Creative Healing Podcast

Dr. Suzy Ross is a transformation scholar, practitioner, and founder of Integr8™, a company dedicated to the science and practice of human transformation and integration. For more than 20 years, her research and professional work have explored how profound life experiences become lasting change. Her doctoral research led to the development of the Figure-8 Model of Transformation, a research-based...

In this heartfelt episode, we sit down with Peggy Khoucasian, a somatic and integrative practitioner, founder of the Sisterhood Agency, and creator of Daughters of Culture. Through her work in somatic attachment therapy, trauma healing, embodiment, and integrative coaching, Peggy helps women reconnect with themselves by healing through the body and nervous system. Together, we explore the power of...

In this episode, Michelle and Darcy explore how to find meaning, purpose and peace through life's transitions. Daily life can be more manageable and meaningful when we have conversations that matter. How we live, love, move through change and approach death are topics we care about and know you do, too. Listen in for some of the ways we are navigating the realities of looking ahead, not only with...

In this episode of the Creative Healing Podcast, we sit down with Ron Gallen to explore the deeply emotional relationship many people have with money, especially when financial behaviors begin threatening stability, wellbeing, or recovery. Ron works at the intersection of finances and therapy, helping clients untangle the emotional patterns, family dynamics and survival strategies hidden beneath c...

In this episode, we sit down with Chris Krupar, a lifelong singer-songwriter, performer, and sound healing practitioner whose relationship with music has evolved from performance into deeply intentional healing work. Chris shares the story of his musical journey beginning in the 1980s, when he joined his guitar teacher in a faith-based ministry band performing in prisons, detention centers, and sp...

Jen DuBois is a Certified Life & Empowerment Coach who supports women navigating what she calls the "messy, magical middle" of midlife. Through heart-centered coaching and creative practices like vision boards and doodling, she helps women reconnect with who they are and step into what's next with clarity and confidence. She's known for her warmth, authenticity, and what she calls her signature "J...

Andrea is pioneering the interconnectedness of Quantum Neuroscience, Conscious Intelligence, and Spirituality—alchemizing pain into purpose through integrated wisdom. The sacred union of science and soul. Andrea's proprietary methodologies align the Brain, Body, and Soul while empowering you with awareness to create new neural pathways that align, release, integrate, and embody your Soul's Divine...

Amy Zoe Schonhoff is a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, speaker, and founder of Mindfulness in the Heartland. She works with individuals, communities, and workplaces to cultivate embodied wisdom through secular, trauma-sensitive mindfulness practices. With more than 30 years of contemplative practice and a life shaped by early adversity, Amy brings both professional dep...

This podcast features a conversation with therapist, breathwork practitioner, and boxing coach Josh Fingerhut, whose approach to healing goes far beyond the traditional therapy office. After a near-death experience changed the course of his life, Josh began to rethink what healing really looks like. His work now combines therapy, boxing, breathwork, movement, and nervous system regulation to help...

In this episode Darcy sits down with Michelle to welcome her back after a 7-day journey on the Camino de Santiago. We explore how to access magic in unexpected places, the challenge and power of saying yes to yourself, the depth of intentional connection in new places, and the role of reflection in creating meaningful change whether in the midst of a busy life or on retreat. Michelle shares what t...

In this episode, we explore a creative and compassionate expansion of mental health care through the lens of death doula work with Darcy Meehan—Coach and Director of Outreach for Hirschman Clinical Services. Darcy shares how integrating end-of-life support into therapeutic spaces offers a powerful opportunity for clinicians to meet clients at some of life's most tender and transformative threshold...

In this deeply human and expansive conversation, Wendy invites us into the transformative power of writing as a pathway to healing. Together, we explore how meeting ourselves honestly on the page can uncover buried truths, soften the grip of grief, and create space for deeper self-understanding and growth. Wendy Adamson is a mental health advocate, author, and woman in long-term recovery. She brin...

Listen in to this Creative Healing Podcast episode for a conversation on the evolution of a family owned company, built on dreams and sustainability. Jodi Scott, founder of Green Goo, is an entrepreneur, herbalist, and longtime student of the mind–body–skin connection. Her work was born not from a business plan, but from a personal journey of healing, listening, and learning to trust the body's in...

