Episodes

  • S4E12: The Soul Work of Therapy | Harmony Kwiker

    S4E12: The Soul Work of Therapy | Harmony Kwiker
    Apr 26 2026
    In this episode, Harmony speaks to the deeper orientation that shapes transpersonal counseling. This is an exploration of the therapeutic field, the way suffering is met, the way presence is held, and the conditions that allow healing to emerge as clients return to themselves. She shares the foundations of this approach, including co-regulation, awake awareness, […]
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    28 mins
  • S4E11: Therapy Session #6 | Discovering the Intelligence of Rumination

    S4E11: Therapy Session #6 | Discovering the Intelligence of Rumination
    Apr 19 2026
    In this episode, Harmony shares the final session with the demo volunteer followed throughout this season. A pattern comes forward that has been organizing the client’s experience: rumination. He describes the way his mind returns to past moments where he felt wronged, replaying interactions, building a case, and feeling anger toward others. As the session […]
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    27 mins
  • S4E10: How to Heal Your Attachment System | Harmony Kwiker and Christopher Arnold

    S4E10: How to Heal Your Attachment System | Harmony Kwiker and Christopher Arnold
    Apr 12 2026
    In this very personal episode, Harmony Kwiker is joined by her husband, Christopher Arnold, for a conversation that weaves lived experience with the core principles of attachment theory and relational healing. While the conversation is grounded in their relationship, the focus is on how attachment patterns organize in real time and what actually supports transformation […]
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    56 mins
  • S4E9: Therapy Session #5 | Working at the Threshold of Becoming

    S4E9: Therapy Session #5 | Working at the Threshold of Becoming
    Apr 5 2026
    In this episode, I’m sharing another session with the same client we’ve been following this season. He is at a threshold, stepping into a new career as a bodyworker. And as we begin, we start tracking the way he avoids turning toward what’s ahead. As we stay with that, it becomes clear that the avoidance […]
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    23 mins
  • S4E8: Restoring Humanity in Prisons with Authentic Relating | Laurie Lazar

    S4E8: Restoring Humanity in Prisons with Authentic Relating | Laurie Lazar
    Mar 29 2026
    In this episode, I’m joined by Laurie Lazar, founder of the Realness Project, a nonprofit bringing authentic relating practices into prisons. Laurie shares what she discovered when she stepped inside these systems—places where therapy is nearly nonexistent, and where people are often left alone with their pain, their stories, and the patterns that have helped […]
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    45 mins
  • S4E7: Therapy Session #4 | Working with Introjects in Gestalt Therapy

    S4E7: Therapy Session #4 | Working with Introjects in Gestalt Therapy
    Mar 22 2026
    In this fourth session of the ongoing demo series, you continue to hear the unfolding process with the same volunteer as deeper patterns come into awareness and are worked with in real time. Early in the session, we track a subtle but powerful moment: the way he leaves himself when discomfort arises. Instead of trying […]
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    29 mins
  • S4E6: Financial Health, Burnout, and Secondary Income Streams | Khara Croswaite Brindle, LPC

    S4E6: Financial Health, Burnout, and Secondary Income Streams | Khara Croswaite Brindle, LPC
    Mar 15 2026
    Therapists are trained to hold space, track nervous systems, and metabolize complex emotional fields. We are rarely trained to build sustainable businesses. In this episode of The Awakened Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Khara Croswaite Brindle to explore financial health for therapists and why secondary income streams are not just about money, but about […]
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    40 mins
  • S4E5: Therapy Session #3: Facilitating the Deeper Work of Integration

    S4E5: Therapy Session #3: Facilitating the Deeper Work of Integration
    Mar 8 2026
    The full demo is streaming for free on Patreon for one week. In this third session of our ongoing therapy series, we begin to track a clear polarity has emerged in his system. On one side, he becomes hyper-focused on his body. Tracking symptoms. Monitoring sensations. Trying to manage or solve the pain. His attention […]
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    28 mins