Best Secker Podcasts (2025)

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104. BEST OF 2025: From Spiraling to Soothing 27:27

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Welcome to our end-of-year tradition! This week, we're re-airing one of the top two episodes of 2025—and it's no surprise this one resonated so deeply. Catastrophizing is one of the most common mental habits keeping people stuck in chronic symptoms, fear, and anxiety. It's that moment when your brain jumps straight to the worst-case scenario: "I'm …

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When Impressing the Buyer Lost the Deal: Bryan Mulry’s Hard Lesson 24:23

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Sales coach Bryan Mulry joins Shivan to break down a failure most sellers secretly recognise: talking too much, listening too little, and trying far too hard to impress. Bryan shares the painful moment he realised he’d spent 87% of a call pitching to a VP of Sales who didn’t even have the team he was selling to, and how that single conversation exp…

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EP 89: Healing That Changes Everything, featuring Jessica Ella! 52:16

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Content Warning: This episode contains sensitive material, including references to sexual abuse. Welcome to the eighty-ninth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Jessica the podcast. Jessica Ella is the creator of Aaruka® Therapy - a revolutionary healing method combining subconscious, somatic, energetics, and memory-processing tec…

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103. Healing ME/CFS through Mind-Body Tools with Chris Sykes-Popham 1:05:44

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Chris Sykes-Popham went from Royal Marines commando and adventure seeker to completely housebound with ME/CFS. Within weeks of finding the mind-body approach, he saw significant improvement—and within months, he made a full recovery. Now he's the founder of the FreeMe app, designed specifically for people with ME/CFS and long COVID. In this episode…

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Hands Shaking on Every Dial: How James Greene Beat Cold-Calling Panic 24:12

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When James Greene first stepped into sales, cold calling hit him harder than he expected. Every dial came with shaking hands, spiralling doubt and the pressure to prove he belonged. Rejection felt personal, missed targets knocked his confidence, and one complaint from a prospect nearly convinced him to walk away from the job entirely. Now Global Bu…

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101. Why Your Symptoms Spike Around Family (And What To Do When They Do) 24:37

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The holidays can feel like the Olympics for your nervous system—and if your symptoms tend to spike around family, you're not alone. In this episode, Grace explores why your body might still brace for impact around family, even if you've done years of healing work and your relationships aren't "that bad." She explains how your nervous system reacts …

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EP 88: The No-BS Astrology Episode, featuring Katie from Celestial Shadows! 44:07

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Welcome to the eighty-eighth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Katie the podcast. Katie from Celestial Shadows helps women who feel disconnected or stuck. Through psychic astrology, shadow work, and spiritual mentoring, she provides clear insight and practical tools that bring alignment, confidence, and support in daily life. If…

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101. Healing the Gut through Mind-Body Work with Claire Bailey 38:13

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Grace sits down with somatic psychotherapist Claire Bailey to explore one of the most common—and least talked about—forms of neuroplastic symptoms: gut issues. Claire shares her own decade-long journey with debilitating digestive pain, IBS, and chronic abdominal symptoms, and the countless approaches she tried before discovering what was actually m…

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EP 87: Your Guilt Isn't Intuition, It's Conditioning, featuring Psychic Medium Brittney Carmichael! 41:03

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Welcome to the eighty-seventh episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Brittney Carmichael to the podcast. Brittney Carmichael is a psychic medium, transformational coach, and 7-figure entrepreneur who helps visionary women build spiritually-aligned businesses. Having shared stages with icons like Martha Stewart and Sam Villa, she's ta…

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From Top Seller to Burnout: The TRAP New Sales Leaders Easily Fall Into 24:51

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When Junis Seger stepped into his first Head of Sales role, he thought he was ready for anything. After all, he’d just come off back-to-back President’s Club wins, smashed targets as an AE, and built a reputation as one of the best in the business. But leading a fast-growing startup was different. Suddenly, he was juggling investor targets, founder…

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100. 100 Episode Celebration: Most Important Lessons So Far 31:53

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Grace celebrates 100 episodes by revisiting the most powerful healing lessons from the past two years—the ones listeners say changed everything. She unpacks why healing is never linear (and why your brain needs to hear that on repeat), how recovery stories actually rewire your nervous system toward safety, why food fear keeps symptoms stuck, and ho…

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99. Healing Lyme, EOE, and Back Pain through the Mind-Body Healing Method with Kelly Goode 37:05

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Grace is joined by Kelly Goode, who shares her journey from barely being able to walk up stairs and living with 30+ food sensitivities to reclaiming her life in just three months through nervous system work. Kelly opens up about spending tens of thousands on treatments—from specialty clinics to IV therapy to 20 different supplement bottles—yet stil…

