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Guest: Dr. Jorina Elbers

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the constant barrage of distressing news? You’re not alone. In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Jorina Elbers, Director of the Trauma Recovery Project at the HeartMath Institute, sheds light on the hidden impact of secondary trauma — a crucial issue affecting many of us.

Secondary trauma occurs when we overload from exposure to traumatic events through graphic news, social media, and other people’s personal stories. Many of us are deeply impacted by trauma inputs every time we open our smartphones. The stress can take a toll, creating brain fog, emotional numbness, sleeplessness, and more — and we may not know we are struggling with secondary trauma. 

Like a circuit breaker pushed beyond its limits, Dr. Elbers explains how your mind and body can become overloaded from traumatic news. Join host Deborah Rozman and Dr. Elbers as they unpack how today’s constant influx of stress news is pushing people’s nervous system to the brink, leading to a range of physical and emotional symptoms.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to recognize signs of secondary trauma and gain invaluable insights on how to rebalance your nervous system and release cumulative stress. Discover how to read your body’s stress signals and ready yourself with techniques that go beyond surface-level symptom management.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world, as well as those supporting loved ones through difficult times. Dr. Elbers helps you see how you have more control over your well-being than you may have thought possible.

Tune in for an episode that offers hope and direction to help you move from nervous system dysregulation to regulation, empowerment, and healing.

As a special bonus, the episode concludes with a guided heart meditation, led by Deborah, that you can use anytime you start to feel overwhelmed and to help you regulate your nervous system.

About our guest:

Dr. Jorina Elbers is a pediatric neurologist with clinical expertise in treating chronic stress and trauma. She is currently the Director of the Trauma Recovery Project at the HeartMath Institute and is the creator of HeartMath’s newest program, “HeartMath for Parents.” She was previously an assistant professor at Stanford University and has published over 20 peer-reviewed papers, with her most recent publications discussing nervous system dysregulation and how the body adapts to chronic stress or trauma.

Guest: Kute Blackson

In this episode, we explore the concept of surrender, and our guest, Kute Blackson, talks about the magic of true surrender to your own highest self. He passionately debunks myths about surrender, that it’s a sign of weakness or passivity. Instead, he reveals it as a powerful act of courage that can lead to extraordinary personal growth and fulfillment.

Kute is a celebrated transformational teacher and author of The Magic of Surrender: Finding the Courage to Let Go. He says that true surrender, as articulated by many sages, is not about surrendering to someone else or something outside of you. Rather, it involves releasing the attachments and desires dictated by the mind, personality, or ego.

Through his own stories and personal experience, Kute discovered that true surrender is releasing the illusion of control and allowing life to unfold in unexpected and beautiful ways.

Kute and host Deborah Rozman discuss how the process of surrender is about trusting our heart’s intuition and the guidance it offers. When we listen to the heart’s intelligent guidance, we are surrendering to something beyond the ego, and magic can unfold along with deeply fulfilling manifestations of what is possible.

Kute and Deborah talk about the importance of meeting ourselves with grace, ease, and compassion as we learn how to let go. When we live life motivated or driven by the grip of the ego, we tend to live a limited life. 

Kute’s profound wisdom and infectious enthusiasm will linger in your mind long after you finish listening to this episode. Listen in for an engaging and enlightening conversation as Kute shares insights about how we can each experience the magic of surrender. Prepare to be inspired!

The episode closes with a heart meditation, led by Deborah Rozman, to help us connect with our heart’s intelligence and ask what insights, nudges, and intuition it might want us to hear for our next step. 

About our guest:
Kute Blackson is the author of The Magic of Surrender: Finding the Courage to Let Go. He is a beloved inspirational speaker and transformational teacher and speaks at countless events that he organizes around the world, as well as at outside events, including A-Fest, YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), and EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization). He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council, a select group of one hundred of the world’s foremost authorities in the personal development industry. Winner of the 2019 Unity New Thought Walden Award, Blackson is widely considered a next-generation leader in the field of personal development. His mission is simple: To awaken and inspire people across the planet to access inner freedom, live authentically, and fulfill their true life’s purpose.

