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Join us as therapist Sara Earl, MS, NCC, R-DMT, reveals the healing power of Dance/Movement therapy in eating disorder treatment. Sara explains what Dance/Movement Therapy is, how it differs from exercise, and why it's such a powerful intervention for those in recovery. Discover what it's like to attend one of her Dance/Movement groups at The Renfrew Center and learn how she co-creates a safe space for all bodies to connect and heal in the room. If you've ever felt disconnected from your body, scared to take up space, or overwhelmed by your inner critic, this conversation will remind you that our bodies have the amazing ability to inform and empower us as we move toward healing.   If you enjoy our show, please rate, review, subscribe, and tell your friends and colleagues!   Interested in being a guest on All Bodies. All Foods.? Email podcast@renfrewcenter.com for a chance to be featured.   All Bodies. All Foods. is a podcast by The Renfrew Center. Visit us at: https://renfrewcenter.com/

How to Charge Like a Six Figure Therapist Live Event  https://learn.leaninmakebank.com/how-to-charge-like-a-six-figure-therapist-live/ In this live online training event, you'll get crystal clear about how to talk fees ethically and fairly - in a way that honors you and your clients - as we head into your Fall Fee Raise conversations.  In this episode, we're speaking with Lauren Pass Erickson, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Dance/Movement Therapist out of Colorado. After receiving a financial wake-up call, she was left with no choice but to get crystal clear about her financial situation and reevaluate her fee structure. By becoming very honest about her financial needs, Lauren not only improved her therapy practice but also set better boundaries in her clinical work and personal relationships.  Stay until the end because Lauren and Tiffany stumbled upon an insight that gave both of them goosebumps. In this episode, Lauren will share: How she went from charging as low as $30 per session to $260 per session; Getting hit with an unexpected $10,000 tax penalty forced her to take a reality based look at her fee structure; How it felt to charge premium fees for the first time; Her clinical work becoming exponentially better as she addressed her own  money mindset; Three pieces of strategic advice that will help you go from struggling to set your fees to confidently charging premium fees.   Resources mentioned: The Lean In. MAKE BANK. Academy The Fun with Fees Calculator Lauren's Website: www.naturalembodiment.org  More about Lauren:  Lauren Pass Erickson MA, LPC, R-DMT (she/her) is a somatic and dance/movement therapist who has been in private practice in Boulder, CO since 2020. Specializing in Complex PTSD and Queer Identity, Lauren helps LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse adults reconnect with their bodies after trauma, and embrace their most authentic selves with joy and confidence. 

Y'all know I've relinquished the ownership reigns of Head/Heart Therapy to the brilliant Rayell Grayson LCPC, CADC. If not, I urge you to check out our fantastic conversation. Now, it's time to welcome the rest of Head/Heart's leadership team: Clinical Manager Anna Goldberger, Director of Operations Benji Marton, and Clinical Director Joanna Taubeneck.  Tune in to an excellent introduction to anti-capitalist, liberation-focused strategies for professional development in any role or industry. The Head/Heart team has been there, done that, and is still committed to doing the work. Active anti-racism? Compassionate accountability? Meaningful self-care? Tick! Tick! Tick!  GUEST BIOS Anna Goldberger, LCSW (she/her), is a licensed clinical social worker and Clinical Manager at Head/Heart Therapy. Before becoming a social worker, she worked as a community organizer. Because of this experience, she recognizes the need for emotional, spiritual, and psychological healing among communities and individuals fighting for justice. She brings this recognition and a joy for holding compassionate healing space for all who need it into her therapeutic relationships. Benji Marton, LCSW (he/him), is a licensed clinical social worker and Director of Operations at Head/Heart Therapy. Benji believes therapy supports the telling of your story from a non-judgmental and curious lens. You, and only you, are the expert in your story. He sees therapy as a journey in which therapist and client experience together through a non-hierarchical relationship that focuses on empowerment. Benji is the guide, but ultimately, the journey is yours. Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT (she/her) is a licensed clinical professional counselor, registered dance/movement therapist, certified movement analyst, and experienced registered yoga teacher. She's also the Clinical Director at Head/Heart Therapy. As a former dancer, Joanna is passionate about movement and acknowledges that the body holds deep, intuitive wisdom and also the imprints of our many life experiences. The body remembers, on a physiological level—oftentimes much more fully than does the brain—moments of calm and also moments of trauma.  Let's be friends! You can find me in the following places… Website: www.headheartbiztherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartBizTherapy/ Instagram:  @headheartbiztherapy

