A More Beautiful Life with Kate White

Nir Esterman ( M.Sc ),  A teacher of Family Constellations and Embodied Shadow Work.  The developer of the Shadow Constellations approach. A body psychotherapist (Grinberg method).   Nir  is a staff member in the Constellation Path school, the Systemic Trauma  online University and Embodiment facilitator course Russia.  Nir's  teaching is focused on helping professionals to become deeper, saf...

Adrienne Griffen is the Executive Director of the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance and she is an advocate and subject-matter expert in maternal mental health. Prior to joining MMHLA, Adrienne founded Postpartum Support Virginia and served as executive director for 10 years, establishing a statewide network of peer-led support groups, creating educational programs for mental health provid...

Carey Benenson Taussig is teaching a NEW course in our online school: Releasing the Shock to the Waters: A Biodynamic Visceral Course for Long Haul Syndromes. A 50 hour online seminar, 4 three-day modules Times: 7 am PST, 10 am EST, 3 pm UK, 4 pm European time zone All Courses 15 hours over 3 days, 5 Hours min each day, every 5/6 weeks online only February 3, 4, 5, 2023 March 17, 18, 19, 2023 Apri...

Today on the show I have Dr. Jennifer Franklin. We met several years ago as we were studying the stress and threat responses of the nervous system. Please listen to this fascinating conversation about the psycho-physiology of digestive disorders, especially how we need to cultivate more parasympathetic experiences for ourselves in our lives. We NEED this! One of the first “gastropsychologists” in...

This is a deeper dive in to the dynamics around preventing and healing birth trauma with Kate White and Abi Blakeslee. They are teaching together in November, 2022 https://prenatal-and-perinatal-healing-online-learning.teachable.com/p/advanced-somatic-resolution-skills-for-perinatal-trauma You will hear: 4:40 Kate What  is the role of the autonomous nervous system and the physiology of  stress and...

Amber Price DNP CNM. CEO and President, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center   Dr. Price received a Bachelor in Behavioral Science from the University of Maryland, followed by a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Old Dominion University. She completed her graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati, graduating with a Master of Nursing in Midwifery, and a post-Masters certificate in Gl...

Dr. Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, Ph. D., integrates Somatic Experiencing with clinical research, the psychobiological principles of attachment, psychodynamic therapy, and somatic bodywork in her practice and teaching. She has conducted original research on the role of implicit memory in Somatic Experiencing with a committee that included Dr. Daniel Siegel. Dr. Blakeslee holds a Masters of Arts in...

In this podcast, Krysta and I talk shop. We talk about working with birthing parents, families and professionals, and the need to provide trauma-informed care. This approach will help prevent and treat birth trauma on every level, from hospital management to helping families thrive. Krysta is a holistic licensed trauma therapist with almost 20 years of experience in the fields of psychology, traum...

Jenni Alpert (Cami) - Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist Jenni Alpert (Birth name: Cameron, Cami) was born in Los Angeles, CA and adopted out of the foster care system at the age of four. She started to sing and play piano while staying in various foster homes. With the encouragement and support of her adoptive family, she learned to play the guitar as well and began writing and record son...

Karen Fraser-Morris is a writer and teacher. She has her Master's in  Fine Arts in creative writing and publications include a young adult  book titled Girls Who Write. She has spent most of her career  teaching at a Waldorf school in her hometown, Charlottesville, Virginia  where she lives with her husband, daughter, and step-son. This podcast is about Karen's remarkable book, The Year...

Teaching parents to massage their babies is incredibly important. Meet Linda Storm.  Linda Storm has dedicated her career to supporting parents and infants. In search for the answer of why children have behavior problems Linda found infant massage and became a Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM). She quickly saw that more CEIMs were needed in the country to support parents. In 2002, she be...

Becky Zal-Sanchez, LCSW is a clinical therapist and passionate advocate for children’s mental health. She has over a decade’s worth of experience supporting youth within the systems of child welfare, foster care, juvenile justice, schools, community mental health, and developmental disabilities. Becky has successfully collaborated with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Colo...

