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How much can a psychic medium see about your health? When a woman facing a heart procedure receives a live intuitive scan, Julie Ryan describes something extraordinary.

In this episode of the Ask Julie Ryan Show, world-renowned psychic medium and medical intuitive Julie Ryan takes live calls from around the world, exploring heart conditions, energetic healing, spirit communication, past lives, and the 12 Phases of Transition®.

Pat from Phoenix is preparing for a cardiac ablation to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib). During her intuitive scan, Julie describes energetic adjustments to Pat's heart rhythm and cardiovascular system. Other callers seek insight into vision problems, a herniated disc, decades of chronic fatigue, and neurological symptoms following surgery.

The spiritual mysteries are equally fascinating. Julie explores the transition process with a woman whose husband suffered a stroke, shares techniques for overcoming fear, and helps a retired nurse investigate an unusual childhood memory that may be connected to a past life.

What might a medical intuitive perceive that conventional medical testing doesn't explore? And what can spiritual experiences teach us about healing, the afterlife, and the soul?

Join Julie for another remarkable evening of intuitive readings, spiritual discoveries, and conversations about healing.

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) Welcome to the Ask Julie Ryan Show

(0:03:49) After a Stroke: The 12 Phases of Transition®

(0:10:48) Psychic Scan for Vision Problems and Eye Healing

(0:21:30) AFib and an Upcoming Heart Procedure: What Does Julie See?

(0:28:13) Overcoming Fear With the Two-Minute Rule®

(0:34:06) Intuitive Healing for a Herniated Disc

(0:39:10) Past-Life Mystery: A Childhood Memory Explained

(0:44:15) 35 Years of Chronic Fatigue: What Could Be Behind It?

(0:54:55) Medical Intuitive Scan for a Cat's Illness

(0:56:25) Neurological Symptoms After Surgery: An Intuitive Scan

(1:06:30) Closing Thoughts and Angelic Attendant Training™

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What does it actually feel like when someone who has died tries to communicate with you—and how can you tell a genuine experience from your own thoughts? Julie Ryan sits down with psychic, remote viewer, shaman, and longtime consciousness-research participant Gail Hayssen to explore spirit communication, signs from deceased loved ones, near-death experiences, remote viewing, precognition, and the evidence surrounding consciousness after death.

For Gail, communication associated with someone who has died can arrive as a physical sensation, sudden knowing, vivid dream, or persistent impression that she feels compelled to share.

But how do you know whether it's really them?

Julie and Gail explore what these experiences feel like, why they can be profoundly meaningful for people experiencing grief, and whether connecting with a deceased loved one can help someone feel less alone after loss.

Gail also discusses research into the survival of consciousness, including the work supported by Robert Bigelow and investigations into whether consciousness may continue beyond bodily death.

Then the conversation gets even stranger.

Gail takes Julie behind the scenes of her decades of participation in remote-viewing and psi experiments with researchers including Dean Radin and Russell Targ. She describes experiments in which she attempted to perceive targets she couldn't conventionally see—including experiences she interpreted as accessing information before a target was selected.

What could experiences like these suggest about intuition, consciousness, and our perception of time?

Gail also shares her deeply personal journey, including a near-death experience during childbirth, her relationships with Indigenous and shamanic traditions, and her initiation as a Buriat White Shaman in Mongolia.

Julie and Gail explore:

What does spirit communication actually feel like?

Can deceased loved ones still reach us?

What does research say about survival of consciousness?

Can the mind perceive information across distance—or even time?

Are some people naturally more intuitive than others?

Can intuitive abilities be developed?

And if time isn't as linear as it appears, what does that mean for our lives?

Finally, Julie asks her signature question:

Why do we incarnate?

Whether you've experienced an extraordinary dream about someone who died, wondered whether a sign was really from your loved one, or questioned how far human consciousness might extend, this conversation will leave you thinking differently about what may be possible.

