The Awakened Heart: A Podcast for Healing Women

Autumn Moran
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The Awakened Heart: A Podcast for Healing Women is a safe space for trauma survivors and neurodivergent women ready to claim their voice, soften into their truth and feel at home with themselves. I’m Autumn Moran, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), certified Life Coach, and 500-hour trained yoga instructor who understands this journey intimately as a neurodivergent woman, trauma survivor and as a therapist and life coach.  Each week, I offer soulful episodes where I intertwine my lived experiences with insights from my therapy practice all with the goal to help women unmask and find peace in their lives by healing trauma and learning how to accommodate their neurodivergence. Through real talk, mindfulness practices, and gentle healing approaches rooted in trauma-informed wisdom and nervous system care, you’ll find practical tools to help you feel safe in your body, seen in your story and supported in your journey. This is your sanctuary to soften, heal, and remember that you were and are never too much.  Work with me: Click the link to schedule a free 15 minute consultation. http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub

  1. BONUS EPI: Honoring Brigid The Triple Flame: Healer, Poet, Smith

    3d ago ·  Bonus

    BONUS EPI: Honoring Brigid The Triple Flame: Healer, Poet, Smith

    We meet Brigid as a living metaphor for healing after sexual trauma: soft and fierce at once, a steady flame you can tend without losing your power. We break her three domains down into practical, trauma-informed steps for nervous system regulation, voice, and transformation.  • the triple goddess framework: healer for restoration, poet for truth, smith for transformation  • the shift from sacred rage to a tended fire that stays warm and sustainable  • questions to identify which “flame” you need most right now  • healing flame practices: healing well check-in, naming the open wound, hand-on-heart somatic grounding  • poet flame practices: one true thing daily, telling the untold story, voice notes when writing is hard  • smith flame practices: inventory what you’ve made, name what you’re forging, create something from the heat  Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed therapy for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing If you’d prefer one-on-one support, book a free 15-minute consultation here: http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub Good Music for Healing 🎵 **Divine Woman Playlist (Apple Music):** https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/divine-woman/pl.u-leyl096uMoD885j Episodes Mentioned in this Episode First Epi of Season 2: YOUR FREEZE RESPONSE WAS SURVIVAL NOT CONSENT https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19054178-your-freeze-response-was-survival-not-consent First Epi of the Rage Arc: YOUR ANGER IS PROOF YOU ARE HEALING https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19243365-your-anger-is-proof-you-are-healing To learn about creating an altar listen to this epi: What if Your Home Held Your Truth https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19438789-bonus-epi-what-if-your-home-held-your-truth You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    42 min
  2. Soft Without Surrendering Power after Sexual Trauma

    5d ago

    Soft Without Surrendering Power after Sexual Trauma

    We welcome rebirth season by exploring how softness can return after rage without dragging us back into smallness. We name armor, hypervigilance, and people pleasing for what they are, then practice softness as a real form of power we can feel in the body. • letting go of performing for other people’s opinions • how sharing our real story cracks the armor over time • defining softness as nervous system permission to relax • speaking truth in the present moment as regulation • building slow morning routines that fit neurodivergent brains • testing soft vs small through expansion vs constriction • working with hypervigilance and learning personal rhythms for rest • integrating rage as banked fire instead of living on burn Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed therapy for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing If you’d prefer one-on-one support, book a free 15-minute consultation here: http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub Good Music for Healing 🎵 **Divine Woman Playlist (Apple Music):** https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/divine-woman/pl.u-leyl096uMoD885j Episodes Mentioned in this Episode First Epi of Season 2/the numb arc: YOUR FREEZE RESPONSE WAS SURVIVAL NOT CONSENT https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19054178-your-freeze-response-was-survival-not-consent First Epi of the Rage Arc: YOUR ANGER IS PROOF YOU ARE HEALING https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19243365-your-anger-is-proof-you-are-healing You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    40 min
  3. BONUS EPI: What If Your Home Held Your Truth

    Jul 3 ·  Bonus

    BONUS EPI: What If Your Home Held Your Truth

    We slow down and take a needed exhale, then we build a simple altar practice to honor Lilith as the part of us that refused silence and chose autonomy. We keep it grounded, practical, and body-based so your sacred rage has a safe place to land and your healing has something you can see and return to.  Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed therapy for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing If you’d prefer one-on-one support, book a free 15-minute consultation here: http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub Good Music for Healing 🎵 **Divine Woman Playlist (Apple Music):** https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/divine-woman/pl.u-leyl096uMoD885j Episodes Mentioned in this Episode BONUS EPI: Lilith And The Power of No https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19327346-bonus-epi-lilith-and-the-power-of-no BONUS EPI: Lilith And The Backlash Against Boundaries https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19363858-bonus-epi-lilith-and-the-backlash-against-boundaries You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    30 min
  4. The Silence & Not Being Believed After Sexual Trauma

    Jul 1

    The Silence & Not Being Believed After Sexual Trauma

    We name the deep wound of not being believed after sexual trauma, including the quiet cruelty of life continuing as if nothing happened. We talk about how family image, minimization, and forced secrecy shape rage, grief, and the long road back to trusting your own truth. • the “do nothing” response after disclosure as its own form of disbelief • how family culture teaches silence and punishes honesty • being believed but minimized and why it hurts so much • why abusers stay included while survivors do the healing work • neurodivergent women, credibility bias, and how autistic and ADHD communication gets misread • how gaslighting makes you doubt your memory and perception • reclaiming your story as yours to tell or not tell • practical ways to tell the truth safely through therapy, writing, or one trusted person • witnessing as a core ingredient of trauma healing, even years later Share it with someone that may need it. Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed therapy for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing If you’d prefer one-on-one support, book a free 15-minute consultation here: http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub Good Music for Healing 🎵 **Divine Woman Playlist (Apple Music):** https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/divine-woman/pl.u-leyl096uMoD885j Episodes Mentioned in this Episode BONUS EPI: Lilith And The Power of No https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19327346-bonus-epi-lilith-and-the-power-of-no BONUS EPI: Lilith And The Backlash Against Boundaries https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19363858-bonus-epi-lilith-and-the-backlash-against-boundaries You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    30 min
  5. BONUS PEP TALK: Stop the Performance and Choose YOU!!!

