The Truth About Healing Podcast

Dana Carretta-Stein

The Truth About Healing is a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based podcast designed to cut through the overwhelming noise of modern wellness culture and explain what healing actually is and what it isn’t. In an era flooded with mental health misinformation, toxic positivity, spiritual bypassing, and oversimplified “coping strategies,” this podcast offers clarity, accuracy, and grounded nervous system education.  Hosted by EMDR therapist and consultant Dana Carretta-Stein, the show reframes symptoms as intelligent survival responses and helps listeners understand why they feel stuck, burned out, anxious, or disconnected without shame or pathology. This podcast bridges the gap between clinical knowledge and real life, translating complex concepts like EMDR, polyvagal theory, attachment trauma, and nervous system regulation into language that makes sense and actually helps.

  1. 1d ago ·  Video

    Episode 17: Your Relationship Isn’t the Problem with Julie Hall

    You keep having the same fight. Different day. Different topic. Same f*****g fight. One person pushes harder to talk about it. The other shuts down, avoids, or walks away. And eventually both people become convinced: “If my partner would just change, we'd be fine.” But what if the argument you're having isn't actually the problem? In Episode 17 of The Truth About Healing, Dana sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist Julie Hall for a conversation about relationships, attachment, trauma, couples therapy, infertility, nervous-system regulation, and the patterns underneath our most persistent conflicts. Because when relationships activate our oldest wounds, we don't always respond to what's happening right now. Sometimes we're responding from everything that came before it. About Julie HallJulie Hall is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Connecticut and New York specializing in trauma, relationships, couples therapy, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and fertility-related mental health. As a certified Prepare and Enrich instructor and therapist trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Julie helps individuals and couples build healthier relationships through emotional connection, attachment repair, and trauma-informed care. Inspired by her own experiences with infertility and reproductive challenges, Julie is especially passionate about supporting women and couples navigating the emotional complexity of fertility struggles. 📍 Located in Stamford, Connecticut 🌐 Learn More or Work With Julie: www.juliehalltherapy.com 📱 Instagram: @julievhall01 🎥 Prefer to Watch In Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingIf you understand your relationship patterns intellectually but keep finding yourself having the same reactions, arguments, or emotional triggers, there may be more happening underneath the surface. Our team can help you understand the experiences shaping your nervous system, relationships, and patterns today. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 📅 Learn More: www.peacefullivingmhc.com Additional Resources🧠 EMDR Resources for Clinicians & Clients www.danacarretta.com/shop 🛠️ Recommended Therapy Tools, Regulation Resources & EMDR Systems for Clinicians www.danacarretta.com/therapytools 🎁 Free Nervous System Resources www.danacarretta.com/free Loved This Episode?⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for conversations about trauma, relationships, nervous systems, and breaking the patterns we don't want to keep repeating. ⭐ Leave a review and share this episode with someone who's ready to stop asking “How do I change them?” and start getting curious about the pattern happening between them. ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) on Instagram and let us know your biggest takeaway. Because healing gets easier when we stop doing it alone. 💛 Want to Respond to This Episode or Ask a Question? I'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to: Share feedback about this episodeAsk a question for a future episodeSuggest a topic you'd like coveredShare your experience or insightSend us a message here: https://www.danacarretta.com/podcast-questions

    Episode 17: Your Relationship Isn’t the Problem with Julie Hall
  2. 3d ago ·  Bonus Video

