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. 1d ago

    Laughing Through the Dark: Second Chance Comedy, Addiction Recovery & Dismantling Stigma One Show at a Time

    Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful tool for dismantling shame around addiction and mental health wasn’t a lecture, a 12-step meeting, or a therapy session — but a really good stand-up comedy show? In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Joe Huisman — founder of Second Chance Comedy — for a genuine, funny, and unexpectedly moving conversation about recovery, spiritual awakening, the healing power of laughter, and what it means to belong. Joe shares: •       His history with major drug addiction and the rock-bottom moment — a walk home in the rain, a weekend in jail, and screaming at God to take him off the planet — that became the turning point •       25 years of sobriety and the spiritual journey that followed, including a deep dive into Christianity as a stepping stone to where he is today •       How a bucket-list stand-up comedy class became Second Chance Comedy — 60+ shows across Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and South Dakota •       Why he committed to getting on stage 100 times before allowing himself to quit — and what changed when he did •       The mechanics of stand-up comedy and why the best material requires emotional distance: close enough to connect with, far enough to laugh about •       Why Second Chance Comedy is a real comedy show first — not a speaker series, not a lecture — that happens to chip away at stigma in the process •       The woman at a Colorado Springs show who said “I feel like I belong” — and why those four words captured the whole mission •       20% of show profits going to Sobriety House, an organization serving people who can’t afford recovery help •       Why he believes some of the most beautiful souls who ever came to this earth are the ones who went down the darkest roads •       His vision for expanding nationally — and the Washington State connection that might be coming This is not a typical episode for this show — and that’s the point. Healing takes many forms. Sometimes it sounds like a channeled transmission. Sometimes it sounds like a punchline.   Connect with Joe Huisman / Second Chance Comedy: •       Website: https://www.secondchancecomedy.com/   Connect with Heather Zimmerman: •       Website: https://www.divineascensionco.com •       Book — Becoming Divine: 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 ...

    31 min

  2. 4d ago

    Seeing Energy Since Age 3: Gifts, Shadow Work & Why All Paths Lead to the Same Love

    Send us Fan Mail What does it look like to grow up in a body that never stopped receiving? To see other people’s traumas and darkness in grocery stores before you’re old enough to understand what you’re seeing?  In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Stefani Michelle — author of Chakras and Shadow Work, Reiki Master, interfaith minister since 1996, and founder of Primal Heart Healing — for a warm, grounded conversation about lifelong gifts, spiritual development, interfaith ministry, and what it means to teach others to embrace their own energy without fear. Stefani shares: •       Being telepathically connected to her mother’s dreams at age three — and what it took for her parents to respond with curiosity instead of diagnosis •       Growing up seeing energy around people in public spaces and the fear, overwhelm, and isolation that came with it •       How her mother became a full-time astrologer and meditation teacher to support her daughter’s gifts — and what that kind of unconditional belief looks like •       The weekly meditation circles in her home growing up, and how being witnessed by a community of women helped her find her footing •       Becoming a Reiki Master and interfaith minister at age 20 with Reverend Catherine Barley — and the Sedona retreat that started it all •       How she trained herself to turn her gifts on and off using sensory triggers — and how that practice eventually became second nature •       Why she never reads anyone without permission, and why consent is as much about the healer’s safety as it is about the client’s •       Her 30 years as an interfaith minister, including a deep love for weddings as the purest expression of heart-centered energy •       Why she believes every religious and spiritual tradition is speaking the same truth in different language — and what she hopes her upcoming Primal Heart Sanctuary will create •       Love Unshadowed — her 12-week course on opening the heart and building real connection, with lifetime access to weekly group Zoom calls and a supportive community •       Her book Chakras and Shadow Work, available on her website and Amazon   Connect with Stefani Michelle: •       Website: http://www.primalhearthealing.com •       Book — Chakras and Shadow Work: primalhearthealing.com and Amazon •       Course — Love Unshadowed (12-week, lifetime community access) Connect with Heather Zimmerman: •       Website: https://www.divineascensionco.com •       Book — Becoming Divine: 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 ...

