Breaking Free - A Body, Mind, Spirit Approach to Mental Health
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsPodcast hosted by Licensed Professional Counselor, Sommer A. Seitz, MA, LMHC for Whole Women Link Association.
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Episode 52: Yoga is Life
January 05, 2024 16:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBIn this podcast, I interview Dora Gyarmati, a seasoned teacher of mindfulness-based yoga for nearly 20 years, about how yoga has benefitted her life and that of her many students. I was able to complete my 200 hour yoga teacher training with Dora this past year and together we explore the lessons learned in life from the practice of yoga as well as how yoga can link our mind, body, and spirit in an intentional daily practice. We discuss why yoga has the capacity to add to the quali...
Episode 51: A Season of Soul Work
December 05, 2023 20:18 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBIn this episode I invite Dr. Sarah Campbell to discuss her soul work prompted by her graduation from her Doctoral Program in naturopathic medicine and a master's in Chinese medicine. Sarah finally gave herself space to feel the cycles of anger, grief, and finally joy at the retrieval of lost parts of Self she had dissociated in order to "fit in" to her programs that did not value her perspectives on healing. Sarah, who is a powerful teacher on the integration of body, mind, and sp...
Episode 50: From Dogma to Dharma
November 01, 2023 18:10 - 44 minutes - 41 MBJourney with me on my most vulnerable podcast yet as I share what has truly healed and continues to heal me and what obstacles I needed to breakthrough on my path of expansion in spiritual growth and development. Ask the deep questions with me such as: What systems support your growth and development and which hold you back? What mirrors do you have in your life that give you glimpses of who you really are? What courage and fortitude do you need to gather as you choose your person...
Episode 49: Body Awareness
February 08, 2023 00:36 - 50 minutes - 46 MBI loved this conversation with Isabella Hague, a certified fitness trainer and health coach, about her journey of self-love in relationship to her body and approaching wellness from the abundance of the heart. Bella tells a powerful story of moving from her story of scarcity and "not enough" mindset when she was facing infertility, miscarriages, health limitations, and perfectionism to deciding it was time to have an unconditionally loving relationship toward her body and to create ...
Episode 48: Embodied Leadership
November 29, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBIn this episode I invite an inspiring mentor in feminine leadership and Christian faith, Nina Petruzzo, to discuss the process of descending from the mind into the wisdom held in the body and heart. This allows one to fully embody their true feminine essence. Nina brings her experience of studying the body-mind connection as a dancer, occupational therapist, and yoga teacher to help men and women create sacred space to hear the language of their bodies through breath, sensation, and...
Episode 47: Stewarding Our Kids
October 07, 2022 15:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBIn this episode, I invite Ganel-Lyn Condie (author of her newest book "The Stewardship Principle") to discuss her current lived experience as a new "empty-nester." She shares in her signature style of vulnerability and humorous reflection about her challenges in adult parenting, how she has intentionally prepared for this life transition, where she has found growth, joy, as well as struggle, and how we get to embrace the totality of our lived experience in body, mind, and spirit. Ga...
Episode 46: Defying Gravity
August 03, 2022 14:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this episode, I share how the musical, "Wicked", and the lyrics to the song, "Defying Gravity", mirror some of my lived experience in learning to trust my intuition when my path felt "less traveled." I also discuss the science behind why some of us choose to ignore our intuition in favor of "fitting in" or being accepted by systems because our autonomic nervous systems are wired for connection and to feel safe within "a tribe." Regardless of these wired connections, there is even...
Episode 45: Soul lessons in Balance
June 01, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this episode, I invite Heidi Tucker, an award winning author and motivational speaker, to bravely share her own growth work around her chronic illness struggle with vertigo. Heidi humbly and vulnerably allows me to guide her through concepts of how life gives us opportunities for personal evolution through what are called "soul lessons." Find yourself smack in the middle of Heidi's own personal evolution as she grapples to move forward in real-time with the same courage and stren...
Episode 44: The Audacity to be You
April 29, 2022 14:36 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBIn this episode I interview Dr. Brad Reedy, a seasoned therapist who wrote the book, "The Audacity to Be You: Learning to Love your Horrible Rotten Self." We explore together the conditions needed for each of us to do our own work and to have the ability to show up as ourselves in relationships. Brad talks about 2 opposing parenting styles that raise us up toward either fear of or courage to find our Self and models how to do the work of "courageous parenting." Brad walks on a journ...
Episode 43: Divine Union (Part 2)
March 31, 2022 23:55 - 52 minutes - 48 MBThe stage has been set by Intuition and Leadership Coach Emily Baker and I in the previous episode, "Divine Union Part I". We have taken you on a journey into the physical, mental, emotional, and energetic bodies that interplay in our healing processes and how connecting to the intangible energy body is valuable when seeking wholeness. In the previous episode, Emily introduced us to her "staircase model" that maps the repeatable and predictable pattern that can be seen in the inter...
Episode 42: Divine Union (Part 1)
March 28, 2022 15:11 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBHave your ever felt that the science of energetics (the balance of divine feminine and masculine energies) is too intangible for you to connect or understand? In this podcast, I invite Emily Baker, an Intuition and Leadership Life Coach, to discuss with us her “staircase model”. This model combines science, psychology, and energetics in an effort to show a predictable pattern of how energy expands and interacts within each of us as we grow across our lifespan and particularly as we ...
Episode 41: Nature as Healer
February 23, 2022 15:15 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBSo many of us have rituals of healing that connect us to Nature such as gardening, hiking, and even sitting under trees. Have you ever wondered why? In this podcast, I invite two women, ShaIyn Kessler and Heidi Broadbent, whom I believe to hold great wisdom, to share their journey of healing through nature. We get raw and real about past struggles and how nature has provided resiliency, wisdom, a safe space, nurturing, and a connection back to our true divine selves. We talk about ho...
Episode 40: Healing our Mother Wound
February 07, 2022 15:00 - 51 minutes - 94 MBWe all know there is inherent trauma in the loss of a physical parent, but have you ever considered the wounding caused by the loss of a spiritual parent? In this podcast I am excited to introduce Krystal Barnes, an educator on Divine Feminine who has made it her mission to trace the feminine aspect of God in biblical text, mythologies, and histories to show that there has always been a mother, or feminine aspect of God. Unfortunately, this voice has been largely suppressed. We dis...
Episode 39: Messages from a Donkey
December 21, 2021 01:52 - 29 minutes - 23.6 MBThis holiday season I have been pondering an unexpected teacher, "the donkey," that has been speaking to me from my Christmas Nativity manger scene with symbolic truths that are for all of us as we go on the journey toward greater love and connection with our divine self. The donkey brings us messages of humility, peace, and service under the heaviest of loads as well as needed to untie yourself from that which holds you back. We will ponder on other profound messages from the Chri...
Episode 38: Following Your True North
September 29, 2021 15:17 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBSo excited to share this conversation with Allyson Chavez, a prosperity and success coach for ambitious God-centered women, who teaches women to lead with their feminine and leverage the power of their minds so they can lay down the struggle in pursuit of love and success. Allyson shares her authentic experience in personal excavation to rise above her limiting beliefs to move from personal struggle into allowing God/Universe to support her in co-creating her desires. Find out about...
Episode 37: Are you Brave?
September 08, 2021 21:18 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBFor several months I have been gathering up courage to talk to you about a very personal topic, Human Sexuality. Why would a therapist struggle to talk about something that is such a big part of all our lives? I explore my own indoctrination around sexuality and how owning my divine sexuality has been perhaps the most important and most difficult part of my healing journey. In this episode, I candidly share my experience with doing a personal inventory of beliefs, systems, and persp...
Episode 36: Getting Out of Your Own Way
August 04, 2021 18:58 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBYou likely can identify when stuck in fear, shame, and overwhelm. However, you may struggle to identify the root of this emotional state and how to shift out of it. In this episode, I will discuss the common plight that is self-sabotage. Then we'll go further into how you move out of these states into higher levels of consciousness that allows for personal growth and expansion. We will discuss topics such as: 3-Centered Knowing, the electro-magnetic properties in thoughts and feelin...
Episode 35: Walk Uniquely with Oneness
June 17, 2021 00:25 - 38 minutes - 30.6 MBUsing a model of human growth and development, we explore the journey of moving towards something called, "Oneness." Each of us is a unique Self with gifts, talents, and purpose that only we can individually bring to the world. Through the process of differentiation, you can learn how to show up as your unique Self even while being part of larger systems that may not always celebrate our uniqueness. Learning to see both the divinity in yourself and others that walk differently than y...
