Between Wounded Healer and Rest with Claire Doherty

She was a physiotherapist. Then an Ironman triathlete. Then a business owner with a full practice and what looked — from the outside — like a completely figured-out life. And then her body said: enough. Claire Doherty's journey into the work she does today didn't begin with a calling. It began with a collapse. Years of overtraining, burnout, and a dark night of the soul that stripped away every identity she had built — and slowly, quietly, opened a door she hadn't known was there. In this conversation, Claire sit with nOMad founder, Phoebe Leona in the space in between that lives between doing and being, between healing others and finally allowing yourself to be healed. We talk about what it means to be a wounded healer — and what it looks like when that archetype moves from its shadow into its light. We explore the way illness speaks to us before we're ready to listen, how our physical symptoms carry emotional intelligence, and why the path to wholeness is almost always a relational one. We also dive into archetypes, imposter syndrome, the addict and the mystic as two sides of the same coin, and what Claire is building now — including her September retreat RISE in Bali and her upcoming Restore retreat in Thailand. Links mentioned: Claire's website : https://www.clairedoherty.co.uk/ Claire's Instagram: @clairedoherty_alchemist RISE Retreat — Bali, September: https://riseretreat2026.com/ Join Claire's session May 28th — Passport Ready virtual retreat: https://www.thenomadcollective.org/passport-ready/opt-in If something in Claire's story landed for you — share this episode. It might be exactly what someone in your world needs to hear.