Strong doesn't mean being tough. Sometimes it simply means continuing to show up.

In this deeply personal episode, psychotherapist and Psyched-IN founder Karen Fagan shares her journey through stage four colon cancer and the relationships that shifted along the way.

Karen reflects on the weight carried in the question "How are you feeling?", the importance of choosing kindness even in the midst of hardship, and how illness can fundamentally change the way we see life and our connections with others. Her experience reshaped her understanding of strength and what it truly means to keep going. At the end of the day, she reminds us that your journey is yours, and everything unfolds in its own time.

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Karen Fagan is a psychotherapist and the founder and owner of Psyched-IN! She educates her clients on psychoneurobiology, meaning your brain and body are trying to help, but sometimes the message gets lost in translation. If we understand the mechanisms behind our discomfort, it is easier to unravel them. She teaches skills for self-regulation drawn from somatic practices. She uses cognitive behavioral strategies to change both physical and emotional habits, uses EFT techniques, mindfulness, and EMDR. Karen also advocates for holding healthy boundaries and using assertive communication skills.

Website: https://psychedin.net/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-anderson-fagan-lpc-049bb52a/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PSYCHEDIN

Melinda V Jacobs is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma-Informed Coach, Spiritual Leader, and Author with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals through life's challenges - including emotional pain, uncertainty, and inner struggle - into clarity, healing, and meaningful inspiration. Her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded work helps people move beyond subconscious blocks and repeating patterns to reclaim their wholeness and live with purpose. Drawing from years of training in hypnotherapy, addiction counseling, meditation, and metaphysics, she supports lasting transformation - resolving the past, restoring self-trust, and deepening intuition while realigning with one's true essence. With certifications in Hypnotherapy, Regression Therapy, Cellular Release Therapy, Yoga, and more, Melinda empowers others to embody the life they were always meant to live - beyond trauma, beyond limits.

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#RedefiningStrength #CancerJourney #EmotionalHealing

A healthy body naturally craves healthier foods.

In this episode, we're joined by Jon Gabriel to talk about his personal weight loss journey that inspired his book, Eat Ice Cream, Lose Weight, and the powerful lessons he learned along the way.

Jon also shares why digestion tends to worsen as we age, how he discovered a more digestible and nutrient-dense approach to eating for sustainable weight loss, and why nourishing the body at a premium level can lead to life-changing results. We also explore the truth about fructose in fruit, the benefits of eating foods in their most natural form rather than processed, and why mindset and focus play such an important role in lasting weight loss.

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Jon Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and completed advanced coursework in biochemistry, including research with renowned biochemist Jose Rabinowitz.

After years of unexplained weight gain that led to morbid obesity, a life-altering wake-up call in 2001—including narrowly missing United Airlines Flight 93—inspired him to apply his scientific background to uncover the real causes of weight gain.

The result was a remarkable transformation: Jon lost over 103 kilos without dieting or surgery, with minimal signs of prior obesity. He now dedicates his life to helping others achieve lasting weight loss and personal success. His story has been featured on A Current Affair, Today/Tonight, The Jane Pauley Show, Hard Copy, and Entertainment Tonight.

Website: https://www.thegabrielmethodcommunity.com/c/eat-ice-cream-lose-weight/

Get a copy of his book, Eat Ice Cream, Lose Weight: How to Use Delicious Superfood Ice Creams to Melt Fat Quickly and Be in the Best Shape of your Life at Any Age, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Ice-Cream-Lose-Weight-ebook/dp/B0G4L1QZLF/ref=sr_1_1?crid[…]ose+weight&qid=1767579735&sprefix=eat+ice+%2Caps%2C212&sr=8-1

Melinda V Jacobs is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma-Informed Coach, Spiritual Leader, and Author with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals through life's challenges - including emotional pain, uncertainty, and inner struggle - into clarity, healing, and meaningful inspiration. Her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded work helps people move beyond subconscious blocks and repeating patterns to reclaim their wholeness and live with purpose. Drawing from years of training in hypnotherapy, addiction counseling, meditation, and metaphysics, she supports lasting transformation - resolving the past, restoring self-trust, and deepening intuition while realigning with one's true essence. With certifications in Hypnotherapy, Regression Therapy, Cellular Release Therapy, Yoga, and more, Melinda empowers others to embody the life they were always meant to live - beyond trauma, beyond limits.

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#HealthyEating #WeightLossJourney #SustainableWeightLoss

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What's the one thing you can do to strengthen your intuition?

In this episode, we'll explore how to develop the intuition that already lives within you as we move into 2026, and how to gently remove the blocks that keep you from fully trusting it. I'll also share how I began listening to and working with my guides, and how discernment helped me understand who to keep close and where to deepen relationships.

