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JULIANA SLOANE: Healing at the Root - Depth Hypnosis, Shamanic Counseling & the Path to Lasting Change

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I experienced a traumatic event and had to look at my life completely differently.

Joni welcomes depth hypnosis practitioner and shamanic counselor Juliana Sloan to explore pathways to conscious awakening. Juliana traces her journey from childhood meditative experiences through a career in non-profit human rights work (which led to burnout) to intensive Buddhist meditation retreats and eventual discovery of depth hypnosis and shamanic counseling. Depth hypnosis differs from regular hypnosis by going deep into the body, energy, and archetypes—accessing states normally available only after a week into silent meditation. Importantly, this activates BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), the same neurochemistry activated by psychedelics, but naturally and without external substances. Shamanism, older than religion and foundational to all spiritual traditions, means 'one who knows'—it's developed skill and shadow work, not magic. Shamanic counseling teaches clients to become their own healers through journeywork, emphasizing self-empowerment over practitioner dependency.

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