What happens when you stop forcing your life…and start trusting the nudges?

In this powerful “where are they now?” episode, returning guest Karen Johnson joins me for her fourth appearance on the podcast to reflect on how healing unfolds over time — not in a straight line, but in layers.

From her first appearance on Episode 7 to now, Karen shares how her journey has evolved through career transitions, faith, inner child healing, physical health challenges, and redefining success on her own terms. This conversation is a living example of what can happen when ego steps aside, and you begin taking the next right step, even without having the full plan.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why healing isn’t an on/off switch — it’s a knob

• Leaving a long-term career and releasing status-based identity

• Listening to intuition and faith-based nudges

• Inner child healing and reclaiming joy

• Menopause, hormones, Hashimoto’s, and rebuilding body trust

• GLP-1 medications as a support tool (not a shortcut or failure)

• How healing yourself impacts your relationships and marriage

• Creating space for peace, alignment, and possibility

This episode is for anyone who: • Feels stuck in a life that looks “successful” but feels misaligned • Is navigating midlife changes in body, career, or identity • Is tired of compartmentalizing healing and wants wholeness • Needs reassurance that it’s not too late — and you’re not behind

If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s safe to listen to that quiet pull inside you, this conversation will remind you:

Get quiet. Breathe. Create space. The nudges know the way.

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• Episode 7

• Episode 27

• Episode 74

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If you’re feeling the nudge…trust it. Sometimes pressing play is the first step — and sometimes the next step is saying yes to support.

Episode #100 of the Tami Talks: Unscripted Healing Podcast is more than a milestone; it’s a living example of what happens when you stop forcing, start listening, and allow divine timing to lead.

This episode unfolds from a spontaneous, unplanned trip to Sedona, a place known for spiritual awakening, energetic recalibration, and deep inner work. What begins as a quiet grocery store moment (“bless you” after a sneeze) becomes a soul-level meeting that confirms why this podcast exists…and why this 100th episode could never have been planned.

Tami is joined by her newest soul sister, Maureen Webb, a former Chicago police officer turned spiritual guide who blends Human Design, astrology, Gene Keys, and shadow work into grounded, practical tools for healing and self-understanding.

Together, they share an honest, emotional, and deeply human conversation about:

• Worthiness and receiving support

• Body image and lifelong dieting patterns

• Grief, the mother wound, and nervous system safety

• Inner child healing and shadow work (without retraumatizing)

• Trusting intuition before ego steps in

• Why this moment—and this year—matters so much

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to trust your intuition…this might be it.

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As you listen, consider:

• Where in my life am I being nudged to slow down and listen instead of push?

• What would it feel like to trust that help can arrive in simple, unexpected ways?

Trust the nudge. That’s enough for today.

00:00 Episode 100 + inner child opening 05:13 Giveaway + why this episode couldn’t be planned 07:43 Meeting Maureen + the Sedona “Bless You” moment 20:30 Worthiness, body image, and grief 33:02 Sedona, surrender, and divine timing 49:06 Collective energy + breaking cycles 1:23:01 Final message: Break the cycle 1:26:44 Gratitude + what’s next

Recorded live from the hillside in Sedona, this episode explores why learning to receive may be the missing piece in your healing journey. If you’ve been feeling tired, blocked, or resistant to rest and support, this conversation is an invitation to soften and allow.

We also dive into how childhood conditioning creates energetic blocks, how over-giving leads to burnout and self-abandonment, and why true healing begins when the body feels safe enough to receive. This episode weaves together somatic awareness, energy clearing, holistic wellness, and trauma-informed healing to show why healing isn’t about doing more — it’s about resisting less.

If you’ve been feeling tired, blocked, or like something is shifting beneath the surface, this episode is an invitation to slow down, listen to your body, and allow yourself to receive.

