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. 21h ago

    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 ...

  2. 4d ago

    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 ...

  3. Jul 24

    From Survival to Sovereignty: Nervous System Safety, Subconscious Rewiring & the Life You Were Born For | Dr. Lillian Imarenakhue

    Send us Fan Mail You already know what you want. You've done the work, followed the process, gone out of your comfort zone. So why do you keep stopping just short of the target? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. Lillian Imarenakhue — founder of Sublime Mind of Achiever and creator of the Rewire and Rise program — for a conversation about what's actually happening beneath the surface when women stay stuck, self-sabotage, or shrink right at the moment of expansion. Dr. Lillian shares: Why most women don't stay stuck because of strategy — they stay stuck because their internal capacity isn't calibrated to hold the level they're reaching forThe difference between your mind knowing you're safe and your nervous system actually feeling safe — and why that gap is where everything collapsesHow to recognize a dysregulated nervous system even when life looks fine on the outside: the moment before procrastination, the tightness before you set a price, the hesitation right before the breakthroughWhy shrinking your prices has nothing to do with your clients' ability to pay — and everything to do with your nervous system's capacity to receiveThe Rewire and Rise 8-day ascension path: awareness, recalibration, new identity, stabilization — and why the integration step is what makes any of it lastWhy affirmations and motivational content only work long-term when the foundation underneath them is solidThe 12-month support structure after the 8 days — and why the Sovereign Return at the end is designed to make going back to who you were impossibleHow pattern awareness is the first step to rewiring — you cannot change what you haven't namedThe free Rewire and Rise guide as an entry point into the programFind Dr. Lillian Imarenakhue: Website: sublimindofachiever.com (free guide available for download)Facebook: Sublime Mind of Achiever page / personal profile Imaranakhue Lilian EhigeInstagram: Sublime Mind of Achiever💛 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. Jul 20

    You Never Stop Growing: Shadow Work, Authenticity & Unlocking Your Psychic Gifts | Amber Soleil

    Send us Fan Mail What does it look like to do the inner work for twenty years — and still find new triggers every week worth paying attention to? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Amber Soleil — intuitive life coach, psychic reader, somatic guide, energy healer, licensed massage therapist, channeler, and founder of the Unlock Your Psychic Abilities Facebook group — for one of those conversations where two people recognize each other and go deep immediately. Amber shares: Twenty years of intuitive development, shadow work, and channeling — and why she considers herself a "jack of all trades" in this spaceThe relationship between authenticity and unconditional love — whether you need one to access the other, and why the healing journey is never linearShadow work as ongoing practice, not destination — and why she was surprised when someone her age said they were done growing (her nine-year-old's response: "You never stop growing")The ego and how to work with it rather than against it — with wisdom and a little humorChanneling for the collective consciousness and what those messages consistently sayHow her belief system has been built entirely on direct experience — from "us and ghosts" to angels, twin flames, galactic energies, and beyondThe reading that finally made angel energy real for her — and what she saw wrapped around a woman in her final daysThe nature of time: singular point, all-at-once, jumping timelines, and how our consciousness chooses which reality to inhabitRainbow and indigo children, the next generation, and why every generation seems to arrive more connected than the lastAutomatic writing as a starting point — and Heather's tip for people with ADHD brains who want to try itHer Facebook group Unlock Your Psychic Abilities (nearly 8,000 members), her courses (Intuitive Foundations, Unlock Your Intuition, Empowered Empath, and Intuitive Parenting), and what she's building nextAmber is an Intuitive Life Coach & Educator, Psychic Reader, Somatic Guide, Energy Healer, LMT & HHP. She's been doing this work for 20 years and her work is centered in awareness, accountability, presence & empowerment. She regularly channels for the collective consciousness.  Find Amber Soleil: Website: intuitivetap.comFacebook: facebook.com/helloambersoleilInstagram: @intuitivetapFacebook Group: Unlock Your Psychic Abilities💛 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. Jul 17

    Time Is On Your Side: A Near-Death Experience, a Rod Stewart Song & the Decision to Thrive | Dr. Andrea Niestas

    Send us Fan Mail What does it take to choose gratitude when you're lying in an ICU on a ventilator, wondering why you survived at all? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. Andrea Niestas — PhD clinical psychologist, former behavioral health hospital director, life coach, and near-death survivor — for one of the most honest conversations about what it actually means to move from surviving to thriving. Dr. Andrea shares: Nearly 20 years directing a behavioral health hospital's intake department — what it meant to be the person helping people in their worst moments, and the emotional weight that came with itThe illness that nearly killed her in 2024: months of misdiagnosis, walking with a cane, collapsing in a hotel lobby four and a half hours from home, emergency surgery, and a two-week comaAlmost dying three times — and waking up on a ventilator not knowing if she'd surviveThe week she spent asking "why did I survive for this?" — and the moment she decided to stopHow she used mindset shifts and gratitude to physically recover faster — and the neuroscience behind why that worksThe Rod Stewart song she kept hearing in her coma that she couldn't identify for almost a year — and what happened when she finally didThe pivot from crisis intervention to prevention: from helping people after they've broken down to helping them build the skills so they never get thereHer suicide prevention training work and why it's stayed central to her missionWhat twenty years of watching people at their worst teaches you about what actually makes a life feel meaningfulHer workshops, one-on-one coaching, and the book she's planning to writeHer closing piece of advice — the one practice she does consciously every single dayDr. Andrea Niestas has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and over 25 years of experience in behavioral health. She also spent 15 years in leadership roles, where she mentored others, provided training, and developed various programs. Dr. Niestas is a wellness coach and speaker who supports individuals seeking more meaning, connection, and fulfillment in their lives — those ready to move beyond simply existing and toward fully living. She works both one-on-one and at the community level, offering workshops that encourage shared growth and collective transformation.  Find Dr. Andrea Niestas: Website: lifecoachingbyandrea.comSocial: @LifeCoachingByAndrea on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube💛 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. Jul 13

    The Neuroscience of Intuition: Reading Energy, Subconscious Blocks & Opening Your Gifts | Ashley Phillips

    Send us Fan Mail What if intuition isn't a rare gift — it's a skill everyone has, and most people were just programmed to stop using it? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Ashley Phillips — intuitive, subconscious reprogramming specialist, and teacher of the neuroscience of intuition — for a conversation about how energy reading actually works, what's blocking most people's gifts, and what it looks like to finally build a life that fits at the soul level. Ashley shares: Why she doesn't consider herself naturally gifted — and why that's exactly what makes her such a clear teacherThe neuroscience of intuition in plain language: everything is made of light, light carries information, and intuition is simply translating that light into the language we speakHow the energetic body works — why it extends outside the physical body, why that explains so much about how we read rooms and people, and how to consciously work with itWhy 90% of communication is already happening energetically — and what most people are missing because they don't know itThe subconscious programming that blocks intuitive access — and what stripping it away actually looks likeHer own awakening: twelve years in retail management reading energy without knowing it, the "American dream" moment that broke everything open, and the seven months that rebuilt her life from the inside outAura management and energetic protection for empaths and sensitives — including the simple practice of consciously pulling in your auraHer free weekly webinars, one-on-one sessions, and nine-week intuition program for people who want to actively develop and use their gifts in every area of lifeHer closing piece of advice for anyone who is feeling stuck right nowAshley helps women tap into their intuition on a scientific level so they can move past their subconscious blocks and live a life they desire!!  Find Ashley Phillips: Website: itsashleyphillips.com💛 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 10

    A Psychologist Who Treats the Soul: Spirituality, Awakening & Integrative Therapy | Dr. Tamar Shtrambrand

