In this deeply personal and expansive conversation, JJ and Tawney take the healing discussion to the next level—exploring plant medicine, addiction, emotional trauma, and true integration.

Tawney shares the raw story of her first mushroom journey and how it became a turning point that shifted everything—from how she saw herself, to how she built her business and community.

JJ expands on the role of psychedelics in emotional healing, the nervous system, and why most people stay stuck—even after years of personal development work.

• How plant medicine can create breakthroughs when nothing else works
• The difference between intellectual healing vs embodied transformation
• Why addiction isn’t about substances—it’s about what you’re avoiding
• How trauma shuts down parts of the brain (and how to reopen them)
• What “ego death” really means—and why it matters
• The role of integration (and why most people skip it)
• How your inner world directly impacts your business and success

1. Healing Isn’t About Learning—It’s About Experiencing

You can study healing for years and still stay stuck.

True transformation happens when the body integrates what the mind already knows.

2. Addiction Is Deeper Than Substances

Addiction isn’t just drugs or alcohol—it’s:

• Control
• Workaholism
• People-pleasing
• Avoidance

3. You Can’t Heal in Survival Mode

When your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight:

• You can’t access healing
• You can’t think clearly
• You can’t change patterns

This is why many people stay stuck—even when they “know better.”

4. Plant Medicine Can Bypass the Noise

Psychedelics (when used intentionally) can:

• Quiet the analytical mind
• Open new neural pathways
• Allow suppressed emotions to surface
• Create direct connection to truth and source

5. Integration Is Everything

The breakthrough isn’t the end—it’s the beginning.

Without integration:

• Insights fade
• Patterns return
• Nothing actually changes

Real healing happens in the weeks and months after.

6. You Always Have a Choice

One of the most powerful realizations:

• You are not stuck
• You are not powerless
• You are choosing—consciously or unconsciously

This episode isn’t just about psychedelics—it’s about:

• Why people stay stuck in pain
• Why awareness doesn’t equal change
• And how to move from knowing → embodying → becoming

You don’t need more information.

You need integration, experience, and truth that lands in your body.

Healing isn’t about escaping your pain—

…it’s about finally facing it, feeling it, and choosing differently.

• Women doing “all the work” but still feeling stuck
• High achievers with hidden emotional patterns
• Anyone curious about plant medicine and deeper healing
• Those ready to move from coping → transformation

In this deep and honest conversation, JJ and Tawney unpack the popular phrase “you are your own healer”—and why it’s both empowering and incomplete.

They explore the balance between self-awareness and external support, breaking down when inner work is essential… and when you need guidance, coaching, or new frameworks to actually create change.

• What “being your own healer” really means
• Why self-awareness alone doesn’t create transformation
• The difference between healing, coaching, and integration
• How early programming (ages 0–7) shapes your patterns
• Why most people can’t see their own blind spots
• When it’s time to stop doing it alone and seek support

1. You Have to Be With Yourself First

Healing begins with learning to sit with your thoughts, emotions, and body—without distraction or avoidance.

2. But You Can’t Heal What You Can’t See

Even highly self-aware people miss their own patterns. Without new perspectives or tools, growth can stall.

3. Your Patterns Were Programmed Early

Most of your beliefs were formed before age 7—meaning your reactions today are often unconscious and automatic.

4. Healing = Change in Real Time

True healing isn’t just understanding your story—it’s being different in the same situation.

5. Coaching Provides What You Can’t Access Alone

A great coach doesn’t heal you—they:

• Reflect your blind spots
• Offer new frameworks
• Help you take aligned action

“You are your own healer” can feel empowering…

but for many, it’s overwhelming without the right tools or support.

The real growth path is:

➡️ Learn to know yourself

➡️ Integrate what you learn

➡️ Get support where you’re stuck

You are responsible for your healing…

but you’re not meant to do it alone.

• Women who feel stuck despite doing “the work”
• High achievers ready for deeper emotional integration
• Anyone wondering if they need coaching or support
• Those ready to move from awareness → transformation

In this inspiring conversation, JJ sits down with entrepreneur, coach, and community builder Julie Kraschinsky to explore what it really takes to trust yourself, take bold leaps, and build a business aligned with joy, intuition, and purpose.

Julie shares her journey from corporate sales, to 30 years in direct sales leadership, to building a thriving coaching practice rooted in faith, possibility, and what she calls Joyful Momentum.

• How Julie’s entrepreneurial journey began unexpectedly through direct sales
• The lessons she learned leading teams, earning 14 career cars, and developing as a leader
• How divorce, uncertainty, and personal hardship became catalysts for reinvention
• Why “the bigger risk may be staying where you are”
• The role of intuition, faith, and taking leaps before you feel fully ready
• Why life and business can’t be separated in true coaching and growth
• The emotional patterns that often hold entrepreneurs back more than strategy does
• Why community, support, and surrounding yourself with people who elevate you matters
• How COVID unexpectedly expanded opportunities for connection and business growth
• Julie’s GPS — Genius Power System and how listening inward creates momentum
• Why money should not be the reason you abandon a dream
• Julie’s belief that make the decision first — the money can figure itself out

“You’re always believing in something — either it can work, or it can’t. Why not believe it can?”

“Don’t let your bank account tell you what your dream is pulling you to do.”

“You are not doing business alone. Lock arms with people who help elevate you.”

“Make the decision first. The money figures itself out.”

Julie’s Entrepreneurial Assessment

🌐 juliekcoaching.com/assessment

Gifted Coaching Session with Julie

🌐 juliekcoaching.com/gifted

Learn More About Julie

🌐 juliekcoaching.com

(Use Julie’s website as your main connection hub for socials, events, and the Joyful Momentum Collective.)

🌐 juliekcoaching.com

🌐 https://jjflizanes.com

Free Feelings & Needs List:

🌐 https://jjflizanes.com/feelingslist

Learn more about the Empowering Minds Network

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