Do you ever feel isolated and alone? That's why support groups are important! We need a support system that helps us grow and heal.   In this episode, I will be accompanied by Sabrina Santa Clara, owner of the Center for Embodied Spirituality and the creator of Psychotherapeutic Touch, and a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist. We discussed why therapeutic groups really help with healing cultural trauma and how it positively affects your general well-being.    Tune in now for Sabrina's bonus meditation activity!   Highlights: Sabrina's Background Being a Patient of Cultural Dysfunction Unlocking your divine self through group practices Sabrina's Spiritual practices Mental health issues vs. Spirituality Benefits of therapeutic groups Importance of listening to your spirit Sabrina's spiritual meditation Cultivating Usness   About Our Guest Sabrina's early career began as a massage therapist, embodiment educator and yoga instructor focused on the interchange of soma, psyche and spirit. She earned her Master's degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology with a dual emphasis in Dance Movement Therapy and Body Psychotherapy from Naropa University. She has been a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist for over 20 years and is an IFSI Approved Consultant. Sabrina is also a Certified Psychedelic Integration Therapist.   Sabrina has been on a spiritual path since her teens and has explored a wide variety of faith systems including Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism and Paganism. She brings her deep understanding of spirituality and honor of all faith systems into her practice and her trainings. She is a mindfulness-based spiritual midwife whose orientation is integrative, merging traditional and holistic modalities of healing to help her clients live their best lives and to help clinicians bring their full selves into their healing practices.   Sabrina is the owner of the Center for Embodied Spirituality and the creator of Psychotherapeutic Touch, a comprehensive certification training and criteria standard for the ethical and skilled use of touch in therapy. She has also designed the Self Psychedelic Integration Certification program which weaves together IFS, Psychedelic Harm Reduction Integration and other forms of expanded states of consciousness, creative and expressive arts and neoshamanistic ritual. She also provides training and consultation in Somatic Psychotherapy, Embodied Meditation, Internal Family Systems Therapy, and integrative therapies.   Sabrina is bilingual (Spanish) and has lived within mixed communities for most of her life. This gives her a broad appreciation of difference that allows her to work well with people from diverse cultures and lifestyles. She is a gender fluid artist who lives in the in-between spaces.   Connect With Sabrina Website| www.sabrinasantaclara.com  

Sabrina Santa Clara, LPC, R-DMT, CIFST, CPIT, RYT and I discuss the importance of training regarding touch in therapy. Touch can be so healing yet we receive little to no training on how to integrate physical touch in healthy and appropriate ways and how to document these interactions. Sabrina also discusses the healing power of Psychedelic Integration Therapy. Sabrina Santa Clara is a licensed Colorado Counselor and somatic psychotherapist, though she works internationally as an educator, trauma-informed transpersonal coach and spiritual midwife. She was a massage therapist for many years and earned her Master's in Somatic Counseling Psychology from the Buddhist-influenced Naropa University. The dearth of touch training in her program led her to design her course on the Ethics and Fundamentals of Psychotherapeutic Touch™, a comprehensive Certification training on the use of Touch in Therapy. Sabrina is also a psychedelic integration therapist and has designed a training in Self Psychedelic Integration™ which she will be offering for the first time in London this summer. Self Psychedelic Integration combines Internal Family Systems, Harm Reduction Psychedelic Integration, somatic psychology, Creative and Expressive Arts and neo-shamanistic ritual. While this training is helpful for both clinicians and psychedelic sitters, it is aimed at making integration tools available to the solitary medicine journeyer.  Sabrina is kicker of boxes and breaker of meaningless rules, and a staunch advocate for adherence to rules rooted in sanity, care and high ethical standards. She is a bicultural, bilingual, gender-fluid, artist, poet and dancer who lives in the in-between spaces. She has an affinity for working with therapists and coaches, spiritual seekers, and people who experience themselves as “outside the norm.”OFFERS & HELPFUL LINKS:Sabrina's websiteFree E-book "16 Skill to Help You Calm Down: Moving from freaked-out to Chilled-out”Counseling Community TikTokJennifer Agee coaching pageCounseling Community Facebook communityCounseling Community InstagramAlaskan Cruise: Experiential Therapeutic Intervention Training for Therapists June 3-10, 2023Portugal Marketing Retreat October 2-7, 2023

Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT (she/her) is a licensed clinical professional counselor, registered dance/movement therapist, certified movement analyst, and experienced registered yoga teacher. She holds a bachelors degree from New York University and a masters degree from Columbia College Chicago in Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling.As a former dancer, Joanna is passionate about movement and acknowledges that the body holds deep, intuitive wisdom and also the imprints of our many life experiences. The body remembers, on a physiological level—oftentimes much more fully than does the brain—moments of calm and also moments of trauma.She has been a therapist in various settings, including inpatient hospital detox, intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health diagnoses, and outpatient individual therapy. In this episode, we discuss:Joanna's journey to becoming a therapistEating Disorder RecoveryGrieving her career as a dancerHealing through movementWhy everyone can benefit from therapyReleasing shameHow to find a therapistInclusivity in therapyTo connect with Joanna directly, you can reach out to  joanna@headhearttherapy.com.____For more resources on Holistic Sober Living, be sure to subscribe to our website Sun & Moon Sober Living and follow @sunandmoon.soberliving on Instagram.

In this episode, dance/movement therapist Breanna Davis joins us for a conversation about self-care. We explore the role creativity can play in that when we use it to meet our need for well-being and not only for our work. We discuss the importance of re-connecting with our bodies, re-discovering joy in movement, and then put that in practice by coming together to pose, move, and dance virtually. Breanna Davis, MS, R-DMT, LMHCA is a Registered Dance/movement Therapist from Indianapolis, Indiana and has a Master's in Dance/Movement Therapy and is in the process of achieving her Mental Health Counselor License. Through The Andrea Rizzo Foundation, Breanna brought Dance/movement Therapy back to Riley Children's Hospital where she provides therapy services to kids, teens, and caregivers during their hospital stay. Breanna works to help connect others to movement as a way of emotional expression, pain management, coping, and encouraging positive self-esteem and body image. Breanna continues to work as a dance teacher and choreographer. She also is the Director of Mental Health at Dance Education Equity Association, an organization on the quest to make dance spaces for all. You can learn more about Breanna and her work by following her on Instagram @foreverrbrej. A full transcript of the episode is available here: https://share.descript.com/view/5LpPgMnlR1E And be sure to check out us video of us dancing together on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/rdcA-JSZsMk Resources mentioned: The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor. You can get a copy of the book and workbook, as well as learn more about the movement for radical self-love by visiting https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/black-creative-healing/support

