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#397 How childhood trauma silently shapes your life — and how to heal it | Dr Stephen Young

Tue, 20 Jan 2026

In this raw, unedited conversation, Stephen Young shares what it was like growing up around conflict, carrying emotional wounds in silence, and learning how to survive without ever being shown how to heal.

We explore how childhood trauma doesn’t disappear with time — it quietly shapes your identity, emotional reactions, self-worth, and relationships, often running your life beneath the surface without your awareness.

This episode is for anyone who feels stuck in repeating patterns, struggles with emotional triggers they can’t explain, or senses that unresolved childhood experiences are still influencing their present.

🔥 In this episode, we explore:

  • How childhood trauma silently shapes adult behaviour
  • Why unresolved emotional wounds repeat in relationships
  • How to recognise triggers and unconscious emotional patterns
  • Practical tools for healing the inner child
  • Transforming pain into clarity, strength, and emotional freedom
  • Breaking generational cycles and building healthier relationships

If you’re ready to face your past honestly and reclaim emotional stability, self-trust, and inner freedom — this episode is for you.

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For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Stephen’s childhood & early emotional struggles
03:25 – Growing up around conflict and long-term impact
06:50 – How early trauma shapes identity & behaviour
10:15 – Becoming aware of emotional wounds in adulthood
13:40 – Suppressed emotions & destructive patterns
17:05 – Understanding triggers & emotional reactions
20:15 – Healing the inner child & reclaiming self-worth
24:10 – Breaking generational cycles
28:30 – Building emotional awareness & resilience
32:55 – Lessons from Stephen’s personal transformation
37:20 – Final reflections for anyone on a healing journey

👤 Guest Bio

Dr Stephen Young has spent over 36 years studying the connection between mind, body, and spirit. He has founded five humanitarian businesses, treated more than 9,000 patients holistically, and leads spiritual miss

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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

#396 How Travel Breaks Identity & Accelerates Inner Growth | Markus Westhuizen

Tue, 13 Jan 2026


In this episode, Markus Westhuizen explores how travel and unfamiliar environments force the mind to change — breaking habitual thought patterns, disrupting identity, and accelerating inner growth.

We discuss why movement unsettles overthinking, why presence matters more than location, and how entering new cultures exposes emotional triggers, ego, and unconscious conditioning — especially for people who feel different, misunderstood, or out of place in the world.

Rather than using travel as escape, this conversation looks at travel as exposure — a direct confrontation with who you are when comfort, routine, and identity fall away. We explore how discomfort rewires perception, how globalisation is shaping human consciousness, and why travel can become a powerful tool for self-observation and awakening when approached consciously.

This episode is for anyone interested in personal growth, conscious travel, identity, presence, awakening, nervous system regulation, and self-awareness — especially if you’ve always felt like you don’t quite belong.

Watch the episode on YouTube:
YouTube.com/yeskingoliver

Connect & explore more:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeskingoliver
FREE course — Take Control: http://www.talkwitholiver.com

For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
Exchange healing services, connect with aligned people, plan journeys across Asia, list retreats, discover festivals, and share your work at

👉 https://findmytribe.org

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💬 Reflection: What did travel reveal about you?

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Why travel changes the mind
02:30 – Moving abroad & identity disruption
05:45 – Culture shock & presence
09:20 – Travel as an awakening trigger
12:50 – How travel exposes mental limits
16:10 – Staying present in unfamiliar environments
19:30 – Globalisation & consciousness
23:05 – Feeling like you don’t belong
26:00 – Emotional triggers revealed through travel
29:40 – Ego, identity & transformation
32:25 – Learning presence through discomfort
35:10 – Awakening through movement & change
38:00 – What travel teaches the nervous system
39:15 – Closing reflections

👤 Guest Bio

Markus Westhuizen works at the intersection of conscious travel, identity, and awakening. His work explores how movement, unfamiliar environments, and presence dissolve conditioned identity and accelerate self-awareness.

