Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul

In this deeply illuminating episode of Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul, I sit down with Eimear Burke, Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD), counselling psychologist, celebrant, and priestess dedicated to Danú.
Together we explore:
✦ What Druidry truly is — beyond stereotypes
✦ The Wheel of the Year and seasonal sacred festivals
✦ The intersection of psychology and earth-based spirituality
✦ Ancient Irish myth and restoring women's voices in storytelling
✦ Ritual, ceremony, and honoring the ancestors
✦ The Druid perspective on the afterlife and reincarnation
✦ The deeper meaning of life
 
Eimear shares how Druidry serves not just as a spiritual path, but as a living value system rooted in reverence for nature, ethics, wisdom, service, and gratitude. This conversation weaves myth, land, ancestry, and consciousness into a powerful reminder that spirituality can be embodied, ecological, and deeply personal.
If you've ever felt called to ancient wisdom traditions or wondered whether Druidry might resonate with your soul, this episode offers clarity and depth.
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About Eimear Burke:
Eimear is the Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) and lives in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Eimear has private practice as a Counselling Psychologist and her interests in Druidry and psychology have led her to act as a Celebrant, helping people to design and enact meaningful rites of passage. She is licensed to perform legal weddings in the Republic of Ireland and can also offer non legal ceremonies.
Eimear has a deep love of the ancient Irish tales and has a passion for storytelling. She brings the old tales to new audiences, and - while remaining faithful to the stories - often examines them from new perspectives, so that listeners experience them as fresh and relevant. She particularly enjoys showing people the sacred sites of Ireland and telling the ancient tales right where they happened.
Eimear is also a Priestess dedicated to Danú in the Fellowship of Isis. She is an Arch Druidess in the Druid Clan of Dana and a member of the Noble Order of Tara.
 
🌐 Connect with Eimear Burke:
✦ Eimear's Website: Kilkennydruidry.com
✦ Order of Bards Ovates & Druids Website: Druidry.org
✦ Instagram @eimear_burke_druid
✦ Facebook @Eimear Burke – Druid and Seanchaí
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What if rhythm is one of humanity's oldest medicines?
In this illuminating episode of Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul, I sit down with renowned music therapist, author, and global rhythm leader Christine Stevens to explore how drumming and sound heal pain, regulate the nervous system, and awaken consciousness.
Drawing from neuroscience, clinical research, ancient traditions, and Christine's work in war zones, hospitals, and trauma-affected communities, this conversation reveals why rhythm has always been central to healing — and why it's returning now.
You'll hear live drum and flute demonstrations, learn how different drums affect the body and psyche, and discover how rhythm can support pain relief, addiction recovery, emotional regulation, and spiritual awakening.
This episode is both grounding and expansive — a reminder that healing doesn't always begin with words.
✨ What You'll Learn in This Episode:
✦ Why drumming is one of the oldest healing tools in human history
✦ How rhythm affects pain, trauma, addiction & the nervous system
✦ What science reveals about group drumming and stress reduction
✦ The four main drums used for healing and their unique effects
✦ Why early musical exposure shapes neurological development
✦ The spiritual symbolism of drum and flute — earth and tree
 
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About Christine Stevens, MSW, MA, MT-BC
Christine Stevens is the author of The Nature Sutras, Music Medicine, The Healing Drum Kit and The Art and Heart of Drum Circles. The founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, she has appeared on NBC, PBS, KTLA, Discovery Health, Living Better TV, and is a faculty for The Shift Network. As a REMO artist, she has trained facilitators from more than twenty-five countries including Iraq, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Europe. Christine has worked with Fortune 500 companies, survivors of Katrina, students at Ground Zero and led the first drum circle training in a war-zone in northern Iraq. Her recent publication in Music and Medicine, featured sound healing for pain reduction during COVID 19 in a free online clinic she pioneered. Her year-long Global Rhythm Sangha online course features cultural rhythms from master teachers each month. Christine offers a variety of online training programs and courses including Awaken Your Rhythm and the Flute as Sound Healing which has served hundreds of people from over 35 countries.
 
