Laughing Through the Dark: Second Chance Comedy, Addiction Recovery & Dismantling Stigma One Show at a Time | Joe Huisman

Worthy Because You Are: Burnout, Chronic Illness & the SIMPLE System for Thriving | Diane Hallman

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2555165/fan_mail/new] What does it cost to perform your way through life — to build a resume that looks impressive while your body and spirit quietly collapse under the weight of it? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Diane Hallman — founder of Simple Systems for Thriving, author of Nurturing Wisdom, and former CFO turned positive psychology practitioner — for a grounded, honest conversation about burnout, chronic illness, the divine feminine, and what happens when you finally stop studying healing and start living it. Diane shares: * Her own story: Crohn's disease at 14, bowel surgery in 2019, years of severe complications — and how implementing the SIMPLE system led to a clean bill of health within six months, with zero signs of inflammation * The SIMPLE framework broken down: Self-discovery, Identity, Mindset, Potential, Liveliness, and Engage — and how it helps women understand where they are and map a path to where they want to go * The Abundance Capacity Reset — what it is, why receiving is harder than giving for most women, and how to start changing that * Thirty years of studying this material before truly living it — and what finally made the difference * Why chronic illness often lives in the emotional body first — and what it looks like to actually release it rather than manage it * The distinction between knowing and embodying — you can read the recipe, but you still have to make the cookies * The divine feminine rising: from human doing to human being, from performing to receiving, from proving worth to inhabiting it * Why discernment — learning to say no to what doesn't fit your five core goals — is an act of healing, not just productivity * Her book Nurturing Wisdom (101 pages, narrative + journal prompts + practices) and how it walks readers through the full SIMPLE system Diane Lauer Hallman's primary area of expertise or focus is helping growth-minded women and organizations simplify complexity through the S.I.M.P.L.E. Systems for Thriving framework. She blends positive psychology, metaphysics, and practical strategies to guide personal and professional transformation, emphasizing emotional healing, integrity, and sustainable growth. Diane specializes in creating accessible systems that foster clarity, calm, and authentic abundance, allowing women, businesses, and communities to thrive with integrity and joy. Through her work, she focuses on unleashing full potential, nurturing emotional intelligence, and fostering meaningful relationships while ensuring that change is sustainable, soulful, and anchored in truth.  Find Diane Hallman: * Website: simplesystemsforthriving.com * Book — Nurturing Wisdom: available on Amazon and at simplesystemsforthriving.com 💛 Support the Show [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MR9VWZ2XZJMAU] If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book [https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Divine-Awakening-Prepared-Method-ebook/dp/B0GX3RRT6N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VTGDH16MUYHO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dBJjKBMqiSOpyzTwqxTVgg.V3AkAdyoPzBHp97uH_FB41j4moRnHbdcrRy4-ef5lK4&dib_tag=se&keywords=becoming+divine+heather+zimmerman&qid=1778545037&sprefix=%2Caps%2C375&sr=8-1] BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me [https://www.divineascensionco.com/sessions] 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ [https://www.divineascensionco.com/the-self-spirit-method] My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links [https://linktr.ee/divineascensionco] 💙 Join the Free Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualawakeningctdc] Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

You Are Your Own Internal Pharmacy: Breathwork, Yoga & Nervous System Healing | Wendy Fisher

