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Humans Decoded
by Kiran Trace
Humans Decoded: A true story of fairies, elves, hobbits, gnomes, and dwarves. Kiran Trace, a human development expert and non dual spiritual leader, and Meghan Roekle, PsyD, a doctor of psychology and nondual spiritual coach, decode our human systems each week. They explore human behavior patterns through a unique blueprint: Elf, Hobbit, Fairy, Dwarf, Gnome, Human. Wacky yet true!
Episodes
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Why Your Old Favorite Shows Suddenly Make You Cringe – Ep 166
Ever rewatched a childhood favorite and wondered how you ever enjoyed it? Maybe the relationship drama now makes you cringe, or the characters seem far more dysfunctional than you remember. You might not have changed your mind about the show. You may have outgrown the archetypes you once related...
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Nature Won’t Fix You (And Why Stillness Isn’t a Location) – Ep 165
Ever notice how a few days in the wilderness can make the noise of everyday life suddenly disappear? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran, Leela, and Cami explore what happens when you spend enough time in nature for the usual mental noise to fall away. From the Swiss Alps to the rivers of...
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Why You Feel Guilty for Being Happy Right Now – Ep 164
When big things happen in the world, how do you respond? It can be easy to feel pressure to stay tuned in, track what’s happening, and carry the weight of it all. But what happens when you’re having a beautiful week while someone you love—or people across the world—are suffering? Is enjoying your...
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Why “Healing” Your Body Might Be Keeping You Sick – Ep 163
When you are on the edge of an evolutionary leap, the physical body can sometimes respond first. You might find yourself suddenly hit with a severe chronic illness flare, debilitating migraines, a sudden back spasm, or mysterious physical pain right when you’re about to step out of an old comfort...
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Is Your Mind Taking a Rigid Stance Against Your Freedom – Ep 162
When triggers, irritation, or daily fatigue roll in, it’s easy to wonder: Is this suffering just going to go on infinitely? Will I ever actually arrive at peace? So many of us buy into the myth sold at the doorway of the meditation hall—that reaching a certain depth of self-awareness or awakening...
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How Wellness Leaders Hide Behind Micro-Control Tactics – Ep 161
We’ve all had those moments where we catch ourselves strictly following lifestyle rules or trying to manage every single behavior in the name of "doing no harm". But what if our surface-level interpretations of ancient precepts like ahimsa are actually keeping us stuck in self-repression, rigid...
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What Your Binge-Watching Habit Is Actually Trying to Tell You – Ep 160
What if your screen habit isn’t actually about the screen? We’re surrounded by rules about how much screen time is “too much,” how productive we should be, and how often we should get outside. But what happens when those rules become another layer of pressure and we stop listening to what is...
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Why Your Meditation Practice Is a Task – Ep 159
When you sit down for a meditation, are you actually resting into presence—or is your MEGO just logging cushion time to feel good about itself? Even experienced meditators can fall into a subtle trap: using meditation to sedate irritation, control the mind, or quietly prove they’re doing the...
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How The Buddha Makes A 5 Year Plan – Ep 158
Ever noticed how many spiritual teachers can point to the absolute truth, but when it comes to off-the-mat daily life, making a plan is an absolute mess? We tend to fall into an either/or trap: either we force an effortful agenda to prove our worth and feel safe, or we use "being present" as an…...
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Why Your Spiritual Growth Feels So Uncomfortable – Ep 157
What really happens at a spiritual retreat? Including a powerful guided meditation to bring you right there! In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace, Leela, and Cami reflect on the powerful insights, unexpected moments, and deep transformations that emerged during this year's community...
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The Spiritual Trap That Looks Like Discernment – Ep 156
How do you know if a spiritual teacher, therapist, coach, or healing practice is actually clear—or simply confirming your existing beliefs? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace, Leela, and Cami explore the deeper meaning of discernment and why true clarity cannot come from fear…
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Vulnerable or Just Authentic? How to Dump The Fear – Ep 155
Why do so many successful people still feel disconnected from themselves? Why does life become exhausting when you're constantly trying to meet expectations that were never truly yours? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace and Leela sit down with physician and long-time community member...
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Why Spiritual Seekers Mistake Control For Discernment – EP 154
How do you know if you're following truth or simply protecting your comfort zone? What if your idea of spiritual discernment is actually reinforcing the very patterns you're trying to transcend? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace, Leela, and Cami explore one of the most misunderstood...
