In our first ever one-on-one Healing Heroines episode, Chandler sits down with Sarah Hardie Johnson, a transcendental meditation enthusiast, yoga instructor, and corporate professional turned spiritual healer for an intimate look at intuition, healing after loss, and the inner quiet we often avoid. 

Sarah shares why slowing down is essential for intuitive clarity, the role meditation plays in calming the nervous system, how dreams—especially visitation dreams—can serve as portals of deeper knowing, and the importance of letting yourself feel as part of the healing process. Sarah also offers a simple yet effective breathing technique to regulate your body throughout the day.

What You Will Learn

• [00:07:55] How intuition connects to trust and why rationalizing it away pulls you out of alignment
• [00:09:57] The personal turning point that sparked Sarah’s spiritual curiosity and inner healing
• [00:13:24] Why meditation became one of the most impactful tools on Sarah’s journey
• [00:17:17] How transcendental meditation differs from guided or silent meditation
• [00:25:47] What dropping beneath thoughts feels like and how the “bottom of the ocean” metaphor applies
• [00:29:19] How Sarah recognized her visitation dream and what made it distinct from ordinary dreams
• [00:40:00] Why intuition struggles to land when your nervous system is dysregulated
• [00:45:14] How allowing yourself to feel emotions—especially grief and anxiety—supports true healing

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Welcome to KNOW-vember! Throughout the month, we continue to explore what it means to know yourself more deeply. In this solo episode, Chandler maps out why curiosity (not certainty) is the pathway to trusting your intuition, how the body signals truth before the mind catches up, and simple daily practices to strengthen your inner GPS. 

Chandler blends personal stories, neuroscience context, and easy micro-practices (breathwork, curiosity walks, tarot pulls) to help listeners start using intuition for decisions. This episode is designed to help you notice and act on the quiet "yes" or "no" that already lives inside you. 

What You Will Learn

• [00:06:22] Why listening to your inner compass helps you navigate life from your own truth rather than someone else’s roadmap.
• [00:06:46] The idea of “lighting a sparkler every day” — choosing small, repeatable joys instead of waiting for rare fireworks.
• [00:07:23] A working definition of purpose: where what you love and what you're good at meet the world’s needs.
• [00:09:41] Examples of body-based intuition: the gut or stomach knowing before the rational mind does.
• [00:10:25] The neuroscience framing: brains predict the world by scanning past patterns, which is why intuition often feels like remembering.
• [00:11:17] How brief practices that build heart coherence (a few minutes of breath or focused calm) sharpen clarity and steady emotions.
• [00:19:09] Practical November prompts: three deep breaths before decisions, curiosity walks, a daily “Today I realized…” jar, and pulling one tarot card per day.
• [00:22:24] The core takeaway: inner knowing is not about being right — it’s about being real and remembering who you are under the noise.

Resources Mentioned

• The HeartMath Institute
   

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Has your life been feeling off lately? As if the energy around feels a bit chaotic all of a sudden. Maybe communication with your family, friends, or colleagues might seem disjointed and misunderstood. Or perhaps your plans keep shifting. Well, astrologers everywhere can't stop talking about the upcoming Mercury retrograde from November 9 - 29. So, what better time to re-release our retrograde conversation with Hero and Astrologer Ophira Edut? Enjoy!

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While retrogrades often carry a reputation for chaos, they can actually offer profound opportunities for reflection and transformation. In this episode, astrologer Ophira Edut explains how to work with retrograde energy rather than resist it, using astrology as a tool for clarity, growth, and alignment.

As the long-time resident astrologer for ELLE and author of The Astrology Advantage, Ophira shares grounded insights on navigating energetic shifts with awareness, balance, and intention. Tune in to explore how the stars can support your evolution.

What You Will Learn

• [00:01] Intro and a bit about our guest, Ophira Edut
• [03:43] What is astrology, and why people seek Ophira’s guidance
• [06:09] What a retrograde is and why it has a reputation for disruption
• [10:53] How to reframe retrogrades as opportunities for growth
• [14:47] How Ophira works with retrograde energy in her own life
• [16:31] Retrogrades that focus on personal healing vs. external challenges
• [20:01] How astrology set the table for inner healing 
• [23:48] Preparing for March retrograde: Venus and Mercury
• [29:09] Ways to work with retrograde energy rather than resisting it
• [30:37] Retrograde rituals that can help navigate through this period with ease
• [35:03] Wrap-up and end of the show

Resources Mentioned

• The Astrology Advantage by Ophira Edut and Tali Edut
• Between Death and Life by Dolores Cannons: 

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After the sudden loss of her father, Sarah went searching for answers and found them in a remarkable reading with Hero and Psychic Medium Lea Morgan. In this Healing Heroines episode, Sarah and Lea trace how one surprising session opened the door to ongoing spiritual connection with her deceased father, meaningful confirmations, and an unexpected pivot toward providing spiritual services for others. 

This conversation is for anyone experiencing a season of grief, curiosity, or a little bit of both. Discover how the unseen can show up in your life.

