, recognizing that true effectiveness comes from reprogramming their internal operating systems. Research from the HeartMath Institute shows that aligning the heart, mind, and emotions, known as coherence, creates an optimal state where the nervous, hormonal, and immune systems work in harmony. This balance allows individuals to perform at their best both personally and professionally.The key question is how we can reprogram our internal operating systems to achieve coherence and thrive under stress.In this episode of Tuesdays with Morrissey, we're joined by Kiki Federico and Jeffery Benton of Paragon Performance. Kiki and Jeff are experts in training executives, astronauts, pro athletes, and corporate teams on evolving what they call the "internal operating system." Their work focuses on helping individuals unlock optimal health, clarity, relational intelligence, and creative potential. The episode delves into practical strategies for achieving coherence in daily life and how upgrading our internal systems can lead to breakthroughs in health, relationships, and professional success.Top Takeaways:1. Mastering Your Internal Operating System: The internal operating system—comprised of your belief systems, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors—directly shape the results you see in your life. By evolving and mastering this system, you can transform your external outcomes, leading to greater success and fulfillment.2. Achieving Coherence: Coherence, as defined by the HeartMath Institute, is an optimal state where the heart, mind, and emotions are perfectly aligned. This state not only enhances the functioning of your nervous, hormonal, and immune systems but also unlocks your highest potential, making it a critical factor for peak performance and well-being.3. Embracing Self-Awareness Over Self-Mastery: The journey to personal growth lies in self-awareness rather than self-mastery. By continuously acknowledging and processing your emotions, you stay on a path of progress, turning every challenge into an opportunity for growth.4. Unlocking High-Performance Teams: Reducing stress and fostering coherence within teams are essential for improving collaboration, decision-making, and overall performance. When individuals and teams operate in a state of coherence, they create a culture of trust and authenticity, driving innovation and success.Full List of Topics Covered:* Definition and significance of the internal operating system* The concept of coherence and its impact on personal and professional performance* Shifting from external validation to internal regulation* The difference between self-awareness and self-mastery* Success stories from clients who have incorporated coherence into their practices* The ripple effect of internal regulation on team dynamics and organizational culture* Kiki and Jeff's personal journeys into this work and their motivation to help others"Hope you enjoy the conversation. Feel free to share and let me know if anything resonates with you in the comments." - Adam Morrisey
Today, Michael welcomes back Kimberly Snyder. Kimberly is a 3-time New York Times best-selling author, holistic wellness expert and nutritionist, international speaker, and meditation teacher. She is the founder of Solluna, a holistic lifestyle brand that offers supplements, meditations, courses, and the HeartAlign System and Meditation, and hosts the top-rated “Feel Good Podcast,” which covers all aspects of holistic wellness. Her latest book, out now, is The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts: Empower Your Thoughts, Balance Your Emotions, and Unlock Vibrant Health and Abundance. Brief highlights from Kimberly and Michael's conversation include: –What the Five Hearts are–the Dark Heart, the Propelled Heart, the Steady Heart, the Devoted Heart, and the Clear Heart–and why they're important –How our Heart Intelligence and Heart Coherence affect our physical health, energy, vitality, emotional well-being, abundance, and success –Why the heart is the “second brain” (or perhaps the ‘first brain') and the science behind that –The maladaptive ways society has taught us to cope with stress and why it's unnatural for us to be so stressed all of the time –Kimberly's work with the HeartMath Institute and how it changed her life; the research and tools Kimberly's book offers to anchor us through the big emotions quickly; the HeartAlign Meditation Kimberly leads us through—and a lot more! Next, Michael concludes with a brief guided meditation. Get your copy of The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts, watch the Feel Good Podcast, and connect with Kimberly at https://mysolluna.com/ and on Instagram. Subscribe or follow and set an alert to receive notifications each Wednesday when new episodes are available! Connect with Michael at his new website – https://michaelbeckwith.com/ – and receive his guided meditation, “Raise Your Vibration and Be Untouchable” when you sign up to receive occasional updates from Michael! You can also connect with him at https://agapelive.com/. Facebook: @Michael.B.Beckwith https://www.facebook.com/Michael.B.Beckwith IG: @michaelbbeckwith https://www.instagram.com/michaelbbeckwith/ X: @drmichaelbb https://twitter.com/drmichaelbb YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMWuqEKXLY4m60gNDsw61w And as always, deep gratitude to the sponsors of the Take Back Your Mind with Michael B. Beckwith podcast: the Agape International Spiritual Center: https://agapelive.com/ and NutriRise, makers of Michael's AdaptoZen Superfood Greens Powder and Vitamin D3+K2 drops: https://nutririse.com/products/adaptozen-bundle and the new ELEVATE Mushroom Complex: https://nutririse.com/products/elevate-mushroom-complex and ELEVATE+: Organic Fermented Mushrooms: https://nutririse.com/products/elevate-fermented-mushrooms-powder.
We've all heard the saying, “Follow your heart.” But what if I told you that your heart holds even more power than we've been led to believe? In just a few minutes per day, you can learn to tap into that power and break free from the cycle of burnout, anxiety, and overwhelm—and completely transform your mind, body, and soul. It's called heart coherence. And in today's episode, I sit down with multiple-time New York Times best-selling author, holistic wellness expert, and meditation teacher Kimberly Snyder to show you how it works. Kimberly blends ancient wisdom with modern science—and guides you through the five heart stages: Dark; Propelled; Steady; Devoted; and Clear. She also shares SIMPLE, heart-centered practices that can dramatically reduce stress, boost your energy levels, and even improve your gut health, hormone balance, and relationships. Whether you're at work, at home, or in the midst of chaos, you can do these practices with ease—and the results can be life-changing. Tune in here and get ready to open your heart for rapid healing! IN THIS EPISODE The five heart stages that shape your emotional and physical well-being Practical tools to shift into heart coherence, even during stressful moments How heart coherence boosts energy, gut health, and hormone balance The science behind heart coherence and its role in reducing stress and anxiety Real-life examples of how heart-centered living strengthens relationships How to tap into your heart's wisdom for greater intuition and clarity And more! QUOTES “The heart is actually another brain—it sends more messages to the brain than the brain sends to the heart. It controls so much around our health, vitality, and emotional well-being. When we learn to tap into this power, it can transform everything.” “These aren't long meditations or complicated rituals—just quick, simple practices that take a few seconds. Even in the middle of chaos, you can realign and come back to a centered place in 3 to 10 seconds.” “Once you start living from your heart, you'll notice a shift. You'll have more energy, better communication, and deeper intuition. It's like opening up to a new way of living, where everything feels more in flow.” RESOURCES MENTIONED Kimberly's Feel Good Podcast Kimberly's NEW book: The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts Kimberly's website, Solluna More about the HeartMath Institute on heart coherence and its impact RELATED EPISODES #575: Transform Your Life Through