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Conversations With a Wounded HealerDavid Allen, Part 2 - The Beautiful Process of Really Hearing What People WantDavid Allen is quietly and thoroughly advancing the notion of masculinity into a new era. He’s a tattoo artist working with post-mastectomy clients in Chicago. David is also a father who, despite his childhood wounds, has devoted himself to raising emotionally intelligent kids. It’s a path informed by his work with cancer patients, his ancestral lineage, and his commitment to therapy. If you missed the first half of our conversation, go back one episode where you’ll learn about David’s artistry and quest for self-awareness. GUEST BIO David Allen is a Chicago...2025-05-1433 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDavid Allen, Part 1 - A Tattoo Artist Holding Space for Healing and RenewalLook for the helpers. It’s a simple axiom meant to comfort small children, a reminder to find supportive adults in times of distress. But good advice doesn’t stop being good just because we’ve aged out of the original target audience. Adults need helpers, too. David Allen is an absolute gem of a helper, an art director turned tattoo artist who works with post-mastectomy clients in Chicago. While breast cancer survivors aren’t the whole of his business, David gratefully acknowledges the indelible mark that these warriors have left on his personal life and professional outlook...2025-05-0728 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSteve Duke, Part 2 - Reimagining the Future of Therapy and Human Connection Beyond AIReady to dive into artificial intelligence in the therapy space?! Steve Duke, founder of The Hemingway Group, is back for part two of our conversation. Steve helps us think more purposefully about how we can AI-proof the relational component of therapy while acknowledging that the tech may make other aspects of the job easier, like note-taking. GUEST BIO Steve Duke (he/him) is the founder of The Hemingway Group - a business working with mental health organisations to help them succeed clinically and commercially. He also writes an industry publication called The Hemingway Report, which...2025-04-2328 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSteve Duke, Part 1 - The Dilemma of Venture Capital and Tech Platforms vs Quality of Care in the Therapy FieldHow are y’all doing while the United States (specifically) plummets into political, social, and economic freefall? Therapists are freaking tf out right with good reason. We're at a tipping point in the evolution of our field, especially when it comes to the rapid ascendancy of venture capital, consolidation, and technology––those AI chatbots lurking and learning in the digital shadows. I sound the alarm to encourage resistance. Steve Duke is one of the bright minds I turn to for data-driven inspiration and motivation. He founded The Hemingway Group, a business working with mental health organizations to help th...2025-04-1625 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerHeather Lovegood, Part 2 - Tap Into the Healing Wisdom of Body and Spirit“I thought I knew what this conversation might be like. I had all my worries, concerns, and anticipations of what might be brought up––and it didn't go that way,” laughs Heather Lovegood. Intrigued?? Check out part one, and then come back here for the conclusion of my conversation with Heather, a holistic bodyworker and lymphatic drainage expert who provides healing-centered, trauma-trained services to clients in Chicago. We’re exploring the interconnectedness of everything, the subtle energy of Indigenous wisdom, and the power we claim (or not) in spaces where healing occurs. GUEST BIO A...2025-04-0226 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerHeather Lovegood, Part 1 - Surrender in the Face of Fear of the UnknownI’m a firm believer in the connectedness of everything. Healing happens at the intersection of spirituality, science, and Indigenous wisdom. Sure, each principle can (and has!) exist in its own sphere, but the true magic is in the mix. Heather Lovegood agrees. She’s a holistic bodyworker and lymphatic drainage expert who provides healing-centered, trauma-trained services to clients in Chicago. She helps people build the capacity to identify and release buried, inflammatory emotions–those squishy, sticky, and often devastating sensations that our bodies hold onto in the wake of complex trauma or prolonged periods of stress. G...2025-03-2627 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerCara Chae, Part 2 - How to Balance Compassion With Boundaries in Group PracticeLeadership is lonely, y'all. It's also hella rewarding. Cara Chae, LCPC, knows this duality all too well. She's working on finding (and holding!) the balance between the two––an evolutionary pursuit that resonates with many. GUEST BIO Cara Chae, LCPC, (she/her) is a psychotherapist working in a group private practice in Chicago. Her professional interests include working with issues related to Attachment (parenting, relationships, childhood wounds), and, more recently, Neuroplastic Symptoms. Cara’s second full time job is parenting her two elementary school aged children while trying to simultaneously take care of herself, too. A...2025-03-1227 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerElle McAlpine - An Intimacy Coordinator Sets the Stage for Consent and Authentic Connection on Screen and in Real LifeLet’s play fill-in-the-blank: Sex is _____ . The possibilities are endless! But, my word of choice is intimate. It’s a perfect shorthand for the spectrum of desires, experiences, and, yes, traumas that inform every sexual encounter––even if the act in question is fake. As in: part of an acclaimed Hollywood film in which sex represents the main character’s evolving agency. Intimacy Coordinator Elle McAlpine has worked on some impressive projects, including the award-winning film, Poor Things and the award-winning Netflix series Baby Reindeer. Co-host Anne Remy engages Elle in a nuanced conversation about the power dynamics, e...2025-01-0852 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerMarc Mathys - Uniting the Collective Beyond Right and Wrong Despite DisagreementOh, fellow therapists, how I love you! That said, I'm super-concerned about our capacity to move through interpersonal challenges exacerbated by, among other things, a volatile election season. My question is: How do we model being with folks outside the profession––even those we disagree with––if we can't make space for complexities of thought and motivation within our own community? Marc Mathys considers Spiral Dynamics a solid foundation on which to build. You may have already guessed that Marc and I spent the bulk of this episode exploring the trajectory of the collective. What patterns are playing...2024-12-181h 17
Conversations With a Wounded HealerJo Darling - How to Honor Healing as a Collaborative ActSelf-care is a basic human right. Sadly, intuitive healing practices like acupuncture are often dismissed, especially in Western society, as woo-woo or pseudoscientific time-wasters. Thank goodness for practitioners like the delightful Jo Darling in Brighton, UK! Jo is passionate about women’s health and healing, and she’s also co-host Anne Remy’s acupuncturist, so we’ll finally get to the core of Anne’s cross liver sitch. Are you curious about how acupuncture works and why this Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has stood the test of time? Jo offers clear, supportive answers––and she does so with a delightf...2024-12-1156 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDeborah Ooten - How to Make Sense of These Tenuous Times Using the Enneagram and Spiral DynamicsDiscomfort doesn’t automatically denote danger. Identifying the difference and holding those nuances takes practice. Let this episode be part of the lesson plan. Deborah Ooten, PhD., is the founder/director of the Conscious Living Center, and she’s the first person to successfully merge the teachings of the Enneagram with the Spiral Dynamics evolutionary model. I’m a fan of both models; my co-host Anne Remy isn’t. Friction can rub us the wrong way AND expand our capacity for complex conversations. As Anne says, it’s possible to engage with concepts that you vehemently disagree