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Exiled & Rising: Trauma Recovery & Somatic Healing

What happens to the nervous system when survival becomes identity? Exiled & Rising is a trauma-focused podcast exploring nervous system regulation, shame repair, displacement, boundaries, and dignity-centered healing in a world that often silences collective...more

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Changing Your Mind Isn’t Betrayal: It’s Your Freedom And Your Rights

Episode 20

September 06, 2026

Changing Your Mind Isn’t Betrayal: It’s Your Freedom And Your Rights

When You’ve Been Trained to Survive, Not to Think” By a War Trauma Therapist & Founder of Somatic Trauma Recovery Center Core Teaching: Ana...

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Critical Thinking in the Age of Tyranny: A Survival Skill You Must Have Now: War, Fascism, AI

Episode 15

August 30, 2026

Critical Thinking in the Age of Tyranny: A Survival Skill You Must Have Now: War, Fascism, AI

Stop Obeying. Start Thinking. At a time when professors are being silenced, protests are criminalized, and AI-generated propaganda floods our feeds, Ana gives us...

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You Have a Caring Heart. Not Everyone Does.

Episode 10

August 23, 2026

You Have a Caring Heart. Not Everyone Does.

Having a caring heart does not mean you owe it to people who do not return it. If you have a caring heart, you...

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Withdrawn and Lonely:  Somatic Impact & What to Do |The Trauma of Not Being Welcomed

Episode 14

August 16, 2026

Withdrawn and Lonely: Somatic Impact & What to Do |The Trauma of Not Being Welcomed

Withdrawal is a deep somatic adaptation to chronic unsafety, invisibility, and social erasure. Ana identifies withdrawal not as a symptom to be “fixed,” but...

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You Don’t Need to Be Calm to Perform Well: Performance Anxiety and the Nervous System 911 Help

Episode 21

August 09, 2026

You Don’t Need to Be Calm to Perform Well: Performance Anxiety and the Nervous System 911 Help

What happens in your body when you know you are about to be seen, speak, present, or be evaluated? Your heart may race. Your...

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How Optimization Culture Keeps You Stuck in Trauma Recovery

Episode 28

August 02, 2026

How Optimization Culture Keeps You Stuck in Trauma Recovery

Optimization culture has turned healing into another survival task.You can do years of trauma healing and still feel stuck—not because you are resisting recovery....

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