We Are the Compassionate Revolution

In this deep-diving episode, Molly addresses an important question from a listener who has done a ton of personal growth but still struggles with intellectualizing and stuffing feelings.   Listener Question: "I collect mental health tips and self-help books, but I’m realizing it’s just a fancy way of avoiding my feelings. Now that I'm caregiving for my elderly parents, all the feelings I've 'stuffed' are coming back up and I'm turning to food to cope. Help! Any tips you can give me are welcome.”   Molly explores how society — and even many popular healing modalities — rewards us for intellectualizing emotions, "coping" well, and staying productive at the expense of our emotional health.   In this episode, learn: why intellectualizing feelings can keep us stuck how our bodies are healthy, wise, and intelligent for sending us alarm signals – even when they’re unpleasant and unwanted in the moment a practical exercise for transmuting stuffed feelings through gratitude, honor, and invocation how to transition from head knowledge to heart-centered healing.   *****   Ask Molly a question at her voicemail box here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMolly.   Check out the revamped version of Molly’s FREE Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course and discover which of the 4 toxic relationship traps has you in its grip (and how to break free)!   Order Molly's new book: The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

This week, Molly dives into two tender, complex listener questions: one involving the pressure of outside opinions and another on setting boundaries with an adult child with complex needs.   Question 1: "I’ve never really known myself and find it difficult to set boundaries. I feel pressured to join a community because others say I 'should,' but my gut and even my dreams are screaming 'no.' How can I set boundaries when I don't even know who I am?" — Stephanie   Question 2: "I’m a single mom to a 19-year-old with ADHD, autism, and mental health limitations. My home dynamic feels like an abusive relationship, and logic and reasoning don't work. How do I set boundaries when I can't leave and my child won't cooperate?" — Krissy   In this episode, learn about: shifting the locus of control boundaries as self-discovery, as well as pro-relational boundaries the honor-self/honor-others framework the "strong one" trap permission to experiment   *****   Ask Molly a question at her voicemail box here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMolly.   Take Molly’s acclaimed Boundaries 101 class to begin your own journey of self-discovery and boundary-setting in complex relationships.   Order Molly's new book: The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

Listener Question: "How can I help the world when I feel like nothing I do is enough? It just feels like the problems are too big and I'm just one person. Burying my head in the sand isn't the answer, but I want to." — Feeling Overwhelmed on the East Coast   In this episode, Molly answers a listener question about how to stay compassionate without drowning in hopelessness from all the terrible things happening in our world right now.   Molly breaks down how our desire to help often becomes trapped inside our dominant culture’s mindset, demanding immediate results and perfect outcomes. When we treat compassion like a job to be mastered, our emotional health tanks.    Using the powerful stories of Harriet Tubman and the original creator of Monopoly, Elizabeth Magie (whose original vision for the game was VERY different than the popular version many of us know), Molly illustrates how we can reclaim our heart-centered power by focusing on the unique role we’re supposed to play in this world rather than focusing on trying to fix all the broken systems alone.   In this episode, you’ll learn: How to spot the “performance rubric” in your own life. Why releasing the need for a specific outcome is a key to preventing burnout. How to find your unique calling and trust in the "compassionate revolution."   No need to bury your head in the sand: All you need to do is start moving into heart-centered power, one small action at a time.   *****   Ask Molly a question at her voicemail box here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMolly.   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Order Molly's new book: The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

NOTE: Beginning next week, episodes will be published on Thursdays (instead of Wednesdays). See you back here on Thursday, March 5, 2026!   This week on the podcast, Molly shares two exciting announcements!   First, Molly’s new book, The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You, is now officially available and pre-orders have been shipped out. Molly offers curious listeners insight into the roots and inspiration behind this book — a colorful illustrated parable that takes a sweeping look at human history and carves a hopeful path toward our collective future, examining what’s possible as compassionate people continue waking up and walking in their power.   The second update is a new podcast format: Molly will now be taking audience questions, which she will answer in upcoming episodes in a Q&A-style format! Use the link below to share a 90-second (or less) voicemail with your question, and you might be featured on a future episode and receive valuable feedback on your challenges as a compassionate person.   You can call in and send your questions to Molly’s voicemail box here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMolly.   *****   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Order Molly's new book: The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed as a compassionate person in the world right now. We care so deeply, and seeing all the pain and injustice unfolding around us hurts our precious hearts.   But when we carry all that pain around inside us – rather than feeling, honoring, and releasing it – we don’t help the world become any better. We just collect more and more pain until we’re dysregulated and at risk of burnout.    More than ever, our world needs compassionate people grounded, regulated, and resourced. This guided meditation supports you in finding steadiness, presence, and calm connection to your body in moments when the world feels too heavy.   This meditation will help you: Come back into your body and the generous present moment Release the tension you’re holding Let your compassionate heart feel – but not keep – the pain Infuse love and light into the center of your being Allow yourself to simply be as you are right now   *****   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free.   Thank you to Alan_Frijns via Pixabay for the beautiful background music “Meditation at the River.”   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

