Discover your Joy with Timea Urban

Timea Urban
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Welcome to the Discover your Joy Podcast! I am your host, Timea Urban / The Urban Healer. I am a Life Coach, Reiki Master, Akashic Record reader and Registered Nurse. I am here to guide you towards living a life you truly love by learning to down-regulate your nervous system, resetting your energy, and reconnecting to your essence. We’ll talk about everything from evidence-based neuroscience tools to ancient healing wisdom and how you can incorporate these into your everyday life to heal, expand and feel joy again. For ways to work with me, please visit theurbanhealer.ca.

  1. Sep 16

    Episode 162: Why You Don’t Feel Like Yourself Anymore: Navigating an Identity Crisis

    You did the thing. You made the change. You got the new job, left the relationship, grew the business, made more money, moved somewhere new, or finally became the version of yourself you thought you wanted to be. So why do you feel... unsettled, disconnected, or like you don’t quite recognize yourself anymore?  In this episode of Discover Your Joy, we’re talking about the part of transformation that nobody really prepares you for: the identity crisis that can happen when your external life changes faster than your internal identity can catch up. Because achievement and identity integration are not the same thing. Your brain and nervous system are wired for familiarity and predictability, which means that even the changes you consciously want can trigger fear, overthinking, procrastination, self-sabotage, grief, and the urge to run straight back to your old life. We’re breaking down what’s actually happening beneath the surface and how to move through the messy middle without abandoning the version of yourself you’re becoming.   In this episode: Why an identity crisis can actually be a sign that your life is expandingThe surprising reason growth can feel unsafe even when you know you want itWhat’s really happening in the messy middle between who you were and who you’re becomingWhy mindset work isn’t always enough to create lasting changeThe connection between self-sabotage, your nervous system, and old patternsHow to stop asking “Who am I?” and start asking a much more powerful questionWhy you may need to grieve an old version of yourself before you can fully step into the next oneHow to use your identity crisis as information instead of something to fix  If you liked this episode, check out: Episode 135: The Messy Middle: Navigating the In Between Season of Life Ready to go deeper? If this episode resonated with you, The Bridge is where we take this work beyond awareness and into lasting change through nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring, and somatic healing. The next live round begins September 30th. Join the waitlist now and be the first to know when doors open. CLICK HERE to learn more about The Bridge.   Toronto In-Person Event October 25th, 2026 Join Timea for an intimate day of connection, healing, and deeper self-exploration. You’ll experience Akashic Records, hypnosis, hands-on Reiki, and meaningful community in a space designed to help you reconnect with yourself on a deeper level. Spots are limited. CLICK HERE to save your spot.   To connect with Timea on Instagram CLICK HERE   Get Reiki Certified Ready to expand your capacity for peace, intuition, and joy? Begin your Reiki certification journey with Timea and feel the transformation for yourself. CLICK HERE to learn more!   Work With Timea If you're ready for deeper support, you can book a 1:1 coaching call with Timea. CLICK HERE

    Episode 162: Why You Don’t Feel Like Yourself Anymore: Navigating an Identity Crisis

  2. Sep 2

    Episode 161: Spirit Babies & Fertility: The Spiritual Side of Becoming a Mother | Alanna Crawford

