Episode 36 - From Hollywood Special Effects to Reclaiming Mental Health: Beyond Diagnosis, with Chana Studley

What happens when someone trades the glamour of Hollywood for a deeper exploration of human wellbeing? In my latest episode, Chana Studley shares her extraordinary journey from working in special effects to becoming a counsellor, coach, speaker, and author of four books on trauma, chronic pain, and mental health.Together, we explore how understanding the mind can shift our entire experience of life - beyond (or before) diagnosis. Drawing on the Three Principles and her years of frontline work, she offers a refreshing take on relief from emotional pain that doesn’t rely on fixing or managing symptoms.We discuss:The misunderstood role of stressful thinking in mental healthHow we process trauma - and what actually gets in the wayWhy this understanding makes everyday life more spacious, joyful, and freeThis episode is for anyone curious about change beyond techniques, and for those exploring a subtractive, insight-based approach to mental wellbeing - like the one I share in my own work.Listen in for a radically hopeful conversation about what’s always available beneath the noise. Let me know if you have any questions or comments by email: [email protected],or please leave a review or share the podcast with others if it was helpful, I’d be very grateful.Chana can be contacted via her website and her books are all available on Amazon, links below:https://www.chanastudley.com/https://amzn.eu/d/0aCAJkQ