Mind Your Own Karma - Beyond The Bandage

In this enlightening episode, Melissa is joined by David Mersky, CEO of Sibannac and creator of The Meru Sky and Starwalker Café . With a background in commercial litigation and corporate leadership, David shares how his life took a radical turn toward psychedelics and consciousness expansion. Together, they explore: What psychedelics really are and how they differ from recreational drug use. The...

In this sacred and soul-stirring episode of Mind Your Own Karma, I’m joined by the beautiful soul behind Children of the Cosmos, Lisa Winter, a self-taught medium who helps women and families connect with their children in spirit. After her seventh child was lost in the womb, she experienced a spiritual awakening that shifted her grief into purpose. We talk about how she now channels these spirit...

Ben Taylor is the founder of Raw Motivations and a trauma-informed coach, speaker, and narcissist in recovery. After years of emotionally abusive behavior, he made the radical choice to change–taking responsibility for his actions and helping others break free from similar cycles. He now supports women around the world through content, coaching, and live workshops that uncover the truth, break tra...

What if the key to your healing isn’t in your mind… but buried in your body’s untapped pleasure and unspoken desires? So many of us move through life feeling disconnected—from our bodies, our desires, and sometimes even our sense of self. We search for healing through mindset work, talk therapy, and endless self-help strategies… but what if the real transformation begins when we drop into the body...

Hey there, Karma Crew! In this heartfelt episode of Mind Your Own Karma , I’m joined once again by the radiant Danielle Gaudette-emotional healing coach, author of Healing Tree: An Adoptee’s Story About Hurting, Healing and Letting the Light Shine Through , and long-time Body & Brain trainer with over 24 years of experience. Danielle brings her deep wisdom and compassionate insight to our conv...

In this episode of Mind Your Own Karma , I sit down with Dr. Maria Cronyn , a naturopathic doctor and adoptee, to explore the emotional-physical connection in healing. With over 25 years of experience, Maria shares how suppressed emotions can manifest as chronic illness-and why healing the body requires healing the whole person. We talk about everything from hormone health and trauma to naturopath...

In this episode of Mind Your Own Karma , I sit down with author and professor Joan K. Peters , whose memoir Untangling dives deep into the layered, complex process of healing through psychoanalysis. Joan opens up about her own long-term journey in therapy, the power of dreamwork, and thesubconscious patterns that keep so many of us stuck. We talk about what it really means to “untangle” the inner...

In this episode of Mind Your Own Karma , we dive deep into the transformative power of the brain and how it can heal after trauma. Join us as we talk to Sydney Curtin , author, serial entrepreneur, and advocate for the unheard, about how trauma impacts the brain-and more importantly, how we can begin to retrain our minds for healing and growth. Sydney shares her personal journey and insight into w...

In today’s episode, we’re exploring what it really means to come home to yourself using Human Design. I'm joined by Meghan Lambert, a Human Design and Gene Keys guide who helps people stop living life on autopilot and start showing up as their real, unapologetic selves. We dive deep into how Human Design can support healing from trauma, how shadow work and deconditioning help you reclaim your trut...

In today’s episode of Mind Your Own Karma - Beyond TheBandage, we’re joined by Kellan Bacon, a transmasculine, transracial adoptee and holistic practitioner. Kellan shares their powerful journey of navigating life as a queer, trans person and how their experiences shaped their healing work. Through their practice, Kai Ming Holistics, Kellan uses compassionate,trauma-informed, and body-centered app...

In this powerful episode of Mind Your Own Karma, I welcome back returning guest and fellow adoptee Jean Widner, who is here to launch her groundbreaking new book: The Adoption Paradox. If you're an adoptee, part of the adoption triad, a therapist, or simply someone who wants to better understand the complex realities of adoption—this is a must-listen conversation. Jean’s book is already being...

Mind Your Own Karma is your space for soulful healing and transformation. What started as a journey of self-discovery and adoption awareness has now evolved into something deeper: a podcast for anyone ready to explore out-of-the-box healing modalities, reconnect with their body and spirit, and rewrite their story. Join host Melissa Brunetti each week for honest conversations with radical healers,...

SEASON 4 of Mind Your Own Karma is highlighting the effects of trauma and stress on the body, and talking about all the ways it can be unraveled. Healing is possible, and I believe that among all this juicy information I have for you this season, you'll find the right healing combination for you. Neuroplastic Symptoms: How Hidden Trauma Can Cause Chronic Pain and Medically Unexplained Symptoms wit...

At the end of my interviews, I ask my guest a particular question. "What would you like struggling adoptees to know?" This year I included the whole triad or constellation so there are more variations on the question, but all the answers are valuable, and I hope every one of my listners finds just the right message here within. Thank you so much for sticking with my podcast for three whole years....

We are nearing the end of 2024! With the coming of the new year, it's routine to think about changes we could make to start fresh from the jump. Today let's chat about what some small changes (and a mind-blowing concept) can do towards bringing the changes we all want to see in our lives. More healing, more peace, self-love, and feeling like we finally found HOME. I also update you on last week's...

In this episode, I share a personal situation between myself and my birth mother. I don't have all the answers, and I ask you, my listeners, what do you think? Have you ever experienced this, or have you noticed your trauma has caused you to misunderstand others' intentions? Let me know! If you are interested in finding out more about a light hypnotic therapy that can allow release of buried traum...

Building on last week's episode about feeling stuck, this week I've put together some resources for how to make those changes that keep you feeling stuck, and take control of your life from an empowered space. Below is a link that will take you to a resource, a growing database as a service to the entire adoption community. In the chart below you will find all types of practitioners – coaches, psy...

Adoptees can have a hard time breaking away from fear to embrace the life they really want. In this episode of Mind Your Own Karma: The Adoption Chronicles , Melissa Brunetti dives into the often-overwhelming feeling of being stuck that many adoptees experience. Fear, shaped by rejection, loss, and uncertainty, can hold adoptees back from embracing the lives they truly desire. Melissa shares how t...

Welcome back to the show, Karma Crew! I’m excited to reintroduce Julie Brumley, an inspiring adoptee and somatic practitioner who is dedicated to helping fellow adoptees heal and find their identity. Last week she shared her personal adoption journey, giving us a glimpse into how those experiences shaped her and influenced her work. Today, we’ll dive deeper into her healing journey and explore how...

After her own birth mother tried to abort her twice, Julie Brumley found herself frozen in an unconscious trauma response for decades until she found the power of somatic trauma healing. Julie is an adoptee and trauma-informed coach who has been coaching men and women for more than 15 years to overcome addictive behaviors and heal the primal trauma of abandonment. She is also the CEO of Coming Hom...

Adoptees, don't bypass this episode because of a guest foster parent and hopful adopive parent. I think you'll be surprised by a lot that she has to say. Cristal Baez is a dedicated foster mother whose journey into the world of fostering was driven by a profound desire to adopt and create a loving, healing home for children. She is still in the process of adopting and found the journey complex as...

Kevin Berthia is an adoptee, suicide survivor, advocate, and speaker. Kevin pours his heart into sharing his powerful story of growing up in silence, always feeling the need to hide the unbearable pain he was in. Through high school and into his early twenties, Kevin was known as the life of the party… until his very public suicide attempt at the Golden Gate Bridge changed everything. Since 2013,...

Lorah Gerald is a Baby Scoop Era, same-race domestic, pre-Roe adoptee. She posts as The Adopted Chameleon on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. She is a certified Trauma Informed Kundalini yoga instructor and Reiki Master. Along with her work as a yoga instructor, she is an adoptee advocate. She leads the Adoptee Connect Tulsa group, started the adoptee private group The Adopted Chameleons,...

In 1963, Shawn was placed for adoption because his white mother's family didn't want a biracial grandson. As an infant, he passed for white, so he was adopted by a racist, rural Indiana family who didn't realize that he was Black. Ashamed of his ethnicity, his mom concocted lies to hide his race from everyone, including Shawn. This lack of racial identity caused depressing confusion and conflict w...

Shelly is a private domestic adoptee, born 2 years post Baby Scoop Era in North Carolina. She was raised a minister's daughter, along with her younger sister that her adoptive parents conceived. She was forced to become a birthmother at 17. She has 5 children, and her oldest daughter is adopted due to illegal rehomings. Trying to find answers for herself and her adoptive daughter....the journey be...