    In this episode of Discover Your Joy, we’re diving into the world of spirit babies, fertility, grief, and the deeper spiritual layers of becoming a parent with Alanna Crawford.   Alanna brings together osteopathic medicine, Reiki, mediumship, and intuitive guidance to explore what happens when we stop looking at fertility and healing as purely physical experiences. We’re talking about soul contracts, spirit baby communication, miscarriage, surrender, ancestral patterns, and why sometimes the biggest shift comes from getting out of your head and back into your body.   This is a conversation about finding hope when the journey doesn’t go according to plan, trusting your intuition, and making space for the possibility that there may be more happening beneath the surface than we can consciously understand.   In this episode: • What spirit babies are and how soul contracts work • How spirit babies may connect to fertility, miscarriage, and loss • Why miscarriage is not something women should blame themselves for • How to connect with a spirit baby through meditation, breath, and the heart space • Why not every spirit baby becomes a physical child • The signs and synchronicities that can show up along the fertility journey • How partners and fathers can connect with spirit babies, even if they’re not “woo” • The connection between fertility, unresolved trauma, and ancestral patterns • Why surrender can be one of the hardest—and most powerful—parts of the journey • How Reiki and somatic practices can support grief, regulation, and healing • Why getting back into your physical body matters when you’re overthinking or “manic manifesting” • How to rebuild hope, trust yourself, and stay open to what’s possible   Connect with Alanna: Website: https://www.thesummitcollective.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alannacrawford_/   Ready to go deeper? If this episode resonated with you, The Bridge is where we take this work beyond awareness and into lasting change through nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring, and somatic healing. The next live round begins September 16. Join the waitlist now and be the first to know when doors open. CLICK HERE to learn more about The Bridge.   To connect with Timea on Instagram CLICK HERE   Get Reiki Certified Ready to expand your capacity for peace, intuition, and joy? Begin your Reiki certification journey with Timea and feel the transformation for yourself. CLICK HERE to learn more!   Work With Timea If you're ready for deeper support, you can book a 1:1 coaching call with Timea. CLICK HERE

    Episode 161: Spirit Babies & Fertility: The Spiritual Side of Becoming a Mother | Alanna Crawford

  3. Aug 19

    Episode 160: Stop Waiting to Be Ready: How to Move From Dreaming to Done | Nadia Krauss

    In this episode of Discover Your Joy, I’m joined by Nadia Krauss, artist, creator, author, and founder of Soul Health Mentor & Company, for a conversation about what actually happens between having a dream and bringing it to life.   Nadia is the author of From Dreaming to Done: A Soul Map for Finishing What You Were Born to Do, and we’re diving into the messy middle of dream completion. The part nobody talks about when the excitement wears off, obstacles show up, and you’re forced to become someone new to hold the life you’re creating.   We’re talking about intuition, alignment, nervous system capacity, creativity, spiritual growth, and why taking action doesn’t have to mean forcing or hustling your way there.   If you have a dream you keep putting off, feel stuck between knowing what you want and actually creating it, or are questioning whether the resistance you’re experiencing means you’re on the wrong path, this conversation is for you.   In this episode: • How to tell the difference between a true dream and one inherited from society, family, or conditioning • Why the “messy middle” is often the most important part of bringing a dream to life • What obstacles can reveal about the internal architecture holding your dream back • How to recognize alignment through your body, intuition, and heart • Why nervous system capacity matters when you’re creating something you’ve never had before • The role of creativity in accessing answers beyond the logical mind • Why you don’t need to choose between healing and taking action • How to balance feminine intuition with masculine structure and aligned action • Why motivation without action can keep you stuck in an illusion of progress • What it really means to follow your joy as a compass • How to stop waiting until you’re “healed enough” or ready enough to begin • Nadia’s approach to dream completion through her Soul Map process   To catch the second part of the episode, click here. Once episode goes live ( 8am) I will have Apple and Spotify Links too. Connect with Nadia: Website: https://www.happywholesomelife.com/ Find more here: https://linktr.ee/soulhealthmentor   Ready to go deeper? If this episode resonated with you, The Bridge is where we take this work beyond awareness and into lasting change through nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring, and somatic healing. The next live round begins September 16. Join the waitlist now and be the first to know when doors open. CLICK HERE to learn more about The Bridge.   Looking for personalized guidance and deeper clarity? For a limited time, you can book a 60-minute Virtual Akashic Records Session with Timea for $333 CAD. This special is available until August 31, making it the perfect opportunity to receive intuitive insight, energetic guidance, and clarity on whatever you're navigating in this season of life. CLICK HERE to book your Summer Special session.   To connect with Timea on Instagram CLICK HERE   Get Reiki Certified Ready to expand your capacity for peace, intuition, and joy? Begin your Reiki certification journey with Timea and feel the transformation for yourself. CLICK HERE to learn more!   Work With Timea If you're ready for deeper support, you can book a 1:1 coaching call with Timea. CLICK HERE

