Welcome back!! Today, my guest is Stephanie McKinley.

After ditching a life filled with successes, as measured by social norms, Stephanie McKinley has spent the last 3 years creating deep transformation in her life as well as the lives of others.

Stephanie has dedicated her life to be of service to others. She is an LCSW in FL and VA and has been working in the mental health field for the last 20 years. Her specialty is Trauma Resolution and continues to work with at risk youth. Stephanie began her career as a Life Coach with youth aging out of the Foster Care system in South Florida. She served as the Vice President of Foster Care Services for The Dan Marino Foundation before moving into the field of Addiction and Substance Dependance. Stephanie served as the Clinical Director for two separate facilities helping hundreds of individuals address trauma and other related mental health issues as they began a healing journey to a new life.

Life was good!!! She was successful by all measures, but something was missing. She knew something drastic needed to happen in her life to continue her own healing journey! She began to dream big, to be still and to listen to her own hearts longings. She returned to an early love; yoga! She started to feel things differently and have moments of deep clarity. A knowing developed and she knew exactly what she needed to do. She sold everything she owned, quit her job and packed her 8 year old daughter in the car and they set out for an adventure of a lifetime. They spent 13 months on the road exploring North America and the deepest corners of their own souls!

Stephanie landed in Winchester, VA in August 2017 and currently works as a full-time yoga instructor, PE teacher, life coach and therapist supporting others as they explore and experience their own life’s journey. Stephanie is passionate about creating space for others to start living their best life, free from the bondage of their past.

In today's podcast we cover:
0:00 What does Stephanie do?
2:40 What brought you to be a licensed health counselor?
5:00 How was going through clinical hours and did you do the work on yourself?
7:00 How do you work with your’s or other’s inner monsters?
9:00 Any experiences that you have had or seen?
10:00 Pissed and angry at the world
12:30 Who am I to help others?
15:30 How do you help people without pushing your own personal beliefs onto clients?
15:40 Meet people where they are at
16:30 How can we help others while they are crashing and burning
17:30 Being present to help others without an agenda
18:50 What is presence?
19:30 The power of breath and sensory training
21:30 Glennon Doyle
22:30 The caterpillar
23:15 Robbing people of life experiences
25:00 The art of listening
27:00 Brane Brown-connecting with others
29:00 Why is offering help challenging?
31:00 Are their clinical experiences that have created growth as a therapist?
33:00 Personal experiences that have shaped you as a therapist
35:00 How can you be a better patient?
38:00 Are there particular common threads that you see in successful people?
39:00 How can you become a better partner?
41:00 Getting in touch with how you are feeling?
45:00 How do we get passed the way we feel?
47:00 Getting passed the attachment to depression and chemical signals
50:00 Choosing a new path
53:00 Leaving her old life behind

If you'd like to get in contact with Ms. McKinley:
Instagram:
@yoga.travel.heal

Facebook:
Yoga Travel Heal

Remote therapeutic services
stephaniedmckinley@gmail.com

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