Everything You Need to Know About the Ascension of Humanity

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The Ascension Protocol What does it mean for humanity to evolve beyond its current form? Join us as we explore the frontiers of human potential—from technological augmentation and artificial intelligence to consciousness expansion and collective awakening. Each episode examines how breakthrough discoveries in neuroscience, transhumanism, space exploration, and spiritual practice might converge to fundamentally transform what it means to be human. We speak with different spiritual & scientific entrepreneurs that have learned what it means to become aligned with their path and purpose, discussing a wide range of topics that explain terminology and multidimensional concepts related to both individual and the collective ascension or awakening. There are also bonus episodes weaved in that are real stories, told by real people, sharing their own personal journeys, inspiring hope, sharing resources, and shedding light on how differently personal growth can look for each individual.  This is more than futurism—it's an investigation into humanity's oldest dream: to become more than we are. Join the conversation about the ascension journey and what the heck that really means. If you would be interested in being a guest on the show, you can fill out an application at https://www.divineascensionco.com/podcast-app

  1. 13h ago

    From Rock Bottom to a Recognized 12-Step Program: Richard Tierney on Trauma Recovery

    Send us Fan Mail What if healing from trauma isn't about understanding your past better, but about learning to separate yourself from it entirely? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Richard Tierney, Christian trauma recovery coach and creator of Trauma Recovery Anonymous — one of only fourteen twelve-step programs recognized worldwide — for a conversation that moves from his darkest years into the recovery method he built from scratch. Richard shares: A childhood trauma at twelve that led to decades of shame, addiction, self-harm, and isolation His fourth and final suicide attempt in the ocean in Bali, and the stranger who appeared out of nowhere to bring him back to shore Why he believes many mental health struggles are actually what he calls a “hole in the soul,” a spiritual wound rather than a disorder The exercise that became his breakthrough: writing two separate biographies, one for who he is today and one for the child who experienced the trauma Why traditional therapy kept him circling the same patterns for years, and what shifted when he stopped looking for solutions outside himself The two-hour process he calls the Healing Event, built on Thought Field Therapy and tapping, where clients meet their younger selves and release what they've been carrying The structure of Trauma Recovery Anonymous, and how it earned recognition as an official twelve-step program alongside AA and NA Find Richard Tierney: A Christian Trauma Recovery Coach and the creator of the latest 12 step program teaching individuals diagnosed with mental disorders caused by the past trauma memories, that there is a permanent spiritual solution available to them today we have a spiritual illness, a hole in our soul, rather than a mental illness. Facebook: facebook.com/thevictoryprinciple Podcast: Trauma Recovery Anonymous Also on Facebook: Tierney Therapy, Trauma Recovery Anonymous, EFT House 💛 Support the Show If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links 💙 Join the Free Community Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

  2. 4d ago

    The Venus Fly Trap: Dr. Stephen Edwards on Toxic Love, Identity Loss & the Gift of Getting Burned

    Send us Fan Mail What happens when the person who taught you the most about yourself is also the person who nearly destroyed you, and what does it actually take to call that a gift instead of a wound? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. Stephen Edwards, author of The Venus Fly Trap: Sex, Lies, and Repercussions, for a conversation that's part memoir, part spiritual philosophy, and consistently funny even when the subject matter is anything but. Stephen shares: A misdiagnosed spiritual awakening that led to electroconvulsive therapy, and the fifteen years of self-destruction that followed How he went from working with Tony Robbins to earning a PhD in spiritual counseling so he could legally support the people showing up after his events The relationship that inspired The Venus Fly Trap, including the single text message that should have told him everything he needed to know Coming home to find his belongings destroyed, and the deeper pattern about identity and attachment that experience finally broke open Why he believes everything happens for you, not to you, and how that belief held up under real pressure, not just in theory The difference between forgiveness and giving someone continued power over your life His upcoming books, his complimentary sessions, and the community he's building for people who've lived through something similar Find Dr. Stephen Edwards: Dr. Stephen Edwards is the author of The Venus Fly Trap: Sex, Lies, and Repercussions, a raw and provocative memoir that explores the psychology of intense romantic relationships, emotional manipulation, and the fine line between passion and self-destruction. Through a mix of storytelling, humor, and deep personal reflection, Stephen shares lessons learned from one of the most tumultuous relationships of his life while exploring broader themes of love, trauma, and personal growth. Website: vft23.com Book: The Venus Fly Trap: Sex, Lies, and Repercussions (first three chapters free) 💛 Support the Show If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links 💙 Join the Free Community Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

