Holy Muck Podcast

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted, or disconnected from yourself, this episode is an invitation to pause. In this episode of Holy Muck , somatic coach and Trauma Touch Therapist, Carol Holguin, guides you through a gentle arrival practice designed to help regulate the nervous system and restore a sense of safety in the body. Rather than offering tools to fix or push through discomf...

The holidays can bring quiet, aching grief: lost loves, unmet expectations, and the heaviness of what’s missing. In this episode, I offer a gentle space to feel what’s real. No fixing, no pretending. Just presence, compassion, and the courage to name what hurts. If your heart exhaled hearing this, I invite you to continue the journey inside The Return — a yearlong sanctuary for soul-led living. Le...

In this powerful episode, Carol is joined by her client, Kathleen, who shares her deeply personal experience with Trauma Touch Therapy and Body to Soul Coaching. With honesty, courage, and humor, Kathleen reflects on what this work feels like, how it has helped her open to new creativity and safety in her body, and why the journey is absolutely worth it. She reminds us, " Don't be afraid.....

In this episode, we dive deep into the sacred, uncomfortable, and profoundly healing terrain of the body. I'm joined by Nancy Yerger, a brilliant somatic therapist who offers powerful insight into what it really means to begin again - to meet ourselves in the muck, to feel what's been long buried, and to trust the wisdom stored in our nervous system. This is a must-listen for anyone feelin...

Judgment shuts us down. Curiosity cracks us open. In this honest and expansive episode, Carol explores how judgment—especially after trauma or chronic stress—hijacks presence and fuels disconnection. Through personal storytelling, somatic awareness, and sacred disruption, she invites you into the revolutionary act of curiosity. You’ll hear about a murder trial, a marriage argument, and the moment...

The most haunting story I’ve ever witnessed in women? “I’m not enough.” This episode cracks open the origin of that story — where it lives in our bodies, how it shapes our choices, and how to finally come home to the truth: You always were. I share a personal story of rejection that left me gutted, and the somatic awakening that followed. You’ll be guided through a gentle, embodied practice to mee...

What if readiness is just another delay tactic dressed up as self-development? In this sacred, solo opener to Holy Muck , we burn down the myth that you need to be “ready” before you begin healing, shifting, reclaiming, or showing up. This episode is a gentle, truth-filled permission slip to begin right where you are : in the grief, the glory, the awkward in-between. Carol shares her own story of...

Welcome to Holy Muck. the new podcast and soul-anchored audio space where real healing gets to be wild, raw, poetic, and actually yours. Host, Carol Holguin, somatic coach, trauma whisperer, longtime recovery rebel, and creative midwife to women blooming in the muck, shares part of her Holy Muck Story and shares why she created this space.