ASQ Podcast

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Welcome to the ASQPodcast — where life transitions become your greatest teachers. The ASQPodcast helps midlife professionals navigate life’s most defining transitions with clarity, resilience, and meaning. Blending timeless wisdom from psychology, archetypal frameworks, and spiritual traditions with practical tools. Omar and Jessie guide listeners through reinvention — from career shifts and relationship changes to personal awakenings. Featuring honest solo episodes, practical deep dives, and guest interviews, this show is a roadmap for turning endings into authentic new beginnings. Here, we don’t offer quick fixes — we offer a map for your quest. Whether you’re feeling stuck, restless, or called to reinvent your life, you’ll find real talk, guidance, and community to help you transform endings into authentic new beginnings. We invite you to take this journey with us. Find Meaning, Navigate Change, Live & Lead Fully.

  1. 7H AGO

    The Intuition You Buried: Reclaiming Inner Wisdom & Breaking Ancestral Patterns

    In this expansive and deeply activating conversation, Dr. Jessie sits down with Lynn M. Bunch—intuitive educator, spiritual guide, and creator of the ID Blueprint—for a bold exploration of intuition, ancestral patterns, accountability, and what it truly means to live aligned with inner wisdom. Lynn shares her journey from growing up in Phoenix, Arizona in a traditional Catholic household to recognizing a powerful intuitive ability she once buried out of insecurity. As a child, she sensed what others couldn’t see. As a teenager, she was labeled “intense.” And as a young adult, she made a pivotal decision to stop silencing the part of herself that simply knew. What followed was not a straight path. This conversation traces Lynn’s evolution—from shutting down her intuitive gifts to protect herself, to rebuilding her connection to wisdom after personal trauma, to creating a 30-year career dedicated to helping others quiet the mental chatter and reconnect with their own inner compass. This episode explores: • Growing up intuitive in a world that didn’t understand it • Being labeled “too intense” and internalizing insecurity • The difference between religion and lived spiritual experience • The four intuitive channels: knowing, seeing, feeling, and hearing • Why judgment disconnects us from higher consciousness • Healing from molestation without victimhood • Negative Ancestral Patterns (NAPs) and generational trauma Lynn speaks candidly about the heartbreak of watching loved ones ignore intuitive guidance—and the deep lesson of releasing control. She reflects on addiction, loss, trauma, and the hard-earned wisdom that came from learning not to override another person’s free will. Through her ID Blueprint curriculum and Center for Intuitive Education, Lynn has spent nearly three decades helping clients move from unconscious patterning to conscious living—without shame, dogma, or spiritual bypassing. This episode is for anyone who: • Has been called “too much” or “too intense” • Feels deeply but struggles to trust themselves • Knows they’ve ignored their inner voice before • Is navigating generational trauma • Wants clarity without dependency Connect with Lynn M. Bunch: 🔹Website: https://lynnmbunch.com/ 🔹Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnmbunch 🔹Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lynn.bunch.31 🔹Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lynn.m.bunch 🔹LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-m-bunch/ 🔹Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IntuitivedevelopmentOrg 💬 If this conversation resonated with you, share in the comments: When was the last time you ignored your intuition—and what did it teach you? #IntuitiveEducation #HigherConsciousness #AncestralHealing #TrustYourGut #SpiritualGrowth #Accountability #EnergyAlignment #IDBlueprint #ConsciousLiving #InnerWisdom

    1h 3m

  2. 3D AGO

    Return to Sender With Love: Healing Trauma, Reclaiming Voice & Redefining What Love Really Means

