Wisdom Without The Guru
by Regina Sayer
Latest episode
Body Mapping: Listening to Your Body with Sam Halliwell
Body Mapping: Listening to Your Body with Sam Halliwell
About this podcast
Behind every pivot, loss, career shift, trauma or reinvention is a story. Wisdom Without the Guru grew from my belief that growth is something we live, not something we’re taught from a pedestal. Through grounded, real-world conversations, I explore how people rebuild, adapt, and rediscover purpose after trauma, change and conflict — in work, health, relationships, and identity. My guests are coaches, authors, healers, social workers, therapists and everyday people who’ve turned lived experience into practical insight. Together, we look at what awareness, authenticity, and being human really mean when life gets complex.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 69 episodes
- Body Mapping: Listening to Your Body with Sam Halliwell · 1 h 9 min · Episode 69For this special final-for-now episode of Wisdom Without the Guru, Endo Coach Sam Halliwell returns to introduce body mapping — a practice designed to help us notice physical…
- Growing Up Too Soon, Endometriosis & Living Beyond the Diagnosis with Sam Halliwell · 1 h 56 min · Episode 68Sam Halliwell grew up carrying responsibilities most children never have to think about. By ten, she was helping run the family pub, caring for her younger sister and managing…
- Resilience: Flow in the Present - Author Interview with Michelle Wincell O'Leary · 53 min · Episode 67Michelle Wincell O’Leary returns to discuss her book, Resilience: Flow in the Present — the first instalment in a planned 11-book series exploring different layers of personal…
- From Childhood Uncertainty to Psychology, Spirituality & Conscious Living with Michelle Wincell O’Leary · 1 h 38 min · Episode 66Michelle Wincell O’Leary grew up surrounded by four strong women, but her childhood changed when her mother remarried and home became a place of harsh discipline, silence and…
- Overachievement, Alcohol Recovery & Spiritual Healing with Taylor Caruthers · 1 h 32 min · Episode 65Taylor Caruthers learned early that being average was not an option. Driven to achieve, participate and prove herself, she became a mother at 15 and entered adulthood carrying…
- Mental Health Monster Books: Helping Children Express Emotions with Rachel Brown · 36 min · Episode 64Returning guest Rachel Brown introduces her Mental Health Monster Series, a collection of children’s books and practical resources designed to help children recognise and express…
- From Misdiagnosis and Career Changes to Conscious Parenting with Rachel Brown · 1 h 29 min · Episode 63Rachel Brown’s life has involved more than one unexpected change of direction. From moving schools and struggling to find where she belonged, to living for years from puberty…
- Staying Small, Trauma & Questioning Normal with Debbie Harrell · 1 h 34 min · Episode 62Debbie Harrell grew up learning that the safest way to move through life was to stay quiet, responsible and unnoticed. In a home marked by emotional abuse and instability, she…
- What to Know About Kundalini Reiki with Michelle Nermerich · 38 min · Episode 61Returning guest Michelle Nermerich joins me for a special episode focused on Kundalini Reiki — how she came to it, how it differs from Usui Reiki, and why preparation matters…
- Leaving Control and Reclaiming the Body through Holistic Healing | Michelle Nermerich · 1 h 24 min · Episode 60Certified Holistic Practitioner, Michelle Nermerich joins me from Canada to talk about identity, chronic pain, domestic abuse, and the healing practices that eventually became…
- From Grief and Infertility to Conscious Pregnancy with Ashley Holmes · 1 h 22 min · Episode 59Ashley Holmes, a holistic fertility coach whose work grew out of her own experience with grief, unexplained infertility, motherhood, yoga, Ayurveda, and nervous system healing…
- Life & Loss Through the Lens of Yoga with Mandy Mona · 1 h 43 min · Episode 58Yoga therapist Mandy Mona speaks about family, faith, motherhood, body image, relationship strain, yoga therapy, pregnancy loss, and learning how to support yourself and others…
- Childhood Trauma, ADHD & Learning Calm with Amanda Bearce · 1 h 30 min · Episode 57Wellness coach Amanda Bearce joins me to talk about growing up with fear, instability, and a nervous system that never fully learned how to rest. Amanda shares how her father’s…
- Poop, Self-Help & Letting Go with Angela Jamieson · 41 min · Episode 56In this special episode, I welcome back Angela Jamieson to talk about her unusually titled book, Using No. 2 to Get to No. 1: The Shockingly Insightful, Full-of-Crap Self-Help…
- Culture, Identity, Loss & Redefining Success with Angela Jamieson · 1 h 34 min · Episode 55Author and creator of Relaxed Productivity, Angela Jamieson, joins me to speak about identity, culture, ambition, family history, grief, creativity, and what it means to redefine…
- Grief Beyond the Funeral: A New Path with Megan Malick · 41 min · Episode 54In this special episode, I welcome back Megan Malick to discuss her book A New Path — a workbook and planner created to support people navigating grief while also managing the…
- Grief, Trauma & Evolving Faith | Megan Malick · 1 h 29 min · Episode 53What do we actually mean when we talk about grief—and what happens when the beliefs that once grounded us begin to shift? Megan Malick shares experiences from across her life…
- Exploring The Call of the Sacred Rebel | Debi Barr · 44 min · Episode 52In this episode, Debi Barr joins me to discuss her book The Call of the Sacred Rebel and the path that led her to write it. We talk about how the book evolved over time—from…
- From Redundancy to Reiki: Finding Her Way Back | Debi Barr · 1 h 38 min · Episode 51Debi Barr describes herself as “feral at 50” — but that phrase only makes sense when you understand the path that led her there. Raised in Northern Ireland in a strict religious…
- Faith, Identity & Spiritual Path: Dr. Chris Nirvelorron · 1 h 34 min · Episode 50In this compelling interview, Dr. Chris Nirvelorron shares their extraordinary journey from a strict Southern Baptist upbringing, academic struggles, and military service to…
