In this episode of The Healing Side, we deliver a powerful storytelling podcast experience rooted in real life stories, deep conversations, and the evolving human experience of healing. We sit down with Lincoln Stoller—physicist turned psychotherapist—whose personal journey bridges science, spirit, and psychology into a unified approach to understanding the mind.

Lincoln shares how quantum mechanics, mountaineering, cultural immersion, and therapy converge in his work. Through deep conversations, we explore the hidden language of dreams, the nature of trauma, and why altered states of awareness reveal truths ordinary thinking cannot reach. We talk about PTSD and anger, symbolism and self-actualization, and why “empty space”—not constant productivity—is where true growth begins.

This episode is about overcoming adversity at the inner level. Lincoln explains the difference between chosen risk and imposed trauma, why anger works in war but fails in civilian life, and how fear and projection become tools for healing. These resilience stories reveal that dreams are not random—they are symbolic maps guiding us back to wholeness.

You’ll walk away with meaningful life lessons about awareness, creativity, and the courage to listen to what the mind is already saying. If you’ve ever wondered how science and spirituality truly meet—or how healing actually begins—this conversation invites you to expand how you understand yourself.

🌐 Learn more about Lincoln:

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Show Notes Highlights:

1. Lincoln’s path from physicist to psychotherapist
2. Shared roots of trauma in academia, business, and combat
3. Chosen risk versus imposed trauma
4. Dreams as symbolic language (and why dictionaries mislead)
5. The role of “empty space” in healing and creativity
6. PTSD, flashbacks, and altered states of awareness
7. Why anger works in war but fails in civilian life
8. Using fear and projection as therapeutic tools
9. Science, spirit, and symbolism as one model of the mind
10. Self-actualization as modern enlightenment