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Diana Raab, PhD – Is There a Memoir in You? Discovering Healing Gifts as You Journal through Life’s Challenges

Diana Raab, PhD – Is There a Memoir in You? Discovering Healing Gifts as You Journal through Life’s Challenges

So very grateful the opportunity to sit down with Diana Raab, PhD, memoirist, poet, and thought provoker, teacher, research psychologist, and the author of ten books and over 1000 articles. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Dr. Diana’s insights on journaling as a way to process life’s challenges
  • her personal journey through the trauma of her grandmother’s death by suicide into writing her memoir and books of poetry
  • her work as a thought provoker and writing guide
  • her philosophies on the transformative power of writing
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Diana Raab, MFA, PhD, is a memoirist, poet, blogger, speaker, and award-winning author of nine books. Her work has been published and anthologized in over
1000 publications. She frequently speaks on writing for healing and transformation.

Raab blogs for Psychology Today, The Wisdom Daily, The Good Men Project, Thrive Global, and is a guest blogger for many others. She’s editor of two
anthologies: Writers and Their Notebooks and Writers on the Edge; two memoirs: Regina’s Closet: Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal and Healing with
Words: A Writer’s Cancer Journey, and four poetry collections, including Lust. Her latest books are Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Program for Telling Your
Story and Transforming Your Life and Writing for Bliss: A Companion Book. Her latest creative endeavor are Conversation Cards for Meaningful Conversation,
available on Amazon.

Connect with Dr. Diana:

dianaraab.com

Peace,

Teri

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Abigail Moss – Mind Body Free: What is YOUR Unique Original Medicine?

Abigail Moss – Mind Body Free: What is YOUR Unique Original Medicine?

It is always such a treat to have a soul sister connection with a guest. Abigail Moss, shaman, hypnotherapist, mentor, and founder of Mind Body Free joins me to share her wisdom. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Abigail’s insights on discovering our own original medicine and how we can offer it as a gift to the world
  • her personal journeys around the world for trainings in healing modalities
  • her work as a shaman along with a better understanding of that role
  • her philosophies on creating a dialogue with our bodies and nature
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

Abigail Moss is a Shaman, Hypnotherapist, and Mentor. She is the founder of Mind Body Free, where she supports empaths and seekers in healing trauma and awakening their intuitive gifts. Her Mentorship and Integrative Healing Coach Training programs are community-based, 6-month transformative journeys to feel at home in your body, remember who you truly are, and share your medicine with the world.

Abigail is trained in Shamanic Chinese Medicine, Medical Qigong Therapy, Yoga, Hypnotherapy, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Her journeys have led her to learn from Shipibo Shamans in Peru, Yogis in India, and Daoist Masters in the US and Canada.

Abigail believes that within each of us is an original medicine; a set of gifts that only you can share with the world. She knows how powerful it is to answer your calling, and that with the will and some guidance, you can absolutely find your way there. Her medicine is being this guide to others.”

You can learn more about her work HERE, as well as find her on InstagramFacebook, and Youtube.

Peace,

Teri

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Genesis Amaris Kemp – Loss & Grief: How to Use the Power of Your Voice to Create Change Along Your Healing Journey

Genesis Amaris Kemp – Loss & Grief: How to Use the Power of Your Voice to Create Change Along Your Healing Journey

I felt embraced by wisdom during this enlightening conversation with Genesis Amaris Kemp, visionary life coach, motivational speaker, best-selling author, DEI advocate, and host of GEMS podcast. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Genesis’ personal journey overwhelming loss and subsequent grief
  • her philosophies on using your voice to initiate deserved change
  • her book Chocolate Drop in Corporate America: From the pit to the palace
  • her insights on grief recovery and the power of your voice
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Genesis Amaris Kemp is a Creative Content Writer, Author, Self-Development Advocate, Visionary, Inclusion and Diversity enthusiast, Firecracker, and a force to be reckoned with.

She is a woman of color who said, “Enough is enough,” and is now bolder than ever. She tried to remain silent, but that didn’t work because no change occurred. Today, Genesis is readapting to the current times and making some life-changing decisions. She is stepping outside of her comfort zone by speaking up, challenging the status quo, and refusing to let limitations on her keep her down.

