The Soul's Work Podcast

Janice shares her process of how she made it to 3 years alcohol free after struggling with alcohol dependency for many years. She and her guest host Janna Estrada discuss the top 5 things that supported Janice in her alcohol-free journey.

This episode covers:

• Drinking culture and the challenge of talking openly about drinking
• 5 things that helped Janice go alcohol free:
• 1. Learning the neuroscience of addiction
• 2. Unlearning beliefs about the benefits of alcohol
• 3. Removing triggers to drinking
• 4. Turning to community for support
• 5. Doing the trauma-healing work
• Getting to 1 year alcohol free
• Will Janice ever drink again?

Resources mentioned:

• This Naked Mind (Annie Grace): https://thisnakedmind.com/ (Please note that the course This Naked Mind Intensive mentioned in the episode is no longer available. The Path program by This Naked Mind may be the closest alternative.)

The Soul’s Work Podcast episodes mentioned:

• S1 | EP11: Getting to Two Years Alcohol Free (The Soul's Work Blog)
• Season 2 Introduction: https://www.thesoulsworkpodcast.com/s2-ep1-season-2-introduction/ 
• Why It’s So Hard to Stop Drinking: https://www.thesoulsworkpodcast.com/s2-e3-why-its-so-hard-to-stop-drinking/ 

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Connect with Janna Estrada:

• Instagram: @jannabakes

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.

Sheena Yap Chan and Janice discuss why Asian representation and healing intergenerational trauma are important in building self-confidence. They also talk about racism in Canada and how they gave up parts of themselves to assimilate to Western culture. They share ways we can reconnect with our Asian culture and tap into community to nourish our authenticity and need for support.

Bio: Sheena Yap Chan is a keynote speaker, podcaster, consultant, and author on building self-confidence. She currently inspires women through her award-winning podcast called The Tao of Self-Confidence where she interviews Asian women about their inner journey to self-confidence. Her mission is to help Asian Women boost their confidence to live their authentic selves, help Asian Women create a voice in the world, and create a stronger representation for Asian women. Sheena has been featured on MindValley, slice.ca, Marketing in Asia, Manila Times and more. She is also the TOP 100 Filipinos to follow on LinkedIn for inspiration and learning in 2020. She is also the co-author of the International bestselling book Asian Women Who Boss Up. Sheena will be releasing a book with Wiley called The Tao of Self-Confidence: A Guide to Moving Beyond Trauma and Awakening the Leader Within in May 2023.

This episode covers:

• Sheena’s journey to self-confidence
• Why Asian representation matters
• Questioning cultural standards
• Healing intergenerational + historical trauma
• Experiencing racism in Canada
• Giving up parts of ourselves to assimilate into Western culture
• Reconnecting with Asian culture
• Getting support from community

Resources mentioned:

• The Tao of Self-Confidence: A Guide to Moving Beyond Trauma and Awakening the Leader Within (Sheena Yap Chan) https://sheenayapchan.com/thetaoofselfconfidence 
• Noona’s Noonchi: https://noonasnoonchi.com/ 

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• https://taplink.cc/sheena.yap.chan 
• https://taplink.cc/thetaoofselfconfidence 
• https://sheenayapchan.com/thetaoofselfconfidence 

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.

In this age of insta-everything, it can be tempting to chase the next quick healing fix and spiritual high. But Janice and her guest denise chang discuss a more sustainable approach to healing trauma that involves working with the body; reconnecting with our erotic power; resourcing our ancestors, nature, and animals; and working with our child parts.

They also share how practicing solo polyamory and relationship anarchy has helped them both move away from codependent relationships and build secure attachment with themselves and others.

Bio: denise is a somatic trauma resolution practitioner, erotic movement arts facilitator, and intuitive energy healer. their work focuses on the cultivation of erotic power and the healing of intergenerational trauma through the body ecology modality. as an immigrant of taoist malaysian chinese descent and solo-polyamorist, denise brings together their wisdom of nervous system attunement and animist perspectives to offer deep healing and collective liberation.

CW: Mention of experiencing sexual harm

This episode covers:

• Working with the body to heal trauma 
• Experiencing shame before embodiment
• Self-compassion + resourcing “something bigger”
• Spirituality + limitations of Western healing
• Erotic power + sexuality
• Erotic power dance
• Solo polyamory: building secure attachment
• Unlearning codependency through relationship anarchy
• Unlearning mononormativity + “the relationship escalator”
• The commercialization of healing work
• Accessing joy

Resources mentioned:

• Rachel Maddox
• Dr. Rocío Rosales Meza
• Audre Lorde’s essay “Uses of the Erotic”
• Amber McZeal (Ancestral Lineage Healing)
• Rooted Global Village

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Connect with denise chang:

• Instagram: @denisehuiming
• Website: www.denisehuiming.com

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.

Janice kicks off Season 4 of The Soul's Work Podcast by introducing herself to new listeners, reflecting on the podcast's journey, and sharing what we'll be getting deep and vulnerable about this season.

This episode covers:

• Who is Janice? (Her social identities)
• Why she started the podcast
• What is the light work? The shadow work?
• About Season 1
• About Season 2
• About Season 3
• What topics we're discussing in Season 4
• Connect with Janice

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.

Janice and her guest Trang Pham continue their conversation about integrating the self-development and therapy work into the messiness of real life and relationships—when it's the hardest to access our tools, practices, and grounding! They discuss important aspects of this integration work, including: 

• Initiating hard conversations
• Being transparent about our process
• Navigating our (and others') uncomfortable feelings when shifting to new patterns
• Integrating the "light work" without spiritually bypassing
• Being in our protective mechanisms when needed
• Allowing ourselves to be in joy, rest, and "doing nothing"
• Grieving
• Reaching out for support

Janice and Trang close out the episode with their intentions and goals for 2023.

