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. 5d ago

    Stop Waiting To Be Fixed And Start Living

    We challenge the belief that you’re broken and trace how trauma, neurodivergence, and failed support systems can teach you to doubt your own worth. We offer a different framework: healing is growth from wholeness, and you can start living your life now without waiting to be “fixed.” • the broken story as something taught, not innate • how neurodivergence gets mislabeled as a problem to overcome • trauma responses as evidence of survival rather than defect • the difference between healing and fixing • self-care versus self-care performance for an audience • worthiness as inherent, not something earned through milestones • the waiting trap and why postponing your life is costly • getting real with yourself without cruelty • becoming your own best friend through compassion and truth • making hard choices in relationships, work, and identity Work With Me Individually I offer trauma-informed services for high-achieving women navigating: • Complex trauma • Late-diagnosed ADHD or autism • Nervous system dysregulation • Relational pattern healing 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

    Stop Waiting To Be Fixed And Start Living

  2. Jul 22

    Brigid Pt 2: Your Nervous System Is The Eternal Flame

    Today we use Bridget’s eternal flame as a clear metaphor for the nervous system, then get honest about what burnout looks like when we push for maximum output. I share practical ways to tend the flame with slow mornings, real rest, and flexible routines that meet you where you are. • choosing compromise over all-or-nothing when capacity is low • applying Bridget’s healer, poet, and smith flames to different burnout styles • defining real rest as permission without performance • creating a tending practice with warning signs, non-negotiables, a compromise toolkit, rhythm, and daily flame check-ins 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: Honoring Brigid The Triple Flame: Healer, Poet, Smith https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19471751-bonus-epi-honoring-brigid-the-triple-flame-healer-poet-smith What if dysregulation is evidence of wisdom https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19495622-what-if-dysregulation-is-evidence-of-wisdom You’re not alone.  We’re healing together. Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    Brigid Pt 2: Your Nervous System Is The Eternal Flame

  3. Jul 15

    What If Dysregulation Is Evidence Of Wisdom

    I name the real reason calm can feel out of reach and why your nervous system’s intensity makes sense after sexual trauma, chronic stress, and neurodivergence. We break down fight flight freeze, reframe “dysregulation” as intelligent adaptation, and share practical ways to build safety without forcing yourself to be someone you’re not.  • nervous system dysregulation as brilliant survival response  • sympathetic versus parasympathetic basics and what safety feels like  • signs of long-term survival mode like vigilance, insomnia, scrolling, burnout  • neurodivergent nervous systems processing more input and carrying higher load  • emotional intensity as depth, empathy, and advocacy fuel  • hypervigilance as high-speed pattern recognition needing recalibration  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 LATE DIAGNOSIS SERIES: What The First Year Post-Diagnosis Really Feels Like And How To Move Through It https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/18461925-late-diagnosis-series-what-the-first-year-post-diagnosis-really-feels-like-and-how-to-move-through-it BONUS EPI: Honoring Brigid The Triple Flame: Healer, Poet, Smith https://www.buzzsprout.com/2467345/episodes/19471751-bonus-epi-honoring-brigid-the-triple-flame-healer-poet-smith You’re not alone.  We’re healing  Connect with me about this episode! Support the show

    What If Dysregulation Is Evidence Of Wisdom

  4. Jul 10 ·  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

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

  5. Jul 8

    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

    Soft Without Surrendering Power after Sexual Trauma

  6. 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

    BONUS EPI: What If Your Home Held Your Truth

  7. 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

    The Silence & Not Being Believed After Sexual Trauma

  8. 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

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