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The Truth About Healing Podcast
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.
Episodes
17 episodes
💣 Truth Bomb: You Don't Need a Better Routine
Do you keep telling yourself, "If I could just find the perfect morning routine, planner, or schedule, I'd finally stop feeling burned out?"That's a myth.In this Truth Bomb, Dana explains why burnout isn't a planning prob...
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💣 Truth Bomb: Burn-out is not a Time-Management Problem
Think burnout means you need a better planner, a more organized calendar, or stronger productivity habits?Think again.In this Truth Bomb, Dana busts one of the biggest myths about burnout: it's not a time management issue, it's a ...
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Episode 7: The Truth About Burnout, Play & Why Adults Forgot How to Have Fun
Can a tiny hamster teach us something about healing?Maybe.In this lighthearted but deeply meaningful episode of The Truth About Healing, Dana and Claudio are joined by a surprise guest - Hammy, Dana's son's pet hamster whic...
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Episode 6: Leadership, Resilience & the Power of Self-Reflection with Dan Singer (Part 2)
In Part 2 of Dana's conversation with EOS Implementer, leadership coach, Marine Corps instructor, and friend Dan Singer, the discussion moves beyond business and into something even deeper:How adversity shapes us.Through ho...
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Episode 5: The Truth About Leadership, Accountability & Difficult Conversations with Dan Singer
In this episode of The Truth About Healing, Dana sits down with business coach, EOS Implementer, Marine Corps leader, and longtime friend Dan Singer for a powerful conversation about leadership, communication, accountability, and ...
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💣 Truth Bomb: Clarity Doesn't Come Before Action
If you've ever told yourself, "I just need to figure this out before I act," this episode is for you.In this Truth Bomb, Dana breaks down one of the biggest myths that keeps people stuck: the belief that clarity comes first....
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💣 Truth Bomb: Overthinking Doesn't Create Clarity
In this Truth Bomb, Dana explains why overthinking isn't actually helping you solve the problem, it's helping your nervous system avoid uncertainty.The more your brain chases certainty, the more mental noise it creates. Before long, you'...
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Episode 4: Overthinking Isn’t the Problem, Your Nervous System Is.
Do you constantly replay conversations, analyze every possible outcome, or feel trapped in an endless loop of "what if" thinking?In this episode of The Truth About Healing, Dana Carretta-Stein and Claudio unpack the real reason ov...
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💣Truth Bomb: Stop Winging Your EMDR Treatment Plans
EMDR isn't just about learning the protocol, it's about knowing where you're going and why.In this Truth Bomb, Dana challenges EMDR therapists to take an honest look at their treatment planning process. Could another therapist seamlessly...
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💣 Truth Bomb: Stop Explaining Yourself
Why do you keep explaining yourself?Why do you feel the need to overexplain, justify your decisions, or soften your needs before you say them out loud?Here's the truth: that's not communication.That's self-protection.
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Episode 3: A Therapist's Journey From Panic Attacks to Healing (ft. Frank Sarrapochiello)
Most people hear about EMDR and think it's just moving your eyes back and forth.It's not.In this deeply honest conversation, Dana sits down with Peaceful Living therapist Frank Voce, who brings a rare perspective: he's experienced...
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💣 Truth Bomb: They Didn't Trigger You
Let me say something that might annoy a few people:Nobody "triggered" you.You got triggered by something.That may sound like semantics, but it's actually one of the most important shifts you can make in your healing journey...
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💣Truth Bomb: You're Not Broken. You're Adapted.
What if there's nothing wrong with you?Most people spend years criticizing themselves for anxiety, overthinking, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, or feeling constantly on edge. But what if those behaviors aren't signs that you're bro...
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Episode 2: Anxiety, Burnout, and the Cost of Carrying It Alone
What if anxiety isn't the problem, it's your nervous system trying to get your attention?In this personal episode, Dana shares the story of her father's lifelong struggle with anxiety, how unresolved grief can impact both mental and phys...
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Episode 1: Why Am I Like This? (And Why It Actually Makes Sense)
Welcome to The Truth About Healing.If you've ever found yourself asking:Why am I like this?Why do I keep repeating the same relationship patterns?Why do I understand something logically but still react ...
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