🌐 Connect with Christine Stevens, MSW, MA, MT-BC:
✦ Christine's Website: ubdrumcircles.com
✦ Global Rhythm Sangha 2026 ~ Learn More
✦ Facebook @Ubdrumcircles
✦ Youtube @Ubdrumcircles
✦ Online Course ~ Awaken Your Rhythm
✦ Online Course ~ The Flute as Sound Medicine
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In this expansive and thought-provoking conversation, I'm joined by renowned herbalist, mycologist, and researcher Dr. Christopher Hobbs to explore one of the most important questions in health and healing today: Why do some people recover—while others don't?
Dr. Hobbs shares insights from decades of clinical practice and research into medicinal mushrooms, herbal medicine, and integrative healing. Together we discuss the science behind mushroom medicine, why mushrooms should always be cooked, how to choose between supplements, tinctures, powders, or food, and what modern research is revealing about microdosing.
We also explore the deeper layers of healing—belief systems, mindset, and meaning—and how these factors influence outcomes just as much as biology. The conversation weaves science with wisdom, offering a grounded yet expansive look at what true healing really requires.
In this episode, you'll discover:
✦ The real science behind medicinal mushrooms
✦ What research says about microdosing mushrooms
✦ Why mushrooms should always be cooked
✦ How to choose between supplements, tinctures, powders, or food
✦ The role belief systems and mindset play in healing outcomes
✦  How herbal medicine fits into the future of integrative healthcare
✦ Dr. Hobbs' reflections on healing, purpose, and the meaning of life
 
You'll also hear about Dr. Hobbs' Magic Mushroom course at The Shift Network, his upcoming book, and his reflections on the meaning of life itself.
If you're curious about natural healing, medicinal mushrooms, microdosing, or the deeper science behind recovery, this episode is for you. 
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About Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D, L.Ac., R.H.:
Dr. Christopher Hobbs is a fourth generation, internationally known herbalist and mycologist, licensed acupuncturist, herbal clinician, research scientist, consultant to the dietary supplement industry, expert witness, botanist, public speaker, and author of over 20 books and numerous articles with over 40 years of experience. He is the author of the recent book "Christopher Hobbs's Medicinal Mushrooms, the Essential Guide," with German and English editions. He earned his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley with research and publication in evolutionary biology, biogeography, phylogenetics, the chemistry of plants and fungi, and ethnobotany. Now faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
 
🌐 Connect Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D, L.Ac., R.H.:
✦ Dr. Hobbs's Website: www.christopherhobbs.com
✦ The Magic Mushroom Course with Dr. Hobbs - Learn More Here
✦ YouTube: @Chrisrhobbs
✦ Instagram: @Christopherhobbs1
✦ Facebook: @DrChristopherhobbs
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What if the fastest way to calm anxiety, shift your nervous system, and reconnect with others was already happening—right under your nose?
In this powerful conversation, I'm joined by Jessica Dibb, Founder, Spiritual Director, and Principal Teacher of Inspiration Consciousness School and author of Breathwork and Psychotherapy. Together, we explore how breath is not just a tool for relaxation—but a direct bridge between physiology, psychology, and healing.
Jessica shares why breath is the fastest way to create a state change, how every breath is psychophysiological, and why emerging science shows specific breathing patterns can significantly reduce anxiety—sometimes more effectively than meditation or yoga alone.
You'll also hear about:
✦ Stanford research comparing box breathing, cyclical hyperventilation, and cyclical sighing
✦ Why some people struggle to inhale or hold their breath—and what that reveals
✦ How becoming a friend to your breath creates grounding and emotional safety
✦ The idea of "The Big Breath"—bridging ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience
✦ Resonance research from the HeartMath Institute
✦ How breath affects not just you—but those around you
✦ A moving client story where breathwork helped shift asthma into remission
✦ Breathwork as a universal human language of healing
✦ The Universal Breathing Declaration, co-created with Jack Kornfield
This episode offers both science-grounded insight and lived, embodied wisdom, showing how breathwork supports emotional regulation, physical health, flow states, and deep human connection.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, chronic stress, illness, or simply longing for more steadiness in a fearful world—this conversation reminds you that healing begins with the breath you're already taking.
 
