Heal with Grace

Grace Secker
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Heal With Grace is a podcast that invites listeners into the world of holistic healing. Hosted by Grace Secker, a trained holistic psychotherapist, yoga therapist, and nervous system coach, each episode delves into the interconnected realms of mental, physical, and spiritual health. The podcast offers a unique blend of personal stories, professional insights, and practical tools for healing.

  1. 2d ago

    Ep. 149: Most Popular Replay: 7 Habits for Successful Nervous System Regulation

    This is a replay of our most popular episode yet, and it’s easy to see why it struck a chord. If you’ve been doing the nervous system work (reading the books, listening to the podcasts, buying the courses) but still feel stuck, this episode might shift something for you. After years in this space, I’ve learned that the practices matter, but how you show up to the process matters even more. I’m walking you through the seven habits I consistently see in people who heal versus people who stay stuck. This isn’t a checklist or a protocol. These are ways of being, and once they become part of how you operate, they change everything. Whether this is your first listen or your third, here’s what you’ll explore: ✨ Why waiting until you feel “ready” keeps you stuck, and what to do instead ✨ How identifying with being sick pushes your nervous system deeper into survival mode ✨ The quiet belief that healing isn’t for you, and why it’s one of the most treatable blocks ✨ What building safety in your daily life actually looks like ✨ Why consuming information without practicing keeps your brain in the same patterns ✨ How to stay in the process when healing feels anything but linear If you’ve ever thought, “I’m doing all the right things, so why isn’t this working?” this conversation is for you. Be gentle with yourself as you listen. This isn’t about what you should have been doing all along. It’s about what’s available to you now. How to work with Grace: Apply to the Mind Body Integration Training Founding Practitioner CohortMind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system nowFree Masterclass: How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Behind Your SymptomsWork with us in private mind-body coaching Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to'sConnect with Grace Connect on InstagramCheck out my website

  2. Oct 27

    148. My Juicy Insights from the Mind-Body Conference

    If you've ever wondered whether mind-body healing is real or just something people say when the tests come back clear, this one's for you. I just got back from the ATNS conference, and I'm sharing what I learned, what I felt, and what it was like to walk on stage for the first time. Two years ago I sat in that same audience with neck and shoulder pain, feeling like a total fraud. A therapist who teaches this work and still hurts? I was sure everyone could tell. I also remember watching the speakers and thinking, "I want to be up there one day." This year, Callie Krajcir and I presented on food fear and food intolerances. When I asked the room who had clients with a list of foods they can't eat, almost every hand went up. We get into why stress and pushed-down emotions create real physical symptoms, and why that idea is way older than modern medicine. I share what I took away from Vanessa Blackstone's talk on safety as a privilege, and from a session on people living with both structural and neuroplastic conditions like cancer, ALS, and Parkinson's. Then I get a little direct about language. The words you use about food, your body, your shoes, your posture, and the people around you are teaching your brain what's dangerous. If you're constantly judging the world, you're judging yourself too. You'll hear the simple practice I use to start shifting it. If you've been on the fence about how much of your symptoms are physical and how much are stress, this episode gives you a clearer answer. And if you're still having symptoms and feel like you're failing, I want you to hear my story. You're not. Resources mentioned Mind Body Integration Training, spring cohort waitlistHow to work with Grace: Apply to the Mind Body Integration Training Founding Practitioner CohortMind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system nowFree Masterclass: How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Behind Your SymptomsWork with us in private mind-body coaching Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to'sConnect with Grace Connect on InstagramCheck out my website

  3. Oct 20

    147. The Missing Piece of Nervous System Healing

    If you've been breathing, grounding, and regulating your way through every day and still feel stuck, this one's for you. Nervous system education has gotten loud lately, and that's a beautiful thing. But somewhere along the way, "nervous system healing" started to mean "stay calm at all costs." In this solo episode, I'm widening the lens. Because we're complex beings, and healing chronic pain and illness usually happens on more than one level at once: brain, body, emotions, relationships, beliefs, and the way we respond to our own experiences. I also share a piece of my own story, the year-plus I spent eating only 10 to 15 foods, and what finally shifted when I realized it was never really about the food. In this episode, you'll explore: ✨ How your brain makes predictions and why sensitization can keep real symptoms going long after an injury or illness has passed ✨ Why physical, functional, and nervous system support don't have to be either/or ✨ The difference between regulating to feel better and regulating to build capacity ✨ Body awareness vs. body monitoring, and why more awareness isn't always the answer ✨ How protective patterns like suppressed anger, people-pleasing, and perfectionism can show up in the body ✨ What progress really looks like (hint: it's not always fewer symptoms) ✨ Why the goal was never to spend your life healing. It was to get back to living. If you've felt overwhelmed by all the approaches out there, this episode will help you see how the pieces fit together. ----- 🌿 Ready to go deeper? Join the Mind Body Healing Method, my small-group program for healing chronic pain and illness through four phases: Recognize, Regulate, Rewire, and Reclaim. 👉 Learn more and join: https://programs.healwithgrace.co/mbhm #HealWithGrace #NervousSystemHealing #ChronicPainRecovery #NeuroplasticPain #MindBodyHealing How to work with Grace: Apply to the Mind Body Integration Training Founding Practitioner CohortMind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system nowFree Masterclass: How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Behind Your SymptomsWork with us in private mind-body coaching Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to'sConnect with Grace Connect on InstagramCheck out my website

