Podcasts
Natalia is a frequent guest on podcasts, if you’d like to invite her to your podcasts, please reach out to us on connect@illumahealth.org with the themes and reach, below, tune in to some of NR’s podcasts appearances.
Show: Healing Her Halo
Title: Why Are We Like This? Exploring Compassion and Equity with Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
In this episode of Healing Her Halo, we dive deep into the human experience with trauma-informed educator, therapist, and author Natalia Rachel.
Together, we explore the question, “Why are we like this?”—unpacking the roots of our behaviors, biases, and relational patterns. Natalia shares profound insights on how compassion, equity, and self-awareness can transform not only our personal lives but also the way we connect and create as a society.
From understanding the unconscious mind to fostering true belonging, this conversation will inspire you to heal, reflect, and take meaningful steps toward a kinder, more equitable world. Don’t miss this transformative discussion!
Show: YanaTV
Title: The Journey Behind ‘Why Am I Like This?’: Insights from Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
How does trauma influence our lives and business, and what can we do to reclaim our inner peace and power? Meet Natalia Rachel, a trauma-informed educator and the author of "Why Am I Like This?" Her work is all about helping us heal from trauma, step into service, and become part of the solution through small acts of relational intelligence. Natalia shares her extensive experience in therapy and her motivations for writing a book aimed at helping a broader audience understand and heal from trauma. She discusses the nuanced challenges of introducing the concept of trauma in Asian contexts, particularly in Singapore, and reflects on how the global pandemic has shifted our collective approach to mental health and healing. Join us for a deep dive into the transformative power of understanding trauma! Connect with Natalia at / natalia-rachel-9505b023
Show: How to Live
Title: Carrying Hidden Trauma to Work - A Conversation with Trauma Specialist Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
When you hear the word "trauma," do you think, "That's not me. I haven't experienced any major tragedies"?
However, trauma doesn't always stem from monumental events. Sometimes, it's the smaller, seemingly insignificant experiences that leave us with unresolved feelings, subtly shaping our behaviours in ways that may not serve us well.
Imagine a high-performance workplace bustling with diverse personalities. It's likely that many colleagues carry hidden traumas. Think about the potential impact on team dynamics and overall productivity.
We dive deep into this topic in our latest "How to Live" podcast episode featuring Natalia Rachels, a trauma-informed therapist and an award-winning Learning & Development Educator. Natalia is a renowned author, keynote speaker, and social entrepreneur, widely recognized for her efforts to weave trauma and relationship management into mainstream conversations. Honoured with the Women Icons Asia Award for her societal contributions, Natalia also writes for SheWorld and advises companies on nurturing healthier workplace cultures.
In today’s episode, we'll explore how trauma can surface in professional settings, discuss pathways to healing, and highlight the crucial roles of authenticity and belonging.
Show: Nights with Simon Podcast
Title: NATALIA RACHEL - Author of "Why Am I Like This - Illuminating the Traumatized Self"
Show Notes:
Simon Lim's special guest is Natalia Rachel, the author of "Why Am I Like This - Illuminating the Traumatized Self". Natalia's work has seen her illuminating stress & trauma as the root cause of our personal and relational dysfunction. What area of trauma is most difficult to treat? What happens when trauma is left unresolved? Find out more about trauma from Natalia Rachel. Download and listen to this podcast, which was featured on "NIGHTS WITH SIMON" on ONE FM 91.3, a station of SPH Media.
Show: On the Soul’s Terms
Title: #40 | Natalia Rachel | The Power of Non-Acceptance
Show Notes:
Natalia Rachel joins the podcast today to discuss her , her work in the healing arts, and her personal journey of surviving and thriving following many years of a severe and debilitating disease that left her unable to walk or function in the world.
After finding her way to her own health and sovereignty, Natalia dedicated herself to helping others find their way through the labyrinthine path of healing by setting up the Soma Clinic in Singapore. Today she spends her time writing and speaking around the world, sharing her wisdom and personal, felt, lived experience.
We discuss the main themes of her book, delving into what she eloquently calls the path of peace and power. Natalia's ability to articulate difficult subject matter shines through in our discussion. I'm left, personally, with a revived sense of hope and clarity of purpose from her generous gifting of her time and expertise.
Show: Angels and Awakening
Title: Healing Through Reconnection With Your Body - with Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Hello beautiful souls! Natalia Rachel (healer, speaker, and author of Why Am I Like This) joins me on the podcast to break down issues we face as a collective and how to overcome that to be fully healed. I highly regard Natalia’s practice in somatic work and our conversation revolved around ways to love ourselves more, how to overcome a disconnection with our bodies, and so much more.
Show: The Truthiest Life
Title: How to Avoid the Trauma Bonding Trap in Relationships ft. Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Natalia spills:
- The impact trauma has on our relationships and how we take in the world
- Why trauma isn’t about what happened but rather how it’s left “unmetabolized” by our bodies
- Missed symptoms of having “less easy to spot” trauma
- Her unpopular opinion of why knowing your personality type can be a danger to your evolution
- The dangers of allowing a diagnosis to become your identity
- Trauma Bonding: what is it and how does it impact intimacy
- Why we often feel repulsed by people who are “good” for us but attracted to those who are “bad” for us
- Why we can’t rush embodiment and why “healing” for too long can be harmful
- How popular self-help advice can perpetuate shame and be more harmful than helpful
- and more….
Show: The Necessary Entrepreneur Podcast
Title: #45 - Natalia Rachel - Trauma Therapist
Show Notes:
The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Natalia Rachel. Natalia is a author, speaker, trauma-informed therapist & consultant promoting her new book "Why Am I Like This?"
Show: Something Bigger Talk Show
Title: Trauma expert reveals the risks and how to heal from it | Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Hold on to your chairs, sofas or where ever you will be watching the new episode... this conversation might make many people uneasy, but it is absolutely vital. Trauma is a global human problem that impacts our mental, emotional, physical, and relational health. Check out our powerful conversation with Natalia Rachel about trauma, what it is, how we can recover, and how to create a supportive environment for employees' mental health journeys.
Show: SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar
Title: Ep 103: The Art of Healing Trauma with Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
We kick off this year’s guests’ line-up with Natalia Rachel, author, speaker and trauma-informed therapist and consultant who brings an amalgamation of knowledge from years working as a therapist and clinic director with a focus on trauma & abuse recovery, as well as her own personal journey recovering from mental health misdiagnosis and physical health conditions that stemmed from childhood trauma. Through her organization Illuma Health, she currently has a focus on social impact and culture transformation via keynote speaking, consulting, and teaching her flagship leadership program ‘Trauma-informed Human’ around the world. Her goal is to bring trauma work to the mainstream and bridge the gap between mental health, diversity equity, inclusion, and human sustainability. Natalia is a recipient of the Women Icons Asia Award(emerging entrepreneur) for social impact in the domain of trauma-informed culture transformation & self-mastery education. Natalia’s highly anticipated book ‘Why Am I Like This?’recently launched with Penguin Random House. Hit play to find out more!
Show: POWER PURPOSE PASSION. LEADERSHIP OF A NEW ERA WITH HEDI SCHAEFER
Title: Trauma Healing with Natalia Rachel - Letting Go Of Trauma To Become ALIVE!
Show Notes:
Trauma Healing with Natalia Rachel - Letting Go Of Trauma To Become ALIVE! In today's episode I had the pleasure of talking to Natalia Rachel, therapist, trainer and author of "Why am I like this". We talk about how trauma affects us, how we can start healing childhood trauma, letting go of trauma. She takes us on the journey into her own trauma work, trauma symptoms and signs your body is releasing trauma.
Show: DIVINE FEMININE WISDOM SERIES
Title: Illuminating Trauma With Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
“To heal is perhaps our greatest life’s work.”
Trauma recovery author and patient-turned-therapist Natalia Rachel is on a worldwide mission to help people dissolve shame and ignite a shift towards self-compassion and recovery from trauma.
In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to choose healing so you enable the self-transformation you deserve.
Show: It’s a Journey
Title: Inside the Invisible Stories We Carry, Let’s Talk Trauma
Show Notes:
Hello, thanks for listening. How are you healing?
In this episode of It’s a Journey, Stephanie and Natalia get together to talk trauma. Our theme today is Inside the Invisible Stories We Carry, Let’s Talk Trauma.
Natalia Rachel works with clients across the spectrum from trauma recovery (where dissociation and fragmentation are present), to transformation and self-mastery (with a focus on shadow and parts work). Known for her ability to attune to the psyche, soma, and spirit with incredible empathy and acuity, Natalia is sought after by clients who have tried many avenues and have yet to ignite the change they are seeking. Her formative training as a hypnotherapist and craniosacral therapist led her to blend traditional talk therapy with therapeutic touch that ignites states of healing, epiphany, and integration. Her exploration of trauma through the lens of somatic psychotherapy led her to develop the modality ‘Trauma-Informed Relational Somatics’ and mentor therapists in integrating modalities and expanding their ability to connect to the unseen, non-verbal stories of their clients.
Today, Stephanie and Natalia cover
- The definition of trauma,
- The place of trauma in the collective in a post-pandemic world,
- How to identify our own traumas and start a healing journey,
- Natalia’s latest book Why Am I like this? Illuminating the Traumatized Self where she gives a summary of each of the book chapters, and
- Trauma healing.
As always, at the end of this episode our guest shares her daily practice. Be ready to take notes and be inspired!
Show: The D&Igest: A Diversely Podcast By Helen McGuire
Title: Becoming trauma informed humans and leaders, in an endemic world with Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Our coping mechanisms are there for a reason, but we’re not meant to be in survival mode forever.
In this episode, we speak with Natalia Rachel - author, speaker, trauma-informed therapist and consultant. We dive into Natalia’s journey and discover how her traumatic childhood led her to help others with trauma. Her career began in fashion and marketing. And after taking some time to be a mother and focus on her own healing journey, she decided to use her lived experiences to support others on similar journeys.
Natalia shares her insights into how corporate culture doesn’t always do the right thing when it comes to trauma. Corporate environments often don’t lend themselves to allow for personal healing journeys. We learn how being more aware of trauma can create better-performing teams, and how leaders can open up the conversation and support the healing process of those affected.
We also speak about -
Natalia’s new book - Why Am I Like This? The different types of trauma What are the symptoms of trauma? Being triggered - and how it can actually be part of the healing process Why do some organisations refuse to work with Natalia? How has the pandemic changed our approach to trauma and mental health?
Natalia has a lot to share in this episode that can help us all understand trauma a little better.
Show: Let's Talk Mental Health By Azin Anees
Title: Imposter Syndrome & How to Thrive in a Competitive Environment w/ Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Hello and welcome to the Let’s Talk Mental Health Podcast! In today’s episode, author and trauma-informed therapist, Natalia Rachel, and I discuss imposter syndrome and how to thrive in competitive spaces. Imposter syndrome has recently become a buzzword, so stay tuned to learn more about it!
Show: Data Doesn't Equal Outcomes
Title: Trauma Informed Care is Empathy With More Data Points!
Show Notes:
Season 2 of the "Data Doesn't Equal Outcomes" podcast starts with a bang. Join host Tristan Keelan and his guest - Natalia Rachel - who discusses how thinking about quality of care strategies lead to an improvement in early client retention. Natalia is a trauma informed practitioner, speaker, and author of the book "Why Am I Like This?" - which is available now!
