The Gifts of Trauma

Your Nervous System Path to Intimacy and Aliveness, with Charon Normand-Widmer

Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. What if the part of yourself you've been taught to suppress is actually the doorway to being fully alive? Charon has spent a lifetime exploring that question, as a somatic therapist, a shamanic bodyworker, through her training in Compassionate Inquiry® and her new book, Sovereign in Love: The Nervous System Path to Holding Desire, Power and Intimacy. (2026) In this Spotlight Episode, Kevin engages Charon in a wide-ranging conversation that flows from the body's quiet intelligence to the life force that animates everything, including our capacity to tolerate, connect, create and engage fully with the world around us. Charon shares: - How her life's work springs from reading bodily signals as a child, and watching her mother grieve - What it means to "drop into the body;" through a live demonstration - Why sexual energy is about life force, not intercourse, and why a healthy relationship with sexuality doesn't require a partner - How shame around sexuality can shrink our capacity for presence, connection and aliveness - What it means to be sovereign in love… and why pleasure is not a luxury but our birthright This episode offers both a map and a permission slip to anyone who has ever felt disconnected from their own intimacy and aliveness. Charon invites us to consider what we've been taught to suppress, and what might become possible if we free it. About Charon Normand-Widmer LMSW, Relationship Therapist A Licensed Master Social Worker and somatic psychotherapist, Charon is the founder of Luminous Ground, a body of work at the intersection of nervous system science, intimacy, and embodiment. For over a decade, she has worked with individuals and couples in the territory where most healing actually happens: the body. Her approach is trauma-informed, somatic, and deeply relational, drawing on attachment theory, polyvagal theory, and the practices of erotic embodiment. Charon believes that people are not broken, they are carrying nervous systems that learned, often very young, how to survive. The work, in her hands, is helping the body feel safe enough to come back online. Her practice offers a range of doorways into this work: 1:1 sessions, written therapy by letter, group containers including Embodied Tantra, live ceremonies and circles, and Empower Your Pathways, her ongoing WhatsApp community for those committed to longer-term integration. She also teaches and writes at the intersections of nervous system, intimacy, desire, and sovereignty, with essays appearing on her Substack and across her social platforms. Charon's first book, Sovereign in Love: The Nervous System Path to Holding Desire, Power and Intimacy, released on June 1, 2026 from Sovereign Press. It is available on Amazon and IngramSpark. Promotional Messages 3rd Compassionate Inquiry® Conference—Vancouver 2026 If you've completed, or are currently enrolled in Compassionate Inquiry training, you're invited to attend the third international CI Conference in Vancouver, Canada from October 30 to November 1. Dr Gabor Maté is returning as our keynote speaker and master class presenter. Enjoy engaging workshops and inspiring demonstrations with Sat Dharam Kaur, CI Facilitators and Practitioners. Whether you join us in person for three days of shared inquiry with CI cohort partners, and colleagues from around the world, or attend virtually to focus on the teachings, tap this link to learn more and secure your place. And yes—there will be dancing. Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training If you've been listening to our podcast and are curious about the Compassionate Inquiry approach developed by Doctor Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur, consider joining the Professional Training Program. It's open to all healing professionals, including naturopaths, physicians, body workers, coaches, and therapists. In addition to learning how to use compassion to support your clients in their most vulnerable moments with greater empathy and authenticity, you'll also deepen your own internal process. If you're interested, please follow this link. Resources Professional Website Related Links Free 'Intimacy Without Armour' Masterclass Embodied Intimacy (Small-group sessions) Private 1:1 & Group Work Muse Codes 1-Month Audio Experience Empower Your Pathways WhatsApp Broadcast: Books Sovereign in Love: The Nervous System Path to Holding Desire, Power and Intimacy (Amazon) Sovereign in Love: The Nervous System Path to Holding Desire, Power and Intimacy (IngramSpark) The Power of Divine Eros: The Illuminating Force of Love in Everyday Life Articles Relationship Alchemy (Substack) Compassionate Inquiry Blog Library Social Media Facebook Instagram Tiktok

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25 Stops On the Line: Celebrating 2 Years and 100 Episodes

