Echoes & Edges

Patria Rector
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Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast is a storytelling and healing podcast hosted by Patria Rector — coach, mentor, and founder of The Broken and Beautiful. Through trauma-informed storywork, the Enneagram, and real-life relationship insights, Patria explores what it means to grow, grieve, and live with authenticity. Listeners will hear personal narratives, practical tools for emotional health, and gentle practices for self-awareness. Each episode invites you to discover beauty in the middle of life’s messiness — and to embrace your story with kindness. Perfect for anyone interested in emotional healing, self-discovery, relationships, or the Enneagram, Echoes and Edges is your companion for the journey toward hope and wholeness. You are not too much. You are not too late. You’re right on time — and you’re welcome here.

  1. 2 days ago

    When Love Interrupts Shame with Sher Nyquist

    Most of us already know we are supposed to be loved, valued, and worthy. The challenge is that knowing something intellectually and experiencing it emotionally are often two very different things. In this powerful continuation of the conversation, Sher shares how receiving compassion in the middle of a story she deeply feared would expose her became a turning point in her healing. Rather than finding rejection, she encountered love—and that experience began creating entirely new possibilities inside her nervous system. Sher and Patria explore the inner critic, self-compassion, attachment wounds, and the neuroscience behind healing. Together they unpack why information alone rarely changes us and why genuine transformation often requires experiencing something different than we've known before. This episode offers hope for anyone who feels trapped by old beliefs, reminding us that healing often begins when love reaches places shame once controlled.  In This Episode: Why information alone doesn't create transformationThe role of compassion in healing traumaUnderstanding the inner critic as a survival strategyHow shame shapes relationships and self-perceptionThe neuroscience of Story Work and healingCreating new neural pathways through safe experiencesThe difference between knowing you're worthy and feeling worthyLearning to receive care where you once expected rejectionMemorable Quote: "Healing happens when we experience something different, not simply when we understand something different." Connect with Sher: The Broken & Beautiful Website If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    29 min

  2. 18 June

    The Deep Dark Secret Was Never What Happened to Me with Sher Nyquist

    What if the deepest wound isn't what happened to you—but what you came to believe about yourself because of it? In this conversation, Sher Nyquist shares her journey through shame, loneliness, and the relentless feeling that she needed to earn her place in the world. Looking back, she recognizes how survival adaptations like hypervigilance, over-functioning, and people-pleasing helped her navigate life while quietly reinforcing the belief that she was somehow not enough. Together, Sher and Patria explore the difference between being defined by pain and being shaped by it. They discuss childhood trauma, identity, belonging, and the courageous work of allowing hidden stories to be seen by safe people. Sher reflects on the moment Story Work changed her life and how compassion began challenging beliefs she had carried for decades. This episode is an invitation to consider the stories beneath your struggles and what might happen if those stories were met with understanding rather than judgment.  In This Episode The connection between shame, loneliness, and identityHow survival adaptations become lifelong patternsThe hidden cost of hypervigilance and over-responsibilityBeing defined by pain versus being shaped by itWhy shame thrives in secrecyThe power of Story Work and compassionate witnessesHow healing begins when hidden stories are brought into the lightThe surprising ways our greatest wounds can shape our callingMemorable Quote "The deepest wound isn't simply what happened to us. It's what we came to believe about ourselves because of what happened." Connect with Sher The Broken & Beautiful Website If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    29 min

  3. 11 June

    Hidden Enneagram Narratives: Head Center (Types 5,6,7) with Ro Elliott

    What if fear isn’t meant to control you… but inform you? In this episode of Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast, Patria Rector and Ro Elliott explore the Enneagram Head Triad (Types 5, 6, and 7) and the ways fear quietly shapes how we think, plan, avoid, prepare, and protect ourselves.Together, they unpack how the head-centered types seek safety through information, vigilance, certainty, distraction, and future planning — while also revealing the wisdom and gifts hidden inside those strategies. This conversation explores:How fear manifests differently in Types 5, 6, and 7Why knowledge, questioning, and optimism can become protective shieldsThe tension between self-protection and trustThe hidden anxiety beneath overthinking and constant movementWhy sevens struggle with limits and emotional constrictionHow sixes learn self-trustThe journey from fear-driven leadership to grounded presenceWhat it means to become fully embodied: head, heart, and gut alignedThis episode is an honest and compassionate exploration of anxiety, leadership, emotional balance, and the courage required to stay present in an uncertain world. Connect With Ro Elliott:  https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/remote-collective/ro-elliott Resources & Announcements: Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    30 min

  4. 4 June

    Hidden Enneagram Narratives: Heart Center (Types 2,3,4) with Ro Elliott

    What if the image you protect is also the thing keeping you disconnected? In this episode of Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast, Patria Rector and Ro Elliott explore the Enneagram Heart Triad (Types 2, 3, and 4) and the emotional realities beneath image management, connection, and belonging.Together, they discuss how shame shapes identity, relationships, leadership, and the hidden longing to be fully seen and loved. Through honest reflection and vulnerable storytelling, this conversation reveals how heart-centered strategies are often attempts to secure love while unintentionally building walls against it. Topics include:Why image consciousness is deeper than appearancesThe hidden shame narratives of Types 2, 3, and 4How people-pleasing, achievement, and emotional intensity become coping strategiesThe paradox of wanting connection while hiding the true selfMoving from performance to genuine relationshipWhy “people can’t have a relationship with an image”What healthy vulnerability looks like in leadership and communityThis episode offers powerful insight for leaders, helpers, creatives, achievers, and anyone learning how to move from curated identity toward authentic connection. Connect With Ro Elliott:  https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/remote-collective/ro-elliott Resources & Announcements: Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    26 min