What happens when your life changes in a single phone call?   What are the boundaries of your role as a compassionate parent when your child experiences a sudden, life-altering injury?   In this deeply moving episode, Molly sits down with Stacy Crawford — a mind-body practitioner with an M.S. in education, a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, and the founder of Klear Water Coaching & Wellness — to share the story of her son’s spinal cord injury at the age of 17 and the healing journey that followed for herself and her whole family.    Stacy brings us into the moment everything changed — and what happened in the days, months, and years that followed. Together, she and Molly explore the boundaries of crisis: what is needed in the moments after an emergency, how to help without overstepping your loved one’s boundaries, and the art of loving someone fiercely without losing yourself in the process.   In this episode, you’ll hear: What it’s like to receive “the call” — and how mind-body tools helped Stacy regulate her nervous system in her moment of crisis The impact of medical professionals repeatedly telling a 17-year-old, “You may never walk again” — and why language matters in trauma recovery How belonging to a community can have such a profound impact on healing  What ableism is and why it matters Fawning, overfunctioning, and the boundary work required to heal after the traumatic injury of a loved one The power of learning to respect your loved one’s boundaries during recovery Why accepting help is often the hardest — and most important — first step   *****   Today’s Guest: Stacy Crawford, M.S. Ed., is the founder of Klear Water Coaching & Wellness LLC and a lifelong educator devoted to helping individuals, leaders, and organizations reconnect with clarity, purpose, and their innate potential. With more than 15 years of coaching experience, Stacy brings an integrative approach that weaves mind–body awareness, embodiment, and depth coaching. Her work supports meaningful transformation, helping people cultivate self-trust, rediscover joy, and live and lead with greater clarity, alignment, and authenticity.   You can find Stacy at www.klearwatercoaching.com or follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Also, she and Valeyne Grotrian (from Episode 33!) are hosting a talking circle for women, and you can learn more here.   About Mason: Stacy’s son Mason Branstrator, now 22, is an entrepreneur, content creator, and public speaker. After years of recovery and finding his purpose, he is committed to making a difference in the lives of others. His work is focused on those with physical disabilities and spinal cord injuries but is meant to inspire all people. Through his channels, he shows the world what is possible for disabled and abled individuals alike.   You can find Mason at www.masonbran.com or by following him on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.   *****   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

What does a love-based movement look like in practice?   This week, Molly interviews Minnesotan and narrative specialist Amy K. Thompson to talk about what she’s witnessing on the ground in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Amy holds a doctorate in physical therapy and a master’s degree in community and public health; she’s also a talented musician, artist, and poet. (We are also proud to have her as a coach inside Molly's Becoming Boundaried Bootcamp).   Molly and Amy reflect on the concept of compassionate nonviolence, taking inspiration from great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. They uncover how practices of community care and creative expression can help people metabolize fear and grief into something greater. They also examine the idea that pain (physical, emotional, spiritual, and cultural) is transformed through witnessing, truth-telling, and love.   Remember: Love is not just a feeling, but can be a form of empowered action.   In this episode (recorded January 29, 2026), Molly and Amy explore: what’s unfolding on the ground in Minnesota, and how this movement reveals both our historical wounds and deep collective capacity for change. why the act of witnessing is a doorway to healing, both individually and collectively. what it looks like to show up in the face of fear without losing your center. how community gathering can help transmute grief and outrage into love in action. Amy’s poem “How to Kill a Poet” and how there are things violence cannot destroy. the deeper truth beneath this moment in history: that what we’re seeing in Minnesota is reflective of what’s possible when compassionate people stand together in their power.   *****   Today’s Guest: Amy K. Thompson has been in the narrative space professionally for ten years, and much longer as an artist, writer, musician, and poet. As a narrative specialist she's traveled the world speaking, listening, teaching, coaching, and facilitating narrative workshops and depth work with clients ranging from beekeepers to professional athletes, grandmothers to first graders – all to do one thing: to feel for the truth, to tell it, to do good with it, and to heal. Her journey into this work was through a doorway of pain, and her heart sings to work with the deep-hearted, soulful persons of this world – activists and creatives and change-makers to do good work while we're here, and find our way back to love. If you are ready to touch your story and let love tell it, she would love to meet you.   Find Amy and learn more about her services at: https://www.storywell.org/.   Amy also shared a couple of ways you can support those in Minnesota right now. You can find a list of grassroots efforts in Minnesota collecting donations HERE. Another neat way to spread the love is by sending a brief message of hope, inspiration or gratitude to folks working on the frontlines, which you can do HERE.   *****   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

