Brain, Body & Beyond with Dr. Lynn Hellerstein on the Vision Beyond Sight Podcast

There are moments in life that feel so surreal, so heart-stretching, so divinely aligned that they echo through your whole body — moments where you pause, place a hand over your chest and whisper, Is this really happening?

 

This week gifted me one of those moments — a wild, wonderful, soul-igniting, pinch-me experience.

My episode on the Vision Beyond Sight Podcast with the incredible Dr. Lynn Hellerstein is officially live. As I sit here, warm cup of chai between my palms and a full heart beating in my chest, I am still taking it all in.

 

To appear on the podcast of a woman whose teachings helped shape my career, my worldview and played part my own healing journey…

To speak openly about vision, intuition, wellness and the multidimensional intelligence of being human…

To share space with someone I have admired, referenced and quoted for years… it was nothing short of magic — wild, wonderful, deeply humbling magic.

 

Sitting across from Dr. Hellerstein felt like sitting across from a mirror that reflected not just what I do but who I am.  In the zoom room with me here in Australia and Lynne in Colorado, USA it felt as though we were sitting side-by-side, breathing the same air and sharing the same energetic space despite being thousands of miles apart and on opposite sides of the globe.

 

Her presence, her wisdom, her decades of devotion to this work reminded me of why I chose this path in the first place:

To help humans see — not just with their eyes, but with their hearts, their bodies and their intuition.

 

This episode was more than a conversation.

It was a homecoming.

A full-circle moment.

A reminder that when we follow our intuition, nourish our nervous system, and trust our inner compass, life meets us in ways we couldn’t have scripted even if we tried and for that, I am endlessly grateful.

 

For years, the work of Lynn Hellerstein— especially her legendary See It. Say It. Do It. framework — has woven its wisdom through both my personal life and my vision therapy room.

I have used her books that holds space within my library of life:

To help children trust their inner vision and build confidence.

To guide adults recovering from brain injuries back into their bodies, their balance, their hope.

To anchor my own intuitive practices as both a Vision Therapist and an Intuitive Wellness Guide.

As a roadmap whenever I needed to reconnect intention with action, and imagination with embodiment.

 

Her teachings have become part of my daily rhythm — the way I set goals, the way I breathe before entering a session, the way I support others in discovering their strengths.

So to sit with Lynne and talk about vision, wellness, intuition and the deeper wisdom beneath it all was truly a full-circle moment.

 

One of my favourite parts of the Episode explored Vision, Wellness, Intuition & Human Potential was our conversation about breathwork — the gateway to everything, the bridge between body and intuition and the foundation of true inner alignment.

 

We talked about breath — not as an afterthought, not as a nice-to-have, but as the starting point for everything meaningful, healing and human.

 

Breath is medicine.

Breath regulates the nervous system.

 

 

Before emotional expression comes breath.

 

Slowing down enough to breathe, feel, and be present is not indulgent — it is radical, restorative, and absolutely necessary.

 

 Inside the episode, we explored the dance between breath and vision — how a single inhale can soften overwhelm, steady the eyes, and anchor the brain into the present moment. We talked about breath as the first medicine, the quiet force that recalibrates the body long before the mind has time to make sense of anything.

 

We unpacked how intuition isn’t just a thought or a nudge — it’s a full-body language spoken through breath, sensation, and subtle internal cues.

Your body always knows before your mind has a chance to label it.

 

Together, we explored how slowing down, regulating the nervous system, and reconnecting with our sensory world opens the doorway to deeper trust, stronger embodiment, and a more aligned way of seeing and living.

 

 Lynne and I dove deep into the three brains — each holding its own intelligence, its own rhythm, and its own role in how we see, sense, and move through the world. The head, heart, and gut are not just metaphors; they are three distinct centres of knowing that shape the way we think, feel, choose, and navigate life.

 

The head brain is the brain of clarity — the home of logic, structure, visual processing and decision-making, where information becomes meaning and meaning becomes action. It helps us analyse, organise and direct our next steps with grounded purpose and intentional direction.

 

The heart brain is the centre of connection, compassion, intuition, emotional understanding and coherence — the emotional and energetic truth-teller that lets us sense whether something feels aligned or out of tune. It softens us, steadies us, and guides us toward deeper authenticity, resonance, and relational wisdom.