In this conversation, I am speaking with Grace Bella Harman LPC, R-DMT, an embodied grief guide. Grace traces the origins of her pull to this work, sharing her own experiences of loss and transformation have equipped her to trust that grieving is a sacred process that requires the intentional engagement of the body. Grace holds sacred space for people to utilize their bodies to move through, process and ultimately be transformed by their grief. In fact, her facilitation is driven by the belief that your body is the most primary, vital and intelligent resource for navigating the waters of grief. Grace offers individual and group sessions for people who are in the midst of grief, both old and new, and she is offering a training this year for therapists who are interested in deepening their skillfulness and experiencing their own transformtion so that they can better guide others through the waters of grief. For more information on sacred grief groups for therapists and clients, you can visit her website at: https://www.gracebellaharman.com/ Become a patreon of the Return to Embodiment Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/returntoembodiment --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Wellness Wednesday When To Persevere & When To Step Back Source: https://www.danceinforma.com/2022/01/31/mental-health-when-to-persevere-and-when-to-step-back/ Author: Kathryn Boland of Dance Informa - Kathryn Boland, MA, RYT-200, R-DMT, is a dance writer, educator, and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also contributed to several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, dance teaching artist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she runs a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes that everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). @mindfulmovers5678 on IG Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Need accountability in your daily practice? Enjoy these resources here: Daily Challenge Tracker: https://www.dancetipsdaily.com/_files/ugd/490ec9_0e03a5595ab44be09958e121fac0362f.pdf Goals Planner: https://www.dancetipsdaily.com/_files/ugd/490ec9_4d720dcbc0c14ec4b61e86b8dcd2b817.pdf Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com Like what you heard? Give us a 5 star rating or share with a friend to help us keep bringing well rounded & grounded dance content to you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

Self-Love Saturday Working Towards Your Dancer Goals in 2022 Source: https://kb1moves.wixsite.com/mindful-movers/post/mindful-intentions-working-towards-your-dancer-goals-in-2022 Author: Kathryn Boland, MA, RYT-200, R-DMT, is a dance writer, educator, and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also contributed to several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, dance teaching artist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she runs a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes that everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). @mindfulmovers5678 on IG Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Need accountability in your daily practice? Enjoy these resources here: Daily Challenge Tracker: https://www.dancetipsdaily.com/_files/ugd/490ec9_0e03a5595ab44be09958e121fac0362f.pdf Goals Planner: https://www.dancetipsdaily.com/_files/ugd/490ec9_4d720dcbc0c14ec4b61e86b8dcd2b817.pdf Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com Like what you heard? Give us a 5 star rating or share with a friend to help us keep bringing well rounded & grounded dance content to you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

What are some of the struggles and realities of postpartum intimacy? How can couples continue to connect on a deep level after baby is born? What happens when a baby is born 2 months early? And how can we heal from the trauma of time in the NICU? We get into some fascinating topics about healing using movement and somatic therapy and connecting to others in a much deeper way. By paying attention to what is, dynamics are transformed. LEXI CHATARA-MIDDLETON LPC, R-DMT (she, her, hers) Lexi has spent most of her life using her body to express herself and helping others to do the same.  As a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado and a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, Lexi works with a foundational understanding that the mind and body are not separate, but inexorably linked.  And that exploring this connection in the present moment, both verbally and non-verbally, has healing and therapeutic effects. Lexi received her Master's degree from Naropa University in SomaticCounseling Psychology and spent many years working at Windhorse Community Services, Inc which provided her the opportunity to combine and develop her interests in neuroscience, therapeutic methodology, dance/movement, and mindfulness/awareness practices. The development of her therapeutic style was an organic process growing out of life experiences, graduate training, time spent working with individuals experiencing extreme states, and with parents who have struggled to process challenging birth experiences. Her own journey as a cis-gender woman and mother has ignited a passion to support others on their journey into parenthood. There is no other act that can make one feel as helpless, vulnerable, or powerful as that of starting down the path of parenthood.  Becoming a parent and birthing can happen in many different ways and for many it is not just a physical experience, but also a psycho/social/emotional one. Working in the birth and parenting world has taught Lexi many things, one of the most valuable being that we do not have control. We don't always have control over whether or not we can become pregnant, how we become parents, what type of birth we will have, or the impact it will have on our lives. What we can control and decide however, is when and how to get support. It is Lexi's belief that integrating the intensity of the birth experience or the path to parenthood can take time and effort and needs to be approached with the understanding that what happens in the body has an effect on the mind and what is present in the mind is held in the body.http://www.spaciousgroundcounseling.com/https://sagebirthandwellness.com/lexi/ Stay in the loop and join my monthly email list here: https://www.aidazea.com https://www.patreon.com/thymeinthestudiohttps://www.etsy.com/shop/AidaZeaArtshttps://www.instagram.com/thymeinthestudiopodcastwww.thymeinthestudio.comhttps://www.aidazea.commusic by @aa.travers   