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2555165/fan_mail/new] What if the most powerful healing tools you have aren't in a pill bottle — they're already in your body? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Wendy Fisher — yoga teacher of 25 years, licensed massage therapist, certified Soma breath facilitator, Qigong teacher, and Reiki practitioner — for a grounded, science-backed conversation about what it actually means to regulate your nervous system and raise your frequency from the inside out. Wendy shares: * How she came to all of this through her own body — a severe scoliosis diagnosis in 2019 that left her barely able to stand, and her search for a holistic path through the pain * What Soma breath actually is, how it works, and why Cambridge University has endorsed it as a treatment for resistant depression and anxiety * Intermittent hypoxic training (kumbhaka in yogic tradition) — what happens in the body when you hold your breath, and why carbon dioxide tolerance is the key most people don't know about * The DOSE framework: dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins — and how conscious breath activates all of it * Why we are our own internal pharmacy, and what it means to stop outsourcing healing to a pill * Kripalu yoga as meditation in motion — the BRFWA method (breathe, relax, feel, watch, allow) and why it works for people who think they can't meditate * The chakra-endocrine system correlation: how the ancients mapped the body's chemistry long before Western science named it * Qigong as energy circulation — what stagnant energy actually is, and how movement releases it * The human antenna concept — alignment, static, and what it looks like when you finally get a clear signal Wendy Fisher has been a yoga teacher for 25 years and has taught thousands of classes. She has been teaching Soma breathwork for 3 years. She considers herself a facilitator of the healing response inherent in all humans. She teaches how to raise the frequency of the energy body through breath, movement NSP and NLP. She is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher, an internationally recognized school of yoga, a certified Soma breath facilitator, endorsed by Cambridge University , and she teaches Medical Qi Gong. Find Wendy Fisher: * Website: wendyjfisher.com 💛 Support the Show [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MR9VWZ2XZJMAU] If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book [https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Divine-Awakening-Prepared-Method-ebook/dp/B0GX3RRT6N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VTGDH16MUYHO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dBJjKBMqiSOpyzTwqxTVgg.V3AkAdyoPzBHp97uH_FB41j4moRnHbdcrRy4-ef5lK4&dib_tag=se&keywords=becoming+divine+heather+zimmerman&qid=1778545037&sprefix=%2Caps%2C375&sr=8-1] BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me [https://www.divineascensionco.com/sessions] 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ [https://www.divineascensionco.com/the-self-spirit-method] My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links [https://linktr.ee/divineascensionco] 💙 Join the Free Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualawakeningctdc] Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

Manifesting by the Moon: Lunar Magic, Tarot & Why the Work Matters More Than the Wish | Jen Sankey

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2555165/fan_mail/new] What does it look like to grow up with gifts no one around you could see — and to spend decades not losing them, but quietly deepening them? And what does intentional manifesting actually look like when you strip away the hype and get back to the moon? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Jen Sankey — professional witch, tarot reader, Reiki master, crystal and angel healer, lunar witch, and author of Manifesting by the Moon — for a grounded, practical, and genuinely fun conversation about lunar magic, psychic gifts, and what it actually takes to manifest the life you want. Jen shares: •       Growing up alone, outside, making potions — and with a spirit companion she called the White Lady who kept her company before she had language for any of it •       Getting her first tarot deck at twelve from the local Spencer’s with babysitting money — and what that unlocked •       Being on her own at fourteen and how magic became the one thing she could control when everything else felt chaotic •       Why children’s gifts are conditioned out of them — and why that’s worth grieving •       Her book Manifesting by the Moon (Llewellyn) — 120+ exercises, spells, meditations, and activities organized by moon phase •       The new moon vs. the full moon — intention setting vs. balance and release, and what each phase actually calls for •       How to make moon water, when to make it, whether the moonlight needs to touch it, and how to use it •       The three-day window around major moon phases — you didn’t miss it •       Eclipse energy demystified — it’s an amplifier, not a disaster, and the fear-spreading needs to stop •       Why manifesting without action is just making a wish — and the shadow aspect of paying someone else to do your inner work •       Discernment, skepticism, and why seven pages of citations in the back of a book actually matter Jen Sankey, an author, professional witch, and tarot reader, is dedicated to teaching the mystical arts.She also won for the self-publication of her three-time award-winning tarot deck, Stardust Wanderer Tarot. As the director of the World Spiritual Association on social media, she plays a pivotal role in connecting spiritual practitioners worldwide. Among her other notable works is the Enchanted Forest Felines Tarot, a collaboration with Llewellyn Worldwide. Find Jen Sankey: •       Website: stardustwanderertarot.com •       Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/stardustwanderertarot [http://www.instagram.com/stardustwanderertarot] •       Book — Manifesting by the Moon: available wherever books are sold 💛 Support the Show [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MR9VWZ2XZJMAU] If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book [https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Divine-Awakening-Prepared-Method-ebook/dp/B0GX3RRT6N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VTGDH16MUYHO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dBJjKBMqiSOpyzTwqxTVgg.V3AkAdyoPzBHp97uH_FB41j4moRnHbdcrRy4-ef5lK4&dib_tag=se&keywords=becoming+divine+heather+zimmerman&qid=1778545037&sprefix=%2Caps%2C375&sr=8-1] BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me [https://www.divineascensionco.com/sessions] 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ [https://www.divineascensionco.com/the-self-spirit-method] My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links [https://linktr.ee/divineascensionco] 💙 Join the Free Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualawakeningctdc] Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

