Soul Medicine...HEALING OUT LOUD

Angela M. McCree, LMFT
  • 5.0 (2)
  • Mental Health

 A reflective podcast where therapist, Angela McCree helps listeners understand themselves and respond to life more intentionally through nervous system awareness and regulation. 

Episodes

  1. Aug 9

    Regulated, Not Rigid: How to Allow Connection Without Overgiving

    What happens after you’ve done the work to regulate yourself—but connection still feels complicated? In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela explores the difference between healthy boundaries and emotional rigidity, and what it means to stay connected without abandoning yourself in the process. You’ll learn:  why regulation changes the way people experience you  how confidence is often misread in relationships  the difference between discernment and guardedness  how control quietly interferes with connection  what it means to allow connection without overexplaining, chasing, or overgiving This episode is for anyone who has learned how to protect themselves—but is now learning how to remain open, present, and emotionally available without losing who they are. Because healing is not about becoming closed off.  It’s about becoming regulated enough to stay connected without self-abandonment. Regulation must precede resolution. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  2. Jul 26

    Regulation in Relationships: Attachment, Conflict, and Repair

    Most people think regulation is something we practise alone. But some of our most dysregulated moments happen in relationship—when connection feels uncertain, conflict feels threatening, or attachment wounds become activated. In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela explores how attachment patterns and nervous system responses shape the way we experience conflict, disconnection, and repair. You’ll learn:  how attachment influences your reactions in relationships  why conflict often feels bigger than the actual issue  what happens in the body during emotional activation  how misinterpretation can occur through a dysregulated nervous system  why repair is not possible without regulation first This episode invites you to become more aware of your default responses when connection feels threatened—without judgment and without shame. Because regulation is not just about how you feel alone.  It’s about how you show up when relationships become emotionally charged. Regulation must precede resolution. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  3. Jul 12

    Boundary Breakdown to Boundary Restoration: Why You Keep Crossing Your Own Boundaries

    You don’t struggle with boundaries because you don’t know what they are. You struggle with boundaries because of what happens right before you break them. In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela walks you through the internal pattern behind boundary breakdown—so you can stop repeating the same cycle and start responding differently in the moments that matter. You’ll learn:  why boundary-breaking follows a predictable pattern (not random behavior)  how triggers, emotions, and urges lead to actions you later regret  why the urge to respond can feel like a need  how to recognize the critical moment where change actually happens  what it means to interrupt the cycle and choose differently This episode is not about becoming better at setting boundaries.  It’s about becoming more aware of what happens internally before you override yourself. Because real change doesn’t happen after the fact—  it happens in the moment. Discomfort is not danger.  Regulation must precede resolution. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  4. Jun 28

    The Gap: Why You Don’t Follow Through

    Awareness can bring clarity, but it can also bring frustration. In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela explores “the gap”—the space between knowing what needs to change and actually doing something differently. This episode helps listeners understand why follow-through is not always about motivation or discipline. Sometimes, the nervous system pulls us back toward what is familiar, predictable, and known—even when that familiar pattern is no longer helping. You’ll explore:  why awareness does not automatically create change  what happens in the space between knowing and doing  how resistance can be understood as protection  why familiar patterns can feel safer than new behavior  how to begin noticing what happens in your body before you fall back into old responses This is not about judgment.  It is about awareness, grace, and learning how to stay present when change begins to feel unfamiliar. Regulation must precede resolution. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  5. Jun 14

    The Push–Pull Pattern: Why You Want Love and Distance at the Same Time

    Have you ever felt completely grounded on your own… but unsettled the moment you start to care about someone? In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela explores the push-pull pattern—a common but often misunderstood experience where part of you craves connection while another part pulls away. You’ll learn:  Why your nervous system can hold both independence and a desire for closeness  How small triggers can activate internal conflict in relationships  What’s actually happening when you feel split between “I don’t need anyone” and “Do I matter to you?”  How awareness begins to shift the cycle This isn’t about being inconsistent or “too much.” It’s about understanding how your system learned to protect you—and how those patterns show up in real time. If you’ve ever questioned yourself in relationships but felt steady everywhere else, this episode will help you make sense of that experience. The goal is not to eliminate reactivity—  it’s to shorten the distance between reaction and regulation. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  6. Jun 3

    Bonus Episode - Mid-Year Reflection: Alignment Over Urgency

    As we move into the second half of the year, this bonus episode offers a moment to pause, reflect, and recalibrate. In this personal reflection, Angela revisits the intentions she set at the beginning of 2026 and explores what it has meant to move from survival mode into intentional living. Through the lens of nervous system regulation, she shares lessons learned about alignment, boundaries, relationships, business decisions, and the difference between urgency and purpose. Together, we'll consider:  Why not every challenge requires an immediate response  The difference between urgency and alignment  How regulation supports clearer decision-making  What it means to participate only in what is reciprocated  The role of intentionality in creating joy, community, and growth  How reflection helps us move forward with greater awareness As you listen, consider: What has the first half of this year produced in you? What are you carrying forward? What are you still learning? This is not a teaching episode. It's a conversation. A pause. A moment to sit, breathe, and spill a little tea together. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  7. May 31

