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The Shaman Stories Podcast

The Shaman Stories Podcast

Written by: Jeremy Chenvert
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Join me as I sit down with inspiring guests to explore their unique paths to spiritual growth. We'll dive into the challenges and obstacles they've faced along the way, and discover how those experiences shape their lives today. Tune in for insightful stories that will inspire and uplift you on your own journey! Don’t miss it!Jeremy Chenvert Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living
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  • Could Parasites Be Affecting Your Health? | The Worm Queen Kim Rogers

    Could Parasites Be Affecting Your Health? | The Worm Queen Kim Rogers
    Oct 2 2026
    Could parasites be affecting your health without you realizing it?

    In this episode of The Shaman Stories Podcast, Jeremy sits down with Kim Rogers, better known online as The Worm Queen, founder and CEO of Rogers Hood Apothecary. Kim's story is unusual because she didn't come into the wellness world without a medical background. She says she spent more than 20 years working in Western medicine, earned two healthcare degrees, ran 25 healthcare colleges across the United States, developed medical curriculum and worked extensively in neurology and endocrinology.

    At the same time, her own health was deteriorating. After years of surgeries, medications and unanswered questions, Kim began looking outside the conventional medical system for answers. She eventually explored herbal medicine, mushrooms, environmental exposures and parasite cleansing. Kim says her first parasite cleanse became a turning point in her life. She documented the experience online, posted a 60-second TikTok about what happened, and the video exploded. Kim says it reached one million views within two hours and eventually more than 10 million views. The response from people sharing their own experiences ultimately earned her the nickname The Worm Queen.

    In this conversation, we explore:
    • Kim's 20+ years working in Western medicine
    • Her struggle with chronic health problems and endometriosis
    • Why she began questioning conventional approaches to her health
    • Her experience with parasite cleansing
    • How she became known as The Worm Queen
    • Parasites, mold and Lyme disease
    • Mushrooms and Kim's personal healing journey
    • Amanita muscaria, lion's mane, turkey tail and psilocybin
    • Why Kim believes parasite exposure deserves more attention
    • Water quality and environmental exposures
    • Pets and potential parasite exposure
    • Food, produce and water safety
    • Herbal approaches to cleansing
    • Biofilms and binders
    • What Kim says she learned from doing her first cleanse incorrectly
    • Her Parify system
    • Taking greater ownership of your health
    • How one viral video became Rogers Hood Apothecary

    🎙️ The Shaman Stories Podcast
    Presented by Aldren Sanctuary
    Wisdom Returned.

    Connect with Kim Rogers
    Kim's website:
    https://rogershood.com
    Instagram:
    https://www.instagram.com/mrsrogers.hood
    Facebook:
    https://www.facebook.com/kim.rogers.549424/
    Buy her parasite cleanse here:
    https://rogershood.com/ref/3748/

    Kim also hosts the podcast:
    https://www.youtube.com/@whatseatingupodcast

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    https://www.aldrensanctuary.com
    https://www.facebook.com/TheAldrenSanctuary
    https://www.facebook.com/shamanstoriespodcast
    jeremy@aldrensanctuary.com

    Interested in being a guest?
    shamanstoriespodcast@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • They Grew Up Seeing Ghosts and Thought It Was Normal | Natalie & Stephanie

    They Grew Up Seeing Ghosts and Thought It Was Normal | Natalie & Stephanie
    Sep 25 2026
    What if you grew up seeing ghosts and simply assumed everyone else could see them too?

    That's essentially what happened to sisters Natalie and Stephanie. In this episode of The Shaman Stories Podcast, we explore their unusual journey from childhood paranormal experiences to becoming intuitive mediums, spiritual coaches, energy workers, astrologers and haunting investigators. Stephanie recalls seeing a ghost at around five years old while staying at a babysitter's house. As the sisters grew older, they eventually realized something surprising: not everyone was experiencing the things they considered normal. Rather than shutting those experiences down completely, they eventually began exploring Wicca, spirituality, energy work, astrology, mediumship and other traditions. Today, their work includes intuitive development, spiritual coaching, Reiki, astrology, paranormal investigation, helping spirits cross over and past-life regression.

    In this conversation, we explore:
    • Growing up seeing ghosts and experiencing psychic phenomena
    • Why children may be more receptive to spiritual experiences
    • Whether intuition is a gift or an ability everyone possesses
    • Wicca and their early spiritual exploration
    • Becoming spiritual eclectics rather than following one system
    • Mediumship and communicating with spirits
    • What actually happens during a haunting investigation
    • Why they don't consider themselves traditional ghost hunters
    • The Estes Method and paranormal communication
    • Spiritual protection and energetic boundaries
    • Why energy workers need to understand protection
    • Shadow work and unresolved wounds
    • Helping spirits cross over • Working with more difficult energies
    • Clearing homes, businesses and real estate
    • The energetic relationship between people, homes and land
    • Astrology as a blueprint rather than fate
    • Mercury retrograde and common astrology misconceptions
    Past-life regression and Life Between Lives work
    • Soul fragments and healing experiences connected to past lives
    • Developing your intuition rather than blindly following someone else's method

    One of the ideas we keep returning to is that intuitive abilities may not belong to a special group of people. Natalie and Stephanie describe intuition, mediumship and the different “clairs” as abilities that can potentially be developed rather than gifts reserved for a chosen few. We also go deep into paranormal investigation. Unlike investigators whose primary goal is capturing evidence, Natalie and Stephanie say their purpose is usually helping people who are frightened or confused by what's happening in their homes. When appropriate, that can include communicating with spirits, clearing the space and helping spirits move on. We also discuss something I believe is incredibly important for anyone doing spiritual or energetic work: Boundaries. Whether you're practicing Reiki, mediumship, paranormal investigation or another form of energy work, opening yourself energetically without understanding boundaries can create problems. This conversation gets into those subjects and much more.