Genesis is a woman who will do great things that empower others to speak up for themselves. Yes, it may be challenging; yes, it may hurt. But in the long run, she desires to encourage others to help those who may not have a voice.

She is a trailblazer who wants others to live out their dreams, goals, and visions. If it takes her writing this book (Chocolate Drop in Corporate America: From The Pit To The Palace) to accomplish those tasks, then so be it. We all have been given an excellent purpose in life. It is up to us to walk it out and live victoriously!

Genesis has been featured on four dozen-plus podcasts, magazines and then decided to finally start her own podcast, GEMS, with Genesis Amaris Kemp.”

LINKS:

https://genesisamariskemp.net/

https://www.facebook.com/genesisamaris.kemp.3

https://www.instagram.com/genesisamariskemp/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6LolDbQt37eSsotGUtSyA

Peace,

Teri

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Leigh Hearl – How to Break Your Silence, Shift Your Shame and Start to Heal

Leigh Hearl – How to Break Your Silence, Shift Your Shame and Start to Heal

Huge thank you to Leigh Hearl for sharing her words of wisdom with us on the impact of holding onto secrets, strategies to break your silence and so much more. Leigh is the founder of Meg Heart, a successful business owner, author, TEDx speaker, wife and mother. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Leigh’s personal journey through holding onto a secret, its impact on her, and how she released it and the shame she carried with it
  • her philosophies on breaking your silence
  • her book Carbon Under Pressure 
  • her insights on shame, mental illness, and trauma
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Leigh is a fiercely determined and energetic woman who is the founder of Meg Heart, a successful business owner, author, TEDx Speaker, wife and mother.

Leigh also had a secret that nearly killed her.”

LINKS:

https://megheart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/megheartauthor

https://www.instagram.com/megheartauthor/

Peace,

Teri

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Michele Benyo – Good Grief Parenting: 4 Keys to Help Young Children Heal from Grief

Michele Benyo – Good Grief Parenting: 4 Keys to Help Young Children Heal from Grief

An insightful and powerful conversation with Michele Benyo, certified grief recovery specialist, early childhood parent coach, and found of Good Grief Parenting. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Michele’s personal journey of grief through her son’s cancer journey and death
  • the motivation, inspired by her grieving daughter, to found Good Grief Parenting
  • her role as a certified grief recovery specialist working with parents
  • her insights on children’s grief as compared to adult grieving including 4 keys to help young children heal from grief
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Michele Benyo is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, early childhood educator and parent coach, and the founder of Good Grief Parenting. After her 6-year-old son died of cancer, her 3-year-old daughter said, “Mommy, half of me is gone.” This heartbreaking statement defined Michele’s life purpose. Her mission is twofold: to help parents through the unimaginable challenges of parenting while grieving the death of a child, and to equip parents to meet the unique needs of a child who has lost a sibling in the early childhood years. The desire of Michele’s heart is to see families live forward after loss toward a future bright with possibilities and even joy.”

LINKS:

www.goodgriefparenting.com

linktr.ee/goodgriefparenting

https://www.instagram.com/goodgriefparenting/

https://www.facebook.com/goodgriefparenting/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/parentsraisingyoungsiblings

https://calendly.com/ggparenting/talk-with-michele

Peace,

Teri

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Dr. Lotte Valentin – Intuitive Medicine and Ancestral Healing

Dr. Lotte Valentin – Intuitive Medicine and Ancestral Healing

Such a smile-filled, hope-fueled, and insightful conversation with Dr. Lotte Valentin, “The Intuitive Physician”, N.M.D., award-winning author, medical intuitive, evidential psychic medium, ancestral healer, and international keynote speaker. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Dr. Lotte’s insights on intuitive medicine
  • her own personal spiritual journey after more than one near-death experience (NDE)
  • her book Med School After Menopause: the journey of my soul
  • her Divine Spiritual Essence work
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Dr. Lotte Valentin: ‘The Intuitive Physician’!

