Could your healing journey be another mask you’re wearing?

What if the rituals, meditations, and sacred affirmations were just a spiritual costume—hiding the very wounds they claim to heal?

This week on Rabbit Hole Reflections, Lisa sits down with Dani Murrell for a piercing, powerful dialogue on spiritual bypassing, emotional addiction, and the high cost of performative healing. Together, they unravel what it means to perform healing, why softness matters in the middle of shame storms, and how motherhood, loss, and truth-telling exposed the truths she was never taught to name.

This isn’t curated spirituality—it’s the part no one talks about: the messy middle, the unfiltered truth beneath the ‘healed’ facade.

INSIDE THIS EPISODE:

• The emotional addiction of looking healed while falling apart
• Spiritual bypassing disguised as personal growth
• Releasing the pressure to “perform” your transformation
• Why raw truth trumps curated progress
• How grief, surrender, and divine connection cracked Dani wide open
• What authentic awakening actually requires

KEY QUOTE:
"My struggle wasn’t with healing itself. It was with being authentic without the facade." — Dani Murrell

ABOUT DANI MURRELL:
Dani Murrell is the author of Truthbunny: A Guide to Loving Yourself One Honest Conversation at a Time and founder of the Truthbunny™ movement—a practice and philosophy rooted in emotional clarity, self-compassion, and breaking generational cycles through radical truth. A former teacher turned speaker and emotional wellness educator, Dani helps women reconnect with their intuition, rewrite their internal scripts, and reclaim their truth—one soft, honest moment at a time.

CONNECT WITH DANI MURRELL:
Instagram: @truthbunny_guide

CONNECT WITH LISA VAN SLYKE:
All Links: linktr.ee/RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
Instagram: @TheLisaV
Podcast IG: @RabbitHoleReflections
YouTube: @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
Email: rabbitholereflectionspodcast@gmail.com

New episodes every Thursday at 7PM CT
This is Episode #18 of Rabbit Hole Reflections

Thank you for joining us on another journey down the rabbit hole.
Together, we're creating a world where shared stories of resilience
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⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of childhood abuse, bullying, chronic illness, and suicidal ideation. Listener discretion is advised.

How do you reclaim your voice when life has silenced you at every turn?

Born with a rare genetic disorder and subjected to 30+ surgeries, Sophia Soul spent her early years trapped in cycles of chronic pain, bullying, and emotional abuse. From suicidal lows to feeling invisible in a world that couldn’t hold her—Sophia’s story could’ve ended there.
But instead… she rose.

This week on Rabbit Hole Reflections, Sophia shares her raw descent into despair and sacred rise into sovereignty, healing, and spiritual leadership. Her transformation proves that even the deepest wounds can become portals to power, purpose, and truth.

“Everything I lived through became part of the alchemy. I wasn’t being punished. I was being prepared.” — Sophia Soul

🎧 Inside This Episode
💥 Living with a rare genetic disorder + surviving 30+ surgeries
👥 Battling isolation, bullying, emotional trauma & suicidal ideation
🔊 Awakening through sound healing + transformational breathwork
🧠 Rewiring her relationship to pain—without medication
🫶 The power of shared stories, deep belonging, and embodied gratitude
🔥 Choosing sovereignty over silence, shame, or survival mode

🌿 About the Guest
Sophia Soul is the visionary founder of Sacred U, a global spiritual community rooted in empowerment, healing, and radical authenticity. Through breathwork, sound, and storytelling, she helps others reclaim their truth, embody wholeness, and reconnect with their divine spark.

🌐 Connect with Sophia Soul
Website + Panels: sacredu.love
YouTube: @SacredULove
Facebook Page: Sacred U
Facebook Group: sacredu.love Community
Instagram: @sacredu.love
🎁 Free Village Membership available on her website

🎙️ Connect with Lisa Van Slyke
All Links: linktr.ee/RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
Instagram: @TheLisaV
Podcast IG: @RabbitHoleReflections
YouTube: @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
Email: rabbitholereflectionspodcast@gmail.com

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🎧 This is Episode #17 of Rabbit Hole Reflections

🌟 Coming Next Week
Dani Murrell joins us to explore spiritual sobriety, sensual reclamation, and what it means to rebuild your life when the masks come off.

Thank you for joining us on another journey down the rabbit hole.
Together, we're creating a world where shared stories of resilience
light the way from darkness to strength.

If this episode moved you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Connect with our community on Instagram and Facebook @RabbitHoleReflections,
and watch full video episodes on YouTube @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast.

Ready to launch your own podcast?
Check out the free workshop linked in the show notes.

And stay tuned — Lisa’s book Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks is coming soon.

⚠️ This episode contains discussions of childhood sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, and medical trauma. Listener discretion is advised.

Four decades of buried trauma.
Three dismissive therapists.
One miracle phone call that changed everything.

What happens when traditional therapy fails—and your own mind whispers you're “too broken to be helped”?

For trauma coach Cari Rickabaugh, it meant being 24 hours from ending her life… until divine intervention and an unconventional guide helped her meet the wounded child within.

This episode explores how suppressed memories of childhood sexual abuse froze Cari in emotional adolescence… why therapy failed her… and how somatic healing unlocked trauma stored in her body.

From seizures and gallbladder attacks to suicidal ideation and spiritual awakening, Cari’s story reveals how emotional wounds often manifest physically—and how healing begins when we feel safe enough to feel.