Guest: Matt Kahn

In this episode, we’re talking about how to put love into action in practical ways in challenging areas of our lives to activate its transformative power. Matt Kahn, our guest, is a teacher, healer, speaker, and author of the highly acclaimed books Whatever Arises, Love That and Everything Is Here to Help You. His newest book, All for Love: The Transformative Power of Holding Space, won a Gold IPPY Award (Independent Publishers Award) and an Ommie Award (World Vision category) and is topping bestseller lists with its heart-centered messages and solutions. 

Loving ourselves can be one of the hardest things to do, and Matt shares how we can learn to dialogue with the parts of ourselves that don’t feel worthy of self-love and heal what we see in ourselves as bad, undesirable, or unworthy.

Matt suggests that when our ego plays less of a role in being in charge of what we love and don’t love, then love becomes how we deliver healing to interrupt and transform patterns.

Expanding on love as a transformative power, Matt and our host, Deborah Rozman, talk about how pain and suffering are a call for love and some of the intricacies of choosing love. They help us understand how we can still put love and care into action even when we don’t like or don’t agree with someone or something. They share how to remain aligned with our highest truths and values while we hold space for hearing the experiences of others — and why this is needed to heal the profound separations and pain that people are experiencing around the world.   

Matt and Deborah help us understand how love’s power to transform moves beyond the linear and rational mind that judges, and they encourage us to connect with our heart’s intuitive intelligence for guidance in putting love into action in our own lives. 

This episode closes with a heart meditation to help us deepen our love and compassionate latitude for ourselves and for others. We are all going through transitional times where old structures and beliefs are breaking down, and new possibilities and structures have yet to take place. This meditation guides us to radiate compassion and care toward people and world situations that need more love in action.

About our guest: 

Matt Kahn is a renowned spiritual teacher, highly acclaimed empath, and bestselling author known for his transformative insights into the journey of awakening. His teachings focus on love as the ultimate path to self-realization, emphasizing the importance of emotional freedom and the power of self-awareness. Kahn’s approach blends deep spiritual wisdom with practical guidance, offering tools for navigating life’s challenges with grace and humor.

His books, including the spiritual classic Whatever Arises, Love That, and his other recorded teachings have inspired millions, earning him a dedicated following worldwide. Kahn’s message is simple yet profound: embrace every moment with love and kindness to unveil the divine within. His ability to translate complex spiritual concepts into accessible, everyday wisdom makes him a beloved figure in the world of contemporary spirituality.

Guest: Kristina Furia

In this insightful broadcast, we talk with Kristina Furia, a 30-something mental health counselor who guides other millennials and Gen Zers on how to discover their “true north” and lean into their purpose through listening to their heart. 

Kristina shares that the increased anxiety and depression that so many in the younger generations are experiencing these days stems, in part, from a disconnection with the heart. Many find themselves trapped in a state of hopelessness about their future, leading to loneliness and feelings of despair. Kristina helps them understand how this can be an unexpected gift because loneliness and despair can often help us go deeper inside our hearts and become more receptive, drawing in the heart’s help and insights. 

Through her thriving Instagram community, @YourNewFrequency, and as a clinical psychologist and nationally certified transformational coach, Kristina helps people to self-empower and break free from the grip of a harsh inner critic to connect with their heart’s fresh perspective and intuitive direction. Kristina and host Deborah Rozman discuss how we each can learn to sense and know our heart’s voice and discern its guidance. They discuss hope, community, and the positive role that social media could play in building meaningful connections.

Kristina shares her transformational journey from living in her mind to awakening to her real heart and realizing that we are all meant to live in a higher frequency, resulting in more love and aliveness. The episode concludes with a heart exercise and meditation to lift our frequency whenever we feel stuck or disconnected from others and connect with the higher vibration of our true selves.

