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From the archives: Laura Brown, PhD Oct 31, 2024

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Laura Brown is a feminist trauma psychologist who practices psychotherapy and forensic psychology in Seattle and has published extensively on topics related to trauma treatment, feminist practice, cultural competence, ethics, and LGBT concerns.
Laura founded, and until June 2015, directed, the Fremont Community Therapy Project, a low-fee psychotherapy training clinic in Seattle. She has authored or edited fifteen professional books including the award-winning Subversive Dialogues: Theory in Feminist Therapy as well as more than 150 other professional publications, and have been featured in six psychotherapy training videos.
Laura is also a late-in-life student of aikido, in which she holds the rank of Nidan, or 2nd degree black belt.
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How To Create Your Own Reality with Julie Stevens Oct 28, 2024

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Julie Stevens grew up in Southern California and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area at 13 to live with her two moms during a time of profound social change, marked by the Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, and LGBTQ movements. Amidst this vibrant atmosphere, Julie struggled with her identity and turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with early family turbulence. However, her community, including her moms, grandmother, and mentors, played a crucial role in helping her find confidence and purpose.
Her mother’s advice, “If this isn’t working for you, then create your own reality,” inspired Julie to build a community centered on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
With a background in hospitality and entrepreneurship, Julie studied various healing modalities, realizing that sharing these gifts was part of her mission. In 2015, she founded The Urban Retreat Center (URC) to offer a space where ancient earth-based practices are accessible to those seeking healing and connection. The URC embodies her vision, providing a sanctuary where diversity, equity, inclusion, and community thrive alongside events, rituals, and retreats.
By hosting teachers from diverse traditions, the URC continues to be a beacon of light, knowledge, and healing for all who seek personal growth and transformation.
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The Urban Retreat Center (URC)
Julie's email: juliestevens@urbanretreatcenteroakland.com
IG: @therealjuliestevens

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From the archives: Radical Honesty with Gabrielle Bernstein Oct 24, 2024

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This is a republishing of an archived episode with Gabrielle Bernstein.
Gabrielle Bernstein is incredible. I have to say that this interview with her is one of my favorites because this woman exudes passion and authenticity and the desire to use her experiences to help and guide and inspire others.
Gabby is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Universe Has Your Back as well as Miracles Now, Spirit Junkie, and Judgment Detox.
She was featured on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader” and the New York Times named her “a new role model.” She appears regularly as an expert on The Dr. Oz Show and co-hosted the Guinness World Record largest guided meditation with Deepak Chopra.
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Guest Host: Cornelia Elbrecht interviews Sabâ Başoğlu on Clay Field Therapy Oct 22, 2024

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Cornelia Elbrecht is an author and leader in groundbreaking art therapy techniques with a particular focus on healing trauma. An art therapist with over 40 years experience, she is a renowned author, educator, and the Founder and Director of the Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy. She studied at the School for Initiatic Therapy in the Black Forest, Germany and holds degrees in fine arts and arts education.
Today, she's interviewing Dr. Sabâ Başoğlu. Sabâ is a clinical psychologist and Sensorimotor Art Therapist specializing in Clay Field Therapy and Guided Drawing. She is an associate professor at Galata University in Istanbul and works predominantly with adults and teenagers, integrating Sensorimotor Art Therapy with phenomenological psychology, psychodynamic-existential approaches and body-informed trauma therapy.
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Can We Slow Things Down with Deirdre Fay, MSW Oct 21, 2024

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Deirdre Fay, MSW is a psycho-spiritual author, coach and trainer with 40 years of experience exploring the intersection of trauma, attachment, yoga and meditation which she calls a “Modern Day Bodhisattva Training.”
Deirdre uses an integrative approach which Chris Germer calls “a radically positive approach to healing trauma.”
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Deirdre’s website
Deirdre’s books
Becoming Safely Embodied (Morgan James, 2021)
Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery (W.W. Norton, 2017).

