Best Sean Hershey Podcasts (2025)

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Bonus | How's Your Daily Practice? 26:08

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Don't forget your daily practice :) Healing pain is a journey. Often, it’s a journey with many steps. What steps are you taking? Here are some excellent ideas – tried and true suggestions – for you. – Find Sean: Visit my website to: Request a consultation for individual therapy Click here to: Ask a question on the podcast – …and you’re listening to…

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S3 E6 | How To Handle Shame (Pt 2) with Ellen Ronka, LCMHC 44:25

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Shame is an emotion, not a thought, not a belief. Shame is something to feel. The feeling of shame kicks off negative thoughts and beliefs...but what if you just treated your shame as an emotion? Then you could feel it... and let it move out. Today, Ellen Ronka teaches us how to train out of chronic shame using the same Pain Reprocessing Therapy te…

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Ep 95: Visibility as Medicine — Healing the Fear of Being Seen (with Noga Shefi on Your Healing Era) 55:25

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This week, I’m sharing something special — a replay of my conversation with Noga Shefi, host of Your Healing Era, a podcast devoted to self-discovery, growth, and transformation. In this episode, we explore how visibility itself can become a healing practice — one that helps us integrate fear, regulate the nervous system, and show up as our full se…

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S3 E5 | How To Handle Shame (Pt 1) with Ellen Ronka, LCMHC 55:36

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How to deal with shame? How to heal from chronic pain and conditions? What are the “right” things to do? What if I’m doing the “right” things the “wrong” way? Why is shame so central to chronic pain healing? Today we talk with psychotherapist Ellen Ronka, LCMHC for Part 1 of How to Handle Shame. We get into: how to feel your emotions in order to he…

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Ep 94: Visibility, Vulnerability & Community-Centered Marketing with Lindsay Pinchuk 52:21

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In this powerful episode, Anna sits down with Lindsay Pinchuk—award-winning entrepreneur, marketing consultant, and host of the top 2% podcast Dear FoundHer…—for a conversation about growing your business without compromising your values, your nervous system, or your story. Lindsay built a seven-figure business from a $500 investment, grew a thrivi…

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S3 E4 | This is the End of the Line 45:30

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It’s been a long, long road. Your symptoms have finally led you to mind-body work. We’re here now. There’s so much to this life–so many things still to learn, so many ways still to grow. But, at least when it comes to chronic pain healing, you’ve reached the end of the line. There’s no more asking “what’s wrong with me?” and “why do I feel this way…

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Ep 93: My 10-Month Unraveling into Visibility—How Clarity Emerges Through Action 17:16

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This week marks ten months since I pivoted How to Trust Yourself from its original focus on chronic pain to the deeper work that had been calling me all along: nervous-system-safe visibility. In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what that transition has really been like—the messy, nonlinear, beautifully human process of finding clarity …

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S3 E3 | Anti-Fat Bias & Pain with Massage Therapist Deb Malkin 1:06:17

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Deb Malkin is a massage therapist, a hypnotist, and a pain coach. She helps people unlock the skills of pain elimination through understanding (and embodying) the neuroscience of the mind-body connection. It’s the same exciting stuff we talk about on this podcast. Deb gets it. Deb’s also active in the world of body liberation and fat liberation. Sh…

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Ep 92 Body-First Healing with Brittany Piper: Rebuilding Self-Trust Through Somatic Practices 54:43

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Episode Summary: In this powerful conversation, Anna sits down with internationally renowned speaker, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, and author Brittany Piper to explore how we begin to rebuild self-trust after trauma—not just cognitively, but somatically. Brittany shares insights from her own healing journey as a rape survivor and from over a…

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S3 E2 | Gabor Maté, Attachment vs. Authenticity, and Chronic Pain 50:41

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Dr. Gabor Maté is a physician in Canada. He’s an expert on addiction, childhood development, and trauma. His teachings highlight the conflict between two fundamental human needs: attachment and authenticity. (And, no. He's not actually an interview guest. We're just talking about his work.) People who struggle with chronic pain are the kinds of peo…

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Ep 91 Coaching vs Therapy: How Taking Action Transforms Visibility and Growth 32:22

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Episode Description / Show Notes: I’ve been getting this question a lot lately: what’s the difference between coaching and traditional talk therapy? In this episode, I break it down using a client story (pseudonym: “Kathy”) that illustrates common patterns of hesitation, fear, and overthinking. You’ll hear how coaching is different: we don’t just t…

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S3 E1 | Rheumatoid Arthritis, Joint Pain, and Mind-Body Success with Skylar Whitman 1:03:21

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Skylar Whitman was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (also called juvenile idiopathic arthritis) in 6th grade. She was 11. Her story started young. On top of the RA, she’s struggled with migraines, musculoskeletal pain, joint pain, severe wrist pain, and much more. Given her history with these symptoms, her story of recovery is seriously…