In this conversation, I am speaking with Melissa Walker MA, LPC, R-DMT about the integration of the worlds of somatic psychotherapy, dance/movement therapy and sex therapy. Melissa takes us along her personal journey of how a full body "yes," arose in relation to witnessing bellydance as a teenager, which propelled her on the path that lead to publishing of her book, Whole Body Sex: Somatic sex therapy and the lost language of the erotic body in January 2021. Melissa describes the importance of cultivating safe-enough space for conversations and experiences to unwind the harmful conditioning that has been inherited from a sex-negative culture to free us to access pleasure and cultivate intimacy. She invites us into the magnificence of the body and the language of the erotic self, which is a world of discovery and a foundation for learning to relate lovingly to another. Melissa can be found online at www.embodiedrelationshipscenter.com/, and in addition to clinical work with individuals, couples and groups, Melissa provides trainings for therapists on her method of somatic concentric sex therapy, with trainings coming up in February in Boulder, Colorado and August, 2022 in Bellingham, Washington. For more information or to join us, visit: https://embodiededucationinstituteofchicago.hubspotpagebuilder.com/sex-therapy-training For trainings and clinical support, visit Melissa at https://www.embodiedrelationshipscenter.com/concentric-sex-therapy Become a patron of the Return to Embodiment Podcast at https://www.patreon.com/returntoembodiment --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Strategizing Sunday What We Created & How We'll Go Forward Source: https://www.danceinforma.com/2021/07/03/what-we-created-how-well-go-forward-5-trends-of-covid-dance/ Author: Kathryn Boland, MA, RYCT, R-DMT, is a dance writer and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also engaged with several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she has recently launched a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com Like what you heard? Give us a 5 star rating or share with a friend to help us keep bringing the best dance content to you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

Do you ever meet someone whose spirit surrounds your own with warmth and light and knowing? Yeah...Ebony Rutko is that spirit in human form. A clinical social worker with her practice in Canada, Ebony applies her advanced clinical training in NeuroAffective Relational Model™ (NARM) to help adults address issues with attachment, relational and developmental traumas.  If you're new around here and have no idea what NARM is, Ebony's heart-centered introduction to the model provides some high-vibe insight. If you're a fan from way back, you know I love talking all things NARM. Ebony's ongoing exploration of healing herself using NARM is a reminder that when we as therapists do our internal work, we build foundations strong enough to provide support for others. Ebony delivers straightforward observations about our search for connection and our desire to let go of the protective strategies that no longer serve us. We get in deep for a pithy episode: NARM, psychedelics, expansive universal truths. If you're at all curious about post-traumatic healing, unconditional love, or using ayahuasca/plant medicines in supportive practice, there's some beautiful abundance here, as Ebony likes to say, about the sacred processes we engage with to heal ourselves and help our clients. GUEST BIO Ebony Rutko is a white, queer, cis-female clinical social worker located in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. She owns a private practice and provides in-person and remote therapy to adults using the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM). Ebony believes in the power of connection, and that true healing happens as we cultivate a greater capacity to hold ourselves with presence and curiosity.  For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   HEY THERAPISTS... You're invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

Mindful Monday Three Lessons From Training Source: https://kb1moves.wixsite.com/movingmindfully/post/3-lessons-from-yoga-teacher-training Author: Kathryn Boland, MA, RYCT, R-DMT, is a dance writer and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also engaged with several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she has recently launched a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com Like what you heard? Give us a 5 star rating or share with a friend to help us keep bringing the best dance content to you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

Spoiler Alert: The Cranky Therapist is not at all cranky. At least, this is the conclusion I came to after our chat. Instead, Jess Sprengle, the meme queen behind a catchy social persona, manages her private practice as well as her popular profiles and keeps herself grounded, in part, because she does her own work.  It's important to highlight for folks that as therapists, we get something out of the therapy and that's part of what motivates us to choose this profession. That said, there's an opposite side of the coin: workaholism.  While empathy is critical in what we do, we can push that resource to its limits, adding more clients to our roster when we just don't have the time, space, or capacity to do so. Jess credits social media, specifically her IG and TikTok accounts, for providing a new outlet through which she can bond. Yes, followers can and do base assumptions about Jess' private life/profession/looks, you name it. She appreciates the privilege of her visibility while also admitting that those assumptions hurt. That's where the lessons she's learned from her own healing journey keep her from spiraling. “I didn't create the account to have followers. I created the account because I wanted to do something particular, which I do feel like I'm doing.”  GUEST BIO Jess Sprengle owns and operates a private practice in Austin, TX specializing in the care and treatment of adolescents, young adults, adults, and families impacted by eating disorders, disordered eating, body image disturbances, and adjacent issues. She is a champion of freedom, justice, and liberation for all people and all bodies and practices from an intersectional, social justice-aligned lens. Jess considers herself to be a “radically genuine” therapist and seeks to embody authenticity and “humanness” with clients. She brings this to the social media world through her instagram account, @thecrankytherapist, and Twitter, @JessSprengleLPC. For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast HEY THERAPISTS... You're invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

Melody Li has built a practice around getting smashy--and I am here for it! This Hong Kong-born, diasporic settler is a queer therapist of Color, mental health liberation activist, and all around badass. Their work focuses on liberating communities long neglected or, worse, harmed outright by whiteness in therapeutic spaces. What I find so magical about Melody is that they knew what they wanted but couldn't find it in the current therapeutic structure so they created it themself. For the community, by the community. Boom. Melody, lays the groundwork for our exploration of decolonization, internalized biases, and land-back movements. If you're new to any of these topics (even if you're not), Melody's personal and professional insights will guide your continued un-doctrination. This conversation is wall-to-wall mic drop moments, y'all, as well as an unveiling of Melody's latest initiative. If you're anything like me (which, duh, you're listening so of course we're like-minds), you'll walk away from this convo inspired af, wondering why we're still applying words like “history” across all narratives, and ready to get smashy within your own limiting environments. GUEST CONTACT INFO & BIO Melody Li is a colony-born migrant and diasporic settler on Turtle Island. They are a queer therapist of Color, mental health liberation activist and keynote speaker. They founded Inclusive Therapists: a mental health directory and community that celebrates and centers people with marginalized identities (especially QTBIPOC). Melody offers collective care and education focusing on decolonizing mental health and healing racialized trauma. For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast HEY THERAPISTS... You're invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

