Nothing Like We Expected

Joseph Martin coached football and planned his whole life around the NFL. He was the guy with two TVs going on game day. Today he doesn't watch sports at all. Somewhere between the Army, the sidelines and a past life regression in 2021, his life went in a direction nobody saw coming, least of all him.

Joseph is an Army veteran turned minister and hypnosis practitioner. He and his wife, Jennifer, run Ascension Healings outside Pittsburgh, and he's the author of The Ascension Guide books. His work is helping people make sense of spiritual awakenings that look nothing like they expected, because his didn't either.

We talk about the session where his guardian angel started coming through him, and how ten sessions of transcribing, with a fire hall siren blaring in his headphones, became his first book. He tells the story of a vision during a healing session that sent him and Jennifer across the country the same day, a blowout on I-70 in a hybrid with no spare tire, and the message that came at two in the morning on the side of the road: wherever you are is exactly where you need to be. He's honest about coming home to mountains of debt instead of a pot of gold, and what that taught him about trust.

Joseph walks through the stages of awakening and where most people get stuck, what he'd say to a skeptic who's about to hit pause, and one thing you can do this week if you're in the messy middle and feel like you're losing your mind. We also talk about why the solution is simple but not easy, why surrender still takes action, and why he tunes his guitar to 432 Hz.

And stay for the Playlist Round: Bryan Adams, a Journey song in the car with his mom and sister, Metallica's ...And Justice for All on repeat, a guilty pleasure he's not that guilty about, and two songs of his own.

If you're struggling right now, please reach out. In the US, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time. Outside the US, contact your local emergency number or crisis line.

KEY TOPICS
From the Army to awakening · Losing friends and family along the way · A past life regression in 2021 · Channeling and discernment · A vision and a cross-country road trip · Stranded on I-70 · Debt, trust and surrender · The stages of awakening · Purification and where people get stuck · Talking to skeptics · The messy middle: one thing to do this week · Tuning to 432 Hz

SOUND BITES
"Wherever you are is exactly where you need to be."
"My pursuit has always been to find what is right instead of being right."
"Ascension isn't a destination, it's just part of the journey."
"Peace resides in the present."
"We create music not for people to listen to. We create it for the sake of creation."

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:38 Meet Reverend Joseph Martin
2:26 From the Army to awakening
3:44 The cost of being authentic
5:34 Breadcrumbs and the Spiritual Social Club
9:04 How awakening changes your relationships
10:24 When football stops mattering
12:45 The 2013 catalyst
14:03 Socrates, Mark Twain and questioning beliefs
16:55 You don't know what you don't know
19:05 The past life regression
22:22 When the messages don't stop
23:50 Discernment: I, we or you
25:11 Visions and hands-on healing
26:20 "You've been channeling your whole life"
28:58 Music comes through us
31:54 What we expected vs. what happened
32:43 A vision, a phone call and a road trip
34:06 A blowout on I-70
35:57 Jobless, in debt and learning trust
38:57 Where people get stuck in awakening
41:01 Purification and layers of density
42:16 What he'd tell a skeptic
44:56 In the messy middle: one thing to do this week
49:33 Simple, not easy, and surrender as a practice
51:56 If you're struggling, ask for help (988)
52:41 What he wishes someone had told him
53:29 Surrender still takes action
56:15 The music behind his awakening
58:11 Tuning to 432 Hz
59:08 Jim's 442 piano and the road to opera
61:12 The Playlist Round
69:19 Outro

CONNECT WITH REV. JOSEPH MARTIN
Website: https://ascensionhealings.com
Books: The Ascension Guide series

TODAY'S PLAYLIST
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5yOxEJ2dO0B0LcOUw8MgNB

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US: call or text 988 (988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), any time.

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