The Truth About Healing Podcast

Dana Carretta-Stein
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  • Mental Health
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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.

  1. 2d ago ·  Video

    Episode 19: You Can’t Rush Healing with Hannah Guy

    What happens when you want to heal, you're doing the work, and therapy still feels stuck? In this episode of The Truth About Healing, Dana sits down with Hannah Guy, LCSW, EMDR-certified trauma therapist, founder of Revive Therapy Services, and host of Trauma, Tea, and Tangents, for an honest conversation about what trauma healing actually looks like—and why it's usually much slower, messier, and less linear than we want it to be. Hannah shares her own experience receiving EMDR therapy, how unresolved trauma can live beneath intellectual understanding, and why protective parts sometimes make it difficult to access the emotions and memories underneath. Dana and Hannah also explore EMDR, complex trauma, attachment, nervous system regulation, and Hannah's clinical work incorporating ketamine-assisted psychotherapy with appropriately screened clients and medical providers. About Hannah Guy, LCSW Hannah Guy is an EMDR-certified trauma therapist and founder of Revive Therapy Services. She specializes in trauma recovery, attachment, eating disorders, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. She is also the host of Trauma, Tea, and Tangents, where she challenges common mental health myths and makes conversations about trauma and healing more accessible. 🌐 www.revivetherapyservices.com 📱 @revivetherapyservices Hannah also offers worksheets and resources through her website for people who want to begin building emotional capacity and preparing for deeper healing work. Important Note: This episode includes discussion of EMDR, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, psilocybin, trauma, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. These treatments are not appropriate for everyone and should only be considered with appropriately licensed medical and mental health professionals. 🎥 Prefer to Watch Instead?This episode is available in both video and audio formats. ▶️ Watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TheEMDRCoach/podcasts 🎙️ Watch or Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5EQZnLILHmRZUIwoJr3JKE Subscribe, follow, and turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode of The Truth About Healing. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health Counseling📍 In-Person: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 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 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 19: You Can’t Rush Healing with Hannah Guy

  2. 4d ago ·  Bonus Video

    💣 Truth Bomb: Control Is Fear in Disguise

    Control can feel powerful. It can feel productive. Responsible. Prepared. But sometimes? Control is just fear wearing a better outfit. When your nervous system feels threatened, uncertain, or unsafe, it makes sense that you want to tighten your grip. You try to control the outcome. The conversation. The other person. The plan. What happens next. Because somewhere underneath all that control may be something much more vulnerable: Fear of losing something. Fear of not having enough. Fear of being rejected. Fear of getting hurt. Fear of not knowing what's going to happen. And the more activated your nervous system becomes, the tighter you may hold on. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingIf anxiety, hypervigilance, trauma, or old patterns have you constantly trying to anticipate and control what happens next, therapy can help you understand what's happening underneath that need for control. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 🌐 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 Truth Bomb? ⭐ Follow The Truth About Healing for more conversations about trauma, nervous systems, relationships, and the patterns we repeat until we repair them. ⭐ Share this with the friend who already has Plan A, Plan B, Plan C—and an emergency spreadsheet in case Plans A through C go to shit. 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: Control Is Fear in Disguise

  3. Sep 30 ·  Video

    Episode 18: Your Body Isn’t Broken with Jennifer Rozon

    What happens when you're doing everything “right”—working out, eating less, pushing harder—and your body suddenly stops cooperating? You eat less. You exercise more. You add supplements. You Google your symptoms. You blame your hormones. And eventually, you start wondering: What the hell is wrong with me? In this episode of The Truth About Healing, Dana sits down with Jennifer Rozon, midlife metabolic health coach and founder of Revibe Coaching, for a candid conversation about perimenopause, metabolism, nutrition, stress, under-fueling, and why so many women have spent years fighting a body that's actually trying to communicate with them. Jennifer shares her own experience entering perimenopause and realizing that the strategies that had worked for years suddenly weren't working anymore. But instead of pushing harder, she got curious. She started tracking her food, energy, sleep, digestion, symptoms, stress, and daily patterns—and began connecting the dots between how she was fueling her body and how she actually felt. Because symptoms aren't always something to silence. Sometimes they're information. 🌐 Learn More or Work With Jennifer: www.revibecoaching.com 📱 Instagram: @Revibeforwomen. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingSometimes what looks like “pushing through” is actually a nervous system that's been stuck in survival mode for far too long. If you're ready to understand your patterns, regulate your nervous system, and stop white-knuckling your way through life, our team is here to help. 📍 In-Person Therapy: Scarsdale, NY 💻 Virtual Therapy: NY, NJ, CT, FL & CO 🌐 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, nervous systems, relationships, physical health, and the patterns that shape how we experience our lives. ⭐ Share this episode with the woman who's eating less, working out more, doing everything “right,” and still wondering why she feels like shit. ⭐ Tag Dana (@the_emdr_coach) on Instagram and share your biggest takeaway. Because sometimes the answer isn't to push harder. Sometimes it's to stop fighting your body long enough to listen to it. 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 18: Your Body Isn’t Broken with Jennifer Rozon

  4. Sep 28 ·  Bonus Video

    💣 Truth Bomb: Your Kids Need Safety

    Your children don't need you to be a perfect parent. They need to feel safe with you. And sometimes, especially during conflict, separation, divorce, or co-parenting struggles, adults can become so focused on proving who's right that they lose sight of the person caught in the middle: The child. Kids aren't keeping score. They're not deciding who won the argument. They're paying attention to something much more fundamental: Am I safe here? Can I trust the adults around me? Can I have feelings without worrying about how my parent will react? Can I love both of my parents without feeling guilty about it? In this Truth Bomb, Dana explains why one of the greatest gifts we can give our children isn't perfection. It's nervous-system safety. Work With Peaceful Living Mental Health CounselingParenting can activate our own attachment wounds, trauma responses, and nervous-system patterns—especially during periods of conflict or major family transitions. If you're ready to understand your patterns and create more emotional safety for yourself and your family, 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 trauma, nervous systems, relationships, parenting, and breaking the patterns we don't want to pass down. ⭐ Share this Truth Bomb with a parent who needs the reminder that their child doesn't need perfection—they need safety, connection, and adults willing to do their own work. ⭐ 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 Kids Need Safety

  5. Sep 23 ·  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

  6. Sep 21 ·  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

  7. 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

  8. 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
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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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  • Creator
    Dana Carretta-Stein
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Truth About Healing Podcast
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