ROAR Healing Stories

Alec Pulianas is a real one. He shared vulnerably about his ongoing healing journey. We talked about: -how losing his dad created ripple effects through his life: from dealing with the stages of his dad’s illness, to his final memories going to Rush concerts together, the shifts in his relationship with his mom, and the importance for him of maintaining a sense of self in his marriage knowing the...

Becca Pride shared about her healing work as a massage therapist and yoga teacher. We discussed: -how creating a safe space is integral to healing -what she loves about working with pregnant folks -the importance of finding good fit providers -how worthiness wounds show up in the bodies of folks she works with -massage as a space to experiment with receiving care, taking inventory of our bodies, a...

Logan Williams is one of the best people I know. In Part Two, Logan shared: -his process for and experiences with DIY Inner Child Work -meeting his Inner Critic, his Inner Artist, and his fear of death during his DIY Inner Child Work -gatekeeping of mental health and healing knowledge and some safeguards if you want to DIY this work -moving from thinking of himself as a broken person in need of fi...

Logan Williams is one of the best people I know. We talked about: -his history of small traumas, how they affected him, and steps he’s taken to overcome -how his darkest moment helped him connect with his strength -how non-judgmental friends supported and challenged him throughout his journey -how inefficiencies in our healthcare and insurance systems impeded his progress at various points -some o...

Erin Bowman is a somatic therapist. We met at a local networking event and became fast friends when Erin reached out for a coffee after. We talked about: -how farming across Europe reset her nervous system -learning how to give more of herself to her life in a contact improv class -tending to what her body needs: slowing down, then slowing down some more, being gentle, self-dates, mindful movement...

Shane Whalley is a professor and facilitator of conversations. We talked about: *how ze had to integrate who ze was “supposed” to be and had become with who ze authentically is in order to heal *the importance of hir inpatient hospitalization for hir healing journey *how our healing journeys ask a lot of us and why therapists should go to their own therapy *hir relationships with hir parents, how...

Amy Walsh is a doctor, herbalist and mom. We met when Amy offered COVID grief processing rituals that I attended and became fast friends as we collaborated on Around The Hearth , a cozy Winter Solstice offering last year. I loved our conversation, which blew my mind a few times! We talked about: *being an ER doctor during COVID, and how that shaped her healing journey *the adulthood initiation pro...

It’s been a tough few weeks in the news for folks who aren’t MAGA people. With executive power on the rise when the key executive doesn’t seem to have a moral compass, it’s scary out here. I’ve been feeling overwhelmed and hopeless at times, but a few key conversations with friends recently have helped me feel grounded in a few things: When we heal our trauma and reconnect with a deep inner knowin...

Gillian Gregory Carter is a social worker, therapist, and educator. We discussed: -the thoughts and feelings she internalized from witnessing the unhappiness in her parents’ marriage -recognizing how she was playing out old patterns and what she did to shift -returning to her childhood spiritual practice and community to ground her healing journey -how motherhood has expanded her healing journey i...

Krissy Heberlig is a non-profit program manager and single mom of three. In this episode we talked about: *double standards for men and women around infidelity and divorce and how they have affected her *her divorces paving the way for healing *facing unhealthy behaviors and patterns, repeating patterns until she learned the lessons she needed to *unlearning “If I was just {fill in the blank, calm...

Angela Greco is the founder of Days of Summer Garden Design and Days of Summer the band . We’ve been friends for a decade, weaving in and out of each others’ lives in more and less intense and intimate configurations of friendship. Angela shares about her healing journey, mistakes she’s made, and lessons she’s learned. We talked about: *wasting compassion on others when she wasn’t offering it to h...

In ROAR’s first-ever episode, I’m solo sharing my healing journey! About Ellen Line, LCSW-C AKA Your Host I grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains in Pennsylvania, and I've wandered through cities across the US, including Providence, RI and Austin, TX. Now Baltimore City is home. My pronouns are she/her. I'm a cis, white, bi, able-bodied, middle-class woman. I'm a Taurus sun, Scorpi...

Ana Vidina Hernández is the founder of Vidina Visions Consulting . She has been coaching me on my creativity journey for the past year and a half and our work together has helped me heal wounds I didn’t even know I had, creating freedom to do more creative work in the world. About Our Guest Ana Vidina Hernández is “a musician, composer, writer, artist, and social worker…on a journey of reclaiming...

Content Warning: suicidal ideation, suicide plans April Line, my sister, writer of April Line’s Many Minds , and founder of Get In Line Business Solutions , joined me to discuss her healing journey for ROAR Healing Stories second-ever episode. About Our Guest April writes “about a lot of things with varying degrees of expertise but higher than average curiosity and willingness to learn” on the jou...

I have been talking about starting a podcast for one thousand years, and I finally have the mental and emotional space and energy to make it happen! Here’s the trailer for Season One! And the artwork for the whole podcast!! Get hyped!!! In Season One, I’m taking you inside my healing journey and the healing journeys of some of my dear friends. These conversations are vulnerable and beautiful and s...