Chapter 1: Buried Alive | Chronic Illness, Medical Gaslighting, and Spiritual Awakening

The Sacred Collapse: Spiritual Awakening & Healing with Kirem Marnett

Today on Broken & Healed, Michelle sits down with Kirem Marnett — third-generation healer, intuitive soul messenger, founder of Peach & Crane Soul Medicine, and creator of Soul Signs, a powerful system that translates personal energy into archetypes drawn from animals, plants, and mythology. Together they explore: • Chronic illness and spiritual awakening • Sacred collapse and reinvention • Alternative healing and nervous system recovery • Empathy, intuition, and clairvoyant awakening • COVID’s impact on healers and wellness practitioners • Storytelling as medicine • The connection between healing and creativity • Soul Signs and energetic archetypes • The healing journey as “a river” ✨ ABOUT MICHELLE KATZ Michelle Katz is the author of Awakening in an Age of Metals, host of Broken & Healed, award-winning television producer, artist, and founder of Story Is Medicine. 📖 Grab Michelle’s memoir: Awakening in an Age of Metals https://awakeninginanageofmetals.com [https://awakeninginanageofmetals.com] ✨ STORY IS MEDICINE https://www.michelleokatz.com⁠ [https://www.michelleokatz.com] 1:1 Coaching + 5 Week Workshop Beginning June 8th Half writing your story • Half launching your podcast If you have a story you’re meant to tell — but trauma, chronic illness, brain fog, fear, or overwhelm have made it difficult to begin — Michelle guides clients using the same nervous system, writing, frequency, and creativity methods she used during her own healing journey - email me and let's get started. ✨ MEMORIAL DAY WELLNESS SALES SUNLIGHTEN • Up to $2,200 off • FREE Red Light Mask • FREE Shipping • Sale ends May 31 https://get.sunlighten.com/oybo77v8jvl6 [https://get.sunlighten.com/oybo77v8jvl6] HIGHERDOSE Infrared sauna blankets, PEMF mats, red light masks & wellness technologies supporting detoxification, nervous system healing, sleep, circulation, and recovery. https://higherdose.com/collections/all [https://higherdose.com/collections/all] ✨ GUEST LINKS — KIREM MARNETT Website: https://KiremMarnett.com [https://KiremMarnett.com] LinkedIn: Kirem Marnett Instagram: @SoulsignsbyKirem https://PeachandCrane.com [https://PeachandCrane.com] 🎵 MUSIC “Holy Mountain” Words and music by Michelle Katz Performed by Michelle Katz, Cate Katz, and Marc Burroughs If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who may need it.

Vaccine Injury, Autism & Toxic Exposure: Dr. Brian Hooker on What We’re Not Being Told

In this deeply personal and unfiltered episode of Broken and Healed, I sit down with Dr. Brian S. Hooker Chief Scientific Officer at the Children's Health Defense— a scientist, father, and truth-teller whose life was forever changed by his son’s vaccine injury. This conversation is not just about science. It’s about what happens when your world collapses — and no one is willing to tell you why. In this episode, Dr. Hooker shares his journey — from respected academic and believer in the system, to a father forced to question everything after watching his son regress into autism following a series of routine vaccinations. What followed was an eight-year journey of detoxification, investigation, and awakening. Together, we explore: * The hidden epidemic of chronic illness in children * What informed consent really means — and what’s often left out * The role of environmental toxins, including mercury and aluminum * The emotional and psychological toll of being dismissed, gaslit, and isolated * Detoxification, chelation, and the long road back to healing * What happens when science and lived experience collide This is a conversation about truth — the kind that doesn’t come easily, and often comes at a cost. If you’ve ever felt like something didn’t add up… If you’ve been told your symptoms were “in your head”… If you’ve walked the long road of healing without clear answers… This episode is for you. If you or anyone in your family has been touched by autism, mercury toxicity, or chronic illness please share. My book Awakening in an Age of Metals is out now — a story of collapse, survival, and spiritual awakening through illness. 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSJF1MSK Story Is Medicine — 1:1 coaching to help you heal through writing, voice reclamation, and deep narrative work. 👉 https://www.michelleokatz.com [https://www.michelleokatz.com] If this episode resonates, share it with someone who is searching for answers. And don’t forget to follow Broken and Healed for more conversations at the intersection of science, healing, and awakening. If you want to get in touch or find out more about working with me please email at michellekatz2010@gmail.com Join me in Idyllwild on May 8th for an in person workshop on Detox, Nervous System, and Story.

