The Art of Integrating CI in Relational Trauma Therapy with Rita Bozi
Release Date: 05/08/2025
I’m All I Wanted to Be. Now What? With Sat Dharam Kaur
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This conversation opens with Sat Dharam sharing her realization that her original life goals have been achieved, and asking herself, “What’s next?” She goes on to look forward and explore the possibilities. A therapist’s state is known to influence the client's experience and expand the potential for healing. That’s why Compassionate Inquiry® brings empathetic presence into therapeutic contexts. But if current psychological and spiritual understandings were expanded to include environmental consciousness and creative expression,...
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What Happens in Women’s Circles with Tanya Lynn
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Hosted and Produced by J’aime Rothbard In this lively conversation, Tanya reveals why women gather in Circles and the personal growth that can happen when they do. She shares her long Circling history and what recently motivated her to train in Somatic Experiencing and integrate it into her Circle Work. Tanya also demystifies: - Sisterhood - The Mother Wound, Sister Wound and Witch Wounds - The Role of Circles - The Roles of Perimenopause and Menopause - The Wild Woman - The Council of Queens - The Grandmother Clan Join us to learn what happens in Woman’s Circles. You might...
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Longing to Belong with Cristina Bâra
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted and Produced by J’aime Rothbard The gentle conversation flows from Cristina’s personal journey to her professional role within the Compassionate Inquiry® organization to the approach’s impact on individual and group development. She highlights how Compassionate Inquiry® groups foster a sense of community and mutual support by inviting individuals to explore their emotions and experiences in the safe facilitated spaces that are essential for meaningful personal exploration. Cristina also explains: - Why the self-discovery and healing path often require us to experience our...
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Bonus Song: U.K. Blessed with Jacob Kishere AKA Culture Pilgrim
The Gifts of Trauma
In our most recent episode, host Kevin Young sat down with the multi-faceted and multi-talented Jacob Kishere in . If you missed it, you can find the conversation . If you've already listened, you'll be pleased to hear that we didn't let Jacob get away without offering a taste of this artform he fully produces and performs independently under his stage name, Culture Pilgrim. U.K. Blessed is a hiphop testament of Jacob's enduring pursuit of mining hope from within when the exterior world is perceivably void of it -- and coming up with glistening things born of weathering the pressures of such...
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Evoking the Resonant Man with Jacob Kishere
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This deep, esoteric and practical conversation addresses the lack of positive role models and meaningful traditions for men, today. Jacob introduces the "Resonant Man," an archetype that aims to evolve masculinity into a sacred form that addresses current societal contexts and the importance of male identity. After recognizing the need for a communal space that fosters growth and understanding in relation to masculinity, Jacob encourages men to connect with supportive communities, engage in dialogues, explore their emotional...
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Enhancing Bodywork & EFT (Tapping) with Compassionate Inquiry with Pam Sommer
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. In this intimate, flowing conversation, Pam unravels the interconnections of emotions and physical sensations, particularly pain, in therapeutic settings including Massage Therapy, RMT, Emotional Freedom Technique, EFT (tapping), and Compassionate Inquiry® CI. She shares the therapeutic effects on her anxiety and physical pain she experienced while training in EFT and CI, highlighting that while both issues are still present, she now has the tools to manage them. Pam also touches on: - Generational trauma and how earlier...
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Awakening from Shutdown, Numbness & Not-Enoughness with Irina Sadakova
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard In this revealing conversation, Irina shares her experience as a child growing up in Soviet Russia, the impact of generational trauma and her journey of personal transformation. She weaves in repeating ancestral themes, highlights the abandonment trauma that impacted three consecutive generations in her maternal line, and explains how grief can fuel growth and healing. In this interview Irina also emphasizes the significance of: - Compassionate Inquiry in the expansion of her understanding of trauma - Personal experiences in...
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Multicultural & Ancestral Healing Perspectives with Soraya Romao-Inglis
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This gentle conversation explores Soraya’s multifaceted approach to therapy which acknowledges personal, cultural, and systemic factors. She shares her personal trauma experiences as a BIPOC female immigrant in Canada, her ancestors' influence in her life and work, and the multicultural compassionate lens she uses to support her clients’ healing. Soraya also explains: Trauma’s roots and manifestations in human behavior - Emotional eating as a coping mechanism for unaddressed trauma. - How nervous system...
