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EP: 117The Monthly Business Review Every Therapist Should Be Doing Running a private practice ( or any healing business ) isn’t just about serving your clients, it’s about sustaining YOU the person at the helm of the business wheel.  In this episode, I’m sharing one of the most impactful founder habits I’ve built into my own business: a monthly business retro. Think of it as a compassionate busine...

Episode 116: "Narcissists don't want repair, they wan't control."  What if the person everyone admires is the very person making you question yourself behind closed doors? This week, I'm joined by licensed creative arts therapist and narcissistic abuse specialist Melissa Guttman for a conversation that completely changed the way I think about narcissism, self-trust, and in...

Episode 115: A workshop style podcast where we explore money conditioning, strategy & much more..sign up for Return+ on Substack for the full episode A Return+ Subscriber Request…. The fun thing about Human Design is that there is no money center. No secret place where if you just try hard enough, you will unlock it. It will give you a map to where you’ve been conditioned, where you may be lea...

BONUS! EP! Calling all Summer House/ Reality TV Loversss... Episode 114: Therapists React to the Summer House Reunion What happens when two therapists sit down to process Summer House instead of just watching it? In this bonus crossover episode, I'm joined by therapist, writer, and Practical Alchemy host Elizabeth Scott to unpack the Summer House reunion through the lens of Internal Family Sy...

Episode 113: Trauma, Protective Parts & How They Impact Your Intuition You know that feeling when everyone tells you to "just trust your intuition"—but you're not actually sure what voice you're hearing? In this final episode of the Intuition Series, we're exploring one of the biggest reasons intuitive people struggle to trust themselves: protective parts and trauma. B...

Episode 112: Human Design & Intuition: What Your Chart Says About Trusting Yourself  When most people think about intuition, they imagine a psychic lightning bolt, a dramatic sign from the universe, or a crystal-clear knowing that drops from the sky. But what if intuition is much more ordinary than that? In this episode, Caitlan explores how Human Design can help us understand the unique ways...

Episode 111: IFS, Intuition & Reclaiming the Therapist’s Intuitive Edge with Natalie Deering What happens when therapists stop treating intuition like something “woo” and start recognizing it as information? In this episode, Caitlan sits down with therapist, consultant, and host of the Intuitive Self Podcast, Natalie Dearing, for a conversation about Internal Family Systems (IFS), intuitive gi...

Episode 110:  Why Highly Intuitive People Stop Trusting Themselves: Returning to intuition after grief, trauma & self-doubt After an intentional pause, Caitlan returns to the mic with one of the most personal episodes of the podcast yet. In this kickoff to a brand-new intuition series, she shares the raw and profound story of losing her father to pancreatic cancer and the intuitive hits, body...

In this special crossover episode between the Return Podcast and Self Trust Podcast, Caitlan sits down with Emily Romero for a deeply honest, behind-the-scenes conversation about what it actually takes to do “the thing” that’s been calling you. Together, they explore the messy middle between knowing and doing, the role of self-trust, and what it looks like to build a business (and life) that actua...

Episode: 108: The IFS Controversy: “The Therapy That Can Break You”… or Heal You? In this episode, Caitlan unpacks the recent wave of criticism surrounding Internal Family Systems (IFS) from viral think pieces to questions about its safety and scientific validity. As both a therapist and practitioner, she offers a grounded, nuanced perspective on what these critiques are really pointing to.....and...

Episode 107: AI, Mental Health & Why “Support” Isn’t Always Support In this episode, Caitlan dives into one of the most relevant (and controversial) topics right now: AI and mental health. As both a licensed therapist and business mentor, she breaks down the real role AI is starting to play in how we seek support, process emotions, and make decisions and where it can quietly start doing more h...

Ep 106: If I had one week to fix your business... I would do this... In this solo episode of Return , Caitlan shares a quick personal update with the community and then dives into a question she’s been thinking about a lot lately: If I had one week to change your business… what would we actually do? So many entrepreneurs stay stuck circling decisions — tweaking offers, listening to podcasts, redes...

Episode 105: 3 YEARS of RETURN!  Book your Power Move Session Here In this celebratory birthday episode, Caitlan marks three years of the Return podcast with a playful, behind-the-scenes conversation that feels more like a dinner party than a structured lesson. She shares what she’s loving lately, what life has been teaching her, and exciting updates unfolding inside her business and creative worl...

Ep 104: The Shadow Side of Your Human Design: Part 3 in the Inner Infrastructure for Founders Series To listen to the full episode, become a Return+ subscriber & get the full episode here.  In this Return+ exclusive episode, Caitlan continues the Inner Infrastructure Series for Founders with a deep dive into the shadow side of Human Design —and why your energy type is the most powerful place t...

Part 2 in the Series of Inner Infrastructure for Founders Is it a strategy problem or a mindset problem? This is the episode to help you find out... In this episode, Caitlan explores how our parts (fear parts, belonging parts, worth parts, inner critics, hustlers, avoiders) can unknowingly take the CEO seat and start making decisions on our behalf. Not because you’re broken. Not because you’re “se...

Knowledge vs. Embodiment: Why Knowing Yourself Is Your Greatest Business Asset in the Inner Infrastructure for Founders — Part 1 If you’ve consumed a lot of personal development, strategy, or self-awareness content — and still find yourself stuck, spiraling, or unable to follow through — this episode is for you. This is the first episode in a four-part series on Inner Infrastructure for Founders,...

What happens when a financial guy meets Internal Family Systems… and ends up sobbing in an IFS demo at Esalen? 😅 In this episode, I’m joined by Rick Kahler—financial planner + financial therapist who helped me (yes, as his willing guinea pig) meet my money parts, stop letting panic run the spreadsheet, and make more Self-led financial decisions. We also talk about how entrepreneurs can stop letti...

EPISODE 100: "This was the year of realizing that being seen isn’t about doing more—it’s about feeling safe enough to stop abandoning yourself." -Caitlan ✨ JOIN UNDEFINED : Undefined is where Projectors, Manifestors & Reflectors finally build a business around their energy – and succeed because of it. $200 OFF Expires 12/21---- >>sign up here to get the code In this milestone...

Episode 99:  Reflection, Reclamation & The Threshold of the Year of the Snake It’s the 99th episode of Return (!!!) and in perfect alignment, we’re closing out our nine year cycle just as we step into a new one. In this reflective, ritual-like conversation, Caitlan unpacks the numerology of a nine year — the year of completion, shedding, composting, and clearing — and reflects on what she’s le...

Episode 98: Elemental Design, Mental Inflammation & Returning to Your Rhythm – with Dr. Shivani Gupta In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Shivani Gupta —Ayurvedic practitioner, turmeric researcher, founder of Fusionary Formulas, and host of Fusionary Health . We talk about her early health wake-up call, how she discovered Ayurveda, and why understanding your elemental design (Vata, Pitta, Kapha...

Return+ Evolving Beyond the Therapist Identity Episode 97: The Journey of Transformation and Growth In this Return+ episode, Caitlan Siegenthaler takes you inside the quiet, sacred, and often uncomfortable process of identity evolution. She shares how becoming a mother cracked open her sense of self, how the traditional therapist role began to feel too small, and how Human Design and Internal Fami...

Episode 96: The Legacy of Being Seen (Part 5 of the On Being Seen series) Today I’m joined by my friend and amazing guest, Mao Beckett, LCSW—a liberation-centered somatic + spiritual therapist and founder of Reset & Resilient Wellness. Mao is a second-generation Cambodian American, rooted in a lineage of Kru Khmer traditional healers/mediums. Her work weaves ancestral wisdom with neuroplastici...

Episode 95: The Human Design of Being Seen: Visibility, Energy & the Art of Showing Up When It Feels Safer to Hide  There’s a quiet truth I keep coming back to: visibility isn’t about being louder — it’s about being braver with your energy. In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on what it really means to be seen through the lens of Human Design — not as performance or exposure, but a...

Episode 94: Self-Energy, Skeptic Parts & Practical Alchemy Today Caitlan is joined by Elizabeth Scott an IFS Level 1–trained psychotherapist, Reiki Master Practitioner, astrologer, certified nature-informed therapist, and Safe & Sound Protocol provider. Elizabeth blends Internal Family Systems, nervous system support, and intuitive modalities to help clients access their own inner wisdom a...

Episode 93: A Taylor Swift Human Design Chart Reading for Return+ Subscribers & How You Can Use Those Takeaways for Your Own Chart  In this solo episode, host Caitlan Siegenthaler explores the intersection of identity, visibility, and being SEEN through the lens of Taylor Swift’s Human Design chart  and what it reveals about you . As a 5/1 Splenic Projector with the Left Angle Cross of Confron...