    The Shaman Stories Podcast
    Presented by Aldren Sanctuary Wisdom Returned.

    Connect with Natalie & Stephanie
    Their primary website:
    https://immersivespirit.com
    Intuitive Operating System
    https://intuitiveoperatingsystem.com
    Podcasts
    https://feeds.transistor.fm/high-heels-to-happy-feels

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    https://www.facebook.com/TheAldrenSanctuary
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    jeremy@aldrensanctuary.com

    Interested in being a guest on The Shaman Stories Podcast?
    shamanstoriespodcast@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • When Healing Becomes Another Form of Avoidance | Tova Citrin

    When Healing Becomes Another Form of Avoidance | Tova Citrin
    Sep 21 2026
    What happens when healing itself becomes something we use to avoid what we're actually feeling?

    In this episode of The Shaman Stories Podcast, Jeremy sits down with author, tech executive, energy healer and creator Tova Citrin for a deeply personal conversation about trauma, nervous-system healing, spirituality, creativity and learning to live as your authentic self. Tova spent years exploring different forms of spiritual and energetic healing while simultaneously maintaining a very different professional identity in the technology and financial industries. For much of her career, she kept those two sides of herself separate. Eventually, she realized she no longer wanted to hide parts of who she was. Her own healing journey began much earlier. After experiencing a difficult childhood and later becoming seriously ill with meningitis in her late twenties, Tova found herself questioning who she was without her career, health and the identity she had built around herself. That experience eventually led her deeper into spirituality, energy work and ultimately to Israel, where what was intended to be a three-month stay became more than two decades.

    In this conversation, we explore:
    • Why healing can sometimes become another thing we chase
    • Trauma and nervous-system dysregulation
    • Living with hypervigilance
    • Why energetic healing alone isn't always enough
    • The relationship between the mind, body, emotions and spirit
    • Giving yourself permission to actually feel grief
    • Turning painful experiences into music, writing and art
    • Creativity as part of the healing process
    • Learning to stop saying “I'm fine”
    • How childhood experiences can shape intuition and awareness
    • Integrating a spiritual identity with a conventional career
    • Social media, fear and its effect on our nervous systems
    • Learning to be compassionate with ourselves
    • Why it's never too late to become who you really are
    • Jewish spirituality, Kabbalah and prophecy
    • Tova's spiritual thriller, Ten Seconds to Midnight
    • Her music project, Aviya Sage
    • Her Broadway-style musical, Company Man

    Tova also speaks candidly about living in Israel during years of conflict and how repeated alerts, rockets and trips to the safe room affected her nervous system even when her conscious mind told her she was fine. She describes still waking every few hours because her body learned to anticipate the next alarm.
    That leads us into a conversation about something we both understand personally: sometimes surviving the experience isn't the end of the trauma. The body can continue responding long after our conscious mind believes the danger has passed.
    Tova eventually realized that after years of exploring energy healing, one of the missing pieces for her was working directly with her nervous system. She says that as she began addressing that layer, other pieces of her life started falling into place and her creativity began flowing again.
    We also explore Tova's novel, Ten Seconds to Midnight, a spiritual thriller she describes as something like The Da Vinci Code meeting Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah. The story explores prophecy, redemption, darkness, destiny and what happens when we're finally forced to confront what we've spent our lives avoiding.
    Above everything else, Tova leaves listeners with a simple message:
    Be compassionate with yourself. Don't wait to live your life. Create what you feel called to create, and stop apologizing for who you are.

    The Shaman Stories Podcast Presented by
    Aldren Sanctuary Wisdom Returned.

    Connect with Tova Citrin
    ova's official website: https://www.tovacitrin.com/

    Her site includes information about Ten Seconds to Midnight, Aviya Sage, Company Man, her speaking work and ways to contact her. Her official site describes her work as existing at the intersection of leadership, storytelling and spirituality.

    Ten Seconds to Midnight Available through the purchase link on:
    https://www.tovacitrin.com/

    Tova describes the book as a spiritual thriller exploring Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah, prophecy and redemption.

    Aviya Sage Tova's music project can also be found through:
    https://www.tovacitrin.com/

    Her official site describes Aviya Sage as an AI music artist project featuring Tova's original lyrics with AI-generated music and voice. Tova also mentions during the episode that she can be found on LinkedIn under Tova Citrin.

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    https://www.aldrensanctuary.com
    https://www.facebook.com/TheAldrenSanctuary
    https://www.facebook.com/shamanstoriespodcast
    jeremy@aldrensanctuary.com

    Interested in being a guest?
    shamanstoriespodcast@gmail.com
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    1 hr
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