What if a lifetime on the world's biggest stages still leaves you asking: Who am I? Childhood trauma healing, inner child healing, and belonging with singer and author Machan Taylor (Pink Floyd, Sting, Pat Benatar) on Awaken Your Authentic Self with Jessica Rooks. In this deeply personal conversation, Machan Taylor joins host Jessica Rooks to explore identity, belonging, childhood trauma healing, self-worth, relationships, spirituality, meditation, self-awareness, and becoming your authentic self. Machan Taylor is a renowned singer and author of the memoir Naked Out Loud. Her extraordinary music career has taken her onto the world stage alongside Pink Floyd, Sting, Michael Jackson, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, George Benson and many others. But beneath the accomplishments is a much more personal story: growing up between cultures, moving from Japan to suburban America, losing her sense of belonging, and discovering how music became both refuge and validation. In Naked Out Loud, Machan writes candidly about identity, relationships, trauma, self-worth, and healing from trauma. Her healing journey has included therapy, group work, Buddhist meditation, intentional living, and psychedelic-assisted experiences, along with the integration and self-reflection that followed. This conversation goes beyond the career and into the woman underneath it all - what happens when we begin recognizing our patterns, reclaiming our power, and questioning the identities we built to survive, belong, or feel worthy. In this Episode, You'll Discover: ✨How being uprooted from Japan and growing up between cultures shaped Machan's lifelong journey with identity, belonging, and inner child healing ✨The difference between being recognized by the world and feeling at home within yourself, and how music became a place where Machan felt wanted and valued ✨How loss, music, and a major music opportunity brought patterns around trauma, self-worth, power, and responsibility into awareness ✨Why Machan now sees difficult experiences as "instructional gifts" and what she is still discovering about spirituality, healing and becoming About Machan Taylor: Machan Taylor is a world reowned singer and author of Naked Out Loud sharing her lived experience of cultural displacement, trauma healing, and self-discovery through Buddhist meditation, therapy, and integration work. About Your Host: Jessica Rooks is the host of both University Earth as well as Awaken Your Authentic Self, a sacred space for empaths, old souls, and truthtellers exploring spiritual awakening, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and remembering who you truly are. 💜Join Our Community Follow Awaken Your Authentic Self for conversations on spiritual awakening, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, intuition, energy healing, consciousness, and soul purpose. If this resonates, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone walking their own path back to belonging. 🎧Continue Your Healing Journey ▶️Your Anxiety is Lying to You: How to Stop Overthinking & Trust Your Intuition | Jennie Lee https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/41071855 Connect With Machan Taylor Website: www.machantaylor.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/machantaylorofficial/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/machantaylor/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MachanTaylorOfficial LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/machan-taylor-810196156/ Book: Naked Out Loud Connect With Awaken Your Authentic Self Website: www.UniversityEarth.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/jessica.rooks.77377/ Instagram: www.instaram.com/1120_livingmybestlife/ Email: awakenyourauthenticself@yahoo.com Guest Inquiries: www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/176184925777844125f8026e4
