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  • 234. If You Can't Answer "What Do You Want"

    234. If You Can't Answer "What Do You Want"
    2026/09/03
    We're taught that needs are legitimate and wants are indulgent.

    This episode takes that apart. Mechelle teaches the root chakra as the home of our needs — the foundation of physical thriving — and the throat chakra as the home of our wants — the foundation of spiritual thriving, and explores why the two are a circuit rather than a ladder.

    Plus: the difference between ask culture and guess culture, why hinting is a root-chakra strategy doing a throat-chakra job, and the request hiding underneath every hint. You'll learn how to tell a need from a want in your own body, and why resentment is almost always an unspoken want.

    Closes with a guided practice: Ground and Ask.




    Keywords: root chakra, throat chakra, needs vs wants, ask culture guess culture, energy healing, nervous system regulation, self-expression, communication styles, spiritual thriving, guided practice, somatic practice, desire

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    58 分
  • 233. An Uncontrolled Experiment: Mark Michaels on Secrecy Psychedelics and Rewriting Your Story

    233. An Uncontrolled Experiment: Mark Michaels on Secrecy Psychedelics and Rewriting Your Story
    2026/08/27
    Content note: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation, violent crime, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. Please take care of yourself while listening. Nothing here is medical advice.

    Mark Michaels was conceived by donor insemination in 1958 and didn't find out until he was past thirty. He calls himself an uncontrolled experiment — half joking, but only half. The medical advice at the time was to keep it secret, mix the sperm to muddy the paternity, count a live birth as success, and assume everyone would forget.

    Mechelle sits down with him for a conversation. They talk about what happens when the story you were never told still lives in your body. About the ten-week intensive — ketamine with EMDR, MDMA sessions, treatment goals he set and then blew past — that did more for him than decades of previous therapy. About the therapist who ended things the moment he wanted to try something new, and the one before that who fell asleep during sessions and denied it.

    Mark discovered his fundamental attachment style is secure. Strongly so. He had spent years assuming he was anxiously attached, reading his whole life through the lens of trauma. What he's doing now is rewriting that narrative — not to deny what happened, but to see how good it actually was underneath it. That leads somewhere provocative. Mark argues there are narrative channels we get funneled into and advocates taking control of your own story, whatever that story turns out to be.

    Connect with Mark: ⁠https://markamichaels.com/

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    1 時間 7 分
  • 232. Mentally STRONG: When Knowing Everything Isn't Enough with Dr. Cristi Bundukamara

    232. Mentally STRONG: When Knowing Everything Isn't Enough with Dr. Cristi Bundukamara
    2026/08/20
    Watch the video version in the wholeness library.What do you do when you have all the training, all the credentials, all the right answers — and none of it holds when your own life falls apart?Dr. Cristi Bundukamara — "Dr. B" — is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, retired Navy veteran, and mother of seven who has buried three of her children.When her son Johnny drowned, when Reggie's DRPLA took him, when Miah died in her sleep with no warning, the coping skills she'd taught for decades weren't enough. What finally cracked something open was her mother's suggestion on a night she'd broken down crying: try journaling.Out of that irritated, exhausted, one-page attempt came the Thought Map — and eventually the Mentally STRONG Method, now used with thousands of people.In this conversation, Dr. B walks Mechelle through a live Thought Map on the air, using a real thought Mechelle is carrying about stepping into The Wholeness Network solo. It's a rare thing to watch a method get demonstrated rather than described. We explore: Why academic knowledge and protective factors weren't enough — and what was missing The Thought Map: "twenty years of journaling in twenty minutes" How to separate grief from trauma, and why you should never try to release the grief "Controlled grief" — feeling the pain on purpose, at your pace Why she'd decline EMDR on her children's deaths Doing energy work for her son and realizing she was the one receiving the benefit Where the culture's "just stay strong" message breaks people Mentally STRONG:⁠ https://mentallystrong.com⁠ Dr. B's site:⁠ https://cristibundukamara.mentallystrong.com⁠ Documentary — Strength in Vulnerability:⁠ https://mentallystrong.com/strength-in-vulnerability/⁠ YouTube — Mentally STRONG by Dr. B:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@CristiBundukamara⁠ LinkedIn:⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristibundukamara/⁠ Book — Pain & Purpose: My Journey to Mental Strength More on the Method:⁠ https://www.mentallystrong.com/choice-mapping/⁠ Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins DRPLA (dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy), the rare neurodegenerative condition in Dr. B's family Links & ResourcesExclusive for TWN listeners — Dr. B created a free Thought Map guide just for this audience, plus a link to book a discovery call to walk through your map: →⁠ wholeness.mentallystrong.com⁠ Explore The Wholeness Library App FREE! Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wholeness-library/id1545002697 ⁠ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thewholenessnetwork.thewholenessnetwork On the web https://www.thewholenessnetwork.com/⁠ Follow us ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thewholenessnetwork/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thewholenessnetwork⁠ Leave us a message! tel:646-883-3350 Information is intended for entertainment only

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    1 時間 3 分
  • 231. I See You, I Believe You: Heart Centered Therapy

    231. I See You, I Believe You: Heart Centered Therapy
    2026/08/13
    What if the emotion you've been carrying had a shape — a color, a sound, a face? In this episode of The Practices, trained Heart Centered Therapy practitioner Mechelle Wingle guides listeners through a complete Heart Centered Therapy session in real time. Beginning with the arrival of a personal guide and moving through the full somatic protocol — from locating the emotion in the body, to giving it a shape, to looking into its eyes and saying I see you, I believe you — this episode goes places most podcasts never go. Find a quiet space, have a journal nearby, and allow yourself to be witnessed. Something in you has been waiting for this.

