In this episode, Karin welcomes Lindsey Magner, MMFC-T(she, her), Marriage and Family Therapist, specializing in trauma, LGBTQIA+, attachment, non-traditional family structures, relationships, and life transitions for our newest episode of the show. Join Karin and Lindsey for a conversation on the challenges of feeling broken and finding authentic self, the spiritual experience of loving your body, love as a feeling as opposed to an action, the intersection of eroticism and embodiment, examining pleasure outside of the confines of societal and religious beliefs, embracing sexual and spiritual transformation in recovery, recognizing the harm of performative lifestyles, inner child work, societal demands for self-denial, non-traditional family structures, the sanctity of truth, the act of “showing up” for yourself and others, what recovery is to Lindsey, and much more! Lindsey Magner, MMFC-T (she/her) believes that trauma is at the heart of much of our suffering. Her vocational pull towards counseling is rooted in her personal experience of walking through her trauma, addiction, and eating disorder; alongside therapists of her own, which saved her life. Learn more at www.karinlewisedc.com/podcast/episode103