What does trauma healing really look like for women in their 30s and 40s?

In this intimate and honest episode of EmotionAL Support, Alessandra Torresani sits down with her longtime friend, therapist and former actress Nikki Isbell for a deeply personal conversation about healing, self-care, confidence, and reinventing your life after trauma.

This isn’t a clinical interview — it’s the kind of vulnerable, kitchen-table conversation you have with a friend who’s seen you through every version of yourself.

Together, they talk about:

• Trauma healing for women and how it lives in the body

• The power of friendship as a safe space for growth and support

• Self-care practices that actually help (gratitude journaling, movement, small daily shifts)

• Building confidence in your 30s when you’re doubting yourself

• Leaving the acting industry and navigating career reinvention

• Asking for help and why you don’t have to do it alone

• Creating community as a millennial woman and mom

• Starting over without losing yourself

Nikki shares her journey from navigating her own trauma to becoming a therapist who now helps other women heal — and how small, consistent steps toward self-care can lead to profound transformation.

If you’re healing from trauma, questioning your next chapter, rebuilding after loss, divorce, career shifts, or motherhood transitions — this episode will remind you that reinvention is possible, support is essential, and confidence is something you build one brave choice at a time.

You don’t have to do this alone.

✨ Share this with a friend who’s in her healing era.

Nikki Isbell, AMFT, APCC is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor based in Lake Tahoe, California. She currently provides both Telehealth and in-person therapy through the nonprofit Center for Mental Health Excellence under the supervision of Veronica Viesca, PhD. She also recently started serving as a school-based therapist at Sugar Bowl Academy under the supervision of Kristin Slye, LMFT. Nikki’s work focuses on anxiety, relationships, and mind–body approaches to mental health, integrating attachment-informed and narrative perspectives to support emotional resilience and well-being.

You can find Nikki on Psychology Today or her website at www.nikkiisbell.com

What does trauma healing really look like for women in their 30s and 40s?

In this intimate and honest episode of EmotionAL Support, Alessandra Torresani sits down with her longtime friend, therapist and former actress Nikki Isbell for a deeply personal conversation about healing, self-care, confidence, and reinventing your life after trauma.

This isn’t a clinical interview — it’s the kind of vulnerable, kitchen-table conversation you have with a friend who’s seen you through every version of yourself.

Together, they talk about:

• Trauma healing for women and how it lives in the body

• The power of friendship as a safe space for growth and support

• Self-care practices that actually help (gratitude journaling, movement, small daily shifts)

• Building confidence in your 30s when you’re doubting yourself

• Leaving the acting industry and navigating career reinvention

• Asking for help and why you don’t have to do it alone

• Creating community as a millennial woman and mom

• Starting over without losing yourself

Nikki shares her journey from navigating her own trauma to becoming a therapist who now helps other women heal — and how small, consistent steps toward self-care can lead to profound transformation.

If you’re healing from trauma, questioning your next chapter, rebuilding after loss, divorce, career shifts, or motherhood transitions — this episode will remind you that reinvention is possible, support is essential, and confidence is something you build one brave choice at a time.

You don’t have to do this alone.

✨ Share this with a friend who’s in her healing era.

Nikki Isbell, AMFT, APCC is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor based in Lake Tahoe, California. She currently provides both Telehealth and in-person therapy through the nonprofit Center for Mental Health Excellence under the supervision of Veronica Viesca, PhD. She also recently started serving as a school-based therapist at Sugar Bowl Academy under the supervision of Kristin Slye, LMFT. Nikki’s work focuses on anxiety, relationships, and mind–body approaches to mental health, integrating attachment-informed and narrative perspectives to support emotional resilience and well-being.

You can find Nikki on Psychology Today or her website at www.nikkiisbell.com

Have you ever felt drawn to a place, a person, or a path you can’t explain?

This week on EmotionAL Support, Alessandra sits down with Emmy-award-winning director turned spiritual teacher Mary Madeiras, author of The Akashic Way, to explore the Akashic Records—what they are, how they reveal past lives, uncover hidden emotional blocks, deepen intuition, and reconnect you to your true soul purpose.

Together, they dive into spiritual awakening, self-discovery, motherhood, career reinvention, and the sacred—but terrifying—experience of starting over when life no longer fits. This conversation touches on emotional healing, personal transformation, manifestation, women’s empowerment, and the journey toward inner peace.

Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating a life transition, searching for meaning, or longing for deeper spiritual growth, this episode is a reminder that nothing in your path is random—and your next chapter may already be written within you.

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In This Episode, We Explore

• What the Akashic Records really are and how they work

• How past lives influence present-day relationships and patterns

• Clearing emotional blocks and reconnecting to intuition

• Spiritual awakening during motherhood and major life transitions

• Career reinvention, purpose, and starting over after loss or change

• Tools for manifestation, healing, and inner peace

Have you ever felt drawn to a place, a person, or a path you can’t explain?

This week on EmotionAL Support, Alessandra sits down with Emmy-award-winning director turned spiritual teacher Mary Madeiras, author of The Akashic Way, to explore the Akashic Records—what they are, how they reveal past lives, uncover hidden emotional blocks, deepen intuition, and reconnect you to your true soul purpose.

Together, they dive into spiritual awakening, self-discovery, motherhood, career reinvention, and the sacred—but terrifying—experience of starting over when life no longer fits. This conversation touches on emotional healing, personal transformation, manifestation, women’s empowerment, and the journey toward inner peace.

Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating a life transition, searching for meaning, or longing for deeper spiritual growth, this episode is a reminder that nothing in your path is random—and your next chapter may already be written within you.

⸻

In This Episode, We Explore

• What the Akashic Records really are and how they work

• How past lives influence present-day relationships and patterns

• Clearing emotional blocks and reconnecting to intuition

• Spiritual awakening during motherhood and major life transitions

• Career reinvention, purpose, and starting over after loss or change

• Tools for manifestation, healing, and inner peace

Resources & Links

• Mary Medaris’ book: The Akashic Way

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Fatherhood has a way of revealing everything you’ve been running from.

In this powerful and deeply grounded conversation, actor-turned-entrepreneur Cameron Moulène shares what it meant to become a father while facing addiction, uncertainty, and the responsibility of raising a neurodivergent child , a moment that quietly redirected his entire life.

We talk about choosing sobriety when the story stops being about you, unexpected beauty of parenting a child on the spectrum, and why breaking generational cycles doesn’t happen through perfection .. it happens through presence.

Cameron opens up about pausing acting, confronting male loneliness and mental health, and building Augi Health, a mission-driven company using AI and data to help families better navigate a healthcare system that often fails them. What began as personal survival became a larger commitment to community, access, and accountability.

This episode is for fathers trying to show up differently, parents navigating a diagnosis they never expected, and anyone choosing recovery not just for themselves , but for the life watching them.

A conversation about legacy, sobriety, innovation, and becoming safe.

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Fatherhood has a way of revealing everything you’ve been running from.

In this powerful and deeply grounded conversation, actor-turned-entrepreneur Cameron Moulene shares what it meant to become a father while facing addiction, uncertainty, and the responsibility of raising a neurodivergent child — a moment that quietly redirected his entire life.

We talk about choosing sobriety when the story stops being about you, the quiet grief and unexpected beauty of parenting a child on the autism spectrum, and why breaking generational cycles doesn’t happen through perfection — it happens through presence.

From there, Cameron opens up about leaving acting, confronting male loneliness and mental health, and building Augi Health, a mission-driven company using AI and data to help families better navigate a healthcare system that often fails them. What began as personal survival became a larger commitment to community, access, and accountability.

This episode is for fathers trying to show up differently, parents navigating a diagnosis they never expected, and anyone choosing recovery not just for themselves — but for the life watching them.

A conversation about legacy, sobriety, innovation, and becoming safe.

https://augi.health/

https://www.instagram.com/augihealth/

https://www.instagram.com/cameronmoulene/

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In this episode of EmotionAL Support, host Alessandra Torresani sits down with a celebrity plastic surgeon for a radically honest, stigma-free conversation about beauty, aging, wellness, and mental health — especially for women navigating their 30s and 40s.

