In this episode of Soul Decodes, Dr. Tia Jolie Phillips and Sarah Tirri are joined by special guest from England Zhenya—Sarah’s niece—for a moving, unscripted conversation spanning bullying, bravery, and the true nature of friendship. The trio reflects on Zhenya’s early experience with peer bullying and adult negligence, sparking a larger examination of complicity and courage. When a classroom teacher removes a bullied child rather than confronting the bullies, Tia Jolie names the harm: silence is tantamount to participation. Her own story of walking out of a toxic band, and later writing a poem titled You're the Bully Too, drives this point home!

The episode is equally heartfelt and philosophical, with vivid stories about growing up "feral" and unsupervised—highlighting both freedom and emotional neglect. Sarah and Tia Jolie juxtapose their structured and unstructured childhoods to illustrate how formative environments shape emotional sensitivity, intuition, and self-trust.

The hosts then dissect the disturbing trend of violence in modern cinema and the psychic damage of desensitization. Tia Jolie contrasts that with the imaginative depth found in reading literature, sharing how Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged which still resonates decades after her first read. Sarah adds that her novel; The Starside Prophecy contains a veiled depiction of herself as Mary Magdalene—a topic the women dive into, uncovering the suppressed Gospel of Mary and its implications for feminine wisdom and power.

Tia Jolie shares her ambition of creating Ibogaine healing circles in Florida, referencing SEAL Team 6 members and PTSD recovery. The conversation, rich with love and truth, ends with a call to be the hugger, the truth-teller, the one who walks with the exiled.

In a poetic close to the show, the women consider Rosie’s question: What do the dead say to the living? Sarah’s take is, “Don’t take it too seriously. You’re doing great. Keep going.”

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Reid Ibogaine Initiative

Gospel of Mary video primer

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