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

Episode 20

August 08, 2025

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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Why Self-Care INDUSTRY Is Now a THREAT to Democracy and Your Freedom. Breathe. Meditate. Obey.

Episode 19

August 05, 2025

Why Self-Care INDUSTRY Is Now a THREAT to Democracy and Your Freedom. Breathe. Meditate. Obey.

Ana Mael’s piece is a fierce, urgent call to consciousness, exposing how the wellness industry, spiritual bypassing, and self-care culture are being co-opted to...

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

Episode 15

August 03, 2025

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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No Ease, Just Survival: Hard Truth About PTSD by War Trauma Therapist

Episode 18

July 24, 2025

No Ease, Just Survival: Hard Truth About PTSD by War Trauma Therapist

Distilled Lesson: Ease is a privilege. Hypervigilance is the default of the trauma body. If peace feels impossible—it’s not your fault. Your body is...

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PTSD Living: That Cruel Voice In Your Head. Leading Therapist on War Trauma & Complex PTSD Recovery

Episode 14

July 18, 2025

PTSD Living: That Cruel Voice In Your Head. Leading Therapist on War Trauma & Complex PTSD Recovery

Ana’s piece, “That Cruel Voice In Your Head,” is one of her most intimate and clinically profound offerings yet. Through the metaphor of the...

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You’re Not Healing Because You’re Fleeing: Somatic PTSD & Trauma Recovery Truth Telling

Episode 14

July 10, 2025

You’re Not Healing Because You’re Fleeing: Somatic PTSD & Trauma Recovery Truth Telling

Ana is fierce, compassionate, and unyieldingly grounded in truth-telling. She speaks directly to those living with trauma and PTSD—not with pity, not with patronizing...

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