🔗 Guest Links

Website: https://starseed-lightcodes.com/
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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

#395 Why Intuition Alone Fails in Real Life — And When Structure Becomes Unavoidable | Simon Haiduk

Tue, 06 Jan 2026

Why intuition alone fails in real life — and when structure becomes unavoidable.

In this raw, unedited conversation, Simon Haiduk explores what happens when pure intuition collides with real-world pressure: deadlines, money, travel, and responsibility.

Simon shares how he backpacked the world in 2000–2001 with zero plans, no phone, and complete trust in intuition — and why that same approach can quietly collapse in modern life without structure to support it.

We move through underground civilizations, ancient buried cities, psychedelic tribal living, and discoveries that challenge official history — all grounded in one central question:

Can you live fully in flow without your life falling apart?

This episode is for anyone drawn to intuition, spirituality, visionary art, ancient mysteries, and learning how to balance flow with real life.

🔥 In this episode:

  • Why intuition alone fails under real-world pressure
  • Backpacking the world with no plans — when it works and when it doesn’t
  • Damanhur: Italy’s hidden underground temple civilization
  • Ancient cities buried beneath modern ones
  • Living with the Huichol peyote tribe and seasonal intuition
  • Graham Hancock’s discoveries reshaping history

Watch the episode on YouTube:
YouTube.com/yeskingoliver

Connect & explore more:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeskingoliver
FREE course — Take Control: http://www.talkwitholiver.com

For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
Exchange healing services, connect with aligned people, plan journeys across Asia, list retreats, discover festivals, and share your work at

👉 https://findmytribe.org

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💬 Comment below: Where has intuition helped you — and where has structure become necessary?

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Intuition isn’t always enough in the physical world
02:20 – When pure flow works perfectly (backpacking in 2000 with no phone)
07:30 – The train bag story: why systems matter
09:40 – Living with the Huichol peyote tribe
14:50 – Damanhur: Italy’s secret underground temple civilization
30:30 – Why we almost never build underground
34:20 – Ancient cities buried under modern cities
37:50 – Graham Hancock’s Peru discoveries
40:30 – “You’re not really here…”
41:50 – Where to find Simon’s visionary art & music

👤 Guest Bio

Simon Haiduk is a visionary artist whose work explores consciousness, ancient civilizations, psychedelics, and the tension between intuition and structure. His art bridges spirituality

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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

#394 The Truth Behind “Travel Forever to Find Yourself” — And Why Many Avoid Family | Hamaima (Mission on Earth)

Tue, 30 Dec 2025


What happens when you finally live the “travel forever to find yourself” dream — and realise you were actually running from family, children, and settling down?

In this raw, expansive conversation, Hamaima (founder of Mission on Earth) explores why long-term travel can flip deeply held beliefs about identity, freedom, family, and belonging.

We dive into how childhood trauma shapes spiritual identity, why many conscious people feel resistance toward having children, and how ideas like starseeds, indigo and crystal children, and volunteer souls attempt to explain the lifelong feeling of not belonging.

The conversation weaves through spirituality, science, technology, and human connection — questioning whether awakening means leaving life behind, or finally learning how to live fully within it.

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt different, out of place, or torn between freedom and grounding — and wondered whether family, commitment, and human connection are limitations… or initiations.

🔥 In this episode, we explore:

  • Why long-term travel can expose avoidance, not freedom
  • How childhood trauma shapes fear around family and children
  • Why many spiritual people resist settling down
  • Starseeds, indigo, crystal children & volunteer souls explained
  • The link between technology, AI, and human consciousness
  • Science catching up with spiritual concepts (quantum entanglement)
  • Learning basic human connection after feeling “different” for life

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t belong on this planet, this conversation may feel like coming home.

