Mountain Mind Tricks Podcast

Summary A breakthrough session is a process that involves release, initiation, and transmutation. It consists of four steps: releasing work, creating a powerful vision, taking action, and focusing on what you want. The detailed personal history is the first step, where the client discusses their problems and explores the context and structure of those problems. The release work involves techniques like NLP and meditation to release emotions and beliefs. The session also focuses on creating a clear picture of the future and setting goals. The session works at a quantum physics level, changing beliefs and perceptions to change reality. It can also have a profound impact on physical health and healing. The session helps clients connect deeper to their highest selves and opens them up to higher states of consciousness. Chapters 01:32 The Process of Breakthrough Sessions 07:06 Release Work 10:14 Creating a Clear Vision 13:33 The Power of Epigenetics and Biology of Belief 24:41 Energy Work and Clearing Baggage 30:11 The Importance of Doing the Work 31:11 Fast Phobia Model for Trauma 35:26 Connecting to Higher Self and Spiritual Growth

Summary In this podcast episode, the speaker discusses the concepts of Gestalt and Mental and Emotional Release®. Gestalts are like folders in the unconscious mind that contain labeled emotional events. These events can range from small to significant, forming a timeline of emotional experiences. The root cause of emotions is often found in the first event of that emotion, which may have occurred early in life. Mental and Emotional Release® involves releasing the baggage associated with these gestalts and addressing the underlying problem. This approach can be effective in treating severe trauma and PTSD. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Mental Emotional Release® and Gestalts 03:15 The Unconscious Mind and Gestalts 05:11 The Activation of Gestalts 06:30 The Snow Science Analogy 08:20 The Weak Layer in Psychology 10:18 The Greater Problem 11:45 The Power of Mental Emotional Release 13:49 Soul Retrieval and Trauma 16:17 Severe Cases and Holistic Approaches 17:18 The Protective Aspect of Trauma 20:31 Returning to the Body 22:20 Soul Level Healing

Summary In this episode, the host discusses QiGong and Chinese medicine. Qi means life force energy, and Gong means work or movement. Qigong focuses on balancing the yin and yang aspects of the Tao. The practice involves coordinating breath with gentle movements to work the energy in the body. QiGong is connected to the meridians, which are pathways for the flow of energy in the body. Each major organ is related to an element and a meridian, and the movements in QiGong aim to balance the energy in the mind, body, and spirit. The practice also emphasizes the connection between emotions and organs to create longevity. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Qi Gong and Chinese Medicine 01:55 The Concept of Qi and Meridians 05:58 Emotions and Organs in Chinese Medicine 07:50 The Importance of Breath and Energy 09:44 The Connection Between Energy, Chemistry, Biology, and Psychology 11:30 The Impact of Stress on the Body 12:29 The Body as a Prism and Energy Healing 14:12 Qigong Instructor Course and Healing Process 15:55 Qigong for Healing 17:06 Integration of Qigong with Other Healing Modalities

Summary In this podcast episode, Thomas shares his journey of transformation and healing. He starts by discussing how skateboarding helped him cope with the pain of his parents' divorce. He then recounts a near-death experience that led him to explore spirituality and Eastern philosophy. Thomas describes his transition from being a wildland firefighter to becoming a practitioner of NLP and Mental and Emotional Release®. He highlights the power of breakthrough sessions and their profound impact on his clients. Thomas concludes by expressing his gratitude for his own healing journey and his commitment to serving others. Chapters 01:41 Skateboarding as an Outlet 04:20 Exploring Eastern Philosophy 05:44 Awakening and Transformation 08:02 Loss and Grief 09:14 Meditation and Acupuncture 10:08 Kundalini Awakening 11:00 Taking Action and Building a Business 13:36 NLP and the Hero's Journey 17:24 Becoming a Warrior 22:41 The Power of Breakthrough Sessions 26:53 Healing and Transformation 28:38 Conclusion and Invitation

I interview Kevin Conley Jr., @backcountryninjas, the author of Above the Ashes. The book, the man, the legend, graces us with his presence, and we go deep into his journey across the southern tier on his bike with his dog rocky. Kevin shares wisdom from his voyage of forgiveness, gratitude, and love.⁠ ⁠ Kevin is an open book, and we talk in-depth about the night that he wanted to end it all and what changed his mind. Kevin shares the dark, the ugly, and the love he found on his journey. We discuss the synchronicities that followed him across the country, including a group of Apache natives singing him a sacred song at a truck stop. Then, of course, we talked about Rocky and how he was Kevin's anchor and support companion that made it all possible. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Kevin speaks his truth and will inspire you to share your challenges with others too. The more we talk about mental health in wildland fire, the more lives we save from suicide. You need to listen to this episode if you are a wildland firefighter struggling with mental health this off-season.⁠ ⁠ Listen to the episode, link in the bio, or find the Conscious Fire Culture podcast on all the apps. ⁠ ⁠ If you don't have a copy of the book yet, go to ⁠ KevinTheAuthor.com and get your copy. or go to @backcountryninjas

