Daring to Tell My Story of Healing, Transformation, and Personal Liberation

To Dare Together, Truth Seeking with Erin O'Brien, LPC, Witch

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What happens when we dare to speak our deepest truths? When we step into the fullness of who we are, without editing out the uncomfortable parts?
This episode marks a turning point in our journey together as I reveal the intersections of my social identities as a licensed psychotherapist, a queer woman, a mother, and—perhaps most vulnerably—a practicing witch. I explore how these parts of myself inform one another and create the foundation for the healing work I do in the world.
From my earliest memories of guiding friends into trance states as a child to finding community within a Wiccan tradition as an adult, my spiritual path has always intertwined with my therapeutic practice. Both require rigorous self-knowledge, commitment to growth, and willingness to face shadow aspects. Both offer frameworks for transformation and healing.
I share how parenthood became my most profound initiation, confronting me with intergenerational trauma patterns I desperately wanted to break. As part of a lineage of "unmothered mothers," I faced my deepest fears about repeating harmful cycles with my own children—a reckoning that led me to integrate various healing modalities, including expanded state healing work.
This vulnerability serves a purpose beyond personal catharsis. By modeling truth-telling, I hope to create space for you to examine your own story with compassion and courage. Because our individual healing is inextricably linked to collective liberation. We must dismantle oppressive systems of white supremacy, patriarchy, and the insidious legacy of colonialism from the inside out, beginning with ourselves. As above, so below.
In our next episode, I'll guide you through your own storytelling journey using a reflection process I use with the folx I work with in my practice. Until then, remember: your truth matters. And we must dare to tell it if we hope to heal ourselves and our world.

Recorded on 6/6 and 6/11.

Information on the incredible community and magickal tradition that I am a part of called, Assembly of the Sacred Wheel: www.sacredwheel.org

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1. Welcome: Truth-Seeking in the Depths (00:00:00)

2. Social Location and Personal Identity (00:10:35)

3. My Journey as a Witch (00:19:47)

4. Motherhood and Family Lineage (00:32:52)

5. Healing Through Spiritual Practice (00:46:02)

6. Daring to Be Authentic (00:56:40)

7. Storytelling as essential Magick for Transformation and Collective Liberation (01:05:25)