The Higher Self Hotline

What happens to our intuition when the world never gives us a moment to be still?
This week, Zoey is joined by author and spiritual teacher Tracee Stanley for a conversation about ritual, self-remembrance, and the power of reclaiming our attention. Tracee shares how ritual became part of her everyday life, why she believes “truth does not thrive in distraction,” and how technology and optimization culture can slowly pull us away from our own inner knowing. And yes, Zoey gets personally read by Tracee over her Oura Ring.
Tracee also shares the heart behind her newest book, Living Ritual, and how we can create sacred moments within the lives we’re already living. They talk about pattern interruption, our connection to the Earth, the wisdom of aging and menopause, and learning to honor the transitions that change us.

In this episode:
0:00 Welcome back and introducing Tracee Stanley
3:01 Finding ritual in the everyday
11:31 Creating change through pattern interruption
19:27 Reclaiming our presence in a world of constant distraction
27:05 Wellness, optimization culture, and trusting your own inner knowing
34:06 Ritual as a practice of remembering who we are
43:57 Aging, menopause, and reclaiming rites of passage

Stay in touch with Tracee:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracee_stanley
Website: traceestanley.com
Living Ritual: https://www.traceestanley.com/livingritual

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🎙️ Produced by:
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Keywords: intuition, trusting your intuition, inner knowing, self trust, spiritual rituals, daily rituals, spiritual practice, everyday spirituality, self remembrance, ritual and intention, sacred living, mindfulness, presence, reclaiming your attention, digital distraction, doomscrolling, technology and spirituality, wellness culture, optimization culture, somatic awareness, trusting your body, pattern interruption, yoga nidra, deep rest, mantra meditation, grounding practices, connecting with nature, rites of passage, menopause and spirituality, conscious aging

(Episode #10) What if the thing you're most afraid people will think of you is actually the doorway to your next evolution? In this eclipse episode of our live coaching series inside The Bitching Hour!, we're digging into the fear of being seen — in money, in visibility, and in not knowing what comes next. If you've ever felt guilty for wanting support, or terrified of being watched, this is the episode for you.
Recorded on the day of the eclipse and deep inside a collective month nine, this episode is soaked in purge energy — endings, closure, and hard-won wisdom. One caller is ready to leave a stable job for something her intuition can't yet justify on paper, and finds herself wrestling with guilt over leaning on her partner financially. Another is caught in a moral tangle over building something with AI while trying to separate genuine excitement from outside noise. Two more callers bring the visibility conversation full circle — one learning to trust her own unconventional pace, and one confronting a lifelong fear of being on camera with an unexpectedly playful fix. Expect talk of financial receiving, body image, alter egos, and the difference between what we should do and what we actually want.
(00:00) Introducing The Bitching Hour!
(02:54) Eclipse season and the numerology of month nine: purging, closure, and wisdom
(05:05) A caller's pull to leave corporate for an unproven path
(13:15) Unpacking the fear of being a "financial burden" — and learning to receive
(22:30) The "wet cement" of playing it safe vs. trusting full resonance
(32:00) Perception, AI, and sitting in the moral gray area
(44:25) Permission to not know: finding safety in uncertainty

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Listen to Part 2 over on The Bitching Hour! Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/033PY73jt5r75mBTKucpMU?si=DR-q9XsWTW2e0oF4Y-75Lg
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The intuitive hit was real. So why does it keep feeling like something to defend? This week Zoey and Amelia dig into what happens after you make the call, when the payoff hasn't shown up yet and your ego won't stop arguing with a decision your gut already made.
They open with Crybaby Club, where Amelia gets honest about the complex grief of finally landing her dream life abroad and immediately feeling a new ambition pulling at her. Zoey shares the full story behind turning down a TV development deal last month, the regret spiral that followed, and what finally brought her peace with the decision. Then they dial into two listener questions: one on building trust in spirit without needing proof it's real, and one on how to tell intuition apart from ego when the payoff hasn't shown up yet.
In this episode we're talking about:
0:00 Welcome back and Amelia's new shag haircut
8:58 Crybaby Club: the frustration of finally landing your dream life
25:32 Crybaby Club: Zoey on turning down a TV deal and trusting her no
59:36 Hotline Question 1: building trust in spirit without needing proof
1:14:49 Hotline Question 2: was it intuition, or a permission slip to leave?