Molly was interviewed by Rachel Strong Smith on The Betrayal Trauma Recovery Bookshelf Podcast, and this week we’re bringing listeners part two of that interview! (Part one is available here.)   In this episode, Molly and Rachel continue to explore boundaries through a wider, more spacious lens – one that moves beyond rules, ultimatums, or control and into meaning, symbolism, and self-honoring truth.   Inspired by Molly’s upcoming book, The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You, this conversation invites a zoomed-out perspective on boundaries. Rooted in compassion and dignity, the two explore what it means to truly honor yourself and others.   For those navigating betrayal trauma, boundaries often feel confusing, heavy, or weaponized and something you’re told to “set” without ever being taught how to feel your way into them. This episode offers a different entry point.   Molly and Rachel discuss: Boundaries as symbols of self-respect rather than defenses What it means to honor me / honor you without self-abandonment How parables and story can bypass shame and speak directly to the nervous system Why boundaries are not punishments, but expressions of truth The “compassionate revolution” and choosing integrity over control   This is a reflective, meaning-rich conversation, especially for those healing from betrayal who are tired of black-and-white rules and longing for something more humane, spacious, and soul-honoring.   *****   Today’s Guest: Rachel Smith Strong understands betrayal trauma because she’s lived it. After experiencing the devastating impact of betrayal firsthand, Rachel found support that helped transform her life from constant trauma, isolation, and emotional suppression into authentic connection and boundaried living. She now helps guide others through their own healing process.   Rachel holds a Master of Science in Social Work (MSW), is a Board Certified Coach (BCC), and is an APSATS CPC-Candidate. In her work, Rachel focuses on boundary development, gaslighting recovery, addiction-related betrayal, emotional exploration, and mindfulness-based healing. The approach blends evidence-based techniques with deep empathy, guiding clients to reconnect with their authentic selves, create sustainable boundaries, and reclaim their voices. Rachel emphasizes that each healing journey is unique and offers both professional tools and heartfelt support to help individuals transform pain into purpose and trauma into authentic strength.   Find Rachel at The Betrayal Trauma Recovery Bookshelf Podcast, sign up for a free consultation with Rachel here, or join her on Instagram and Facebook.   *****   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

