Best Ana Mael Podcasts (2025)

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Use This to Be Seen, Heard, and Validated: Statements List. Somatic Trauma Healing. 3:06

3d ago3:06

3:06

If you've ever struggled to express what happened to you—or needed the right words to feel seen, heard, and validated—this episode is your lifeline. In this powerful episode of Exiled & Rising, Ana Mael shares a deeply moving list of healing statements and trauma-informed boundaries every survivor needs. ❤️ Support Your Healing Journey and Exiled a…

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It Was Just a Normal Childhood… Wasn’t It? For All Adults With Childhood Trauma 46:07

12d ago46:07

46:07

This episode isn’t just healing—it’s cultural critique, political advocacy, and nervous system literacy woven together. In a landscape where "healing" is often watered down into Instagram platitudes or spiritual bypassing, this episode reclaims trauma work as justice work. What if going home never felt safe? In this raw, unedited, and deeply embodi…

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You Need Justice, Not Breathwork: How Silence Shaped You & Society (Part 2) 33:59

18d ago33:59

33:59

Ana is not just teaching about trauma. She’s renaming the moral and political architecture that protects it. She dismantles: Silence as safety Strength as suppression Healing as isolation And replaces them with: Voice as birthright Co-regulation as repair Justice as embodied integrity “Your voice isn’t too much. It’s exactly what was missing. And i…

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If You Fear Tyranny or Dictatorship: Welcome! 4:12

29d ago4:12

4:12

Exiled and Rising isn’t just healing. It’s human rights. It’s survival. It’s resistance. It is : A refuge for the unseen A movement for displaced, exiled, and silenced voices—not just a podcast A justice-centered somatic space, not a self-improvement brand This is not just another podcast about trauma healing. This is a sanctuary for the unseen. A …

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Haunting Truth: For All Adults with Childhood Trauma 6:59

1M ago6:59

6:59

In haunting “Walk Home,” Ana Mael delivers something that is rare and profoundly necessary: A Language for the Unspoken This piece gives voice to the invisible pain of children—and adults—who dread returning to a place that is supposed to feel safe. She does not explain the trauma. She names it. She feels it. And in doing so, she makes it real for …

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For Cold Bitches & Emotionless Men: The Strength Behind the Shield 20:01

1M ago20:01

20:01

Have you ever been called a “cold, distant bitch”? Or an emotionless prick? In this episode, Ana Mael reveals the untold story behind these labels and explores how what the world sees as "cold" is actually profound emotional intelligence. Being labeled “cold” is not a weakness—it’s a survival mechanism. This episode is for anyone who has been misun…

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Social Anxiety Isn't Just Nerves: The Trauma Behind Your Fear of Connection 8:07

1M ago8:07

8:07

Social anxiety is not just shyness—it's a battle within your body, a fight for survival in a world that constantly demands you to be seen. But what if I told you that the very same body that holds your fear also holds the key to your healing? Social anxiety is often misunderstood as just being shy or introverted, but it’s far deeper than that—it’s …

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Prayer for Love - Without Losing Yourself 7:37

2M ago7:37

7:37

A somatic prayer to call in love that holds, honors, and does not erase you. In this deeply soothing prayer of Exiled & Rising, Ana Mael offers a somatic prayer for those seeking love that does not cost them their truth, their boundaries, or their body. This is not a prayer of performance. It is a prayer of presence—an invitation to receive love th…

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A Prayer for When It’s Too Much to Carry: Held in Grief 5:19

2M ago5:19

5:19

Whether you are mourning the loss of a loved one, the loss of home, the loss of safety, or the loss of faith in your country or community—this prayer is for you. In this sacred and unedited episode of Exiled and Rising, Ana Mael offers a somatic prayer for those carrying grief that is too heavy to hold alone. This episode is a place to lay your sor…

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I Survived Genocide: This Is What I Didn't Survive—And You Won't Either 8:37

2M ago8:37

8:37

In this unfiltered, soul-witnessing episode of Exiled and Rising, Ana Mael reads directly from page 185 of her memoir The Trauma We Don’t Talk About. This is a reading and reflection—not from the past, but from the living, ongoing truth of what genocide does to the body, the nervous system, and the identity. In a world where genocide is happening i…

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You Need Justice, Not Breathwork: Imprisoned By Others – Part 1 20:00

2M ago20:00

20:00

Why healing becomes a prison when it doesn’t include justice, relational repair, and acknowledgement? In this direct, unfiltered episode of Exiled and Rising, Ana invites you into the truth that most trauma spaces avoid: healing alone is not enough. Drawing from lived experience and years of working with those displaced by war, harmed by family, or…

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Your Wound Is Your Medicine: Turn Harm Into Resistance, Justice, and Power 9:03

2M ago9:03

9:03

“Everything that was done to harm me became the medicine to heal me.” Ana transforms her lived experience—statelessness, war, violations—into a global invitation: your pain can become your political and spirtual quest for justice. “When I was humiliated, I healed by honoring the person in front of me.” Ana’s poetic yet grounded declarations are roo…

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Prayer as Resistance: For Marginalized, Censored, Ostracized and Unseen 15:30

