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S2 EP94. Steven Jaggers: Awaken Your Ancient Intelligence – The 4 Meta-Skills That Transform Numbness Into Aliveness

10 July 2025 by Raj Jana

Episode Overview

In a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence, we’re forgetting the most sophisticated intelligence system ever created—the one inside your own body. While AI processes information, ancient intelligence processes life itself: healing wounds, creating connection, and generating the aliveness that makes existence meaningful. But here’s the problem: most of us have been systematically disconnected from this intelligence since childhood, leaving us numb, anxious, and searching for answers outside ourselves.

Steven Jaggers is the founder of Somatic Breath Work and a pioneer in the nervous system regulation movement. With over 3,000 practitioners trained across 40+ countries, his work is now accredited by Arizona State University for continuing education credits. A former neuromuscular therapist, Steven has spent years studying the intersection of physical alignment, emotional regulation, and human connection. His unique approach combines Eastern somatic practices with Western neuroscience to help people reclaim their birthright: the ability to feel fully alive in their own bodies.

What You’ll Discover

Why numbness is actually an active process that’s draining your life force – and the counterintuitive truth about why it takes more energy to suppress your feelings than to feel them
The “Attunement Code”: How to host another human inside yourself – the meta-skill that data shows is more healing than any technique, tool, or modality
Why your nervous system regulation isn’t about staying calm – it’s about developing choice, and the surprising reason most people are stuck in the anxiety-depression ping-pong cycle
The parasitic tension stealing your energy – how unconscious muscle contractions are robbing power from your healing, creativity, and aliveness (and how to redirect that energy)
Why healing trauma alone is actually impossible – the science of co-regulation and why your wounds from people can only be healed with people
The “Completion Principle” that changes everything – how somatic breathwork helps your nervous system finish the stress responses that trauma interrupted
How to tell if someone is safe using your nervous system – the congruence test that reveals when someone’s words don’t match their internal state
The four meta-skills of human intelligence – alignment, attunement, holding space, and range – that no AI can replicate and why mastering them is your greatest advantage in the age of artificial intelligence

Your Invitation to Aliveness

Your nervous system holds the keys to deeper connection, natural healing, and authentic aliveness—but only if you know how to access it. This conversation will teach you exactly how. Steven breaks down years of research and thousands of client sessions into practical wisdom you can use immediately. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, feeling disconnected, or simply want to unlock more of your human potential, this episode contains the roadmap. Listen now and discover why your ancient intelligence might be the most important skill you develop this decade.

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Website: https://go.somabreath.com/
Instagram: @jaggersjr

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S2 EP93. John Mackey: How to Transform Your Ego, Mistakes, and Rejections into Fuel for Excellence (While Loving Yourself Through It All)

2 July 2025 by Raj Jana

John Mackey is the visionary founder of Whole Foods Market, one of the world’s largest natural and organic foods retailers, which he sold to Amazon in 2017. Now leading Love.Life, his wellness-focused venture, John has spent over four decades studying consciousness, spirituality, and what it means to live an awakened life. A student of A Course in Miracles for 41 years, he recently shared his remarkable journey in his memoir “The Whole Story.” In this profound conversation, John reveals the spiritual principles that transformed his relationship with failure, rejection, and his own ego—turning them into the very forces that fueled his extraordinary success.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why John’s inner voice told him his future wife was “more conscious” than him on their first date—and how learning to trust that voice changed everything

• The “Old Bob” technique: How naming and befriending your ego transforms it from your worst enemy into a manageable backseat passenger

• Why you’re guaranteed to make every mistake twice (and why that’s actually perfect for your growth)

• The simple daily test that reveals whether you’re expanding toward your purpose or contracting away from it

• How rejection becomes “redirection” when you understand you’re planting seeds that may bloom years later

• Why taking full responsibility for your life as “your dream” unlocks miraculous synchronicities and connections

• The morning ritual that keeps you grounded and heart-centered no matter how chaotic your day becomes

• How to love yourself unconditionally while maintaining the highest standards—without the self-criticism that cripples most high achievers

The path to greatness isn’t about avoiding obstacles—it’s about alchemizing them into wisdom, strength, and deeper love. John Mackey’s journey from a young entrepreneur plagued by self-doubt to a conscious leader who built one of America’s most beloved companies proves that your greatest challenges can become your most powerful teachers. Listen to the full episode to discover how to transform your inner world and create the life your soul is calling you to live.