As multidimensional beings, it starts by noticing subtle signals, acknowledging them without judgment, and identifying the beliefs that limit your trust in yourself. This is how inner wisdom grows and how confidence in your intuition is built.

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Melinda V Jacobs is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma-Informed Coach, Spiritual Leader, and Author with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals through life's challenges - including emotional pain, uncertainty, and inner struggle - into clarity, healing, and meaningful inspiration. Her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded work helps people move beyond subconscious blocks and repeating patterns to reclaim their wholeness and live with purpose. Drawing from years of training in hypnotherapy, addiction counseling, meditation, and metaphysics, she supports lasting transformation - resolving the past, restoring self-trust, and deepening intuition while realigning with one's true essence. With certifications in Hypnotherapy, Regression Therapy, Cellular Release Therapy, Yoga, and more, Melinda empowers others to embody the life they were always meant to live - beyond trauma, beyond limits.

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Website: https://www.mvjacobs.com/

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#InnerWisdom #ConsciousLiving #EnergyAwareness

You are a masterpiece in the making.

In this episode, I'm having an insightful conversation with my mentor of many years, Cynthia James — spiritual leader, mentor coach, and host of the podcast Women Awakening. She shares her wisdom on consciousness, expansion, letting go, and her daily spiritual practice. We'll also explore why expansion doesn't automatically come with age, why it's important to own your energy, and what it really means to "deal with it."

Because our emotions are messages meant to be heard, and we have to remain in the driver's seat. Inner voices may try to hold you back, but your life is still beautiful, powerful, and full of possibility.

Come and join me in The Alchemy Transmission - You Were Never Meant to Wind Down

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Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach, and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a former actress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to her work. Cynthia holds master's degrees in consciousness studies and spiritual psychology. Author of 6 bestselling and award-winning books, including I Choose Me: The Art of Being A Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helps women step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.

Connect with Cynthia James:

Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms

Melinda V Jacobs is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma-Informed Coach, Spiritual Leader, and Author with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals through life's challenges - including emotional pain, uncertainty, and inner struggle - into clarity, healing, and meaningful inspiration. Her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded work helps people move beyond subconscious blocks and repeating patterns to reclaim their wholeness and live with purpose. Drawing from years of training in hypnotherapy, addiction counseling, meditation, and metaphysics, she supports lasting transformation - resolving the past, restoring self-trust, and deepening intuition while realigning with one's true essence. With certifications in Hypnotherapy, Regression Therapy, Cellular Release Therapy, Yoga, and more, Melinda empowers others to embody the life they were always meant to live - beyond trauma, beyond limits.

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Website: https://www.mvjacobs.com/

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#SpiritualGrowth #ConsciousLiving #InnerExpansion

Survival mode keeps you functioning, but life begins when you choose presence, truth, and full participation.

In this episode, Cacaoist and Space Holder Tara Paonessa talks about what happens when coping, pushing, and performing finally stop working. Healing begins when you allow your body, not just your mind, to tell the truth.

Tara shares her journey from long-term survival into a life rooted in presence, integrity, and choice. Her story reflects what it looks like to be highly capable while quietly carrying unprocessed trauma.

You'll hear why healing doesn't require repeating every story, why growth isn't linear, and why resistance often shows up right before real change.

Tune in to the full episode of The Alchemy Transmission podcast: From Survival to Soul-On-Fire: A Journey Back to Power.

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Tara Paonessa is an intuitive guide who supports women in moving from survival into embodied self-trust and inner power. Through journaling, sister circles, and off-the-grid experiences, she helps women reconnect with their authentic selves and natural instincts. A life-changing encounter with a wolf pack in the Arctic Circle awakened her deep understanding of presence, energy, and intuitive wisdom. Today, she creates grounded, safe spaces for women to listen inward, reclaim their courage, and live in alignment with their soul's truth. Her work invites a return to instinct, awareness, and a life set alight from within.

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Website: https://tarapaonessa.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_paonessa/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-paonessa1111/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tara.paonessa1

Melinda V Jacobs is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma-Informed Coach, Spiritual Leader, and Author with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals through life's challenges - including emotional pain, uncertainty, and inner struggle - into clarity, healing, and meaningful inspiration. Her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded work helps people move beyond subconscious blocks and repeating patterns to reclaim their wholeness and live with purpose. Drawing from years of training in hypnotherapy, addiction counseling, meditation, and metaphysics, she supports lasting transformation - resolving the past, restoring self-trust, and deepening intuition while realigning with one's true essence. With certifications in Hypnotherapy, Regression Therapy, Cellular Release Therapy, Yoga, and more, Melinda empowers others to embody the life they were always meant to live - beyond trauma, beyond limits.

