Conversations With a Wounded Healer

Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) and Dead Set On Living (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, 2018). Chris is passionate about his work with people who are in the process of healing or struggling with addictions of all kinds. He speaks and leads groups in detoxes, yoga studios, rehabs, youth centers, hospitals, conferences, and festivals worldwide. He is a member of the advisory board for Drugs over Dinner, hosts The Indie Spiritualist Podcast on Ram Dass’s esteemed Be Here Now Network and is a member of The Evolutionary Leaders. Chris Grosso is a big deal, y’all. He’s not going to tell you that, but just trust...he’s the sh!t. Chris and Sarah discuss what they believe is at the core of healing, the concept of living from our wounds versus learning from them, and the gifts of knowing your own particular brand of weird. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Erin is a Clinical Psychotherapist, neuro-bio regulation Touch Skills Therapist and Somatic Experience Practitioner. She is passionate about treating trauma and helping her clients heal past complex trauma, eating disorders, childhood development/attachment ruptures and artists with creativity/performance anxiety. Erin is also a psychic medium and energy healer. She grew up in New Orleans where she first became aware of her intuitive gifts. She works in two worlds: science and spirit. She draws on all her skill sets to know how best to be of service. Her mission is to relieve mental, spiritual and physical suffering in the world. She is passionate about helping her clients manifest their dreams and bring about love, joy, beauty and truth. Erin paints, writes and swims in Chicago. Erin and Sarah discuss the integration of psychic phenomena and science, trauma, and the journeys that lead to healing. To watch Erin’s incredible psychic gifts in action, check out her reading of Sarah on her YouTube show Word Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrn7eMnAg2o Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Susan M Chu is a Crystal Expert, Energetic Healer, and a Feng Shui Coach. She helps her clients move through and out of physical discomfort, emotional turmoil, and mental imbalances. Her decade long experience with crystals have earned her the reputation of knowing exactly what crystal a person needs. Susan draws not only from her teacher’s teaching of feng shui, but also from her ancestor roots going back generations. Susan and Sarah get all nerdy about crystals as Susan shares her journey from the world of finance to metaphysics. They also discuss the power of belief and the absolute necessity of learning to listen to one’s intuition. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Erin M. is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor and the founder of Truly Being Therapy. Erin is passionate about treating addiction and loves working with special issues including shame, perfectionism, self-compassion, spirituality, and radical acceptance. Erin is a lover of nature, an adventure-seeker, an inspired traveler, and a believer in dreams. The pain of living inauthentically is one she will never forget, and it inspires her to seek alignment, even when it is a vulnerable choice. I mean, literally this episode starts with vulnerability. Erin and Sarah discuss the creative ways they often find to judge themselves, the idea of slowing down and tuning in, and boundaries….oh the boundaries.   http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

If you’re happy the dumpster fire of 2018 is over, this episode is for you. Sarah shares some of the lessons she’s learned from hosting this podcast as well as intentions she’s setting to make 2019 the best year ever. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Tanya Markul’s path is one of the poetess, intuitive and wounded storyteller. An unwanted child, she was raised on barren soil, of shame, guilt and overwhelming self-hatred. From the womb, her inner navigation was tainted from an ancestry of addiction, instability, abuse and fear. Her journey to self-heal, and to become ready to guide others, has taken many arduous paths, risks and harrowing rebirths. In this special season finale, Sarah speaks with the Thug Unicorn herself: Tanya Markul. Tanya and Sarah discuss the ecstasy within the ache, what lies beneath our traumatic stories, and how we share our stories in an effort to inspire others to find their way out of trauma and pain. Learn more about Tanya in the full show notes for this episode at: headhearttherapy.com/podcast   Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi  

Jenna Fox is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, educator, writer, and tarot reader living on unceded Duwamish land called Seattle.  As a queer, adult adoptee, she is working to reclaim ancestral wisdom to pass on to her children. She is described by her community college students as "sympathetic, but with a blunt sense of humor." Jenna and Sarah discuss the spiral we go through in life; moving through similar waves of learning, gathering new information each time we meet a familiar obstacle. They also geek out about education, tarot and all things witchy.   Learn more about Jenna in the full show notes for this episode at: headhearttherapy.com/podcast   Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Dr. Kelli Ritter earned her Ph.D. in Counseling from Georgia State University where she developed a passion for Adlerian Psychology, play therapy and traumatology. She has spent the last twenty years working with children, teens and families in various roles through counseling, parent education and consulting services. As an Associate Professor in counseling, Dr. Kelli is most proud of developing the very popular Wellness and Resilience in Counseling elective course at Argosy, Atlanta and she currently provides workshops, retreats and trainings in the areas of wellness, trauma-competent supervision and wholehearted living. Kelli and Sarah discuss the less glamorous aspects of self-care that can make a big difference, the absolute messiness of spiritual awakening and how looking at our own wounds can help us be better at empathy. Learn more about Kelli in the full show notes for this episode at: headhearttherapy.com/podcast   Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

For those of us who struggle when spending time with family over the holidays, this episode is for you. Sarah discusses ways to set boundaries and take care of yourself if family feels like the “f word” in your book. Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Sarah McLaughlin is a seeker of all things hidden. She loves turning over stones to see what is underneath, peering through the dark, and getting her hands in the dirt. Just kidding? How about, Sarah is a western trained licensed massage therapist, but is also a certified shiatsu and Thai massage practitioner. Her passion is abdominal massage, and helping people reconnect to the innate wisdom of their own body. Sarah M and Sarah B discuss their appreciation for accountants, the danger of the word healer when used unwisely, and the lessons that will not be ignored. Learn more about today's guest at www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast   ***  Let’s be friends! ~Sarah You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi