Conversations With A Wounded Healer

Beck has a passion for working with the LGBTQ+ community and has written articles and papers directly addressing the need for training staff on LGBTQ+ communities. Beck has spoken nationally at various conferences regarding LGBTQ+ communities. He has over 12 years of personal recovery and continues to address concerns of equality and acceptance of LGBTQ+ in sober communities. Beck shares his road to sobriety and the multiple ways in which he has come out over the years (sober, gay, and trans). Beck and Sarah discuss trauma, mental health, addiction and sobriety, but with their own unique ways of seeing the world...a little bit of sarcasm and a whole lot of laugher. Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Randal Lyons helps people struggling with addiction who want long-term, holistic care. He draws upon his 24 years of successful sobriety, as well as his previous 17 years in active addiction, to offer his clients effective and compassionate treatment. Randal and Sarah discuss their shared “no bullshit” approach to addiction treatment. They also discuss the role of ego in recovery and the simultaneous predictability and uniqueness of addiction. Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

In this episode, Sarah discusses the complexities that arise from shows such as Leaving Neverland, Surviving R. Kelly, and Lorena. What are the intersections of privilege, power, race, and trauma? And how do we hold all of these complexities and make sense of them from our own lens? There are no easy answers - often only more questions. Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Mishara is an adventure therapist, social health advocate & the owner of To Indy, With Love : Adventures in Social & Emotional Health. Through speaking, therapy and local / global public experiences, she supports the audacity of play, vulnerability & joy in the midst of chronic trauma, especially for people of color, LGBTQIA+ folk and people of diverse spiritual practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mishara has redefined what it means to be an adventure therapist in the Midwest. She shares with Sarah her experience as a Black woman navigating the standards for professionalism (whiteness) in the field of social work and how she uses the power of choice to care for herself. Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

In 2016, she left a thriving career in IT Corporate Canada to form 'aishaheals' with a mission to help people live life to their fullest by helping them get rid of their emotional baggage. She chose to be a stay at home mom without sacrificing her passions and dreams. It gives her deep inner peace that she is able to reach out to so many people on daily basis and give them hope and show them the light. When you are living your passion everyday, you find a way! She truly believes that she is healing herself as she helps people heal. WE are one, we are connected and we are in this together! Aisha is another incredible Instagram friend! Aisha and Sarah discuss her modality of energy healing: The Emotion Code and The Body Code. Aisha shares her own journey with chronic pain and how her search for her own healing has allowed her to help others. Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.faceboo

Avicii: True Stories is a moving documentary about the rise of EDM musician Tim Bergling, better know as Avicii. Sarah discusses her reaction to the film: how it feels to be THE ONE whom everyone is counting on and how society tends to feed that monster that can potentially destroy us. Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Michelle Shea Walker is a modern day magic maker. She specializes in helping others heal through many metaphysical means such as Reiki, yoga, Akashic records, and tarot. As an enabler of happiness, her optimistic intuition style is rooted in the belief that there are no negative readings, only opportunities for further growth and healing. Michelle and Sarah discuss her journey from skeptic to metaphysical healer, how to create your own energy hygiene routine, and the difference between all the clairs (clairsentient, claircognizant, clairvoyant...you get the idea.) Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Roxan McDonald has dedicated herself to helping people find their voice both on the page and in their lives. She currently leads writing groups in Santa Cruz, Carmel, and Monterey. Roxan co-teaches with Ellen Bass at Esalen Institute. For fourteen years she was on the management team of two alternative high schools focused on serving at risk youth. Roxan taught creative writing, poetry and memoir writing in alternative schools and produced eleven anthologies of student writing. She’s also the force behind @spiritual_AF on Instagram. Roxan and Sarah discuss the healing power of silly videos and spirituality of poop jokes, starting with your “why” and making it a practice to check your ego every day. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, 2018). Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass’s esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders. Chris Grosso is a big deal, y’all. He’s not going to tell you that, but just trust...he’s the sh!t. Chris and Sarah discuss what they believe is at the core of healing, the concept of living from our wounds versus learning from them, and the gifts of knowing your own particular brand of weird. Let’s be f

Erin is a Clinical Psychotherapist, neuro-bio regulation Touch Skills Therapist and Somatic Experience Practitioner. She is passionate about treating trauma and helping her clients heal past complex trauma, eating disorders, childhood development/attachment ruptures and artists with creativity/performance anxiety. Erin is also a psychic medium and energy healer. She grew up in New Orleans where she first became aware of her intuitive gifts. She works in two worlds: science and spirit. She draws on all her skill sets to know how best to be of service. Her mission is to relieve mental, spiritual and physical suffering in the world. She is passionate about helping her clients manifest their dreams and bring about love, joy, beauty and truth. Erin paints, writes and swims in Chicago. Erin and Sarah discuss the integration of psychic phenomena and science, trauma, and the journeys that lead to healing. To watch Erin’s incredible psychic gifts in action, check out her reading of Sarah on her YouTube show Word Up: h

