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This episode was originally intended to be all about sexual trauma and healing, but as per usual, it flowed into something else! My guest Ally Gayle and I do talk about sexual trauma (we have a LOT to say about trauma comparison), but then we go deeper into spirituality and soul growth. It doesn’t matter […]
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In this episode, my guest Melissa Kirk — a Human Design, manifestation, and Theta Healing expert — explore Human Design! Human Design is NOT another personality profile test, like the enneagram or Myers-Briggs. In Human Design, you don’t have to answer questions about yourself; it’s completely based on your day, time, and place of birth. […]
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In this solo episode, Lindsey discusses self-trust. Self-trust is THE key to unlocking our healing. We can’t and won’t heal unless we trust ourselves to heal. Likewise, we also won’t rest, change gears, take risks, set boundaries, start something new, or think critically without self-trust. Holistic Trauma Healing work will ALWAYS direct you back to […]
Psychedelic medicines have been a powerful catalyst for my healing journey. Psychedelics also have the potential to stall healing journeys as well. I definitely don’t recommend them for everyone, and I believe they should be approached with great care and intention. For me, there is nothing recreational about psychedelics at all. My guest Mike Govoni […]
Remember Jeremy from episode 39? He’s here with a vulnerable and raw bonus episode. We talk at length about relating with our own parents, as well as my experience with raising a teenage son who I have felt increasingly distant from. Jeremy ends this episode with a beautiful and touching guided visualization. I truly hope […]
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It’s so fun to have my favorite astrologer Tammy come on the podcast at the start of each new season to give us her reading and predictions! This Summer Solstice episode is packed full of good nuggets that you can use from now until the Fall Equinox in September to level up. Tammy is an […]
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All healing is self-healing, a journey back home to ourselves. So, anything is an opportunity to awaken consciousness: illness, addiction, divorce, a death, financial struggle, parenting, a move, a relationship — literally anything and everything is an opportunity to awaken consciousness. A big take-away from this episode for me is that there is a difference […]
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SPECIAL LATE-NIGHT SOLO EPISODE! I’m not normally a night owl, but the energy of late May-early June have been intense. Rather than feeling sleepy at 10pm, I’m wide awake… and not in an anxious, thoughts racing kind of way. It’s a peaceful, but inspired awake. And, I’ve felt like taking a lot of inspired action […]
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Alcoholics and addicts are people, too. It’s easy to judge them for the destruction and harm they cause due to their behavior. But, addiction is the result of a traumatized person doing the best they can to regulate a dysregulated nervous system. Alcoholism and addiction are not about the substances. They’re about what the person […]
I just loooooooove it when resident astrologer Tammy Antoinette joins me on the podcast! This time, we had a little chat about the intense energies of the month of May 2021. On May 12, 2021, a G3-level solar storm hit Earth. If you have experienced brain fog, increased sensitivity to lights or sounds, fatigue, vivid […]
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Would it surprise you to learn that there are hints about our traumas in our astrological charts? I’m still surprised by this, but also comforted. To know that where various stars and planets sit in our charts may provide clues or even answers about our childhoods, mother and/or father wounds, how we react to systems […]
This is the remainder of the episode I recorded with trauma-informed eating disorder therapist Dr. Maria Paredes. As always, I saved the juiciest part for you, Circle members. I have recently become aware of the term “hyperpalatable foods”. As a certified health coach and former health food blogger, I thought I had heard it all […]
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Addiction, eating disorders, and any other form of self-harm are adaptations of a dysregulated nervous system to cope — to create faux windows of tolerance to feel safe in an unsafe environment. The body must respond, however, to the trauma of food restriction on a cellular level. Constantly assessing the threat of food restriction is […]
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Women heal differently than men. The origins and foundations of how we’ve looked at bodies and at healing, from religion to medicine to fitness, have been established by men. In Western medicine, the male body has long been the standard, the one that procedures and drugs are designed for and tested on. In yoga, postures […]
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Deconstructing your religious, spiritual, or political beliefs is not a betrayal of your community. Deconstruction of an ideology, dogma, or belief system is any reassessment, re-evaluation, and/or reconsideration of your beliefs. Deconstruction is a beautiful evolution of learning, growing, and having the flexibility and capability to change your mind. There is no framework for learning, […]
I originally recorded this episode for the public podcast, but something told me to save it just for The Circle. I think I am dealing with some of my own Imposter Syndrome or maybe just fear about posting on what I perceive to be “sensitive” topics. Although I believe with every fiber of my being […]
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It’s only taken me 35 episodes, but we’re finally diving in to spiritual abuse and religious trauma! I have first-hand experience with the spiritual and religious abuse of fundamentalist Evangelical Christianity. But, I think it’s important to make it clear that any ideology can be a dogmatic ideology; and any ideology can be spiritually abusive. […]
After the public episode 34, I kept the tape rolling and Syanna and I had a fantastic conversation. Interestingly, we share backgrounds in being holistic health and wellness coaches… and both of us left that industry after experiencing the invisible ceilings we’d hit with our clients. No matter what diet changes or supplements or protocols […]