Guest Biography:

Gail Hayssen is a psychic, remote viewer, shaman, podcast host, and longtime participant in scientific research exploring psychic and paranormal phenomena. Experiencing precognitive dreams and other unusual phenomena since childhood, Gail later trained in remote perception and medical intuition and has participated in experiments with prominent researchers including Dr. Dean Radin and Russell Targ since the late 1990s. Her extraordinary life has included a near-death experience during childbirth, deep relationships with Indigenous and shamanic communities in Mexico, Alaska, and Mongolia, and initiation as a Buriat White Shaman in 2011. She has participated in numerous psi and remote-viewing studies, appears in Russell Targ’s documentary Third Eye Spies, and was featured in research discussed in Dr. Radin’s Supernormal. Gail is also the host of the podcast A Small Medium at Large, where she explores consciousness, psychic phenomena, spirituality, and the unexplained.

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) What Does Spirit Communication Actually Feel Like?

(0:01:50) Is Talking to the Dead Real?

(0:05:13) Is There Evidence for Life After Death?

(0:07:05) Gail’s Near-Death Experience During Childbirth

(0:15:23) Can Spirit Communication Help Heal Grief?

(0:18:40) What Shamanic Traditions Have in Common

(0:25:25) Can Your Mind See Something Miles Away?

(0:31:28) Inside Gail’s Psychic Experiments With Dean Radin

(0:36:09) The Science of Remote Viewing

(0:43:17) Can Anyone Develop Psychic Abilities?

(0:44:56) What If Time Isn’t Really Linear?

(0:47:43) Can Your Thoughts Affect Your Future?

(0:49:50) Why Do We Incarnate?

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What if your symptoms aren't simply problems to eliminate—but signals asking you to pay attention? Julie Ryan sits down with Ayurvedic practitioner, turmeric researcher, and The Inflammation Code author Dr. Shivani Gupta to explore chronic inflammation, stress, unresolved emotions, boundaries, sleep, intuition, and what your body may be trying to communicate.

Dr. Shivani explains “inflammaging”—the chronic, low-grade inflammation associated with aging—and why she believes many of the symptoms people dismiss as simply getting older deserve a closer look.

Julie and Shivani explore the many factors that can influence inflammation, including diet, sleep, circadian rhythms, environmental exposures, chronic stress, grief, and lifestyle patterns. They also discuss Ayurveda's approach to understanding the individual through the Vata, Pitta, and Kapha doshas and how ancient practices can be adapted to modern life.

But the conversation goes deeper than physical health.

Can constantly overriding your own needs affect your well-being? What happens when grief and stress aren't fully processed? Why do so many women become accustomed to saying yes when their bodies seem to be saying no?

Julie shares her medical-intuitive perspective on how she perceives inflammation during an energetic scan, while Shivani discusses Ayurveda's traditional understanding of the relationship between mind, body, energy, and health.

You'll also learn about practical Ayurvedic rituals Dr. Shivani uses and teaches, including tongue scraping, oil pulling, morning hydration, circadian walks, breathwork, meditation, digestive health practices, and prioritizing restorative sleep.

They discuss why sleep is foundational, how our daily routines influence the nervous system, and why Shivani encourages women to create moments of intentional stillness throughout the day—including her simple “Tea Time Is Me Time” practice.

Finally, Julie and Shivani explore the connection between intuition, inflammation, purpose, dharma, and spiritual well-being, ending with Julie's signature question:

Why do we incarnate?

If you've been experiencing fatigue, stress, poor sleep, digestive issues, brain fog, aches, or simply the feeling that your body is asking for something different, this conversation offers a new framework for listening.

Guest Biography:

Dr. Shivani Gupta is an Ayurvedic practitioner, turmeric researcher, author, and speaker who blends classical Ayurveda with functional medicine to help women reduce inflammation, support hormone balance, and restore energy. With a Master’s in Ayurvedic Sciences and a PhD focused on turmeric, she translates ancient healing wisdom into practical daily strategies for modern life. She is the author of The Inflammation Code, host of the Fusionary Health Podcast, and creator and host of the Emmy-nominated TV show Vibrant Health with Dr. Shivani Gupta. For more than 20 years, Dr. Shivani has helped women and families create sustainable wellness routines, with a particular focus on inflammation, midlife hormone health, metabolism, gut health, and the therapeutic use of spices.

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Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) What Are Your Symptoms Trying to Tell You?

(0:01:52) Is “Inflammaging” Making You Feel Older?

(0:07:07) Ancient Ayurveda Meets Modern Wellness

(0:11:53) Why Is Chronic Inflammation So Common?

(0:16:02) Can Emotions Affect How Your Body Feels?

