Your body is screaming for rest, but the moment you try to slow down, every alarm in your system goes off. Why does stillness feel like a threat?

Because while you're chasing tangible solutions, your nervous system is running on an invisible map—one created when you were 3 years old. A map that says: the world is dangerous, don't let your guard down. And that map is keeping you sick.

Most people don't realize that safety itself feels dangerous. The moment symptoms improve, you're waiting for them to come back. The moment you start to relax, panic sets in. This isn't self-sabotage. This is your nervous system operating on outdated programming—and it's triggering something called Cell Danger Response at the cellular level.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why your nervous system learned that feeling safe is actually dangerous—and how this contradiction is manifesting in your body right now

• The unconscious "safety map" created between ages 0-7 that still dictates your healing capacity as an adult

• How Cell Danger Response keeps your cells in defense mode, blocking detox, energy production, and healing—no matter what supplements you take

• The survival strategies you developed (perfectionism, hyper-independence, people-pleasing) that saved you then but are destroying your health now

• Why you can't think, supplement, or protocol your way out of nervous system dysregulation

• The three pillars of true nervous system transformation: Awareness, Witnessing, and Integration

• Why relational medicine (being seen and held by safe others) is more powerful than any biohack

• How one woman raised her HRV from the 30s to the 90s in 90 days using this exact framework

Ready to experience what it feels like to be truly witnessed? 

Book a complimentary 30-minute Liber8 session at https://www.liber8.health/witness and discover what happens when your nervous system is held in safe presence.

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You crave deep love, but when it shows up, your body goes into lockdown.

Your partner is loving, consistent, devoted—yet something inside you tightens. You forget how much they care. You pick fights. You feel safer in chaos than in peace. Sound familiar? This isn't self-sabotage—it's your nervous system protecting you from a love your childhood didn't prepare you to receive.

In this raw and intimate conversation, Raj and Natalie share how they've navigated this exact edge in their relationship—and the practice of surrender that's transformed grip into grace.

Here's what you'll discover:

→ Why relationship "ruptures" might actually be signs of expansion (not collapse)

→ The surprising reason unconditional love feels confronting (and what it's illuminating in you)

→ How to practice surrender without losing your discernment or safety

→ What it means to "pull up a chair" for your fear instead of fixing it

→ Why frozen nervous systems block love—and the daily practice that thaws them

→ The difference between surrendering and fawning (and how to tell which you're doing)

→ How to build self-trust so opening doesn't feel dangerous

→ Why "letting it be this good" requires more courage than staying in familiar pain

The truth? You can't receive a gift with clenched fists—and you can't create magic while bracing for impact.

If you've ever wondered why love feels scarier than loneliness, or why you resist the very thing you're praying for, this episode will crack you open. Raj and Natalie aren't offering theory—they're sharing the lived transmission of two people learning to trust love in real time.

Listen now and discover the practice that unlocks what force never could.

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You're doing everything right. The supplements. The protocols. The appointments. But you're still sick. Still exhausted. Still stuck. 

Here's the truth nobody's telling you.

The people who actually heal aren't following better doctors—they possess four qualities that have nothing to do with medicine. And after witnessing 60+ transformed lives at a groundbreaking health conference, the pattern is undeniable. What separates those who break free from illness and those who stay trapped on the healing hamster wheel forever? The answer will challenge everything you thought you knew about getting well.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why illness is actually a messenger, not an identity—and what happens when you learn to decode what your body is trying to tell you

• The shocking difference between people who heal and those stuck in chronic illness (hint: it's not about access to better doctors)

• What "internal safety" really means and why your nervous system might be sabotaging every protocol you try

• The courage paradox: Why looking at your past won't destroy your life—but avoiding it might be killing you slowly

• How feeling "seen" outperforms hundreds of thousands of dollars in therapies, treatments, and modalities

• Why HRV and cortisol levels reveal the hidden stress you don't even know you're carrying

• The transformational shift from "fixing a problem" to "uncovering a mystery" that changes everything

Your body isn't broken. It's brilliant. 