Rose Oil at 300 MHz, Reflexology & the Ancestral Healing Path You Didn’t Know You Were On | Kate Graham

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2555165/fan_mail/new] What if the scent that stops you in your tracks outside a flower shop is actually your heart healing? And what if the feet hold the map to every organ in your body — and a skilled reflexologist can support your gut without ever touching it? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Kate Graham — ancestral healing artist, oracle, certified aromatherapist, reflexologist, Thai yoga massage therapist, yin yoga guide, hypnotherapist, and creator of Oracle Fest — for a rich, grounded, and genuinely funny conversation about bodywork, plant medicine, scent and memory, the oracle path, and what it means to build something from a vision. Kate shares: •       How her aromatherapy journey began with the discovery that essential oils affect people energetically even before they’re applied or diffused — or even smelled •       Why rose essential oil tests at over 300 megahertz — compared to the human body’s 70–95 — and what that frequency lift actually does •       Her own healing with rose oil after a heartbreak, and why she now uses rose and blue lotus together for oracle work and heart and third eye opening •       Why less is more with essential oils — and how the MLM essential oil craze spread a lot of misinformation about dilution and dosage •       The neuroscience of scent: why the olfactory system is directly wired to the memory center, and how this creates a fast track for mindset work, healing — and mediumship •       The moment her grandfather made contact through the smell of cigarette smoke in a closed house — and what confirmed it •       Reflexology as an indirect way to support organs under stress — including a breakthrough with a client with Crohn’s disease who couldn’t tolerate direct abdominal work •       The IUD story that made Kate a full believer in reflexology accuracy •       Why she starts sessions with head and neck work and ends with feet — and the whole-body balancing effect that creates •       The Scottish golfer who didn’t want “all that stuff,” asked for a taxi 20 minutes in, and then said “let’s do the whole hour” — and came back the next day after the best golf game of his life •       Oracle Fest — born from a shamanic journey to Oracle Mountain, now a year-round online spiritual event series with 44 speakers, panel discussions, sound healing, movement, and breathwork; described as a festival, not a summit •       The first Oracle Fest in-person retreat in Mount Shasta, August 23–29 •       Why she believes skeptics are often the easiest to turn into the deepest believers Kate Graham is an ancestral healing artist and oracle who works with visionary leaders navigating burnout, transition, and suppressed callings. Her work centers on remembering, helping founders and creatives reconnect to lineage, intuition, and the deeper visions behind the life they are creating. She is the founder of OracleFest, a series of global gatherings exploring symbolic intelligence, spiritual sovereignty, and collective transformation. Connect with Kate Graham: •       Website: heartsfrontier.com •       Email: kate@heartsfrontier.com •       Oracle Fest: oraclefest.com •       YouTube: Hearts Frontier 💛 Support the Show [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MR9VWZ2XZJMAU] If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book [https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Divine-Awakening-Prepared-Method-ebook/dp/B0GX3RRT6N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VTGDH16MUYHO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dBJjKBMqiSOpyzTwqxTVgg.V3AkAdyoPzBHp97uH_FB41j4moRnHbdcrRy4-ef5lK4&dib_tag=se&keywords=becoming+divine+heather+zimmerman&qid=1778545037&sprefix=%2Caps%2C375&sr=8-1] BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me [https://www.divineascensionco.com/sessions] 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ [https://www.divineascensionco.com/the-self-spirit-method] My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links [https://linktr.ee/divineascensionco] 💙 Join the Free Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualawakeningctdc] Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