I interview a true mystic! This episode is so special because this may be Danny's one and only appearance. I interview our sacrament practitioner Danny Verdad. We talk about his upbringing in traditional ways on the mountain in a small village in central Mexico. The benefits of retreat for wildland firefighters and why you should or shouldn't come. Danny speaks about how the retreat is not about changing or losing your identity but helping your soul remember the truth about love. We explore deep philosophical questions and different perspectives of humanity. And every time I speak to Danny, I learn something new and see him for what he is. A true mystic that has changed my life in so many beautiful ways. Don't miss this episode. Listening to Danny speak is always a blessing. LINKS www.wildlandwellnessfoundation.com www.mountainmindtricks.com

Join me, Lisset, and Coco as we talk about merging entheogen therapy, sound, NLP, and Huna. We dive deep into the sacred ancestral healing sacraments, and how they shut down the default mode network, so the only thing left in your brain is love. When you have a strong intention and a container for healing, the entheogens help you relabel all of the limiting beliefs and negative emotions from a place of love. When you relabel an idea, you change the meaning, which means you have a new...

Today we have Destiny DeHaven, a pattern breaker, professional bull shit detector, speaker and SRT (subconscious response therapy), and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) practitioner. We dive into what NLP is and how neurons fire. We discuss how you can rewire a neurological pattern and how it can benefit you. We talk about how to utilize emotions like anger and recognize how they can hurt or help you. Understand how your “bullshit” can hold trauma in your body and how the energy from emotions is held in your body after an event that may have been traumatic. Destiny runs Anne through an incredible example of her SRT process and we work through tough emotions live! Follow along in the process and see if you can move through a situation in your life. Contact Destiny if you’re interested in moving past your bullshit excuses that are in the way of your future and if you’re interested in any of her techniques! Links: https://www.facebook.com/destinyst https://www.instagram.com/yourmagicaldestiny/ https://www.mountainmindtricks.com/ https://www.wildlandwellnessfoundation.com/ https://themapsinstitute.com/ https://www.mountainmindtricks.com/mudwater https://www.mountainmindtricks.com/essential-oils

Today, Thomas and Anne are joined by Cheri Timko, a Couples Coach, Couples Psychotherapist, and Gottman Certified Therapist. She provides 1:1 coaching as well as 1:2 coaching and psychotherapy for people located in West Virginia. She discusses using relationship habits to build relationships, transition rituals that de-escalate the comings and goings in the relationship, and communication tools that lead to problem-solving. Cheri also tells us how to safeguard your relationship while also having a great career. Cheri drops the best information to build a relationship’s core techniques and concepts that you can use TODAY in your relationship to stay connected, diffuse tension, solve arguments, understand love languages, and build communication. If you’re in a relationship or want to be in a healthy relationship, this episode is for you! Cheri has also developed a FREE workbook specifically created with the wildland firefighter in mind. It will give you the tools you need to manage the stress that the job creates with time away, understanding needs, and communication that can occur around your job. It’s listed on her website in the first link below. Links: Synergy Coaching with Cheri Timko: www.cheritimko.com https://www.facebook.com/synergycouplescoaching/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-timko-44559b211/ https://www.instagram.com/synergy.couples/ Date Night Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/datenightcommunity

Join Thomas, Anne, and Dani Shedden as we discuss what it takes to be healthy in wildland fire. Dani explores the CISM, CBT therapy, and why mental health is physical too. We talk about gut health, PT, bodywork, acupuncture, and meditation. We discuss the grief process and why acceptance and surrender can create powerful healing. We go deep into why building your team of supporters is so important. "Yeah, and you know there's no real answer or timeframe of how someone's gonna handle grief or how it's gonna impact them, and what I will say is when we go through something traumatic or we have a loss and we're grieving that. As clinicians, the biggest thing that we do is listen and support and understand the grief cycle. There's no real order in how we grieve. I think that some losses we have we will feel for our whole lives. It's how we handle that loss and how we allow ourselves some space to grieve and then how we seek treatment." ~Dani Shedden~ LINKS: CLOSE THE GAP WELLNESS CLOSE THE GAP WELLNESS INSTAGRAM