  3. Aug 14

    Trauma Toolboxes, Faith & Signs From the Other Side: A Conversation with Darcie Burtch

    Send us Fan Mail What does it actually look like to keep moving forward through grief without skipping the parts that need to be felt? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Darcie Burtch, host of The School of Hard Knocks podcast, NLP practitioner, and clinical hypnosis practitioner, for a conversation about trauma, grief, faith, and the signs she believes her father has sent since he passed. Darcie shares: Her father's survival of a workplace shooting and the traumatic brain injury that followed, and how years of caregiving delayed her own grieving process Becoming a certified NLP and hypnosis practitioner after her father's passing gave her the time and the calling to finally do it Her “reboot time” practice: giving herself permission to fully feel a hard moment, then choosing to keep moving instead of letting it take over the day What actually helps a grieving friend, and what turns you into an exhausted sounding board instead Recurring signs she believes are her father reaching out: the number three and 333 appearing everywhere, a green orb with a heart inside it, a blue jay at her door the day she collected his ashes, and a movie that rewound itself to his favorite song Her two collaborative bestselling books, Empower Her and Empower Her: The Powerhouse Edition Her Trauma Toolbox Workshop, available in person and over Zoom Darcie Burtch is the host of The School of Hard Knocks podcast, NLP Practitioner, Clinical Hypnosis Practitioner, and transformational coach dedicated to helping people get unstuck from trauma and grounded in their healing.  Find Darcie Burtch: Website: darcieburtch.com Podcast: The School of Hard Knocks Books: Empower Her, Empower Her: The Powerhouse Edition  💛 Support the Show If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links 💙 Join the Free Community Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

  4. Aug 10

    Healer for Healers: Amanda Lyn Dietrich on Energy Work, CPTSD & Ditching the Certifications

    Send us Fan Mail What if years of talk therapy never actually moved anything, because nobody was addressing the energy underneath the words? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Amanda Lyn Dietrich, energy healer and intuitive conduit, for a raw, unfiltered conversation about what actually shifts people out of stuck patterns. Amanda shares: Growing up a high-level empath with no mentors and no language for what she was experiencing, and how that shaped her early counseling career An abusive childhood, and how nature became her refuge and her regulation tool Starting her counseling career at eighteen, and choosing to work with the clients other practitioners had already written off Finding Reiki in her mid-twenties, and calling it her “gateway drug” into really understanding her gifts Living with undiagnosed CPTSD for years, including a therapy session at twenty-one where she told a counselor twice her age to put the textbook down Why traditional talk therapy can keep people cycling in the same patterns for a decade without real movement What it actually looks like to shift energy, clear cords, and release soul contracts while a client is still talking, without making them relive the original trauma Her upcoming membership launching this quarter, and the 1:1 and longer-term programs she offers now Find Amanda Lyn Dietrich: Website: befiercelivefree.com (launching soon) Social Media: Be Fierce Live Free (all platforms) 💛 Support the Show If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links 💙 Join the Free Community Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

  5. Aug 7

    The Simulation Game of Life: Depression, Empath Awakening & the M.I.R.R.O.R Method with Ketty Lollia

    Send us Fan Mail What if the narcissist who hurt you needed something from you just as much as you were pulled toward them, and understanding why changes everything about how you heal? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Ketty Lollia, founder of Methode 4 Life and creator of the M.I.R.R.O.R framework, for a conversation that moves from suicidal depression to a fully embodied understanding of life as a conscious game. Ketty shares: Her years as a professional dancer and choreographer in Paris, and the youth association she ran for a decade before everything changed Losing herself after becoming a mother, and the depression that hit hard after COVID, including a period where she didn't want to keep living The single question she asked God that opened the door to her actual healing journey Three years on the road, from Spain to Egypt to her family's home island in Guadeloupe, healing ancestral trauma tied to slavery Why she stopped blaming the narcissists in her life and started asking what she was offering them that kept the pattern going The five stages she teaches people moving through healing: victim, wholeness, oneness, non-duality, and what she calls the lila state Why so many people get stuck in a spiritual ego loop the moment they learn the language of consciousness, and how mirror-based therapy cuts through it Her school, Methode 4 Life, and the Train Your Superpower training built specifically for empaths From depression and suicidal attempts to an embodied understanding that life is a conscious simulation, Ketty Lollia's way out wasn't theoretical. She lived it, tested it, walked her healing journey alone through it and built Methode 4 Life and the M.I.R.R.O.R framework from that which survived the testing. As a former dancer specializing in the connection of the BODY (science of movement), MIND (NLP therapy, spiritual life coaching) and SOUL (inner child work, manifestation principles), she now guides people across the world to meet themselves and their inner child, so they stop being lived by their story and start playing the Simulation Game of Life in full awareness. Find Ketty Lollia: YouTube: youtube.com/@gameoflifemethode Facebook: Method for Life / Ketty Lollia Facebook Group: Movement of Multidimensional Awareness and Consciousness 💛 Support the Show If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links 💙 Join the Free Community Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