  5. 28 May

    Hidden Enneagram Narratives: Gut Center (Types 8,9,1) with Ro Elliott

    What if anger isn’t the problem… but the signal? In this episode of Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast, Patria Rector and Ro Elliott explore the Enneagram Gut Triad (Types 8, 9, and 1) and the hidden emotional patterns beneath instinctive leadership styles. Together, they unpack how anger shows up differently across the gut center and how each type develops protective strategies to maintain control, peace, or perfection.This conversation moves beyond stereotypes to examine the deeper motivations beneath these patterns and the cost of living disconnected from the body, truth, and vulnerability.You’ll hear reflections on: Why anger is often misunderstood in the gut centerThe hidden narratives driving Types 8, 9, and 1How control, avoidance, and perfectionism form as survival strategiesThe relationship between embodiment and authentic leadershipWhat begins to change when instinctive types soften their defensesHow grounded leadership emerges through honesty, presence, and integrationThis episode is both deeply practical and deeply human — an invitation to understand yourself and others with more compassion and awareness Connect With Ro Elliott:  https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/remote-collective/ro-elliott Resources & Announcements: Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    31 min

  6. 21 May

    Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 4 - From Shame to Wholeness w/ Daniel Herron

    In this final conversation, Daniel and Patria move beyond awareness into integration. They explore what it actually looks like to live from a grounded sense of identity rather than from shame, performance, or fragmentation. Together, they discuss compassion, curiosity, safety, regulation, and the healing power of being truly seen. Daniel reflects on how survival mechanisms often develop alongside our deepest gifts, and how healing untangles those gifts from fear, shame, and self-protection. This episode is ultimately about wholeness — not becoming someone new, but returning to who you were before shame convinced you to hide. If you’ve spent years trying to earn your worth, this conversation offers another path: grounded identity, authentic connection, and the freedom to fully inhabit your own life.  In This Episode What grounded identity actually meansWhy compassion and curiosity are transformativeThe role of safety in healingAuthenticity versus performanceHow gifts emerge through healingMoving from fragmentation toward wholenessConnect With Daniel:  https://www.musathewild.com/ Resources & Announcements: Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    28 min

  7. 14 May

    Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 3 - Reclaiming What Shame Buried w/ Daniel Herron

    Many people grow up believing their emotions, sensitivity, curiosity, or instincts are “too much.” In this episode, Daniel and Patria explore what it looks like to reclaim the very parts of ourselves that shame taught us to bury. Daniel shares the powerful shift from seeing himself as destructive to understanding himself as dangerous — not harmful, but no longer easily controlled by systems built on fear and conformity. Together, they unpack attachment, authenticity, emotional regulation, and why systems often react strongly to people who threaten the status quo simply by being fully themselves. This conversation offers a hopeful reframe for listeners who’ve spent years trying to shrink themselves to stay connected: maybe the traits you learned to fear are actually connected to your deepest gifts. In This Episode The difference between “wild” and “destructive”Attachment vs. authenticityEmotional regulation and dysregulationWhy systems label people as “too much”Reclaiming instinct, emotion, and intuitionThe connection between shame and controlConnect With Daniel:  https://www.musathewild.com/ Resources & Announcements Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    34 min

  8. 7 May

    Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 2 - The Stories That Keep Shame Alive w/ Daniel Herron (Re-Release)

    Shame rarely survives alone. In this episode, Daniel and Patria explore the narratives, secrecy, and systems that protect shame from ever being questioned. They unpack how family stories, cultural expectations, and relational patterns reinforce identities that were formed long ago — often without our awareness. Daniel shares the painful realization that decades later, his “wild child” narrative was still being passed down through his extended family. Together, they discuss how narratives become embedded in systems, how secrecy develops as a survival strategy, and why so many people organize their lives around avoiding exposure, rejection, or disconnection. This conversation also begins turning toward healing: what happens when compassion, curiosity, and safe relationships begin disrupting the old story? What if the narrative you inherited was never the full truth about who you are? In This Episode How shame narratives become generationalSecrecy as a survival strategyWhy systems resist changeThe relationship between shame and belongingIdentity fragmentation and moral injuryThe first steps toward challenging old narrativesConnect With Daniel:  https://www.musathewild.com/ Resources & Announcements Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    30 min
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Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast is a storytelling and healing podcast hosted by Patria Rector — coach, mentor, and founder of The Broken and Beautiful. Through trauma-informed storywork, the Enneagram, and real-life relationship insights, Patria explores what it means to grow, grieve, and live with authenticity. Listeners will hear personal narratives, practical tools for emotional health, and gentle practices for self-awareness. Each episode invites you to discover beauty in the middle of life’s messiness — and to embrace your story with kindness. Perfect for anyone interested in emotional healing, self-discovery, relationships, or the Enneagram, Echoes and Edges is your companion for the journey toward hope and wholeness. You are not too much. You are not too late. You’re right on time — and you’re welcome here.

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  • Creator
    Patria Rector
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Patria Rector/Stephen R Sanders
  • Show Website
    Echoes & Edges

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