The Catherine Plano Podcast

Have you ever woken from a vivid dream and thought, what on earth was that about? Maybe you were flying, falling, or running through places you’ve never been that somehow felt strangely familiar. What if those wild dreamscapes aren’t random nonsense at all, but your brain speaking its most honest language? In this Moment of Awe, we step into the mysterious space where neuroscience meet...

Most of us grow up believing that when something hurts, you go to a professional, they tell you what’s wrong, and you get on with your life. But what happens when the pain keeps coming back? When no practitioner, no pill, and no treatment can make it stick? What if the body isn’t broken at all, but desperately trying to communicate something you haven’t been willing to hear? In t...

What if the career you worked so hard to build, the identity you constructed piece by piece, was never really yours to begin with? What if the version of you that shows up every day, doing the job, earning the title, ticking the boxes, is simply the most convincing role you have ever played? For most of us, the idea of walking away from success feels reckless. We are taught to chase it, protect it...

Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt calmer, more energised, or strangely unsettled, without being able to explain why? What if the colours surrounding you right now aren’t just decoration, but a silent language speaking directly to your nervous system, shaping how you feel, what you choose, and even how you behave? In this eye-opening episode, we decode the hidden world of co...

What if the version of you that you’ve been trying to fix was already whole this entire time? What if the endless journaling, the shadow work, the inner child workshops, the breathwork retreats, and the constant quest to “do the work” have actually become the very thing keeping you from stepping into your true power? What if the real breakthrough isn’t another modality, but...

Your Children Aren’t Here to Be Fixed, They’re Here to Wake You Up What if every argument with your child, every slammed door, every moment of frustration has nothing to do with them and everything to do with a wound you never healed? It’s a confronting question. And for most parents, the instinct is to reject it immediately. But in this powerful conversation with Dr. Shefali, th...

When Your Identity Shatters: A Therapist’s Journey Through Suffering What if the moment your entire identity falls apart isn’t a breakdown but a sacred initiation? What if the culture that taught you to pathologise your pain has stolen your capacity to transform through it? For over 28,000 hours, Dr. John W. Price has sat knee to knee with people in their most debilitating shatterings....

What if the reason you’re exhausted, frustrated, and stuck isn’t because you’re not working hard enough, but because you’re forcing your life instead of flowing with it? In this transformative episode, nationally recognised executive coach Brett Baughman shares 25 years of wisdom about discovering the critical difference between forcing and flowing, and why most people are...

Have you ever stared at your to-do list, felt that familiar dread, and suddenly decided that reorganising your sock drawer was the most important task in the world? What if that delay you keep shaming yourself for isn’t laziness at all—but your mind trying to protect you from something it perceives as threatening? In this powerful episode, we shatter the myth that procrastination is a charac...

What if the reason you feel like a stranger to yourself isn’t that you’re lost, but because you’ve been performing for so long, you forgot what authenticity looks like? From childhood, so many of us learned that success meant following the script: get the degree, climb the ladder, earn the title, achieve the milestones. But somewhere along the way, that external validation became...

What if everything you’ve been told about aging is a lie? What if your 50s and 60s aren’t about fading into irrelevance, but about finally becoming who you were always meant to be? In this transformative episode, bestselling author and spiritual teacher Marianne Williamson dismantles the cultural narrative that treats midlife as a slow decline. Instead, she reveals it as the most power...

Have you ever felt like everything in your life was quietly unravelling, and you couldn’t tell if you were transforming or falling apart? What if that restlessness you felt all through 2025 wasn’t you breaking—it was you shedding what no longer fit? In this powerful episode, we explore why 2025 left so many of us feeling raw, done, and ready to walk away from versions of ourselves we&#...

What if the reason you can’t say no isn’t weakness, but conditioning? From childhood, so many of us were taught that love had to be earned, that being good meant staying quiet, agreeable, and available. But somewhere along the way, that survival strategy became self-betrayal. In this powerful episode, bestselling author and trauma recovery coach Lisa A. Romano reveals the truth about c...

What if the mental health diagnosis you’ve been told limits you is actually the beginning of your most extraordinary life? What if stability isn’t the ceiling, but just the foundation? What if the system telling you to “just be stable” has been setting the bar far too low? Award-winning speaker and mental health advocate Gabe Howard reveals a truth the mental health system...

What if the psychic abilities you’ve been searching for have been within you all along? What if those gut feelings, intuitive hits, and inner knowing aren’t random occurrences, but your spirit guides leaving breadcrumbs for you to follow? What if the exhaustion from constantly working on yourself isn’t a sign you need to try harder, but permission to finally pause and receive? Ps...

Have you ever stopped and wondered how you are aware that you are aware? What if consciousness isn’t something you have, but something you are? In this mind-expanding episode, we dive deep into one of humanity’s greatest mysteries: consciousness itself. For centuries, philosophers called it the hard problem—how does a physical brain create the inner movie of life? But today, neuroscien...

What if the reason you feel stuck isn’t about your mindset, your morning routine, or even your goals? What if it’s literally hanging in your closet? Every piece of clothing tells a story. Some from who you used to be, others from the person you are becoming. But when your wardrobe is filled with past versions of yourself, it’s almost impossible to step into your next one. Celebri...

What if the exhaustion you feel isn’t a personal failing, but simply your body fighting against a system it was never designed for? What if the burnout, the people-pleasing, and the relentless grind aren’t character flaws, but signs you’re running the wrong energetic blueprint? Human design expert Emma Dunwoody reveals a revolutionary truth: we aren’t all designed to work,...

Have you ever wondered why you keep hitting the same income ceiling no matter how hard you work? What if there’s an invisible number in your brain that’s been controlling your financial reality this entire time? In this groundbreaking episode, we dive deep into the neuroscience of self-worth and discover why your brain has a “financial thermostat” that keeps you stuck at th...

Have you ever wondered why your menopause symptoms persist despite doing everything “right”—eating clean, exercising regularly, and following all the conventional advice? What if the solution isn’t about adding more to your plate, but about changing when and how you prepare the food you’re already eating? While most menopause advice focuses on hormone replacement therapy, r...

What if the chronic pain you can’t shake, the anxiety that won’t quit, or the patterns you keep repeating aren’t actually yours? What if they belong to your father’s father, your mother’s mother, carried forward through generations in your electromagnetic field? While most health approaches focus on chemicals and mechanics, sound researcher Eileen McKusick reveals a r...

Have you ever felt like you’ve been living as a version of yourself that isn’t quite you—the one who smiles when exhausted, says “I’m fine” when breaking, and keeps the peace even when your soul is screaming for truth? While most healing advice focuses on moving forward, real transformation happens when you come home to yourself. In this powerful episode, psychologist...

Have you ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns, struggling with fears that seem to have no origin in this lifetime? While most people know their sun sign, there’s a hidden placement in your birth chart that reveals your deepest wound and your greatest gift. In this profound episode, evolutionary astrologer Jill Brown shares how understanding Chiron, the “wounded healer...

Have you ever felt trapped by patterns you know aren’t serving you, yet somehow can’t break free? While most personal development focuses on external strategies, real transformation happens when you master what’s going on internally. In this powerful episode, entrepreneur and transformational speaker Ryan Zofay reveals the performance psychology framework that took him from being...

Have you ever dismissed that quiet inner nudge, only to regret it later? While most of us think we’re missing intuition, the truth is we’re systematically blocked from accessing it. We’ve been conditioned to trust logic over the whispers of our unconscious mind. But what if there was a way to reopen that bridge between rational thinking and deeper inner knowing? In this transform...