Ground, Release, Awaken

About this episode

Deana Brown Mitchell interviews Grace Sophia about healing, suicide prevention, and reclaiming inner authority through various modalities.

In this Scars to Stars episode, Deana sits down with Grace Sophia—speaker, transformational coach, spiritual teacher, and “medicine woman”—to talk about healing, suicide prevention, and reclaiming inner authority. Grace shares her journey from immigrating from Siberia to New York City at age six, to dedicating her early life to helping her family and community through psychology. She studied educational psychology (CBT with children and families), worked as a neuroscience researcher, and spent time studying suicidality, personality disorders, and schizophrenia. Grace explains what stood out most in her suicidality research: warning signs can sometimes look like someone suddenly “feeling better” right before a suicide attempt—because having a plan can bring an eerie sense of relief. She also talks about how societal pressure, “toxic positivity,” and lack of authenticity can cause people to suffer silently—and why conversations and real connection matter. From there, Grace shares why she felt called beyond traditional academia into alternative healing modalities, including shamanism, reiki/energy work, somatic approaches, and sacred/plant medicine (as part of her work and…

People in this episode

Host: Deana Brown Mitchell

Guest: Grace Sophia

Topics covered

• healing
• suicide prevention
• inner authority
• transformational coaching
• alternative healing
• mental health

Keywords

• healing
• suicide prevention
• transformational coach
• mental health
• grounding meditation
• Magnetic GRACE Method
• alternative healing

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Siberia, New York City

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