Ep. 36 - Katie

About this episode

Katie Baker shares her powerful journey of confronting trauma and finding healing through storytelling and spiritual exploration.

Katie Baker is a writer, advocate, and childhood abuse survivor whose story embodies resilience, transformation, and hope. After years of battling addiction, shame, and the lasting wounds of a painful past, Katie found healing through therapeutic psychedelics, deep inner work, and spiritual exploration. In this episode, Katie shares her powerful journey of confronting trauma, reclaiming her voice, and learning to live with radical authenticity. She opens up about the process of writing her memoir, When The Universe Holds Your Hair Back , and how storytelling became both her mirror and her medicine. Through her honesty and courage, Katie reminds us that healing isn’t about erasing the past, it’s about integrating it, and discovering the strength that has been within us all along.

People in this episode

Guest: Katie Baker

Topics covered

• resilience
• transformation
• hope
• childhood abuse
• addiction
• healing
• storytelling

Keywords

• memoir
• When The Universe Holds Your Hair Back
• radical authenticity

Mentioned in this episode

Products: When The Universe Holds Your Hair Back

Books & works: When The Universe Holds Your Hair Back

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