On this episode..

• Her background and what led her to pursue trauma informed care
• What led Melissa and her partner to start the Centre for Healing
• How limiting beliefs are created and manifest from childhood through adulthood
• What a dysregulated nervous system looks like and how to find safety resources to move through stress and/or traumatic experiences
• Navigating your nervous system to avoid self-sabotage for good things happening in your life
• Tangible ways to heal your nervous system

Connect with Melissa Hiemann:

The Centre For Healing Website

The Centre for Healing Courses & Free Courses

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***Disclaimer***
Dope Sh*t My Therapist Says Podcast is not a replacement for therapy. The conversations, guests, and tips talked about on the episodes are provided as educational, thought provoking, and to be inspiring and are NOT specific theraputic advice. The views of our guests reflect their own personal experiences and perspectives. Information and tips heard on the episodes are to be used at your own caution and discretion as they are not being given by a therapist that knows you personally. As always please seek out your own individual mental health care to best serve you.

On this episode...

• Her life experiences and gender transition journey from childhood to now
• Having a supportive therapist and how that helped shape who she has always been
• Embracing the life she has always known and getting comfortable as Wendy
• Her experiences with surgery, dating, and her work as a transition mentor helping parents of kids who are trans

Connect with Wendy Cole:

www.meetwendycole.com

Check us out on socials!

Instagram @dopeshttherapypod

email us at dopeshttherapypod@gmail.com

Logo artwork by Peach and Bean Studio instagram.com/peachandbeanstudio

Check out our sponsor Own Your Stigma

Use our discount code for 15% off: dopest*tpod

***Disclaimer***
Dope Sh*t My Therapist Says Podcast is not a replacement for therapy. The conversations, guests, and tips talked about on the episodes are provided as educational, thought provoking, and to be inspiring and are NOT specific theraputic advice. The views of our guests reflect their own personal experiences and perspectives. Information and tips heard on the episodes are to be used at your own caution and discretion as they are not being given by a therapist that knows you personally. As always please seek out your own individual mental health care to best serve you.

On this episode...

• Her journey into the mental health field and pivoting her career
• What codependency is and how it develops
• How codependency can vary amongst relationships and upbringings
• Codependency vs. independency
• Building skills to move away from codependency
• Codependency on social media

Connect with Rachel Sievers:

Rachel's Website

Rachel's Instagram

Rachels' Podcast: The Answer to Everything

Other resources discussed in the episode:

Breaking Free: A Recovery Workbook for Codependency

Our Polyvagal World

Check us out on socials!

Instagram @dopeshttherapypod

email us at dopeshttherapypod@gmail.com

Logo artwork by Peach and Bean Studio instagram.com/peachandbeanstudio

Check out our sponsor Own Your Stigma

Use our discount code for 15% off: dopest*tpod

***Disclaimer***
Dope Sh*t My Therapist Says Podcast is not a replacement for therapy. The conversations, guests, and tips talked about on the episodes are provided as educational, thought provoking, and to be inspiring and are NOT specific theraputic advice. The views of our guests reflect their own personal experiences and perspectives. Information and tips heard on the episodes are to be used at your own caution and discretion as they are not being given by a therapist that knows you personally. As always please seek out your own individual mental health care to best serve you.