The Self That Holds It All: Love, Buddhism, and Becoming Whole with Cidney Green

The Self That Holds It All: Love, Buddhism, and Becoming Whole with Cidney Green

We spend most of our lives splitting ourselves into pieces. The version that works. The version that loves. The version that quietly falls apart and puts itself back together. As if these are different people inside one body. But what if they were never separate? What if the work was never to choose between them, but to finally hold them all at once? In this episode of Cosmic Confluence, author and entrepreneur Cidney Green joins Sana for an unfiltered, deeply honest conversation about the inner journey that birthed her book All 3 in Me. They explore how Buddhism, the Law of Attraction, and her own breakdown taught her that the people we attract are first a reflection of who we are, and that real freedom begins the moment we stop seeking it outside ourselves. ABOUT THE GUEST: Cidney Green is an entrepreneur, storyteller, and author of All 3 in Me, a book rooted in her own lived experience of love, ambition, and self-reckoning. Originally from Louisiana and now based in Atlanta, she has been a full-time self-employed entrepreneur for over a decade and credits her practice of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism for shaping her understanding of identity, attraction, and inner sovereignty. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * You attract who you already are. The people, patterns, and chaos that show up in your life are mirrors of your inner vibration, long before they take physical form around you. * Happiness can't be outsourced. Cidney's turning point came when she realized her dependency on external validation, romantic or otherwise, was the real source of her suffering, not the absence of it. * You are not one self, you are many. The five-year-old who just wants love, the part that wants revenge, the part that chases freedom. Inner peace comes from knowing them, naming them, and loving them all. * The inner work has no graduation. Mental wellness isn't a degree you earn once. It's an ongoing practice of grace, therapy, journaling, spiritual ritual, and honesty with yourself. * Spirituality is sovereignty, not surrender. When you stop blaming a deity, the devil, or other people for your life, you reclaim the only power that ever existed: your own. * Freedom is a design choice. Cidney's whole life, including her entrepreneurship, is built around the principle that nothing matters more than the right to live on her own terms. CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: * Book & all links: https://www.all3inme.com/ [https://www.all3inme.com/] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thecidneyg [https://www.youtube.com/@thecidneyg] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cidney_green?igsh=MTRlczF5eGpvOHcxaA==] EPISODE CHAPTERS: [00:00] Cold Open — One Self, Many Lives, One Thread [04:30] Welcome to Cosmic Confluence and Meet Cidney [07:30] Finding Buddhism and Walking Away From Inherited Belief [12:00] Boy Dependency: The Addiction Nobody Names [16:30] You Attract Who You Already Are [20:30] The Inner Cast: Mona, Kiddo, and the Selves We Carry [23:30] How the Book Made Her an Entrepreneur for Life HASHTAGS #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #CosmicConfluence #All3InMe #CidneyGreen #BuddhismJourney #LawOfAttraction #InnerHealing #SelfLove #SpiritualGrowth #ConsciousLiving #SoulWork #ManifestationMindset #FemaleEntrepreneur #IdentityHealing 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 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Inner Medicine: Building a Life and a Business in Coherence With the Earth, with Kerri Hummingbird

Ancient traditions have always understood the Earth not as a resource to be managed, but as a living system to be in relationship with. So what happens when we try to build a life, or a business, in coherence with that wisdom instead of against it? Host Sana sits down with Kerri Hummingbird, medicine woman, soul guide, and the founder of Inner Medicine Training, a mystery school drawing on potent traditions from the Andes and Himalayas. After two decades in Silicon Valley, Kerri experienced a profound shift in consciousness that redirected her life entirely. In this conversation, she shares why the mind alone cannot solve the problems the mind has created, what the divine masculine and divine feminine actually mean, why seven-generation thinking matters more than five-year plans, and how to stay rooted in your own spiritual path without burning out. ABOUT THE GUEST: Kerri Hummingbird is a medicine woman, mother, mentor, and the founder of Inner Medicine Training, a mystery school that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and the Himalayas. She is the #1 international best-selling author of Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity, Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound, The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama (an international bestseller for over six years), and the award-winning Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey to Self Love. Before her work as a soul guide, Kerri spent two decades in Silicon Valley as a technical and marketing communications consultant. She is the host of the Soul Nectar Show and lives in the Austin, Texas area. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * The mind alone will not solve problems the mind created. Real solutions come when we let something larger guide us — call it the soul, the planet, the divine, whatever language fits. * Earth coherence begins inside. The structures we build outside ourselves mirror the inner state of the people building them. Fear builds fearful systems. Curiosity builds open ones. * The "divine masculine" Kerri describes is not domination. It is the capacity to hold space, deepen roots, and expand so others can grow into who they are. * Seven-generation thinking is a corrective to five-year plans. Make today's choices considering the impact on descendants seven generations from now, not just next quarter. * Your body knows. Expansion, joy, and ease tend to signal alignment. Contraction, hardness, and the urge to defend tend to signal the opposite. * Prioritise your spiritual path first in the day. Everything you build afterward will be steadier for it. Burnout is far more likely without that foundation than with it. CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: * Website: https://www.kerrihummingbird.com [https://www.kerrihummingbird.com] (the "Gifts" menu offers several free resources) * Podcast: Soul Nectar Show * Inner Medicine Training community on the website * Substack: search "Kerri Hummingbird" on Substack * Books on Amazon and major retailers: Inner Medicine, Love Is Fierce, The Second Wave, Awakening To Me, From We To Me EPISODE CHAPTERS: [00:00] The Question at the Heart of It All — what is Earth-coherent building? [03:00] Meet Kerri Hummingbird — medicine woman, mentor, and former Silicon Valley insider [06:00] The Career That Was Never a Calling — and the moment that began the shift [10:00] What the Mind Cannot Solve — Einstein, ego, and a larger intelligence [12:30] Earth as Mother — listening to the wisdom that was never lost [15:00] The Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine — space-holding vs. domination [18:30] Inner Medicine — why our outer world mirrors our inner one [20:00] Seven-Generation Thinking — the corrective to five-year plans [22:00] The Body as Compass — expansion vs. contraction as a guide [23:30] The Second Wave — for everyone who has ever felt like the outsider [27:30] Staying on the Path Without Burning Out — prioritise spirit first [32:00] The Last Dance of the Shadow — and what comes next [34:00] Where to Find Kerri, Her Books, and the Inner Medicine Community 🎙️Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 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From Dystopia to Utopia: A Survivor's Belief, with Barry Deeks

A GENTLE NOTE BEFORE YOU LISTEN: Our guest, Barry Deeks, is a survivor of a catastrophic road accident that temporarily took his ability to speak and continues to affect his voice today. At times in this conversation, his words may not sound as fluent as he would like them to, but every thought he shares is considered, intentional, and deeply felt. We ask you to listen with patience and with an open heart. Please do not judge Barry on how his voice sounds, only on the depth of what he is offering. We don't usually want to think about it, but sometimes the worst thing that happens to us also becomes the beginning of something true. Not in a way that makes the pain smaller. In a way that gives it meaning. Host Sana sits with Barry Deeks, an author, filmmaker, and survivor whose life journey moves through a catastrophic road accident, hospitals, prisons, and the long, quiet work of finding voice through writing. Barry's autobiography, The Bizarre and Enchanting Life, and his film, The Man Who Can, both grew out of an evolution of thought rather than a single moment of breakthrough. In this conversation, Barry shares his belief in a coming shift from dystopia to utopia, why suffering and beauty are inseparable, and the philosophy that has carried him: rise with the sky, and the sky will come to meet you. ABOUT THE GUEST: Barry Deeks is an author, filmmaker, publisher, and podcaster based in the United Kingdom. He has written five books, including his autobiography The Bizarre and Enchanting Life, available on Wattpad, and is the subject of a documentary film, The Man Who Can, available on YouTube. His work is rooted in lived experience: a catastrophic road accident, hospital recoveries, time inside, and a long return to voice through writing. He explores themes of transformation, belief, the cosmos, and humanity's potential for a more peaceful future. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * The worst thing that happened to you does not have to stay the worst thing about you. Meaning can be made without minimising what hurt. * Beauty and suffering are not opposites. As Barry shares, you cannot appreciate the day without the darkness that came before it. * Writing is a way of thinking. When the world outside cannot quite hear you, the page can. * Transformation is rarely a single moment. It is an evolution of thought, gradual, layered, and often only visible looking back. * Belief in a future worth working toward is not naive. It is one of the most stubborn forms of courage available to anyone who has been through hard things. * "Rise with the sky and the sky will come to meet you." Do not be afraid to be ambitious about a better life, no matter where