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Exiled & Rising: Trauma Recovery & Somatic Healing

This is not a podcast for the mainstream. This is for the silenced, the cast out, and those whose stories never made the headlines. A Groundbreaking Trauma Justice Podcast from a Genocide Survivor and Somatic...more

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PTSD and the Conflict Inside: The Fight Between Rest and Survival

Episode 27

October 26, 2025

PTSD and the Conflict Inside: The Fight Between Rest and Survival

A survivor’s nervous system toggles between collapse and compulsion; healing begins by honoring both protectors and learning to pause in micro-doses.   _______________________ Get the...

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How to Explain to Others What You Need to Heal from Trauma

Episode 30

October 20, 2025

How to Explain to Others What You Need to Heal from Trauma

  Ana’s new Exiled & Rising episode — one of her most intimate and practical teachings on relational healing. Ana teaches that true healing begins...

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Growing Up Feeling Like a Burden: Hidden Trauma of Being ‘Too Much'

Episode 26

October 12, 2025

Growing Up Feeling Like a Burden: Hidden Trauma of Being ‘Too Much'

The burden wound begins in childhood. Being treated as “too much” or “a burden” by parents creates a deep, embodied wound. The imprint becomes...

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Shamed for Being Different: For Those Othered, Silenced, and Made Small: BIPOC, Undocumented, Minorities, Exiled

Episode 27

October 05, 2025

Shamed for Being Different: For Those Othered, Silenced, and Made Small: BIPOC, Undocumented, Minorities, Exiled

Ana dismantles the myth that shame is self-generated. She frames shame as something imposed from the outside—by abusers, toxic environments, and systems of oppression—and...

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Fascism Starts With Your Self-Care (and You Don’t Even Know It)

Episode 27

October 03, 2025

Fascism Starts With Your Self-Care (and You Don’t Even Know It)

“Fascism begins not with violence but with silence — and if self-care replaces collective care, healing becomes complicity.” Ana Mael  Fascism starts in the...

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Tired Eyes: PTSD, Trauma Recovery & Somatic Therapy Tools for Healing Hypervigilance

Episode 29

October 01, 2025

Tired Eyes: PTSD, Trauma Recovery & Somatic Therapy Tools for Healing Hypervigilance

From scanning to sanctuary: A guided re-meeting with your own eyes as the first safe place after exile. Somatic Healing. Somatic Programs for Trauma...

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