Raising your frequency, as Dr. Heather Bird describes it, starts with finding what she calls pure source and then spending a few quiet minutes with your best possible self. Dr. Bird, an acupuncturist who also does what she calls spirit and frequency healing, explains her view to Jeremy Van Wert. This is one practitioner's spiritual worldview, not medical advice.
ᛉKey takeaways
- Dr. Bird says the patterns people carry come from three places: trauma in this life, family lineage and past lives.
- She describes pure source as the opposite of darkness, something 100 percent pure that can only heal and never harm.
- She recommends five minutes of quiet time a day, which she says can be done while gardening or washing dishes, and says it can change a person's trajectory.
- She avoids blaming people for their struggles, saying she sees darkness as something that hijacks a person, not a lesson they failed to learn.
- She suggests separating what your brain or family wants from what your spirit wants, and notes the two sometimes overlap.
ᛃ Moments in this one
ᚠWhat raising your frequency means to an energy healer
Dr. Heather Bird works with clients through acupuncture and what she calls spirit and frequency healing. Jeremy, her longtime client and friend, asks whether raising your frequency means intentionally rising up and giving off more energy and light. She answers yes, and notes that his question was visual, so she would explain it in a visual way to him and differently to someone who feels or hears things.
Her method, she says, is to scan a person, find what she believes is the root cause of a symptom, teach their spirit to correct it, and offer guidance along the way. Everything in this conversation is her worldview and her personal experience, shared as she describes it.
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ᚢBlended spirits and inherited patterns, in Dr. Bird's words
Dr. Bird tells how Jeremy first came to her for acupuncture and she smelled cigarettes. He did not smoke. She says she sensed his late grandfather, a smoker, had blended into him, and she helped disconnect them. In her view, carrying another person's spirit has consequences in daily life, such as anxiety.
Jeremy says his grandfather Tony fought in the Pacific in World War II, came home changed and smoked and worked heavily. He says he has always been a nervous, vigilant person and that the session was a day when things seemed to fall into place.
On the show, she scans Jeremy and says his grandfather has fully moved out, though she senses a shadow in his upper chest. After guided breathing and grounding, Jeremy describes a serenity and a sense of being in himself.
ᚦWhy she says ancestors stay and spirits interact with us
Asked why a relative might remain close, Dr. Bird gives three reasons: favoritism, opportunity and openings she calls chinks in the armor. She also says a person who has been spiritually abused may not allow it. She does not see this as a judgment of anyone's character.
She says she grew up in a chaotic home where everyone believed in ghosts and spirits, so talking about them felt normal. In acupuncture school, she says, she realized she was picking up more information than most people when she named a patient's symptoms without being told.
Jeremy asks about odd events like toilets flushing. Dr. Bird says spirits vary like living people, and she judges their intent by a do no harm test.
ᚨWhat is pure source?
Dr. Bird says her idea of pure source came from childhood nights when, she says, dark spirits filled her room. At about 12 or 13, she reasoned that if darkness is real, an opposite must exist, and she says she was flooded with light and the dark figures disappeared.
She has used that experience, she says, as a goalpost ever since. Her simplest definition is that pure source is the opposite of the darkness out there, something you can think of as pure water, pure air or pure love.
She also says she pairs modern therapy with finding what she calls the spiritual root cause, and tries to avoid coping mechanisms, which she believes can propagate a pattern. That is her opinion. Jeremy offers individual therapy and ADHD coaching of his own.
ᚱA guided exercise to picture your best possible self
Dr. Bird leads a short exercise. She asks you to imagine something 100 percent pure that could only heal you, then to picture your best possible self right now. She then suggests scanning your body for what you want less of and more of, and asking what would be added or taken away.
Jeremy pictures himself around a campfire leading people in a thoughtful spiritual experience, which he says differs from his vision a year earlier. Dr. Bird suggests treating the people around the campfire as versions of himself, with his best version doing the guiding.
She says the answer is a perk and the real change comes from spending time with the question.
ᚲLetting go of darkness without blame, and five minutes of quiet time a day
When Jeremy says he is letting go of some darkness he has carried, Dr. Bird reframes it. She says that wording puts the burden on him, and that when she scans people, she sees them hijacked by darkness. If they could drop it, she says, they would have already. She also pushes back on the idea that every hardship is a lesson to be learned.
Her practice for people is five minutes a day of quiet time. It need not be hard, she says, and she suggests doing it while gardening, in the shower or washing dishes, as long as the phone is away. She says it can drastically change a person's frequency resonance. If you would like to talk through what you are carrying, Jeremy offers a private 30-minute conversation.
ᚷCrossing over, her daughter and why we are here
Dr. Bird says she asks whether dying people and ghosts know they have died and where they should go. These are her beliefs and experiences, and this post does not present them as fact.
She also tells how her daughter, as a pink sparkle, appeared to her for years before she was ready. She says the sparkle reached her on a Mount Whitney summit, she dropped to her knees crying with happiness, and she became pregnant soon after.
On the purpose of life, Dr. Bird says she believes we come to experience density and the contrast of hot and cold or pleasure and pain. She suggests people chasing a career or a fix often hope to feel better, while the spirit wants to interact with you. During the recording, the power in her neighborhood went out as she began to answer, and she took it as a sign.
ᚹAligning with your spirit's values
Dr. Bird helps people tell apart what their brain is driving them to want and what their spirit wants. Shoes, a better job or a different spouse may not satisfy, she says, if the wish only comes from the brain, family or society. Quiet time helps you see which values are your own.
Jeremy says he sees this in his practice, where people stay in work they hate for ten more years. Dr. Bird calls that spiritual sacrifice and says it can follow you into a new venture. If you are wondering whether therapy or retreat work could suit you, Jeremy offers a straight read at am I a fit.
This episode shares one practitioner's spiritual beliefs and personal experiences and is not medical or mental health advice. If you are struggling, please reach out to a licensed mental health professional or your local emergency services.
ᚨ Questions people ask
What does raising your frequency mean?
For Dr. Bird, it means intentionally moving toward your best possible self and what she calls pure source. She says quiet time and paying attention to what your spirit wants can shift a person's frequency. This is her spiritual framework, not a scientific claim.
What is pure source?
Dr. Bird describes it as the opposite of darkness, something 100 percent pure that could only heal and never harm. She says she first found it as a child and uses it as a goalpost.
How long should you spend on quiet time each day?
Dr. Bird recommends five minutes a day, or even one minute if that is what you can do. She suggests tying it to something you already enjoy, such as gardening or washing dishes, without a phone.
Is Dr. Bird's work a substitute for therapy or medical care?
No. This episode shares one practitioner's beliefs and personal experiences and is not medical or mental health advice. Dr. Bird says she loves therapy and thinks people should go through courses of it.