Our Healing Heroine series continues with Jodi, joined by Hero and Mindset Coach Katie Wee. Jodi opens up about her son, Pao, and her experience helping him navigate his mental health struggles. In this heartfelt conversation we discuss his passions, the community that loved him, and her journey of navigating life after his suicide learning to carry her grief while still honoring his story.

Almost a year after Pao’s passing, Jodi attended Katie’s Happy Camp retreat, where she began to discover that healing isn’t about “moving on,” but about finding small ways to move forward—sometimes just one moment at a time. From creating safe spaces at home to finding supportive spaces in your community, to healing modalities like meditation and grief counseling, Jodi reflects on what has helped her keep going in moments when it felt impossible.

This conversation is a reminder that while grief has no ending, you can still find joy again.

What You Will Learn

• [00:13:30] The transition process for teens after crisis care, including partial hospitalization and IOP
• [00:15:00] Creating a “safe house” with no sharps, weapons, or medications — and the social limits that can come with it for a teenager
• [00:16:30] Jodi’s son’s passions, including his for Japanese culture and anime
• [00:19:30] Why it’s so difficult to distinguish crisis from “normal teenage” behavior
• [00:36:15] The importance of surrounding yourself with a community during grief
• [00:38:30] How hitting rock bottom pushed Jodi to try every possible healing practice
• [00:40:30] Taking the leap to attend Katie’s Happy Camp as a major turning point in Jodi's healing
• [00:45:00] The power of Katie’s guided meditation and why it was life-changing for Jodi
• [01:05:45] A grief truth: “Grief has a beginning. It has a middle, but it doesn’t have an end.”

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Welcome to the first installment of our new series, Healing Heroines! You'll hear from remarkable women who've endured some of life's most challenging hardships and how they've navigated the road toward healing. Each conversation will also feature the Healing Hero who helped and encouraged them along the way.

In this episode, Chandler sits down with Hero and Psychic Medium Lea Morgan and special guest Candace Hewitt, a widow and mother of three. They explore how Lea's mediumship became a major turning point in Candace's grief journey after she lost her husband unexpectedly.

They also discuss what happens during a reading, signs from loved ones, and how spiritual connection can bring comfort, hope, and even laughter during someone's darkest days. If you’ve ever questioned whether psychic mediumship could be a meaningful part of your healing process, this heartfelt discussion offers candid insights for anyone experiencing life after loss.

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:00] “It is the most lonely and isolating journey that you could possibly take in life.”
• [00:09:30] “There is this world that I truly believe is literally within inches of us, and Rusty is not far away.”
• [00:10:52] “You can’t make that up.”
• [00:11:57] “Grief needs a community. It can’t be done alone.”
• [00:14:00] “Grief never goes away. There’s an ebb and a flow to it. It changes.”
• [00:16:08] “I felt like it was Christmas morning. I could not wait.”
• [00:18:30] “It was like we were just having a conversation.”
• [00:27:11] “Nothing negative, nothing scary. Only showing love really.”

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Are you craving calmness but struggling to slow down? Hero and Yoga Instructor Nicole Kim explores how stillness, movement, and rest work together to restore our bodies and nervous systems. With compassion and lived wisdom, Nicole shares the ways modern women are pushed into overdrive and taught to equate worth with output — and how we can begin to rewire that conditioning, one quiet moment at a time.

From yoga nidra and yin to Thai bodywork and beach naps, this episode offers tangible practices and gentle permission slips for women who feel stuck in “go mode.”

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:18] Why women often resist stillness and associate it with discomfort or unworthiness
• [00:09:30] How “glimmers” — short, intentional breaks — help busy women ground and reset
• [00:11:30] Why meditation can feel selfish — and how to reframe that belief
• [00:17:00] How yin yoga uses discomfort to create space and emotional release
• [00:18:00] What yoga nidra is — and why it’s powerful for trauma recovery and deep rest
• [00:22:13] How movement-based yoga builds a bridge to stillness for those who “can’t sit still”
• [00:24:37] Why sound healing is so effective for calming the mind and regulating the body
• [00:27:30] How Thai bodywork offers a moving meditation for people with anxious minds

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Hero and Confidence Coach Cait DeMello joins Chandler to explore what she calls the “Hidden Three” unmet childhood needs: security, approval, and control.

These ever-present necessities drive so many of our choices in adulthood, and Cait explains how these core motivators shape our approach to our relationships, careers, and self-worth practices.

Whether you're a people-pleaser, overplanner, or a perfectionist, it's time to examine what you truly need and how you can begin meeting those needs from within.

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:18] Why the need for security, approval, or control often originates in childhood
• [00:09:19] How to spot when your actions are out of alignment with your truest self
• [00:12:30] The ways people-pleasing and perfectionism relate to approval or control
• [00:14:52] Why the control response often forms when we lacked approval or security
• [00:19:30] How a dysregulated nervous system can block us from receiving helpful insight
• [00:23:00] How small daily habits (like rushing through your morning) reveal dysregulation
• [00:29:30] What each unmet need is really trying to get — and how to offer it to yourself
• [00:42:30] A simple self-inquiry prompt to reveal which core motivator is running the show

Resources Mentioned

• The Hidden 3 Workbook by Cait DeMello
  • A Self-Discovery Workbook to Finally Understand Why You Feel Stuck and What To Do About IT

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What if joy wasn’t something you had to earn — but something you innately possess? Hero and Acupuncturist Jacques Depardieu helps us understand the meaning of Qi, the vital life force energy at the heart of East Asian Medicine and philosophy. Jacques shares how Qi is not something you get more of, but something you remember and embody.

