Alchemical Meanderings

In this episode I'm sharing something raw and unfiltered — what's actually been happening for me lately. The rage, the flatness, the thoughts of wanting out, and what I do with that. I talk about why healing isn't linear, what suicidal ideation actually is (and why it's different from wanting to end your life), and what it looks like to sit with unbearable feeling rather than run f...

Do you ever try to be with your feelings and find... nothing? Just blankness, or a spaced-out feeling, or a kind of not-quite-thereness? In this episode I want to talk about something that doesn't get said enough: that nothing is not nothing. The blankness, the dissociation, the feeling of absence, it's a gateway, not a dead end. And when we learn to be with it rather than push past it, so...

This meditation is for you if when you try to be with your feelings and what you notice is dissociation, blankness, a spaced-out feeling, daydreaming, numbness, heaviness, or tiredness — but you can't quite get to your feelings. This is for you. To find out more about me and my work visit:  www.treasureu.co.uk This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substit...

This is a simple, gentle meditation for coming home to yourself. We begin with what's in the mind, then move into the sensations of the body, the emotions, the resistance, whatever is actually here. Whether you're with strong feelings or simply want to begin a practice of getting curious about your inner world, this meditation creates space for what wants to be seen, felt, and heard. A med...

In this episode of Alchemical Meanderings, I (Lizzie Bryher) explores one of the most counterintuitive ideas in healing — that the thing you most want to get rid of might actually be your doorway back to yourself. Drawing on my own experience of severe panic attacks and claustrophobia, and my years of work as a therapist, I take us into the heart of what happens when we stop fighting our inner exp...

In this episode, I speak to something many of us never had words for. How, early in life, we learned to leave our bodies in order to survive and how that way of coping, though adaptive, can later become a source of suffering. This reflection explores what happens when we begin to gently return our attention to the body, to sensation, emotion, and the life force within us that was once suppressed o...

“Attention, or conscious concentration on almost any part of the body, produces some direct physical effect on it.” Charles Darwin. This episode is a deep dive into these simple yet profound truths and why they matter far more than most of us have ever been taught. We explore what happens when attention, presence, and resistance are understood not as abstract ideas, but as lived, embodied experien...

For more about my work: ⁠www.treasureu.co.uk⁠ © Lizzie Bryher 2026. All rights reserved. This podcast is for reflective and educational purposes only. It’s not a substitute for medical or psychological care. If you’re struggling, please seek support from a qualified professional.

Feelings are energy. Trauma disrupts the natural flow of energy and creates blockages, frozen energy, stuck energy. That energy does not go away unless it is felt. When we are able to feel our emotions and sensations, energy can move again. And when energy finally moves, new life and new energy are created. The past is released, and a future becomes possible. As Prentis Hemphill writes about traum...