    💣 Truth Bomb: Burnout Isn’t Motherhood

    Being exhausted is not proof that you're a good mom. But somewhere along the way, a lot of women learned that motherhood was supposed to look like self-sacrifice. Give everyone else what they need. Take care of the kids. Remember the appointments. Manage the schedules. Handle the invisible mental load. Keep everyone functioning. And if there's anything left over? Maybe then you can take care of yourself. The problem is, eventually your nervous system sends the bill. Burnout. Resentment. Anxiety. Irritability. Overwhelm. Exhaustion. In this Truth Bomb, Dana challenges the belief that taking care of yourself somehow means you're taking away from your children. Because your kids don't need a mother who sacrifices herself to prove how much she loves them. They need a mother who can sustain herself while loving them. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingIf you're constantly taking care of everyone else while anxiety, overwhelm, resentment, or burnout are quietly taking over, you deserve support too. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 📅 Learn More: www.peacefullivingmhc.com Additional Resources🧠 EMDR Resources for Clinicians & Clients www.danacarretta.com/shop 🛠️ Recommended Therapy Tools, Regulation Resources & EMDR Systems for Clinicians www.danacarretta.com/therapytools 🎁 Free Nervous System Resources www.danacarretta.com/free Loved This Episode?⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for conversations about nervous systems, relationships, motherhood, trauma, and breaking the patterns we don't want to pass down. ⭐ Share this Truth Bomb with the mom who takes care of absolutely everyone—and needs the reminder that she belongs on her own list, too. ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) on Instagram and let us know what you're doing this week to put your oxygen mask on first. Because healing gets easier when we stop doing it alone. 💛 Want to Respond to This Episode or Ask a Question? I'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to: Share feedback about this episodeAsk a question for a future episodeSuggest a topic you'd like coveredShare your experience or insightSend us a message here: https://www.danacarretta.com/podcast-questions

    💣 Truth Bomb: Burnout Isn’t Motherhood
  3. Sep 16 ·  Video

    Episode 16: Your Nervous System Is Talking

    What if the symptom you're trying to get rid of isn't actually the problem? What if it's information? In Episode 16 of The Truth About Healing, Dana and Claudio go off-script for a deep dive into one of the biggest reasons therapy sometimes doesn't work: We're looking at the person through too small of a lens. Anxiety isn't just psychological. Burnout isn't just about work. Your physical symptoms aren't necessarily separate from your emotional health. And your nervous system doesn't operate independently from your relationships, environment, biology, stress levels, sleep, movement, nutrition, or life experiences. It's all connected. Dana breaks down what it means to take a truly whole-person approach to healing—and why understanding your nervous system can completely change the way you interpret your symptoms. Because sometimes your body recognizes that something is happening before your conscious mind does. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingIf you've spent years understanding why you feel the way you do but your body still seems stuck in anxiety, overwhelm, shutdown, or survival mode, therapy can help you work with the whole system—not just the symptom. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 📅 Learn More: www.peacefullivingmhc.com Additional Resources🧠 EMDR Resources for Clinicians & Clients www.danacarretta.com/shop 🛠️ Recommended Therapy Tools, Regulation Resources & EMDR Systems for Clinicians www.danacarretta.com/therapytools 🎁 Free Nervous System Resources www.danacarretta.com/free Loved This Episode?⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for conversations that help you understand what your brain and body are actually doing—and what to do with that information. ⭐ Leave a review and share this episode with the person who keeps asking, “Why am I like this?” Maybe the better question is: “What is my nervous system responding to?” ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) on Instagram and let us know your biggest takeaway. Because healing gets easier when we stop doing it alone. 💛 Want to Respond to This Episode or Ask a Question? I'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to: Share feedback about this episodeAsk a question for a future episodeSuggest a topic you'd like coveredShare your experience or insightSend us a message here: https://www.danacarretta.com/podcast-questions

