Embrace The Dark & The Light is a podcast for honest conversations about healing, identity, purpose, and what it means to be fully human. Hosted by Kelly Ann Street—therapist, coach, writer, and perpetual learner—each episode blends soul and science, weaving together psychology, spirituality, and personal storytelling. Through solo reflections and intimate interviews, this show invites you to explore the dark and the light, break the rules that never worked for you, and come home to your truest self. Because healing isn’t always pretty—and that’s okay.
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This conversation is all about anger, from its origins within us to its significance in the context of my own pregnancy and postpartum experiences. You can find yourself in these stories, even if postpartum rage wasn't your experience, because we all experience anger, even if we stuff it down for years or decades.
I go into how anger's primal nature serves as a protective emotion, and the importance of acknowledging and tending to it with tenderness. The discussion also emphasizes the connection between anger and grief, shedding light on the complex emotional dynamics at play. You'll learn my tools for working with anger and how I move through it as a work in progress.
Takeaways
Anger is a primal and necessary emotion that serves as a boundary-protecting signal.
Tending to anger with tenderness and acknowledging its connection to grief is essential for emotional well-being.
Chapters
00:00 Landing in Our Bodies
01:02 The Uncomfortable Emotion
03:13 Primal Anger and Survival
05:05 Postpartum Anger and Boundaries
07:23 Healthy Anger as a Boundary-Protecting Emotion
11:13 Tending to Anger with Tenderness
13:22 Channeling Anger Appropriately
16:50 Anger and Grief
RESOURCES
Gabor Maté — physician and author known for his work on trauma, addiction, and the mind-body connection. His work on anger and boundary violation, and the link between chronic anger suppression and physical illness, appears across his books, most notably When the Body Says No. (Recommend citing this specific title on air for accuracy.)
Thich Nhat Hanh — Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk and teacher. His teaching on anger — treating it with the same tenderness a mother gives a crying baby — is most fully laid out in his book Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames. Worth naming this title directly since it's the most anger-specific source in his catalog.
24 Sept 2026
Embracing Balance
This conversation with therapist and author, Kelly Ann Street, explores balance and the importance of embracing both light and dark, coming out of the Fall Equinox time, where the light is equal to the dark in our day. I cover the story of Persephone, the meaning of balance, the gap between story and reality, and how to think about, or reframe, the seasons of life.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
What's one thought you've been carrying in shame this week? Run it through the three questions and see what it says: "Where did this come from? What does it want me to know? How do I feel about it?"
Where in your life are you all light, or all dark, and what might be leaking out sideways?
And is there a season you've been calling a failure that might just be your December?
Chapters
00:00 Embracing the Light and the Dark
03:03 The Story of Persephone
07:03 The Meaning of Balance
11:07 The Gap Between Story and Reality
12:57 Understanding the Seasons of Life
17 Sept 2026
You Are Good.
The conversation explores the belief of innate badness instilled in us from an early age and the impact it has on our trust in ourselves and others. It delves into the concept of inherent goodness and the need to reframe our understanding of sin and trust. The episode invites listeners to embrace curiosity and self-trust.
Takeaways
Innate badness belief impacts trust
Reframing sin and trust
Embracing curiosity and self-trust
Chapters
00:00 The Belief of Innate Badness
02:56 Impact on Trust and Self-Trust
08:13 Reframing Sin and Trust
14:44 Embracing Curiosity and Self-Trust
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Scott Berman
Sara Stibitz
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