The Holistic Hippie Podcast
Welcome to The Holistic Hippie Podcast — a space for honest conversations about awakening, healing, and becoming fully human in a rapidly changing world.
Hosted by Jessi — holistic nutritionist, yoga teacher and teacher trainer, Reiki practitioner, past-life regressionist, and lifelong student of consciousness — this podcast explores the intersection of spirituality, philosophy, and personal transformation. Blending ancient yogic wisdom with modern self-development, each episode invites listeners into deeper self-inquiry, meaningful growth, and embodied living.
This is not a surface-level wellness show. Here, spirituality meets real life. Expect conversations on consciousness, shadow work, purpose, healing, relationships, nervous system regulation, intuitive development, and the courage it takes to evolve. Jessi shares openly from her own lived experiences — including her journey through physical and mental health challenges — offering grounded insight, practical tools, and compassionate encouragement along the way.
Rooted in yoga philosophy and holistic wellness principles, the podcast is equal parts motivational, reflective, and soul-expanding. Whether through solo reflections, teachings, or deep conversations, each episode is an invitation to slow down, question conditioning, reconnect with your inner wisdom, and participate in conscious growth alongside a like-hearted community.
If you’re ready to move beyond survival, reclaim responsibility for your physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing, and explore what it truly means to live with presence and purpose — you’re in the right place.
The Holistic Hippie Podcast
Episode 2: Understanding Ego
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In this episode, I wanted to introduce the concept of Ego, explaining what it is and how we can use it to help us along our path of growth and expansion. Ego is a topic that will continue to be brought into future episodes & conversations, and so I thought it was important to introduce and explain it at length before continuing to reference it.
Episode notes:
- Derived from 19th-century Latin, translating as I (sense of self)
- Sigmund Freud’s theory on id, ego, and superego looking at these 3 layers of self in that the id is our most primal, deep-rooted instincts to seek pleasure & avoid pain, stored deeply in the subconscious. Ego, he says, acts as a buffer between the id and reality, and the superego is ruled by social conditioning.
- Carl Jung’s theory on ego merges with Eastern philosophies and says this “Anyone who has any ego-consciousness at all takes it for granted that he knows himself. But the ego knows only its own contents, not the unconscious and its contents.” Carl Jung, The Undiscovered Self.
- Eckhart Tolle, the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth, writes extensively about ego & quotes “Give up defining yourself – to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life. And don’t be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it’s their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.” Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
- Basically, whatever comes into your mind when you are thinking of yourself, is your ego. The ways in which you define yourself, all of your experiences, your perceptions, the way you see yourself, the way you see others - your ego colours the lens of your perception. Your ideas about yourself, beliefs, ideologies, afflictions, desires, social status, fears, likes, dislikes - ALL EGO
Books Referenced:
- A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
- Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza