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The Spiritually Curious Therapist

Jodi Silverman, LCSW

The Spiritually Curious Therapist is a podcast exploring the intersection of nervous system science, mental health, spirituality, and healing.Hosted by Jodi Silverman, LCSW, this show is for therapists, healers, and curious humans who sense that true healing happens below the level of insight alone. Through thoughtful conversations and solo reflections, we explore trauma, chronic pain and illness, altered states, regulation, meaning-making, and what it really takes to help the nervous system feel

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19:07

When Your Body Becomes a Full-Time Job: Reiki for...

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2026/10/05

Appointments. Tests. Treatments. Exercises. Supplements. Checking whether something feels better, or worse. When you live with persistent pain or physical symptoms, caring for your body can start to feel like a full-time job. In this solo episode, I explore what happens when life becomes organized around monitoring, protecting, and trying to fix the body, and why I bring Reiki into this conversation as a self-practice. At the heart of this episode is a distinction from my From Lock to Liberat...

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47:09

What Does “Creating Your Reality” Mean? A Therapist...

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2026/09/30

Spiritual language can offer hope and connection. It can also raise questions about how we understand suffering, responsibility, and healing. In this episode, I sit down with Sanné Lind, author of Soul Intelligence: Quantum Living from the Inside Out and creator of the Quantum Soul Sync Method. Drawing on her personal experience with depression, loss, and decades of spiritual exploration, Sanné shares how she approaches emotional patterns and reconnecting with herself. One thread I wanted to ...

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61:17

Being Loyal to Your Body: Paula Atkinson on Body...

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2026/09/22

What does it mean to be loyal to your body? For Paula Atkinson, that question carries a lot of weight. After years of trying to control, shrink, and override her body, including an experience with anorexia that nearly took her life, Paula now talks about her body in a radically different way: with trust. In this conversation, Paula and I explore body liberation as something much deeper than body positivity or learning to like what you see in the mirror. We talk about what happens when we stop...

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57:10

The Inner Compass: Authenticity, Dharma & Learning to...

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2026/09/14

What are we really looking for when we chase achievement, approval, success, or even rebellion? For my guest Katie Padilla, so much of it came back to one very human longing: To be seen. To be loved. To feel deeply connected. Katie is a certified family law specialist, founder of Bloom Family Law, collaboratively trained attorney, certified coach and meditation teacher. But the path that brought her there is anything but conventional. As a highly sensitive child growing up in a family experie...

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61:11

When Healing Becomes Another Form of Escaping: Megan...

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2026/09/07

What happens when the search for healing becomes another way of avoiding what we're trying so hard not to feel? My guest today, Megan Ashton, spent nearly 17 years searching for something that would help her heal. She studied yoga, Reiki, holistic nutrition and clinical hypnotherapy. She traveled the world, living in places many of us might imagine as idyllic. She tried talk therapy and eventually plant medicine. And yet, underneath it all, Megan was struggling with bulimia, alcohol dependenc...

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45:49

The Other Side of “I Can Do It Myself”: Amanda Hill...

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2026/08/31

What happens when being the person who can handle everything becomes part of your identity? My guest, Amanda Hill, knows that experience well. Amanda is a licensed mental health counselor, nationally certified counselor, board-certified life coach, author, podcast host, and founder of Connections of Hope, a multi-location counseling practice in Indiana. But long before she was running a growing mental health practice, Amanda was a newly divorced mother with two very young children, trying to ...

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48:38

Letting Love Lead: Dr. Colleen Quinn on Psychology,...

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2026/08/24

What do we actually mean when we talk about love? My guest, Dr. Colleen Quinn, defines love not simply as something we feel, but as an action, one that serves the greater good while also including ourselves. That idea became a thread throughout our conversation. Colleen is a mystic and transpersonal, trauma-informed psychologist whose understanding of psychology, consciousness, and healing has been shaped not only by her clinical training, but by two near-death experiences and her own deeply ...

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46:20

Am I Safe Enough to Be Myself? Natasha Ramlall on...

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2026/08/17

What happens when the version of you that has always been capable, productive, responsible, and able to get things done suddenly can't keep going in the same way? My guest, Natasha Ramlall, calls this an identity rupture -that unsettling space between who you have been and who you are becoming. Natasha spent 25 years working with newcomers and refugees settling in Canada before eventually recognizing that the work she had once loved no longer felt the same. She followed the pull toward someth...

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43:02

The Way Out Is In: Crystal Clear on Somatics, Tantra...

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2026/08/10

What if healing isn't about thinking your way through your past... What if it's about learning to listen to your body? In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with somatic bodywork practitioner Crystal Clear for a thoughtful conversation about trauma, nervous system regulation, embodiment, and the profound wisdom our bodies hold. Crystal shares her own healing journey—from growing up in an abusive home and years of traditional talk therapy to discovering the transfor...

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46:58

The Power to Act: Maritza Schaefer on Spirituality,...

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2026/08/03

What if power isn't about having control over others... What if it's simply the capacity to act? In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with Maritza Schaefer, founder of Bruja School and creator of the Liberation Magic Method. Raised in Chile in a family of witches, Maritza offers a perspective on spirituality that invites us to look beyond stereotypes and consider magic as the practice of transforming our lives with intention. As our conversation unfolded, we found ...

