Human Amplified

Burnout doesn’t usually arrive all at once.

It builds slowly, in the spaces no one sees. The extra call you take on your day off. The expectations that are never clearly defined but always feel too high. The quiet pressure to keep showing up, no matter what it costs you.

For many clergy women, and helpers more broadly, burnout isn’t about the big, visible moments. It’s the accumulation of everything beneath the surface.

In this conversation, Stephanie Dunn shares what burnout actually is, why it’s different from compassion fatigue, and what it really takes to recover. From psychological safety to agency to the loss of self that can happen along the way, this is a grounded look at what it means to care for others without losing yourself.

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Before conversations about confidence or authenticity, there is something more foundational that shapes how we move through the world.

We want to feel seen. But for many people, especially those navigating multiple identities, being seen has never been simple. It is shaped by safety, by context, and by whether the spaces around you were ever designed to hold your full reality.

In this episode, Amiee Sadler, therapist and nonprofit leader, shares how her lived experience as a Black, queer woman shaped her understanding of visibility and belonging. From navigating rooms where she was the only one like her to experiencing a period of being unhoused, her story brings clarity to what it actually means to feel seen when the world around you does not reflect you back.

We explore why feeling seen can feel complicated or even risky, how people learn to hide parts of themselves to stay safe, and what it looks like to slowly reclaim the ability to show up fully.

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Long before today’s headlines, social justice movements were shaped in local communities, in conversations, in classrooms, and in everyday decisions people made about what they would accept and what they would challenge.

Timothy Hughes, activist, civic educator, and community organizer, shares how history continues to shape the present and why the stories we tell about that history matter more than we often realize.

We explore how political tension, systemic inequality, and cultural division don’t emerge out of nowhere, but follow patterns that have repeated across generations. Timothy breaks down how those patterns show up today and what it looks like to respond to them in ways that are grounded, informed, and intentional.

If you’ve ever wondered what your role is in moments like this, this conversation offers a clearer way to think about participation, responsibility, and what it actually means to show up in your daily life.

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Before hypnotherapy became a mainstream wellness tool, it lived mostly at the edges. Part clinical, part spiritual, and often misunderstood.

In this conversation, Hannah Bethel, a hypnotherapist, musician, and energy practitioner, walks through what actually happens beneath the surface when people start working with the subconscious. Not just what it is, but what changes when you stop trying to think your way through patterns and start feeling them in a different way.

We get into past life regression, but not as spectacle or curiosity. As a lens that can help people understand emotional patterns, release what they’ve been carrying, and shift how they show up in their current life.

If you’ve ever felt like insight alone isn’t enough to create real change, this conversation offers a different way to think about healing, embodiment, and the role your subconscious plays in both.

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Second-guessing your intuition is normal, especially in the south where there’s culturally a lot of fear around trusting your intuition… and we’ll go so far as to say trusting psychic hits that you get. Yes, you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Laura Stendel. She’s a licensed massage therapist here in Franklin, TN offering various forms of body work and energy work in her sessions. She owns Intuitive Bodywork TN, and she's known for incorporating her own intuition into her sessions and so today, we’re diving deep into that topic.

We cover things like how body work is inextricably linked to intuition for Laura, how this manifests in massage therapy sessions for her and her clients. She even gives us specific examples, which are really helpful.

Trigger Warning: As Laura shares one particular client story that she has permission to share, the topic of kidnapping and negative entities does come up for a few minutes around 15 or 20 minutes or so in. Listener discretion is advised.

But then we get into really tangible tips for how you can start to listen to your intuition and release fear around it so you can start trusting it again. Maybe you’ve been culturally conditioned to fear it or maybe you trusted it at one point but lost that connection to self through trauma. We address it all.

Laura also talks about psychic and intuitive experiences she had right around the time of the interview and she even dives in on one little hit that she got with me. Throughout the conversation, we use my own spiritual journey and experience of strengthening my intuitive abilities as an example for you.

Side note: If you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel, Human Amplified, and this is a really interesting topic to you, feel free to go do that now. In addition to this podcast, you can follow my spiritual journey. Check out the “Going Woo with Brandi” playlist. I just started it, so the name might change eventually. But I've linked that for you here, in this video and in the description box if you’re watching and it’s linked in the show notes if you’re listening.

Now, for the last quarter of the interview, we focus on everything you need to know about chakras and tie that back into strengthening your own abilities to work with intuition and energy.

And last but not least, we end on Laura telling you what she thinks is the most important thing to remember when you’re growing, healing, taking care of yourself, and leaning into your own powerful abilities — I won’t spoil it, but I’ll give you a hint — it has to do with letting go of something you might be holding onto so tightly.

After we stopped recording, we talked on for almost an hour and both of us wished we had just kept recording. So, have no fear, I definitely think we’ll get Laura back on the show at some point to keep diving deep into these important, empowering, and life changing practices.

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Second-guessing your intuition is normal, especially in the south where there’s culturally a lot of fear around trusting your intuition… and we’ll go so far as to say trusting psychic hits that you get. Yes, you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Laura Stendel. She’s a licensed massage therapist here in Franklin, TN offering various forms of body work and energy work in her sessions. She owns Intuitive Bodywork TN, and she's known for incorporating her own intuition into her sessions and so today, we’re diving deep into that topic.