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Why Spiritual Seekers Stay Stuck (The Mirror They’re Ignoring) – Ep 153
Why do the same triggers, relationships, fears, and frustrations keep showing up—even after years of spiritual work? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace, Leela, and Cami explore one of the most important teachings in nondual wisdom: the Mirror Principle. Instead of assuming life…
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Why Family Is Often Your Hardest Spiritual Lesson – Ep 152
Most of us are taught that siblings are supposed to be our closest, most important relationships for life. But what happens when those relationships feel painful, toxic, confusing, or impossible to navigate? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran, Leela, and Cami revisit one of their most...
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The Hidden Mechanics of Fulfillment and Spiritual Attainment – Ep 151
Most spiritual seekers know the feeling. There's something you're certain will change everything when it finally arrives. Love. Purpose. Freedom. Peace. Yet the more important it becomes, the more elusive it can seem. What if the very way we're relating to what we want is part of what's keeping…
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What If Your Biggest Fear Isn’t Even Yours? – Ep 150
Some of the reactions we have in life feel bigger than the moment itself. A trigger feels too intense. A fear feels too familiar. A pattern feels like it has been running far longer than we can explain. In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran, Leela, and Cami explore the possibility that some of...
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Will The AI Revolution Lead Us To More Freedom? – Ep 149
A.i. is profoundly changing our world, right now. This is seismic for children! Parents and caregivers, until you're teaching your kids discernment and what 'mirroring your worldview" is, and how to challenge AI, move Duck Duck Go to become your default browser instead of Google search. This is a...
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What It Means To Finally Feel At Home Within Yourself – Ep 148
What makes a space truly feel like home? Is it the aesthetic, the furniture, the perfect design… or something much deeper? In this episode, Cami and Leela explore the connection between our homes, self-worth, authenticity, and the way we move through life. From minimalist fantasies to cozy fairy...
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Why Your Mind Fights Peace! Why Suffering Feels Safer! – Ep 147
Resistance can feel overwhelming and deeply personal — but what if it isn’t actually telling the truth? In this episode, we decode resistance, painbodies, and the unconscious patterns that make simple moments feel impossibly heavy. From spiraling thoughts to shame loops and emotional shutdown, we...
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Its Surprising How Your Inner World Is Revealed Without You Knowing! – Ep 145
Are you really choosing your style… or is your identity choosing for you? In this episode, we decode the hidden patterns behind clothing, self-expression, and identity. What you wear might feel like a personal choice—but most of the time, it’s shaped by conditioning, cultural rules, and…
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Sometimes The Most Spiritual Thing… Isn’t Spiritual At All – Ep 144
Do you ever wonder why you feel “spiritual”… but still get angry, messy, chaotic, or completely un-zen in real life? In this episode, we explore the illusion of separating spiritual life from everyday human behavior — and how control often hides behind what we label as “spiritual practice,” “good...
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Conscious Awareness On A Date Night – Ep 143
Are you confused about dating, attachment, and what “real connection” actually means? In this episode, we explore the art of dating through the lens of awareness, non-attachment, and emotional clarity. Whether you’re single, in a relationship, or somewhere in between, this conversation unpacks…
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Is it Autism? Or Just a Big Shift of Awareness? – Ep 142
Do you really have ADHD, autism, or something else entirely? In this episode, we explore neurodivergence, mental health labels, and how easily we misread our inner experience. What feels like ADHD or autism symptoms may actually be overwhelm, trauma responses, or a shift in awareness rather than…
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The Role of Awakening in Real Healing – Ep 141
What if healing isn’t about becoming “fixed” or permanently free of pain? We explore how healing is often misunderstood as a destination, when in reality it’s a process of deeper seeing. What feels like being “not healed yet” is often just unconscious patterns, ego identification, and misread...
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Why You Feel Drained Around People (Energy Hygiene 101) – Ep 140
Why does everything feel so intense lately? If life feels fast, overwhelming, or like you can’t slow down… this episode points you back to what’s actually missing: stillness and awareness. We break down energy hygiene in a simple, grounded way — not as a complicated practice, but as a return to a...
