What happens when you stop numbing, stop performing, and start telling the truth about who you are?

In this episode of The Healing Chronicles, Amanda and Katie sit down with Samuel Gegen for a grounded conversation about identity, sobriety, and the internal shifts that change how we show up in our lives... not just our work.

While Samuel is known for mentoring founders, the heart of his story is deeply human. He shares how choosing sobriety became a turning point that forced him to confront his beliefs, regulate his nervous system, and rebuild trust with himself from the inside out.

Together, we explore what happens when you remove the coping mechanisms that once kept you functioning and how clarity, confidence, and capacity begin to return when your system finally feels safe enough to be honest.

This episode is for anyone who feels like they’ve been surviving on autopilot and is ready to come back into themselves.

In This Episode, We Explore:

• How identity shapes the way we experience confidence, safety, and self-trust

• Why sobriety can be a catalyst for deep personal and emotional healing

• The connection between overwhelm, coping strategies, and nervous system capacity

• What happens when you stop numbing and start feeling — without judgment

• How belief systems quietly shape the choices we make every day

• Why healing often begins with responsibility, not perfection

  
  

  Connect With Samuel:

• Instagram & YouTube: @samuelgegen

• Podcast: Million Dollar Seller

The holidays don’t have to derail your health — but they do require a different kind of support.

In this episode of The Healing Chronicles, we’re talking about how to stay connected to your body, your energy, and your nervous system during one of the most disruptive times of the year. Because the problem isn’t holiday food or celebrations — it’s the loss of rhythm, safety, and regulation that so many of us experience this season.

This is a gentle, realistic conversation about maintaining anchors instead of chasing perfection.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why the holidays feel so hard on the body (especially if you live with chronic stress or illness)
• How blood sugar, sleep, and the nervous system get thrown off — and how to support them
• Simple daily anchors that help your body feel safe, even when routines change
• Why rest, boundaries, and nourishment matter more than discipline
• How to move through the holidays without needing to “start over” in January

This episode is for anyone who wants to enjoy the season and care for their health, without restriction, guilt, or burnout.

✨ You don’t need to do more.
✨ You need to stay connected.

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In this powerful and deeply compassionate conversation, we sit down with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers — psychotherapist, researcher, and author of Sex, God, and the Conservative Church and Shameless Parenting — to explore how sexual shame, trauma, and cultural conditioning shape our relationship with our bodies, our health, and our capacity for connection.

Together, we unpack how shame (often formed early and carried silently) can live in the nervous system, disrupt intimacy, and even contribute to chronic stress and illness. Dr. Tina shares how reclaiming pleasure, safety, and embodiment isn’t indulgent or taboo — it’s a pathway to wholeness.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How sexual shame forms and why it’s so deeply embodied
• The link between trauma, the nervous system, and chronic illness
• Why pleasure is not frivolous, but actually healing
• How cultural and religious narratives disconnect us from our bodies
• What it means to heal sexuality gently, safely, and at your own pace
• Why reclaiming intimacy restores not just relationships, but self-trust

This is an honest, expansive conversation for anyone who has ever felt disconnected from their body, struggled with shame around intimacy, or sensed that healing requires more than symptom management.

You can find more info about Dr. Tina's work and links to her books, on her website:

https://www.tinaschermersellers.com/

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If you loved this episode, it would mean the world if you’d take a moment to subscribe, leave a review, or share it with someone who needs to hear this. Your support helps this podcast reach more people who are ready to take control of their health and start thriving.

You are stronger than you think, healing is possible, and we'll be here every step of the way. Until next time—take care and keep going.

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