{"podcast":{"title":"Never Perfect","slug":"never-perfect-3666863","podcast_index_feed_id":3666863,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/neverperfect","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e71b65b0-7aac-11eb-9ce5-8fcc9bb33c7d/image/FINAL+THUMBNAIL1400-01.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Elizabeth Capecchi, Ph.D","episode_count":172,"summary":"As a psychologist, I have a sacred opportunity to both teach and learn from my clients. It is my mission to bring honest, real life stories to the light in hopes that the listeners might grow from them and be as inspired by them as I am, because there is no better way to struggle than “together. As a psychologist, I am driven by curiosity to gain greater understanding of others, as we navigate our way through this “never perfect” life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T22:18:34.456002+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/never-perfect-3666863"},"episode":{"title":"Grief to Gold: Finding Purpose, Faith, and Healing in Life’s Hardest Chapters with Pearly Montagu","slug":"grief-to-gold-finding-purpose-faith-and-healing-in-life-s-hardest-chapters-with-pearly-montagu","published_at":"2026-04-28T18:03:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/never-perfect-3666863/grief-to-gold-finding-purpose-faith-and-healing-in-life-s-hardest-chapters-with-pearly-montagu","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/never-perfect-3666863","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ECP4383171992.mp3?updated=1778176865","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ECP4383171992.mp3?updated=1778176865","summary":"What if the pain you've been carrying isn't actually yours to keep? What if your body — every ache, every heaviness, every story it whispers — is asking you for something different than what you've been giving it? In this conversation, Dr. Beth sits down with trauma release practitioner Pearly Montagu, whose rare gift of seeing emotional and physical pain as colors and structures inside the body emerged after a profound near-death experience at age 29. Pearly shares the unexpected detour from a corporate finance career to a calling rooted in deep healing work, walking through her own journey of chronic pain, plant medicines, and surrender. Together, she and Dr. Beth explore how the body stores trauma — including the trauma we inherit from generations before us — and how shifting our narrative, our habits, and our fears can move us from pain to purpose. It's a tender, expansive conversation on faith, fear, food as medicine, the dying process, and the everyday rituals that keep us aging with grace. What You'll Learn Why 95% of cancers can be prevented through lifestyle — and the simple morning and evening rituals Pearly swears by (turmeric chai, lemon water, miso, and more) How to build new habits that actually stick by piggybacking them onto what you already do The truth behind the body's seven-year renewal cycles and why pain often surfaces right on schedule How to stop identifying with your pain and rewrite the story your body is rehearsing The role of generational trauma in the patterns we keep repeating — and how to release what was never yours to carry Why community, not just nutrition or exercise, is one of the strongest predictors of a long, joyful life About the Guest Pearly Montagu is a TEDx speaker and trauma release practitioner whose rare form of synesthesia…","meta_description":"What if the pain you've been carrying isn't actually yours to keep? What if your body — every ache, every heaviness, every story it whispers — is asking y…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3175,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/never-perfect-3666863/episodes/grief-to-gold-finding-purpose-faith-and-healing-in-life-s-hardest-chapters-with-pearly-montagu/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/never-perfect-3666863/grief-to-gold-finding-purpose-faith-and-healing-in-life-s-hardest-chapters-with-pearly-montagu.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}