you start from. CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: * Book: The Bizarre and Enchanting Life by Barry Deeks — read on Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/366050276-barry-deeks-the-bizarre-and-enchanting-life [https://www.wattpad.com/story/366050276-barry-deeks-the-bizarre-and-enchanting-life] * Film: The Man Who Can — search "Barry Deeks The Man Who Can" on YouTube * Author articles: https://medium.com/@barrydreeksauthor7 [https://medium.com/@barrydreeksauthor7] EPISODE CHAPTERS: [00:00] The Question We Don't Want to Ask — and why it changes things when we do [03:00] Meet Barry Deeks — writer, thinker, survivor [06:00] Feeling Most Yourself — admiring every day you are alive [07:30] What Most of Us Get Wrong About Suffering — no greatness without hardship [10:00] Life Is Not a Rehearsal — Barry's father's words [11:30] Writing as Evolution of Thought — there was no single breakthrough [15:00] Belief and Purpose — being here to facilitate a shift [17:00] From Dystopia to Utopia — Barry's vision for the world [19:30] Symbiosis With Humanity — the bigger picture Barry sees [22:00] A Message for Anyone Listening Late at Night, Carrying Something Heavy [24:30] Where to Find Barry's Book and Film 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 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Two Maps, One Territory: The Law of One Meets the Theory of Relativity with Safra Turner

What if Einstein and the ancient mystics were asking the same question, just in different languages? One said that space and time are not separate, that everything exists in relationship to everything else. The other said that all consciousness, all life, all creation is one unified field. Two maps. One territory. Host Sana sits with healer and teacher Safra Turner for a slow, expansive conversation about the meeting place of science and spirit. They explore the Law of One as a framework for interconnectedness, the as-above-so-below pattern that shows up from cells to galaxies, the cycles of birth and quiet and return that shape every life and every cosmos, and the small daily practice that begins to open a person back into themselves. A contemplative conversation for anyone who has felt that the question is bigger than the answers we have so far. ABOUT THE GUEST: Safra Turner is a healer, teacher, and writer who works at the intersection of spiritual philosophy and scientific inquiry. She draws on the Law of One, a body of channeled spiritual material first transcribed by L/L Research in the early 1980s, alongside concepts from quantum physics and Einstein's theory of relativity, to explore how the ancient understanding of unity and the modern understanding of interconnectedness may be describing the same reality. She is the founder of iHolistica and writes regularly on Substack about consciousness, cycles, and the meeting of science and spirit. LISTENER NOTE BEFORE YOU BEGIN: This episode explores deeply spiritual and metaphysical territory, including channeled spiritual material, energy healing, consciousness, and interpretive bridges between mystical philosophy and modern physics. It is shared as a thoughtful philosophical conversation, not as medical, scientific, or therapeutic advice. Please be mindful as you listen: * The guest's perspectives are her own and reflect her personal spiritual practice. They do not represent the views of the host, Cosmic Confluence, or Healthy Mind by Avik™. * Energy healing modalities, including remote and intuitive healing, are not regulated medical treatments. They are not substitutes for diagnosis or care from licensed medical or mental health professionals. * If you are navigating a serious physical or mental health condition, please continue working with your medical team. Spiritual exploration is meant to complement, never replace, qualified medical care. * Scientific concepts referenced in this conversation are framed metaphorically and philosophically. They are not literal scientific consensus. * Take only what resonates. Leave the rest gently. Listen with curiosity. Listen with discernment. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * As above, so below. The same patterns appear across scales, from the smallest cell to the largest galaxy. The unity of pattern is one of the oldest observations humans have made about the cosmos. * Science and spirit were never meant to be separate. Hundreds of years ago, medicine, astronomy, and contemplative practice were intimately interwoven. The modern split is a recent invention. * Energy doesn't disappear, it transforms. Both physics and contemplative traditions agree that energy is conserved, redirected, and reorganised, never simply lost. * Reality moves in cycles, not lines. Spring, summer, fall, winter, in the seasons and in our lives. An end is not a wall, it is the beginning of the next cycle. * Pull back from the fishbowl. When everything feels overwhelming, mentally zoom out, beyond your home, your country, the planet, until Earth is a small speck. The view from there is humbling, and often deeply calming. * We are riding on the shoulders of giants. From Einstein to Plato to the ancient mystics, the great minds before us got us partway. Our job is to keep questioning, keep evolving, and pass the baton forward. * You can shift how you respond to what has happened. You cannot undo the past, but you can choose how the next chapter is written. That choice is where your power actually lives. * Turn within. The simplest, most accessible practice is also the most powerful. A minute or two of inward attention each day, eyes closed, awareness gently held, is enough to begin. CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: * Website: https://www.iholistica.com [https://www.iholistica.com/] * Substack: Safra writes regularly on Substack [https://safrahealer.substack.com]. EPISODE CHAPTERS: [00:00] Two maps, one territory — Einstein and the ancient mystics [02:00] Welcome to Cosmic Confluence — the deeper currents beneath the surface [06:00] Meet Safra Turner — the bridge between science and spirit, always there [11:00] How science and spirit became separated — and why it's a modern split [16:00] As above, so below — the golden ratio from cell to galaxy [20:00] The cycles of existence — winter, spring, summer, fall [25:00] The Big Bang and the Law of One — the singularity from two perspectives [30:00] Knowing what God is by knowing what God isn't — a Kabbalistic thread [33:00] The fishbowl exercise — what changes when you zoom out [38:00] Cause and effect, and the power of how you respond [44:00] Densities and dimensions — Marvel timelines as a way in [50:00] Riding on the shoulders of giants — Einstein, Plato, and the great minds before us [55:00] The closing invitation — turn within 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 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Calm Is Built, Not Found: On Behavior, Breath, and the Loops That Keep Pulling You Back with Debbie Longo

We talk a lot about slowing down. Mindfulness. Finding calm. Less often do we sit with the harder truth underneath the conversation, that calm is not something you find. It is something you build, slowly, by understanding the behavioral patterns that keep pulling you back into the same place. Host Sana sits with executive behavioral coach Debbie Longo, founder of Life in Bloom NY, for a grounded conversation about the inner work most people skip. They explore why mindset alone isn't enough, how the smallest patterns shape our days, the science and spirit of conscious breathing, and the moment Debbie's own bottom became the doorway into the work she now does for others. A reflective conversation for anyone who has tried everything and still feels the pull of the same old loop. ABOUT THE GUEST: Debbie Longo is an Executive Behavioral Coach with over 20 years of experience helping business owners, executives, and leaders break through the patterns that quietly cost them their health, clarity, and peace. She is the founder of Life in Bloom NY and host of The Internal Shift Show. Her work focuses on the intersection of behavior change, mindset, and sustainable performance, drawing from her own journey through depression and the spiritual teacher who first taught her that change begins, always, on the inside. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Calm is built from the inside out. External circumstances don't create lasting peace. Behavioral awareness does. * Behavior is the centre, not just mindset. It's the way you talk, respond, and act, repeated every day, that shapes the life you live. * You can't control another person. When leaders try, the company quietly suffers, and so does everyone in it. * Deep breathing is the simplest tool, and the most underused. Long, slow breaths shift the energy you're operating from. Five minutes counts. Forty minutes transforms. * Negativity travels. From the executive to the manager to the janitor, the energy at the top sets the tone for the whole company. * Behavioral loops are habits in disguise. Yelling, apologising, then yelling again. Saying yes when you meant no. The pattern is the problem, not the moment. * People sometimes need a bottom before they're ready to change. Not because they should, but because that's often where the willingness finally arrives. * Awareness is the smallest, most powerful starting point. Just a moment to look at your own behavior. Even noticing one small thing is more than nothing. CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: * Website: https://lifeinbloomny.net [https://lifeinbloomny.net/] * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-longo-life-in-bloom-ny/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-longo-life-in-bloom-ny/] * The Internal Shift Show: Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and major podcast platforms EPISODE CHAPTERS: [00:00] Calm isn't found, it's built — and the loops that keep us from it [03:00] Welcome to Cosmic Confluence — where inner awareness meets real-world living [05:00] Meet Debbie Longo — the bottom that became the beginning [09:00] Why mindset alone isn't enough — ego, fear, control, denial [11:00] Negativity at the top — how leadership behavior trickles down to everyone [12:00] The breathing secret — slow, deep, and underused [16:00] Guided meditations and starting small — five minutes is enough [18:00] What a behavioral loop actually looks like — yelling, apologising, repeating [22:00] The boss who asks twice — saying yes when you meant no [26:00] The closing invitation — one second of self-reflection is more than nothing 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 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