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What does it take to transform a life marked by profound trauma into one of healing and empowerment? Michelle Manley, a Soma spiritual coach and energy practitioner, shares her incredible journey of resilience and recovery in our latest episode. From the heart-wrenching losses of family members to escaping an abusive marriage and the grips of a fundamentalist cult, Michelle's experiences highlight the capacity for healing through somatic practices, Reiki, and the reclamation of the divine feminine essence.

We venture into the subtleties of recognizing and recovering from cult-like environments, often cloaked under the guise of religious guidance. By examining how these groups suppress individuality and enforce conformity, we discuss the journey of questioning one's beliefs and the importance of fostering a spirituality that celebrates personal growth. We also delve into practical grounding techniques, such as body scanning and energy visualization, essential for unlocking the healing potential within us.

About Michelle:
Michelle Manley has been on a lifelong spiritual and healing journey. She is a soma-spiritual coach, multidimensional energy practitioner, reiki master teacher and jungian tarot reader. She helps guide her diverse clientele to find their unique equilibrium in their daily life as well as their spiritual life.

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“Nervous system regulation” is everywhere online—but what does it actually mean? In this episode, therapist Atara Parkinson breaks it down, sharing how stress shows up in the body and how to return to balance.

Atara recounts her own crash from years of overworking, intense training, and depletion, and how functional medicine and mineral support helped her heal. She explains the zones of regulation—calm, fight-or-flight, and shutdown—and how dysregulation can look like anxiety, burnout, or feeling disconnected.

We explore why the nervous system reacts to everyday stressors just like real danger (“taxes or tigers”), and how chronic stress leads to symptoms like digestive issues, hormonal shifts, and mineral imbalances. Atara also highlights the importance of balancing masculine (doing) and feminine (being) energy, especially for high-achieving women.

This episode offers grounded, compassionate tools to help you reconnect with yourself, regulate your nervous system, and feel more at ease in your body.

About Atara:
Atara is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist and has been practicing in the field of mental health for 14 years. She's continued her education by becoming a certified integrative practitioner. Her current passions include holistic healing, supporting postpartum mamas, Brainspotting, therapeutic intensives and educating on the role of minerals for brain health and nervous system regulation. Revitalization and rebalancing client's are core goals in Atara's work.

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What if your day isn’t shaped by what happens, but by the meaning you give it? We dive into the hidden power of interpretations (the fast stories your brain writes about a text, a comment, a delay)m and how those stories quietly drive your mood, your relationships, and even your physical health.

We unpack why every event is neutral until you add a narrative, and how your nervous system responds to those narratives as if they’re real threats or safe signals. From social media misunderstandings to traffic meltdowns, we show how to swap stress-fueled stories for interpretations that protect your peace. You’ll hear a candid health story about weight changes tied to safety and regulation, plus how leaving a dysregulating environment restored appetite, energy, and calm—proof that smoothies and supplements can’t outwork a body stuck in survival mode.

Together we explore triggers as teachers, the trap of over-explaining, and the freedom of letting people misread you while you honor your values. We close with a guided breath and a mantra: “Meaning is what I make it, and I choose peace,” so you can anchor these insights in your body, not just your mind.

If you’re ready to feel lighter without changing your entire life, start by changing your meanings. Listen, subscribe, and share this with someone who could use more calm today. And if this helped, leave a quick review—it helps more people find the show and choose peace with us.

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