{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"White Coat Black Sheep","title":"From the OR to Money Healing: Dr. Susan Nichols on the Spiritual Roots of Financial Trauma","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3246,"description":"Intro:\nDr. Susan Nichols spent over a decade training to become a cardiothoracic surgeon — from the University of Iowa College of Medicine through a UCSF residency and a Stanford fellowship — only to have a profound spiritual awakening mid-fellowship that redirected her entire life. Today she holds an Executive MBA from Emory's Goizueta Business School and works as a financial advisor with MassMutual out of Atlanta, blending clinical training and behavioral finance to help clients confront generational patterns around money. She's also a TEDx speaker on The Frequency of Money®, a three-time author, a Reiki energy healer, and host of the Be Conscious® Podcast. In this episode, she joins Dr. Civelli to unpack what her awakening looked like, how it connects to generational trauma around money and worth, and a practical framework for transforming stuck emotional patterns.\nTopics covered:00:00 – Dr. Nichols' path from chemist to surgeon to financial advisor10:00 – The \"protracted adolescence\" of long medical training13:00 – Tracing sadness back to generational wounds around security and money22:00 – The Map of Consciousness and living at the frequency of shame30:00 – Out-of-body experiences during her fellowship and what shifted after34:00 – Family shame around money and sexuality, and how it's carried forward45:00 – A 3-step exercise for transforming stuck emotional patterns53:00 – Applying energy work to modern financial planningMentioned in episode:Dr. David Hawkins, The Map of ConsciousnessMaslow's Hierarchy of NeedsReiki healing training (2013–2015)The Be Conscious® PodcastTEDx talk on The Frequency of Money®About Dr. Susan Nichols, MD, MBA:\nDr. Nichols is a former physician-surgeon turned financial professional, medical intuitive, and energy healer. She practices out of The Piedmont Group in Atlanta, GA as a financial advisor and registered representative with MML Investors Services, LLC (MassMutual). She is Founder and CEO of the Human Consciousness Consortium...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/r7Fg59MgUhATCba7AaSRKVP-0dmWKpcE4ZsKXb08Qjs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mOGVl/NmI3Yzg5ZDdlOGIz/NDcyYTdmZjY4ZDIw/N2E3NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}