Being: In Practice

In this final episode of Being: In Practice Season One, Erin and Dani talk all about Being! From recapping parts of this season, to sharing stories of the importance of being to each of the co-hosts, this episode is personal, vulnerable, and also covers many facets of the collective practice of being. This episode contains Erin sharing the story of the death of a family member, and Dani mentions s...

In this deep dive, Dani and Erin discuss grief. This episode is very special for many reasons, throughout the season Erin has talked about how grief is one of their favorite feelings, so they had been looking forward to recording this episode with Dani. During the recording, Erin’s grandfather died; he was hit while walking by a drunk driver. Erin found this out right after we got done with record...

In this dynamic conversation, Dani and Erin interview author, artist, and content creator Chuck Copenspire about the collective, and fluid, experience of identity. Chuck shares his wisdom as a creative thinker, as queer trans man, as a parent, as a person who has held many identities in career and otherwise - and is currently going through multiple major life and identity transitions. We dive into...

Dani and Erin interview Laura Rose, a somatic religious trauma coach and expert on healing from attachment wounding and indoctrination. Whether you have religious trauma or experience in religion or not, this conversation provides valuable resources on the impact of trauma and conditioning on our mental, emotional and physical states of being. Laura explains how trauma is any unresolved experience...

Dani and Erin have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Devon Price, a social psychologist, author of “Unmasking Autism” and “Laziness Does Not Exist,” professor and specialist on neurodivergence. We dive deep into the nuance and complexities of how neurodivergent folks can both accept the limitations of disability, and embrace the ways it makes us different, while working towards self-advocacy and r...

Burnout, feeling stuck, stress, overwhelm - things so many of us have experienced, yet something so few of us have enough support around. Erin and Dani interview The Bad Therapist ™ Felicia Keller Boyle, LMFT, a business coach for therapists who is also a therapist with a private practice where she specializes in co-dependency and substance abuse. Throughout this vulnerable and empowering conversa...

In our shared human experience, our bodies serve as invaluable tools for self-regulation and emotional awareness. The human body, as a vessel of sensory experience, offers a profound conduit for connecting with our emotions. Erin, for instance, employs a guiding affirmation—'I acknowledge the safety of feeling _____ within my body'—to facilitate her clients' reconnection with their emo...

In this enlightening episode, Erin and Dani interview licensed therapist and retired sex worker Karlee Coffey, LPC, on all things sex, and learning to embrace sex-positive sexuality. * * Content warning: we do talk about sexual abuse and trauma throughout the episode, mainly in talking about support for those who’ve experienced sexual trauma. * * Karlee shares her wise and unique perspective as a...

In this episode Dani and Erin dig into the topic of shame and how it has shown up in both their lives. They also go into Erin's process for relating to some recent shame they experienced in their life related to money and discover that this process has more to do with moving from a dysregluated state to a regulated state. Shame and the negative self-beliefs that come with it are dysregulating;...

On Episode 4 of Being: In Practice, Erin and Dani interview Melissa Dorman who is an Oregon based top real estate agent and investor at Living Room Realty. The trio discusses how we all have a relationship to money and that our limiting beliefs related to having money, building wealth and even what you might think about people who have millions of dollars might mean for the wealth you are able to...

On Episode 3 of Being: In Practice, Erin and Dani go in-depth around relationships, and building reciprocity in connections of all kinds. They share some personal stories around the ways they’ve built reciprocal and poly-intimate community, talk about romantic and familial relationships (and breaking free from toxic relationship dynamics into neutrality), and explore more outlying relationship mod...

Join co-hosts Dani and Erin in this deeply introspective episode as they delve into the transformative power of authenticity and the profound process of healing from repression. Together, they embark on a heartfelt exploration of these interconnected themes, offering listeners a roadmap towards living a more authentic and liberated life. Dani and Erin reflect on their personal journeys, sharing vu...

In their first episode of Being: In Practice, co-hosts Erin Davis, LCSW (they/them) and Dani Dwyer Willingham (they/she) introduce themselves! They are a queer, non-binary, neurodivergent therapist and coach duo inviting listeners to join them on a journey exploring the practice of bravely being from an intuitive, trauma-informed lens. They begin by sharing how they met, and how they got to the pl...

In the trailer episode for Being: In Practice, co-hosts Erin Davis, LCSW (they/them) and Dani Dwyer Willingham (they/she) invite listeners to join them on a journey of self-discovery and exploration. From an intuitive, trauma-informed lens, Erin and Dani delve into the complexities of being human, challenging societal norms, and embracing vulnerability. They share their own lived experiences as qu...