  6. Aug 3

    Restoring Safety in the Body: Reiki, Grief, and the Nervous System with Courtney Buckley

    Send us Fan Mail What does healing actually require before it can take root, and why does so much of our work stall out at the symptom level instead of getting anywhere near the cause? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Courtney Buckley — Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive guide, channel, and founder of Soul Frequencies — for a wide-ranging conversation about the nervous system, grief, and what it actually means to restore safety in the body. Courtney shares: What “energetic inflammation” is, and why chasing symptoms instead of root causes keeps people cycling through the same patterns The sudden loss of the love of her life in 2019, and the six months of darkness that followed How she found her way to Reiki through a string of synchronicities, including five separate people asking if she'd ever looked into it The “energetic chiropractor” analogy for why Reiki integration takes multiple sessions to hold A neuroscience-backed trick for interrupting a spiral: replacing “I” with your own name Her new offerings, including the Nervous System Reset Toolkit, an Integration Guide bundling her masterclasses, and the Soul Pilot Journal Her forthcoming book, The Art of Remembering, and the neurodivergent-affirming Facebook community she built called Spicy Souls The Neurodivergent and Perimenopause series she and Heather are co-hosting together (available on Divine Ascension Co's YouTube channel) Courtney Buckley is the founder of Soul Frequencies Healing, a Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive guide, and author of The Art of Remembering. She helps people restore safety within themselves so they can reconnect with their authentic selves, trust their inner wisdom, and remember what was never lost. Through energy healing, nervous system support, and intuitive guidance, Courtney facilitates new beginnings and empowers others to create lasting transformation from the inside out. Find Courtney Buckley: Website: soulfrequencieshealing.com Facebook Group: Spicy Souls, Energy Healing for the NeuroDivergent Book: The Art of Remembering available now! 💛 Support the Show If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links 💙 Join the Free Community Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

  7. Jul 31

    Bridging 3D and 5D Without Quitting Your Life: Awakening, Abundance & the Guys Nobody's Reaching | Brandon Croud

    Send us Fan Mail What does it look like to wake up spiritually when you still have the house, the bills, the kids, and a career that's been your identity for two decades? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Brandon Croud — metaphysics PhD, spiritual life coach, host of The Awakened Croud podcast, and children's book author — for one of those conversations where two people who speak the same language forget there's a microphone in the room. Brandon shares: 20+ years in corporate America (mortgage industry, VP of underwriting and credit risk) — the layoff that cracked everything open, and how holding his son for the first time started the real awakeningHis bachelor's, master's, and PhD in metaphysics through the University of Sedona — what the curriculum actually covered and what landed hardestThe guilt around receiving and charging for energy work — the preconditioned belief that spiritual service should be free, and how the metaphysical education helped him work through itWhy he coaches the people nobody in the spiritual entrepreneurship space is targeting: the blue collar workers, the dads, the corporate guys still in the nine to five who need a bridge, not an escapeThe language of awakening — why he swapped "prayer" for "intention" and "God" for "source," and what that shift actually unlocks for people coming out of religious conditioningThe second coming of Christ as unity consciousness — what it actually means to embody Christ consciousness, and why claiming to be "in 5D" while promoting separation is a contradiction in termsMoldavite, crystals, Sedona vortexes, and the full moon card pull that started a transformationHis children's book Alden and the Light That Blinks Back — a story about his four-year-old son, intuition, and the age of disclosure told gently enough that the ET character could just be an imaginary friendHis podcast The Awakened Croud and why he built it to show the real story of awakening — not just the butterflies, but the dark nights tooFind Brandon Croud: Brandon is a spiritual guide, intuitive reader, who’s passionate about helping people awaken to their own inner truth. Through grounded coaching, energy work, and intuitive practices, he supports clients in breaking patterns, reclaiming their energy, and aligning with who they truly are. http://Theawakenedcroud.Com  Podcast: The Awakened CroudFacebook: The Awakened CroudBook: Alden and the Light That Blinks Back (available on Amazon)💛 Support the Show If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links 💙 Join the Free Community Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

  8. Jul 27

    That Burden Is No Longer Yours to Carry: Coercive Control, Healing & Coming Back to Yourself | Christine Dillard

    Send us Fan Mail What does it actually take to come back to yourself after years of coercive control — and do you have to relive the trauma to do it? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Christine Dillard — director at Microsoft, single mother of two, and author of The Truth She Showed Me — for an honest, warm, and genuinely important conversation about surviving coercive control inside a marriage, what healing looks like when you stop performing it, and why your body knew things your mind took years to catch up to. Christine shares: 17 years inside a marriage with coercive control — and why she didn't fully recognize it for what it was until she was on the other sideWhy she wrote the book without naming anyone — not even with fake names — so any reader could step inside the storyHow coercive control works: the slow accumulation of micro-behaviors, the image protecting, the covering for the abuser, and why it's so rarely talked aboutThe insurance policy list — writing down every behavior that made you feel small, over the last 18 months, and handing it to an accountability partner so you can't second-guess yourselfHow the body tells the truth long before the mind catches up: cortisol spikes, insomnia, weight gain, chest tightness, high blood pressure — all of it was thereWhy healing is nonlinear — the PTSD doesn't just stop, and giving yourself grace to heal at your own pace isn't weaknessThe powerful thing her therapist said that finally gave her permission to release the guilt and shame she had been carryingWhy you don't have to relive every moment of trauma in order to move through it — and what Reiki energy work gave her when she wasn't ready to put words to it yetA simple question for anyone who's questioning whether they're in a controlling relationship: Do you remember what you liked before this? Do you know what brings you joy?Her donation model: for every 20 books sold, one goes to a domestic violence organization — and in October (domestic abuse awareness month), it becomes 10 to oneWhat she's building next: trauma coaching certification so she can offer more professional support alongside her lived experienceFind Christine Dillard: I’m Christine Dillard, author of The Truth She Showed Me, a memoir about surviving coercive control, gaslighting, and abuse inside a marriage, and what it actually takes to come back to yourself on the other side. I’m also a Director at a Fortune 500, a single mom of two, and a woman who has done the deep work and refuses to be quiet about it.  Book: The Truth She Showed Me — available on Amazon (Kindle and paperback)TikTok: @thetruthsheshowedme💛 Support the Show If this episode resonated with you, consider supporting the show with a contribution — every bit helps keep this work going. 📖 The Book BECOMING DIVINE: The Awakening No One Prepared Me For — and the Method That Showed Me the Way. The honest account of what a real awakening looks like and the framework that emerged from it. 🔮 Work With Me 🌿 The Self-Spirit Method™ My signature 14-step awakening program — behavioral psychology meets soul work. 🎵 All My Links 💙 Join the Free Community Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this work. Each and every ...

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The Ascension Protocol What does it mean for humanity to evolve beyond its current form? Join us as we explore the frontiers of human potential—from technological augmentation and artificial intelligence to consciousness expansion and collective awakening. Each episode examines how breakthrough discoveries in neuroscience, transhumanism, space exploration, and spiritual practice might converge to fundamentally transform what it means to be human. We speak with different spiritual & scientific entrepreneurs that have learned what it means to become aligned with their path and purpose, discussing a wide range of topics that explain terminology and multidimensional concepts related to both individual and the collective ascension or awakening. There are also bonus episodes weaved in that are real stories, told by real people, sharing their own personal journeys, inspiring hope, sharing resources, and shedding light on how differently personal growth can look for each individual.  This is more than futurism—it's an investigation into humanity's oldest dream: to become more than we are. Join the conversation about the ascension journey and what the heck that really means. If you would be interested in being a guest on the show, you can fill out an application at https://www.divineascensionco.com/podcast-app

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