Listen now and discover the four qualities that could finally set you free.

If you're ready to create deep, unwavering internal safety and heal the root traumas keeping you stuck in dysregulation, join Dr. Nasha Winters and I for an exclusive webinar where we show you how to put these principles into practice.

Register here: https://luma.com/4me0t5ep

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Are you starting something new but feeling stuck in old patterns? The problem isn't the opportunity ahead—it's the unfinished business you're carrying with you.

Most people try to move forward while dragging the weight of unclosed chapters, unprocessed emotions, and misaligned relationships. They wonder why new relationships feel like old ones, why career changes don't bring fulfillment, or why success still feels empty. The truth? Transformation isn't complete until you properly close what was.

In this raw and deeply personal monthly reflection, Raj shares his journey of returning to Austin after five years of self-discovery, moving in with his partner, and completely reimagining his company Liber8. He reveals the often-overlooked art of completion—and why mastering it is the key to creating alignment in everything you do.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why friction in your life is actually a gift showing you what's misaligned

• The cancer survivor who experienced remission only after addressing her emotional trauma (and why the symptom is never the root cause)

• How to track "dis-ease" in your body as a map to know exactly where you are in life

• Why you can't birth something new without letting old versions of yourself die first

• The question you're afraid to answer—and how it's keeping you stuck

• What happens to your body when you finally release emotional debt through being witnessed

• Why the science doesn't heal you (but creating safety for your soul does)

• How monthly reflection became Raj's most powerful tool for closure and transformation

The truth is simple but profound: You are enough. You don't need to do more—you need to be held, witnessed, and seen as you release what you've been carrying.

This isn't just another self-help conversation. It's an invitation to give yourself permission to complete, to grieve, to let go—and finally step into full alignment.

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You've built the career. Earned the title. Checked all the boxes. So why does success feel like you're wearing someone else's skin?

If you've ever felt the weight of a job title that no longer fits, or sensed a growing gap between who you are and what you do, this episode is your permission slip to explore what's underneath. Raj opens up about his own identity crisis as a CEO—and the vision quest that helped him separate the labels others gave him from the truth of who he really is.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why the identities we didn't choose often create the most suffering in our lives

• What happens when you write down every label you've ever carried (and why this exercise changes everything)

• How to distinguish between the roles you were given and the ones you actually chose

• Why "I am" without any label attached might be more powerful than you think

• The difference between sourcing power from titles vs. sourcing it from soul

• How letting go of "CEO" opened up a more authentic way to lead • Why expanding beyond one audience (cancer patients) actually aligned him with his true mission

• What humility and vulnerability have to do with stepping into your real identity

Here's the truth: You are so much more than your resume, your role, or what people call you.

The labels you carry either liberate you or trap you—and most of us don't realize we have a choice. If you're navigating a career transition, feeling misaligned in your work, or sensing there's a more authentic version of yourself waiting to emerge, this conversation will help you see the path forward.

Listen to the full episode to learn how to reclaim your identity and build a life that's truly yours.

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Trauma isn't just the big things that happened to you. It's the feelings that never got expressed. The shame that never got released. The hurt that never got processed. The beliefs you learned about yourself that keep you trapped. The grief you never fully let in. All of it—stored in your body—keeps you stuck in cycles of suffering.

After 4 years of research with cancer patients, I discovered this truth: until we address what's actually at the root, we stay on a hamster wheel of healing.

Liber8 isn't just for cancer patients. It's for anyone whose body is breaking, whose symptoms are screaming, whose life is trying to send them a message—but they're looking in all the wrong places.

• The elephant in the room that a $4.4 trillion healthcare system refuses to address

• Why one cancer patient's tumor activated when she finally remembered her trauma

• What "stuck feelings" actually are—and why they're keeping you sick

• The real reason traditional therapy can only take you so far

• Why feeling safe isn't a precursor to healing—it IS the healing

• The 3-step framework (Awareness → Witnessing → Integration) that creates transformation in 12 weeks

• How your body already remembers how to heal once it feels safe

• Why I'm fired up and can't stay silent about this work anymore

If you're tired of running in circles—spending money on therapy, on personal growth and development, on things that don't actually move the needle—and you're ready to finally address what's really keeping you stuck, this episode is for you.

Your body isn't broken. Your life isn't crumbling. All of this is happening to help you meet a part of you that IS the medicine.

Listen now to discover how Liber8's new 12-week program can help you decode the message your body has been trying to send you—and finally break free from the patterns that have kept you sick, stuck, and playing small. 

Liber8: liber8.health

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Dr. Amy Albright is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine and clairvoyant healer with 23 years of experience reading and transforming the human energy field. She's the co-founder of Holon, where she partners with leading neuroscientists to deliver intensive neurological transformation retreats that produce EEG-verified brain changes in just four days.

But here's what makes Amy different: she doesn't believe in processing trauma. She believes in paradigm shifts so profound that the wound doesn't just heal—it disappears entirely, leaving you stronger, wiser, and more expansive than before.

Most of us have been taught that healing means understanding our problems, labeling our pathologies, and slowly working through the pain. But what if that's the exact reason we stay stuck? What if the mind's need to process keeps us trapped in the story, while the energetic body holds the key to instant liberation? 

In this transformative conversation, Raj and Amy dismantle everything you thought you knew about healing and reveal the quantum mechanics of true transformation.

In this episode, discover:

• Why most healing modalities keep you stuck in your story—and what actually creates lasting change 

• The "tailbone technique" that activates biological safety in seconds (you can do this anywhere) 

• How to identify when you're truly healed vs. when you're still carrying trauma you don't realize 

• Why "processing" emotions mentally keeps you trapped—and what the energetic alternative looks like 

• The "coordinates method" for flipping paradigms instantly instead of analyzing problems for years 

• How to hold space for others' pain without getting pulled into their suffering 

• The foundational ingredients required for transformation that most people miss entirely

 • Why becoming grounded means remembering you're an "endless soul on an infinite journey"

You are not broken. You never were. You are an energetic being capable of quantum shifts that transcend everything you thought was fixed. This conversation will show you how to stop swimming in circles and start embodying the freedom that's already yours.

Connect with Dr. Amy:

Instagram: @dramyalbright

Website: https://www.holonexperience.com/

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There's a paradigm shift happening in healing that most people are missing - and without understanding it, you'll keep hitting the same ceiling no matter how much inner work you do.

You've been told that healing is an individual journey. Fix yourself first, then help others. But what if this entire framework is keeping you stuck at a developmental stage that can never access the deepest states of consciousness, embodiment, and transformation?

Dr. John Churchill - clinical psychologist, 15-year Tibetan meditation practitioner, and founding member of Ken Wilber's Integral Institute - has spent 25 years mapping why individual healing approaches plateau and what actually unlocks the next evolutionary leap in human development. 

This Episode Reveals the Missing Key That Changes Everything:

• Why your nervous system has a biological ceiling when healing happens in isolation - and how to transcend it

• The hidden reason trauma isn't personal but multi-generational, cultural, and civilizational - affecting your capacity for awakening

• How attachment wounds create an invisible barrier to accessing mystical states, no matter how advanced your spiritual practice

• Why even successful therapy can only make you "a functioning member of a dysfunctional culture" - and what comes next

• The evolutionary shift from hero's journey individualism to collective awakening that unlocks planetary consciousness

• How community healing rewires your nervous system in ways solo work cannot achieve

• The integration of cleaning up (healing trauma), growing up (developmental maturity), waking up (spiritual realization), and showing up (service)

• Why understanding humanity as a single organism fundamentally changes your healing trajectory

This isn't about adding community to your healing journey - it's about recognizing that the deepest states of consciousness, the most profound embodiment, and the transformation our world needs can only emerge through collective awakening.