(0:20:21) Julie’s Medical-Intuitive View of Inflammation

(0:24:07) Boundaries, Grief & the Mind-Body Connection

(0:32:55) How Do You Decode What Your Body Is Telling You?

(0:34:44) Discover Your Ayurvedic Mind-Body Type

(0:42:38) Simple Daily Rituals to Support Your Body

(0:48:48) Digestion, Fasting & Your “Digestive Fire”

(0:53:43) Tongue Scraping, Oil Pulling & Ancient Rituals

(0:54:35) Why Sleep May Be Your Most Important Reset

(1:01:28) Can Physical Wellness Strengthen Intuition?

(1:05:13) Why Do We Incarnate?

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She felt perfectly healthy—until a routine blood test revealed stage 3 kidney disease. How could something so serious happen without obvious warning signs?

We've got callers from Florida, Kentucky, St. Augustine, Texas, Long Island, Scotland, Northern California, and Canada—all with questions about their health, their past lives, and their spiritual development.

Hear about the new Ask Julie Ryan® app, my upcoming Angelic Attendant Training™ in Atlanta, and opportunities to develop your spiritual gifts.

Whether you're curious about medical intuition, energy healing, past lives, spirit communication, or the connection between physical health and spiritual awareness, I hope this conversation brings you insight and encouragement.

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Welcome, Hurricane Update & New Ask Julie Ryan® App

03:56 Unexpected Bleeding After Menopause: Psychic Scan

09:50 Tongue Dysplasia After Cancer: Medical Intuitive Reading

20:43 She Felt Healthy—Then Stage 3 Kidney Disease

31:33 Is People-Pleasing Connected to a Past Life?

37:58 Hormone Therapy, Bleeding & Endometrial Thickening

43:25 Dental Problems, Tooth Pain & Energy Healing

46:40 Are You a Starseed? Signs & Spiritual Identity

49:15 20 Years of Headaches, Memory Loss & Brain Scan

58:08 Free Session Winner

1:02:14 Can Anyone Learn Medical Intuition?

1:06:00 Upcoming Training & Closing Thoughts

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Is there scientific evidence that consciousness survives death—and could technology someday allow us to communicate with people who have died? Julie Ryan sits down with afterlife researcher, author, and Soul Proof founder Dr. Mark Pitstick to explore decades of research into consciousness, near-death experiences, after-death communication, mediumship, signs from departed loved ones, and experimental attempts to detect communication beyond physical death.

Mark has spent more than 50 years exploring some of humanity's biggest questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What happens when we die? And will we see the people we love again?

In this conversation, Mark discusses his work alongside consciousness researcher Dr. Gary E. Schwartz and the experiments behind the SoulPhone Project, which is investigating whether technology can detect responses attributed by the researchers to what they call “post-material persons.”

Mark explains why the research team interprets experimental results as evidence supporting survival after bodily death—and why he believes the implications could eventually transform how we understand grief, medicine, spirituality, religion, end-of-life care, and human consciousness.

Julie and Mark also explore something much more personal:

How can you know whether a sign from a deceased loved one is real?

They discuss synchronicities, pre-planned signs, continuing bonds between parents and children, after-death communication, terminal lucidity, end-of-life experiences, and the extraordinary ways grieving families describe maintaining connections with loved ones who have died.

Mark also shares the unusual spiritual experiences that began during his childhood, including experiences he describes as clairaudient communication that shaped his lifelong search for answers about God, consciousness, suffering, and the purpose of human life.

Then Julie and Mark go inside the SoulPhone research, discussing photons, experimental detection systems, the proposed “Soul Switch” and “Soul Keyboard,” and the researchers' long-term goal of developing increasingly sophisticated methods for attempted communication with people after physical death.

Could science eventually demonstrate that consciousness continues beyond the body?

Could technology ever allow meaningful communication across the boundary we call death?

And what if the people you've loved and lost aren't truly gone?

This episode explores the evidence, experiences, research, and extraordinary possibilities surrounding one of humanity's oldest questions:

Does death actually end us?