About our guest: 

Over the past 14 years, Kristina Furia has supported thousands of people on their journey to become the next, more fulfilled version of themselves. With a master’s degree in clinical and counseling psychology, Kristina began her career supporting individuals on the path beyond trauma and addiction, working in both individual and group formats. Then, in 2013, she began her private practice, which was later named Best Therapy Practice by Philadelphia Magazine. 

In 2019, after experiencing a major spiritual awakening, Kristina made the decision to hang up her therapist hat and became nationally certified as a transformational coach. Taking to Instagram to spread her message, she went on to rapidly grow a large following, sharing her unique, integrative approach to rapid and sustainable life transformation. Kristina’s ongoing mission is to guide people to release the limitations caused by the past, to enjoy the beauty of the present, and to consciously create a soul-aligned new future.

Guest: Sarah Syed

Don’t miss this wonderful episode with our guest, Sarah Syed, a globally recognized 18-year-old technology inventor, climate activist, and founder of You Are the Change, an international youth-led organization focusing on youth mobilizing action and mindsets to become sustainability leaders. Sarah has been recognized as a Top 25 Under 25 Environmentalist in Canada and named one of the Top 20 Under 20 in the World by Diversity in Action.

This is a truly inspiring conversation as Sarah shares her passion for taking action to make a difference and how, on her journey, she uncovered a profound truth: that the heart is essential for real change and progress. She has spoken at the United Nations to world leaders about the importance of leading with the heart and how the world has reached a critical juncture where our heart must be the captain of our ship of activism to guide us toward sustainable solutions, not just surface-level actions. As a passionate advocate for climate change, she astutely observes the disconnection between humanity and nature, emphasizing the need for the heart’s wisdom to reconnect us with each other and with our planet.

She talks with Deborah Rozman, our host, about the changes that young people she works with are committed to and how the compassionate power of the heart is what will enable us to all work together to create the changes we want to see.

The episode closes with a heart meditation, creating a reservoir of energy we can each draw from to bring more heart to positive change initiatives we are involved in or passionate about.  

About our guest:

Sarah Syed is an 18-year-old climate activist, innovator, poet, and founder of You Are the Change, an international youth-led organization focusing on youth mobilizing action and mindsets to become sustainability leaders. 

Combining her interest in the climate tech space with climate activism, Sarah has done research on biodegradable plastics made from food scraps, polymers to aid in cleaning up oil spills compared to bioremediation, and worked on a biomass bio-sorbent made from orange and pomegranate peels with an additional polysaccharide aerogel component to remove 98% of oils, heavy metals, and organic compounds from water. She has also worked on increasing solar energy output using nanomaterials to decrease water loss in agriculture. Some of her current projects revolve around cellular agriculture and carbon capture.

Sarah’s work has been recognized by parliament members, and she was named a Top 20 Under 20 Youth in the World, Top 25 Under 25 Environmentalist in Canada, Ontario Junior Citizen, National Nature Inspiration, and won second place at national and international science fairs. She has been featured in The Toronto Star, North York Mirror,

Guest: Dr. Scott Noorda

Dive into an enlightening conversation as we sit down with Dr. Scott Noorda, a dedicated longevity physician who draws on functional medicine’s approach to cultivating resilient brain health.

Drawing from his extensive experience working closely with Alzheimer’s patients in memory care, Dr. Noorda sheds light on a topic close to many hearts: Alzheimer’s disease and brain health. Amid the shadows of uncertainty, he shares hope, revealing there’s more we can do than we might think to prevent Alzheimer’s.

Through personal anecdotes and professional insights, Dr. Noorda dismantles the notion of accepting brain decline as inevitable. Having witnessed a family member’s battle with Alzheimer’s, he embarked on a mission to specialize in brain health, arming himself with knowledge and strategies to empower everyone to take charge of their brain’s vitality.

