What if your emotions could become your greatest teachers instead of your greatest triggers?

In this healing episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and founder of The Moon Collective Sanctuary wellness company, sits down with author, yoga and meditation teacher, and 16-year sober recovery advocate Brian Hyman to explore how emotional sobriety can deepen and sustain the recovery journey.

Together, they:

• Define emotional sobriety as learning to feel and understand emotions without escaping them and how it deepens recovery beyond simply stopping a substance.
• Explore addiction as a symptom of disconnection from self, from others, and from spirit.
• Discuss how yoga, mindfulness, and creativity help reconnect us to our wholeness.
• Share how befriending emotions like anger, grief, and sadness can lead to peace and purpose.
• Reflect on how service, compassion, and awareness create lasting freedom in recovery.

Brian opens up about his personal story of loss, transformation, and rediscovery offering an intimate look at how spiritual and emotional practices helped him reclaim his life.

Whether you’re in recovery, walking alongside someone who is, or simply seeking a deeper sense of emotional balance, this episode invites you to approach healing with gentleness, courage, and curiosity.

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Visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com to explore our upcoming gatherings and private healing offerings.

Connect with Brian Hyman:

Website: https://www.brianhymanyoga.com

Art Website: https://www.brianhymanart.com

Brian’s email: info@brianhymanyoga.com

Chapter Markers

01:00 Brian’s Journey to Recovery and Sobriety

06:00 Addiction as Disconnection from Self

08:30 Modern Addictions: Social Media & Dopamine

13:00 The Power of Action and Movement

14:30 Understanding Emotional Sobriety

17:00 Befriending Anger and Other Emotions

21:00 Using Anger as Fuel for Change

26:00 Why We Need Contrast: Joy and Suffering

29:00 Art, Writing, and Creativity as Healing Tools

33:00 The Power of Connection in Recovery

40:00 Transforming Pain into Purpose

45:00 Lessons from Recovery with Yoga

52:00 Resources & Final Message: Never Give Up

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Healing begins when we learn to understand, not judge, the parts of ourselves that seek comfort, connection, and control.

In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and founder of The Moon Collective Sanctuary, speaks with Patricia Marucci, LMFT, about how early attachment styles shape our relationships with people, our bodies, and even food.

Patricia shares her personal and professional insights on how anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment patterns can lead to disordered eating, addiction, or emotional disconnection and how awareness, compassion, and body-based regulation support healing.

Grounded in both science and self-compassion, this conversation invites listeners to explore how understanding attachment can guide us from survival toward secure connection.

In This Episode, They:

• Explore how attachment styles develop and shift over time.
  
  
  
• Examine how anxious, avoidant, and disorganized patterns influence relationships, food, and the body.
  
  
  
• Discuss how addiction and eating disorders can emerge from unmet attachment needs.
  
  
  
• Highlight the role of somatic awareness and nervous-system regulation in healing.
  
  
  
• Share compassionate practices to move from survival toward secure connection.
  
  
  

Whether you’re a clinician, a seeker, or someone curious about the science of connection, this episode provides insight, empathy, and tools to better understand the body–mind relationship at the heart of healing.

Listen now and discover how bringing compassion to your attachment patterns can open the doorway to deeper self-trust and wholeness.

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Connect with Patricia

Website: https://www.patriciamartucci.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@patriciamartucci6454

Chapter Markers

04:00 Understanding anxious and avoidant attachment

10:30 How attachment impacts relationships and self-regulation

14:00 Addiction, food, and the search for safety

16:00 Patricia’s personal story and recovery journey

23:00 Finding healing through therapy and self-awareness

27:00 Revisiting trauma and the mind–body connection

30:00 Disorganized attachment explained

33:00 Somatic approaches to regulation and safety

39:00 Identifying disordered eating and when to seek help

43:00 The role of trust, surrender, and self-compassion

47:00 Final reflections and message of hope

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Healing starts when we stop running from the parts of ourselves that hurt the most. In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., sits down with Briana Damavandi, LCSW, a certified EMDR psychotherapist specializing in complex trauma and somatic work, to explore the connection between inner child healing and generational trauma and how parts work can help us understand, heal, and bring compassion to the parts of us that still hurt.