Watch the episode on YouTube:
YouTube.com/yeskingoliver

Connect & explore more:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeskingoliver
FREE course — Take Control: http://www.talkwitholiver.com

For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
Exchange healing services, connect with aligned people, plan journeys across Asia, list retreats, discover festivals, and share your work at

👉 https://findmytribe.org

🔔 Turn on notifications for new episodes every week
💬 Comment below: What belief about freedom or family are you questioning right now?

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – The cliché that turned out to be true: traveling to “find yourself”
02:20 – 6 weeks of travel shattered a 10-year belief about having kids
05:40 – You take yourself with you: why geography doesn’t heal trauma
07:10 – Why you can’t truly heal others (but you can plant seeds)
10:20 – The Hundredth Monkey Effect & shared consciousness
13:00

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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

#393 Healing the Inner Child, Self-Worth & Aligned Relationships | Sabrina Vedete Elmaliah

Tue, 23 Dec 2025

In this powerful episode, Sabrina Vedete Elmaliah joins the conversation for a raw and inspiring exploration of inner-child healing, self-worth, emotional boundaries, and attracting relationships that truly match your identity.

We explore how childhood experiences shape who we become, the hidden danger of people-pleasing, why so many people abandon their own needs, and what it actually means to reclaim your power and live from alignment rather than fear.

If you’ve ever struggled with self-love, repeating relationship patterns, weak boundaries, or feeling disconnected from your purpose — this episode will speak directly to you.

✨ What you’ll learn:

  • Why inner-child healing unlocks confidence
  • How to stop abandoning yourself
  • How to recognise unhealthy patterns and trauma cycles
  • Building emotional awareness and self-trust
  • How aligned relationships form naturally
  • Practical steps to raise self-worth and shift identity

Watch the episode on YouTube:
YouTube.com/yeskingoliver

Connect & explore more:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yeskingoliver
FREE course — Take Control: http://www.talkwitholiver.com

For healers, lightworkers & conscious travellers:
Exchange healing services, connect with aligned people, plan journeys across Asia, list retreats, discover festivals, and share your work at

👉 https://findmytribe.org

🔔 Turn on notifications for new episodes every week
💬 Comment below: What pattern are you ready to break in your relationships?

🕒 TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Introduction & setting the tone
02:25 – Why inner-child wounds follow us into adulthood
05:10 – How childhood conditioning shapes identity
08:42 – Abandoning yourself vs showing up for yourself
12:30 – The danger of people-pleasing & losing your voice
15:48 – Building emotional awareness & self-trust
19:05 – Understanding trauma cycles in relationships
22:44 – Choosing partners from alignment, not fear
26:10 – Self-worth and attracting healthier connections
29:52 – Breaking patterns and rewriting your story
33:05 – Living authentically & trusting intuition
36:20 – Final message from Sabrina
38:10 – Outro

👤 Guest Bio

Sabrina Vedete Elmaliah is a mother, womb healer, ritual artist, and founder of Sacred Lotus Yoni. She guides women to heal from the root and reclaim their sensual radiance so they can rise into their sacred purpose.

Her work bridges mysticism and medicine through somatic ritual, embodiment, plant medicine, and menstrual health practices. Sabrina supports women in regulating

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About the Podcast

This is a raw, unedited podcast exploring healing, self-awareness, emotional health, trauma recovery, consciousness, and personal growth. Conversations are unscripted and led by the moment, focusing on what it actually takes to live authentically in the modern world.

Hosted by Oliver — who healed Tourette’s, ADHD, and OCD at 21 through lifestyle changes, meditation, and nervous system regulation — the podcast explores real-world healing beyond theory, labels, or surface-level spirituality.

Each episode dives into topics such as childhood trauma, emotional triggers, inner child healing, mindfulness, mental health, identity, nervous system healing, breaking generational patterns, and building emotional resilience through honest conversations, lived experience, and practical insight.

This podcast is for anyone seeking clarity, emotional freedom, and deeper self-understanding — without bypassing reality or pretending healing is simple.

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