What if the moment that changes your entire life isn't a single event… but a series of wake-up calls your soul keeps sending until you finally pay attention?

In this profoundly moving episode of Broken Beautiful Me, Kelly sits down with Simon Lüthi, a former high-performing corporate executive who nearly died multiple times before discovering the spiritual path that would transform his entire existence. Today he is known as The Rocket Shaman — a healer, energy medicine practitioner, and end-of-life doula whose work blends ancient wisdom with modern suffering.

Simon's story begins long before adulthood: three near-death experiences as a child and teen, followed by years of pushing himself through perfectionism, pressure, and the relentless grind of corporate life. But everything began to unravel when he developed a mysterious autoimmune illness so severe he could barely get out of bed. Doctors couldn't explain it. Treatments failed. And then came cancer.

These crises didn't break him — they opened him.

Through shamanic training, energy medicine, ancestral healing, and an intense spiritual awakening, Simon discovered a deeper truth about illness, trauma, consciousness, and the unseen forces that shape our lives. His experiences guiding people through the final hours of life — and witnessing what happens in the moments just after — reshaped his understanding of love, death, and the continuation of the soul.

In this intimate conversation, Simon shares:

• ✨ The near-death experiences that marked him long before he understood them

• 🔥 How chronic illness and cancer became the catalysts for his spiritual awakening

• 🌿 The moment energy medicine finally shifted what modern medicine couldn't

• 💫 Why he believes with absolute certainty that life continues after death

• 🕊️ The signs and messages he's witnessed from loved ones who have crossed over

• 🌀 How trauma can live in the body across generations — and even past lives

• 🌙 What it means to guide someone through their final transition with peace and dignity

• 💛 Why self-talk, intention, and inner authority are essential to true healing

Simon also discusses his book, Becoming the Rocket Shaman, and how we can all begin reclaiming our power, our intuition, and the healing potential that lives inside us.

A powerful, healing, deeply spiritual exploration of illness, awakening, and the invisible threads connecting us to something much bigger than ourselves.

Follow Simon Lüthi

Website: https://www.therocketshaman.com

Book – Becoming the Rocket Shaman (Amazon):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFPBNKSM

Book – Becoming the Rocket Shaman (Barnes & Noble):

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-the-rocket-shaman-simon-luthi/1148299305

What if the moment that changes your entire life arrives as a glowing ball of light in your bedroom doorway when you are only sixteen years old?

In this deeply reflective episode of Broken Beautiful Me, Kelly sits down with Carmen Turner-Schott, MSW, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker, Christian astrologer, teacher, and bestselling author who has spent nearly three decades helping trauma survivors find meaning, resilience, and healing.

Carmen's story begins in the Ozarks of Missouri, where she grew up feeling different from everyone around her. As a child she sensed things she couldn't explain, dreamt vividly, and carried emotions that didn't belong only to her. But everything shifted the summer before her senior year when she witnessed a glowing yellow orb of light in her bedroom doorway. Frozen in fear, unable to speak, she watched it move through her home as her mother tried to rationalize what neither of them could truly name. That moment became the spiritual turning point of Carmen's life.

In the years that followed, Carmen experienced profound loss and intuitive awakenings that led her toward psychology, trauma work, and eventually the study of astrology as a tool for self-understanding. She began reading charts by hand, long before computers, discovering that each chart reflects a person's emotional makeup, strengths, wounds, and the energy they carry through the world.

Today, Carmen is a professor of social work and a sought-after astrologer whose work bridges spirituality, psychology, and healing. In this conversation, she shares:

• 🌟 How growing up empathic shaped her sense of identity and belonging

• 🕯️ The night she encountered the glowing orb that opened her spiritual path

• 🔮 Why astrology is less about prediction and more about understanding your inner landscape

• 💫 The difference between your sun, moon, and rising signs, and why the moon sign reveals your emotional truth

• 🧡 How each astrological sign heals differently, and what that means for self-care

• 🌙 Why trauma shows up in specific parts of the birth chart, and how that knowledge helps survivors rebuild

• 🌏 How ancient symbolism, psychology, and spirituality all converge through astrology

Carmen also talks about her newest book, Your Astrological Energy, and how understanding your chart can help you cultivate compassion for yourself, deepen your relationships, and navigate your life with clarity and confidence.

A warm, illuminating exploration of intuition, identity, healing, and the mysterious ways we are guided toward who we are meant to become.

Follow Carmen Turner-Schott

Website: https://www.carmenturnerschott.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmenturnershottauthor

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deepsouldiversastrologywithcarmen

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carmenturnershott

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What if the truth you discover decades later changes everything you thought you knew about your life, your loss, and your identity?

In this moving episode of Broken Beautiful Me, Kelly sits down with Lisa Sugarman, an author, crisis counselor, and three-time survivor of suicide loss who has transformed profound grief into purpose, community, and healing.

Lisa's story begins in childhood with the loss of her cousin at nine years old and the sudden death of her father just a year later. For 35 years she believed he died of a heart attack. In her mid forties, she learned the truth that he died by suicide, forcing her to grieve him all over again and reshaping her understanding of her past, her pain, and herself.

Today, Lisa is a passionate mental health advocate, a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project, a storyteller with NAMI, and the founder of The HelpHUB, one of the most comprehensive free mental health resource platforms available. She also facilitates Safe Place, a virtual support group for suicide loss survivors, and cohosts The Survivors Podcast.

In this conversation, Lisa shares:

• 💔 What it is like to lose a parent twice, and how hidden truths create both wound and wisdom

• 🌙 The three years she quietly cried herself to sleep while holding her life together on the outside

• 🧭 How a single podcast appearance became the catalyst that changed the direction of her life

• 🤝 The power of sharing our stories to break stigma, build connection, and create community

• 🪢 Why grief never ends, and how it becomes the tether that keeps us connected to those we love

• 🧩 How The HelpHUB is helping people find crisis support, tools, and treatment when they need it most

A tender and courageous exploration of grief, truth, connection, and the healing that begins when we finally speak the stories we've held inside.

📘 Lisa is the author of Surviving: Finding Hope After Suicide Loss (2026), How to Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids and Be OK With It, Untying Parent Anxiety, and LIFE: It Is What It Is.

Follow Lisa Sugarman:

Website: https://www.thehelphub.co

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_sugarman

The Survivors Podcast: https://www.thehelphub.co/podcast

The HelpHUB: https://www.thehelphub.co

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