Molly was interviewed by Rachel Strong Smith on The Betrayal Trauma Recovery Bookshelf Podcast, and this week we’re bringing listeners part one of that interview – with part two arriving next week!   In this episode, Molly and Rachel explore boundaries through a wider, more spacious lens – one that moves beyond rules, ultimatums, or control and into meaning, symbolism, and self-honoring truth.   Inspired by Molly’s upcoming book, The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You, this conversation invites a zoomed-out perspective on boundaries. Rooted in compassion and dignity, the two explore what it means to truly honor yourself and others.   For those navigating betrayal trauma, boundaries often feel confusing, heavy, or weaponized and something you’re told to “set” without ever being taught how to feel your way into them. This episode offers a different entry point.   Molly and Rachel discuss: Boundaries as symbols of self-respect rather than defenses What it means to honor me / honor you without self-abandonment How parables and story can bypass shame and speak directly to the nervous system Why boundaries are not punishments, but expressions of truth The “compassionate revolution” and choosing integrity over control   This is a reflective, meaning-rich conversation, especially for those healing from betrayal who are tired of black-and-white rules and longing for something more humane, spacious, and soul-honoring.   *****   Today’s Guest: Rachel Smith Strong understands betrayal trauma because she’s lived it. After experiencing the devastating impact of betrayal firsthand, Rachel found support that helped transform her life from constant trauma, isolation, and emotional suppression into authentic connection and boundaried living. She now helps guide others through their own healing process.   Rachel holds a Master of Science in Social Work (MSW), is a Board Certified Coach (BCC), and is an APSATS CPC-Candidate. In her work, Rachel focuses on boundary development, gaslighting recovery, addiction-related betrayal, emotional exploration, and mindfulness-based healing. The approach blends evidence-based techniques with deep empathy, guiding clients to reconnect with their authentic selves, create sustainable boundaries, and reclaim their voices. Rachel emphasizes that each healing journey is unique and offers both professional tools and heartfelt support to help individuals transform pain into purpose and trauma into authentic strength.   Find Rachel at The Betrayal Trauma Recovery Bookshelf Podcast, sign up for a free consultation with Rachel here, or join her on Instagram and Facebook.   *****   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

What does it look like to lead… without losing yourself in the process? And what if real “leadership” isn’t about proving yourself, productivity, or power — but about awareness, wholeness, and self-trust?   In this episode, Molly sits down with Valeyne Grotrian, a former corporate leader, executive coach, and the founder of Agora Coaching, to talk about inner leadership — the kind of leadership that happens within you first before it radiates outward into your leadership practices.    Valeyne explains why so many compassionate, conscientious people often rise quickly into leadership roles… and then quietly burn out under the pressure of overworking and keeping-all-the-people-pleased. Together, they explore how hustle culture and “always-on” expectations can slowly erode our sense of self-trust — and how reclaiming your own wholeness can transform not only your inner world but also the culture around you.   This conversation is grounding, expansive, and deeply practical — a reminder that the most powerful leadership doesn’t start with doing more. It starts with coming home to yourself.   In this episode, you’ll learn about: What “inner leadership” really means — and why it has nothing to do with job titles Why so many compassionate people burn out in leadership roles — especially without boundaries How being “always on” can become a slow betrayal of your body, your needs, and your self-trust An example of inner leadership in action: how setting one simple boundary had ripple effects across an entire team Why Valeyne believes “leaders are healers” — and how leadership shapes culture through modeling The first step to inner leadership: awareness over effort — slowing down enough to hear yourself again The courage to be fully alive — even when the world pressures you to stay contained.   *****   Today’s Guest Valeyne Grotrian is a former corporate leader, executive coach, and the founder of Agora Coaching. She supports value-driven leaders in reclaiming self-trust, reconnecting with their wholeness, and leading from a deeper place — inside workplaces, organizations, and everyday life.   Valeyne offers a 6-month one-on-one partnership called Awaken Your Inner Leader and works with organizations through workshops and speaking engagements.   You can find Valeyne at agoracoach.com and follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.   *****   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

What happens after you survive the unimaginable at a young age? How do you begin to face what happened and find a way toward healing?   In this episode, Molly sits down with her dear friend Jennifer Evridge, a survivor and truth-teller whose story is living proof that healing is possible — even after years of long-term abuse.   Jennifer shares her experience navigating repeated abuse by people in positions of authority, how fear and shame ended up running the show in her adult life, and what changed when she finally began to look directly at what happened — and step toward healing.   This conversation is tender, raw, and hopeful: a reminder that the parts of you that were buried for survival are often the very parts that can lead you home to self-worth, self-trust, and self-love.   In this episode, you’ll hear about: The fear so many survivors carry: “If I open up that box, I’ll never stop crying.” How shame and self-blame can keep people trapped for decades Why boundaries can become the first real crack of freedom for a survivor How meditation and inner listening can reconnect you to a loving presence within How healing can coexist alongside grief, anger, and complex relationships A powerful reminder: you have a voice inside you that knows the way   During their conversation, Jennifer mentions fawning and how Dr. Ingrid Clayton’s work impacted her. You can learn more in Episode 23, Ingrid Clayton: Fawning, Trauma, & the Healing Path Home to Self, where they unpack fawning as a trauma response and what healing can look like on the other side.   Today’s Guest: Jennifer Evridge Jennifer describes herself as “spiritual being having a human experience.” She is a survivor and truth-teller with a background as a successful businesswoman, 911 dispatcher, and criminal defense investigator.   She is also the creator of Talk2MeAboutLove: Field Notes from a Spiritual Investigator. Through interviews and reflections, Jennifer travels the world talking with everyday people about their spiritual experiences, awakenings, and inner truths — exploring what it means to be human, to heal, and to live with honesty and love.   You can follow Jennifer and Talk2MeAboutLove on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.   *****   Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey.   Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