Guest Biography:

Dr. Mark Pitstick, MA, DC, is an author, holistic health practitioner, consciousness researcher, and spiritual educator with more than 50 years of experience helping people explore life’s biggest questions, including who we are, why we’re here, what happens after death, and whether we remain connected to departed loved ones. With training in clinical psychology, pastoral counseling, chiropractic health care, clinical nutrition, past-life regression, and afterlife-related practices, Mark has worked in hospitals, mental health centers, counseling settings, and holistic health clinics. He is the author of Soul Proof, Radiant Wellness, The Eleven Questions, The Afterlife Evidence, and Ask the Soul Doctor, and co-author of Greater Reality Living and The Big Picture of Life. His 2024 book, Shining Light Parents Speak, shares insights from 130 parents who found meaning, peace, and purpose following the deaths of their children. Mark also produced the Soul Proof documentary, has interviewed leading voices in consciousness and near-death research, works with the SoulPhone Project, supports Helping Parents Heal, and founded the Greater Reality Healing, Living & Helping Program to help people navigate loss, change, and life’s challenges through a greater-reality perspective.

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) Is There Scientific Evidence We Survive Death?

(0:05:13) Where Does the “99.9%” Claim Come From?

(0:06:12) Does Our Personality Survive Death Too?

(0:09:16) Is the Brain Filtering Most of Reality?

(0:10:41) Can Loved Ones Send Signs After Death?

(0:11:26) What Julie’s Brain Scan Revealed

(0:18:54) Can Grief Become a Spiritual Awakening?

(0:23:34) End-of-Life Visions & Terminal Lucidity

(0:24:37) Mark’s Childhood Experiences With Spirit

(0:32:55) The Evidence That Changed Mark’s Mind

(0:36:53) How Grieving Parents Stay Connected to Their Children

(0:46:29) How Do You Know a Sign Is Really From Them?

(0:48:42) Is Death Still Humanity’s Greatest Mystery?

(0:50:14) The SoulPhone: Can Technology Reach the Afterlife?

(0:53:56) The Strange “700% Brighter” Experiment

(0:58:21) What Would Proof of an Afterlife Change?

(1:03:19) Why Do We Incarnate?

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What happens when a clinical psychologist begins experiencing what she believes is contact with a multidimensional cosmic being? Dr. Marilyn Gewacke joins Julie Ryan to share her extraordinary journey from traditional psychology to channeling ZaZar—and the experiences that completely changed how she understands consciousness, trauma, death, human potential, and our place in the cosmos.

Marilyn describes unusual experiences beginning in childhood, including memories she interprets as visits to a massive “teaching craft,” where she says she encountered human and non-human beings and learned extraordinary consciousness practices.

Decades later, her life changed again.

Marilyn describes undergoing a two-year process that she believes prepared her to channel ZaZar, whom she describes as an omni-dimensional cosmic intelligence. She even recounts an extraordinary incident in which she says communication associated with ZaZar appeared through her flip phone, complete with unusual sounds and symbols.

Julie and Marilyn explore:

What actually happens during channeling?

Can trauma obscure our connection to our deeper selves?

Are some people experiencing an expansion of consciousness?

What happens to consciousness after physical death?

Could humanity be moving toward a new understanding of itself?

And why do our souls choose to incarnate at all?

Marilyn shares ZaZar's teachings about what she calls the multidimensional human, including expanded awareness, creativity, intuition, unity consciousness, and humanity's potential relationship with other forms of intelligence.

The conversation also ventures into Marilyn's beliefs and experiences involving extraterrestrial contact, star beings, hybrid origins, consciousness projection, remote viewing, DNA activation, multidimensional reality, wormholes, and hundreds of cosmic civilizations she says ZaZar has described.

Julie shares some of her own unusual spiritual experiences, including past-life imagery, energetic healing, spirit communication, and what she perceives when working with people who are gravely ill.

Then, near the end of the conversation, Marilyn channels ZaZar and shares messages for Julie and humanity about awakening, unity, consciousness, and humanity's evolving relationship with the cosmos.

Finally, Julie asks her signature question:

Why do we incarnate?

Whether you interpret channeling as spiritual communication, an altered state of consciousness, or something else entirely, this conversation explores extraordinary experiences and profound questions about who we are, why we're here, and what consciousness may be capable of.

