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Guest

Ruger Hebert

Founder of MexiSoul Retreats in Mexico and podcast host

Episode Summary

Have you ever experienced a coincidence so meaningful that you wondered whether it was actually a sign or synchronicity?

Or found yourself in the middle of a painful or confusing chapter asking, “Why is this happening to me?”

In this episode of Spiritual Friction, Laurel LeMohn sits down with Ruger Hebert for a conversation about synchronicity, mysticism, ayahuasca, soul contracts, spiritual awakening, generational patterns, and finding meaning after difficult or life-changing experiences.

Ruger shares the remarkable story of encountering the same doctor who had cared for his father eight years earlier—a moment that left him wondering about timing, interconnectedness, and whether some of the experiences we call coincidences might carry deeper meaning.

He also shares his experience with ayahuasca and the profound shift in perception that followed—what he describes as seeing “behind the veil.”

Together, Laurel and Ruger explore some of the bigger questions that can emerge during healing and spiritual growth:

How do I know if something is a sign?

Why do certain experiences keep showing up in my life?

What if I don't understand what's happening to me?

What is this trying to teach me?

And perhaps most importantly:

What changes when we stop asking, “Why is this happening to me?” and begin wondering, “What is this here for?”

What We Explore

• Synchronicity and coincidences that feel too meaningful to ignore
• Why certain experiences can feel like signs from the universe—and how to stay curious without needing certainty
• Mysticism and experiences we can't always explain
• Ruger's ayahuasca experience and what he describes as seeing “behind the veil”
• Spiritual awakening and shifts in perception
• Soul contracts and the possibility that some experiences may have meaning beyond what we immediately understand
• Breaking generational patterns and inherited ways of living
• Finding meaning after painful or difficult life experiences
• Moving from “Why is this happening to me?” toward “What is this here for?”
• Learning to trust yourself and listen inward
• Becoming the hero of your own story
• Why curiosity can create space when we don't have the answers

Key Quotes

“Whatever is happening is happening for you and not to you.”

“Every single thing that comes into our life is meant to just teach us something or to remind us something.”

“You can look at yourself as, ‘Why is this happening to me?’ and the victim of your own story, or you could look at it as, ‘I can be the hero of my own story.’”

“Try to have at least a curiosity about what you're experiencing and why. You don't have to find the answer.”

Why This Matters

So much of healing involves learning to trust ourselves again.

We may spend years looking outside ourselves for the right answer, wondering whether we're making the right choice, questioning what we're feeling, or trying to make sense of experiences that don't fit neatly into a rational explanation.

Sometimes we know something before we have language for it.

And sometimes an experience simply leaves us wondering whether there might be something more happening beneath the surface.

This conversation isn't about finding the right spiritual explanation for everything that happens.

It's an invitation to listen inward.

To become curious about our experiences rather than immediately judging, rejecting, or trying to fix them.

Because perhaps we don't always need an answer.

Sometimes curiosity is enough.

What is this here for?

What might this be trying to teach me?

About Ruger Hebert

Ruger Hebert is the founder of MexiSoul Retreats in Mexico and a podcast host. His work and personal experiences explore transformation, spirituality, expanded states of consciousness, and what becomes possible when we begin looking at our lives through a different lens.

Website: mexisoulretreats.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mexisoulretreats

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@mexisoul

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About Your Host

Laurel LeMohn is a trauma therapist and spiritual intuitive serving clients in California and Washington, and the founder of SoulBody Wellness and Redwood Coast Psychotherapy.

Through Spiritual Friction, Laurel holds space for heartfelt conversations about healing, trauma, spirituality, intuition, the nervous system, self-discovery, relationships, and what it means to be human—without rushing people toward a tidy answer.

Explore more episodes, community offerings, and resources at:

https://www.soulbodywellness.health/

If you're seeking individualized support, Laurel offers virtual trauma-informed psychotherapy for adults throughout California and Washington through Redwood Coast Psychotherapy.

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Stories held with care.

Disclaimer

Spiritual Friction: A Space for Deep Feelers is an educational and storytelling podcast and is not a substitute for psychotherapy, medical care, or mental health treatment. Listening to this podcast does not establish a therapeutic relationship. If you are experiencing emotional distress or are in crisis, please contact a qualified mental health professional or your local emergency services.

This episode includes discussion of ayahuasca and altered states of consciousness based on a guest's personal experience and is not intended as medical advice or an endorsement or recommendation of psychedelic substance use.