Laura Giles ~ Everything Is Alive: What Animism Taught Me About Healing
Discover how to reconnect with your natural, joyful essence through animism, trauma healing, and living in sacred connection with all life.
#Animism #TraumaHealing #SoulConnection
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About my guest Laura Giles:
Laura Giles, LCSW, has spent over twenty years helping trauma survivors live unfettered, authentic lives. With experience in a maximum-security prison, psychiatric hospital, courts, and private practice, she has guided even the most "hard-to-help" individuals toward healing—quickly and naturally.
Raised by an animist mother, she brings a grounded, spiritual perspective to her work, making deep transformation both practical and accessible. If you're ready to live well and die well, Laura Giles is your girl!
What we discussed:
00:00 Welcome and guest introduction
01:12 Listening to the rhythm of the soul
03:22 Early childhood memories of natural joy
05:15 Being raised by an animist mother
07:40 Freedom to explore without hovering parents
10:15 Protection through ancestral connection and trust
13:30 What animism is and means
16:45 Preserving sacred traditions through isolation
19:50 Modern disconnection versus natural living
22:30 Trauma therapy and the wound well
25:10 Coaching approach to healing work
27:50 Creating safe containers for transformation
30:05 Mindfulness practice in daily moments
33:20 Everything is alive and conscious
#MindfulLiving #SpiritualWellness #NatureWisdom
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Laura Giles, LCSW, has spent over twenty years helping trauma survivors live unfettered, authentic lives. With experience in a maximum-security prison, psychiatric hospital, courts, and private practice, she has guided even the most "hard-to-help" individuals toward healing—quickly and naturally.
Using metaphorical, somatic, energy, and linguistic techniques, Laura helps clients bypass the conscious mind to resolve unconscious wounds with ease.
Raised by an animist mother, she brings a grounded, spiritual perspective to her work, making deep transformation both practical and accessible. If you're ready to live well and die well, Laura Giles is your girl!
