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What if the healing you’ve been searching for doesn’t start in your thoughts… but in your body?

In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with trauma-informed healer and spiritual educator Heather Ann Ferri for a powerful, wide-ranging conversation on trauma, remembrance, and reclaiming inner sovereignty. Heather shares her extraordinary life journey from Broadway stages and creative success to profound dark nights of the soul and how those experiences shaped the healing work she offers today.

Together, Amanda and Heather explore how trauma lives in the nervous system, why the body remembers what the mind forgets, and what it truly takes to heal at the root. This episode moves fluidly between the mystical and the practical, touching on Breathwork, medical meditation, bloodline trauma, and the importance of respecting both the human body and Mother Earth. It’s an expansive, honest conversation that invites listeners to slow down, listen inward, and remember who they are beneath survival mode.

💡 In this episode, listeners will discover:

🌬️ How trauma is stored in the body and nervous system not just the mind
🧠 Why mindset work alone often falls short for deep healing
✨ What “medical meditation” is and how it supports brain and nervous system rewiring
🧬 How bloodline and generational trauma influence health and behavior
🌿 The role breath, sound, and movement play in releasing stored trauma
💧 Why clean water, environmental awareness, and embodiment matter for healing
👁️ What it means to reclaim sovereignty and remember one’s true self

⏰ Timeline Summary

[1:42] Heather’s early life, creativity, and surviving childhood trauma
[8:30] How the body holds trauma even when memories are fragmented
[16:55] Broadway, performance, and using art as survival and expression
[25:40] Why affirmations and mindset work didn’t heal trauma
[33:10] Medical meditation, Breathwork, and rewiring the nervous system
[45:28] Bloodline trauma, memory, and the body’s intelligence
[57:50] Clean water, Mother Earth, and practical responsibility in healing
[1:14:20] Sovereignty, legacy, and remembering who you truly are

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What if one recorded conversation could become a living archive... something that speaks long after you’re gone and changes someone’s life in ways you’ll never witness?

In this deeply moving episode, host Amanda Russo sits down with Adam Torres, co-founder of Mission Matters, author, international speaker, and host of over 6,000 interviews... for a conversation that weaves together mindset, storytelling, grief, and legacy.

Adam shares his unconventional path from left-brained finance to storytelling at scale, including growing up in Detroit, choosing international relations simply to travel the world, and how writing one book set off an unexpected domino effect that led to publishing hundreds of authors and launching hundreds of podcasts. Along the way, he reflects on learning podcasting in public, imperfect audio, authentic beginnings, and the surprising kindness of podcast listeners who keep creators accountable through consistency.

At the heart of the episode is legacy. After losing his mother in a sudden tornado, Adam realized that the three interviews he had recorded with her were his most valuable possessions, living recordings that future generations can hear in her own voice. He opens up about the “small miracles” that followed, the healing power of documenting grief, and why inviting loved ones into your work now is something you’ll never regret.

The conversation also dives into the craft of podcasting itself: why “just start” matters more than perfection, how volume builds endurance, why creation beats critique, and how shifting from ego to service can turn a microphone into a tool for humanity.

It’s a powerful reminder that storytelling isn’t about attention, it’s about preservation, connection, and meaning.

💡 In this episode, listeners will discover:

🎙️ Why podcasting is simply recorded human connection
🌍 How a love of travel shaped Adam’s global mindset
📖 How writing one book unexpectedly launched a media empire
🧠 Why authenticity outperforms perfection when starting something new
⏱️ How consistency builds trust even when content isn’t “perfect”
🕊️ How grief reshaped Adam’s understanding of legacy
👩‍👦 Why recording loved ones can become priceless over time
📡 Why Adam believes we’re heading toward one billion podcasts
🔥 Why creating your own voice matters more than critiquing others

⏰ Timeline Summary

[3:02] Growing up in Detroit and developing an early work ethic
[7:02] Redefining intelligence, success, and nontraditional paths
[8:24] Choosing international relations purely to see the world
[13:48] Writing one book and the domino effect that followed
[17:03] Why podcasting is just recorded conversation
[21:38] Learning podcasting in public and embracing imperfection
[29:19] Why storytelling dissolves ego instead of feeding it
[37:16] Losing his mother and redefining legacy through recorded voice
[42:53] The healing power of documenting grief and “small miracles”
[50:49] Why inviting loved ones on your show matters

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What if the “small changes” you keep putting off are actually the ones that would change everything?

In this episode of Manders Mindset, host Amanda Russo sits down with author and acupuncturist Elizabeth Bruckner, creator of The Homesteader Mindset, for a conversation that feels equal parts grounding, funny, and quietly life-altering. Elizabeth shares how a lifetime shaped by immigrant family history, chronic illness, and deep curiosity led her to the unexpected path of homesteading… starting in a Southern California suburb with a concrete backyard and a history of killing plants.

Together, Amanda and Elizabeth explore what integrity really means, why routines outperform willpower, and how “tiny increments” can pull someone out of survival mode and into self-trust. From habit chaining and gratitude practices to the power of frivolous joy, this episode is a reminder that healing and transformation don’t usually happen through massive overhauls… they happen through small, doable choices repeated with grace.

💡 In this episode, listeners will discover:

🌿 How chronic illness became the turning point that shifted Elizabeth’s relationship with self-care
🏡 What “homesteading” can look like even in a suburb with limited space
🧠 Why routines work better than willpower when building lasting habits
⏳ The “five-minute rule” that helps people restart habits without shame
💛 How gratitude can interrupt hopelessness and bring someone back to the present
✨ Why “frivolous joy” is not optional... it’s nervous system medicine
📝 What Elizabeth means by “badly done is better than well said” (and why it changes everything)

⏰ Timeline Summary

[0:49] Elizabeth’s core values: integrity and being a lifelong learner
[3:11] Family history, immigration trauma, and how early stories shaped her worldview
[10:52] Chronic illness in her 40s and the moment everything had to change
[13:09] Starting homesteading during COVID and building community through curiosity
[15:57] Learning languages during illness and why it helped her avoid identifying with being “sick”
[22:08] Why Elizabeth wrote The Homesteader Mindset and the power of tiny increments
[28:01] Willpower vs. routines and how habits live in the brain differently
[31:42] Practical tools for getting back into habits (five-minute rule + function stacking)
[35:30] Gratitude as a mindset shift, especially in hard seasons
[58:35] “Badly done is better than well said” and why action beats perfection

To Connect with Amanda:

Schedule a 1:1 Virtual Breathwork Session HERE

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Website: https://createwellnessproject.com/

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