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This episode is all about using spirituality as a practical tool in your life, thanks to today’s guest, Ashley B. Jones. 

Ashley is a Transformation Coach and Healer based in Denver, Colorado who supports feelers and dreamers as they learn to embrace change and build inner security to transform their lives into one where anything is possible. She is known for her unique holistic approach that merges modern understandings of the mind and energy with ancient practices that remind us of the power of our inner knowing.

Not only is Ashley an intuitive healer, but she also has a degree in behavioral neuroscience.

We start out discussing how important intuition and discernment are, and you’ll find this is a theme throughout, combined with self worth and nurturing the relationship with all of your selves — and you heard that right — there’s more than one. 

This episode is absolutely packed with good information — and the information is dense — we throw a lot of information at you in a short amount of time, so you may want to listen to this episode more than once. I’m still processing things we talked about. We discuss topics throughout like: making sense of where science and spirituality meet, what intuition is, what neuroscience is, how they work together, how to trust your intuition — from using your imagination to knowing when distortions are creeping in. We then dig into how to use your intuition when you rely heavily on logic, and how to address your own skepticism. Ashley also details her personal healing journey, gives us the run down on the 6 Clairs of psychic ability, what spirituality does to our brain, what’s in the unconscious, and the ethics to consider when relying on your intuition.  

Then, for the grand finale of the episode, Ashley does a collective tarot reading. And to be honest with you, after the reading, she really dug in with me on how it applied to my own life. I loved doing that. At the time of the interview, not all of the reading sunk in or resonated while some of it did. But as I listened back to it while producing this episode, it hit me like a ton of feathers and I had even more insight into my fears around my creative projects now than I did then. I love it, and it’s so helpful.

So, when you get to that part, as Ashley says, take what resonates and leave what doesn’t. And whenever you listen to this episode, whether it’s your first or third time, is when you’re meant to hear it. 

Trust the process. Trust your intuition. And, in the time since I interviewed Ashley and now, she’s put together a free workshop all about trusting yourself and listening to your intuition, so I’ve linked that down below in the show notes. Be sure to check it out.

And here we go.

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Y’all, go ahead and grab your tissues now. Today we’re talking to Cheyenne England about her miraculous healing journey. In late October 2020, at 38 years old, Cheyenne was diagnosed with stage 4b high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer. 

Cheyenne is not only a cancer survivor, but she’s a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, and teacher. She’s been a teacher for 16 years in Tennessee, and she comes from a long line of strong women who have bravely fought cancer. 

I’ll go ahead and tell you now that she is considered cancer free after six months which included debulking surgery and 6 rounds of chemo, followed by two years of a maintenance chemo pill. But with how her cancer had spread and her family history of cancer, the odds seemed stacked against her. 

As you listen to Cheyenne’s story, you’ll travel the ups and downs of emotions right there with her as she details what she experienced, from having to trust and advocate for herself when she thought something may be wrong, to a quick movement through the healthcare system, surgery, chemo, and at the same time healing pieces of herself from her sister’s death from breast cancer in 2012. After Cheyenne tells her story, she details for us the mental and emotional aspects of the journey, how she handled them, and what the absolute most important things were that helped with the healing process. This episode is as much about mindset as it is about what actually happened. And as you listen, you’ll see how tiny things aligned in the right time to ensure Cheyenne is here with us today. 

When you think about everything that had to come together in the way it did, it’s nothing short of a miracle.

Then and now, her greatest joy is her son, whom she has been blessed to travel with this year, celebrating life, and going on adventures before he starts school.

Heads up, you’ll hear Cheyenne’s dogs barking through some of this interview — they also totally wanted in on this inspiring episode! Let’s dive in.

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Do you ever just sit and listen to someone tell stories from their life? What a gift it is to be able to listen to such intimate memories that helped shape a person into who they are in this exact moment, with wisdom unmatched.

If you love doing that as much as I do, you’re in for a treat today — this is one of our ultimate storytelling episodes from a special person who has a rich tapestry of experience that can touch us all.

We’re talking to Clif Doyal. He’s a Nashville music industry veteran who manages and promotes artists, he’s a musician himself, and he’s a returning guest from season 4. 

Last time we met for the show, he talked about using music as a unifier during intense political times. But now, we’re taking an even more personal approach to his life’s experience — you get to see a different side of Clif. I say that, because we’re talking paranormal experiences, but actually, you see that it’s not such a different side. Clif brings his personality, love for entertainment through storytelling, and ability to make meaning and purpose to everything he does, and this is no different. 

Today, you get to hear at least three different stories of Clif’s true, verified, and real experiences with ghosts and what we think was a demon, and then several more stories about the gentle spirits of passed on loved ones. We talk about the differences between those various types of entities as well. 

As Clif says, the veil between worlds is thin.

So, grab a cozy blanket, your favorite drink, and settle in while Clif takes us with him to being on the farm with his mom as a kid, a prophetic recurring dream, a Franklin, TN civil war cemetery at the historic Carnton plantation, a creepy cow path in an Ozarks holler, a bedroom in a shotgun house haunted by an old miner, and the moments his mom and late wife came to him in spirit form.

Today we’re talking to Emerson Wright. They go by Em. And y’all, this episode is worth a listen.

Through the lens of being a transgender law professor in Florida, we look at how bringing our whole selves to how we show up is healing and empowering, whether we do it individually or systemically.

