From Wall Street to Spiritual Sovereignty: Conscious Money with Holly Berkley
- DJ Valerie B LOVE 🩷
- 3 hours ago
- 10 min read
Why Bitcoin is the "Missing Puzzle Piece" for the Global Shift in Consciousness
What happens when a Wall Street trader and tech strategist has a spiritual awakening that shatters her reality? She finds Bitcoin.
In this soul-expanding episode, I sit down with my dear friend Holly Berkley—a true "Renaissance Woman" who has traversed the worlds of high finance, Silicon Valley tech, and holistic healing. We discuss her journey from managing $500 million trades to healing subconscious trauma, and why she believes Bitcoin is actually "Energy Money" designed for the new Earth.
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✨ Key Takeaways
1. Bitcoin is "Energy Money" for a New Earth
Holly explains that Bitcoin aligns perfectly with the values of the shifting global consciousness: decentralization, sovereignty, truth, and transparency. It is a neutral, global money that enables cooperation rather than control.
2. "Red Carpeting": The Art of Following Intuition
"When we follow those little intuitive hits... synchronicities happen. I call it 'Red Carpeting' where the red carpet just gets rolled out because yes, you're supposed to go in that direction." — Holly Berkley
3. Success Through Subtraction (Clearing the "Schmutz")
You don't need to add more rituals to fix yourself. You need to subtract the trauma, conditioning, and limiting beliefs (the "Schmutz") that are covering your light. Once cleared, your natural brilliance shines through automatically.
4. Be a Lighthouse, Not a Tugboat
Lighthouses don't run around the island looking for ships to save. They stand firm, grounded, and shine their light. If someone needs it, they will see it. This is how we should operate in times of chaos—stay grounded in your signal, ignore the noise.
5. Collaborative Custody Eliminates Anxiety
Holly details her work with The Bitcoin Adviser. By using a 2-of-3 key setup (where you hold a key, they hold a key, and a third party holds a key), you remove the "single point of failure." You maintain total control, but you have a safety net so you can sleep at night.
6. Rejection is God's Protection and Redirection
When things don't go your way (like a house falling through or a relationship ending), it’s often the Universe saving you from a mistake. Trust the mantra: "This, or something better."
Episode Overview
In this conversation, Holly shares her fascinating arc from a classical ballet dancer to a Wall Street trader, and eventually to a holistic health practitioner with over 35 years of experience. She reveals the "Red Pill" moment in 1991 that woke her up from the corporate matrix and how listening to Michael Saylor and Ross Stevens in 2021 finally clicked the Bitcoin piece into place.
We explore the deep connection between Bitcoin and spirituality, discussing how sound money acts as a base layer for truth, transparency, and peace. Holly explains her work with The Bitcoin Adviser, helping people secure their wealth without anxiety, and introduces a new way to tap into home equity with Bitcoin.
But this isn't just about money—it's about vibration. We talk about the "Telepathy Tapes," the shift from fear-based timelines to the "Love Train," and how to be a "Lighthouse" in turbulent times (hint: lighthouses don't run around looking for ships to save!).
About Holly Berkley
Holly Berkley is a Advisor at The Bitcoin Adviser, where she helps individuals secure their Bitcoin through multi-sig collaborative custody. With a background that includes trading fixed income arbitrage on Wall Street, opening the Manhattan office for Sun Microsystems, and serving as Director of Technology Strategy for American Express, Holly bridges the worlds of legacy finance and future tech.
She is also a holistic health practitioner with 35 years of experience in energy medicine, helping clients clear subconscious blocks to align with their soul's destiny. She describes herself as a "Bridge Brain," connecting the logical/linear with the intuitive/spiritual.
