The Coherence Code Podcast

What if understanding death could teach us how to live more fully?

In this episode we welcome back Dr. Randine Lewis, author of Daoist Death Medicine, for a profound conversation about death, consciousness, surrender, and the soul.

Drawing from Daoist philosophy, Chinese medicine, and her experience supporting people at the end of life, Randine explores why we fear death, what happens during the dying process, and how releasing emotional burdens can bring greater peace. Together, they discuss near-death experiences, terminal lucidity, the spiritual dimensions of dying, and why learning to let go may be the key to truly living.

Key Takeaways:

• Birth and death are connected: Both are sacred transitions that require surrender.
• Fear of death comes from identification with the ego: Daoist philosophy offers a different perspective on consciousness and the soul.
• Unresolved emotions weigh on the heart: Regret, guilt, grief, and attachment can influence our experience of dying.
• Dying is a natural transition: Changes in appetite, consciousness, and breathing may reflect different stages of the process.
• Learning to die teaches us to live: Releasing fear and attachment allows us to experience greater freedom, authenticity, and peace.

Where To Find Randine Lewis:

• Website: https://randinelewis.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taoistdeathmedicine/

Explore life, death, and healing through the wisdom of Daoist medicine.

Join Randine Lewis for Cohort 3 of the Daoist Death Mentorship, designed to deepen your understanding of end-of-life care and personal transformation.

Learn more: https://new.healthyseminars.com/course/daoist-death-medicine

Dr. Randine Lewis’s Bio:

After her basic medical school curriculum, Dr. Randine Lewis received her Masters in Oriental Medicine at the American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, interned in China, and received her PhD in alternative medicine. Dr. Lewis has been a governing board member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, as well as a medical expert for numerous online resources. She is the author of The Infertility Cure and The Way of the Fertile Soul, conducts intensive retreats, and teaches workshops for practitioners internationally and online through HealthySeminars.com

She teaches for the integrative doctoral program at Daoist traditions College of medical arts. She has kept up a regular qi gong and meditative practice and uses elemental self-inquiry and body wisdom meditative and movement processes in her work.

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What if developing your intuition could also help you heal, trust yourself, and navigate life with greater confidence?

In this episode, Dr. Lorne Brown sits down with Danielle Searancke, also known as the Squamish Medium, to explore mediumship, intuition, and our connection to the spirit world.

Danielle shares how she learned to distinguish spiritual messages from her own thoughts, why self-compassion is essential to spiritual growth, and how embracing both our light and shadow can transform our relationship with suffering. Together, they explore grief, healing, free will, and the courage to trust ourselves even when the path ahead feels uncertain.

Key Takeaways:

• Mediumship vs. intuition: Understanding the differences between psychic readings, mediumship, and inner knowing.
• Trusting your intuition: Learning to recognize subtle messages beyond mental noise and fear.
• Healing through self-compassion: Why acceptance and emotional awareness are essential to spiritual growth.
• Embracing your shadow: Spiritual development isn't about avoiding suffering, but changing how we respond to it.
• Choosing courage over fear: How trusting yourself can help you embrace uncertainty and make empowered decisions.

Where to find Danielle Searancke:

• Website: https://www.daniellesearancke.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squamishmedium
• Spirit School by Squamish Medium Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa7AMpsKT7-fLVQNtPysKFg
• Spirit School by Squamish Medium Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4w4i78Sb6jsEZw5MyhJgXT

Danielle Searancke’s Bio:

Danielle Searancke is an Indigenous spiritual medium, entrepreneur, mentor and the subject of the new APTN series, Squamish Medium, a television show built around her 13-year career bridging the spirit world and the living. Swampy Cree and York Factory First Nations with Scottish ancestry, Danielle took an uncommon road through professional race cars and Indigenous health policy before becoming the founder of Spirit School, an international school of spiritual studies that supports thousands of people worldwide each year through programs, retreats, mentorship, and her membership community. Known for her storytelling, her humour, and her unapologetic presence, she has built a sustainable and kind spiritual education business from her kitchen table in the Coast Salish mountains of Squamish, BC and she has never stopped saving people a seat at her table.

Explore life, death, and healing through the wisdom of Daoist medicine.

Join Randine Lewis for Cohort 3 of the Daoist Death Mentorship, designed to deepen your understanding of end-of-life care and personal transformation.

Learn more: https://new.healthyseminars.com/course/daoist-death-medicine

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Menopause is about far more than hot flashes. In this episode, Dr. Felice Gersh joins Dr. Lorne Brown to explore how changing levels of estradiol and progesterone affect the entire body—from metabolism, mitochondria, inflammation, and brain health to cardiovascular function, bones, sleep, and healthy aging.

