{"podcast":{"title":"Intimate Conversations","slug":"intimate-conversations-478585","podcast_index_feed_id":478585,"rss_url":"https://intimateconversationspodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://allanapratt.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/1/1/6/9116f1ffd218afb1d959afa2a1bf1c87/S14_-_FromDarkNightToDivineLight.png","author":"Allana Pratt","episode_count":495,"summary":"Emotional Intimacy Expert, Allana Pratt is a global media personality and go-to authority for those ready to transcend heartbreak, live unapologetically and cultivate a soul-shaking relationship. This Ivy League grad is the Author of 6 books, has interviewed Actress Whoopi Goldberg, Musician Alanis Morissette and Physicist Nassim Haramein. She Hosts the edgy Podcast Intimate Conversations: Season 14- Dark Night to Divine Light, where listeners learn that intimacy is an inside job. A Certified Master Coach with over 7M viewers on YouTube, Allana was asked by Leeza Gibbons to coach her during Dancing with the Stars. Interviewed over 850 times, she's been chosen as an Icon of Influence and featured on Huffington Post, People Magazine, Forbes, CBS, ABC, FOX, TLC, iHeartRadio and more. For the past 20 yrs, Allana's brave willingness to heal her own heart makes her authentic, relatable and credible in her proven Coaching Programs and Intimacy Retreats. Her new Patreon channel answers her community's burning questions while revealing her heartfelt, vulnerable and authentic behind-the-scenes truths. Her wisdom, exuberance and raw transparency inspire the deep soul work required to create…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:19:22.645921+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/intimate-conversations-478585"},"episode":{"title":"Is Therapy Making You Worse? With Dr. Richard Blake","slug":"is-therapy-making-you-worse-with-dr-richard-blake","published_at":"2026-05-22T00:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/intimate-conversations-478585/is-therapy-making-you-worse-with-dr-richard-blake","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/intimate-conversations-478585","url":"https://intimateconversationspodcast.libsyn.com/is-therapy-making-you-worse-with-richard-blake","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/intimateconversationspodcast/Is_Therapy_Making_You_Worse_With_Richard_Blake.mp3?dest-id=606856","summary":"Step into a blow-me-away, deeply illuminating conversation with Dr. Richard Blake, psychologist, researcher, breathwork practitioner, and author of the upcoming book The Anxiety Industry . Richard shares his powerful journey through anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, binge eating, and compulsive behaviours, and how true transformation came when he moved beyond talk therapy into breathwork, nervous system regulation, and groundbreaking research. Together, we explore why mental illness rates keep rising despite more therapy and awareness than ever before, the hidden ways therapy culture can reinforce suffering, and how breathwork, neuroplasticity, and courageous nervous system work can open the door to real healing. This is an honest, edgy, and liberating conversation about moving beyond victimhood, building resilience, and meeting life with more courage, truth, and freedom. We also talk about: Therapy culture, \"trauma inflation,\" and the unintended consequences of therapeutic language Family estrangement, emotional validation, and the difference between healing and reinforcing suffering Breathwork, psychedelics, neuroplasticity, and nervous system regulation Exposure therapy, stress resilience, and learning to stay present through discomfort Social media, comfort culture, lifestyle habits, and the collapse of meaning Community, purpose, movement, sleep, embodiment, and the practices that build true emotional capacity This friggin' fantastic, aligned, and enlivening episode invites us to question what we've inherited about healing, trauma, and mental health. Real growth is not about avoiding discomfort, but learning to stay present with greater capacity, awareness, and self-responsibility. 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