Guest Biography:

Marilyn Gewacke, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, visionary teacher, author, and channel for ZaZar, an omni-dimensional cosmic being whose teachings explore awakening, transformation, heart consciousness, and humanity’s multidimensional nature. She is the founder and director of the Sanctuary for Evolutionary Vision (SEV), where she leads workshops, retreats, and immersive experiences focused on consciousness expansion, spiritual connection, and planetary evolution. Marilyn is the author and channel of the two-time award-winning The ZaZar Transmissions: The New Human in a Multidimensional World and author of The Oneness of Being: Birthing the New Human, which received Gold Medal honors from both the Independent Publisher Book Awards and Living Now Book Awards. Through her work with ZaZar, Marilyn helps people explore expanded consciousness, soul embodiment, unity, and what she describes as humanity’s evolving relationship with the greater cosmos.

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) How Did a Psychologist Become a Cosmic Channel?

(0:06:44) Her Childhood Encounters on a “Teaching Craft”

(0:19:44) Who—or What—Is ZaZar?

(0:29:42) Cosmic Contact & What Happens After Death

(0:43:37) DNA Activation & 611 Cosmic Civilizations?

(0:54:02) Are We Becoming Multidimensional Humans?

(1:08:14) ZaZar Channels a Message for Humanity

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What actually happens inside the brain when someone channels—and who, or what, are they communicating with? Julie Ryan sits down with Darryl Anka, who has spent more than 40 years channeling the entity he calls Bashar, for a fascinating conversation about altered states, consciousness, UFO encounters, spirit guides, belief systems, soul purpose, and the nature of reality itself.

Darryl's extraordinary journey began after two close-range UFO sightings in 1973. Years later, he attended a channeling class and began experiencing an intense altered state that eventually developed into his decades-long work with Bashar.

But what happens to Darryl while he's channeling?

Darryl discusses EEG testing conducted during the making of his documentary First Contact and what he was told about changes in his brain activity while entering the channeling state. Julie shares her own experience having her brain scanned while communicating with Spirit, and together they explore whether channeling may involve measurable changes in consciousness.

Then comes an even bigger question:

Who are we actually communicating with when we channel?

Darryl shares his understanding of Bashar and describes channeling as potentially connecting with information beyond ordinary conscious awareness. Julie and Darryl compare their experiences with spirit guides, soul families, angelic beings, intuition, imagination, and altered states of consciousness.

Darryl also explains why he believes everyone experiences forms of channeling when deeply immersed in creativity or doing something they love.

The conversation then turns toward one of Bashar's best-known teachings: following your highest excitement. Darryl explains a five-step framework for identifying what excites you, acting on it to the best of your ability, releasing attachment to the outcome, maintaining a constructive state, and examining beliefs that arise along the way.

Julie and Darryl explore how beliefs may shape perception and behavior, why people remain stuck in circumstances they consciously say they don't want, and how identifying underlying beliefs can help change recurring patterns.

They also venture into provocative questions about physical reality, imagination, soul roles, extraterrestrial intelligence, spiritual guidance, and whether our earthly lives may have a much larger purpose than we realize.

And finally, Julie asks her signature question:

Why do we incarnate?

Darryl's answer brings the entire conversation full circle—from knowing something intellectually to experiencing it through physical life.

Whether you believe channeling represents communication with another intelligence, spiritual guidance, or an unusual state of consciousness, this conversation offers a fascinating look at what happens when we explore the boundaries of the mind.

Guest Biography:

Darryl Anka is an internationally known speaker, author, filmmaker, and channel who has spent more than 40 years exploring metaphysics and consciousness through his work with Bashar Communications. His seminars have inspired more than 20 books published in the U.S. and Japan. Darryl also has an extensive career in film, contributing visual effects, storyboards, sets, and designs to major productions including Star Trek, Iron Man, The Aviator, and Pirates of the Caribbean. He has written, directed, and produced three internationally distributed films and is the author of the sci-fi novel series Shards of a Shattered Mirror.

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) He’s Been Channeling Bashar for 40 Years

(0:02:00) Two Close-Range UFO Encounters Changed Everything

(0:09:55) What Did It Feel Like When Bashar First Appeared?

(0:17:57) What Happens to the Brain During Channeling?

(0:26:03) Who Are You Actually Talking to When You Channel?

(0:35:02) Is It Intuition, Imagination—or Something Else?

(0:42:00) Bashar’s 5-Step Formula for Following Your Soul Path

(0:47:46) Are Hidden Beliefs Controlling Your Reality?

