Courage to Heal

About Courage to Heal

Courage to Heal shares candid conversations exploring various mental health issues with the people that live with them. Join your host Anna Khandrueva, a psychotherapist and a mental health advocate, as she delves into interesting discussions around mental health and wellness while providing listeners with actionable steps and tools to encourage self-love and recovery. Listen each week as Anna dives into raw, honest conversations with guests about their mental health journey, sharing their experiences, where to seek help, and how to navigate through difficult times. Dedicated to leading thought-provoking discussions with an expert view to provide insight and knowledge, this is a resource you can use to understand more about mental well-being while learning how to move forward and stop recycling old patterns. Exploring the battles we wage within ourselves, listen today to discover a new perspective.

Publisher

Anna Khandrueva

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Feb 2023

Latest episode

10 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Jul 2025

   Turning Pain Into Power – A Conversation with Rhoda Banks

   In this deeply moving episode of Courage to Heal, Anna sits down with Rhoda Banks, motivational speaker, coach, and author of the powerful memoir Daughter of an Assassin. Rhoda shares her extraordinary story of growing up amid violence, intergenerational trauma, and emotional neglect – and how she rose above it all to become a successful executive and advocate for healing and self-worth. Together, Anna and Rhoda explore themes of childhood trauma, survivor’s guilt, emotional neglect, body image, forgiveness, faith, and personal transformation. Rhoda’s honesty and resilience will resonate with anyone who has struggled with feeling unworthy or burdened by their past. This episode is a powerful reminder that healing is possible, and your legacy is yours to write. *Check Out Rhoda's Book: https://www.amazon.com/DAUGHTER-ASSASSIN-TURNING-PAIN-POWER/dp/B0DXMYKB9D *Rhoda's Website: https://www.therhodaexperience.com/

2. 

   3 Jul 2025

   Is EMDR Right for You? A Trauma Therapist’s Insight

   Laurel Roberts-Meese, a licensed psychotherapist, illuminates the eight phases of EMDR therapy and its effectiveness in rewiring the brain's trauma responses in an interview with Anna.

3. 

   26 Jun 2025

   Understanding and Navigating Trauma Triggers

   Anna, host of Courage to Heal, explains trauma triggers, their formation, and manifestation in daily life, providing somatic tools like the Spiral and Picture Techniques to regulate emotional responses and promote safety.

Who has been a guest on Courage to Heal

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Laurel Roberts-Meese
• Amy Sullivan
• Suzanne Culberg
• Jonathan Schechter
• Craig Polsfuss

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

51 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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