Dr. Lotte is an N.M.D., Author, Medical Intuitive, Evidential Psychic Medium, Ancestral Healer and an International Keynote Speaker.

Dr. Lotte is also a speaker and teacher at The Shift Network.

She is the author of Med School after Menopause, The Journey of my Soul, an inspirational story about transformation, healing and spirituality, which won 1st place in the category of Spiritual Leadership in August 2021 from Living Now Book Awards!

This award recognizes truly world-changing books that contribute to positive global change.

Dr. Lotte is also one of the contributing authors to Claudia Watts Edge recent book We Touched Heaven, a #1 best-seller on Amazon and hailed as “TERRIFIC” by Raymond Moody.

Dr. Lotte has had two Near-Death out-of-body experiences which resulted in her becoming Clairvoyant, Clairaudient and Clairsentient and activating her life path.

She was then guided to attend medical school as well as become an Author and Evidential Psychic Medium.

Dr. Lotte completed her medical school pre-requisites and was accepted into medical school at the age of 54!

She has been interviewed by Luisa on Passion Harvest which generated over 100k views within 1 month, Jeff Mara Paranormal Podcast, Sandra Champlain’s “We Don’t Die Radio Show”, Suzanne Giesemann’s “Messages of Hope Unity online Radio”, Quantum Conversations, Afterlife Discussions as well as many other podcasts!

Dr. Lotte offers one-on-one sessions for Medical Intuitive, Ancestral Healing as well as Psychic and Mediumship readings.

She also teaches and offers workshops where she shares her wisdom on a wide variety of topics. 

Dr. Lotte is also the host of her own podcast Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul to help people create a path to healing their own life physically, emotionally and spiritually, and bridge the gap between science and soul.”

For more information:

www.DrLotte.com

www.DivineSpiritualEssence.com

Dr. Lotte’s Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-lotte-science-with-soul/id1536301986

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrLotteValentin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.lottevalentin/?hl=en

Peace,

Teri

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Dr. Nancy Stella – Using the Courageous Brain Process to Free Yourself from Fear Traps

Dr. Nancy Stella – Using the Courageous Brain Process to Free Yourself from Fear Traps

So very happy to have had the chance to sit down with psychologist and author, Dr. Nancy Stella. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Dr. Nancy’s insights on fears, trauma, and brain plasticity
  • her own personal story of triumph over trauma
  • her book Fear Traps: Escape the triggers that keep you stuck
  • her counseling approach: Courageous Brain Process (CBP) – a 6-step science-based treatment plan to help people overcome fear
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Dr. Nancy Stella has been a leading clinical psychologist in the Cincinnati area for over 20 years. As former president and owner, Dr. Stella expanded BridgePointe Psychological and Counseling Center into one of Ohio’s largest private, multi-specialty mental health practices with over 75 providers.

After a shattering divorce, Dr. Stella found traditional therapeutic approaches wanting, so she developed the Courageous Brain Process (CBP)—an innovative, science-based method of therapy. Rooted in the most up-to-date neuroscience, it bypassed the shortcomings of traditional talk therapy to re pattern the way our brains process fear.

When the results proved to be undeniably effective, Dr. Stella left BridgePointe in 2014 to open a counseling practice focused on the CBP. As a result, countless clients have been able to break free of self-destructive patterns triggered by unresolved fear. In addition, Dr. Stella provides training and consultation to other clinicians who want to include this method in their practices.”

** Visit Dr. Nancy Stella:

Website: https://www.nancystella.com/

   

Peace,

Teri

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Dr. Patricia Boulogne – Overcoming Being Sick, Fat, and Tired with Mindset Mastery & Wellness Initiatives

Dr. Patricia Boulogne – Overcoming Being Sick, Fat, and Tired with Mindset Mastery & Wellness Initiatives

Such an insightful conversation with brilliant Dr. Pat Boulogne, mentor, coach, #1 best-selling author, speaker, certified Functional Medicine practitioner, Doctor Chiropractic, lifestyle medicine coach, and more! Please join us as we discuss:

