In this episode of NeuroAlchemy, Dr. Sarah Young sits down with Naomi Katz for a grounding conversation about ritual, collective healing, earth wisdom, grief, belonging, and our need for connection in an increasingly fragmented world.

Naomi is an ordained ritualist, lineage holder in the tradition of Carmen Vicente, and guide whose work explores how ancient ceremonial practices can be renewed within modern life in accessible, embodied, and deeply human ways.

Together, Dr. Sarah and Naomi explore how ritual differs from routine, why intention changes how an action is experienced, and how ceremony can support regulation, authenticity, emotional safety, and connection.

Naomi shares how modern culture can reinforce isolation, overstimulation, and disconnection from ourselves, one another, and the natural world. Ritual offers a gentl ...