Cédric Lebigre, an NLP practitioner, hypnotist, and musician living and working in France, scores his truth bombs with beats. If you're binaural beat curious, fascinated by music and science, or want to cultivate a better understanding of what Shamanism is (and isn't), welcome to a conversation with its own soundtrack. I've been listening to Cédric's work via Insight Timer for a while now. There's a science as to why this “brainwave entertainment” makes my mind happy: it's feel-good music, elevated. He employs specific structures in his compositions, creating patterns that allow listeners to settle in deep enough that they experience a trance-like state (been there!). Binaural beats are potent allies in reducing gamma waves (faster) and increasing alpha waves (slower), but you don't have to geek out on the science behind the sounds to benefit. Some of Cédric's music has a Shamanistic quality (think rhythmic drumming) thanks to his training in that sacred space. He's quick to rebuff anyone who burdens him with that title, or that of a healer. The language and cultural differences of being French add an interesting dimension to the healer/wounded healer questions. No spoilers! Instead, I'll say that, ultimately, we heal ourselves; It's not about what is done to us. That's a significant shift within me lately, recognizing that nothing outside of me will do the work; I have to do it internally. Of course, a binaural beat soundtrack helps make lighter work of all that healing. EXCLUSIVE OFFER Like what you hear? CWH listeners get 30% off the purchase of Cedric's music on Bandcamp with code headheart2021. GUEST CONTACT BIO Cédric Lebigre is an NLP practitioner, hypnotist, and founder of Alpha8Origin. Initially trained as an engineer, Cédric has been working for 10 years in different companies before an unexpected encounter with an urban shaman. After this life-changing episode he developed a passion for consciousness' explorations and words' magic. Fascinated by sounds since childhood he decided to merge these practices by creating mind-altering music, specifically designed to enhance meditative experiences and assist human beings in their own evolution.
 For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast HEY THERAPISTS... You're invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Alicia Patterson. Alicia Patterson, MA, LPC, R-DMT, LMT, CYT, is a Women's Pelvic Health Mentor. Alicia runs a thriving women's health practice in Colorado (and virtually) offering hands-on female pelvic health work (pelvic floor therapy, organ placement work, & endocrine / nervous system based bodywork) coupled with trauma informed care, emotional & spiritual permission, and psychologically sound ethical consent based touch work.  Alicia is most interested in what's beyond the world of pathology and bypass and approaches clients with a completely holistic lens and treatment plan. Alicia runs a women's group, works with clients 1:1, offers retreats and intensive work, plant medicine, and teaches a training for practitioners to enter this powerful field. For more information, visit Alicia's website: www.alicianpatterson.com Q & A topics include: miscarriagedealing with emotional & physical discomfortcaller follow-up: dizzinessgrieving end of relationshipganglion cyst8 month old child with benign brain tumorchronic fatigueanger

Grief, especially for those experiencing the death of a parent who may have neglected, abused, ignored, or invalidated them, is complex and contradictory. Margo Jacquot, PsyD, agrees. We flip the script on standard responses to loss, explore the gifts and grind associated with addressing our wounds as therapists and discover a mutual fascination for a particular taxicab medium. For those whose childhoods were marked by difficult dynamics or unsafe experiences, there's a lot to unpack after the death of that parent. Emotions like anger, rage, and relief are as valid (if not more so) than the tidier, expected responses like grief and sadness.  Healing early developmental wounds is a lifelong process. As a child, Margo's misattunement expressed itself physically in the form of stomach cramps. Her mother sent her to a therapist and those three sessions, brief as they were, changed the course of Margo's life. Today, she provides others with the same opportunity to feel heard and safely explore resolutions to their challenges. GUEST BIO Dr. Margo Jacquot is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She is a national lecturer on trauma recovery, behavioral issues, LGBTQ issues, and working with couples. Dr. Jacquot is the founder and Chief Care Officer of The Juniper Center, one of the largest woman-owned counseling and therapy practices across Chicagoland, with over 40 clinicians at 5 locations and via telehealth. Margo also has a new Podcast - Mental Health Business Mentor. For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast HEY THERAPISTS... You're invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

Teacher Tip Thursday Dance for & Back to The People Source: https://www.danceinforma.com/2020/07/01/aileydance-for-active-seniors-dance-from-and-back-to-the-people/ Author: Kathryn Boland, MA, RYCT, R-DMT, is a dance writer and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also engaged with several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she has recently launched a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

What happens when two ENFJs come together for a light chat? An illuminating conversation about a life lived in the margins, creating spaces for genuine bodily autonomy, and engaging in revolutionary acts within the confines of the current therapeutic system.  Rahim Thawer, MSW RSW, is a queer Muslim social worker, psychotherapist, consultant, clinical supervisor, sessional lecturer and writer living, working, and organizing in Canada. He's especially interested in supporting communities or agencies that serve LGBTQ folks and people affected by HIV, groups that often overlap with newcomers to Canada.  Rahim is a natural at welcoming others and appreciating the right everyone has to express their individuality. Much of Rahim's work, whether that's in session with clients or alone at his laptop, working on multiple books simultaneously, is dedicated to exploring and centering experiences currently deemed outside the norm.  His desire to lend language to support those experiences extends beyond LGBTQIA+ issues to the complexities surrounding suicidality as it relates to chronic or terminal illness, to people's needs, and how to center their decision-making power around their bodies and their fate. His insight reminds me that if we were all to tune into these frequencies for ourselves - specifically instances where we might have considered suicide - we would be able to hold so much more space for others.  GUEST BIO Rahim Thawer MSW, RSW is a queer Muslim social worker, psychotherapist, consultant, clinical supervisor, sessional lecturer and writer. He is interested in the intersection of mental health and systemic oppression as well as innovation in queer men's relationships. For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast HEY THERAPISTS... You're invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

