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A Psychologist Who Treats the Soul: Spirituality, Awakening & Integrative Therapy | Dr. Tamar Shtrambrand

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2555165/fan_mail/new] What happens when a clinical psychologist wakes up — not just professionally, but spiritually — and realizes that the frameworks she was trained in only tell part of the story? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. Tamar Shtrambrand, licensed clinical psychologist and founder of TES Therapy, for a wide-ranging, honest conversation about the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and the Great Awakening — from inside the mind of someone trained to study the mind. Dr. Tamar shares: * Her journey from secular Jewish upbringing to Orthodox observance — and how that path was driven by genuine spiritual searching, not tradition or expectation * What she noticed during COVID that started waking her up — and what it felt like to be ahead of the curve when few people around her were ready to hear it * The DSM-5 and the expanding list of mental health diagnoses — why she finds it troubling, and why she doesn't believe God made that many mental health conditions * Her conviction that psychologists treat the soul — and why that means no single protocol will ever be sufficient * How past life reincarnations can be unconsciously intertwined with present-life struggles — and why mainstream psychology hasn't yet caught up to that * Why she believes some people labeled with serious mental illness may actually be experiencing unmanaged or unrecognized spiritual gifts * Her integrative approach to therapy: pulling the best skills from CBT, ACT, and DBT based on what resonates with the individual, not what the diagnosis says to prescribe * The relationship between religion and spirituality — and why she sees them as layered, not interchangeable * Her closing piece of advice, which is three sentences and says everything Dr. Tamar Shtrambrand is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in New Yotk. She is a wife and mother of three energetic teenagers. She incorporates spirituality with mindfulness, balanced nutrition, self-care, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and other well-known modalities in providing a balanced approach to therapy and healthy living.  Find Dr. Tamar Shtrambrand: * Website: TEStherapy.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 ...

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 ...