The Trauma Educator Podcast

If this episode resonated with you, there's an opportunity to learn more. Join my live workshop Developing Self-Attunement after Complex Trauma on June 18. It will be a somatic workshop on trauma triggers, body memory, and how self-attunement can help you begin to work with the anatomy of your triggers in a more grounded and compassionate way. Visit the link below to reserve your ticket: http...

If this episode resonated with you, there's an opportunity to learn more. Join my live workshop Developing Self-Attunement after Complex Trauma on June 18. Visit the link below to reserve your ticket: https://courses.effiekli.com/self-attunement-after-complex-trauma  It will be a 90-minute somatic workshop on trauma triggers, body memory, and how self-attunement can help you begin to work wit...

In this episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Jamie Clements, founder of The Breath Space and host of the Human Nature Podcast, recognised as a leading voice in the wellbeing space and an expert breathwork facilitator whose work explores the intersection of breath, consciousness, and human potential. Together, we explore the most common misconceptions people have about breathwork,...

In this episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Luis Mojica, somatic educator and founder of Holistic Life Navigation, whose work sits at the intersection of nutrition, the nervous system, and trauma recovery. Today is the publication of his new book, Food Therapy: Conscious Eating to Navigate Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma.  In this conversation how food can become part of the healing...

Depression is often treated as something that is wrong with us.  But what if that framing is part of what keeps us stuck in depression? In this episode, I explore depression through a trauma-informed and nervous system lens and why understanding it purely through symptoms or serotonin imbalance narratives limits the way we approach healing.  Rather than asking “what’s wrong with you and you are de...

In this episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Deniz Ahmadinia, a clinical psychologist whose work bridges trauma, somatic and parts work, and intuitive energy healing. Drawing from both her professional expertise and personal healing journey, Deniz brings a perspective that moves beyond intellectual understanding and into the lived, embodied process of reconnecting with the sel...

In this episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Hannah Fraser Moore, analytical psychologist and depth psychotherapist, whose work bridges trauma, instinct, and the symbolic life. Grounded in Jungian psychology and psychoanalytic thought, Hannah explores how early relational experiences shape the nervous system, the body, and our capacity to live with agency and meaning. She is a mem...

In this interview episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Jordan Dann, psychoanalyst, traumatologist, and educator whose work bridges depth psychology, attachment theory, and nervous system science. Jordan integrates Somatic Experiencing, Gestalt, and psychoanalytic perspectives to help individuals and couples transform unconscious relational patterns into conscious, embodied choice....

In this episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Laura Anderson, therapist, trauma recovery coach, educator, and founder of the Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery. Laura specializes in complex trauma with a focus on domestic violence, sexualized violence, and religious trauma. She is also the author of the book When Religion Hurts You: Healing From Religious Trauma and the...

In this episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Britt Frank, licensed neuropsychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, keynote speaker, and author of The Science of Stuck and Align Your Mind. Britt’s work has been featured in NPR, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Forbes, and she brings a refreshingly grounded, science-based perspective to what it really means to fee...

In this interview episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast , I’m joined by Erica Hornthal, a licensed clinical professional counselor, board-certified dance/movement therapist, and the founder of Chicago Dance Therapy. Known as “The Therapist Who Moves You,” Erica has spent decades helping people understand movement not just as expression, but as a direct pathway to healing, regulation, and change....

In this solo episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast , I explore a common experience amongst people who live with complex trauma: when harm is denied, minimised, or avoided, and the focus shifts through shame onto your reaction instead. We look at how being blamed for responding to harm becomes a second trauma, how emotionally numb systems uphold these dynamics through dismissal, and why those who...

In this solo episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast , I explore why fear of abandonment can feel so intense and challenging in relationships and how emotional neglect and misattunement shape a nervous system that learns to survive through attention, validation and performance. We look at how unmet early needs create an internal sense of emptiness and starvation, why receiving romantic attention ca...

In this solo episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, we dive into one of the most misunderstood, yet foundational, aspects of trauma healing: power. We explore how power, attachment, and healthy aggression intertwine in both our nervous systems and our relationships, and why reclaiming power is essential for repair, dignity, and long-term relational integrity. I break down why power must be propor...

In this new episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I answer some of your questions about trauma, healing, and the nervous system These are questions you've submitted, and it was an absolute joy to take some time to reflect on them and answer in the following order: • How can I discern between real and valid needs versus “needs” that stem from a trauma response? • Is it really possible that s...

In this new episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Jennifer Mullan, a major disruptor in the mental health industrial complex and the founder of Decolonizing Therapy®, a psychological evolution that weaves together political, ancestral, therapeutic, and global well-being. She’s the recipient of Essence magazine’s 2020 Essential Hero Award in the category of mental health and the...

In this interview, I’m joined by Dr. Ingrid Clayton , a licensed clinical psychologist, trauma therapist, and author whose work has helped countless people understand the hidden dynamics of complex trauma. Ingrid holds a Ph. D. in clinical psychology and an M.A. in transpersonal psychology. She’s the author of the best-selling memoir Believing Me: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse and Complex Trauma...

Welcome to the first episode of The Trauma Educator Podcast where nervous system science, somatic education, and conversations on trauma meet culture and society. In this opening episode, I explore what complex trauma really is. I talk about how complex PTSD is different from PTSD, why this distinction matters, and how our family systems, cultures, and collective histories shape the nervous system...