    Episode 160: Stop Waiting to Be Ready: How to Move From Dreaming to Done | Nadia Krauss

  4. Aug 5

    Episode 159: Your Inner Child Is Still Making Your Adult Decisions

    In this episode of Discover Your Joy, we’re talking about why so many of the patterns you struggle with today didn’t actually begin in adulthood...they began in childhood.   Your inner child isn’t just a spiritual concept. It’s the collection of beliefs, emotional memories, nervous system responses, and survival strategies that were formed during your earliest years. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep repeating the same relationship patterns, struggle with self-worth, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or feel stuck despite doing "all the work," this episode will help you understand why.   We’re exploring the science behind inner child healing, attachment theory, subconscious programming, and neuroplasticity, along with practical ways to begin creating new emotional experiences that support the life you actually want.   In this episode:   • What inner child healing actually is (and the misconceptions most people have about it) • How childhood experiences quietly shape your beliefs, relationships, and nervous system • Why your brain keeps repeating old patterns even when you know better • The surprising connection between attachment styles and adult relationships • How subconscious beliefs are formed before you can critically think • Why perfectionism, people-pleasing, and hyper-independence are survival responses. Not personality traits. • How your body stores emotional memories long after your mind has moved on • Why healing isn't about blaming your parents, it's about reclaiming your future • How nervous system regulation and subconscious rewiring create lasting change • Simple ways to reconnect with your inner child and begin re-parenting yourself with compassion   If you liked this episode, check out: Episode 137: Attachment Styles Explained: How They Shape Money, Love & Self-Worth   Ready to go deeper? If this episode resonated with you, The Bridge is where we take this work beyond awareness and into lasting change through nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring, and somatic healing. The next live round begins September 16. Join the waitlist now and be the first to know when doors open. CLICK HERE to learn more about The Bridge.   Looking for personalized guidance and deeper clarity? For a limited time, you can book a 60-minute Virtual Akashic Records Session with Timea for $333 CAD. This special is available until August 31, making it the perfect opportunity to receive intuitive insight, energetic guidance, and clarity on whatever you're navigating in this season of life. CLICK HERE to book your Summer Special session.   To connect with Timea on Instagram CLICK HERE!   Get Reiki Certified Ready to expand your capacity for peace, intuition, and joy? Begin your Reiki certification journey with Timea and feel the transformation for yourself. CLICK HERE to learn more!   Work With Timea If you're ready for deeper support, you can book a 1:1 coaching call with Timea HERE!