Dr. Gersh explains why she calls these “life hormones” and challenges conventional approaches to menopause hormone therapy. She also explores the often-overlooked role of progesterone and why hormone balance matters throughout the body.

Together, they discuss how nutrition, movement, gut health, stress management, and hormone optimization can work together to support women through perimenopause, menopause, and beyond.

Key Takeaways:

• Menopause is a whole-body transition. Estradiol and progesterone influence far more than reproduction, with receptors and effects throughout multiple organ systems.
• Hormones and lifestyle work together. Nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress reduction, gut health, and environmental exposures remain essential alongside hormonal health.
• Progesterone deserves more attention. Dr. Gersh describes it as an often-overlooked hormone with important roles beyond the uterus, including the brain, immune system, bones, vasculature, and mitochondria.
• Hormone therapy is not just about stopping hot flashes. The conversation examines the history and lingering fears surrounding hormone therapy.
• Healthy aging starts before menopause. Menstrual health, metabolic health, inflammation, gut health, movement, nutrition, and other lifestyle factors can help shape how women experience the transition.

Where to find Dr. Felice Gersh:

• Medical Practice Website: https://integrativemgi.com/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FeliceGershMD
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.felicegersh/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/felicegershmd/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicegershmd/

• Menopause SOS

“Your guide to surviving and thriving during your menopause years!”

• Thyroid SOS

“Your guide to optimizing thyroid health in women!”

Thyroid SOS - Integrative Medical Group of Irvine -

https://integrativemgi.com/thyroid-sos/

Dr. Felice Gersh’s Bio:

Felice Gersh, M.D. is a multi-award winning physician with dual board certifications in OB-GYN and Integrative Medicine. She is the founder and director of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine, a practice that provides comprehensive health care for women by combining the best evidence-based therapies from conventional, naturopathic, and holistic medicine.

For 12 years, she taught obstetrics and gynecology at Keck USC School of Medicine as an Assistant Clinical Professor, and she now serves as an Affiliate Faculty Member at the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona School of Medicine.

Felice is a prolific writer and lecturer who speaks globally on women’s health and regularly publishes in peer-reviewed medical journals. She is the bestselling author of the PCOS SOS series and Menopause: 50 Things You Need to Know. Her research focuses on women's hormones, metabolism, aging, and menopause. Whether she’s mentoring medical students, writing groundbreaking books and medical articles, or guiding her patients, Dr. Gersh’s mission remains constant: Empower women to thrive in harmony with their bodies and their health.

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In this special episode of The Coherence Code, Lorne Brown brings Part 2 of the Anatomy of the Ego webinar series with Eli Recht to the podcast. Originally presented as a webinar, this conversation explores one of the ego’s primary tools for maintaining suffering: psychological defense mechanisms.

Building on Part 1, Eli explains why defense mechanisms develop, how they protect us from uncomfortable emotions and experiences, and why strategies that once helped us survive can eventually keep us stuck. From projection and the inner critic to distraction, spiritual bypassing, humor, anger, and control, Eli reveals how almost anything can become a defense when it is being used to avoid what we feel.

Most importantly, the conversation explores how awareness, acceptance, openness, and surrender can help us move beyond automatic defenses and respond to life with greater clarity rather than fear and reactivity.

Key Takeaways:

• Defense mechanisms protect us from feelings or experiences we aren't ready to face.
• Many defenses begin as adaptive survival strategies, especially in childhood.
• Projection, distraction, spiritual bypassing, anger, and even humor can become defenses.
• A behavior becomes defensive when we're using it to avoid an internal experience.
• Awareness, acceptance, surrender, and openness can help interrupt the cycle of suffering.

Where to find Eli Recht:

• Website: https://elirecht.com/

Optional donations for this webinar series can be made in one of three ways according to your preference:

-Through Eli: Venmo (@Eli-Recht, last four digits: 4492), Zelle ([email protected]), and PayPal (paypal.me/EliRechtTeaching)

-Directly to Rancho Coastal Humane Society: https://rchumanesociety.org/donate/

-To a local animal shelter dear to your heart

You can find past Lectures with Eli Recht on the Healthy Seminars Youtube Chanel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecveRQffXg4&list=PL-x76JGN5gKO23aGzqEdVJXntaxVt9gqv

Eli Recht’s Bio:

Eli Recht is a counselor, educator, and speaker who bridges psychology and spiritual awakening. He holds a BA in Psychology from Emory University and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Drawing from his background in psychology, meditation, healing arts, and clinical counseling, Eli helps individuals understand the roots of suffering, cultivate self-awareness, and reconnect with their true nature. Since 2021, he has served as a Clinical Supervisor and counselor at Good Therapy San Diego, where he works with a diverse range of clients. His work focuses on integrating psychological insight with spiritual wisdom to support healing, growth, and lasting inner peace.