Chapter 1: Buried Alive | Chronic Illness, Medical Gaslighting, and Spiritual Awakening

This is where it begins. SEASON 2 of Broken and Healed. In this special bonus episode of Broken and Healed, I share Chapter 1 of my memoir, Awakening in an Age of Metals — a powerful story of chronic illness, medical gaslighting, and the unraveling that leads to spiritual awakening and deep healing. “Buried Alive” is not just a title — it’s the lived experience of losing your health, your voice, and your sense of reality… while being told nothing is wrong. This chapter takes you into the moment everything starts to fall apart — when the body breaks down, the system fails to respond, and the truth begins to surface beneath the noise. What unfolds is a deeply personal account of trauma, silence, and the early stages of a healing journey that would ultimately transform everything. This episode explores: * Chronic illness and unexplained symptoms * Medical gaslighting and being dismissed by doctors * Trauma stored in the body and nervous system * Loss of identity, voice, and self-trust * The first threshold of spiritual awakening The music woven throughout this episode, This Too Shall Pass, was written in the middle of this experience — when I was still inside it, still searching, still holding on. If you’ve ever felt unheard, unseen, or like your body was trying to tell a story no one would listen to… this is for you. — ✨ Awakening in an Age of Metals officially launches April 30th. Pre-order your copy: 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1964081858 [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1964081858] Explore the book + bonus content: 👉 https://awakeninginanageofmetals.com/ [https://awakeninginanageofmetals.com/] Work with me / explore more of my work: 👉 https://www.michelleokatz.com/ [https://www.michelleokatz.com/] The Kindle version is currently available at a special price of $2.99. If this episode resonates, you can support the book by pre-ordering and leaving a review during launch week (April 30 – May 7). Early reviews are what allow this story to reach others navigating chronic illness, trauma, and awakening. SPONSORED BY SUNLIGHTEN SAUNAS (the sauna I personally used to detox from severe mercury poisoning) https://get.sunlighten.com/oybo77v8jvl6 (CLICK HERE FOR A DISCOUNT)

RJ SPINA HEALED HIMSELF FROM PARALYSIS IN 90 DAYS — THE CONSCIOUSNESS METHOD THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING

In this episode of Broken and Healed, Michelle Katz sits down with RJ Spina — spiritual teacher, metaphysical guide, and author — who experienced complete paralysis following severe spinal cord compression. After being told he would never walk again, RJ committed himself to an intensive and disciplined inner practice focused on consciousness, awareness, and profound internal transformation. Within just 90 days, he was walking again — fully recovered. In this conversation, RJ shares what he calls a prescription for human healing and explores the deeper architecture of recovery. We explore: • The role of consciousness in healing the body • Why we cannot move beyond what we refuse to understand • The deeper truths humanity has hidden for thousands of years • And why those revelations feel especially relevant right now RJ is the author of Supercharged Self-Healing and Change Your Mind, where he outlines the inner mechanics of transformation and the power of consciousness in physical recovery. Learn more about RJ at: https://rjspina.com [https://rjspina.com] If you’ve ever faced a life-altering diagnosis… If you’ve been told something about your body that felt permanent… If you sense there may be more to healing than what you were taught… This conversation invites you to explore that possibility. Subscribe to Broken & Healed on Substack: https://michellekatz.substack.com/ [https://michellekatz.substack.com/] Learn more about Story Is Medicine coaching: https://michellekatzstorycoaching.my.canva.site/your-story-is-the-medicine2 [https://michellekatzstorycoaching.my.canva.site/your-story-is-the-medicine2] Join Michelle at the Soul Driven Summit (March 17–19): https://summit.souldrivenauthor.com/ [https://summit.souldrivenauthor.com/] Sunlighten is an affiliate sponsor of Broken & Healed. Michelle personally uses and recommends their infrared saunas. If you’re interested in purchasing a sauna and receiving a $1900 discount with free shipping, use this link : https://get.sunlighten.com/oybo77v8jvl6 [https://get.sunlighten.com/oybo77v8jvl6]

THE TRUTH ABOUT CANCER SCREENINGS, COVID, AND THE POWER OF INTUITION WITH DR. CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP

THIS EPISODE IS POWERFUL. IT'S FOR WOMEN WHO WANT TO COMPLETELY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR HEALTH Dr. Christiane Northrup has spent decades guiding women toward sovereignty, intuition, and true health. She was once celebrated by the mainstream — until she started telling the truth. In this conversation, Dr. Northrup and I dive into: ✨ The truth about cancer screenings and why some “preventive” tests may be causing more harm than good ✨ What women are not being told about their bodies, hormones, and medical autonomy ✨ How censorship, algorithms, and coordinated suppression erased the voices of doctors who dared to speak openly. Medical gas-lighting examined. ✨ Why fear-based medicine is failing women — and what real empowerment looks like ✨ How spirituality, intuition, and connection to the divine became her compass through the chaos and how it can inform your own health choices. ✨ Why your body is not failing — it’s intelligent, responsive, and sacred This is not about politics. This is about women reclaiming their bodies, their truth, and their power. If you’ve ever felt dismissed, misunderstood, gaslit, or misled by the medical system, this episode will bring clarity, validation, and a pathway back to your own knowing. ______________________________________________________________ TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE GIFT FROM DR. NORTHRUP https://drnorthrup.mykajabi.com/northrup-7-building-blocks-health _______________________________________________________________ 1:1 STORY COACHING WITH MICHELLE Heal your soul...write your story https://michellekatzstorycoaching.my.canva.site/your-story-is-the-medicine2 BROKEN AND HEALED TV ON YOU TUBE https://www.youtube.com/@brokenandhealed BROKEN AND HEALED SUBSTACK https://michellekatz.substack.com/