2M ago15:30

15:30

This Is Not Just a Prayer. This Is a Protest. This episode is a somatic and spiritual response to systemic exclusion. In a time when book bans, anti-immigration laws, transphobia, genocide, censhorship and the rise of authoritarianism are threatening the safety and dignity of marginalized people ( and everyone with voice), Ana Mael offers a counter…

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For the Anxious Hours When It's All Too Much: Somatic Prayer With Divine 8:00

2M ago8:00

8:00

Use somatic prayer for the moments when your nervous system feels pushed to the edge. Ana Mael offers more than words—she offers a relational space with the Divine, where overwhelm, fear and anxiety softens and the body remembers safety. This episode is not instructional or analytical—it is experiential. Ana Mael guides the listener through a deepl…

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You Don't Need To Forgive: Privileged Tool Of Silencing 28:49

2M ago28:49

28:49

You don’t owe forgiveness to anyone who hurt you. In this unapologetic and deeply validating episode, Ana Mael dismantles the harmful myth that forgiveness is a requirement for healing. With clarity and compassion, Ana speaks directly to marginalized, BIPOC, and harmed individuals who’ve been told—explicitly or subtly—that their healing must includ…

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Terrible Knowledge: What Trauma Taught You That No One Else Can 12:21

2M ago12:21

12:21

Ana’s own history as a genocide and war survivor roots this episode in lived experience, offering not abstract theory—but guidance forged in lived pain. What if the hardest parts of your life—the pain, the silence, the survival—taught you a wisdom more powerful than any degree? In this episode, Ana Mael calls it Terrible Knowledge—the kind of embod…

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Withdrawn and Lonely: The Trauma of Not Being Welcomed 13:41

2M ago13:41

13:41

Withdrawal is a deep somatic adaptation to chronic unsafety, invisibility, and social erasure. Ana identifies withdrawal not as a symptom to be “fixed,” but as a brilliant survival strategy when someone has never felt safe, welcomed, or truly allowed to exist as they are. Welcome to Exiled and Rising. Please follow and rate and always share to othe…

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The Trauma of Obedience: Censorship and Somatic Cost of Silencing Yourself 15:36

2M ago15:36

15:36

In a time of increasing political instability, censorship, and erasure of marginalized voices and every other voice who wants to speak up, Ana Mael’s work boldly calls us back to the sacred terrain of the body. This episode is both a blueprint for personal healing and a call to collective resistance. It offers one of the most nuanced, deeply embodi…

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Save Years in Therapy: The Critical First Step to Trauma & PTSD Healing 21:59

2M ago21:59

21:59

If you’ve tried everything to heal but still feel stuck, this one crucial starting point can save you years in therapy. If healing still feels out of reach, it’s not because you’re broken. It’s because healing doesn’t happen in isolation—it happens in a relational space your trauma therpist ( or you ) need do the on somatic embodied level between s…

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Prayer For Depression, Anxiety, And Mental Health: A Guided Somatic Prayer for Inner Piece 7:22

2M ago7:22

7:22

Somatic Healing and the Power of Embodied Prayer. In moments of mental heaviness, when the mind is restless and the heart is exausted, let this prayer be a place of hope and mental rejuvenation. Whether you are seeking comfort, piece, faith, or a guided pause from overwhelming thoughts, morning anxiety and fear this episode offers a gentle space to…

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Prayer for Health and Healing Through Diagnosis and Recovery 8:43

2M ago8:43

8:43

Prayers have a deeply somatic impact, helping restore whole nervous system. Healing is not just physical—it is emotional, spiritual, and deeply personal and the most impact you have with prayers is when prayers are embodied. Whether you are facing a diagnosis, recovering from illness, or supporting a loved one in their healing journey, this prayer …

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When Self-Hatred and Self-Judgment Rob You of Another Day 10:21

2M ago10:21

10:21

Self-hatred is not yours to carry. It was placed there - by somone else - not you. Trauma, neglect, and oppression distort how we see ourselves, burying our inner light under layers of shame and survival. Look as the tactic of opressor to keep you caged and exiled so they can take more space, not you. But that brilliance—the part of you that was si…

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Not Wanting To Live And Not Wanting To Die: Resignation Syndrome – The Hidden Trauma State No One Talks About 32:38

2M ago32:38

32:38

You don’t want to die, but you don’t want to be here either. This is the space no one talks about, not even seasoned therapists,—the silent, hidden trauma state where your body shuts down after too much pain, too much loss, too much survival. This is not depression, it is not you being suicidal. It’s Resignation Syndrom. In today’s episode, Ana Mae…

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Scared of Your Own Voice: Why Trauma Silences You & How to Reclaim It 10:49

3M ago10:49

10:49

Have you ever felt afraid to speak up? To take up space? To hear your own voice in a room? At some point, many trauma survivors learn that silence is safer—that being unseen and unheard protects them from harm. But healing requires reclaiming your voice and learning that you deserve to be heard. In this episode, host Ana Mael, a genocide survivor, …

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Release the Burden You Carry: Somatic Tools to Stop Living in Endurance Mode 22:33

