Whole Again Pod

About Whole Again Pod

Hosted by Teddy and Leslie, Whole Again Pod is a conversation about trauma, healing, and the journey toward wholeness. Through candid discussions, expert insights, and real-life stories, we explore the ways people rebuild after hardship—whether it’s personal loss, systemic injustice, or the everyday struggles of being human. With backgrounds in advocacy, social work, and education, Teddy and Leslie bring deep experience and compassion to the conversation. Each episode offers practical takeaways, thoughtful reflection, and a reminder that healing is possible. Join us as we navigate the complexities of trauma, resilience, and what it means to become whole again.

Publisher

Whole Again Media

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Apr 2025

Latest episode

13 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2025

   Episode 6: Bringing it all together and moving forward

   Hosts Leslie Briner and Teddy McGlynn-Wright discuss the Integrative Trauma and Healing Framework, emphasizing cumulative and collaborative healing practices that restore safety, agency, dignity, and belonging.

2. 

   22 Jul 2025

   Episode 5: We Can Be Whole Again - Pathways to Healing

   Hosts Leslie Briner and Teddy McGlynn-Wright explore pathways to healing through rebuilding safety, agency, dignity, and belonging individually, in relationships, and across systems in this interview episode.

3. 

   16 Jun 2025

   Episode 4: Trauma Overwhelms

   Hosts Leslie and Teddy explore how trauma overwhelms the body-brain's ability to integrate and cope, impacting personal and collective nervous systems, while highlighting breathing and co-regulation as pathways toward safety.

4. 

   19 May 2025

   Episode 3: Trauma Interrupts

   In episode 3 of the Whole Again Pod, hosts Leslie and Teddy dive deep into what it means when we say “trauma interrupts.” Moving beyond clinical definitions and diagnoses, we unpack the ways trauma disintegrates our sense of safety, agency, dignity, and belonging—not just as individuals, but across families, communities, systems, and cultures. We explore the many forms trauma can take, from sudden explosions to slow erosions, and highlight how these interruptions show up in our bodies, our relationships, and the world around us. Listeners will find insights, humor, history, and integration practices woven throughout the conversation, along with honest reflections on why understanding trauma’s many layers matters for healing. This episode invites you to consider how both harm and healing move through our bodies—and why reclaiming wholeness starts with naming what’s been interrupted. Nagaski, Emily and Amelia. Burnout: The secret of Unlocking the Stress Cycle Cohen, Geoffrey. Belonging- The Science of Connection and Bridging Divides Geoffrey Cohen research website. Takei, George, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker. They Called Us Enemy. Felitti, Vincent, MD. ACES study Richard RothsteinThe Color of Law, Richard Rothstein NPR: A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America US DOT: Original Intent: Purpose of the Interstate System 1954-1956 Urban Institute: Addressing the Legacies of Historical Redlining Reconnecting Communities Pilot Jessica’s “Daily Affirmation” The Affirmations Song- Doggyland Kidsong and Nursery Rhymes by Snoop Dogg

5. 

   14 Apr 2025

   Episode 2: Trauma is Embodied Across 5 Layers

   The second episode of Whole Again Pod is about statement two of the Framework: we embody trauma and healing across 5 layers: individual, collective, systemic, intergenerational, and historical. This episode is all about bodies and how people, groups, systems and cultures embody trauma and healing. Now

6. 

   14 Apr 2025

   Episode 1: We Begin Whole

   Welcome to the first episode of the Whole Again Pod. In this episode Teddy and Leslie introduce the integrative trauma and healing framework and dive into statement 1: We begin whole. Our birthright includes safe, agency, dignity, and belonging. We explore the concepts of wholeness and safety, agency, dignity, and belonging as well as existing definitions of trauma.

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

70

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

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

Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

65

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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