We cover things like how body work is inextricably linked to intuition for Laura, how this manifests in massage therapy sessions for her and her clients. She even gives us specific examples, which are really helpful.

Trigger Warning: As Laura shares one particular client story that she has permission to share, the topic of kidnapping and negative entities does come up for a few minutes around 15 or 20 minutes or so in. Listener discretion is advised.

But then we get into really tangible tips for how you can start to listen to your intuition and release fear around it so you can start trusting it again. Maybe you’ve been culturally conditioned to fear it or maybe you trusted it at one point but lost that connection to self through trauma. We address it all.

Laura also talks about psychic and intuitive experiences she had right around the time of the interview and she even dives in on one little hit that she got with me. Throughout the conversation, we use my own spiritual journey and experience of strengthening my intuitive abilities as an example for you.

Side note: If you haven't subscribed to my YouTube channel, Human Amplified, and this is a really interesting topic to you, feel free to go do that now. In addition to this podcast, you can follow my spiritual journey. Check out the “Going Woo with Brandi” playlist. I just started it, so the name might change eventually. But I've linked that for you here, in this video and in the description box if you’re watching and it’s linked in the show notes if you’re listening.

Now, for the last quarter of the interview, we focus on everything you need to know about chakras and tie that back into strengthening your own abilities to work with intuition and energy.

And last but not least, we end on Laura telling you what she thinks is the most important thing to remember when you’re growing, healing, taking care of yourself, and leaning into your own powerful abilities — I won’t spoil it, but I’ll give you a hint — it has to do with letting go of something you might be holding onto so tightly.

After we stopped recording, we talked on for almost an hour and both of us wished we had just kept recording. So, have no fear, I definitely think we’ll get Laura back on the show at some point to keep diving deep into these important, empowering, and life changing practices.

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We spend a lot of time trying to hold things in place. Our identity, our relationships, our sense of control.

But what if nothing is meant to stay the same?

In this conversation, John M. DeMarco reflects on impermanence and what it means to live fully within it. Instead of resisting change, he explores how awareness, presence, and acceptance can lead to a deeper sense of meaning.

He talks about the tension between wanting things to last and knowing they will not. The way we chase certainty, avoid discomfort, and hold onto versions of ourselves that no longer fit. And what starts to shift when you stop trying to control every outcome and begin paying attention to what actually feels meaningful.

From the mind-body connection to legacy and purpose, this is a grounded look at how meaning is not something you arrive at once, but something you notice as you live.

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We don’t enter relationships as blank slates. By the time we start dating, committing, or getting married, we’ve already built an internal framework for what love looks like, how conflict works, and what we’re willing to tolerate. That framework often forms long before we have the language to describe it.

In this conversation, psychotherapist Amanda JP Brown connects those early experiences to the patterns people carry into adult relationships. From staying in unhealthy dynamics to confusing potential with reality, she breaks down how self-worth, shame, and learned behavior quietly shape the way we show up in love.

The conversation also moves beyond patterns into what happens when they begin to shift. What it looks like to grow within a relationship. Why that growth can create distance. And how ideas around marriage itself are evolving as people become more intentional about partnership.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in the same relationship dynamic or questioned why certain patterns keep repeating, this is a more grounded way to start understanding what’s actually driving it.

For much of her life, Christy Pruitt-Haynes moved through the world in close connection with others. Her time, energy, and sense of enjoyment were shaped by relationships. Family, friendships, and shared experiences that gave her life structure and meaning.

Over a relatively short period, that structure shifted. The loss of her best friend, a divorce, and her daughter leaving for college all changed how those relationships showed up in her day-to-day life. What remained was a quieter, more open space than she had been used to.

In this conversation, Christy shares how that transition led her to solo dating. It started as a way to better understand her own preferences, interests, and sense of self outside of anyone else.

We explore what it means to spend time alone without distraction, how fear and social conditioning shape the way people experience solitude, and why learning what you enjoy on your own can change how you show up in every other area of your life.

Today we’re talking to Tian Yuming. She’s a yoga teacher and trauma-informed certified life coach who immigrated to Singapore from China at an early age with her family. This immigration and the generational impact of the Chinese cultural revolution set the stage for the healing journey and expertise Yuming shares with us in this episode. 

The most prominent thing I noticed about Yuming when we first met is the presence she brings to her interactions. It was so comforting and interesting to experience. This was what inspired us to collaborate on today’s discussion.

We talk about how self discovery is healing, how to create more space by anchoring into the present moment, what it means to hold space, how to hold space, the difference between holding space as a professional versus in a dynamic relationship, when to prioritize holding space for yourself versus another person, when and how to draw boundaries, how to extend grace to yourself even if you aren’t present, when it’s okay to think about the past and future, and letting go and moving on. This discussion is a spiritual exploration based on a foundation of trauma and somatic training, so you’re in for a treat where science meets spirituality. Yuming focuses on connecting mind, body, and spirit, and this discussion is an extension of that focus.

There are many fantastic take aways from today’s episode, but my absolute favorite is when Yuming says “Compassionate witnessing is where the healing takes place.” Be sure to let me know in the comments (on YouTube) what your favorite take away is too. 

Now, let’s dive in.

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