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00:00 Recording from Sedona & following the intuitive nudge 03:10 Why this trip wasn’t planned — and why that matters 06:40 Masculine doing vs. feminine receiving 10:15 Rest, sleep & nervous system regulation 14:30 Childhood conditioning & not wanting to be a burden 18:50 Overgiving, self-abandonment & inner child wounds 23:40 Energetic blocks & collective shifts 28:10 Money, worthiness & using your voice 33:45 Energy clearing (yawning, sighing, sneezing, crying) 39:10 Protecting your energy & emotional boundaries 45:00 Ego, distraction & avoiding inner work 50:20 Receiving as a form of healing 55:30 Sedona synchronicities & intuitive guidance 01:00:40 Allowing support from others — and yourself 01:05:30 Final reflection & invitation to receive

There is no manual for life, and if you’re waiting for one before you take the next step, this episode is for you.

In this episode of Tami Talks: Unscripted Healing, Tami explores what it really means to take the first step without seeing the whole staircase. When there is no instruction manual, no guaranteed outcome, and no clear plan, trust becomes the path.

This conversation weaves together a real-time story about a last-minute invitation to Sedona, the ego spiral that followed, and the deeper lesson underneath it all: learning how to trust your intuition instead of waiting for certainty.

We talk about:

• Why there is no manual for healing, purpose, parenting, or growth

• What it looks like to take the first step in faith

• How to tell the difference between intuition and ego

• Healing the worthiness wound and people-pleasing patterns

• Why outsourcing your joy and validation keeps you stuck

• Rebuilding trust with your body, food, and inner child

If you’ve been waiting for permission, clarity, or a full roadmap before moving forward, this episode is your reminder: you don’t need the whole staircase — just the next step.

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Episode Chapters:

00:00 – There is no manual for this 02:00 – Why you don’t get the whole staircase 04:30 – The Sedona invitation + body intuition 08:30 – Ego, money fear, and responsibility 12:30 – Healing the worthiness wound 17:00 – Year of the Snake: final shedding 21:00 – Faith before proof 25:30 – Asking instead of assuming no 29:00 – Safety with food and the body 34:00 – Outsourcing joy and validation 38:30 – When structure helps vs intuition leads 43:00 – Parenting, healing, and life without manuals 47:30 – The Nourished Woman Within + next steps 50:00 – Closing: take the next inspired action

Calling “Cut” on the Life You’ve Outgrown is for anyone who’s realizing the childhood scripts running your adult life may be keeping you stuck — and you’re ready to step into the role of director for your next scene.

You’re not broken. You’re just waking up mid-story.

If your life were a movie…would you actually want to watch it? Or would you be scrolling, waiting for something to change?

In this episode, we explore how many of the roles, reactions, and patterns we live from today were written long before we had language, boundaries, or choice — and how awareness is the moment you finally get to call “CUT” and choose a new scene.

• Imagining your life as a story — and noticing where you’re on autopilot

• Childhood survival roles like The Good Kid, The Strong One, and The Empath

• Why repeating patterns doesn’t mean you’re broken — it means you were trained

• How healing begins the moment you say “CUT” with self-respect

• The role ego plays in filling in blanks and rewriting your script

• Real-life stories with my kids that show how ego narratives form early

• Soul contracts and why certain people enter (and exit) your story

• Why avoiding “sad” emotions also blocks joy and connection

• How to choose the next scene without needing to control the entire story

• If your life were a movie, what scene are you in right now?

• Are you watching from the audience… or sitting in the director’s chair?

• What role are you ready to release?

• What would it look like to gently — but firmly — call “CUT” on what you’ve outgrown?

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00:00 – Introduction & Sponsorships 03:51 – Life as a Movie: Are You the Director? 04:13 – Imagine Your Life as a Story 05:55 – The Role of “The Good Kid” 06:51 – The Role of “The Strong One” 07:48 – The Role of “The Empath” 09:38 – Healing Begins When You Yell “CUT” 12:00 – The Role Ego Plays 13:14 – Aria’s Ego Story & How Ego Writes the Script 17:07 – My 3rd Grade Teacher: A Guardian Angel 19:00 – Soul Contracts 21:12 – Arlo, Sad Movies & Blocking the Good Stuff 24:02 – Where Are You in Your Story Right Now? 25:19 – The Role of Relationships in Your Life Story 28:48 – Navigating Emotions & Healing 31:49 – Choosing Your Character & Direction 34:48 – Initiating Change & Writing Your Script

What if your inner world were a home?