with, expre...2024-11-2759 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerAlex Jones - A Digital Storyteller Connects With Strangers to Find the Soul of HumanityDisclaimer: No! Anne’s conversation isn’t with that Alex Jones. Instead, it’s with Alex Jones, the creator of Humans of Brighton And Hove, an Instagram account featuring candid street photos and stories of folks in the UK’s eclectic, beloved seaside village. While Alex’s photography is stunning, the captions create a broader community of compassion. They’re real, raw glimpses into the subject’s world. And they reveal how kindred humans are despite the manufactured divisions of race, religion, or economic status. GUEST BIO Alex Jones is a storyteller, interviewer, and documentary...2024-11-1341 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerTiffany Konyen - Student Loan Debt is a Social Justice Issue!If you’re one of the 43 million Americans currently living under the crushing weight of student loan debt, that’s by design, not personal failure. Under our late-stage capitalist system, the cost of a college degree has far outpaced the wages offered to pay for it. Tiffany Konyen, a Doctoral Candidate in the Anthropology and Social Change department at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, wants to change how America thinks about financing education for its citizens. Their research offers insight into the impacts of student loan debt on material life conditions and processes of tr...2024-10-3058 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerCarolynn Bain - How a Black Independent Bookseller Celebrates Cultural Representation and Self-CareIndependent bookshops are magical places. But building that mix of quiet corners and convivial community doesn’t come without a lot of sweat equity. Indie bookshops thrive because of the booksellers behind them, real live humans who concentrate on more than just commerce. Carolynn Bain, founder, and owner of Afrori Books in Brighton, UK, is “that” indie bookseller, an award-winning entrepreneur whose meticulously curated titles and culturally focused events define what it means to be an indispensable neighborhood resource. Since opening in October 2021, Afrori Books has become a “haven for books by Black authors” in Brighton and one of the o...2024-10-1652 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerMark Fischler - Stepping Out of the Collective Trance of SocietyWith the amount of time folks invest in their news feeds, social scrolls, podcasts, and hot-takes, you’d think we’d have a better grasp on “the whole picture.” But we only operate with a partial perspective regardless of the situation or issue. This universal truth pushes many of us toward the false comfort of binary thinking. Podcast host and Professor of Criminal Justice at Plymouth State University Dr. Mark Fischler says we don’t have to pick sides. He believes that if we can get comfortable holding multiple truths at once, even if we don’t understand t...2024-10-0256 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerReframing and Repairing Our Relationship to Power With Amanda Aguilera, The Right Use of Power InstituteAs therapists, we’re famous for not doing our own work, so, of course, we shy away from acknowledging that we hold any power at all. Worse, we conflate power and cruelty, an assumption that keeps us mired in fear and inaction. But now that we’ve identified the issue, we can transform it. Dr. Amanda Aguilera is one of my favorite facilitators for this kind of work. She’s the executive director of The Right Use Of Power Institute (RUPI), a global non-profit that helps people utilize their power with “awareness, wisdom, compassion, and skill.” I've been traini...2024-08-2154 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: How Can You Cultivate True Inclusivity and Growth? With Gabi Granoff and Evelyn Williams, Solway PsychologyHey, white practice owners! The secret to building a business that embodies the principles of equity, inclusivity, and anti-racism is… Actually, I’ll let my guests do the honors. Gabi Granoff, PsyD., is the co-owner of Solway Psychology, a racially diverse practice in Chicago. Evelyn Williams, LSW, is a clinician and intake manager at the practice. They personify what’s possible when everyone takes responsibility for strengthening their side of the owner-employee relationship. GUEST BIO Gabi Granoff, PsyD., (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist and the co-owner of Solway Psychology, a group private practice in Chicago. At Sol...2024-08-1445 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerWhitney Capps - Do You Need An Executive Coach Or A Therapist?Confession time: I harbor biases against folks who call themselves coaches. The profession is completely unregulated, and many (most?) coaches lack the education necessary to help clients navigate change. Anne’s conversation with longtime friend and, ahem, executive and team coach Whitney Capps challenged my prejudices as much as it corroborated my rationale for remaining skeptical. GUEST BIO Whitney Capps (she/her) is on a mission for transformation! Learning is best when it's experiential, community-based, personal, and fun. She has been facilitating, training, coaching, hosting development programming for humans for over ten years. Currently, Whitney is...2024-08-071h 01
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: How Do You Face Financial Realities When None of Us Are Getting Paid Enough? With Casey Gromer, C-Suite BoutiqueI live for the day when mental health providers can accept houseplants as payment for services rendered. Until then, money remains both the glue and the wedge of any practice owner/employee relationship. Thankfully, Casey Gromer, founder of C-Suite Boutique, can help us all navigate the sticky financial realities of small business life and feel more empowered regarding “the money stuff.” GUEST BIO Casey Gromer, the founder of C-Suite Boutique and host of the Female Founders Breaking Boundaries podcast, specializes in helping visionary practice owners create profit by implementing leadership and accountability systems. She of...2024-07-3137 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: How Can You Embrace Vulnerability and Successfully Transition Leadership? With Rayell Grayson, Head/Heart TherapyFinally! A catch-up with Rayell Grayson, LCPC CADC, owner and president of Head/Heart Therapy, the practice I built, owned for a decade, and sold last year. Tea is spilled, fears are expressed, and love is freely shared. Our convo demonstrates the myriad ways owners can show up––for ourselves, our employees, and the leaders who will one day succeed us, especially if that future owner holds multiple intersectional identities. GUEST BIO Rayell Grayson, LCPC CADC, (she/her/hers) is a therapist, a mentor, and the owner of Head Heart Therapy. She is a lic...2024-07-2440 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerTrace Bell Part 2 - Spiral Dynamics, Healthy Evolution, and Transcending Old Beliefs for Individuals, Organizations, and SocietyPart II of my conversation with Trace Bell shall forever more be referred to as “The One Where We Dig Into Spiral Dynamics”. If you're new to SD, it helps to think of it as a modern language that expands our understanding of the stages of evolutionary development in individuals, organizations, or whole societies. Still confused? Don't be. SD is simply another tool that therapists can reference, easily coexisting alongside Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Erickson's stages of development, or any other preferred model. GUEST BIO Trace Bell is an integration guide, transformational coach, and c...2024-07-171h 14