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Hosted by J'aime Rothbard, Kevin Young & Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. What happens when you look back at a hundred conversations, a hundred faces, and a hundred stories? We're celebrating two years of The Gifts of Trauma with a taster menu; twenty-five small bites pulled froPlem our most listened to episodes. An astonishing range of topics have been covered; from math anxiety to menopause, to addiction and neurodiversity, war and racism to colonization/invasion, grief and wounds to diseases, relationships, masculinity and fatherhood, to adoption and childhood trauma, and so much more. We'd also like to acknowledge Diana Gharib for participating in an interview from the frontlines in Beirut, while drones were flying overhead. [Episode 87] In this special compilation episode, Rosemary, Kevin and J'aime reflect on: - Why each episodes focuses on the gifts trauma reveals, not just the trauma itself - Two beloved guests who passed shortly after their episodes published - The deep wisdom being shared in Spotlight Episodes by community members We all agree that the glory belongs to our guests: the people who showed up and shared their work, their compassion and their humanity. And as Sat Dharam says when this episode opens, sometimes arriving at the destination simply means one person, somewhere, realising they're not alone. Promotional Messages: Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training If you've been listening to our podcast and are curious about the Compassionate Inquiry approach developed by Doctor Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur, consider joining the Professional Training Program. It's open to all healing professionals, including naturopaths, physicians, body workers, coaches, and therapists. In addition to learning how to use compassion to support your clients in their most vulnerable moments with greater empathy and authenticity, you'll also deepen your own internal process. If you're interested, tap this link to learn more. Spotlight Episodes Your journey with Compassionate Inquiry® matters. Your work in the world matters. If you have a story to share about bringing Compassionate Inquiry into the world, we'd like to amplify your voice. Spotlight episodes are full length Gifts of Trauma podcast interviews offered exclusively to CI community members. You'll not only share your story with 55,000 healing professionals across all platforms, you'll receive a pre-interview strategy session plus three promotional video clips. We're offering only 10 Spotlight episodes per year and production realities require a financial contribution. Follow the links to access full details and express your interest. Spotlight Episodes | Sponsorships Resources: Compassionate Inquiry® Podcast, All Episodes Our Taster Menu: In Order of Appearance Episode 1: Gabor Maté, MD "There's nothing fundamentally wrong with anybody... the wounds that you carry can be healed." Episode 10: Sat Dharam Kaur, ND "I'm allowing something bigger to carry this whole ship... to make the impossible possible." Episode 2: Rhonda Nelson "I had this ability to drop the cane when I was around my family." Episode 5: Stephen Brown "I knew I was in the wrong place," on walking into a Protestant enclave in Belfast as a teenager during the Troubles. Episode 86: Rosemary Wanganeen "I had to empty my physical body of all that grief energy for my spirit to feel safe enough to come home. And between my physical body and my spirit, we've been able to sustain that connection." Episode 55: Reggie Hubbard "I grew up in a land that saw me as a threat when all I wanted to do was be a blessing." Episode 63: Juliano Innocenti "Most of humanity is our tribe. We just are taught to see difference and separate. We're not different. We've just been pulled apart." Episode 18: ⁠Vimalasara Mason-John "When did you lose your play? When did you lose your aliveness? When did you stop being enchanted by your own story?" Episode 25: Sat Dharam Kaur "What happened to you... what happened to your ancestors... you're not what happened to you." Episode 3: Luke Sniewski "I didn't even know what an emotion was until I turned 30." Episode 73: Silva Neves, Diana Safta "There are so many things about sex that people believe to be true [that] are just constructs that have [their] origins in religion." Episode 36: Wen Harper Harris While sitting at a stoplight in LA, scrolling, "There was no time to stop and pause and do nothing and be." Episode 11: Jordan Decker "Shame is a shortcut to change with long-term consequences, whereas love is a long road that ends in resilience." Episode 28: Dr. Louise Taylor "That would have possibly been quite handy to know prior." [On being diagnosed dyslexic in the final stretch of her PhD.] Episode 13: Sara Easterly "We live in a culture that tells us adoption is beautiful. And yes, it can be. But I also have a lot of really hard parts of my story. There's grief, there's loss that don't get acknowledged." Episode 29: Gordon Neufeld "We've never had more books... and we've never been so dumbed down." Episode 22: Matthew Green "The real edge of this is asking what role journalists can play in recognizing the role of trauma underneath the crises that we see in the news." Episode 85: Dr Kenneth Doka, Maria Estrada, Ellie Davis "Acknowledge life even with grief. There's lots to live for, lots to learn, lots to know." Episode 96: Efu Nyaki, Rennet Wong Gates "I'm not going to fix you. I'm sitting here with you so that you can learn something from me as I learn something from you." - Efu Nyaki Episode 16: Allison Creech "I have a visceral, felt sense awareness of that presence... I love that space." Episode 77: Zach Bush, MD, Eva Dalak "More so than the victim or the perpetrator, the savior is actually the one going in to poison the system and see who can survive." Episode 50: Inés Zabalaga "We've got you, honey bunny, we've got you... you don't have to do it alone." Episode 66: Kate Hazlitt, Inés Zabalaga "I'm pruning not just for myself, but for everyone that is coming up before me and after me." Epi...

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Weeds, Weevils and the Cultivation of Authenticity, with Sat Dharam Kaur

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Hosted by Kevin Young and Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. Authenticity isn't something we build, but something we've always carried and spend our lifetimes learning to trust. Sat Dharam defines authenticity as fidelity to one's own personality, spirit and character, and traces hers back to early childhood where she showed up as; the leader, the organiser, the person who 'got things done'. But her path to trusting led her on a healing journey through shame and the fear of rejection. That healing, she says, is what Compassionate Inquiry offers at its core. In this wide-ranging and delightful conversation, Sat Dharam explores: - What it means to be true to one's personality, spirit and character, across a lifetime - Why shame is so corrosive, and how being accepted and received can loosen its grip - How safety, confidence and repetition build the capacity to act with authenticity - The balance between masculine boundary-setting and feminine collaborative trust. This is a conversation about gardens, weevils, bumblebees and Yellowstone wolves… all of which takes us back to what it takes to become fully ourselves. About Sat Dharam Kaur, ND Compassionate Inquiry® Co-Director, Training Facilitator, Circle Leader, Certified Practitioner A practicing naturopathic doctor (since 1989) with a focus on women's health, cancer and mind-body approaches to healing, since 2012, Sat Dharam has been studying, working and teaching with Dr. Gabor Maté. She structured his work in the Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Online Training, and since 2019, she has incorporated it into her naturopathic practice. Sat Dharam holds a BA (Psychology & English Literature) and a BSc (Biology). She completed her postgraduate studies at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine where she also taught stress management and women's health for 10 years. The author of multiple *books on women's health, Sat Dharam also presents at global events, including Oxford 2025, Europe's largest trauma, mental health and wellbeing conference. An expert instructor in Kundalini Yoga, which she has practiced and taught for over 45 years, Sat Dharam has developed yoga-based curricula in addiction recovery, trauma, and breast health; specialties in which she offers training to teachers around the world. Sat Dharam and her husband live in an off-grid home on 105 acres of beautiful land where she nurtures fruit trees and a large garden. She enjoys hiking, cycling, and communing with plants. She has three adult children and two grandchildren. Promotional Messages: 3rd Compassionate Inquiry® Conference, Vancouver, 2026 If you've completed, or are currently enrolled in Compassionate Inquiry training, you're invited to attend the third international CI Conference in Vancouver, Canada from October 30 to November 1. Dr Gabor Maté is returning as our keynote speaker and master class presenter. Enjoy engaging workshops and inspiring demonstrations with Sat Dharam Kaur, CI Facilitators and Practitioners. Whether you join us in person for three days of shared inquiry with CI cohort partners, and colleagues from around the world, or attend virtually to focus on the teachings, tap this link to learn more and secure your place. And yes—there will be dancing. Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training If you've been listening to our podcast and are curious about the Compassionate Inquiry approach developed by Doctor Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur, consider joining the Professional Training Program. It's open to all healing professionals, including naturopaths, physicians, body workers, coaches, and therapists. In addition to learning how to use compassion to support your clients in their most vulnerable moments with greater empathy and authenticity, you'll also deepen your own internal process. If you're interested, tap this link Websites: Professional Site Compassionate Inquiry Profile Related Links: Wolf Reintroduction in Yellowstone Courses: Beyond Addiction Compassionate Inquiry Presentations: Oxford 2025 Books: *The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Women's Health *A Call to Women: The Healthy Breast Program & Workbook *A Naturopathic Guide to Preventing Breast Cancer *The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer Podcasts: Sat Dharam, Your Addiction Reveals Your Hidden Pain Sat Dharam, Compassionate Inquiry Training: The Origin Story Sat Dharam, Healing Addiction and Codependence in Community Sat Dharam, I'm All I Wanted to Be, Now What? Sat Dharam, Technology & AI: Benefits & Hazards Sat Dharam, Bridging the Gap Diana Gharib & James Gordon, MD, When Survival Usurps Grief Quotes: "Shame can only be reduced when we're accepted, we're received, we're understood, we're loved." - Sat Dharam Kaur "Confidence comes from safety, repetition, positive feedback and the support of peers. The greater the confidence, the greater the authenticity. So they work together, don't they?" - Sat Dharam Kaur 'With our mind we create the world.'- Buddhist Philosophy "Before we can create the world, the world creates our minds." - Gabor Maté "When we can feel safe, authenticity is allowed to blossom and bloom. Diversity is allowed to blossom and bloom. People who have a natural inclination to work in small or big teams, to be creative in different ways, all of that is supported, encouraged, and allowed, naturally/". - Kavin Young [Global regeneration] "It's not only possible, but I see it happening. Diana Gharib is practicing Compassionate Inquiry on the front lines in Beirut. We're taking calm, we're taking kindness, we're taking compassion into areas of chaos and unimaginable cruelty, horror and destruction. So it's already happening". - Rosemary Davies-Janes As A Man Thinketh Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills:— He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking-glass. - James Allen. Social Media: Instagram

