What if anger is not the final destination, but the doorway to something deeper?

In this episode, Ailey sits down with depth psychologist and author Vanessa Bennett to explore the complexity of anger, healing, and what happens when righteous rage becomes the place we live. Together, they examine how anger can protect us while also shielding us from deeper emotions waiting underneath.

Vanessa shares how Jungian psychology, embodiment, and somatic healing can work together to create a more expansive understanding of trauma and identity. The conversation explores inherited pain, collective patterns, and the difference between ego work and deeper soul work, especially in today’s online healing culture.

Ailey and Vanessa also unpack Vanessa’s “Trinity Wounds”: the witch wound, sister wound, and mother wound, and how they quietly shape relationships between women through mistrust, competition, and disconnection.

This episode offers a grounded and nuanced look at healing, one that honours the reality of harm while also asking what becomes possible when anger no longer has to carry everything alone.

In this episode:

• 4:00 Safety And Stability In The Body
• 7:25 Why Depth Somatics Feels Different
• 9:54 Collective Unconscious And Shared Pain
• 21:53 Ego Work Versus Soul Work
• 33:12 The Witch Sister Mother Wounds
• 44:16 Why The Enemy Within Is Hard
• 47:02 Righteous Rage Versus Real Power
• 58:04 Owning Your Part Without Blame

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