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🌿 **Did you miss this week's episode of *The Spiritually Curious Therapist*?**

One of the moments I haven't been able to stop thinking about came when my guest, Wren Morrow, described nature as a place where **shame begins to unravel**.

Not because nature tells us we're beautiful.

But because it doesn't judge us at all.

Trees don't care if your body has changed.
Rivers don't compare you to anyone else.
The forest doesn't ask you to be anything other than what you are.

Somewhere along the way, our conversation stopped being about photography and became a conversation about remembering who we are beneath the stories we've been told about our bodies, our worth, and who we're supposed to be.

It left me wondering...

✨ **Where do you feel most like yourself?**

🎙️ If you haven't listened yet, I hope you'll join us for:

**Remembering Who We Are: Wren Morrow on Nature, Shame, and the Freedom of Coming Home to Yourself**

I have a feeling this conversation will stay with you long after it ends.

Ever wonder why nature feels like an instant reset button?

A lot of us are running on empty, especially if you spend your days holding space for other people.

And we keep trying to regulate indoors, with more strategies, more journaling, more effort.

Sometimes the simplest tool is the most powerful one.
Time outside gives your nervous system a break from all the scanning it does indoors.

New episode with is live now inside The Spiritually Curious Therapist.

Link in bio. 🎙️

Have you ever made a decision so fast it scared you a little?

Most of us wait around for certainty before we move. We want a guarantee before we take the leap, but waiting for certainty can keep you stuck in a life that stopped fitting you a long time ago.

My guest this week, , sold her car, packed what was left, and moved to a town she had never even seen. Her mantra the whole time was simple.

👉 Fate loves the fearless.

New episode is live now. You won’t want to miss this!

Link in bio if you need a little courage today. 🎙️

✨ Just dropped! ✨

When I invited Wren Morrow onto the podcast, I thought we were going to talk about photography.

Instead, we found ourselves exploring something much bigger.

What happens when we leave behind the stories we've been told about who we should be?

What if nature doesn't just calm our nervous system, but reminds us who we are beneath the shame, the conditioning, and the expectations we've carried for years?

In this episode, Wren shares her journey from leaving purity culture to finding profound freedom in the natural world, where she now creates experiences that help people reconnect with themselves through outdoor photography.

We explore:
🌿 Why shame begins to unravel in nature
🌿 The connection between embodiment and healing
🌿 Predictive processing and the stories we tell ourselves
🌿 Why photographs aren't the healing, they're reminders of the healing we've already experienced

One of my favorite takeaways:

**Healing isn't always about becoming someone new. Sometimes it's about remembering who you've been all along.**

🎧 Listen now to:

**Remembering Who We Are: Wren Morrow on Nature, Shame, and the Freedom of Coming Home to Yourself**

I'd love to hear what resonates most with you after you listen.

Have you ever noticed how differently you feel in nature?

Your shoulders soften.
Your breathing slows.
For just a moment... you remember something about yourself that gets lost in the busyness of everyday life.

Tomorrow on *The Spiritually Curious Therapist*, I'm joined by Wren Morrow, and what I expected to be a conversation about photography became something much deeper.

We explored freedom, shame, nervous system regulation, purity culture, and the remarkable way nature reflects us back to ourselves without judgment.

One line from our conversation has stayed with me:

🌿 *"The photos become keys that unlock the memory of the experience."*

Because maybe healing isn't about becoming someone new.

Maybe it's about remembering who you've been all along.

Remembering Who We Are: Wren Morrow on Nature, Shame, and the Freedom of Coming Home to Yourself

I can't wait to share this conversation with you tomorrow.

Your mind and your body aren’t two things working together.

They’re one thing.

And yet, most of us spend years treating them like strangers.

We think our way through emotions instead of feeling them. We push through pain instead of listening to it. We keep looking for answers in our head when our body already has them.

In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, Laura Khoudari, trauma-informed wellness expert and author of Lifting Heavy Things, explains how she came to understand this firsthand, not through a meditation cushion, but through a barbell.

The gym became her way back to herself. And what she found there changed the way she works with clients now.

New episode is up. Link in bio. 🎙️

Did you miss this week's episode?

What if some of the most transformative moments in our lives are the ones we can't easily explain?

In my conversation with Michael Monk, we explore awakening, consciousness, synchronicity, and the challenge of making sense of experiences that fall outside our usual understanding of reality.

This isn't a conversation about having all the answers.

It's a conversation about staying curious enough to ask the questions.

If you've ever wondered about the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and the mystery of being human, this episode might be for you.

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

I’m honored to be presenting at The Somatic Sampler: Many Paths to Healing, a first-of-its-kind continuing education experience for therapists and clinicians exploring somatic and holistic modalities.

This two-part event includes a virtual CE panel on September 23, 2026 (4 CEs) and an in-person experiential summit at the Himalayan Institute in the Poconos, January 14-17, 2027 (up to 15 CEs).

The virtual panel starts us off. The in-person summit immerses us.
 
Eleven clinicians. Eleven modalities. One case study. All explored side by side so you can find the approaches that resonate with you and your clients.

If you’ve been curious about integrating somatic, creative, or energy-based practices into your clinical work, this is the place to start.

Registration is open now.

Link in my bio to join us.

tlc

I’ve been sitting with this line since we recorded.

So many of us in the helping world have been taught that putting ourselves first is selfish.
That real service means giving until it hurts.
That if we’re not depleted, we’re not doing enough.

And then we wonder why we’re exhausted.
Why our presence feels thin.
Why the work we used to love started to feel heavy.

Here’s what I know to be true after 30+ years in this field: you cannot sustainably hold space for others if you’re not held yourself.

Filling yourself isn’t the opposite of service. It’s the only way service stays real.

My guest Michael Monk said it better than I ever could.

The full episode in now live inside The Spiritually Curious Therapist Podcast. Link in bio. 🎙️

Dropped Today

What happens when reality stops behaving the way you thought it should?

Today's episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist is a conversation with Michael Monk about awakening, consciousness, synchronicity, and the strange experiences that can emerge when our understanding of ourselves—and reality itself—begins to shift.

Some of what Michael shares may stretch your beliefs.
Some may resonate deeply.
And some may simply invite you to ask bigger questions.

We explore:
✨ Spiritual awakening and identity
✨ Consciousness beyond the ordinary
✨ Navigating experiences that don't fit neatly into conventional frameworks
✨ Staying grounded while remaining open to mystery

Whether you're skeptical, curious, or somewhere in between, this conversation is an invitation to explore with an open mind.

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.