Heal with Grace
Heal With Grace is a podcast that invites listeners into the world of holistic healing. Hosted by Grace Secker, a trained holistic psychotherapist, yoga therapist, and nervous system coach, each episode delves into the interconnected realms of mental, physical, and spiritual health. The podcast offers a unique blend of personal stories, professional insights, and practical tools for healing.
Episodes
108 episodes
109. How to Recover from ME/CFS with Rebecca Tolin
Rebecca Tolin recovered from 13 years of ME/CFS after seeing 50 practitioners and trying everything from anti-viral IVs to 30 supplements a day. In this episode, she shares what finally worked—and why the nervous system holds the key to lasting...
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Season 1
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Episode 109
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43:05
108. How I Quietly Dysregulated My Own Nervous System
In this episode, Grace gets honest about something she's been quietly navigating—how being online as a business owner and content creator has kept her nervous system in subtle but constant activation. Not major symptoms, just a low hum of hyper...
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Season 1
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Episode 108
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22:49
107. Healing Digestive Issues & Brain Fog with Alex Eckford
If you're dealing with digestive issues—whether it's IBS, chronic gut problems, or discomfort that's followed you since childhood—or if brain fog has been stealing your clarity and focus, this episode is one you don't want to miss.Alex ...
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Season 1
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Episode 107
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33:09
106. Best Tools You Need To Heal in 2026
What actually helped people heal in 2025—and how can you carry that momentum into the new year? In this episode, Grace reflects on the biggest shifts she's witnessed in her clients and community: from learning to see symptoms as mes...
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Season 1
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Episode 106
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23:28
105. BEST OF 2025: Episode 84. Navigating a Higher Needs Nervous System with Christie Uipi
It's no surprise this is the most played and most downloaded episode of 2025. In this Best of 2025 replay, Grace sits down with Christie Uipi, LCSW—psychotherapist and co-creator of Pain Reprocessing Therapy—to explore what it really means to h...
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Season 1
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Episode 105
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44:49
104. BEST OF 2025: From Spiraling to Soothing
Welcome to our end-of-year tradition! This week, we're re-airing one of the top two episodes of 2025—and it's no surprise this one resonated so deeply.Catastrophizing is one of the most common mental habits keeping people stuck in chron...
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Season 1
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Episode 104
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27:27
103. Healing ME/CFS through Mind-Body Tools with Chris Sykes-Popham
Chris Sykes-Popham went from Royal Marines commando and adventure seeker to completely housebound with ME/CFS. Within weeks of finding the mind-body approach, he saw significant improvement—and within months, he made a full recovery. Now he's t...
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Season 1
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Episode 103
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1:05:44
101. Why Your Symptoms Spike Around Family (And What To Do When They Do)
The holidays can feel like the Olympics for your nervous system—and if your symptoms tend to spike around family, you're not alone.In this episode, Grace explores why your body might still brace for impact around family, even if you've d...
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Season 1
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Episode 102
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24:37
101. Healing the Gut through Mind-Body Work with Claire Bailey
Grace sits down with somatic psychotherapist Claire Bailey to explore one of the most common—and least talked about—forms of neuroplastic symptoms: gut issues. Claire shares her own decade-long journey with debilitating digestive pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 101
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38:13
100. 100 Episode Celebration: Most Important Lessons So Far
Grace celebrates 100 episodes by revisiting the most powerful healing lessons from the past two years—the ones listeners say changed everything. She unpacks why healing is never linear (and why your brain needs to hear that on repeat), how reco...
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Season 1
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Episode 100
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31:53
99. Healing Lyme, EOE, and Back Pain through the Mind-Body Healing Method with Kelly Goode
Grace is joined by Kelly Goode, who shares her journey from barely being able to walk up stairs and living with 30+ food sensitivities to reclaiming her life in just three months through nervous system work.Kelly opens up about spending ...
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Season 1
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Episode 99
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37:05
98. Healing IBS & Hip Pain with Mind-body Work
If you've tried everything for your chronic symptoms and nothing has worked—physical therapy, doctors, diets, supplements—this conversation might be exactly what you need to hear.Sean Hershey is a licensed psychotherapist who completely ...
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Season 1
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Episode 98
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51:38
97. How Your Nervous System Affects Long Covid, POTS, CFS, Lyme, Mold
In this episode, Grace explores why conditions like long COVID, POTS, chronic fatigue, Lyme disease, and mold illness often persist—not because of the virus or toxin itself, but because the nervous system remains stuck in survival mode. She unp...
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Season 1
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Episode 97
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32:41
96. Do We Predict Our Symptoms with Dr. Michael Dow
Grace is joined by Dr. Michael Dow, a clinical psychologist and lead therapist for Pain Reprocessing Therapy, to explore how our brains can learn to predict symptoms—and why that's actually good news for healing. Michael shares his personal jou...
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Season 1
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Episode 96
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48:43
95. When to Rest and When to Push Through Fatigue
Ever wonder if you should rest when fatigue hits—or keep going? Grace tackles one of the most common (and confusing) questions in chronic fatigue recovery: how to know when your body needs rest versus when your nervous system just needs r...
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Season 1
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Episode 95
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16:36
94. The Healing Power of Heart Rate Variability with Jessica Corbin
Ever feel like you're "doing all the right things" but still running on empty?This conversation with Jessica Corbin lit me up. Jessica is a somatic educator and founder of SORCE, and she brings such a beautiful perspective on what it act...
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Season 1
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Episode 94
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40:03
93. The Dark Side of Clean Living
In this episode, Grace explores how the pursuit of “perfect” health can backfire—turning clean eating and non-toxic living into stress, rigidity, and even illness. She shares her personal journey with orthorexia and recovery, reminding us that ...
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23:14
92. The Science Behind Emotions, Pain & the Nervous System with Mark Lumley, PhD
Clinical psychologist and researcher Mark Lumley joins Grace to unpack why the brain—not just the body—is central to chronic pain. They dig into EAET (Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy), how “doing the uncomfortable thing” can unlock...
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47:20
91. Why Having Multiple Symptoms Is A Good Sign
If you’ve ever felt like your body is playing whack-a-mole with symptoms—pain, fatigue, gut issues, headaches—you’re not alone. In this episode, Grace explains why shifting symptoms, known as the “symptom imperative,” are actually a hopeful sig...
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25:26
90. When the Brain Predicts Pain with Vanessa Blackstone
Grace is joined by Vanessa Blackstone, LMFT to talk about why our brains sometimes expect pain or symptoms before they even happen—a process called predictive coding. Together they explore how this shapes chronic pain and other body sensations,...
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54:41
89. Perfectionism, Productivity and Pain
In this episode, Grace explores the hidden costs of perfectionism. She reflects on how the drive to achieve and stay productive can often be rooted in pain, and how these patterns affect both mind and body. Grace unpacks the cultural narratives...
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32:07
88. Healing Beyond Codependency with Emmy Marie
In this episode of Heal with Grace, Grace sits down with Emmy to explore what life and healing look like after leaving toxic or abusive relationships. Emmy shares her personal story of navigating patterns of codependency, how trauma sh...
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40:47
87. How I Moved Through a Flare While Traveling
In this episode, Grace shares what happened when a long-awaited trip to New Zealand brought on a flare—and how fear, pressure, and perfectionism played a role. She opens up about the mindset shifts, nervous system tools, and emotional release p...
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26:15