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Revolutionary Love & Resilience

Revolutionary Love & Resilience

By Shelby Leigh and Maira Holzmann

Welcome to the RLR podcast season 2, where Shelby Leigh is joined by co-host Maira Holzmann.

Maira and Shelby are both trained psychotherapists who wear a few different hats working in the field of healing. Together they focus on somatic based and other leading edge approaches to healing trauma. They’re here igniting a revolution around embodiment, life after trauma and nurturing resilience.

If you’re a coach, therapist, care provider or someone impacted by trauma, this podcast is for you.
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Transitions and Conscious Closing

Revolutionary Love & ResilienceAug 20, 2021

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Transitions and Conscious Closing
Aug 20, 202123:22
How We Track Progress in Ourselves and Clients
Aug 09, 202117:49
Is Mindset Work Really That Effective?
Jul 26, 202112:24
Embodiment is a spectrum: Embodied Coaching Experience
Jul 16, 202137:31
The Power of Repairs
Jul 12, 202126:59
Shelby and Team Revolutionary LOVE
Jun 27, 202126:01
Maira and Somatic Therapy Partners
Jun 13, 202129:00
Trauma Informed Rants for Health & Wellness Professionals
May 31, 202141:33
Different capacities don’t mean we’re better or worse care providers

Different capacities don’t mean we’re better or worse care providers

Have you ever asked yourself “what’s my capacity to provide care?” Shelby and Maira discuss the importance of identifying YOUR personal capacity level and how it impacts the service you provide.

May 02, 202118:48
Examining the Scarcity Mentality and Stress

Examining the Scarcity Mentality and Stress

Maira and Shelbly explore the idea of engaging with stress as a motivation to push forward. They discuss the “scarcity mentality” and its impact as practitioners in the field and Shelby shares her recent self-examination of her relationship with stress. It’s tender, it’s empowering, it’s support in action - take a listen now!

Apr 18, 202131:40
Imposter Syndrome and Empowerment

Imposter Syndrome and Empowerment

Shelby and Maira dive into topics of embodying confidence in each of our fields.  We also discuss how we can support each of our own unique gifts to thrive in the world.

Mar 29, 202131:02
Orienting and Early Trauma

Orienting and Early Trauma

Maira and Shelby explore more ways to support folks (and not support folks) with developmental trauma.  We talk about some commonly used trauma interventions that don't necessarily work for folks with early trauma and why.

Mar 16, 202129:38
Exploring marriage and partnership as a healing and growth machine.

Exploring marriage and partnership as a healing and growth machine.

Shelby and Maira dig in about Maira's healing path through marriage.  They explore shame, early survival patterns, the abandonment wound and the gifts of staying together despite the struggles.

Mar 01, 202149:39
Healing from attachment wounds TOGETHER in friendship and attuned connection.

Healing from attachment wounds TOGETHER in friendship and attuned connection.

Maira and Shelby discuss a recent healing and reparative experience during the course of their friendship.  They talk about taking up space emotionally, the felt sense of "We space," and how relationships help us step into greater possibility.  It's raw, vulnerable, tender and sweet - take a listen!

Feb 14, 202132:42
Creativity and Trusting the Flow

Creativity and Trusting the Flow

In this episode, Maira interviews Shelby on her creative process - creating content, writing the book(!), playing music and more.  We talk about regulation and what supports truly being able to RECEIVE the creativity that wants to flow through us in our own unique ways.

Feb 01, 202136:20
Generational Trauma and its Impact on Healing

Generational Trauma and its Impact on Healing

In this deep discussion, Maira and Shelby dive into what generational trauma is and how in these current times so many folks are impacted by it.  They also create space and talk vulnerably about BBIPOC collective and generational trauma.

Dec 20, 202031:29
Spirituality and Healing

Spirituality and Healing

Maira and Shelby explore their own relationships to spirituality and its connection to healing.  They also explore how they support clients around spirituality in the process of healing.

Dec 07, 202033:06
The compassionate, trauma-informed relationship needed with wellness providers.

The compassionate, trauma-informed relationship needed with wellness providers.

Maira and Shelby explore the question of "What if you just assumed that every single person walking in your door has trauma?" as well as advocating for yourself with wellness providers.

Nov 27, 202037:15
The ins and outs of meditation and dealing with trauma

The ins and outs of meditation and dealing with trauma

Shelby shares her wisdom and experience with insight meditation and Shelby and Maira both discuss ways to use meditation with a trauma informed lens.

Nov 09, 202024:60
The impacts of collective trauma

The impacts of collective trauma

Maira and Shelby talk about these current traumatic times and how we can care for each other. They also spend time acknowledging and honoring how folks may be coping.

Oct 26, 202025:06
How knowing about attachment makes life easier for you and your client.

How knowing about attachment makes life easier for you and your client.

Maira and Shelby explore what attachment is and why it makes our work so much easier when we look through this lens.  They also describe how it relates to the development of a nervous system and how ANY type of facilitator/care provider/coach/therapist can create more connection and safety knowing even just a little about attachment dynamics and our impacts on the relationship.

Oct 12, 202026:30
Why we refuse to pathologize
Sep 06, 202029:04
How we work when we don't feel like we've got it together
Sep 06, 202034:27
Shelby's story
Sep 06, 202054:42
Maira's story
Sep 05, 202031:11
Defining Trauma
Sep 04, 202030:17