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EP 86: Your Body Knows the Truth, featuring Medical Intuitive Practitioner Kristen Kummer! 39:43

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Welcome to the eighty-sixth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Kristen Kummer the podcast. Kristen is a Certified Medical Intuitive Practitioner, often referred to as a “Human MRI” for her remarkably accurate and life-changing readings. She is also a Health and Wellness Coach whose mission is to guide others back home to themselv…

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The Wake-Up Call That Changed Shiwam Singh’s Sales Career 17:37

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Imagine landing your first sales job and losing it just months later. That was the reality for Shiwam Singh, now an SDR at Cognism. In this episode of Why Did It Fail?, Shiwam opens up about the sting of his first big setback in tech sales, how it shook his confidence, and the lessons he carried into his second chance at Cognism. From rebuilding hi…

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98. Healing IBS & Hip Pain with Mind-body Work 51:38

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If you've tried everything for your chronic symptoms and nothing has worked—physical therapy, doctors, diets, supplements—this conversation might be exactly what you need to hear. Sean Hershey is a licensed psychotherapist who completely healed his severe, debilitating IBS through mind-body work. In this episode, he shares his journey from chronic …

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EP 85: What Dying Taught Me About Living, featuring Spiritual Medium Amie Balesky! 1:08:05

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Welcome to the eighty-fifth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Amie Balesky to the podcast. Amie Balesky is the founder and spiritual medium behind The Balesky Experience, where she helps clients gain clarity, comfort, and peace through her advanced skills in mediumship and spiritual meditation. With a compassionate and intuitive…

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97. How Your Nervous System Affects Long Covid, POTS, CFS, Lyme, Mold 32:41

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In this episode, Grace explores why conditions like long COVID, POTS, chronic fatigue, Lyme disease, and mold illness often persist—not because of the virus or toxin itself, but because the nervous system remains stuck in survival mode. She unpacks the science behind the body's threat response and how symptoms become learned patterns when the brain…

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Copyright Waffle Episode 29 with The Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob 53:45

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Jane and Chris from copyrightliteracy.org talk to their most distinguished guest to date - copyright legend the Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob.Robin talks about his journey from physics student at Cambridge through to his life as a barrister and eventually High Court judge. He gives us the inside scoop on the cases he defended and presided over…

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S2E1: Horny for War: The History of How Sex Became A Weapon 23:43

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White feathers, red light districts, and the rise of the military edging complex. How governments weaponized horniness to win WWI, and began to reimagine what women represent to a nation at war. — A production of BRINK, original media and branded entertainment Website: thisispropaganda.show Instagram: @thisispropagandashow Email: [email protected]…

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EP 84: Says Who?!; featuring Energy Healer & Medical Intuitive Jelena Vukalovic! 43:24

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Welcome to the eighty-fourth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Jelena Vukalovic to the podcast. Jelena Vukalovic is a woman who has walked through war zones and emerged with a gift: the power to see the soul beneath the scars. This wasn’t a choice; it was forged in the chaos. As a young nurse on the frontlines of the Croatian-Se…

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The ICP Trap: Why Most Expansion Strategies Fail in Europe With Rick Pizzoli 27:45

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When tech companies expand into Europe, most assume their home-market success will follow them across borders. But for Rick Pizzoli and his team at Sales Force Europe, one lesson has repeated itself over 500 launches, a vague ideal customer profile can quietly derail even the best go-to-market plans. In this episode of Why Did It Fail?, Rick unpack…

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96. Do We Predict Our Symptoms with Dr. Michael Dow 48:43

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Grace is joined by Dr. Michael Dow, a clinical psychologist and lead therapist for Pain Reprocessing Therapy, to explore how our brains can learn to predict symptoms—and why that's actually good news for healing. Michael shares his personal journey from chronic weekly headaches to full recovery, what he learned from running a pain management progra…

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95. When to Rest and When to Push Through Fatigue 16:36

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Ever wonder if you should rest when fatigue hits—or keep going? Grace tackles one of the most common (and confusing) questions in chronic fatigue recovery: how to know when your body needs rest versus when your nervous system just needs reassurance that you're safe. What You'll Learn: The Two Types of Fatigue Normal fatigue (proportionate to life s…

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How to Transition From SDR to AE With Ease Featuring Sonya Kuci from Geckoboard 19:25

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As an SDR-turned-AE, Sonya Kuci thought she’d landed the dream opportunity, an inbound ICP lead with the decision-maker on the first call, smooth comms, and a live trial underway. But just before close, everything unravelled. In this episode of Why Did It Fail? Sonya unpacks the hard lessons from losing a “can’t-miss” deal: the hidden risks inside …

