In this episode, Tatiana gently challenges a common misunderstanding: the belief that spiritual growth works the same way as self-improvement.

Drawing on psychological insight, lived experience, and a grounded spiritual lens, this conversation explores why treating spirituality as something to optimise or perfect often creates suffering, rather than relieve it.

You’ll hear why genuine spiritual growth isn’t about fixing yourself, transcending your humanity, or becoming a better version of who you are, but about remembering what’s already true beneath the striving.

This episode is especially resonant if:

• You feel disappointed in yourself despite years of inner work
• Spiritual practices have started to feel effortful or draining
• You’re a therapist or helping professional navigating the line between growth and self-judgment
• You sense that spirituality should feel more relational and humane than it sometimes does

Tatiana offers a calm, reflective framework for understanding suffering without pathologising it, and for approaching the end of the year not as an evaluation, but as an invitation to remain in relationship with yourself exactly where you are.

This episode speaks to both spiritual seekers and clinically minded listeners, bridging science and spirituality in a way that is ethical, grounded, and deeply human.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

• Why self-improvement frameworks sneak into spirituality
• How effort-based spirituality can quietly increase suffering
• The difference between fixing yourself and remembering yourself
• A grounded, real-life example of spiritual remembering in action
• A gentler way to reflect on the year without self-judgment

Deepen your learning:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

Contact Tatiana:

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

Many people are sensing an inner shift: feeling softer, more intuitive, more honest, or aware that parts of their life no longer fit.
This episode explores why these early signs of spiritual awakening are increasing, what they mean psychologically and neurologically, and how they reflect a much larger collective transition toward meaning, coherence, and connection.

We look at real-world moments where awakening begins:
• the quiet burnout after years of coping
• the heaviness after reading the news
• the sudden awareness that you’re living on autopilot
• a growing desire for purpose, truth, or alignment
• a sense that something in you is “rearranging”

You’ll hear how modern psychology, nervous system science, existential research, and meaning-making theory can help explain why this shift is happening — individually and globally — without bypassing or sensationalising the experience.

We also explore the emerging collective movement toward spirituality as a framework for addressing the world’s most urgent challenges, and why your personal awakening is part of that wider shift.

If you’re feeling disoriented, tender, or strangely clear… you’re not losing your way. You’re beginning to listen.

In the episode, we explore:

• Why so many people are experiencing spiritual shifts right now
• The psychological and neurological signs of early awakening
• Why identity loosening is normal during transitions
• How collective strain is opening people to deeper questions
• What this shift means for the future of culture, systems, and healing
• How awakening creates personal and global coherence

Deepen your learning:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

Contact Tatiana:

You can now send me your comments or questions, to [email protected] or you can also find me on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwithtatiana/

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

A reflective micro-episode marking 2,500+ downloads—not as a celebration of numbers, but as an exploration of what listeners are seeking in this moment of collective transformation. Tatiana shares the three themes emerging across listener behaviour and why they matter in a world craving grounded, evidence-based spirituality.

In this short reflective bonus episode, Tatiana marks a quiet milestone: 2,500+ total downloads of Integrated Wisdom. The episode explores what this growth reveals about what people are longing for in 2025—grounded spirituality, psychological clarity, and a deeper sense of human connection.

This episode offers insight into the three themes consistently emerging across listener behaviour, including why listeners are returning to content that blends inner wisdom, grounded science, and practical integration for daily life.

If you’re curious about why this podcast resonates across Australia, the US, Asia, and beyond—and what people are truly seeking on their spiritual psychology journeys—this micro-reflection offers a clear window into the shift.

Whether you’re a therapist, a spiritual seeker, or someone exploring personal transformation, this episode brings you back to the core truth of the show:
We are spiritual beings having a human experience—and remembering this changes everything.

Deepen your learning:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

The latest Blog - 'Why Modern Life Makes Us Spiritually Disconnected (+ How to Reclaim Your Inner Signal): https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/blog/modern-life

Contact Tatiana:

You can now send me your comments or questions, to [email protected] or you can also find me on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwithtatiana/

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

What if reality isn’t something out there, but something your brain builds moment by moment?

In this episode of Integrated Wisdom, Tatiana explores the neuroscience of perception, prediction, and awareness - revealing how our consciousness doesn’t just observe reality, it creates it.