    34 min

  3. Jun 8

    From Postpartum Anxiety to Medium: Past Lives, QHHT & the 5-Year Spiritual Unfolding

    Send us Fan Mail What happens when the anxiety you’ve been suffering through turns out to be the opening of your psychic gifts? And what does it actually look like when a medium takes you all the way back — past your current life, past your family line, to the very origin of who you are?  In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Brienne — medium, Reiki Master, QHHT practitioner, and multi-modality healer — for a raw, wide-ranging conversation about spiritual awakening, past life healing, and what it really means to remember who you are.  Brienne shares: •       Growing up with two grandmothers who normalized the spiritual world — ghost stories, Edgar Cayce, angels — and how that shaped everything •       Three years of postpartum anxiety so severe she thought she was dying — and the one sentence from Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now that cracked it open •       Five years of non-stop spiritual training — books, sessions, visions — and how each one unfolded into the next •       The Dolores Cannon video that came on mid-pregnancy, mid-depression, and shifted everything in a single viewing •       Her own QHHT session — and how healing a past life as a witch buried alive cleared her lifelong claustrophobia almost overnight •       Why she believes anxiety is often unrecognized psychic sensitivity — and why schizophrenia may be something the medical field is fundamentally misunderstanding •       Her Human Design as a 5/1 Manifesting Generator — and why it explains everything about how she learned and built her practice •       How her grandmother confirmed her mediumship through another medium at a spiritual expo — and what happened next •       What her sessions actually look like: past lives, spirit guides, ancestors, and the goal of helping you see yourself clearly enough to reach the next level •       Her course — a 9-10 part series taking students from the basics of energy centers all the way through developing their own mediumship Connect with Brienne: •       Website / course info: https://www.soulconnectionandrestoration.com •       Instagram: @qhhtreikibybrie  •.      FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/psychicastrologyspiritual Books mentioned in this episode: •       The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle •       Gifts Beneath Your Anxiety — Patricia Longo •       Dolores Cannon — multiple titles (available on Audible) Connect with Heather Zimmerman: •       Website: https://www.divineascensionco.com •       Book — Becoming Divine: 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 ...

    42 min

  4. Jun 5

    Ancient Mayan Light Language, Sound Healing & Getting to the Root: A Holistic Health Conversation | Kathryn Eipl

    Send us Fan Mail What if healing required working all three layers — mental, emotional, and energetic — at the same time? And what if there was an ancient visual practice using shapes and colors that could anchor specific energies and intentions directly into your system?  In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Kathryn Eipl — holistic health practitioner, counselor, Reiki Master, sound therapist, and trained practitioner of ancient Mayan light language — for a wide-ranging conversation about what real healing actually looks like when you stop treating symptoms and start addressing roots. They cover: •       Why Kathryn walked away from clinical therapy training after one visit to a psychiatric facility — and never looked back •       Her career in entertainment production at a major LA studio, the hollow feeling underneath it all, and the depressive spiral she finally chose to climb out of •       How yoga led to Reiki, Reiki led to sound healing, and sound healing led to one of the most unique modalities on this show •       The problem with Western medicine and the DSM-5 as a checklist — and what holistic health addresses that traditional medicine skips •       Why CBT alone isn’t enough — and what happens when you add energy work and sound healing to the mix •       Ancient Mayan light language: a visual practice using specific shapes and colors to anchor energy, set intention, and support healing across all layers of the body •       How the shapes work — spears for open-ended healing, squares for stability and foundation, triangles for focus and intuition, cones for filtering or broadcasting •       How the colors map to the chakras and beyond — including silver for cosmic connection and gold for Christ consciousness •       The 7-chakra grid and the 49-shape chakra grid — what they are, how they’re built, and how to work with them once you have one This one goes places most healing conversations don’t. If you’ve been curious about energy work, light language, or what holistic health can look like when it’s truly integrative — this episode is for you.   Connect with Kathryn: •       Website: https://eiplhealing.com/ •       Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eiplhealing/# •       TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@eiplhealing •       Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eiplhealing •       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-eipl/   Connect with Heather Zimmerman: •       Website: https://www.divineascensionco.com •       Book — Becoming Divine: 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 ...