What You Will Learn

• [00:10:57] How a simple Google search led Sarah to Lea’s website, she booked a reading, and “everything changed.”
• [00:15:46] The pocket-watch moment — how a detail from a reading connected to Sarah’s family heirloom and shifted her sense of what was possible.
• [00:21:50] How repeated confirmations (Lea telling Sarah she’d have a daughter) became a steady thread of hope during an uncertain time.
• [00:23:02] What it looked like when Lea described Sarah’s future daughter — playful, musical, and already showing personality — and how that matched life later.
• [00:24:07] The idea that souls and ancestors can “hang out” with a child in utero and sometimes communicate before birth.
• [00:31:34] What Sarah experienced as a sudden “download” of information that clarified a new career direction toward spiritual coaching and death-doula work.
• [00:34:20] Sarah’s practical playbook for opening to guidance: gratitude walks, regular meditation, and asking for signs or clarity.
• [00:54:29] The comfort Sarah found in the belief that relationships continue after death — and how that shifted her experience of grief.

Resources Mentioned

• Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss (Book)
• Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani (Book)
• Hiring the Heavens by Jean Slatter (Book)
• Lessons from the Light by Kenneth Ring (Book)

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What if the way back to yourself wasn’t through the mind, but through your breath? Hero, Somatic Therapist, and Certified Rolfer Moylan Ryan explains how breath can ground you in the present and become a direct pathway to regulation. Moylan traces the roots of neurodynamic (holotropic) breathwork, explaining why it evokes deep, nonverbal reactions and how the practice supports nervous-system regulation and reconnection to the body. 

He describes typical responses people have in his breathwork sessions, the importance of safety and containment, and how breathwork can produce an expanded state of consciousness that shifts your thinking and behavior. 

What You Will Learn

• [00:06:55] How Neurodynamic breathwork evolved from holotropic work and the role of evocative music in guiding the breath.
• [00:08:56] Why facilitators ask people to trust the process and surrender so their inner guided intelligence can lead the journey.
• [00:11:24] That breathwork can allow sensations, tremoring, and vocal expression to surface safely during a session.
• [00:16:36] How consistent breath practice can move a person from somatic retraction into expansion and an “upflow” of energy.
• [00:18:00] Why breathwork often lets people complete what was never expressed — releasing embodied remnants of trauma.
• [00:19:59] The parasympathetic state breathwork can produce, and how it enables a calmer, more present nervous system afterward.
• [00:24:40] How the gap between stimulus and response (the space Viktor Frankl described) becomes accessible through regulated breath.
• [00:31:14] What kinds of people tend to benefit — those who feel fragmented, stuck, or ready to create new behaviors and outcomes.

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This week's Healing Heroine is none other than Liz, a long-time small-business owner. She joins Hero and Confidence Coach Cait DeMello and host Chandler to explore what happens when entrepreneurship becomes an unexpected path of self-development. Liz walks us through the moments that pushed her into deeper personal work — scaling a business, outgrowing a role that no longer fit, and facing the emotional cost of leadership. Cait offers practical inner-child practices, parts-work, and somatic exercises that helped Liz reconnect with her authentic self and enhance her confidence as an entrepreneur.

This conversation is for anyone trying to build a life and a business without losing themselves in the process.

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:47] The shift from “doing it all” to realizing that the version of you who built the business isn’t necessarily who you need to be now.
• [00:24:14] How an initial outreach and simple connection call led to a coaching relationship that felt like a true fit.
• [00:25:41] What the throat/edging exercise looked like in practice and why leaning into the sensation helped it ease.
• [00:26:11] Why enlarging the feeling instead of pushing it away can make distress move through faster.
• [00:29:11] How the “wild woman / lion” movement practice was used as a somatic, liberating tool and continues to be part of Liz’s routine.
• [00:30:32] That Liz is now “much more in touch with my inner child” and can identify that part’s needs when it shows up.
• [00:32:12] The Five Personality Patterns (the “leaving pattern”) helped Liz name a root theme about safety that reframed many of her life choices.
• [00:51:52] A simple daily practice: carving out five minutes to notice feelings and re-learn how to be with yourself.

Resources Mentioned

• The 5 Personality Patterns by Steven Kessler (Book).

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Lexi, a perinatal therapist and mother of three, has lived with cluster headaches since adolescence. These headaches evoke intense, cyclical neurological pain for hours on end. 

In today’s Healing Heroine episode, Lexi, Hero Nicole Kim, and Chandler trace the long diagnostic journey, the limits of conventional care, and the ways energy-based practices helped Lexi notice early warning signs and soften the severity of her headaches.

Nicole and Lexi explore how consistent yoga, sound work, and Thai bodywork create impactful shifts in the nervous system. This episode is for anyone curious about integrating Western medicine with somatic practices to reclaim steadiness and agency in the midst of chronic pain.

