Conversations With a Wounded Healer

Wendy Adamson is an author, activist, speaker and mother. Wendy believes that only by telling our personal stories can we heal the shame and eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness and addiction. With over twenty years of experience in the field of addiction and mental health, Wendy is a seasoned professional, who not only possesses a comprehensive understanding of the recovery process, but psychiatric issues as well. Wendy shares her dramatic story of shooting her husband's mistress in a drug-induced psychotic break, to becoming a writer and alcohol/drug counselor who's 25 years sober. Sarah and Wendy discuss forgiveness, soul work, and the trappings of the ego. 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

Sarah reflects on the importance of being willing to have hard conversations. She discusses an experience of being blocked on Facebook after attempting to engage in a pro-life/pro-choice discussion with an old friend. And how this leads to the question of how we cultivate the willingness to share uncomfortable spaces with people who believe differently than we do. 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

Born in Florida, Lissa Rankin, MD, is a New York Times bestselling author of The Daily Flame, Mind Over Medicine, The Fear Cure, and The Anatomy of a Calling. She is a physician, speaker, and founder of Whole Health Medicine Institute. Lissa and Sarah chat about the shift from her strict medical training to alignment with her divine essence of self or what she calls: the inner pilot light. Lissa also shares the knowledge she's learned along her path; how to avoid the hooks of life in the spotlight and keep her savior complex in check. (Pro tip: she goes to therapy!) 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

Corey Martin is a Yale-trained family physician driven to change the delivery of healthcare and improve the mental and physical health of our communities. He is a founder of the Bounce Back Project, practicing private group physician, Bush Fellow, and lead physician in Allina Health's response to clinician burnout. In his free time, he enjoys working on his farm that he has recently turned into an event center. He lives in Buffalo, MN with his wife and three daughters. He is a recovering perfectionist and an aspiring "good enoughist." Corey and Sarah discuss the crisis amongst healthcare professionals, the power of community leaders sharing their own vulnerability, and the incredible impact his Bounce Back Project has had in his corner of the world. 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

Gregory Scott is an expert Tarot Reader, Numerologist, and Astrologer from Brighton, United Kingdom. He provides people with guidance and decisions that may shape their future. Gregory can perform his readings via Skype, pre-recorded video, pre-recorded mp3, and telephone. He is also Sarah's favorite Astrologer because of the funny and down to Earth way he presents his readings. Gregory and Sarah discuss Gregory's road to recovery from addiction, finding permission to do things that scare you, and the joy of being a total weirdo in today's society. Let's be friends! You can find 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

Lauren is a writer and creative human who offers yoga, ritual, and intuitive coaching meant to help others find spaciousness in the everyday. Her zine, how to uncover SELF in chaotic times, outlines a softer paradigm for success and four everyday containers in which we all might nurture the truth of self. In yoga, Lauren specializes in backcare and scoliosis, and she loves helping others find pain relief and step into a more loving relationship with themselves. Lauren shares her career path from music to communications and then to yoga. Sarah and Lauren discuss the healing power of music, the importance of listening to the messages of your body, and the importance of self-work: only teach that which you have known. 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

As therapists in training, we learn about boundaries, professionalism, and evidenced-based practices. We hear all about empathy and how important is to cultivate a safe space for clients, but there's rarely talk of love. In this episode, Sarah shares how the love we have for our clients runs deep and ripples throughout our lives outside of the therapy room. 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

Jade T. Perry is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, speaker, Tarot Card Slinger, Churchy Mystic, Chronically Ill & Disabled Babe, Embodied (Sensuality) Ritual Curator, and co-founder of the Mystic Soul Project. (The 2019 conference has just passed, but make sure to follow Jade to gear up for the 2020 conference!) The mission of her work is twofold: To creatively challenge secular and sacred systems toward greater levels of inclusion. And to contribute resources, art, narratives, and experiential learning opportunities that aid in the holistic healing processes of people of color (POC), queer people of color (QPOC), and disabled / chronically ill POC. Jade shares with Sarah the nature of her churchy mystic work: helping others reclaim their body/sexuality/sensuality that may have been lost to shame at the hands of the church. And how she moves clients into healing shame through art, symbolism and mysticism. 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

Brad is a Somatic (Body-Mind) Psychotherapist, College Professor, Community Educator, Consultant & International Trainer. He is a practitioner and trainer in both Somatic Experiencing (SE) & NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM). These body-mind approaches use mindfulness & body awareness to address trauma, stress and relational challenges by eliciting our inner healing resources in support of a deeper sense of safety & self-empowerment. Brad and Sarah discuss the importance of body-mind modalities that get beneath people's symptoms. They share their experiences with the teacher/healer/mentor pedestal that affects the way we relate to authority and the absolute necessity of continuing to learn and do your healing work. 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

Lola Wright is a fierce and loving community leader supporting individual transformation in service of collective awakening. She's the CEO & Spiritual Director of Bodhi Center, a global center for consciousness engaging change agents and explorers in Chicago and around the world and founder of "Normal white people," a platform designed to deconstruct racism among white identified people. Wild and passionate mom of four. Lola and Sarah discuss white supremacy, racism, The Bible, and consciousness...so, this is a super light episode, you guys. Enjoy! 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