“I never knew the direction that I was going in. But I always understood that there was a direction and I always understood that there was something to do, there was a path. And there was a purpose for everything I was doing, even though I was unclear on it. I was always walking with purpose.”

– Dr. Rebecca Nicholson

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Dr. Rebecca Nicholson is a specialist in conflict analysis and resolution, has worked in counter post-war communal violence in West Africa, collaborated with nonprofit organizations to combat human trafficking, and has contributed research on genocide prevention.

She also worked in human intelligence, as a Senior Scientist to use nonlethal soft power tactics to augment psychological operations and civil-military affairs.

We talk about how she went through her own dark night of the soul for 6 years, leading her exploration into natural healing and bridging the connection between both physical and non-physical worlds into different spiritual practices.   

In this episode, we talk about her bridge into spirituality and how much of modern society continues to persecute spiritual thought through downplaying, colonizing the concept into “woo” without fully understanding the breadth of what the non-physical world is really about and what it has to truly offer.   

We tackle the tough conversation on the relationship between science and spirituality as scientists and spiritual teachers pursue very different goals.  

This is why I find talking to Dr. Nicholson such a breath of fresh air. What happens, when part of the journey of living a full life is bridging the gap between spirituality and science? And what happens when society deems the unity of two concepts to be the anomaly?

Shownotes:

[11:54-12:47] Dr. Nicholson shares about how and why she went for a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

[13:28-13:54] Why the definition of conflict is a real or perceived blocking of goals between two or more interdependent parties.

[25:40-25:50] She talks about how she was able to earn her own place, power and be able to do something useful in the world.

[30:11-30:20] She discussed how we interact mentally, emotionally, and on the physical plane with people.

[39:24-39:37] We talked about sensitivity and setting intuitive boundaries.

[41:26-41:48] Being able to tap into your energetics, emotions, different ways that you can understand what’s going on with people in a healing capacity.

[1:10:00 -1:11:00] We discuss why nobody ever can trump your own knowledge of what your path is.

Links:

Website: https://www.8houseelan.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.rebecca.nicholson/

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