(0:54:30) What If Physical Reality Isn’t What We Think?

(0:58:14) Following Your Passion in the Real World

(1:04:21) Why Do Our Souls Choose to Incarnate?

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Have you ever experienced a coincidence so perfectly timed that you wondered if it was really a coincidence at all? Julie Ryan welcomes historian and author Dr. Gerry Bowler back to the show for a fascinating exploration of synchronicity, intuition, collective consciousness, prediction, and whether we may sometimes know things before we consciously understand how.

Julie and Gerry examine extraordinary examples of ideas and events appearing independently at nearly the same time. Gerry shares his own experiences of researchers becoming interested in the same obscure centuries-old material and separate authors creating remarkably similar projects without knowing what the other was doing.

So where do ideas actually come from?

Could some of what we call coincidence be synchronicity? Can multiple people somehow access similar ideas independently? And could intuition occasionally allow us to recognize patterns before our conscious minds catch up?

Julie and Gerry explore theories involving collective consciousness, intuition, creativity, channeling, synchronicity, imagination, and the mysterious relationship between thought and reality.

They also discuss examples from popular culture that seem to anticipate later events, why authors sometimes say their characters appear to take over their stories, and whether creative inspiration can feel as though it comes from somewhere beyond the conscious mind.

The conversation ventures even deeper into ancient history, pyramids, hidden knowledge, spirituality, religion, prophecy, and the mysteries of human consciousness before arriving at the ultimate question:

Why do we incarnate?

If you've ever received a sign at exactly the right moment, known something without understanding why, experienced an impossible coincidence, or wondered whether the universe might be communicating with you, this conversation will give you plenty to consider.

Guest Biography:

Dr. Gerry Bowler, a historian from Saskatoon with degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D. from King’s College London, has spent his career exploring the intersection of religion and popular culture after beginning as a scholar of Medieval and Early-Modern Europe. His wide-ranging work spans studies on The Simpsons, Aristotle and professional wrestling, Wayne Gretzky, and Bloody Mary, though he is best known for his extensive research on the history of Christmas. The author of numerous books—including The World Encyclopedia of Christmas, Santa Claus: A Biography, God and The Simpsons, and Christmas in the Crosshairs—Gerry has also contributed countless articles, encyclopedia entries, op-eds, and edited volumes, with his works translated into multiple languages worldwide. When not writing or teaching, he serves as a Senior Fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, where he humorously “shakes a fist at modern society and tells it to get off his lawn.”

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) Can We Know Something Before It Happens?

(0:10:00) Are We Tapping Into a Collective Consciousness?

(0:24:00) When Is a Coincidence Actually a Sign?

(0:38:00) Ancient Mysteries, Pyramids & Hidden Knowledge

(0:51:00) Can Our Thoughts Influence What Becomes Reality?

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What if your body isn't working against you—but trying to get your attention? Julie Ryan talks with somatic healer and transformational coach Harmony Slater about anxiety, burnout, body image, stored emotional patterns, and why constantly fighting what we feel may actually keep us disconnected from what our bodies are trying to communicate.

Harmony shares her own lifelong struggle with body image and perfectionism, even while achieving extraordinary levels of physical discipline through yoga and dance. Eventually, she began to see the very wound she'd spent years trying to overcome as an invitation to understand herself more deeply—and ultimately help others do the same.

Julie and Harmony explore the connection between the body, unconscious patterns, emotions, and the nervous system, including Harmony's perspective on how suppressed experiences can show up as physical tension and recurring patterns.

They also examine why the nervous system often chooses what's familiar over what's better. If you've ever wondered why you return to the same relationship patterns, fears, behaviors, or self-sabotaging thoughts even after years of personal growth, Harmony offers a fascinating explanation.

You'll discover why fear and excitement can produce similar sensations in the body, how the labels we attach to those sensations influence our experience, and why learning to stay present with uncomfortable feelings may change our relationship with them.

Julie and Harmony also discuss somatic breathwork, journaling, manifestation, thought patterns, intuition, presence, trauma, nervous-system regulation, and conscious creation—along with practical ways to reconnect with your body's inner wisdom.

And the conversation ultimately goes somewhere even deeper: Why are we here?

Harmony shares her spiritual perspective that we are expressions of one infinite consciousness experiencing separation, difference, and ultimately a return to love.