    Episode 159: Your Inner Child Is Still Making Your Adult Decisions

  5. Jul 22

    Episode 158: Everything That Went Wrong Led Me Here: My Healing Journey

    In this episode of Discover Your Joy, I’m sharing the story behind the work I do today and the experiences that completely changed the way I understand healing.   From anxiety, heartbreak, and loss to chronic stress, trauma, and starting over more than once, this is a deeply personal conversation about the moments that broke me open and the modalities that helped me rebuild. Not by avoiding pain, but by learning how to move through it.   If you’ve ever wondered why I teach nervous system regulation, somatic healing, Reiki, subconscious work, and emotional processing the way I do, this episode connects all the dots. Because I don’t teach these tools from theory. I teach them because they changed my life.   If you're moving through a difficult season, questioning why life feels so hard, or wondering if healing is actually possible, this episode is for you.   In this episode: • The experiences that completely changed the direction of my life • How anxiety, grief, trauma, and loss became my greatest teachers • Why traditional healing wasn't enough for me • The unexpected modalities that transformed my nervous system • What every major life challenge taught me about healing and resilience • Why your hardest seasons can become your greatest catalyst for growth • The reason I coach the way I do today • What it really means to rebuild your life after everything falls apart • How to find hope when life doesn't look the way you planned • Why healing isn't about becoming someone new, it's about coming home to yourself   If you liked this episode, check out: Episode 14: What Are The Akashic Records And How Can It Support Your Healing? Episode 18: What Is Reiki Actually And How Can It Change Your Life? Episode 20: The 3 Usui Levels Of Reiki And How You Can Use Them Episode 112: Miscarriage and Healing - Coping with pregnancy loss   Ready to go deeper? If this episode resonated with you, The Bridge is where we take this work beyond awareness and into lasting change through nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring, and somatic healing. The next round begins September 16. Join the waitlist now and be the first to know when doors open. CLICK HERE to join the waitlist.   Looking for personalized guidance and deeper clarity? For a limited time, you can book a 60-minute Virtual Akashic Records Session with Timea for $333 CAD. This special is available until August 31, making it the perfect opportunity to receive intuitive insight, energetic guidance, and clarity on whatever you're navigating in this season of life. CLICK HERE to book your Summer Special session.     To connect with Timea on Instagram CLICK HERE   Get Reiki Certified Ready to expand your capacity for peace, intuition, and joy? Begin your Reiki certification journey with Timea and feel the transformation for yourself. CLICK HERE to learn more!   Work With Timea If you’re ready for deeper support, you can book a 1:1 coaching call with Timea HERE

    Episode 158: Everything That Went Wrong Led Me Here: My Healing Journey

  6. Jul 8

    Episode 157: Why You’re Not Where You Thought You’d Be This Year (And What to Do Next)

    In this episode of Discover Your Joy, we're doing a powerful mid year reset. We're talking about why motivation isn't the problem, why your nervous system naturally resists change, and how subconscious patterns quietly keep you repeating the same habits, even when you genuinely want something different.   If you've drifted away from the goals you set at the beginning of the year, feel like you're stuck in old patterns, or know you're capable of more but can't seem to create lasting momentum, this episode will help you reconnect with what matters and move forward with intention instead of pressure.   In this episode:   • The mid year questions that reveal what's really keeping you stuck • Why discipline isn't the answer (and what actually creates lasting change) • How your subconscious quietly influences every goal you set • The hidden fears that stop you from receiving what you say you want • Why celebrating your progress matters more than chasing perfection • How to tell if you've outgrown a goal or if fear is holding you back • The somatic reason your body resists success, money, love, and change • A simple exercise to uncover the subconscious beliefs limiting your growth • How visualization and small daily actions rewire your brain for new results • Why becoming the person first always comes before having the outcome    Ready to go deeper? If this episode resonated with you, The Bridge is where we take this work beyond awareness and into lasting change through nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring, and somatic healing. CLICK HERE to learn more about The Bridge. To connect with Timea on Instagram CLICK HERE   Get Reiki Certified Ready to expand your capacity for peace, intuition, and joy? Begin your Reiki certification journey with Timea and feel the transformation for yourself. CLICK HERE to learn more! Work With Timea If you’re ready for deeper support, you can book a 1:1 coaching call with Timea CLICK HERE

    Episode 157: Why You’re Not Where You Thought You’d Be This Year (And What to Do Next)