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Connect with Trang Pham:

• Instagram: @mindfulwonderlust

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.

Janice and her guest Trang Pham get on the mic for a special episode about integrating the self-development and therapy work into the messiness of real life and relationships—when it's the hardest to access our tools, practices, and grounding! They discuss five big aspects of this integration work for them: 

• Being aware that we've just gotten activated
• Self-regulating
• Understanding which wounded parts of us have been triggered and caring for them while taking responsibility for how our protective responses might create disconnection or harm in our relationships 
• Accessing compassion
• Setting boundaries. 

Before the conversation, Janice recaps some of her notable moments of 2022.

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Connect with Trang:

• Instagram: @mindfulwonderlust

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

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Janice and her guest Arys Déjan (host of The Who and How Club Podcast) close out Season 3 with a deep conversation on love and relationships, including how they’ve upped their standards for letting someone into their life since working on themselves, and contending with the aloneness that can come along with raising the bar. They also share their experiences doing therapy and taking a break from doing the self-work to integrate the skills and lessons learned into real life. 

Before the conversation, Janice reflects on Season 3 and shares her vision for what’s coming up in Season 4.

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Connect with Arys:

• Website: www.whohowclub.com
• Facebook: @whohowclub
• Instagram: @whohowclub | @only1arys

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.

In this episode, Janice and her guest Kyria Marie (holistic nutritional consultant & health coach) discuss the connection between trauma/mental health issues and chronic health problems. Kyria shares about the transformative work she does with clients, taking both a science-based and "ancient wisdom" approach to healing. Janice and Kyria also discuss the potential impacts of intergenerational trauma on health and the agency we have in influencing our genes, as well as the importance of grieving. 

Before the conversation, Janice shares some of the research connecting trauma to physical illnesses, as well as the need to look beyond individual factors in what makes us "healthy" and "well."

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Connect with Kyrie Marie:

• Website: www.kyriahealth.com
• Facebook: @kyriahealth
• Instagram: @kyriahealth
• Email: [email protected]

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.

Janice shares what has been the most transformative approach for her in healing trauma and changing lifelong patterns. In Part 2 of this episode, she discusses: 

• Why we may need our body's participation in healing trauma
• Reconnecting to our body's internal experience to unlearn patterns
• Increasing our capacity for self-regulation through co-regulation
• Getting curious about our protective adaptations to trauma
• Tending to our core wounds and reconnecting with split-off emotions and parts of ourselves
• Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: healing the anxious-attachment wound
• The role of relationship in healing
• Other pros of body-mind-relational therapies
• Why focusing only on the body may not be enough to heal
• Transformative outcomes of doing the healing work 

CW: Experiences and impacts of trauma. Please take care as you listen.

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Resources mentioned:

• Healing Developmental Trauma (Laurence Heller & Aline LaPierre)
• The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma (Laurence Heller & Brad Kammer)
• Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy (Susan McConnell)
• "[Ep. 23] Co-Regulation | Luis Mojica & Guests" (Holistic Life Navigation Podcast)
• "[Ep. 105] Building Capacity For Healing w/ Eileen Knott" (Holistic Life Navigation Podcast)
• "Healing Trauma (Pt 1): What is Trauma + How My Healing Journey Started” (TSWP)  
• “Healing Trauma (Pt 3): Getting Triggered (Why Can’t We Just Leave the Past in the Past?)” (TSWP) 
• “Healing Trauma (Pt 4): Doing Therapy” (TSWP)
• "Letting Anger Come Out of the Corner" (The Soul's Work Blog)
• "Healing Through Breathwork and Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy" (The Soul's Work Blog)

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.

Janice shares what has been the most transformative approach for her in healing trauma and changing lifelong patterns. In Part 1 of this episode, she discusses: 

• 5 core needs that, when not met, can result in developmental trauma (+ Janice's personal experiences with early trauma)
• The distress cycle of trauma: top-down + bottom-up processes
• How trauma impacts the mind and body
• The big missing link in healing: integrating both the mind + body (+ relationship)
• How our mind can help in healing trauma
• Thought-based approaches in the wellness world that may not be helpful 
• Seeing our trauma patterns as protective vs dysfunctional
• Why focusing only on the mind may not be enough to heal

CW: Experiences and impacts of trauma (esp. developmental trauma). Please take care as you listen.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Healing Developmental Trauma (Laurence Heller & Aline LaPierre)
• “From the Abandonment Wound to Connection (Pt 1) (w/Steve LeBlanc)”
• “From the Abandonment Wound to Connection (Pt 2) (w/Steve LeBlanc)” 
• "Dr. Laurence Heller in Conversation with Dr. Gabor Maté on Complex Trauma and the Future of Trauma-Informed Care" (Transforming Trauma Podcast)
• "Healing Trauma (Pt 1): What is Trauma + How My Healing Journey Started”  
• "Healing Trauma (Pt 2): What Causes Trauma + Why Trauma Isn’t Just About Negative Thoughts"
• “Doing the Work: From Anxious to Secure Attachment in Relationships (w/Melissa Vona)” 
• “Healing Trauma (Pt 3): Getting Triggered (Why Can’t We Just Leave the Past in the Past?)” 
• “Healing Trauma (Pt 4): Doing Therapy”
• "Body and mind with Hakomi Therapy, a way to self discovery" (Engler og Hormoner Podcast)
• The Heart of Trauma (Bonnie Badenoch)

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Janice is a therapist-in-training and not licensed to work with clients.

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for working with a professional mental health or healing practitioner.