The Awakened Therapist

S4E12: The Soul Work of Therapy | Harmony Kwiker

In this episode, Harmony speaks to the deeper orientation that shapes transpersonal counseling. This is an exploration of the therapeutic field, the way suffering is met, the way presence is held, and the conditions that allow healing to emerge as clients return to themselves. She shares the foundations of this approach, including co-regulation, awake awareness, […]

S4E11: Therapy Session #6 | Discovering the Intelligence of Rumination

In this episode, Harmony shares the final session with the demo volunteer followed throughout this season. A pattern comes forward that has been organizing the client’s experience: rumination. He describes the way his mind returns to past moments where he felt wronged, replaying interactions, building a case, and feeling anger toward others. As the session […]

S4E10: How to Heal Your Attachment System | Harmony Kwiker and Christopher Arnold

In this very personal episode, Harmony Kwiker is joined by her husband, Christopher Arnold, for a conversation that weaves lived experience with the core principles of attachment theory and relational healing. While the conversation is grounded in their relationship, the focus is on how attachment patterns organize in real time and what actually supports transformation […]

S4E9: Therapy Session #5 | Working at the Threshold of Becoming

In this episode, I’m sharing another session with the same client we’ve been following this season. He is at a threshold, stepping into a new career as a bodyworker. And as we begin, we start tracking the way he avoids turning toward what’s ahead. As we stay with that, it becomes clear that the avoidance […]

S4E8: Restoring Humanity in Prisons with Authentic Relating | Laurie Lazar

In this episode, I’m joined by Laurie Lazar, founder of the Realness Project, a nonprofit bringing authentic relating practices into prisons. Laurie shares what she discovered when she stepped inside these systems—places where therapy is nearly nonexistent, and where people are often left alone with their pain, their stories, and the patterns that have helped […]