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    42 分
  • 230. Conscious Healing: How Crisis Can Opens Us to Deeper Healing with Alaya Chikly

    230. Conscious Healing: How Crisis Can Opens Us to Deeper Healing with Alaya Chikly
    2026/08/06
    When chronic pain forces us to face what we've been resisting, something shifts. In this conversation, Alaya Chikly shares her three-year journey with hip necrosis—from spiritual resistance to medical intervention to profound cellular and generational healing work. We explore how the body holds the imprint of our choices and our ancestors' choices, how surgical scars carry the energy of the hands that held them, and what it means to trust both medicine and intuition. A masterclass in surrender, embodied consciousness, and the integration of healing modalities. Connect with Alaya https://chiklyinstitute.com/ Watch the video version in the wholeness library. Explore The Wholeness Library App FREE! Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wholeness-library/id1545002697 ⁠ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thewholenessnetwork.thewholenessnetwork On the web https://www.thewholenessnetwork.com/⁠ Follow us ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thewholenessnetwork/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thewholenessnetwork⁠ Leave us a message! tel:646-883-3350 Information is intended for entertainment only KEYWORDS: hip pain healing, cellular trauma, generational healing, surgical recovery, mind-body-spirit healing, acceptance and surrender, conscious medicine, somatic therapy, scar tissue healing, energy work, trauma resolution, chronic pain recovery, intuitive healing, heart-centered therapy, feminine embodiment, fluid body, water body meditation, medical intuition, spiritual acceptance, holistic medicine, healing resistance

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    1 時間 2 分
  • 229. If I Could Ask Anything: Dr. Gabor Maté — The Body Was Never Lying

    229. If I Could Ask Anything: Dr. Gabor Maté — The Body Was Never Lying
    2026/07/30
    What does it mean when your body keeps saying no? In this Summer Shorts episode, Mechelle sits with four questions she wishes she could ask Dr. Gabor Maté — one of the most important voices in trauma and mind-body medicine alive today. From the trauma that lives in people who "don't feel anything," to the childhood wound of choosing attachment over authenticity, to what it takes to look at yourself honestly — this episode draws on Maté's landmark work in When the Body Says No and The Myth of Normal to offer some of the most important concepts in healing. Thoughtful, personal, and genuinely life-changing. Books to Reference / Link in Show Notes: When the Body Says No — Gabor Maté The Myth of Normal — Gabor Maté In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts — Gabor Maté Scattered Minds — Gabor Maté Content Note: This episode touches on childhood trauma, emotional suppression, and chronic illness. It does not go into graphic detail but does ask listeners to reflect on their own histories. Delivered with warmth — no trigger warning needed, but be gentle in your pacing. Explore The Wholeness Library App FREE! Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wholeness-library/id1545002697 ⁠ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thewholenessnetwork.thewholenessnetwork On the web https://www.thewholenessnetwork.com/⁠ Follow us ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thewholenessnetwork/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thewholenessnetwork⁠ Leave us a message! tel:646-883-3350 Information is intended for entertainment only SEO Keywords: Gabor Maté podcast, when the body says no, trauma and the body, somatic healing, emotional suppression illness, authenticity vs attachment, childhood trauma, wholeness network summer shorts

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    38 分
  • 228. If I Could Ask Anything: Grandmother Tala — Embodied Wisdom

    228. If I Could Ask Anything: Grandmother Tala — Embodied Wisdom
    2026/07/23
    What would you ask the wisest woman you never met? In this Summer Shorts episode, Mechelle sits with four questions she wishes she could ask Grandmother Tala from Moana — and teaches into the concepts each question opens up. From learning to trust your body's knowing, to carrying the truths your community has forgotten, to showing up as light for someone in the dark — this episode is a quiet, grounding hour with your own inner wisdom. Part reflection, part teaching, all heart. Explore The Wholeness Library App FREE! Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wholeness-library/id1545002697 ⁠ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thewholenessnetwork.thewholenessnetwork On the web https://www.thewholenessnetwork.com/⁠ Follow us ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thewholenessnetwork/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thewholenessnetwork⁠ Leave us a message! tel:646-883-3350 Information is intended for entertainment only SEO Keywords: somatic healing podcast, ancestral wisdom, body wisdom, listening to your body, TWN summer shorts, wholeness network, nervous system healing, women's wellness podcast

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    32 分
  • 227. If I Could Ask Anything: Ted Lasso on Trauma, Kindness & Healing

    227. If I Could Ask Anything: Ted Lasso on Trauma, Kindness & Healing
    2026/07/16
    Content Note:Ted’s story involves a family member's suicide. We mention it gently and briefly in the setup. Spoiler Alert: story lines are discussed so if you haven’t seen it, watch first. He's relentlessly optimistic, brings biscuits to his boss every morning, and somehow makes everyone around him better — but underneath all that warmth, Ted Lasso is a man still carrying a wound from his childhood. In this Summer Shorts episode, Mechelle asks four questions she wishes she could ask Ted — about childhood trauma, panic attacks, the difference between empathy and self-erasure, and what it finally takes to let someone take care of you. Part teaching, part reflection, all heart. You don't have to have watched the show to feel this one. Explore The Wholeness Library App FREE! Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wholeness-library/id1545002697 ⁠ Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thewholenessnetwork.thewholenessnetwork On the web https://www.thewholenessnetwork.com/⁠ Follow us ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thewholenessnetwork/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thewholenessnetwork⁠ Leave us a message! tel:646-883-3350 Information is intended for entertainment only SEO Keywords: Ted Lasso podcast, childhood trauma healing, somatic healing, panic attacks nervous system, empathy and self-care, wholeness network summer shorts, giving and receiving, trauma and kindness

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    27 分