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When did setting boundaries become a reason to avoid difficult conversations? When did spirituality become another way to control life? And what happens when a helping professional promises one method that supposedly works for everyone?
In this episode of Conversations with Dr. Marie, I talk with Stepanka, a clinical hypnotherapist and subconscious mind coach living in England, about hypnosis, intuition, and the modern self-help industry. We begin with what hypnosis actually is—and what it isn't. Can one session change a habit? What are the limits of a quick fix? And why does an experienced practitioner need to pay attention to the person rather than simply follow a script?
Then we get into more uncomfortable territory: AI therapy that agrees with everything you say, the social anxiety that has followed COVID, the fashionable use of words like “toxic,” and the difference between a real boundary and avoiding an uncomfortable conversation. We also question the relentless pressure to manifest, improve, and build a life that looks successful from the outside.
I share an example from my own work that made me rethink the difference between real-life stress and the stress of trying to live up to cultural expectations. And we explore intuition through an image I often use: I'm a sailboat on the ocean. I can learn to read the currents, but I don't control the ocean or the weather.
Stepanka and I don't agree on every point. That's one of the things I enjoyed most. I'd rather have an honest conversation than another performance of certainty.
I'm Dr. Marie Feuer, PhD in Health Psychology. For more than 50 years, my work has brought together psychological understanding, meditation, psychic perception, and energetic practice. I work privately with individuals, not a fixed formula. If you've tried therapy, spiritual practices, or self-work and still find yourself stuck, you can learn about my sessions and schedule a free 30-minute introductory Zoom conversation at https://DrMarie.org.
ABOUT THE GUEST: Stepanka is a clinical hypnotherapist and subconscious mind coach originally from the Czech Republic and now living in England. She works with clients internationally on confidence, insecurities, subconscious patterns, and personal change.
Stepanka's website: https://www.hypnocoaching.me/
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In this conversation, Dr. Marie Feuer speaks with Alexis Kur—a high school special education teacher, mental health advocate, speaker, and person living with Dissociative Identity Disorder—about the many parts of being human.
They explore Dissociative Identity Disorder, the usefulness and limitations of diagnosis, and how labels can sometimes help us understand our experiences without defining who we are. They also discuss special education, trauma, identity, advocacy, and what it means to live differently in a world that often pathologizes difference.
ABOUT ALEXIS KUR
Alexis is a high school special education teacher, mental health advocate, speaker, and founder of Permission to Define. After 15 years in a successful environmental consulting career, she chose to redefine success and pursue work centered on education, advocacy, and human connection.
Today, Alexis works with teenage boys in high school special education while using her professional and lived experience to challenge stigma surrounding trauma, Dissociative Identity Disorder, disability, and identity.
Her work is grounded in a simple belief: people should never be reduced to a diagnosis, a label, or someone else’s definition of who they are allowed to become.
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Dr. Marie Feuer holds a PhD in Health Psychology and has practiced psychic and energy work since 1975. She offers private one-on-one sessions beginning with a free 30-minute introductory Zoom conversation.
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