This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma Warriors™.  This is the final episode of the Soul Sessions with Jodie Gale Podcast for 2022 where I round up and share about my upcoming Inner Child online courses. Inner Child Online Course for Women – Join my mailing list to be notified of opening dates. Inner Child Online Certificate Course for Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Social Workers and Psychologists – Join The Psychosynthesis Centre’s mailing list to be notified of opening dates. This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie’s group, Trauma Warriors™.  Connect Online with Jodie Trauma Warriors™ Facebook page The Psychosynthesis Centre Facebook page Opening the Door on Private Practice for Counsellors & Psychotherapists For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-inner-child/ 

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma Warriors™.  In The Mother-Daughter Relationship, Soul Sessions Podcast host, Jodie Gale talks about: Mother-daughter identity  Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) Complex trauma Developmental trauma The negative effects of a strained mother-daughter relationship The inner-critic & mother The different types of mothers: narcissistic, helicopter, smothering, absent, abandoning Mothering as a verb Building an internal good enough mother The narcissistic mother, needs and feelings How to heal the mother-daughter relationship Tips for daughters Tips for mothers Jodie’s upcoming inner child workshops for women and inner child certificate training for therapists Connect with Jodie Join Jodie's mailing list to be notified of her Inner Child Online Workshops Jodie on Instagram  For the show notes go to https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-mother-daughter-relationship/ 

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma Warriors™.  In What is Complex Trauma, Soul Sessions Podcast host, Jodie Gale talks about: What is complex trauma?  Understanding complex trauma Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) Neurobiological development Somatic and psychic pain associated with complex trauma How to find a trauma therapist Recommended reading for complex trauma, developmental trauma and the inner child Jodie's upcoming inner child workshops for women and inner child certificate training for therapists For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul sessions what is complex trauma

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma Warriors™.  In Not My Closet: How Betrayal Trauma Impacts Self & Body Image, Karen Bieman talks to us about betrayal trauma and the impact this has on the sense of self and body image of straight and non-trans partners in relationships with a closeted lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person. In Not My Closet: How Betrayal Trauma Impacts Self & Body Image, Karen also talks about: What brought Karen to this work Karen’s relationship song When Karen’s husband told her the truth about being gay Why Karen’s life felt like a lie Karen’s life work Disenfranchised grief Why the betrayed partner is often silenced Why you should never say ‘at least…’ Brene Brown Empathy versus sympathy What are the types of betrayal trauma relationships? Lies, deception and betrayal Why the betrayed partner feels confused, used and angry Shame, silence and betrayal Homophobia and collateral damage Conversion therapy and other solutions What is intentional monogamy? What happens to most couples? Mutual respect is the ultimate goal Gaslighting and betrayal trauma Existential crisis and coming out The impact on the children The impact of the betrayal on the straight or non-trans partner The impact on the straight and non-trans partner’s body image Shame and body image Using food, disgust as a coping mechanism Yo-yo dieting and weight cycling is disordered eating Dieting is an attempt to fix something that has never been broken (Jodie’s article) Object relations and primary attachment injuries Post-traumatic growth – what is the symptom calling for us to awakening to? Value, meaning and purpose Anger and recovery Fierce self-compassion - Kristen Neff Self-sabotage versus self-love Dating again and trust Relational healing, therapy and support groups Individual and couples counselling   For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/not-my-closet/ 

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma Warriors™.  In How Therapists Reinforce Unworthiness When They Support Intentional Weight Loss, Allison Puryear, talks specifically to therapists about supporting clients who come wanting to lose weight.   In How Therapists Reinforce Unworthiness When They Support Intentional Weight Loss, Allison also talks about:   What brought her to this work Are eating disorder patients hard to work with? Trauma and eating disorders Why this episode is specifically for therapists What's wrong with supporting clients with intentional weight loss? We are a field based on science, until it comes to weight loss Weight stigma and fatness Feeling like a personal failure 90% of diets fail Socio economic inequalities and intentional weight loss What gets missed when we focus on client's weight? Shame and weight loss Eating disorders work! Thin privilege and being a therapist What is fat phobia? Cheryl Fuller on fat phobia Fat, fat, fat, fat, fat - Allison says fat about a million times ;) Neutralising fat phobia Discrimination against fat people Why we use quotation marks when we talk about "obesity" Do you want to contribute to the development of an eating disorder? Deprivation and restriction There is a whole other world out there when we stop dieting What is the work that therapists need to do? Intuitive eating Demonizing foods Recommended books: Intuitive eating, Anti-Diet, Health At Every Size, Body Respect Health at Every Size Mourning the loss of being thin Eating disorder training Refer out if necessary Find a therapist who will not support intentional weight loss Invisalign and disordered eating For the show notes, go to: 46-how-therapists-reinforce-unworthiness-when-they-support-intentional-weight-loss-with-allison-puryearhttps://www.thesoulcentre.online/  

  This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma Warriors™.  In NOOM: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Cherie Miller, MS, LPC, talks to us about the diet NOOM.    Cherie is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Texas. She is founder and owner of Food Freedom Therapy™, a group practice of therapists and coaches who help people make peace with food and their bodies. Cherie has 15 years years of experience as an eating disorder therapist, mentor, speaker, educator, and advocate. She is also a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (IAEDP) and the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH).   What brought Cherie to this work What is NOOM? Where is NOOM? Cherie's experience free trialing NOOM How many people use NOOM? What are the two main claims of NOOM Is NOOM a diet? They say NO, we say Yes! What's wrong with NOOM? NOOM and being deceptive NOOM , colour coding and counting calories Intentional weight loss Splitting: Good and bad foods 95% diets don't work but NOOM claims life long results Is NOOM's evidence correct? What's wrong with weighing oneself daily? Obsessive behaviour, disordered eating and eating disorders Should therapists support their clients to participate in NOOM or other intentional weight loss? The use of the term 'obesity' and the obesity epidemic Weight oppression, bias and stigma of clients in bigger bodies The Health at Every Size at movement Grieving the loss of the fact that weight loss doesn't work Developing a healthy and trusting relationship with your body Cherie’s top tips for women at home Be intentional about your social media feed For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/045-noom-the-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/  

This episode is proudly sponsored by Jodie's group, Trauma Warriors™.  In Healing Trauma with Music Therapy, Maya Benattar talks with us about all things music therapy. Maya Benattar, MA, MT-BC, LCAT is a music therapist and psychotherapist in private practice in Midtown Manhattan and online throughout NY state. Her specialties include anxiety, developmental/intergenerational trauma and highly sensitive people (HSP). In addition to her clinical work, Maya offers supervision/consultation for other therapists, provides professional development and wellness workshops, and offers restorative workshops for helpers and healers. Maya received her master’s degree from New York University, and has completed extensive postgraduate training in vocal psychotherapy, creative arts therapies in healing trauma treatment, and music and imagery.    In Healing Trauma with Music Therapy, Maya also talks about:   What it was that brought her to this work What is music therapy? What types of music would someone use in music therapy? Do people have to be musical to go to music therapy? Why would someone come to music therapy?/What symptoms are they struggling with? Disordered eating, trauma (CPTSD), attachment trauma and music therapy Coming back to the body How can music therapy improve our mental health and help us heal and grow? What does a music therapy session look like? What is vocal psychotherapy? Inside Out, Psychosynthesis, parts and subpersonalities (training) What happens in a music therapy workshop? Maya's favourite piece of music For the show notes, go to https://www.thesoulcentre.online/044-healing-trauma-with-music-therapy/   

In Assertiveness for Women, Dr Julie Hanks talks about her book, The Assertiveness Guide for Women: How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Transform Your Relationships. This episode will be transformative for anyone who has suffered with early childhood trauma (attachment trauma, complex trauma, development trauma) and childhood emotional neglect as well as disordered eating or an eating disorder.  Dr. Julie Hanks, PhD, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist, coach, content creator, author, speaker, owner of Wasatch Family Therapy, and host of the Ask Dr. Julie Hanks podcast. With nearly 30 years experience, Dr. Hanks provides a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower women to prioritize their dreams, revolutionize their families, and personalize their faith. In Assertiveness for Women, Dr Julie Hanks also talks about What brought her to this work Julie's history as a people pleasing perfectionist What is assertiveness? What causes women to not be assertive? What has attachment got to do with assertiveness? Eating disorders, disordered eating and assertiveness Why is assertiveness so important? Assertiveness, food and feelings Feelings and needs The 5 skills women need to develop to be assertive Trauma, boundaries and assertiveness

In Psychotherapy 101, my guest Integrative Art Psychotherapist, Emma Cameron, answer all your questions about how psychotherapy works. This episode is a wonderful resource for anyone looking for, or in therapy for complex trauma (CPTSD), developmental trauma and childhood emotional neglect.  Emma is a UKCP registered Integrative Arts Psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, AEDP therapist, and artist who lives and works in the U.K. Emma specialises in working online with sensitive, thoughtful women of all ages and all sizes. She helps her clients find new, creative ways to make sense of their anxiety and their other emotions, and to work on healing from painful past experiences. Emma is a strong believer in the power of creativity and the imagination as a part of positive therapeutic change, in online therapy as well as face-to-face. In Psychotherapy 101, Emma talks about: what brought her to this work what we would see if we were a fly on the wall in therapy the types of techniques used in counselling and psychotherapy the kind of people who go to therapy how therapy works attachment 101 and the therapeutic relationship how often people go to therapy and for how long whether it normal to feel attached or even dependent on the therapist how to cope when our therapist is on holidays if it is OK to give our therapist feedback whether therapists really care or perhaps even love their clients  do therapists have their own therapy? If so why? how to know when we are ready to end therapy For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-042-psychotherapy-101-with-emma-cameron/ Join Jodie Gale at  Trauma Warriors™ : Healing, Self-Development & Post Traumatic Growth for Women Facebook Group

If you are struggling with early childhood trauma (complex PTSD, CPTSD), childhood emotional neglect, disordered eating or the trance of unworthiness, you may be thinking about seeking support but how do you know if you need a therapist or a coach?  In Do I Need a Therapist or a Coach?, Soul Sessions podcast host Jodie Gale shares about everything you need to know about the difference between therapy and coaching and whether you need a therapist or a coach.  Jodie is a soul-centred, eco-psychosynthesis psychotherapist and mind body eating coach who specialises in early childhood trauma, childhood emotional neglect, disordered eating and the trance of unworthiness. In Do I Need a Therapist or a Coach? Jodie talks about: What do Tony Robbins, Brooke Castillo and Marie Forleo have to do with therapy versus coaching? What is psychotherapy? What is coaching? How does therapy work? How does coaching work? The therapeutic frame The coaching frame What are the benefits of counselling and psychotherapy? What are the benefits of coaching? What training do counsellors and psychotherapists have? What are psychotherapy training requirements? What are coaching training requirements? What are therapist supervision requirements? What are coach supervision requirements? What are counsellor and psychotherapists' personal therapy requirements? What are coaches' personal coaching requirements? What are the different types of therapy? What are the different types of coaching? What are the reasons you might seek a psychotherapist? What are the reasons you might seek a coach? What are the limitations of therapy? What are the limitations of coaching? How do I find a counsellor or psychotherapist? How do I find a coach? This blog post was originally part of my therapist blog challenge from my therapist Facebook group: Therapy Versus Coaching: Should You See a Therapist or a Coach. Connect with Jodie on Social: Trauma Warriors™ Facebook Group for Women The Soul Centre on Facebook Nature Therapy for the Soul on Facebook For the show notes: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-do-i-need-a-therapist-or-a-coach/  

This episode is sponsored by Trauma Warriors. In Healing from Co-dependency, Licensed Psychotherapist Sharon Martin talks about understanding and healing from codependency. Sharon Martin, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist in San Jose, California, specializing in co-dependency recovery. Sharon writes the blog Conquering Co-dependency for Psychology Today and is the author of "Navigating the Co-dependency Maze", "The CBT Workbook for Perfectionism" and her new book "The Better Boundaries Workbook". In Healing from Codependency, Sharon also talks about: What brought her to this work Co-dependency and the helping professions Girls and self-sacrificing What is co-dependency? What does co-dependency look like? What does co-dependency feel like? Shame and co-dependency What is developmental trauma? Codependency as a coping mechanism The people pleaser and the perfectionist Healing from co-dependency For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-healing-from-co-dependency/  Subscribe now to discover why women from all around the globe are tuning in to the Soul Sessions with Jodie Gale podcast. Subscribe now and get your Free eBook: 4 Ways to Befriend Your Body Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Podbean Follow The Soul Centre. Healing, Self-Development, Spiritual & Post Traumatic Growth on Facebook  

In Are You There Buddha? Author and CBCA winner, Pip Harry talks about coming of age, the mother-daughter relationship, periods and starting high school.  Pip Harry is an Australian children’s author and journalist. Her novel, The Little Wave, won the CBCA 2020 Book of the Year Award for younger readers and the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year. It was shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Her young adult novels include I’ll Tell You Mine, Head of the River, and Because of You, shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award, Victorian Premier's Literary Award and Queensland Literary Award. Her latest novel is Are You There, Buddha? and she is currently working on a new middle grade novel due for release in 2022.   In Are You There Buddha? Pip also talks about:   How Pip became an author Are you there God, it is me Margaret The 80s: Cleo & Dolly magazines Periods in the 80s Why & when Pip wrote Are You There Buddha? From Playboy to periods: I reread Judy Blume with my tween. She found it perplexing by Pip Harry The mother-daughter relationship The narcissistic mother Motherless daughters, eating disorders Abandonment and lack of attunement Absent mothers How a child feels when the mother abandons the family The May Gibbs Fellowship The step-mother and step-daughter relationship Mindfulness, meditation and Buddha Bee and Buddha The Great Mother and the feminine The noisy world that teenagers are growing up in and finding one's inner self Facebook aware of Instagram’s harmful effect on teenage girls, leak reveals Yumi Stynes, Welcome to Your Period The other relationships in Are You There Buddha? Leon, the perfect role model for boys Talking about climate change Criticism, rejection and the superego Create a period pack of books Dr Lara Owen: Her Blood is Gold Pip's first book in Big W Book face - Are You There Buddha is the perfect cover to create a book face For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-039-are-you-buddha-with-pip-harry/  

In 10 Advantages to Liking Your Body As It Is, Gestalt Psychotherapist Cindy Blank-Edelman shares with us about:  Feminism Being radical Body freedom What is Gestalt therapy? The paradoxical theory of change Acceptance & change What is body image? Diet culture, oppression, racism, sexism and misogyny Negative bias and Velcro Negative body image is bad for our health Top 10 advantages to liking your body as it is Freedom tastes better than thin How therapists miss people Dieting and control This episode is for anyone who has suffered with trauma (developmental trauma, complex trauma, childhood trauma, fat trauma), disordered eating, eating disorders and other food, weight and body image concerns.  For the show notes, go to https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-38-10-advantages-to-liking-your-body-as-it-is/ 

In Our Body Is The Home For Our Soul, Podcast Host, Trauma & Disordered eating Specialist, Jodie Gale shares about: Feeling at home in our body Our true identity Manifesting soul Diet culture The trance of unworthiness The call of the soul Coming home to our true self For the show notes: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-body-and-soul/ 

In Treating Trauma with Somatic & Talk Therapy, Psychotherapist Andrea Szasz from Brave Therapy talks about healing the split between somatic and talk therapy. She also talks about:  What brought Andrea to this work? What is attachment? What are the attachment styles? The secure base Fight, flight and freeze Why and how do we bring the body into the room? Emotions, feelings and the body Somatic Therapies: Somatic experiencing, Sensorimotor, Hakomi, Embodied Imagination Trauma informed yoga Emotional regulation Somatic therapy versus talk therapy Healing the split between somatic and talk therapy Healing the split by Nelson Master talk therapists, relationship and attunement Pat Ogden, Bessel van der Kolk, Norman Doidge Bad talk therapy doesn't work Disconnection and connection Psychotherapy wars / Kung Fu wars EMDR and brainspotting Long-term trauma therapy University of Sydney Trauma Informed Psychotherapy The Daring Way Adult Attachment Interview For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-36-treating-trauma/ 