If you've spent years trying to fix yourself, fight your body, escape uncomfortable emotions, or understand why the same patterns keep returning, this conversation offers another possibility: perhaps the first step isn't fighting harder. Perhaps it's learning to listen.

Guest Biography:

Harmony Slater is a Certified Mastery Coach, breathwork and pranayama trainer, and one of only twenty women worldwide to hold the highest-level Ashtanga Yoga certification. For over 25 years, she has guided students across 33 countries in yoga, meditation, and energy practices, weaving together neuroscience, spirituality, and somatic healing. As host of the Finding Harmony Podcast and founder of the Lightworker Mastermind, Harmony empowers high-achieving women and spiritual entrepreneurs to regulate their nervous systems, release energetic blocks, and grow soul-aligned businesses with clarity, vitality, and flow.

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) Welcome & Meet Harmony Slater

(0:00:40) What If Your Struggles Are Trying to Awaken You?

(0:02:14) Can Your Deepest Wound Reveal Your Purpose?

(0:06:57) Why Is Body Image So Hard to Escape?

(0:14:11) Where Do Our Body Image Beliefs Come From?

(0:18:55) Is Your Body a Portal to Higher Consciousness?

(0:27:48) Why Your Nervous System Keeps You Stuck

(0:31:57) How to Move Through Fear Instead of Fighting It

(0:38:01) Why You Still Feel Stuck After Doing the Work

(0:44:47) What Is Your Body Holding Onto?

(0:59:07) Can You Transform Stored Trauma?

(1:01:08) Can Your Thoughts Influence Your Reality?

(1:05:50) The Spiritual Practice That Changed Everything

(1:14:07) How to Interrupt a Fear-Based Thought

(1:22:15) Simple Ways to Reconnect With Your Inner Wisdom

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Who comes for us when we die—and are deceased loved ones already waiting as we approach the end of life? In this episode of the Ask Julie Ryan Show, Julie explores the spiritual side of dying, end-of-life visions, the 12 Phases of Transition®, and why people nearing death sometimes report seeing loved ones who died before them.

When end-of-life doula Terri calls about her Uncle Tom, Julie intuitively perceives him in Phase 7 of the 12 Phases of Transition®, the spiritual framework Julie describes in her book Angelic Attendants: What Happens As We Transition From This Life Into The Next. Their conversation explores what may happen as someone approaches death and the comforting experiences often reported by dying people and their families.

Do loved ones come to help us cross?

Why do some dying people appear to see or communicate with people who have already died?

And could these experiences offer comfort to families facing one of life's most difficult transitions?

Julie also connects with Juliana, who is carrying guilt following her mother's death from cancer. Julie shares the impressions she receives about Juliana's mother, discusses connecting with deceased loved ones through dreams, and offers her perspective on why love and connection continue after physical death.

Plus, Julie takes callers from around the world with questions about chronic sinus problems, kidney concerns, hair loss, digestive symptoms, unexplained joint pain, and cancer, sharing her medical-intuitive impressions and energetic-healing approach.

And there's a BIG announcement: Julie officially introduces the Ask Julie Ryan® app, including Spirit Chat™, a new way to submit a video question and receive a personal video response from Julie.

If you've ever wondered what happens before we die, whether our loved ones are waiting for us, or if anyone crosses over alone, this conversation offers Julie's spiritual perspective on one of life's greatest mysteries.

Episode Chapters:

(0:00:00) Julie Returns + An Update on Tim

(0:02:15) Chronic Sinus Problems: What Does Julie Sense?

(0:10:03) Kidney Concerns, Fibroids & an Intuitive Scan

(0:16:20) Sudden Hair Loss: What Could Be Going On?

(0:21:13) Decades of Bloating & Digestive Problems

(0:23:36) Is Her Deceased Mother Still With Her?

(0:31:33) Should She Leave Her Job—or Wait?

(0:33:40) BIG Announcement: The Ask Julie Ryan® App!

(0:38:39) Who Comes for Us When We Die?

(0:46:23) Unexplained Joint Pain: Julie’s Intuitive Scan

(0:51:31) Supporting a Caller Living With Advanced Cancer

(0:57:50) A Friend With Stage 4 Brain Cancer

(1:01:42) Closing Thoughts & Prayers for Tim

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