3M ago22:33

22:33

Trauma and PTSD often leaves us feeling burdened and caged in a state of endurance, as if survival means carrying everything alone. But what happens when your body has endured for too long? No fancy production- real talk only. In this episode, host Ana Mael, a somatic trauma therapist and war survivor, explores the deep-rooted patterns of over-resp…

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Grief and Unprocessed Loss: Somatic Grieving for Trauma & PTSD Body ( Part 1) 19:24

3M ago19:24

19:24

Grief and Unprocessed Loss: How to identify and name what your body is grieving but your mind has ignored. Grief is not something you process in five stages and then 'get over'—it is something you learn to live with, move through, and integrate. In this powerful episode, we explore how grief lives in the exiled, displaced body, how trauma reshapes …

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When the World Feels Unsafe: Why Finding Safety in Your Body is Non-Negotiable for Survival 17:06

3M ago17:06

17:06

Global crises are making the experience of feeling unsafe more real than ever. When the outside world feels dangerous—whether due to political uncertainity, war, displacement, violence, or personal trauma—how can you find safety within yourself? In this episode of Exiled & Rising, we explore how trauma rewires your nervous system to prioritize surv…

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Why You Want to Disappear and Hide: The Science of Trauma Survival and Healing 11:30

3M ago11:30

11:30

Your trauma body didn’t want to die—but it did want to disappear. This episode of Exiled & Rising explores the survival intelligence of the body when living through exile, war, and displacement. What happens when trauma forces you into hiding? How does the nervous system adapt to make you small, unseen, and safe? Host Ana Mael, a genocide survivor,…

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Dissociation Is Not Your Weakness: Your Hidden Power of Survival & Trauma Healing 15:50

3M ago15:50

15:50

Trauma and PTSD can make you disconnected, emotionally numb, or lost in your own world. Say, THANK YOU! Do you find yourself zoning out during stress or struggling to stay present and feel ashamed about it? In this episode of Exiled and Rising, host Ana Mael defines dissociation—not as a weakness, but as a survival mechanism which saved you and pro…

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The Wound of Non-Existence: The Hidden Core of Trauma & PTSD 27:33

3M ago27:33

27:33

Trauma is more than rejection; it is the erasure of your presence, voice, and needs. You learn to yield, avoid conflict, and suppress your own desires and identity.....show note bellow. If this episode resonated with you, please take a moment to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with others who might need to hear this message. Episode Summary…

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Ana Mael Podcasts

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Use This to Be Seen, Heard, and Validated: Statements List. Somatic Trauma Healing. 3:06

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It Was Just a Normal Childhood… Wasn’t It? For All Adults With Childhood Trauma 46:07

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You Need Justice, Not Breathwork: How Silence Shaped You & Society (Part 2) 33:59

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If You Fear Tyranny or Dictatorship: Welcome! 4:12

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Haunting Truth: For All Adults with Childhood Trauma 6:59

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For Cold Bitches & Emotionless Men: The Strength Behind the Shield 20:01

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Social Anxiety Isn't Just Nerves: The Trauma Behind Your Fear of Connection 8:07

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Prayer for Love - Without Losing Yourself 7:37

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A Prayer for When It’s Too Much to Carry: Held in Grief 5:19

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I Survived Genocide: This Is What I Didn't Survive—And You Won't Either 8:37

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You Need Justice, Not Breathwork: Imprisoned By Others – Part 1 20:00

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Your Wound Is Your Medicine: Turn Harm Into Resistance, Justice, and Power 9:03

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Prayer as Resistance: For Marginalized, Censored, Ostracized and Unseen 15:30

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For the Anxious Hours When It's All Too Much: Somatic Prayer With Divine 8:00

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You Don't Need To Forgive: Privileged Tool Of Silencing 28:49

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Terrible Knowledge: What Trauma Taught You That No One Else Can 12:21

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Withdrawn and Lonely: The Trauma of Not Being Welcomed 13:41

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The Trauma of Obedience: Censorship and Somatic Cost of Silencing Yourself 15:36

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Save Years in Therapy: The Critical First Step to Trauma & PTSD Healing 21:59

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Prayer For Depression, Anxiety, And Mental Health: A Guided Somatic Prayer for Inner Piece 7:22

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Prayer for Health and Healing Through Diagnosis and Recovery 8:43

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When Self-Hatred and Self-Judgment Rob You of Another Day 10:21

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Not Wanting To Live And Not Wanting To Die: Resignation Syndrome – The Hidden Trauma State No One Talks About 32:38

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Scared of Your Own Voice: Why Trauma Silences You & How to Reclaim It 10:49

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Release the Burden You Carry: Somatic Tools to Stop Living in Endurance Mode 22:33

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Grief and Unprocessed Loss: Somatic Grieving for Trauma & PTSD Body ( Part 1) 19:24

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When the World Feels Unsafe: Why Finding Safety in Your Body is Non-Negotiable for Survival 17:06

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Why You Want to Disappear and Hide: The Science of Trauma Survival and Healing 11:30

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Dissociation Is Not Your Weakness: Your Hidden Power of Survival & Trauma Healing 15:50

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The Wound of Non-Existence: The Hidden Core of Trauma & PTSD 27:33

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