In this episode, I’m joined by Nasim Badaghi — a mindfulness teacher who recently submitted her PhD.
We talk about mindfulness beyond the buzzword: where it actually comes from, what it really means, and what it doesn’t mean.

She shares insights from her PhD research on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and its impact on psychological distress in cancer patients. We speak about rumination, the “automatic pilot,” and what happens in the brain when we begin to practice awareness differently.

But this episode isn’t just academic.
We explore the personal side of mindfulness — how it changes the way we relate to our thoughts, and why mindfulness can feel almost rebellious in a world that constantly pushes productivity.

We also speak about the nuances — that mindfulness is powerful, but not necessarily for everyone. Especially for people with trauma, it requires care, pacing, and sometimes guidance.

This conversation is an invitation to slow down. To observe. To become aware of your inner patterns — not to fix them immediately, but simply to see them.
Because sometimes awareness alone is enough.

Chapters (compressed)
00:00 Introduction & Mindfulness Basics — definitions, origins, and practices
15:05 MBCT & MBSR Explained — interventions, automatic pilot, and rumination
36:30 Mindfulness in Cancer Care — study methodology, key findings, and brain activity
58:19 Practical Mindfulness — techniques for daily life and personal transformation
01:15:09 Collective Awareness & Trauma — mindfulness in community and cautious approach

Publications
Badaghi et al. (2024). Positive health outcomes of mindfulness-based interventions for cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102505
Badaghi et al. (2025). Online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to reduce psychological distress in people with cancer: Randomized controlled trial. Psycho-Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.70286
Badaghi et al. (2024). Online delivery of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with cancer: Feasibility trial. JMIR Formative Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/52338

Books
Kabat-Zinn — Wherever You Go, There You Are
Brahm — Kindfulness
Kuyken & Feldmann — Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology

Online Resources
home.mindfulness-network.org
oxfordmindfulness.org
dhamma.org

insighttimer.com

Contact Nasim Badaghi
Instagram: @nbadaghi

Linkedin: linkedin.com/nasimbadaghi

Contact me
Instagram: @annehochwald

Website: annehochwald.com

This episode is a powerful and deeply guided inner journey designed to lead you into a deep trance, support embodiment, and reconnection with your inner truth.

For a significant part of this session, I guide you into an altered, receptive state where the body can soften, awareness can widen, and the mind no longer leads. We work with the full energy system — grounding deeply into the earth, opening and aligning the chakras, and creating a sense of safety and containment so your system can fully relax into the experience.

From this state, I invite you to move into a lived visualization of your dream life — not as an abstract idea, but as something you can feel, inhabit, and recognize in your body. Rather than escaping the present, the journey then turns back toward your current life, helping you notice where these qualities already exist and how they can expand from there.

This session is not about positive thinking or bypassing reality. It is about nervous-system-level integration: allowing insight, desire, and embodiment to meet, and gently bridging vision with lived experience.

Disclaimer: Please listen in a safe, quiet space where you can fully settle into the journey. If at any point you feel overwhelmed, you can pause, open your eyes, and return to your breath and body.

Connect with me

If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

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I introduce Human Design and how it can be used as a practical, body-based system for self-awareness and decision-making.

At the beginning, I briefly respond to a question about original frequency that came up.

I explain what HD is, what it’s useful for, and how you can work with it even if you’re completely new to it. I walk through the most relevant elements: your energy type, strategy, inner authority, and profile, and how these aspects can support you in understanding your energy, nervous system, and the way you’re designed to move through life.

This episode is not about memorizing concepts or becoming an expert. It’s about using HD as a tool — with awareness and discernment — to observe yourself more honestly and make decisions that are more aligned with your energy.

Human Design can be a helpful framework for personal growth when you stay connected to your own inner truth and responsibility, rather than outsourcing authority to a system.