    Send us Fan Mail What happens when a clinical psychologist wakes up — not just professionally, but spiritually — and realizes that the frameworks she was trained in only tell part of the story? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. Tamar Shtrambrand, licensed clinical psychologist and founder of TES Therapy, for a wide-ranging, honest conversation about the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and the Great Awakening — from inside the mind of someone trained to study the mind. Dr. Tamar shares: Her journey from secular Jewish upbringing to Orthodox observance — and how that path was driven by genuine spiritual searching, not tradition or expectationWhat she noticed during COVID that started waking her up — and what it felt like to be ahead of the curve when few people around her were ready to hear itThe DSM-5 and the expanding list of mental health diagnoses — why she finds it troubling, and why she doesn't believe God made that many mental health conditionsHer conviction that psychologists treat the soul — and why that means no single protocol will ever be sufficientHow past life reincarnations can be unconsciously intertwined with present-life struggles — and why mainstream psychology hasn't yet caught up to thatWhy she believes some people labeled with serious mental illness may actually be experiencing unmanaged or unrecognized spiritual giftsHer integrative approach to therapy: pulling the best skills from CBT, ACT, and DBT based on what resonates with the individual, not what the diagnosis says to prescribeThe relationship between religion and spirituality — and why she sees them as layered, not interchangeableHer closing piece of advice, which is three sentences and says everythingDr. Tamar Shtrambrand is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in New Yotk. She is a wife and mother of three energetic teenagers. She incorporates spirituality with mindfulness, balanced nutrition, self-care, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and other well-known modalities in providing a balanced approach to therapy and healthy living.  Find Dr. Tamar Shtrambrand: Website: TEStherapy.com💛 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 6

    Worthy Because You Are: Burnout, Chronic Illness & the SIMPLE System for Thriving | Diane Hallman

    Send us Fan Mail What does it cost to perform your way through life — to build a resume that looks impressive while your body and spirit quietly collapse under the weight of it? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Diane Hallman — founder of Simple Systems for Thriving, author of Nurturing Wisdom, and former CFO turned positive psychology practitioner — for a grounded, honest conversation about burnout, chronic illness, the divine feminine, and what happens when you finally stop studying healing and start living it. Diane shares: Her own story: Crohn's disease at 14, bowel surgery in 2019, years of severe complications — and how implementing the SIMPLE system led to a clean bill of health within six months, with zero signs of inflammationThe SIMPLE framework broken down: Self-discovery, Identity, Mindset, Potential, Liveliness, and Engage — and how it helps women understand where they are and map a path to where they want to goThe Abundance Capacity Reset — what it is, why receiving is harder than giving for most women, and how to start changing thatThirty years of studying this material before truly living it — and what finally made the differenceWhy chronic illness often lives in the emotional body first — and what it looks like to actually release it rather than manage itThe distinction between knowing and embodying — you can read the recipe, but you still have to make the cookiesThe divine feminine rising: from human doing to human being, from performing to receiving, from proving worth to inhabiting itWhy discernment — learning to say no to what doesn't fit your five core goals — is an act of healing, not just productivityHer book Nurturing Wisdom (101 pages, narrative + journal prompts + practices) and how it walks readers through the full SIMPLE systemDiane Lauer Hallman's primary area of expertise or focus is helping growth-minded women and organizations simplify complexity through the S.I.M.P.L.E. Systems for Thriving framework. She blends positive psychology, metaphysics, and practical strategies to guide personal and professional transformation, emphasizing emotional healing, integrity, and sustainable growth. Diane specializes in creating accessible systems that foster clarity, calm, and authentic abundance, allowing women, businesses, and communities to thrive with integrity and joy. Through her work, she focuses on unleashing full potential, nurturing emotional intelligence, and fostering meaningful relationships while ensuring that change is sustainable, soulful, and anchored in truth.  Find Diane Hallman: Website: simplesystemsforthriving.comBook — Nurturing Wisdom: available on Amazon and at simplesystemsforthriving.com💛 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