    From Awareness to Application: Tools for Regulated Living

    Awareness is powerful—but what happens when you understand your patterns and still find yourself reacting the same way? In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, we begin the shift from insight to practice. Angela introduces simple, accessible tools to help you start working with your nervous system in real time—not perfectly, but intentionally. You’ll learn how to:  Pause before reacting and allow emotional waves to pass  Use your body to support regulation when your mind feels overwhelmed  Recognize your personal signs of activation  Create space between stimulus and response This is not about fixing yourself. It’s about building awareness and learning how to respond differently, one moment at a time. If you’ve ever felt stuck between knowing and doing, this episode offers a grounded starting point. Remember: regulation must precede resolution. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  8. May 17

    High-Functioning vs Regulated: Why Success Can Hide Dysregulation

    In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela will explore the critical difference between being high-functioning and being truly regulated. Many people move through life appearing successful—meeting expectations, managing responsibilities, and holding everything together. But beneath that performance, there can be exhaustion, disconnection, and unrecognized nervous system dysregulation. This episode invites you to slow down and notice what’s happening internally, not just what’s being accomplished externally. Through reflection and guided awareness, you’ll begin to identify: • Where you are functioning well but not feeling well • What you may be pushing through without noticing • How productivity can mask deeper patterns of survival High functioning may keep life moving. But regulation keeps you connected to yourself while you move. Because true healing isn’t about doing more— it’s about responding differently. Regulation must precede resolution. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  9. May 3

    The Myth of “Strong”: Grief, Ownership, and Emotional Cost

    In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela explores the intersection of grief, personal ownership, and the narratives we carry about what it means to be “strong.” For many, strength has been defined by endurance—the ability to carry pain without expression, to continue functioning without pause, and to move forward without fully processing what has been experienced. But what is often called strength is, at times, survival. This episode examines how unprocessed grief can live beneath that survival, and how true regulation requires not only awareness, but ownership of our internal experience. Through thoughtful reflection and grounded insight, listeners are invited to consider: What have I learned to carry quietly? What have I called strength that may have been survival? And what might it look like to respond differently? This is not about revisiting the past for the sake of emotion. It is about understanding what has shaped your responses—and creating the space to move with greater intention. Because strength is not the absence of feeling. It is the capacity to remain present with it. Because what we call strength deserves to be understood, not just maintained.  Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  10. Apr 19

    When One Person Regulates the Room...

    In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela expands the conversation from individual awareness to relational and environmental impact. Nervous systems do not operate in isolation. The way one person responds—through tone, presence, and regulation—can influence the emotional climate of an entire room. When one person is regulated, it creates the possibility for others to settle. When one person is dysregulated, that activation can also spread. This episode explores how regulation functions within relationships, teams, and everyday interactions, and how individual awareness becomes a powerful influence on collective experience. Through clear explanation and real-life application, listeners are invited to consider not only how they regulate internally, but how their presence affects the spaces they enter. Because regulation is not only personal. It is relational. And sometimes, one regulated nervous system is enough to shift the entire room. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  11. Apr 5

    Regulation Before Resolution™

    In this episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela deepens the conversation by exploring the role of self-awareness in nervous system regulation. Before we can change how we respond, we must first become aware of what is happening within us. Self-awareness is more than reflection—it is the ability to notice our thoughts, emotions, and bodily responses in real time. It creates the space between stimulus and response, allowing us to move from automatic reactions into intentional action. Without awareness, regulation is not possible. Through thoughtful explanation and real-world application, this episode invites listeners to slow down and begin observing their internal experience with greater clarity and curiosity. This is not about judgment. It is about noticing. Because awareness creates the space where regulation begins. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

  12. Mar 22

    WHY "HEALING OUT LOUD"?

    In this opening episode of Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud, Angela introduces the foundation of the podcast by inviting listeners to slow down, notice, and become aware of their internal experience. Many of us were taught to move through pain quietly—to suppress emotion, minimize our experiences, and continue functioning without fully processing what we feel. Over time, our nervous systems adapt to survive, often at the cost of awareness and release. But healing requires something different. It requires space to notice. It requires permission to feel. And it requires the willingness to bring into language what was once kept silent. Through guided reflection and gentle awareness, this episode explores what it means to “heal out loud,” and how self-awareness becomes the first step toward nervous system regulation. This is not about fixing yourself. It is about understanding how your body has learned to respond—and creating space to respond with intention. Because regulation must precede resolution. Spill The Tea With Me: What's resonating with you? Share your thoughts, breakthroughs, questions, or reflections from today's episode. Your voice matters here. Thank you for listening to Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud. A space for reflection, awareness, and intentional living. If today's conversation resonated with you, take a moment to sit with what you've noticed. Until next time... Remember: Regulation Before Resolution™. If you're ready to take the next step in your healing journey, or if you'd like to learn more about The Relationship Room™, upcoming trainings, speaking engagements, and additional resources, visit: www.aaspiringwellness.com Until next time, take care of your nervous system...and take care of yourself. About Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud Soul Medicine: Healing Out Loud is a podcast hosted by Angela McCree, M.Ed., LMFT, CTP, CSTFP, founder of The Healing Advocate™. Through thoughtful conversations and practical insights, each episode explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, relationships, identity, leadership, and sustainable well-being. Whether you're a mental health professional, leader, caregiver, or someone on your own healing journey, you'll be invited to slow down, notice, and cultivate a more regulated life.

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 A reflective podcast where therapist, Angela McCree helps listeners understand themselves and respond to life more intentionally through nervous system awareness and regulation. 

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  • Creator
    Angela M. McCree, LMFT
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
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    © 2026 Soul Medicine...HEALING OUT LOUD
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