You’ll learn:

• The surprising truth about how your brain constructs your experience of the world
• How awareness acts as the bridge between neural processes and spiritual awakening
• Why expanding consciousness changes not just how you see life, but how life responds to you
• How participating consciously in your human experience is the deepest form of spiritual practice

This episode weaves together insights from neuroscience, psychology, and spirituality to illuminate a profound truth: the purpose of awakening isn’t to escape the human experience — it’s to participate in it fully, with awareness, choice, and love.

Whether you’re a therapist, seeker, or simply curious about how consciousness shapes reality, this conversation will expand your perspective and help you live with deeper agency and meaning.

Deepen your learning:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

Contact Tatiana:

You can now send me your comments or questions, to [email protected] or you can also find me on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwithtatiana/

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

In this episode of Integrated Wisdom, we explore what it means to live “between worlds” — when the inner shift has already begun, but the outer reality hasn’t rearranged itself yet. Many people are experiencing this right now: old identities no longer fit, new purpose is emerging, and yet… clarity isn’t there yet. It can feel disorienting, isolating, or like something is “wrong” — when actually, something deeper is waking up.

Tatiana (psychologist + evidence-based spirituality educator) offers a grounded exploration of spiritual evolution, identity transitions, and why these liminal spaces are not setbacks, but an essential phase of growth. You’ll also hear a personal reflection on the transition she’s in — expanding beyond private practice into a broader mission of teaching and speaking about spirituality, psychology, and science.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, uncertain, or “in between,” this is a compassionate guidepost for the road you’re on.

What We Cover

• The psychological + spiritual layers of identity shifts
• Why liminal spaces are often sacred initiations
• How to recognize when you’re in a spiritual transition
• What helps you stay resourced when clarity hasn’t landed yet
• Why not knowing can be a sign of deep alignment

This episode is for you if:

• You feel like you’re outgrowing your current life or role
• You know something is changing, but you can’t articulate it yet
• You’re drawn to spirituality that is grounded in research and lived experience
• You want to feel less alone in your evolution

✨ Free Resource Mentioned:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

Contact Tatiana:

You can now send me your comments or questions, to [email protected] or you can also find me on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwithtatiana/

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

In this episode, we explore how subtle soul whispers and life’s quiet nudges can become turning points in your spiritual journey - if you know how to recognise and trust them.

Most people imagine spiritual awakenings as lightning bolts: sudden, ecstatic, undeniable. But for most of us, it doesn’t happen that way. It begins quietly. With a whisper.

That subtle tug in your chest. The ache that says this isn’t working anymore. The beauty that cracks you open when you least expect it. These moments are not coincidences, they are the soul’s earliest invitations to awaken.

In this episode, Tatiana shares a deeply personal story about how an unexpected dog became the mirror that revealed a lifetime of self-abandonment, and how listening to the whisper became the first step in transforming her life.

Blending grounded psychology with spiritual insight, she explores:

• Why the “whisper” is often the first language of spiritual growth
• What’s actually happening in your mind and body when these moments arrive (interoception + spiritual pull)
• Why ignoring the whisper often keeps us stuck - and how to listen without needing a clear map
•  How these threshold moments grow your spiritual capacity and reshape your life from the inside out

Whether you’ve been walking a spiritual path for years or just feeling the first flickers of something stirring inside you, this episode is an invitation to stop waiting for clarity and start listening to the quiet.

Deepen your learning:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

Contact Tatiana:

You can now send me your comments or questions, to [email protected] or you can also find me on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwithtatiana/

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Many therapists today feel the tension: clients often want their spiritual or religious beliefs to be acknowledged in therapy, but most mental health training programs barely touch on spirituality. This gap raises an important question: is it ethical to leave spirituality out of therapy altogether?

In this episode, I explore:

✨ The real cost of ignoring the spiritual dimension in clinical work
✨ Recent research from Australia and beyond showing how spirituality is under-addressed in mental health care
✨ Why many therapists feel unprepared to bring spirituality into sessions and how that impacts client care
✨ Practical examples of what ethical, evidence-based integration of spirituality can look like in practice
✨ The shift we need as a profession if we’re serious about holistic, person-centred therapy

Whether you’re a therapist, psychologist, counsellor, or simply someone curious about how psychology and spirituality can work together, this episode invites you to reflect on what true ethical care means.

