Spiritual Awakening Stories. Marina Popova: Awakening Through Curiosity

Spiritual Awakening Stories. Stephanie Hamod: Burnout and Life Recalibration

In this episode, Stephanie Hamod shares her journey from high achievement and corporate success into a deeper, more aligned and meaningful way of living. From a young age, Stephanie was shaped by high expectations and a strong drive to succeed. This led her into a successful career in financial services. On the outside, her life looked impressive: promotions, international travel, financial success, and influence. Yet internally, she experienced a growing sense of emptiness and disconnection. She went to Sri Lanka to study Ayurveda, and things began to shift. Through space, stillness, and practices such as yoga, meditation, and healing treatments, Stephanie reconnected with herself in a way she had not experienced before. A key turning point came through energy healing and past life work. Over time, Stephanie stepped fully away from her corporate career and into a new path aligned with her values. She now works as an energy coach, healer, and hypnotherapist, supporting others in reconnecting with their energy, their truth, and their own way of making decisions. Key themes in this episode include: • External success versus internal fulfilment • Burnout and emotional disconnection • The impact of constant busyness and avoidance • A reset moment and stepping off the corporate path • Reconnecting with the body through Ayurveda and stillness • Healing deeper patterns through energy work and awareness • Creating a life aligned with values and authenticity Stephanie speaks about the reality of burnout — not always as collapse, but as a quiet emptiness that builds over time. ---------------------------------------- GUEST – STEPHANIE HAMOD Energy Coach, Energy Healer, Hypnotherapist, and Tutor Stephanie Hamod is the founder of Cohesive.earth [http://Cohesive.earth]. Her journey began with the desire to live a life aligned with her values and purpose. Over the past decade, she has blended her expertise in corporate leadership, sustainability, and personal development to create a unified space for transformation. Website: https://cohesive.earth/ [https://cohesive.earth/] Instagram: cohesive.earth [http://cohesive.earth] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holmehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniehamod [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniehamod]  ---------------------------------------- HOST – CINDY CROMBLE-HOLME Director, International School of Intuition and Healing Website: https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk [https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk]Email: cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme] ---------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INTUITION AND HEALING Explore training in energy healing, intuition, and consciousness. Website: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] Unsure of your next step? Book a free spiritual guidance call with Cindy: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us/ [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us/]

Spiritual Awakening Stories. Bettina Wengenroth: From Mind to Heart

In this episode, Bettina Wengenroth shares the story of how a life that once felt stable, successful, and carefully mapped out was transformed by a profound inner awakening. Before this turning point, Bettina’s world appeared secure. She was married, building a career in human resources, and living a life grounded in logic, structure, and stability. Yet a powerful soul-level activation disrupted her emotional, physical, and energetic reality in ways her logical mind could neither explain nor control. What followed was a long period of searching. At first, Bettina tried to understand her experience through hypnosis and spiritual study. Over time, however, she realised that the answers she sought could not be found through control. Instead, she found herself being guided step by step into surrender, intuition, and a different way of listening Her journey eventually led her to the Peruvian jungle, where she worked with plant medicine within a traditional and respectful healing context. There, she experienced a profound process of grounding and reconnection with her body, something that shifted her relationship with herself in a deeply transformative way. What had once felt distant, abstract, or unreachable became embodied and real. From that point, the real work began. Her awakening did not remove life’s challenges, but it brought greater alignment. It guided her away from a life that no longer felt true and into healing work that now feels meaningful, grounded, and authentic. Key themes in this episode: • Living from logic and structure versus heart-led awareness • A soul-level awakening that disrupted identity and certainty • The shift from seeking answers through the mind to practising surrender • Trusting spiritual guidance and inner knowing • Working with plant medicine in a sacred and respectful setting • Grounding, embodiment, and reconnecting with the body • Emotional healing and the ongoing process of integration • Reclaiming intuition, inner wisdom, and purpose • Moving from outer stability toward inner alignment Bettina speaks about the reality of awakening: how transformation often begins with confusion, disruption and uncertainty, and how deeper healing unfolds through trust, surrender, and the courage to walk a path the mind cannot fully explain. Guest: Bettina Wengenroth Certified Healing Practitioner, Intuitive Holistic Healer, and Hypnotherapist Website: https://bettinawengenroth.com/ [https://bettinawengenroth.com/]Instagram: instagram.com/bettina_energy_healing [http://instagram.com/bettina_energy_healing] Host: Cindy Cromble-Holme Director, International School of Intuition and Healing Website: https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk [https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk]Email: cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme] International School of Intuition and Healing Explore training in energy healing, intuition, and consciousness. Website: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] Unsure of your next step? Book a free spiritual guidance call with Cindy: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us/ [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us/]

