Roots of Healing: Breaking Free from Trauma with Hannah Spanke

Hannah Spanke describes the change in her life as getting to the roots instead of repeatedly trimming the weeds.

Hannah joins Jay to discuss childhood instability, shame, and the relationship patterns she came to recognize in adulthood. She speaks candidly about her experiences in the sex industry and the process of rebuilding her relationship with herself.

Using the image of a garden, Hannah explains her perspective on looking beneath outward behavior to the experiences that shaped it. She and Jay explore self-forgiveness, connection, spiritual practice, and the difficulty of separating your own needs from the roles you learned to play for other people.

What We Explore

• The garden metaphor: roots beneath recurring patterns
• Childhood experiences and adult relationships
• Shame and learning to relate to yourself differently
• Hannah's account of leaving the sex industry
• Self-forgiveness and personal agency
• Her perspectives on somatic work, Tantra, and connection

About Hannah Spanke

Hannah Spanke works in somatic healing, relationships, and Tantra. In this conversation, she shares her personal history and the spiritual perspectives that inform her work.

Content note: Discussion of childhood abuse, family addiction, and experiences in the sex industry beginning in adolescence.

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