  4. Oct 13

    146. People Pleasing and Chronic Pain: Breaking the Good Girl Pattern

    Are you the one who says "I'm happy to help" before you've even checked your calendar? People pleasing and chronic illness are more connected than most of us realize, and in this episode I'm walking you through the overlap. I call it the good girl pattern. Be nice. Be kind. Don't be too much. Don't have too many feelings. Nobody wrote these rules down for us. We soaked them up from TV, school, church, and family life. And for a lot of us, they stopped being a habit and became an identity. BUT that pattern is not who you are. It's something you learned to stay accepted. Your nervous system is wired for belonging, so of course it worked. It kept you loved and included. It's also costing you more than you realize. Every time you override a need, your body notices. Saying yes when you mean no. Smiling through irritation. Scanning the room to make sure everyone else is okay before you even sit down. Each one is a small stress hit, and they stack up over years. Eventually, when you don't say no, your body says it for you → through a migraine, fatigue, gut issues, or pain. In this episode, I'm sharing how the good girl pattern shows up at work, in relationships, with friends, and around the holidays. I'm also getting honest about my own "I'm fine" era and what changed once I realized I'm a pretty particular introvert who needs a lot of downtime. You'll also get a few simple practices to start this week. Noticing how often you say sorry. Pausing before your automatic yes. And asking at the end of each day, did that drain me or fill me? This isn't about blaming your parents or where you grew up. It's about seeing the pattern clearly so your body doesn't have to keep protecting you this way. Resources mentioned The "nice, good girl" rules that made so many of us sick Mind Body Healing Method How to work with Grace: Apply to the Mind Body Integration Training Founding Practitioner CohortMind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system nowFree Masterclass: How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Behind Your SymptomsWork with us in private mind-body coaching Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to'sConnect with Grace Connect on InstagramCheck out my website

  5. Oct 6

    145. How To Heal Food Sensitivities

    If you've been cutting out food after food trying to heal your food sensitivities, and your safe list keeps getting shorter, this episode is for you. I'm recording from Austin, the city where I was once down to 10 to 15 foods for a year and a half. I remember sitting at the food tasting for my own wedding and not being able to eat any of it. Just sitting there watching. So when I say I get it, I really get it. Here's what I want you to hear. Your reactions are real. The bloating, the pain, the headaches after you eat, none of that is in your head. But reacting to food is not the root cause of your symptoms. When your brain learns that bread or dairy or tomatoes are dangerous, it does its job and protects you. It sends a symptom. And every time you cut out another food, the fear gets a little louder. I also share something I don't talk about much. My eating disorder actually started with a restrictive anti-inflammatory paleo diet from a practitioner I trusted. I was just trying to help my body. We talk about why so many people with chronic symptoms end up in the same food-fear loop, and the patterns I see over and over: perfectionism, self-criticism, control. And why flexibility is one of the best things you can give yourself. Then I walk you through what actually helped me feel safe with food again. Telling my brain before and after every meal that food is safe. Visualizing my body digesting it well, whether it was a Reese's peanut butter cup or chicken broth. Looking honestly at the stress in my life. It wasn't overnight. It was a practice, every single day. If you're a therapist, coach, or health practitioner, stick around. I share the one language shift I want you to make with your clients starting today. And if you have a true allergy like celiac or a nut allergy, this isn't about that. This is about the sensitivities and intolerances that showed up later in life and built up over time. Resources mentioned: Mind Body Healing Method, my small group nervous system program How to work with Grace: Apply to the Mind Body Integration Training Founding Practitioner CohortMind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system nowFree Masterclass: How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Behind Your SymptomsWork with us in private mind-body coaching Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to'sConnect with Grace Connect on InstagramCheck out my website

  6. Sep 29

    144. What I've Learned About Treating Neuroplastic Symptoms

    Most people never think to ask whether their symptoms have a nervous system root cause. They get the gut issues, the migraines, the fatigue, the pain, and they go looking for the structural answer. More testing. More protocols. More specialists. In this episode Grace goes back to her early days of switching her niche from eating disorders to chronic pain and illness, and shares the things she got wrong before she got solid. The first one is safety. She used to move faster than her clients' nervous systems were ready for. Sending the podcast, sending the book, trying to convince someone that the thing they had been fighting for twenty years was actually a danger response. What she learned is that belief is not the entry point. Safety is. You do not need someone to agree with you on day one. You need them to feel safe enough to get curious. The second one is the both/and. She spent a long time being wobbly about structural findings. The bulged disc. The SIBO. The autoimmune diagnosis. The cervical spine finding. She would back off and refer out, which left people stranded. Now she says it plainly. Structural things are real. They are also often not the reason the symptoms keep persisting. Holding both at once without flattening either one is a clinical skill, not a belief system, and it is learnable. She also gets into the nuance she did not used to assess for, including neurodivergence, and why a framework that makes you less curious about the person in front of you is being used wrong. Then there is the one that took the longest. You do not have to be certain to do this work. Not as a client, not as a practitioner. The 3am searching on WebMD and in the AI chats feels productive, but it is the nervous system demanding certainty before it is willing to stand down. Bodies do not hand you certainty. They hand you information. The work is building enough safety to keep moving while it is still unclear. Resources mentioned: Nervous System Screener questionnaire Mind-Body Integration Method Practitioner Training, first cohort starts October 2026. Early bird pricing ends September 17, doors close October 2 How to work with Grace: Apply to the Mind Body Integration Training Founding Practitioner CohortMind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system nowFree Masterclass: How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Behind Your SymptomsWork with us in private mind-body coaching Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to'sConnect with Grace Connect on InstagramCheck out my website

  7. Sep 22

    143. How to Get Unstuck in Your Healing with Doc Tovah

    If you feel stuck in chronic pain recovery, this one is for you. Not the beginning part where you are figuring out what neuroplastic symptoms even are. The part where you have done the work, read the books, hired the coaches, and something still has not moved. Doc Tovah has been a chiropractor for 41 years and has hosted the TMS Roundtable for seven, with over 500 broadcasts. She is 69. Her mother had MS starting when Doc Tovah was eleven, she grew up in a house she describes as chaotic, and she was diagnosed with Crohn's along the way. She talks about that diagnosis almost in passing, which is the whole point. She names the pattern she sees in people who stay stuck, and it is not effort. It is disconnection. People who cannot tell you what they feel. People who say "I don't know" so often that it becomes a freeze response. People who feel okay around others and fall apart the second they are alone with themselves. That gap is the work. We also get into the part almost nobody says out loud, which is that a victim stance can be doing a job for you. It protected me from being seen and rejected for years, and I did not know it was happening. Doc Tovah has been there too and she says it plainly. You are the problem and you are the solution, and that is the good news. Then she gives the practice. Not a technique to add to your list. A relationship. Coffee with your fear. Going to sleep with your loneliness. Sitting with the feeling instead of building a story around it. She says fear can paralyze you or it can be fuel, and the difference is not how brave you are, it is whether you stop fighting reality long enough to be with it. One more thing she said that I keep thinking about. Pain is not punishing you. It is protecting you. And most people who feel stuck are not far away from healing. They are standing right at the door. Connect with Doc Tovah - TMS Roundtable, Doc Tovah's YouTube channel - Doc Tovah website  How to work with Grace: Apply to the Mind Body Integration Training Founding Practitioner CohortMind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system nowFree Masterclass: How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Behind Your SymptomsWork with us in private mind-body coaching Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to'sConnect with Grace Connect on InstagramCheck out my website

  8. Sep 15

    142. The Training That Catapulted My Own Healing

    If you have been circling the idea of mind-body practitioner training, this one is for you. Not the version where you collect a certificate. The version where the training changes you while you are learning it. Before I took my first pain reprocessing therapy training, I had already done a lot of my own work. I had let go of most of the chronic pain. The food intolerances, the histamine reactions, the fatigue, all of it had come way down. And I had plateaued. Better, not free. There was still this low hum of managing my body instead of trusting it. Then I went into the training and applied every single thing to myself. Light bulbs, over and over. That is the part nobody warns you about. When you learn how to guide someone else's nervous system, you are also signing up for the next chapter of your own. I also say the thing I wish somebody had said to me five years ago. You do not have to be fully healed to help other people heal. I talk about the crash that had me lying on the couch wondering if everything I had learned was a fraud. The antidepressants I quit in college because I had decided, all on my own, that a therapist could not be on them. The imposter syndrome that has followed me my whole career. And the day my body ran an actual fever right before a three-day professional retreat, because walking into a room full of other clinicians felt that unsafe to my system. I share what I did instead of staying in bed. It is the clearest example I have of teaching your body that you can be uncomfortable and still be safe. If you have been quietly wondering whether you are meant to share this work with other people, the part about curiosity being the only real prerequisite is for you. Resources mentioned Mind Body Integration Training, my six-week live practitioner training. Founding cohort is application-based. Early bird pricing through September 17th; doors close October 2nd, first live session October 22nd. Bring a colleague, and you each get $100 off. https://programs.healwithgrace.co/mbimt How to work with Grace: Apply to the Mind Body Integration Training Founding Practitioner CohortMind-Body Healing Method Course - Regulate your nervous system nowFree Masterclass: How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Behind Your SymptomsWork with us in private mind-body coaching Subscribe to my Substack for the deeper how-to'sConnect with Grace Connect on InstagramCheck out my website

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Heal With Grace is a podcast that invites listeners into the world of holistic healing. Hosted by Grace Secker, a trained holistic psychotherapist, yoga therapist, and nervous system coach, each episode delves into the interconnected realms of mental, physical, and spiritual health. The podcast offers a unique blend of personal stories, professional insights, and practical tools for healing.

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  • Creator
    Grace Secker
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    148
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    Explicit
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    © 2026 Heal with Grace
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