Healing For Grown Ass Adults

Maira Holzmann
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Healing for Grown-Ass Adults is the podcast for people who are done with surface-level self-help and ready for actual transformation. Hosted by Maira Holzmann — somatic psychotherapist, psychedelic medicine enthusiast, and embodied mystic — this show brings you the real, grounded, emotionally mature approach to healing you’ve been craving. If you’re tired of coping skills that don’t stick, anxious thinking that won’t quit, relationship patterns that won’t shift, or spiritual practices that bypass reality — this is your home. Each episode blends somatic therapy, trauma education, nervous system science, psychedelic wisdom, ancestral healing, and practical grown-up truth. Expect real talk. Expect depth. Expect to be challenged. Expect to understand yourself in a way that finally makes sense. There is no fluff here. No toxic positivity. No “love and light” shortcuts. Just the real work of becoming a regulated, awake, embodied adult who can actually live the life they want. If you’re a grown-ass adult who’s ready to stop avoiding your depth and start owning your healing… welcome. You’re in the right place.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    Finding Yourself Through Connection with Alexandra Friedman | #9

    What if the loneliness you feel is actually a call to come home to yourself? In this deeply soulful conversation, Maira sits down with social artist and community builder Alexandra Friedman to explore belonging, embodiment, psychedelics, friendship, and the healing power of authentic connection. Alexandra shares how years of feeling like an outsider led her from a high-achieving but lonely life into creating Connection Feast, a movement helping people build deeper friendships and community. Together, they unpack ayahuasca journeys, Internal Family Systems, ecstatic dance, nervous system healing, and the difference between surviving life versus truly inhabiting it. This episode is a reminder that your truest self has never left you. It may just be waiting for you to slow down enough to listen. In this episode, we explore: • Why belonging starts within yourself • The surprising lessons ayahuasca revealed about suffering and softness • How embodiment practices can reconnect you to joy, intuition, and community If you've been craving deeper connection, more self-trust, or permission to fully be yourself, this conversation will feel like a warm homecoming.

    1 hr

  2. Jun 8

    Why Smart People Stay Stuck with Meg Poag | #8

    What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't the world around you, but the stories you're telling yourself? Leadership coach, author, and founder of Mission Squared, Meg Poag, joins Maira for a candid conversation about the executive team meltdown that changed her life and set her on a path of deeper self-awareness, spiritual growth, and service. Drawing from decades of leadership experience, psychology, neuroscience, and mysticism, Meg reveals why emotional regulation, discernment, and self-honesty are essential for anyone who wants to create meaningful change. Together, they explore the hidden ways ego shapes our decisions, why adversity is often our greatest teacher, and how reconnecting with our higher selves can lead us toward a more joyful and fulfilling life. In this episode: • How a leadership crisis became a catalyst for transformation • Why nervous system regulation is the foundation of good decision making • The difference between happiness and true joy • How to recognize when your ego is driving and your higher self is sitting in the back seat This episode is an invitation to look inward, embrace the lessons hidden inside life's challenges, and discover what becomes possible when you lead from wisdom instead of fear.

    43 min

  3. Jun 1

    Why Our Education System Is Failing Us with James Edwards | #7

    What if the way we were taught to live, learn, and succeed is completely out of alignment with how life actually works? In this powerful conversation, educator and regenerative design thinker James Edwards shares the story of a lifelong question that began in childhood while observing nature: Why does modern society feel so disconnected from the world that sustains us? From Montessori classrooms to martial arts, documentary filmmaking, and a life-altering midlife depression, James reveals how each turning point pushed him toward a deeper mission to reconnect humans with nature, intuition, and each other. Together, James and Maira explore what it means to live and learn in harmony with the world around us and why education must evolve if we want a thriving future. Key themes from this episode: • Why conventional education trains obedience instead of curiosity • How reconnecting with the heart can transform the way we live and lead • The principles behind regenerative education and why they matter now If you’ve ever felt that the modern world is moving too fast, too disconnected, or too far from what truly matters, this conversation will remind you that another way of living and learning is possible. Slow down. Listen deeply. And rediscover the wisdom that was there all along.

