In this special solo episode, Shelby offers her thoughts and guides us through some practices around how to regulate our nervous systems while in connection with friends and family and clients during these difficult times.  It helps us welcome all of our feelings and welcome each other in what we're all feeling instead of offering advice or trying to fix or figure things out.  Originally recorded as a FB live so you'll hear her interacting with folks on the call as they're typing in what they're feeling and learning within the hour.  She also shares a discount code for Creating Safer Space which you can use til April 5, 2020.  The code is: 40offCSS.  Enjoy!

In this episode, we explore transgenerational trauma and how Caitlin learned to do magic tricks.  Caitlin nerds out about science and the body/mind connection and how working from the "bottom-up" can be deeply balancing for the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the nervous system.   

Caitlin is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who has spent the greater part of the last decade forging her own unique approach to healing that bridges the gap between body and mind.

Early on in her career as a Physical Therapist, Caitlin dove deep into a study of manual therapy and the osteopathic traditions that manual therapy arose from. Through this, she began to understand how interconnected all of the parts of the body are, and she developed a deep appreciation of the innate healing wisdom within the body. In alignment with the osteopathic philosophy, Caitlin developed a belief that the body, mind, and spirit are all interconnected; and through personal experience, discovered that to be profoundly true on her own healing journey.

In her early career, Caitlin encountered many patients whose physical health issues had an emotional component. And when she discovered Internal Family Systems, a modality for supporting mental health and healing trauma, she saw the possibilities of integrating it into her practice as a P.T.

Currently in her private practice in Portland, Oregon Caitlin blends IFS with bodywork to help clients connect to their bodies, their Selves, and the healing wisdom within. Connect with Caitlin at: www.FeelingCentered.com  and www.Circles-Of-Compassion.com (the retreat).

Maira brings her deep vulnerability and fierceness as she describes what it was like to have to fight her way towards who she is now… in love with herself and life and incredibly integrated and resilient. Maira is a long time personal empowerment catalyst and self-help junkie.  After undergrad, she led mountaineering courses in Colorado, California and South Africa for participants ages 15-65 and from there went on to complete graduate school in Social Work. Maira is a somatically trained psychotherapist devoted to healing trauma and attachment wounding.  After being in solo private practice in Denver, CO for the last three years, she has decided to expand and created a group psychotherapy practice devoted to bringing somatic approaches to healing.  Her new practice set to open February 1, 2020 is called Somatic Therapy Partners.  When she isn’t deep diving into healing work with clients and pursuing further education in the resolution of trauma, she is dancing, adventuring with her amazing friends and pursuing pleasure through being a total foodie!  Connect with Maira at https://mairaholzmann.com/.

La Sarmiento shares their journey from learning "it was not ok to be who I was" to cultivating and connecting with incredible sense of love and belonging.  La brings us through a deep and touching emotional experience in this podcast and shows us how the Dharma and the community in the Dharma has had such a significant impact in their life and healing and growth.  La Sarmiento is a non-binary, Filipinx American, body/energyworker and song-spoofing dharma teacher. They are a retreat teacher/manager and guiding teacher of the LGBTIQ and People of Color Sanghas with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, teach retreats for LGBTIQ at the Garrison Institute, young adults at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, are a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders Training Program, and are currently a mentor for the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. La lives in Towson, MD with their life partner Wendy and their Cairn Terrier Annabel. You can connect with them online at: www.lasarmiento.com.

Jesse Johnson shares his passion for what can happen in Equine Leadership and the possibilities of tapping into Revolutionary Love & Resilience between human and horse.  He shares much about attachment and his own experience of his experience of attachment and how it was challenging and also led to Revolutionary Love & Resilience and the work he does today.  Jesse works with corporate groups, non-profits, and government agencies as an Equine Leadership Facilitator in Portland, Oregon. His drive is to facilitate high-integrity leadership assisted by the social intelligence and partnership of horses. Working primarily with rescued mustangs, Jesse combines 20 years of work across the disciplines of athletics coaching, somatic therapy, and group dynamics to create fun and transformative experiences for leaders looking to raise consciousness and impact. Jesse also presents as a speaker and facilitator around socially intelligent leadership in human-only settings.

Dr. Kirsten Mackey is a board-certified medicine physician and traditional osteopath with specialty training in functional and holistic medicine.  In this heartfelt episode we explore challenges and celebrations Kirsten has had in her personal path and how she has brought the learning from those experiences into her practice with her patients.  Kirsten uses osteopathic manual medicine (O.M.M.), homeopathy, prolotherapy/neural therapy injections, Ayurveda, autonomic response testing (A.R.T.) to holistically address a variety of health concerns.

As a yoga instructor and former competitive snowboarder and Division I field hockey player, Dr. Mackey learned the importance of a holistic approach to healing and medicine. Her experiences led her to attend osteopathic medical school in the Bay Area and complete her training at the University of Nevada Reno. She formerly served as a clinical faculty member at Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine and currently teaches at the University of Nevada Family Medicine Residency as well as the Shakti School, an Ayurvedic practitioner program.

Dr. Mackey is excited to return to the Lake Tahoe area after most recently working for several years at a highly regarded osteopathic practice in Santa Monica, California. If you're inspired to connect with Kirsten, she practices in the Lake Tahoe, California area and you can find her on her website drkirstenmackey.com.

In this episode, Shelby interviews Taran Walia, a registered professional Counsellor and Coach in Vancouver, BC (and worldwide).  We explore the importance of embodied presence with clients.  Taran shares about her experience of loss and grief and her journey towards Revolutionary Love & Resilience. 

Taran, a Registered Professional Counsellor and Coach approaches theories with clients that are wholesome, forward thinking, integrative, and spiritual. She uses Counselling theories such as Family Systems, Gestault Acceptance and Commitment Theory, experiential techniques as Somatic Adult Attachment.  You can find Taran at http://www.taranwalia.com/ if you'd like to connect with her after being inspired by all that she shared in the podcast.

Shelby Leigh - Coach, Therapist & Founder of Creating Safer Space and THIS podcast gets interviewed by Ellen May in Brisbane, Australia.  Her intentions for this first full episode is to practice what she preaches - getting vulnerable herself before asking anyone else to do that.  She shares some of her experiences of Revolutionary Love & Resilience and some where she wished she had access to these qualities.  If you're inspired to connect with Shelby, you can find her in Bend, Oregon and Worldwide: www.shelby-leigh.com and www.creatingsaferspace.com.

In this introductory episode, Shelby Leigh - Coach & Therapist - shares her inspiration and vision for this podcast.  The Revolutionary Love & Resilience Podcast bridges the personal and the professional - creating space for experts in the wellness and well-being fields to be both vulnerable and share deep wisdom from their years of experience.

This podcast weaves trauma awareness, inclusivity and inspiration for every single person to be able to heal, grow and become who they want to be.  To step into their full authenticity and expand their capacity to claim their best lives as they journey through challenges towards revolutionary love & resilience.