And staying connected to our humanness is how we make life and systems better. That’s huge, and that’s how we’ll change the justice system, which Em is part of, or any other system that you may be part of.

As we evolve, the systems we’ve created must also evolve to integrate who we really are.

So we talk social, medical, and career transition, complete with failures and progresses, which if you look deeply here, is a microcosm of the bigger shift the justice system is experiencing. We talk how the public’s relationship with the law is strained, if law even still matters, and having hope in the face of fear.

Full disclosure, Em and I were the best of friends for many years, starting in high school, through college, and for some time after. But this interview is the first time we’ve caught up in at least, I’d say, 15 years. And it was so good to reconnect.

Oh, and be sure to get to the end of this interview for a surprise paranormal story from Em.

You’re in for a treat with this interview.

We start out by talking what it looks like when a man has healthy levels of testosterone and what it looks like if testosterone is low. You’ll see that the role testosterone plays is way bigger than we typically give it credit for. Then, Justin squashes the stigma around testosterone usage and what healthy masculinity really is.

Justin opens up about his own journey with low testosterone as well and how he went from a bunch of medications that didn’t feel right to actually addressing the root cause of his symptoms. We discuss what the multifaceted root of low t actually can be, most common symptoms, the role of support systems, how hard it is for men to make friends, what to do about it, proactive and preventative strategies to balance your hormones in the first place, and even what to know about lab numbers and their lack of standardization.

On the surface, you’ll walk away from this episode equipped to know if you should test for low T or not. 

If you go deeper into the more subtle themes presented, you’ll start to wonder about why you and I have evolved the way we have, if we’re going in the right direction, and then hopefully you’ll start to question if getting to the root is a better route than treating symptoms. If we want to change our story, Justin and I agree that it’s a great idea to advocate for yourself, get to the root of what ails you, and go back to the basics when taking care of yourself so that your body can go back to balance and therefore change the trajectory of your evolution.

So, from the mind-blowing little known symptoms of low testosterone that are scattered throughout the entire discussion to the other end of spectrum where I feel like we’re all trying to figure out how to get access to the right types of holistic healthcare, let’s dig in. 

Stories...the stories we tell ourselves shape who we've been, who we are, and what we become. What you choose to do next either reinforces or changes your story. You have the power to choose where we go from here, as humans. So, welcome to the evolving story of what it means to be human through one beautiful and messy person at a time. 

We’re back after a two-year break and we’re gonna dig deeper than ever into who we are, our place in the world, how to make it better, and what it all means. 

I'm your host, Brandi Fleck. And this is Human Amplified.

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Trauma is often framed as something that happens in a moment. A single event with a clear beginning and end.

But for many people, the real impact comes after. In the patterns we develop, the ways we adapt, and the identities we form without fully understanding why.

In this conversation, Yemi Penn, an engineer, author, and trauma researcher, shares how her experience with childhood abuse shaped her voice, relationships, and sense of self over time.

We explore dissociation, how trauma becomes embedded in personality, and what it looks like to begin doing the work of healing. The conversation also touches on parenting and the ways trauma can be unintentionally passed on.

If you’ve ever wondered why certain patterns repeat or how past experiences continue to influence you, this offers a more honest look at what it means to face and work through trauma.

TRIGGER WARNING: We discuss child sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

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Clutter usually gets framed as a discipline problem. You just need a better system, more motivation, or a weekend to finally get it together.

But what if clutter isn’t about effort at all?

In this conversation, organizer coach Sara Skillen reframes clutter as something much deeper. Not a failure to clean up, but a pattern tied to postponed decisions, overwhelm, and systems that were never built for how your brain actually works.

From ADHD to family dynamics to the quiet pressure of “doing it right,” this is a conversation about what happens when organization stops being about control and starts becoming support.

Long before most people would willingly push themselves to physical and mental extremes, endurance challenges have existed as a way to test not just skill, but identity.

In this episode, Steve Davis (Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge finisher, Navy veteran, and Angels Alive supporter) shares what it means to take on a 10,000-mile ride with no GPS, limited sleep, and constant uncertainty. What begins as a test of endurance quickly becomes something else entirely.

We explore how the structure of the Hoka Hey Challenge strips away control, why moments of loss can deepen faith rather than weaken it, and how experiences that seem disconnected, from long-distance riding to personal grief, can shape a more grounded sense of purpose.

If you’ve ever wondered what actually changes after you push yourself to your limits, this conversation offers a more honest look at resilience, belief, and what it means to come back different.

Most people think pilots are trained to stay calm during emergencies. But long before a crisis happens, they’ve already imagined it.

They’ve walked through worst-case scenarios in simulators, practiced communication under pressure, and learned how to make decisions without letting panic take over. In aviation, preparation matters more than confidence.

In this episode, Brandi Fleck talks with airline captain Emil Dobrovolschi and entrepreneur Octavian Pantis about what the cockpit can teach us about stress, leadership, uncertainty, and staying grounded when life feels unstable.

Together, they explore why the best leaders create space instead of controlling everything, how communication breaks down under stress, and why asking “what if?” can actually reduce fear instead of increase it. They also reflect on identity loss during the pandemic, emotional resilience during major life changes, and the surprising role perspective plays in moments of chaos.

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by uncertainty, struggled to think clearly under pressure, or wondered how to move through crisis without losing yourself in the process, this conversation offers a calmer and more grounded way to approach the unknown.