Mindful Monday How To Adapt & Continue Source: https://www.danceinforma.com/2020/06/01/state-of-the-professional-dance-industry-through-covid-19-adapting-and-continuing-the-mission/ Author: Kathryn Boland, MA, RYCT, R-DMT, is a dance writer and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also engaged with several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she has recently launched a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

Self-Love Saturday What To Do When Your Feet Scream Author: Kathryn Boland, MA, RYCT, R-DMT, is a dance writer and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also engaged with several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she has recently launched a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). Source: https://www.danceinforma.com/2017/12/15/plantar-fasciitis-what-to-do-when-your-arches-scream-ouch/ Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

Wellness Wednesday Finding Family Through Dance Source: https://www.danceinforma.com/2020/06/26/three-stories-of-triumph-coming-to-one-finding-family-through-dance/ Author: Kathryn Boland, MA, RYCT, R-DMT, is a dance writer and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also engaged with several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she has recently launched a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

"Trauma" exists in many forms. Sara Moskowitz, LCSW, SEP, can trace some of her wounding back generations through the Jewish experience. Beyond that, much of the ongoing personal healing to which she's committed stems from a thoroughly modern - and complex - family dynamic. Donor-conceived humans - those individuals conceived using a third party to supply the sperm, egg (or combination), or embryo - often have additional existential baggage to unpack, especially if the donor in question is anonymous. Sara experienced a lifetime of unsubstantiated inklings that something was amiss. She didn't uncover the truth until her late 20s. Sara's story is an excellent example of failure in the environment, not a failure in the parent. Her journey also speaks to the importance of therapists doing the work on themselves. That's something of a manifesto around here. How can we expect to meet our clients where they are, accompany them on this journey, and provide them with the tools they need to heal if we're not exactly sure how these tools work? Just when you think you've heard every variation of trauma - boom! - someone like Sara comes along to remind us how rich the human experience is.  GUEST BIO Sara Moskowitz, LCSW, SEP is a Chicago-based psychotherapist, mother and artist. She specializes in developmental trauma and anxiety, and guides clients to gain access to the wisdom contained within their bodies. Sara is certified as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and holds Master's degrees in both social work and education. For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast HEY THERAPISTS... You're invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

“You can speak your truth, and you can be honest, and you don't always need to defend what you did or what you said or how you are. You can just say it.” ~Brenna Guinan All of my favorite things conspired to make this chat with fellow therapist and host of Real Fckn Talk Brenna Guinan MHC-LP, CRC a must-listen (IMHO): Instagram friendship;  Some witchy topics; and NARM™.  That last entry is particularly significant because yours truly leads an impromptu NARM(ish) session on the show for the first time!  Our conversation expanded to include a brief but revealing look at how NARM sessions work. She got to experience firsthand how the process interrupts the old stories we tell ourselves and those we tell others. There’s a self-professed stubbornness about Brenna to which I think many can relate. She splits her time between licensed mental health counseling and rehabilitation counseling. For those who’ve not heard of rehabilitation counseling before, Brenna describes it as advocating for people (in her case, students) with disabilities so that they’re set up for adulthood - whether they choose to go to college, trade school, or enter the workforce.  All this professional level-headedness at twenty-seven and a podcast, too? Yes. This is the part where I get to plug my appearance on Brenna’s show while also telling you that Real Fckn Talk is where guests are invited to go there. GUEST BIO Brenna Guinan is a mental health counselor, certified rehabilitation counselor, and the host of REAL FCKN TALK podcast. As a therapist, Brenna is passionate about normalizing discussions about mental health. For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   HEY THERAPISTS... You’re invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

“Healers have to be so close to the wound...in order to actually heal it.” ~Dr. LaNail Plummer Dr. LaNail Plummer, founder and CEO of Onyx Therapy Group, has designed her life around healing her communities. The build process hasn’t been easy. As a Black, bisexual woman, she’s navigated multiple structural impediments. But the racism, homophobia, and religious rigidity that forced her to the margins unwittingly pushed her into her power: to create safe spaces for folks in the LGBTQ+ community.  It’s impossible to speak with a DC-based practitioner - especially one whose professional focus and personal identity align with marginalized folks - and not ask about their welfare as it relates to the insurrection on January 6th. Once again, LaNail’s deep desire to be in community with her people took over. Amid the assault, she offered vital transparent support - something I continually advocate for on both sides of the therapy relationship.  “We're just going to live this experience together,” she told her clients. “I am not going to 100% be your expert in this moment. What we're going to do is have a shared human experience, and we are going to both learn and heal and process together.”  *** Dr. LaNail R. Plummer is the CEO & Founder of Onyx Therapy Group - a DC-based mental health organization dedicated to providing mental health services for individuals and organizations in marginalized groups such as Black and Brown communities and the LGBTQ+. As a leading professional in the mental health field, Dr. LaNail R. Plummer is committed to improving the lifestyles of others through the aspects of mental health and character development. A United States Military Veteran and the CEO of Onyx Therapy Group -- an organization she founded in 2013 -- Dr. Plummer has over 15 years of experience working with a multitude of clients and specializing in the care of young women; the Black community; and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Grounded in the values of integrity and awareness, Dr. Plummer believes that emotional, spiritual, and cultural healing is attainable for all.   For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   HEY THERAPISTS... You’re invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW   ***   Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

