Echoes & Edges

Patria Rector
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Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast is a storytelling and healing podcast hosted by Patria Rector — coach, mentor, and founder of The Broken and Beautiful. Through trauma-informed storywork, the Enneagram, and real-life relationship insights, Patria explores what it means to grow, grieve, and live with authenticity. Listeners will hear personal narratives, practical tools for emotional health, and gentle practices for self-awareness. Each episode invites you to discover beauty in the middle of life’s messiness — and to embrace your story with kindness. Perfect for anyone interested in emotional healing, self-discovery, relationships, or the Enneagram, Echoes and Edges is your companion for the journey toward hope and wholeness. You are not too much. You are not too late. You’re right on time — and you’re welcome here.

  1. 3D AGO

    Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 4 - From Shame to Wholeness w/ Daniel Herron

    In this final conversation, Daniel and Patria move beyond awareness into integration. They explore what it actually looks like to live from a grounded sense of identity rather than from shame, performance, or fragmentation. Together, they discuss compassion, curiosity, safety, regulation, and the healing power of being truly seen. Daniel reflects on how survival mechanisms often develop alongside our deepest gifts, and how healing untangles those gifts from fear, shame, and self-protection. This episode is ultimately about wholeness — not becoming someone new, but returning to who you were before shame convinced you to hide. If you’ve spent years trying to earn your worth, this conversation offers another path: grounded identity, authentic connection, and the freedom to fully inhabit your own life.  In This Episode What grounded identity actually meansWhy compassion and curiosity are transformativeThe role of safety in healingAuthenticity versus performanceHow gifts emerge through healingMoving from fragmentation toward wholenessConnect With Daniel:  https://www.musathewild.com/ Resources & Announcements: Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    28 min

  2. MAY 14

    Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 3 - Reclaiming What Shame Buried w/ Daniel Herron

    Many people grow up believing their emotions, sensitivity, curiosity, or instincts are “too much.” In this episode, Daniel and Patria explore what it looks like to reclaim the very parts of ourselves that shame taught us to bury. Daniel shares the powerful shift from seeing himself as destructive to understanding himself as dangerous — not harmful, but no longer easily controlled by systems built on fear and conformity. Together, they unpack attachment, authenticity, emotional regulation, and why systems often react strongly to people who threaten the status quo simply by being fully themselves. This conversation offers a hopeful reframe for listeners who’ve spent years trying to shrink themselves to stay connected: maybe the traits you learned to fear are actually connected to your deepest gifts. In This Episode The difference between “wild” and “destructive”Attachment vs. authenticityEmotional regulation and dysregulationWhy systems label people as “too much”Reclaiming instinct, emotion, and intuitionThe connection between shame and controlConnect With Daniel:  https://www.musathewild.com/ Resources & Announcements Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    34 min

  3. MAY 7

    Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 2 - The Stories That Keep Shame Alive w/ Daniel Herron (Re-Release)

    Shame rarely survives alone. In this episode, Daniel and Patria explore the narratives, secrecy, and systems that protect shame from ever being questioned. They unpack how family stories, cultural expectations, and relational patterns reinforce identities that were formed long ago — often without our awareness. Daniel shares the painful realization that decades later, his “wild child” narrative was still being passed down through his extended family. Together, they discuss how narratives become embedded in systems, how secrecy develops as a survival strategy, and why so many people organize their lives around avoiding exposure, rejection, or disconnection. This conversation also begins turning toward healing: what happens when compassion, curiosity, and safe relationships begin disrupting the old story? What if the narrative you inherited was never the full truth about who you are? In This Episode How shame narratives become generationalSecrecy as a survival strategyWhy systems resist changeThe relationship between shame and belongingIdentity fragmentation and moral injuryThe first steps toward challenging old narrativesConnect With Daniel:  https://www.musathewild.com/ Resources & Announcements Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    30 min

  4. MAY 7

    Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 1 - When Shame Becomes Identity w/ Daniel Herron (Re-Release)

