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Have you ever experienced a coincidence so perfectly timed that you wondered if it was really a coincidence at all? Julie Ryan welcomes historian and author Dr. Gerry Bowler back to the show for a fascinating exploration of synchronicity, intuition, collective consciousness, prediction, and whether we may sometimes know things before we consciously understand how.
Julie and Gerry examine extraordinary examples of ideas and events appearing independently at nearly the same time. Gerry shares his own experiences of researchers becoming interested in the same obscure centuries-old material and separate authors creating remarkably similar projects without knowing what the other was doing.
So where do ideas actually come from?
Could some of what we call coincidence be synchronicity? Can multiple people somehow access similar ideas independently? And could intuition occasionally allow us to recognize patterns before our conscious minds catch up?
Julie and Gerry explore theories involving collective consciousness, intuition, creativity, channeling, synchronicity, imagination, and the mysterious relationship between thought and reality.
They also discuss examples from popular culture that seem to anticipate later events, why authors sometimes say their characters appear to take over their stories, and whether creative inspiration can feel as though it comes from somewhere beyond the conscious mind.
The conversation ventures even deeper into ancient history, pyramids, hidden knowledge, spirituality, religion, prophecy, and the mysteries of human consciousness before arriving at the ultimate question:
Why do we incarnate?
If you've ever received a sign at exactly the right moment, known something without understanding why, experienced an impossible coincidence, or wondered whether the universe might be communicating with you, this conversation will give you plenty to consider.
Guest Biography:
Dr. Gerry Bowler, a historian from Saskatoon with degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D. from King’s College London, has spent his career exploring the intersection of religion and popular culture after beginning as a scholar of Medieval and Early-Modern Europe. His wide-ranging work spans studies on The Simpsons, Aristotle and professional wrestling, Wayne Gretzky, and Bloody Mary, though he is best known for his extensive research on the history of Christmas. The author of numerous books—including The World Encyclopedia of Christmas, Santa Claus: A Biography, God and The Simpsons, and Christmas in the Crosshairs—Gerry has also contributed countless articles, encyclopedia entries, op-eds, and edited volumes, with his works translated into multiple languages worldwide. When not writing or teaching, he serves as a Senior Fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, where he humorously “shakes a fist at modern society and tells it to get off his lawn.”
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Can We Know Something Before It Happens?
(0:10:00) Are We Tapping Into a Collective Consciousness?
(0:24:00) When Is a Coincidence Actually a Sign?
(0:38:00) Ancient Mysteries, Pyramids & Hidden Knowledge
(0:51:00) Can Our Thoughts Influence What Becomes Reality?

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What if your body isn't working against you—but trying to get your attention? Julie Ryan talks with somatic healer and transformational coach Harmony Slater about anxiety, burnout, body image, stored emotional patterns, and why constantly fighting what we feel may actually keep us disconnected from what our bodies are trying to communicate.
Harmony shares her own lifelong struggle with body image and perfectionism, even while achieving extraordinary levels of physical discipline through yoga and dance. Eventually, she began to see the very wound she'd spent years trying to overcome as an invitation to understand herself more deeply—and ultimately help others do the same.
Julie and Harmony explore the connection between the body, unconscious patterns, emotions, and the nervous system, including Harmony's perspective on how suppressed experiences can show up as physical tension and recurring patterns.
They also examine why the nervous system often chooses what's familiar over what's better. If you've ever wondered why you return to the same relationship patterns, fears, behaviors, or self-sabotaging thoughts even after years of personal growth, Harmony offers a fascinating explanation.
You'll discover why fear and excitement can produce similar sensations in the body, how the labels we attach to those sensations influence our experience, and why learning to stay present with uncomfortable feelings may change our relationship with them.
Julie and Harmony also discuss somatic breathwork, journaling, manifestation, thought patterns, intuition, presence, trauma, nervous-system regulation, and conscious creation—along with practical ways to reconnect with your body's inner wisdom.
And the conversation ultimately goes somewhere even deeper: Why are we here?
Harmony shares her spiritual perspective that we are expressions of one infinite consciousness experiencing separation, difference, and ultimately a return to love.
If you've spent years trying to fix yourself, fight your body, escape uncomfortable emotions, or understand why the same patterns keep returning, this conversation offers another possibility: perhaps the first step isn't fighting harder. Perhaps it's learning to listen.
Guest Biography:
Harmony Slater is a Certified Mastery Coach, breathwork and pranayama trainer, and one of only twenty women worldwide to hold the highest-level Ashtanga Yoga certification. For over 25 years, she has guided students across 33 countries in yoga, meditation, and energy practices, weaving together neuroscience, spirituality, and somatic healing. As host of the Finding Harmony Podcast and founder of the Lightworker Mastermind, Harmony empowers high-achieving women and spiritual entrepreneurs to regulate their nervous systems, release energetic blocks, and grow soul-aligned businesses with clarity, vitality, and flow.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Welcome & Meet Harmony Slater
(0:00:40) What If Your Struggles Are Trying to Awaken You?
(0:02:14) Can Your Deepest Wound Reveal Your Purpose?
(0:06:57) Why Is Body Image So Hard to Escape?
(0:14:11) Where Do Our Body Image Beliefs Come From?
(0:18:55) Is Your Body a Portal to Higher Consciousness?
(0:27:48) Why Your Nervous System Keeps You Stuck
(0:31:57) How to Move Through Fear Instead of Fighting It
(0:38:01) Why You Still Feel Stuck After Doing the Work
(0:44:47) What Is Your Body Holding Onto?
(0:59:07) Can You Transform Stored Trauma?
(1:01:08) Can Your Thoughts Influence Your Reality?
(1:05:50) The Spiritual Practice That Changed Everything
(1:14:07) How to Interrupt a Fear-Based Thought
(1:22:15) Simple Ways to Reconnect With Your Inner Wisdom

