Latest Episodes
Episode 35
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November 09, 2025
The Pandemic of Resignation Syndrome: Not Wanting To Live. Not Wanting To Die. Explained By War Expert Therapist
In this pivotal episode, Ana Mael — trauma therapist, nervous-system specialist, and survivor of the Balkan wars — takes listeners into one of the...
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Episode 29
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November 02, 2025
Pleasure Is Shame: How Trauma Teaches You to Fear Joy
Ana teaches that shame around pleasure is not morality — it’s trauma. Reclaiming joy is not betrayal of your past but devotion to your...
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Episode 27
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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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Episode 30
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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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Episode 26
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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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Episode 27
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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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