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Conversations With a Wounded Healer

Release Date: 01/28/2026

314 - The Future of Therapy: Psychedelics, Spirituality & the Courage to Feel with Christian Snuffer show art 314 - The Future of Therapy: Psychedelics, Spirituality & the Courage to Feel with Christian Snuffer

Conversations With a Wounded Healer

If therapists can’t feel, they can’t help. Christian Snuffer dives into psychedelics, spirituality, and the future of therapy—and why curiosity and compassion matter more than any modality. We met on Instagram and immediately bonded over, well, everything! While every tangent in this episode is just so compelling, three topics really reinforced my belief in the future of psychology and the clinicians who are dedicating themselves to its evolution:   self-compassion - for the twisty journeys that bring many of us into this field and home to our own healing coachability - old...

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313 - You’re Not Broken: Wholeness, Recovery & Spiritual Healing with Jamie Marich show art 313 - You’re Not Broken: Wholeness, Recovery & Spiritual Healing with Jamie Marich

Conversations With a Wounded Healer

What if the biggest problem in therapy is therapists who haven’t done their own work? Jamie Marich explores recovery, spirituality beyond religion, and why no modality, guru, or system can replace embodied healing. I love show-and-tell as a teaching method, especially because it emphasizes the importance of therapists doing their own work. Dr. Jamie Marich is the perfect participant. They have a substantial catalog of “personal artifacts” to share: growing up inside evangelical Christian nationalism recovery from addiction and participation in AA processing their queerness in an...

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312 - No Wellness Without Justice with Frank Gruba-McCallister show art 312 - No Wellness Without Justice with Frank Gruba-McCallister

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Frank Gruba-McCallister on why therapy is political, compassion is nonnegotiable, and healing must include social change. If I had to choose one episode to light my way through the collapse of capitalism, it would be this conversation with Frank Gruba-McCallister. Truth is, there’s no escaping the darkness of our current timeline. That said, there are dozens of reasons to remain hopeful, and thousands of people (like Frank) fanning the flames of optimism. There’s also hella work to do individually and collectively.  The end of capitalism will come whether we act or not. Frank offers...

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How to Grow a Practice Without Losing Yourself with Dr. Kristen Wynns - Group Practice (R)evolution show art How to Grow a Practice Without Losing Yourself with Dr. Kristen Wynns - Group Practice (R)evolution

Conversations With a Wounded Healer

How Kristen Wynns built an award-winning practice without insurance dependence and with a good dose of humor. Group practice owners have a decision to make right now: continue treading water or get more creative in how they operate. The field of therapy is lucky to have many examples of group practice owners who embody innovative leadership. One of those is my “conference bestie”, Dr. Kristen Wynns, author, speaker, and founder of Wynns Family Psychology.  Three things practice owners take away from this conversation: You’re the owner, not the micromanager. How you delegate tasks,...

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311 - Invisibility, Trauma, and Becoming Seen: Therapy + Spirituality with Caroline Fernandes show art 311 - Invisibility, Trauma, and Becoming Seen: Therapy + Spirituality with Caroline Fernandes

Conversations With a Wounded Healer

Are therapists ready for the next era of healing? Dr. Caroline Fernandes on complex trauma, mediumship, and what the therapy field has to learn from the spirit world. I’m spinning all the hits on this episode: grief, ghosts, and the energetic shifts that happen when we incorporate the spiritual into processing personal, cultural, or systemic wounds. That’s little “s” spirituality, not the patriarchal-sponsored kind. The addition of spirituality is important in light of my conversation with Dr. Caroline Fernandes. She’s a holistic psychotherapist specializing in complex trauma,...

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310 - Healing at EVERY Level: Mental Health and Clinical Leadership with Sarah Buino and Lane Essex show art 310 - Healing at EVERY Level: Mental Health and Clinical Leadership with Sarah Buino and Lane Essex

Conversations With a Wounded Healer

In this special 9th birthday episode of Conversations With a Wounded Healer, Sarah Buino and Lane Essex explore healing at every level—from individual mental health to group practice dynamics and systemic transformations in the therapy field.  What does it mean to sustain a therapy career in these challenging times, while embracing authentic and clinical leadership approaches that foster collective healing and healthy organizations? This episode offers insight for therapists interested in evolving their practice and creating meaningful change within mental healthcare systems. Learn how...

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309 - Happy Funerals, Sad Funerals: What Death Teaches the Living with Rachel Hauck show art 309 - Happy Funerals, Sad Funerals: What Death Teaches the Living with Rachel Hauck

Conversations With a Wounded Healer

A funeral director turned therapist on meaning-making, unfinished business, and why grief needs more truth and less cheerleading. Ready for a life-affirming episode about death? I’m excited to introduce you to my longtime friend Rachel Hauck. She’s a funeral director and embalmer. After 20 years in business, she’s decided to go back to school to become a therapist. I love chatting with people who are in midlife career shifts. Why did she make the switch? How will her previous career shape her identity as a therapist?  What sets this conversation apart from the hushed, almost...

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Power, Pay, and Permission to Leave with Alicia Murray, The Therapist HQ - Group Practice (R)evolution show art Power, Pay, and Permission to Leave with Alicia Murray, The Therapist HQ - Group Practice (R)evolution

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When the world is burning, old business paradigms collapse—here’s what replaces them. Self-assessment time. For group practice owners: Do your internal systems align with the company’s client-facing messaging? For group practice employees: Is fear (of failure, of retaliation) holding you back from calling out harmful behaviors or leaving altogether?  Alicia Murray, LMHCD, is the creator of Therapist HQ, a digital platform for therapists ready to transition into entrepreneurship. I invited Alicia to discuss how group practice employees can protect themselves against extractive...

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308 - Fear as a Signal: Cycle-Breaking Leadership with Poonam Natha show art 308 - Fear as a Signal: Cycle-Breaking Leadership with Poonam Natha

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Trauma-informed leadership, psychological safety, and accountability in group practice culture. The TL;DR takeaway from today’s episode is: to change the systems and institutions harming us, we must commit to the work. All of it, the intra- and interpersonal.  Poonam Natha can help us with this assignment. She views “the work” as a lifelong process of balancing individualism and collectivism rather than choosing one over the other. Poonam’s nuanced opinion is rooted in her lived experience as the eldest daughter of immigrant parents and a self-described cycle-breaker. GUEST BIO...

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307 - Creativity as Clinical Leadership with Dr Shawn Hondorp, The Innovative Therapist show art 307 - Creativity as Clinical Leadership with Dr Shawn Hondorp, The Innovative Therapist

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Shawn Hondorp on creativity, IFS protector parts, and building a practice that actually feels alive. This episode is your practical guide to feeling alive in messy times. But “feeling” is only part of the equation. “Doing” is what drives change. It transforms our private creative practices into a collective, disruptive force.  Shawn Hondorp, PhD., is a maven of creativity and as the creator of The Innovative Therapist podcast and community, she supports therapists and helpers in creating the work that feels fully alive and authentic, blending psychology, creativity, and courageous...

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From Boomer Hierarchies to Gen Z Autonomy, revolutionary communication insights for owners, managers, and clinicians in group practice.

If you’re navigating leadership across multiple generations and feeling the strain, this episode is for you.

And yes, before you ask, we’re talking about generational dynamics without turning this into a “kids these days” rant. Let’s get to the heart of what’s brewing in group practices right now: intergenerational tension.

My guest, Calle Foster, professionals go from quiet contributors to confident, influential, credible leaders. Calle has graciously agreed to be our Millennial and GenZ cipher. They’re the groups she coaches most often.

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Calle Foster (she/her) spent over a decade in corporate Learning & Development before becoming a speaker and three-time certified leadership coach. She now equips Millennial and Gen Z professionals with the confidence, clarity, and people skills to lead with real impact. Her coaching blends honesty, strategy, and self-awareness to help rising leaders thrive.

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