Susan M Chu is a Crystal Expert, Energetic Healer, and a Feng Shui Coach. She helps her clients move through and out of physical discomfort, emotional turmoil, and mental imbalances. Her decade long experience with crystals have earned her the reputation of knowing exactly what crystal a person needs. Susan draws not only from her teacher’s teaching of feng shui, but also from her ancestor roots going back generations. Susan and Sarah get all nerdy about crystals as Susan shares her journey from the world of finance to metaphysics. They also discuss the power of belief and the absolute necessity of learning to listen to one’s intuition. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Erin M. is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor and the founder of Truly Being Therapy. Erin is passionate about treating addiction and loves working with special issues including shame, perfectionism, self-compassion, spirituality, and radical acceptance. Erin is a lover of nature, an adventure-seeker, an inspired traveler, and a believer in dreams. The pain of living inauthentically is one she will never forget, and it inspires her to seek alignment, even when it is a vulnerable choice. I mean, literally this episode starts with vulnerability. Erin and Sarah discuss the creative ways they often find to judge themselves, the idea of slowing down and tuning in, and boundaries….oh the boundaries.   http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

If you’re happy the dumpster fire of 2018 is over, this episode is for you. Sarah shares some of the lessons she’s learned from hosting this podcast as well as intentions she’s setting to make 2019 the best year ever. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Tanya Markul’s path is one of the poetess, intuitive and wounded storyteller. An unwanted child, she was raised on barren soil, of shame, guilt and overwhelming self-hatred. From the womb, her inner navigation was tainted from an ancestry of addiction, instability, abuse and fear. Her journey to self-heal, and to become ready to guide others, has taken many arduous paths, risks and harrowing rebirths. In this special season finale, Sarah speaks with the Thug Unicorn herself: Tanya Markul. Tanya and Sarah discuss the ecstasy within the ache, what lies beneath our traumatic stories, and how we share our stories in an effort to inspire others to find their way out of trauma and pain. Learn more about Tanya in the full show notes for this episode at: headhearttherapy.com/podcast   Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @Wo

Jenna Fox is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, educator, writer, and tarot reader living on unceded Duwamish land called Seattle.  As a queer, adult adoptee, she is working to reclaim ancestral wisdom to pass on to her children. She is described by her community college students as "sympathetic, but with a blunt sense of humor." Jenna and Sarah discuss the spiral we go through in life; moving through similar waves of learning, gathering new information each time we meet a familiar obstacle. They also geek out about education, tarot and all things witchy.   Learn more about Jenna in the full show notes for this episode at: headhearttherapy.com/podcast   Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Dr. Kelli Ritter earned her Ph.D. in Counseling from Georgia State University where she developed a passion for Adlerian Psychology, play therapy and traumatology. She has spent the last twenty years working with children, teens and families in various roles through counseling, parent education and consulting services. As an Associate Professor in counseling, Dr. Kelli is most proud of developing the very popular Wellness and Resilience in Counseling elective course at Argosy, Atlanta and she currently provides workshops, retreats and trainings in the areas of wellness, trauma-competent supervision and wholehearted living. Kelli and Sarah discuss the less glamorous aspects of self-care that can make a big difference, the absolute messiness of spiritual awakening and how looking at our own wounds can help us be better at empathy. Learn more about Kelli in the full show notes for this episode at: headhearttherapy.com/podcast   Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.hea

For those of us who struggle when spending time with family over the holidays, this episode is for you. Sarah discusses ways to set boundaries and take care of yourself if family feels like the “f word” in your book. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Sarah McLaughlin is a seeker of all things hidden. She loves turning over stones to see what is underneath, peering through the dark, and getting her hands in the dirt. Just kidding? How about, Sarah is a western trained licensed massage therapist, but is also a certified shiatsu and Thai massage practitioner. Her passion is abdominal massage, and helping people reconnect to the innate wisdom of their own body. Sarah M and Sarah B discuss their appreciation for accountants, the danger of the word healer when used unwisely, and the lessons that will not be ignored. Learn more about today's guest at www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   ***  Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Jamila Kekulah Kinney, MA is the creator of Moving Soul Wellness, a holistic movement practices that bridges the gap between soma, psyche and soul. As a teacher of The GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM® and Pilates, she has been sharing her passion for mindful movement for over 12 years. She is also an authorized Pre-trainer (teacher trainer) for both GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS®. Jamila’s practice utilizes these modalities to guide and assist clients in a personal exploration of body awareness and body conditioning. Her training and experience as a dancer, Dance/Movement Therapist, Reiki and Zen Shiatsu practitioner cultivates a skillful, intuitive approach that supports and encourages curiosity and focus. Passionate about the learning process, Jamila is a dedicated Somatic meditation practitioner within the Dharma Ocean community. Sarah and Jamila discuss the perfect mess that is being human. Jamila shares her journey of being embodied at an early age and her work helping others become embodied. They also geek out

Michael Lassoff is a practicing psychotherapist in Houston, Texas. He manages the young adult IOP for the Pathos Program at the Lovett Center. He is also training to become a Diamond Approach teacher, a spiritual group that incorporates meditative practices as well as psychoanalytic theory. Michael shares his journey from Sikhism to 12-Steps to Buddhism to being a social worker who has little desire to help people. (Just listen...it’ll make sense once you hear Michael’s incredible sense of humor.) Learn more about today's guest at www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   ***  Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi