HEAR HER with Heather Dressel

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast!

In this playful and deeply grounding conversation, Heather sits with Sara (Sigh) Goldsmith—mindfulness guide, circling facilitator, and creator of The Container Podcast—to explore what it really means to be held.

Together, they dive into the idea of “the container”—the intentional spaces that allow us to feel safe enough to show up fully, be witnessed, and explore who we are without performance or pressure. Sara brings a refreshing blend of curiosity, honesty, and play, reminding us that growth doesn’t have to be rigid or heavy.

This conversation is an invitation to soften, to experiment, and to let yourself be met exactly where you are.

We Explore:
What “the container” means in healing, relationships, and personal growth
How structure and boundaries can actually create safety and freedom
The role of play, curiosity, and experimentation in transformation
Letting go of performance and the need to “get it right”
Being witnessed—and learning to witness yourself
Creating spaces where your full humanity is welcome

We Mention:

The Container Podcast Episodes with:

Carolyn Elliot/Lovewell https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/existential-kink-the-best-form-of-shadow-work/id1714481300?i=1000666596520
Susan Campbell: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/facing-the-fear-of-death-with-susan-campbell/id1714481300?i=1000701528017

Connect with Today’s Guest
Website: https://sighgodsmith.com
Podcast: https://thecontainerpod.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thecontainerpod?si=qW8MRQkdieWGhP4z

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Until next time, may you remember to quiet the chaos, tune inward, and HEAR HER. ✨

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast.

In this episode, Heather sits down with Corinne Gardner for an honest, nuanced conversation around sexual wellness, self-trust, and what it really means to feel safe in your body.

Corinne shares her personal journey—from experiencing sexual trauma and feeling disconnected from her body to slowly rebuilding trust, voice, and intimacy through support, coaching, and deep inner work.

They explore how shame, judgment, and cultural conditioning shape the way women relate to their bodies, their desires, and their relationships—and how creating safety is the foundation for reconnecting with themselves.

This conversation opens the door to topics that are often avoided, offering a grounded, compassionate space to begin listening more deeply to your body, your needs, and your truth.

In This Episode:

The impact of shame, judgment, and conditioning on women’s relationships with their bodies 
Rebuilding trust in your voice, your needs, and your intuition 
What it means to feel safe in your body after disconnection or trauma 
How cultural and relational patterns influence what we tolerate in relationships 
The role of safety in moving from the head into the body and heart 
Pleasure as something we belong to—not something we earn or avoid 
Creating space to speak honestly, even when it feels uncomfortable or unfamiliar 

Connect with Today’s Guest

✨ Corinne Gardner — Psychosexual Coach & Women’s Wellness Advocate

 Website: corinnegardner.com/about
Instagram: @evulvawellness

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinne-e-gardner/
Email: [email protected]

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May you remember to quiet the chaos, tune inward, and HEAR HER ✨

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast!

In this episode, Heather is joined by Desiree Cafaro—somatic experiencing practitioner, Pilates teacher, and nervous system guide—for a grounded and clarifying conversation about trauma, patterns, and how the nervous system actually works.

Together, we explore a powerful reframe: the nervous system isn’t meant to be calm all the time—it’s meant to be responsive.

Desiree shares how many of us are living with patterns of activation that feel like who we are, when in reality, they are protective responses shaped by past experiences. Her work focuses on supporting the nervous system so that it can move through activation and settling with more ease, rather than getting stuck.

We also talk about the difference between somatic healing and somatic experiencing, the importance of working with a trained practitioner, and how healing happens through small, gradual shifts over time.

This conversation offers a deeper understanding of how the nervous system functions—and how we can begin to support it, rather than trying to override or force it to change.

We Explore:
Why the nervous system is not meant to be calm all the time
Trauma as patterns held in the body
Building capacity instead of trying to “fix” yourself
The difference between somatic healing and somatic experiencing
Co-regulation and how our nervous systems respond to others
Resourcing and simple ways to support regulation
Why healing happens slowly, through small shifts over time

Connect with Today’s Guest

 Website: https://www.rootedwellnessandpilates.com 

 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rooted_wellness_and_pilates

🎥 Free Pilates Class for Nervous System Support:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5AijUS3fDI&t=37s

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Until next time, may you remember to quiet the chaos, tune inward, and HEAR HER. ✨

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast!

In this nourishing and heart-centered conversation, Heather sits with Mochani Devi —founder of East Flora Wellness, Reiki practitioner, bodyworker, and teacher—to explore what it means to reconnect with ourselves in a world that constantly pulls us away from our center.

Together, they discuss energy, healing, nature, community, and the simple yet powerful practices that help us return home to our bodies. Mochani shares her journey from social services to spiritual practice, her years living and serving in a Hindu temple, and how Reiki, touch, and presence can help us soften, release what we've been carrying, and remember that we were never meant to do life alone.

This conversation is a gentle invitation to slow down, tune inward, and reconnect with the wisdom that has been within you all along.

We Explore:

✨ Learning the language of your body
✨ The difference between storing energy and allowing it to move
✨ Reiki as a pathway back to balance and vitality
✨ Why nurturing touch matters more than ever
✨ Nature as teacher, guide, and source of healing
✨ The connection between stress, the nervous system, and awareness
✨ Returning home to yourself through breath and presence
✨ Community, belonging, and the power of being supported
✨ Why receiving can be one of the most healing practices of all

Connect with Today's Guest

Website: https://www.eastflorawellness.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mochanidevi/
East Flora Wellness: https://www.instagram.com/eastflorawellness/

A Gift from Mochani
Hear Her listeners are warmly invited to receive a complimentary Grounding Foot Ritual with their first session at East Flora Wellness. Please mention the HEAR HER podcast when booking.

BOOK HERE: www.eastflorawellness.com

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Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast! 

In this episode, Heather is joined by Adriana Marchione—filmmaker, expressive arts therapist, and founder of Art Cures—for an honest, expansive conversation about addiction, recovery, and the healing power of creative expression.

Together, we explore addiction not only in the traditional sense, but as the many ways we disconnect, numb, and move away from ourselves. Adriana shares how creativity can become a powerful pathway back—not as performance or perfection, but as a way to feel, to process, and to reconnect with what’s real.

We talk about The Creative High, her work supporting recovery through expressive arts, and how engaging with color, texture, and the senses can gently bring us back into presence. This conversation is an invitation to meet yourself with more honesty, soften judgment, and discover new ways of being with your inner world.

We Explore:

• Addiction and the many ways we numb or disconnect
• Creativity as a pathway for healing and recovery
• The Creative High and expressive arts as an alternative to substance use
• Letting go of perfectionism and self-judgment
• Engaging the senses to return to presence
• Simple, creative ways to process emotions and reconnect with yourself

Connect with Today’s Guest

Website:        https://art-cures.com
Instagram:    https://www.instagram.com/adrianamarchione
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artcureslifeart

🎥 FILMS

The Creative High:          https://thecreativehigh.com
When The Fall Comes:   https://whenthefallcomes.com

🎁 Free Gift from Adriana
A beautiful 10-Day Creative Gratitude Practice

A simple, self-guided journey using creative expression to explore gratitude, presence, and connection through your senses. Each day offers a prompt to inspire reflection, play, and a deeper appreciation for life.

✨ Access the practice here:
https://art-cures.com/creativegratitudepractice/

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Until next time, may you remember to quiet the chaos, tune inward, and HEAR HER. ✨

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast!

In this expansive and empowering conversation, Heather sits with Elizabeth Hope Derby—business coach, intuitive guide, and bridge between strategy and soul—to explore what it really means to build a life and business that feels spacious, aligned, and deeply supportive.

Together, they dive into over-responsibility, the “parentified daughter” pattern, and the invisible rules that keep women overworking, overthinking, and disconnected from their own truth. Elizabeth shares how intuition, feminine power, and self-trust aren’t separate from success—they are the foundation of it.

This conversation is an invitation to slow down, clear the clutter, and ask a powerful question:

What if it was easy?

We Explore:

• The “parentified daughter” pattern and over-responsibility
• Why overworking and overwhelm aren’t just “how it is”
• Clearing mental clutter in your brain and your business
• Intuition as a source of clarity, conviction, and direction
• The difference between strategic problems and energetic blocks
• Modern feminine power and what it actually looks like
• Creating spaciousness as a pathway to presence and joy
• Letting go of invisible rules and people-pleasing patterns
• Why confidence comes through practice—not perfection

We Mention:

• Wild Woman Project - https://thewildwomanproject.com/ 

Connect with Today’s Guest

Website: https://elizabethhopederby.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethderby/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elizabethhopederby
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethhderby/
Podcast: Everyday Unicorn — https://elizabethhopederby.com/for-individuals/podcast/

Free Resources from Elizabeth
✨ 5-Minute Inner Guidance Meditation:
http://elizabethhopederby.com/reset
✨ Monthly Moon Mapping Workbook: 
bit.ly/moon-mapping
✨ Free Training — Use Your Intuition in Your Business: 
bit.ly/intuition-training-series

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Until next time, may you remember to quiet the chaos, tune inward, and HEAR HER.

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast.

Please Note:
This episode includes a discussion of child loss and suicide. Please listen with care and tend to yourself as needed. 💛

In this deeply tender and compassionate conversation, Heather sits with Amy Cox to explore grief, loss, and the unimaginable experience of losing a child. Amy shares her journey with honesty, courage, and a love that continues beyond physical presence.

Together, we move through the complexities of grief—not as something to “fix,” but something to honor, feel, and live alongside. This episode is an invitation into compassion, presence, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going.

We Explore:

• Navigating grief after the loss of a child
• The ongoing relationship we hold with those we’ve lost
• Love as something that continues beyond physical form
• The non-linear nature of grief and healing
• Holding space for both sorrow and life simultaneously
• Compassion—for ourselves and others in deep pain
• What it means to keep living forward after loss

Connect with today's guest:

Book a Session: (scroll down to find Amy)
https://www.reposespastudio.com/practitioners

Email: [email protected]

We Mention:

Helping Parents Heal: https://www.helpingparentsheal.org/

If you or someone you love is struggling, please know you're not alone. 🤍

FOR HELP:
• United States & Canada: Call or text 988
• Worldwide: Visit FindAHelpline.org to find crisis support in your country.

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Until next time, may you remember to quiet the chaos, tune inward, and HEAR HER.

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast!

In this episode, Heather is joined by Joia Wood—artist, educator, and creative mindfulness facilitator—for a joyful, expansive conversation about presence, creativity, and reconnecting with the magic that is already within us.

Together, we explore what it means to be alive to your own magic, how improvisation and play open the door to deeper awareness, and why creativity isn’t something we have to strive for—it’s something we return to.

Joia shares how her work with children, music, movement, and storytelling has evolved into what she calls “presencing practices”—ways of coming back into the body, trusting our impulses, and allowing expression to move through us.

This conversation is an invitation to soften, to play, and to remember that your presence alone is already shaping the world around you.

We Explore:
Awareness as the doorway to experiencing your own magic
Creativity as something inherent—not something you have to earn
Improvisation, play, and co-creation as natural human states
The connection between body, intuition, and expression
Dance, sound, and storytelling as “presencing practices”
Releasing the need to perform and allowing expression to flow
Joy as a frequency that ripples outward into the world

Connect with Today’s Guest

Website: https://www.joiawood.com/
All other links: https://linktr.ee/joiawood

We mention:
David Sewell McCann and Sparkle Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoC394P6CEM

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Until next time, may you remember to quiet the chaos, tune inward, and HEAR HER.

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast!

In this episode, Heather is joined by Lune Wynyard for a grounded, expansive conversation on intuition, energy awareness, and what it truly means to come home to yourself.

Together, they explore how intuition weaves through everyday life—from the body to creativity to the choices we make—and how learning to discern what is yours versus what is not can be a powerful doorway into sovereignty.

Lune shares her unique path of Intuitive Dry Cutting as an art form, her deep sensitivity to energy, and how slowing down, becoming aware, and taking small, honest steps can gently guide us back to our own inner knowing.

This conversation is an invitation to soften, to listen, and to trust the quiet clarity that already lives within you.

We Explore:
Discernment: learning what is yours vs. what you’ve absorbed from others
Energy awareness and navigating sensitivity as an empath
Intuition as clarity—not something you force, but something you uncover
Trusting small steps and following intuitive “breadcrumbs”
Creative expression as a reflection of your unique design
Slowing down and listening to the body’s signals
Reclaiming your voice, your energy, and your truth

Connect with Today’s Guest

Website: www.intuitivedrycutting.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@intuitivedrycutting
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intuitive.dry.cutting

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Email anytime at [email protected]

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Until next time, may you remember to quiet the chaos, tune inward, and 

HEAR HER. ✨

Welcome back to the HEAR HER podcast!

In this expansive and deeply embodied conversation, Heather sits with Melanie Adrianna—clairvoyant quantum transition coach, licensed acupuncturist, sound ceremonialist, wisdom keeper, and Clarity Constellations facilitator—to explore voice, vibration, and the journey back to your own inner knowing.

Together, they dive into toning as a form of harmonization, the energetic body (meridians, biofield, and central channel), and how voice can become a homecoming. Melanie shares how her intuitive gifts opened, closed, and reawakened through initiation, including a pivotal head injury that “took all the filters off” and catapulted her into the healing world.

Through her work, Melanie supports people in alchemizing energetic blocks and reconnecting with their body’s innate intelligence and inner compass—blending meridian-based energy work, somatic awareness, and frequency medicine infused with her voice.

What happens when you stop trying to control the waves… and trust your own surfboard?

We Explore:

• Toning as a way to harmonize yourself with the frequencies of the earth
• “The voice is home” — reconnecting to expression after being shut down
• How Melanie’s intuitive gifts reopened after a life-altering initiation
• The creation of the Self-Mastery Oracle — each card as a living frequency field
• A grounded look at meridians, the biofield, and energetic flow in the body
• Clarity Constellations — using community to move through inner patterns and blocks
• Navigating change: riding your own wave while staying anchored in inner stillness
• The role of humor, play, and joy in healing 

Connect with Today’s Guest
website: https://www.melanieadrianna.com/

Substack: https://melanieadrianna.substack.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melanieadrianna1111/

Clarity Constellations events page: 

https://www.melanieadrianna.com/clarity-constellations

Hawaii retreat, May 9-13:

https://www.melanieadrianna.com/womb-retreat-oahu

Free Intro to Clarity Constellations events - registration link:

https://tidycal.com/soulharmonics/clarity-constellations-intro-free

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