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Website: https://love.life/
Instagram: @iamjohnmackey

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S2 EP92. Mark Gober: Your Brain is an Antenna –The Science Behind Soul-Designed Reality

25 June 2025 by Raj Jana

What if everything you’ve been taught about consciousness is backwards? In this mind-expanding conversation, Raj sits down with Mark Gober—Princeton graduate, former Silicon Valley strategy partner, and author of seven groundbreaking books—who went from hardcore materialist to consciousness researcher after discovering peer-reviewed scientific evidence that completely shattered his worldview. Mark has spent nearly a decade diving deep into the research that mainstream science doesn’t want you to see, and what he’s uncovered about the nature of reality, consciousness, and your soul’s role in designing your life will leave you questioning everything.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why Nobel Prize-winning physicists believe consciousness is fundamental and matter is just a derivative—and what this means for how you experience reality

• The University of Virginia’s 2,500+ documented cases of children remembering past lives, complete with birthmarks that match historical death records (and why this changes everything about medicine)

• How your brain functions more like a radio antenna receiving signals than a computer generating thoughts—and how to tune into higher intelligence

• The specific body sensations that signal when you’re in alignment versus living a lie (and why ignoring these signals literally makes you sick)

• Why the beliefs you inherited from family, school, and society might be keeping you trapped in someone else’s reality—and how to identify what’s actually yours

• The difference between intuition, channeling, and psychic phenomena (plus how to distinguish between fear and genuine inner knowing)

• Mark’s “falsification method” for questioning any belief system without needing to have all the answers—a skill that could save you years of living someone else’s truth

• How to practice “holding the gold”—why rushing to share insights before they’re fully integrated actually waters down your deepest wisdom

This isn’t just another consciousness conversation—it’s a scientifically-backed roadmap for recognizing that your soul chose this exact life experience, and how to live in alignment with that deeper intelligence. If you’ve ever felt like reality is more mysterious than we’re taught, or if you’ve had experiences that don’t fit the mainstream worldview, this episode will give you both the permission and the scientific foundation to trust what you already know deep down. Get ready to see your life—and your role in it—in a completely new way.

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Website: https://www.markgober.com/
Instagram: @markgober_author

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S2 EP91. Raj Jana: How to Stop Apologizing to Everyone and Start Healing Yourself

18 June 2025 by Raj Jana

Do you find yourself constantly saying “I’m sorry” for taking up space, speaking your truth, or simply being yourself? If you’re trapped in endless cycles of apologizing, people-pleasing, and seeking forgiveness from others, you’re not alone—and more importantly, you’re looking for healing in all the wrong places. In this eye-opening episode, Raj and Alex reveal why your compulsive need to apologize is actually a symptom of a deeper wound, and how shifting your forgiveness practice inward is the key to breaking free from chronic people-pleasing forever.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why constantly apologizing to others is actually a sign that you haven’t forgiven yourself (and how this keeps you stuck in victim mode)

• The hidden inner critic that’s driving your need for external validation—and how to transform it from your worst enemy into your greatest ally

• How Raj’s pattern of “I’m sorry for being too much” was actually his inner child crying out for self-acceptance

• The revolutionary shift from seeking forgiveness from others to facilitating forgiveness between the parts of yourself

• Why your guilt about advocating for yourself reveals exactly where you need to do inner healing work

• The Ho’oponopono practice that stops the apologizing cycle by directing “I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you” toward yourself

• How to parent your inner child in the ways you desperately crave from others—so you stop seeking that validation externally

• The counterintuitive truth that taking full responsibility for your reality (including forgiving yourself) actually gives you more power and choice in your life

If you’re exhausted from walking on eggshells, over-explaining yourself, and carrying guilt for simply existing, this episode will show you how to break the cycle. It’s time to stop apologizing for who you are and start healing the relationship that matters most—the one you have with yourself.