    1h 4m

  4. May 25

    Healed by Fire with Michael Vladeck | #6

    What if the worst moments of your life were actually your initiation? Psychotherapist and guide Michael Vladeck shares the raw story behind his transformation from a suicidal, rage-filled teen to a deeply embodied teacher of human potential. After surviving a suicide attempt at 17 and living nearly eight years with late-stage incurable cancer, Michael discovered that nothing was “wrong” with him. He was simply human and uninitiated into his own experience. In this intimate and powerful conversation, we explore what it really means to heal, to embody, and to take radical responsibility for your life without shame. In this episode, we dive into: • Why nothing is wrong with you and why that changes everything • The alchemy of gentleness and radical accountability • How to process trauma instead of being defined by it • Why embodiment is the key to real transformation • How facing death can radically clarify how you live Michael’s story is not about bypassing pain. It is about relaxing into it, metabolizing it, and discovering the intelligence within your own nervous system. If you have ever felt broken, lost, depressed, or unsure whether change is possible, this conversation is your reminder that transformation is real and it is available to you. Your struggle is not proof that you are failing. It may be proof that you are being initiated.

    53 min

  5. May 18

    The Parasympathetic Mechanic with Stephen Terrell | #5

    What if healing isn’t about fixing yourself—but about being deeply, safely met? In this powerful conversation, Stephen Terrell—psychotherapist, teacher, and self-described parasympathetic mechanic—shares the story behind his life’s work: a childhood shaped by profound trauma, instability, and loss, and a long, nonlinear journey toward nervous system regulation, compassion, and relational safety. Together with Maira, Stephen explores how early adversity became the medicine he now offers others through therapeutic touch, somatic regulation, and radical presence. This episode is a masterclass in slowing down, listening to the body, and letting go of the healer’s ego in favor of creating the conditions where healing can naturally emerge. In this episode, you’ll explore: Why the parasympathetic nervous system is the foundation of safety, connection, and healingHow “doing nothing” can be profoundly therapeuticReclamation vs. release: integrating trauma without abandoning parts of yourselfIf you’re a clinician, healer, or human longing for deeper regulation and real connection, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are—and gently invite you further in. This podcast wasn't always called Healing For Grown Ass Adults. A year and a half ago, when I started recording and preparing this podcast, it was called Life Mystic. As you listen to this episode, know that I was going through the process of figuring out how to be me in an expression different from my role as a somatic therapist and psychedelic medicine practitioner. I invite you to listen to this conversation with an open mind and an understanding that we are all always in process.

    45 min

  6. May 11

    How to Be Less Lost with Jay Moon Fields | #4

    What if healing isn’t about becoming better—but about finally coming home to yourself? Somatic coach, writer, and Hey, Wait podcast host Jay Moon Fields shares her deeply human journey through shame, embodiment, spiritual awakening, and the hard-earned wisdom that came from learning to forgive herself. From living wild and free in nature to navigating marriage, betrayal, bankruptcy, and legacy-breaking moments, Jay reveals how the body—not the mind—holds the key to real change. Together, Jay and Maira explore what it truly means to live somatically, how choice emerges through embodiment, and why having a good experience of yourself might be the most radical practice there is. In this episode, we explore: Why embodiment creates real choice (and ends survival-mode living)Healing shame through self-compassion, not self-improvementWhat it means to be a mystic in everyday, modern lifeIf you’ve ever felt disconnected, contracted, or quietly lost—this conversation is an invitation to soften, breathe, and remember who you are.

    55 min

  7. May 3

    Healing the Shame That Splits Us with Isaac Archuleta | #3

    What if the very thing you were taught to hate about yourself became your greatest gift to the world? In this deeply moving conversation, Maira sits down with queer therapist and founder of I Am Clinic, Isaac Archuleta, who shares his journey from growing up as the son of conservative ministers—steeped in toxic and traumatic shame—to reclaiming his body, his desires, and his inherent value. Isaac opens up about the moment his healing began, how shame became trauma in his nervous system, and the powerful tools that helped him integrate his identity, heal developmental wounds, and transform suffering into service. Together, Maira and Isaac explore how mindfulness, somatic therapy, inferential CBT, relational repair, and psychedelic-assisted therapy can reconnect us to our bodies and restore a felt sense of safety, dignity, and self-trust. In this episode, you’ll hear about: The difference between everyday shame and traumatic shame—and how it hijacks the nervous systemWhy authenticity is the lived experience of inherent value, not just a mindsetHow somatic healing, titration, and relational repair can turn a “torture chamber” body into heaven on earthIf you’ve ever felt split inside, disconnected from your body, or unworthy of love, this episode is an invitation to remember who you are—and to discover what becomes possible when shame is no longer in the driver’s seat. This podcast wasn't always called Healing For Grown Ass Adults. A year and a half ago, when I started recording and preparing this podcast, it was called Life Mystic. As you listen to this episode, know that I was going through the process of figuring out how to be me in an expression different from my role as a somatic therapist and psychedelic medicine practitioner. I invite you to listen to this conversation with an open mind and an understanding that we are all always in process.

    1h 2m

  8. Apr 26

    Listening To The Body's Yes with Celina Gorre | #2

    What if your body already knows the life you’re meant to live—and it’s been trying to tell you all along? In this episode of Life Mystic, Maira sits down with Celina Gorre, CEO of WomenHeart, global health leader, and lifelong seeker, to explore how grief, illness, embodiment, and intuition can become powerful guides rather than obstacles. Celina shares how losing her mother at 18 shaped her devotion to living fully, how a heart disease diagnosis transformed her advocacy and leadership, and why refusing to live someone else’s dream may be one of the most radical acts of self-care. Together, Maira and Celina dive into somatics, mysticism in everyday life, Filipino American identity, and what it means to cultivate a respectful, listening relationship with the body—especially in a culture that teaches us to override it. In this episode, you’ll hear about: How grief and diagnosis can become medicine rather than limitationsWhat it means to feel “fully yourself” in the body—not just the mindLiving mysticism through nature, slowness, and everyday awarenessLeading with integrity, compassion, and regulation in women’s healthThis conversation is an invitation to slow down, breathe deeper, and remember: life isn’t just about surviving—it’s about inhabiting your body, your values, and your joy, one conscious choice at a time. This podcast wasn't always called Healing For Grown Ass Adults. A year and a half ago, when I started recording and preparing this podcast, it was called Life Mystic. As you listen to this episode, know that I was going through the process of figuring out how to be me in an expression different from my role as a somatic therapist and psychedelic medicine practitioner. I invite you to listen to this conversation with an open mind and an understanding that we are all always in process.

    51 min

  9. Apr 19

    Grow Up. Heal Deeper. | #1

    What if nothing is wrong with you… and you’re just in process? In this raw and powerful debut, somatic therapist Maira Holzmann introduces a new kind of healing, one rooted in radical responsibility, emotional maturity, and unapologetic truth. She shares her own journey through trauma, self-abandonment, and transformation, while redefining what it really means to become a “grown ass adult.” This is not about quick fixes or performing healing. It is about doing the real work and staying with yourself when it gets hard. In this episode, you’ll explore: Why healing is a lifelong process, not a finish lineHow your nervous system and body hold the key to transformationThe courage it takes to break survival patterns and choose yourselfIf you’re ready to stop outsourcing your power and start showing up fully for your life, this is your invitation. You are not behind. You are not broken. You are becoming. And you don’t have to do it alone.

    22 min

  10. Apr 10

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    New episodes starting April 20th

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Healing for Grown-Ass Adults is the podcast for people who are done with surface-level self-help and ready for actual transformation. Hosted by Maira Holzmann — somatic psychotherapist, psychedelic medicine enthusiast, and embodied mystic — this show brings you the real, grounded, emotionally mature approach to healing you’ve been craving. If you’re tired of coping skills that don’t stick, anxious thinking that won’t quit, relationship patterns that won’t shift, or spiritual practices that bypass reality — this is your home. Each episode blends somatic therapy, trauma education, nervous system science, psychedelic wisdom, ancestral healing, and practical grown-up truth. Expect real talk. Expect depth. Expect to be challenged. Expect to understand yourself in a way that finally makes sense. There is no fluff here. No toxic positivity. No “love and light” shortcuts. Just the real work of becoming a regulated, awake, embodied adult who can actually live the life they want. If you’re a grown-ass adult who’s ready to stop avoiding your depth and start owning your healing… welcome. You’re in the right place.

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