
Building a Healing EMDR Community with Kathy Couch & Tamera Brown
In this conversation with Kathy Couch and Tamera Brown, we explore what it really means to move from competition to collaboration in the healing professions. Too often, therapists feel pressured to co...
1 Sep 202546min

Soulfulness of IFS informed EMDR with Stacy Ruse
In this episode, I sit down with Stacy Ruse, LPC, a visionary therapist and consultant who beautifully integrates EMDR with Internal Family Systems (IFS), weaving in somatic and spiritual practices. S...
23 Aug 202557min

Authenticity Invites Connection
In this heartful and energizing conversation, we sit down with the incredible Natalie Deering—therapist, podcast host, IFS practitioner, and authenticity advocate—to explore the beautiful intersection...
3 Aug 20251h 7min

Awaken the Spirit of a Relationship: EMDR with Couples
In this episode of Empowered through Compassion, we dive into the heart of relational healing with Maureen Bethea and Christina Frank—two dynamic Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists who specialize...
27 Jul 202548min

The Medicine of Empathy to Mend Our Trauma Injury
What if healing doesn’t come from expertise, but from empathy? In this transformative conversation, David Polidi sits down with internationally renowned Motivational Interviewing trainer Stephen Andre...
19 Jul 202544min

Trauma, Colonization, and Collective Healing: A Revolution in Mental Health
🎙️ New Episode: Healing Trauma, Dismantling Whiteness, and Building Community with David Archer Welcome back to Empowered Through Compassion. You won’t want to miss this powerful and deeply inspiring...
13 Jul 202559min

Awaken to Love, True and Presence
This heart-warming episode begins with Laura sharing a tender story about baking bread—and from there, we journey into the rich, soulful themes of her new book. We explore Internal Family Systems (IFS...
27 Jun 202558min

Sketching Our Selves: On Doodling, the Inner World, and The White Lotus, as a Trauma Metaphore
What if Mike White’s The White Lotus is more than just a dark comedy television series? What if we look at it as a striking exploration of the human psyche? In a recent episode of the Empowered Throug...
13 Jun 20251h 8min




