This week, Molly is joined by Melinda Lloyd, PhD — a Native Hawaiian researcher, clinical social worker, author, and coach for the Becoming Boundaried Bootcamp — for conversation on Makahiki – a season of rest, renewal, and right relationship that begins with the Hawaiian New Year.   This cultural framework centers on slowing down, reflection, and the intentional pausing of conflict — a radical contrast to dominant cultural ideas of productivity, urgency, and performance. Melinda shares how Makahiki functions as a season of realignment rather than striving, and how Hawaiian worldviews emphasize reciprocal relationship: with spirituality, ancestors, community, the natural world, and the self.   Together, Molly and Melinda weave Hawaiian cultural wisdom and history with individual healing and boundaries work — exploring what it means to stop shrinking as a survival strategy, reclaim one’s pride, and come home to yourself.    The conversation also touches on somatic healing, code-switching, and the grief that emerges when identity, language, and culture are forcibly suppressed — alongside the hope found in cultural restoration, community healing, and embodied belonging.   Molly and Melinda discuss: the meaning of Makahiki and how Native Hawaiian culture approaches the New Year why rest, play, and renewal are essential for individual and collective well-being how cultural and historical trauma can show up as anger, shrinking oneself, or learned helplessness how boundaries create the conditions for right relationship — with self, others, and the world why somatic and community-based healing can release what insight alone cannot the difference between honoring cultural wisdom and appropriating it   Today’s Guest: Melinda Lloyd, PhD, is a Native Hawaiian clinical social worker, researcher, and author. For over 35 years, her work has centered on working with other Native Hawaiian children and families on grief, loss, trauma, and healing.   Melinda is a coach inside the Becoming Boundaried Bootcamp, where she supports compassionate people in recognizing that boundaries are a powerful act of self-love and self-care — not something you have to earn.    She is also the author of a three-books series written for her grandchildren – From Puna with Aloha – available through Kindle Unlimited.   *****   In this episode, Melinda mentions the “House & Garden” metaphor from Molly’s bootcamp. To get access to this life-changing boundaries blueprint – along with many other practical teachings and community supports – start your 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path.   Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

This week, Molly is joined by Samuel Ohana — a social worker and compassionate human who embodies love. Together, they explore what it means to love people in a world where people also hurt people… and how we can hold a “both/and”: naming harmful behavior clearly while still recognizing the untouched humanity underneath. At the heart of this conversation is attachment. Sam breaks down attachment styles in a way that’s clear, compassionate, and helpful — and how a deeper understanding of attachment styles helped him start understanding everybody better – like “seeing the code written behind the program.” Molly and Samuel discuss: believing in the goodness of humanity while making sense of bad things that people do how attachment styles form when we are preverbal and become our default blueprint for love what “macro attachment” looks like in our dominant cultural context why diversity is natural — and why insecure systems try to stamp it out the incredible power of allowing people be themselves and change their minds about who they are how to speak up with courage and integrity when someone says or does something hurtful   Today’s Guest: Samuel Ohana is a social worker in nonprofit work with a deep love for people, families, and community well-being. Sam’s work is rooted in compassion, systems thinking, and the belief that secure, loving connection is something we can practice — personally and collectively. He is also a gender-expansive human and leads a gender-expansive group, holding space for belonging and safety in a time when many in the LGBTQ+ community are under increased stress and threat. *****   If overgiving, people-pleasing, or guilt around boundaries has been holding you back, Molly’s Boundaries Breakthrough mini course is currently free. Start here: www.boundaried.com/breakthrough Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way.

