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
30 episodes
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...
Savannah Brown
Savannah Brown discusses the mental and emotional tolls of breaking generational trauma patterns. Breaking trauma cycles isn't a clean, linear process—it's messy, imperfect, and requires an somatic awareness and radical self-honesty...
Dr. Frances Champagne
Dr. Frances Champagne delves into the world of epigenetics and how your environment and experiences shape your brain and behavior. Understanding these interactive pathways can lead to greater resilience and personal agency, regardle...
Amy Pons
Amy Pons discusses the importance of reconnecting with one's soul blueprint and breaking generational trauma.Learn the benefits of finding a deep connection to your ancestors, the connection between the brain and nervous system as it res...
Harriet Shearsmith
Harriet Shearsmith addresses the balance between honoring our ancestors and drawing firm boundaries around destructive behavior. Learn how ancestral trauma is unintentionally passed down through generations, hear stories of personal...
Dr. Daphne Fatter
Licensed psychologist, Dr. Daphne Fatter explores the world of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and its link to ancestral healing. Trauma isn’t just a personal experience but a legacy burden that can be handed down through DNA, attachm...
Erica Wallace Moore
Reiki practitioner Erica Wallace Moore addresses how Reiki can help with “stuck” emotions or chronic stress caused by unintentionally carrying the energetic imprints from generations past. Empathy and intuition serve as spiritual su...
Jen Shaffer
“The Formidable Genealogist” Jen Shaffer explains how uncovering the histories of our ancestors allows us to move forward with empathy and understanding. Professional genealogy can be a powerful tool for exploring ancestral trauma a...
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Kenlee Valleskey
Kenlee Valleskey discusses Internal Family Systems (IFS) as it relates to the weight of generational cycles and ancestral trauma. This work is so important in understanding how our internal world of wounded and protective parts is shaped by the...