Spiritual Awakening Stories. Taryn Nightingale: Losing Yourself to Find Yourself

In this episode, Taryn Nightingale shares a deeply honest account of losing herself through people-pleasing, trauma, and self-abandonment, and how that journey led her back to her intuition, her voice, and her path as a healer. As a child, Taryn experienced strong intuitive and spiritual awareness. However, early responses from the world around her taught her to suppress those gifts and instead seek validation through achievement, approval, and being “the good girl.” Over time, this shaped an identity rooted in performance rather than authenticity. Her story then moves into a period of significant challenge. Living away from her family, Taryn found herself in a toxic relationship that involved emotional and physical abuse. During this time, she also faced a deeply personal decision around an abortion. These experiences marked a turning point, bringing her to a place of emotional breakdown, questioning, and ultimately, self-reflection. Rather than staying in that cycle, Taryn began to shift. Through journaling, movement, therapy, and spiritual exploration, she started to recognise her patterns, reclaim her intuition, and take responsibility for her healing. This included confronting themes of self-worth, abandonment, and the tendency to lose herself in others. Her spiritual awakening unfolded through both difficult and expansive experiences — from navigating trauma to reconnecting with intuitive insight, energy awareness, and inner guidance. This path eventually led her into energy healing, teaching, and working with others. Key themes in this episode include: • Suppressing intuition and shaping identity through approval • People-pleasing, perfectionism, and self-worth • Racial identity, shame, and belonging • Toxic relationships, emotional and physical abuse • Abortion and the impact of deeply personal decisions • Depression, breakdown, and self-reflection • Reclaiming intuition, inner guidance, and personal power • Healing through compassion, responsibility, and support Taryn speaks with clarity about the reality of healing, that it is not linear, and often begins in moments of crisis. This conversation offers a grounded and honest perspective on what it means to lose yourself, and the work required to find your way back. Guest – Taryn Nightingale Energy Healer, Psychic Reader, Spiritual Coach, and Tutor Host - Cindy Cromble-Holme Director, International School of Intuition and Healing Website: https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk [https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk]Email: cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme] International School of Intuition and Healing Explore training in energy healing, intuition, and consciousness. Website: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] Unsure of your next step? Book a free spiritual guidance call with Cindy: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us]

Spiritual Awakening Stories. Denis Ginn: From Materialism to Meaning

In this episode, Denis Ginn shares his journey from a materially driven life into one rooted in meaning, meditation, healing, and a deeper relationship with nature. His spiritual path began young, through meditation and inner exploration, but like many people, he later found himself pulled into a more conventional life of work, money, relationships, and outer success. After a serious motorbike accident, everything shifted. What followed was a radical decision to leave that life behind and spend months walking the South African coastline, meditating, living simply, and reconnecting with himself. This conversation explores what happens when life interrupts the path you thought you were on, and how a crisis can become a doorway back to what matters most. Key themes include: • Early spiritual awakening and meditation • The tension between material life and inner truth • Crisis as a catalyst for change • Solitude, nature, and the healing power of simplicity • Meditation as a lifelong anchor • Healing as the practical expression of spirituality Denis speaks about spirituality not as escape, but as something that must be lived alongside work, family, creativity, and responsibility. His story reflects both the depth of inner seeking and the importance of balance — learning how to bring spiritual awareness into everyday life. This is a conversation about moving from outer distraction into inner meaning, and about finding a way of living that feels more connected, grounded, and true. GUEST – DENIS GINN Energy Healer, Meditation Tutor, Pilates Instructor, and former International Photographer Denis works with meditation, healing, spirituality, and energy awareness in a grounded and practical way. Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/denisginnhealing [https://www.facebook.com/denisginnhealing] Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/denisginnhealing [https://www.instagram.com/denisginnhealing] HOST – CINDY CROMBLE-HOLME Director, International School of Intuition and Healing Website: https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk [https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk]Email: cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme] INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INTUITION AND HEALING Explore training in energy healing, intuition, and consciousness. Website: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] Unsure of your next step? Book a free spiritual guidance call with Cindy: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us/ [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us/] EPISODE DETAILS Podcast: Energy Healing Conversations Series: Spiritual Awakening Stories Episode: From Materialism to Meaning

Spiritual Awakening Stories. Marina Popova: Awakening Through Curiosity

Marina Popova (an intuitive and energy healer) shares her journey of awakening through curiosity. Growing up around healing, but later stepping away from belief, her path reopened during a challenging period in adulthood. Through meditation, she began to access intuitive awareness, which led her into a deeper study of psychic development and energy healing. This conversation explores how curiosity becomes the starting point of awakening, and how that evolves into a way of living. Key themes include: • Awakening intuitive senses through meditation • Understanding empathy and energetic boundaries • Moving from awareness into practice • Discernment within the spiritual space • Living in alignment — from city life to nature Marina’s story reflects a steady unfolding rather than a single breakthrough, highlighting that healing is ongoing, layered, and personal. Guest: Marina Popova Intuitive, Energy Healer, Yoga & Meditation Teacher Founder of Intuitive Earth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marina.intuitive.earth [https://www.instagram.com/marina.intuitive.earth] Website: https://intuitive.earth/ [https://intuitive.earth/] Host: Cindy Cromble-Holme Director, International School of Intuition and Healing Website: https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk [https://www.cindyholmes.co.uk] Email: cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [cindy@schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cromble-holme] International School of Intuition and Healing Explore training in energy healing, intuition, and consciousness. Website: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com] Unsure of your next step? Book a free spiritual guidance call with Cindy: https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us/ [https://schoolofintuitionandhealing.com/contact-us/] Episode Details Podcast: Energy Healing Conversations Series: Spiritual Awakening Stories Episode: Awakening Through Curiosity