Self Love, Trusting Your Heart and Raising Your Self Worth with Roxy Saffaie #360: The Most Important — Yet Little-Known — Secret to Align Your Goals with Your Heart's Purpose with Dr. Benita Varnado #569: How to Build a Strong Emotional Connection with Your Partner and How to Transform Your Love Life with Vanessa and Xander Marin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is your heart the key to the transformation you've been seeking? New York Times best-selling author, holistic wellness expert, and nutritionist to stars like Drew Barrymore, Reese Witherspoon, and Channing Tatum – Kimberly Snyder shares insights from her latest book, The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts, which maps out a path to personal transformation that can happen almost overnight. Backed by decades of research from the HeartMath Institute, Kimberly shares: The 5 stages of the heart The science behind heart-brain communication How achieving heart coherence can significantly impact everything from anxiety and depression to cardiovascular health. How to tap into heart intelligence, boost energy, and heal relationships Kimberly shares how an unexpected dinner led to meeting her husband and experiencing a life-changing "nonlinear leap" of love. How we are digesting our feelings (literally and figuratively) Offers powerful tools to unlock more peace, clarity, and purpose in your life. The power of our hearts– from ancient wisdom to groundbreaking science. How to be magnetic, using your heart chakra (and the 40,000 neurons in our heart)! How to keep a warm heart Follow Kimberly here. Grab a copy of Kimberly's book here.
Dr. Roland McCready, Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute, joins Kimberly on the podcast to discuss the power of heart coherence and its impact on health and well-being. They explore how coherence, the synchronization of systems within the body, can improve overall health and bodily efficiency. They emphasize the role of emotions in coherence and stress, highlighting the importance of managing emotional diet. They also discuss the physiological effects of coherence on the brain and the amygdala's role in determining familiar patterns. The conversation delves into the heart's ability to change baselines and transform attitudes, leading to a more resilient and calm state throughout the day. In this conversation, Dr. Rollin McCraty and Kimberly Snyder discuss the power of the heart and how it affects our emotions, perceptions, and interactions with others. They explore the concept of coherence and how practicing heart-focused breathing can help us become more self-aware and in tune with our emotions. They also discuss the heart's electromagnetic field and its ability to influence our interactions with others. The conversation highlights the importance of kindness, compassion, and gratitude in creating a more harmonious and connected world.
So what exactly is a “spiritual business coach”? Jon Zieve, our guest this time, will tell us and he will explain the value he provides to his clients. Jon grew up on the outskirts of Chicago and chose, at least at first, to follow in his father's footsteps and go into business. However, he always had a nagging feeling that business wasn't what he really wanted to do. Jon will tell us about shadows which are the things that cause us to hide things we don't wish to address nor handle. After graduating from college with his business degree he began a 34-year career in sales and marketing. It took him a bit of time to really commit his efforts, but once he made the choice to buckle down he became successful and rose to vice presidential positions. Even so, he always felt that business was not what he wanted to do. Finally, after working at the same company for 34 years, he felt physically drained and decided to change his career and life. 10 years ago he began the process of training to become a spiritual business coach. Jon will tell us all about his journey as well as what he offers and provides to clients. Jon will demonstrate in so many ways what he offers and why his work is so important. About the Guest: Jon Zieve is an experienced Spiritual Business Coach who passionately facilitates personal transformation for clients. Prior to becoming a Coach in 2014, Jon spent 34 years in the software industry. He held roles in field Sales, Regional & Area Sales Management, Director of National Accounts and VP roles in Customer Service, Marketing and Sales & Marketing. Jon partner's with entrepreneurs, sales professionals and executives to break through barriers that create conflict in their performance professionally and in life. Instead of working harder, his clients create a plan that's motivating, energizing, enjoyable and sustainable. He has extensive training in coaching, stress management and resilience with the Southwest Institute of the Healing Arts and the HeartMath Institute. Jon graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with honors in 1979, majoring in Business Administration with a minor in Health Care Administration. He lives in Cedar Park, TX area with his wife Janet. Together, they have 5 adult children and 7 grandchildren. Ways to connect with Amanda & Vicki: https://www.jonzieve.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonzieve/ https://www.facebook.com/trustyourenergy https://www.mindscanhvp.com/takeMindscan/usr=jonzieve/campaign=825 About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hello to you, wherever you happen to be listening or watching us today, on unstoppable mindset. Glad you're with us. I am your host. Mike hingson, our guest today is Jon Zieve, who is a spiritual coach. He's very passionate about helping people transform what they do and who they are, I guess, somewhat who they are. We're going to talk about that and a lot of other things and and learn a little bit about what the whole concept of being a spiritual transformation coach is is all about. And I think that'll be a lot of fun. So let's get to it. Jon, I want to welcome you to unstoppable mindset. And thank you very much for being here. Jon Zieve ** 02:00 Thank you, Michael. Look forward to it. Michael Hingson ** 02:03 Well, let's start like I love to do. Why don't you tell us about the early John growing up and stuff like that. Jon Zieve ** 02:12 Yeah, early Jon. So I grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, suburb of Chicago, and I was big Cubs fan, I Are you still? I'm still a Cubs fan, okay, Michael Hingson ** 02:25 absolutely. Just checking Texas, Texas, Texas hasn't lured you away. Jon Zieve ** 02:31 It hasn't now, once you, once you're a Cubs fan, you're always a Cubs Yeah, yeah. And so I went to school in Madison, Wisconsin, and I had my my spiritual crisis, then I was kind of following in my father's footsteps, and I I applied to business school, and I really enjoyed my philosophy and psychology courses much better, but I I did well, and then I just, I just dropped out because I I didn't really have a goal that I was motivated for. I didn't have a purpose that I could, I could really get behind once I got straight A's. And so I dropped out. And I, I just was looking for signs, anything. I was meditating. I couldn't. I didn't have any signs. I didn't hear anything, or at least I didn't think I did. And that's the need for a spiritual business coach back then. But then I decided to go back to school, because I didn't, I wasn't making any money, and I had to make money. I didn't want to live at home, so went back to school, got a degree in business, and they had a career, 34 year career, and nice career, but it wasn't it wasn't really my purpose, and I knew it. I always knew it. My heart wasn't truly in it. And I got burned out. I became a workaholic and got burned out. So that led me to coaching, and I've been coaching for 10 years. So Michael Hingson ** 04:05 when you say in college, you had your spiritual crisis, is that, just that you couldn't find a purpose, or what was the crisis? Jon Zieve ** 04:12 The crisis was I was not aware of my motivation that time was to not let my parents down. So their expectations for me, I cared a lot about them. I I didn't want them to to feel disappointed and my own calling, my own desires and my heart, I wasn't listening. I wasn't standing up for that. That was my