This podcast is created in the form of educational fiction and it reflects my inner work while processing traumas, and practical changes I implemented in my life, to heal my traumas and transform. You will hear separate stories based on my life experiences as a woman who immigrated to the United States from Latvia, Eastern Europe. Even though most everything is based on my life events as I remember them, it is still fiction so details and people’s names will be changed, and embellishments will be added to enhance the listeners’ experience.
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This podcast is created in the form of educational fiction and it reflects my inner work while processing traumas, and practical changes I implemented in my life, to heal my traumas and transform. You will hear separate stories based on my life experiences as a woman who immigrated to the United States from Latvia, Eastern Europe. Even though most everything is based on my life events as I remember them, it is still fiction so details and people’s names will be changed, and embellishments will be added to enhance the listeners’ experience.
S2/E45 | Beyond Logic: Listen to Your Body to Get What You Want with Mara Lee Gilbert
She Became CEO
1 hour 16 minutes
1 week ago
S2/E45 | Beyond Logic: Listen to Your Body to Get What You Want with Mara Lee Gilbert
In this episode, Ilze reconnects with Mara Lee Gilbert for a grounded, wide-ranging conversation about trauma, the nervous system, embodiment, and inner wisdom shaped through lived experience.
Together, they explore how early conditioning influences behavior in subtle ways, why insight alone doesn’t always lead to change, and how the body holds information long after events have passed. The conversation moves gently through themes of emotional expression, safety, desire, success, and peace—without rushing toward solutions or dramatic conclusions.
This episode is especially relevant for listeners who have done significant inner work and still sense unresolved layers, or who feel that conventional strategies no longer reach the deeper places where change actually happens.
In This Episode, You’ll Hear About:
How trauma shows up in unexpected ways
Why emotional expression doesn’t follow a single “correct” script
Rage, anxiety, compassion, and how different bodies process truth
Inner wisdom as a practical, embodied skill
Peace as something cultivated internally, even in uncertain or conflicted environments
About Mara Lee Gilbert
Mara Lee Gilbert is a Transformational Guide and Coach, trauma-informed space holder, and sound channeler devoted to the healing power of truth, transmutation, and deep embodiment.
With a Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology and over a decade of experience supporting youth and adults in trauma recovery, Mara bridges grounded clinical insight with somatic healing and sacred plant wisdom. Her work draws on her unique ability to channel energetic frequencies through sound, activating deep remembrance and regulation within the body.
Currently training as a Death Doula, Mara works at the intersection of shadow and light, inviting others to reclaim their power through presence, honesty, and radical self-trust.
Connect with Mara & Explore Her Work
Instagram: @maraleegilbert
Sacred Rage Retreat (online, for women/female-identifying participants):https://www.thymespace.com/sacred-rage-retreat
Online Workshop – Sacred Rage: Exploring the Alchemy of Intense EmotionsWednesday, December 17th, 7:00 PM EST (replays may be available)https://withfriends.events/event/gocrE3kd/sacred-rage-exploring-the-alchemy-of-intense-emotion
Abundance Activation Ceremony (online)Friday, December 19th, 1:00–2:30 PM EST (replays may be available)https://cara-khym-7481.mykajabi.com/offers/pWszqnwF/checkout
Chanting & Sound Work on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYfX0NwhjdYOnZMzL83gd0AW8pD-lQjSV
Mara is also available for one-on-one work.
She Became CEO
This podcast is created in the form of educational fiction and it reflects my inner work while processing traumas, and practical changes I implemented in my life, to heal my traumas and transform. You will hear separate stories based on my life experiences as a woman who immigrated to the United States from Latvia, Eastern Europe. Even though most everything is based on my life events as I remember them, it is still fiction so details and people’s names will be changed, and embellishments will be added to enhance the listeners’ experience.