    In this deeply vulnerable and expansive conversation, Dr. Jessie sits down with Tiffany O’Hearn for a raw exploration of trauma, people-pleasing, boundaries, spirituality, grief, and the courageous journey back to self-love. Tiffany shares her story of growing up in Massachusetts as the middle child of very young parents navigating their own unresolved trauma. Raised in a home shaped by divorce, instability, and emotional intensity, she learned early how to anticipate the needs of others, soothe chaos, and survive by becoming “the good one.” The helper. The pleaser. The quiet, resilient child who didn’t need anything. But beneath that resilience was loneliness. Dismissal. A longing to be seen. This conversation traces Tiffany’s evolution—from a childhood marked by emotional responsibility beyond her years, to an abusive marriage after her father’s death, to a profound spiritual awakening that reshaped her understanding of love, boundaries, and identity. What happens when the person who has always held everyone else… decides to hold herself? This episode explores: • Growing up as the “invisible” middle child in a high-conflict family • Parentification, people-pleasing, and emotional suppression • The trauma of divorce—both as a child and as a parent • Losing a father and the unfinished messages we carry • Abusive relationships and the moment of awakening • Reclaiming voice after being silenced • Grief without shame • Love as a vibration—not a transaction • Boundaries as self-respect, not rejection • Conscious communication in romantic relationships • Healing ancestral trauma and energetic wounds • Parenting differently—and giving children a voice Her phrase “return to sender with love” becomes a powerful mantra throughout this episode—a reminder that not everything we carry is ours. Today, Tiffany works in energy healing and astrology, helping others identify the emotional patterns and inherited wounds shaping their lives. She is also launching two powerful platforms: Tiffany’s message is simple, yet profound: Love more. Witness yourself. Speak the truth without shame. And remember—you can only give the love you are willing to hold within. Connect with Tiffany O’Hearn: 🔹Instagram & TikTok: @TheSoulfulGuide 🔹Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tiffany.ohearn.9/ 🔹Website: https://www.sherisesstudios.com/post/buried-not-broken-my-father-s-last-request-1 💬 If this conversation resonated with you, share your biggest takeaway in the comments. Who in your life needs to hear “I love you” today? #TraumaHealing #PeoplePleasingRecovery #SelfLoveJourney #ConsciousParenting #EnergyHealing #DivorceRecovery #SpiritualAwakening #BoundariesAreLove #PostTraumaticGrowth #TheVoicesOfLittleHumans

    49 min

  3. FEB 14

    Defying the Odds: How Pain, Failure & Fear Forge Purpose

    In this powerful and motivating conversation, Omar Ferreira sits down with Robert B. Foster to explore resilience, identity, and the courage it takes to rebuild when life forces you to start over. Robert shares his journey from growing up as the youngest of seven in a highly competitive, athletic family—struggling with late physical development, a stutter, and feeling unseen—to becoming a record-breaking high school athlete fueled by rejection, discipline, and belief in himself. When injury ended his Olympic dreams, Robert’s identity collapsed, leading to years of emotional pain, burnout, and survival mode. Managing restaurants and chasing stability eventually culminated in a panic attack that became the turning point—forcing him to listen to his body, reevaluate his path, and choose something more aligned. From that breaking point, Robert rebuilt his life through fitness, personal development, and storytelling—transforming pain into purpose and creating platforms that help others overcome obstacles, defy the odds, and reclaim ownership of their lives. This episode explores: • Growing up in a hyper-competitive family • Late bloomers, self-doubt, and resilience • Injury, identity loss, and unfulfilled dreams • Burnout, panic attacks, and inner wake-up calls • Turning pain into purpose through fitness and speaking • Education beyond formal schooling • Courage, fear, and imperfect first steps • Creating something that can’t be taken from you • Grief, loss, and redefining success Robert’s story is raw, honest, and deeply grounding—offering reassurance to anyone who has felt stuck, overlooked, or afraid to begin again. It’s a reminder that breakdowns often precede breakthroughs, and courage is built one decision at a time. Connect with Robert B. Foster: 🔹Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@RBF7499 🔹Book: https://www.amazon.in/Shut-Up-GRIND-Overcoming-Speaking-ebook/dp/B0DLV8ZR1L 🔹Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rfoster74 🔹TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robertbfoster 🔹LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-foster-740a9bab/ 🔹Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert_b_foster/ 🔹Twitter: https://x.com/RBF_Fitness 💬 If this episode resonated with you, like, subscribe, and share your biggest takeaway. #Resilience #OvercomingAdversity #CourageToChange #PersonalDevelopment #MindsetShift #DefyingTheOdds #PurposeDrivenLife #MentalStrength #ShutUpAndGrind #ASQPodcast