spiritual crisis. Michael Hingson ** 04:39 So as you progressed, how did your parents handle everything? Jon Zieve ** 04:46 Oh, they were, you know, they were fine. My dad was disappointed and didn't understand my decision. But, you know, I went back to school and I graduated and got a good job and a good career. So, you know, it's never what you think it is. At the time and but at the time it was a crisis. Michael Hingson ** 05:04 Yeah, I can, can appreciate that, and especially now looking back on it exactly, but, but you didn't really disappoint your parents all that much. Jon Zieve ** 05:15 No, I disappointed myself because I didn't stand up for what I knew I wanted. Michael Hingson ** 05:20 But at the time, did you really know that? Jon Zieve ** 05:23 I did not, did not. So you, you, Michael Hingson ** 05:27 you had to learn that, and it clearly took a lot of time and meditation and so on to do that. Well, tell me about your business career a little bit. Well, first of all, you went to college. You got a bachelor's. Or did you go beyond that? No, Jon Zieve ** 05:41 I just got a bachelor's in business, business administration with a minor in marketing, just as Okay, yeah. And you said, tell you about your my career, yeah. So Michael Hingson ** 05:53 tell me a little bit about your career and all that, if you would sure. So I, Jon Zieve ** 05:57 I started out in in sales, and I didn't quite have the confidence, but I I realized that if I stuck with it, I could learn it. And I failed, but I stuck with it, and there was a point where the general manager we were on draw 100% commission and selling computer systems. And back then, it was hardware and software, and I was selling to auto parts stores a whole like inventory system and point of sale and great company. I stayed with the same company for 34 years, but, but I was out of draw, and I didn't sell it to him, thing. And the general manager is nice guy. He said to me, boy, you know, what, if we, if you leave, we're just going to have to find someone just like you. We we think a lot of you, we think you could probably make it if you've just hung in there. And are you willing to go in debt a little more? I already owed the company eight grand. And he said, Well, extend your draw if you're willing to stay in it. Said, Okay, so I I kind of immediately started selling. Kind of I had the bet on myself a little bit, and that's all I needed. Once I started selling, I got confidence and I became a VP of sales. Michael Hingson ** 07:20 What changed when he made that offer to you, what changed and what you did that made you well, Jon Zieve ** 07:29 consciously, I had to consciously choose to do this. Well. Prior to that, I was always wondering, is this what I want? Is it? Am I going to be good at this at that point, once I made that decision, I'm going to make it happen. That's all I needed. Michael Hingson ** 07:46 And so you then really put your heart into it exactly. And having been in sales my adult life, I would say at that point, the customers also sensed that in you, yes, yes. And that added value to you be being successful and becoming successful. Jon Zieve ** 08:11 So very good observation. Michael Hingson ** 08:13 So what did your manager say when you started to sell like, See, I told you so or Jon Zieve ** 08:19 Well, I think the managers at the time, I think they there's a lot, there's some turnover, but eventually they said, Yeah, we knew you had it in you. Yeah, yep. Michael Hingson ** 08:31 So you sold point of sale and other computer technologies and so on, and then rose through the ranks of sales, and you said, you became VP of sales. Jon Zieve ** 08:41 I get I became VP of sales and the VP of Sales and Marketing. And actually, prior to that, I was VP of Customer Service. I got a promotion to go to the company headquarters, and that took me from the Midwest to Austin, Texas. Ah, Michael Hingson ** 08:59 I was going to ask you, what got you to go to Texas? Yeah, it Jon Zieve ** 09:03 was a promotion. Cool. Michael Hingson ** 09:06 So you along the way, did you? Did you work to create a family or anything like that? Do you have a spouse or any of that stuff? Jon Zieve ** 09:18 Yes, I was married for 26 years and two kids, and now I've been married for almost, well, four and a half years. So I got remarried in 2019 and together we have seven grandkids. Michael Hingson ** 09:40 Oh my gosh. Well, and of course, the rule of a grandparent is to spoil the grandchildren Exactly, yeah, to the consternation of the parents, but that's the rule. That's right, it's great. I can say that having had no grandkids, having not had children, my wife and I. Chose not to do that, but we also chose to spoil nieces and nephews because we knew at the end of the day we could just shoot them off to their parents, right, right. Sort of the same thing as almost being a grandparent and all. But Jon Zieve ** 10:15 yeah, it is. It's Michael Hingson ** 10:16 a nice role, yeah, but that's cool that you you've had a number of children, and they've all grown up and and you've, you've done well with that. So as you went through the process, what did you learn that made you better as you progressed through the ranks of different positions. I'm assuming you would say you learn things along the way that helped you and that that made your life better. Jon Zieve ** 10:50 In my career, what did I learn in your career? Michael Hingson ** 10:53 What did you learn about your career and about life? Jon Zieve ** 10:56 Yeah, just to trust, trust my own instincts. Michael Hingson ** 11:00 It's a hard lesson to learn. Sometimes it Jon Zieve ** 11:03 is, it is, it's the most valuable thing we have. It's our intuition. Michael Hingson ** 11:08 I love to talk about Trivial Pursuit, the game, and many times I've mentioned, in one way or another, on unstoppable mindset, that one of the things I've observed being a person likes to play that game is for me, although I've learned to trust more people would be asked a question and they would give an answer, and when it was the wrong answer, they would say and I said it for a while, until I learned to trust my own brain and heart. I knew that wasn't the right answer. The right answer came to me, and I just didn't believe it, so I didn't answer with that answer. And I've just seen that more with Trivial Pursuit almost than any other game that I've ever thing that I've encountered. Jon Zieve ** 11:51 Yeah, that's so true. Why is that? Michael Hingson ** 11:55 Why is it that we don't trust our instincts to is that learned behavior or what? Jon Zieve ** 12:00 Well, you know, I believe the reason for that is when we're about four or five years old. We We believe that to be honest, we will lose a friend. So we believe that we can't be honest or we will lose a friend. So what happens is we we don't build a a momentum of trusting your intuition and sharing it, because we're just afraid that people won't understand us or they might react weird, and therefore we kind of shut down our intuition. That's my experience. Michael Hingson ** 12:47 Well, tell me a little bit more about that. Why is it that we believe that, are we taught that Jon Zieve ** 12:53 it's a universal thing with kids? I've seen videos of kids and experiments with kids, and right around that age of four and five, they they're afraid, but to be honest, so they they lie. That's how they learn how to lie. And it's not really they're they're not lying to others. They're lying to themselves, and that's where the mistrust of our intuition comes from? Michael Hingson ** 13:24 Is it something that so it's something that's kind of, you think innate and ingrained in them. It's not that they're taught that by elders. Jon Zieve ** 13:34 Well, I'm sure they learn. I'm sure they learn from our environment. I think I read somewhere. I can't remember where. I think it might have been Edgar Casey, but the evolution of intuition, you know, 100 years ago or longer, intuition was more valued, especially in indigenous cultures. So I think when we started to, you know, take kids to public schooling, there was no focus on intuition. It was all, you know, the sciences and the and the the other learning, and it took the focus away from that. So I think that's really another big part of it. But I also think we just don't