Healing For Grown Ass Adults

What if the thing you're most skeptical of is the thing that changes your life? Somatic psychotherapist Maira sits down with her own energy healer, Dawn Herbertson, for a deeply honest conversation about trauma, nervous system healing, and the surprising path that transformed Maira from skeptic to believer. Together, they explore why healing cannot be rushed, how safety rewires the body, and why t...

What if the loneliness you feel is actually a call to come home to yourself? In this deeply soulful conversation, Maira sits down with social artist and community builder Alexandra Friedman to explore belonging, embodiment, psychedelics, friendship, and the healing power of authentic connection. Alexandra shares how years of feeling like an outsider led her from a high-achieving but lonely life in...

What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't the world around you, but the stories you're telling yourself? Leadership coach, author, and founder of Mission Squared, Meg Poag, joins Maira for a candid conversation about the executive team meltdown that changed her life and set her on a path of deeper self-awareness, spiritual growth, and service. Drawing from decades of leadership experience,...

What if the way we were taught to live, learn, and succeed is completely out of alignment with how life actually works? In this powerful conversation, educator and regenerative design thinker James Edwards shares the story of a lifelong question that began in childhood while observing nature: Why does modern society feel so disconnected from the world that sustains us? From Montessori classrooms t...

What if the worst moments of your life were actually your initiation? Psychotherapist and guide Michael Vladeck shares the raw story behind his transformation from a suicidal, rage-filled teen to a deeply embodied teacher of human potential. After surviving a suicide attempt at 17 and living nearly eight years with late-stage incurable cancer, Michael discovered that nothing was “wrong” with him....

What if healing isn’t about fixing yourself—but about being deeply, safely met? In this powerful conversation, Stephen Terrell—psychotherapist, teacher, and self-described parasympathetic mechanic —shares the story behind his life’s work: a childhood shaped by profound trauma, instability, and loss, and a long, nonlinear journey toward nervous system regulation, compassion, and relational safety....

What if healing isn’t about becoming better—but about finally coming home to yourself? Somatic coach, writer, and Hey, Wait podcast host Jay Moon Fields shares her deeply human journey through shame, embodiment, spiritual awakening, and the hard-earned wisdom that came from learning to forgive herself. From living wild and free in nature to navigating marriage, betrayal, bankruptcy, and legacy-bre...

What if the very thing you were taught to hate about yourself became your greatest gift to the world? In this deeply moving conversation, Maira sits down with queer therapist and founder of I Am Clinic, Isaac Archuleta , who shares his journey from growing up as the son of conservative ministers—steeped in toxic and traumatic shame—to reclaiming his body, his desires, and his inherent value. Isaac...

What if your body already knows the life you’re meant to live—and it’s been trying to tell you all along? In this episode of Life Mystic, Maira sits down with Celina Gorre, CEO of WomenHeart, global health leader, and lifelong seeker, to explore how grief, illness, embodiment, and intuition can become powerful guides rather than obstacles. Celina shares how losing her mother at 18 shaped her devot...

What if nothing is wrong with you… and you’re just in process? In this raw and powerful debut, somatic therapist Maira Holzmann introduces a new kind of healing, one rooted in radical responsibility, emotional maturity, and unapologetic truth. She shares her own journey through trauma, self-abandonment, and transformation, while redefining what it really means to become a “grown ass adult.” This i...

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