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The Spiritually Curious Therapist

Jodi Silverman, LCSW

The Spiritually Curious Therapist is a podcast exploring the intersection of nervous system science, mental health, spirituality, and healing.Hosted by Jodi Silverman, LCSW, this show is for therapists, healers, and curious humans who sense that true healing happens below the level of insight alone. Through thoughtful conversations and solo reflections, we explore trauma, chronic pain and illness, altered states, regulation, meaning-making, and what it really takes to help the nervous system feel

health & fitness mental health

All Episodes

47:03

When Movement Becomes Healing: Trauma-Informed...

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2026/05/13

In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with Emily Young, a trauma-informed personal trainer, somatic therapist, and founder of The Embodied Trainer, for a conversation about movement, embodiment, trauma, and the nervous system. This conversation explores something that feels increasingly important to me: the idea that healing cannot happen through the mind alone. Emily shares her own journey of integrating the worlds of therapy and personal training after experiencin...

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44:13

Your Body Isn’t the Problem: Trauma, Fitness, and the...

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2026/05/04

What if the way you’ve been trying to get healthy… is actually keeping your nervous system stuck? In this episode, I sit down with trauma-informed personal trainer Gabi Varga to explore the often-overlooked relationship between fitness, trauma, and the nervous system. Because here’s the thing, so many people are doing all the “right” things: working out, staying active, pushing themselves to be disciplined…but underneath it, their system doesn’t feel safe. And when that’s the starting point, ...

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42:49

When the Body Speaks: Decoding Symptoms Through Mind,...

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2026/04/27

In this episode, I sit down with Denise Schonwald, a nurse, mental health counselor, and author whose work bridges physical health, emotional healing, and spiritual awareness. We start with Denise’s journey, from 20 years as a critical care nurse to stepping into mental health, and how she began noticing something that would shape her entire approach: physical symptoms and emotional patterns are not separate. They tell a story together. From there, we explore the connection between mind, body...

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42:21

Biohacking and the Soul: Strength, Trauma, and...

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2026/04/20

This is one of those conversations that stays with you. In this episode, I sit down with Nahum Vizakis—combat veteran, bodybuilder, and healer—whose journey spans trauma, identity loss, nervous system overwhelm, and a deep dive into both physical and spiritual transformation. We explore what it actually means to “build” yourself… not just physically, but emotionally, neurologically, and spiritually. We talk about: How early trauma and lack of safety shape the nervous system T...

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46:41

Psychodrama, Sand Tray & Tarot: Embodied Healing...

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2026/04/13

What happens when we stop talking about our inner world and start stepping into it? This week, I sit down with Karen Carnabucci, LCSW-TEP, therapist, trainer, and founder of the Lancaster School of Psychodrama, to explore the transformative power of action methods in healing. Karen shares how psychodrama, sand tray, family constellations, and tarot can reach places that insight and words alone cannot. Together, we explore how the nervous system responds to enacted experience just as powerfull...

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50:20

The Breath as a Pathway: From Regulation to...

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2026/03/30

In this episode, I’m joined once again by Blakey Hastings - a mystic, yogi, and somatic practitioner whose work beautifully bridges the body, breath, and spiritual embodiment. If you heard our first conversation on craniosacral therapy, you’ll love where this one goes. Blakey shares how her work has evolved from hands-on healing into something even more empowering—helping people access their own healing through the breath. And this isn’t just about “taking a deep breath to calm down.” We expl...

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46:31

Notice What You Notice: Curiosity, the Goddess, and...

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2026/03/23

In this deeply expansive and grounding conversation, I sit down with author, educator, and yoga therapist Cynthia Abulafia to explore what it truly means to come home to the heart. Cynthia’s work bridges sacred texts, embodiment practices, and the often-overlooked wisdom of the divine feminine. Her debut book, Embodying the Goddess: How to Awaken Curiosity and Reverence on the Spiritual Path, invites us to question the ways spirituality has been shaped by separation—and to rediscover a path r...

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17:31

Widening Your Window of Tolerance: How the Nervous...

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2026/03/15

In this solo episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I explore one of the most important concepts in nervous system healing: the window of tolerance. I realized it's something I don't talk about enough and with so much information circulating about nervous system regulation, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed trying to figure out what actually works. I So in this episode, I break down what we’re really talking about when we talk about “regulating the nervous system” and why the g...

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46:14

When the Nervous System is Stuck: Neurodivergince,...

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2026/03/09

In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with therapist, coach, and researcher Micah Saviet, MSW, LCSW-C, NBC-HWC to explore the powerful intersection of nervous system regulation, Neurodivergence, trauma, and chronic illness. Micah is a therapist and board-certified health and wellness coach who specializes in working with adults at the intersection of trauma, ADHD, and chronic illness. His integrative somatic approach draws from mindfulness, energy psychology, ...

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30:46

Embodiment Is Spiritual: The Story Beneath My Work

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2026/03/04

For years, I’ve spoken about spirituality, nervous system regulation, somatics, Reiki, and embodiment. But I’ve never shared the story underneath all of it....because I didn't know it existed. This episode is not my credentials. It’s not my training history. It’s the lived experience that I know understand shaped everything I do and everything I teach. From being born four pounds, fifteen ounces… To proprioceptive challenges and chronic clumsiness… To finding regulatio...

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45:59

Just Because It’s Normal Doesn’t Mean It’s Natural:...

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2026/02/23

In this conversation, I sit down with therapist and Ayurvedic student Kara Mifflin to explore a powerful idea: Just because something is common… doesn’t mean it’s natural. So many of us accept chronic stress, fatigue, digestive issues, anxiety, and disconnection as simply “part of life.” But what if many of the symptoms we’ve normalized are actually signs of imbalance — not our natural state? In this episode, we explore how Ayurveda, nervous system awareness, and spiritual connection can help...

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47:24

Grounded Mysticism & Neuroplastic Healing: Trance,...

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2026/02/09

In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I am joined by Juliana Sloane, a Buddhist teacher, hypnotherapist, and depth-oriented healer who blends ancient wisdom traditions with modern neuroscience and client-centered neuroplasticity. Together, we explore how altered states of consciousness, including hypnosis, shamanic journey work, and meditation, can support deep healing without overwhelming the nervous system. This conversation bridges spirituality, trauma-informed care, and pr...

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49:01

Integrating Nervous System, Somatic & Energy Work in...

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2026/01/19

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 ex...

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39:45

When Symptoms Speak: Homeopathy, Safety, and the...

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2026/01/05

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 sym...

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37:52

Power Stories & the Medicine of Myth: Finding Soul...

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2025/11/10

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 witness...

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48:56

Presence Over Perfection: Remembering the Healer Within

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2025/10/27

What happens when the healer becomes the one who needs healing? In this moving and illuminating conversation, I sit down with Amy Marohn, a spiritual hypnotherapist, channel, and former rehabilitation professional whose own “mystery illness” and near-death experience became the catalyst for her soul’s unfolding. Amy shares how years of chronic illness, medical dismissal, and despair led her to a life-changing moment of surrender and how that surrender opened the door to spiritual guidance, in...

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50:15

Healing the Primal Wound: Intuition, Energy, and...

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2025/09/15

In this inspiring conversation, I sit down with Tammy Waldron, founder of Towanda Wellbeing and the RISE Intuitive Healing Arts Center. Tammy shares her powerful story of being adopted at five days old, the lifelong impact of her primal wound, and how energy healing opened the doorway to deep transformation as it touched places that traditional talk therapy could not. Together, we explore: The hidden wounds of adoption and intergenerational trauma.Why traditional “mindset work” can’t fully re...

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49:18

Embodied Freedom: A Holistic Path to Awakening the...

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2025/09/01

In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with Dr. Nadine Macaluso (“Dr. Nae”)—therapist, author, and survivor—to explore the complex reality of trauma bonds and the pathways to healing. Drawing on her personal story and professional expertise in somatic psychotherapy, Dr. Nae reveals how trauma bonds erode identity, how spirituality and surrender open the door to freedom, and why holistic practices like vagal toning, meditation, and ritual support nervous system repair...

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41:51

Walking Into the Room Like You Belong: Integrating...

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2025/08/18

In this episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with the inspiring LeNaya Smith Crawford, licensed therapist, holistic educator, business mentor, sound healer, and founder of the Holistic Therapist Academy. LeNaya shares her journey of weaving together clinical expertise, ancestral wisdom, and somatic/spiritual practices to create a truly holistic approach to mental health. From navigating the pressure of “staying in your lane” to reclaiming authenticity in the therapy room, ...

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47:55

Holding Space for Soul-Level Shifts: Beyond Talk,...

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2025/08/04

In this expansive and heartfelt episode of The Spiritually Curious Therapist, I sit down with Joseph Drumheller, clinical hypnotherapist, spiritual teacher, and founder of JDH Academy. With over 30 years of experience and a rich personal journey through mystical awakening, Joseph invites us into the deeper terrain of healing where talk therapy meets quantum energy and soul-level transformation. Together, we explore: How hypnotherapy can uncover and release subconscious emotional imprintsThe t...

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