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Trauma creates a chronic state of contraction and doesn’t allow room for expansion. To nourish ourselves in mind, body, and spirit requires being able to expand and receive. In the short-term, the contraction of trauma keeps us safe. But in the long-term, it leaves us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually hungry. Living in a chronic […]
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Our brains are neuroplastic — meaning the brain can form and reorganize synaptic connections. Neuroplasticity explains how the brain is able to adapt, master new skills, store memories, and recover after traumatic brain injuries. We can harness the power of neuroplasticity to effect amazing changes and reverse mental illness “diagnoses” that we once thought were […]
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We all have childhood trauma. None of us made it into adulthood unscathed. But, what we’re experiencing as adults — as a result of developmental trauma — isn’t about our parents anymore; it’s about US. What happened to us wasn’t our fault or our choosing, but what we do with it now is our responsibility. […]
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The polarization continues… The conflict (especially on social media), black-and-white thinking, and dehumanization that we are collectively experiencing is written in the stars. It’s actually part of our collective evolution of consciousness. During this cycle — Spring Equinox 2021 to Summer Solstice 2021 — pay attention to Venus and Pluto especially. The Universe is wise […]
Let’s talk about bridging the Masculine and Feminine (or left and right brain) through hypnosis! Hypnotherapy can help us re-write the hidden programming (aka autopilot) that we live in 95% of the time. If we’re going to be on autopilot, why not create a hypnosis of success rather than a hypnosis of victimhood? In this […]
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#1 New York Times Best-selling Author Dr. Nicole LePera is here to talk about how to do the work — both her book and the actual work of healing. I am so honored to have The Holistic Psychologist as a guest on the Holistic Trauma Healing Podcast! Dr. Nicole LePera was trained in clinical psychology […]
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Listening to this episode is like sitting at the feet of an awakened and compassionate but firm spiritual teacher and soaking up love and wisdom and truth. This episode forces us to take an honest look at the hidden programming (aka “autopilot) and decide from a place of awareness if the stories we’re telling ourselves […]
It’s another solo bonus episode… this time talking about my observations and journey of shifting out of victim mode and into empowered, conscious creator mode. This is a touchy subject and not one I’m super comfortable sharing with the general public yet. I admit that my nervous system isn’t ready for the potential fall-out of […]
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Social media is this weird space where we try to show off the best parts of ourselves while simultaneously feeding the worst parts of ourselves. There seems to be this very strange sense of entitlement to say what ever we want to total strangers. I don’t believe in using social media to hurt other people. […]
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Sorina is a licensed clinical certified trauma professional. She brings somatic experiencing, mindfulness, and neuro-psychology together in a practical approach that helps her clients finally heal. Her self-paced course, Home in Your Body is at 1:1 guide to nervous system healing, where you learn the tools to activate your body’s healing power and find […]
This episode is just me, sharing part of my journey and the struggles and realizations I’ve had while healing trauma in my most important relationship: my partner. David is the most amazing husband and partner. He is my best friend and my person. Our relationship has endured many trials, including leaving Christianity, cross-country moves, raising […]
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Boundary-setting is a spiritual practice — one that, arguably, would not have been possible through the ages without help from our oldest allies and friends: plants, nature, and ancestors. Think of this: our ancestors would not have survived without plant medicine. You and I would not be here if not for plant medicine. Plants, crystals, […]
You are a product of your environment and your nervous system. You are not the sum total of all your life’s choices. When you recognize this, it creates so much room to make decisions ON PURPOSE. When you can stop, think, contemplate and then act — not from your brainstem like a dinosaur but from […]
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Boundaries are a hot topic, and for good reason. People with histories of trauma — particularly developmental trauma — find setting, sticking to, and respecting boundaries insanely difficult. Setting boundaries is activating to the nervous system, so people with trauma (ie. nervous systems with less flexibility and resiliency) often don’t know how to reclaim their […]
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Clementine Morrigan is back on the podcast to chat about Trauma-Informed Polyamory! On their Instagram, they say, “Most resources on polyamory don’t discuss the ways that histories of trauma can impact our current experiences of polyamory. Most resources on trauma recovery, attachment theory, and relationship conflict assume monogamous partnerships as the norm. Polyamorous people with […]
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Dance and movement therapist Erica Hornthal and I have a fantastic discussion about the benefits of dance and movement therapy for holistic trauma healing. We reveal how dance and movement can benefit people of all ages and abilities. Movement has been especially helpful for me (Lindsey), personally. When I give my emotions a movement or […]
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Trauma Coach and intuitive Evelyn Hale and I have a deep and interesting chat about the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine. We push through some of the misconceptions about these essences, including how they aren’t about gender roles. Each of us has Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine essences. Our relationships also have these essences. […]
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Our culture is obsessed with maximizing everything: our time, our productivity, even our sleep. We wear watches and rings to monitor our sleep, then we judge the quality or quantity of our sleep when we check the app’s report. We have been conditioned to believe harmful things about sleep, rest, and putting it all on a […]