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Who comes for us when we die—and are deceased loved ones already waiting as we approach the end of life? In this episode of the Ask Julie Ryan Show, Julie explores the spiritual side of dying, end-of-life visions, the 12 Phases of Transition®, and why people nearing death sometimes report seeing loved ones who died before them.
When end-of-life doula Terri calls about her Uncle Tom, Julie intuitively perceives him in Phase 7 of the 12 Phases of Transition®, the spiritual framework Julie describes in her book Angelic Attendants: What Happens As We Transition From This Life Into The Next. Their conversation explores what may happen as someone approaches death and the comforting experiences often reported by dying people and their families.
Do loved ones come to help us cross?
Why do some dying people appear to see or communicate with people who have already died?
And could these experiences offer comfort to families facing one of life's most difficult transitions?
Julie also connects with Juliana, who is carrying guilt following her mother's death from cancer. Julie shares the impressions she receives about Juliana's mother, discusses connecting with deceased loved ones through dreams, and offers her perspective on why love and connection continue after physical death.
Plus, Julie takes callers from around the world with questions about chronic sinus problems, kidney concerns, hair loss, digestive symptoms, unexplained joint pain, and cancer, sharing her medical-intuitive impressions and energetic-healing approach.
And there's a BIG announcement: Julie officially introduces the Ask Julie Ryan® app, including Spirit Chat™, a new way to submit a video question and receive a personal video response from Julie.
If you've ever wondered what happens before we die, whether our loved ones are waiting for us, or if anyone crosses over alone, this conversation offers Julie's spiritual perspective on one of life's greatest mysteries.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Julie Returns + An Update on Tim
(0:02:15) Chronic Sinus Problems: What Does Julie Sense?
(0:10:03) Kidney Concerns, Fibroids & an Intuitive Scan
(0:16:20) Sudden Hair Loss: What Could Be Going On?
(0:21:13) Decades of Bloating & Digestive Problems
(0:23:36) Is Her Deceased Mother Still With Her?
(0:31:33) Should She Leave Her Job—or Wait?
(0:33:40) BIG Announcement: The Ask Julie Ryan® App!
(0:38:39) Who Comes for Us When We Die?
(0:46:23) Unexplained Joint Pain: Julie’s Intuitive Scan
(0:51:31) Supporting a Caller Living With Advanced Cancer
(0:57:50) A Friend With Stage 4 Brain Cancer
(1:01:42) Closing Thoughts & Prayers for Tim