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"So Many Ways to Come Home" In the Journey to Belonging, with Stephanie Sheng

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For those of us who have never quite fit in the environments where we found ourselves, the search for home can extend beyond geography. Stephanie Sheng knows this intimately. Born in the US to a father from China and mother from Hong Kong, she belonged fully to neither culture. At age 10, when her father was diagnosed with stage four cancer, big questions arrived and never really left. A Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner, Yoga Guide and Psychedelic Integration Specialist, Stephanie has spent years supporting others in finding their way back 'home' to themselves. Drawing on her own path which was shaped by displacement, loss, grief, and a decades-long inquiry into what it means to truly belong, in this thoughtful conversation, she reflects on: - How growing up between cultures, and her father's last 10 years, seeded her life's work - The moment in a Colombian Maloka that transformed her understanding of 'home' - Why homecoming is less a destination than a practice of returning to what we already are - How it can look and feel when we're longing for home, but don't know it If you have ever felt like a stranger in your own life, this episode shares gently profound wisdom. It often turns out that the way back home is not as far as it seems. About Stephanie Sheng, Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner, Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Coach, Nondual Tantra Yoga and Somatic Movement Facilitator Stephanie's work explores the intersections of somatics, Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed and trauma-informed therapeutic support, expanded states of consciousness, spirituality, and the wisdom and practices of indigenous and earth-based cultures. Currently based between Germany and Mexico, of Chinese and Cantonese ancestry, she was born in the US and primarily raised there, while also spending several years in Hong Kong. When she was 10, Stephanie's father was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. He navigated this for ten years before passing away. Accompanying her father through his process of embracing death opened her to a spiritual path and nudged her to begin learning, at an early age, how pain can be transformed into wisdom and healing. These formative experiences also laid the foundation for her lifelong exploration of home, belonging, death, life, and beyond. Through these explorations, she came to understand home as something far deeper than just a physical place. Inspired by her own path of homecoming, Stephanie's work offered through The Way Back Home, is devoted to accompanying others on their journey back home—home to what it means to be fully alive as a human on this earth; home to our fully felt, expressed, soulful, and authentic selves; and home to the essential depth of who and what we are beneath it all. Promotional Messages: Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training If you've been listening to our podcast and are curious about the Compassionate Inquiry® approach developed by Doctor Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur, consider joining the Professional Training Program. It's open to all healing professionals, including naturopaths, physicians, body workers, coaches, and therapists. In addition to learning how to use compassion to support your clients in their most vulnerable moments with greater empathy and authenticity, you'll also deepen your own internal process. If you're interested, tap this link. Spotlight Episodes Your journey with Compassionate Inquiry® matters. Your work in the world matters. If you have a story to share about bringing Compassionate Inquiry® into the world, we'd like to amplify your voice. Spotlight episodes are full length Gifts of Trauma podcast interviews offered exclusively to CI community members. You'll not only share your story with 55,000 healing professionals across all platforms, you'll receive a pre-interview strategy session plus three promotional video clips. We're offering only 10 Spotlight episodes per year and production realities require a financial contribution. Follow the links to access full details and express your interest. Spotlight Episodes | Sponsorships Resources: Website: Stephanie's Professional Website Stephanie's Compassionate Inquiry Profile Books: Women Who Run With the Wolves (Chapter 9: Homing) Braiding Sweetgrass To Bless the Space Between Us The Wayfinders I Am That The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi Podcasts: On Being Episode with John O'Donohue On Being Episode with David Whyte For The Wild Poems: By David Wagoner (audio reading) Lost By John O'Donohue Belonging For Presence By David Whyte Everything Is Waiting for YouThe House of Belonging Sweet Darkness By Mary Oliver Wild GeeseWhy I Wake Early By Rumi There is a Candle In Your Heart Meditation: With Tara Brach, Realizing Our True...

