It Didn't Start With Us, Ancestral Healing. An Interview with Viridiana Rodriguez, LCSW. Episode 2

Our guest in episode 2 is Viridiana Rodriguez, LCSW. Vidi is a therapist, EMDR-certified clinician, somatic healer, and Reiki practitioner, as well as the founder of Amar Therapy and Amarte Community. Her work focuses on helping high-achieving women—especially first-generation daughters—move out of survival mode and reconnect with their bodies through nervous system healing. Blending clinical insight with a holistic, culturally grounded approach, she creates spaces for deep emotional release, embodiment, and rest. She is also the host of Sacred Heart: The Exhale Retreat, an immersive experience designed for women ready to slow down, soften, and finally feel safe to receive. Connect with Vidi: Amar Therapy https://www.amartherapy.com/https://www.instagram.com/amartherapy Amarte Community https://www.instagram.com/amarte.community/ Sacred Heart: A Nervous System Reset for Women Who Hold Everyone Else.  August 7-10, 2026. Limited to 10 participants.https://www.amartherapy.com/sacred-heart-retreatBooks Vidi mentions: I Am Diosa https://www.christineg.tv/iamdiosabook I Am Worthy https://www.christineg.tv/iamworthybook Woman Who Glows in the Dark https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213903.Woman_Who_Glows_in_the_Dark About the hosts:Charity O’Reilly, LPC has been a trauma healer since 2006. She provides EMDR intensives to clients from all over the world. Charity is the co-author of You Will Get Through This: A Mental Health Tool Kit, and How to Understand and Deal with ADHD. She trains nationally and internationally on topics related to healing trauma and our parts. She has also been featured talking about trauma healing on multiple podcasts and on Letters from Love with Elizabeth Gilbert. Charity lives with her husband, chickens, cats, and many foster kittens on a homestead on Lenape Land in what is now called Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Visit her website to learn more about working with her.Stacey Aldridge, LCSW has worked in the mental health field for over 15 years. She works with women and LGBTQ+ clients in Mississippi addressing trauma, late diagnosed ADHD and autism, and religious trauma at her therapy practice Inspired Happiness Therapy, LLC. She is also a Reiki Master, Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique practitioner, and Holistic Health & Wellness Coach. Stacey sees coaching and Reiki clients from anywhere in the world at Kaya Holistic Wellness, LLC. A late diagnosed ADHD-er herself, Stacey also has a small business making and selling ice dyed clothing and home goods as well as an Etsy shop with curated vintage items, handmade ritual candles, and magical supplies. Stacey lives with her husband Jon and their 3 elderly dogs on unceded Chahta Yakni (Choctaw) land in Central Mississippi.Follow us on social media! @ WitchyTherapistPodcast on Instagram WitchyTherapyPodcast on Facebook  http://witchytherapistpodcast.staceyaldridgelcsw.com Charity O'Reilly, LPC @ TeaWithATraumaTherapist http://charityoreilly.com/Stacey Aldridge, LCSW @ HolisticallyStacey http://www.staceyaldridge.com