Triggered

In this episode of Triggered, host Whitney Kell sits down with Miro Hainik, founder of Manifest X, a 1,000+ member community for conscious entrepreneurs, and a master Theta Healer, international speaker, and meditation coach. Born in Germany in a fatherless home, Miro immigrated to America at 18 and has since moved through burnout, divorce, and homelessness to build a mission-driven community.

The conversation starts with Miro’s biggest trigger: the abandonment wound, and the stories it creates when someone might leave. Whitney, who shares the same wound, offers a new way to work with it.

Together, Whitney and Miro talk about:

• Why self-abandonment, giving your power away over and over, is the deeper root of abandonment
• Mirror work, eye gazing, and breathwork as ways to build a relationship with yourself
• How Tantra helps people reconnect with their bodies and release shame around sexuality
• The difference between the energy of love and the emotion of love, and why discernment matters
• Healing the inner child and reparenting yourself with compassion
• How triggers and glimmers are two sides of the same awareness
• Why being “whole and always healing” beats believing something is wrong with you

Whitney leaves listeners with a simple practice: sit in front of a mirror, gaze into your own eyes, breathe in for four, hold for four, out for four, and imagine what it feels like to be truly met.

This one is honest, tender, and a little bold, a reminder that you can never be abandoned when you have yourself.

Connect with Miro: Instagram, YouTube, and manifestxmastermind.com

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The people we love most are often the ones who trigger us fastest.

In this episode of Triggered, host Whitney Kell sits down with Hanna Dylan, a relationship mentor, feminine embodiment coach, and communication expert with nearly 10 years of experience helping women and couples build deeper connection. Hanna blends practical communication tools, somatic embodiment practices, and faith-based wisdom in her workshops, retreats, online courses, and one-on-one mentorship.

The conversation starts with a real-life trigger: a long day in Miami, a dark drive home, a stressed GPS, and Hannahs mom, Heidi, at the wheel. Hanna shares how she felt in the moment (unsafe, helpless, frustrated) and how she found her way back to center. She also walks through a much smaller trigger from just the day before, when a blocked-off resort turned a planned hot tub soak into a beach club afternoon.

Together, Whitney and Hanna talk about:

• Why triggers aren’t the problem, and why the goal is dissolving friction faster rather than never getting triggered
• How validating someone’s frustration creates empathy and curiosity
• Why so many of us are made wrong for our triggers, and how to stop doing that to others
• Bringing playful energy and a shift in perspective into a tense moment
• Inviting someone into a team effort instead of putting your hand up and shutting your heart
• Noticing where triggers show up in your body, like clenching, heat, or sweaty hands, and pausing before you project onto someone else

Hanna leaves listeners with a simple practice: slow down, put a hand on your heart, take a breath, and name what’s happening in your body out loud.

This one is warm, funny, and practical, a reminder that there’s a lot of love underneath the trigger.

Connect with Hanna: IG: @hanna_dylan_

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What happens when the woman who helped take EST from 30 graduates to nearly 800,000 finally tells her story?

On this episode of Triggered, Whitney Kell sits down with Marcia Martin, original vice president of EST with Werner Erhard and author of Sex, Power, and Transformation. Marcia has helped build organizations for some of the biggest names in personal development, including John Hanley, Tony Robbins, Bob Hoffman, and Jack Canfield, and cofounded the Transformational Leadership Council. She has seen both the magic and the underbelly of the self-help world.

In this conversation, Marcia and Whitney explore:

• Why power is addictive, and how some leaders shift from creating space for your answers to handing you theirs
• The “be, do, have” model, and why commitment comes before circumstances
• The three faces we all wear: who we pretend to be, who we fear we are, and who we really are
• How to tell when you’ve outgrown a marriage, organization, or role, and the signals the universe sends before it gives you “the big whammy”
• The evolution of consciousness, from victim, to cause, to cause for a higher purpose
• Why we’re attracted to what we need to learn, and what Marcia believes real love looks like

Whether you’re a longtime student of personal development or just curious about where it all began, this is a candid, funny, and heartfelt look at power, growth, and finding your way back to who you really are.

Find Marcia at MarciaMartin.com. Sex, Power, and Transformation is available on Amazon.

Content note: This episode includes a brief discussion of the loss of a child to suicide.

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Welcome to Truth. In this episode, Whitney Kell shares the daily grounding meditation she invites you to start every morning with, so you go inside first before running into your day.

Whitney walks you through the full practice step by step:

• A tour of your bones and a connection to your essence
• Dropping your roots deep into Mother Earth and letting her fill you up
• "Me, not me," a clearing process to release other people's energy and call your own back home
• Setting your auric field with the intention that only what's in your highest and best good can enter

The full guided meditation runs about 15 to 20 minutes. Once you know it, you can do it on your own in 10 to 15. Whitney believes meditation is medication, and this practice is the foundation for the six-week Triggered course. Press play, get comfortable, and set the stage inside so you're ready for whatever comes your way.

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We talk a lot about being triggered by what's going on around us. In this episode of Triggered, Whitney Kell turns the focus inward, to the triggers that happen inside of us, like the ones that show up when you can't sleep, get stuck in traffic, or feel that flash of frustration and don't know why.