In an intimate heart-to-heart with our host, Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., Dr. Noorda unveils his own daily rituals, painting a vivid picture of how each of us can craft a routine that fuels our brain’s resilience. The discussion delves into the profound impact of stress on brain health and showcases the transformative potential lying within our very own hearts.

With wisdom and simplicity, he offers practical suggestions on unlocking these benefits and integrating them into our lives.

The episode closes with a heart meditation to help us align with our heart’s guidance about the areas we need to give more care and attention to for improved wellness and energize our commitment to follow through on it.

About our guest:

Dr. Scott Noorda, D.O., calls Utah home with his wife and their five children. Dr. Noorda believes that health is not one-size-fits-all, and each individual’s unique personal history, genetics, biological systems, stressors, toxic load, diet, and overall lifestyle must be considered when formulating disease prevention and treatment protocols. Dr. Noorda is board-certified in family medicine and did postdoctoral training with the Institute for Functional Medicine. He is passionate about brain health and utilizing precision medicine. He spent several years working with Alzheimer’s patients in memory care units before setting up a functional medicine clinic and developing a step-by-step program to improve brain health called the Brainlift Program. He is also the creator of the Brainlift Neuroprotective Program. 

Guest: Gary Zukav

In this episode, Gary Zukav, author of four consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including the widely popular The Seat of the Soul, shares his wisdom on the topic of aligning your personality with your soul or higher self, embracing your authentic power, and stepping into a vibrant life of purpose and love.

Gary and podcast host Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., talk about the authentic heart power fueling a transformational consciousness emerging in millions of people.

Throughout the episode, Gary discusses evolving from perception through our five senses to multisensory perception and the significant role our hearts play in this awakening.

Gary and Deborah explore why it’s important to recognize the parts of our personalities rooted in love and the insecure or fear-based parts that prevent us from accessing our authentic soul-self. Gary offers genuine encouragement about how we can direct our attention toward nurturing the loving aspects while compassionately challenging the fear-based aspects.

They encourage us to embrace our authentic heart power, granting us greater agency over life experiences and inspiring responsible, heart-directed choices in our actions and interactions.

This deeply inspiring episode closes with a heart meditation to help us connect more with our authentic power and ask our heart’s guidance for clarity or direction in our next steps for living a more authentic life.

About our guest:
Gary’s gentle presence and wisdom have inspired millions. He is a teacher and author of four consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including the globally popular The Seat of the Soul. He is the founder of The Seat of the Soul Institute with Linda Francis, his soul partner. Gary has been a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, with over 30 appearances. 

Conveying complex insights in a language all can understand, Gary is dedicated to an unprecedented transformation in human consciousness. He is a Harvard graduate with a degree in international relations, a former US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer with Vietnam service, a member of the Club of Budapest, and a recipient of the World Business Academy Pathfinder Award for his contribution to the ongoing evolution of knowledge and consciousness within the global business community and the Einstein Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine for his contributions to the psychosocial growth of humanity.

Guest: Leah Smart

Picture a time when everything seems to be in place—a job, home, and a loving relationship. It should be the recipe for a fulfilling life, right? But what if there’s an unexplainable sense of something missing – a feeling that lingers and leaves you questioning why?

In this captivating episode, our guest, Leah Smart, author and host of the In the Arena podcast on LinkedIn, takes us on her personal journey through this mysterious terrain. Together with our insightful host, Deborah Rozman, they unravel the enigma of what’s behind a nagging sense of emptiness.

Leah shares her “something’s missing” experience and a pivotal realization that led her to an unexpected path of transformation. Leah’s mission now is empowering women to create more fulfillment for themselves. In this conversation, Leah and Deborah talk about the hyper-individualistic society surrounding us and its role in perpetuating a longing for something more.

This episode is particularly relevant for the millions of millennials seeking their way amid a cacophony of societal pressures and expectations. As a millennial herself, Leah’s inspiring story and profound insights from her inward journey to the heart will surely ignite a spark in your own heart, no matter your age.