From Ozempic face, GLP-1 weight loss drugs, and facial volume loss to filler fear, Botox safety, and collagen-stimulating treatments, this episode breaks down what’s actually behind today’s most talked-about beauty trends — and what women should (and shouldn’t) be doing.

Together, they explore:

• What Ozempic and weight loss drugs really do to the face, skin, and inflammation

• Why so many women are afraid of fillers — and safer, more natural alternatives

• The most requested beauty procedures heading into 2026

• When plastic surgery helps — and when it can quietly backfire

• The connection between mental health, confidence, and appearance

• Budget-conscious beauty choices that actually make a difference

• Motherhood, aging, and how women’s self-image impacts the next generation

This episode is for humans who care about looking good, feeling grounded, and aging with agency - without extremes, shame, or pressure to erase themselves.

Because beauty isn’t about perfection.

It’s about recognizing yourself again.

In this episode of EmotionAL Support, host Alessandra Torresani sits down with a celebrity plastic surgeon for a radically honest, stigma-free conversation about beauty, aging, wellness, and mental health — especially for women navigating their 30s and 40s.

From Ozempic face, GLP-1 weight loss drugs, and facial volume loss to filler fear, Botox safety, and collagen-stimulating treatments, this episode breaks down what’s actually behind today’s most talked-about beauty trends — and what women should (and shouldn’t) be doing.

Together, they explore:

• What Ozempic and weight loss drugs really do to the face, skin, and inflammation

• Why so many women are afraid of fillers — and safer, more natural alternatives

• The most requested beauty procedures heading into 2026

• When plastic surgery helps — and when it can quietly backfire

• The connection between mental health, confidence, and appearance

• Budget-conscious beauty choices that actually make a difference

• Motherhood, aging, and how women’s self-image impacts the next generation

This episode is for humans who care about looking good, feeling grounded, and aging with agency - without extremes, shame, or pressure to erase themselves.

Because beauty isn’t about perfection.

It’s about recognizing yourself again.

Sex, trauma, and shame shape how many women experience intimacy, especially after motherhood with Darshana Avila

In this episode of EmotionAL Support, host Alessandra Torresani talks with Darshana Avila, sexological bodyworker, somatic healing practitioner, and intimacy coach featured on Netflix’s Sex, Love & Goop, about why so many women feel disconnected from pleasure, desire, and their own bodies.

This conversation explores:

    •    What sexological bodywork is and how it supports healing

    •    How trauma, dissociation, and nervous system regulation affect sex and intimacy

    •    Why women often lose desire in safe relationships

    •    Sex after motherhood and reclaiming confidence in your body

    •    The Madonna/Whore complex and sexual shame

    •    Consent, boundaries, and communication in relationships

    •    How somatic healing helps women feel present, empowered, and connected

    •    Why erotic energy is about life force, creativity, and self-confidence

This episode is for women navigating:

sexual healing, trauma recovery, motherhood identity shifts, dating, relationships, and reclaiming pleasure without shame or performance.

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https://darshanaavila.com/

Sex, trauma, and shame shape how many women experience intimacy, especially after motherhood with Darshana Avila

In this episode of EmotionAL Support, host Alessandra Torresani talks with Darshana Avila, sexological bodyworker, somatic healing practitioner, and intimacy coach featured on Netflix’s Sex, Love & Goop, about why so many women feel disconnected from pleasure, desire, and their own bodies.

This conversation explores:

    •    What sexological bodywork is and how it supports healing

    •    How trauma, dissociation, and nervous system regulation affect sex and intimacy

    •    Why women often lose desire in safe relationships

    •    Sex after motherhood and reclaiming confidence in your body

    •    The Madonna/Whore complex and sexual shame

    •    Consent, boundaries, and communication in relationships

    •    How somatic healing helps women feel present, empowered, and connected

    •    Why erotic energy is about life force, creativity, and self-confidence

This episode is for women navigating:

sexual healing, trauma recovery, motherhood identity shifts, dating, relationships, and reclaiming pleasure without shame or performance.

https://www.instagram.com/alessandratorresani

https://darshanaavila.com/