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Ep 90: From Golden Child to Self-Led Healer with Lauren Smallcomb 1:02:22

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Bonus | My Latest Journey Through Doubt 28:22

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Doubting your ability to recover? Totally normal. You're not alone. Listen to my latest journey through doubt for a little comfort, a little normalization, and a little proof that the doubt is wrong. Mind-body medicine works for chronic pain. Period. If you're ready to take your healing deeper, become a 1-on-1 therapy client. Visit my website to re…

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Ep 89 Visibility Wounds: What They Are and How to Heal 31:40

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Bonus | Recovery from Ehlers-Danlos Pain, Food Sensitivities, and More with Grace Secker, LPC 59:52

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Grace has a truly amazing mind-body recovery story. She gets it. She’s been there. She’s recovered from so many different symptoms including Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Pain, Food Sensitivities, Mold Toxicity, Severe Headaches, and more. Her story’s inspiring. And now she can help you. She’s a therapist and leads a weekly group coaching program called t…

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Ep 88 Trusting Your Voice & Healing Chronic Pain with Sean Hershey 1:01:16

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Bonus | Join My Friends for a Live Podcast Party! 30:37

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You're invited! We're celebrating the culmination of 2 podcast seasons with a live, in-person party. I had a bunch of friends over, we had a great time, and we even recorded a brief bonus episode. Join the fun. Contact me: If you're ready to take your healing deeper, become a 1-on-1 therapy client. Visit my website to request a consultation: www.mi…

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Ep 87 Soft Scripting Your Life: How Reality TV Taught Me to Find My Voice and Purpose 25:01

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S2 E12 | Do You Deserve To Exist? 1:03:00

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I'm going to throw out a hypothesis: You Deserve To Be Your True Self. Right? Doesn't everyone? I hope so. Now, I don't know all the existential laws of the universe. But I'm learning to tune into my body, which is part of this universe. And I'm helping you learn to tune into your body, also part of this universe. Let's learn to trust our bodies. T…

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Ep 86 Brave the Page: Healing Through Trauma-Informed Writing with Megan Febuary 56:31

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S2 E11 | Recovery from Migraine (& Everything Else) with Katie Estridge, PT 1:04:37

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Katie Estridge, PT, PYT is a physical therapist, professional yoga therapist, pain coach, and meditation teacher. She shares her amazing journey from a severe regular migraine sufferer to chronic-migraine-free. And you already know what cured her: Mind-body work. Now she offers this as part of her physical therapy practice. Join the conversation as…

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Ep 85 How Sensitivity Can Fuel Your Creativity (Even When It Feels Like a Distraction) 27:54

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Bonus | A 9.5-Minute Somatic Tracking Exercise 9:24

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This is a 9.5-minute Somatic Tracking exercise. Listen now, and save it for later. Allow yourself to fully experience this one. Maybe many times over. Allow this practice to help you. Somatic tracking is most helpful when your symptoms are mild or moderate. With somatic tracking, the goal is to feel your symptoms and sensations through a lens of sa…

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S2 E10 | Somatic Tracking & Your Daily Practice 45:23

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We're diving deep into somatic tracking today. Learn about the three parts of somatic tracking: 1) mindfulness, 2) safety reappraisal, and 3) positive affect induction. This is a powerful way to bring the psychological work into your life and make it concrete. Join us and learn how to implement somatic tracking in your healing. Also, today, we take…

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Ep 84 How to Stop Sleepwalking Through Your Life with Jodi Wellman 58:14

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S2 E9 | Inside PRT & EAET with Dr. Michael Dow 1:12:20

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What is Pain Reprocessing Therapy? What is Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy? What is the Boluder Back Pain Study? Good questions. Dr. Michael Dow takes us inside for a closer look at all of the above. Join us. I'm sure you'll learn something new. I know I certainly did. Find Michael: If you're a practitioner interested in a professional s…

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Ep 83 When Fear Feels Like Fire: How to Stay With Yourself Instead of Burning It All Down 23:09

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S2 E8 | Medical Trauma & Chronic Pain Healing 1:19:23

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The hope/letdown cycle. The specific medical providers who’ve failed you. The extreme treatments. It’s all been so much. Now you don’t trust the medical system. And you’ve internalized the idea that you’re incurable. So let’s feel into that trauma together. This is a deep one — and a long one. But it’s worth it. We’re going to a) feel into your tra…

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Ep 82 Creating Space for Your Creative Voice with Liz Kimball 1:06:47

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S2 E7 | Chronic Pain and Spirituality with Christina Wei 1:01:01

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Integrative health coach Christina Wei joins us today on the podcast - and we get into the deep side of chronic pain healing. This work often brings people, eventually, into a place that feels spiritual. “I couldn’t define for you ‘what is God,’ but I think I can define for you what isn’t.” And “the only thing that can save me is unconditional love…

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Ep 81 Embracing the Slow... Can Be Hard: Navigating Transitions and Self-Acceptance 32:56

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S2 E6 | Reclaiming Crazy (Is Chronic Pain a Mental Illness?) 50:29

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Is chroinc pain a mental illness? Well, I'd say that's the wrong question. Join us for a slightly off-the-beaten-path conversation about mental illness, chronic pain, and the crazy of it all. It'll be fun. And you'll learn a little more about managing fear so you can keep the "threat" out of the pain-threat cycle and heal from your pain. If you're …

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Ep 80 Trusting Your Creative Path: Building a Soulful Business with Angela Monaco 56:00

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S2 E5 | Healing Severe Hand Pain with Dr. Radhika Reddy 1:01:06

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Dr. Radhika Reddy shares her healing journey with hand pain, tendonitis, repetitive strain injury, joint pain, plantar fasciitis, shoulder pain, ankle pain, knee pain, hip weakness, fatigue, sound sensitivity, light sensitivity, temperature sensitivity, chemical sensitivity, food sensitivities, numbness, tingling, hives, and eczema. It's a lot of s…

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Bonus | Going Deeper with Nyle Biondi, LMFT 45:56

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You're invited behind the scenes. Nyle and I recorded a podcast interview (S2 E3-Talking Queer TMS with Nyle Biondi, LMFT). Afterwards, and as the podcast came out, we had a hilarious - and classic TMS personality - conversation. We wanted to share the conversation, and our analysis of the process, with you. Consider this your backstage pass. Join …

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Ep 79 How to Show Up When the World Feels Like It’s Falling Apart (Solo Episode) 30:24

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S2 E4 | Body-Based TMS Treatments 49:39

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The cure for chronic pain is emotional and psychological work. We know this. So, how dare I discuss body-based TMS treatments? Right? Well… today we’re talking about bringing the psychological work into the body. This means using the body to teach the brain and the nervous system that you're safe. You know about using the brain to promote safety - …

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Ep 78: Getting Paid to Be Yourself—with Laura Belgray 49:59

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S2 E3 | Talking Queer TMS with Nyle Biondi, LMFT 1:09:26

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Queer TMS, the importance of identities, and politics, politics, politics. We could just *not* acknowledge it, but we have to. Right? Listen in for a great conversation about queerness and TMS and healing chronic pain and all the stuff we love to talk about... with Nyle Biondi, LMFT. Find Nyle at: www.healingwithinpsychotherapy.com https://queerres…

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Ep 77 Healing Together: Chronic Pain Recovery & Nervous System Safety with The Mind-Body Couple 1:01:26

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S2 E2 | Think Psychologically, Not Physically 1:00:49

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As you’re healing from chronic pian, your brain needs a lot of reminders. Today, we’re going back to the basics. Your brain needs to hear it. So let’s get back into Dr. Sarno's foundational premise: think psychologically, not physically. As you know, that's how you heal TMS. Your brain, however, still needs to hear it again. If you're interested in…

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Ep 76 The Power of Community: How Letting Go of Control Creates More Impact with Michael Averill 1:02:47

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S2 E1 | The "Messy Middle" & TMS Therapy with Michelle 1:13:59

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Michelle's walking this path of TMS healing with us. And she's been a client in my therapy practice for about a year. She offered to share her story on the podcast today and ...what a generous offer. I'm so grateful for the wisdom and nuance and personal touch she brings to this conversation. Join us as we talk about the "messy middle," which is a …

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Ep 75: 4 Common Client Questions About Visibility, Vulnerability, and Sharing Your Story 38:20

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S1 E12 | Healing Through Story: Do You See Me? 1:04:32

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Stories communicate truth. And today, I’m telling one of my all-time favorite stories. Join us for the season finale as we do something a little different. But, in the end, it’s always about healing your chronic pain - so it’s always the same. If you're interested in becoming a 1-on-1 therapy client, you're very welcome! Visit my website to request…

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Ep 74 From Burnout to Aligned Success: Trusting Yourself in Business with Michal McCracken 56:37

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S1 E11 | Pain Psychologist Dr. Dan Ratner 1:07:43

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An energizing and exciting interview today with a true mind-body expert, Dr. Dan Ratner. You'll love his confidence, his assuredness, and his vibe. It'll help you boost your own confidence in this work and in your ability to heal. Join us for some great information and a very good time. If you want more information about Dr. Dan Ratner and his work…

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Ep 73 Sharing Your Work Authentically with Author and Marketing Expert Shelby Leigh 59:08

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39: Sean Hershey, Mind-Body Medicine for Chronic Pain 55:43

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Sean Hershey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York who specializes in using mind-body work to help his clients end their chronic pain and, in his words, "truly learn to be themselves." He's the host of a new podcast called The Mind-Body Medicine for Chronic Pain, and in that podcast he works to, piece by piece, share the principles and p…