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⏱️ Episode Timestamps
(00:00:00) Intro: How Bitcoin transforms us from the inside out
(00:02:23) Early Life: From Ballet & Christie's to the NYC Art World
(00:05:31) Wall Street: $500M trades, insomnia & misaligned risk
(00:08:34) Trader to Tech: Coding, Sun Microsystems & AmEx Strategy
(00:10:34) The Awakening: The 1991 "Rug Pull" event that changed everything
(00:13:05) The Shift: Leaving corporate life for holistic energy work
(00:14:41) The Orange Pill: Dismissing BTC in 2017 vs. Saylor in 2021
(00:17:52) Bitcoiner’s Dilemma: Navigating shifting worldviews & relationships
(00:23:39) Energy Medicine: Why we are bioelectrical beings
(00:28:01) Dark Night of the Soul: Addiction & the "heavy sleeping bag"
(00:35:21) Sandbox Vision: Healing trauma & seeing abusers as wounded children
(00:45:21) Intuition: The motorcycle story & trusting inner guidance
(00:52:22) Neuroplasticity: Using travel to shake stuck mental patterns
(01:02:04) Beyond Labels: 12-Step critique vs. reclaiming "Child of God"
(01:21:34) Bridge Brains: Connecting Bitcoin to consciousness
(01:45:23) Two Timelines: The "Love Train" & Bird-on-the-Branch view
🙋♀️ Common Questions About Conscious Money & Healing
1. What is "Collaborative Custody" and why is it safer?
It is a security model for Bitcoin where multiple keys are required to move funds (Multi-Sig). Unlike an exchange (where they hold your coins) or a single hardware wallet (where you might lose the seed phrase), collaborative custody distributes the risk. You hold a key, a partner holds a key, and a recovery service holds a key. As Holly explains, this removes the "single point of failure" and the anxiety of losing everything.
2. What does "Success Through Subtraction" mean?
We often think we need to add more rituals, habits, or strategies to become better people. Holly flips this script. She believes our light is already there—it’s just covered by "Schmutz" (trauma, conditioning, and limiting beliefs). Healing isn't about adding; it's about subtracting the layers that block your natural brilliance. Once cleared, the light shines automatically.
3. How can I tell the difference between fear and intuition?
Intuition often comes as a subtle "nudge" or a physical sensation of a clear "Yes" or "No." Fear is loud and chaotic; intuition is quiet and steady. Holly calls it "Red Carpeting"—when you act on a true intuitive hit, the Universe rolls out the red carpet, and synchronicities start happening (like her finding the perfect house with 7 mermaids!).
4. How do I stay grounded when the world feels chaotic?
Holly suggests the "Bird on the Branch" perspective. Instead of getting down in the mud and engaging with the drama, you observe it from a higher vantage point. She shares a powerful metaphor about being a Lighthouse: "Lighthouses don't run around the island looking for ships to save... they just stand there and put the light out." — Holly Berkley.
Your job is simply to stand firm and shine your light. If someone needs it, they will see it.
5. What is the "Love Train" vs. "Fear Train"?
There are two diverging timelines happening right now. The Fear Train is fueled by mainstream media, division, and crumbling old systems. The Love Train is fueled by joy, sovereignty, and connection. We have to consciously choose which train we are boarding every single day. You can't be on both at the same time.
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Book Recommendation: Undefended Love by Jett Psaris & Marlena S. Lyons
Concept: The Telepathy Tapes (Non-local consciousness)
📜 Full Episode Transcript
DJ Valerie: Get your ears and eyes ready to hear and see somebody who I've been following for quite a while. We've become friends over the heart and soul of how Bitcoin is connecting us and transforming us from the inside out—not just "number go up." Holly Berkeley is somebody so special; you guys are going to love this episode. We're going to be talking about conscious money for humanity.
Holly, welcome! I would love for you to tell everybody how you became a bitcoiner. You've got an insane past, and now here you are with consciousness, Bitcoin, and humanity.
Holly: I am so happy to be here! To back up a few decades, I've had an incredibly broad range of careers—big zigs and zags. I started in the arts as a classical ballet dancer for 10 years, then worked for Christie's Fine Arts and in art restoration. I graduated in chemistry and languages, a weird amalgam of things.
But you can't live on an art salary in New York, so I talked my way into the back office of a primary dealer. They thought I'd make a good trader, so I got my Series 7 license and traded fixed income arbitrage. However, I wasn't sleeping at night; I didn't have that "trader personality" for risk. So, I taught myself computer languages, started writing software, and moved into the tech side of Wall Street. Eventually, I opened the Manhattan office for Sun Microsystems and later became the Director of Corporate Technology Strategy for American Express.
Then, a personal event happened on April 15, 1991, that "red-pilled" me on the corporate matrix. It woke me up to the fact that everything is energy; we are spiritual beings having a human experience. It rug-pulled my version of reality. I started going down the rabbit hole of meditation, Reiki, and traditional Oriental medicine. I couldn't stay in the corporate world, so I developed my own holistic health practice, which I've had for the last 35 years.