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Most of us are totally unconscious of our ancestry — disconnected from the lineage that holds answers to our pain and struggles. A large part of white body trauma is that we are cut off from our ancestors. We have skeletons in our family closets that are uncomfortable and ugly — but they want to […]
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Show Notes In this episode, Megan Buer is back on the pod to… follow-up on the results of Lindsey’s first 2 Emotion Code sessions and discuss the specific trapped emotions in Lindsey’s body share the concept that whatever happens in the physical body has happened first energetically introduce emotional concepts that can be healed with […]
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In 5500 BC, Hermes Trismegistus, the first documented ancient astrologer said, “Know thyself”. Plato and Socrates also emphasized this phrase. Through astrology, we can know ourselves better. The challenges, traumas, blessings, and lessons that are in store for you in this lifetime may very well be written in the stars! Find out how you can […]
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In 5500 BC, Hermes Trismegistus, the first documented ancient astrologer said, “Know thyself”. Plato and Socrates also emphasized this phrase. Through astrology, we can know ourselves better. The challenges, traumas, blessings, and lessons that are in store for you in this lifetime may very well be written in the stars! Tammy is an Astrologer and […]
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Purity Culture was a movement in the 1990s and 2000s that spread through Evangelical Christianity like wildfire. It has left sexual trauma and psychological damage in its wake. Survivors of purity culture report sexual dysfunction, feelings of shame and guilt about sex and sexuality, lack of education and information about sex and their own bodies. […]
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Our nervous systems are hard-wired for our survival. That is the nervous system’s only function. So, when we experience trauma, the messages our nervous systems send our brains are often a bit confusing. We act and react in ways we don’t understand, ways that are often hurtful to ourselves or others. Once we learn to […]
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For better or worse, 2020 has been a year of immense transformation. I propose that this be the year we choose not to have the same ol’ holiday. However you celebrate (or don’t), these 10 tips for a trauma-informed, mentally and emotionally happy holiday season will help you navigate awkward conversation topics, set boundaries, carve […]
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Cancel culture has created an atmosphere heavy with hyper vigilance, people-pleasing, and self-monitoring in the nervous systems of people who are canceled and in people who are triggered and respond by canceling others. The harassment, ostracization, and cancelling of individuals creates a snowball effect — folx are canceled for doing something “wrong”, but then anyone […]
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The beauty industry is a toxic, psychopathic abuser. Yes, you read that right! The tactics of the beauty industry are the very same tactics used by narcissistic, predatory abusers to keep us, especially women, exhausted, manipulated, feeling inadequate, and coerced. I interview body connection coach and author of the book The Invisible Corset, Lauren Geertsen. […]
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In this episode, I connect with Andrew Kerbs about pain avoidance, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and the use of psychiatric medications. We also touch briefly on religious trauma. Andrew is a therapist, writer, and social activist. A former evangelical Christian, or exvangelical as the hashtag goes, much of his focus is on religious trauma and […]
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In this candid conversation with Megan Buer, founder of Harmony Restored and the Rooted In Health healing system, we connect over similar pasts growing up in fundamentalist, patriarchal religions, expose the emotional trauma in women from the cult of toxic wellness culture, and discuss how emotions get trapped in our bodies. Megan shares her work […]
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Are you constantly worried about your romantic relationships? Do you find yourself wondering if you and your partner are “supposed” to be together, if you’re right for each other, if they’re cheating on your or going to leave you? This is relationship anxiety and OCD. And, there’s help! In this episode, I interview Chelsea Horton, […]
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I’m a natural-crunchy-hippie-health freak, and I caused myself to suffer with debilitating anxiety and insomnia for months because of my desire to stay “100% natural” and for fear of side effects and dependency of psychiatric medications. In this episode, I’m sharing why I finally got to the point of asking for the help of pharmaceuticals […]
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You’ve tried numerous dietary restrictions, have spent thousands on supplements, and have hopped from one natural practitioner to the next… and you’re still chronically ill. Sound familiar? Did you know it never actually ends? The health and wellness industry has convinced us that we’re sick and in need of special diets, numerous natural practitioners, supplement […]
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Did you know we can train our brains to respond to stress and trauma differently and even create more resiliency in our nervous systems? In this episode, you’ll learn the trick I’ve used to hack into my nervous system that has improved my physical health, strengthened my mental health, and helped me face the uncomfortable […]
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The current definitions of trauma are woefully inadequate and much too broad, neglecting those of us who do deal with trauma’s mysterious effects on our bodies, minds, and emotions. Of particular interest is how trauma manifests as chronic illness or pain, how it affects the autonomic nervous system, and a (perhaps) prescriptive way of defining […]
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We didn’t choose what happened to us, but we do get to choose what we do with it. In this pilot episode, I introduce myself and share why I believe approaching trauma from a holistic perspective is the only way to truly heal. Show Notes In this pilot episode of the Holistic Trauma Healing Podcast, […]
