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"I am not Mormon." That's what Audra Phelps told herself in the mirror the night she left the LDS Church — after 10 years of quiet doubt and one policy she couldn't "unhear.

Audra Phelps, founder of Mama Audra and creator of the Reclaimed Program, joins me to share her journey out of a high-control religion: the rigid roles assigned to women, the purity culture and shame around her body, and the pressure to be "an example" from childhood. She opens up about the anxiety and depression that came from living a life that wasn't her own, the grief of losing family and community after leaving, and how she now helps other ex-Mormon moms rebuild their identity using NLP, hypnotherapy, and neuroscience-based coaching.

Topics covered:

• Growing up inside a high-control religion
• How the LDS Church structures women's roles around marriage and motherhood
• Purity culture and body shame from childhood
• The breaking point that led Audra to leave at age 35
• Grieving family, community, and her former self
• Using NLP and subconscious belief work to rebuild identity

This episode was shaped for more than one audience. If you've left the LDS Church, or if you've ever handed your power over to a belief system, a relationship, or an expectation that was never really yours — this episode is for you.

Connect with Audra: mamaaudra.com

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What if the patterns you keep repeating in relationships, career, and self-talk were already mapped out before you took your first breath? 🌬️

In this episode of Grief Talk, I sit down with Marvin Wilkerson, spiritual coach, hypnotherapist, and author of Soul Fusion Healing: Integrating Mind, Body, and Soul, for a conversation on what it really means to heal from the inside out. With 50 years of experience blending humanistic astrology, hypnotherapy, and NLP, Marvin offers a grounded take on spirituality, focussed less on predicting your next big break and more on understanding why you experience life the way you do.

The conversation moves through some of the biggest questions people ask: Do we actually have free will? Why do we keep repeating painful patterns even when we know better? What is "soul fragmentation," 🌀 and how does it show up as anxiety, self-sabotage, or chronic fatigue? Marvin doesn't offer easy answers. He offers a framework for taking responsibility, adjusting how we relate to our own energy, and learning to live event to event, moment to moment. We also touch on how this kind of soul-level work can support those navigating grief and loss.

If you're curious about astrology, drawn to the subconscious mind, or simply looking for a new lens on why you are the way you are, this episode is an invitation to get curious about your own path, and offers the tools to help you start making the changes you've been wanting to make in your life. 🔎

In this episode learn:

🔮 Why Marvin sees astrology as therapeutic, not predictive.
🧠 How hypnosis and NLP access the subconscious mind and is where the real healing happens.
🌀 What soul fragmentation is and how it quietly shapes your daily life.
🕊️ The truth about "free will" and what's actually within your control.
💬 Why self-talk is one of the most powerful (and damaging) tools we have.
🌱 How to start living in alignment with your soul's purpose, one event at a time.

If this episode resonates with you and you are navigating grief or loss, or want to expand your thinking, know that support is available. I host the Grief Talk podcast to help you feel less alone on the path toward healing and personal growth. 💛

About Marvin Wilkerson:
Marvin Wilkerson is a hypnotherapist, humanistic astrologer, and spiritual coach with five decades of experience helping clients heal through the integration of mind, body, and soul. He is the author of Soul Fusion Healing: Integrating Mind, Body, and Soul.

#GriefTalk #Astrology #Hypnotherapy #SoulFusionHealing #GriefSupport #MindBodySoul #SelfDiscovery

🔗 Connect with Marvin: soulfusionhealing.com | astromarv.com | blhypnosis.com

If you are navigating grief or loss or simply feel lost, know that support is available. I host the Grief Talk Podcast w/ Vonne Solis to help you feel less alone on the path toward healing and personal growth. 💛

For support books on grief, suicide and child loss and to learn about my signature coaching services for personal growth:
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What if your brain already holds everything you need to heal? In this eye-opening and powerful conversation, I sit down with the remarkable Dr. Yvonne Oswald, international keynote speaker, Master Trainer of NLP and Hypnosis, and the author of Every Word Has Power - translated into 11 languages - to learn how NLP and hypnosis can help us clear negative emotions at their root and clear them in minutes, not years.⏱️

The secret to her global impact? Dr. Yvonne’s approach to healing has been called revolutionary, refreshingly practical, and astonishingly fast. She doesn’t teach people how to cope with emotions. She teaches them how to clear emotions permanently.

Drawing from her latest book No More Therapists: Your Brain Has the Answer - Clear Negative Emotions in Minutes Not Years, Dr. Yvonne walks us through her 9 Rapid Release Codes™ - precise neurological techniques designed to return you to calm, clear thinking fast. I actually tried one live during this episode, and it genuinely works! We also unravel the power of Mind Magic – her award-winning technique for clearing negative emotions and the limiting beliefs we all have that shape our daily lives and quietly form before we’re 7 years old.👶

As a bereaved mom since 2005, this conversation touched me in ways I didn't expect. And as a bereaved mom herself – having lost her only child and daughter needlessly at just 22-years old, Dr. Yvonne speaks from a place of profound personal understanding. In fact, it was that catastrophic loss that compelled her to write this book and bring her revolutionary work to as many people as possible.

Together in this episode we explore - and demonstrate - how these techniques work in real time. And while Dr. Yvonne is clear that negative emotions will always show up (they make up 80% of our thoughts, 90% of our day), we absolutely can reduce how frequently they appear, how hard they hit, and how long they linger.

🗝️ Key points discussed:
• What the 9 Rapid Release Codes™ are and how they work neurologically
• How Mind Magic™ clears limiting beliefs formed before age 7
• Why 80% of our thoughts are negative — and what to do about it
• Live demo: trying a Rapid Release Code in real time
• Dr. Yvonne's personal grief journey and how it shaped her work
• The difference between coping with emotions vs. clearing them permanently

🎧 If you're on a healing journey — whether through grief, trauma, or simply wanting more peace and joy in your life — this episode is for you. Watch or listen now for personal growth insights, grief support, and practical healing tools unlike anything I've shared before on this podcast. This is one conversation that could genuinely change how you see yourself and your capacity to heal.💛

✨ Don't miss the resources Dr. Yvonne shares throughout our conversation from her 9 Rapid Release Codes™ to upcoming classes and private sessions.

▶️ Press play now and clear what's been holding you back — in minutes, not years.

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RESOURCES:

🌐 Dr. Yvonne's Website: https://www.globalwelcome.com

▶️ Dr. Yvonne's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YvonneOswaldPhD

🎓 Offers and Class June 20th https://globalwelcome.com/safety-box

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