Higher Purpose Healing® Podcast
Higher Purpose Healing® blends Eastern and Western medicine to help you release stress, trauma, emotional blocks, and chronic patterns trapped in the nervous system. Hosted by Matthew & Dr. Lisa Ancira, this podcast explores how the body heals when mind, body, and spirit return to alignment. You’ll learn practical tools and deeper insights from: Somatic & nervous system healing Meditation, awareness & breath practices Energy medicine & fascia release Relationship healing & communication Trauma-informed emotional processing Spiritual growth & consciousness work Lifelong recovery & resilience Created for people who have “tried everything” yet still feel stuck, this show reconnects you to the wisdom of your body—so you can finally feel safe, grounded, and whole again. New episodes released regularly. Connect With Us YouTube | LinkedIn| Instagram | Facebook| TikTok | Google HigherPurposeHealing.com “Your healing is your greatest power.”
Episodes
Meditation invites you to meet your inner world with curiosity and softness. In this episode, Matthew Ancira explains the sensations people commonly experience — tingling, pressure release, emotional waves, warmth, or stillness — and how these signals reflect nervous system unwinding.
You’ll learn how to trust these sensations, how to stay safe during emotional activation, and how your body naturally processes sto...
In this foundational episode, Matthew Ancira introduces the Higher Purpose Healing Podcast and explains the core mission behind the work: nervous system healing, emotional restoration, and bridging Eastern and Western modalities.
You’ll learn who the podcast is for, what healing principles guide each episode, and how Matthew helps listeners reconnect with their authentic selves through somatic, emotional, and spiritual practices.
Alpha brain waves support deep relaxation, emotional release, creativity, and nervous system repair. In this episode, Matthew Ancira explains what alpha waves are, how stress disrupts healthy brainwave cycles, and how to cultivate the alpha state intentionally.
You’ll learn practices that shift your body into a receptive, healing-based frequency and how to build long-term brainwave resilience through consistent mind-body regulation...
Living through the heart is a mind-body shift that changes how you connect with yourself. In this episode, Matthew Ancira explores how heart-centered awareness supports emotional regulation, intuition, and personal peace.
You’ll learn why stress pushes you into the mind, how the heart communicates with the nervous system, and techniques to reconnect to your authentic self.
This episode guides you in softening defenses and returning...
Holiday gatherings activate deep emotional patterns and family dynamics. In this episode, Matthew Ancira explains why the nervous system reacts so intensely during the holidays and how to set boundaries, regulate your body, and navigate difficult interactions.
You’ll learn techniques to stay grounded, reduce emotional reactivity, soften old triggers, and create more ease during the busiest time of year.
This episode offers practica...
Physical and mental diets work together to shape your health. In this episode, Matthew Ancira breaks down how emotional patterns, belief systems, stress responses, and past conditioning affect how you eat, digest, and metabolize food.
You’ll learn the difference between feeding the body and feeding the mind, why trauma or shame may create unhealthy eating loops, and how to shift both your nutritional habits and your internal dialog...
You carry far more inner power than you realize — but stress, trauma, fear, and emotional overwhelm can disconnect you from your natural strength. In this episode, Matthew Ancira explains why people lose access to their personal power and how to reclaim it through nervous system awareness, emotional honesty, and deep energetic alignment.
You’ll learn how your body stores personal power, how shame and fear suppress it, and why reco...
Part 1 introduces the core reasons many men struggle to express emotions. Matthew explains masculine somatic patterns, trauma triggers, and how women can create connection without sacrificing themselves.
Topics- “Why doesn’t he open up?” explained
- Nervous system dysregulation in men
- The difference between pressure and invitation
A continuation of the popular episode on relationships, emotional intimacy, and masculine nervous system patterns. This episode teaches women how to support emotional safety without carrying the emotional labor.
You’ll learn:
- Why many men shut down
- How to invite vulnerability safely
- Nervous system mirroring techniques
- Read more
The first episode of the No More Guilt series lays the foundation for understanding guilt as a nervous system response, not a character flaw.
Topics:
- The trauma–guilt loop
- How guilt creates chronic freeze
- Why “sorry” becomes a survival reflex
- Somatic grounding tools
- How to sto...
Part 2 explores the origins of chronic guilt—family patterns, survival responses, and nervous system conditioning.
You’ll learn:
- Why the body holds guilt even after your mind lets it go
- How the vagus nerve responds to guilt
- Somatic re-patterning techniques
- How to re-teach your body safety
- Read more
In Part 3 of the No More Guilt series, Matthew dives into how guilt embeds itself into the fascia, breath patterns, and nervous system. You’ll learn practical strategies for releasing long-held guilt and replacing it with clarity and internal freedom.
Topics include:
- How guilt becomes a physical pattern
- Emotional detox techniques
- Somati...
This meditation-therapy hybrid session guides you into a deeper awareness of kindness — toward yourself, your relationships, and the world around you.
Inside the session:
- A grounding breath practice
- Nervous-system calming cues
- A guided visualization for compassion
- Release of internal pressure & emotiona...
Shame and blame keep the nervous system locked in survival mode. In this episode, Matthew Ancira breaks down how shame patterns form in the body, why blame becomes a protective loop, and how to finally interrupt these cycles so healing can begin.
You’ll learn:
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Why shame creates chronic stress, muscle tension & emotional shutdown
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How blame rewires the brain into defensiveness
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Somatic techniques to regulate the body aft...
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