Show: The Brand Called You
Title: Fight Against TRAUMA| Natalia Rachel | TBCY
Show Notes:
About Natalia Rachel - Natalia Rachel brings an amalgamation of knowledge from years working as a therapist and clinic director with a focus on trauma & abuse recovery, as well as her own personal journey recovering from mental health misdiagnosis and physical health conditions that stemmed from childhood trauma. She is a proud recipient of the Women Icons Asia Award (emerging entrepreneur) for social impact in the domain of trauma-informed culture transformation & self-mastery education. - She is frequently called on to speak and facilitate workshops that inspire a proactive approach to healing and a collective shift towards peace and power. All her work highlights the undoubted link between mind, body, spirit, and relationships. - All of Natalia's work stems from a desire to support a shift from oppression and suppression, to empowerment and expression, with relationships as the cornerstone for change.
Show: Just So We’re Clear
Title: Let’s Talk Therapy. Feat. Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Happy Mental Health Awareness Week everyone! In honour of this extremely important time, this episode is a little different. Hanli sits down for an open and honest conversation with her therapist, Natalia Rachel from Soma Clinic, to give you an inside look at what really goes on in a therapy session. You're gonna get all the deets, like what is 'somatic touch therapy'? Did Hanli have a mini exorcism on the table? What even is 'the table'? What is a 'mind-body split'? And why are we so out of touch with, well, touch? Our bodies are smarter than we think... and sometimes we need to truly stop and listen to what it's trying to tell us.
Show: Limitless with Johanna Buchweitz
Title: Breaking The Cycles Of Trauma with Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
"It's already a past experience of threat. Why does it still live and breathe in me?"
You perform at your best when you feel safe, but trauma brings you the total opposite.
Imagine a trauma-free world where everyone can tap into their maximum potential and excel at what they do. We need a proactive approach to mental and relational health. How can you work on healing a specific trauma when you're in an environment that constantly triggers it?
Therapist and Illuma Health founder Natalia Rachel shows you the way in this week's Limitless episode. Don't forget to share this episode with anyone who you think it may resonate with. As Natalia says, it's our generation's job to heal our trauma and we can do it.
Show: Mr. Tok Show's Audio Podcast
Title: Natalia Rachel, Founder, Illuma Health, on Trauma, Trauma Informed Culture & Healing fr Trauma
Show Notes:
Natalia Rachel is a trauma therapist, and Founder of Illuma Health. She is an advocate of a trauma informed culture where people understand the roots, effects and dynamics of trauma in our daily lives. Illuma Health, founded in the midst of the pandemic, seeks to ‘repair and revitalize the way we look after ourselves and each other.’ The three pillars of business include an only therapy marketplace (specific to trauma, attachment, and somatic therapy), corporate mental health & culture transformation programs, and online education & content development.
Show: Thriving with NourishMel Health
Title: Resolve your Trauma & Physically Heal with Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Natalia is the Director of Soma Clinic, somatic trauma therapist, and educator. All of Natalia’s work stems from the intention to support a shift from disempowerment and oppression to empowerment and expression, with relationship as the cornerstone for transformation.
We talked about our trauma can be the root cause of physical illness, including autoimmune conditions and thyroid issues. Physical symptoms like chronic headaches, neck tension, mood imbalances and gut issues can be due to unresolved trauma too.
Show: Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Title: Natalia Rachel - Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast
Show Notes:
Natalia Rachel is an award-winning expert on trauma and trauma-informed culture, who has transformed thousands of lives through her work as a speaker, writer, clinic director, and somatics teacher from the powerful perspective of a patient-turned therapist.
Show: Somatic Experiencing International
Title: Conversations with Rebecca (Somatic Experiencing International) - Start a Conversation around Trauma
Show Notes:
I'm glad that trauma is no longer a bad or forbidden word. It’s time to start the conversation around trauma so that we can all start healing. In my new exclusive e-book: Endemic World - Healing as a Way of Life, follow my journey as I process what trauma means, and how I draw from my foundations working in the field of complex health and origins of trauma.