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94. The Healing Power of Heart Rate Variability with Jessica Corbin 40:03

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Ever feel like you're "doing all the right things" but still running on empty? This conversation with Jessica Corbin lit me up. Jessica is a somatic educator and founder of SORCE, and she brings such a beautiful perspective on what it actually means to understand your energy—not just manage it, but renew it. We dive deep into heart rate variability…

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EP 83: Hunting Your Nan?; featuring Bestselling Author & Medium Hannah Macintyre! 53:02

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This Is Propaganda Season 2 1:06

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This Is Propaganda is back, and more patriotic than ever. From WWI posters to TikTok E-Girls, strap in for an immersive narrative investigation into how the military uses sex to define the image of the soldier, and the weird and unexpected ways it has changed our culture. New episodes through Fall of 2025.…

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93. The Dark Side of Clean Living 23:14

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In this episode, Grace explores how the pursuit of “perfect” health can backfire—turning clean eating and non-toxic living into stress, rigidity, and even illness. She shares her personal journey with orthorexia and recovery, reminding us that true health is found in balance, nervous system safety, and freedom, not restriction. Resources from Grace…

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The Wrong Call: What Nia Secker Learned from Leaving Sales Behind 30:24

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What happens when you leave a role you actually loved? In this episode, Nia Secker, SDR Manager at MySalesCoach, opens up about the moment she left sales to pursue a more “traditional” path, only to realise just how right sales had been all along. Nia and Shiavn unpack: Why the pull to “use her degree” felt strong enough to walk away What she thoug…

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EP 82: From Flare-Ups to Freedom; featuring Somatic Therapist Grace Secker! 39:45

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Welcome to the eighty-second episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Grace Secker to the podcast. Grace Secker is a Somatic Therapist and Nervous System Coach based in Boulder, CO, specializing in chronic pain, illness, and trauma recovery. With a warm yet direct approach, she integrates her diverse training in yoga therapy, Reiki, ne…

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92. The Science Behind Emotions, Pain & the Nervous System with Mark Lumley, PhD 47:20

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Clinical psychologist and researcher Mark Lumley joins Grace to unpack why the brain—not just the body—is central to chronic pain. They dig into EAET (Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy), how “doing the uncomfortable thing” can unlock change, why blocked anger and unspoken needs keep symptoms looping, and where journaling and unsent letters a…

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EP 81: Leading With The Heart; featuring Holistic Therapist Estelle Bingham! 40:05

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Welcome to the eighty-first episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week, Jess sits down with the incredible Estelle Bingham. Estelle Bingham, also known as ‘The Heart Whisperer’, is a holistic therapist, healer, author, speaker and metaphysical teacher. Her extraordinary ability to help people reconnect with their bodies, open their Heart energy, and r…

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91. Why Having Multiple Symptoms Is A Good Sign 25:26

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If you’ve ever felt like your body is playing whack-a-mole with symptoms—pain, fatigue, gut issues, headaches—you’re not alone. In this episode, Grace explains why shifting symptoms, known as the “symptom imperative,” are actually a hopeful sign of neuroplastic pain. You’ll learn how to recognize this pattern, why it means your body isn’t broken, a…

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EP 80: No Fluff, Just Magic; featuring Psychic Development Expert Natty Beatts! 47:42

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Welcome to the eightieth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Natty Beatts to the podcast. Natty Beatts is an international psychic development expert, healer, trance channel, business coach and author of Amazon best seller Upgrade From Within. Her mission in life is helping people activate and develop their psychic and healing abi…

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Resilience, Mindset, and the Power of Coaching with Niraj Kapur 35:40

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After 23 years in corporate London, Niraj Kapur left to start his own coaching business - only to discover that the world didn’t care about his past awards or big-name employers. In this candid conversation, he shares the struggles of rebuilding from scratch in his mid-40s, navigating divorce, health challenges, and a global pandemic. Niraj opens u…

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90. When the Brain Predicts Pain with Vanessa Blackstone 54:41

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Grace is joined by Vanessa Blackstone, LMFT to talk about why our brains sometimes expect pain or symptoms before they even happen—a process called predictive coding. Together they explore how this shapes chronic pain and other body sensations, and how tools from Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) can help break the cycle. Vanessa shares stories from …

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89. Perfectionism, Productivity and Pain 32:07

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In this episode, Grace explores the hidden costs of perfectionism. She reflects on how the drive to achieve and stay productive can often be rooted in pain, and how these patterns affect both mind and body. Grace unpacks the cultural narratives around productivity, the toll they take on our well-being, and what it looks like to step into a more com…

