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Episode 3: The Myth of Knowing

Nov 11, 2025

🎙️ Bridging Science & Soul – Exploring Curiosity and Certainty with Dr. Stephen Brewer, MD. & Dr. Elizabeth Brewer, Psy.D., hosted by Zale Young. In this episode of Bridging Science & Soul, we explore the delicate rhythm between knowing and not knowing, what happens to curiosity when we become certain, and why both are essential for balance, healing, and growth. Stephen reflects on how certainty shows up in medicine, where quick decisions can save lives but humility keeps the heart of healing alive. Elizabeth brings in the psychology and neuroscience of curiosity, sharing how this state literally opens the nervous system, increases dopamine and learning, and signals safety in the body. Together, they explore curiosity as a biological intelligence, a sign the body feels safe enough to explore, connect, and change. They ask: when is certainty necessary, and when does it become armor? Listeners are invited to pause, breathe, and reflect: • Where do I cling to being right? • What would it feel like to replace certainty with curiosity, even briefly? • How does curiosity feel in my body, tight, open, or alive?

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Episode 2: Science Meets Soul

Oct 27, 2025

In this episode of Bridging Science and Soul, Dr. Stephen Brewer, a physician, and Dr. Elizabeth Brewer, a psychotherapist, explore what it really means to heal from both scientific and soulful perspectives. Stephen shares how he approaches patient care by blending medical science with an understanding of stress, environment, and psychology. Elizabeth reflects on how displacement, belonging, and the body’s search for “home” shape our well-being. Together, they reveal how physical and emotional health are deeply intertwined. The conversation journeys through epigenetics, intergenerational trauma, and the ways our bodies “remember” experiences. Elizabeth describes poetry as the language of the soul, while Stephen offers a more analytical view, creating a dynamic balance between intuition and science. We also hear about Stephen’s unique method for patient communication, inspired by aviation checklists, and Elizabeth’s approach to deep listening and storytelling as medicine. This episode invites you to consider: How do science and soul meet in the act of healing? And what happens when we listen — not just to our symptoms, but to our stories?

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Episode 1: What Does Healing Mean?

Aug 31, 2025

In our very first episode, we step into the question at the heart of this podcast: what does healing mean? Dr. Stephen C. Brewer, MD, ABFM, a board-certified family physician, brings his medical lens, healing as diagnosing, treating, and solving. Dr. Elizabeth Brewer, a Doctor of Clinical Psychology, integrative psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and movement therapist, shares her perspective, healing as coherence, when body, mind, story, history, culture, and identity come back into harmony. Together, father and daughter explore where their worlds overlap, where they diverge, and how an ailment can be both a problem to fix and a story the body is trying to tell. With curiosity, candor, and a touch of family banter, they invite you to reflect on your own pocket definition of healing.

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