Endemic World - Healing as a Way of Life is now available for free download!
Show: Sync Your Life Podcast with Jenny Swisher
Title: Why Am I Like This? My Interview with Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Welcome to the SYNC Your Life podcast episode #41! On this podcast, we will be diving into all things women’s hormones to help you learn how to live in alignment with your female physiology. Too many women are living with their check engine lights flashing. You know you feel “off” but no matter what you do, you can’t seem to have the energy, or lose the weight, or feel your best. This podcast exists to shed light on the important topic of healthy hormones and cycle syncing, to help you gain maximum energy in your life.
In today’s episode, I’m interviewing Natalia Rachel, therapist, speaker, and author of the upcoming book, “Why Am I Like This?”
In today’s show, we dive deep into the topic of trauma and how it impacts our identity and influences our relationships. Natalia has an amazing story of healing, and now helps others navigate their journeys through understanding safety, belonging, and sharing. In this episode she covers the psychology, neurology, and spirituality aspects of trauma, and addresses self-abandonment as the disease of our generation. This one is out of this world amazing, and I know you’ll glean so much insight from Natalia and her wisdom.
Show: The Sensitive Man Podcast with Simon Lim
Title: TRAUMA THERAPY Feat. Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Have you ever felt like you’re not connected in your life? In other words, you’re not able to make sense of yourself and there might be a feeling that something’s not quite right, but you can’t put a finger on it. Perhaps you’re trying to process some trauma in your life. Things may be more complex and you don’t want a one-size-fits-all answer to dealing with certain issues pertaining to your well-being and health. Find out what somatic therapy is and how it may be an alternative therapy for you in managing trauma and more. In Episode 23 of The Sensitive Man Podcast, Simon Lim speaks to Natalia Rachel, the Director of Soma Clinic in Singapore who is an experienced trauma therapist.
Show: The Wise Way to Success
Title: Trauma and Mental Health
Show Notes:
All the way from Singapore, Natalia Rachel is the Director of Soma Clinic, somatic trauma therapist and educator. Her methods are seen as the "go-to" destination for trauma recovery in Singapore. In this episode, Natalia shares her strategies and insight to help with trauma.
Show: Thought Leaders To Watch. Created by Cathryn Mora.
Title: Touch Therapy with Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
What are the underlying symptoms when we don't feel well, when something feels just not right and how Natalia Rachel her online training 'Language of touch' teaches practitioners to adopt a relational and somatic approach to trauma recovery.
Show: Your Brilliance
Title: Healing from Trauma - Trauma Therapist Natalia Rachel
Show Notes:
Do you feel like the person you are on the outside is nothing like the person you are on the inside? Everyone thinks you’ve got it all together. But on the inside you struggle with difficult feelings. You’re often anxious. You don’t feel safe. You’ve got mysterious symptoms, like migraines or chronic pain. Maybe you’ve even seen a mental health expert for your feelings and a medical doctor for your physical symptoms, but neither were able to help. There’s one more place you should look… Trauma recovery. In this week’s YBTV interview, we talk with trauma therapist Natalia Rachel about the role trauma can play in disrupting both physical and mental health. You’ll learn why talk therapy doesn’t always make you feel better, how the self gets fragmented, and how you can feel safe inside your body again. Natalia is the Director of Soma Clinic, an integrated health clinic based in Singapore. Her personal focus as a therapist is on the psycho-emotional element of health, neurophysiology of trauma, early attachment/development and relational patterns.
Danny Vann - Foster Care Survivor
(Hedi Schaefer Podcast: Trauma Healing with Natalia Rachel - Letting Go of Trauma to Become Alive)
So very informative - thanks for the great questions and answers! I’m sharing with some traumatised people that I hope will be ready to learn from this and begin their healing journey out of the darkness!