
The Healing Heroes
Welcome to The Healing Heroes, the only podcast offering women juggling it all an instruction manual for how to feel happier and healthier using a range of unexpected approaches that help them reconnect with their true selves, build self-worth, and have fun in the process.
Host Chandler is a complex trauma survivor, who shares her twelve healers (now Heroes!) with the world in intimate conversations that familiarize listeners with their unique approaches to healing and help women realize they aren't alone in coping with anxiety, physical ailments, and a general sense of feeling as if they should be happier. Join us on the journey of a lifetime...
Episodes
70 episodes
Healing Grief with Psychic Mediumship: Candace’s Story | Healing Heroines
Welcome to the first installment of our new series, Healing Heroines! You'll hear from remarkable women who've endured some of life's most challenging hardships and how they've navigated the road toward healing. Each conversation will ...
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38:24

Stillness & Somatic Practices for Avoiding Burnout
Are you craving calmness but struggling to slow down? Hero and Yoga Instructor Nicole Kim explores how stillness, movement, and rest work together to restore our bodies and nervous systems. With compassion and lived wisdom, Nicole shares the wa...
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38:44

The 3 Things Your Inner Child Needs and Why They Matter
Hero and Confidence Coach Cait DeMello joins Chandler to explore what she calls the “Hidden Three” unmet childhood needs: security, approval, and control. These ever-present necessities drive so many of our choices in adultho...
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45:18

Reclaiming Your Innate Joy by Understanding Qi
What if joy wasn’t something you had to earn — but something you innately possess? Hero and Acupuncturist Jacques Depardieu helps us understand the meaning of Qi, the vital life force energy at the heart of East Asian Medicine and philosophy. J...
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49:00

Posture of Protection: How Trauma Impacts the Way We Carry Ourselves
In this powerful conversation, Hero, Somatic Therapist, and Rolfing Practitioner, Moylan Ryan, explores how our bodies carry the imprints of past pain — and how movement, breath, and presence can help us release those old stories. Moylan explai...
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43:56

Practicing Self-Compassion While Holding Yourself Accountable
Healing can be a frustrating, difficult, and discouraging process at times. When you're trying to progress one day but feel like you're regressing the next, self-compassion is often the first thing to slip through the cracks. In this raw and ho...
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Best of Hero & Psychic Medium Lea Morgan
We're wrapping up our Hero Highlight series with none other than psychic medium Lea Morgan. Lea shares powerful insights about intuition, grief, and spiritual communication. She also explains the difference between psychic and mediumship abilit...
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27:03

Celebrating 1 Year of The Healing Heroes: Lessons, Milestones, & What’s Next
Happy 1st Birthday to The Healing Heroes Podcast!!In this heartfelt solo episode, Host Chandler Stroud reflects on the show's first anniversary by sharing the top five lessons she’s learned from a year of Hero conversations and ...
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14:00

Special Re-Release: Spirituality, Religion, & the Rhythm of our Lives
In light of the heartbreaking devastation unfolding in Kerr County and surrounding areas of Texas due to the catastrophic flash floods on July 4, 2025, we are re-releasing a deeply meaningful conversation with Hero and Texas-resident, Revere...
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43:48

Best of Hero Nicole Kim: Yoga, Sound, & Thai Bodywork Healer
Yoga instructor, sound healer, and Thai bodywork practitioner Nicole Kim understands that life's just messy sometimes, and that messiness affects someone's ability to think clearly, embrace emotions, and stay present. If you’ve been...
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Best of Hero & Confidence Coach Cait DeMello
For this week's Hero Highlight, we take a look back at confidence and empowerment coach Cait DeMello's best moments on the show. From what it means to stay in touch with yourself through breathwork to exploring modalities like parts work and ot...
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Best of Hero & Psychotherapist Jen Baumgold
We’re looking back at some of the most inspiring moments from Chandler’s conversations with psychotherapist and EMDR specialist Jen Baumgold. On this Hero Highlight, Jen guides us through understanding trauma (big and small) and its profound ef...
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Best of Hero & Mindset Coach Katie Wee
In this week's Hero Highlight episode, we're revisiting some of Chandler's favorite conversations with Mindset Coach Katie Wee. Throughout Katie's time on the show, she's helped listeners like you explore what it takes to change your thoughts, ...
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27:47

Best of Hero & Astrologer Ophira Edut
In this illuminating compilation episode, rediscover insightful highlights from Chandler's conversations with Astrologer and Author Ophira Edut. Together, they explore astrology as a rich system for understanding yourself, your purpose, and the...
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Best of Hero & Acupuncturist Jacques Depardieu
We revisit some of the most memorable moments from Chandler’s conversations with Acupuncturist and East Asian medicine practitioner Jacques Depardieu. Jacques shares how acupuncture doesn’t just treat pain—it reconnects you to your body, helps ...
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34:48

Best of Hero & Human Design Coach Zach Carlsen
We’re diving into the most impactful moments from Chandler’s conversations with Human Design Coach Zach Carlson. From decoding energy types to understanding decision-making and life purpose, Zach breaks down the human design system in a grounde...
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Best of Hero Reverend Lizzie McManus-Dail
In this soul-nourishing compilation episode from our Hero Highlight series, Chandler revisits her most meaningful conversations with Reverend Lizzie McManus-Dail, a priest who has helped many people (including her over 67k TikTok followers) ref...
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30:35

Best of Hero & Myofascial Release Therapist Karen
Our Hero Highlight series continues with Myofascial Release Therapist Karen Remele. We've pulled the most powerful and insightful moments from Chandler’s conversations with Karen. From uncovering how physical pain holds emotional trauma to the ...
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Best of Hero & Accountability Coach Bonnie
In the first installment of our new "Hero Highlight" series, we’re revisiting some of the most powerful insights from Bonnie’s appearances on the show. As an Accountability Coach for Teddi Mellencamp's All In, Bonnie coaches hundreds of people ...
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42:35

How to Get the Most Out of Your Psychic Reading
Psychic readings can feel mysterious, healing, and life-changing — but only if you know how to approach them with clarity and intention. Chandler welcomed back psychic medium Lea Morgan to break down what you need to know before, during, and af...
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54:04

Rediscover Your Inner Power with These Somatic Practices
What if the tension in your body is actually just unprocessed emotions? In this episode, holistic healer Nicole Kim describes how yoga, Thai bodywork, and sound healing can help women reconnect with their inner power. She shares how these somat...
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50:23

Finding Authentic Confidence from Within
Confidence isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach, and it definitely doesn’t always look like being the loudest in the room. In this episode, Hero Cait deMello shares her evolving relationship with confidence, breaking down the difference between e...
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43:22

Your "Little t" Traumas Matter, Too
Have you ever felt an inexplicable wave of self-doubt, a hesitation in speaking up, or an unshakable fear of rejection—without fully understanding why? These subtle yet powerful feelings may be rooted in "little t" traumas—those everyd...
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38:20

Excavate, Expand, and Elevate with Rolfing
Exploring the Practice of Rolfing with Moylan RyanWhat if the way you move—how you stand, walk, and even breathe—could unlock a deeper sense of freedom and alignment? Rolfing, a powerful form of structural integration, offers a profound ...
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54:28

Self-Sabotage: Learn to Stop Standing in Your Own Way
Self-Sabotage: Time to Stop Standing in Your Own WayHave you ever felt like you're on the brink of success, only to find yourself pulling back, procrastinating, or making excuses at the last moment? It’s as if an invisible force is keepi...
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