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EP 79: From Self-Sabotage to Self-Trust; featuring Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert Amber Romaniuk! 40:38

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Welcome to the seventy ninth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Amber Romaniuk to the podcast. Amber Romaniuk is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert, with 12 years experience helping high achieving women create a level of body confidence, intuition and optimal health through powerful mindset healing, self-care and o…

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Coaching, Trust and the Cost of Misreading Your Rep With Sian Taylor 33:59

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In this episode, Shivan is joined by Sian Taylor, Sales Manager at Klaviyo, for a candid conversation about one of the most overlooked responsibilities in leadership, understanding your reps before you coach them. Sian shares a pivotal early management mistake: focusing on performance metrics instead of the person behind them. The result? A damaged…

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88. Healing Beyond Codependency with Emmy Marie 40:47

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In this episode of Heal with Grace, Grace sits down with Emmy to explore what life and healing look like after leaving toxic or abusive relationships. Emmy shares her personal story of navigating patterns of codependency, how trauma shows up in everyday life, and the power of boundaries and self-compassion in recovery. Together, they unpack the dif…

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EP 78: Clear Eyes, Clear Path; featuring Energy Healer Victoria Pippo! 47:51

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Welcome to the seventy-eighth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Victoria Pippo to the podcast. Victoria Pippo doesn’t just talk about energy—she lives it, protects it, and teaches others how to wield it like a sword. A former child actor turned spiritual disruptor, she’s lived lifetimes in a single one: addiction survivor, queer…

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87. How I Moved Through a Flare While Traveling 26:15

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In this episode, Grace shares what happened when a long-awaited trip to New Zealand brought on a flare—and how fear, pressure, and perfectionism played a role. She opens up about the mindset shifts, nervous system tools, and emotional release practices that helped her move through it in just a day and a half. Resources from Grace: Mind-Body Healing…

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ClandesTime 283 – 9/11: The Watchdogs Didn’t Bark

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The Watchdogs Didn’t Bark was the last great book on the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks. In this episode I... The post ClandesTime 283 – 9/11: The Watchdogs Didn’t Bark first appeared on Spy Culture.By Tom Secker

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Getting Past Missing Quota for the First Time with Johnny Stiffell 17:48

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In this episode, Shivan chats with Johnny Stiffell, Commercial AE at Cognism, to talk about his first real dip in performance, and the lessons it left behind. From moving up into a new role without a ramp period to juggling longer sales cycles, self-generated pipeline, and the return of daily cold calling, Johnny shares what it’s like to navigate t…

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EP 77: Spirit Babies & Finding Tranquility in Birth; featuring Evidence-Based Doula & Entrepreneur HeHe Stewart! 40:16

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Welcome to the seventy seventh episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed HeHe Stewart to the podcast. HeHe Stewart is a doula, educator and the Founder of Tranquility by HeHe Maternity Concierge, a birth service that helps women and their families find balance in the chaos of growing their families. As a doula, HeHe views her role as th…

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86. The Mind-Body Approach to Healing Pelvic Pain with Rachel Gofman 46:28

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In this episode, Rachel Gofman (physical therapist and pelvic pain coach) shares her journey to overcoming debilitating pelvic pain through mind-body and nervous system work. What You'll Learn: Why "diagnoses" and structural findings don’t always explain symptoms How shame, cultural beliefs and trauma inform pain The nervous system’s role in chroni…

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EP 76: Death, Love, and What Comes Next; featuring Mamma & Widow Julie Thomason! 45:59

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Welcome to the seventy sixth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Julie Thomason to the podcast. Julie Thomason is a mamma, young widow, and Content Creator. She shares relatable humor and truths about life, grief, and motherhood – and how to overcome the worst of times to find joy again. She left behind her teaching job to pursue …

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85. What Your Test Results Don't Show You 19:56

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In this episode, Grace unpacks why your scans, labs, or diagnoses don’t always explain your symptoms—and what might be going on beneath the surface. She explores how many chronic conditions are driven not by structural damage, but by nervous system dysregulation and unresolved emotional stress. If you’ve been told “everything looks normal” or have …

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EP 75: Where Energy Goes, Energy Flows; featuring the one & only Tammin Sursok! 41:46

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Welcome to the seventy-fifth episode of Talk Spirit To Me. This week Jess welcomed Tammin Sursok to the podcast. Since her iconic role on Home and Away, Tammin Sursok, now a mum of two, has lit up international screens in hit shows like The Young and the Restless, Pretty Little Liars, and Hannah Montana. She also hosts her own podcast, The Sh!t Sho…