    In this opening conversation, Daniel Herron and Patria explore the hidden narratives that shape how we see ourselves, others, and even God. Together, they unpack the difference between guilt and shame, why shame attaches itself to identity, and how survival strategies formed in childhood can quietly follow us into adulthood. Daniel shares personal stories of growing up labeled as “wild,” while Patria reflects on the loss of identity that can happen inside systems that reward compliance over authenticity. This episode traces the roots of shame, emotional suppression, religious conditioning, and belonging, while offering a compassionate lens for understanding why so many people feel disconnected from themselves. If you’ve ever felt like something was fundamentally wrong with you, this conversation invites a gentler possibility: maybe your survival strategies were never the problem.In This Episode The difference between guilt and shameWhy shame becomes attached to identityChildhood survival strategies and emotional suppressionThe impact of religious and family systemsWhat happens when authenticity threatens belongingWhy shame often functions as protectionConnect With Daniel:  https://www.musathewild.com/ Resources & Announcements Coming Home to Yourself — June Virtual Workshop Patria is hosting a live virtual workshop, Coming Home to Yourself: A Journey Into Secure Belonging, on June 13, 2026. This experience is designed to help participants explore survival patterns, grounded identity, and secure connection with themselves and others. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coming-home-to-yourself-a-journey-into-secure-belonging-registration-1986430449949 To learn more about Courageous Pathways and the work being done to support healing, growth, and transformation through nonprofit care and community support: https://www.thebrokenandbeautiful.com/courageous-pathways If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    1h 2m

  5. MAR 27

    When Your Nervous System Is Running Your Relationships with Laurie Proctor

    Why do the same patterns keep showing up in your relationships—no matter how self-aware you are? In this episode, we unpack how dysregulation quietly shapes the way we connect, react, withdraw, and pursue. What looks like “overreacting,” shutting down, or conflict spirals is often your nervous system trying to protect you—not sabotage you. We talk about:How emotional triggers are formed (and why they feel so fast and overwhelming)The difference between reaction and responseWhy awareness alone doesn’t break the cycleWhat it actually takes to interrupt patterns in real timeHow regulation changes the way we experience love, conflict, and connectionThis conversation isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about understanding what’s been running underneath—and learning how to work with it instead of against it. About the Guest: Laurie Proctor is a professionally certified coach, Internal Family Systems practitioner, Human Design coach, and certified Enneagram instructor who partners with individuals, teams, and organizations seeking healing and transformation. She is the founder of SOWThat (Self Others World), where her work centers on the belief that healing begins within and ripples outward to others and the world. Laurie holds multiple certificates in narrative-focused trauma care from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and is passionate about helping people discover the treasures within that can change their lives—and the world. Learn more about her work at sowthat.com.  If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    38 min

  6. MAR 19

    The Healing Power of Creativity: Reclaiming Imagination After Trauma with Sher Nyquist

    What if healing didn’t have to be forced… or figured out… or even put into words? In this episode of Echoes and Edges, Patria sits down with trauma-informed coach and Processing Trauma Out Loud host, Sher Nyquist, to explore how creativity—yes, even the simplest forms—can gently unlock healing. This conversation reframes art, imagination, and play as powerful tools for processing trauma, regulating the nervous system, and reconnecting with parts of ourselves that may have been silenced by shame, judgment, or survival. No artistic skill required—just curiosity. What You’ll Hear in This Episode Why healing isn’t something you “fix”—it’s something you approach slowlyHow creativity helps access what words can’t reachThe surprising link between trauma responses and creativityWhy you don’t have to be “an artist” to benefit from creative expressionHow simple practices (like stick figures or color swirling) can unlock deeper memory and emotionThe role of the nervous system—and how art can help regulate itHow shame shuts down creativity (and how to gently move toward it instead)Why imagination is one of the most accessible and powerful healing tools we haveThe concept of “lavish tenderness” and why simplicity matters in healingKey Takeaways Creativity is not about performance—it’s about expressionTrauma often compresses our sense of self; creativity helps expand itHealing happens in slowness, safety, and small, consistent momentsImagination is free, always available, and neurologically impactfulYou can “turn toward” difficult emotions instead of pushing them awayPlay, wonder, and curiosity are not extras—they are essential to healingA Gentle Practice Take a moment and notice: What stayed with you from this conversation?If that feeling had a color, what would it be?Where do you sense it in your body?No need to analyze. No need to fix. Just notice. About Our Guest Sher Nyquist Sher Nyquist is a trauma-informed story coach who integrates Narrative-Focused Trauma Care, somatic awareness, and simple creative practices to help people reconnect with their stories and themselves. She specializes in creating safe, compassionate spaces where healing unfolds through curiosity, imagination, and gentle exploration.  🎙 Host of: Processing Trauma Out Loud One-on-one story coachingIntegration of creative practices + somatic awarenessEFT tapping (for those interested)📧 Email: shernyquist@gmail.com If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    59 min

  7. MAR 12

    When Dysregulation Shapes the Way We Love with Laurie Proctor

    In this episode, host Patria Rector continues the conversation with coach, Internal Family Systems practitioner, and Enneagram instructor Laurie Proctor about the powerful role our nervous systems and internal parts play in shaping relationships. When we become dysregulated, connection often gives way to survival. Fight, flight, freeze, and collapse are responses that helped us endure difficult moments in our stories—but they were never designed to sustain healthy relationships. Patria and Laurie explore how unintegrated parts within us can create rupture in our relationships and how learning to regulate before responding allows love, empathy, and curiosity to lead instead of fear. Through personal stories, Enneagram insights, and reflections from Internal Family Systems work, they discuss how different people experience dysregulation in different ways—from outward reactivity to internal collapse—and how awareness can open the door to greater compassion for ourselves and others. The episode also widens the lens beyond individual relationships, exploring how the same patterns of survival and dysregulation can shape communities and even the cultural moment we find ourselves living in. In this episode, we explore:How dysregulation leads to rupture in relationshipsThe difference between survival responses and relational connectionWhy regulation matters before responding in moments of conflictHow Enneagram patterns influence our stress responsesInternal Family Systems and responding from “Self” rather than reactive partsThe role of empathy in restoring connectionHow personal dysregulation can mirror collective tension in the world around usReflection: What happens in your body when you feel threatened, misunderstood, or angry? Do you move toward conflict, withdraw from it, or collapse inward? Learning to notice these responses is often the first step toward responding from a more grounded and compassionate place. About the Guest: Laurie Proctor is a professionally certified coach, Internal Family Systems practitioner, Human Design coach, and certified Enneagram instructor who partners with individuals, teams, and organizations seeking healing and transformation. She is the founder of SOWThat (Self Others World), where her work centers on the belief that healing begins within and ripples outward to others and the world. Laurie holds multiple certificates in narrative-focused trauma care from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and is passionate about helping people discover the treasures within that can change their lives—and the world. Learn more about her work at sowthat.com.  If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    24 min

  8. MAR 5

    How Inner Work Changes the Way We Love with Laurie Proctor

    In this episode, host Patria Rector welcomes coach, Internal Family Systems practitioner, and Enneagram instructor Laurie Proctor for a thoughtful conversation about how inner work reshapes the way we love. Love is often spoken about as a feeling or an ideal, but in real life it is shaped by the stories we carry, the wounds we’ve experienced, and the patterns we developed to survive them. When those patterns remain unexamined, love can easily become reactive—expressed through control, withdrawal, defensiveness, or over-functioning. Drawing from Internal Family Systems, the Enneagram, and their own lived experiences, Patria and Laurie explore the idea that true transformation begins within. As we become more aware of the different “parts” of ourselves and the survival strategies they carry, we can begin to move toward what IFS calls Self-energy—a grounded, compassionate presence that allows us to respond with curiosity rather than fear. Instead of trying to fix or eliminate the parts of ourselves shaped by pain, the invitation is to meet them with understanding and integration. As this inner work unfolds, our relationships begin to change as well. Love becomes less about reaction and more about presence, empathy, and connection.  In this episode, we explore How our personal stories shape the way we loveThe difference between reacting from wounded parts and responding from Self-energyInternal Family Systems and the language of “parts”How trauma and survival strategies influence relationshipsWhy integration—not perfection—is the path toward deeper connectionThe role of compassion and curiosity in personal healing About the Guest Laurie Proctor is a professionally certified coach, Internal Family Systems practitioner, Human Design coach, and certified Enneagram instructor who partners with individuals, teams, and organizations seeking healing and transformation. She is the founder of SOWThat (Self Others World), where her work centers on the belief that healing begins within and ripples outward to others and the world. Laurie holds multiple certificates in narrative-focused trauma care from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and is passionate about helping people discover the treasures within that can change their lives—and the world. Learn more about her work at sowthat.com.  If this episode resonates with you, follow or subscribe to Echoes and Edges on your favorite podcast platform, leave a five-star review, and share with a friend who might need a gentle invitation to self-understanding. Connect With Patria Facebook Instagram The Broken & Beautiful Website Credits: Echoes and Edges is Produced and Edited by: Stephen R. Sanders Music Promoted by Envato Echoes and Edges is a part of VividLivid Podcast Network - Where bruises speak and healing finds its voice.

    31 min
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Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast is a storytelling and healing podcast hosted by Patria Rector — coach, mentor, and founder of The Broken and Beautiful. Through trauma-informed storywork, the Enneagram, and real-life relationship insights, Patria explores what it means to grow, grieve, and live with authenticity. Listeners will hear personal narratives, practical tools for emotional health, and gentle practices for self-awareness. Each episode invites you to discover beauty in the middle of life’s messiness — and to embrace your story with kindness. Perfect for anyone interested in emotional healing, self-discovery, relationships, or the Enneagram, Echoes and Edges is your companion for the journey toward hope and wholeness. You are not too much. You are not too late. You’re right on time — and you’re welcome here.

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  • Creator
    Patria Rector
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Patria Rector/Stephen R Sanders
  • Show Website
    Echoes & Edges

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