Chandler and Jacques explore how presence, intention, and gratitude help us reconnect to what’s already flowing through us. With warmth, humor, and a little mysticism, Jacques breaks down ancient ideas into everyday wisdom.

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:18] “Qi is not something we have — it’s something we are.”
• [00:14:37] Why practicing gratitude is the first step to shifting into joy
• [00:17:00] How beliefs create emotional experiences that can lead to physical symptoms
• [00:19:30] What happens in the body when you surrender to stillness
• [00:23:30] Why emotional energy is felt before it’s understood cognitively
• [00:26:42] How to describe Qi in a way that goes beyond intellect
• [00:33:30] The subconscious beliefs shaping how we experience everyday life
• [00:36:30] Why reconnecting with joy often begins by remembering what you loved as a kid

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In this powerful conversation, Hero, Somatic Therapist, and Rolfing Practitioner, Moylan Ryan, explores how our bodies carry the imprints of past pain — and how movement, breath, and presence can help us release those old stories. Moylan explains how trauma, stress, and emotional overwhelm are woven into our physical form and how posture often reveals the ways we’ve adapted to protect ourselves.

From the impact of the vagus nerve to overcoming immobilization, Moylan offers practical insight and somatic wisdom for anyone looking to feel safer, more spacious, and more connected in their own body.

What You Will Learn

• [00:08:18] Why creating space in the body helps us reconnect with ourselves
• [00:10:30] How trauma disrupts our ability to complete tasks or take action
• [00:14:30] Why understanding trauma intellectually isn’t enough — it must be released somatically
• [00:16:30] How elevated shoulders and shallow breathing can indicate a startle response
• [00:21:30] How we use physical tension to suppress adrenaline in a trauma response
• [00:24:00] Why long exhalations help signal safety to the nervous system
• [00:27:30] What “mobilization without fear” means — and why it’s key to healing
• [00:31:00] How restoring peristalsis helps process unexpressed emotion in the body

Resources Mentioned

• Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are – TED Talk by Amy Cuddy
• 5Rhythms by Gabrielle Roth (Movement Practice)

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Healing can be a frustrating, difficult, and discouraging process at times. When you're trying to progress one day but feel like you're regressing the next, self-compassion is often the first thing to slip through the cracks. In this raw and honest conversation, Hero and Accountability Coach Bonnie Heim explores how being kind, caring, and compassionate to yourself is an essential part of the healing journey.

Bonnie opens up about a season of burnout, emotional dysregulation, and the messy process of reconnecting with her nervous system. Together, she and Chandler reflect on the real work of tending to your inner world — not through perfection or performance, but through presence, softness, and truth.

What You Will Learn

• [00:07:15] Why extending compassion to yourself can feel harder than offering it to others
• [00:08:52] How to recognize when you’re dysregulated and what it feels like in the body
• [00:10:35] What it means to “co-regulate” with a safe person and why it matters
• [00:12:47] How to sit with and process difficult emotions instead of suppressing them
• [00:13:59] Why “nervous system regulation” should be a key part of healing work
• [00:14:56] How Bonnie recognizes when her nervous system needs attention
• [00:15:30] The moment Bonnie realized her inner critic was mimicking her fear of being a burden
• [00:17:45] Why trying to “fix” yourself can be a form of avoidance rather than healing

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We're wrapping up our Hero Highlight series with none other than psychic medium Lea Morgan. Lea shares powerful insights about intuition, grief, and spiritual communication. She also explains the difference between psychic and mediumship abilities, demystifies the four “clairs,” and explains how she helps people decipher between signs from spirit guides and loved ones.

With compassion and clarity, Lea offers stories of profound healing — especially for those navigating the loss of a loved one — while gently reminding that you're never truly alone in your healing journey.

What You Will Learn

• [00:07:24] How mediumship differs from general psychic ability
• [00:08:50] What the “clairs” are and how they function in intuitive communication
• [00:11:25] Why spirit guides aren’t always deceased loved ones — and what their role is
• [00:13:48] How healing can begin through spirit-led grief readings
• [00:17:15] The difference between your logical mind and intuitive knowing
• [00:19:52] What it means to receive a visitation dream
• [00:24:10] How traits developed in childhood for protection can later hold us back
• [00:28:17] Why intuitive intelligence is often undervalued in Western culture
• [00:31:10] The role your intuition plays in major life decisions
• [00:34:00] Tips for cultivating intuitive awareness and receiving subtle messages

Want to Hear More from Hero Lea? Check Out These Episodes!

• Signs, Synchronicities, and Spirits
• How to Access and Listen to Your Intuitive Mind
• What We Can Learn from Dream Visitations & Metaphysical Experiences
• How Spirit Helps Us Navigate Tendencies & Behaviors

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