In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with fellow psychotherapist, Reiki practitioner, and holistic educator Kanjana Hartshorne for a deeply grounded and expansive conversation about what it truly means to treat the whole person in therapy.

Kanjana shares her journey from cancer care and hospice work into building a somatic- and energy-informed private practice — and eventually a growing ecosystem of trainings, retreats, and clinician support spaces. Together, we explore the gap many therapists feel between traditional clinical training and the lived practices that actually sustain us as humans and healers.

This conversation weaves together nervous system regulation, intuition, movement, meaning-making, neurodiversity, and the importance of practitioner embodiment — reminding us that therapy is not just something we do, but something we are.

✨ In this episode, we explore:

• Why words alone are often not enough in trauma, grief, and chronic illness work
• The importance of practitioner self-regulation and embodiment
• How intuition is a developed skill, not an innate talent you either have or don’t
• Using movement, yoga, and somatic awareness ethically in therapy sessions
• Why nervous system regulation does not mean being calm all the time
• The role of co-regulation — and why it can’t be replaced by self-paced programs or AI
• Personalized nervous system care vs. one-size-fits-all interventions
• Supporting neurodivergent nervous systems with flexibility, choice, and permission
• Integrating meaning-making, consciousness, and regulation for deeper healing
• How therapists can move beyond the couch while staying ethical, grounded, and attuned

🌱 About Kanajana

Kanjana Hartshorne is a psychotherapist, Reiki practitioner, yoga therapist, and educator who specializes in integrative, somatic, and nervous-system-informed care. She is the founder of Healing Hearts Wellness and the creator of Wander Home — offering CE trainings, retreats, and innovative tools to help clinicians work more holistically and sustainably.
🔗 Connect with Kina:

• Practice & Therapy: HealingHeartsWellness.com
• Trainings, Retreats & CE Programs: WanderHomeRetreats.com (launching soon)
• Instagram: @healingheartswellness @wanderhome.tlc

Mom Rage - Jan 23rd - https://healingheartswellness.com/maternal-mental-health-training/

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In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I’m joined by Lauren Messina, a board-certified classical homeopath whose mission is healing generations one family at a time.

Lauren shares her deeply personal journey into homeopathy, shaped by a lifetime of chronic illness, autoimmune diagnoses, and a profound desire to approach healing differently, both for herself and for her children. What unfolds is a powerful conversation about the body’s innate intelligence, the meaning behind symptoms, and how true healing happens when we stop suppressing signals and start listening.

Together, we explore how homeopathy works as a whole-person system of medicine, addressing mental, emotional, physical, and even spiritual layers of experience. Lauren explains the Law of Similars in accessible terms and describes how individualized remedies gently signal the body to restore balance—much like helping the nervous system recognize safety after long-standing misfires.

From grief manifesting as physical illness, to why chronic symptoms require patience and skilled case management, this episode bridges homeopathy with nervous system regulation, trauma-informed care, and relational healing. It’s a conversation especially resonant for therapists, healers, and anyone curious about approaches that honor the body’s wisdom rather than override it.

In this episode, we explore:

• What homeopathy is—and what it isn’t
• Why symptoms are messengers, not enemies
• How chronic illness reflects imbalance rather than failure
• The role of safety, regulation, and collaboration in healing
• Why individualized care matters (and protocol approaches often miss the mark)
• How homeopathy complements psychotherapy and nervous-system-based work
• The spiritual and generational ripple effects of true healing

Lauren also shares insights into her clinical process, the importance of patience in chronic healing, and why homeopathy often finds people exactly when they’re ready.

🔗 Connect with Lauren

To learn more or schedule a discovery call, visit:
https://www.heirloomministries.org

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You can find Jodi Silverman, LCSW at
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In this deeply poetic conversation, I sit down with writer, photographer, and intuitive storyteller April Isaacs, creator of Power Story Tarot Readings and author of The Ecstatic Wanderer. From years spent living nomadically in her van “Firefly” to discovering myth as a mirror for the soul, April shares how story, tarot, and wilderness have become her way of helping others reclaim their personal power.

Together, Jodi and April explore:T

• The difference between being “read to” and being witnessed and why the latter transforms.
• The origin of Power Story Readings and how mythic archetypes can awaken inner guidance.
• Why seeking curiosity instead of certainty can regulate the nervous system and create safety for the soul to remember.
• How storytelling in community (like Way of Council circles) restores collective regulation and belonging.
• Practices for tuning in to your body’s stories through myth, dreams, and ritual.

April reminds us that story is medicine, and being witnessed is sacred. Whether through tarot, myth, or dream, each of us holds a story that wants to be remembered, one that can lead us home to ourselves.

Connect with April Isaacs:
🌐 ecstaticwanderer.com

📰 The Ecstatic Wanderer Substack

Thank you for listening to the Spiritually Curious Therapist Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share, and leave a review - it helps us grow and reach more listeners!

You can find Jodi Silverman, LCSW at
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www.journeywithkindredsouls.com

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Instagram @holistichearthealing

Facebook @TheraChi Healing

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