Sacred Tea & Nourished Souls is a podcast steeped in many forms of healing — from creativity and spirituality to ancestral wisdom, storytelling, and soulful conversation. Together, we explore what it means to connect more deeply with ourselves, with each other, and with whatever the divine looks like to you.
EPISODE 13: WHAT IF We Made Space for Both the Clinical and the Spiritual? | Human Design, Community & Integrative Healing
Ca'ren is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina who focuses on helping individuals and couples explore the most authentic & connected versions of themselves through various modalities blending my intuitive gifts, spiritual technologies and clinical expertise. She works from a soul-centered approach in which she focuses on cultivating an open space for metamorphosis and transformation to occur. Her approach is holistic and integrative, encouraging clients to get to kno...
15 Jul 2026
EPISODE 12: WHAT IF We met death with reverence: A Discussion re: Santa Muerte
Ry is a queer, non-binary, folk Catholic mystic and spiritual practitioner and therapist. They are a devotee of La Santa Muerte and La Virgen de Guadalupe. They draw upon their mixed ancestry as a half-Filipino, and half White + Mexican to influence the various magickal practices that they take part in. They are currently based in the California Bay Area. Social Media Links: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/themestizomystic Spotify: https://open.spot...
24 May 2026
Episode 11: WHAT IF Art Was A Way We Remember?- Story, Faith, & A Hindi Lutheran Pastor
Art Was A Way We Remember?- Story, Faith, & A Hindi Lutheran Pastor Reverend Tuhina Verma Rasche (she/her) is a second-generation South Asian American raised in a devout Hindu household. She currently serves as one of the digital pastors of the Anam Cara Community, a digital first mission of the North Carolina Synod. She's served in multiple capacities within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), including parish pastor, community organizing trainer, grassroots or...
9 May 2026
Episode 10: WHAT IF Peace Began in Everyday Acts?- Uzbek Women, Islam & Peacebuilding
In this What If conversation, we explore what peacebuilding can look like in everyday life — through the stories and experiences of Uzbek women within Muslim communities. In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, this episode highlights perspectives from Central Asia, offering a deeper understanding of how faith, culture, and community shape the ways women contribute to healing, connection, and peace. Through lived experiences, we reflect on how acts of care, compassion, and presence can become powerf...
23 Apr 2026
Episode 9: What IF Filipino Psychology Changed How We Understand Ourselves?
In this What If conversation, we explore Filipino psychology — also known as Sikolohiyang Pilipino — and how it offers a different way of understanding the self, relationships, and healing. Together, we talk about key concepts within Filipino psychology and how they contrast with more individualistic, Western frameworks. This conversation opens up questions around identity, culture, and the ways our understanding of the self is shaped by the worlds we come from. Rather than seeing heali...
1 Apr 2026
Episode 8: WHAT IF Our Parts Carry Cultural Stories?
In this episode I speak to Hui Ting, a licensed mental health counselor based in New York, originally from Malaysia. As a Malaysian Chinese therapist, Hui Ting work centers on supporting Asian American clients navigating family dynamics, intergenerational trauma, relationships, and work-related stress. She integrates parts work and Internal Family Systems (IFS) into her practice, helping clients better understand their inner world and build healthier emotional connections. Growing up in Malay...
14 Mar 2026
Episode 7: SHELF TALK with Art: Voice as Sacred- On Story, Care, & Love
In this edition of Shelf Talk, I sit with a voice actor whose understanding of voice extends far beyond performance. Together, we explore what it means to treat voice as something sacred — shaped by love, culture, and the stories we inherit. He reflects on how the values passed down by his mother shaped the way he helped care for his father, who lived with schizophrenia, and how Filipino belief systems informed what it meant to show up with presence and compassion. We also talk about his work...
28 Jan 2026
Episode 6: WHAT IF Therapy Made Space For Hmong Shamanic Practices?
Michi Marks (she/they) is a Hmong American Marriage and Family Therapist–in-training, integration and implementation coach, and spiritual practitioner whose work bridges Western psychotherapy with ancestral animist traditions. Their approach draws from liberation psychology, experiential therapies, and systems thinking, with a focus on relational, embodied, and contextual healing. Michi identifies as neurodivergent, queer, genderfluid, and bicultural — identities that inform their commi...
24 Dec 2025
Episode 5: WHAT IF We Remembered the Roots of Chinese Medicine?
In this episode of Sacred Tea & Nourished Souls, I sit down with an acupuncturist to explore the question: What If We Remembered the Roots of Chinese Medicine? Together, we talk about honoring lineage, cultural context, and the spiritual foundations of Chinese medicine — and how these roots can become obscured when the practice is removed from its history and community. This conversation invites listeners to reflect on healing not just as a technique, but as cultural memory, responsibilit...
12 Oct 2025
Episode 4: Shelf Talk with EJ: How Romance & Fiction Help Us Heal
In this first episode of Shelf Talk, I sit down with EJ, a book influencer who shares how romance and fiction have been more than just stories — they’ve been a source of comfort, healing, and hope during difficult times. We talk about how getting fully absorbed in a book can provide a much-needed escape, helping him process emotions, cope with challenges, and find the hope of love in both fiction and life. You can find him at: @the_bookboyfriend or @_bookboyfriend Your host is Jaclyn Ty...
8 Sept 2025
Episode 3: WHAT IF We Carry More Than Our Own Pain?
In this episode, we explore the layers of intergenerational trauma—the emotional wounds and patterns silently passed from one generation to the next. Through the lens of depth psychology, we look at how unconscious material, family narratives, and ancestral experiences continue to shape the way we show up in everyday life. From relationship dynamics and self-worth struggles to the ways we cope with stress, these inherited imprints often linger beneath the surface. We also discuss pathways tow...
16 Aug 2025
Episode 2: WHAT IF Our Ancestors' Wisdom Could Shape How We Raise Children?
In this episode of the What If segment, we talk about what if our ancestors' wisdom could shape how we raise children? About our guest: Dr. Mercedes Samudio (she/her), DSW, LCSW, AfroNerd, and mental health advocate, empowers Black families through trauma-informed care, pop culture scholarship, and innovative healing frameworks. Founder of Shame Proof Parenting, she integrates geek culture and social justice into culturally responsive practices, mentorship, and clinician sup...
18 Jul 2025
Episode 1: WHAT IF healing isn’t just physical or emotional — but spiritual, ancestral, even energetic?
In this episode of the What If segment, we talk about what does it mean to be a shaman, can other people pratice shamanism, is it a vocation only, what does spiritual healing look like, and how to work with ancestors. About our guest: Mache Chache is a Shaman & Houngan Asogwe (Haitian Vodou High Priest) who has guided seekers on their spiritual paths for over a decade. As the owner of Kindred Spirits—one of North Carolina’s longest-standing spiritual communities and supp...
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