This week, Molly shares a special episode recorded from Maui just after the fourth and final live retreat of 2025 — with the retreat magic still swirling in her. Molly takes you behind the scenes to the intuitive calling that led her to begin offering live retreats in the first place and offers a glimpse into what becomes possible when compassionate people gather in real time and space to do high-level somatic healing work. She describes her very first retreat in Alaska with a notebook full of carefully planned teachings — and then (in a moment of deep intuition) she threw the whole plan away to allow something more powerful to take shape. This episode is a love letter to beautiful transformation that can happen in spaces of live community healing — and a glimpse into what’s coming next, including Molly’s upcoming book tour and a call for musicians that align with the Compassionate Revolution.   Key Highlights: how live healing work generates a magical energy and deep tectonic shifts of the psyche the intuitive nudge that led Molly to start hosting live retreats… and why she threw out her plans as soon she felt the energy of the group how ancestral survival strategies get passed down — and how they can be released with honor how Molly is envisioning live retreats in 2026 (including a music and a sound healing element) a call for aligned musicians who want to build something beautiful together   Musicians: If you feel aligned with the heart-led purpose of the Compassionate Revolution and want to join an experiment weaving music into somatic healing work (including recordings and live gatherings), reach out to Molly and her team at support(at)boundaried(dot)com.   ***** For retreat updates, book tour news, and Boundaries resources for compassionate people, visit Molly at: www.boundaried.com. Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!

Molly sits down with Christi Byerly, MCC, founder and CEO of Awaken Coach Institute, to explore how religious trauma, fear-based theology, and high-control faith systems shape a child’s identity, sense of worth, and ability to trust. Christi shares her personal story of growing up in a strict fundamentalist Christian environment where obedience, hierarchy, and punishment were normalized – and how that upbringing led to depression, anxiety, and lifelong confusion about goodness, desire, and love. Together, Molly and Christi unpack the invisible ways spiritual abuse fractures a compassionate person’s inner world, how fear becomes a first language, and why so many survivors struggle with boundaries, self-trust, and worthiness well into adulthood. This is an episode about waking up from fear and waking into love – reclaiming your voice, your body, your desires, and your right to a spacious, grounded, joyful life. Molly and Christi discuss: how hierarchies and obedience-based teachings shape a child’s developing brain. why compassionate people are more vulnerable to spiritual abuse. how fear-based theology disconnects us from our intuition, emotions, and desires. why self-care feels wrong for survivors of fundamentalism. what it means to move from hierarchy and fear into love and equality. the spiritual (and beautifully human) process of awakening.   *****   Today’s Guest: Christi is the CEO and founder of Awaken Coach Institute, an ICF-accredited coach training school that is, at its heart, a school of love. Awaken Coach Institute trains coaches, healers, helpers, and compassionate humans to listen deeply, grow spiritually, and awaken to their own inner wisdom. Christi has helped shape the journeys of hundreds of coaches and clients. Explore free classes, group programs, Q&A calls, book updates, and Christi's upcoming 2026 Spain retreat at: https://www.awakencoachinstitute.com/.   *****   For boundaries resources for compassionate people, find Molly at: www.boundaried.com. Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!