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📚Connect with Amelia here:
Instagram: @thevelvetpage_
Substack: ameliabux

🎧 Audio + Video Editing by:
Mike Sims | echovalleyaudio.com
Contact: echovalleyaudio@gmail.com
keywords: trust your intuition, intuition vs ego, signs of intuition, trusting yourself, self trust, psychic reading, ask a psychic, intuitive guidance, religious deconstruction, faith and spirituality, healing after breakup, listening to your gut, numerology, spirit guides, psychic advice

(Episode #9) Have you ever felt the universe rearrange itself the second you decided to level up? In this two-part live coaching series inside The Bitching Hour!, we're digging into the beliefs, signals, and body signs that show up right before a timeline shift.
Today’s conversation is a dive into capacity, belief, and receptivity. Brittany and Zoey coach one client through a chaotic week of broken appliances and impossible-to-ignore signs, reframing "why is this happening to me" into "this is happening for me" — before turning to a second client's fear that her business, and her worth, can't be seen without paying to be seen. Then the conversation moves into the body: a client working the vulnerable edge of directness in a new dating dynamic, a speed-round on overstimulation, and a closing question about what to do when your body resists the exact timeline you asked for. Threaded through both episodes is one throughline — the medicine you want to give the world, you have to give to yourself first.
(00:00) Welcome to The Bitching Hour + community updates
(03:39) Reading the signs of a timeline shift in real time
(20:16) The "I can hold it" mantra for expanding your nervous system's capacity
(22:33) Breaking a generational curse in a dealership parking lot
(28:41) Turning ad anxiety into a belief audit
(43:01) The neuroscience of change
(52:42) Why you're always your own first clienta

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Listen to Part 2 over on The Bitching Hour! Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/033PY73jt5r75mBTKucpMU?si=DR-q9XsWTW2e0oF4Y-75Lg
✨ Take my FREE quiz!
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Have you ever been told to keep your gifts to yourself? What if the very thing you were taught to hide is actually the thing the world needs from you most?
On this episode of The Higher Self Hotline, Zoey talks with Dr. Judith Orloff, UCLA psychiatric faculty member and author of The Empath's Survival Guide and Second Sight, about what it actually means to be an empath and how to protect your energy day to day.
Dr. Orloff opens up about a family that told her to hide her intuitive gifts and the deathbed revelation that changed everything, then gets practical on the difference between empathy and being an empath, the tools she uses to stop absorbing everyone else's emotions, and why partnership can be hard for empaths.
In this episode:
00:00 Welcome to The Higher Self Hotline
02:10 Growing Up Without Support
09:37 The Deathbed Revelation
13:05 Empathy vs. Being an Empath
17:26 Debunking the Trauma Theory
28:41 Observation vs. Absorption
40:52 Empaths in Relationships
52:17 The Highly Sensitive Rabbit
Stay in touch with Dr. Judith Orloff:
Website: https://www.drjudithorloff.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/judith.orloff.md
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJudithOrloff/
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Empath's Survival Guide: https://drjudithorloff.com/empath-survival-guide-description/
Second Sight: https://drjudithorloff.com/second-sight-description/
Meet me in the studio: Watch the episode on Youtube https://youtu.be/MSPDmNA7USA
Take my FREE quiz!
What’s your intuitive style? Discover your unique intuitive gifts with my free quiz:
http://zoeygreco.com/quiz
Get Your 10% off your yearly Numerology Report here: http://zoeygreco.com
Join The Bitching Hour with Zoey and Brittany: https://www.skool.com/the-bitching-hour-3959/about
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Did you love this episode? The Higher Self Hotline Team lovingly asks for your support!

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🎧 Audio Editing by:
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Keywords: empathy, highly sensitive person, energy protection, observe don't absorb, empath vs empathy, intuitive development, empath boundaries, psychiatrist, The Empath's Survival Guide, empath childhood trauma, empowered empath, spiritual podcast interview, tools for empaths, higher self, mental health, personal development conversations, self growth, overcoming trauma