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What Happens in Women’s Circles with Tanya Lynn

Release Date: 06/19/2025

Khonmadi: Feeling the Heartbeat of Mother Earth, with Dr Ruby Gibson

The Gifts of Trauma

Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes, Produced by J’aime Rothbard. In this magical conversation, Dr. Ruby shares the launch of The Khonmadi Project, which was inspired by a dream. She has since discovered that Khonmadi is known to different indigenous cultures worldwide, as a term that relates to healing Mother Earth. Dr. Ruby also shares her personal and professional journey, which began at age 13. Learning about the emotional roots of physical pain, led her from massage therapy to somatic healing, and the creation of Somatic Archaeologyⓒ which considers the body a "walking library" of...

Healing the Trauma of the Heart with Tiph Fedor

The Gifts of Trauma

Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. The spiritual journey and process of trauma healing are presented as aligned experiences that unfold together as we progress through healing into wholeness. This conversation begins with Tiph’s healing journey. A highly sensitive, empathetic child, growing up in a family where emotions were suppressed was a painful experience that led her to heroin addiction— described as a "magic bullet," it numbed Tiph’s emotions but made her life a ‘grim’ period of survival. She goes on to share how she overcame her addiction, and the...

Finding Chronic Pain Relief in Parts Work with Terry Baranski

The Gifts of Trauma

Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Compassionate Inquiry® (CI) both aim to reconnect individuals with their core Self. Learn how understanding parts' reality' roles, and feeling into the somatic flow of Self facilitates healing. In this conversation, Terry illuminates the IFS approach, including the nature of Self, how our how parts manifest chronic pain and why addressing these internal conflicts is essential for healing. Having been trained in both CI and IFS, Terry adeptly distinguishes the two approaches’ areas of...

Claiming Your Power in Perimenopause with Inés Zabalaga

The Gifts of Trauma

Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes & J’aime Rothbard. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. In this social-myth-busting expose, perimenopause is presented as a force that both transforms and empowers women' s relationships with their bodies, self-worth, sexuality and desirability. In this fluid conversation, three women explore multiple perspectives and experiences of menopause and trauma. Inés invites listeners to use their menopause experiences to redefine their relationships with their bodies, to reclaim pleasure, sensuality and sexuality. Their experiences contradict the outdated belief that...

Gift with Shawn Ginwright - 2 minute listen

The Gifts of Trauma

This week's gift comes by way of Dr Shawn Ginwritght, who weighs in on how we can become solid influences for young people emerging though the challenges we as a culture and global community face in these times. Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode or a gift, as over the next few months our guests have created some beautiful gifts for us to share with you! Our wish is that you may use these simple practices to deepen your integration of what was shared by Shawn Ginwright on The Gifts of Trauma Podcast. Dr G's Books:

Moving from “What’s Wrong?” To “What’s Right?” with Dr Shawn Ginwright

The Gifts of Trauma

Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. Young peoples' transformational stories advocate for an expansion of the current Trauma-Informed approach to include the Healing-Centered focus on empowerment, agency & holistic well-being. In this paradigm shifting conversation, Shawn shares stories of young people who transformed their lives through community support and aspirational goals. Their experiences demonstrate how being recognized as agents in their own healing process, empowered young people to dream and envision futures beyond their trauma. To support this...

Gift Episode with Sat Dharam Kaur

The Gifts of Trauma

Sat Dharam Kaur offers these simple practices you can use to help you connect with your body and create a space in which you can deepen your experience of your own bodily, nature and spiritual connection, through presence, truth, love and divinity. Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode or a gift, as over the next few months our guests have created some beautiful gifts for us to share with you! Our wish is that you may use these simple practices to deepen your integration of what was shared by Sat Dharam on The Gifts of Trauma Podcast.

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,...

What Happens in Women’s Circles with Tanya Lynn

The Gifts of Trauma

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...

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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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 begin by unpacking triggers which can open healing for a lifetime of wounds inflicted by women. Move on to develop personal sovereignty, cultivate powerful personal leadership, and build a community you can trust with your heart. All of this and more is possible through "Circling."

About Tanya Lynn, CEO and Author.

Tanya is a pioneer in feminine embodiment, global circle facilitation, and trauma-informed leadership. An Integrative Nutrition Health Coach trained in Transformational Leadership, she is currently completing her Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner program.

The founder of Sistership Circle®, a global movement of facilitators across 30+ countries, and the creator of the Feminine Freedom Method™ (a somatic certification rooted in nervous system awareness, shadow alchemy, and sacred space holdin) Tanya spent over 15 years developing transformational experiences that support women in healing, reclaiming their voices, and leading from their deepest truths.

She authored, Open Your Heart: How to be a New Generation Feminine Leader, in 2017, and The Art of Leading Circle: How to Fill, Lead & Grow Your Women's Circle, in 2020.

Tanya is known for her fierce devotion to truth, her ability to create safe spaces for deep emotional unraveling, and her commitment to birthing the next generation of embodied feminine leaders.

She lives in Costa Rica with her husband and two daughters.

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