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Illuminated Recovery
by Lisa
Illuminated Recovery Podcast is shedding light on the path to healing through storytelling. Host Lisa shares her experience and dives deep into trauma recovery to illuminate issues such as Alcohol Use Disorder, Eating Disorders, and Complex PTSD. Guests will also be featured on the show to broaden the lens of these topics. This is a recovery journey about unlearning old conditioning, becoming conscious, and inspiring inner growth and authenticity. Join us if you are willing to be more vulnerable, are interested in changing your relationship to yourself or want to cultivate more awareness.
Episodes
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E39: Feed The Matriarchy: How Do We Rise?
Feed the Matriarchy is a sister-led podcast hosted by Heather and Johanna Kulp , serving up real talk about food, body image, parenting, and feminist rebellion—while amplifying matriarchal voices across the spectrum. They both join me to talk about how to take up more space as women and truly...
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E38: Illuminating Childhood Emotional Neglect
Childhood emotional neglect can hide in plain sight for years, but it quietly shapes how you feel, cope, love, and relate to yourself. Therapist Katie Egge breaks down the invisible wounds of CEN and emotionally immature parents, revealing why so many adults feel confused, disconnected, lonely…
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E37: Phoenix Rising: Forged in the Fire of Narcissistic Abuse
Jess Frost is a returning guest on Illuminated Recovery Podcast. This time she shares her progress on her healing journey and how she rose up from the depths of narcissistic abuse. She has broken through old trauma cycles, exposed her abuser and the enmeshed patterns and then compares it to the...
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E36: Illuminating Anti-fat Bias
Debbie Saroufim is a body acceptance coach and dives into how diet culture and toxic wellness messaging keeps us stuck. We talk about how body acceptance is body liberation work as well as ways anti-fat bias shows up in healthcare, social settings and in our own inherited biases. Join us if you…
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E35: Illuminating ADHD
Join us as Tom and Charity O'Reilly share their journey of co-writing the upcoming book How to Understand and Deal with ADHD. This episode explores the neurobiology of ADHD, effective treatments, societal barriers, and personal perspectives, providing valuable insight for anyone navigating...
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E34: A Solo Reflection On The Layers Of Healing And Liberation
In this solo episode, Lisa shares what’s ahead for the show and opens up about the wide-ranging, deeply connected themes shaping her work right now — from eating disorder recovery, body liberation, and sobriety to ADHD, emotional neglect, fawning, nonviolent communication, and the mind-body...
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E33: A Socialist Dietitian’s Approach To Unlearning Diet Culture
This episode, Kara Rabii joins me to deconstruct the systemic oppression of diet culture. Kara Rabii, MS, RDN, CDN is a registered dietitian, socialist organizer, and founder of Revolutionary Dietetics, a weight-inclusive and anti-diet nutrition practice. We break down: How diet culture…
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E32: Thirsty For Wonder: Celtic Wisdom for Modern Recovery
This is so much more than a sobriety story! Anne Marie Cribbin joins me to share her sobriety and recovery story and we cover all the things: recovery as an act of liberation, Celtic spirituality, community building, social justice, generational trauma, alcohol in our family systems and...
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E31: Illuminating Nonviolent Communication
In this episode of Illuminated Recovery, Kathy Ziola, a certified NVC trainer and author of Live Compassion, talks about the transformative power of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) which is a practical model for self-connection and communication with others. It supports compassionate giving and...
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E30: ILLUMINATING KELLY’S STORY: Sobriety, Midlife and Smashing the Patriarchy
Many women are conditioned to shrink—to stay small, quiet, and overlooked. Kelly’s journey from rock-bottom to radical self-acceptance reveals how awakening from that cycle of shame, addiction, and societal conditioning can be a game-changer. Her story is a powerful rallying cry for women tired…
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E29: Well, Actually: Unpacking Wellness Culture In Pursuit Of True Well-Being
Most of us are unknowingly caught in a web of diet culture, weight stigma, and trauma responses that keep us disconnected from our true selves. In this eye-opening episode, Julie Norman joins Lisa to expose the hidden mechanisms fueling our societal obsession with shrinking and controlling our...
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E28: Reclaiming Authenticity After Trauma
Carly Kilbourne, a licensed therapist, joins me to explore the hidden impacts of childhood emotional neglect and estrangement on adult relationships. Discover how sobriety led her to uncover deep emotional wounds and embrace authenticity. Learn practical tools to unlearn people pleasing behaviors...