  7. Jun 24

    Episode 156: A Beginner's Guide to Somatic Healing

    Everyone seems to be talking about nervous system regulation, trauma healing, and somatics, but very few people are actually explaining what it means, how it works, or how to start practicing it in your everyday life.   This episode breaks down the science behind somatic healing, why your body plays such a critical role in emotional wellbeing, and why healing is about so much more than mindset work alone. We’re also talking about the misconceptions the wellness industry continues to spread and the simple, free practices that can help you build safety, regulation, and trust within your body starting today.   If you've been feeling overwhelmed, stuck, anxious, disconnected from yourself, or wondering why you understand your patterns but still can't seem to change them, this episode is for you.   In this episode:   • What somatic healing actually is (and what it isn’t) • Why understanding your patterns isn’t enough to change them • The hidden reason you keep ending up in the same emotional cycles • What your body is trying to tell you before burnout, anxiety, or overwhelm hit • The wellness advice that sounds good but often keeps people stuck • Why slowing down is one of the most powerful nervous system tools you have • The surprising ways stress shows up physically before you notice it mentally • What most people get wrong about healing, regulation, and "doing the work" • How to build more safety, resilience, and capacity without adding more to your plate • Simple somatic practices that can change how you move through everyday life     If you liked this episode, check out: Episode 129: Your Body Holds Your Trauma: Why Somatic Healing is the missing piece Episode 150: How I Lost 13 Pounds Without Dieting Harder (Somatics, Stress & Healing) Episode 154: Functional Freeze, Burnout & Emotional Exhaustion: The Somatic Healing Conversation We Need   Ready to go deeper? If this episode resonated with you, The Bridge is where we take this work beyond awareness and into lasting change through nervous system regulation, subconscious rewiring, and somatic healing. CLICK HERE to learn more about The Bridge.     To connect with Timea on Instagram CLICK HERE   Get Reiki Certified Ready to expand your capacity for peace, intuition, and joy? Begin your Reiki certification journey with Timea and feel the transformation for yourself. CLICK HERE to learn more!   Work With Timea If you’re ready for deeper support, you can book a 1:1 coaching call with Timea CLICK HERE

    Episode 156: A Beginner's Guide to Somatic Healing

  8. Jun 10

    Episode 155: Why You’re Still Stuck (Even After Doing All the Inner Work)

    In this episode of Discover Your Joy, we’re talking about one of the biggest misconceptions in the personal development and healing space: the belief that understanding your patterns is the same thing as healing them.   We’re diving into the difference between subconscious healing and somatic healing, why both are necessary for lasting change, and why so many women stay stuck despite doing “all the right things.” If you’ve ever wondered why you know exactly what needs to change but still find yourself repeating the same patterns, this episode will help you understand what’s actually happening underneath the surface.   In this episode:   • Why understanding your patterns is not the same as healing them • The difference between subconscious and somatic healing • Why awareness alone doesn’t create lasting transformation • How your nervous system influences every area of your life • The science behind survival mode, stress responses, and emotional patterns • Why your body reacts before your conscious mind catches up • How childhood experiences shape your current beliefs and behaviors • The role of neuroplasticity in creating lasting change • Why affirmations and mindset work often fall short on their own • How unresolved emotions become stored in the body • The connection between nervous system safety and manifestation • Why healing requires both physiological regulation and subconscious rewiring • How somatic work helps you feel safe receiving more joy, love, success, and abundance • The real reason you keep repeating patterns you logically know aren’t serving you   If you liked this episode, check out: Episode 109: Fertility Energetics - Overcoming mental and emotional blocks to pregnancy Why Success Doesn't Feel Safe Masterclass Why your Nervous System is Blocking More Money Masterclass To connect with Timea on Instagram CLICK HERE   Get Reiki Certified Ready to expand your capacity for peace, intuition, and joy? Begin your Reiki certification journey with Timea and feel the transformation for yourself. CLICK HERE to learn more!   Work With Timea If you’re ready for deeper support, you can book a 1:1 coaching call with Timea CLICK HERE

    Episode 155: Why You’re Still Stuck (Even After Doing All the Inner Work)
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Welcome to the Discover your Joy Podcast! I am your host, Timea Urban / The Urban Healer. I am a Life Coach, Reiki Master, Akashic Record reader and Registered Nurse. I am here to guide you towards living a life you truly love by learning to down-regulate your nervous system, resetting your energy, and reconnecting to your essence. We’ll talk about everything from evidence-based neuroscience tools to ancient healing wisdom and how you can incorporate these into your everyday life to heal, expand and feel joy again. For ways to work with me, please visit theurbanhealer.ca.

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