    51 min

  4. FEB 11

    When Success Feels Empty: Career Burnout, Motherhood & Finding Soul-Aligned Work

    In this honest and deeply human conversation, Dr. Jessie sits down with Rachel Spekman for a powerful exploration of identity, career, grief, intuition, and what it truly means to live a soul-aligned life. Rachel shares her journey from growing up in a family shaped by survival, achievement, and resilience—rooted in Holocaust legacy and generational perseverance—to building a successful career that looked right on paper, yet increasingly felt misaligned on the inside. Raised with a strong emphasis on gratitude, productivity, and “making it,” emotional needs were often met outside the family system through chosen community, mentors, and relationships. This conversation traces Rachel’s courageous pivot—from senior leadership and corporate environments to taking a “large adult calculator risk,” returning to school later in life, and becoming a therapist. Today, she brings together therapy and career coaching to help others move from burnout and disconnection to clarity, alignment, and purpose-driven work. This episode explores: • Growing up in a family shaped by survival, achievement, and generational trauma • Identity, privilege, gratitude, and emotional suppression • Finding connection through chosen family and mentors • Career success without fulfillment and early signs of burnout • Infertility, pregnancy loss, motherhood, and emotional awakening • Workplace loyalty, imbalance, and unseen emotional labor Rachel’s story is grounded, compassionate, and deeply validating—especially for those who appear capable and accomplished on the outside, yet feel disconnected, exhausted, or quietly longing for more. This episode is for anyone navigating career dissatisfaction, identity shifts, motherhood, grief, burnout, or the brave question: Is this really the life I’m meant to be living? Connect with Rachel Spekman: 🔹Career Coaching: https://www.rachelspekman.com/  🔹LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelspekman/ 🔹Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RachelSpekmanCareerConsulting/about  💬 If this episode resonated with you, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share your biggest takeaway in the comments. #CareerPivot #SoulAlignedWork #WomenInLeadership #BurnoutRecovery #MotherhoodJourney #CareerCoaching #EmotionalHealing #MidlifeShift #PurposeDrivenLife #TherapistJourney #InnerAlignment #MadeForMore

    44 min

  5. FEB 7

    Beyond Success: Arlene Cohen Miller on Intuition, Feminine Leadership, and Purpose

    In this thoughtful and deeply reflective conversation, Dr. Jessie sits down with Arlene Cohen Miller—former attorney, coach, mentor, and meditation facilitator—to explore a life shaped by intuition, empathy, leadership, and the courage to live in alignment with one’s inner truth. Arlene shares her journey from growing up in a traditional, loving family where sensitivity was quietly managed rather than expressed, to becoming a successful attorney and entrepreneur, and eventually answering a deeper spiritual calling that led her to redefine success, leadership, and fulfillment. Along the way, motherhood, divorce, burnout, and spiritual awakening became catalysts for profound personal growth and self-discovery. What began as a quiet sense of being “different” evolved into a lifelong journey of honoring intuition, integrating feminine leadership, and creating space for others to be seen, heard, and supported—both personally and professionally. This episode dives into: • Growing up empathic and intuitive in a traditional family system • Learning to temper emotions to belong and be accepted • Ignoring intuition, marriage, divorce, and early adulthood awakenings • Motherhood, ADHD, and the hidden emotional toll on caregivers • Exploring alternative healing modalities and inner work • Spiritual mentorship, meditation, and finding soul-aligned community • Building a legal career while integrating heart-centered leadership • Burnout, selling a law practice, and choosing authenticity over security • Redefining success beyond titles, money, and societal expectations • Feminine leadership, boundaries, and emotional intelligence in high-pressure careers • Creating harmony, presence, and peace through conscious leadership Arlene’s story is grounded, wise, and quietly powerful—offering reassurance to anyone who has ever felt out of place, ignored their intuition, or questioned whether it’s too late to change direction. This conversation is especially for those who are sensitive, driven, and successful on the outside, yet feel called toward deeper alignment, balance, and meaning on the inside. Connect with Arlene Cohen Miller: 🔹 Website: https://www.jewelconsultancy.com/ 🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewelcoach2/ 🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arlene.jewel/  🔹 Twitter: https://x.com/JewelCoachPCC 🔹 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@arlenecmiller 🔹 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jewelcoach2?lang=en 💬 If this episode resonated with you, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share your biggest takeaway in the comments. #HealingJourney #IntuitiveLeadership #WomenInLeadership #SpiritualGrowth #Empaths #ConsciousLeadership #MidlifeAwakening #PersonalGrowth #EmotionalIntelligence #FeminineLeadership #InnerWisdom #PurposeDrivenLife #WomenSupportingWomen