Episode 34: Healing the Shadow of Self-Betrayal
May 21, 2021 15:00 - 29 minutes - 24 MBIn this episode I invite you to some recent "shadow work" I have been doing of owning my disowned parts of self including ways of I have betrayed my wants, needs, and even my uniqueness. Self-Betrayal is common for all of us that experience caregivers, systems, and mindsets that tell us that we need to perform, deny our wants and needs, or play small in order to feel loved and connected to a tribe. I will discuss a mindset that puts down the lies of fearful ego and helps you see how...
Episode 33: Preparing for Presence
May 17, 2021 15:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBDo you ever feel like you and your spouse are missing cues with each other to connect and wondering why that connection seems to happen elsewhere but not where you desire it most? I invite you to a conversation between my husband and I on this very topic. Mike and I both use tool of "preparation" to create safe space for those with whom interact in work environments and in this episode we share how we applied that experience to our marriage. We also discuss the importance of creatin...
Episode 32: Revealing the Divine Feminine
March 18, 2021 15:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBWomen are constantly bombarded with messages that they are either "too much" or "not enough." In this episode, I have the privilege of interviewing photographer, Lynette Smith, who is doing powerful healing work with women using her craft, professional photography. Lynette tells us about an exciting worldwide project called “40 over 40” that she has brought to my hometown of Wenatchee, WA and why she feels this project is changing lives of women in their mid-life. We also discuss the...
Episode31: Healing The Divine Masculine
March 05, 2021 05:03 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBDo you have a friend that challenges you and brings out the best in you? In this podcast, I introduce you to my friend Antonio Battaglia and discuss how someone that is your opposite, or in Chinese philosophy, the yin to your yang, can bring you to higher levels of growth and consciousness. We share how our friendship did that for us! We take a look at the concept of divine masculine and it's opposite, divine feminine. Antonio gives us a refreshing male perspective on how to live fr...
Episode 30: Radical Self-Love
February 05, 2021 15:58 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBWe live in a cultural that is in opposition to the true mindset of happiness, love and acceptance. In this episode, we will explore how choosing to love and accept yourself right where you are is the key to moving out of shame-based mindsets that keep you stuck in cycles of addiction, fear, blame, and feelings unworthiness of the love and freedom you desire. You will begin to see that when you radically accept that you are worthy of love and belonging, even in the midst of times whe...
Episode29: Balanced Goals
January 10, 2021 23:41 - 45 minutes - 36.9 MBIt's the New Year and many of us are hitting the ground running seeking a better 2021! For this purpose, I invited veteran fitness instructor and health coach, Melanie Gillespie, to share her journey from reaching extreme fitness goals that led her to crashed adrenals and a broken mindset to taking time to do the inner work. She now enjoys a balanced mindset, a healthy body, and a health relationship with herself. Her story is all too familiar as we often seek to "run faster than we...
Episode 28: Let's Discuss Loneliness
December 20, 2020 01:52 - 46 minutes - 56.5 MBIn this episode, I invite my friend and colleague, Rachael Grant Dixon (host of "She's Awake Podcast") to share her unique perspective on the mindset of loneliness. We discuss how to "get curious" and experiment on new ways of processing the feelings of loneliness we all experience. Learn how feelings of division or separation with those to whom we seek meaningful connection can contribute to our loneliness. Come sit at our table and enjoy a candid conversation between two friends a...
Episode 27: The Courage to Heal
November 17, 2020 22:02 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBThis Episode is a beautiful healing conversation about how we must courageously move towards our own suffering with compassion in order to be free of it. We will discuss the life work of Dr. Edith Eva Edgar, a survivor of Auschwitz during the holocaust. I will describe how her book, "The Chosen," caused me to further reflect on the universal principles found both in her journey and what I have seen in my individual growth and professional healing work with clients. We will discus...
