Everything You Need to Know About the Ascension of Humanity
The Ascension Protocol
What does it mean for humanity to evolve beyond its current form? Join us as we explore the frontiers of human potential—from technological augmentation and artificial intelligence to consciousness expansion and collective awakening. Each episode examines how breakthrough discoveries in neuroscience, transhumanism, space exploration, and spiritual practice might converge to fundamentally transform what it means to be human.
We speak with different spiritual & scientific entrepreneurs that have learned what it means to become aligned with their path and purpose, discussing a wide range of topics that explain terminology and multidimensional concepts related to both individual and the collective ascension or awakening. There are also bonus episodes weaved in that are real stories, told by real people, sharing their own personal journeys, inspiring hope, sharing resources, and shedding light on how differently personal growth can look for each individual.
This is more than futurism—it's an investigation into humanity's oldest dream: to become more than we are. Join the conversation about the ascension journey and what the heck that really means.
If you would be interested in being a guest on the show, you can fill out an application at https://www.divineascensionco.com/podcast-app
Episodes
61 episodes
Angels, Dragons, and Unicorns: Joan Buckley on the Realms That Wake You Up
Joan Buckley is an energy intuitive healer, sacred space creator, cosmic connector, and way shower from Ireland. She supports spiritually aware people who are feeling the intensity of change, helping them reconnect with themselves, feel support...
From Opera to Trance Channeling: Rachel Chamness on Losing a Career and Finding the One Underneath It
What happens when the calling you trained your whole life for ends, and the thing waiting underneath it looks nothing like what you were expecting?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Rachel Chamness, shamanic channel and me...
The Psych Ward and the Cancer Ward: Liz Casper on Bipolar, a Near-Death Experience, and Two Very Different Kinds of Care
What happens when a doctor of thirty-five years ends up as a patient in the part of the system she thought she understood?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Liz Casper, former medical doctor, artist, and author of Brillian...
Fluent in Survival, Illiterate in Peace: Elizabeth Kipp on 40 Years of Chronic Pain and the Way Out
What happens when the doctors tell you your pain is permanent, and you decide not to accept it?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Elizabeth Kipp, stress management and historical trauma specialist, certified addiction reco...
You Are Not Your Issue: Carol Grieve on Lyme Disease, Leaving Law, and Following Your Heart
What happens when healing your body isn't enough, and the real work turns out to be forgiveness you didn't know you needed to do?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Carol Grieve, holistic nutritionist, life coach, and autho...
Pleiadian Light Language, Animal Communication & Alignment Sessions: A Conversation with Sharna Teresa
What does it look like when someone's spiritual gifts show up before they even believe in any of this, and then have to survive being shut down completely before they can finally come back online?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits d...
What Happens in the Cocoon: Natalia Dekine on Religious Trauma, Coming Out & Becoming the Butterfly
What does it actually take to fall apart completely and come out the other side as exactly who you were always meant to be?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Natalia Dekine, Reiki Master Teacher, sound healing practitioner...
From Rock Bottom to a Recognized 12-Step Program: Richard Tierney on Trauma Recovery
What if healing from trauma isn't about understanding your past better, but about learning to separate yourself from it entirely?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Richard Tierney, Christian trauma recovery coach and creat...
The Venus Fly Trap: Dr. Stephen Edwards on Toxic Love, Identity Loss & the Gift of Getting Burned
What happens when the person who taught you the most about yourself is also the person who nearly destroyed you, and what does it actually take to call that a gift instead of a wound?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. ...
Trauma Toolboxes, Faith & Signs From the Other Side: A Conversation with Darcie Burtch
What does it actually look like to keep moving forward through grief without skipping the parts that need to be felt?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Darcie Burtch, host of The School of Hard Knocks podcast, NLP practiti...
Healer for Healers: Amanda Lyn Dietrich on Energy Work, CPTSD & Ditching the Certifications
What if years of talk therapy never actually moved anything, because nobody was addressing the energy underneath the words?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Amanda Lyn Dietrich, energy healer and intuitive conduit, for a ...