Conversations With a Wounded HealerTrace Bell Part 1 - Examining the Beauty and Shadow of Spiritual Work Through Spiral DynamicsThe context of this rare two-part conversation is Spiral Dynamics (SD), a model that gauges the evolutionary development of individuals, societies, cultures, and organizations. Shepherding us through the details of this model is Trace Bell, an integration guide and transformational coach. Part I of our chat delves into Trace's background and the childhood forces that shaped his adult perspective. It's an origins story that includes the poli-sci track at UCLA, megachurches, and an influential pastor father. GUEST BIO Trace Bell is an integration guide, transformational coach, and cultivator of emergence. He is passionate a...2024-07-1047 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: How Do You Build a Liberation-Focused Practice in This Flaming Capitalist Junkyard? with Jessica Eubanks-ChaviraLiberation is a two-way street, dear practice owner. Making an innovative, enlightened leap forward means going up against old ways of doing things. Unsustainable management practices! Limiting mindsets! Antiquated business models! To say nothing of capitalism, racism, or the patriarchy. Jessica Eubanks Chavira, LCSW-S, wanted to liberate herself and her community. Once she articulated that desire, Jessica divorced herself from white supremacy culture and created Purple Couch Counseling, a sacred space cultivated specifically for Black womxn healing. GUEST BIO Jessica Eubanks-Chavira, LCSW-S, is the owner and founder of Purple Couch Therapy. She is a...2024-07-0334 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerAmelia Nagoski - Sage, Scientific Advice For Minimizing The Effects Of BurnoutI know from burnout, that combination of bone-deep mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion that manifests in feelings of overwhelm, joylessness, and desperation. Sadly, you probably do, too. Anne's unexpectedly musical convo with author and choir director Amelia Nagoski, DMA, is the burnout primer we all need: the science behind it, the antidote for it, and why women experience it differently than men. Because, of course, we do. Amelia shares the good/bad news from her book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, which she co-wrote alongside her twin sister Emily Nagoski, PhD. GUEST...2024-06-2649 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: How Can You Repair a Rift When You Feel Like You’ve Let Your Employees Down? With Jena AlfaroWelcome to the reckoning––mine, not yours. I made dozens (hundreds?) of mistakes as a practice owner, and while I can’t take any of them back, this series is a way of paying my accountability forward. Jenna Alfaro, LCSW, CADC, is here to hold me to that promise. She’s a former employee of mine and, while our professional association didn’t end Bravo-Reunion-Special bad, its demise does confirm my blindspots (onboarding, task delegation). It also illustrates where Jenna might have claimed more agency. GUEST BIO Jenna Alfaro, LCSW, CADC, specializes in trauma, sub...2024-06-1939 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDr. Harry J. Aponte - Revolutionizing Therapy by Embracing Human Emotional Struggles and Life ExperiencesTLDR: Elder wisdom is essential to our revolution. That’s it, that’s the episode. But my guest deserves the elaboration and accolades of a full summary––as do many of the folks who came before us in work and life. Harry J. Aponte, Ph.D., is a legend for many reasons. However, this OG coalition-builder and advocate for culturally informed care is probably best known in professional psychology circles for developing The Person of the Therapist Training Model, which has become a cornerstone of his professional philosophy. I’m honored to share Harry’s fascinating origin story and anecdotes fr...2024-06-1254 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: Is it Really Possible to Balance Parenting and Practice Ownership? with Rachael Sytsma-RamosI am the mother of many things: plant babies, doggos, and multiple podcasts. I’ve also birthed several businesses and quite a few artistic endeavors. But I’m not mama to any little humans. So, when Rachael Sytsma-Ramos, Psy.D, suggested an episode focusing on the dynamics of practice ownership and parenting, I was instantly intrigued. Rachael is mama to two children under five (!!), the founder of Relational Psychology Group, where she also manages a full caseload of 22-24 clients per week beyond typical ownership duties like marketing, bill paying, and supervising. GUEST BIO Rac...2024-06-0539 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerCelebrating Our Anne-versary! How To Be The You-est You You Can BeIt’s ANNE-versary time! A celebration of Anne Remy’s first year as co-host. OK, by any other name, it’s a clips show. But! We’re not subjecting our Wounded Healer audience to rote commentary on an endless scroll of episodes. Instead, we’ve cherry-picked the very best a-ha! moments from our favorite conversations. As a whole, they represent Anne’s personal and professional growth over the past year. FEATURED EPISODES Sarah Buino - Sharing The Vision, Expanding The World With Our New Co-Host Anne Remy Dr. Isha McKenzie-Mavinga - Bringing Compassionate Accountabili...2024-05-1539 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: How Can a Group Practice Retain Good Clinicians? With Cassandra GreenwaldHappy clinicians are vital to a thriving practice, especially since not every therapist is interested in being a sole proprietor. So, how do owners navigate the tricky mechanics of operating a business while providing meaningful group guidance without losing their sh*t? Good question. Enter Cassandra Greenwald, LCSW, CADC, of Rowan Tree Counseling, with heartfelt answers for employees and owners. We poke at some tender spots: an owner’s right to privacy vs an employee’s desire for transparency, individual ambitions vs collective objectives, and the financial realities of operating within a capitalist economy. GUEST BIO2024-04-2441 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerNeil Shyminsky - Detoxifying the Manosphere With Soft Masculinity and Research-Backed RebuttalsRed pill-ers! Trad gender roles! Manly men, rawr! With an introduction like that, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Anne and I had joined the manosphere. No worries there. Instead, Anne has found a male ally who is making modest but meaningful inroads with cishet dudes, specifically the ones prone to tumbling down rabbit holes of toxic masculinity and misogyny. And his tool of choice is peer-reviewed, evidence-based research. Meet Neil Shyminsky. By day, he’s an English professor at a community college in Canada. But by night. Professor Neil, as he’s known on most social...2024-04-1756 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: How Transparent Should Owners be With Their Employees? With Rowan Tree Counseling TeamI totally started this podcast on a whim––but not without a keen understanding of the pain points that group practice owners routinely encounter complain about. I’ve since realized that vital voices are missing from the conversation: group practice employees. I extended an invitation via the BOPO Chicago Facebook group. Lucky for us, Andie Baumgartner, MA, LCPC, and Nadia Parfenova, MA, LCPC, owner and senior therapist, respectively, of Rowan Tree Counseling, answered that call. This convo is juicy, y’all! We explore themes of responsibility, transparency, and intentionality from both sides of the group practice r...2024-04-1055 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerLori Beth Bisbey - A Realistic (and Encouraging!) Timeline for Anyone Healing From Sexual TraumaFor the sake of mutual safety, this episode is preceded by a content advisory regarding sexual trauma and minor-attracted persons. Please take care of yourself as you need, even if that means skipping this conversation. Your body belongs to YOU. I open with this power-stance of a statement because I didn’t get that message as a child, adolescent, or young adult. In fact, I’ve only just begun to really grow into that knowledge as I heal from sexual trauma. Here’s another a-ha! from this episode: healing takes time. I’m grateful to folks lik...2024-04-031h 02
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: Where Do You Get Help When S— Happens at Your Private Therapy Practice? with Bianka HardinWho would have thought that practice ownership involved so much feces?! Now that I have your attention, lemme explain. Actually, I’ll let my guest, Bianka Hardin, PsyD, explain since it’s her story. Bianka owns Centered Therapy Chicago (CTC), a 10-year-old group practice with 20 clinicians on staff. Her hilarious (and gross) tale perfectly illustrates the literal and metaphorical sh*t that practicer owners must deal with. Here’s the thing, though: while practice owners do have to take care of a lot, they don’t have to do it all. Bianka urges practice owners to consider the true...2024-03-2737 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerEugene Ellis - Investigating Race and the Gaze of Society in Therapy, The Race ConversationIf you’re a white therapist, you could quickly tumble down a rabbit hole trying to reconcile all the work that’s ours to do regarding power dynamics within our field. There’s a detour that we, as white folks, are rarely required to explore: our relationship to whiteness. I’ll save you some time by recommending Anne’s conversation with Eugene Ellis, the UK-based psychotherapist, speaker, director of the Black, African, and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN), and author of the transformative book The Race Conversation (soon to be republished in the US). “Eugene’s “therapist origin story” is a perfe...2024-03-2051 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: Uncertainty, Racism, and Burnout (Community Q&A)Who's ready for a very special call-in episode about practice ownership? Cast your mind back to the heyday of Loveline. I apologize if you're not of that vintage, as that's my only call-in show reference. Are you, Dear Practice Owner, ready to stop chasing unrealistic goals, embody an anti-racist liberation mindset? Are you all set to own your weaknesses and strengths? OK, let's get into this virtual mailbag! I've queued up two juicy questions plus one affirmation that every practice owner should have copied to a desktop sticky or irl fridge notepad. A word about m...2024-03-1319 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerShelly Tochluk – A Roadmap for White Folks to Discard Shame, Dismantle Whiteness, and Live an Anti-Racist LifeWhiteness is the problem. Many white folks know it; many more don’t. Or won’t. None of us are at the same point in the journey, yet all of us play a role in dismantling this inherited concept of racial identity. So, how can we nurture discovery, recovery, and anti-racist action without replicating the same judgments, shame, or gaslighting that whiteness thrives on? Shelly Tochluk doesn’t have all the answers. Instead, she offers practical advice, road-tested in her own life, to help white folks move beyond the performative and into a genuinely anti-racist life. GUEST BI...2024-03-061h 00
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: Can You Be Both A Lazy Entrepreneur And An Owner Who Shows Up? With Alicia TavernerBeing a practice owner isn't *all* bad. The folks who do it well just know how to set industrial-strength boundaries. Not me, but some folks…like Alicia Taverner, LMFT, owner of Rancho Counseling in California. Private practice ownership is Alicia's jam. How is that possible, you ask? There's keeping the practice small and cash-only. While this may astonish some, Alicia shrugs off their incredulity. She also fully recognizes the value of her personal and professional time and has set super clear priorities: work-life balance and ample opportunity to train the therapists in her care. If you...2024-02-2831 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Burnt Out Practice Owner: Behind the Scenes of Business Burnout and the Road to RedemptionHeyyy, burnt-out practice owner! Yeah, you, the one who’s overburdened, under-resourced, and lonely. The practice owner who thinks that no one understands their particular pain. I feel you. I know you. I WAS you. Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Burnt Out Practice Owner (BOPO). I’m Sarah Buino, a heart-centered, liberation-minded consultant helping individuals, groups, and organizations in the therapy field evolve with courage, authenticity, and vulnerability. I’m also the creator and co-host of Conversations With A Wounded Healer. Most importantly, I’m a former, frazzled practice owner who’s gone thr...2024-01-1217 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerNadia Gilani - A Reclamation of the Principles of Anti-Colonial Yoga PracticeOne of the things I love about Anne's episodes is I get to experience them as a fangirl first. Anne's conversation with Nadia Gilani, a London-based yoga teacher and author of The Yoga Manifesto, is no exception (there’s a reason Anne calls Nadia “a warrior pose of a woman”). Sure, the tl;dr header is appropriation vs appreciation within the retail-oriented, whitewashed atmosphere of modern yoga. However, the unabridged version goes deeper, like a good asana, inviting folks to explore their relationship to yoga and its tenets, question the teachers, and consider how our favorite classes are tau...2023-12-2759 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerHeather Friedman - Pulling the Thread on Trauma, Love, Ketamine, and Psychedelic TherapyIn the words of post-punk pioneers Talking Heads, “This ain’t no party! This ain’t no disco! This ain’t no foolin’ around!” Instead, we’re getting serious about ketamine and psychedelic-assisted therapy with Heather Friedman, a New Hampshire-based psychotherapist, NARM-certified therapist, EMDR practitioner, and witchy-witch. Whether you’re psychedelic curious or cautious, it’s worth noting that the use of MDMA, psilocybin, ayahuasca, etc., in guided practice could expedite breakthroughs in the treatment of PTSD, C-PTSD, and depression that might take years via talk or somatic modalities alone. Heather views psychedelics as a true “assist,” mean...2023-12-131h 00
Conversations With a Wounded HealerJohn Gasienica - A Revolutionary Approach to Disrupting Chronic Pain With Pain Reprocessing TherapyWhen I say “it’s all connected,” I’m not pushing a love ‘n light colloquialism; I preach the gaddang truth! That cranky back you woke up with this AM? That IBS that took you down during a meeting? That nagging knee injury that kept you from your run? It’s ALL connected to the way we treat ourselves. Those messages are often tied to big “T” or little “t” traumas that we haven’t correctly processed, leading to miscommunication between head and knee (or back or gut), says John Gasienica, a therapist and the Director of Development at the Pai...2023-11-2953 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah Bryski-Hamrick - Therapy is Political: Pursuing Camaraderie Over CapitalismI’m gonna subhead this one, “A Simpatico Of Sarahs,” not just because the alliteration pleases me. Sarah Bryski-Hamrick is a like-minded liberation-focused, anti-exploitation-oriented therapist and business coach who believes therapy IS political. She also believes that caring for our personal and professional selves is imperative, especially if we hope to break free from capitalism. We’re talking power to ALL people! First comes the hard work of deconstruction; the second step on our journey towards anti-capitalism is a messy but miraculous mourning period – and Sarah is deeply empathetic to those of us just starting down the path....2023-11-1557 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerOlive Walton - Breaking Barriers to Strength, Mobility, and Body LoveAnne’s recent conversation with Movement Coach Olive Walton is an excellent reminder of how much mental anguish and physical damage the shame monster can inflict. It’s no surprise, then, that shame is a favorite weapon of both white supremacy and many in the fitness industry. Olive: “Conversations I've had recently with a lot of people is how their firsthand experiences with physical education were pretty negative”. We carry that negativity into adulthood, often pursuing movements our bodies couldn’t accommodate then shaming ourselves for failing to fit a painfully restrictive mold. Olive is here to help: “A bi...2023-11-0157 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerLama Rod Owens - Heartbreak and Liberation on the Tantric PathMy guest procurement process is pretty standard: a social follow or professional acquaintance morphs into an invite and eventual recording session. For this episode, however, I gotta thank the gods of analog alignment. They placed me in my favorite wellness collective at a personal low point. Here, I encountered a flier announcing a special event featuring Lama Rod Owens. The topic? Tantric Buddhism. Lama Rod is a Black Buddhist Southern queen, international influencer with a Master of Divinity degree in Buddhist studies from Harvard Divinity School, and author. And if your only reference point for Tantric anything...2023-10-1857 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDr. Cheddar Gorgeous - A Cultural Icon’s Guide to Courageous Connections and the Healing Power of DragYou, who are about to experience the brilliance of this episode for the very first time, are in for an extra special treat. With glitter on top. This one had me hootin', hollerin', AMENing, and researching tons of new-to-me things. Ladies, gentlemen, and those who eschew binary categorizations, please welcome the extraordinary Dr. Cheddar Gorgeous in conversation with our own amazing Anne. That's Doctor Cheddar Gorgeous, as in PhD for real. As in darling of RuPaul's Drag Race UK s4. As in renowned drag performer, celebrated artist and activist, mind-blowing academic, and all-around beautiful human. – I'm bookmarking ev...2023-10-041h 20
Conversations With a Wounded HealerMindy McCord - Stirring Up a Sober Curious, Socially Responsible Business at Siren Shrub Co.Healing takes on many forms. While our lists may vary, I’ll wager that not many of us place “business stewardship” in the top ten. The thing is, in a capitalist society, doing business differently just might be the antidote to community disinvestment and unsustainable consumption of people and physical resources. And, since we gotta start somewhere, why not with a little fizzy bevy? Mindy McCord, one-half of the team (alongside Layne Cozzolino) behind Siren Shrub Co., believes that being the best doesn’t necessarily mean being the biggest. Nor does it mean following a rule book written b...2023-09-2058 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah Buino - Sharing the Vision, Expanding the World With Our New Co-Host Anne RemyChange is effing hard! And also… change is what’s needed so that we can fully embody our wildest dreams. Keen fans of the podcast will note that I’ve hinted at changes coming here, too. Well, today’s the day I forgo cryptic signals in favor of the big reveal: Introducing my new co-host Anne Remy! Wait, what?! Who? Why? Maybe I should say, “Re-introducing Anne Remy” because you met her earlier this year (go listen now, if you haven’t). Judging by the response to that episode, y’all love her as much as I do, so this...2023-05-031h 05
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah Wolfman - Unlocking Bone-Deep Wisdom and Reclaiming Agency With Somatic WorkHappy anniversary! You and I have gone through a lot over the last five years. Progress! Stagnation! Rage! Exhilaration! And, would you believe, 200 conversations with wounded healers? A line-up of humans so generous of spirit that their insights echo throughout my body long after the recording session ends. There’s something to this idea of embodied wisdom, the way we physically understand what our minds can’t (or refuse to) comprehend. Somatic Experience Practitioner Sarah Wolfman (one of my first guests ever) calls it the power of our bones. So what do these old bones know now? Sara...2022-11-0254 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSara Calvarese - Astrology, Entrepreneurship, and Eroding Capitalism With a Science WitchLet's settle this once and for all: astrology is a science like quantum physics and theoretical math. Please don't come at me; I've got a former chemical engineer on my side. Actually, my guest Sara Calvarese, the aforementioned former chemical engineer, made that bold proclamation at the top of our chat. Throughout the convo, Sara drops truth bombs supporting astrology's place alongside other analytical pursuits along with quotable gems regarding small business ownership, community, and eroding capitalism. Astrology, entrepreneurship, and degrowth––a trifecta of healing endeavors that this Wounded Healer is intensely passionate about (cue my inner Chiron monologue!). If yo...2021-12-2952 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerKathi Hennessey - Being the Black Sheep of the FamilyShout out to all the black sheep! Given the interactions I’ve had with many of you over on IG, self-declared black sheep make up most of this Wounded Healer’s audience. We kindred souls are a misunderstood bunch. With so many black sheep about town, you’d expect to find volumes written in our honor. Where are the books detailing our experiences or offering keen insight into the unique psyche of black sheep? Fear not! The definitive tome on black sheep is in its research phase, courtesy of my guest Kathi Hennessey, LICSW. Kathi’s black sheep back...2021-12-1542 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerCamesha Jones - Community Mental Wellness for Black Women Benefits EveryonePardon me while I drop my first ever LIVE episode into this space! And, wouldn’t you know it, my guest and I cover all the Conversations With a Wounded Healer favorites: community, connection, spiritual anchors, resiliency, the white-washing of mental wellness spaces, and the importance of therapists engaging in their own work (natch). What a joy to sit beside Camesha Jones, LCSW, at Sista Afya Community Mental Wellness, her gorgeous social enterprise located in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Founded in 2017, Sista Afya is dedicated to providing low- to no-cost mental wellness services that center the experiences of Black women...2021-12-0143 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah Santacroce - Humane MarketingSarah Santacroce isn’t a therapist. She’s an author, podcaster, and successful marketing specialist who helps folks heal from the hustle and still earn a decent living. Through her humane-focused approach, she’s created a global movement that encourages people to bring more empathy and kindness to business and marketing. Sarah knows what she’s talking about because she, too, used all the same stale sales and social strategies––and burned out of her thriving, high-stress marketing job. She’s since reevaluated her definition of success and challenged the popular seven Ps of marketing model. Sarah traded its static circles...2021-10-0649 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerAlexa Silvaggio - Chocolate, Pleasure, and Loving Your Whole Self“It doesn't matter what your purpose is; it could be a doctor or a dog mom. Doesn't matter. But you're not gonna do it wholeheartedly if you're obsessing about the size of your thighs.” ~Alexa Silvaggio Chocolate and ketamine. Yes, that would be a fantastic title for a double album! Instead, they’re the ingredients for a vibe-altering conversation with wellness entrepreneur and chocolatier Alexa Silvaggio. As CEO of Savage Chocolates, she helps people cultivate an experience of pleasure and presence through chocolate. Alexa believes in pleasure done well, pleasure done mindfully. “I don't have...2021-05-0544 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDr. Funnies - Mental Health One Meme at a Time“A lot of the things that we have gone through have taught us a lot of lessons -- have made us stronger in certain ways.” ~Dr. Funnies Heads up: This episode with Dr. Funnies features some conversation around still-birth. If such discussions trigger you in any way, please take care should you choose to listen. From professional gaslighting and personal tragedy to hilarious memes and triumph of the spirit, this episode covers the entire spectrum of human emotion. If you’ve listened to Conversations With A Wounded Healer for any length of time (say, one episode...2021-04-2856 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerBrian Thompson - Socially Responsible Investing as a Healing Art“It has to be your flag [...]. So, being able to do that internal work and say, ‘Oh, what is it that I want to be? What is it that I want to look like? And how do I want to present myself?’ and letting that be okay, keeping your flag the one that's flying rather than trying to be somebody else, no matter what it is.” ~Brian Thompson In the right hands, financial planning is a healing art. Wait, don’t tune out! I go cross-eyed, too, thinking about indexes and funds and allocations! Just hang with me a sec...2021-04-2151 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerNellie D - Wicca, Buddhism, and Healing Ancestral Wounds“I recognize within myself that there were huge cycles that needed to be broken. And, with having two girls, it was so important for me for those cycles to be broken.” ~Nellie D. This show, like life itself, is an exercise in connect-the-dots. From listeners linked around the globe (shout out, Saudi Arabia!), to friends met over on IG, to acquaintances made through other guests, we Wounded Healers vibe on levels that run deep. Today’s guest is no exception. I met Nellie D. through Jim Martin of Unusual Buddha. She’s a self-described Mother extraordi...2021-04-1436 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerCeleste Meyer - Intersectionality in Therapy and Living an Embodied Life“I really thought, like, if people have the choice to choose what they pay, they're going to undervalue me, and I was so sure that everybody would pick the lower fees. I'm making more money than I've ever made!” ~ Celeste Meyer Celeste Meyer has created something folks on this planet need to see more examples of - a pretty yummy, juicy life for herself and those with whom she’s in alliance. From friends to clients to partners, this fat-bodied, South Asian queer woman has molded her professional and personal spaces into shapes that defy confinement. She reject...2021-04-0743 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerShiralee Patel, PT, DPT - Mobility is Health“It's just so important to know that we're so interdependent, and we thrive through the ability to connect, and that's the bigger picture.” ~ Shiralee Patel I’m honored and a little bit giddy to be the first podcast on which Shiralee Patel, PT, DPT, has ever appeared. I mean E-V-E-R! So crazy to me because this wise woman isn’t “just” a physical therapist; she’s my PT. Shiralee is a skilled professional whose niche in craniosacral therapy and visceral mobilization encompasses more than “just” adjustments or realignments. She’s an expert in these feeling arts - light touches...2021-03-3137 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerStop Psychoanalyzing Mass Shooters, Stop Asian Hate"Aren't you tired of endlessly reading about white men who can't help but murder people of color in our communities? Aren't you tired of being made to feel helpless because of apparent untreatable mental illness problems that apparently lead to mass violence?" ~Sarah Suzuki I recorded this on March 23rd, 2021. March 22nd, there was a shooting in Boulder, Colorado, and on March 16th, there was a shooting in Atlanta, Georgia. I woke up today and cried because this is ridiculous. And I don't even know what to say about it, but luckily I have brilliant...2021-03-3010 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDr. Sonali Deepika - Sensuality as a Gateway to Better Health“As we can release things that we're holding, we get to be more of ourselves and more of our own energy and more of our own essence and power. ” ~Dr. Sonali Deepika Of all the excellent words spoken in this conversation between Dr. Sonali Deepika and I, the one that stands out is pretty simple: shift. As in shift the male-dominated, white-centric, evidence-based paradigm that currently governs our Western approach to physical and mental wellbeing. OK, our discussion isn't nearly as heavy as all that sounds, thanks to Sonali's grounded nature and conviction in an alte...2021-03-2440 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDr. Davia J. Crutchfield - Liberty Starts Here“It is my goal to own me, to own myself.” ~Dr. Davia J. Crutchfield, Ph.D. If you measure life along a linear trajectory, then yeah, Dr. Davia J. Crutchfield, Ph.D., and I have known each other for about a minute. But when it comes to anti-racism and healing wounds caused by white supremacy? Oh…we’re firing on a deeper, symbiotic wavelength! This is a chat between old friends who’ve just met. For a topic that’s so heavy, however, our conversation is buoyant and joyful. It’s also filled with enough snap-worthy po...2021-03-1749 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerBianca Hughes - Embrace Your Imperfections and Authentically Be You“Let's get this very clear: therapists are humans; humans are human. And, therefore, we experience the same things as our clients.” ~Bianca Hughes Perfectionism, professional pivots, and the privilege of creating space for healing. So many bases covered in this conversation with Bianca K. Hughes, LPC! Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned the cultural exchange insights - Bianca’s a British ex-pat residing in Atlanta (shout out OTP and ITP!) - or the book recommendation...or the NARM chitchat. If there’s a single overarching theme to this discussion, it’s sacred vulnerability. Bianca makes a case...2021-03-1045 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerJim Martin - Meditation, philosophy, spirituality, and humor with The Unusual Buddha“Humor is how I handle the world." ~Jim Martin This one’s for the pun lovers, the meme-generators, and...the meditation-curious. Jim Martin is all of these things and a potato. As founder of The Unusual Buddha, a multi-platform community that explores meditation, spirituality, and metaphysics through an irreverent, contemporary lens - and that lens often has a potato filter over it. Jim says the goal of his mini meditation “empire” (seriously, he’s everywhere) is to provide practical, accessible meditation resources. That’s not to say that Jim’s funny memes and quick meditations aren’t rooted i...2021-03-0343 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerShawna Murray-Browne - Anti-oppressive and Liberation-focused“So, here’s the thing: liberation work is about imagination.” ~Shawna Murray-Browne What a treat this episode is (IMHO), and what a gift Shawna Murray-Browne is! That exclamation point is not hyperbole, as you’ll soon hear. As founder and executive director of Kindred Community Healing, Shawna is a liberation-focused practitioner whose forward-thinking mental health care has the power to restore generations past, present, and future. I first came to know Shawna through her brilliant class Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folks, a program so influential that I took it a second time alongside my entire staff. Liberat...2021-02-2449 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerMishara Winston - A Model for Communal Mental Wellness“What’s the point of getting better if everyone you know and love is still sick?” ~Mishara Winston Mishara Winston, LCSW, believes that healing is the byproduct of communal joy. A hundred episodes ago, this Black queer woman redefined for us what it meant to be an adventure therapist. Three years later, she’s back to share her leveled-up vision. Mishara’s one of my most favorite people and most favorite interviews. It’s exciting to catch up with this genius spirit as she continues her professional and personal transformation. To reverse-engineer her evolution, Mishara dug into the...2021-02-1741 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerKim Young - Dope Black Social Worker“My relationship with power and control has evolved. One thing I am not afraid to say anymore is that I'm on a mission to get more power so I can redistribute it.” ~Kim Young Let’s get into some trouble, shall we? Good trouble. The kind that shifts paradigms, creates opportunities, and leaves plenty of room for rest. For that we’re going to need a dope accomplice. Kim Young, aka Dope Black Social Worker, is a revolutionary who has liberated herself from the idea that she had to be a therapist. Instead, she opted to forge...2021-02-1043 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDr. Nzinga Harrison - In Recovery with Eleanor Health“Compassion and relationships create all opportunities.” ~Dr. Nzinga Harrison Revolutions need revolutionaries. What’s true for the social justice movement is true in the drive to create more equitable mental health opportunities; after all, these threads have been entwined throughout this country’s history. Meet my new favorite person in the whole wide world, psychiatrist, podcast host, and amazing human Dr. Nzinga Harrison! As co-founder and chief medical officer of Eleanor Health, Dr. Harrison has flipped the addiction care script by centering the client in a holistic, whole-person, whole-life embrace. Eleanor Health’s model is a...2021-02-0348 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerNicoletta Heidegger - Sluts and Scholars, Healing Sexual Trauma“We store so much stuff in our body. So, sometimes that's trauma, sometimes it's joy or whatever, and to be able to recognize, be aware and, like, feel what's happening and name it sounds like you're on your way to, you know, being connected to your body.” ~Nicoletta Heidegger Healing is what happens to you while you’re busy recording a podcast. This is the second in a series of deeply personal conversations but, unlike the first, I did not expect a landslide of emotion. I did not intend to share my real-time revelations with you. And ye...2020-10-211h 20
Conversations With a Wounded HealerLivia Budrys and Sarah Buino - Letting Go and Doing the Work“There's definitely a deep, there's a deep fear of...annihilation isn't the right word but there's something about, like, going beyond the ego because it's unanchored, right? ~Sarah Buino “...as we move towards freedom, there's always madness… ~Livia Budrys Radical transparency is overwhelming, messy, scary. It’s also empowering. In a year marked by long-overdue exposure of the myriad illnesses affecting our society, I humbly offer up the first of several deeply personal conversations. I’m grateful to my best friend and incredible human Livia Budrys for riding shotgun on this episode. She’s a beautiful pre...2020-10-141h 07
Conversations With a Wounded HealerThe Womb of Darkness Re-Release - Tanya MarkulAs part of our "Archival August," we are re-releasing episodes from the past that have held specific significance for me recently, as I take some time for personal healing. This episode with Tanya Markul felt right to share right now because the world is going through a major transformation and all the shadows are coming to light so we can transmute them. Tanya's latest book is The She Book v.2. *** Tanya Markul’s path is one of the poetess, intuitive and wounded storyteller. An unwanted child, she was raised on barren soil, of sh...2020-08-1245 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerLiza Kindred - Eff This! Meditation for When You’re Feeling Anxious, Stressed-Out, or OverwhelmedI’ve tried meditation but...eff that! Sound familiar? If meditation’s super-precious, über-enlightened rep has put you off in the past, Sarah’s guest Liza Kindred is here to reintroduce you to the practice - using language that this wounded healer is down with! Liza is a wearable tech consultant, a trauma-informed meditation instructor in training, and the author of Eff This! Meditation: 108 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for When You're Feeling Anxious, Stressed-Out, or Overwhelmed. In addition, she’s also the creator of the Eff This! Meditation community, home to free meditation resources as well as a s...2020-04-0146 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerGregory Koufacos - Walking Alongside Emerging Men in the Real World“I'm very grateful for the wounds that I have acquired in my life. And I see now how those wounds were openings to something greater.” ~Gregory Koufacos The patriarchy, amiright?! They’re an easy (and rightfully) targeted group. However, there’s an entire generation growing up under the influence of our current system. What are we - therapists and society in general - doing to help them heal from the twin scourges of addiction and toxic masculinity? Gregory Koufacos MA, LCADC, NCRC, founder and CEO of Velocity Mentoring, is the bright light in the dark tunnel, n...2020-03-2535 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerRobin Winn - Human Design: Who You Really Are“Each person is uniquely designed and each person is part of a big, giant puzzle of humanity.” ~Robin Winn This episode is like...your brain on pure, vibrational energy. Robin Winn, veteran therapist, Human Design specialist, and the best-selling author of Understanding Your Clients Through Human Design, chats with Sarah about how this relatively new system of awareness can radically alter the way we interact and empower us to see (and appreciate!) each other for who we really are. Using Sarah’s chart as an example, Robin explains some of the systems key components, including the fo...2020-03-1845 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah Buino - Coronavirus: The State of Ourselves"I've been freaking out about this lately, and I saw on The Today Show yesterday, one of their medical experts said, “we have to remember that this is temporary.” And as soon as I heard that, there was something in me that took a breath and was able to pause and stop freaking out for just a moment." ~Sarah Buino Sarah offers insights and practices for leaning into confidence and flexibility as tools in a time of crisis. With a balance of practical considerations as a business owner, personal reflection, and a trusty tarot card reading, Sarah shar...2020-03-1511 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah Prager - Creating Safe Space“Sometimes, we need permission to be as awesome as we are.” ~Sarah Prager You know that old saying about strangers being friends you just haven’t met yet? This episode is exactly that. Sarah Prager LPC, LAC, is the clinical manager of co-occurring treatment at AllHealth Network Colorado as well as an EMDR practitioner and a Daring Way facilitator. So, that’s TWO Sarahs in conversation about codependency, empathy, shame and Brené Brown for the price of one show! But the best part is Sarah’s personal journey story. She came to this profession by...2020-02-2644 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDark Night with Sarah Buino “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars.” - Kahil Gibran Taking care of others? That’s the easy part: shining a light so others can find their own way. But taking care of ourselves? Well… when the self is shrouded in shadows, the wounded healer can get lost in the dark. **Trigger warning for those with spiritual or religious wounding.** A dark night of the soul, a phrase based on the 16th-century poem of the same name by St. John of the Cross, is, essentially...2020-01-2913 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerRich Buino - The Superpower of Unconditional LoveRich Buino, LSW is a career-changing professional having received his Masters in Social Work in May 2019. He currently uses his clinical skills in clinical case management for older adult populations. His 17 years of past work experience in global PR and corporate communications provides many transferrable skills, including relationship building, interviewing, cultural humility in working with diverse populations, as well as writing and editing. In her most intimate interview to date, Sarah interviews her husband, Rich. They discuss their marriage: the ups and downs and the way they’ve transformed each others’ lives. Rich shares his journey from corp...2019-10-3045 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerJen Dopierala - The Recovering Good GirlJennifer Dopierala has been a healer since 2008 and is the creator of Tidal Heart Healing. Through her work, she helps people let go of limiting beliefs and energetic blocks. This helps them move -- physically, emotionally and spiritually -- with freedom and ease in their lives, while learning to love themselves just as they are. Also a meditation instructor and former teacher with a Master's in Education, she has a depth of experience in creating an open space of compassion and listening. Jen and Sarah discuss Jen’s past life as a cocky healer and how, over ti...2019-08-1439 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerGregory Scott - Faith is the Cure for FearGregory Scott is an expert Tarot Reader, Numerologist, and Astrologer from Brighton, United Kingdom. He provides people with guidance and decisions that may shape their future. Gregory can perform his readings via Skype, pre-recorded video, pre-recorded mp3, and telephone. He is also Sarah’s favorite Astrologer because of the funny and down to Earth way he presents his readings. Gregory and Sarah discuss Gregory’s road to recovery from addiction, finding permission to do things that scare you, and the joy of being a total weirdo in today’s society. Let’s be friends! You can find...2019-07-0347 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerRev. Sarah Ciavarri - God Was at the AlamoRev. Sarah Ciavarri, M.Div., PCC, has been an ELCA Lutheran pastor since 2001 and also serves as a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator-Consultant and Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator and Professional Certified Coach. Sarah has a huge passion for seeing congregations and church systems strengthened and transformed by developing resiliency and space for authentic conversations. These two Sarah’s discuss the gap between who we think we are and who we’re called to be, the intricacies of religious wounding and how to allow space for others’ beliefs. Sarah C also shares how her knowledge of shame taught her to read...2019-05-0845 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerRoxann McDonald - Loving Witness AFRoxan 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 sp...2019-02-1345 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerChris Grosso - Sledgehammer of HumilityChris 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 He...2019-02-0650 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerErin Diedling - A Psychic Flight Attendant Walks into a Counseling ClassErin 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 i...2019-01-3045 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSusan Chu - Raise Your VibrationSusan 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 an...2019-01-2341 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerNew Year, Who Dis?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_Chi2019-01-0910 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerTanya Markul - The Womb of DarknessTanya 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 sh...2018-12-1249 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerJenna Fox - The SwitchbackJenna 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. Le...2018-12-0547 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerKelli Ritter - Necessary SufferingDr. 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 l...2018-11-2842 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerFamily - The Other F WordFor 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_Chi2018-11-2106 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah McLaughlin - Do Not Be ConfusedSarah 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. 2018-11-1435 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerNathaniel Hodder-Ship - The Heretic HealerNathaniel Hodder-Shipp, B.Msc, CADC-II, is President and Founder of Breathwork for Recovery and has worked as a professional healer for almost a decade. Using an arsenal of techniques with a special focus on breathwork, Nathaniel has helped thousands of people process trauma, disarm negative thought patterns, and maintain healthy and happy relationships with themselves and loved ones. Sarah and Nathaniel are two tattooed, cussing, mohawked healers who share a passion for helping people heal from trauma. Nathaniel shares how trauma robs one of their ability to choose and how breathwork and can help heal the nervous...2018-10-1738 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerVersAnnette Blackman - Revive, Reinvent, RevisitThis episode discusses the harsh reality of depression and suicide. Please listen with care. VersAnnette Blackman-Bosia, a.k.a "Verse" is an abstract painter, author, licensed massage therapist, facilitator & speaker on a mission to infuse the world with healing energy and light. Verse believes that creativity is a catalyst for healing, and can be the core of mental/emotional wellness. Her business, Soul Revival Healing Arts, is where you can purchase her original art, take workshops, see upcoming exhibits and hear about creative projects. Sarah and Verse discuss everything from art to mental health struggles. They also...2018-10-1057 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerCharlotte Elea - Finding Your Home WithinCharlotte Eléa is a worthiness coach, transformation guide and emotional healer. She helps sensitive and soulful women get to know who they really are, and unleash their light and true brilliance. She has a background in both traditional psychotherapy and spiritual / intuitive methods, and helps her clients transform deep wounds of invisibility and unworthiness into love, trust and wisdom. Sarah and Charlotte dive deep into topics such as our soul’s purpose, the gift of the Great Depression in the collective evolving consciousness, and cultivating the courage to reclaim self. Get ready to be energized to wak...2018-10-0339 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerMolly Coeling - Beyond MeTooMolly Coeling is a massage therapist and Reiki Master Teacher in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago. She is excited to be launching "Beyond MeToo: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Trauma," a podcast that explores both individual and collective healing from sexual trauma. Molly and Sarah discuss utilizing Reiki and massage as the gateway to healing, the fire that’s been lit under women as a result of the #metoo movement, and the importance of healing our individual trauma to contribute to healing the collective. Let’s be friends! You can find me, Sarah...2018-09-2642 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerFacebook F*ck-UpIn this episode, Sarah shares about an experience of posting on Facebook, being called out, being defensive, and then ultimately realizing this post was not within her values. Learn more about Sarah Buino and Head/Heart Therapy: 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_Chi2018-08-0806 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerExperiments in Self-CompassionPerfectionism is a bitch. In this episode, Sarah talks about the paralysis that perfectionism can cause for her and the ways she’s trying to open her heart to the love that’s around as well as practice the self-compassion and self-love she deserves. Learn more about Sarah Buino and Head/Heart Therapy: 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: @h...2018-07-0405 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah Suzuki - You’re Not a Damaged ProductSarah is a licensed clinical social worker and certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor who owns Chicago Compass Counseling - a group practice dedicated to helping people break the cycle of self-destructive behavior. She lives in Ukrainian Village with her husband, Jac, and her dog, Sadie. We have a double dose of Sarah this week! Sarah2 talks about how Marco Polo has enriched their lives, the gifts of our childhood wounds and being addiction counselors who are not in recovery from substance use disorders. And if you wanna check out Marco Polo (again, I get...2018-06-2750 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerDana Sackar - Finding Her True Calling Through PainDana Sackar, MPT is a physical therapist and owner of Flourish Physical Therapy, LLC. She has been a PT for 20 years and specializes in Women's Health and fertility. She is a certified Mercier Therapist, helping women who suffer from fertility challenges, pelvic pain, bladder issues, and a multitude of other women's health issues. Her other specialties include craniosacral therapy, zero balancing, visceral manipulation, lymph drainage, and zen shiatsu. She believes in the importance of helping her patients connect with their own innate ability to heal. Her intention is to optimize her patients' health and well-being by finding the root ca...2018-05-2340 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerConfessions of a Wounded HealerSarah gets metta and discusses the vulnerability that goes with recording this podcast and sharing it with the world. Learn more about Sarah... 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_Chi2018-05-1609 min
Conversations With a Wounded HealerSarah Wolfman - Somatic Work is MagicSarah is a gifted somatic therapist and yoga practitioner in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago. In this episode, Sarah and I discuss the body’s innate ability to heal itself, our individual and cultural responses to pain, and our shared hope that healing is possible for everyone. To learn more about Sarah Wolfman, visit her website: http://www.somatictherapychicago.com/ Sarah's Practice: https://www.headhearttherapy.com Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Facebook: https://www.face...2018-03-0650 min