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Why Awakening Makes Boundaries So Confusing – Ep 139
Wait… this isn’t awareness, it’s ego. Awareness and discernment reveal when you’re reacting and when something is actually true. In a culture driven by reaction, cancel culture, and emotional triggers, it’s easy to mistake discomfort for truth. But awakening isn’t about reacting, it’s about…
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Sometimes The Edge is Unfamiliar – Ep 138
What if the “ick” you feel isn’t truth—but part of awakening? In this episode of Humans Decoded, we explore how awareness and the present moment reveal what’s really going on beneath discomfort and pressure. Not everything that feels off is wrong. Sometimes it’s the edge of growth, unfamiliar...
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Why Your “Ick” Could Be A Pressure To Awaken Ep 137
Awareness and awakening change how we interpret discomfort, pressure, and the famous “ick” feeling. In this episode of Humans Decoded, we explore why that “yuck” reaction isn’t always truth—and how conscious awareness in the present moment can reveal whether it’s fear, trauma, or real…
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Why Awakening Makes Us Question the Nuclear Family – Ep 136
Awakening and awareness often change how we see family, connection, and community. During awakening, many people begin questioning the nuclear family model and feeling drawn toward deeper, more conscious ways of living together. In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran, Leela, and Cami explore…
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Why Spiritual Leaders Still Transgress After Awakening – Ep 135
Awareness and awakening don’t remove emotional pain, they reveal it. In this powerful episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace revisits a vital talk on misconduct and sexuality, the pain body, and why spiritual awakening can actually amplify sensitivity rather than bypass it. As global events…
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Why Awakening Sometimes Feel Heavier Instead of Lighter – Ep 134
Awakening doesn’t mean life becomes easy. It means you become more aware of what’s happening inside you. In this episode of Humans Decoded, we explore how emotional pain, confusion, grief, and inner pressure are not signs of failure—but gateways into deeper consciousness and presence. Why does...
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Awakening Exposes Hidden Control Patterns – Ep 133
Awakening through presence reveals how food fear and body control are driven by mind, not truth. This episode explores how conscious awareness dissolves pressure around eating, health, and identity. Food, sleep, exercise, and health routines are often treated as facts—but most are unconscious...
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Awakening Doesn’t Mean Life Gets Easier – Ep 132
Awakening under pressure reveals presence, not failure. This episode explores how conscious awareness stabilizes intensity without bypassing reality. When the world feels overwhelming, it’s easy to assume something has gone wrong. In this conversation, the Humans Decoded team explores how...
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Why We Sabotage Our Own Peace (Even After Awakening) – Ep 131
Why do we sabotage our own peace—especially after awakening? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace, Leela Sutter, and Cami Carlow explore how the pain body, unconscious identity, and subtle fear pull us out of awake presence when life feels calm, beautiful, or stable. Through lived...
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2026: The Only Way to Navigate Chaos without Losing Your Peace – Ep 130
In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran, Leela, and Cami explore the rising sense of doom that has marked the beginning of 2026—and offer a radically different response: a peace plan. From global conflict and political unrest to AI anxiety, media saturation, and nervous system overwhelm, the...
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Embodiment and Awakening: Where the Body, Energy, and Spirit Meet – Ep 129
In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran, Leela, and Cami explore embodiment as a living practice—not something to master, but something to return to again and again. They unpack why awakening must land in the body, how stories around food, movement, health, and healing quietly shape our...
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The Hidden Magic of Prayer Before and After Awakening – Ep 128
Prayer isn’t about belief, ritual, or asking for something to change. It’s what rises when control collapses and truth finally speaks. In this episode of Humans Decoded, we explore prayer as a living act—spoken in silence, surrender, honesty, and on-your-knees moments. Not prayer as performance,...
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Are You Feeding Your Pain Body or Your Light? How What You Watch Shapes Your Nervous System – Ep 127
What you watch doesn’t just entertain you — it conditions you. In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran, Leela, and Cami explore how TV, movies, and binge-worthy content subtly shape your nervous system, emotional body, and capacity for presence. Through real examples and lived experience, they...
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Jedi Travel Tricks — Making Time Dissolve | Kiran Trace – Ep126
In this continuation of our Jedi travel series, Kiran Trace, Leela, and Cami explore how to dissolve stress, bend time, and experience deep presence while traveling. From airports and security lines to long drives and delays, this episode introduces a powerful awareness-based “Jedi trick” that...
