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
100 episodes
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
86. The Mind-Body Approach to Healing Pelvic Pain with Rachel Gofman
In this episode, Rachel Gofman (physical therapist and pelvic pain coach) shares her journey to overcoming debilitating pelvic pain through mind-body and nervous system work. What You'll Learn:Why "diagnoses" and ...
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46:28
85. What Your Test Results Don't Show You
In this episode, Grace unpacks why your scans, labs, or diagnoses don’t always explain your symptoms—and what might be going on beneath the surface. She explores how many chronic conditions are driven not by structural damage, but by nervous sy...
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19:56
84. Navigating a Higher Needs Nervous System with Christie Uipi
Grace is joined by therapist Christie Uipi, LCSW, founder of the Better Mind Center, to explore what it means to have a higher needs or sensitive nervous system. Christie shares her personal healing journey, how chronic sympto...
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47:13
83. Simple Morning Routine for Chronic Pain and Illness Relief
In this solo episode, Grace walks us through a powerful yet flexible morning routine designed specifically to support those healing from chronic symptoms. Whether you're dealing with pain, fatigue, or nervous system dysregulation, this grounded...
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25:47
82. Do You Have Neuroplastic Symptoms? Here's How to Know – with Dr. Howard Schubiner
Dr. Howard Schubiner, pioneer in the mind-body medicine field, joins Grace to explore how many chronic symptoms are actually neuroplastic — created by the brain, and reversible. They discuss what defines a neuroplastic symptom, the key...
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46:11
81. From Spiraling to Soothing: Stop Catastrophizing
In this solo episode, Grace explores one of the most common mental habits that keeps people stuck in chronic symptoms and fear: catastrophizing. She breaks down why the brain defaults to worst-case-scenario thinking, how it impacts the nervous ...
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26:13
80. What is Somatic Intelligence? A Conversation with Sheridan Ruth
In this episode, Grace is joined by somatic coach and author Sheridan Ruth for a powerful and grounded conversation about nervous system regulation, trauma healing, and the concept of somatic intelligence. Sheridan shares her personal journey—f...
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35:20
79. What Wellness Culture Gets Wrong About High Vibes Only
Grace explores how the pursuit of high vibes only—while powerful—can sometimes lead to emotional bypassing. She shares how real healing comes not from avoiding pain, but from meeting it with presence.In this episode, she shares:...
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18:13
78. What is Healthy Anger? A Conversation with Amanda Curry
In this powerful episode, Grace sits down with somatic coach and physical therapist Amanda Curry to explore the layered and often misunderstood emotion of anger—especially as it arises for women in postpartum seasons.Amanda shares her pe...
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49:44