Connect with Melinda!

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Are you also in the spectrum? We're here to dissolve that shame and rewrite the story.

In this episode, I open up about my autism diagnosis — the ways it reshaped my understanding of myself, clarified my purpose, and helped me recognize my own power. I'll also share a conversation with Bashar that brought unexpected validation and resonance.

Together, we'll reframe autism as a spiritual wiring and an energetic evolution. We'll explore why autism can feel like an off-planet frequency, how diagnosis can bring deep clarity to life, and what it looks like to embrace both the struggle and the brilliance that comes with it.

Come and join me in The Alchemy Transmission - What Autism Taught Me About My Power, My Path, and My Purpose

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Melinda V Jacobs is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma-Informed Coach, Spiritual Leader, and Author with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals through life's challenges - including emotional pain, uncertainty, and inner struggle - into clarity, healing, and meaningful inspiration. Her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded work helps people move beyond subconscious blocks and repeating patterns to reclaim their wholeness and live with purpose. Drawing from years of training in hypnotherapy, addiction counseling, meditation, and metaphysics, she supports lasting transformation - resolving the past, restoring self-trust, and deepening intuition while realigning with one's true essence. With certifications in Hypnotherapy, Regression Therapy, Cellular Release Therapy, Yoga, and more, Melinda empowers others to embody the life they were always meant to live - beyond trauma, beyond limits.

Connect with Melinda!

Website: https://www.mvjacobs.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melindavjacobs/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-jacobs/

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#NeurodivergentStrength #AutismAwareness #EnergeticEvolution

How do you live life as a mystic?

In this episode, I'm sharing the embodied lessons that came alive for me during my Living Life as a Mystic Retreat — including the story behind one decision that opened the door to $74,000.

We'll explore how every room carries its own energy and frequency, and how we contribute to it with our presence. Also, we'll understand why intention matters, why our energy is medicine, and how we become co-creators of our experiences. Because when we want prosperity, we must think like it, act like it, and align with it.

Watch The Alchemy Transmission - The Retreat That Rewired Me: How One Honest Decision Opened $74,000.

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Melinda V Jacobs is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma-Informed Coach, Spiritual Leader, and Author with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals through life's challenges - including emotional pain, uncertainty, and inner struggle - into clarity, healing, and meaningful inspiration. Her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded work helps people move beyond subconscious blocks and repeating patterns to reclaim their wholeness and live with purpose. Drawing from years of training in hypnotherapy, addiction counseling, meditation, and metaphysics, she supports lasting transformation - resolving the past, restoring self-trust, and deepening intuition while realigning with one's true essence. With certifications in Hypnotherapy, Regression Therapy, Cellular Release Therapy, Yoga, and more, Melinda empowers others to embody the life they were always meant to live - beyond trauma, beyond limits.

Connect with Melinda!

Website: https://www.mvjacobs.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melindavjacobs/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-jacobs/

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#MysticLiving #EnergyMedicine #ProsperityMindset

In this episode, we're talking about feeling stuck and the real resistance that often sits underneath it. Are you truly at a standstill, or are you paralyzed by the fear you're carrying inside? And what about your health goals—how are you moving toward them, if at all?

The truth is that there's always a deeper feeling beneath that sense of stuckness, and it's trying to get your attention. The moment you acknowledge it, you can finally name it and begin to move forward.

These feelings won't disappear overnight, but when you meet yourself in the emotions you're holding, that's where traction begins.

Watch The Alchemy Transmission - You Were Never Stuck: There's A Part Of You Asking To Be Seen.

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Melinda V Jacobs is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma-Informed Coach, Spiritual Leader, and Author with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals through life's challenges - including emotional pain, uncertainty, and inner struggle - into clarity, healing, and meaningful inspiration. Her trauma-informed, spiritually grounded work helps people move beyond subconscious blocks and repeating patterns to reclaim their wholeness and live with purpose. Drawing from years of training in hypnotherapy, addiction counseling, meditation, and metaphysics, she supports lasting transformation - resolving the past, restoring self-trust, and deepening intuition while realigning with one's true essence. With certifications in Hypnotherapy, Regression Therapy, Cellular Release Therapy, Yoga, and more, Melinda empowers others to embody the life they were always meant to live - beyond trauma, beyond limits.

Connect with Melinda!

Website: https://www.mvjacobs.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melindavjacobs/

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#FeelingStuck #OvercomingResistance #EmotionalHealth