Healing as a Collective with Claudia VillaCova Oct 17, 2024

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Claudia is a trauma informed, liberation focused, somatic clinical therapist and medicine woman. Her first teachers and most influential medicine mentors are, and still continue to be, her grandmothers Maria del Refugio and Maria Josephina (MiPina).
Claudia culturally grounds her work within the indigenous medicine wheel tradition while simultaneously weaving in western psychology and holistic sensory motor and somatic practices to her embodied mental health and ecological wellness work.
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Email: claudiavillacova@icloud.com
IG: @lunnata.y.sol

Guest Host: John Clarke Oct 15, 2024

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This is the first in our Guest Host Series where I hand over the mic to a selection of folks I’ve interviewed over the years, and whose work I value and find inspiring. My hope with this series is that I’ll be able to provide a greater and wider array of incredible information and content for my listeners.
I invited John Clarke on because I value his genuineness, curiosity and openness with which he shares his personal process. John is a licensed trauma therapist, trainer, group practice owner, and host of the podcast Going Inside: Healing Trauma from the Inside Out.
In this interview, John talks to Bob Falconer. Bob recently published his new book about IFS and unattached burdens – The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession. For the past decade or more, Bob Falconer has devoted himself full-time to IFS work (Internal Family Systems Therapy).
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Healing and the Soul with Joshua Cameron Oct 14, 2024

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Joshua is a combat veteran who specializes in helping those who are caught in a life of chronic pain (emotional or physical) heal through healing the spirit and following Taoist principles of inviting flow where there are blocks in our energy. Joshua has spent over 10 years in the medical field from combat medic in the Army to pediatric medical research and data analysis at the University of Utah.
In this episode Joshua shares his journey, along with the individuals and the circumstances which inspired him to pursue becoming a healer.
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Contact Joshua: joshuaim@gmail.com
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From the archives: Mindfulness For Arabic Refugees & Displaced People with Juditta Ben-David Oct 10, 2024

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This is rebroadcasting of an episode with Juditta Ben-David.
This is what it’s about--passion, heart and helping others. And today, my guest exudes all of those elements. Today, I’m speaking with Juditta Ben-David, SEP M.A., founder of The Mindfulness in Arabic project (MiA).
MiA has built a website that offers an eight-week Mindfulness course in Arabic, designed for refugees and people in transition. Any person with internet access may enter the website, free of charge, anywhere around the world. The course provides practical tools and exercises tailored specifically to support a shaken population that suffered traumas of fear, death and extreme violence. Juditta’s website also provides tools for therapists, social workers, welfare workers, and volunteers who are currently working with refugee populations, so that they may use mindfulness-based tools for their own needs in coping with work stress and related DP camp difficult experiences, as well as passing them on to their clients.
MiA developed out of the work of our founder, Juditta Ben-David, SEP M.A, in refugee camps in Turkey. Working there with refugees and their supporters/counselors and social-workers the request for additional tools led to a crowdfunding campaign raising one-half of the funds needed to launch our 8-week course. MiA is thankful to be supported by leading Mindfulness instructors like Jon Kabat Zinn, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Christopher Titmuss and Patricia Genoud-Feldman as well as Mindfulness providers like Headspace and Mindful Magazine.
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Authenticity, Alignment, Attunement and Abundance with Akilah Riley-Richardson Oct 07, 2024

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Akilah Riley-Richardson, MSW, CCTP is a published researcher, Relational Healing Facilitator, couples therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She has been in clinical practice for sixteen years and has experience working with couples and persons practicing consensual non monogamy, both in the Caribbean and internationally. She has been a Social Work Educator at the University of the Southern Caribbean since 2012.
Akilah also specializes in work with sexual and racial minorities. She is the founder of the BIPOC Relational Healing Institute and creator of the P.R.I.D.E model, and she strives for Authenticity, Alignment, Attunement and Abundance.
As an educator and facilitator, she has provided consultancy services to organizations such as NASTAD (National Alliance for State and Territorial AIDS directors), the Relational Life Institute, I-TECH (International Training and Education Center for Health) and CVC (Caribbean Vulnerable Communities). She has presented in various spaces including the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium and the Black Mental health Symposium.
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