  • Dr. Pat’s insights on overcoming being sick, fat, and tired with Mindset Mastery and other superior wellness initiatives
  • her roles as mentor and coach using pillars of health
  • her book Why Are You Sick, Fat, and Tired?
  • her philosophies on what’s keeping so many of us unhealthy and what we can do about it
  • the tools she utilizes to help others along their healing journeys including the MDQ and gut questionnaires
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Dr. Patricia Boulogne, DC, CCSP, AP, CFMP is a Certified
Functional Medicine Practitioner, Coach, Chiropractor, Speaker,
and Author. She has helped thousands over the last 35+ years
stop adapting their lifestyle to pain, and chronic problems by
focusing on the whole person. The result is that her clients and
patients, find out the WHY and the CAUSE of the problem, and
identify the starting point: what, why, where and how to begin
their health journey to live longer, better and healthier. Dr.
Boulogne is the founder and principal of AskDrPat ~
HealthTeamNetwork, a company dedicated to skyrocketing
your health, lifestyle, and mindset with strategies and programs
that make sense, and help you age gracefully, think, move and
feel better, and live longer and happier!”

** Visit Dr. Pat:

email: drpat@healthteamnetwork.com
Tele: meetdrpat.as.me/gac
Website: www.healthteamnetwork.com
LinkedIn: /drpatboulogne

Peace,

Teri

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Stephanie Wray – The Benefits of Using Expressive Arts Along Your Mental Health Journey

Stephanie Wray – The Benefits of Using Expressive Arts Along Your Mental Health Journey

I loved this conversation, for so many reasons, with Stephanie Wray, board certified art therapist, mental health counselor, expressive arts therapist, yoga teacher, educator, international speaker, and author. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Stephanie’s insights on the healing benefits of art therapy
  • her role as an expressive arts therapist
  • her philosophies on various art modalities and yoga as healing tools
  • the Art Flow Lounge and engaging in small manageable increments
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Stephanie Wray is an award-winning Board-Certified Art Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Expressive Arts Therapist, Yoga Teacher and educator-teaching at elementary, intermediate and university levels. She is an international speaker and published author. Stephanie has worked as an artist and as an expressive arts facilitator for 28 years for her own health and healing and has spent thousands of hours both one on one and in communities to facilitate implementing the arts as part of their healing, in response to trauma and for better health. Stephanie is recognized a leader in her field through her work with a non-profit Stars of HOPE where she was the program manager and the first art therapist leading therapeutic art responses to 49 human and natural caused disasters.”

** Visit Stephanie’s website: https://www.stephaniewrayarts.com

Peace,

Teri

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Pauline Nguyen – The Gifts of a Spiritual Entrepreneur for Transforming Your Life

Pauline Nguyen – The Gifts of a Spiritual Entrepreneur for Transforming Your Life

Such an inspiration-packed conversation with one of Australia’s Top 50 Influential Female Entrepreneurs, Pauline Nguyen, spiritual entrepreneur, award-winning author, developmental coach, inspirational speaker, and co-founder of the world’s most-awarded Vietnamese restaurants, The Red Lantern. Please join us as we discuss:

  • Pauline’s insights on maximizing joy
  • her role as a developmental coach for creating inner peace
  • her philosophies on overcoming trauma
  • her role as a spiritual entrepreneur
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunesBlubrrySpotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch soundbites of our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

“Pauline Nguyen’s story is that of survival first. Escaping war-torn Vietnam as a toddler, Pauline eventually made it to Australian shores after a year in a Thai refugee camp. She went on to suffer tremendous physical and emotional abuse until she was a young woman.

It’s this adversity that Pauline now refers to as her ‘training’ to have since become one of Australia’s most sought after speakers. She is also the co-founder of the world’s most awarded Vietnamese restaurant, Red Lantern.

She was named as one of ‘Australia’s Top 50 Influential Female Entrepreneurs’, and one of the hand-selected ’200 Women Who Will Change the Way You See the World. As Huffington Post puts it, Pauline is, “The most grounded spiritual entrepreneur on the planet”.”

** Visit Pauline’s website: https://www.paulinenguyen.com.au/

Peace,

Teri

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