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About Jessica Dibb: Through life-long exploring of pathways for physical and psychological health and development, awakened consciousness, and living from love, Jessica Dibb's work centers conscious breathing—synthesizing depth psychology, consciousness studies, science, individualized spirituality, and somatic, emotional, and cognitive energy and wholeness. Extensively trained in ballet and yoga, during pre-med studies at UC Irvine, she had an epiphany: Breathing is a universal and unifying medicine in every situation, for everyone.
Jessica is the author of Breathwork and Psychotherapy: Clinical Interventions for Healing and Transformation. She advocates rigorous training and ethical standards that support powerful, safe, multi-dimensional, nuanced Breathwork to access our deepest potential. She founded a 1200+ hour Breathwork and Psychospiritual Facilitation Program at Inspiration Consciousness School; and is the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance founding co-director and ethics chair; and she created Breath Immersion—From Science to Samadhi conferences.
Jessica develops innovative processes for embodying psycho-spiritual wholeness using Breathwork with established and emergent wisdom teachings to cultivate presence, wisdom, and love throughout our lifespan—in relationship with all life and this breathing planet.
 
🌐 Connect with Jessica Dibb
✦ Jessica's Website: inspirationcommunity.org
✦ Book - Breathwork and Psychotherapy: Clinical Interventions for Healing and Transformation
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What if the energy of the coming year could help you consciously close one chapter—and step into the next with clarity, intention, and grace?
As the holiday season invites reflection, completion, and new beginnings, this special episode offers a powerful way to orient yourself for the year ahead.
In this conversation, I'm joined by renowned numerologist Felicia Bender to explore the numerological landscape of 2025 and 2026, including the transition from a 9 Universal Year into a 1 Universal Year. Together, we unpack how Universal Years and Personal Years work, how to calculate your Personal Year, and how these cycles can provide meaningful context for reflection, intention-setting, and growth.
Whether you're winding down the year, feeling called to release what no longer serves you, or quietly sensing that something new is beginning to stir, this episode offers grounded insight and perspective—perfect for the reflective energy of the holidays.
 ✨ What You'll Gain from This Episode:
✦ A clear, accessible explanation of numerology, including Universal Years and Personal Years
✦ How the collective energy of 2025 and 2026 sets the stage for endings and beginnings
✦ How to calculate your Personal Year and understand its role in your life cycle
✦ How Universal and Personal Years interact—and why timing matters
✦ Gentle guidance for reflecting, recalibrating, and entering the new year with intention
This episode is ideal for anyone seeking clarity, perspective, and alignment as one year closes and another begins.
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Felicia Bender, also known as The Practical Numerologist®, has an incredible gift for bringing numerology down to earth — helping us understand not just the meaning of the numbers, but how to apply them in our everyday lives, in our relationships, our purpose, and our spiritual growth.
Felicia Bender - The Practical Numerologist® uses numerology to validate and define your pathway and purpose in life in an empowered way that's fun, inspiring, and actionable.
She's the author of several books and is the resident numerologist for AstroStyle.com  Felicia is a go-to numerology expert featured in many media outlets, including the L.A. Times, Refinery 29, Women's Health, and more.
 
🌐 Connect with Felicia Bender, Ph.D.:
✦ Felicia Bender's Website: FeliciaBender.com
✦ Find Out Your Life Path Number – Click Here!
✦ Instagram: @FeliciaBender
✦ YouTube: @FeliciaBender
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