trust being honest about what we're feeling. Which intuition is a feeling, and that starts pretty young. Michael Hingson ** 14:29 Where does intuition come from? Jon Zieve ** 14:32 I don't think there's a right answer. I don't think we can really tell I think it's a spiritual thing. I think it's it's a communication from God. Michael Hingson ** 14:41 That would be my thought, but I thought it was a question that was worth asking, and we don't, but we don't really deal with that today, either, do we? Jon Zieve ** 14:53 Well, depends on the person, right? Michael Hingson ** 14:56 I was thinking, sort of collectively, we still mostly don't. Jon Zieve ** 15:00 Right? You don't that's, that's a big problem. Yeah, we, Michael Hingson ** 15:06 we still don't want to trust our inner feelings, our intuition, and if we can't see it right out in front of us, then it can't really be true. Jon Zieve ** 15:24 That is, I think the collective consciousness, right? How do we change that? Well, I believe it's it's one person at a time, and I think the most important work we can do is to work on our shadow, which is the what blocks us from our brilliance, or our connectivity, our intuition, it's it's the parts of us we don't like. Carl Jung talked a lot about the shadow. He he, he believed that it's the there's a quote here. He said, The best political, social and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our own shadow onto others, which is our which is what's happening in the world. You have people that disagree with each other and they blame the other for what's in their shadow. It's all projection. So how do we solve that? I believe we need to. We can't do this alone. We have to have others to support us, to help us with our shadows in a safe environment where it's, it's, it's safe to say, this is what I'm feeling without others taking offense at that, that they think that they cause them to feel that way, because that's never the truth, but working together in a community or a small group of maybe eight to help each other's find the hidden prejudices and biases that we have, and healing those one person in Time Michael Hingson ** 17:20 Tell me a little more about this whole concept of the shadow, if you would. Jon Zieve ** 17:25 Yeah, it's just the part of our ourself we don't like. So typically, as you grow up, we all love our parents, and typically, as a boy, there's something about our dads that we don't like. And if you're a girl, there's something about our moms we don't like, and that's what typically goes into shadow first. It's the aspect of our father. Like in my case, my dad, great man, but I didn't like the fact that he worked so much. He didn't, you know, I wanted more attention. I wanted to play baseball in the backyard with him, but he was always working, and so I didn't like the fact that he was a workaholic. So guess what? I put that in my shadow. And by that you mean, that means I, I, I I didn't want to be that way. So when I grew up and I looked to role models, I looked at my dad and I said I didn't want to be that, but I became him because I put this part in the I tried to hide it. I tried to deny that I was that. And when you do that, you're you're hiding from yourself. And so the the shadow work means that I face the truth that I was like my dad, I looked like him. I mean, I I was like my dad, and by resisting that part of him, I was resisting a part of me, and then if I had been more conscious of that, I would have made different choices and not become a workaholic like my dad. Michael Hingson ** 19:14 So the shadow really kind of hid your ability. Well, maybe not ability, but hid you really analyzing and thinking more about yourself in that regard. Jon Zieve ** 19:28 Yeah, I was in denial that I was a workaholic because I had sworn not to be. And I think a lot of people listening will agree that there is some aspect of their parents that they just swore they weren't going to do that, and then when they realize it, they are that, and that's the best definition of the shadow I can come up with, is we. We desperately don't want to be that so much we become a. Michael Hingson ** 19:58 Yeah, you know, I'm thinking of something sort of a little bit different, but I think it's, it's passing. I want to ask it anyway, a lot of people have alcoholic relatives or friends and they become alcoholics. Is that the same sort of concept is Jon Zieve ** 20:22 exactly the same. Yeah, exactly the same. So let me give you a couple examples. These are, these are easy examples. Projection is when our ego is trying to protect us from feeling a certain way, and we project what's in our unconscious onto others. So in school, everyone is used to the classroom bully, right? There's always a bully somewhere the bully teases other kids for like, being quick to cry, right? Yeah, but that's because he's quick to cry, so he's the one that doesn't like that about himself. That's why he's bullying others, because he's tried to hide that from himself, and he can't acknowledge that. He's quick to cry, so he blames others, and he he's critical of them. That's a great example of how the shadow in the ego, the ego, won't allow him to to know that that's the truth about him, because he's trying to to identify with something, an identity that is inconsistent with crime. Michael Hingson ** 21:50 Is there something in addition to the ego that becomes the contributor to the shadow? I would say, is there something else that's trying to say, know, what you're thinking isn't right, but we just ignore it. Jon Zieve ** 22:08 I'm not sure I understand the question, can you Michael Hingson ** 22:12 okay? So the ego for the bully won't let him acknowledge that it's really his problem that he doesn't want to cry, but he's a quick fire, right? And so he bullies. Is there something else that is trying to help him counteract that? Jon Zieve ** 22:31 Well, the ego is the problem. So whenever we try to protect ourselves, that's when we put stuff in shadow. The counter counteracted is to actually access the shadow, and that's where our power lies. So if, if the bully actually spent time feeling, if he said to his ego, okay, ego, I see you. I hear you. You want to protect me from feeling embarrassed or whatever. I'm not having it. I want you to sit down ego, and I'm going to feel whatever it is I'm really feeling, and I'm going to cry or whatever that embarrassment is, that that he's feeling. If he was to do that, that counteracts and now it doesn't get hidden in the shadow. So kind of the intuition is the antithesis of you will of the ego. Yes, okay, we can trust what we're feeling and not judge it. That's the that that helps fight the ego. Michael Hingson ** 23:38 Got it, and I appreciate it, and I understand it, and you know, we don't listen to ourselves nearly enough collectively. Anyway, I just finished and it will be published later this year, a book about learning to control fear, and it came out of surviving the World Trade Center and recognizing that I wasn't afraid. But it wasn't until 2020, I guess, when the pandemic hit and I started to really think about and talk about this, that I realized I had created a mindset that said, You know what to do if there's an emergency, because I spent the time preparing, not only to know what to do, but I think, also preparing to create a mindset and learning that I had control over how I dealt with things. I might not be able to control the specific thing that was happening, like the World Trade Center attack, but I could, I could control how I dealt with it, and least mentally, even if not totally physically, but I'll say physically too, but mentally, I had the choice of how I wanted to deal with it and my make. Up, and I think I learned it a lot from my parents, was to be more of a teacher and more of a person who had confidence in themselves, not in an egotistical or negative way, but in a self respecting way to say I know what to do, and that works. So we just finished the book, live like a guide dog, stories of a blind man and his dogs, about being brave, overcoming adversity and walking forward in faith, and it will be out later this year, and it's all about controlling fear and recognizing that there's a lot of value in introspection, and if you do that, and you ask yourself the hard questions and are willing to listen to yourself and the answers, you can move forward. Jon Zieve ** 25:51 I love that I'm curious about fear because I, I believe, I read this at a book, and I, I truly believe it's true, the definition of fear. What is your definition of fear? And I'll tell you what, what I know you go ahead. It's the absence of love. Michael Hingson ** 26:13 It could be, I think it's, I don't know that. I would say that fear is totally the absence of love. I think that fear is an emotion and a physical reaction, and I would not ever tell someone that they should be unafraid. You shouldn't have fear. That's not the issue. The issue is that fear can be a very powerful tool that you use to focus and to direct you. It becomes part of your intuition. It becomes part of you in your mind. But it's it's a reactionary thing, and I think for most of us, we don't learn to talk to that reactionary thing and control it. I know Mark Twain and others have have made comments about we're afraid of so many things every single day, and most of them will never come true because we haven't learned to step back or step in, perhaps to our minds and say, Wait a minute, let's really talk about this. And the more of that that we do, the more that we really lean into addressing our mind and talking about this fear that something in us thinks that we have, that may or may not truly be realistic. The more we talk about it, the better our muscle that will help us control it can take effect. But I will never say, Don't be afraid. I'm I will say, you can control fear. Jon Zieve ** 27:56 I like it. Does Michael Hingson ** 27:57 that make sense? Jon Zieve ** 27:57 Yeah, now I agree with what you're saying. I think fear is, is a is a message to us that it's something if we're really afraid of it, there's something there for us. If we can lean into that fear and and feel it fully and let it guide us in a way, it can be a power, as you said, a very powerful tool for us, yeah, Michael Hingson ** 28:21 and we have to take control of it and tell it to guide us, not overwhelm us, or, as I put it, blind us, because that's what usually happens. Because we haven't learned to take any control of fear, but when we do, it helps us be much more powerful within ourselves and probably to others. I keep thinking of things like military SEAL teams, rangers and so on. I think that they, if they were honest, would not say to you, they're not afraid of going into situations, but they've learned to control that fear and harness it and use it in a positive and wise way. Jon Zieve ** 29:07 Completely agree, yep, and Michael Hingson ** 29:11 I think that's what we really need to deal with. Michael Hingson ** 29:14 So I've sounds like a great book. Well, I'm Michael Hingson ** 29:17 looking forward to it coming out, and I'm looking forward to it. It is actually available for pre order, and I think it will be a lot of fun for people to read, you know, and it's going to come out before our political election. And I'm glad about that, because I hope people will read it and maybe start to take to heart that we have to really step back and not just let the fear that a lot of politicians try to promote overwhelm us, that we really need to step back and look at what's real and what's not real. Love it. We'll see. So what made you finally step away from a success? Whole 34 year business career. I mean, clearly you wanted to go on, but you know what? What was the thing that finally made you step away because you've been doing it a long time? Yeah? Jon Zieve ** 30:10 Well, it actually, I couldn't do it anymore, like I, I, I told several people, I just can't like my my whole body was resisting the thought of continuing to do what I knew in my heart wasn't my purpose, and it showed up in terms of my energy level, my stress level. So I just said, I have to follow my my body here, and I need to change course. And I, I knew I would be a good coach, so I became certified, and I opened up a business. Michael Hingson ** 30:56 Tell me about becoming certified, what was involved in that when you and how did all that work for you? Jon Zieve ** 31:03 Well, there was a lot of different certifications I received. I started out with a life coach certification. Then I went to an organization in Northern California called the heart Matt HeartMath Institute, which has been studying the heart for 30 plus years, and then I went through their graduate program, and then I did other certifications In energy work, shamanism. And then eventually I became certified in in what's called the Hartman value profile, which is the assessment I use today as a coach, which I think is fascinating, and it actually leads into your question about, you know, what do we do about this collective consciousness, which is not tuned into our intuition. Well, this assessment was created for that purpose. Can I share that a little story about the guy that created it? Would that be okay? Uh huh. So his name was, was Robert Hartman. Actually, that's not his real name. He, he lived in Nazi Germany, and in the early 30s he he was a judge, actually, and he was trying Nazis before the war, but he became outspoken, and he needed to leave, otherwise he would have been killed. So he left. He escaped, and he he had this, this question, because of his experience there. If evil can organize the way it did in Nazi Germany, how do we organize good? So he created this assessment, and he became a philosophy professor, and he created the science of morality. And he thought, this is the way, this is what the world needs is to have a science of morality to know what's right and wrong and how to make judgments, how to value, what to value, and how to make the right judgments or choices. So that's what that's the assessment we use. And it's fascinating to me. Everybody that takes it, it only takes about 15 to 20 minutes to take, but they get back a very unique assessment that tells you, if you it doesn't compare you to anyone else, which most assessments do. It's not a personality assessment, but what it does is it It compares you to how mathematically, if you were to think about values perfectly, to make the perfect decision, how do you compare to that? And then it shows where you have the opportunity for more awareness. And typically, that lack of awareness is where the shadows reside. So that's what I use, and it's a great way to introduce the need to do shadow work with clients that are interested in that. And I coach business people. I'm not just doing this for anyone. I'm helping business people to get better at whatever it is they're trying to do by being more moral and making better value judgments. Now, Michael Hingson ** 34:49 if I recall one of the things that you provided was a link to the Jon Zieve ** 34:54 to the test. Yeah, I think I did provide that with you. Yes, Michael Hingson ** 34:59 I. Yep, so it's unique because you're not comparing to other people. What makes it unique? Jon Zieve ** 35:05 That's it. It's, it's most assessments are comparing you to others, and they create, you know, like a norm, and they compare you to the norm. This is, this is not that. It's just, it's based on math. This guy was a mathematician, and he studied, he actually created the science of formal axiology. It's called, which is the study of values. And so with that 15 to 20 minutes, you get this 20 page and 18 to 20 page report, and it's got a graph and and I review that with people, it usually takes about 25 to 30 minutes to review it. And then if they're curious about how to optimize their strengths, then you know, they can, we can talk about what coaching would would look like, and then they can try coaching. Michael Hingson ** 36:05 So what do your clients say to you, and what do they think about the whole idea of coaching? Jon Zieve ** 36:13 Yeah, it's a good question. So most of my clients say that what coaching does for them is it they're they don't know what to do about something about their business, and they want, essentially, they want clarity. Because once you get the clarity, then you kind of know what to do. It's easy to take action. So most of my clients, they use it to help them get clarity and and then it's just like it's clockwork. Once they get the clarity, it's really easy, but if not, they're stuck. And then I teach them some tools that they can use to help them with their energy and to communicate better, to first themselves by listening to their inner voice and then with others. Michael Hingson ** 37:06 You know, coaching is something that someone undertakes because they believe that there is something that they need to learn or whatever. But do you think that most people just are still uncomfortable with the idea of going off and seeking coaching because of, again, partly the whole issue of honesty. They don't want to be honest with themselves, but also the whole issue of, I grew up, I know me. I don't need someone else to tell me, Jon Zieve ** 37:38 yeah, there's definitely, there's fear involved, right? That's probably a better way to put it. Yeah, there's fear about, you know, not knowing what the process are they up for? Do they have the time for? There's a bunch of fears, you know, if I pay the money, am I going to get the value out of it? But essentially, if they, if they can be like you said, if they can be honest, and a lot of people don't like to ask for help, yeah, they feel that that's a big, you know, flaw, that's a weakness. It's a weakness. But the truth is, we can't, we can't really fulfill our potential alone. We need people to help us look at, look at any sports team you know, the if you, if you listen to them, the athletes talk about their success, they will inevitably talk about a coach who was honest with them and challenge them to address something that was preventing them from being great. And they all tell the same story. They needed someone that really believed in them, even more so than they believed in them. And with that belief, eventually they can create their own belief in themselves. And then, of course, work on what they need to work on. And that's what a coach does. So who wouldn't want to coach? Michael Hingson ** 39:09 Yeah, and it is, it is something that makes perfect sense, because the whole idea, it seems to me, of a coach is you're seeking, if you're looking at coaches or even talking about it, you're seeking knowledge that you don't think that you possess and and probably, if you could look deep enough, you already do possess it. But if a coach can help bring that out, because they have different ways of doing it. That makes perfect sense too, Jon Zieve ** 39:43 right? You're right about that. They do have, typically, they have all the answers, but in a lot of cases, they don't trust the answers. It goes back to your Trivial Pursuit analogy. I just didn't trust it. So how can we help people? We can help them. Trust these intuitive hits and start to act on it, and then once, it's like me selling, once i i actually committed to, okay, I'm going to prove I can do this. Once I made that change from, I'm not sure, to uncommitted, that's what happens with coaching, because you got to commit money, and that act of commitment makes a huge difference in your results. Michael Hingson ** 40:30 But even more than committing money, although that's a big part of it, because we value money, and we know that if we're committing it, then we need to do something to justify it. But even more than committing money is committing the mindset to seeking it Jon Zieve ** 40:47 right? It's committing to whatever that that goal is, that we're committing to, yeah, if we don't have that commitment, people can tell like you said about me prior to me making that commitment in my sales career, people can feel your energy. They can tell if you're confident. They can tell if you're in this for the long haul, Michael Hingson ** 41:11 right? Yeah, Jon Zieve ** 41:15 yeah. So the same with coaching, once you go from lack of clarity in not fully committed to committed and you know what you're committed to, things get a much easier. Yeah, Michael Hingson ** 41:30 once you make the commitment and you really allow yourself to open up and tell that ego to relax, then you're able to really start to move forward, right? So what exactly is a spiritual business coach? I mean, there are a lot of different kinds of coaches. You talked about different certifications, you had a life coach and other kinds of coaches. And so what? What is a spiritual business coach? Jon Zieve ** 41:59 Yeah, so for me, spiritual coach is someone who guides us to uncover the parts of ourselves that prevent us from realizing our full potential and how we want others to treat us. So I'll give you a couple examples. If we're honest and we ask ourselves, do our loved ones, do they pay as much attention to our feelings, or do they engage with us the way we want them to engage us, with us? And some people would answer yes, some people would answer no, and the people that answer, no, a spiritual coach can help them realize how we are actually contributing to that challenge, how we're training people to not pay attention to us. Why? Because here's an example. If I was to ask you, Michael, how do you feel? And you said, Fine, and I knew, because I'm intuitive, I knew you weren't fine, then you're kind of training me to not ask you again, right? So that's what we do when we're not aware of some of these shadows that we have of not being honest with ourselves and others. So a spiritual coach helps you get to the root of that and to work with your shadow, shine light on them, and then integrate them so that you're when the next time somebody asks you how you feel, you say, Well, you know what? I'm feeling, sad or whatever. Yeah. And then guess what? They start asking you more and more, how do you feel? And and you go deeper and deeper. And that's, I think, what everybody wants is they want to have more intimacy in terms of connection with others. But Michael Hingson ** 43:54 it might very well be that somebody really does feel fine too. Jon Zieve ** 43:59 That could be that could very well be, yes, Michael Hingson ** 44:04 yeah, but it's a matter of really knowing how to interpret and understand whether that's really true or not, right? Jon Zieve ** 44:13 Well, we know those of us that are intuitive, we know if people were telling them the truth, right? We can tell just by their body language, by the tone, we can tell, Michael Hingson ** 44:26 yeah. I mean, I can sit here and say, I feel fine, and I do, but I also know that there are a lot of uncertainties in life, and there are challenges and I need to to work on now that my wife has passed, it's just me. So I can feel lonesome and and I will admit that it doesn't stop me from feeling fine about me, but I can feel lonesome and I can feel like it'd be more fun to have other time with people. But I think for me personally, I. I'm pretty good about being honest concerning all of that, and I think that it is kind of what you're saying. Jon Zieve ** 45:08 Yeah, so you know my role is to help people that they scratch their head wondering, why do people react a certain way around me or towards me? Yeah, do some people not talk to you and they don't tell you why? Or do you want to change something in your life, but you have no idea how. That's where a spiritual coach can help. Yeah, Michael Hingson ** 45:33 okay, that makes sense. You know, for me, and I think other people who are blind, of course, there's an inherent fear that we've been taught about dealing with someone who has a disability, and we, and we collectively as a society, don't include them a lot of times in the conversation. But I think it's important for us who happen to be blind or who happen to have other typical disabilities, and I'll explain that in a second, but to recognize that we're different, we're okay, but we need to be part of the solution of getting people to understand and learn that we're not any worse or any less than they are. Jon Zieve ** 46:18 Right? I totally agree. We're all equal. Everyone is equal. That's the goal. Well, Michael Hingson ** 46:25 and I said typical disability because, and I've said it here before, I am of the opinion that everyone on this planet has a disability. For most of you, it's light dependence. You don't do well without light Exactly. We've covered up your disability because we've provided so many different ways to have light on demand, it doesn't change the fact that the disability is there. So I've kind of started to work to get people to understand that disability is a characteristic that we