This is my first-ever guest episode (!), and I couldn’t be more grateful to share this tender conversation with my friend Cara Havens — therapist, mother, and one of the most down-to-earth, loving people I know.

Together we talk about healing in relationship — how therapy creates a safe space to return to yourself, how old coping strategies often stop working when we become parents, and how faith and body wisdom intertwine when we let God meet us where we are.

We explore somatic healing, spiritual hurt, self-compassion, and permission to slow down and tune in — even in the messy, ordinary middle of life.

Wherever you’re listening from today, let this conversation be a gentle reminder: you don’t have to rush to heal.

If you’d like to connect with Cara, you can reach her at Cara@mederi.group.