Two Inconvenient Women How do we heal our relational world?
Oct 3, 2025
Recorded live under a fig tree at a stunning Oxford venue, the hosts dive into healing our connections with ourselves and the world. They reflect on highlights from a massive trauma and mental health conference, discussing how to move beyond siloed practices. Rethinking traditional therapy, they advocate for community-based approaches and explore the role of expanded states of awareness in healing. The conversation also touches on the influence of intergenerational trauma and the importance of translating knowledge into tangible changes.
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Boat Stay Contrast
- Holly and Rachel describe staying in a problematic houseboat during the conference with smoking toilets and slugs.
- The messy accommodation contrasted with Oxford's beauty and made them reflect on access and belonging.
Relational Framing Of Trauma
- The conference framed trauma healing as repairing relationships across self, others, and nature rather than only the inner self.
- Thoughtbox emphasises that inner and outer worlds are deeply interconnected in wellbeing.
Relationality Over Theory
- Speakers who integrate lived relational practice land better than those who only theorise neuroscience.
- Rachel and Holly notice relationality is felt as much as it is spoken about in effective sessions.