Tara Deliberto, PhD

Tara Deliberto, PhD - Co-Founder & Head of Psychology at Yuna.io

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What happens when purpose becomes a practice?

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In this profound, clear-eyed, and deeply human conversation, clinical psychologist Dr. Tara Deliberto shares how living your purpose doesn’t eliminate fear, it liberates you from being ruled by it. Drawing from decades of work in suicide research, eating disorder treatment, and now ethical AI-driven mental health care, Tara unpacks what alignment actually feels like when it’s real.

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We explore her groundbreaking work in eating disorder recovery, the moment she knew she had completed that chapter, and why stepping into the unknown world of AI with Yuna was both terrifying and inevitable. This episode is a masterclass in courage, coherence, and service, without spiritual bypassing or tech hype.

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If you’ve ever felt the “hair on fire” knowing that you must do something, even without guarantees, this one will meet you right there.

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Time Codes

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00:00 – What freedom really means when you find your purpose

01:57 – Introducing Dr. Tara Deliberto and her work in consciousness & psychology

02:21 – Solving one of the hardest problems in mental health: eating disorders

03:30 – Purpose as a process, not a role or title

04:40 – Alignment, fear, and choosing from the heart instead of ego

05:31 – The moment at Sydney Children’s Hospital that changed everything

07:43 – From service to research: suicide, eating disorders, and first principles

09:22 – Free will, inevitability, and the “hair on fire” knowing

11:26 – Eating disorders, body identity, and reclaiming being over appearance

13:17 – Knowing when a chapter is complete

14:00 – Bhutan, intuition, and meeting Yuna

14:54 – Entering the Wild West of AI as an ethical psychologist

16:27 – Why Yuna works and what the response has revealed

17:47 – Access, equity, and the mental health treatment gap

18:26 – Ignoring praise, criticism, and distraction to stay on purpose

19:15 – Learning to trust intuition over external authority

20:56 – Why so many people don’t live their purpose (and why it’s okay)

22:12 – Support appears when you’re truly aligned

23:19 – Freedom from fear revisited

25:14 – Advice for those who haven’t found their purpose yet

27:15 – Service, skill, and ignition

28:02 – The ripple effect of living in alignment

29:44 – Collective coherence and the next step for humanity

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Awaken Your Purpose Podcast: Conversations with visionaries building a new paradigm of purpose, freedom, and collective evolution.|

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Follow Tara's Work: https://www.yuna.io and 

https://stepintohigherconsciousness.com

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 Learn more about the Holomovement Purpose Lab: https://ourlightnet.org/purposemap

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