Beyond the Spot

The stories our bodies carry didn’t start with us. In Episode 15 of Beyond the Spot , Tracy Gantlin-Monroy explores the many ways trauma is transmitted across generations—not just through biology, but through silence, caregiving, systems, and spirit. Epigenetics explains part of the picture, but cultures have always known: grief can live in bones, silence can speak louder than words, and survival...

The Weight of Healing Spaces Why the Therapist’s Body Matters in the Room Host: Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, Brainspotting Trainer Therapy isn’t neutral—because our bodies are not neutral. In Episode 14 of Beyond the Spot , Tracy Gantlin-Monroy explores how the therapist’s body, nervous system, and unprocessed history shape healing spaces just as much as the client’s. Drawing on history, lived...

Healing spaces are only as safe as the nervous systems holding them. Healing is relational—it flows both ways. In Episode 13 of Beyond the Spot , Tracy Gantlin-Monroy speaks to clinicians, healers, and space holders about why trauma work belongs to all of us —not just clients. Through somatic wisdom, Brainspotting, and lived experience, Tracy unpacks how unprocessed trauma and unnoticed limbic cou...

In this episode of Beyond the Spot , Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC calls out the rise of viral therapy, toxic positivity, and “manifestation on steroids.” From TikTok therapists to Instagram healers, we explore how modern wellness culture has turned trauma recovery into content—and why that’s a problem. Tracy breaks down the harm of aesthetic-based healing, spiritual bypassing, and one-size-fits...

What if the way your brain works was never the problem—but the way it’s been misunderstood? In Episode 11 of Beyond the Spot , Tracy Gantlin-Monroy names the racialized misdiagnosis, mislabeling, and masking of neurodivergent people—especially in Black, Brown, and immigrant communities. From ADHD to autism and everything in between, this episode explores how our brilliance was pathologized in syst...

What if the pressure to be the “good one” was actually a trauma response? In Episode 10 of Beyond the Spot , Tracy Gantlin-Monroy unpacks the origins and impacts of the “model minority” myth —a narrative that has shaped and harmed Asian American, Latinx, and immigrant communities for generations. We explore how survival-based personas like perfectionism, overachievement, and silence are often root...

Our emotions were never the problem—our silence was survival. In this episode, Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, Brainspotting Trainer, reclaims the rage and grief of Black, Brown, and Indigenous women—and exposes how those feelings have been pathologized under the white gaze. From the “Angry Black Woman” trope. The “spicy Latina.” The “stoic Native.” To emotional invisibility in the therapy room,...

Summary: For generations, BIPOC communities have been told we’re “too emotional.” Too angry. Too dramatic. Too loud. Too sensitive. Too much. But what if our emotions were never the problem—just the truth? In this episode of Beyond the Spot , Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, Brainspotting Trainer, invites us to reclaim the full spectrum of our emotional expression—from ancestral grief to righteous...

Is Spirituality Missing from Therapy? A Call Back to Our Ancestors with Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, Brainspotting Trainer What happens when therapy leaves spirit at the door? In this episode, Tracy Gantlin-Monroy challenges the Western clinical model’s detachment from the sacred and calls for a return to spiritually rooted healing. With reverence and clarity, she explores how ancestral practi...

What Radical Attunement Looks Like with Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, Brainspotting Trainer What if survival isn’t the goal—but the beginning? In this episode, Tracy Gantlin-Monroy explores what it means to move beyond surviving into resonance—where the nervous system feels safe enough to be fully seen. With deep grounding in Brainspotting, somatics, and cultural awareness, Tracy names how trau...

Brainspotting isn’t just for private practice or clinical jargon—it belongs in the barbershop, the community clinic, the classroom, community associations, ancient healing circles, on the corner, on the catamaran, the veranda during the storm, the living room, under the tree, and the hood. Brainspotting is a powerful therapeutic tool—but unlike many modalities rooted in Western clinical systems, i...

What does it mean when therapy claims to be “neutral”? And who does that neutrality actually protect? In this episode, Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, challenges the myth of neutrality in clinical spaces—exploring how silence around whiteness, race, power, and culture often reinforces harm. Drawing from her own lived experience as an American Black therapist and her recent training in neuroscienc...

Misinformation in Mental Health: What’s Not Being Said Beyond the Spot with Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC In this episode, Tracy unpacks the rising tide of mental health misinformation and how it’s reshaping the healing landscape—for better and worse. With the rise of Instagram “therapists,” viral trauma trends, and algorithm-approved narratives, many people are unknowingly absorbing false or ha...

In Episode 2 of Beyond the Spot , Tracy explores what happens when trauma is not just remembered through thought—but through sensation, posture, stillness, and sound. This episode is an invitation to listen to the wisdom of your body and honor the role culture plays in nervous system healing. Drawing from her clinical background in Somatic Experiencing and Brainspotting, Tracy guides us through th...

In this first episode of Beyond the Spot , Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC, lays the foundation for the journey ahead—unpacking what Brainspotting really is and why it matters. Forget the myths. This isn’t hypnosis, and it’s not just another trauma trend. It’s a body-based, neuroscience-backed, culturally attuned modality that helps your system finish what trauma interrupted. Tracy shares how Brai...

Trailer for Ep 1. The full episode will drop Sunday, 5/18/2025 @ 4pm ET (officially).

This is not just a podcast. This is a space for embodied truth. For nervous system repair. For trauma-informed liberation. Hosted by Tracy Gantlin-Monroy, MDiv, LPC—licensed professional counselor, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, and the first Black woman Brainspotting trainer— Beyond the Spot is here to challenge mental health misinformation and honor the sacred work of healing through body, c...