Podcast Summary: Passion Struck with John R. Miles

Episode 676: Amy Leigh Mercree on Unlock the Power of Your Energy Field

Release Date: October 14, 2025
Host: John R. Miles
Guest: Amy Leigh Mercree (Author, Medical Intuitive, Spiritual Teacher)

Brief Overview

This Passion Struck episode features a live conversation between host John R. Miles and Amy Leigh Mercree—Hay House author and medical intuitive—centered on the science and spirituality of auras and energy fields. Together, they explore how our energy shapes perception, communication, and wellbeing, and share practical tools for cleansing and enhancing one’s aura. The discussion weaves together Mercree’s lifelong fascination with physics, her spiritual practice, and both scientific and intuitive perspectives on living a more intentional, joyful life.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Defining Auras: The Science and the Experience

• Amy explains auras as “biologically generated electromagnetic fields” made up of subatomic particles, photons, and electromagnetic force.

  "Our auras are so mutable and changeable because... photons never stop moving. Electromagnetic force and charge never stops moving."
  — Amy Leigh Mercree, (17:33)

• John shares his own aura awakening after a traumatic brain injury, leading to sudden sensitivity to energy and colors surrounding others.

  “Coming out of that [coma], I had weird senses I had never experienced before suddenly come alive. I started to see energy fields and colors.”
  — John R. Miles, (15:35)

2. Amy’s Path: Merging Science and Spirituality

• Early Fascination: Amy recounts her childhood love for physics and astronomy, her sixth-grade “Matter Matter Everywhere” unit, and a formative story about seeing “nature sparkles” around trees at dusk.

  “For a long time, I just assumed everybody saw that… you can often see those sparkles if you kind of know how to unfocus your eyes.”
  — Amy Leigh Mercree, (09:40)

• The Astronaut Connection: Inspired by the film “The Right Stuff,” Amy wrote to astronaut John Glenn about the sparkles he saw in space, connecting her childhood experiences to a larger scientific narrative.

  “I wrote a letter to John Glenn saying, ‘I’m really wondering what you think the sparkles around Friendship Seven were made of?’”
  — Amy Leigh Mercree, (13:34)

3. Auras in Practice: Sensitivity, Perception & Real-life Stories

• John’s Corporate Story: John discusses reading a CEO’s “inflamed” red aura during a critical meeting, choosing to pivot his pitch based on this energetic data.

  “For me, alarm bells started coming up… if I went through, it would have ended up in not the result that I wanted.”
  — John R. Miles, (20:47)

• On Sensing and Managing Auras: Amy highlights that auras are not just visual but can be sensed through smell, taste, feeling, or “heat off pavement,” and offers encouragement to experiment with perception at dawn and dusk.

  “It’s not just about seeing auras. Maybe some people are clairaudient… all the senses can be involved.”
  — Amy Leigh Mercree, (43:45)

4. The Science of Energy Fields

• Matter & Energy Explained: Amy provides a layperson-friendly primer on subatomic particles, fermions and bosons, and the interplay of mass, energy, and field.

  “We’re just a walking charge. We are a field of energy woven through, moving through the matter and the actual energy in our body.”
  — Amy Leigh Mercree, (26:22)

5. Practical Aura Cleansing & Energizing Techniques

• Guided Cleansing (Interactive Exercise, 29:21–34:00):

  • Amy leads a call-and-response intention, then a visualization to cleanse the aura using a sheet of white light, followed by “filling” the aura with joy via a golden “joy faucet.”

  • Audience feedback: “Light and bright… Free… Clean… Peaceful and calm… Like an exhale.”

  • John’s reflection:

    “Kind of took a weight off.”
    — John R. Miles, (32:11)

  • For joy infusion:

    “A great way to uplift the energy of a room is just to repeat the word ‘joy’ over and over together…I always feel it coming up through the room.”
    — Amy Leigh Mercree, (34:01)

6. Perspective, Intention, and Energy

• Energy & Mindset: Amy and John discuss how beliefs, emotions, and intentions shape not just our perceptions but what we project into the world energetically.