In this episode of Tami Talks: Unscripted Healing, Tami uses the metaphor of moving to explore emotional healing, inner child work, intentional rebuilding, and letting go of the energy of 2025. Together, we walk through the rooms of your life — relationships, nourishment, intimacy, and the parts of yourself you’ve kept hidden — to help you decide what to keep, what to release, and what to rebuild.

This episode is for anyone in a season of transition, shedding old patterns, or preparing to step into a new chapter with more clarity, safety, and self-trust.

Your keys are ready. It’s time to move in.

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Chapters:

• 00:00 Introduction & intentions for the year
• 05:10 The metaphor of moving & shedding old patterns
• 08:54 Identity, authenticity & your “front door”
• 20:08 Relationships & emotional connection
• 27:15 Nourishment, worthiness & the kitchen
• 31:25 Intimacy, vulnerability & self-discovery
• 35:06 Closets, shame & hidden parts of self
• 40:41 Childhood bedrooms & inner child healing
• 46:43 Remodeling vs demolition
• 54:40 Intentional rebuilding & what to bring forward
• 01:02:24 Final walkthrough & stepping into a new timeline

2025 didn’t break you — it refined you. And 2026 isn’t asking you to become someone new. It’s asking you to come home. In this episode, we explore why the “new year, new you” mindset often leads to burnout and self-sabotage — and why real change doesn’t come from urgency, hustle, or fixing yourself.

We talk about:

• Why your body and nervous system respond to safety, not pressure
• How integration matters more than intensity right now
• Why so many New Year goals fail — and what actually supports lasting change
• The difference between reinventing yourself and returning to who you’ve always been

This is the heart behind The Nourished Woman Within — a space where nutrition, movement, energy, faith, and inner child healing come together instead of competing.

If you’re in the in-between…no longer who you were, not quite who you’re becoming…this episode is for you.

You don’t need a rebrand. You need a return.

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Chapters:

• 00:00 Embracing Change, Reflection, and the End of 2025
• 02:20 Rebranding in 2026 vs. a Return to Yourself
• 03:15 A Year of Stripping Away & Refinement
• 05:41 The Father Wound & How Abandonment Shows Up
• 05:48 What Integration Really Means (Mind, Body, Energy)
• 08:51 Why Healing Can Make You Physically Tired
• 10:36 Rest, Self-Care, and Supporting Your Nervous System
• 11:31 Setting New Year Goals from Self-Love, Not Pressure
• 13:34 Entering the New Year with Supportive Energy
• 13:44 The Shift from Doing to Being
• 16:10 Fasting for 10 Years — A Tool That Still Feels Supportive
• 17:50 Coming Home to Yourself
• 20:00 F45 Promo: 2 Weeks for $26
• 21:05 Roots & Wings Weekend Retreat
• 21:39 The Nourished Woman Within — 4-Month Integration Container
• 24:01 Soup as Individual Ingredients vs. True Nourishment
• 29:11 Integration: Bringing It All Together
• 34:30 How Integration Shows Up in Everyday Life
• 35:00 Signs, Synchronicities, and Listening to the Invitations
• 36:34 Facing Fear of Rejection & Sharing Your Gift
• 42:07 Permission to Arrive Home to Yourself

What if the most meaningful gifts this holiday season aren’t wrapped at all? In this healing podcast episode, Tami explores presence, inner child healing, emotional regulation, and why it’s not the event—but the emotional support around it—that shapes our wounds, memories, and joy.

Through personal stories, faith-based reflection, and nervous system healing insights, this episode invites you to slow down, reconnect with your inner child, and create meaningful moments rooted in presence, connection, and love—especially during the holiday season.

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If you’re craving deeper connection, more intentional self-care, and a way to honor both your inner world and your loved ones during this season, this episode is a reminder that the greatest gifts are the ones we feel—not the ones we open.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction & Gratitude

07:10 – The Gift of Presence

12:47 – Creativity, Regulation & Lessons from a Pickle

18:00 – Why the Gift Is Never the Thing

23:03 – Reconnecting with Your Inner Child

28:25 – Finding the Gift God Left for You