Anne Interviews Thomas about his recent Huna Level 2 experience. Thomas takes us straight to the weird magic of Huna and explains how intense the energy was during class. We take you on a ride through Hogwarts in Hawaii. We talk about why Ho'oku'u may be more powerful than Mental-Emotional Release because we are working with the spiritual, and mental, emotional bodies. We discuss the law of mentalism, quantum mechanics, and why everything is in your mind. We really go down a rabbit hole of what reality is. Warning: if you don't have a strong sense of reality you may not want to listen to this podcast. Check out the next Huna Workshop: www.huna.com/ www.mountainmindtricks.com/ JOIN THE MMT NEWSLETTER CHECK OUT THE ON-CALL PROGRAM GET YOUR MUD WATER

Krista Lockwood is a mom, a decluttering expert, a teacher and a supporter. Her expertise in keeping your life simplified will allow your new skills in having a cleaner house and mind move you forward in your goals. Join Thomas Wurm, Anne Martin, and Krista Lockwood as they dive deep into understanding how removing clutter and becoming more minimalistic can open new opportunities for you as an individual, reduce stress in relationships and in families, and keep a consistent routine that will allow you to feel confident. Krista explains how de-cluttering has given her more time with her spouse and kids and it allowed her to go inward, and without the stress of everyday chores, see who she was and start working on herself. We discuss how to alleviate stress when you come home from an assignment and the intentions behind completing tasks to the fullest. Learn how to reduce stress in your life by staying consistent with minimalism, allowing you to have time and space to grow as a person and support your family and creating a safe and fulfilling home. Learn to lead by example, tell stories of your success and create the life you’ve wanted by accomplishing the cleaning you’ve always wanted to get done and how to get rid of or keep sentimental items. Links: www.motherhoodsimplified.com www.instagram.com/motherhood_simplified/ www.facebook.com/motherhoodsimplified www.facebook.com/groups/2010014145929427 www.open.spotify.com/show/6Nipj4KnRgzuc7gsRDmFm5

Alan Wade and Cindy Preston are International Best-Selling Authors, Certified Master Practitioners of NLP, MER®, Hypnosis, and Reiki, with 30 years of combined experience, and they work with highly motivated individuals that seek the next level of performance. They use the power of your unconscious mind to release limiting beliefs and past emotional baggage that has kept you from achieving your goals and reaching your ultimate lifestyle and full potential. Join Thomas Wurm, Anne Martin, Alan Wade, and Cindy Preston as we go in-depth discussing how our qualifications and knowledge can help our clients and even you! All four of us are Master Practitioners in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Mental and Emotional Release, and Hypnosis. We explore the benefits of MER (Mental and Emotional Release) and how quickly it works, how to be resilient through trauma and identifying a root problem with some of the services we practice, how energy can be used for healing, how emotions create your personal reality, and what NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is and how it can help you. Links www.tpw.coach www.mountainmindtricks.com www.wildlandwellnessfoundation.com www.mountainmindtricks.com/mudwater www.mountainmindtricks.com/essential-oils www.maps.org

Ben Strahan shares his transformation into a Jaguar Warrior and the raw power of being of service from his entire being. Ben speaks about his experience from the entire retreat in Mexico and how he had a much deeper transformation than he was expecting. We discuss what a warrior is and why defending the truth is his purpose in life now. How the jaguar warrior has so much power but with that power comes real responsibility to not use it. Ben drops so many truth bombs during this episode you don't want to miss the wisdom. Catch the video version in the Wildland Firefighter Mental Health FB Group Links: https://www.wildlandwellnessfoundation.com/ https://www.mountainmindtricks.com/backcountrybreakthroughs https://www.mountainmindtricks.com/mudwater mountainmindtricks.com WFF MENTAL HEALTH FB GROUP