  “We can take 100% responsibility for our energy, seal it up, fill it with joy, and go in and feel really enlivened… It’s how we’re thinking.”
  — Amy Leigh Mercree, (35:10)

• Astronaut Story on Perspective: John recounts a SEAL’s Hell Week experience—how knowing all the details created fear and the desire to quit, illustrating the power of mindset and “moment by moment” presence.

• Practical Application: Intentional thought and energetic hygiene can help one weather adversity, manifest success, and shape desired outcomes.

7. Atomic Healing: New Training & Certification

• Amy introduces her “Atomic Healing Method,” a 9-month certification blending particle physics, Chinese medicine, shamanic work, and intuitive practice. It prepares students for careers or personal transformation in energy work. (46:12)

8. John’s “Passion Struck” Origin Story

• John shares candidly about transitioning from executive life to his mission to uplift the “lonely, helpless, bored, and broken,” leading him to research the science of mattering and launch the podcast and book.

  "I realized I had become really invisible in my own life... I started to really do this inner work..."
  — John R. Miles, (49:13)

• On Principles for Living a Passion Struck Life:

  • Confronting fear and self-centeredness
  • Being intentional with behaviors, not just mindset
  • The power of environment (“mosquito auditors”)—how people and places influence our energy and outcomes
  • Practicing deliberate, conscious living

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Power of Intention:

  “The clearest one wins… being clear on what do we want? And that could be physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, anything.”
  — Amy Leigh Mercree, (57:41)

• On Mattering and Purpose:

  “You built a life that looks good; now let’s build one that feels true.”
  — John R. Miles, (Podcast Intro)

• On Living Passion Struck:

  “They let the environment that they’re in dictate their outcomes instead of them controlling it… That environmental aspect plays a huge role in shaping the life you want to achieve.”
  — John R. Miles, (57:27)

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | | --- | --- | | 05:52 | Amy’s approach to sensing energy in crowds; how she seals her energy field and raises her frequency | | 09:40 | Amy’s childhood story of “nature sparkles” and early aura perception | | 13:34 | Amy’s letter to John Glenn; sparkles in space | | 15:35 | John’s TBI and sudden perception of auras; dynamic nature of seeing energy fields | | 17:33 | Amy’s scientific definition of the aura as an electromagnetic field and photons | | 20:47 | John’s “reading the aura” of a CEO and what it taught him in business settings | | 26:22 | Science lesson: matter, energy, photons, and how the aura works | | 29:21 | Guided aura cleansing and filling exercise, with audience feedback | | 35:10 | Discussion on how intention and perspective shape our energetic state | | 46:12 | Atomic Healing Method: Amy’s training and oracle deck | | 49:13 | John’s journey into developing the Passion Struck platform and his mission | | 54:07 | On living intentionally, environment’s impact, and “mosquito auditors” |

Resources & Where to Learn More

• Amy Leigh Mercree
  Website/Instagram: amyleighmercree.com
  Books: Aura Alchemy, A Little Bit of Chakras, A Little Bit of Mindfulness

  • Atomic Healing Method certification
  • Atomic Element Healing Oracle

• Passion Struck
  Podcast, Book, and Community: startmattering.com
  Additional resources and episode workbooks: theignitedlife.net
  YouTube: John R. Miles and Passion Struck Clips

Final Takeaways

• Your energy matters. The state of your aura and intention influences your wellbeing and relationships, often before you speak.
• Energy work is accessible. Practices like cleansing visualizations and joy-infusing rituals can quickly shift your state.
• Both science and spirituality enrich our understanding of human energy fields and potential.
• Perspective shapes experience. Mindset, intentionality, and belief have the power to override adversity and create positive outcomes.
• You are not powerless. Through informed, conscious practices you can “unlock” the power of your energy field and live with greater purpose and joy.

“Whether you approach it from physics, psychology, or spirituality, energy is an invisible force that shapes our inner and outer worlds.”
— John R. Miles, (Outro, 58:54)