# 252. Releasing Guilt, Shame and Emotional Pain for Healing with Kat Courtney | Jane Hogan Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wellness-by-design-4066410/252-releasing-guilt-shame-and-emotional-pain-for-healing-with-kat-courtney-jane-hogan Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wellness-by-design-4066410/252-releasing-guilt-shame-and-emotional-pain-for-healing-with-kat-courtney-jane-hogan.md Podcast: [Wellness By Design](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wellness-by-design-4066410) Published: 2026-04-15T10:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://wellnessbydesign.libsyn.com/252-releasing-guilt-shame-and-emotional-pain-for-healing-with-kat-courtney-jane-hogan Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/wellnessbydesign/EP_252_-_Kat_Courtney-audio.mp3?dest-id=2514545 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wellness-by-design-4066410/episodes/252-releasing-guilt-shame-and-emotional-pain-for-healing-with-kat-courtney-jane-hogan Duration seconds: 2340 ## Resource Struggling with chronic pain, trauma symptoms, or a dysregulated nervous system that won't seem to settle no matter what you try? There's a deeper root cause many people miss: your nervous system. 👉 Download my free guide to understand why pain persists: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/whypainpersists Have you ever wondered if your body's symptoms are actually messages from your nervous system asking for safety and release? Join me and my guest, Kat Courtney, Founder of Plant Medicine People, to learn more about nervous system regulation, trauma healing, chronic symptoms like pain and tinnitus, and plant-based somatic approaches to restoring balance and safety in the body. Concerned about the negative impacts of EMFs on your health? Save up to 50% on Harmoni Pendant here: https://thewellnessengineer.com/harmoni In this episode, you'll learn: ⏰ 00:00 - Introduction ⏰ 02:29 - The Foundation of Healing: The Nervous System ⏰ 13:28 - Understanding Trauma and Its Impact ⏰ 22:19 - Exploring Healing Modalities ⏰ 31:12 - The Power of Forgiveness and Self-Compassion ⏰ 34:17 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing Check out Kat Courtney's Bio: Tina "Kat" Courtney is a pioneer in the modern day Plant Medicine space; she is a traditionally trained Ayahuasquera and Huachumera with over 2 decades of professional psychedelic experience. Kat apprenticed for over 10 years in the Shipibo-Conibo and Quechua-Lamista traditions. She's the author of Plant Medicine Mystery School Vol 1: The Superhero Healing Powers of Psychotropic Plants – a book that celebrates the dynamic and sentient personalities of all the entheogens. Kat is a trailblazer in the Psychedelic Integration space, as well as an expert in cultivating life-changing relationships with plant spirits. She leads Mas… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wellness-by-design-4066410/episodes/252-releasing-guilt-shame-and-emotional-pain-for-healing-with-kat-courtney-jane-hogan/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wellness-by-design-4066410/252-releasing-guilt-shame-and-emotional-pain-for-healing-with-kat-courtney-jane-hogan.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.