Episode 40
From Police Officer to Healer: Her Journey to Alignment
Edith Vincent spent years as a police officer before anxiety, health struggles, and a nervous system stuck in survival mode forced a reckoning. Today she's a hypnotherapist, yoga and meditation teacher, and sound healing practitioner.
Chapters
- 00:00:08 — Introducing former police officer turned hypnotherapist Edith Vincent
- 00:02:04 — Searching for meaning: why Edith became a police officer
- 00:05:52 — Leaving a stable career when fear says you will not make it
- 00:10:21 — Burnout, pushing through, and why calm creates clarity
- 00:12:48 — What actually happens in a hypnotherapy session
- 00:17:52 — Inner child work, voice activation, and finding your purpose
- 00:20:39 — Building roots after years of running: a new kind of courage
- 00:25:12 — Taming self limiting beliefs and the cycles of reinvention
- 00:29:04 — How to connect with Edith Vincent
- 00:30:26 — You do not need to destroy your life to change it
Show notes
Edith Vincent spent years as a police officer before anxiety, health struggles, and a nervous system stuck in survival mode forced a reckoning. Today she's a hypnotherapist, yoga and meditation teacher, and sound healing practitioner.
In this conversation, Edith and LuRae explore the difference between fear and misalignment, why changing your scenery doesn't change your patterns, and why calm brings clarity instead of collapse. A grounded reminder that you don't need to destroy your life to start listening to yourself.
Chapters:
- (00:00:08) Introducing former police officer turned hypnotherapist Edith Vincent
- (00:02:04) Searching for meaning: why Edith became a police officer
- (00:05:52) Leaving a stable career when fear says you will not make it
- (00:10:21) Burnout, pushing through, and why calm creates clarity
- (00:12:48) What actually happens in a hypnotherapy session
- (00:17:52) Inner child work, voice activation, and finding your purpose
- (00:20:39) Building roots after years of running: a new kind of courage
- (00:25:12) Taming self limiting beliefs and the cycles of reinvention
- (00:29:04) How to connect with Edith Vincent
- (00:30:26) You do not need to destroy your life to change it
Links and Resources:
- Edith Vincent Online
- Edith Vincent on Instagram
- LuRae Lumpkin on LinkedIn
- You Can Be Free Newsletter
- You Can Be Free on YouTube
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About And Then I Did This
And Then I Did This shares the unfiltered stories of people who reinvented their lives in the middle of them. Host LuRae Lumpkin sits down with guests who changed careers, started over, or finally did the thing — and walks through the moment everything pivoted. Proof that your next chapter doesn't care how old you are.