Episode 26: The Healing Power of Gratitude
October 20, 2020 01:20 - 27 minutes - 22.4 MBThis new season is all about creating our best life in the face of challenge. I am excited for you to hear from Kamelia Britton, my October guest. October is both Breast Cancer and Mental Health Awareness month and Kamelia is an inspiration on both accounts. I met Kamelia in the middle of her chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer and was inspired by her courageous and inspirational response to her disease. I new her as the "Hackerette" who had built herself what most would cons...
Episode 25: We Rise Together
September 22, 2020 23:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBIt seems about time that I share the journey of my most important relationship with this community, my marriage. For many years, I wore a mask of perfectionism and "pretending to be", until I realized there is no joy in inauthentic living, especially in marriage. Relationship is a key component of our ability to heal, do our inner work, and move from shame to wholeness. However, our partners cannot heal us. Then what part does relationship play in our inner healing work? In this Ep...
Episode 24: Born To Create (Part 2)
August 26, 2020 17:57 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBWelcome to Part 2 of "Born To Create" Episode! If you haven't had a chance to listen to Part 1, start there as it will give you a great introduction to how to focus on what you desire start creating your life versus surviving it. Now you are ready to acknowledge that life's challenges are there to help you expand and be your greatest teachers. There is enough energy, wisdom, and love to help you get through your challenges and create the life you choose. In this Episode I am gett...
Episode 23: Born to Create
August 03, 2020 04:48 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBThe difference between staying stuck in a life and mindset that you feel is holding you back and stepping into creating life on your terms is your focus! In this episode I will introduce the Creator mindset, how to really say goodbye to your victim story and start taking steps toward who you are meant to be!
Episode 23: Born to Create (Part 1)
August 03, 2020 04:48 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBWhen did you decide you were too old to live your dreams? Many of us have listened to false messages about who we are allowed to be and given up on pursuing goals, activities, and environments that bring us joy. In this episode I will discuss how to move away from the "dreaded drama triangle" that keeps you stuck and into Your Creator self. You will learn the difference between living the life you choose and always feel victim to circumstance, emotions, and people is where you plac...
Episode 22: Emotion Coaching
May 21, 2020 22:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBAre you noticing that your own emotional regulation and that of your loved ones is off? In this episode I discuss the body/mind connection to stress and how to effectively move out of negative cycles of emotion yourself and then lending support to your loved ones using John Gottman's "Emotion Coaching" model. Learn how to anchor yourself and your loved ones in times of high stress. (Photo credit: Jordan Whitt)
Episode 21: We are all Interdependent
April 07, 2020 01:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBCelebrate with me the one year anniversary of Breaking Free Podcast and the journey of healing from the inside out in body, mind, and spirit we have been on together. In this episode we will see how all this growth leads you to the ability to live life interdependent with your abundant source and have the strength and capacity to reach your highest intentions. Yes, we are all weak is some areas of self and life circumstances can be difficult however that recognition leads to the abil...
Episode 20: Swinging Into the Middle
March 12, 2020 15:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBDo you have an internal voice that is constantly criticizing you or puffing your up in self defense? In order to break imbalances we have in our relationships with others, such as codependence, we must first address our internal voice that pushes out of balance. The hook to living at extremes is 100% in you. In this episode we will explore how self-compassion provides the ability to respond to our struggle, find the love and connection we crave, and find a way back to balance within...
Episode 19: Further Up and Further In!!
February 13, 2020 03:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBThank you beautiful community for joining us in 2019 to learn principles of healing that include a body, mind, spirit approach to your wounded places, learning how to develop greater awareness and go inside, and tools and principles that address the strength of your whole person. This new season, we are going to dive deep together to apply this learning to the inner work that is still there for you to do to break free of that which holds you back. As your greatest work is done on t...
Episode 18: Showing Up As Yourself this Year!!
December 26, 2019 20:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThis time of year is full of advice as to what you need to "change" in order to improve yourself. Is it possible to navigate all this buzz and set goals that allow you to show up as your true self this New Year? Absolutely! In this podcast we will explore how to work with life's real challenges to see how life is showing up for you not against you and allow you to move into to the driver's seat as creator of your best life! You will learn how to love an accept yourself and set goals ...
