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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

Latest Episodes

When Love Makes You Sick: The Face of Exhausted Woman. Emotional Abuse & Trauma Recovery

Episode 19

August 17, 2025

When Love Makes You Sick: The Face of Exhausted Woman. Emotional Abuse & Trauma Recovery

What if the love you’re waiting for is making you sick? In this episode, somatic therapist Ana Mael exposes how emotional abuse carves exhaustion...

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Pedestals Are Dangerous.Question Me. Question Everyone: What Is Real Teaching?

Episode 19

August 12, 2025

Pedestals Are Dangerous.Question Me. Question Everyone: What Is Real Teaching?

How to Stop Outsourcing Your Critical Thinking? If you’ve ever caught yourself following a leader, teacher, or influencer without question — this is your...

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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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