Episodes

  • Systemic shame & trauma healing — from isolation to connection: Merete Holm Brantbjerg

    Systemic shame & trauma healing — from isolation to connection: Merete Holm Brantbjerg
    May 18 2026
    Merete Holm Brantbjerg talks about trauma, systemic shame, and the body’s hidden survival responses, starting from her own experience of female-to-female sexual perpetration at age 14.
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    50 mins
  • Scary Does Not Mean Powerful: Mindfulness & Politics

    Scary Does Not Mean Powerful: Mindfulness & Politics
    Apr 15 2026
    A mindful reflection on power, vulnerability, and our shared humanity. What happens when we truly pay attention and see the complexity of what is in front of us.
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    14 mins
  • Janina Fisher on healing your trauma: Embracing our fragmented selves

    Janina Fisher on healing your trauma: Embracing our fragmented selves
    Apr 26 2026
    Janina Fisher explains what it means to heal your trauma. She describes her trauma-informed parts approach, where these reactions are understood as parts of ourselves that once helped us survive, not as problems to eliminate.
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    42 mins
  • Gentle presence with John Amodeo: The practice of welcoming what you feel

    Gentle presence with John Amodeo: The practice of welcoming what you feel
    Apr 5 2026
    This talk with therapist and mindfulness explorer John Amodeo is about gentle presence. We don't just talk about it, we practice it in real time. The conversation unfolds into a deeper exploration of how noticing anxiety, defensiveness, and shame, without judgment, can shift our inner experience and transform how we relate to others.
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    29 mins
  • Meditation & beyond: Mindfulness is not a spectator sport

    Meditation & beyond: Mindfulness is not a spectator sport
    Feb 14 2026
    This expands our definition of mindfulness as an embodied practice of active engagement in life. I describe how it plays out in my meditation practice, in therapy, and in other activities.
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    12 mins
  • Memory reconsolidation: What makes therapy work

    Memory reconsolidation: What makes therapy work
    Feb 27 2026
    Many clients in therapy understand their patterns and still feel stuck. We explore simple ways to foster the corrective emotional experiences that make lasting change possible.
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    22 mins
  • Where do you feel it in your body? Embodied Therapy When the Body Doesn’t Answer

    Where do you feel it in your body? Embodied Therapy When the Body Doesn’t Answer
    Jan 28 2026
    How to practice embodied therapy when the body doesn’t answer. A relational approach to somatic psychotherapy for therapists who want a practical way to stay present without forcing awareness.
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    24 mins
  • Mindful Presence & Embodiment: A Conversation with Andrew Rosenstock

    Mindful Presence & Embodiment: A Conversation with Andrew Rosenstock
    Dec 9 2025
    Andrew Rosenstock and Serge Prengel explore the themes of mindful presence, embodiment, and the complexities of human interaction. They discuss the importance of self-regulation, the paradox of experience, and the negotiation that occurs in dialogue.
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    50 mins