Episode 17: Acceptance is Doorway to Change
November 30, 2019 19:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBWhat we resist persists in our lives. In this episode we will explore how the skill of Acceptance opens door to change we are seeking and even talk about my personal hero Fred Rogers, of "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood," and look at the model of acceptance and healing this dear man left us all. Photo Credit: GENE J. PUSKAR/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK
Episode 16: There is No Fear in Love
November 05, 2019 01:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBDoes the emotion of fear constantly push you to either move to control or push away? In this episode we will discuss feelings of abandonment that all of us experience and how these feelings may be confirming the very thing you fear. We also learn how to move into receiving and operating out of love so you can release your fear and finally get the security you seek.
Episode 15: Creating Connection
October 21, 2019 01:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this episode I will discuss how we experience disconnect from our true self due to painful experiences. We then navigate our pain with strategies of disconnection to avoid further overwhelm. These include numbness, control, self critic, anxiety, etc. We will learn how to recognize ways we avoid connection with our pain and how to create healthy connection with our wounds so they can unburden and heal. Is your wounded child managing your life or are you?
Episode 14: Building from Strength toward Weakness
October 03, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBIn this episode we will explore the the strength that already exists inside of you and how taking this strength-based approach will allow to you use that strength to overcome weakness. Photo by Helena Lopes from Pexels
Episode 13: Source and Intention Matter
September 09, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this episode we will explore how mindfulness practices provide a skill set or mechanism to help clarify and enact your heart's desire. In particular you will learn how to set an intention and choose sources that line up with your highest values.
Episode 12: The Healing Power of Stillness
August 19, 2019 18:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBIn this episode we will discuss how to stillness practices such as mindfulness, meditation, and prayer can be a powerful tools to help us connect to and unlock our divine self. We discuss some specific ways to begin a stillness practices and why this might just be the gift that allows you to connect to your wholeness.
Episode 11: The Healing Power of Forgiveness
August 03, 2019 19:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAre you tired of that wounded part of self constantly taking over your best intentions and ruling your life? This episode will explore steps that lead to letting go of our painful story, finding forgiveness for circumstances, others, ourselves, and even our higher power that get in the way of living free. Let's talk about the power of forgiveness... Photo by Pixabay from Pexels
Episode 10: Breaking Free of the Try Hard Give Up Cycle (Part 2)
July 25, 2019 02:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBWe live in a world driven by goal-driven, product oriented mindsets. But does this bring consistent behavior and true joy? In this episode I will explore an alternative to these mindsets, Resting in your Higher Power, and how this can allow you to "break free" of the shame-driven "try hard given up cycle" you may be on and really consistently connect with highest version of yourself.
Episode 9: Breaking Free of the Try Hard Give Up Cycle (Part I)
June 29, 2019 21:30 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThe "Try Hard Give Up Cycle" is a shame-based cycle that many of us are caught up in without awareness that drives many addictions and mental health disorders. In this Episode I will introduce this cycle, how it operates, and the alternative to this cycle. I will show you how to use mindfulness practices to break free of this cycle and step more fully into joyful living.
Living from Abundance vs. Scarcity
June 13, 2019 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBAn Abundance Mindset allows for both having success and joy in the way we live our lives. In this episode you will learn how to step into this mindset and why it may be preferable to the often scarcity and shame-based approaches that are taught and perpetuated in society today. Photo by Victor Freitas from Pexels
Episode 8: Living from Abundance vs. Scarcity
June 13, 2019 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBAn Abundance Mindset allows for both having success and joy in the way we live our lives. In this episode you will learn how to step into this mindset and why it may be preferable to the often scarcity and shame-based approaches that are taught and perpetuated in society today.
Episode 7: Parenting from True Self
June 02, 2019 01:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThere are always two selves battling within us, our Ego and True Self. This battle occurs when we seek to parent, connect, and find joy. In this episode we explore how to distinguish between the two, and step into parenting from our wiser, kinder, and more authentic part. Photo by Brett Sayles from Pexels
Parenting from True Self
June 02, 2019 01:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThere are always two selves battling within us, our Ego and True Self. This battle occurs when we seek to parent, connect, and find joy. In this episode we explore how to distinguish between the two, and step into parenting from our wiser, kinder, and more authentic part. Photo by Brett Sayles from Pexels
The Healing Power of Relationship
May 20, 2019 19:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this episode we will look learn about how relationships both heal and injure and learn specific tools and mindsets to stimulate that relational healing we all seek with both ourselves and others.