This week, Molly is joined by Brenda Knight, award-winning publisher, author, intuition-led trailblazer, and founder of Books That Save Lives (a mission-driven publishing house devoted to changing minds, healing hearts, and creating a more compassionate world). Brenda is the publisher of Molly's new book, The Great All, and a deep force in today’s world of writing and media. Her story is one of courage, intuition, integrity, and following the “omens” that led her toward her purpose. Together, Molly and Brenda explore the twists, initiations, and inner guidance that shape a life – and the extraordinary ripple effects of choosing compassion over conformity.   Molly and Brenda discuss: Brenda’s extraordinary journey from a dirt road in West Virginia to HarperCollins, and why reading became her portal to possibility. moments when integrity can speak louder than ambition. a behind-the-scenes story of Paulo Coelho’s classic, The Alchemist. how veteran and first-responder stories inspired Books That Save Lives (BTSL). the birth of The Great All, and Molly’s weird, wondrous, divinely timed idea that wouldn’t let go. why parables and teaching stories work at a soul-level and why The Great All feels like essential guidance for navigating today’s world.   Today’s Guest: Brenda Knight began her career at HarperCollins, working with luminaries Paolo Coelho, Marianne Williamson, Mark Nepo, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Knight was awarded IndieFab’s Publisher of the Year in 2015. Knight is the author of Random Acts of Kindness, The Grateful Table, and Women of the Beat Generation, which won an American Book Award. Knight is Publisher at Books That Save Lives. She also teachers at the San Francisco Writers Conference, Writing for Change and serves as President of the Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. Follow her on Instagram @LowerHaightbk and @BooksThatSaveLives.   BTSL includes an invitation to the Heart Wisdom panels in their newsletter. If you’d like to join, sign up at: https://www.booksthatsavelives.net/contact-us/.   An extra thanks to Duncan MacLeod, the business side of BTSL! He oversees operations, finance, and fulfillment. He’s also an author, and cares deeply about the BTSL mission. He is the author of Money Magic: Easy and Surprising Ways to Not Be Broke.    *****   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!   For boundaries resources for compassionate people, find Molly at: www.boundaried.com. Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All.

This week, Molly sits down with poet, minister, and Abstract Voices founder Taikeya J to explore how poetry – and the stillness beneath it – can reconnect compassionate people to their truth, emotions, and deepest dreams.   Taikeya shares how poetry became her sanctuary, how a high school poem about slavery was deemed “too strong” to publish, and how anger, healing, ancestry, and creativity can intertwine in the work of reclaiming one’s voice.   What if the doorway back to your voice wasn’t through force… but through tenderness, creativity, and quiet?   Together, Molly and Taikeya explore: why compassion often leads to self-silencing. how anger can be a righteous, clarifying emotion that signals a boundary violation. why poetry and creativity create a safe space for emotions that were once shamed. how ancestral stories and trauma echo in our bodies and beliefs and benefit from having a place to be expressed and heard. why many compassionate people stop dreaming – and what it takes to start again.   Today’s Guest: Taikeya J is a poetic voice, non-profit leader, change-maker, family historian, minister and faith-rooted creative whose work bridges art, identity, and spiritual healing. She inspires audiences to rediscover wholeness, purpose, and divine rhythm. Taikeya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management and a master’s degree in ministry. She also founded Abstract Voices, a creative movement originally launched as a student poetry organization; it evolved into a dynamic community that bridges artistry, healing, and empowerment through written and spoken expression: https://abstractvoices.com/.   *****   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!   For boundaries resources for compassionate people, find Molly at: www.boundaried.com. Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All.

This week, Molly is joined by Dr. Melanie Griffiths – an academic, lecturer, and migration scholar whose work reveals what most of us never learned: how borders function, why human movement is not something new, and what’s really shaping the stories we’re told about “the other.”   Together, Molly and Melanie pull back from the news cycle and ask some big, tender questions: What is migration, really? Who taught us to fear it? And what happens when compassionate people start questioning the stories we’ve inherited about borders, race, and scarcity?   Exploring the myths, fears, and power structures that create division, this chat offers clarity and hope.   (And, as mentioned in the show, to step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly, visit www.boundaried.com/path.)   Molly and Melanie explore: why migration is a normal part of life on this planet, and how borders are a recent human invention. how myths of “crisis,” “invasion,” and “not enough to go around” get into our bodies and nervous systems. links between colonialism, capitalism, race, and today’s migration policies. how generational trauma, propaganda, and fear-based narratives keep us divided and disempowered. the role of artists, writers, and creatives in imagining new ways of living together. how boundaries can be an act of rebellion for compassionate people – helping us stop pouring our life force into abusive systems and relationships.   Today’s Guest: Dr. Melanie Griffiths is an associate professor in Human Geography at the University of Birmingham, UK. She has been researching migration systems since 2007 and specializes in immigration politics and enforcement. She has written on the asylum system, irregular migration, immigration detention, deportation and other topics. Learn more at: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/griffiths-melanie.   Book Suggestions:  Hein de Haas. 2023. How Migration Really Works: A factful guide to the most divisive issue in politics. Nancy Fraser. 2023. Cannibal Capitalism: How our system is devouring democracy, care and the planet – and what we can do about it. David Graeber and David Wengrow. 2021. Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. Tricia Hersey (founder of the Nap Ministry). 2022. Rest is resistance: Free yourself from Grind Culture and Reclaim your Life.   *****   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!   For boundaries resources for compassionate people, find Molly at www.boundaried.com. Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at www.boundaried.com/path. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All.