    Episode 16: Your Nervous System Is Talking
  4. Sep 14 ·  Bonus Video

    💣 Truth Bomb: It’s Not Too Late

    You’re not behind. You didn’t miss your chance. And you don’t need anyone’s permission to start again. So many of us carry an invisible timeline for when we were supposed to have figured everything out. The career. The relationship. The business. The family. The dream we keep saying we’ll get to “someday.” Then we look around, compare ourselves to everyone else, and wonder: “Am I too late?” In this Truth Bomb, Dana challenges the idea that there’s an expiration date on becoming who you want to become. Because some of the most meaningful things you’ll ever create might happen in your 40s, 50s—or far beyond. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingSometimes the thing keeping us stuck isn't a lack of ability—it's the patterns, fear, anxiety, and old beliefs telling us we can't change. If you're ready to understand what's keeping you stuck and start doing something different, our team is here to help. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 📅 Learn More: www.peacefullivingmhc.com Additional Resources🧠 EMDR Resources for Clinicians & Clients www.danacarretta.com/shop 🛠️ Recommended Therapy Tools, Regulation Resources & EMDR Systems for Clinicians www.danacarretta.com/therapytools 🎁 Free Nervous System Resources www.danacarretta.com/free Loved This Episode?⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for weekly conversations that make healing make sense. ⭐ Leave a review and send this episode to the person who's been waiting for a sign to finally start. Consider this the sign. ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) on Instagram and tell us what you're finally giving yourself permission to begin. Because healing gets easier when we stop doing it alone. 💛 Want to Respond to This Episode or Ask a Question? I'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to: Share feedback about this episodeAsk a question for a future episodeSuggest a topic you'd like coveredShare your experience or insightSend us a message here: https://www.danacarretta.com/podcast-questions

    💣 Truth Bomb: It’s Not Too Late
  5. Sep 9 ·  Video

    Episode 15: Building Without Burning Out with Eric Stein (Part 2)

    Can you build a successful career, raise a family, maintain a marriage, take care of yourself—and somehow still have a sex life? Technically, yes. But you're probably going to need some help. In Episode 15 of The Truth About Healing, Dana is back with her husband, real estate entrepreneur Eric Stein, for Part 2 of their candid conversation about marriage, ambition, parenting, and what it actually takes to build businesses while building a family. This time, they're getting even more honest. Dana and Eric talk about the reality of being two highly driven, self-employed people raising young children: the impossible schedules, division of responsibilities, disappointment, intimacy, exhaustion, therapy, delegation, and learning that supporting your partner's ambition doesn't require sacrificing your own. Because there's a difference between having it all and doing it all yourself. And trying to do the latter is a pretty reliable way to burn out. About Eric Stein Eric Stein is a nationally recognized real estate professional, entrepreneur, brokerage owner, developer, husband, and father. Eric began his career in real estate at just 18 years old and has spent more than two decades building businesses across the industry. He is the owner of RE/MAX Distinguished Homes & Properties in Tuckahoe, New York, where he leads a top-producing brokerage. As an individual agent, Eric ranks among the top professionals in Westchester County and has been recognized among the top 1.5% of agents nationwide by RealTrends America's Best. He also buys, renovates, and develops properties throughout Westchester County and the Bronx and has presented nationally on real estate negotiation and strategy. But in this episode, Eric isn't just talking business. He's talking about what happens when you're trying to build something professionally without losing what you're building at home. 🏠 Connect With Eric: www.westchesterhomesource.com 🏗️ Real Estate Investments: www.westchesterhomesale.com 📱 Instagram: @theericstein_remax Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingSometimes the problem isn't that you need to become better at managing everything. You're carrying too much. If anxiety, burnout, relationship patterns, trauma, or an overwhelmed nervous system are affecting how you show up at work or at home, our team is here to help. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 📅 Learn More: www.peacefullivingmhc.com Additional Resources🧠 EMDR Resources for Clinicians & Clients www.danacarretta.com/shop 🛠️ Recommended Therapy Tools, Regulation Resources & EMDR Systems for Clinicians www.danacarretta.com/therapytools 🎁 Free Nervous System Resources www.danacarretta.com/free Loved This Episode?⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for conversations about healing, relationships, nervous systems, parenting, and the messy reality of being a human trying to do a lot. ⭐ Leave a review and share this episode with the high achiever who's currently trying to be the CEO, parent, spouse, chauffeur, housekeeper, therapist, event planner, and functioning adult simultaneously. ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) on Instagram and let us know your biggest takeaway. Because healing gets easier when we stop doing it alone. 💛 Want to Respond to This Episode or Ask a Question? I'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to: Share feedback about this episodeAsk a question for a future episodeSuggest a topic you'd like coveredShare your experience or insightSend us a message here: https://www.danacarretta.com/podcast-questions

    Episode 15: Building Without Burning Out with Eric Stein (Part 2)
  6. Sep 7 ·  Bonus Video

    💣Truth Bomb: Anxiety and Overpreparing

    What if your anxiety doesn't look like spiraling thoughts? What if it looks like being really, really prepared? Planning everything. Organizing everything. Thinking five steps ahead. Running through every possible scenario so nothing catches you off guard. It can look like you're incredibly responsible. But underneath all that preparation might be a nervous system trying desperately to create certainty. In this Truth Bomb, Dana breaks down why anxiety isn't always overthinking—sometimes it's overpreparing. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingIf anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, or the need to stay in control is keeping your nervous system constantly “on,” our team is here to help. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 📅 Learn More: www.peacefullivingmhc.com Additional Resources🧠 EMDR Resources for Clinicians & Clients www.danacarretta.com/shop 🛠️ Recommended Therapy Tools, Regulation Resources & EMDR Systems for Clinicians www.danacarretta.com/therapytools 🎁 Free Nervous System Resources www.danacarretta.com/free Loved This Episode?⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for weekly conversations that make healing make sense. ⭐ Leave a review and share this episode with the friend whose idea of “relaxing” is making another list for the list they already made. ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) on Instagram and let us know your biggest takeaway. Because healing gets easier when we stop doing it alone. 💛 Want to Respond to This Episode or Ask a Question? I'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to: Share feedback about this episodeAsk a question for a future episodeSuggest a topic you'd like coveredShare your experience or insightSend us a message here: https://www.danacarretta.com/podcast-questions

    💣Truth Bomb: Anxiety and Overpreparing
  7. Sep 2 ·  Video

    Episode 14: Marriage in the Hard Years with Eric Stein

    What does it actually take to keep a marriage strong when you're raising young kids, running multiple businesses, exhausted, ambitious—and very different people? For this episode of The Truth About Healing, Dana is joined by her most personal guest yet: her husband, Eric Stein. And yes, putting your husband on your therapy podcast is apparently a perfectly reasonable marital decision. Dana and Eric have been together for more than a decade, built businesses side by side, become parents to two young children, and navigated plenty of conflict, growth, therapy, and change along the way. This isn't a conversation about having a perfect marriage. It's about what they've learned while building a real one. Dana and Eric talk candidly about couples therapy, emotional avoidance, communication, ambition, parenting, division of responsibilities, resentment, risk, success, and why giving your partner room to grow may be one of the most important things you can do for a relationship. Eric also opens up about his own experience with therapy—and what it was like learning to identify and express emotions as an adult after spending much of his life doing what many men are taught to do: Push it down. Keep going. Handle it. Because relationships don't stay strong because two people magically fit together. They stay strong when two people are willing to keep learning how to fit together as life changes. About Eric Stein Eric Stein is a nationally recognized real estate professional, brokerage owner, developer, husband, and father. Eric began his career in real estate at just 18 years old and has spent more than 20 years building businesses across the industry. He is the owner of RE/MAX Distinguished Homes & Properties in Tuckahoe, New York, where he leads a top-producing brokerage. As an individual agent, Eric ranks among the top professionals in Westchester County and has been recognized among the top 1.5% of agents nationwide by RealTrends America's Best. He also buys, renovates, and develops properties throughout Westchester County and the Bronx and has presented nationally on real estate negotiation and strategy. But for this conversation, Dana isn't interviewing the real estate expert. She's talking to her husband. 🏠 Connect With Eric: www.westchesterhomesource.com 🏗️ Real Estate Investments: www.westchesterhomesale.com Subscribe and follow The Truth About Healing so you never miss a new episode. And stay tuned for Part 2, where Dana and Eric dig deeper into what it's really like to build businesses while building a family. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingRelationships can activate some of our deepest patterns—and understanding those patterns can change how we communicate, connect, parent, and repair. If you're struggling with relationship patterns, anxiety, trauma, burnout, or feeling stuck in survival mode, our team is here to help. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 📅 Learn More: www.peacefullivingmhc.com Additional Resources🧠 EMDR Resources for Clinicians & Clients www.danacarretta.com/shop 🛠️ Recommended Therapy Tools, Regulation Resources & EMDR Systems for Clinicians www.danacarretta.com/therapytools 🎁 Free Nervous System Resources www.danacarretta.com/free Loved This Episode?⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for conversations that make healing—and relationships—make more sense. ⭐ Leave a review and share this episode with a couple who's currently navigating the hard years of careers, kids, marriage, and trying to keep themselves somewhere on the list. ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) and let us know what resonated most. Because healing gets easier when we stop doing it alone. 💛 Want to Respond to This Episode or Ask a Question? I'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to: Share feedback about this episodeAsk a question for a future episodeSuggest a topic you'd like coveredShare your experience or insightSend us a message here: https://www.danacarretta.com/podcast-questions

    Episode 14: Marriage in the Hard Years with Eric Stein
  8. Aug 31 ·  Bonus Video

    💣 Truth Bomb: Your Body Hasn’t Moved On

    You understand what happened. You've talked about it. You've analyzed it. You know logically that it's in the past. So why does your body still react like it's happening right now? In this Truth Bomb, Dana explains why healing isn't about forcing yourself to “move on”—and why understanding your trauma intellectually doesn't always change the way your nervous system responds to it. Trauma isn't just remembered as a story. It's remembered as an experience. That's why something from the past can still trigger fear, panic, shutdown, overwhelm, or other survival responses in the present. Your brain may know you're safe. Your body may not know it yet. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingIf you understand your patterns intellectually but your body still responds with fear, anxiety, panic, shutdown, or overwhelm, therapy can help you work with what your nervous system is still carrying. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: Available for residents of NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 📅 Learn more or schedule a consultation: www.peacefullivingmhc.com Additional Resources🧠 EMDR Resources for Clinicians & Clients www.danacarretta.com/shop 🛠️ Recommended Therapy Tools, Regulation Resources & EMDR Systems for Clinicians www.danacarretta.com/therapytools 🎁 Free Nervous System Resources www.danacarretta.com/free Loved This Episode?⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for weekly conversations that make healing make sense. ⭐ Leave a review and share this episode with someone who's frustrated because they understand what happened—but their body still hasn't gotten the message that it's over. ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) on Instagram and let us know your biggest takeaway. Because healing gets easier when we stop doing it alone. 💛 Want to Respond to This Episode or Ask a Question? I'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to: Share feedback about this episodeAsk a question for a future episodeSuggest a topic you'd like coveredShare your experience or insightSend us a message here: https://www.danacarretta.com/podcast-questions

    💣 Truth Bomb: Your Body Hasn’t Moved On

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The Truth About Healing is a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based podcast designed to cut through the overwhelming noise of modern wellness culture and explain what healing actually is and what it isn’t. In an era flooded with mental health misinformation, toxic positivity, spiritual bypassing, and oversimplified “coping strategies,” this podcast offers clarity, accuracy, and grounded nervous system education.  Hosted by EMDR therapist and consultant Dana Carretta-Stein, the show reframes symptoms as intelligent survival responses and helps listeners understand why they feel stuck, burned out, anxious, or disconnected without shame or pathology. This podcast bridges the gap between clinical knowledge and real life, translating complex concepts like EMDR, polyvagal theory, attachment trauma, and nervous system regulation into language that makes sense and actually helps.

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