The Alchemical Path

Elizabeth Mann
  • 5.0 (3)
  • 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. JAN 25

    Redefining Success: Spiritual Awakening and Manifestation with Brandy Walker

    In this episode, Elizabeth Mann hosts therapist and spiritual coach Brandi Walker, who specializes in aiding sensitive individuals to move from mere survival to a thriving state. With a practice that fuses energy work, art therapy, and spiritual guidance, Brandi shares her unique approach to therapy. Her personal journey, marked by a nonlinear path from early motherhood to expanding a successful group practice, exemplifies perseverance and growth. Listeners are introduced to the concepts of sensitivity as a superpower, and the transformative power of deep, intuitive therapy as a vehicle for unlocking one's spiritual potential. Brandy Walker (she/her) is a therapist, Reiki practitioner, and spiritual coach who helps highly sensitive, spiritually inclined humans heal their nervous systems, reconnect with their gifts, and shift from surviving to thriving. Her work blends: ✨ Therapy & art therapy ✨ Energy healing & Reiki ✨ Sound healing ✨ Manifestation & spiritual coaching She currently has openings for therapy and art therapy (DC, MD, VA), as well as coaching and spiritual services. 🌐 Website: https://www.luccacounseling.com 📧 Free consults: admin@luccacounseling.com

    1h 4m

  2. JAN 18

    Unveiling the Magic of Yoga Therapy with Kanjana Hartshorne

    In this episode of The Alchemical Path, host Elizabeth Mann welcomes Kanjana Hartshorn, a certified yoga therapist and Reiki master, who shares her journey from traditional cognitive therapy to a more embodied healing approach. Kanjana discusses the integration of yoga therapy with traditional therapy, emphasizing the importance of addressing both cognitive and somatic aspects of healing. The conversation explores the difference between yoga teachers and yoga therapists, highlighting the extensive training involved in becoming a yoga therapist and the specialized practices that cater to specific mental and physical health needs. Kanjana Hartshorne, LCSW, C-IAYT, Reiki Master, CCFP (she/her) is the founder of Healing Hearts Wellness, a holistic therapy practice blending traditional mental health counseling with somatic and yoga therapy, reiki, expressive arts, ecotherapy, dance movement therapy, therapeutic writing, and spiritual practices. Her work is heart-led, trauma-informed, body-based, and deeply relational — designed to help people in all bodies reconnect with themselves, rediscover compassion, and heal across multiple dimensions. 🌿 Opportunities to work with Kanjana: • Wanderhome — retreats, experiential CE trainings, and community for therapists and healthcare/wellness professionals (website launching mid-January): wanderhomeretreats.com • Kanjana’s self-study courses for professionals (currently hosted on Healing Hearts Wellness and migrating to Wanderhome mid-January): https://healingheartswellness.com/professionals/ • The Body Compassion Project Retreat happening May 2026: https://healingheartswellness.com/the-body-compassion-project-2026-retreat/ • A somatic therapy summit this May in Palm Springs where Kanjana will be speaking: https://uun6szabdeo.krtra.com/t/hSX2HEicB69c Learn more at: Healing Hearts Wellness | Holistic Therapy Exton, PA | Contact Us

    1h 1m

  3. JAN 11

    Merging Shadow and Soul with Stephanie Brumfield

    In this episode of The Alchemical Path, host Elizabeth Mann interviews Stephanie Brumfield, a spiritual depth psychotherapist and therapeutic astrologer. Stephanie delves into her journey of integrating clinical work with spiritual practices, providing a safe space for clients navigating profound life transformations. By merging shadow and soul, she helps individuals embrace their true selves and heal ancestral wounds. Through depth psychology, archetypal astrology, and energy alchemy, Stephanie's work touches on authenticity and individuation, inspiring her clients to stop masking and come home to themselves. Stephanie Brumfield, LCSW (she/her) is a Spiritual Depth Psychotherapist, Therapeutic Astrologer, and Energy Alchemist. She specializes in working with cycle breakers, highly sensitive people, neurodivergent individuals, spiritual seekers, healers, mothers navigating matrescence, and those healing complex trauma, lineage wounds, and shadow material. Her work blends: ✨ Depth & Jungian psychology ✨ Intergenerational trauma healing ✨ Therapeutic astrology ✨ Somatic & energy psychology ✨ Shadow work ✨ Shamanic parts work ✨ Psychospiritual integration Stephanie offers psychotherapy for adults in California and astrology/spiritual consultations worldwide. 🌐 Learn more at: https://www.fourthhousetherapy.com/

    1h 5m

  4. JAN 4

    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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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
See All (18)

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

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.

Information

  • Creator
    Elizabeth Mann
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Alchemical Path