    38 min

  6. FEB 4

    From Abuse to Purpose | Neena Perez’s Story of Survival, Healing, and Gratitude

    In this raw, deeply moving conversation, Dr. Jessie sits down with Neena Perez for an unfiltered exploration of survival, resilience, healing, and purpose. Neena shares her powerful life story—from being born into poverty and family secrecy, enduring childhood abuse, teen pregnancy, and years of domestic violence, to escaping life-threatening situations and raising her children while still in high school. What unfolds is not just a story of trauma, but of courage, grit, faith, and the slow, intentional choice to break cycles and create a different life. Through heartbreak, depression, abandonment, and betrayal, Neena reveals how living in survival mode shaped her decisions—and how gratitude, therapy, faith, and self-awareness became the turning points that helped her reclaim her worth and redefine success on her own terms. This episode dives into: • Growing up in abuse, poverty, and emotional abandonment • Childhood sexual trauma and the long-term impact of survival mode • Teen pregnancy, domestic violence, and escaping life-threatening relationships • The fear and isolation of leaving with nothing—and choosing life anyway • Depression, single motherhood, and parenting through unhealed trauma • Breaking generational cycles and redefining strength • The cost of chasing validation through achievement and accolades • Gratitude as a powerful catalyst for healing and perspective shifts • Faith, therapy, and emotional intelligence as tools for transformation • Creating purpose from pain and serving others through lived experience • Building a life rooted in meaning, not survival Neena’s story is honest, intense, and deeply human. It’s a reminder that trauma does not define destiny—and that healing is not about perfection, but about awareness, compassion, and choice. This conversation is especially for anyone who has ever felt trapped by their past, overwhelmed by survival mode, or unsure if it’s “too late” to change. If you’ve ever asked yourself whether a different path is possible—this episode is for you. Connect with Neena Perez: 🔹 Website: https://sleek.bio/chefneenaperez 🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefneenaperez 🔹Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neena.perezx 🔹LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neenaperez/ 🔹Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chefneenaperez 🔹YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chefneenaperez 💬 If this conversation resonated with you, please like, subscribe, and share what stood out to you most in the comments. Your voice matters—and your healing does too. #HealingJourney #DomesticViolenceAwareness #TraumaRecovery #BreakingCycles #Resilience #PostTraumaticGrowth #GratitudePractice #WomenHealing #SurvivorStories #PurposeDrivenLife #FaithAndHealing #EmotionalHealing

    45 min

  7. JAN 31

    From Childhood Trauma to Inner Guidance: A Journey of Deep Healing

    In this deeply reflective and expansive conversation, Dr. Jessie sits down with Phyllis Leavitt — psychotherapist, author, and spiritual teacher — to explore a life shaped by early emotional trauma, profound spiritual awakening, and decades of inner healing. Phyllis shares her journey growing up in an emotionally disconnected household, navigating childhood abuse, fear, dissociation, and a deep sense of not belonging. From early out-of-body experiences and a lifelong connection to the divine, to spiritual seeking, motherhood, therapy, and ultimately becoming a psychotherapist herself, her story is one of resilience, courage, and integration. This episode weaves together psychology and spirituality, revealing how true healing often requires tending to both — the emotional wounds we carry and the deeper essence guiding us forward. In this episode, we explore: • Growing up emotionally unsupported and the impact of early trauma • Dissociation, fear, and feeling disconnected from the body • Out-of-body experiences and early spiritual awareness • Loneliness, anxiety, and the search for belonging • Nature, the desert, and encounters with divine guidance • Spiritual communities, therapy, and the “dark night of the soul” • Motherhood as a catalyst for remembering and healing trauma • Journaling as a gateway to inner wisdom and guidance • Integrating psychology and spirituality in the healing process • Becoming a psychotherapist through lived experience • Healing not only individuals, but families, cultures, and nations Phyllis speaks with honesty, depth, and compassion about trauma, recovery, and the quiet voice within that leads us home to ourselves. Her perspective offers reassurance to anyone who has felt disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure of their place in the world. This conversation is especially for those questioning their inner experience, navigating healing later in life, or sensing that psychology and spirituality are meant to work together — not apart. ✨ Connect with Phyllis Leavitt: 🔹 Website: https://phyllisleavitt.com/ 🔹 Book: America in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis 🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phyllis.leavitt 🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phyllis_e_leavitt/ 🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phyllis-leavitt-630179255/ 🔹 Twitter: https://x.com/PhyllisLeavitt2 🔹 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOdxqvDK9N421AZ5TTxqUgQ 💬 If this episode resonated with you, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share what stood out to you most in the comments. #HealingJourney #TraumaRecovery #SpiritualAwakening #InnerHealing #PsychologyAndSpirituality #JournalingPractice #DivineGuidance #MentalHealthPodcast #Consciousness #EmotionalHealing #CollectiveHealing #SelfAwareness