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Tending to Our Wounds: Where Science Meets Spirit, with Solea Anani & Dr Aimie Apigian

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Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. What is the body actually holding, and how does it release it? While every Wounded Healer episode has touched on this inquiry, this final conversation brings it firmly into focus. Solea Anani, who opened this series with myth, prayer and an invocation to the wound's own intelligence, returns to close the circle. She's joined by Dr Aimie Apigian, a double board certified physician whose Biology of Trauma framework maps what happens at the cellular level when the body stores survival. Coming from two very different perspectives, they hold aligned understandings on: - What blocks our bodies from their innate ability to recover fully from injuries or illness - How to unravel the legacies of epigenetics and its spiritual counterpart, the karmic bundle - Why the nervous system 'braces', and why healing cannot begin until the brace is released - What home feels like in the body, and why arriving there, in yourself, is what healing actually is - What Chiron says about the moment the wound has finished its teaching Solea opens and closes this conversation ceremonially, holding the container she created in Episode 1. Her closing, an invocation for everyone who is creating new antidotes in a world being birthed anew, brings the series to a quietly luminous end. About Dr Aimie Aipigian, MD, MS, MPH A double board-certified physician in Preventive and Addiction Medicine, with advanced training in biochemistry, public health, and functional medicine, Dr. Aimie is known for making trauma healing both precise and deeply human—bridging functional medicine, attachment science, and trauma therapy to show how the body stores survival patterns and what it specifically needs to heal. Through her Biology of Trauma® framework, she integrates somatic work, parts work, and targeted biology to identify where the system is blocked and restore its capacity for healing through a structured, measurable sequence. The founder of Trauma Healing AcceleratedTM Dr. Aimie trains individuals and practitioners worldwide to move beyond insight into real, lasting change. She also hosts the Biology of Trauma® Podcast [linked below] and authored the multiple-aware winning book, The Biology of Trauma (foreword by Gabor Maté), a national bestseller featured on the USA TODAY Best-Selling Book list. About Solea Anani, Spiritual Mentor Solea Anani is the founder and guide of ANAM, a living sanctuary devoted to supporting the emerging human in deep relationship with the intelligence of the Soul. Her work is rooted in the interwoven lineages of Animism, Depth Psychology, and Mysticism, offering a path that bridges the inner and outer worlds through embodied awareness and relational attunement. Born of Taíno, West African, Chinese, and Spanish ancestry, Solea's work is informed by a reverence for ancestral wisdom and the living world. She walks as a practitioner of Animism, perceiving life as a field of relationship with both human and other-than-human beings—earth, elements, ancestors, and unseen realms. Through ANAM, Solea offers mentorship, somatic attunement practices, ancestral reverence work, and evolutionary astrology as pathways into deeper coherence, relational intelligence, and embodied wholeness. She accompanies individuals and groups in the sacred process of becoming—where soul, body, and cosmos meet in living co-creation. Promotional Messages: Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training If you've been listening to our podcast and are curious about the Compassionate Inquiry approach developed by Doctor Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur, consider joining the Professional Training Program. It's open to all healing professionals, including naturopaths, physicians, body workers, coaches, and therapists. In addition to learning how to use compassion to support your clients in their most vulnerable moments with greater empathy and authenticity, you'll also deepen your own internal process. If you're interested, tap this link to learn more Spotlight Episodes Your journey with Compassionate Inquiry® matters. Your work in the world matters. If you have a story to share about bringing Compassionate Inquiry into the world, we'd like to amplify your voice. Spotlight episodes are full length Gifts of Trauma podcast interviews offered exclusively to CI community members. You'll not only share your story with 55,000 healing professionals across all platforms, you'll receive a pre-interview strategy session plus three promotional video clips. We're offering only 10 Spotlight episodes per year and production realities require a financial contribution. Follow the links to access full details and express your interest. Spotlight Episodes | Sponsorships Resources: Websites: Solea's ANAM Website Dr Aimie's Biology of Trauma Website Related Links: Ancestral Reverence Somatic Attunement Evolutionary Astrology Solea's Free Somatic Attunement Meditation Classes Solea's Core Resonance Mentorship Introduction What is Collective Healing? (Podcast) Biology of Trauma Professional Training The Essential Trauma Release Sequence Guide The Attachment Trauma Roadmap Biology of Trauma Podcast The Biology of Trauma Book Dr Aimie's YouTube Channel Quotes: "It really is an illusion to separate anything, mind from body or emotions from physiology. It is so interconnected that more repair can be made much faster than in any form of siloed approach." - Dr Aimie Apigian "The immune system is in an environment and its response is very normal for the environment it is in." - Dr Aimie Apigian "Bracing will block the feelings that we need to feel to be able to move through them and heal." - Dr Aimie Apigian "The healing process actually is arriving in ourselves, in a way that we feel safe and at home." - Dr Aimie Apigian "For me, home is rhythm and being in contact with that rhythm, the unique, essential cadence we were born into… Every human has their own movement and jazz and rhythm…" - Solea Anani "We're not just dropped into this chaotic existence. We are born with the tools and the skills to unravel it." - Solea Anani "Healing doesn't fully complete. It has radiuses of information and wisdom that it's continuously bringing into our life form." - Solea Anani "To proudly carry our wounds and to be with our grief and to be with the places in life that are messy is allowing ourselves to be fully human." - Solea Anani Social Media: Dr Aimie's Facebook Dr Aimie's Instagram Dr Aimie's LinkedIn Solea's Instagram Solea's LinkedIn

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The Teacher's Wound: Beyond the Therapy Room, with Allison Creech, Rachèl Hughes & Dr Mays Imad

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Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. This fourth episode of the Wounded Healer Series welcomes three educators whose wounds shaped not just how, but why, they teach. Mays, a Palestinian-Iraqi neuroscientist and educator, lost her home and homeland. She has carried that wound into every classroom ever since. Allison, a teacher and naturopathic doctor worked through her shadows and learned, in her graduate classrooms, what it means to teach from a place of security. Rachèl Hughes, a trauma-informed educator, came to teaching through personal tragedy and found that the most meaningful lessons she offers her students have nothing to do with their curriculums. Together our three guests discuss: - The nature of the teacher's wound - Why the classroom, at its best, is a sanctuary, and what the costs is when it isn't - What the brain does differently when a student feels seen, through the neuroscience lens - Why resiliency is a double-edged sword - The difference between delivering content and being present to who is in the room What does it mean to teach from a wounded place? And what becomes possible when a teacher stops delivering content and starts presencing themselves? Join us, if these questions resonate with you. About Allison Creech M.ED, ND As a licensed naturopathic doctor with 20 years of experience, Allison's work focuses on empowering people to establish healthy mind-body patterns that support whole-being wellness. She is a professor at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and a Certified Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner with advanced training in somatic, relational, and psychedelic therapies. Allison is also a member of the Compassionate Inquiry educational team supporting the work of Gabor Maté, MD. She facilitates the year-long Compassionate Inquiry professional program and provides mentorship for practitioners looking to deepen their practice. About Rachèl Hughes, BA Psyc, B.Ed, OCT, CT. Rachèl works with students at secondary and post-secondary levels, drawn to the places where trauma, identity, belonging and human development intersect and open opportunities for genuine learning and healing. A Certified Compassionate Inquiry (CI) Practitioner, CI Circle Leader, Mindfulness Facilitator and Counselling Therapist (practising under the ACTA framework) Rachèl offers private sessions and mentorship to individuals seeking meaningful support. She also contributes to curriculum development and educator support initiatives aimed at bringing trauma-informed practices into schools and learning communities, both in person and online. Over the years Rachèl has come to believe that our tender places, when we stop hiding them, can become our most generous gifts—to the students we teach, the people we mentor, and the wider circles we are privileged to hold. The conviction that sits at the heart of her work: Feeling truly seen is not a luxury in learning or healing, but the very ground from which both become possible. About Mays Imad, PhD, Associate Professor and Neuroscience Program Director, Connecticut College An educator who deeply believes in and is committed to education as a path for healing, liberation, and transformation, Mays is interested in understanding the social determinants of student well-being and success. She conducts research on biofeedback, stress and burnout, and trauma-informed care. With fervor, she advocates for institutions to tend to intergenerational trauma and to prioritize repair, healing, and intergenerational well-being. An Associate Professor in the biology department and the Neuroscience Program Director at Connecticut College, Mays serves as the Association of American Colleges & University Senior STEM Fellow, as a scholar in residence at the Red House at Georgetown University and a research fellow with the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest at Stellenbosch University. Promotional Messages: 3rd Biennial CI Conference—Vancouver 2026 If you've completed, or are currently enrolled in Compassionate Inquiry® training, you're invited to attend the third international CI Conference in Vancouver, Canada from October 30 to November 1. Dr Gabor Maté is returning as our keynote speaker and master class presenter. Enjoy engaging workshops and inspiring demonstrations with Sat Dharam Kaur, CI Facilitators and Practitioners. Whether you join us in person for three days of shared inquiry with CI cohort partners, and colleagues from around the world, or attend virtually to focus on the teachings, tap this link to learn more and secure your place. And yes—there will be dancing. Spotlight Episodes Your journey with Compassionate Inquiry® matters. Your work in the world matters. If you have a story to share about bringing Compassionate Inquiry into the world, we'd like to amplify your voice. Spotlight episodes are full length Gifts of Trauma podcast interviews offered exclusively to CI community members. You'll not only share your story with 55,000 healing professionals across all platforms, you'll receive a pre-interview strategy session plus three promotional video clips. We're offering only 10 Spotlight episodes per year and production realities require a financial contribution. Follow the links to access full details and express your interest. Spotlight Episodes | Sponsorships Websites: Allison's Professional Site Rachèl's Professional Site Mays' Professional Site Mays' Personal Site Related Links: Compassionate Inquiry Dr Bea Bleile's Interview Bell Hooks Mays on Witnessing & Wonder; Moral Wounds in Higher Education Mays on Higher Education Mays on Teaching & Learning Mays on Trauma & Repair Quotes: "You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop." - Rumi "I can track my movement through different layers of shadow to a place that feels like security in myself and much more permission to be authentic." - Allison Creech "Resiliency means there's a chronic presence of adversity. Thriving is a different kind of energy." - Allison Creech "Teaching is a relational field, not just a knowledge delivery system." - Rachèl Hughes "'Having a teacher who cared about my feelings, and knowing tears did not diminish your view of me, made me feel comfortable.' When I have doubts, that sentence is all that matters. That's why we do it." - Rachèl Hughes "I am an agent of the system and I fully believe in its power to liberate us, them and the world." - Dr Mays Imad "Sometimes it's been a stranger's nod that realigns me, helps me remember where I come from. These are glorious glimmers." - Dr Mays Imad Social Media: Allison's LinkedIn Allison's Instagram Allison's Facebook Rachèl's LinkedIn Rachèl's Facebook Mays' LinkedIn Mays' X

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The Therapist's Wound: Healing Through Shared Humanity, with Efu Nyaki and Rennet Wong-Gates