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E27: Illuminating Night Terrors with Charity O'Reilly
Night terrors can be a terrifying experience for both the person experiencing them and their loved ones. If you or someone you know struggles with these distressing episodes, you're not alone. In this episode, Charity O'Reilly, a trauma therapist, shares her personal journey with night terrors,...
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E26: IFS Awakening: Healing by Welcoming All Parts of You
David Hilton joins me to talk all things IFS (Internal Family Systems). David is an IFS practitioner and in this episode, we explore this powerful framework for healing that starts with one radical idea: nothing inside us is wrong. We talk about how to build a relationship with yourself by...
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E25: IFS in Action: Meeting an Exile with Compassion
This episode is unlike any other. In this raw, unscripted session, you'll listen in as I work live with Tess Felder — going inward to meet a part of me that has carried pain for a very long time. Internal Family Systems therapy is one of the most profound healing modalities I've encountered in my...
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E24:Behind the Perfect Family: Estrangement, Sibling Abuse & Breaking Dysfunctional Patterns
In this episode of Illuminate Recovery, I sit down with trauma therapist Cassie Krajewski, to explore the root causes and the layered grief of estrangement as well as sibling abuse — a dynamic often minimized or overlooked. We discuss the often invisible traumas of omission — what wasn’t…
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E23 Welcome to Season Two: A Return to My Essence
Welcome to season two! I diver deeper into my healing journey and discuss some new approaches that have helped me over the years and share what's coming up this season, some episodes with guests and also some solo episodes. Show notes: Charity O’Reilly: https://charityoreilly.com/ Nicole Sachs:...
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Episode 22: The Quiet Revolution of Body Liberation and Unapologetic Aging
In this conversation with Deb Benfield, we unravel the beliefs we’ve inherited about beauty, worth, and aging. We talk about adequate nourishment, menopause, ageism and the hierarchies that tell us some bodies are more worthy than others. We also touch on the growing use of GLP-1 medications.…
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Episode 21: Updating Our Inner Systems with Katie LaCelle
Katie LaCelle is a leadership and IFS coach. She combines her training as an IFS coach with Somatic Experiencing and joins me today to talk about the deep healing work. Her definition of the difference between PTSD and CPTSD is so brilliant. And we talk about all the trauma work including...
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Episode 20: The Intersection of ADHD, IFS and the Enneagram with Tom O’Reilly
Description: Tom O’Reilly is an IFS coach, somatic embodiment coach and enneagram coach. He joins me today to talk about a bit of his background, including what led him to getting an ADHD diagnosis and bravely shares what it was like before and after his diagnosis. He really does a deep dive into...
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Episode 19: Jess’ Story: From Relational Trauma to Courageous Confidence
Jess Frost courageously shares her story about her childhood and its impact on her adult life. She shares about struggles with alcohol and codependency but her real story is in her recovery. She talks about how self compassion and shame resilience are the foundation of her work and how we can...
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Episode 18: Reclaiming Movement to Restore Trust Between You and Your Body.Episode 18: Reclaiming Movement to Restore Trust Between You and Your Body
Hannah Husband joins me today to talk about body liberation. Hannah helps people reclaim their body autonomy. They are a coach who works with folks who have been harmed by mainstream fitness offerings. They help clients explore their relationship with movement and tune into their body’s unique...
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Episode 17: Understanding The Dynamics of Estrangement
Melissa Guttman joins me to deconstruct the complexities of estrangement. She shares her insight on narcissistic abuse and being the adult child of emotionally immature parents. She also explains family dynamics and the role they play. And also how we can heal from toxic relationships. Melissa is…
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Episode 16: Beyond Intuitive Eating: Unpacking Our Beliefs To Reclaim Our Self Trust
Join me as Jess Fry dives deep into the complexities and nuances of Intuitive Eating. She also talks about how shame can show up in our lives and how it affects our relationship with our bodies. Jess highlights how our deeply rooted belief systems are connected to our worthiness, self trust and...
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Title: Episode 15: Meditation and IFS with Tess Felder
In this episode, we explore Internal Family Systems and meditation with Tess Felder. Tess was a long time student, and friend, of Ralph De La Rosa and shares how we can apply the practices of meditation and IFS to ourselves which help us navigate our relationships in a more grounded way. She...
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Episode 14: Highlighting The Sober Mom Collective
I am talking to four of the six women who created and run Sober Mom Collective which is an online space for moms working at staying sober. They give us all the details of this magical community and then, they each share their own sober story. Leah shares her story about the pressure of ‘mommy…
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Episode 13: The Power of the Pause with Jacqui Stilling
I’m talking to Jacqui Stilling, she’s a therapist in Maryland and the founder of The Both/And Way. Jacqui talks about how she integrates mindfulness and meditation with IFS and the Enneagram. She talks about how we all have a feeling meter and a pause button and how the power of the pause is the...
