The Alchemical Path

Elizabeth Mann
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  • MENTAL HEALTH

The Alchemical Path is a podcast for therapists, healers, and seekers exploring the soul of transformation. Hosted by Elizabeth Mann, MSW, LICSW, Reiki Master, each episode dives into creative, unconventional, and sacred approaches to healing—blending science with spirit, intuition with practice, and story with alchemy. If you’re curious about what’s possible beyond traditional therapy, this is your invitation to walk the path of becoming.

  1. 2D AGO

    Surrender to the Life Force and Watch How You Transform with Adriana Attento

    In this episode of 'The Alchemical Path', host Elizabeth Mann converses with Adriana Attento, a depth psychology guide and transpersonal practitioner. Adriana shares her fascinating journey of self-discovery, which began with meditation and a life-changing sea voyage. She discusses how she helps individuals explore their unconscious minds and find their deeper purpose through the lens of depth psychology. Adriana emphasizes the importance of understanding the psycho-spiritual journey and the role of writing in unlocking inner wisdom. Her story encourages listeners to courageously share their unique contributions to global transformation. Adriana Attento (she/her) is the President & CEO and founder of a transformational depth psychology-based organization that supports individuals in uncovering their unique contribution to global healing. She blends: ✨ Depth psychology ✨ Transpersonal psychology ✨ Soul-centered inquiry ✨ Inner wisdom exploration ✨ Calling + purpose development Adriana works with people who want to understand their role in the world’s transformation — whether they’re unsure of what their calling is, or they know it but need help bringing it forward with courage and clarity. She has lived on and off in Hawaii since 2000 and currently resides in Honolulu, where the ocean, land, and spirit of the islands deeply inform her work. In addition to sessions, Adriana offers: 🌺 Self-paced courses 🌺 Books 🌺 Ongoing resources for personal and collective awakening Interested in working with Adriana? Check out her offers at www.TheArtofGoingWithin.Org Mention The Alchemical Path Podcast to receive 10% off your session package!

    1h 1m

  2. 12/28/2025

    Healing Beyond Survival and Integrated Trauma Recovery with Dana Strickland

    In this episode of The Alchemical Path, host Elizabeth Mann welcomes Dana Strickland, a licensed professional counselor specializing in trauma healing. Dana shares her journey from serving in the military to becoming a guiding force in therapeutic practice. She discusses her integrative approach that combines EMDR, brain spotting, and energetic practices to help clients move beyond trauma. Dana's story is one of transformation, highlighting the importance of working with the body and understanding trauma through a holistic lens. Join us as we delve into Dana's unique perspective on healing and personal growth. Dana Strickland (she/her) is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, EMDR Approved Consultant, and Brainspotting practitioner serving clients in Arizona and Texas. Her work integrates: ✨ EMDR ✨ Brainspotting ✨ Reiki & energy work ✨ Somatic awareness ✨ Mindfulness ✨ Enneagram insight Dana offers individual therapy via telehealth in Arizona and Texas, along with extended EMDR and Brainspotting intensives. She is also developing retreat-style Brainspotting experiences designed for immersive trauma healing. Learn more at: 🌐 https://www.flcinaz.com

    58 min

  3. 12/21/2025

    Raising Frequencies: Intuition, Presence, and the Vibrations of Healing with Christine Kotlarski

    Christine Kotlarski, a licensed clinical social worker and Reiki Master, shares her journey of integrating traditional therapy with metaphysical practices in her holistic approach. As founder of High Note Counseling in Florida, she emphasizes the importance of vibration and energy in healing. Christine talks about her transition from medical social work to becoming a sole practitioner and the pivotal experiences that shaped her path. She highlights the significance of intuition and the art of being present with clients, blending therapeutic theories with energy work to help individuals reclaim their authentic selves. Christine Kotlarski, LCSW (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Reiki Master, Certified EVOX Practitioner, educator, and founder of High Note Counseling. She offers gender-affirming, holistic, and intuitive mental health support for older teens and adults seeking something beyond traditional therapy. Her work integrates: ✨ Reclamation healing ✨ Metaphysical + mental health modalities ✨ Reiki and energy attunement ✨ EVOX bio-energetic voice-mapping ✨ Ancestral healing ✨ Intuitive and sex-positive therapy Christine’s sessions help clients release shame, heal lineage patterns, and reconnect with their authentic, empowered self. Learn more at: Highnote Counseling

    1h 4m

  4. 12/14/2025

    Transforming Grief: The Alchemical Journey with Liz Hides

    In this episode of The Alchemical Path, Elizabeth Mann interviews Liz Hides, a holistic grief and loss specialist. With a career spanning over three decades, Liz shares her personal journey through multiple family losses and how they inspired her calling in grief work. Her unique approach integrates energy healing, spiritual practices, and traditional therapy methods, particularly focusing on traumatic and sudden deaths. This conversation illuminates the resilience that can follow grief, as Liz emphasizes the transformative power of showing up fully to the process. Liz Hides (she/her) is a Registered Social Worker, Wholistic Grief and Loss Specialist, Certified Thanatologist, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher, Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Usui Shiki Ryoho Master/Teacher. She supports adults experiencing grief, with expertise in sudden death, traumatic loss, and complex emotional transitions. Her holistic approach integrates: ✨ Mind-body-spirit-environment connection ✨ Energy clearing and intuitive grief work ✨ Meditation & mindfulness ✨ Clinical hypnotherapy ✨ Reiki and energetic attunement Liz’s work helps clients cultivate resilience, shift the energy around their stories of loss, and re-establish a sense of wholeness after life-changing transitions. She offers classes, workshops, sessions, and a seasonal newsletter at: 🌐 www.healthy-directions.ca

    1h 12m

  5. 12/07/2025

    Trusting the Body: Emotional Release & Nervous System Healing with NET, CRA & CEW with Amber Bowers

    In this rich and grounding conversation, Liz sits down with Amber Bowers, Holistic Mental Health Counselor, Wellness Coach, and Certified NET Practitioner. Amber’s work centers around helping clients heal not just emotionally or mentally, but systemically — addressing the subconscious, the body, the energy field, and the emotional roots of physical symptoms.  With years of experience treating trauma and eating disorders, Amber brings a deeply integrative lens to healing. Through modalities like Neuro Emotional Technique, CRA, CEW, homeopathy, and holistic wellness practices, Amber empowers clients to uncover unconscious factors that influence their health and to release patterns shaped by unresolved stress and trauma.  Together they explore:   💫 How trauma and stress lodge in the body — and how techniques like NET help release them   💫 Why subconscious healing is essential for long-term behavior and belief change   💫 What it means to connect the whole picture beyond symptoms   💫 Amber’s powerful personal journey through misdiagnosis, chronic fatigue, and finding answers outside traditional medicine   💫 How holistic modalities like AK, TCM, QN, and energy medicine shaped her path   💫 The importance of treating the mind, body, emotions, and spirit as one integrated system  Amber also shares how her own healing led to the creation of Bowers Counseling and Wellness, and why she now helps clients reclaim trust in their own bodies and healing paths.  This episode is an invitation to slow down, listen inward, and discover what your body has been trying to tell you — and how whole-person healing can become the catalyst for profound transformation.    🌿 About Amber Bowers  Amber Bowers (she/her) is a Holistic Mental Health Counselor, Wellness Coach, and Certified Neuro Emotional Technique Practitioner serving clients worldwide. She specializes in whole-person healing that integrates the subconscious mind, nervous system regulation, somatic patterns, and the emotional roots of physical symptoms.  Her practice blends:   ✨ Neuro Emotional Technique (NET)   ✨ Contact Reflex Analysis (CRA)   ✨ Creative Emotional Wizardry (CEW)   ✨ Homeopathy   ✨ Flower essences   ✨ Essential oils   ✨ Mind-body-spirit counseling  Amber’s work is deeply informed by her own journey through chronic fatigue and medical dismissal, leading her to study holistic modalities including Applied Kinesiology, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Quantum Neurology.  She offers free connection calls to help potential clients explore whether her approach is a good fit.  🌐 Learn more at Bowers Counseling and Wellness   🕯️ Connect with The Alchemical Path  🎧 Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts    🌿 Hosted by Earth & Ember Wellness

    1h 1m

  6. 11/23/2025

    Somatic Trauma Release & Subconscious Rewiring with Brandi Rahim

    In this deeply embodied conversation, Liz sits down with Brandi Rahim, a Somatic Therapist and Intuitive Healer who specializes in helping men and women release trauma from the body and rewire the subconscious mind.  Brandi’s work bridges clinical insight with intuitive knowing, combining somatic therapy, energy healing, tarot, and mind-body-soul coaching to help clients stop repeating trauma-based patterns and reclaim their lives. Her approach is gentle, spiritual, and profoundly transformational — guiding people back to safety, connection, and self-trust.  Together, Liz and Brandi explore:  💫 What it means to heal trauma on a cellular level  💫 How subconscious rewiring helps break old patterns and beliefs  💫 The role of somatic work in restoring safety and embodiment  💫 Blending intuitive gifts with therapeutic skill in the healing process  💫 How energy healing and spiritual practices support trauma integration  💫 Brandi’s personal journey into this work, and the experiences that shaped her calling  Brandi also shares how she uses reiki, tarot, and holistic coaching to help clients align mind, body, and soul — creating lasting inner shifts that ripple into every area of life.  This episode is an invitation to slow down, breathe into the body, and discover the wisdom that’s always been there.    🌿 About Brandi Rahim  Brandi Rahim (she/her) is a Somatic Therapist and Intuitive Healer who helps men and women heal trauma at the cellular level and break free from subconscious patterns rooted in old narratives.  She offers:  ✨ Somatic mental health therapy  ✨ Reiki energy healing  ✨ Intuitive tarot readings  ✨ Mind-body-soul coaching  Brandi’s work blends science and intuition, helping clients reconnect with their bodies, release stored emotional pain, and step into a life aligned with clarity, purpose, and empowerment.  Outside of the healing space, Brandi loves yoga, karaoke, line dancing, beach days, and singing out loud — especially in cozy cafés.  Connect with Brandi Heal You Whole You | spiritual Facebook/IG: heal_you_whole_you   Connect with Earth & Ember Wellness earthandember.net info@earthandember.net

    1h 14m

  7. 11/16/2025

    Releasing the Hold: Holistic Recovery and Renewal with Victoria Gore

    In this illuminating episode, Liz sits down with Victoria Gore, the CEO of Holistic Recovery Services and a Licensed Master Addiction Counselor, whose work is transforming the way we understand addiction, recovery, and healing. Victoria specializes in helping individuals release the energetic and emotional attachments that keep them bound to patterns of addiction. Her mind-body-spirit approach to recovery emphasizes connection, compassion, and self-empowerment — guiding clients to move beyond symptoms and into sustainable wholeness. With over a decade of experience, Victoria also works with therapists in burnout, offering her Mental Fitness for Therapists in Burnout program — a powerful framework designed to help healers restore balance and continue serving from a place of vitality. Together, Liz and Victoria explore: 💫 The role of energy healing and holistic practices in recovery 💫 How to rebuild trust with your body, your emotions, and your spirit 💫 How self-awareness, intuition, and connection become the foundation of freedom 💫 The role of love in healing work Outside of her professional life, Victoria’s passion for holistic living is woven through everything she does — from her love of birth charts and human design to her bee-friendly yard and crystal-filled home that radiates intention and light. This episode is a reminder that recovery isn’t about restriction — it’s about release, reconnection, and returning home to yourself. 🌿 About Victoria GoreVictoria Gore (she/her) is the CEO of Holistic Recovery Services and a Licensed Master Addiction Counselor. She helps individuals recover from addiction through a mind-body-spirit framework that incorporates energy healing, spiritual counseling, and holistic wellness practices. In addition to her clinical and healing work, Victoria supports fellow professionals through her Mental Fitness for Therapists in Burnout program — helping clinicians and helpers reconnect with their purpose and energy. When she’s not guiding others toward recovery, Victoria loves studying birth charts and human design, tending to her bee-friendly garden, and surrounding herself with crystals and intentional energy that reflect her approach to life and healing. 🌐 Learn more at: Online Therapist in North Dakota | Holistic Recovery Services 🕯️ Connect with The Alchemical PathFollow for more conversations that bridge the worlds of psychology, energy, and soul. 🎧 Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts 🌿 Hosted by Earth & Ember Wellness

    49 min

  8. 11/09/2025

    Root Cause Healing: Integrating Mind, Body & Spirit with Emma Donovan

    In this inspiring and expansive conversation, Liz sits down with Emily “Emma” Donovan, a therapist, spiritual counselor, and functional nutritionist who’s reshaping how we understand mental health and emotional well-being. As the founder of The Holistic & Functional Psychology Institute and a practitioner at Alternative Therapy STL, Emma helps women — and the clinicians who serve them — move beyond symptom management to address the root causes of emotional, mental, and physical challenges. Her integrative approach blends functional nutrition, spirituality, and holistic psychology, weaving together science and soul to create lasting change from the inside out. Together, Liz and Emma explore: 💫 The connection between nutrition, mood, and emotional regulation 💫 How spirituality and science can coexist in modern therapy 💫 What “root cause healing” really means — and how it changes everything 💫 How therapists can begin integrating holistic and functional methods into their own work 💫 The power of mind-body-spirit alignment in creating resilience and vitality Emma also shares insights from her global travels to 34 countries, where she’s gathered wisdom about healing and the human experience from many cultures. This conversation is a deep dive into what it means to heal holistically — honoring the body’s intelligence, the mind’s potential, and the soul’s longing for wholeness. 🌿 About Emily “Emma” DonovanEmily “Emma” Donovan (she/her) is a Therapist, Spiritual Counselor, and Functional Nutritionist at Alternative Therapy STL, and the Founder of The Holistic & Functional Psychology Institute. She helps clients address the root causes of emotional and mental challenges by integrating functional nutrition, holistic psychology, and spiritual counseling. Through her institute, Emma offers therapist training programs, online courses, and international retreats, helping clinicians bridge traditional and holistic methodologies in their work. With a passion for travel and a heart for healing, Emma has visited 34 countries, continually expanding her understanding of how culture, connection, and spirit influence health and transformation. Learn more and connect with Emma: Holistic Therapy | Alternative Therapy STL | Saint Louis, Missouri Holistic Therapy Training for Mental Health Therapists | The Holistic & Functional Psychology Institute, LLC Check out The Holistic Wellness Questionnaire https://www.holisticandfunctionalpsychology.com/hwq  Emma is offering a Black Friday sale on her retreat at the end of this month. The code is BLACKFRIDAY and it's available from 11/27 to 12/2. Anyone who registers with the code will get all activities included in the purchase price, which is worth over $400. Learn more about the retreat here: https://www.holisticandfunctionalpsychology.com/retreat  Like and Follow The Holistic & Functional Psychology Institute @holistictrainingfortherapists on IG and https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578366315106 on FB

    1 hr
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The Alchemical Path is a podcast for therapists, healers, and seekers exploring the soul of transformation. Hosted by Elizabeth Mann, MSW, LICSW, Reiki Master, each episode dives into creative, unconventional, and sacred approaches to healing—blending science with spirit, intuition with practice, and story with alchemy. If you’re curious about what’s possible beyond traditional therapy, this is your invitation to walk the path of becoming.

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  • Creator
    Elizabeth Mann
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Alchemical Path