“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 any interest in consuming something that leaves me feeling worse than when I started,” she says. That goes as much for people and experiences as it does food.  Alexa’s affinity for pleasure - so often treated as a dirty word and frivolous pursuit in Western culture - was born out of the years she spent restricting herself into an eating disorder. Alexa began internalizing both the conspicuous and covert messages about body shape and size at a young age, essentially disappearing in an attempt to become more valuable. The loop of self-hatred played in Alexa’s head nonstop throughout college until her sister finally helped her hit stop.  There’s a spiritual quality with which Alexa talks about starvation - of the body, of the soul. Likewise, the practices and methods she’s leaned on along her healing journey. Y’all, I had such a soul-satisfying visit with Alexa that we didn’t even get to the healer/wounded healer questions! And I don’t even care because, instead, we unraveled several threads at once, including my decision to begin ketamine treatments, the death of Alexa’s beloved mother, and the myriad paths that reconnect us to our source.  Listeners, use promo code PAUSEBREATHESAVOR25 for 25% off Savage Chocolate! *** Alexa Silvaggio is a wellness entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. She is a yoga instructor, writer, podcast host, retreat leader, and CEO of Savage Chocolates, a mindfulness chocolate brand. She encourages you to cultivate a more loving relationship with your body and self through all she teaches. She would love to connect with you!  For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast HEY THERAPISTS... You’re invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, May 7, 2021 - Trauma from the Individual to the Collective by Rayell Grayson, LCPC, CADC and Sarah Buino, LCSW, RDDP, CADC, CDWF Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

“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), you know my love for Instagram is next-level. It’s where I socialize with listeners and where I meet all of my new best friends, including today’s guest, Dr. Funnies.  Dr. Funnies is the brilliant brain behind Mental Health Funnies, the Instagram account she started in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown here in the US. Regardless of which side of the therapist/client relationship you occupy, the memes at Mental Health Funnies will make you snort out loud.  Dr. Funnies has a knack for distilling everyday absurdities into a single frame while displaying complete empathy for her audience as well as herself. Dr. Funnies’s journey from stellar student at a historically Black college to roadblocked post-grad intern to autonomous practitioner is harrowing at times, made so by the racism and white supremacy embedded in the very marrow of this country. A true wounded healer, she knew that one day, her experiences would serve to help others. Whether one-on-one with clients or by the thousands through her memes, Dr. Funnies is absolutely right about that. *** Dr. Funnies. I am a mental health therapist trying my best to help heal others! I have been in the field for over 17yrs. I believe laughter can sometimes be the best medicine! For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast HEY THERAPISTS... You’re invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, May 7, 2021 - Trauma from the Individual to the Collective by Rayell Grayson, LCPC, CADC and Sarah Buino, LCSW, RDDP, CADC, CDWF Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

Strategizing Sunday The Place of Higher Education in Dance Author: Kathryn Boland, MA, RYCT, R-DMT, is a dance writer and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also engaged with several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the the potential of dance as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Additionally, she has recently launched a holistic wellness and social/emotional learning program for studio dancers, based in yoga and mindfulness, called Mindful Movers. She believes everyone deserves to feel whole and healthy, and experience the joy and freedom movement brings. Outside of work and moving her body, Kathryn enjoys music, comedy, time in nature, and a chat with a good friend over coffee (socially-distanced these days, of course). Source: https://www.danceinforma.com/2020/08/01/the-place-of-higher-education-in-professional-dance-life/ Are you practicing your tip for the day? Share with us on social media and tag @dancetipsdaily to be shared on our platform! Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD & Subscribe to the once a month newsletter at www.dancetipsdaily.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

“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. I promise you’ll fall in love with my amazing guest Brian Thompson, tax attorney, certified financial planner™, registered life planner™, Forbes features writer, and podcaster. He’s also a super friend and my Al-Anon pal.  Brian occupies many intersections and all of them inform his approach to socially responsible investing (or ESG). You’ll leave here wiser and psyched about putting your values before your returns. I anticipate some whining. ‘But Sarah, if I put my values before my returns, I won’t have anything to live on!’ Y’all, that’s just capitalism’s vice-like grip. It’s time to integrate conversations about what we want to do with our money into our healing practices.  And I’m over here just trying to imagine a world where all financial planners show up the way Brian does. What a wonderful world that would be. *** Brian E. Thompson. As both a tax attorney and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Brian provides comprehensive financial planning to LGBTQ entrepreneurs who run mission-driven businesses. Entrepreneurs hold a special place in his heart. He spent a decade defending them against the IRS as a tax attorney and has become one himself as an advisor.   For full show notes, resources, and links to connect with our guest, visit: http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   HEY THERAPISTS... You’re invited to Head/Heart Conversations, our webinar series designed for psychotherapists who want to invite their inner healer to the forefront of both work life and personal life. In this four-part series, we will invite participants to learn about themselves as well as enhance their clinical skills. Details & Registration: http://tinyurl.com/hhconvos Promo Code for $20 off: podcast Friday, May 7, 2021 - Trauma from the Individual to the Collective by Rayell Grayson, LCPC, CADC and Sarah Buino, LCSW, RDDP, CADC, CDWF Friday, September 17, 2021 - Body Language by Joanna Taubeneck, LCPC, R-DMT, GL-CMA, E-RYT Friday, November 19, 2021 - Queering our Conversations by Benji Marton, LCSW   *** Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. 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

I interview Yehudit Silverman who is the Author of The Story Within book and movie, creative arts therapy, isolation, depression, suicide & trauma as well as interfaith dialogue! Take a Listen! Yehudit is committed to the arts as a method for inquiry, creative expression, therapy, and social change. Creative Arts Therapist, R-DMT, RDT, extensive clinical and community experience Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker Former Chair and professor, Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Concordia University, Montreal Director Seeds of Hope Project with The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Director Interfaith Arts Dialogue Mask maker, creative ritual leader, singer, swimmer, seeker, dreamer… The Story Within on Facebook https://www.yehuditsilverman.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twopartypodcast/support