    43 min

  8. JAN 28

    Healing High Sensitivity: From Emotional Suppression to Self-Compassion

    In this deeply honest and reflective conversation, Dr. Jessie sits down with Elizabeth “Biz” Cush, licensed therapist, podcast host, and guide for highly sensitive women, to explore a life shaped by emotional suppression, resilience, and profound personal healing. Elizabeth shares her journey from growing up as a highly sensitive child in an emotionally disconnected family, navigating her parents’ divorce, early independence, depression, and unhealthy relationships, to eventually finding stability, self-trust, and purpose through therapy, connection, and deep inner work. What began as survival slowly transformed into clarity, compassion, and a calling to help others heal. This episode dives into: • Growing up emotionally unsupported as a highly sensitive child • “Free-range” childhoods, independence, and unprocessed emotions • Parental divorce, grief, and early coping through substances • Depression, therapy, and the impact of toxic relationships • Estrangement, self-reliance, and rebuilding emotional stability • The journey from motherhood to becoming a therapist later in life • High sensitivity as a trait, not a flaw • Learning to feel deeply without becoming overwhelmed • Healing childhood wounds through self-compassion and awareness • Becoming a “wounded healer” and guiding others toward wholeness Elizabeth’s story is grounded, vulnerable, and deeply reassuring for anyone who has ever been told they were “too sensitive,” struggled to feel understood, or sensed there was more healing waiting beneath the surface. This conversation is especially for those who feel deeply, think deeply, and are learning how to care for themselves in a world that often feels too loud, too fast, or too much. Connect with Elizabeth Cush: 🔹 Website: https://www.elizabethcushcoaching.com/ 🔹 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AYWWPodcast 🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awakenyourwisewoman/ 🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-cush-88a39121/ 💬 If this episode resonated with you, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share your biggest takeaway in the comments. #HealingJourney #HighlySensitivePerson #EmotionalHealing #InnerChildHealing #SelfCompassion #MentalHealthPodcast #WoundedHealer #PersonalGrowth #TraumaHealing #SensitiveSouls #EmotionalAwareness #BreakingPatterns #womenhealingwomen

    45 min
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Welcome to the ASQPodcast — where life transitions become your greatest teachers. The ASQPodcast helps midlife professionals navigate life’s most defining transitions with clarity, resilience, and meaning. Blending timeless wisdom from psychology, archetypal frameworks, and spiritual traditions with practical tools. Omar and Jessie guide listeners through reinvention — from career shifts and relationship changes to personal awakenings. Featuring honest solo episodes, practical deep dives, and guest interviews, this show is a roadmap for turning endings into authentic new beginnings. Here, we don’t offer quick fixes — we offer a map for your quest. Whether you’re feeling stuck, restless, or called to reinvent your life, you’ll find real talk, guidance, and community to help you transform endings into authentic new beginnings. We invite you to take this journey with us. Find Meaning, Navigate Change, Live & Lead Fully.

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  • Creator
    ASQ
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 A Soul’s Quest/
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