Healing begins when we learn to understand, not judge, the parts of ourselves that seek comfort, connection, and control.

In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and founder of The Moon Collective Sanctuary, speaks with Patricia Marucci, LMFT, about how early attachment styles shape our relationships with people, our bodies, and even food.

Patricia shares her personal and professional insights on how anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment patterns can lead to disordered eating, addiction, or emotional disconnection and how awareness, compassion, and body-based regulation support healing.

Grounded in both science and self-compassion, this conversation invites listeners to explore how understanding attachment can guide us from survival toward secure connection.

In This Episode, They:

• Explore how attachment styles develop and shift over time.
  
  
  
• Examine how anxious, avoidant, and disorganized patterns influence relationships, food, and the body.
  
  
  
• Discuss how addiction and eating disorders can emerge from unmet attachment needs.
  
  
  
• Highlight the role of somatic awareness and nervous-system regulation in healing.
  
  
  
• Share compassionate practices to move from survival toward secure connection.
  
  
  

Whether you’re a clinician, a seeker, or someone curious about the science of connection, this episode provides insight, empathy, and tools to better understand the body–mind relationship at the heart of healing.

Listen now and discover how bringing compassion to your attachment patterns can open the doorway to deeper self-trust and wholeness.

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Visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com to explore our upcoming gatherings and private healing offerings.

Connect with Patricia

Website: https://www.patriciamartucci.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@patriciamartucci6454

Chapter Markers

04:00 Understanding anxious and avoidant attachment

10:30 How attachment impacts relationships and self-regulation

14:00 Addiction, food, and the search for safety

16:00 Patricia’s personal story and recovery journey

23:00 Finding healing through therapy and self-awareness

27:00 Revisiting trauma and the mind–body connection

30:00 Disorganized attachment explained

33:00 Somatic approaches to regulation and safety

39:00 Identifying disordered eating and when to seek help

43:00 The role of trust, surrender, and self-compassion

47:00 Final reflections and message of hope

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Connect with Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD:

Website: www.mooncollectivesanctuary.com

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@mooncollectivesanctuary

IG: @lydialunaphd & @mooncollectivesanctuary

Facebook: www.facebook.com/mooncollectivesanctuary

Healing starts when we stop running from the parts of ourselves that hurt the most. In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., sits down with Briana Damavandi, LCSW, a certified EMDR psychotherapist specializing in complex trauma and somatic work, to explore the connection between inner child healing and generational trauma and how parts work can help us understand, heal, and bring compassion to the parts of us that still hurt.

Together, they:

• Explore how parts work and inner child healing create deep integration and release.
• Discuss the impact of generational trauma and the patterns we unconsciously repeat.
• Share gentle entry points for reconnecting with wounded inner child parts.
• Reveal how self-compassion and somatic awareness transform emotional pain into empowerment.
• Explain the difference between traditional talk therapy and trauma-informed modalities like EMDR and IFS.

Whether you’re beginning your healing journey or ready to explore deeper layers of generational cycles, this conversation offers guidance, hope, and practical ways to reconnect with your truest self.

Listen now and discover how integrating your inner child can break generations of pain and create lasting freedom.

To Watch the Show click HERE

Visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com to explore our upcoming gatherings and private healing offerings.

Connect with Briana

Website: www.theholisticemdrtherapist.com

Instagram: @the.holistic.emdr.therapist

Chapter Markers

01:12 Understanding Parts Work and Inner Child Healing

02:30 Brianna's Journey and Trauma Work

04:42 Exploring Inner Child Healing Techniques

10:36 Recognizing and Breaking Generational Trauma

18:41 The Role of Self-Compassion in Healing

21:23 Practical Steps to Connect with Your Inner Child

22:50 Exploring Self-Hate and Its Origins

24:11 Healing Through Parts Work

25:58 Tapping into Self-Love

26:57 Integrating Inner Child Practices

32:04 Understanding Complex Trauma

36:17 Finding the Right Therapist

Support the show

Connect with Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD:

Website: www.mooncollectivesanctuary.com

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@mooncollectivesanctuary

IG: @lydialunaphd & @mooncollectivesanctuary

Facebook: www.facebook.com/mooncollectivesanctuary

In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD, welcomes Lauren Boasberg, an LMFT and EMDR therapist who specializes in Internal Family Systems therapy. Lauren shares her personal journey, including how her grandfather's Holocaust stories impacted her childhood and eventually led her to become a therapist. She explains IFS therapy's core concept that we all have different "parts" within us - exiled parts that hold pain, manager parts that keep us functioning, and firefighter parts that annihilate pain. Through practical examples, Lauren demonstrates how recognizing and communicating with these parts can help us access our "self energy" - our authentic core that exists beneath protective layers. The conversation explores how trauma creates protective mechanisms and how IFS offers a compassionate framework for healing by acknowledging each part's positive intention. Lauren concludes with a message of hope: "There's always a way back to yourself, literally."

Connect with Lauren Boasberg on Instagram at @emdrtherapistla or visit laurenboasberg.com.

Be sure to visit mooncollectivesanctuary.com or find us on social media @mooncollectivesanctuary for helpful resources.

Chapter Markers

00:29 Meet Our Guest: Lauren Boberg

00:48 Lauren's Early Life and Trauma

02:23 Coping Mechanisms and Early Career

05:55 Discovering EMDR and IFS

08:30 Understanding Internal Family Systems (IFS)

13:21 Practical Examples of IFS

17:55 The Role of Self-Energy in Healing

22:26 Understanding Complex Trauma

23:31 Defining the Highest Self

24:33 Accessing Self-Energy

25:08 Practical Steps to Connect with Self

26:59 The Role of Protectors in Therapy

27:48 Finding Joy and Resourcing

30:53 Humanistic Approach in IFS and EMDR

35:10 Unblending and Reintegrating Parts

40:06 Practical Steps for Self-Connection

42:26 Final Thoughts and Hope

Support the show

Connect with Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD:

Website: www.mooncollectivesanctuary.com

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@mooncollectivesanctuary

IG: @lydialunaphd & @mooncollectivesanctuary

Facebook: www.facebook.com/mooncollectivesanctuary