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Mystical Travel Hacks: How to Bend Time, to Travel with Ease | Kiran Trace – Ep 125
Holiday travel getting wild? Lost baggage, long lines, missed connections, chaotic airports… This week, Kiran shares one of her absolute favorite pastimes: teaching you Jedi tricks — playful, reality-bending awareness practices that turn stressful travel into a surprising arena for magic. In this...
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A Deception Trick: How Your Habitual Patterns Pretend To Be Truth | Kiran Trace – Ep 124
In Part 2 of this honest conversation, Kiran, Leela, and Cami explore the subtle ways habitual patterns disguise themselves as truth. These patterns often feel intuitive, aligned, or authentic. Yet underneath, they are old survival responses pulling you back into comfort. What You’ll Learn ✨ How...
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Are Your “Delicious Yeses” Actually Trauma Patterns? | Kiran Trace – Ep 123
Are your habitual patterns making your choices for you? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace, Leela, and Cami uncover how habitual patterns can feel intuitive, “aligned,” or even spiritual — when they’re actually old comfort zones running the show. We explore how these hidden patterns...
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Why Sibling Relationships Are So Complicated — A Deep Dive into Family Dynamics | Kiran Trace – Ep122
In this week’s episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace, Cami Carlow, and Leela Sutter dive deep into the truth behind sibling relationships — the love, the conflict, the trauma, the loyalty, and the complexity that most of us never talk about. We explore what really happens when uniquely wired...
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Awakening Isn’t Bliss — It’s the Death of “You” | Kiran Trace – Ep 121
What if spiritual awakening isn’t about becoming someone better — but realizing you were never separate to begin with? In this episode, Kiran Trace, Cami and Leela, dive deep into what it really means to awaken into your original nature. Beyond spiritual trends and the search for bliss, this is a...
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Authentic Rhythms: Discovering Your Own Superpower to Healing and Inner Peace | Kiran Trace – Ep120
Go Back Are you living in your authentic rhythm, or running at someone else’s pace? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran Trace, Leela, and Cami explore how each of us moves through life with a unique energetic rhythm — and how misunderstanding it can lead to burnout, control, or…
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Addicted to Healing: The Subtle Control Behind the Search for Freedom | Kiran Trace – Ep 119
Go Back Are we healing… or just managing our pain? In Part 2 of Episode 118, Kiran, Leela, and Cami continue exploring how substances and awakening often intertwine on the spiritual path. Many seekers reach for psychedelics, prescriptions, or supplements hoping for relief. However, what if the…
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Psychedelics, Plant Medicine, and Awakening: What No One Tells You | Kiran Trace – Ep 118
Go Back Are psychedelics and spiritual awakening truly connected? Many seekers believe that plant medicine, ayahuasca, or microdosing can fast-track enlightenment. However, the truth is more nuanced. While these substances can open doors to higher states of consciousness, they can also create...
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Willingness: The Missing Piece in Healing and Awakening | Kiran Trace – Ep 117
Go Back What if true healing doesn’t come from fixing, but from willingness? In this episode of Humans Decoded, Kiran explores the quiet power of willingness — how softening your resistance and opening to what is can dissolve layers of pain, control, and effort. Through real-life insights and...
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The Truth About Spiritual Bypassing: Finding Real Peace in a Divided World | Kiran Trace – Ep 116
Go Back Is spirituality just a way to escape the world’s problems — or is it the key to real peace? 🌿 In this week’s conversation, Kiran, Leela, and Cami explore the accusation that spirituality is a form of bypassing — ignoring global crises like war, injustice, or inequality. But what if real...
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Humans Decoded: A true story of fairies, elves, hobbits, gnomes, and dwarves. Kiran Trace, a human development expert and non dual spiritual leader, and Meghan Roekle, PsyD, a doctor of psychology and nondual spiritual coach, decode our human systems each week. They explore human behavior patterns through a unique blueprint: Elf, Hobbit, Fairy, Dwarf, Gnome, Human. Wacky yet true!
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Kiran Trace
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Humans Decoded: A true story of fairies, elves, hobbits, gnomes, and dwarves. Kiran Trace, a human development expert and non dual spiritual leader, and Meghan Roekle, PsyD, a doctor of psychology and nondual spiritual coach, decode our human systems each week. They explore human behavior patterns...
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