This week, Molly and clinical psychologist Dr. Molly Tucker – co-author of Saying the Wrong Thing – explore how compassionate people can speak up in emotionally charged moments. You’ll learn about psychological flexibility vs. rigidity, how to assess situational safety, what to try in the moment, and how to repair relationships when you’ve said (or not said) the “wrong” thing.   They also introduce a simple challenge: One Bold Thing per week through 2025 – small, values-aligned actions that build courage and change culture. Will you join us?   Build the skill (and nervous-system capacity) to speak up – kindly, safely, and consistently.   This packed episode covers: tools for speaking up with courage (and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, or ACT). why being “afraid to say the wrong thing” is common. the cost of chronic peace-keeping. staying in hard talks without shutting down or exploding. how to gauge situational safety, micro-advocacy at the dinner table, and advocating for a trans family member ideas for repair after saying the “wrong” thing.   Today’s Guest: Dr. Molly Tucker is the co-author of the newly released book Saying the Wrong Thing: How to Speak Up in Difficult, Controversial, or Emotionally Charged Conversations. (Order and receive a 25% discount with code SPEAKUP25: https://www.pesi.com/item/saying-wrong-thing-156754.) She has been interested in relationships and mental health since the fifth grade when she first was trained as a “Peer Mediator” to help fellow students resolve disputes. That’s when she knew she wanted to be a Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Tucker received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Texas. She then completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System, with a specialty in Advanced Interprofessional Mental Health. Beyond formal training in multiple Empirically Supported Treatments (ESTs), she has also received extensive training in administration and interpretation of cognitive, personality, and vocational psychological assessments. If you're looking to find meaning and engage fully with life, she would be honored to walk alongside you in that journey. ***** Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!   Check out therapist and author Molly Davis Moon’s website: www.boundaried.com. Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE (limited-time offer). Explore the Compassionate Revolution Swag Store for t-shirts, mugs, stickers, and more! Visit the We Are the Compassionate Revolution pod page. Follow Molly on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Dr. Ingrid Clayton – clinical psychologist, author, and complex trauma survivor – joins Molly to explore what it really means to heal from the fawn response (a trauma pattern that teaches compassionate people to abandon themselves to stay safe). Ingrid opens up about her new book, Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves and How to Find Our Way Back, offering insights into how the need to please can lead you away from your true self. Together, Molly and Ingrid discuss why fawning is a nervous system adaptation, not a personality flaw, and how laughter, creativity, and embodied practices can restore a sense of self after relational trauma. They also examine spiritual bypassing, toxic positivity, and the cultural forces that keep compassionate people over-giving and disconnected from their truth. If you’ve ever felt yourself disappearing into relationships, or you’re trying to find your way back home to yourself, this episode is for you!   *****   In this chat, Molly and Ingrid uncover: the fawn response as a survival strategy, not pathology, and how it intertwines with attachment and early relational trauma. why “people-pleasing” and “codependency” miss the systemic and trauma roots. spiritual bypassing and toxic positivity as hidden self-abandonment. nervous system healing through EMDR, IFS, and body-based awareness. how true healing helps reclaim self, agency, and authenticity.   Today’s Guest: Ingrid Clayton, PhD, is a psychologist and author who specializes in the intersection of spirituality, addiction, and trauma. Her latest book, Fawning, shines a light on an often-overlooked trauma response, fawning, and delves into what it is, why it happens, and how survivors can reclaim their voice and sense of self. Her memoir, Believing Me, chronicles her personal awakening to a traumatic past, while Recovering Spirituality explores how spiritual bypassing can hinder true healing in recovery. Learn more at: https://www.ingridclayton.com/, and connect with Ingrid on Instagram @ingridclaytonphd.   Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!   Check out therapist and author Molly Davis Moon’s website: www.boundaried.com. Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE (limited-time offer). Explore the Compassionate Revolution Swag Store for t-shirts, mugs, stickers, and more! Visit the We Are the Compassionate Revolution pod page. Follow Molly on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.