Don't forget to follow us on IG and Facebook @dancetipsdaily! Stay up to date with DTD at www.dancetipsdaily.com Join the community conversations in our private facebook group. The exclusive dance community for only DTD listeners, authors and producers. Like what you heard? Give us a 5 star rating or share with a friend to help us keep bringing the best dance content to you! Original Article: https://www.danceinforma.com/2020/06/01/state-of-the-professional-dance-industry-through-covid-19-adapting-and-continuing-the-mission/ Author: Kathryn Boland MA, RYCT, R-DMT, is a dance writer and overall enthusiast. She currently writes for Dance Informa, and has also engaged with several other dance journalism projects. Also a Dance/Movement Therapist, yoga instructor, and political organizer, she's particularly passionate about the potential dance has as a tool for individual and social empowerment. Find her show on dance and social justice on YouTube -- Move for a Movement! Twitter: @kathrynboland2 Facebook: Kathryn Boland's Words for Movement --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dance-tips-daily/support

As Black folks, we tend to carry quite a bit of intergenerational trauma. It can be a heavy load to carry and finding ways to let it go can be just as challenging as finding a Black therapist! In this episode of The Bodyful Black Girl Podcast, we're joined by a fellow dance/movement psychotherapist —Stefanie Belnavis of A Bucket For The Well. In this episode, we discuss: what it means to be a culturally affirming therapist, the challenges of being Black women in a profession steeped in Whiteness and White Supremacy, the collaborative nature of dance/movement psychotherapy, how dance/movement psychotherapy can be used to heal intergenerational trauma. Stefanie also shares a word of advice for Black women interested in becoming dance/movement therapists. Stefanie D. Belnavis, LMHC, R-DMT, is an attachment-based Dance Movement Psychotherapist based in the Greater Boston area. Stefanie's clinical approach which is centered around exploring the intersection of early childhood mental health, psychology, creative arts, social and racial justice, multicultural family/caregiving systems and addressing the implications of race-based trauma within communities of color. You can connect with Stefanie on Instagram and Facebook @abucketforthewell or via email: stefanie@abucketforthewell.com If you like what you hear, feel free follow Bodyful Healing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @bodyfulhealing, or check out our website: https://thebodyfulhealingproject.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bodyful-black-girl/message

What do the terms gender, biological sex, and sexual orientation really mean? Have you thought about the pronouns you use? Why should we be programmed to think in black and white when we know that's not the case? Join my guest Terra Lyn Anderson and me as we talk about redefining sex and the subtleties and differences within. This is such a great learning experience, and I wish that you learn with me on this episode. We will talk about:   The establishment of connection simply through the use of appropriate pronouns. The understanding of the new generation with the use of non-binary vocabulary. Terra's disagreement against this “binary” or “non-binary” mindset. Why can't there be ways to define others like Terra in a specific way like “man” or “woman”? Historically-gendered roles. Is cooking a delicate thing even if knives and fire are associated with it? And more...   ~   About Terra Lyn Anderson:   Terra Lyn Anderson MA, R-DMT, LPC-Intern, centers the queer, trans and non-binary community in their work as a diversity consultant and gender/sex therapist in Portland, OR. Terra is the owner and visionary of Embody Emerge, LLC, a training, consulting and counseling organization dedicated to ending gender and sexuality-based oppression through education and advocacy. Terra is a published author, certified sex coach, and erotic activist working passionately to support the LGBTQ+ community to access greater pleasure, fulfillment and connection by empowering the body as a guiding force for personal transformation. As a queer gender non-conforming femme, Terra pledges themself to a future where all bodies are free from social oppression to live and love in ways that truly celebrate the beauty in our differences.   ~   You can find Terra Lyn Anderson on... Website: https://www.embodyemerge.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/embodyemerge/   ---   Connect with Destin Gerek! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evolvedmasculine Facebook: http://facebook.com/DestinGerekProfile The Evolved Masculine: Be the Man the World Needs & the One She Craves: http://evolvedmasculinebook.com/ The Evolved Masculine Membership: http://evolvedmasculine.com/membership Website: https://www.evolvedmasculine.com/ [FREE] The Evolved Masculine Blueprint: http://evolvedmasculine.com/blueprint   P.S. If you received any value whatsoever from this episode please press SUBSCRIBE ✅, RATE & REVIEW this podcast!      

Dance/Movement Psychotherapy isn't a well known form of psychotherapy, but it is the primary way in which Bodyful Healing supports black women living with depression. In this episode, Jennifer Sterling, registered dance/movement psychotherapist, holistic nutritionist, and creator of Bodyful Healing discusses: What dance/movement psychotherapy is. The psychological theories she incorporates into her practice and work with clients and patients. The difference between dance/movement psychotherapy and a dance class. What you might experience in a dance/movement psychotherapy session. If you like what you hear, feel free to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @bodyfulhealing. You can also check out our website: www.thebodyfulhealingproject.com for more information about dance/movement psychotherapy and to book a session with Jennifer Sterling, R-DMT, LCAT-lp. This episode includes The Town Shops' "Befun" as well as music from Blue Dot Sessions. For more information on our sponsor for this episode, Heal In Color, head to kindredmedicine.com. A space for healers of color to list themselves as well as a space for people of color who may be seeking a healer of color to find one in their healing modality of choice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bodyful-black-girl/message