🌟 Why This Matters

A growing body of research shows that spirituality is central to wellbeing, resilience, and meaning-making. Yet many clients report that their spiritual needs are overlooked - or worse, totally dismissed in therapy. At the same time, clinicians often say they lack training or confidence in addressing spiritual themes. The result is a gap in care that can leave clients feeling unseen.

This episode offers a grounded, evidence-based perspective on why spirituality belongs in the therapy room and why leaving it out may be ethically problematic.

💡 Want to Go Deeper?

This conversation is just the beginning. My program, The Conscious Therapist, is designed to support therapists in ethically and confidently integrating spirituality into clinical practice.

➡️ Doors are open now and will close on 8 October. Learn more here: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/theconscioustherapist

You can also explore:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

Contact Tatiana:

You can now send me your comments or questions, to [email protected] or you can also find me on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwithtatiana/

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

Welcome to Integrated Wisdom — the podcast where science and spirituality are revealed as one sacred architecture.

I’m Tatiana Da Silva, a psychologist and spiritual educator, and each episode brings you research, insights, and practical tools for therapists and seekers ready to explore evidence-based spirituality.

This space is designed to help you remember what you’ve always known: spirit and science were never separate.

Subscribe now and join me on this journey into evidence-based spirituality - where wisdom becomes lived experience.

In a world marked by division, polarization, and rising despair, could spirituality be the missing piece we need to heal — not just individually, but collectively?

In this episode of Integrated Wisdom, Tatiana explores why materialism has left us fragmented and hopeless, and how reconnecting with our spiritual essence offers an antidote. Drawing on research from psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, and even reincarnation studies, she makes the case that spirituality is not just personal comfort — it’s a public health resource and a cultural healing force.

You’ll learn:

• Why over-identification with labels (political, social, cultural) deepens division and despair.
• How spirituality protects against suicide and mental health struggles (including Dr. Lisa Miller’s brain-imaging research at Columbia).
• Evidence from recent reviews (2024, 2025) linking spirituality and awe to resilience, compassion, and prosocial behaviour.
• The surprising lessons from reincarnation research that challenge our attachment to identity.
• Practical ways to strengthen your own spiritual connection and apply these insights in daily life and community.

✨ This episode is both a vision and a roadmap: showing how evidence-based spirituality can become medicine for our fractured world, and how small personal choices ripple outward into collective change.

Resources & References

• Miller, L. et al., JAMA Psychiatry: Cortical thickness and spirituality.
• Frontiers in Psychiatry (2024): Spirituality and improved coping, lower suicide risk.
• SpringerLink (2025): Awe and self-compassion.
• World Health Organization: Global mental health statistics.
• University of Virginia: Reincarnation research database.

Special Invitation for Therapists

The doors to The Conscious Therapist reopen on 29 September.  If this conversation resonates and you're curious to explore more, join the waitlist and be one of the first to know when enrolment opens:

https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/theconscioustherapist 

Deepen your learning:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

Contact Tatiana:

You can now send me your comments or questions, to [email protected] or you can also find me on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwithtatiana/

Be sure to SHARE this episode to anyone you feel may be interested or benefit from this content.

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.

This episode of Integrated Wisdom honours World Suicide Prevention Day by exploring the role spirituality can play in suicide prevention.

Drawing on research by Dr. Lisa Miller and others, I share why a strong spiritual connection is linked to lower suicide risk, greater resilience, and the ability to find meaning in suffering. I also explore how perspectives from near-death experience research and stories from clinical practice reveal something essential: when we understand ourselves as spiritual beings, challenges take on new meaning, and even the darkest struggles can be reframed as part of a larger process of growth.

You’ll learn:

• Why spirituality protects against hopelessness and suicide risk
• What near-death experience research suggests about life and purpose
• Practical ways to strengthen your spiritual core as a source of resilience

As this year’s theme reminds us, it’s time to change the narrative on suicide. May this episode offer hope, meaning, and a reminder that you are not alone.

👉 Next week: how spirituality could help us heal some of today’s greatest global challenges.

Deepen your learning:

The Science of Spirituality FREE micro-course - https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/microcourse

The Signal Newsletter: https://www.integratedwisdom.com.au/

Contact Tatiana:

You can now send me your comments or questions, to [email protected] or you can also find me on Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/wisdomwithtatiana/

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.