The WakeUp Protocol

What if the secret to manifesting your true reality lies hidden within your subconscious mind? Song activator and music producer Benjamin Jay Thomas joins me today to discuss how we can stop default-manifesting from external programming and instead step into our unique, authentic magnetism. We explore how dropping into absolute presence and tapping into the heart allows us to deconstruct inherited...

What if the Universe told you to leave everything behind — your husband, your career, your house — and backpack the world? Veronica Fernmoss, embodied spiritual mentor and one of my very first spiritual guides, joins me to share a radical story of divine intervention that predated the book Eat, Pray, Love by 14 years. We explore the science of frequency, manifestation, the body as a portal to belo...

What does it take to choose life when despair feels easier? Ben Browner, founder of Revival Gatherings and the West Coast's largest men's gathering, joins me to share a story that spans Missouri blues clubs and a prison cell to building sacred community containers that remind us what it means to be truly human. We explore what it means to trade a Messiah complex for deep listening — and...

Can your darkest moments actually be the doorway back to your truest self? The multipassionate Xanna Seto joins me today to share a story of incredible resilience, moving from the deepest shadows of addiction and life on the streets to the radiant clarity of a deeply lived spiritual vocation. We explore what it means to finally stop being "attached to being right" so you can start being...

Can you know things you "shouldn't" possibly know? In a riveting intersection of science and spirit, Brett Hill shares the story of a psychic hit so strong he chose to let his own store get robbed just to prove to his rational brain that the information was real. In this episode, we explore how to move from an "outside-in" life to an "inside-out" reality, where l...

Can curiosity be a spiritual practice? In a time of deep political and digital division, Mónica Guzmán argues that the "root of all evil is distance between people". In this episode, we explore how to bridge that distance by dropping our masks, sitting with our discomfort, and reclaiming the "muscle" of curiosity. --- ☀️ Join The WakeUp Protocol Newsletter This is where the pod...

For this episode of The Wake Up Protocol , I’m joined by Leif Hansen, a transformational facilitator, creator, and deeply curious human working at the intersection of consciousness, creativity, and technology. Leif has spent decades exploring what helps humans truly flourish; through embodiment, play, spiritual inquiry, and authentic connection. His path has been shaped by a deep questioning of in...

For this episode of The Wake Up Protocol, I’m joined by Blake Chalfant, a writer, coach, podcaster, and deeply reflective human. He has devoted his life to understanding how we lose and reclaim our sense of purpose, creativity, and connection to ourselves.  Blake stepped away from a conventional path early in life and began questioning how we lose, and reclaim, our connection to purpose, attention...

In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, host Nadja Haldimann sits down with Zach Bloom, high-performance coach, and a man who knows firsthand what happens when the religion of perfection finally collapses. Zach’s path began in elite hockey and high achievement, where success was always just one finish line away, and peace never arrived. Beneath the striving lived a deep hunger for connection, belo...

In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, host Nadja Haldimann sits down with Darek Mazzone, Polish-born DJ, filmmaker, and cultural connector whose life has been shaped by the way music opens the heart. Darek’s journey began in communist Poland, secretly listening to records from Cuba, Angola, Mozambique, and Vietnam. Sounds that became portals into worlds he could feel long before he could travel...

In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol , host Nadja Haldimann sits down with Mary Cadera, a psychotherapist and longtime executive leader who listened when her nervous system told the truth her job could no longer hold. Mary spent years in high-profile roles doing meaningful work on paper… while living in a constant state of hyper-arousal. Always bracing. Always scanning. From the outside, it look...

2026 isn’t asking you to fix the world, it is however asking you to remember who you really are and act in accordance with your truth! In this special episode of The WakeUp Protocol, Nadja Haldimann is joined by spiritual guide, Akashic Soul Channel, and podcaster Ahna Hendrix for a rare and timely Akashic Records forecast for the year ahead. This conversation is not a typical prediction or trend...

In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, host Nadja Haldimann sits down with Cori Lovejoy, a cultural connector, spiritual seeker, and deeply thoughtful human who has lived life on both sides of a binary most of us never question. Cori spent nearly five decades navigating the world in a male body while carrying a truth she didn’t yet have language for… a truth shaped by shame, fear, and relentless...

In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol , host Nadja Haldimann sits down with Dr. Erin Hileary, a somatic therapist, transpersonal coach, artist, and lifelong explorer of consciousness whose path has been unfolding for more than two decades. Erin’s journey began back in her Burning Man days, when she first started tuning into energy, intuition, and the unseen patterns shaping a life. From Reiki and...

Some humans move through the world with the kind of clarity you only earn by getting lost, turning inward, and listening to life in a whole new way. In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol , host Nadja Haldimann sits down with Daniel Wise, a coach, business consultant, traveler, and lifelong seeker whose awakening unfolded through decades of synchronicities, heartbreaks, spiritual books, and long s...

Some humans radiate a frequency you can’t forget... equal parts joy, vision, and grounded love. They don’t just talk about possibility… they live it, breathe it, and build with it. This week’s guest, Lee Kindell is one of those rare beings. In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, host Nadja Haldimann sits down with Lee Kindell, founder of MOTO Pizza, visionary entrepreneur, and joyful alchemist of...

What if spiritual awakening starts by question the way we were taught the world was supposed to be? For Katie McKenna, a licensed psychotherapist, trauma and eating disorder specialist, and integration guide, that questioning became the doorway.  Raised in the Midwest and educated in Catholic school, she began to look beyond the scripts she inherited: the expectations of how life should look, who...

There’s a reason your system feels like it’s buzzing, glitching, or stretching… You’re waking up. And there’s a way to meet it with more clarity, coherence, and grace. In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, Nadja Haldimann sits down with Derek Pennett, a light body technician, Reiki master, advanced frequency healing practitioner, and multidimensional cosmic messenger. Derek doesn’t just talk abo...

What if your life could shift with a single act of courage... like saying yes to a TEDx talk that changes everything? In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, co-hosts Nadja Haldimann and Colin Shanteau sit down with Traca Savadogo: TEDx speaker, strategist, storyteller, and expert in the neuroscience of transformation. Traca’s story is one of reinvention through curiosity. Years ago, she gave a TE...

What happens when you glimpse the other side and come back forever changed? In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol , Nadja Haldimann sits down with Tracie Bell, a designer, photographer, mystic, and author of the forthcoming travel memoir ‘ When Your Mother Calls You Home’ . Twenty years ago, Tracie had a near-death experience that cracked her wide open. In that moment between worlds, she encounte...

What if your later years weren’t about slowing down, but finally coming fully alive? In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, co-hosts Nadja Haldimann and Colin Shanteau sit down with Jayne Dinsmore, a visionary artist, mystic, and guide who is truly living her most joyful, vibrant life in what she calls her “golden years.” Jayne’s story is one of rebirth. After the loss of her husband, what began...

What if you didn’t have to force anything... just feel more, play more, and let life meet you there? In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol , Nadja Haldimann sits down with Dr. Garret Kusch, a former professional soccer player turned chiropractor, author, and founder of the Trinity Health Program. His story moves from the relentless drive of elite athletics to a life rooted in alignment, energy, a...

What if your body already held everything you needed to remember who you are? In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol, Nadja Haldimann sits down with Linda Wallace, a writer, artist, and feminine embodiment coach whose work guides women back to themselves through love, creativity, and spiritual devotion. Linda’s journey isn’t one of striving or fixing, it’s a deep remembering. A return to the truth...

What if corporate success wasn’t about climbing higher… but about living freer? In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol , co-hosts Nadja Haldimann and Colin Shanteau sit down with Justin Maguire III, Design Leader at Atlassian, a leader, designer, artist, elite athlete, and sailor who has spent decades dancing between the worlds of high-performance, soulful creativity, and embodied freedom. Justin’...

What if grief wasn’t something to get over… but something to walk with, tenderly, as a teacher and guide? In this episode of The WakeUp Protocol , Nadja Haldimann sits down with Suzi Zobrist, a spiritual mentor, ceremonial guide, and earth-honoring practitioner whose work is rooted in feminine remembrance and deep listening. At 30, Suzi was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and underwent a radical hys...