Together, they:

• Explore how parts work and inner child healing create deep integration and release.
• Discuss the impact of generational trauma and the patterns we unconsciously repeat.
• Share gentle entry points for reconnecting with wounded inner child parts.
• Reveal how self-compassion and somatic awareness transform emotional pain into empowerment.
• Explain the difference between traditional talk therapy and trauma-informed modalities like EMDR and IFS.

Whether you’re beginning your healing journey or ready to explore deeper layers of generational cycles, this conversation offers guidance, hope, and practical ways to reconnect with your truest self.

Listen now and discover how integrating your inner child can break generations of pain and create lasting freedom.

To Watch the Show click HERE

Visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com to explore our upcoming gatherings and private healing offerings.

Connect with Briana

Website: www.theholisticemdrtherapist.com

Instagram: @the.holistic.emdr.therapist

Chapter Markers

01:12 Understanding Parts Work and Inner Child Healing

02:30 Brianna's Journey and Trauma Work

04:42 Exploring Inner Child Healing Techniques

10:36 Recognizing and Breaking Generational Trauma

18:41 The Role of Self-Compassion in Healing

21:23 Practical Steps to Connect with Your Inner Child

22:50 Exploring Self-Hate and Its Origins

24:11 Healing Through Parts Work

25:58 Tapping into Self-Love

26:57 Integrating Inner Child Practices

32:04 Understanding Complex Trauma

36:17 Finding the Right Therapist

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In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD, welcomes Lauren Boasberg, an LMFT and EMDR therapist who specializes in Internal Family Systems therapy. Lauren shares her personal journey, including how her grandfather's Holocaust stories impacted her childhood and eventually led her to become a therapist. She explains IFS therapy's core concept that we all have different "parts" within us - exiled parts that hold pain, manager parts that keep us functioning, and firefighter parts that annihilate pain. Through practical examples, Lauren demonstrates how recognizing and communicating with these parts can help us access our "self energy" - our authentic core that exists beneath protective layers. The conversation explores how trauma creates protective mechanisms and how IFS offers a compassionate framework for healing by acknowledging each part's positive intention. Lauren concludes with a message of hope: "There's always a way back to yourself, literally."

Connect with Lauren Boasberg on Instagram at @emdrtherapistla or visit laurenboasberg.com.

Be sure to visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com or find us on social media @mooncollectivesanctuary for helpful resources.

Chapter Markers

00:29 Meet Our Guest: Lauren Boberg

00:48 Lauren's Early Life and Trauma

02:23 Coping Mechanisms and Early Career

05:55 Discovering EMDR and IFS

08:30 Understanding Internal Family Systems (IFS)

13:21 Practical Examples of IFS

17:55 The Role of Self-Energy in Healing

22:26 Understanding Complex Trauma

23:31 Defining the Highest Self

24:33 Accessing Self-Energy

25:08 Practical Steps to Connect with Self

26:59 The Role of Protectors in Therapy

27:48 Finding Joy and Resourcing

30:53 Humanistic Approach in IFS and EMDR

35:10 Unblending and Reintegrating Parts

40:06 Practical Steps for Self-Connection

42:26 Final Thoughts and Hope

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Fear, uncertainty, and resilience define the lives of millions living undocumented in the U.S. In this powerful episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., sits down with Sharet Garcia, founder of UndocuProfessionals, a national community created for and by undocumented individuals across career fields.

Together, they:

• Explore Sharet’s journey as a DACA recipient and entrepreneur.
• Share how UndocuProfessionals provides mentorship, resources, and solidarity.
• Reveal the reality of ICE raids, community trauma, and resilience in action.
• Discuss what real allyship looks like and why it matters now more than ever.

Whether you’re undocumented, an ally, or someone seeking to understand the fight for justice, this conversation will leave you inspired to take action and uplift voices too often left unheard.

Listen now and discover how resilience and community are reshaping what it means to live undocumented in today’s America.

To Watch the Show click HERE

Visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com to explore our upcoming gatherings and private healing offerings.