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S2 EP90. Raj Jana: Why You Keep Attracting The Same Patterns (And How To Break Free)

11 June 2025 by Raj Jana

Ever notice how the same type of person keeps showing up in your life? Or how you find yourself in eerily similar situations over and over again, wondering “Why does this keep happening to me?” What if we told you there are actually two hidden curriculums running your life – and only one of them is truly yours? In this episode, Raj reveals the invisible map your soul has been drawing through every relationship, challenge, and “coincidence” you’ve experienced, and how understanding this changes everything about how you navigate your future.

The Biggest Takeaways:

The Two Hidden Forces Controlling Your Reality: There are two invisible curriculums running your life simultaneously – and 99% of people are completely unaware of the second one

Why You Can’t Shake That Restless Feeling: That persistent pull toward something different isn’t anxiety or dissatisfaction – it’s actually something much more profound trying to communicate with you

The Most Uncomfortable Truth About Your Life: There’s a perspective about responsibility that will either completely liberate you or make you want to run away – but you can’t unsee it once you know

The Single Question That Reveals Everything: One simple filter exposes which invisible curriculum is running your life in any given moment – and changes how you’ll make every decision moving forward

Why You’re Unconsciously Addicted to Struggle: There’s a hidden psychological reason we make things harder than they need to be – and it has nothing to do with what you think

The Secret Code Hidden in Your Recurring Patterns: Your repetitive experiences aren’t random – they’re following a precise blueprint that can be decoded once you know what to look for

What You Think Is Destiny Might Actually Be Programming: Most people mistake one thing for another when it comes to their life patterns – and this confusion keeps them stuck in cycles they could actually break

The Evolutionary Pattern You’ve Never Noticed: There’s a specific way your challenges evolve over time that reveals something profound about your spiritual development – once you see it, everything makes sense

Ready to stop being the victim of your own patterns and start consciously creating your reality? This conversation will completely shift how you see every challenge, relationship, and “coincidence” in your life. Raj breaks down exactly how to map your soul’s journey and step into your role as the conscious creator you were born to be. Listen to the full episode to discover which curriculum has been running your life – and how to finally align with the one that’s authentically yours.

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S2 EP89. Natalie Adele: Love as Your Greatest Teacher— How Our Breakup Became Our Breakthrough

4 June 2025 by Raj Jana

What if the most transformational thing you could do for your relationship was to consciously end it? In this raw and revelatory conversation, Raj and his beloved Natalie share their unconventional journey of falling in love, consciously breaking up, and coming back into relationship—but this time, with the “intelligence of love” as their guide. They reveal how treating love as a master teacher, rather than something to control or contain, unlocked levels of devotion, intimacy, and spiritual growth they never thought possible.

This episode is a masterclass in using your intimate relationship as the ultimate catalyst for transformation. What you’ll learn:

The difference between “expressing love” and “becoming love” and how to surrender into being an open channel for love’s intelligence to flow through you
How to move at “the pace of love” versus the pace of your triggers and why honoring the slowest part creates sustainable intimacy
The “benefit of the doubt” principle that transforms how you see your partner’s difficult moments as soul expressions rather than character flaws
How to identify your self-abandonment patterns and create mutual agreements to lovingly call each other back to self-love
The art of conscious completion and transition including how to close relationship containers with gratitude instead of resentment
Why “discernment” is different from “withholding” and how to know when something truly serves love versus just needs to be seen
Using apology and forgiveness as “technologies” to move through conflict faster and create deeper intimacy in the process
The framework for “conscious coupling” including how to create relationship agreements when you’re regulated, not triggered
How to design daily rituals of integration that help you digest lessons and compost insights so you stop repeating the same patterns
The practice of sovereignty in nervous system regulation so your relationship becomes a place of mutual support rather than codependent activation

Ready to transform your relationship into a spiritual practice?

This conversation will challenge everything you think you know about love, commitment, and what it means to truly devote yourself to another human being. Whether you’re single, coupled, or somewhere in between, the frameworks and insights Raj and Natalie share will give you a completely new lens for approaching intimacy as a path of awakening.

Watch the full episode now and discover how to let love be your greatest teacher.

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https://www.instagram.com/thenatalieadele/profilecard/
YouTube: @SatNamSociety
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