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:57] How moving during COVID and juggling childcare, work, and a new community contributed to loneliness and stress in daily life.
• [00:13:00] Cluster headaches as a neurological condition tied to trigeminal nerve misfiring and hypothalamic/circadian rhythms, often presenting seasonally and with intense pain.
• [00:16:30] The lengthy diagnostic path — multiple specialists, imaging, and the moment Lexi self-identified her condition in college.
• [00:18:30] Acute treatments (triptan injections, oxygen, verapamil) can reduce pain quickly, but responses vary and some patients remain treatment-resistant.
• [00:20:30] Why Lexi became open to complementary approaches (nature, intranasal oils, emerging research like psilocybin) alongside medical care.
• [00:23:30] How connection with a practitioner — Nicole’s sequencing, intention, and presence — made somatic practices feel safe and effective for Lexi.
• [00:31:15] The experience of a palpable energy release during Thai bodywork that felt like a meaningful shift in tension and affect.
• [00:39:30] The value of tracking symptoms and responding early — combining Western tools with yoga, sound, and bodywork helped soften episodes and create more days of steadiness.

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Chandler speaks with Hero and Accountability Coach Bonnie Heim about how compassionate accountability changed our Heroine Diedra's life. Diedra is a high-achieving finance professional with an overwhelming schedule, and had lived with an undiagnosed physical illness as well as weight struggles prior to working with Bonnie.  Through Bonnie's unique approach to accountability, Diedra not only lost weight and was able to overcome her symptoms, but most importantly, she learned that showing up for yourself despite experiencing big life changes, has a way of positively impacting all areas of your life.

As Bonnie eloquently puts it, " accountability is not a hammer — it’s a hug” and small daily reminders alongside simple tools can create sustained change. 

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:37] Diedra’s lifelong drive to be involved and give back, alongside long-standing struggles with body image and confidence.
• [00:11:30] How a major cross-country move and subsequent, undiagnosed illness compounded stress and made self-care harder.
• [00:17:30] How the book, The Body Keeps the Score, helped spark Chandler's curiosity about unprocessed stress and the body’s role in healing.
• [00:22:22] The specific turning point that made Diedra decide something had to change.
• [00:24:47] Why starting a program during a chaotic life transition was possible — and how small first steps mattered more than waiting for “the perfect Monday.”
• [00:26:30] What positive accountability looks like in practice: encouragement + structure + daily, nonjudgmental check-ins.
• [00:31:30] How simple, concrete tools and permission to rest (e.g., specific self-care moves Bonnie suggests) help manage flare-ups and keep progress steady.
• [00:45:00] The moment Diedra recognized the change as a lifestyle shift — choosing nourishing meals and feeling the difference in daily life, not just the scale.

Resources Mentioned

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (Book).

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This week's Healing Heroine is all about how to stop going through the motions, living your life on autopilot. We hear from Hero and Human Design Coach Zach Carlsen's client, Lauren. They unpack Lauren's series of life-changing moments — from a sudden loss and a medical scare to reclaiming personal agency — and explain how human design helped her make gentler, clearer decisions.  

Zach breaks down practical ways you can use your human design chart to help move through grief, fear, or uncertainty with more ease. 

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:52] What it feels like to sense intuitive red flags but ignore them anyway
• [00:09:30] The long road of advocating for care that finally revealed a blood clot diagnosis
• [00:11:00] Lessons learned from two painful hospital stays that made her feel less trusting of medical professionals
• [00:16:30] The moment a community program became the catalyst for real healing work
• [00:21:19] Why giving yourself permission to “sleep on it” can create healthier decision-making
• [00:22:00] A reframed perspective: embracing multiple identities and passions as strengths
• [00:39:00] The difference between chasing rare “fireworks” moments and building daily joy through “sparklers”
• [00:42:13] Signs of empowerment, including asking better questions, setting boundaries, and trusting your body again

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We're back with another Healing Heroine conversation,  this time with Sam, a longtime client of Hero and Myofascial Release Therapist Karen. For over 15 years, Sam suffered from severe undiagnosed dizziness with symptoms comparable to vertigo. After experiencing imbalance, nausea, and fatigue daily, Sam desperately sought answers from countless physicians and specialists, but to no avail. Eventually, Sam learned to live with the constant dizziness just to make it through each day. 

It wasn't until she met Hero Karen and experienced the healing effects of MFR that Sam started to regain control over this debilitating and recurring health issue. 

Sam explains how learning the tools to reduce intense symptoms was the start of her healing journey. This episode is for anyone who’s felt stuck living with chronic symptoms and is ready to explore a body-first path toward steadiness. 

What You Will Learn

• [00:07:30] What living with constant dizziness can feel like and why it impacts daily life so profoundly
• [00:08:30] Why traditional medical approaches (neurology, rheumatology, ENT exams) often fall short in addressing chronic dizziness
• [00:14:41] How belief in the body’s ability to heal can be an essential part of recovery
• [00:17:30] The importance of recognizing what your body was once capable of to inspire hope during healing
• [00:19:30] How to notice small improvements and everyday signs that a treatment is working
• [00:24:30] How myofascial release identifies restrictions in the body that may be contributing to chronic symptoms
• [00:32:11] Why subtle, consistent bodywork can create lasting change and act as a long-term investment in your health
• [00:39:30] How gaining self-care tools empowers you to take ownership of your healing journey

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