Going on a Self Love Journey through Healing with Vesa
The discussion centered on Vesa's experiences as a somatic therapist and holistic coach, focusing on the impact of her conservative upbringing on her journey toward self-love and emotional healing. Vesa shared insights into her past struggles with people-pleasing and toxic relationships, contrasting them with her current healthy partnership that fosters authentic self-expression. She emphasised the importance of recognising and overcoming ingrained emotional patterns for personal growth, highlighting a transformative experience from six and a half years ago when she acknowledged the toxicity in her relationships and her role in attracting them. Both Vesa and Melissa stressed that true healing requires an embodied approach to emotions, encapsulated in the concept of "feel it to heal it."
Vesa elaborated on her therapeutic approach, which focuses on deep body work and subconscious exploration, setting it apart from traditional talk therapy. She introduced her upcoming program, "Rewriting Your Love Story," aimed at helping individuals break free from toxic relationship patterns. The conversation also touched on the significance of emotional attunement and the necessity of processing feelings to foster self-compassion and healthy boundaries.
Vesa is a somatic therapist and holistic coach based in Melbourne, and the founder of Self Love Signature. She helps self-aware women cultivate a healthy relationship with themselves, heal from trauma, regulate their nervous systems, and transform emotional wounds by getting to the root cause.
Her work is deeply rooted in the belief that our bodies hold the truth — and when we learn to listen, we unlock profound healing and self-love. She's passionate about creating spaces where women feel safe to unravel, reconnect, and rise into the most secure and embodied version of themselves.
Outside of her work, Vesa is a nature lover, indoor plant mum, newly engaged, and she loves being a little woo-woo.
Free Offer: Emotional Alchemy Mini Training, where I provide people with a guided practice on how they can "feel it to heal it": https://subscribepage.io/EmotionalAlchemyMiniTraining
I also host local Somatic Healing Women's Circles in Melbourne and a free community walking group for women aged in their 30s and 40s.
You can find and follow Vesa here;
Instagram @selflovesignature
Her website is: www.selflovesignature.com
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Healing After Seperation from an Abusive Relationship with Melissa and Ivana Care
Episode Summary:
In this deeply insightful and empowering conversation, trauma-informed coach and healer Ivana Care joins Melissa to share her personal journey of navigating life after toxic relationships and breakups. Ivana opens up about the turning point that led her to choose herself, stepping away from a relationship that no longer served her — and into a life of healing, growth, and purpose.
Together, they explore how unprocessed childhood wounds and attachment patterns can shape adult relationships, the role of emotional suppression (especially anger), and the journey back to self-trust and inner safety.
Whether you're recovering from a breakup, seeking to understand relationship dynamics, or supporting clients through similar experiences — this episode is a must-listen.
About Ivana:
After facing a life-changing decision to leave a relationship that no longer aligned with her truth, Ivana chose healing over comfort. Now, as a certified Root-Cause Therapy Practitioner and Trauma-Informed Manifestation Coach, she supports women in finding themselves again after separation. Through her blend of lived experience and trauma-informed techniques, Ivana helps clients reconnect with their worth, rebuild trust, and create empowered relationships — starting with the one they have with themselves.
Key Takeaways:
Ivana shares her personal healing journey and how it led her to support other women after breakups.
The inability to feel or express anger often fuels people-pleasing and self-abandonment in relationships.
Healing childhood wounds and insecure attachment is key to cultivating healthy, fulfilling relationships.
How to identify red flags, break toxic cycles, and build the self-worth needed to walk away.
Guidance for women navigating post-breakup grief, confusion, and identity loss — with an emphasis on rebuilding self-trust.
The importance of receiving support through coaching, therapy, or community during the healing process.
Free Resource from Ivana:
Ivana is offering a free guide: “5 Steps to Bounce Back After a Breakup” – a supportive roadmap to help women regain confidence, reconnect with their inner strength, and move forward with clarity.
She’s also working on a powerful new email series: “7 Love Letters” – messages designed to speak directly to common post-breakup wounds and nurture the healing journey.
Download the free guide and stay tuned for her upcoming series at 👉 IvanaCare.com
🔗 Connect with Ivana:
Website: https://ivanacare.com
Instagram: @ivana_carecoach
Facebook: Ivana Care Coach
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Conscious Aware Parenting, A trauma Aware Approach with Lael Stone
In this powerful and insightful episode, Matt sits down with renowned parenting expert Lael Stone, an educator, author, TEDx speaker, and the founder of Woodline Primary School — a pioneering institution built on the principles of emotional wellbeing, conscious education, and trauma-informed care.
