The Fear of Change Podcast

Are you a woman in your 40s, 50s, or 60s? Have you ever experienced - or are you perhaps experiencing - a midlife identity breakup? What is the first step that you can take to journey through this transition and fully step into yourself? In this episode, I talk about the midlife identity breakup —a transition many women experience in midlife as they move from who they've been into who they're beco...

What happens when the roles and identities that once defined you no longer fit? How do you navigate the unsettling space between who you were and who you are becoming? What if midlife isn't a crisis at all, but an invitation to evolve into your truest self? In this podcast I talk about the midlife identity breakup—the moment you realize the roles and patterns that once defined you no longer fit wh...

Why does burnout even happen? How can you heal from burnout in ways that actually work and drop the quick-fixes? What would your life look like if you started listening to your body's early warning signs instead of pushing past them? In this podcast I explain why burnout isn't a time-management issue—it's a nervous system issue. You can have a full calendar and feel energized when your system is r...

What if your body isn't ready for the change your mind wants? Are you trying to force transformation when your nervous system resists? What could positively shift if your body felt safe enough to evolve? In this podcast I talk about what happens when your mind wants change, but your body isn't ready. I explore the somatic side of reinvention and why healing often needs to happen before transformat...

What if fear isn't a stop sign, but the doorway you have been avoiding? How would your life change if you treated fear as information instead of a threat? What possibilities might open if discomfort became your compass rather than your warning light? In this podcast I talk about what happens when I finally listen to my body. I explore how often we mislabel dysregulation as "just tired" or "just st...

What if fear isn't a stop sign, but the doorway you have been avoiding? How would your life change if you treated fear as information instead of a threat? What possibilities might open if discomfort became your compass rather than your warning light? In this podcast I invite listeners to reframe fear—not as a stop sign but as a doorway I've been avoiding. I explain how treating fear as information...

What if your body could tell you you're afraid long before your mind catches up? How often do you mistake fear signals for something "wrong" instead of something informative? What might change if you learned to interpret fearful sensations as guidance rather than danger? In this podcast, I explore how fear lives in the body and how learning to read those sensations can shift my entire response. I...

What if the thing you fear most isn't failure, but finally getting what you want? Why can success feel just as overwhelming as falling short? What happens when your mind dreams big, but your body pulls the brakes? In this podcast I explore what it really means to fear success — not failure, but the moment when everything you've been working toward starts becoming real. I talk about how overwhelmin...

How does one really "trust the process" amid uncertainty? Why does building up your resilience matter when it comes to looking for solutions? Who is in the driver's seat of your life, and if it's not your conscientious adult self, how can you get back into it? In this episode, I explore what it really means to trust the process when life feels uncertain. I talk about redefining uncertainty as poss...

Has a rejection ever stopped you from pushing forward in pursuit of your goals? Are you hiding in your hopes and dreams because you have been told "no" in the past? Is it possible for you to see rejection as a form of redirection to continue striving forward, toward your best self?  In this podcast episode of the Regulate to Liberate series, I talk about how rejection can be an opportunity for gro...

How can we turn our setbacks into stepping stones? What if fear wasn't a stop sign, but simply information inviting you to grow? How much progress could you make if "not perfect yet" didn't mean "not capable"? In this podcast episode, I explore the fear of failure — how to find its source, ease it, and reframe it as information rather than a stop sign. I share how I helped a client who feared a pr...

What happens when life's stressors push us beyond what we can handle? How do we recognize when our nervous system has moved outside its window of tolerance? What can we do to come back into balance when we're flooded or shut down? In this podcast, I explore what happens when life's stressors push us beyond what we can handle — when our nervous system moves outside its window of tolerance. I talk a...

What is your most common fear reaction: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn? What triggers you to go into these responses? How can you be more mindful and approach these instinctive responses with compassion and curiosity to look under the fear at what's really going on? In this podcast, I explore why we freeze in moments of fear or stress and how to move through that response with more compassion. Oft...

What happens when clients decide to switch therapists when you decide to change your life? What do you need to continue to change and grow as a person without holding yourself back? How can you and your clients navigate these shifts in therapy when someone's life changes in a new way? In this podcast episode, I talk about what happens when we change as therapists—and our clients notice. As I evolv...

Do you practice using your intuition and faith in everyday life? How can bringing these two into the therapy room support you and your client better? What do you need to trust your inner self to make decisions from your most honest inner self? In this podcast, I talk about how faith and intuition guide both my life and my work as a therapist. Intuition is that quiet inner knowing—something you can...

What's the real cost of staying the same versus choosing change? What happens when you stay in a job that drains you? How can leaving be the first step toward saying "yes" to growth?  In this podcast, I talk about the real cost of staying the same. I realized I was spending so much energy processing how unhappy I was at work while my growth had stalled. Leaving wasn't easy, but it was necessary—I...

Is there anything you believed about therapy when you started that you think differently about now? Why should you be careful not to overprepare for sessions and rather just focus on your client? How can showing humanness, not just neutrality, support client healing? In this episode of Therapist Behind the Change , I reflect on how my beliefs about therapy have evolved. I used to think healing had...

What does it mean to face the "reckoning" of midlife? Why is midlife a new opportunity for identity and not a crisis of identity? How can personal shifts in parenting and purpose transform your clinical presence? Motherhood hit me like a wave—disorienting, painful at times, but also deeply beautiful. I was in love with my baby, yet I still loved the other parts of my life, and suddenly I had to ma...

Can therapists truly help others while still healing themselves? Is there really such a thing as a "finished therapist"? How can letting go of perfection and aiming for balance transform your personal and professional life? As a therapist, I've come to realize that healing and helping aren't separate paths—they often walk hand in hand. There's this common myth of the "finished therapist," like we'...

What happens when a therapist hits a wall? Have you ever personally gone through burnout? How do you get yourself out of it?  In this episode, I open up about something that many therapists experience but don't often talk about—burnout. I hit a point in my career where I felt like I'd hit a wall. I was exhausted in a way that rest couldn't fix, and I started to notice that even getting up for work...

What early signs revealed to you your calling to become a therapist? How does personal growth shape the journey of becoming a mental health practitioner? Why is it important to focus intentionally on the life you want to create? Even as a child, I noticed when someone else was upset or hurting, and I realized it mattered to be present with people during their grief or sadness. I had a strong "empa...

How can simple communication practices like "huddles" transform patient care and team efficiency? Why is collaboration at every level of a team essential for long-term success? What benefits come from questioning and redesigning the very systems your business relies on? I've seen how small changes create big results. When my team started using quick huddles, we cut patient visits from two hours to...

What does it really feel like to be "stuck" in life or business? How can uncovering the root cause of a problem help you break free from it? What small but powerful actions can shift you out of the muck and into momentum? Getting unstuck meant confronting uncomfortable truths, asking direct questions, and making tough changes. In this episode, I talk about the power of small but scary actions to s...

Your kids are all grown up - who are you now? What happens when you are out of caregiving mode? When there is no one else around for you to take care of, can you turn inward?  In this episode, I'm diving into a question that so many of us face once our children are grown and the caregiving chapter of life begins to quiet: Who am I now? For years, my identity—like so many others—was deeply connecte...

Do you ever feel out of sync with your body, emotions, or thoughts? I've been there. In this episode, I share my journey with integrative wellness—and how I came to understand just how connected everything really is. When I started paying attention to small things, like how much I moved or what I was putting in my body, I noticed unexpected shifts in other areas of my life. My energy changed. My m...