    46 min

  5. Jun 1

    From Chill Woman to Magnetic Woman: The 4 Feminine Dating Archetypes & How to Ascend | Lilli Bewley

    Send us Fan Mail Why do you keep attracting the same types of relationships — even after doing all the work? And what does it actually look like to move from chasing love and approval to becoming the woman who magnetizes what she truly wants?  In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Lilli Bewley — relationship coach and creator of the Feminine Dating Archetypes — for a deep, honest conversation about love, patterns, nervous system healing, and what embodied transformation actually feels like from the inside.  Lilli walks through her four-stage framework: •       The Chill Woman — craves connection so deeply she self-abandons to keep it; the work is learning what she actually needs, wants, and deserves •       The Fortress Woman — has been hurt so many times that walls are the only protection she trusts; hyper-independence as trauma response; the work is rebuilding self-trust and relearning that vulnerability is not weakness •       The Goddess Woman — has done the work, knows what she wants, but still can’t seem to attract it; the block is perfectionism, control, and spiritual bypassing; she’s so close — and that’s exactly why it’s confusing •       The Magnetic Woman — most parts aligned, acting from fulfillment not lack, no longer recreating old conditional love patterns; this is the destination  They also cover: •       Why the patterns in love mirror the patterns in money, business, and purpose •       The difference between marketed self-love and actual self-love •       Why telling someone to “just trust” or “just surrender” doesn’t work — and what does •       How spiritual bypassing keeps the Goddess Woman stuck •       The nervous system piece — and why trying to eliminate anxious responses misses the point •       Why healing from a place of fulfillment (not lack) is the only thing that actually sustains 🎁 Take Lilli’s free quiz (takes about 2 minutes) to find your archetype and discover your personal healing gates: datingarchetype.com Connect with Lilli Bewley: •       Quiz: https://www.DatingArchetype.com •       Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lillibewley •       TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lillibewley •       Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lillibewley  •       YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@lillibewley 💛 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 ...

    55 min

  6. May 25

    Running in Slippers: Feeling the Fear, Finding the Glow & Starting Over with Angie Hawkins

    Send us Fan Mail You cannot move away from your problems. But you can move through them. In this episode, Heather sits down with Angie Hawkins — Inner Glow Coach and author of Running in Slippers — for one of the most honest conversations about rock bottom, reinvention, and the slow beautiful process of actually learning to love yourself. Angie grew up with emotionally unavailable parents, developed a core belief that she didn’t deserve to be loved, and spent decades chasing her worth in things outside herself. After her dad died, she moved from Chicago to Hawaii hoping a fresh start would fix what was broken. It didn’t. After a series of losses, an intentional overdose, and a hospital stay, a friend said four words that changed everything: it’s not your time. That moment launched her into the journey that became her coaching work, her memoir, and her life. In this conversation, Angie and Heather get into: •  How one core limiting belief formed in childhood becomes the root of everything else we struggle with as adults •  Why you can’t move away from your problems — and what it actually takes to move through them •  What it looks like to lose your entire identity in relationships and external expectations — and how to rediscover who you really are •  The concept of feeling the fear and doing it anyway — and why bungee jumping, skydiving, and shark diving are actually spiritual practice •  Why near-death experiences shift your relationship with fear permanently •  What Running in Slippers is about and why Angie chose radical vulnerability over a filtered version of her story •  Angie’s GLOW method and how one session tracing back to your childhood limiting belief can change everything Find Angie at innerglowbyangie.com | Coaching program: Shine from the Inside | Book: Running in Slippers (paperback, Kindle, audiobook) | https://www.runninginslippers.com/ | Mention this podcast for a free Find Your Glow session. This one is for anyone who has ever moved cities, changed relationships, or started over — and discovered the thing they were running from came with them. 💛 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 ...

    34 min

  7. May 18

    Death, Taxes & Tower Cards: Spirituality, Critical Mass & The Global Shift with Tam Dillon

    Send us Fan Mail Death, taxes, and Tower Cards. The only three inevitables in life — and right now the whole world is in the middle of one. In this episode, Heather sits down with Tam Dillon — practitioner mentor, founder of the global collective Critical Mass, and creator of the Yogic Tarot — for a rich, honest conversation about what healthy spirituality actually looks like, why so many people get stuck, and what it means to find your people in a world that doesn’t always speak your language. Tam has been on the spiritual path since she was 14, and has spent decades building systems that help practitioners and seekers work with integrity, sustainability, and collaboration instead of competition. In this conversation, Tam and Heather get into: •  What Critical Mass is and why it was built — a global collective for practitioners and anyone called to the shift in consciousness •  Why the spiritual community’s isolation problem is actually intentional — and how to find genuine community •  The very real problem of false gurus, toxic spiritual authority, and why unhealed practitioners amplify their wounds instead of healing them •  Why you are your own best guru — and what a genuine teacher’s role actually is •  How Jesus and Buddha were essentially teaching the same things in different words •  The Yogic Tarot — Tam’s life’s work bridging all 78 tarot cards with yogic philosophy and postures •  Why retreats, ayahuasca, and one-time healing experiences don’t work without integration •  The koshas (yoga’s layered body system) and why healing is never linear •  Why 2026 is the Tower Card moment the world has been building toward — and why that’s actually good news Find Tam at tamdillon.com | Critical Mass: criticalmass.community | YouTube: Tam Dillon Official | Critical Mass Community This episode is for every practitioner who has felt alone in their work, every seeker who has been burned by a false guru, and everyone who suspects the world falling apart right now might actually be exactly what’s needed. 💛 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 ...

    39 min

  8. May 11

    Running and Returning: Hebrew Mysticism, Conscious Collaboration & Rebuilding Systems with Simon Mont

    Send us Fan Mail What if the systems we keep trying to fix are the actual problem? And what does it look like to rebuild them from the ground up while staying rooted in something sacred? In this episode, Heather sits down with Simon Mont — organizational development consultant, facilitator, and Hebrew mystic — for one of the most layered and fascinating conversations on the show. Simon has spent more than a decade at the intersection of consciousness, collaboration, and systemic change, asking one central question: how do we work together in a way that doesn’t turn us into people we don’t want to be? From a school teacher to a law student to a community organizer to an organizational architect — Simon kept running into the same pattern. Systems with good intentions creating the same old problems. So he started building something different. In this conversation, Simon and Heather explore: •  How to meet people at the exact point of their pain to create lasting organizational change •  Why solving a Slack coordination problem became the entry point to dismantling a whole leadership hierarchy •  The relationship between individual inner work and systemic change — and why both directions matter simultaneously •  The role of psychedelics in expanding consciousness — and why integration is the part nobody talks about •  The Hebrew mystical concept of running and returning — how we access peak states and then embody their truth in ordinary life •  Kabbalah, Merkava mysticism, astral travel, ancient entheogens, and how all spiritual traditions are weaving the same tapestry •  Why the more rooted you are in your own lineage the less threatened you feel by everyone else’s •  The one question Simon would ask everyone: what are you truly serving? Simon works at the intersection of elevated consciousness and practical action. Find him at harmonize.work. This episode is for anyone who has glimpsed through the illusion — and is now trying to figure out what to do about it. 💛 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 ...

    44 min
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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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