# (478) Professional dancers turned therapists and coaches: The founders of ILUMN Collective

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Podcast: [Conversations on Dance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-on-dance-6317)
Published: 2026-01-14T15:26:13+00:00
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Listen to Conversations on Dance ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/conversationsondance On today's episode of "Conversations On Dance", we are joined by Kari Brunson Wright, Josh Spell and Rachel Coats, founders of the ILUMN Collective and former professional dancers turned therapists and coaches. We talk the various mental health challenges they faced as dancers, how they came together to create a program to offer people of all stripes in the dance world a way to overcome those hurdles and the specifics of some of the methods they are now offering at ILUMN. The sessions offered at ILUMN are customized towards all kinds of people in the dancer world: not only students and professional dancers, but former dancers, teachers, directors and rehearsal directors. To set up your first ILUMN session, visit  www.theilumncollective.com  or download the app for short, powerful audio sessions you can access at any time.  Download the app: https://apps.apple.com/ph/app/ilumn/id6751722723 LINKS: Website: conversationsondancepod.com Instagram: @conversationsondance COD Merch Listen to COD on YouTube Join our email list Sponsorship information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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