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Episode 12: Illuminating Therapy
In today’s solo episode, Lisa shares her story about her experiences with therapy. She illuminates the importance of therapy as well as different modalities, including IFS: internal family systems, which transformed her relationship to herself. Show notes: CBT: cognitive behavioral therapy. DBT:...
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Episode 11: A Deeper Conversation About Body Acceptance with Jess Fry
I’m talking with Jess Fry, Therapist and Body Image Coach, LPC, ADHD-CCSP, CSTS, about the deeper issues of body image. We dive into the complexity of our internalized beliefs and try to unpack the layers. We navigate through the unlearning of how shame shows up in inner world. And we touch on…
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Episode 10: IFS Informed EMDR Therapy Intensives with Charity O’Reilly
I'm talking with trauma therapist, Charity O'Reilly about a different way to do therapy. She offers week long, individual therapy intensives that incorporate IFS (Internal Family Systems) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Charity shares her experience as a therapist, with...
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Episode 9: Part 2: Diving Deeper Into Diet Culture
This is part two of our series with Julie Norman about Body Stuff. Today we are diving deeper into diet culture and illuminating some common myths that we’ve all heard and believed to be true. We talk about the definition of diet, why diets don’t work and what’s really the root cause of why we...
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Episode 8: My Body My Choice
This is another bonus episode, on how the election has impacted Julie Norman. Julie shares her story about her reproductive choices and how the election has activated her complex PTSD and how she is managing her recovery during this dark time. We detoured from our planned series to share this…
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Episode 7: Illuminating the Post Election Cluster Fuck
Description: In this episode, Lisa shares her strong emotions about the election and how she manages her recovery during this dark and difficult time. Resources: The Empowered Therapist: @theempoweredtherapist Chrissy King: @iamchrissyking and her book: The Body Liberation Project Ralph De La…
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Episode 6: How Dieting and Alcohol Fuck with Our Minds, Bodies, and Our Lives with Lael Atkinson, Certified Professional Recovery Coach
Today, I talk with Lael Atkinson about how alcohol and dieting have seeped into our lives and how both of these have become normalized in our culture. Lael shares their personal experiences as well as their path to recovery which led them to start the Beyond Shrinking and Drinking Course and…
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Episode 5: Part 1: Body Image Basics with Julie Norman
Highlighting Body Stuff: A Series with Julie Norman, Body Empowerment Coach, BS, E-RYT, CHC Episode 5: Body Image Basics This episode, I bring on my first guest, Julie Norman, a Body Empowerment Coach. And since we have so much to talk about, we decided to do a series together! In this…
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Episode 4: Illuminating CPTSD
In this episode, Lisa opens up about her Complex PTSD diagnosis which illuminates the harsh reality of having a brutal inner critic and what it’s like to swim in shame. She shares about the difficult symptoms such as depression and anxiety, and how she began to climb her way out of the darkness…
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Episode 3: Illuminating Eating Disorders
In this episode, Lisa shares how she discovered she has an eating disorder and her journey in recovery. Tune in to hear about the many types of eating disorders including Binge Eating Disorder, Orthorexia and OSFED and now many of the traits highlight disordered eating in our culture. She is…
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Episode 2: Illuminating Alcohol Use Disorder
This episode illuminates Alcohol Use Disorder and/or Alcohol Addiction. Listen to hear about Lisa's history with alcohol, her struggles and how she recovered. Connect with Lisa on Instagram @illuminatedrecoverypodcast Show Notes: 1. The Biology of Desire by Marc Lewis 2. This Naked Mind by Annie...
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First Episode: Lisa's Story
This episode illuminates Lisa's story and what led her to recovery. Join her on this transformative journey as she navigates the healing process.
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Illuminated Recovery Podcast is shedding light on the path to healing through storytelling. Host Lisa Michelle shares her story and recovery experience. She dives deep into trauma recovery to illuminate big issues such as Alcohol Use Disorder, Eating Disorders, and Complex PTSD. Guests will also…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Illuminated Recovery Podcast is shedding light on the path to healing through storytelling. Host Lisa shares her experience and dives deep into trauma recovery to illuminate issues such as Alcohol Use Disorder, Eating Disorders, and Complex PTSD. Guests will also be featured on the show to broaden the lens of these topics. This is a recovery journey about unlearning old conditioning, becoming conscious, and inspiring inner growth and authenticity. Join us if you are willing to be more vulnerable, are interested in changing your relationship to yourself or want to cultivate more awareness.
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