ALIVE with Jessica Silverman: Heal Your Inner Child + Ancestral Trauma

How do you trust that voice inside of you, or know the difference between what you truly need versus what the intrusive voices are telling you? This solo episode unlocks it all where I share my personal experiences lately guiding me towards honoring this voice + not only listening, but trusting the whispers within!  In this episode:  Why spending time in silence + creating space is the catalyst fo...

In this last episode of May for Mental Health Awareness Month, join me as I fly solo to get real + raw as to why I needed an 8 month break, and the power of taking a pause! For me it was the podcast + business, but the lessons gleaned here are for you if you are experiencing daily overwhelm + burnout, or that feeling that you are at your wits end!  We are all so exhausted right now, and in my time...

(Part 2): How much can your tender heart hold? Healing from heartbreak challenges you to love yourself in ways that can feel unnatural after experiencing the trauma + grief from loss of what you once loved, which can also lead to loss of Self. These defining moments (think the Tower card in Tarot) ask you to face the reality + beauty in the unknowing. To surrender the control of what should have h...

How much can your tender heart hold? Healing from heartbreak challenges you to love yourself in ways that can feel unnatural after experiencing the trauma + grief from loss of what you once loved, which can also lead to loss of Self. These defining moments (think the Tower card in Tarot) ask you to face the reality + beauty in the unknowing. To surrender the control of what should have happened, a...

ALIVE has been revived - Welcome to Season 2 of the podcast!!! After much introspection + and an inner calling to take a step back from the show last September 2024 (the 4 Year Anniversary celebration episode #133 ), I have had many divine downloads + fresh perspectives that I'm excited to unleash here JUST FOR YOU! It also felt divinely timed to release in May, which is Mental Health Awarene...

The ALIVE podcast turns 4 today!!! 4 years ago today, on September 18, 2020, I released the very first episode of the podcast with my episode " Come ALIVE with Me" . Even more significant is the fact that I didn't plan it this way, but the release of this show on the 18th of the month is symbolic of the energy of Chai, or "life" in Hebrew. What started as a pandemic baby t...

Are you a people pleaser, or just hate to be the one to disappoint others so you say YES, when you really mean NO? If yes, then this episode is for you to help you BREAK FREE from people pleasing tendencies with 6 easy steps I share with you that will literally change your life, and save you from constantly feeling exhausted, depleted, and resentful for not taking care of your needs first! I also...

Are you all over the place, and long to get more organized? Do you have a harsh inner critic that sparks when you try something new? If so, come soak in the Virgo vibes with this episode all about the New Moon in Virgo + how to harness the "Master Planner" of the Zodiac in your life! As Virgo is known as the Organizer of the Zodiac, this is divine time to get your things in order and try...

If you experience the same challenges, and find traumatic events continue to control you + your emotional state, this episode will bring you much clarity! Inspired by the athletes of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and one who truly inspired me in the realm of mental health recovery, Noah Lyles, I share the golden lessons learned over my month break from the podcast, and what all these athletes have in c...

How do you give yourself grace + space in the overwhelm? In today's episode, I share with you the secrets of what has been serving me in these challenging and dark times.  If you're a trauma survivor who has already been through SO much, adding even the simplest of things to your list can feel surmounting - I get that! Let me lighten your load in this episode with 3 ways to give yourself...

Are you easily picking up on other people’s energy, almost porous? Do you you find it challenging to be around certain people or places, and want to know how to protect and love yourself while in those spaces?  I felt compelled to release this talk from my Insight Timer live as so many of us highly sensitives + empaths struggle with setting and maintaining healthy boundaries in our lives. Especial...

Are you easily picking up on other people’s energy, almost porous? Do you you find it challenging to be around certain people or places, and want to know how to protect and love yourself while in those spaces?  I felt compelled to release this talk from my Insight Timer live as so many of us highly sensitives + empaths struggle with setting and maintaining healthy boundaries in our lives. Especial...