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What if improving fertility isn’t only about age or hormone levels, but about the health of the entire biological terrain?

In this episode, Lorne Brown sits down with fertility expert, licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and bestselling author Aimee Raupp to explore egg quality, mitochondrial health, inflammation, insulin resistance, sperm health, and the often-overlooked role of the nervous system.

They discuss what may be missing from conventional fertility workups and the lifestyle, metabolic, and mind-body factors that Aimee believes can influence reproductive health.

Key Takeaways:

• Egg quality is about more than chronological age. Biological health and mitochondrial function also matter.
• Metabolic health matters for fertility. Aimee highlights the relationship between insulin resistance, inflammation, immune function, and reproductive health.
• Fertility is not only about the egg. Sperm health and the uterine environment are important parts of the equation.
• “Unexplained” infertility may warrant a deeper look. Aimee discusses expanded testing for metabolic, inflammatory, thyroid, autoimmune, microbiome, and uterine factors.
• The nervous system belongs in the fertility conversation. Stress patterns, beliefs, and the way the body responds to its environment may be another piece of the fertility picture.

Where to find Aimee Raupp:

• Website:https://aimeeraupp.com/
• Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/AimeeRaupp
• Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/bodybeliefexpert/
• Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/user/aeraupp

Aimee Raupp’s Bio:

Aimee Raupp, MS, LAc, is a fertility expert, licensed acupuncturist, researcher, bestselling author, and women’s health advocate with more than 20 years of clinical experience. Her integrative approach combines Traditional Chinese Medicine, functional nutrition, and current research in metabolism, inflammation, mitochondrial health, and the microbiome to support fertility, egg quality, hormonal health, and IVF outcomes.

She is the author of five books, including The Egg Quality Diet and the newly revised Yes, You Can Get Pregnant. Aimee works with clients worldwide through fertility coaching and sees patients in New York and Connecticut. She is also the founder of Aimee Raupp Beauty and co-founder of Rejoova, and her work has been featured on The View, GOOP, Well+Good, Glamour, and other major wellness platforms.

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What if peace, wholeness, and connection aren’t something we need to create—but something already within us?

In this episode, Dr. Lorne Brown speaks with psychotherapist, author, and Realization Process founder Judith Blackstone about embodiment, trauma healing, and what she calls fundamental consciousness. Judith shares how a life-changing injury led her from professional dance into decades of exploring the connection between the body, consciousness, and healing.

Together, they explore how early experiences can create physical and emotional constrictions, the difference between simply being aware of the body and actually inhabiting it, and how reconnecting with ourselves may allow greater emotional freedom, inner peace, and connection with others. Judith also guides Lorne through a brief embodiment practice and explains how the Realization Process can be applied to personal healing, spirituality, and relationships.

Key Takeaways:

• Embodiment goes beyond body awareness: Judith describes it as experiencing yourself from within the body rather than observing it from the outside.
• Old emotional patterns can create constrictions: Experiences we couldn’t fully process may shape how we inhabit our bodies and connect with ourselves and others.
• Fundamental consciousness is uncovered, not created: The Realization Process uses embodiment and inward attunement to access a deeper sense of stillness, wholeness, and connection.
• Being fully in the body can support emotional healing: Rather than eliminating difficult emotions, embodiment can create greater capacity to experience them without becoming overwhelmed.
• Inner work can transform relationships: Judith describes practices that help partners experience connection and individuality simultaneously, creating greater mutuality and deeper contact.

Where to find Judith Blackstone:

• Website:https://realizationprocess.org/
• Books:https://realizationprocess.org/books-and-cds/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Judith.Blackstone.theRealizationProcess/

Judith Blackstone’s Bio:

Judith Blackstone, PhD, is the founder of the Realization Process, a method of embodied psychological and relational healing and nondual spiritual awakening. Judith teaches workshops and teacher certification trainings world-wide and online. She was a psychotherapist in private practice for thirty-five years, now retired, and before that, a professional dancer. The Realization Process includes practices for stabilizing in nondual realization, as well as a method of recovering from trauma called Healing Ground, and a method of embodied movement called Stillness Moving. She is the author of several books, including Trauma and the Unbound Body: the Healing Power of Fundamental Consciousness, The Fullness of the Ground: A Guide to Embodied Spiritual Awakening; The Enlightenment Process, and Belonging Here: a Guide for the Spiritually Sensitive Person. Her latest book is The Embodiment Workbook for Women: Feel Centered, Grounded and More Fully Alive.

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What can the final words of the dying reveal about consciousness—and about how we should live?

We speak with linguist and author Lisa Smartt, founder of the Final Words Project and author of Words at the Threshold. Drawing from more than a decade of research into end-of-life language, Lisa explores recurring patterns such as journey metaphors, visions of deceased loved ones, terminal lucidity, unusual forms of communication, and the surprising coherence that can emerge as people approach death.

Together, they examine whether consciousness may extend beyond the brain, why seemingly nonsensical final words deserve our attention, and how approaching death with curiosity rather than fear can create opportunities for connection, forgiveness, and healing.

Key Takeaways:

• Final words often contain recognizable patterns, including journeys, transportation, major events, and references to “going home.”
• Seemingly disconnected language can form a sustained narrative when a person’s words are documented over several days.
• Terminal lucidity can bring unexpected clarity, recognition, forgiveness, and meaningful final conversations.
• Lisa’s research transformed her own view of consciousness, leading her to see the brain more as a receiver of consciousness than its sole creator.
• Listen without immediately correcting or dismissing the dying. Curiosity, kindness, and openness may reveal meaning that isn’t obvious in the moment.

Where to find Lisa Smartt:

• Final Words Project: https://www.finalwordsproject.org/
• Life After Life:https://www.lifeafterlife.com/
• Email: [email protected]
• Dr. Raymond Moody Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Life__AfterLife

Lisa Smartt’s Bio:

Lisa Smartt, MA, is a linguist, educator, and poet. She is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say When We’re Nearing Death (New World Library 2017). The book is based on data collected through The Final Words Project, www.finalwordsproject.org , an ongoing study devoted to gathering and interpreting the mysterious language at the end of life. She has worked closely with Raymond Moody, guided by his research into language, particularly unintelligible speech. They have co-facilitated presentations about language and consciousness at universities, hospices and conferences.

“It’s very beautiful over there.”— final words of inventor Thomas Edison

A person’s last words can often be enigmatic, confusing or powerfully meaningful; they can also offer tantalizing clues about the ultimate fate of the human soul. Until now, no author has systematically studied end-of-life communication by collecting and analyzing the final utterances of the terminally ill. When her father faced his final weeks, linguist Lisa Smartt began transcribing his conversations and noticed that both his language and personality underwent inexplicable changes. Smartt’s father, a skeptical man with a secular worldview, developed a deeply spiritual outlook in his final days — a change reflected in his last words. Baffled and intrigued, Smartt began to investigate the near-death utterances of others, collecting over a hundred case studies with interviews and transcripts. In Words at the Threshold, Smartt decodes the symbolism of those last words, showing how the language of the dying points the way to a transcendent world beyond our own​.

🎙️Episode 118: An MD's Spiritual Awakening with Dr. Paul Dieppe

Youtube: https://youtu.be/dxIU16NdeCM

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/57R3gbb4BdRkVgOHR1MVez?si=0dee0f70ec1a4a54

Explore life, death, and healing through the wisdom of Daoist medicine.

Join Randine Lewis for Cohort 3 of the Daoist Death Mentorship, designed to deepen your understanding of end-of-life care and personal transformation.

Learn more: https://new.healthyseminars.com/course/daoist-death-medicine

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Male fertility is responsible for up to half of all fertility challenges, yet it often receives far less attention than female fertility. In this episode, Dr. Lorne Brown welcomes board-certified urologist and reproductive health expert Dr. Mark Ratner for an evidence-based discussion on sperm health, fertility testing, DNA fragmentation, lifestyle factors, and the latest research on supplements that may support male reproductive health.

Together, they explore why every fertility evaluation should include the male partner, what a semen analysis can—and cannot—tell you, when advanced testing becomes valuable, and how obesity, testosterone therapy, medications, heat exposure, and nutrition can influence sperm quality. Whether you're trying to conceive naturally or through IVF, this conversation offers practical insights for both patients and practitioners.

Key Takeaways:

• Male factors contribute to approximately 50% of infertility cases, making male evaluation essential.
• A single semen analysis isn't enough—results can vary, so two tests performed a few weeks apart provide a more accurate assessment.
• DNA fragmentation testing can be valuable after recurrent IVF failure or in selected clinical situations, but it is not a universal screening test.
• Obesity and testosterone replacement therapy are two of the most common reversible factors that negatively affect sperm production.
• Lifestyle, nutrition, antioxidants, and targeted supplements may improve sperm health, particularly DNA integrity and motility.