"I was driving home one day and there's this same intersection that I get to every day. And one day I thought, should I creep out into this intersection while someone comes around the corner so they can take me out. That's when I knew I needed help!" The hope of being taken out someway is all too common in our wildland fire community but most of us don't have the courage to talk about it. Roger is a Helitack Superintendent in R5 and a participant in the most recent Wildland Wellness Foundation retreat. Roger speaks about what brought him to plant medicine. The miracle of how he found the foundation and the massive transformation he experienced in Mexico. If you are thinking about a retreat with the Foundation. You need to listen to this episode. We talk about his Kambo experience, the kaleidoscoping puzzles of Yopo, and how he watched me turn into a tree. We talk about the supporters, the welcoming ceremony, how he felt safe and supported through his entire journey. But most of all we talk about how powerful it is just to be a human and how his true lesson after finding his heart was learning to BE HERE. Be in the moment and express love for life. DONATE AND SAVE A WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER SUPPORT THE WILDLAND WELLNESS FOUNDATION wildlandwellnessfoundation.com mountainmindtricks.com mountainmindtricks.com/mudwater

Here is a replay of my live Canadian radio interview with my amazing friends Alan Wade and Cindy Preston. We talk about wildland firefighter mental health and Mental-Emotional Release. How hardcore the job is and why the little traumas add up... LINKS: magneticfm.com/ MountainMindTricks.com WildlandWellnessFoundation.com

Join hosts Thomas Wurm and Anne Martin as they invite guest Nichole Bigley from A Psychic’s Story on the show. We cover great spiritual topics like metaphysical and sacred gifts and reincarnation. We dive into the identity of a healer and how to identify who you truly are. We discuss sacred geometry, Reiki, prayer, gut intuition, and the Merkaba. We give practical advice for those looking to improve their spiritual hygiene and get in touch with their guides and angels. Nichole is a Reiki Master, a Healer, Intuitive, Truth Speaker, and Podcaster. Her insights are so powerful and inspirational. Her spiritual journey gives us the clarity and inspiration to understand our own stories and how we can develop good spiritual practices. Learn to love where you’re at spiritually and be inspired to continue on a journey of finding who you are and how you can make a difference for yourself and in others. Links: www.apsychicsstory.com/ www.facebook.com/APsychicsStory www.instagram.com/apsychicsstory/ www.twitter.com/apsychicsstory www.mountainmindtricks.com www.wildlandwellnessfoundation.com www.maps.org www.mudwtr.com

I am solo today as I share from the heart. I go deep into my personal experience from the Wildland Wellness Foundation retreat. I talk about my laughing Buddha experience, the exorcism, and my Siddartha vision of oneness. I take you on a journey of transformation as I record a piece of my integration process. LINKS: wildlandwellnessfoundation.com/ instagram.com/wildlandwellnessfoundation/

Cheryl is also an author and speaker, who earned her graduate degree in physical therapy. Cheryl provides consulting services, online training, hosts a podcast called The FemiNinja Project, and authored an award-winning book titled Forever Fit and Flexible. She inspires and motivates others to find their own path to health and healing, including physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Join Thomas Wurm, Anne Martin, and Cheryl Ilov as we discuss how to navigate and be resilient from traumatic experiences. We explore how martial arts, self-defense, and Feldenkris can be incredibly beneficial. We talk about how we can defeat or lessen PTSD and how western medicine has sometimes done more harm than good. Learn how to be responsible for your own healing and what your self-talk can do. Learn how to build strength, courage, confidence, and empowerment with martial arts. Cheryl runs us through three great exercises to allow you to practice and become aware of your posture, mindfulness and focus. Feldenkrais, is a highly sophisticated form of neuromuscular re-education. Links: www.cherylilov.com www.facebook.com/ilovinsights/ www.thefemininjaproject.com www.mountainmindtricks.com www.wildlandwellnessfoundation.com www.mountainmindtricks.com/mudwater www.maps.org Books: Heal Your Body – Louise Hay How to be an Adult – David Richo

Podcast Host Thomas Wurm and Co-host Anne Martin welcome Ben Strahan, the Superintendent for the Eldorado Hotshots, an elite wildland firefighting crew out of California. Ben has years of Hotshot experience, provides quality insight on mental health in the wildland community, and shares his story of suicidal thoughts and his beneficial journey with plant medicine. We dive into how identifying ourselves as our jobs can be problematic but serve up solutions to become more than just what you do. We learn the importance of life and how to share that gift with our crews, our families, and everyone we love doing life with. We cover mental health, depression, suicidal thoughts, plant medicine, resiliency in the wildland fire community. Ben gives us the best metaphor for peaks and valleys we've ever heard and Ben's super effective list of daily check-ins that keep him healthy, sound, resilient, and the best leader he can be. Links: Instagram @benstrahan Wildland Wellness Foundation - https://www.wildlandwellnessfoundation.com/ Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - https://maps.org/ Mountain Mind Tricks - mountainmindtricks.com