81: Happiness is a Decision
Open Heart Healing Podcast
Follow me on Instagram . Zulma Beatriz Williams, LCSW, also known as The Swearing Therapist, joins the conversation to share her powerful journey through trauma, immigration, cancer survival, mental health recovery, and radical self-trust. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Zulma immigrated to the United States at 31, earned her social work degrees later in life, and became fully licensed after surviving breast cancer, abusive relationships, depression, and suicidal ideation. As the founder of Dragonfly Therapy Services, Zulma specializes in trauma therapy, anxiety, and...
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80: Being with Emotions, Not Battling Them
Open Heart Healing Podcast
Follow me on Instagram . Sylvia Wolfer. Across different stages of her life, Sylvia Wolfer experienced profound and sudden loss, including the deaths of her parents and two brothers. For years, she lived with unprocessed grief—appearing functional on the outside while internally bracing for impact, governed by grief triggers and a constant sense of threat. Everyday experiences like reading, sitting in cafés, or trusting a calm day felt impossible. When her older brother died in a car accident years later, this moment became a turning point. Through neuroscience, mindfulness, emotional...
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79: From Trauma to Triumph
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Follow me on Instagram ! Adriene Caldwell is a force of resilience, healing, and truth. As a former foster youth—a group of whom less than 3% attend college and 20% later enter the U.S. prison system—Adriene defied every statistic and expectation. Her life story, marked by profound trauma including abuse, sexual assault, homelessness, untreated mental illness, and foster care brutality, is not shared for shock value, but to offer real, grounded hope to anyone fighting their way out of darkness. Her book Unbroken carries one of the most extensive trigger warning lists you’ll ever...
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78: Rethinking Bipolar: Trauma, Awakening, Healing
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Follow me on Instagram ! Today’s guest is Sean Blackwell, author of Bipolar Awakenings: The Quest to Heal Bipolar Disorder, a thought leader redefining how we understand mental health, trauma, and spiritual transformation. For over a decade, Sean has shared his personal journey and taught others through his YouTube channel and international retreats, helping people explore the intersection of psychology, consciousness, and awakening. Sean challenges the mainstream psychiatric model that views bipolar disorder as a lifelong, biologically based mental illness. Instead, he presents a...
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77: Sacred Healing & Twin Flame Truth
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Follow me on Instagram ! In this powerful conversation, we meet V.C. Pitt—author of My Twin Flame Journey of Separation, Surrender, and Release and Healing Sacred Wounds While Reclaiming My Power, cancer survivor, and spiritual guide devoted to alternative healing wisdom. V.C. shares her raw, transformative journey from running a successful medical billing company to surrendering fully to her spiritual path and becoming a lightworker who helps others heal through sacred plant medicine, emotional release techniques, and deep spiritual understanding. A breast cancer survivor, V.C. opens...
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76: Inspiring One Million Acts of Self-Love
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Follow me on Instagram ! Julie Heaton spent more than 30 years as a corporate executive before following a deeper calling: guiding others back to themselves. As the author of ROAR, The Manifester’s Playbook, The Manifester’s Workbook, and the children’s series The Adventures of the Fabulous Three, Julie offers grounded, soulful tools for healing, identity work, and personal transformation. In this episode, Julie shares her powerful journey from self-loathing to self-loving—a path shaped by healing childhood wounds, breaking generational patterns, spiritual travel, meditation, and...
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75: Healing Trauma and Reclaiming Your Light
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Follow me on Instagram . In this heart-opening episode of the Open Heart Healing Podcast, I’m joined by Shannon Curtis, founder of Angel Goddess Healing and author of No More Monsters Under the Bed: Shining Your Light on the Dark. Shannon’s journey from addiction, grief, and childhood trauma to deep spiritual awakening and self-love is a testament to the power of transformation and forgiveness. Through her sanctuary, Angel Goddess Healing, Shannon helps people of all ages heal from trauma, break free from addiction, and reconnect with their higher self. She shares how embracing her...
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74: Living for a Body You Love
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Follow me on Instagram . In this empowering episode of the Open Heart Healing Podcast, I sit down with Lisa Franz, M.Sc. in Exercise Science, Health Promotion, and Nutrition, and the founder of Nutrition Coaching and Life. Lisa shares her journey from struggling with diets to becoming an evidence-based nutrition and fitness coach who helps people achieve lasting transformation. As a digital nomad who’s traveled to over 53 countries, Lisa has mastered the art of balancing a healthy, strong body with a lifestyle full of joy, food, and adventure. She explains how science-based fat loss,...
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73: Sensual Liberation: Bridging Sexuality and Spirituality
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Follow me on Instagram ! In this powerful and deeply inspiring episode, I sit down with Hani Cheng, Intimacy Transformation Facilitator, bestselling author, and founder of the YUMM Sensual Liberation Programs, to explore how embracing sensuality can transform every area of your life. With over 15 years of experience, certifications across 33 holistic modalities, and more than 800 transformational events hosted worldwide, Hani combines ancient Tantric and Taoist practices with modern leadership and emotional intelligence. Hani opens up about her own journey—from outward corporate success and...
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72: Helping Kids Regulate Big Feelings
Open Heart Healing Podcast
Jacintha Field is a Family and Child Counsellor, Art Therapist, and founder of Happy Souls Kids — a global platform helping children aged 5–12 regulate big feelings through storytelling, gamified tools, and voices of role models they admire. After surviving domestic violence and burnout, she retrained in counselling, play therapy, and somatic healing to support her own son when no services were available. What started as a personal mission has grown into a movement to reach 100,000 children by 2027. In this conversation, Jacintha shares her journey of turning pain into purpose, the...
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In this solo episode of The Open Heart Healing Podcast, I’m exploring a theme that is both beautiful and challenging: the art of beginning again. We often think of new beginnings as a one-time event, but the truth is, life is full of opportunities to start fresh. Whether it’s in a new career, a new relationship, or a new phase of our personal growth, the chance to begin again is always there.
I dive into why this can be so difficult for us. We might feel like we’ve failed, or we might be too attached to the way things were. But I want to challenge that mindset. Each new beginning is not a sign of failure but a chance for a do-over, a way to realign with our true selves and what truly matters. It’s an act of courage and self-compassion.
This episode is a conversation about the beauty of second chances and the importance of forgiving ourselves for past mistakes. It's a reminder that we don't have to be perfect; we just have to be willing to start over. I share my own experiences with beginning again and offer some practical ways you can embrace this powerful cycle in your own life.
If you’ve been feeling stuck, or if you simply need permission to start again whenever you want, this episode is for you. Join me as we explore how to let go of the past, embrace the present, and step into the endless possibilities that come with a fresh start.