Without this paradigm shift, you'll remain in what Churchill calls the "pre-collective" stage of development, unable to access the planetary awareness and heart-centered intelligence that represents the next phase of human evolution.

This conversation doesn't just offer new techniques - it provides the framework that makes all your previous healing work finally integrate and unlock the transformational states you've been seeking.

Connect with Dr. John:

Website: https://www.planetarydharma.com/

Instagram:@PlanetaryDharma

Email: [email protected]

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Danette May is a spiritual entrepreneur who transformed devastating loss into profound wisdom. After the passing of her son led to a complete dismantling of her conditioned life - her marriage, religious practice, and social circle - she learned to distinguish between fear-driven decisions and spirit-led guidance. Through multiple business ventures and major life transitions, she's mastered the art of surrender without giving up.

The surprising difference between spirit-led urgency and fear-based impulses - and how Danette learned to tell them apart through her most challenging decisions.

Why losing everything can actually activate your deepest spiritual gifts - the hidden catalyst that transforms tragedy into profound awakening.

The powerful "holding the rope" method of surrender - how to stay in action while releasing attachment to outcomes (this isn't what most people think surrender means).

The choice made before disruption that determines everything - why some people wake up from tragedy while others stay numb to life's lessons.

A profound Buddha story about destiny versus free will - this ancient parable will completely reframe how you see your life's predetermined path.

The embodied signals that reveal when spirit is guiding you - Danette's physical process for distinguishing divine guidance from ego-driven decisions.

How to govern your life from faith instead of fear - practical tools for breaking free from conditioning and choosing love-based responses.

Why gratitude becomes your most potent spiritual compass - the practice that transforms your relationship with both crisis and abundance.

Ready to transform crisis into catalyst? This conversation will shift how you navigate uncertainty forever. Sometimes the very thing that's falling apart is making space for what wants to emerge. Listen to discover how your intuition might be your greatest compass through any storm.

Connect with Danette:

Instagram: @thedanettemay

Facebook: Danette May

TV Show on Youtube: @TheDanetteMay

Work with Danette: danettemay.com

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Meet Traver Boehm: Founder of the UNcivilized men's movement, former bodyguard to billionaires, TEDx speaker, and licensed acupuncturist who has spent 77 cumulative days in complete darkness retreats. After hitting rock bottom following divorce and business loss, Traver transformed his pain into purpose - spending 28 days in pitch-black isolation that fundamentally changed his relationship with death and masculinity. Now, after completing an unprecedented 49-day darkness sit, his new book "28 Days in Darkness" chronicles these profound journeys into the depths of the human psyche.

What You'll Discover:

• Why complete darkness strips away every coping mechanism you rely on daily
• How Traver's mind "broke" around day 9 - and why this was necessary medicine
• The difference between 3-day, 28-day, and 49-day darkness experiences
• What pre-verbal trauma looks like when it surfaces after 6 weeks of isolation
• Why grief became Traver's greatest teacher (and how to surrender to it)
• The moment he thought he had died - and what death actually felt like
• Essential skills needed before attempting any darkness retreat
• How to create intimacy with yourself in just 20 minutes weekly

Traver's journey from rock bottom to spiritual breakthrough reveals that our deepest healing often requires venturing into territories our minds desperately want to avoid. His unflinching honesty about the physical and psychological challenges - from hallucinations to pre-verbal trauma surfacing after weeks of isolation - offers both a sobering reality check and profound inspiration. This conversation will challenge your assumptions about what it means to truly know yourself and why the path to freedom might require temporary surrender of everything you think you control. Listen to discover how one man's extreme practice became a roadmap for accessing the untouchable depths of the human soul.

Connect with Traver:

Instagram: @traverboehm

Website: https://www.manuncivilized.com/

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