This is the second episode of our current bonus series about women's healthcare and abortion rights. Today's guest is Amy Dannenmueller, an actress and activist born in Wisconsin and forged in the fires of New York City. She shares her personal experiences with Planned Parenthood and the life saving care she received there, as well as her work as a volunteer escort at abortion clinics in the New York Area. 

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Today, trauma informed wellness coach Amanda Balarezo talks about how she discovered the nourishing systems of nutrition, somatic experiencing, and co-regulation that she practices with her clients and her children to heal their bodies. Diagnosed with Lyme, OCD, anxiety, and living with what she later discovered was PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Strep Infections) and more, Amanda thought she’d always be living a life of managing symptoms. And after witnessing her own mother’s life of chronic illness and disease, she knew she had to make significant changes in order to have a different fate. Today she is symptom free. This is how she got there.

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In today's episode I talk with Bryan Blackwell, fitness trainer and partner at Kaeos Fitness in New Jersey, and fellow podcast host of Live in the Kitchen with Hibachi. What true health looks like for each person is nuanced and Bryan is a wonderful guide in helping his clients figure out what works for them, what makes them feel good, and what creates a sustainable, judgement free, and healthy lifestyle. Bryan talks about his experience with surviving childhood epilepsy, how spirituality and body attunement has helped him heal, and what this looks like as his business, physical journey, and life continues to grow and expand.

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Last week we dropped part one of somatic healer and therapist Yarrow Bucan’s body story, and today, part two will pick up right where we left off. There is a reason I split this episode up into two parts— there's a lot to digest here. Today will be a crash course in the healing modalities that have helped Yarrow herself and led her to create the methods she uses directly with her clients today. We talk about polyvagal theory and what cultivating inner safety looks like when it comes to the body. Yarrow also talks about spiritual bypassing and how life changing processing her childhood trauma and reparenting herself has been— when we bypass that work, our body creates dis-ease (disease) from all the emotional stress that is still stored in the body. Clearly this episode is a doozy, it’s genius, it’s what could change the whole world into a more compassionate and connected place, and it all starts with cultivating inner safety so your body, soul, and mind can feel safe to be free. The body knows! So grab something cozy to sip perhaps, sit back, and get ready to have your mind blown. Please subscribe, share, and review and follow us on instagram @freebodypodcast

Find out more about Yarrow and what she's offering on instagram @healwithyarrow or her website yarrowbucans.com