In this episode, we're diving into integrative wellness and a model of care that is changing the way people approach healing. You've probably heard the term, but what does it actually mean, and how can it transform your healing journey? I'm joined by Kristina Scaglione — Co-Founder and Clinical Director, Trauma-Informed Therapist, Holistic Innovator, and LGBTQIA+ Advocate — and we talk about how h...

In this episode, I sit down with a travel and adventure photographer whose life has been guided by curiosity, courage, and a deep trust in following her heart. From growing up on a farm near the Arctic Circle in Sweden to traveling through more than sixty countries across six continents, photography became more than a career for her — it became a way of seeing the world, and herself, differently....

1What if travel wasn't just about seeing new places—but about becoming a new version of yourself? In this episode, I sit down with transformational travel pioneer Jake Haupert, Founder of the Transformational Travel Council, to explore how intentional journeys—especially long-distance walking pilgrimages like the Camino de Santiago—can create profound personal growth. Jake defines transformational...

This week on the podcast, we talk with João Perre Viana, founder of the Walking Mentorship. Come walk with us as we talk with João about what inspired him to create the Walking Mentorship retreats and the powerful experiences that unfold when people slow down and walk together. He shares transformational stories from individuals who have joined him on these journeys and speaks about the healing an...

In this week's episode, part of our ongoing  Power of Pause  conversation series, Darcy and Michelle get real about what it actually looks like to create pause in the middle of full, complicated lives. Instead of pretending it's easy, they share the honest challenges of slowing down, making space, and resisting the pressure to constantly push forward. Together, they explore simple, meaningful ritu...

Kasim Hardaway is a filmmaker and experiential storyteller whose work explores identity, mental health, and personal transformation. After nearly a decade as a food influencer and brand strategist, a breaking point led him to create his debut micro-film series, The UNBecoming — a vulnerable look at healing and reinvention. Kasim's creative approach is shaped by therapy, personal growth, and a comm...

Listen in on this conversation about the transformation in travel and friendship started on retreat that has spanned 24 years! Adventure comes in so many forms… "Travel brings power and love back into your life… your heart knows the way. Run in that direction." {Rumi} Jodi Morris believes that it's never too late to rewrite our story, redefine success, and invest our talent, time and money towards...

Kelly Sledd is a BioEnergetics Practitioner who helps clients understand the language of their own bodies and reconnect to the wisdom of their God-given design. She facilitates a healing process that supports the nervous system and restores energetic flow—while honoring that true transformation comes through the client's own intention, surrender, and alignment with truth. With intuition and subtle...

Krista Day-Gloe, LCSW, is a licensed clinician, author, and founder of Healing Roots Wellness Center. She bridges the body and mind as one integrated system, helping individuals and clinicians understand how physiology and psychology work together to shape mood, behavior, and healing. Krista speaks on hormones, eating disorders, and nervous system regulation, offering body-led strategies that empo...

Linda Landon, PCC, is an ICF-certified life coach, Human Design expert, NARM Trauma-Informed Practitioner, author, and speaker. Her Ignite Method, a three-pillar process that integrates Human Design, Sensing Sexuality, and Tools for Liberation, helps individuals and couples rekindle joy, pleasure, and passion. She is a certified Orgasmic Meditation (OM) trainer, sexual wellness practitioner, and e...

Nessi Gomes is a British-Portuguese songwriter born on the island of Guernsey. Her music doesn't try to lift you above life. It walks you straight into it. She writes with a quiet intensity, where beauty sits beside fear, where longing doesn't ask to be solved, and where the darker corners are given air, not shame. There are flecks of her Portuguese roots in the way she moves through feeling, the...

Michelle shares why she's deeply hooked on committing to yearly retreats—and how intentional pauses have become a non-negotiable part of her life and work. Through retreat experiences, she's discovered that stepping away isn't about escape; it's about clarity, alignment, creativity, and coming home to herself. Each retreat has reshaped how she leads, heals, and builds her business—proving that slo...