The Spiritually Curious Therapist
The Spiritually Curious Therapist is a podcast exploring the intersection of nervous system science, mental health, spirituality, and healing.
Hosted by Jodi Silverman, LCSW, this show is for therapists, healers, and curious humans who sense that true healing happens below the level of insight alone. Through thoughtful conversations and solo reflections, we explore trauma, chronic pain and illness, altered states, regulation, meaning-making, and what it really takes to help the nervous system feel safe enough to change.
This is a space for grounded mysticism, where evidence-based practice meets soul-level wisdom, and where healing is approached with curiosity, compassion, and respect for the body’s innate intelligence.
Whether you’re a clinician expanding beyond talk therapy or someone on your own healing path, this podcast invites you to listen differently — to symptoms, to stories, and to what’s asking to be integrated.
The Spiritually Curious Therapist
Notice What You Notice: Curiosity, the Goddess, and the Intelligence of the Heart with Cynthia Abulafia
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In this deeply expansive and grounding conversation, I sit down with author, educator, and yoga therapist Cynthia Abulafia to explore what it truly means to come home to the heart.
Cynthia’s work bridges sacred texts, embodiment practices, and the often-overlooked wisdom of the divine feminine. Her debut book, Embodying the Goddess: How to Awaken Curiosity and Reverence on the Spiritual Path, invites us to question the ways spirituality has been shaped by separation—and to rediscover a path rooted in wholeness, curiosity, and lived experience.
Together, we explore:
- What non-duality actually means (beyond the buzzword)
- Why many spiritual frameworks subtly reinforce a sense of separation and “not enoughness”
- The difference between being “triggered” vs. activated—and why language matters
- How curiosity becomes a healing force that allows us to slow down, feel, and integrate
- The concept of “cleaning the instrument of the heart” as a living spiritual practice
- How to recognize the difference between reverence and compulsion in our daily lives
- The role of the body and the earth in reconnecting us to wholeness
- Why so much of what we’re seeing right now—personally and collectively—is a breakdown of old paradigms
One of my favorite takeaways from this conversation is Cynthia’s simple but powerful invitation:
👉 “Notice what you notice.”
Because when we begin there—without judgment, without rushing to fix—we open the door to something deeper:
curiosity, presence, and ultimately, a return to the heart.
This episode is for you if you’re:
- Feeling disconnected from yourself and craving a deeper sense of embodiment
- Curious about the intersection of spirituality, nervous system work, and healing
- Ready to shift from striving and fixing into listening, sensing, and allowing
Connect with Cynthia
@embodyingthegoddessbook, @cynthiaabulafiayoga, (YouTube) Embodying the Goddess, (Substack) @embodyingthegoddess
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