Media Appearances


goodmelara.jpg

Media Requests

I’m excited to be a guest on your podcast, collaborate on a special project, or serve as a subject matter expert.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer.

And, when I grew up, I was!

(My former editors would be slashing their red pens at me beginning a sentence with the word “and”.)

In my early 20s, I worked at a newspaper in upstate New York. After plugging away for a few years, I realized that it wasn't a good fit for me.

I was more interested in listening to people’s stories than reporting them.

Then I got sick.

A serious workplace injury left me in constant pain and unable to use my hands.

My body made me stop.

I’m so grateful that it did.

Slowly I regained my health and started doing what I do now -- being of service to others in a deeper way. 

I've been a psychotherapist for more than 20 years.

Not a day goes by that I'm not amazed by the capacity we human beings have for healing.  

 Do you have a podcast, website, community, or movement aimed at helping people feel more at ease in their bodies, their lives, and on the planet? 

I'd love to connect. I could talk for days about: 

  • Gate Passages: How your life's twists, turns, and forks in the road bring you closer to who you are and where you’re supposed to be.

  • The intersection of traditional psychotherapy and alternative healing.

  • Trauma's effects on the brain, body, and soul — and what to do about it.

  • Why all good therapy is really about re-wiring your nervous system.

  • Spiritual awakenings that masquerade as depression and anxiety.

  • Navigating life as a sensitive soul.

I’d love to be a guest on your podcast.

  • The Creative Psychotherapist

    Click here to listen to my conversation with Reina Lombardi.

  • Thriving Practice with Tracy Cherpeski

    I had a blast talking to Tracy about bringing in alternative healing into work with clients and the challenges therapists face around licensing and insurance constraints, and aligning interventions with client goals. Click here to listen.

  • The Flower Essence Podcast

    Click here to listen to my episode with Rochana and Kathleen.

  • Befriending Your Inner Critic and Saving Your Self

    Click here to listen to my conversation with Trinity and Shelby.

  • Things You Learn in Therapy

    Click here to listen to me and fellow therapist, Beth Trammel, talk about this essential primer on your nervous system and how to regulate it.

  • Back Porch Bestie

    Kelsey, Kasey and I chatted about bringing in alternative healing into work with therapy clients. Click here to listen.

  • Beyond Empty Nest

    Jodi and I chatted about my journey to becoming a therapist. Click here to listen.

  • The Spiritual Counselor Podcast

    Click here to listen to me and host Jamie Hanley

    talk about spiritual awakenings can be mistaken for depression and anxiety.

  • Overcoming Should

    Click here to listen

    to me, a special guest, and host Lauren Felter talk about all things, “You should love your family.”

  • Going There with Jen Vertanen

    I loved chatting with Jen Vertanen about the twists and turns of your life that make up Gate Passages and finding the right therapist. Click to listen in.

Media Swipe Files