In this conversation, Dr. Priya Rao sits down with Claudia Thompson, PhD, registered dietitian, intuitive guide, and author, to explore what happens when a rigorously trained scientific mind begins to open to intuition, spirit, and the unseen layers of healing. Claudia shares her own spiritual awakening, not as a sudden escape from logic, but as a gradual expansion of understanding that came through lived experience, grief, personal rupture, and learning to trust the guidance that had always been present.This episode speaks directly to physicians, healthcare professionals, and high achievers who feel something shifting beneath the surface of their lives. Those who are navigating burnout, nervous system dysregulation, or the quiet sense that the old ways of doing and being are no longer sustainable. Together, Priya and Claudia explore what awakening actually feels like in the body, how intuition differs from anxiety or overthinking, and why so many people in medicine and science find themselves questioning the limits of a purely physical model of healing.Claudia explains how a spiritual awakening often unfolds in layers, with many smaller moments leading up to a larger catalyst. She talks about spirit guides, intuition, and the physical signals that accompany energetic truth. The conversation bridges heart-brain coherence, nervous system regulation, meditation, and the importance of learning to trust yourself again, especially when the world around you may not yet have the language to hold your experience.For listeners who feel isolated in their awakening, this episode offers reassurance. You are not alone. What you are sensing does not mean you are losing your grounding or your credibility. It may mean you are remembering a more integrated way of living and healing, one that honors both evidence-based medicine and inner wisdom.You’ll hear reflections on caring for others while learning to care for yourself, the energetic hygiene required of physicians and healers, and why true healing must include the physical body, the emotional body, the mental body, and the energetic body together. This is a conversation about learning to listen, to slow down, and to move through the world from a more authentic place.