Energy Types

• Manifestor → initiate
• Generator → respond
• Manifesting Generator → respond → act
• Projector → guide (invitation)
• Reflector → reflect / sample

Authorities (Decision-Making)

• Emotional → waves (wait for clarity)
• Sacral → gut (yes / no)
• Splenic → instinct (now)
• Ego / Heart → will (desire)
• Self-Projected → identity (hear yourself)
• Mental / Environment → sounding board (right place)
• Lunar (Reflector) → cycle (28 days)

Profiles
(2 numbers = how you learn + how you express)

• 1 – Investigator → research, foundation
• 2 – Hermit → natural, retreat
• 3 – Experimenter → trial & error
• 4 – Networker → relationships
• 5 – Heretic → solutions, projection
• 6 – Role Model → wisdom, perspective

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Its Purpose

10:04 Exploring Human Design: An Overview

16:08 Understanding Human Design: The Framework

19:11 Human Design Types and Their Characteristics

25:26 Understanding Manifesting Generators

28:02 Exploring Projectors and Their Role

31:43 The Unique Nature of Reflectors

35:29 Decoding Inner Authority for Decision Making

43:02 Profiles in Human Design: Understanding Yourself

46:54 Applying Human Design in Everyday Life

Get your Human Design chart (BodyGraph)
International Human Design School Chart Calculator
Jovian Archive Human Design Chart

Connect with me

If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

• Instagram: @annehochwald
• Website: annehochwald.com

I also share more personal insights and occasional special offers in my Telegram group for women, created as a safe space — only when there’s something meaningful to share:

• Telegram: HOME FREQUENCY

I guide you through a grounding and clearing practice designed to support presence, self-awareness, and connection to Mother Earth. This is a mostly guided session, created to be experienced rather than listened to intellectually.

Through conscious breathing, visualization, and gentle attention to the body, I invite you to reconnect with your energy, notice what influences it, and begin to release what no longer feels supportive. The practice works with your energy field and nervous system, allowing emotions and sensations to move at their own pace, without force.

This grounding and clearing can be used anytime during the day — when you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply want to return to yourself. You can come back to this practice again and again, letting it support you in feeling lighter, more present, and more rooted in your body and in the moment.

There is no right or wrong way to experience this session. Simply allow whatever shows up to be there, and trust that your system knows what it needs.

Note: This episode is intentionally focused on the practice itself, with minimal talking before and after, so you can fully settle into the experience.

If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

• Instagram: @annehochwald
• Website: annehochwald.com

I also share more personal insights and occasional special offers in my Telegram group for women, created as a safe space — only when there’s something meaningful to share:

• Telegram: HOME FREQUENCY

In this episode, I talk about the relationship between energy and emotions, and why emotional honesty and self-awareness matter more than trying to stay positive all the time.

I speak about common misunderstandings around so-called “negative energy” and why it’s not something that needs to be avoided or fixed. It’s okay to not feel good. It’s okay to feel exhausted, angry, sad, or overwhelmed. These feelings are part of the human experience.

I explore what it means to be emotionally honest — with yourself and with others — and why honesty should not be punished. Your emotions are not who you are, but they are signals that deserve attention. You don’t have to be happy every day, and you don’t have to pretend otherwise.

This episode is an invitation to live your truth and your energy, to set boundaries where needed, and to trust that you can handle what you feel. Life is messy. There are ups and downs. Feeling your emotions and letting them be is part of self-care, not a failure.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Energy and Emotions
03:31 Understanding Energy and Emotional Honesty
09:18 The Importance of Feeling Your Emotions
16:02 Navigating Personal Energy and Boundaries
23:52 Living Your Truth and Emotional Authenticity

If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

• Instagram: @annehochwald
• Website: annehochwald.com

I also share more personal insights and occasional special offers in my Telegram group for women, created as a safe space — only when there’s something meaningful to share:

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✨ In this episode, I explore the theme of initiating change in our lives and how transformation is not just a New Year’s resolution, but a daily practice.

🌀 I talk about manifesting through thoughts, beliefs, and actions, and why waiting for the “right moment” often keeps us stuck. Confidence usually follows action, not the other way around.

