Nothing is Required: Trauma-Informed Gong Listening
Nothing Is Required is a trauma-informed sound podcast designed for nervous systems that live in brace mode.
Hosted by Navy Veteran and Sound Alchemist Julie Jules Smoot, this podcast offers structured gong listening sessions created to support regulation, grounding, and reduced overwhelm. Each episode is paced intentionally — with gradual entry, predictable resonance, and space to soften without pressure.
These are not performance-based meditations.
There is no emotional outcome to achieve.
There is nothing to fix.
Through Chiron Gong, planetary gong sessions, and steady vibrational sound fields, listeners are invited to practice un-bracing — gently and at their own pace.
This podcast is designed for individuals living with trauma histories, CPTSD, chronic stress, sensory sensitivity, and nervous system dysregulation who are seeking contained, non-verbal support between therapy sessions.
Nothing is required of you here.
You are not asked to go deeper than your body wants to go.
You are simply invited to listen.
Episodes
50 episodes
Her Becoming, Part Four: Integration and Sovereignty
The final movement of Her Becoming is not about rising higher.It is about settling into what has already been reclaimed.After awakening, empowerment, and liberation, this closing section turns toward integration — where s...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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28:56
Her Becoming, Part Three: The Liberation
Part Three of Her Becoming marks the turning point from embodied strength into active liberation.If the previous phase was about reclaiming inner authority, this movement is about living it.This episode includes:
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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18:08
Her Becoming, Part Two: The Reclamation of Power
In Part Two of Her Becoming, the journey shifts from remembrance into reclamation.If awakening is remembering who you are, reclamation is choosing to embody it.This episode moves through:Soul’s Embrace: Unleashi...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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33:01
Threads of Her Becoming: A Journey into Sovereign Feminine Power
Part One Her Becoming is a therapeutic listening arc that traces the journey from remembrance to embodied sovereignty through a carefully sequenced progression of sound.The journey begins with gentle awakening:
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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32:39
After My Mother Died: Grief, Trauma, and Becoming Complex Post Traumatic Stress
In this episode, I speak openly about how watching my mother die from metastatic breast cancer changed me — and how prolonged grief, isolation, and relational loss reshaped my nervous system.From 2016 to 2020, I lived in sustained vigila...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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14:00
Nothing Is Required of You: From the album Nothing Is Required of You
This episode centers around the track Nothing Is Required of You from the album of the same name. In many healing spaces, there is an unspoken pressure to improve — to relax, to regulate, to release, to move forward. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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16:06
I Chose Myself
This episode is not an apology. It is a record.For anyone who has been minimized, dismissed, politicized, or expected to endure quietly — this is a reclamation of authorship.From service and survival to sovereignty and self-trust,...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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44:46
Lineage in My Blood
What do we carry — and what do we choose to transform?Lineage is not only ancestry. It is memory. Pattern. Survival. Strength. Silence. Resistance. It is what shaped us long before we had language for it.In this episode, I explore...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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14:36
Sovereignty: The Quiet Authority of the Self
Sovereignty is not loud.It is not a performance of power.It is not an argument to be won.It is the quiet authority that comes from self-trust.In this episode, I explore what it means to stand firmly inside your own a...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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10:33
My Body Is Not a Debate
What happens when your body becomes a talking point?When your boundaries are questioned, minimized, or reframed as something up for discussion?In this episode, I speak about autonomy, consent, and the quiet power of remaining in y...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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9:50
What “Woke” Means to Me
The word “woke” has become a weapon.It gets tossed like an insult. Like shorthand for “too much,” “too aware,” “too political,” “too sensitive.”But here is what it means to me.Woke means I remember.I remembe...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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10:11
My No Is Not Political
What happens when a simple “no” is dismissed? For survivors of violation, consent is not theoretical. It is lived. It is embodied. It is sacred. In this episode, I speak directly about what it means to have your bo...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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9:56
Presence Without Override
Presence Without Override is a containment playlist for situations where the body needs to stay present without absorbing stress, fear, noise, or obligation. This playlist is not for processing, healing, or emo...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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1:05:15
The Body Leads
The Body Leads is a listening-based podcast rooted in lived experience of complex PTSD, chronic pain, autoimmune illness, grief, and the decision to stop overriding the body in service of obligation, caregiving, or compliance.This...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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1:44:22
Chiron Gong Harmonics
A Trauma-Informed Listening SeriesChiron Gong Harmonics is a listening series centered on the sound of the Chiron Gong—often known as the wounded healer—offered without instruction, urgency, or expectation.These ...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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10:51
Where the Work Lives Now
Where the Work Lives Now is a brief, clarifying episode about how my sound work is offered, supported, and sustained. In this episode, I share why my music is no longer available for free on social platforms, how my cur...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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10:08
Still Here Without Effort
Still Here Without Effort is a listening episode centered on presence without performance. The sound does not ask for focus, insight, or change. It offers steadiness for moments when doing anything at all feels like too much.Thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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17:15
Not Up for Debate
Not Up for Debate – Podcast Episode DescriptionNot Up for Debate is a listening piece rooted in boundary authority rather than dialogue. This episode offers sound as a firm, steady presence—one that does not negotiate, ju...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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6:18
Witness and Truth: Listening Without Interruption
Witness and Truth is a trauma-informed listening podcast grounded in lived experience and the necessity of allowing truth to exist without debate, correction, or erasure. This space centers witnessing as an act of respect—not interrogation—and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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24:19
Nervous System Support: Distance, Permission, and Stepping Away
Nervous System Support is a trauma-informed listening episode created for moments when the body needs distance, containment, and relief from pressure. This is not a space for processing, fixing, or pushing through. It is a space where st...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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25:44
Boundary and Self Protection
Boundary and Self Protection is a trauma-informed listening podcast rooted in lived experience and the ongoing practice of choosing safety, dignity, and self-respect. This space explores boundaries not as punishment or withdrawal, but as...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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38:05
Returning Gently
Returning Gently is a trauma-informed listening podcast created as a place to come back to yourself without pressure, instruction, or expectation. Each episode offers non-directive sound and spacious listening experiences designed to sup...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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15:04
A Space for Integration
Private Listening Session — Integration & Quiet (30–35 min)Track order (8–9 tracks):You Are Allowed to ExistVenus Knows the WayNeptune’s Quiet TideSomatic A...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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43:15
Returning Gently: Trauma-Informed Guided Listening
Returning Gently: Trauma-Informed Guided ListeningReturning Gently is a guided listening meditation designed for moments when the nervous system has had enough—when sound, stimulation, or the world itself feels like too much.Thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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7:37