Just Like Nana
Dive into the journey of Just Like Nana, a podcast passionately exploring ancestral trauma, generational healing, and the profound ways our family's past shapes our present mental and holistic health. Amie Penny Sayler shares captivating, research-based fiction stories of her grandmothers' lives and features insightful interviews with leading mental health and wellness practitioners.
Learn how to break cycles of trauma passed down through generations, understand family dynamics, and cultivate a regulated nervous system. Ground yourself in your history, honor your ancestors, and find your own path to trauma healing.
New episodes every Friday. Learn more at https://justlikenana.com/
Episodes
38 episodes
Wednesdae Reim Ifrach
Wednesdae Reim Ifrach is here to discuss the biological, psychological, and historical layers of inherited stress and reveals how somatic inquiry, creative expression, and intentional play serve as powerful tools for liberation.They also...
Sheila O'Connor
*Content Warning: Discussion of sexual abuse*Sheila O’Connor is here to discuss her book Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions and the journey of uncovering the story of her grandmother who was incarcerated at...
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Juliet Patterson
*Content Warning: Discussion of suicideJuliet Patterson is the author of Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide, which explores how suicide shaped her family line. She also discusses how breaking generational silences, reconnect...
Jen Gallagher
Jen Gallagher is here to break the silence around women's rage. She explains why anger is a vital, neurobiological survival system and how accessing somatic wisdom helps us alchemize inherited emotional patterns. Learn how to dismantle the tabo...
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Rebecca Ratcliff
Rebecca Ratcliff discusses how stored ancestral trauma and unintegrated soul fragments live within our electromagnetic fields, and how bridging Western medical science with indigenous shamanic practices, soul retrieval, and ancestral sacredness...
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Iya Affo
Iya Affo, founder of Heal Historical Trauma and trauma specialist, is discussing the details of integrating versus healing ancestral trauma in our lives, as well as regulating your nervous system and tending to the living altar of your body.
Missy Toy Ozeas
Energy healer Missy Toy Ozeas discusses how hidden, inherited patterns and ancestral trauma keep us trapped in survival mode, and how to identify subconscious blocks and unlock energetic sovereignty.About Missy Toy Ozeas
Dionne Ford
Author Dionne Ford, discusses her memoir, Go Back and Get It. She addresses the sacred value of the family archive, what it looks like to cultivate a daily ancestral practice, and the undeniable necessity of reparations to heal t...
Amy Vincze
Amy Vincze, EFT Tapping coach and creator of the Soar with Tapping app, discusses the benefits of an EFT Tapping practice and how it can help heal ancestral trauma.Amy also explains the importance of engaging with uncomfortable emotions,...
Elizabeth Rosner
Author and teacher Elizabeth Rosner discusses the importance of naming and acknowledging intergenerational trauma before moving towards healing.Elizabeth touches on the cultural understanding of intergenerational trauma, the limitations ...
Dr. Jenn Veilleux
Dr. Jenn Veilleux, clinical psychologist and professor of psychological science, discusses the science of emotions.Learn why many of us are so fundamentally afraid of negative emotions, how contrast avoidance blocks us from joy, an...
Lisa Lacy
Lisa Lacy, author and trauma educator, explains the role of storytelling in healing and why self-trust is key to healing ancestral trauma.Explore why some healing modalities may work for you and others won't, and the importance of gettin...
Lolita Guarin
Stress management coach Lolita Guarin discusses struggling with anxiety and self abandonment as an unintentional way to honor your ancestors' struggles and how to break your ‘loyalty’ to your family’s trauma patterns.About Lolita Guarin<...
Yildiz Sethi
Yildiz Sethi, a psychotherapist, best-selling author, and founder of Emotional Mind Integration, challenges outmoded mental health models and explore the generational subconscious mind.Yildiz stresses the importance of addressing generat...
Malinda DeMercurio
Malinda DeMercurio, an acupuncturist and Sangoma, explains how energy medicine, shamanic traditions, and ancestral healing can guide you back to your heart.Learn how to begin working with your ancestors, trusting your intuition as it dra...
Dr. Irit Felsen
Dr. Irit Felsen, a clinical psychologist who specializes in trauma and traumatic loss, explains the impact of significant familial trauma through the lens of Holocaust survivors (such as her parents) and their families.Explore how to nav...
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Liza Miron
Liza Miron, Family Constellations facilitator and coach, discusses ancestral trauma through the lens of family entanglements and how we can heal from them.Liza addresses balancing ancestral anger while honoring those ancestors, the impor...
Melissa Taylor
Mental health provider Melissa Taylor is deeply versed in cultural nuances and intergenerational trauma. She discusses how to seek ancestral wisdom as part of healing.She also dives into the impact of systemic oppression on family ...
Annie Brook
Psychologist and educator Annie Brook discusses how the nervous system stores trauma, and what we can do to release those chemicals and emotions and ground back into our bodies.Annie explains pre-cognitive memories and how we can metabol...
Erica Bonham
Erica Bonham, a licensed counselor and embodied leadership coach, explains how to have a “badass nervous system,” emotional alchemy, and provides tips for listening to your body.About EricaErica Bonham is a licensed profession...
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Bee Doyle
Bee Doyle, a nurse practitioner, intuitive healer, and spiritual teacher, discusses moving out of survival states into a journey of healing and thriving.Bee explains the non-linear nature of healing, ways to regulate your nervous s...
Dr. Erika Yourdan
Dr. Erika Yourdan, a licensed therapist and counselor, discusses how to use systemic thinking and nature-based healing to bridge the gap between your past and your present, helping you claim your rightful place as a cycle breaker. D...
Joanna Kent Katz
Healer and social justice educator Joanna Kent Katz addresses how to move from inherited patterns of trauma and cultural assimilation toward a heart-centered state of collective liberation.Healing your personal lineage is a vital step in...