In Should I Get the COVID Vaccine?, Immunologist Dr. Tania Gourley answers all of your questions about whether you should get vaccinated or not. Dr. Tania Gourley received her Ph.D. in 2002 from the University of Michigan in Microbiology and Immunology. Her post-doctoral training was with Dr. Rafi Ahmed at Emory University, a world leader in immunological responses to viral infection and vaccination. Dr. Gourley's post-doctoral research focussed on the antibody and T cell responses to both viral infection and vaccination including influenza vaccination in immune compromised individuals. Currently, she is working as a Senior Project Coordinator in the Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology/Emory Vaccine Center at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Gourley manages research studies on viral immunity including a Covid-19 study which is evaluating the longevity of the immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in infected individuals over a two year period. Dr. Gourley grew up in New Zealand and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, two children, and three dogs. In Should I Get the COVID Vaccine? Dr Gourley and I talk about: Why she became an immunologist Our family history of lock-downs and vaccination Influenza, Tuberculosis and Polio Trauma and the immune system What is a vaccine? How are vaccines developed and tested? Are the vaccines new? Some of the vaccine trials were paused, why? How do the COVID vaccines work? Who should get the COVID vaccine? Who shouldn't get the COVID vaccine? What are the side effects of a COVID vaccine? Are the vaccines safe? Am I playing Russian Roulette if I get the vaccine? What's Andrew Jeremy Wakefield got to do with the COVID anti-vax movement? (Andrew Wakefield was struck off the medical register due to his involvement in the Lancet MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that falsely claimed a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism). What are the benefits of a COVID vaccine? Myth busting about the COVID vaccine COVID is just like the flu, we should open up and just live with it The COVID vaccines are new and are still in a trial phase – we are all guinea pigs The COVID vaccines could cause infertility The government are really injecting microchips into our arms My immune system is top notch, I eat clean and I have a spiritual practice, my immune system will fight off COVID, I therefore have no need for a mask or the vaccine You can still catch COVID even though you have the vaccine so there is no point in taking it At the end of the World Health Organisation vaccine video series, they say, 'stay safe, stay healthy and stick with science' Why is it important that we stick with the science here and not just opinions? There are a lot of people saying, ‘I’ll just wait and see’ – what is your advice for people who are still hesitant? Personal choice and the anti-vax movement Head to the Show Notes: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-should-i-get-the-covid-vaccine/  for the links mentioned in this episode: The Anti-Vax Conspiracy Vaccines Weren't Rushed Lockdowns, Masks & Conspiracy Theories Cracking COVID The COVID Fertility Issue Pandemics result From the Destruction of Nature How disgraced anti-vaxxer Andrew Wakefield was embraced by Trump's America The Hill of Hope Sanitorium, Christchurch, NZ Signs of Spiritual Narcissism    

In this episode, Disordered Eating, Food, Weight & Body Image Concerns Psychotherapy and Mind Body Image Coach, Jodie Gale shares the HAES Manifesto by Lindo Bacon to help you understand Health at Every Size and how intentional weight loss and dieting can cause harm. 

In What is Eating Disorder Coaching? Eating Disorder Recovery Coach Sarah Lee shares with us about becoming an eating psychology and eating disorder recovery coach. This super authentic episode will be of much value to women suffering with dieting, disordered eating and eating disorders. It will also be of value to counsellors and therapists who would like to know more about how an eating disorder coach could be of service to their clients. Sarah also talks about:  Her recovery story from bulimia Giving birth and baby weight Being the 'perfect' weight watcher Why Carolyn Costin sets the bar high for coach training Mothers, daughters and disordered eating - what's the biggest problem? Diet culture FAO therapists - not all coaching is flimsy What type of clients is coaching suitable for? The 10 Phases of Eating Disorder Recovery What do coaches actually do? Eating, food and clothes shopping with clients Meal challenges Finding an eating disorder recovery team Can someone fully recover from an eating disorder? What does it mean to be recovered? Care of the Soul For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-eating-disorder-coaching/ 

In Veganism & Mental Health: The Cost of Caring, counsellor Amanda Atchison shares with us about the mental health trauma caused by being vegan in a non-vegan world. She also gives tips to counsellors and psychotherapists who work with vegan clients and how to support them. Amanda also talks about: How veganism has become more widespread due to climate change, more access to vegan products, and documentaries such as Forks Over Knives, Game Changers, Cowspiracy & Blackfish What people gain by becoming vegan What is vistopia? Clare Mann, vegan psychologist The different types of vegans The types of people who become vegan The Bunnings Vegan BBQ uproar Veganism and sensitivity Eating disorders and veganism What eating disorder therapists need to know about The mental health issues re harming animals The importance of social connection The principle of Do No Harm Veganism Australia For the show notes and links to vegan and plant-based recipes, go to: https://bit.ly/2SxmAFD 

In M-Bodied Mothering Medicine for Disordered Eating Recovery, Caroline shares her model to help love your body and rediscover food and exercise from pleasurable, sustainable practices through mothering metaphors. Caroline talks about: What is M-Bodied? The good enough mother. Mothering medicine. What’s oxytocin got to do with it? There are many mothers. Mothering as a verb. What is Polyvagal Theory? What makes us feel unsafe? Big Ts and little ts. Trauma and attachment theory. Multigenerational trauma. Why building the relationship in therapy is so important for recovery. Why anger is crucial. The real meaning of depression. Attunement and needs. Family Based Therapy (FBT). Eating disorders are family disorders. What can people do at home to heal. Nature and Mother Earth as healer.  For the show notes, go to: https://www.thesoulcentre.online/soul-sessions-31-m-bodied/  x Jodie