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Laura Giles ~ Everything Is Alive: What Animism Taught Me About Healing

Season 8 Episode 330

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Discover how to reconnect with your natural, joyful essence through animism, trauma healing, and living in sacred connection with all life.


#Animism #TraumaHealing #SoulConnection


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About my guest Laura Giles:

Laura Giles, LCSW, has spent over twenty years helping trauma survivors live unfettered, authentic lives. With experience in a maximum-security prison, psychiatric hospital, courts, and private practice, she has guided even the most "hard-to-help" individuals toward healing—quickly and naturally.


Raised by an animist mother, she brings a grounded, spiritual perspective to her work, making deep transformation both practical and accessible. If you're ready to live well and die well, Laura Giles is your girl!



What we discussed:

00:00 Welcome and guest introduction

01:12 Listening to the rhythm of the soul

03:22 Early childhood memories of natural joy

05:15 Being raised by an animist mother

07:40 Freedom to explore without hovering parents

10:15 Protection through ancestral connection and trust

13:30 What animism is and means

16:45 Preserving sacred traditions through isolation

19:50 Modern disconnection versus natural living

22:30 Trauma therapy and the wound well

25:10 Coaching approach to healing work

27:50 Creating safe containers for transformation

30:05 Mindfulness practice in daily moments

33:20 Everything is alive and conscious



#MindfulLiving #SpiritualWellness #NatureWisdom


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Where to find Laura Giles:

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