Understanding with Martina Faulkner

Understanding with Martina Faulkner

From The Optimized Mind by Dr. Kate Lund

November 11, 2025 · 59 min · Episode 162

About this episode

Dr. Kate Lund interviews Martina Faulkner about her writing process and insights on being human.

In this episode of The Optimized Mind, Dr. Kate is joined by Martina Faulker, a cross-genre author whose work focuses primarily on what it means to be human. Through this powerful episode, Dr. Kate and Martina deep dive into the heart of Martina’s writing process, the themes that underpin the Understanding Series, and the powerful insights she’s gathered along the way. This episode is a masterclass in getting back to basics, building self-connection, and using practical self-help tools to recalibrate and reset your life. Martina E. Faulkner is a cross-genre author whose work focuses primarily on exploring what it means to be human—both the unique and the universal. She holds a trifecta in the mental health/healing world as a therapist, certified life coach, and Reiki Master Teacher. This distinctive background allows her to draw on her professional and personal experience in her writing, whether fiction, nonfiction, children’s, or poetry. A self-proclaimed Anglophile, Martina drinks tea daily, loves walks in nature, and enjoys looking at beautiful images from the British Isles while dreaming up her next book. You can read her regular column (‘Unique and Universal’) on Substack…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Kate Lund

Guest: Martina Faulkner

Topics covered

  • writing process
  • self-connection
  • self-help tools
  • mental health
  • human experience

Keywords

  • self-help
  • mental health
  • writing
  • human experience
  • self-connection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Substack, Instagram, Facebook, martinaefaulkner.com, Mission Matters

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