101 - Sarah Prager - Creating Safe Space

"Sometimes, we need permission to be as awesome as we are." ~Sarah Prager You know that old saying about strangers being friends you just haven't met yet? This episode is exactly that.  Sarah Prager LPC, LAC, is the clinical manager of co-occurring treatment at AllHealth Network Colorado as well as an EMDR practitioner and a Daring Way facilitator. So, that's TWO Sarahs in conversation about codependency, empathy, shame and Brené Brown for the price of one show!  But the best part is Sarah's personal journey story. She came to this profession by accident! Sort of. The second-best part is that Sarah and Sarah became acquainted by accident. Sort of.  "Now that I look back on my life, I realize I was always supposed to be doing this," she says. "I've seen addiction and mental health everywhere from my childhood and I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be. It wasn't an accident."  So how did she get here? Originally a musical theater major, Sarah's post-graduation search for work led her to a summer camp for traumatized girls. And, just like that, the next chapter of her life was written: performing arts major ditches the drama for trauma.  Now several degrees removed from her dreams of Broadway stardom, her focus is squarely on fostering an environment in which clients can follow their own unique paths toward healing. "I don't take credit for people's healing. But because I'm open to their healing, and I hold space for them to do that, I think it happens and it's great. I love it. I feel it very deeply when someone else is healing their stuff." Sarah's honors her clients and her own wounded healer with a compassion that allows everyone's authenticity to reign. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors! The Receptionist for iPad creates a seamless patient experience for your practice. Start your 14-day free trial at http://www.TheReceptionist.com/healer Liberated Being is a private, online community that connects people who are on this path- of waking up and shifting their way of being- with the skillful guides that can help to make the journey more sane, kind, and clear.  Created by Brooke Thomas from Bliss+Grit - Membership is open through March 4, 2020. https://www.liberatedbeing.community/ For full show notes including resources discussed and how to reach Lauren, visit http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast. Let's be friends! You can find me in the following places… Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram:  @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Ch