🎧 I share why taking small, manageable steps matters — even the tiniest actions can lead to significant transformation over time. I also reflect on fears and doubts, including the fear of judgment, and how these are completely normal. The best way to overcome them is to take that first step, however small it may be.

🌱 I share my own experience starting this podcast as an example of how action builds confidence and creates new neural pathways in the brain. This episode is a motivational call to embrace your inner truth and take the leap toward your aspirations.

ℹ️ Note: When this episode was recorded, the podcast still had a different name. You’ll hear me refer to Origin Beyond Identity in the audio — the podcast is now called Origin – Remember Your Truth.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Change and Manifestation
01:05 The Reality of New Year's Resolutions
03:30 The Importance of Action in Manifestation
10:14 Overcoming Fear and Judgment
19:10 Building New Habits Through Small Steps
25:06 The Journey of Self-Discovery and Transformation

💬 If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

• Instagram: @annehochwald
• Website: annehochwald.com

✨ I also share more personal insights and occasional special offers in my Telegram group for women, created as a safe space — only when there’s something meaningful to share:

• Telegram: HOME FREQUENCY

✨ In this episode, I explore the relationship between light and darkness and how these dualities shape my understanding of self and the universe.

🌀 I talk about why it’s important to embrace both aspects — light cannot exist without darkness, and darkness gives context to the light. I share my intuitive process of receiving messages from the spiritual realm, and why trusting my inner guidance and the energy around me matters.

🎧 I reflect on personal experiences and insights, encouraging listeners to recognise their own sensitivity and the potential for deeper connection with their inner truth. I also explore societal conditioning, especially for women, that can lead us to suppress our intuitive abilities, and invite reflection on embracing the unique gifts we each carry.

🌱 The episode culminates in a guided visualisation, helping to connect with your inner light and recognise its power, even in moments of darkness. It’s a reminder that both light and dark are essential in our journey toward self-discovery and authenticity.

ℹ️ Note: When this episode was recorded, the podcast still had a different name. You’ll hear me refer to Origin Beyond Identity in the audio — the podcast is now called Origin – Remember Your Truth.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Light and Shadow

01:18 Receiving Intuitive Messages

10:02 Understanding Sensitivity and Energy

13:41 The Balance of Masculine and Feminine

17:53 The Interplay of Light and Dark

25:00 Overcoming Fear of the Dark

30:42 Connecting with Natural Cycles

32:27 Navigating Current Energies

35:35 Guided Visualisation: Embracing Your Light

💬 If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

• Instagram: @annehochwald
• Website: annehochwald.com

✨ I also share more personal insights and occasional special offers in my Telegram group for women, created as a safe space — only when there’s something meaningful to share:

• Telegram: HOME FREQUENCY

✨ In this first episode, I talk about energy and how deeply it influences our everyday lives.

🌀 Everything around us is energy — our emotions, our thoughts, the food we eat, the sounds we hear, and the way we speak to ourselves. I explore why it matters to become more aware of the energies we are exposed to and how they affect our emotional health and overall well-being.

🎧 I speak about sound and vibration and the impact they can have on the body and nervous system, as well as the role of self-talk in shaping our inner reality. Feelings are not something to suppress or override — they are sensations that want to be acknowledged and felt.

🌱 This episode is about awareness: noticing what we take in, how it influences us, and how our inner world shapes our experience of life. Understanding energy and becoming more conscious of it can support personal growth, emotional clarity, and a deeper connection to your own inner truth.

ℹ️ Note: When this episode was recorded, the podcast still had a different name. You’ll hear me refer to Origin Beyond Identity in the audio — the podcast is now called Origin – Remember Your Truth.

💬 If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

• Instagram: @annehochwald
• Website: annehochwald.com

✨ I also share more personal insights and occasional special offers in my Telegram group for women, created as a safe space — only when there’s something meaningful to share:

• Telegram: HOME FREQUENCY