
The Emotional Alchemy Podcast
Welcome to the Emotional Alchemy Podcast where safety is medicine, connection is never automated and everything is relational.
The Emotional Alchemy Podcast
33. TRAUMA HEALING: Healingwithin Community with Lauren Sessa + Jackie Chuang
I’ve said over and over again that there’s something magical that happens when a community of aligned women come together. Gathering in Circles is something that our feminine ancestors knew how to do, but in our modern world, these opportunities to gather and truly open up and reveal ourselves is rare. When we gather in a container rooted in the power of our femininity, it is not to create a hierarchy or competition, it is simply to witness, to hold and to nurture one another so we can each uncover our own sovereign strength.
I’m doing something I’ve never done before. I’ve invited some guests who feel incredibly near and dear to my heart. Jackie Chuang and Lauren Sessa are graduates of the 2020 Circle of The Heart Lab and they are here to share what they learned from the program, but most importantly, they are here to share what they learned as they witnessed each other in our weekly group sessions.
I believe Rumi said it best: “We’re all just walking each other home.”
What You'll Learn in this Episode:
- Why highly driven, independent women need community to heal trauma
- The burnout cycle of over-giving and validation-seeking
- How the culture of accountability in a community leads to safety
- How safe community allows you to witness your own humanity and stop minimizing your own experience
- Why we need different medicines for different emotions
Resources:
- "The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brene Brown Ph.D LMSW
- “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Amelia Nagoski Ph.D and Emily Nagoski DMA
Your Speakers:
Jackie Chuang lives in Campbell, CA with her dog Kora and is a constant work in progress believing growth is an ongoing journey. She’s an avid foodie and adventure seeker.
- Jackie's Instagram
Lauren Sessa has spent the last 20 years in the corporate world as a Customer Success Leader. In 2018, feeling wildly unfulfilled despite her career success, she experienced a shift that would impact the trajectory of her life. While she moves through her own journey of healing and rediscovery, she is intent to dedicate her creative efforts to helping others experience this illuminating shift for themselves.
- Lauren's Instagram
Kat HoSoo Lee is an Emotional Alchemy Coach, Spiritual Business Mentor and host of The Emotional Alchemy Podcast.
She loves playing in the space where science and spirituality converge because this is where we get to experience emotional alchemy. In her work, she educates space-holders about somatic physiology and environmental biology so they can deepen their practices of listening and presence which ultimately helps them expand their capacity to hold space for others.
As a Spiritual Business Mentor, she guides soulful entrepreneurs to approach their business as a spiritual practice. The work bridges the emotional landscape with practical tools which allow them to cultivate businesses that are rooted in conscious values, relational marketing and purposeful service.