Transform Trauma Into Empowerment & Healing Through Creativity | Devorah Brinckerhoff | Ep 27

It's possible to turn trauma into empowerment. Combining art therapy, creative expression, and somatic healing, Devorah Brinkerhoff help people transform trauma. Discover how working with your hands and connecting to your creativity can move and release stuck emotions and reconnect you with your authentic self.In this episode you'll learn:How to bypass your thinking mind and access somatic (body-based) healingThe science of why emotional trauma lives in your body and how to release itWhy creativity (art, cooking, gardening, music, dance) unlocks wisdom for healingHow to start your own creative healing practice even if you don't feel "creative"Episode ResourcesShow Notes, Transcript & Conversation: omwowpod.com/27Free tapping, breathwork & emotional resilience tools: askjenniferrobin.com/resourcesMeet Your GuestDevorah Brinckerhoff is a professional artist and transformational guide who developed Soul Portraits—a healing methodology that combines artistic expression with spiritual work to help people transform trauma into empowerment. With 30+ years as a gallery-represented artist, she discovered her most powerful work emerged when she stopped creating for external approval and began using art to dissolve limiting beliefs. She now guides others through creating their own Soul Portraits, using creative practices to shed old stories and discover their authentic selves. Working from her home studio in Oregon, she facilitates workshops both in-person and virtually, drawing on her own journey through personal trauma to help clients externalize their inner landscape and transform pain into power.Connect with Devorah: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Free Inner Voice ExerciseAbout Your HostAfter years of searching for answers, including literally googling "how to be happy,” Jennifer Robin O’Keefe discovered why mainstream self-help doesn’t work for everyone. She learned the hard way that most struggles aren't a willpower problem, they're rooted in subconscious beliefs, childhood experiences, and nervous system responses that traditional self-help often overlooks. That search led her to become an EFT Practitioner and Journalist. Jennifer Robin continues to explore the deeper layers of emotional wellness, personal growth, and self-discovery. Through research, personal practice, and conversations with leading experts, she helps listeners better understand themselves and create emotional wellness on their own terms.Come say hi: askjenniferrobin.com/connectGently UntangledGently Untangled is Jennifer Robin's free space to shift the subconscious patterns that keep you stuck, untwist your nervous system, and create emotional wellness on your own terms. It's calm inner work: journaling, EFT tapping, breathwork, and conversation, just a quiet email away. Joining is free, with scholarships available for the expanded version, because this kind of support shouldn't be exclusive. Find it at gentlyuntangled.com.About Om WOWOm WOW is a self-help podcast for people on a healing journey, including those carrying the invisible weight of past trauma. We explore emotional wellness, inner child work, personal growth, EFT tapping, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation. Through personal stories, practical tools, and conversations with leading experts, each episode helps you understand the deeper patterns shaping your thoughts, emotions, and reactions. Join me on this journey toward more peace, joy, clarity, and authenticity in our lives.Resources, show notes, and transcripts: omwowpod.comHang out between episodes on social: omwowpod.com/socialSupport the ShowBeyond listening, one way to support this podcast is through my Media Studio. That’s where I help podcasters and authors in the wellness, self-help, and spirituality space sound as good as their message deserves with professional audio/video editing and voiceover/narration support. If you know a podcaster who needs an editor, or an author who needs a narrator, send them my way: askjenniferrobin.com/studio. It's one of the best ways to support what I do here. Thank you!Things I RecommendMy favorite books, tools & wellness resources: omwowpod.com/shopDisclaimerThis content is for informational purposes only and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or psychological mental health disorder. Consult with your healthcare provider for medical problems and before making changes to your physical activity, eating habits, supplements, or wellness strategies. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the host, the show, its advertisers or partners. This content may contain affiliate links, which means we might receive a commission if you make a purchase using those links.© 2025 Glikstorm LLC