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The Summit Effect

Alanna Crawford

This podcast explores the space between physical anatomy and energetic intuition — where healing becomes something you actively participate in, not something done to you. Hosted by Osteopathic Manual Practitioner and Reiki Master Teacher, Alanna Crawford, The Summit Effect teaches you how to understand your body, trust your intuition, and reclaim your power in your own health journey and beyond. This isn’t about being “more spiritual” or chasing perfection — it’s about learning to SHOW UP as the

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39:25

What the Deck? Tarot, Intuition & Stepping Into Your...

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2026/10/08

This week on The Summit Effect, we’re getting into tarot: its history, how a deck works, and how I use it personally and alongside my work in clinic to invite reflection, explore choices, and connect with intuition. We’ll unpack the Major and Minor Arcana, the four suits, and how the imagery, question, and surrounding cards shape a reading. I’m also answering some common questions: Can tarot predict the future? Are the cards dangerous? Can you read for yourself? And does someone really have t...

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21:36

Fall Energy: What to Keep, What to Let Go

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2026/10/02

After being welcomed into ceremony with Grandmother’s Voice at Bronte Creek, I’ve been thinking about what it means to live in relationship with the seasons. In this episode, I explore fall through Traditional Chinese Medicine and astrology—and how both can offer questions worth asking as we move from summer toward winter. We’ll move through Libra’s call for balance, Scorpio’s deeper look inward, and Sagittarius’s invitation to choose where we go next. I also share how I’m using Venus retrogr...

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30:59

My Spiritual Hot Takes

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2026/09/23

Can you be intuitive and still make bad decisions? Do you need a daily practice to stay connected? Can you drink alcohol and still be spiritual? And are those strangely accurate tarot readings on your Instagram feed actually meant for you—or is it just the algorithm? This week, I’m answering your questions and sharing some of my spiritual hot takes. We’re talking about energetic protection, religion and spirituality, psychedelics, purpose, Etsy witches, collective card pulls and the spiritual...

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25:24

The Past Is Still Spending Your Energy

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2026/09/09

Why can certain full moons and eclipses leave us feeling completely exhausted? In this episode, I explore Carolyn Myss’s concept of calling your spirit back: reclaiming the attention, time and life-force energy we continue sending toward past experiences, outdated identities and unresolved stories. I also connect this spiritual idea to what science tells us about learned protection, predictive processing and perseverative cognition—when the body continues preparing for something that is no lo...

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19:32

The Shoulder, the Heart and the Things We Hold

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2026/09/02

What if the shoulder is where you feel the pain—but not necessarily where the entire problem began? Lately, I have been seeing a pattern of shoulder and upper-arm pain in clinic without an obvious injury or clear mechanical onset. When the same presentation appears multiple times, I start looking beyond the painful structure and exploring what might be happening through all three layers: the physical body, the nervous system and the energetic or emotional body. In this episode, we discuss: ...

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21:37

What Dolly Parton Taught Us About Living on Purpose

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2026/08/26

Dolly Parton once said, “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” But she didn’t just say it—she built an entire life around it. In this episode, I share the clairsentient experience she had the day before Dolly’s passing and reflect on what Dolly taught us about authenticity, purpose, generosity and creating success that makes more room for other people. In this episode: Why finding yourself means refusing to cut yourself into more acceptable piecesHow Dolly built an empire in rhinestones...

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36:48

Think First. Ask Second.

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2026/08/19

In this episode, I’m talking about why we might not always need another mentor, course, teacher or person telling us what to do. Sometimes the thing that actually builds confidence is getting our reps in, sitting in the discomfort of not knowing, and learning to trust our own ability to figure it out. We get into the science of self-efficacy, deliberate practice, autonomy, cognitive offloading and automation bias, and what can happen when guidance stops supporting our thinking. In this episod...

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24:07

Who’s Taking Care of the Women?

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2026/08/12

As women, we are so good at noticing. We notice what needs to be done, who needs support, who hasn’t had enough time for themselves, and how everyone around us is doing. But somewhere in all that noticing, we can forget that we need to be poured into too. In this episode: Why our definition of fun grows up with usThe magic of uninterrupted time with womenWhy being truly listened to feels so powerfulWhy friendship shouldn’t be something we squeeze in after everything else is doneWhy the same q...

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18:19

Ted Lasso Was Right: Stay Curious, Not Judgmental

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2026/08/05

What do sports, healing, Ted Lasso, and the nervous system have in common? More than you might think. In this episode, I unpack a conversation that has been sitting with me for weeks—a discussion about professional sports, collective emotion, and whether something can be both deeply beautiful and deeply flawed at the same time. We explore why humans have gathered around sport for thousands of years, why shared experiences regulate our nervous systems, and why anything powerful enough to unite...