all have, and it manifests itself in different ways, and that we shouldn't think less of someone whose way of disability manifests differently than theirs, to think that that person is less than they are Jon Zieve ** 47:09 a great, great way to think about about life and people. Michael Hingson ** 47:14 It is a challenge, however. So you know, we, we, we do have to, you know, to deal with it. How does someone know they need to have a spiritual coach or a spiritual business coach? Jon Zieve ** 47:31 Well, like I was just saying, you know, if you're scratching your head wondering, why, why are people reacting to me the way they are? Why do I get triggered? Another one is, I don't want to just exist. I want to really live fully, and I feel like I'm just existing. Those are, those are good signs of how a spiritual coach can help. They want to change something, but they just don't know how how to get started. Maybe they don't they're not clear on their vision or their purpose. That's how you know. Michael Hingson ** 48:18 Do you make God a part of the spiritual coach journey that people take. Yes, and I ask that because, you know, there, there are a lot of people who talk about God and spiritualness, and they talk about it, but deep down, they don't necessarily really believe it. I went to a church for a number of years with my wife and I and the pastor had a very interesting observation. He said that people in the church would read about spirituality and God and so on, but when it truly intellectually came time to accept it, they just weren't there. And, you know? So I'm wondering how many people knock the idea of it being a spiritual coach. Jon Zieve ** 49:10 Well, it just so happens that the people that I work with are open for that. Ah, you know, I don't, I think that's the way the universe works. I don't feel like I'm in control of who I coach. I feel like there's, there's other divine guidance or intelligence that's orchestrating things. And so I if somebody's not open to that, it's not a good match. Yeah, there, you know, I'm not going to be as valuable to someone if they're not open to, you know how to how they can pray for answers. Or it's not about religion, Yes, correct. It's not, not at all. It's more about a personal relationship with a higher power. And Michael Hingson ** 50:05 I think you said something very interesting. I absolutely agree you should not. You shouldn't be in control of the people you coach. That's a whole different story, but you shouldn't be you. You're a guide, you're a counselor, you're a person to help them, but ultimately they're the ones that have to learn to really, really take control, correct. So when you're when you're dealing with people in business, how does a spiritual coach help and how is what they do? Maybe different than other kinds of coaches. Jon Zieve ** 50:43 Yeah. Well, you can't really separate the individual from the business. So what I find is, when it comes down to, what is your vision for the business, what is your mission, what are your values, that's that's what makes a good business really create the culture that is going to create the success in terms of client satisfaction, in terms of employee satisfaction, retention, it's all about the culture. So it's all about their vision and mission, and that comes from asking for help to receive these messages, what is my vision, what is my mission? And if somebody truly wants that help, they will get it, and then they have to trust it. That's the difficult part of people. Listen and hear it, but they don't Okay. I can't possibly put that in action. How do I do that? That's where I can help them, because I've got several clients that have executed this, that have taken they've proven it works, and they just need that encouragement in even talking to some of my clients about it, the more you trust just being yourself and not trying to be anything but that, and trust your intuition and trust your feelings and your heart that's that's being spiritual, Michael Hingson ** 52:23 yeah, and it's something that we just don't get taught nearly enough, or are often enough to listen. I used to say, Well, I always record my speeches when I travel and speak. And I used to say, I do that because I'm my own worst critic, and I want to listen to them, and if, if, if anybody can find the problems that need to be dealt with. I I am, but I've realized in the last, actually year, year and a half, and just thinking about it, I've been approaching it wrong and saying it wrong. I'm not my own worst critic. I'm my own best teacher, and it's a much more positive and relevant way to look at things, because, in reality, I am my own best teacher. You can't teach me anything in the world. You can offer me information, but I really have to teach myself, and I have to intellectually learn it and accept what you have to say. Jon Zieve ** 53:16 Yep, I agree. So you know, a lot of businesses will will say that their employees are not fully engaged or they're in it for themselves, and I experienced that in my my corporate career. A spiritual coach can help the leader to really get clear with the help of their leadership team of what that vision and mission and purpose is, and then it's up to the employees to decide, are you committed to this? If you're not, then you're probably not the right person for the job. But once they commit, then they're not out for themselves anymore. They're part of this solution, and that's how spiritual coaching can help Michael Hingson ** 54:07 a team, and that's exactly what it is. It's all about the team, and so often we just don't recognize that at all. But we are really all part of a team, and we need to really deal with that and recognize it. I love team building and teamwork. I think that it's the one of the most important things that we all can learn. I when I've written now, this will be my third book. I love to collaborate. I've worked with a second person on every one of the books, and I think it's enhanced it because what I discover is what their strengths are and what my strengths are, and if the two of us need a strength from somewhere else, we'll go find it. But mostly it is that between us, we have to learn how to use our individual strengths to make the team work. Work better. Agree 100% and we can do that. Jon Zieve ** 55:06 Yeah, absolutely the sum is greater than the individual parts. Yeah, Michael Hingson ** 55:12 it is. It is absolutely true. And there's no reason that we can't learn to be better people on a team. It is, it is a challenge sometimes and again, it gets back to, are we really willing to look at what the team can offer, or are we going to get back into an ego issue again? Jon Zieve ** 55:35 Right, right. Michael Hingson ** 55:38 And I, for one, just would rather stay away from the egos. Well. So what would you if you had some final things that you'd like to impart to people about all of this and so on? What would you like people to take away today? Jon Zieve ** 55:59 I guess what I'd like people to take away is, if they're curious about how to live life more fully, have more meaning, deeper connections, then encourage your listeners to take the assessment, and invest the 15 to 20 minutes and taking it, and then invest 30 minutes and getting it reviewed, and I'm going to offer that for free. And then just be curious about how they can with a magic wand. What would they do that they don't, they're not doing and see if coaching is for them. Explore it Michael Hingson ** 56:46 Well, I hope people will take advantage of it. I mean, even if you end up being fine, it's still worth exploring and and I personally am of the belief that no matter what we do, we're always learning, and we'll learn something from everything that goes on around us, I agree, so I hope people will take advantage of it. I want to thank you for being here. What is the name of your business? Jon Zieve ** 57:11 The name of I work with pro advisor, coach, and my personal LLC is called John Z coaching. J, O, N, Z, Michael Hingson ** 57:23 i e, v e, Z, i e, v e, coaching com, right? So if people want to reach out to you, best to go to the website. Or how can they do that? Jon Zieve ** 57:33 Yeah, they can. They can go to my website. It has my contact information on there. They can. They can. I have, like a thing