The collective chaos feels like a lot, especially for empaths and highly sensitives souls who carry so much. The collective chaos becomes collective trauma if you're not protective of your energy and where you place your attention. I've personally been feeling this, and wanted to continue the conversation from Ep. 125: We Are All Exhausted Right Now + How to Recover from Burnout (for Emp...

The collective energy in the cosmos right now is INTENSE, and empaths and highly sensitives especially feel this. I wasn't physically able to record last week + release an episode because of this, and dedicated this episode to sharing my experience giving light and reality to our collective exhaustion, and how to recover with compassion, grace, and mad LOVE for yourself.  Burnout is a buzzy w...

Are you hard on yourself? The harsh inner critic is very common for women caregivers, especially empaths and highly sensitives in the spiritual and recovery communities. What started as resonance in response to a post on Instagram has led to a beautiful connection + kindred spirit with my guest in this episode, Kelly Greene.     She came into my life at a time when I lost faith in the spiritual co...

Are you hard on yourself? The harsh inner critic is very common for women caregivers, especially empaths and highly sensitives in the spiritual and recovery communities. What started as resonance in response to a post on Instagram has led to a beautiful connection + kindred spirit with my guest in this episode, Kelly Greene.  She came into my life at a time when I lost faith in the spiritual commu...

While feelings can be fleeting, the resonance remains and lives inside our bodies, our hearts, and our minds. Trauma is the body’s response to a lived experience that was not processed, causing emotional distress + living inside your own mind!  In this episode,  I speak to how to let go and live and find emotional freedom through 6 tangible tips that integrate Yogic wisdom based on Patanjali'...

If you're feeling unsettled, get grounded with me in this Gemini season where I unravel how to find yourself back on solid ground. With so much uncertainty in the world, and the instability of what tomorrow can bring, it can be easy to spiral, especially when we are in the season of an Air sign in Gemini. If you have been through trauma, or just a really challenging season in your life, plug...

Being human can be challenging, especially in light of the global shift over the last 4 years. How can we embrace these changes with grace, and not pressure ourselves to live up to cultural standards that are honestly, unattainable and rooted in the presumption that you, as you are, is "not enough"? In this episode, my guest, JodiGolda Komitor , unravels the gold laced within what it mea...

If you’re struggling, or want to know how to support someone and be an ally for mental health 🫶 this message and episode is for you! 💕💕 In this last of a special series to honor Mental Health Awareness month, I share both a somatic + spiritual approach to trauma recovery and suicide prevention. As something I've been a devout advocate for many years in my trauma informed practice, is knowi...

In continuation of honoring this month's series for Mental Health Awareness Month, this epsiode unlocks another aspect of our own internal struggle with all or nothing thinking and how this plays a role in triggering trauma or emotional disregulation. I touch on the Tantric framework of polarity + bring to light the the Cosmic Couple, Shiva and Shakti, that exist in all of creation, and withi...

If you’ve ever been gaslit, or have dealt with this challenging dynamic in your life, this episode is your elixir to a deeply intimate and enlightening conversation on what gaslighting looks like, and how to take your POWER back! To me gaslighting at its core is a denial of your lived experience, and NO one has a right to have that say over YOU. With May being mental health awareness month, I felt...

I'M BACK!!! Just in time for the divine month of May,  a window in time that celebrates Mental Health Awareness month, Jewish Heritage Month, and my birthday on May 12th! Each episode this month will feature the real lived experience of what it feels like to be ALIVE and recover and heal from past trauma, along with my personal wisdom to help you navigate this season of healing fully embodied...

Just popping on to let you know I am taking a mini break for the month of April to focus on some fab new creations for the podcast that will come ALIVE in May, my birthday month! 🌈 In the meantime, listen to Ep. 95: How to Find Emotional Freedom + Dance with the Divine  (and any other episodes that pop out at you!) I will be highlighting my FAVE episodes over the next month on my Instagram storie...

Are you the woman that is expected to hold it together, where all of your energy is consumed in the everyday? The type of woman who has wild dreams, but your obligations are overpowering, and those beautiful dreams stay on the backburner of your heart's greatest longings? If so, this episode is for you! In one of my MOST cherished conversations on the podcast, New York Times bestselling autho...