I Won't Hold Your Hand

Shawna’s Aura
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I Won’t Hold Your Hand is a healing and personal growth podcast for people who want real change without the fluff. With warmth, humor, and loving accountability, we talk inner child healing, emotional intelligence, nervous system regulation, and breaking old patterns — without making it weird or overwhelming. Think comforting guidance, honest reflection, and bite-sized psychology you can actually use. No hand-holding. Just truth, compassion, and tools to help you come home to yourself.

  1. JAN 24

    I Won't Hold Your Hand: I'll Help You Feel Safe

    This episode begins the I Won’t Hold Your Hand series—a once-a-month guided healing journey designed to support nervous system safety, self-trust, and emotional intelligence throughout the year. In this first installment, we focus on building inner safety and self-trust as Base Camp—the internal place you can return to when life feels overwhelming, triggering, or uncertain. This episode explores what safety actually means in the body, why self-trust can feel difficult for those with trauma histories, and how learning to stay with yourself becomes the foundation for all healing work. You’ll also be guided through a gentle, trauma-informed practice to help your nervous system settle and orient toward safety. This episode is for anyone who feels like they’re always bracing, overthinking, or pushing through—and wants to learn how to come home to themselves without pressure or perfection. Resources Referenced Books • Anchored — Deb Dana • Polyvagal Practices — Deb Dana • Waking the Tiger — Peter A. Levine • Healing Trauma — Peter A. Levine • The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk • Self-Therapy — Jay Earley YouTube / Talks • Deb Dana — Polyvagal Theory explained • Stephen Porges — Safety, Connection & Polyvagal Theory • Peter Levine — Somatic Healing Practices • Bessel van der Kolk — Trauma & the Body Articles • Polyvagal Theory overviews and safety cues • Somatic Experiencing foundations and grounding tools • Inner child healing and reparenting frameworks

    35 min

  2. JAN 8

    Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

    Welcome to the first episode of the I won't hold your hand podcast formally known as sacred wonder podcast formally known as the Piercing the Paradigm podcast in 2026. We are coming at you raw, real and honest like the big sister who is motherly yet firm. I'd love to introduce the first episode of our podcast; get ready because this year we will have 24 full episodes for you introducing emotional intelligence inner child, healing shadow work and nervous system regulation. If you're new here welcome if you've been here thanks for riding it out with me.

    15 min

  3. 09/16/2025

    Healing the Father Wound

    In this episode, we dive into the tender and often unspoken reality of the Father Wound—how it is formed, the ways it can shape our childhood, and how it often continues to echo into our adult relationships and sense of self. We’ll explore what it means to uncover the root of these wounds, release old storylines, and begin the process of forgiveness, reparenting, and boundary-setting. You’ll also hear gentle practices for navigating triggers with compassion and creating space for ongoing healing. This conversation is meant to remind you that while your relationship with your father may have left imprints, it does not define who you are or what you are worthy of. To support you on your journey, I share resources including From Bastard to Beloved by Shaunta Jones and A Wound from My Father by Dr. Rosnell Simmons. May this episode offer both clarity and comfort as you continue walking your path of self-discovery and inner child healing.

    34 min

  4. 09/10/2025

    Dating while Healing, Wounded and Recovering Pt. 2

    Hello hello beautiful souls this week we have part two with our two very special guests near and dear to my heart: my brother Jason and bestie Danielle. We're gonna be picking up where we left off talking: dating and relationships while you're healing, while you're wounded, and while you are recovering. We get deep into the weeds of what we learned about dating and relationships through our childhood experiences and how that's showing up for us in adulthood and what we're doing to work through and heal those unhealthy attachments. The process of unlearning behaviors from relationships that no longer serves us. This is only part one of this wonderful step into healing and relationships.

    44 min

  5. 08/18/2025

    Going No Contact

    In this week's episode, we have our guest Denisse from Denisse tries and she is sharing with us her story, her decision and her advice about going no contact. Please be advised there might be a trigger warning for this episode. Please join us as we discuss the decision of going no contact, creating your chosen family and navigating life around what is healthy for you and your inner child. Follow our guest on all social media platforms @Denissetries.

    44 min

  6. 08/04/2025

    Parenting while Reparenting

    Trigger Warning: discussion of SA, and abuse. In this episode of The Sacred Wonder Academy we discuss with guest Jenii her story, experiences and advice for healing your inner child while balancing the role of motherhood. This episode is raw, real and authentic. Find out guest Jenii on TikTok @healwithjenii.

    52 min

  7. 07/29/2025

    Dating while Healing, Wounded and Recovering Pt. 1

    Hello hello beautiful souls on this week episode we have two very special guests near and dear to my heart: my brother Jason and bestie Danielle. We're gonna be discussing dating and relationships while you're healing, while you're wounded, and while you are recovering. We get deep into the weeds of what we learned about dating and relationships through our childhood experiences and how that's showing up for us in adulthood and what we're doing to work through and heal those unhealthy attachments. The process of unlearning behaviors from relationships that no longer serves us. This is only part one of this wonderful step into healing and relationships. Be sure to be on the lookout for a part two!

    34 min

  8. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Introducing the Sacred Wonder Podcast

    Hello hello beautiful souls, you may have noticed that our podcast has shifted: formally known as Piercing the Paradigm podcast. We have now elevated to the Sacred Wonder Podcast where we discuss not only Inner Child Healing but all things that are an extension of you doing the work. So we'll have guests who discuss parenting while parenting, making the decision to go no contact, relationships while healing, and so much more. We are expanding to discuss anything that is a reflection of you doing the inner child healing and what that looks like as an adult in your adult life , navigating new norms and your authenticity so thanks for being here and I hope you'll stay a while.

    3 min
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I Won’t Hold Your Hand is a healing and personal growth podcast for people who want real change without the fluff. With warmth, humor, and loving accountability, we talk inner child healing, emotional intelligence, nervous system regulation, and breaking old patterns — without making it weird or overwhelming. Think comforting guidance, honest reflection, and bite-sized psychology you can actually use. No hand-holding. Just truth, compassion, and tools to help you come home to yourself.

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  • Creator
    Shawna’s Aura
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Shawna’s Aura
  • Show Website
    I Won't Hold Your Hand