About this episode
In this eye-opening episode, Darin welcomes Charlie Goldsmith, an energy healer whose mysterious abilities have both fascinated and confounded the scientific community. Charlie has spent decades helping people with chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, and emotional wounds — often with nothing more than his presence and intention. In this intimate and inspiring conversation, Darin and Charlie explore the nature of subtle energy, the limits of traditional medicine, and how we might reframe healing altogether. Charlie opens up about his journey — from being a skeptical teenager to working with top researchers and medical professionals who've witnessed his unexplained results. They also confront the criticisms he's faced, discuss the ethics of energy healing, and examine what it means to be "scientific" in a world that's only beginning to measure the invisible. What You'll Learn in This Episode [00:00] Introduction and Charlie's early life experiences in Malibu and resilience after loss [01:00] Discovering his healing ability at age 18 and the first time he felt energy between his hands [04:45] Accidentally healing someone for the first time and realizing the power of his gift [07:00] Others beginning to feel the energy and the shocking moment of healing arthritic pain [11:00] Processing the responsibility of being a young healer in a skeptical world [13:00] How Charlie experiences energy in others' bodies and helps resolve chronic pain [15:00] Permission, skepticism, and why belief doesn't determine healing outcomes [16:30] The mechanism of healing: restoring the body's natural order and capacity [19:00] Working remotely vs in person and why results are often just as powerful [20:30] The intelligence of the universe and nature as a mirror for regeneration [21:30] Darin's personal reflections on trauma, birth, and early life survival [23:00] Why emotions are misunderstood, pathologized, and suppressed in our culture [25:00] The flaw in thinking we are "broken" when overwhelmed or emotional [27:00] Reframing suffering: "Everything happens for me" and the power of acceptance [30:00] How resistance to reality creates overwhelm and blocks healing [34:00] Grief, loss, and continuing connection with loved ones who pass [37:00] The importance of living in the present moment rather than resisting it [39:00] Addiction as the attempt to escape feelings and the present moment [41:00] Why fear and pain are intelligent emotions that protect and guide us [45:00] Parenting, curation of personality, and how children lose vital instincts [49:00] The danger of cutting off traits and emotions in children—and later as adults [52:00] Why self-help often becomes another way of bypassing true healing [54:00] The balance between having goals and staying rooted in the present [55:00] The body as a messenger: why old traumas resurface in the present moment [57:00] Emotions as signals that must be felt, not resisted, to be integrated [59:00] Peace vs overwhelm: why emotional overwhelm is more dangerous than pain [01:02:00] Miracles of peace, healing, and integration when overwhelm is released [01:03:00] Charlie's book as a guide to feeling emotions fully and living in wholeness [01:04:00] Closing reflections on returning to presence and embracing all of life Thank You to Our Sponsor: Therasage: Go to www.therasage.com and use code DARIN at checkout for 15% off Pique Tea: Go to www.piquelife.com/darin to get 20% off all products for life Find More From Charlie Goldsmith Website: charliegoldsmith.com Instagram: @charliegoldsmith TV Series: The Healer Book: Human Medicine (Coming Soon) Find More from Darin Olien Instagram: @darinolien Podcast: SuperLife Book: Fatal Conveniences Key Takeaway Quote "Science isn't always about what's already measurable — sometimes it's about discovering what we haven't figured out how to measure yet. Healing is real, and it doesn't always look the way we expect."