Connect with Sharet Garcia

Email: info@undocuprofessionals.net

Website: www.undocuprofessionals.net/

Instagram: @undocuprofessionals

Resources - @rootedinresiliencealliance

Chapter Markers

00:29 Guest Introduction: Sharet Garcia and On UndocuProfessionals

00:46 The Impact of Immigration Policies

03:04 Sharet‘s Personal Journey with DACA

05:27 Challenges Faced by Undocumented Individuals

07:02 Entrepreneurship as a Solution

08:18 The Birth of UndocuProfessionals

09:43 Mentorship and Community Support

18:37 The Role of Allies

26:43 The Importance of Knowing Your Rights

31:02 Witnessing the ICE Raid

31:27 Military Presence and Overreaction

32:46 Documenting the Incident

33:27 Tear Gas and Unnecessary Force

35:31 The Reality of Living in Fear

36:26 Personal Stories and Trauma

38:55 Community Response and Support

46:01 The Need for Policy Changes

48:31 Call to Action and Community Involvement

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Feeling stuck, weighed down by depression, or exhausted by treatments that just don’t work? In this powerful episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., sits down with board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Mark Smith, M.D., founder of Clear Ketamine + Psychiatry, to explore the transformative potential of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).

Together, they:

• Bust common myths and misconceptions about ketamine.
• Explain why set, setting, and integration are essential for lasting change.
• Share first-hand experiences and patient stories that reveal the profound shifts KAP can create.
• Discuss how intention and neuroplasticity can rewrite self-beliefs and create new pathways for healing.

Whether you’re curious about psychedelic therapies, seeking hope after treatment-resistant depression, or simply want to understand cutting-edge mental health care, this episode offers science, wisdom, and heart.

Listen now and discover why KAP is being called one of the most powerful breakthroughs in modern psychiatry.

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Visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com to explore our upcoming gatherings and private healing offerings.

Connect with Dr. Marc Smith, M.D.

Website: https://www.clearketapsych.com/

Instagram: @marcsmithmd & @clearketapsych

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We’re back! Welcome to Season 2 of the Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast with Lydia Luna, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist and founder of the Moon Collective Sanctuary.

In this special solo premiere, Dr. Luna opens up with raw honesty about turning 45, navigating a “mini midlife crisis,” and uncovering powerful intentions for the year ahead. Her new mantra — “Say YES” — becomes an invitation to embrace authenticity, vulnerability, community, and resilience in uncertain times.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

- Why questioning your path can be the beginning of transformation

- The intention of “saying YES” to growth, vulnerability, and self-expansion

- The beauty and complexity of being a first-generation Mexican American

- The role of spirituality, music, family, and community in living authentically

- How the Moon Collective Sanctuary creates spaces for healing and connection

- A powerful call to action on resilience, human rights, and uniting in community

Whether you’re seeking healing, clarity, or inspiration, this episode reminds you that you are not powerless — your voice and presence matter.

Visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com to learn more about upcoming gatherings and community offerings. Join our movement on IG at @mooncollectivesanctuary and @rootedinresiliencealliance.

Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast — your support means the world and helps amplify this message.

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In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary, host Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD, welcomes holistic psychotherapist and astrologer Kathryn Diaz, LMFT and Holistic Psychotherapist, who shares her 12-year journey with astrology and how personal crises led her to this ancient system as a tool for self-awareness. Kathryn explains key astrological concepts like Saturn's Return and Solar Return, offering listeners practical insights on navigating life transitions with cosmic guidance. The conversation highlights the current Pluto in Aquarius transit—a significant 20-year period comparable to the American Revolution—and discusses how this planetary shift is reshaping our collective experience. By connecting psychology, somatic awareness, and astrology, Kathryn shows how natal charts can uncover generational patterns and serve as a roadmap for personal growth. This episode presents both astrology enthusiasts and skeptics with a grounded perspective on accessing wisdom from celestial patterns during uncertain times.

Connect with Kathryn Diaz on LinkedIn, @astroccult on social media or visit kathryndiaztherapy.com to learn more about her holistic healing approaches.

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