Body+Mind Healing & Liberation

Episodes

1. 7

   Is Body Image Trauma Keeping You Stuck?

   I hear from so many women that they know they "should" love their body, but even after several years of positive thinking, it doesn't change the way they feel. That's because for many of us, we hold trauma in our body related to body image. Mindset work is often not enough of change subconscious...

   May 23, 2024

   29m
2. 6

   How to Be Calm

   Forcing yourself to be calm can keep you exhausted and stuck. Performative calmness can actually contribute to illness. I was stuck here for many years, and once I learned how to actually move through the actual emotions rather than prioritizing calm, I was able to heal, such as heal my blood...

   Jan 24, 2024

   32m
3. 5

   Self Awareness Is Not Enough

   Many people get stuck because they try to create change from a place of self-awareness and mind-set. This stays on the surface and doesn't address the root cause, which is stored in the body. I talk about why self-awareness is only the beginning and give some insight as to the process of…

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   Jul 2, 2023

   32m
4. 4

   How your relationship with exercise can be unhealthy

   We can all agree that moving our body is a fundamental key to health. However, did you know that using guilt and shame to be motivated to exercise can be harmful, particularly for those that have dysregulated nervous systems? Anna shares her story of how her relationship with movement fueled...

   Aug 18, 2022

   34m
5. 3

   I’ve Caused Harm As A Photographer

   Anna writes an open letter of apology for the harm she caused as a photographer who used photoshop to alter her client’s body to fit the beauty standard. Her clients loved this service because she was so good at seeing bodies with a critical lens. But for many clients, this service unknowingly...

   Jul 10, 2022

   27m
6. 2

   You Can’t Heal A Body You Hate

   Find out what is possible when you heal your relationship with your body. Anna shares her body story and how body shame results in trauma, which perpetuates even more body disconnection which contributes to dis-ease. Learn how beauty standards are a means of control and oppression.

   Jun 29, 2022

   40m
7. 1

   Why Healing & Liberation are tied together

   Are you a spiritual healer who hasn’t done your liberation work? Are you a social justice activist who hasn’t done your healing work? Listen to why I believe that healing and liberation work go hand in hand and one without the other actually perpetuates more harm. Recommended Anti-Oppression...

   Jun 9, 2022

   26m
8. Shame and Survival and Dis-ease

   Anna explores how shame is so deeply engrained as normal in our culture and how the energy keeps us in a state of survival. Shame is a major driver for our need for control. When we can operate from a place of compassion and empathy, we can release control and experience true freedom, in a way…

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   May 16, 2022

   31m
9. What does "Healing" even mean anyway?

   Anna shares her definition of "healing" based on her own experience as well as what she's learned as a trauma healing coaching and practitioner of mind/body therapy. She also shares her unique healing journey to bring awareness to the areas where people may feel stuck. Mindset and intellectual...

   May 9, 2022

   24m
10. How Did I Know I Needed Healing?

    Anna was a successful “confident” business woman and entrepreneur and if you asked her 20 years ago if she needed healing, she would’ve laughed in your face. But now that’s she’s 10yrs into her healing journey, she explores the red flags of her past that were indications that she was living in...

    Apr 28, 2022

    36m