 

The gut brain holds our instinct, courage, grounding, and boundaries, acting as a primal compass that speaks through sensation — sometimes whispering, sometimes roaring.

It reveals our yes, our no, our wait, and our go, anchoring us into embodied courage and deep internal clarity.

 

Together, we explored heart-brain coherence — that beautiful rhythmic harmony between how we think and how we feel. It’s the state where intuition sharpens, stress dissolves and decisions become deeply aligned with your highest truth.

 

I often say that intuition is not woo-woo — it’s wisdom.

 

As you might already be aware, I adore teaching about the three intelligence centres.

In this episode, we explored how these three “brains” work together — especially when vision therapy and intuitive guidance intertwine as when these centres communicate, healing becomes more integrated, insight becomes more embodied, and clarity becomes more effortless.

 

Because vision isn’t just what your eyes do.

It is what your life does.

 

A regulated nervous system, a coherent heart, and a grounded gut invite the brain — and the visual system — to function from a place of trust, truth, and deep internal alignment.

 

We wove together sensory awareness, integrative mind–body approaches, the emotional layers of visual development, the spiritual lens of seeing your life with clarity and the truth that the way we “see” ourselves deeply shapes the way we see the world.

 

This wasn’t just a conversation about eyes.

It was a conversation about being human.

 

 

The See It, Say It, Do It triad alongside Expand Your Vision have been a turning point; 

with anxious teens learning to trust their abilities

with adults rebuilding their lives after trauma

with children learning visualisation skills

with my own dreams, goals and intuitive path

 

It’s the bridge between intention and embodiment.

Between imagination and action.

Between vision and reality.

 

 In a world that glorifies speed, achievement and constant output, choosing to slow down becomes not only an act of rebellion but also a return to yourself.

On the podcast, we explored what it truly means to nourish the nervous system, pause long enough to hear your inner voice, move from urgency to presence, shift from performing to being, regulate before you activate, and rest as a way to awaken deeper wisdom.

 

I shared my belief that self-care is soul care.

Not bubble baths or one-off rituals, but the deeper work of listening to your body, tending to your emotions and honouring your energetic capacity.

 

Slowing down isn’t weakness.

Slowing down is choosing alignment over autopilot.

 

We also spoke about how my work now blends classical behavioural optometry principles with sensory regulation, intuition-led practices, somatics and breathwork, emotional support, and nervous system science.

Because vision therapy is not just about eyes.

It’s about the eyes, brain, body and humanity.

 

In the vision therapy room, I help clients build sensory resilience, develop confidence, deepen self-trust, shift from overwhelm to grounded awareness, reconnect with the wisdom of their body, and integrate holistic practices into their everyday functioning.

I also spoke into the importance of collaboration with OTs, psychologists, counsellors, speech therapists, naturopaths and energy practitioners contributing to whole-human wellness.

 

We heal in connection.

We thrive through integration.

 

One of the most powerful themes of the episode was leaning into intuition as a legitimate source of guidance.

I wholeheartedly stand by these words, You don’t need evidence to trust your intuition. You just need presence.

 

Lynn and I spoke about the courage it takes to trust what you feel, act on inner nudges, follow the guidance you can’t explain, let your body speak through sensation, and build a life guided by your inner compass rather than external noise.

This is what being a heart-led human looks like.

 

To Lynn — thank you for the privilege, the conversation, the shared passion and your podcast platform. Thank you for seeing me, hearing me, and giving me space to share what lights up my soul. Your work has touched and transformed my life, my practice, and the lives of countless humans I have had the honour of supporting.

To my community — my patients, clients, soul family, listeners, and readers — this episode holds so much of what I believe in. I cannot wait for you to tune in.

 

At the end of the day, this episode was about so much more than intuitive guidance and vision therapy. It was about trusting your inner knowing, slowing down long enough to meet your soul, reconnecting with your body’s wisdom, building coherence between mind, heart, and gut, embodying your intuitive gifts, and honouring both the wild and the tender parts of who you are.

 

If you take one thing from it, let it be this:

 

 

When we say yes to our path — to our gifts, our intuition, our calling — the universe arranges the most unexpected conversations, people, and opportunities.

This episode was one of those sacred alignments.

Maybe that’s the lesson that When you see it… and say it… anything is possible and life will meet you in the doing.