Conditioning to Consciousness
Conditioning to Consciousness explores the journey from inherited conditioning to embodied awareness — honoring personal healing as a catalyst for collective transformation. It’s for those peeling back layers of stress, people-pleasing, burnout, and self-silencing — and learning how to reclaim autonomy, self-trust, and purpose in a world shaped by systems that keep us disconnected from our bodies and intuition.
Hosted by Jess Callahan, this podcast blends thoughtful conversations with experts and change-makers alongside solo episodes informed by personal healing, post-graduate studies in transpersonal psychology and consciousness, and years of study in nervous system regulation, intuition, astrology, and somatic awareness.
Each episode connects back to five core pillars of healing and awakening:
- Nervous system regulation
- Deconditioning the mind
- Reconnecting with intuition
- Self-discovery
- Integration and embodiment
Rather than bypassing hard truths, Conditioning to Consciousness approaches healing through compassion, curiosity, and grounded awareness — recognizing that personal healing ripples outward into collective change. When even a small percentage of people elevate their consciousness, the world around them begins to shift.
This podcast is for cycle-breakers, system-seers, creatives, and deep feelers who are doing the real work — not to fix themselves, but to remember who they are beneath everything they learned to survive.
Just because the systems are broken doesn’t mean we have to be.
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This podcast has evolved and was formerly published under the name The Becoming You Project.
Conditioning to Consciousness
03. Finding Your Voice in a World that Silences | w/ Urmi Hossain
What happens when women don't speak up? We miss opportunities, fail to advance professionally, and inadvertently set a limiting example for others who look to us as role models. In this illuminating conversation with Urmi Hossain, a finance professional, author, and women's empowerment advocate, we dive deep into the transformative power of finding your voice.
Urmi shares her journey of balancing a successful career in finance with her passion for empowering women through mentorship, writing, and advocacy. Drawing from the Japanese concept of ikigai (a reason for being), she reveals how she connected her professional skills with her desire to serve her community, ultimately creating a more purposeful life.
One of the most powerful insights from our conversation is Urmi's relationship with discomfort and fear. Rather than avoiding what scares her, she intentionally moves toward it, viewing fear as a friend guiding her toward growth. From conquering her fear of public speaking to embracing new challenges like creating YouTube content, Urmi demonstrates how leaning into discomfort leads to personal transformation.
We also explore practical strategies for maintaining balance while pursuing multiple passions, and her philosophy of trying new experiences to discover what truly resonates offers a refreshing perspective on finding your path.
Subscribe to The Becoming You Project for more conversations about reinvention, finding your voice, and redefining success on your terms. Your path to becoming you has ripple effects that shift the world around you.
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You can connect with me on Instagram @jesscallahan_, join my Substack community at conditioningtoconsciousness.substack.com, or explore more of my work at jesscallahan.com.
My Back in the Body Nervous System Healing course is now available! Find it here.
Thanks for listening — I’m so grateful you’re here.
