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
08. Astrology for Self-Discovery — A Roadmap Back to the Self
Astrology is so much more than knowing your Sun sign. It’s an interpretive art — a symbolic system that has been used for centuries to help us uncover meaning, illuminate our inner world, and bring clarity to the challenges we face in life.
In this episode of The Becoming You Project, we explore how astrology can serve as a roadmap back to the self. By looking at your natal chart — a snapshot of the sky at the moment of your birth — you gain a framework for understanding not just your personality, but your emotional landscape, your core wounds, your growth edges, and the legacy you’re here to leave.
This conversation goes beyond “astrology basics” and into the foundations of working with your natal chart as a tool for self-discovery and healing. You’ll learn how to:
- Understand your natal chart as a symbolic map of identity, purpose, and potential
- Explore the 12 houses of astrology as a life journey, from selfhood to service, relationships to transcendence
- Recognize how each zodiac sign brings archetypal energy that shapes how you experience different areas of life
- Work with key placements like the Sun, Moon, Rising, Mercury, and Midheaven as guideposts for clarity and growth
- See how astrology can bring meaning, self-awareness, and compassion into the moments where life feels complex or overwhelming
Astrology won’t hand you every answer — but it offers a language for self-understanding, a way to name what you’re experiencing, and a lens that helps you reconnect with who you really are.
✨ By the end of this episode, you’ll have a deeper sense of how astrology can illuminate your path, help you make sense of challenges, and reconnect you with the self you’ve always been becoming.
Resources -- www.astro-seek.com
(Select "Free Horoscopes" in upper left corner > Birth Natal Chart Online Calculator > Input birth info. Note - I like to expand the input section to select "whole sign" or "whole sign ASC horizontal.")
A few options if you don't have your birth info: https://www.chani.com/astro-education/how-can-i-work-with-my-astrology-chart-if-i-dont-know-my-birth-time
If you’re looking for a deeper dive into your natal chart, I offer a one-time intensive called The Map of Your Stars. It’s a deep dive into your chart to uncover themes that can help you get unstuck, find healing, and connect with a path to purpose. Find more info here: https://www.jesscallahan.com/map-of-your-stars
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