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43:44

From Growing Up "Too Much" to Finding the "Freedom to...

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2026/07/27

What if you were never "too much"? For years, Lisa Richer believed the messages she heard growing up, that she was too emotional, too loud, too talkative, too sensitive. It wasn't until adulthood that she discovered she was neurodivergent, and with that understanding came something far more valuable than a diagnosis: permission to finally understand herself with compassion. In this deeply moving conversation, Lisa shares her journey from growing up undiagnosed to becoming a neurodiversity con...

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43:53

What Breaks Us Open: Colleen Clifford on Grief,...

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2026/07/20

We often think healing begins when the crisis is over. But what if that's actually when the real work begins? In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with Colleen Clifford, author, health coach, commercial fisherwoman, and alcohol-free advocate, to explore the hidden survival patterns that shape our lives and the courage it takes to face them with honesty and compassion. Colleen shares her deeply personal story of binge drinking, the devastating loss of her husband to alcohol-related suici...

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45:36

Remembering Who We Are: Wren Morrow on Nature, Shame,...

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2026/07/13

What if healing isn't about becoming someone new? What if it's about remembering who you've been all along? In this deeply reflective conversation, I sit down with Wren Morrow. Wren is an outdoor boudoir and erotic adventure photographer whose work extends far beyond photography. Through immersive experiences in nature, Wren invites individuals and couples to reconnect with their bodies, release shame, and experience themselves with fresh eyes. As our conversation unfolds, we move far b...

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48:27

It's Okay to Want: Trauma, Embodiment, and Reclaiming...

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2026/07/06

What if healing isn't about fixing yourself? What if it's about learning how to listen? In this deeply thoughtful conversation, I sit down with trauma-informed wellness expert, author, and educator Laura Khoudari to explore the intersection of trauma, strength training, embodiment, self-trust, and desire. Laura shares her personal journey from experiencing PTSD to developing a trauma-informed approach to strength training that helps people reconnect with their bodies, build nervous system cap...

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53:19

The Human Side of Healing: Why Medicine Needs More...

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2026/06/29

Dr. Georgia Tetlow, MD, ABOIM, ABPMR, FMCP-M is the Founder & CEO of Philadelphia Integrative Medicine, an Integrative & Functional Medicine Physician Clinician Mentor and Bravewell Fellow of Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Tetlow, knew long before medical school that she wanted to practice medicine differently. In this thoughtful and deeply human conversation, we explore what it means to care for the whole person, not just their symptoms. Dr. Tetlow shares her journe...

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50:50

The Nature of Reality: Mystical Experiences, God...

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2026/06/22

What happens when an experience is so profound that it changes the way you understand reality itself? In this thought-provoking conversation, I sit down with Michael Monk, spiritual teacher, healer, and founder of the Avatar Energy Mastery Institute. Michael shares a series of extraordinary experiences that began with what he describes as a direct communication from God and led him on a decades-long exploration of consciousness, healing, spirituality, and human potential. Together, we e...

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37:39

Getting Out of the Way: Jessica Maitri on Trauma,...

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2026/06/17

Many of us can explain our patterns, understand our trauma, and tell the story of what happened—yet still find ourselves feeling stuck. In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with Jessica Maitri, LCSW, brainspotting consultant, certified yoga therapist, breathwork practitioner, intuitive energy healer, and creator of the Yothera Method, to explore what happens when healing moves beyond insight and into embodiment. Jessica shares her journey from therapist burnout to ...

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45:21

When the Pain Won't Go Away: Understanding...

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2026/06/08

What if chronic pain isn't always a sign that something is broken? In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with certified nutritionist, hypnotist, energy healer, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy coach Georgia Thelen to explore the growing field of mind-body healing and neuroplastic symptoms. After developing long COVID and a host of chronic symptoms herself, Georgia found her way beyond diagnoses, medications, and endless medical appointments into a deeper understanding ...

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54:21

What If It Isn't Yours? Intuition, Conditioning, and...

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2026/06/01

How do we know what is truly ours? Our thoughts. Our fears. Our beliefs. Our reactions. In this thought-provoking conversation, I sit down with transformational teacher, intuitive development guide, and author Gwyneth Flack to explore the role intuition plays in helping us reconnect with ourselves beneath the noise of conditioning, expectation, and fear. Gwyneth shares stories from her childhood, including a near-death experience that shaped her understanding of consciousness, her early aware...

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60:07

From Ego to Embodiment: Spiritual Bodybuilding,...

The Spiritually Curious Therapist ·

2026/05/25

In this follow-up conversation, Nahum Vizakis returns to The Spiritually Curious Therapist to go deeper into the philosophy behind his book, The Biohacker’s Guide to Spiritual Bodybuilding. If you missed part one (released April 20), I highly recommend going back and listening first. In that episode we explored Nahum’s story and the experiences that shaped his path. This time, we move into the deeper questions: What happens when the pursuit of strength is driven by pain? Where is the lin...

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