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Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tama Kieves: Being Available to Infinite Intelligence

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

What if the voice telling you to be practical is actually blocking you from your greatest life? Tami Simon speaks with Tama Kieves, who walked away from Harvard Law School success to follow an inner calling she couldn’t ignore. Together they explore why self-doubt can fuel spiritual seeking, how kindness unlocks genius, and what happened when Tama chose to be “the one who loves” with her difficult parents.

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Listeners of Insights At The Edge get 10% off their first month at www.betterhelp.com/soundstrue.

Note: This interview originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

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0:00.0

The Sounds True Podcast Network.

0:07.1

When you're not trusting yourself, when you're not listening to your love,

0:11.5

when you're not listening to the light that is in you and only in you,

0:15.0

when you're not doing what you're meant to do, it's supposed to her.

0:18.7

It's supposed to feel empty.

0:20.2

I want to know what happens if I listen to a voice

0:23.9

of love inside me instead of a voice of fear.

0:30.2

Welcome, friends. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Tama Keyes, an honors graduate of Harvard Law School who left her law practice with a prestigious corporate law firm to write and also to help others unlock the extraordinary faculties that we all possess.

0:57.7

Tama is the author of six books, including thriving through uncertainty, a year without fear, and a new book. It's a book that I read,

1:06.3

I have to be honest with you, I didn't know what to expect. And as I cracked it open and started reading it,

1:13.3

it felt to me like sitting with a prayer book. It felt like a book I could center myself in

1:22.3

in my own deepest heart. But here's the really interesting thing. At the same time, I laughed out loud

1:28.9

with this prayer book on every other page. It's called Learning to Trust Yourself,

1:36.0

breaking through the blocks that hold you back. Friends, stay with us.

1:44.8

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.

1:48.6

We're joining with our friends at BetterHelp to celebrate and thank all of the therapists

1:55.0

in our lives.

1:57.0

When I was in my 40s, I started regularly seeing a therapist who was a true mentor for me in many aspects of my life.

2:05.7

When it came to my relationship with myself, of course, but also in my marriage and in my work.

2:11.8

At one point, she said to me, you know, you're a real DIY type.

2:17.0

You always like plowing through by yourself.

2:20.7

She continued, the people I know who reach really high levels of performance,

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