What if healing isn’t about fixing yourself, but about feeling safe enough to be fully human?

In this episode, Vicki Diemert and guest host Mark Andress talk with Summer Fletcher, owner and therapist at Path of Life Counseling in Gilbert, AZ, about how healing happens through connection, presence, and understanding the nervous system. They explore trauma-informed and somatic approaches that help people slow down, move out of survival mode, and feel safe in their bodies and relationships.

This conversation gently reframes mental health struggles as human experiences not failures and reminds us that emotions are gifts meant to be felt, not avoided.

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