In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with writer and spiritual teacher Regan Caruthers. She shares her early education in meditation and contemplative practices, influenced by her unconventional mother and herown spiritual awakening at age 27. She talks about her personal experience of overcoming a traumatic childhood event through spiritual practice, highlighting the importance of bringing love to unhealed parts of oneself. Through these experiences and her work at the HeartMath Institute, she learned that reprogramming the brain through awareness and love is essential to healing for those in severe pain.Download the transcriptRegan Caruthers is a writer and spiritual teacher whose life has been shaped by an early education rooted in contemplative practice, including daily meditation, tai chi, devotional singing, and direct exploration of the human energy field. From a young age, she learned to attune to divine guidance—an embodied intelligence that has repeatedly proven life-saving. Sheis the author of Tragic Magic and the founder of ASET Yoga Center, whereshe integrates the original heart-centered teachings of Jesus, the yogatradition, and heart-based science. Her professional background includescorporate leadership in Silicon Valley, management of academic innovationinitiatives for the California State University system, and work on staff at the HeartMath Institute, where she taught HeartMath programs to businessaudiences.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices