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Trauma Meets Recovery Podcast
Dr. McNear, Licensed Psychotherapist, sits down with best-selling authors, courageous survivors, and leading global experts to dismantle the stigma of trauma and offer actionable insights for healing. Whether you are a survivor finding your words, a clinician seeking deeper perspectives, or a supporter of someone in pain, join us for honest conversations that prove beauty can be found in the broken places.
Episodes
- Trauma Meets Recovery Podcast
From Overwhelmed to Regulated: Befriending Your Nervous System with Dr. Kaitlin Harkess
What would it look like to befriend your nervous system—to meet your responses with curiosity and discover what helps you feel more grounded? In this episode…
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J.S. Park on Trauma, Identity & Finding Your Way Back to Yourself
In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Mark McNear sits down with J.S. Park, MDiv, BCC — hospital chaplain, author, and grief & trauma educator — for a…
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New Conversations, Renewed Hope: Welcome to Season 2
A new season. New voices. More opportunities for connection, understanding, and hope. As Trauma Meets Recovery begins its second season, Joe Schweighardt, LPC…
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How to Feel Safer Within Yourself: Healing Is Possible | Dr. Alison Cook
How can we become a safer, more compassionate presence for ourselves—especially when old wounds, shame, or protective patterns still shape how we respond? In…
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Connect Instead of Correct: Healing Shame and Finding Joy | Andy Carlson
What if healing is not another demand to correct yourself - but an invitation to connect with yourself differently? In this episode of Trauma Meets Recovery…
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Finding Joy: Learning to Play After Trauma | Sam Jolman, LPC
Can learning to play again become part of healing? Many people think of trauma recovery as processing painful memories—but what if healing also includes…
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Your Body Is Not Broken: How Healing Begins After Trauma | Dr. Aimie Apigian
Why can the body continue to feel unsafe—even after the danger has passed? In this episode of Trauma Meets Recovery, Dr. Mark McNear speaks with Dr. Aimie…
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Reclaiming Life After Childhood Abduction | Tim Smith’s Story
In this episode of Trauma Meets Recovery, Tim Smith shares his story of surviving childhood abduction and reclaiming his life after trauma. Tim’s story is not…
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Radical Healing & Returning to Your True Self | Scott Moore
Trauma doesn't just affect what happens around us—it can separate us from who we truly are. In this episode, Scott Moore shares how trauma creates internal…
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Why Childhood Trauma Keeps Showing Up in Your Relationships | Dr. Tian Dayton
Why do the same relationship patterns keep showing up in our lives? Why do we struggle with people-pleasing, over-functioning, emotional reactivity, difficulty…
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Trauma Tried to Steal My Life | Hal Hughes
After multiple traumatic brain injuries, PTSD, addiction, depression, and suicidal thoughts, Hal Hughes wasn't sure he would survive. In this powerful episode…
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Trauma Expert Dr. Peter Levine | Why Trauma Gets STUCK in the Body
In this exciting episode of Trauma Meets Recovery, Dr. Mark McNear sits down with world-renowned trauma pioneer Dr. Peter Levine — creator of Somatic…
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Mike Cuevas | D.I.D Isn’t What You Think… Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder & Trauma
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) really like? In this episode of Trauma Meets Recovery, Dr. Mark McNear sits down with Mike Cuevas—author…
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Deb Dana, LCSW | How to Shift From Survival to Thriving: Polyvagal Theory & Your Nervous System
What if the key to healing trauma isn’t just in your thoughts—but in your nervous system? In this powerful episode of the Trauma Meets Recovery podcast, Dr…
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The Hidden Side of Healing After Loss | Episode 4 with Deborah Antinori, LPC
Grief healing and trauma healing are possible—and Brainspotting may be the missing piece... In this powerful episode, we sit down with Deborah Antinori…
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Trauma and Mindfulness with Dr. Christopher Willard
In this powerful episode of Trauma Meets Recovery, Dr. Mark sits down with Dr. Christopher Willard—author, Harvard Medical School professor, and global leader…
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CPTSD, Codependency & Shame | Trauma Meets Recovery Ep. 2 with @TimFletcher
If you constantly feel responsible for others, struggle to set boundaries, or carry deep shame you can’t explain — complex trauma may be at the root. In…
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When Trauma Meets Recovery ~ Healing Begins
Trauma is inevitable — but healing is possible. In this premiere episode of The Trauma Meets Recovery Podcast, Dr. Mark McNear and Joe Schweighardt, LPC…
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Every recovery story begins somewhere ~ Full Episode launches February 24th!
Every recovery story begins somewhere. This is where ours begins. In the very first episode of The Trauma Meets Recovery Podcast, Dr. Mark McNear shares the…