Whitney starts with her own night: she didn't fall asleep until 4 a.m. and had a podcast to record the next morning. Instead of resisting it, she sat with it, meditated, stretched, and asked herself what she needed. From there, she opens up a bigger question: what if you could learn to love your triggers, and the parts of yourself you've been trained to reject or shame?

In this episode, Whitney talks about:

Whitney previews more on childhood triggers in the next episode.

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This podcast is for general education and is not medical advice.

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In this episode, host Whitney Kell sits down with Dr. Gabrielle Pelicci — professor of integrative and holistic medicine, transformational storytelling expert, and bestselling author — for a wide-ranging conversation about turning emotional triggers into personal growth.

Gabrielle opens up about the spiritual awakening that followed her mother's death in 1996, the years she spent researching women healers across 50 countries for her doctoral dissertation, and how that work shaped her belief that community and connection are essential to staying emotionally grounded. She and Whitney talk candidly about self-abandonment versus self-prioritization, the resistance and "tribal shaming" that often comes with choosing an unconventional healing path, and the two directions people tend to go when pain becomes unbearable — toward transformation or toward illness and numbing.

The conversation moves through grief, mortality, and the loss of both parents at relatively young ages, plant medicine journeys, and why creative practice — writing, music, art — can be one of the most powerful tools for processing difficult emotions. They close with reflections on death as transition rather than ending, and how everyday moments of gratitude can anchor us against fear and distraction.

A raw, spiritually-minded conversation about self-connection, healing community, and living with intention — even amid uncertainty.

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After 43 years in medicine — starting as a military medical officer and evolving into one of San Diego's most sought-after anti-aging and functional medicine physicians — Dr. Andrea Cole-Raub has seen nearly every pattern the body can throw at her. On this episode of Triggered, host Whitney Kell sits down with her longtime doctor for a wide-ranging, detective-style conversation about what standard medicine misses.

They dig into why testosterone therapy transformed Whitney's health and relationships in her 30s, how gluten sensitivity hides behind "negative" celiac panels, and why H. pylori and leaky gut quietly wreck absorption, immunity, and even brain health years before symptoms show up. Dr. Cole-Raub explains the gut-brain connection behind "leaky brain," why reactivated Epstein-Barr virus becomes a hidden driver of fatigue and inflammation after 50, and how pharmacogenomic testing can end the guesswork around antidepressants and anxiety meds. They also talk candidly about AI's growing (and limited) role in modern diagnostics, and share a sobering story about why patients must advocate for themselves — even after a "normal" test result.

Part detective story, part masterclass in functional medicine, this conversation is a reminder that your body is always talking. The question is whether anyone's listening.

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This week on Triggered, host Whitney Kell sits down with Chelsea Rykus — founder and president of Ethos Benefits, national speaker, documentary filmmaker, and self-proclaimed "raging Leo" — for a two-part conversation that moves from the deeply personal to the boldly professional.

Chelsea opens up about the traumatic brain injury that derailed her path to medical school, the divorce at 26 that taught her more about courage than staying ever could, and the eight-and-a-half months of relentless morning sickness she powered through while still landing on stages across the country. Whitney and Chelsea dig into spirituality, EMDR therapy, somatic healing, and what it really means to turn pain into a pathway instead of a prison.

Then the conversation shifts gears: Chelsea pulls back the curtain on the health insurance industry she calls "the cartel" — explaining how she built a fee-based (not commission-based) consulting firm from the ground up, walked away from a multi-million dollar book of business on principle, and now helps employers slash healthcare costs by exposing how wildly claims can be manipulated (think: an $82,000 hospital bill for a procedure that costs $2,000 down the road).

Equal parts trauma-informed and take-no-prisoners business talk, this episode is a masterclass in choosing agency over victimhood — and building your own playbook when no one else's fits.

Guest: Chelsea Rykus, Founder & President, Ethos Benefits | Co-host, Business of Benefits podcast
Find her: LinkedIn @ChelseaRykus | businessofbenefitspodcast.com

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In Part 2 of this raw, unfiltered conversation, Whitney Kell continues her story of living with a congenital limb difference — and goes deeper into the emotional and spiritual work that helped her reclaim her identity after decades of hiding.

Whitney opens up about:

This episode is a masterclass in turning pain into self-awareness — and a reminder that no one else can fully understand your triggers but you.

Topics covered: self-acceptance, congenital limb difference, narcissistic parents, The Four Agreements, trauma healing, meditation, breathwork, sobriety, personal transformation, mindfulness practices

This is Part 2 of a two-part episode. If you haven't listened to Part 1, start there for the full story of Whitney's 28 years wearing prosthetic fingers.

Find Whitney Kell on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. Grab her free e-book Triggered or join her 6-week course, Track Your Triggers — links in show notes.

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Whitney Kell, host of Triggered, shares the story she's never told publicly: living with a congenital limb difference and wearing prosthetic fingers for 28 years to avoid bullying and hide part of herself from the world.

In this deeply personal episode, Whitney opens up about:

This episode is about triggers, identity, disability, self-acceptance, and the courage it takes to be seen. If you've ever hidden a part of yourself to fit in, this conversation will resonate.

Topics covered: congenital limb difference, prosthetic hands, childhood bullying, body image, disability acceptance, sobriety, spiritual awakening, self-worth, personal transformation, identity

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