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Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. The therapist's wound is rarely just one thing. Our guests today shared that for them, it's been a mix of childhood, educational, religious, ancestral, racial, colonial, cultural and systemic wounds, seeded through a lifetime. What turned these wounded humans into wounded healers is how they related to their wounds. This third episode of the Wounded Healer Series is profoundly relational. Born in Guyana, Rennet Wong arrived in Canada at 17, carrying Russian, Japanese, Chinese, West African, Irish, Portuguese and Aboriginal ancestry into a country that didn't know how to see her. Born in Tanzania and raised as a natural healer, Efu Nyaki carried her ancestral traditions into institutions that had little room for them. Undeterred, she travelled to Brazil, founded a holistic healing centre, and today travels the world to share her gifts of healing. Their discussion of shared humanity in the therapeutic relationship explores: - Why the wound alone doesn't make a healer, and their relationship to it does - What it means to sit in front of someone, and simultaneously, their 4,000 ancestors - The difference between being resilient and being allowed to rest - How colonial and racial wounds live in the body - Humility, humanity and the healing power of presence This episode closes with a poem written by Rennet for this conversation.Her words precisely capture what it actually means to tend a wound—our own, or another's. About Rennet Wong-Gates, MSW, RSW, RP, SEP A Trauma Therapist, Registered Clinical Social Worker, Registered Psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, and Organizational Consultant, she has spent over 20 years supporting individuals, families, groups, and frontline organizations through complex trauma, relational wounds, grief, burnout, emotional eating, binge eating, and nervous-system dysregulation. Rennet's clinical work integrates EMDR, Somatic Experiencing®, Brainspotting, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, IFS-informed parts work, Compassionate Inquiry®, Polyvagal-informed practice, mindfulness, and anti-oppressive approaches. She helps clients understand the protective wisdom beneath symptoms, reduce shame, reconnect with the body, build greater safety, choice, dignity, and self-trust. In addition to her clinical practice, Rennet provides trauma-informed consultation, supervision, and resilience training for organizations supporting survivors, frontline workers, and communities impacted by systemic stress and trauma. About Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki, MEd, Therapist & Professor of Trauma Healing Born in Tanzania, and raised as a natural healer, Efu is a Somatic Experiencing® faculty member and a Professor of Family Constellation System Therapy. For the past 3 decades, she has been living in Brazil, facilitating trauma healing therapy and training, both in-person and online. In 1998, she co-founded AFYA, a Holistic Healing Center in northeast Brazil that provides holistic healing methodologies to people from the local community and international individuals who come seeking support. Efu also travels to India, Egypt, South Korea, China, Bolivia, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Tanzania, Philippines, Hong Kong, USA, Poland, Kenya and Sweden to facilitate trainings, workshops, summits, webinars, podcasts, conferences, individual therapy sessions and case consults. In 2023 Efu authored, Healing Trauma through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing. The foreword was written by Dr Peter Levine. Promotional Messages: Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training If you've been listening to our podcast and are curious about the Compassionate Inquiry approach developed by Doctor Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur, consider joining the Professional Training Program. It's open to all healing professionals, including naturopaths, physicians, body workers, coaches, and therapists. In addition to learning how to use compassion to support your clients in their most vulnerable moments with greater empathy and authenticity, you'll also deepen your own internal process. If you're interested, tap this link. Compassionate Inquiry® Blog Library Did you know that Compassionate Inquiry offers a free public blog library with over a thousand short posts written by our practitioners and facilitators? Each is only a 5 or 6 minute read, and topics range from connecting with authenticity to overcoming food addictions to understanding epigenetics, rethinking drug use, CI & Psychedelics, and much, much more. You can also read excerpts from podcast guests' interviews. Tap this link to access our helpful, enlightening and inspiring blog library. Resources: Websites: Efu's Professional Website Efu's AFYA Site Rennet's Professional Website Related Links: Compassionate Inquiryy® Somatic Experiencingy® Family Constellations Healing Asthma in Adults (Podcast) Somatic Experiencing and Family Constellation Healing (Podcast) Branches of Wisdom (Podcast) Rennet's 2024 Interview (Podcast) Books: Healing Trauma through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing Quotes: "My wounds didn't make me a healer… my relationship to my wounds did." - Rennet Wong-Gates "Oppression is not a gift. The gift is what we reclaim from it." - Rennet Wong-Gates "I do not come untouched. I come with places in me that have known silence, loss, and the ache of becoming." - Rennet Wong-Gates "The wound is not the gift; the tending is, the compassion is, the humility is. And perhaps this is healing, not arriving whole, but arriving honest." - Rennet Wong-Gates "When I meet the other person, as I sit in front of them, holding the space for them, I'm able to see what they are bringing up. I know they have touched my wound and it helps me to become more compassionate because I know what they are talking about, not just from my cortical brain, but with my whole being and my soul. Then we both come up with the intuitive way of finding healing together. So the word I would like the public to hear is humility." - Efu Nyaki "I'm not going to fix you. I'm sitting here with you so that you can learn something from me as I learn something from you." - Efu Nyaki "You heal one, you heal all." - Efu Nyaki "Humanity, humility, and the healing power of presence." - Rosemary Davies-Janes Social Media: Efu's Instagram: @afyaorg Efu's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/efu.nyaki/ Rennet's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rennetwonggates/ Rennet's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RennetWongGatesPsychotherapy Rennet's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rennetwonggates

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The Physician's Wound: Medicine as Sacred Practice, with Karenna'onwe (Dr Karen Hill), Dr Gareth Patterson, & Ben Court, Registered Osteopath

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Hosted by Kevin Young and Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard What becomes possible when a wounded healer acknowledges their wound? To address this question, we brought together three diverse medical professionals whose practices and traditions span indigenous, osteopathic and allopathic realms. As they move from consulting room to ceremony, from the body's symptoms to the soul's message, from protocol to empathic presence, each reflects on the wounding that brought them into medicine, and the inner work that transformed how they practice it. Together they explore: - What it means to practise medicine as a sacred act - How the body communicates what the soul cannot say - What happens when a medical practitioner brings all of themselves to their practice - How the healer's own wound shapes the care they offer - What becomes possible when two ways of healing are brought together rather than kept apart This episode offers moments of deep vulnerability as our guests share their own stories of the personal healing they experienced when they finally turned toward their wounds. About Karenna'onwe (Dr Karen Hill) Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University A Mohawk physician from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Karen is the mother of two sons and step mother of five daughters. She completed medical school in 2003 and Family Medicine Residency in 2005, both at McMaster University. Her passion is to see Traditional Indigenous Knowledge return to the centre of life and healthcare for Indigenous people across Canada. In 2015 Karen became the first recipient of the Thomas Dignan award for Indigenous Health conferred by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, That same year she also received The College of Family Physicians Excellence Award for leading the way in Indigenous collaborative care in primary practice. In 2016, McMaster University honoured her with a Community Impact Award. In early 2020 Karen partnered with Mohawk filmmaker Paulette Moore to create "The Aunties Dandelion" media and research centre, which is focused on supporting Indigenous embodiment of original instructions embedded in the traditional knowledge. Karen continues to practice consultative medicine at Six Nations and works with her colleague Dr. Amy Montour in the Indigenous Health Service at the Brantford General Hospital. She completed a 4 year apprenticeship in Traditional Indigenous Medicine and continues this learning, along with Mohawk language classes; as lifelong commitments. About Ben Court, Registered Osteopath BSc (Hons) Osteopathic Medicine Ben's journey into osteopathy began with a fascination for human anatomy, personal experience with osteopathy and a genuine desire to help others heal. Since qualifying in 2006 and dedicating his life to helping patients "get on with theirs," he has expanded his expertise beyond traditional osteopathy. Inspired by and trained under Dr. Gabor Maté, Ben discovered that understanding what was happening in a patient's life when their symptoms started enabled him to pinpoint elusive issues. Today, the three complementary approaches he offers (traditional cranial osteopathy, mind-body medicine and somatic psychotherapy) can be delivered individually or in combination, based on a client's specific needs. His integrated approach can be particularly helpful for persistent or complex conditions that have not responded well to conventional treatment alone. While his approaches are holistically guided, his treatments remain firmly rooted in scientific research and evidence-based practice. Ben's warm nature and quick smile help patients feel comfortable with whatever level of care feels right to them. A devoted family man, Ben's pride in the wonderful humans that his children are reflects the caring, nurturing approach he brings to all of his patient relationships. About Dr. Gareth Patterson, The Irish GP An Irish general practitioner, educator, and health communicator, Gareth is known for his compassionate, patient-centred approach to medicine. Originally from Belfast, his early life was shaped by the social and cultural complexities of a post-conflict society, an environment that fostered both resilience and a deep sensitivity to the unseen layers of human experience. These formative influences continue to inform Gareth's work as a clinician, as he places strong emphasis on understanding not just illness, but the person behind it. He is particularly interested in how psychological and emotional factors intersect with physical wellbeing. After completing his medical training, Gareth worked across a range of clinical settings in the UK, developing a reputation for thoughtful, holistic care. He currently works as an NHS GP in a busy West London Family Surgery. His practice is grounded in the belief that trauma, environment, and personal narratives play significant roles in health. Alongside his clinical work, Gareth has built a substantial presence as a public health educator, using digital platforms to translate complex medical information into accessible, engaging content. His work aims to empower individuals to better understand their health while also humanising the role of the doctor. Promotional Messages: 3rd CI Conference — Vancouver 2026 If you've completed, or are currently enrolled in Compassionate Inquiry training, you're invited to attend the third international CI Conference in Vancouver, Canada from October 30 to November 1. Dr Gabor Maté is returning as our keynote speaker and master class presenter. Enjoy engaging workshops and inspiring demonstrations with Sat Dharam Kaur, CI Facilitators and Practitioners. Whether you join us in person for three days of shared inquiry with CI cohort partners, and colleagues from around the world, or attend virtually to focus on the teachings, tap this link to learn more, take advantage of early-bird discounts and secure your place. And yes—there will be dancing. Spotlight Episodes Your journey with Compassionate Inquiry® matters. Your work in the world matters. If you have a story to share about bringing Compassionate Inquiry into the world, we'd like to amplify your voice. Spotlight episodes are full length Gifts of Trauma podcast interviews offered exclusively to CI community members. You'll not only share your story with 55,000 healing professionals across all platforms, you'll receive a pre-interview strategy session plus three promotional video clips. We're offering only 10 Spotlight episodes per year and production realities require a financial contribution. Follow the links to access full details and express your interest. Spotlight Episodes | Sponsorships Resources: Websites: Dr Karen Hill's Professional Profile Ben's Professional Website Ben's Compassionate Inquiry Profile Related Links: Incorporating Traditional Healing into Practice (Podcast) Two Row Medicine (Podcast) The Window of Tolerance (Video) Related Books: No Bad Parts: Owning Your Own Shadow When Things Fall Apart Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers An Osteopathic Odyssey Dr Fulford's Touch of Life Social Media: @theirishgp (Gareth on instagram and tiktok) Instagram: Bencourt_thefamilyosteopath Facebook: The Family Osteopath - Ben Court

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Relating to Our Wounds: The Medicine of Mythology, with Solea Anani

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Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes and J'aime Rothbard. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. Chiron, the greatest healer in the mythological world, could not heal himself, and so became known as, 'the wounded healer.' Solea opens this series with a myth, a prayer and an invocation to the wisdom of the wound. She presences Chiron as a living intelligence that's alive in each of us, shaping both our wounds, and the shadows we can't quite see. Drawing on her training in Jungian psychology, somatic attunement, collective trauma, evolutionary astrology and the wisdom of indigenous ritual traditions, Solea explains: - Why the 'unhealable' wound can only be tended in relationship - The importance of relationality in shadow work - Sincerity as the simplest and most direct path to healing - The resources that our 'more-than-human world' offers to us all Solea closes with a prayer, an offering to carry listeners through the weeks ahead. Quiet, generous and profoundly grounding, this conversation sets the tone for the episodes that follow. About Solea Anani, Spiritual Mentor Solea Anani is the founder and guide of ANAM, a living sanctuary devoted to supporting the emerging human in deep relationship with the intelligence of the Soul. Her work is rooted in the interwoven lineages of Animism, Depth Psychology, and Mysticism, offering a path that bridges the inner and outer worlds through embodied awareness and relational attunement. Born of Taíno, West African, Chinese, and Spanish ancestry, Solea's work is informed by a reverence for ancestral wisdom and the living world. She walks as a practitioner of Animism, perceiving life as a field of relationship with both human and other-than-human beings—earth, elements, ancestors, and unseen realms. Through ANAM, Solea offers mentorship, somatic attunement practices, ancestral reverence work, and evolutionary astrology as pathways into deeper coherence, relational intelligence, and embodied wholeness. She accompanies individuals and groups in the sacred process of becoming—where soul, body, and cosmos meet in living co-creation. Promotional Messages: Compassionate Inquiry® Short Course If you're drawn to Dr Gabor Maté's teachings and books, you might like to know about the Compassionate Inquiry Short Course. It provides an introduction to the powerful therapeutic trauma healing approach created by Dr Gabor Maté and developed by Sat Dharam Kaur. The Short Course delivers 30 hours of video and narrated powerpoints, plus PDFs that together, will not only help you understand the origins of trauma and how it can be healed, but also how trauma is linked to mental and physical illnesses. Tap this link to learn more about this program that's priced and presented to make it accessible to all. Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioners' Directory If you're interested in experiencing Gabor Maté's trauma healing approach, consider working with a certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner. Access healing support for mental, emotional and physical symptoms, unresolved trauma, relationship issues, addictions, and more. Use this link to access our global directory of multilingual certified professionals. In addition to their years of CI training and regular Certification reviews, our Practitioners bring the depth of their own personal lived experiences and skills in additional, complementary therapeutic approaches. Resources: Website: ANAM: Solea's Professional Website Free Somatic Attunement Meditation Classes Core Resonance Mentorship Introduction Related Links: Ancestral Reverence Somatic Attunement Evolutionary Astrology What is Collective Healing? (Podcast) Compassionate Inquiry Training Quotes: "If you enter true intimacy with the wound, the wound will speak, the wound will guide you." - Solea Anani "Wounds have a shape-shifting dynamic, and in the change, space is created." - Solea Anani " I've noticed that the wounds I inherited and the wounds that were created along the way have really deepened my humanity. " - Solea Anani "Turning towards the shadow and turning towards what's rigid, what's inconsistent, what's hard to look at, it's really necessary. But in order to turn towards the shadow, we need a resource." - Solea Anani "What I call the evolutionary pressure of living with pain means that you always have something consistently asking to be witnessed and asking to be tended to." - Solea Anani Social Media: Solea's IG

