Awaken the Healer Within: A Journey Toward Healing, Wholeness, and Human Flourishing
Healing isn’t always about the next appointment on your calendar or about expecting someone else to work their magic. It’s about rediscovering your innate capacity for growth, resilience, meaning, and connection. At Mammoth Hills Coaching & Wellness, we believe every person possesses an inner wisdom that can be cultivated through curiosity, compassion, and intentional living.
That same philosophy is at the heart of the Amazon best-selling book The Awakened Healer: 18 Pathways to Healing, Wholeness, and Conscious Living.
Bringing together the voices of 18 physicians, therapists, coaches, educators, and healing professionals, this inspiring collection explores the many pathways to greater well-being. While each author offers a unique perspective, the message is universal: healing is not a destination reserved for a select few. It is an ongoing journey available to anyone willing to embrace growth, self-awareness, and possibility.
An Invitation for Growth
Whether you’re navigating stress, recovering from loss, searching for greater purpose, or simply longing to feel more fully alive, The Awakened Healer offers practical wisdom and fresh perspectives to support your journey.
Each chapter reflects a different pathway toward healing, reminding us that healing unfolds through curiosity, courage, meaningful relationships, and the willingness to engage life with openness.
Dr. Kerri Husman’s Chapter: From Fear to Freedom
As a contributing author, Dr. Kerri Husman shares her chapter, “From Fear to Freedom: Learning to Navigate Spirits and the Middle World.”
Drawing from decades of experience as an integrative psychiatrist, educator, coach, and shamanic practitioner, Dr. Husman explores an often-overlooked aspect of human experience: our natural capacity to enter altered states of consciousness. Rather than approaching these experiences with fear or misunderstanding, she invites readers to cultivate discernment, grounded awareness, and thoughtful exploration.
The chapter bridges contemporary psychology, neuroscience, and ancient healing traditions, offering a balanced perspective that honors both scientific understanding and the enduring human search for meaning. By understanding how trance and expanded states of consciousness are woven into the innate human experience, readers can approach these states with curiosity rather than fear and discover the good and gifts they may offer.
Healing Happens in Many Ways
One of the beautiful messages woven throughout The Awakened Healer is that healing is deeply personal. For some, it begins with understanding the mind. For others, it grows through reconnecting with the body, strengthening relationships, discovering purpose, or exploring the spiritual dimensions of life.
At Mammoth Hills, we embrace this whole-person perspective. We recognize that emotional, physical, mental, relational, and spiritual well-being are interconnected. Lasting transformation often emerges when we honor the whole person and the full lived experience.
A Resource for Your Journey
No matter where your starting point may be, The Awakened Healer offers inspiration and practical insights that can meet you wherever you are.
It is a reminder that healing is not about becoming someone new—it is about uncovering the wisdom, resilience, and wholeness that have been within you all along.
If you’re ready to deepen your understanding of healing, consciousness, and human flourishing, we invite you to explore The Awakened Healer: 18 Pathways to Healing, Wholeness, and Conscious Living.
Your journey toward greater health, purpose, and authentic living may begin with a single chapter, but you are encouraged to read as many as you are called to. Enjoy!
To learn more about the shamanic journey, the featured healing technique in Dr. Husman’s chapter, please check out the following training pages: Harner Shamanic Counseling, The Shamanic Journey, and The Way of the Shaman.