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19:25

Baby Bye Bye Bye

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2026/07/08

In this episode, we unpack the feeling of losing yourself and why “How do I find myself again?” might be the wrong question. We explore neuroplasticity, how life experiences and repeated choices shape the brain, and why the woman you were at 25 isn’t someone you need to get back to. This is a conversation about identity, the choices that build who you become, and how to stop looking in the rearview mirror and start casting votes for the woman you are becoming. In this episode: Why women feel ...

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19:29

Summer Energy

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2026/07/01

In this episode, we explore what summer is actually asking of us. We unpack the science behind why we naturally feel different during the longer days, why our nervous systems crave more light, movement, and connection, and how working with the energy of the season can leave us feeling more alive instead of more exhausted. Through a personal story from a recent trip to Banff, we talk about the difference between productivity and presence—and why joy isn't something you earn. In this episode: W...

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48:03

Its Never Just Yoga - With Aneta Pietruszko

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2026/06/25

In this episode, we welcome the very first guest to The Summit Effect: my dear friend, Aneta Pietruszko, owner of Burlington Power Yoga Canada and co-owner of Soulfull Yoga and Wellness Retreats. Aneta's journey didn't begin in a yoga studio. It began in the corporate world, where anxiety and panic attacks became the breadcrumbs that ultimately led her toward a completely different life. Together, we explore how our bodies often speak long before our minds are ready to listen, why movement ca...

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35:58

What Happens During Reiki? Stories, Signs, and the...

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2026/06/17

In this episode, we pull back the curtain on Reiki. What actually happens in a session? How does energy communicate? Why do some sessions feel deeply emotional while others create profound shifts in direction, purpose, and healing? I shares stories from real sessions that have stayed with me over the years, explore the role of free will in energy work, and explain why Reiki is less about being "read" and more about remembering how to listen to yourself again. This is a conversation about heal...

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19:51

The Summit Method: The Question Beneath The Symptom

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2026/06/10

In this episode, I introduce one of the foundational concepts behind The Summit Method: the idea that healing is not determined by what you choose, but by why you choose it. We explore the difference between operating from faith versus fear, how those two states influence every layer of healing, and why awareness may be the missing piece for so many people who feel stuck in cycles of symptoms, frustration, and uncertainty. In this episode: The question that changed how I think about healing W...

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24:28

How To Get To Where You Are Going When You Have No...

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2026/06/04

Have you ever felt like you know something needs to change, but you have absolutely no idea what that change is? Maybe you're feeling stuck, disconnected, frustrated, or simply aware that your current life no longer feels aligned—but every time you try to figure out your next step, you become overwhelmed by how big the change feels. In this episode, we're talking about one of the most common questions I hear in clinic: "I know I want something different... but I don't know where to start." We...

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25:53

Working With Astrology In Real Time

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2026/05/28

In this episode, we unpack astrology in a way that feels far less overwhelming and a lot more human. Instead of treating every moon phase like a deadline or a 24-hour portal you can “miss,” we explore astrology as a slow unfolding pattern that moves through your life in seasons. We walk through the energetic progression from Aries season into Taurus season and now into Gemini season, and how each sign builds on the last emotionally, energetically, and practically. We also break down the diffe...

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27:04

Shadow Work, Rage & The Liver: Why This Season Feels...

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2026/05/14

In this episode, we’re diving into shadow work: what the shadow actually is, why it forms, and how it quietly influences our reactions, relationships, triggers, and patterns behind the scenes. We talk about why shadow work is not about “fixing” yourself or locking away the messy parts of who you are. Instead, it’s about understanding the pieces of yourself that were buried, suppressed, or pushed out of awareness because at some point they didn’t feel safe to express. I also break down why I’m...

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33:45

The Pause Between Worlds

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2026/05/06

In this episode, I’m sharing from a place that is very real and very present for me. After suddenly losing my dog Tucker—I’ve found myself in a space where I’m not fully in the grief, but I’m also not back to normal life. So instead of forcing an episode I wasn’t aligned with, I wanted to talk about that in-between… the pause. We unpack what it means when your body and nervous system aren’t ready to process something yet, and why that isn’t something to rush. I share both the physiological an...

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24:37

Why Music Can Heal You… or Keep You Stuck

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2026/04/23

In this episode, we dive into the science and soul of music as a healing tool. What starts as a curiosity about goosebumps from music (aka frisson) turns into a deeper conversation about the nervous system, memory, and how sound can both regulate you or keep you stuck. We explore how music is stored in the brain, why certain songs bring you back to specific moments in your life, and how your body responds to rhythm on a physiological level. This is a conversation about how music interacts wit...

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29:21

The Problem With Data-Only Healing

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2026/04/15

In this episode, we unpack one of the biggest gaps in modern healthcare: the lack of space for subjectivity in a system built on measurement. We explore what data does incredibly well, where it starts to fall short in healing, and why your lived experience, nervous system, and intuition are forms of information that deserve to be considered. This is a conversation about science, subjectivity, and what happens when we only validate what we can quantify. In this episode: Why science is designed...

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