Tarot as a Mirror: Shadow Work, Past Lives & the Neuroscience of Finding Yourself | Adrienne Amari

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2555165/fan_mail/new] What if tarot wasn’t really about predicting the future — but about finally seeing yourself clearly? And what does neuroscience actually have to say about why gratitude, mindfulness, and shadow work change your brain? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Adrienne — tarot reader, past life regression practitioner, and mindfulness and meditation coach — for a wide-ranging, grounded, and genuinely fun conversation about the tools that help people stop running from themselves and start coming home. Adrienne shares: •       Being adopted and growing up with a question mark around identity — and how past life regression became a way to explore who she was at her core •       The sixth-grade classroom business that introduced her to tarot (thanks, Dad) — and the Devil card that sent her running for years •       Coming home from Japan feeling completely lost and how tarot helped her confront the shadows she’d been avoiding — abandonment wounds, fear of judgment, and everything underneath •       Shadow work demystified — what it actually is, why it sounds scarier than it is, and why the freedom on the other side is worth the discomfort of getting there •       The difference between your shadow side and intrusive thoughts — and why confronting something doesn’t mean becoming it •       Why the Suit of Swords is the suit people avoid — and why that tells you everything •       The neuroscience of gratitude: how focusing on what you’re grateful for literally builds new neural pathways and changes what your brain looks for •       Why our brains aren’t great memory keepers — and how your emotional state right now is filtering every memory from the past •       Mindfulness as a practical daily practice — stones in pockets, hair ties with ribbons, and brushing your teeth like a spiritual experience •       Why 1% better tomorrow than today is still worth fighting for  Adrienne Amari is a tarot reader, teacher, past life regressionist clarity coach who believes that self-discovery should be deep, meaningful, but most of all fun. She specializes in helping the unclear and lost ditch the over-thinking and start trusting their own magic. Whether she’s deep-diving into soul stories through tarot and past life regression, or helping people connect with themselves and the cards in a whole new way in the Tarot Lab, Adrienne is on a mission to help you trade the second-guessing for a HECK YES life. She’s here to show you that you don't need a dictionary to speak to your soul; you just need the confidence to be the main character of your own story. This is a conversation for anyone who’s curious about tarot but doesn’t know where to start, anyone who’s avoided shadow work because it sounds heavy, and anyone who wants to understand what’s actually happening in the brain when these practices work. Connect with Adrienne: •       Website: https://www.adrienneamari.com [https://www.adrienneamari.com/] 💛 Support the Show [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MR9VWZ2XZJMAU] If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book [https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Divine-Awakening-Prepared-Method-ebook/dp/B0GX3RRT6N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VTGDH16MUYHO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dBJjKBMqiSOpyzTwqxTVgg.V3AkAdyoPzBHp97uH_FB41j4moRnHbdcrRy4-ef5lK4&dib_tag=se&keywords=becoming+divine+heather+zimmerman&qid=1778545037&sprefix=%2Caps%2C375&sr=8-1] BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me [https://www.divineascensionco.com/sessions] 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ [https://www.divineascensionco.com/the-self-spirit-method] My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links [https://linktr.ee/divineascensionco] 💙 Join the Free Community [https://www.facebook.com/groups/spiritualawakeningctdc] Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...