Where to find Dr. Mark Ratner:

• Website: https://theralogix.com/
• Special Offer: https://theralogix.com/discount/LORNE?redirect=/products/ovanad
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• 📧 [email protected]
• Julie Schaefer - Canadian Sales Representative
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Dr. Mark Ratner’s Bio:

Dr. Ratner is a board-certified urologist and the Chief Science Officer of Theralogix, which markets micronutrient supplements with a focus on reproductive health. Dr. Ratner did his undergraduate and graduate studies in nutrition at Cornell University. He received his M.D. and residency training at Tulane University School of Medicine.

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In this episode we welcome Steve Taylor, a senior lecturer in psychology and renowned author, to explore the profound concept of transformation through turmoil. Drawing from his extensive research and personal experiences, Steve delves into how traumatic experiences and stress can serve as catalysts for spiritual awakening by breaking down the ego and allowing individuals to rediscover themselves on a deeper level.

Throughout the conversation, Steve shares insights on the spiritual nature of reality, emphasizing that it extends beyond the physical realm. He discusses the role of psychedelics in providing glimpses of spiritual enlightenment while cautioning against their potential risks if used improperly. Steve also highlights the importance of cultivating qualities such as acceptance, gratitude, and presence in supporting the journey towards spiritual awakening.

Key Takeaways:

• Transformation: Trauma can trigger spiritual awakening.
• Spiritual Reality: The world is inherently spiritual.
• Psychedelics: Insightful, yet used with caution.
• Cultivating Qualities: Embrace gratitude and presence for growth.
• Challenges: Stay patient and grounded through the spiritual journey.

Where to find Steve Taylor:

• Site: https://www.stevenmtaylor.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevetaylorauthor
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevetaylorauthor/

Steve Taylor’s Bio:

Steve Taylor is a senior psychology lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and a best-selling author on psychology and spirituality. With a master's degree in Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology and a PhD from Liverpool John Moores University, Taylor has chaired the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. His publications, including "THE ADVENTURE" and titles like "Disconnected" and "Spiritual Science," have been translated into 20 languages and featured in over 100 journals. An acclaimed writer for platforms like Scientific American, his work is praised by Eckhart Tolle as vital to the global shift in consciousness. Taylor resides in Manchester, England, with his family.

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In this episode, Lorne Brown speaks with psychotherapist, Hakomi teacher, author, and acupuncturist Lorena Monda about the practice of wholeness and what creates deep, lasting transformation. Lorena explores why constantly searching outside ourselves for the next solution may only take us so far—and why curiosity, awareness, and a willingness to experience what is happening within us can open a different path.

Together, they discuss unconscious patterns, the connection between body, mind, emotion, and spirit, and how the body can reveal beliefs and experiences we may not consciously recognize. Lorena also explains why acceptance is more than a mental idea, how giving up the fight with ourselves can create meaningful change, and how greater inner coherence can transform the way we experience relationships, emotions, and everyday life.

Key Takeaways:

• Lasting transformation isn’t necessarily about fixing yourself—it can begin with becoming curious about what is already happening within you.
• Feelings can act as a bridge between the body and mind, revealing patterns that thinking alone may not uncover.
• Our unconscious patterns can be shaped by family, culture, society, and experiences we may not realize still influence us.
• Acceptance is an embodied experience, not simply something we convince ourselves to believe.
• Greater wholeness can change relationships by helping us accept ourselves, allow others to be themselves, and become more open to change.

Where to find Lorena Monda:

• Website: https://www.lorenamonda.com/
• Book “The Practice of Wholeness”: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Wholeness-Spiritual-Transformation-Everyday/dp/0967813700/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+practice+of+wholeness&qid=1573445284&sr=8-1

Lorena Monda’s Bio:

Lorena Monda, MS, DOM, LPCC, is a certified trainer and therapist for the Hakomi Institute. She has been a practicing psychotherapist since 1977. She is also a Doctor of Oriental Medicine (since 1984) and a member of Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh’s core community, the Order of Interbeing. In addition to teaching Hakomi, Lorena is a certified teacher of Sheng Zhen Meditation and Qigong. She lives and practices in Santa Fe, New Mexico and teaches in the US, Korea, and Japan.

Lorena is the author of the book The Practice of Wholeness: Spiritual Transformation in Everyday Life, and coeditor of the books Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice and I Have Arrived, I Am Home: Celebrating 20 years of Plum Village Life.

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