About Michael Trout Michael Trout graduated from Alma College (B.A., cum laude, honors in Philosophy) and Central Michigan University (M.A., Psychology), and did his specialized training in infant psychiatry at the Child Development Project, University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry, under Prof. Selma Fraiberg. In the mental health field since 1968 and in private practice since 1979, Mr. Tro...

Karen Doyle Buckwalter is one of The Knowledge Center’s most requested speakers. She is known for captivating audiences with her passion and energy. Some of her most popular workshops are Engaging Parents in Child Therapy, Clinical Application of the Adult Attachment Interview and Working with Adoption Issues in Therapy. Karen is also a Theraplay® Trainer and Supervisor as well as a Registered Pla...

Kristin Sipley is a somatic wellness consultant, facilitator, educator, and mentor who assists individuals, couples, families, groups, and other professionals across the globe to connect with the wisdom and health within themselves and the field around us. Her integrative, holistic approach recognizes the inherent intelligence and health that supports each of us and combines aspects from her train...

Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, yoga teacher, postpartum advocate, birth doula, and single mom. She is the author of Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power and Use It for Good as well as the early mothering classic, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your...

Molly Caro May is an author, teacher, and writing coach. For over 12 years, she has facilitated personal story workshops for hundreds of women across the country and, recently, online. Her focus is voice and where language meets the animal body. Her memoir, Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage Into Motherhood , was named a “searingly eloquent memoir” and led to her TEDx talk about modern...

Renee is a world citizen with Scandinavian ancestry, she grew up in a remote village in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and now lives in the Unceeded St’at’mic Territory in British Columbia. Renee has a life-long passion of exploring the food preparation rituals of everyone she meets and began her ‘official’ studies into human physiology and culture 30 years ago, studying the craniums of our anc...

Olga Waters is the Facebook administrator for the Womb Twin organization, and hosts Womb Twin Chat . She has been a member of Womb Twin since 2009, and has facilitated the Healing Path Ritual at the annual Womb Twin conference in London in 2011 at the request of Althea Hayton. She founded the Womb Twin Dublin Survivors Facebook page in 2013. In 2014 Olga became the Ireland representative, addition...

Dr. Emerson is a pre- and peri-natal psychologist, a renowned workshop leader, writer, lecturer, and pioneer in the field of pre and perinatal psychology. He is Emeritus President of APPPAH, the US educational corporation representing professionals, para-professionals, and consumers in birth psychology.  Dr. Emerson is a world pioneer in developing and implementing treatment methods for infants an...

Nancy Greenfield, Ph. D., has been passionately and successfully helping children, families, individuals and couples, since 1998, uncover and transform the deep, invisible core patterns that cause their struggles and pains. She has both a Masters and Ph. D. in clinical psychology, with specialties in Pre and Perinatal Somatic Psychology and Trauma. She is an educator, a certified facilitator of Id...

Veronique was an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Obstetrics at the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency program before changing careers to retrain as a Somatic Therapist at Naropa University. She integrates findings from diverse fields of research into a new paradigm for making sense of chronic illness. This paradigm is informed by training in pre and perinatal psychology w...

Darcia Narvaez, Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, researches moral development and human flourishing from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating anthropology, neuroscience, clinical, developmental and educational sciences. Her earlier careers include professional musician, business owner, classroom music teacher, classroom Spanish teacher and seminarian, among other...

Christina is a Somatic Practitioner, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, Birth Doula and Graduate of Ray Castellino’s Foundation Training. She is the Creator of the Birth and Early imprint Healing Oracle. Christina’s life calling is to support pathways of embodiment and healing. She loves using art & movement as a medium for healing trauma and connecting more deeply with the mystery of life. Ov...

Carey Benenson Taussig D.O. (IT) is an Osteopathic practitioner, professor, and certified graduate of Boston University and the College d’Etudes Osteopathique (CAN.) Teaching and working both in Italy and in the U.S., she is also an affiliate of the of the national Italian society ROI (Registro degli Osteopati d’Italia.) She first made her mark as an educator when her biodynamic visceral manipulat...