DJ Valerie: So next Tuesday, we are doing a live Spaces. Some people are on a journey and discover Bitcoin, then have a spiritual awakening. You and I had spiritual awakenings decades ago, and Bitcoin was the missing ingredient. How did your brain start going there?
Holly: I heard about Bitcoin in 2017, but because of my tech and finance background, I dismissed it. I thought, "This isn't money. I know what money is." It wasn't until late January 2021 that I heard the Michael Saylor and Ross Stevens MicroStrategy World interview.
Listening to that discussion, all the pieces fell into place. I had the tech and the finance knowledge, but I realized, "Oh, that's what this is. That's the role it's going to play in this global transformation." That was my orange pill moment—it was the capstone, the missing puzzle piece. After that, I was 100% in. I started liquidating my portfolio and stacking.
DJ Valerie: Let's talk about the resistance people feel. Why do we self-sabotage even when we have a big vision?
Holly: We are feeling things more intensely now because we are in a massive global transition. We can't take our baggage with us as we transition into higher levels of consciousness.
We come into these incarnations to experience things, but we also accumulate traumas and form beliefs (e.g., "I'm not good enough"). These beliefs reside in the subconscious, like the bottom of an iceberg. You can do conscious affirmations, but they slide off like Teflon if you don't shift where the trauma resides—in the mental, emotional, and physical tissue memory.
We are bio-electrical beings. Western medicine thinks of us as biochemical (drugs, hormones), but at the subatomic level, we are energy and frequency.
When you work at that electrical level, you can clear things quickly. I call it "success through subtraction." We aren't making you better; we are taking away the "schmutz" (the dirt) that is in the way of you being your full essence.
DJ Valerie: I love that word, "schmutz." It’s about clearing out the conditioning so the angel inside can be revealed. The light is always there; it just gets covered up.
Holly: Have you heard of the "Telepathy Tapes"? It’s a series by a journalist investigating non-verbal autistic children. These kids use spelling boards to communicate, but it turns out they are communicating telepathically with each other, their parents, and teachers across time and space.
We tend to think of autistic kids as diminished, but they are actually highly evolved beings with frequencies so high it's hard for them to dial it down for physical communication. They have a meeting place in the non-physical realm called "The Hill." This validates that we are conscious beings able to communicate without words. Material science cannot explain this; you have to move into the quantum side.
DJ Valerie: Let's talk about collaborative custody. You work with Peter and Andy at The Bitcoin Advisor.
Holly: Yes! I joined them about a year ago. We have 40 advisors around the world. We help people buy, manage, and secure their Bitcoin through multi-sig collaborative custody.
Peter Dunworth has been a financial advisor for high-net-worth individuals for over 20 years. The protocol is rigorous—not a single Satoshi has ever been lost. It’s a 2-of-3 key setup, but only the client can initiate a transaction, eliminating single points of failure. We also do estate planning and tax strategies.
I’m also working with a partner company called Orange Bridge on a product called "Co-Invest." It allows you to pull latent equity out of your house and put it into Bitcoin without a monthly payment (like a HELOC). It’s currently available in 17 states.
DJ Valerie: What do you see for the future of Bitcoin and humanity?
Holly: Bitcoin is going to form the foundational financial layer. It aligns with the values of the new earth emerging: decentralized, equal, sovereign, truthful, and transparent. Bitcoin is "energy money."
We are moving from top-down, corporate, elite power structures to a time of unity consciousness and personal sovereignty. 2025 is a tipping point—a paradigm-shattering time. We will see rapid breakthroughs in science, energy medicine, and plasma physics.
There are two timelines happening right now, like two trains leaving the station:
The Fear Train: Mainstream media, holding onto the old crumbling system.
The Love Train: Residing in joy, gratitude, and compassion.
My advice for navigating this turbulent time is threefold:
Stay in Grounded Stillness: Meditation, nature, whatever works for you.
Maintain an Observer Perspective: Be the bird on the branch. Watch the drama without getting covered in the mud.
Connect to Community: Find your "Vibe Tribe." Don't do it alone.
DJ Valerie: That is beautiful. We're not the same people we were four years ago. We need to operate from a place of grace. Holly, thank you so much for being here.
Holly: It was a joy. Peace, love, and warm Aloha to everyone.