Show Notes:

In this special recap episode of Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy, host Angie Berrett reflects on an incredible year of meaningful conversations, global connection, and expanded awareness around trauma healing.

This episode highlights the Top Five most downloaded episodes as chosen by the listeners. With the podcast reaching audiences in more than forty eight countries and nearing ten thousand downloads, this milestone episode celebrates the voices, stories, and healing modalities that resonated most deeply with the community.

Angie revisits powerful moments and insights from conversations that explore healing through play and movement, learning to reconnect with the body, and releasing what talking alone cannot reach.

The episode also sheds light on trauma in less discussed spaces such as coercive control in the workplace and the long term impact of emotionally unsafe professional environments. It explores how laughter and comedy can support nervous system regulation and reduce isolation by creating shared, embodied experiences of connection. The importance of rest is re-framed as a necessary and celebratory practice rather than a punishment in a productivity driven culture. Additional conversations highlight energy work, meditation, and alternative healing modalities that support emotional processing in ways that feel lighter and more accessible.

A central theme woven throughout the episode is that healing is deeply individual. There is no hierarchy of trauma, no single correct modality, and no universal timeline. What matters most is finding approaches that bring safety, lightness, and a sense of agency back into the body.

Featured Voices in This Episode Include:

• Amy Egan on quantum healing, presence, and possibility
• Pat Romboletti on coercive control and trauma in professional environments
• Ben Brown on comedy, laughter, and collective healing
• Erica Horowitz on rest, nervous system regulation, and reframing self-care
• Gina Marie on pranic healing and her Colorful Clearing Method

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Show Notes:

Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy – Season One Wrap-Up

In this special season one wrap-up episode of Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy, host Angie Berrett reflects on the powerful conversations, stories, and healing modalities shared throughout the season.

As a trauma-informed coach, registered nurse, play expert, and survivor of childhood abuse, Angie shares how her own healing journey taught her a critical truth: there is no single path to healing. Trauma shows up differently for everyone, and healing often requires exploring multiple approaches before finding what truly resonates.

This episode highlights key insights from several incredible guests, including survivors, healers, and leaders working across diverse modalities such as movement, play, journaling, shamanic practices, mindfulness, spiritual traditions, nonprofit advocacy, and holistic wellness. Together, their stories reinforce the idea that healing is deeply personal, nonlinear, and ongoing.

You’ll hear reflections on topics such as repressed memories, childhood trauma versus adult trauma, the impact of trauma on the body and intimacy, soul and power loss, burnout and chronic illness, grief as a catalyst for purpose, and the importance of safe, supportive environments for healing.

More than anything, this episode serves as a reminder that:

• You are not broken
  
  
• You are not alone
  
  
• Healing does not have to feel overwhelming or heavy
  
  
• There are many paths, tools, and resources available to support you
  
  

Angie also shares how movement and play have been central to her own healing and offers listeners a free, short movement sequence designed to help regulate the nervous system when feeling overwhelmed.

This recap is an invitation to explore, stay curious, and trust that your healing journey can include joy, color, and connection along the way.

Join us next time for a special episode featuring the top five most popular episodes, as voted by listeners.

Get the full episodes:

Heather Miller - https://youtu.be/swFOAARgWwk

Gina Marie - https://youtu.be/U4-gnMiJpv0

Barry Lipscomb - https://youtu.be/w_CeCFnd2H0

Elizabeth Munoz - https://youtu.be/nU9LWbMtEDk

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Show Notes:

In this powerful episode of Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy, host Angie Berrett explores perfectionism as a trauma coping strategy and what it truly means to become a recovering perfectionist. Drawing from her lived experience as a trauma survivor and registered nurse, Angie breaks down why perfectionism develops, how it creates an illusion of safety, and why it ultimately keeps survivors stuck in shame and self-criticism.

Angie vulnerably shares a recent professional mistake that triggered an intense shame spiral and reflects on how trauma survivors often hold themselves to impossible standards while extending grace to everyone else. She explains how mistakes can become opportunities for growth rather than proof of failure, and why learning to tolerate discomfort is essential to healing.

Listeners are guided through practical, body-based tools rooted in movement and play including Angie’s signature “octopus on roller skates” exercise designed to gently disrupt rigid patterns, regulate the nervous system, and build resilience without re-traumatization.

This episode offers compassionate reminders to pause, step back, and prioritize safety as needed.

Connect with me:

Website: https://angieberrettmovement.com/

Instagram: https://Instagram.com/angieberrettmovement

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angie.berrett/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@angieberrettmovement

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angieberrettmovement/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@angieberrettmovement?_t=8qP9poCboWA&_r=1

🎁Grab your Free 5 Minute Playful Move for Instant Calm: https://angieberrettmovement.ac-page.com/free-short-movement-sequence-for-when-you-are-overwhelmed

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