To close the episode, Deborah guides us through a heart meditation—a powerful tool to infuse heart energy into the missing pieces of our lives and illuminate our next steps.

Tune in and let your heart be inspired!

About our guest:

Leah is an author and the host of the In the Arena podcast on LinkedIn News. Leah works to empower millennial women who are feeling a bit lost, helping them tap into their authentic power, so they can author the life they truly want. 

Leah studies positive psychology, blending what we know scientifically about the experience of being human with the metaphysical understandings that have surrounded us all along. Leah is also a serious runner, a dog mom (to Piper the Goldendoodle), and a globetrotter.

Guest: Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar

Our guest is Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, a former football player for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins (where he once led the league in touchdowns) and now a fitness and health coach. 

In this episode, released during Men’s Health Month, Karim talks about the outdated narrative so many athletes are taught: “Don’t complain; suck it up,” and its effect on mental and physical health. 

We delve into Karim’s story of how he discovered that real strength involves identifying what you really feel and having the courage to share it — to be self-honest first and then honest with others.

In this captivating conversation, Karim opens up to host Deborah Rozman, revealing his profound wake-up moments that shattered his self-denial and illuminated the value of heart vulnerability and following his heart. His story serves as a testament to the true meaning of strength, dismantling stereotypes and offering a fresh perspective on what it means to be strong.

Hear why Karim learned to listen to his heart’s intelligence and the profound impact it had on his life. This episode will inspire you to reconsider societal expectations and embrace your own heart-directed journey of fitness, health, and true self-care.

The episode closes with a heart meditation to help us hear our own heart’s promptings of our next steps to better mental, emotional, and physical fitness. 

About our guest: 

Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar is a “wholistic” coach certified in personal training, precision nutrition, and HeartMath®. He is a former NFL professional football player for the Miami Dolphins and now works with executives and their families, often three generations (children, parents, and grandparents). Karim founded the National Center for Wholistic Coaching, where he teaches trainers to become wholistic coaches and empower their clients with tools for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and fitness using twenty-one measurable principles covering three primary objectives: excellence, wellness, and character. 

Topic: Dare to Love
Guest: Dr. Patricia Van Pelt-Scott

At this time on the planet, there is increased separation, polarization, and emotional reactivity. Imagine being a congresswoman, having to navigate all the political maneuvering. How would you handle opposing political and social views from yours? This episode is an eye-opening conversation about what can happen when we choose the power of love, compassion, and justice instead of suspicion and fear — even in the face of being misinterpreted. 

Our guest, Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt-Scott, Ph.D., talks with host Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., and shares how she faced a showdown — being shouted down on the senate chamber floor — and had to make another choice. What happened when she chose non-judgment and sincere listening? Dr. Pat describes how she had to learn to appeal to the humanity in others first to uncover ways they could collaborate on new ideas. She offers us practical advice on how to better handle separation and polarization in society, perhaps even in our own families. Her story is dynamic and inspiring: If we want to change the divided world around us, we must have compassion, release judgment, and sincerely listen. 

We close with a heart meditation that we can use anytime to step into our heart’s intention for guidance on how we can dare to love more.

Listen to this episode now for an empowering discussion on what can happen when we dare to love.

About our guest:

Dr. Patricia Van Pelt-Scott is an Illinois State Senator, serial entrepreneur, author, real estate developer, certified public accountant, founder of The Season For Love Inc. and Diamond VII Enterprises LLC, and co-founder and past president of WaKanna For Life LLC.

Before that, she served as the founding CEO of a successful social movement organization where she served for 15 years. 

Dr. Pat teaches “The Advanced Life Series On Wealth, Health, and Love and Soulmate Attraction For Christian Singles.” Her goal in life is to advance civilization and help solve world problems. 

Currently, she is on tour with her “Getting To The Top – Opening New Pathways To Your Ultimate Success” live conference. Dr. Pat received her doctorate in management of non-profit agencies after completing a dissertation on the study of social movements and revolutions.