Together, Matt and Lael explore the profound ways in which our own early experiences — especially birth and childhood trauma — shape the way we parent. Lael shares wisdom from her background in birth work and parenting education, and offers practical, heartfelt guidance on how parents can begin to heal their own wounds in order to show up as emotionally attuned, regulated caregivers.
This episode is essential listening for anyone on the parenting journey, as well as therapists, educators, or anyone working with children and families.
Topics Covered:
Lael’s personal journey from birth work to parenting education
How birth trauma impacts a mother’s experience and connection with her child
Why emotional safety and attunement are vital in early childhood
Understanding intergenerational trauma and how it’s passed on
The healing power of rupture and repair in relationships
Emotional regulation and presence as a foundation for conscious parenting
How trauma-informed education can transform the lives of children and families
✨ Key Takeaways:
Birth experiences leave lasting imprints — healing begins with awareness
Unresolved trauma can be unconsciously passed down to our children
Children thrive when parents can hold space for big feelings with compassion
Parenting isn't about perfection — it’s about presence, repair, and connection
Emotionally-aware parenting and education have the power to change generational patterns
🌐 Connect with Lael Stone: 🔗 www.laelstone.com.au 🔗 Woodline Primary School
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Transforming trauma through Being Awake Presence with Marlies Myoku Cocheret
In this deeply moving episode, Matt sits down with Marlies Myoku Cocheret — a trained psychologist, Hakomi practitioner, and spiritual teacher — to explore the intersection of trauma, embodiment, and awakening.
Marlies shares her powerful personal journey, including her awakening experiences, her healing path through trauma, and the transformative moment of receiving a kidney transplant. Through it all, she speaks from the grounded wisdom of “Being Presence,” offering profound insights into how we can meet the raw vulnerability of our humanness with deep compassion.
Whether you're a practitioner, seeker, or simply curious about the path of awakening, this conversation offers a heartfelt invitation into authenticity, presence, and the beauty of what it means to be fully human.
✨ Key Topics & Takeaways:
Marlies’ journey through trauma, illness, and awakening
The role of the body and presence in true healing
How trauma therapy becomes transformational when rooted in presence and attunement
Different forms of awakening: sudden vs. gradual experiences
The ongoing integration of awakening in daily, messy, human life
The power of simplicity, stillness, and allowing in the therapeutic space
🌐 Resources & Links: Connect with Marlies and explore her offerings: 👉 www.marliescocheret.com
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Integration Experience with Melissa (Day 2)
Overview:
This is the second day of an "integration experience" event, focused on what happens after the initial healing breakthroughs.
The discussion covers the importance of integration and supporting the process after transformative healing work.
Different modalities are represented, including Root Cause Therapy, InBody Processing, and trauma-informed manifestation coaching.
The key themes are creating safety, processing emotions/trauma, integrating fragmented parts of the self, and transitioning into a more empowered, creative state.
Key Topics:
Fragmented Parts of the Self:
Discusses how certain emotions/behaviors get suppressed or disconnected from the self due to lack of safety in childhood.
These "orphan parts" need to be integrated back into wholeness through the healing process.
Emphasizes the importance of approaching these parts with curiosity and compassion, not judgment.
The Healing Process:
Outlines the stages of the healing work - establishing safety and capacity, processing the root causes, and integrating the fragmented parts.
Highlights the importance of the "post-processing" or integration phase, where emotions, realizations and physical effects continue to unfold.
Encourages nourishing practices and self-care during this integration period.
Inner Child/Subpersonality Work:
Discusses the value of reconnecting with and re-parenting our inner child/subpersonality parts.
Emphasizes the need to provide the care, understanding and support that may have been lacking originally.
This helps emotionally mature and integrate these disowned aspects of self.
Manifestation and Empowerment:
Explains how the healing work changes the internal world, while manifestation work changes the external world.
Encourages participants to become "creators" of their lives, not just perpetual "healers."
Highlights the importance of having a clear intention and addressing any limiting beliefs or trauma blocks.
Ongoing Integration and Self-Care:
Provides examples of helpful practices during integration, such as movement, nature, creativity, rest, etc.
Emphasizes the need for flexibility and self-compassion, as the integration process is not linear.
Encourages participants to find what is most nourishing for them personally.
Overall, the discussion emphasizes the vital importance of the integration phase after transformative healing work. It provides a holistic, trauma-informed perspective on supporting this process through various modalities and self-care practices.
Welcome to The Centre for Healing Podcast, where we dive deep into the world of emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Brought to you by The Centre for Healing, this podcast features expert insights, transformative stories, and practical tools for overcoming trauma, fostering resilience, and embracing holistic healing.
Whether you’re on your own healing journey or supporting others in theirs, each episode is designed to inspire growth, spark self-discovery, and empower you to live a balanced, thriving life. Tune in and join the conversation as we explore the many paths to true healing and wholeness.
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