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Dave Asprey spent decades biohacking his body and brain—but one of his most profound experiences had nothing to do with living longer. He says he encountered God. Now he joins Julie Ryan to explore what biohacking taught him about consciousness, trauma, energy, intuition, death, and the nature of reality itself.
Dave, the founder of Bulletproof and a pioneer of the modern biohacking movement, explains why he believes longevity and consciousness are deeply connected—and why his own journey took him from being a self-described skeptic to exploring meditation, neurofeedback, altered states, energy work, and spirituality.
Dave shares the experience he describes as meeting God at a Joe Dispenza event and explains how it affected his understanding of consciousness. Julie and Dave also tackle one of humanity's biggest questions: What happens when we die? Dave shares his views on death as a change of state, biocentrism, time, space, past lives, and whether consciousness extends beyond the physical body.
They also explore the connection between unresolved trauma and the body, including Dave's experiences using forgiveness practices and energy techniques, along with his provocative “Five F's” framework for understanding some of our most primal reactions.
Then things get even stranger.
Dave recounts experiments involving intention and AI, his experiences with energy work and psychic self-protection, and why he believes intuition can be understood as an altered state of consciousness.
You'll also hear how Dave went from a sick, 300-pound skeptic to one of the world's best-known voices in biohacking; why his journey began on a sacred mountain in Tibet; what decades of neurofeedback taught him about the mind; and why optimizing the body may ultimately be about something much bigger than simply living longer.
Julie and Dave also discuss ketones, sugar, coffee, meditation, emotional triggers, the mind-body connection, and the possibility that some of what we call fear may originate from ancient biological survival systems operating beneath conscious awareness.
Can consciousness be trained? Can trauma become embedded in our physical experience? What actually happens when we die? And what happens when someone obsessed with optimizing the human body begins exploring what might exist beyond it?
This conversation goes far beyond biohacking.
Guest Biography:
Dave Asprey is a longevity expert, four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee and The Bulletproof Diet, and a leading pioneer of the biohacking movement. After transforming his own health by losing more than 100 pounds and improving his cognitive performance, Dave dedicated his career to helping others optimize their health, performance, and longevity, helping popularize innovations including MCT oil and collagen protein along the way. He hosts the top-ranked The Human Upgrade podcast and is the author of the USA Today bestseller Heavily Meditated: The Fast Path to Remove Your Triggers, Dissolve Stress, and Activate Inner Peace. Dave also runs the 40 Years of Zen neurofeedback program, the BEYOND Biohacking Conference, a regenerative agriculture farm, and ventures including Danger Coffee and Upgrade Labs, while investing in innovative health and longevity companies and continuing to develop accessible tools for improving human performance and well-being.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Welcome & Meet Dave Asprey
(0:01:57) The Spiritual Origin of the Biohacking Movement
(0:04:10) How a 300-Pound Skeptic Became a Spiritual Seeker
(0:08:28) Can Consciousness Influence Your Biology?
(0:11:04) The Energy Healing Dave Says Changed Her Life
(0:14:38) Can Human Intention Influence AI?
(0:18:22) Psychic Influence, Energy & Spiritual Protection
(0:24:48) Can Trauma Get Trapped in the Body?
(0:28:13) The 5 Primal Drives Controlling Your Reactions
(0:34:06) What Happened When Julie Finally Quit Sugar
(0:40:09) Is Intuition an Altered State of Consciousness?
(0:47:29) Can You Train Your Brain to Stop Being Triggered?
(0:52:58) Dave Asprey Says He Met God—Here’s What Happened
(0:59:31) Coffee, Mold & the Surprising History of Consciousness
(1:05:05) Why Fear May Not Be Coming From Your Conscious Mind

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Your brain is constantly deciding what deserves your attention—but could your thoughts and beliefs be influencing what you notice every day?
Julie Ryan talks with entrepreneur and Positive Activity™ co-creator Lori Rogers about how changing what she focused on transformed the way she responded to fear, uncertainty, caregiving, and some of the most difficult challenges of her life.
Lori once described herself as a chronic “worrywart.” Then several crises collided: her business was struggling, her daughter suffered a severe concussion, and her son with autism was approaching adulthood. Instead of allowing fear to dictate what happened next, Lori began experimenting with simple daily practices involving gratitude, kindness, movement, meditation, and intentional focus.
Julie and Lori explore the reticular activating system (RAS) and the role attention plays in determining which information we consciously notice. They discuss how repeated patterns of thought can influence our attention and behavior—and why changing those patterns may help us respond differently to the world around us.
But this conversation goes much deeper than positive thinking.
Lori explains why forced positivity doesn't work, how fear can interfere with intuition and decision-making, and why she began looking at difficult experiences as happening for her rather than simply to her.
She also shares the remarkable story of her adult son Craig, who is nonspeaking and communicates through spelling. Lori describes the profound messages he has shared with her about God, love, consciousness, and the nature of life, and why she now considers him one of her greatest spiritual teachers.
Julie and Lori also explore conscious creation, spiritual guidance, resilience, caregiving, manifestation, and a simple morning practice designed to help interrupt habitual thought patterns before they take over the day.
If you've ever felt trapped in worry, fear, negative thinking, or circumstances you can't control, this conversation explores what may change when you become more intentional about where you place your attention.
Guest Biography:
Lori Rogers is the president and co-founder of Rogers Marketing, a multimillion-dollar woman-owned business where, for more than 25 years, she and her team have built lasting client relationships, driven franchise-leading sales, and earned recognition for leadership in their industry. She is also the caregiver of her adult son, who was diagnosed with autism, an experience that inspired her advocacy for individuals with special needs and their families. Lori co-founded PASE—Parents Assisting Special Educators—to provide vital equipment and supplies to special education classrooms and teachers, and founded Life-Op to create safe, productive learning environments for adults with special needs. A passionate Spelling to Communicate (S2C) advocate, Lori has dedicated herself to expanding opportunities and support for nonspeaking individuals. In 2011, she began incorporating the practices of Positive Activity™, experiencing profound shifts in both her professional success and her approach to caregiving. Today, she shares these principles with others, teaching simple daily practices and mindset shifts designed to foster greater positivity, possibility, and meaningful transformation in business, caregiving, and everyday life.
Episode Chapters:
(0:00:00) Can Your Thoughts Change the Life You Experience?
(0:06:27) Your Brain Is Filtering More Than You Realize
(0:09:31) How Fear Can Block Intuition & Guidance
(0:12:45) The Crises That Forced Lori to Change Her Thinking
(0:23:01) Her Nonspeaking Son Became Her Spiritual Teacher
(0:37:47) Simple Daily Habits That Can Shift Your Mindset
(0:56:00) Are We Consciously Creating Our Lives?
(1:02:44) The 2-Minute Morning Shift to Start Tomorrow

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