where they can text me that they want to take the assessment, and then I'll I'll respond saying, Send me your email, and I'll send you the link to take it Michael Hingson ** 57:52 okay. Now you also, I think, did provide the link so they can go to click on the link as well, click Jon Zieve ** 57:56 right on the link, and then get the assessment. And then I believe I have my calendar link on there to schedule time to review it cool? Michael Hingson ** 58:04 Yeah. Well, great. I hope people will reach out. I think it's absolutely was worth it and is worth it, and I value a lot of the insights that you've given us, and I hope people will will likewise appreciate this and maybe use it as a way to step forward. You offer a lot of great advice and and great knowledge that will help us all. So thank you very much for being here to do that. Jon Zieve ** 58:30 Thanks Michael for having me on and I appreciate what you're doing with your your podcast and the books you're writing and just your story. You're a very inspiring guy. Michael Hingson ** 58:41 Well, thank you. Well, I appreciate all of you listening wherever you are. Would love it if you'd give us a five star rating wherever you're listening or watching us today and YouTube, please give us five star rating. We value that, and we value your input, so please feel free to review us. We would love it. And if you'd like to reach out to me, and I hope you will, I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to do so by email. Michael h i@accessibe.com that's M, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, I, B, E.com, or go to our podcast page, www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast, and Michael hingson is M, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, S so love to hear from you, though, want your your thoughts, love your reviews, and would really appreciate those five star ratings. By the way, I've mentioned it before. As a speaker, I am always willing to talk with anyone who might want to hire a speaker to come and talk about, in my case, my experiences at the World Trade Center or inclusion and diversity. Talk about leadership, the fact that I've had a multi decade career in sales and have a lot of insights to share. Would love to do that, and always looking for speaking. Opportunities, and we're also looking for podcast guests. So Jon, for you and all of you listening, if you know someone who you think would be a good guest for us, love to hear from you or love to hear from them. So please feel free to refer anyone or introduce us to anyone who might be a good guest. And again, one last time, John, I want to thank you for being here with us and for making this a very enjoyable and I think, very fruitful episode of unstoppable mindset. Jon Zieve ** 1:00:27 Thanks, Michael. Michael Hingson ** 1:00:33 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. 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“Some of my worst mental health moments probably were things that taught me so much about myself and about the world and about my role in it." — Jenni Crumpton Ross Welcome to the Turmeric & Tequila Podcast! In this special episode on Mental Health Awareness, we are joined by Jenni Crumpton Ross, the CEO and founder of Kula for Karma. Jenni shares her transformative journey from a Southern Baptist upbringing to becoming an advocate for major movements like MeToo and racial justice. We explore her mental health struggles, the formation of supportive communities in NYC, and how Kula for Karma provides mindfulness-based care to address trauma and social injustice in marginalized groups. Host Kristen Olson and Jenni also discuss the impact of social media, the importance of nature, and the need for holistic, accessible mental health support. Tune in for an enlightening conversation on personal evolution, resilience, and proactive mental health advocacy. Time Stamps: 00:00 Raised in religious household, explored gender expectations. 06:51 Felt depth of experience, struggled with conformity. 09:23 Interested in religion but not traditional avenues. 12:15 Discovering purpose in seminary after corporate disillusionment. 17:05 Regret leaving corporate world before 2008 crisis. 20:04 Transformative experience led to social justice work. 24:51 Strength, learning, community, evolution, challenges, self-discovery. 27:57 Embracing solitude and finding inner strength. 32:50 Media's focus on soundbites leads to divisiveness. 34:27 Media distorts truth, divides people, hinders learning. 40:23 Surviving youth to leading Kula for karma. 41:58 Nonprofit advocates for proactive mental health approach. 47:04 Expanding mindfulness based mental health care programs. 51:12 Exercise and athleticism stem from fight or flight. 54:17 Promote mental health as a human right. 56:08 Team effort and support are essential always. Jenni Crumpton Ross Jenni Crumpton Ross is the President + CEO of Kula for Karma, a national nonprofit with a mission to make mental health a human right. Kula provides an accessible, equitable, affordable, and scalable solution to our nation's mental health crisis with scientifically proven programs teaching mindfulness, yoga, meditation, breathing techniques and other trauma-informed practices and education to underserved and marginalized communities in crisis. Jenni is a former Fortune 500 advertising executive who had a heart for people over profits. She left the corporate world to earn a Master of Divinity with study focused on interfaith social justice, feminist theology, human rights, and political science at Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University. Ordained as a Reverend at Park Avenue Christian Church in Manhattan, Jenni led inter-religious, intercultural movements for equality and peace, and held executive strategy positions at international nonprofits focused on issues ranging from gender equality and racial equity to economic justice and counterterrorism through inter-religious peacemaking. Diagnosed with Complex PTSD in 2015, Jennistarted studying methods for healing trauma and its effects on both physical and mental health. Jenni is an E-RYT 500 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) and Reiki Master trained in mindfulness for trauma, addiction and mental health and certified in Heart Math Institute's Resilient Heart™ Trauma-Sensitive breathing techniques. During the pandemic she founded a wholistic healing practice called Osha Ruah (Shining Spirit), helping clients release trauma from their bodies by combining movement and breath with awareness and energy healing. An author and public speaker, Jenni has written for publications like TIME, Variety, Huffington Post and The Hill. @kula4karma Jenni Crumpton Headline / Jenni-Crumpton-Culture- https://www.kulaforkarma.org Connect with T&T: IG: @TurmericTequila Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com Host: Kristen Olson IG: @Madonnashero Tik Tok: @Madonnashero Website: www.KOAlliance.com WATCH HERE MORE LIKE THIS: https://youtu.be/ZCFQSpFoAgI?si=Erg8_2eH8uyEgYZF https://youtu.be/piCU9JboWuY?si=qLdhFKCGdBzuAeuI https://youtu.be/9Vs2JDzJJXk?si=dpjV31GDqTroUKWH
Radiance of the Heart with Rollin McCraty Rollin McCraty, PhD, is Director of Research of the HeartMath Research Center at the HeartMath Institute. As a psycho-physiologist, Dr. McCraty's research interests include the physiology of emotion, heart-brain communication and the global interconnectivity between people and the earth's energetic systems. Findings from this research have been applied … Continue reading "Radiance of the Heart with Rollin McCraty"
I am so excited to have my very special guest, Dr. Rollin McCraty, who is director of research for the HeartMath Institute, and a co-author of the book, Heart Intelligence; Connecting with the Heart's Intuitive Guidance for Effective Choices and Solutions. Rollin shares what heart coherence is and why it's so important, how incoherence disrupts sleep, the benefits of coherence, and so much more. Listen in as we cover the topics of what heart coherence is and why it's so important; Incoherence that can disrupt sleep; Benefits of coherence; Emotional regulation and its relation to coherence; Coherent and not peaceful versus being peaceful and coherent and How to be more productive without the rushed energy.