The Simulation Game of Life: Depression, Empath Awakening & the M.I.R.R.O.R Method with Ketty Lollia
What if the narcissist who hurt you needed something from you just as much as you were pulled toward them, and understanding why changes everything about how you heal?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Ketty Lollia, founde...
Restoring Safety in the Body: Reiki, Grief, and the Nervous System with Courtney Buckley
What does healing actually require before it can take root, and why does so much of our work stall out at the symptom level instead of getting anywhere near the cause?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Courtney Buckley — R...
Bridging 3D and 5D Without Quitting Your Life: Awakening, Abundance & the Guys Nobody's Reaching | Brandon Croud
What does it look like to wake up spiritually when you still have the house, the bills, the kids, and a career that's been your identity for two decades?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Brandon Croud — metaphysics PhD, s...
That Burden Is No Longer Yours to Carry: Coercive Control, Healing & Coming Back to Yourself | Christine Dillard
What does it actually take to come back to yourself after years of coercive control — and do you have to relive the trauma to do it?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Christine Dillard — director at Microsoft, single mothe...
From Survival to Sovereignty: Nervous System Safety, Subconscious Rewiring & the Life You Were Born For | Dr. Lillian Imarenakhue
You already know what you want. You've done the work, followed the process, gone out of your comfort zone. So why do you keep stopping just short of the target?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. Lillian Imarenakhue — f...
You Never Stop Growing: Shadow Work, Authenticity & Unlocking Your Psychic Gifts | Amber Soleil
What does it look like to do the inner work for twenty years — and still find new triggers every week worth paying attention to?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Amber Soleil — intuitive life coach, psychic reader, somati...
Time Is On Your Side: A Near-Death Experience, a Rod Stewart Song & the Decision to Thrive | Dr. Andrea Niestas
What does it take to choose gratitude when you're lying in an ICU on a ventilator, wondering why you survived at all?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. Andrea Niestas — PhD clinical psychologist, former behavioral heal...
The Neuroscience of Intuition: Reading Energy, Subconscious Blocks & Opening Your Gifts | Ashley Phillips
What if intuition isn't a rare gift — it's a skill everyone has, and most people were just programmed to stop using it?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Ashley Phillips — intuitive, subconscious reprogramming specialist, ...
A Psychologist Who Treats the Soul: Spirituality, Awakening & Integrative Therapy | Dr. Tamar Shtrambrand
What happens when a clinical psychologist wakes up — not just professionally, but spiritually — and realizes that the frameworks she was trained in only tell part of the story?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Dr. Tamar S...
Worthy Because You Are: Burnout, Chronic Illness & the SIMPLE System for Thriving | Diane Hallman
What does it cost to perform your way through life — to build a resume that looks impressive while your body and spirit quietly collapse under the weight of it?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Diane Hallman — founder of ...
You Are Your Own Internal Pharmacy: Breathwork, Yoga & Nervous System Healing | Wendy Fisher
What if the most powerful healing tools you have aren't in a pill bottle — they're already in your body?In this episode, Heather Zimmerman sits down with Wendy Fisher — yoga teacher of 25 years, licensed massage therapist, certified Soma...
Manifesting by the Moon: Lunar Magic, Tarot & Why the Work Matters More Than the Wish | Jen Sankey
What does it look like to grow up with gifts no one around you could see — and to spend decades not losing them, but quietly deepening them? And what does intentional manifesting actually look like when you strip away the hype and get back to t...
Rose Oil at 300 MHz, Reflexology & the Ancestral Healing Path You Didn’t Know You Were On | Kate Graham
What if the scent that stops you in your tracks outside a flower shop is actually your heart healing? And what if the feet hold the map to every organ in your body — and a skilled reflexologist can support your gut without ever touching it?...
Tarot as a Mirror: Shadow Work, Past Lives & the Neuroscience of Finding Yourself | Adrienne Amari
What if tarot wasn’t really about predicting the future — but about finally seeing yourself clearly? And what does neuroscience actually have to say about why gratitude, mindfulness, and shadow work change your brain?In this episode, Hea...