In today's episode I share my conversation with a dear friend and medicine sister, Ariel Robles. Ariel is a Holistic Somatic Coach blending psychology, spirituality, and earth-based practices to guide deep transformation. With a background in clinical psychology, she integrates somatics, Source Code, and herbalism to help individuals shift unconscious patterns and embody their fullest potential. Her approach weaves together mind, body, and spirit for profound healing and growth.

In our conversation we touch on:

• Ariel’s upbringing as a first generation immigrant and how she navigated the shock and disconnection of assimilating in White culture
• How court-mandated therapy opened the door to her path within the Western paradigm of mental health and eventually led to her becoming a therapist herself
• The process of burnout that forced her to reconsider her path in the Western healing context and opened her up to more ancestral and holistic healing modalities
• Learning how to connect to the cyclical nature and magic of the menstrual cycle as a tool for true embodiment + healing
• Codependency within healer/patient dynamics and the damage that it creates on both ends of the relationship
• Balancing the clean expressions of Yin + Yang (feminine + masculine) polarity within our healing modalities and paradigms
• How Ariel now interweaves her therapy background into her somatic approaches, relational polarity work, and herbalism offerings within her uniquely perfect healing practice

This episode is for everyone who feels the call to interweave the healing modalities of various lineages and hold space for the value that they all bring to the conversation.

Enjoy!

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