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The Art of Integrating CI in Relational Trauma Therapy with Rita Bozi
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard This nuanced conversation begins with a deep dive into healing relational trauma. Rita explains developmental trauma, relational trauma and how both are rooted in ancestral and intergenerational trauma. After deftly highlighting how trauma experienced during critical developmental periods can lead to gaps in our self-awareness, emotional and relational functioning, she goes on to explore: - Forgiveness as a natural outcome of personal healing rather than a prerequisite for it. - Embodiment’s role in fully experiencing and...
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Transforming Corporate Organizations into Soulful Workplaces with Amy Elizabeth Fox
The Gifts of Trauma
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This episode explores the role of trauma awareness in leadership and organizational development. By integrating psycho-spiritual insights, Amy’s work supports leaders in fostering healthier, more sustainable, workplaces which can lead to individual and company-wide healing and transformation. Her initiatives invite leaders to explore their early traumas and free themselves from the old survival strategies and untreated traumas that affect their daily decision-making and organizational dynamics. In this deep, rich conversation,...
info_outlineHosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard
This nuanced conversation begins with a deep dive into healing relational trauma. Rita explains developmental trauma, relational trauma and how both are rooted in ancestral and intergenerational trauma. After deftly highlighting how trauma experienced during critical developmental periods can lead to gaps in our self-awareness, emotional and relational functioning, she goes on to explore:
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- Forgiveness as a natural outcome of personal healing rather than a prerequisite for it.
- Embodiment’s role in fully experiencing and processing trauma.
- Manifestations of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
- How humour, absurdity and laughter can coexist with tears during healing.
- The Importance of meaningful connections with others in healing.
- Relational approaches to therapy that emphasize embodied interactions. -
Rita shares several stories during this interview . One focuses on her love of dance, her experience in ballet school, how it served her as a necessary escape, and its many challenges, including an out of control eating disorder. She shares how one day a caring friend’s well chosen truthful observation positively shifted her trajectory: an approach she now uses in her work with clients. Rita concludes by sharing the deeply personal story of her 2-person play, The Damage Is Done, in which she played several of her family members, opposite Gabor Mate, who appeared as himself.
About Rita Bozi
Somatic Relational Psychedelic Therapist, Somatic Transformation Educator, Author
Raised by Hungarian refugees, Rita is a multidisciplinary Somatic Relational trauma- informed Facilitator, a Psychedelic Therapist, a Somatic Transformation Educator, author, podcast co-host, a multidisciplinary creator, playwright, retired professional actor and dancer.
With 30 years’ experience in the healing arts, Rita is the director of Brilliant Healing Inc. She works with individuals and groups, leads unique, experiential, creative healing retreats, trains, mentors and supervises international students in her 3 Module program: Somatic Relational Trauma-informed Practices for Medicine-Assisted Facilitation. Rita is teaching Cohorts in Canada, Europe, the US and Australia and is guest faculty at The Synthesis Institute. She has been invited to lecture at the Psychedelic Association of Canada, the Psychedelic-assisted Therapy Graduate Certificate Program at Vancouver Island University and ATMA Journey Centres in the Psychedelic- Assisted Therapy Program.
Mentored by the late visionary Carol-Anne Bickerstaff, Rita spent four years in a practicum with Sharon Stanley PhD, studying her Somatic Transformation Model. She is a Consultant Facilitator of the One Brain System, has a Diploma in Shiatsu Therapy and is a former instructor at Mount Royal College in Calgary and Langara College in Vancouver.
Her podcast PUNK THERAPY: Psychedelic Underground Neural Kindness, which she co-hosts with Dr. T., has over 20,000 downloads. In 2013, Rita wrote, produced and co-starred with Gabor Maté in the multi-disciplinary stage show, The Damage in Done which performed to sold out houses.
Her first novel, When I Was Better [2022] is a Firebird Book Award winner and a finalist for the 2022 Goethe International literary award for Late-Historical Fiction.
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A Human Response to Medicine
The Making of “The Damage Is Done”
How do we help when we’re overwhelmed ourselves?
When Wise Interventions are Required in Medicine Spaces (To Intervene or Not?)
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Exploring The Psychedelic Revolution In Therapy
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“Let's talk about developmental trauma and how well my accommodations and adaptations have
prevented my heart from completely imploding on this planet. lol :)” - Rita Bozi
“We're making a home in our consciousness for the consciousness of the other.” - Sharon Stanley
“There are no villains and there are no victims. There's just a lot of hurting people.” - Gabor Maté