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Giving What We Didn't Get: Reimagining Father & Son Relationships, with Luke Sniewski

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Hosted by Kevin Young and J'aime Rothbard. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. The Men in the World series began by asking, "What happened to men?" It concludes by offering some honest perspectives on what becomes possible when men find their way back to themselves. This episode explores: - The affirmation economy: What happens when a man builds his entire life on other people's approval - Why it's important to reinstate lost rites of passage - The manosphere as a poorly fitting band-aid for boys who don't know what else to do with their pain - Catalysts of Change, and why single moments alone aren't enough - What it means to heal together alone… And the value of community This conversation closes the series in the best way possible, with the sense that change is possible, that men are finding their way, and that the work is worth doing. About Luke Sniewski, Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner, Mentor & Facilitator, Wellbeing Coach and Somatic Therapist Luke has integrated a wealth of personal, academic, and professional experiences into a distinctive methodology that Integrates Compassionate Inquiry, somatic practices and healthy lifestyle strategies. His approach empowers his clients to expand their vitality, authenticity and inner peace. Influenced by a meditation practice and esteemed teachers such as Gabor Maté, Rupert Spira, and Graham Mead, Luke has learned that true transformation begins with silence, stillness, and the courage to look inward. While this introspection may sometimes reveal uncomfortable truths, Luke believes genuine change happens through engaging deeply with one's body. 'The Inner Work' is central to Luke's approach, fundamentally altering how clients relate to their minds, bodies, and the world around them. This process demands ruthless honesty, radical self-acceptance and extraordinary patience. However, the awareness of the present moment remains the greatest asset one can bring to any relationship. Currently, Luke is a dedicated practitioner, mentor, facilitator, and lifelong learner of Compassionate Inquiry, a method that helps individuals uncover the root causes of their suffering and break free from self-destructive cycles. Promotional Messages: 3rd Biennial CI Conference, Vancouver 2026 If you've completed, or are currently enrolled in Compassionate Inquiry training, you're invited to attend the third international CI Conference in Vancouver, Canada from October 30 to November 1. Dr Gabor Maté is returning as our keynote speaker and master class presenter. Enjoy engaging workshops and inspiring demonstrations with Sat Dharam Kaur, CI Facilitators and Practitioners. Whether you join us in person for three days of shared inquiry with CI cohort partners, and colleagues from around the world, or attend virtually to focus on the teachings, tap this link to learn more, take advantage of early-bird discounts and secure your place. And yes—there will be dancing. Spotlight Episodes & Sponsorship Opportunities Many of you are certified Compassionate Inquiry® practitioners and CI trained community members, bringing this work into the world in beautiful, unique ways. If you're interested in expanding your practice, the Gifts of Trauma Podcast is now offering spotlight episodes and sponsor opportunities exclusively to members of the Compassionate Inquiry® community. Spotlight episodes are full length interviews. Sponsors receive a custom scripted promotional message that airs across multiple episodes plus hosts, mentions and show notes. Placements with links to your website and special offers. Both gain exposure to our internal audience of 55,000 people across all CI platforms. This is CI promoting its own, amplifying voices that genuinely embody the approach. These opportunities are limited to 10 per year and production realities require a financial contribution. Follow these links to access details and express your interest. Spotlight Episodes | Sponsorships Resources Websites: Luke's Professional Website Luke's Profile, Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner Directory Related Links: Somawise Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere Stillness Experiment Quotes: "I essentially taught my family how to say 'I love you' to each other." - Luke Sniewski "My son became this catalyst for healing between generations. It was a really powerful moment." - Luke Sniewski "The greatest gift of being a dad is seeing your son grow up as a compassionate and loving human being." - Kevin Young's Father, quoted by Kevin "You are deeply, tremendously, infallibly lovable as you are, who you are. You deserve to be loved. You deserve to live in a world of love." - J'aime Rothbard's message to all men Social Media: FB Luke's Facebook IG: Luke's Instagram

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Your Nervous System Path to Intimacy and Aliveness, with Charon Normand-Widmer

25 Stops On the Line: Celebrating 2 Years and 100 Episodes

Weeds, Weevils and the Cultivation of Authenticity, with Sat Dharam Kaur

"So Many Ways to Come Home" In the Journey to Belonging, with Stephanie Sheng

Tending to Our Wounds: Where Science Meets Spirit, with Solea Anani & Dr Aimie Apigian

The Teacher's Wound: Beyond the Therapy Room, with Allison Creech, Rachèl Hughes & Dr Mays Imad

The Therapist's Wound: Healing Through Shared Humanity, with Efu Nyaki and Rennet Wong-Gates

The Physician's Wound: Medicine as Sacred Practice, with Karenna'onwe (Dr Karen Hill), Dr Gareth Patterson, & Ben Court, Registered Osteopath

Relating to Our Wounds: The Medicine of Mythology, with Solea Anani

Giving What We Didn't Get: Reimagining Father & Son Relationships, with Luke Sniewski