Return
You’re not broken. You’re just burnt out on trying to be someone you’re not.
Return is the podcast for conscious entrepreneurs, sensitive visionaries, and healers who’ve checked all the boxes—and are still wondering, “Why doesn’t this feel right?”
Hosted by Caitlan Siegenthaler, former therapist turned business energy strategist blending Human Design, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and soulful strategy.
Return isn’t about forcing yourself into someone else’s blueprint. It’s about coming home to your own.
This isn’t hustle hype or spiritual bypassing disguised as business advice. It’s honest, nuanced, often irreverent conversations for the biz owner who’s outgrown performative success and wants to build something that actually feels good.
✨ Tune in for solo episodes and guest convos that help you:
- Navigate seasons of change (without losing yourself)
- Reclaim your energy and decision-making power
- Build a business that honors your gifts and nervous system
- Explore who you really are—beneath the shoulds
Whether you’re in the midst of a pivot, healing from burnout, or finally ready to trust your intuition again,Return is your reminder that you’re not lost. You’re just on your way home.
Let’s begin.
Return
When Healing is Energy: Inside the Practice of Reiki & IFS with Elizabeth Scott
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Episode 94: Self-Energy, Skeptic Parts & Practical Alchemy
Today Caitlan is joined by Elizabeth Scott an IFS Level 1–trained psychotherapist, Reiki Master Practitioner, astrologer, certified nature-informed therapist, and Safe & Sound Protocol provider. Elizabeth blends Internal Family Systems, nervous system support, and intuitive modalities to help clients access their own inner wisdom and whole-brain healing. We get into self-energy (and why Maggie Rogers’ “Alaska” might be its anthem), how Reiki actually supports ventral vagal states, using astrology without the “higher/lower” moralism (hello burdened vs. unburdened expressions), legacy burdens, & more!
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- What Reiki is (in plain English) and how it tangibly supports your nervous system.
- How IFS, Reiki, and astrology weave together to create more access to Self.
- “Burdened vs. unburdened” expressions in astrology
- How legacy burdens show up—and a gentle path to unburdening.
- Practical ways to build a morning practice that actually fits your design and life
Chapters:
03:05 Elizabeth finds IFS: from psychodynamic & EMDR to parts work
05:26 Self as tuning fork: the ripple effect in families & relationship
18:44 What is Reiki?
22:50 Talking to skeptical parts + research notes for the left brain
24:45 Reiki as right-brain on-ramp to IFS (wonder, imagination, intuition)
26:16 Why Elizabeth added Reiki & astrology (and how it changed her work)
29:36 Charts as parts-maps: instant unblending through seeing
32:01 How IFS + Reiki + astrology integrate in session
34:32 Polyvagal lens: why nervous system regulation comes first
37:38 “Burdened vs. unburdened” expressions (credit: Sarah Temel)
41:40 What a session with Elizabeth looks like (therapy vs. coaching)
47:17 Elizabeth’s return-to-Self practice (30-minute morning meditation)
49:20 Tailoring practices to your Moon and nervous system
50:04 Return+ bonus: guided Reiki meditation (8–10 minutes)
50:35 How to work with Elizabeth + free “Reclaim Your Calm” meditation
Links & Resources:
- Connect with Elizabeth Scott:
- Return+ Bonus
- 🎧 Elizabeth’s Guided Reiki Meditation (8–10 min) — available for Return+ members
If this conversation helped you exhale and remember what’s already inside you, share it with a friend who needs a gentle nudge back to Self. Subscribe/follow Return, and if you want the guided Reiki meditation from Elizabeth plus deeper, behind-the-scenes episodes, join Return+ on Substack.
Produced by Caitlan Siegenthaler
Cover Art by Kiara Opara
If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, post it to your Instagram stories, and tag me. And if you really loved it, the best thank-you is a written review on Apple Podcasts or a comment on Spotify.
That is a beautiful energetic exchange for Caitlan creating the show.