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.

  1. 3d ago

    What Your Ancestors Still Remember with Dr. Alaya Dannu | #12

    What if the wisdom you've been searching for has been with you all along? In this profound conversation, Maira sits down with researcher, teacher, and ancestral dream practitioner Dr. Alaya Dannu to explore what it means to reconnect with the wisdom carried through dreams, memory, and the living world. Drawing from her family's dreaming traditions and groundbreaking doctoral research, Alaya shares how ancestral knowledge can become a guide for healing ourselves, restoring our relationship with the Earth, and remembering who we are beneath the stories we've inherited.  In this episode, we explore: Why ancestral healing is about remembering, not performingHow dreams can become a source of wisdom, guidance, and deeper self trustWhat it means to move from disconnection toward relationship with yourself, your ancestors, and the EarthIf you've ever felt a quiet pull toward something deeper, this conversation is an invitation to slow down, listen, and remember that healing often begins with awareness.

  2. Jul 13

    The Missing Piece in Psychedelic Healing with Dr. Manuela Mischke-Reeds | #11

    What if the deepest healing doesn't happen in your mind, but in your body? In this powerful conversation, trauma therapist Maira sits down with somatic pioneer Dr. Manuela Mischke-Reeds, co-author of Embodied Psychedelic Therapy, to explore why embodiment is the foundation of lasting transformation. Together, they unpack what most psychedelic conversations overlook and why true healing happens long after the medicine journey ends. In this episode, you'll discover: Why embodiment is the heart of trauma healingHow somatic practices turn psychedelic insights into lasting changeWhat "inner healing intelligence" really is and how to trust itWhy kindness, capacity, and self-agency are essential for deep transformationHow ancient wisdom traditions can guide modern psychedelic therapy with greater humilityWhether you're exploring psychedelics, healing from trauma, or simply longing to feel more connected to yourself, this conversation offers a grounded and deeply hopeful roadmap back to your own inner wisdom. The healing you're searching for may already be within you. Sometimes the greatest transformation begins by learning to listen.

  3. Jul 5

    The Healing I Never Believed In with Dawn Herbertson | #10

    What if the thing you're most skeptical of is the thing that changes your life? Somatic psychotherapist Maira sits down with her own energy healer, Dawn Herbertson, for a deeply honest conversation about trauma, nervous system healing, and the surprising path that transformed Maira from skeptic to believer. Together, they explore why healing cannot be rushed, how safety rewires the body, and why the relationship between practitioner and client is often just as powerful as the method itself. In this episode, you'll discover: Why deep healing happens at the pace of your nervous systemHow fear, trauma, and survival patterns shape your identityWhat it really means to reconnect with your body and trust yourself againIf you've ever wondered whether lasting healing is possible, this conversation is an invitation to slow down, stay curious, and discover what can change when you finally feel safe enough to come home to yourself.

  4. Jun 14

    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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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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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