    Jun 26 ·  Bonus

    BONUS PEP TALK: Stop the Performance and Choose YOU!!!

    I go full rage mode about unsafe relationships and the quiet ways women get pressured into performing, especially sexually, to keep the peace. I draw a hard line between love and safety, and I am here to remind you that you can change your mind and walk away at ANY time! Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed therapy for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing If you’d prefer one-on-one support, book a free 15-minute consultation here: http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub Good Music for Healing 🎵 **Divine Woman Playlist (Apple Music):** https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/divine-woman/pl.u-leyl096uMoD885j You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    12 min
  6. BONUS EPI: Shadow Work Tools For Sexual Trauma Healing

    Jun 26 ·  Bonus

    BONUS EPI: Shadow Work Tools For Sexual Trauma Healing

    We name shadow work for what it really is: turning toward the parts of us that went underground after trauma, especially the rage, grief, and shame that were never allowed to exist out loud. I share practical, trauma-informed tools for nervous system safety, journaling, repair in parenting, and transforming sacred rage into fuel for healing.  • defining shadow work as integration, not darkness  • how unprocessed rage shows up as anxiety, depression, pain, shutdown, hypervigilance  • why the body’s freeze response is protection, not betrayal  • using rage as directed energy for boundaries, growth, and self-care  • parenting while healing, plus rupture and repair as a real practice  • creating a safe container before going inward, including the GLOW steps  • rage journaling to clear the surface, then asking what the anger protects  • writing letters to rage to hear its message without self-editing  • using tarot or oracle cards as a mirror for the unconscious  • separating facts from shame stories to challenge “I’m the problem” thinking  • building a morning ritual and using creativity to transform pain  Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed therapy for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing If you’d prefer one-on-one support, book a free 15-minute consultation here: http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub Good Music for Healing 🎵 **Divine Woman Playlist (Apple Music):** https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/divine-woman/pl.u-leyl096uMoD885j Episodes Mentioned in this Episode Comparison Rage after Sexual Trauma https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19395493-comparison-rage-after-sexual-trauma You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    41 min
  7. Comparison Rage after Sexual Trauma

    Jun 24

    Comparison Rage after Sexual Trauma

    I name comparison rage as the grief and fury that can sit underneath “I’m happy for them,” especially for trauma-experienced, neurodivergent women watching other lives look easy. I unpack where it shows up, why it makes sense in a survival-wired nervous system, and how to work with it without shame. • comparison rage as more than jealousy and why both love and rage can be true • how trauma and neurodivergence shape attachment, trust, and social fluency • support system gaps and why they are about starting conditions, not worth • relationship comparison and why calm can read as unsafe • body comfort after sexual trauma and the weight carried in the nervous system • career and workplace politics built for neurotypical brains • parenting while healing and the invisible labor of doing better • intimacy, touch, and the freeze response as survival wiring • medical system dismissal and the extra burden on neurodivergent women • practical tools: name it, journal it, grieve specifically, stop poking holes, build support on purpose Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed therapy for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing If you’d prefer one-on-one support, book a free 15-minute consultation here: http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub Good Music for Healing 🎵 **Divine Woman Playlist (Apple Music):** https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/divine-woman/pl.u-leyl096uMoD885j You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    44 min
  8. BONUS EPI: Lilith And The Backlash Against Boundaries

    Jun 19 ·  Bonus

    BONUS EPI: Lilith And The Backlash Against Boundaries

    I pick up Lilith’s story after her flight and name the brutal truth many of us meet after we finally say no: the backlash can rewrite us into the villain. I connect demonization to the trauma freeze response, then share ways to stay anchored in reality, regulate your nervous system, and keep your wings anyway.  • Lilith’s “no” followed by punishment and character assassination  • how boundary-setting triggers smear campaigns, exclusion, and silence  • the freeze response as protection and how backlash can reinforce it  • systems and equilibrium, why compliance becomes “load-bearing”  • grounding, co-regulation, and breathwork with longer exhales Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed therapy for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing If you’d prefer one-on-one support, book a free 15-minute consultation here: http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub Good Music for Healing 🎵 **Divine Woman Playlist (Apple Music):** https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/divine-woman/pl.u-leyl096uMoD885j Episodes Mentioned in this Episode BONUS EPI: Lilith And The Power of No https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19327346-bonus-epi-lilith-and-the-power-of-no You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    31 min
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The Awakened Heart: A Podcast for Healing Women is a safe space for trauma survivors and neurodivergent women ready to claim their voice, soften into their truth and feel at home with themselves. I’m Autumn Moran, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), certified Life Coach, and 500-hour trained yoga instructor who understands this journey intimately as a neurodivergent woman, trauma survivor and as a therapist and life coach.  Each week, I offer soulful episodes where I intertwine my lived experiences with insights from my therapy practice all with the goal to help women unmask and find peace in their lives by healing trauma and learning how to accommodate their neurodivergence. Through real talk, mindfulness practices, and gentle healing approaches rooted in trauma-informed wisdom and nervous system care, you’ll find practical tools to help you feel safe in your body, seen in your story and supported in your journey. This is your sanctuary to soften, heal, and remember that you were and are never too much.  Work with me: Click the link to schedule a free 15 minute consultation. http://linktr.ee/EmpoweringWellnessHub

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