🔎 Inside This Episode:
🧠 Why therapists dismissed 25+ years of trauma
🚨 The suicide plan—and the friend who refused to hang up
🔬 Seizures, fibromyalgia, and fatigue as trauma symptoms
⚡ Rewiring the nervous system through somatics and NLP
🫀 Feeling light in her chest after decades of darkness
🎤 Speaking to 250+ people and hearing “I thought I was the only one”
💪 Launching Resilience Mind and Body Coaching to help others heal

🗝️ Key Insight:
"You don't have to believe everything you think. Just because something's in your head doesn't mean it's true. You can doubt your doubts." — Cari Rickabaugh

This is for anyone dismissed by the medical system, failed by therapy, or convinced they’re “too broken” to heal. Cari’s story proves radical healing is possible—with the right support and fierce self-advocacy.

✨ About the Guest:
Cari Rickabaugh is a trauma-informed coach and founder of Resilience Mind and Body Coaching. She fuses massage therapy, energy work, and somatics to guide deep transformation. She’s also a featured author in A Journey of Riches: Unlock Your Hidden Potential.

🔗 Connect with Cari:
Linktree: linktr.ee/resiliencemindandbodycoaching
Website: resiliencemindandbodycoaching.com
LinkedIn: @cari-rickabaugh
Facebook: @cari.rickabaugh
Email: ResilienceMindAndBodyCoaching@outlook.com

🎧 Episode #16 of Rabbit Hole Reflections
🕒 New episodes drop Thursdays at 7PM CT
📺 YouTube: @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast

📲 Connect with Lisa:
All links: linktr.ee/RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
Instagram: @TheLisaV | @RabbitHoleReflections
Email: rabbitholereflectionspodcast@gmail.com

✨ Mentioned:
Lisa reflects on a prior episode with Olivia Caggiano
🎥 Watch: “The Body Never Forgets” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6P_uXJXyEw

🔮 Next Week:
From narcissistic abuse to neural rewiring—Sophia Soul reclaims her voice through breathwork, sound healing, and radical self-empowerment.

Thank you for joining us on another journey down the rabbit hole.
Together, we're creating a world where shared stories of resilience
light the way from darkness to strength.

If this episode moved you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Connect with our community on Instagram and Facebook @RabbitHoleReflections,
and watch full video episodes on YouTube @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast.

Ready to launch your own podcast?
Check out the free workshop linked in the show notes.

And stay tuned — Lisa’s book Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks is coming soon.

It started as a kidney stone—but turned into a reckoning with repressed anger, grief, and emotional bypassing.

From caregiving burnout to friendship grief to buried rage — this is the story of how unprocessed emotion can quite literally become pain in the body.

Your body will always tell the truth—even when your mind is trying to “stay positive.” Sometimes the breakdown comes when you’re trying to hold it all together. And sometimes the body has to scream in order for us to finally listen.

In this vulnerable solo episode of #RabbitHoleReflections, host Lisa Van Slyke shares what landed her in the ER—and how a kidney stone cracked open years of unacknowledged emotion. What followed was a confrontation with repressed grief, unconscious anger, and the pressure to keep functioning while quietly falling apart.

From relationship heartbreak to generational caregiving to silent burnout, Lisa gets real about the cost of not feeling your feelings.

Inside this episode:

🧠 The hidden cost of emotional bypassing and the pressure to always “reframe”
💥 How repressed anger can manifest as jaw tension, fatigue—and even kidney stones
💔 When a friendship ends but the love doesn’t
🌀 The absurdity of being mad at someone who doesn’t exist—and what it reveals about grief
👵🏻 Life as a caregiver to elderly parents with complex needs
🗣️ Why talking about trauma doesn’t mean you’ve processed it
🧬 What past guests Olivia, Linda, and Cari taught about healing through the body
🔄 Making space for truth without needing to “fix” it

If you’ve ever felt like you should be okay by now—but your body is saying otherwise—this episode offers grace, perspective, and permission to pause and feel.

🔑 Key Insight:
"The body knows what the heart won’t say. And if we don’t sit with it—it will find another way to scream."
— Lisa Van Slyke

✨ About the Host:
Lisa Van Slyke is the author of Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks, the host of Rabbit Hole Reflections, and a sacred storyteller who believes healing happens when stories are shared. Through unfiltered, soul-shifting conversations, she invites you to face your pain, reclaim your voice, and rise—in your own time.

📲 Instagram: @TheLisaV + @RabbitHoleReflections
📧 Email: rabbitholereflectionspodcast@gmail.com
📺 YouTube: @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
🌐 All Links: linktr.ee/RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast

🕒 New Episodes Every Thursday @ 7PM CT

✨ Next Week on Rabbit Hole Reflections:
Cari, an energy healer who carried childhood trauma for over 30 years—until her body finally said no more. Her story is a stunning reminder of the healing power in feeling it all.

#RabbitHoleReflections #MindBodyConnection #RepressedAnger #EmotionalHealing #KidneyStoneStory #CaregiverBurnout #GriefSupport #SomaticHealing #HealingJourney #PodcastForWomen #TraumaRecovery #WomenWhoHeal #SoloEpisode #RabbitHolePodcast

Thank you for joining us on another journey down the rabbit hole.
Together, we're creating a world where shared stories of resilience
light the way from darkness to strength.

If this episode moved you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Connect with our community on Instagram and Facebook @RabbitHoleReflections,
and watch full video episodes on YouTube @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast.

Ready to launch your own podcast?
Check out the free workshop linked in the show notes.

And stay tuned — Lisa’s book Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks is coming soon.

She was dismissed, misdiagnosed, and told the pain was in her head—until she reclaimed her body, her voice, and her power.

From chronic pain and medical gaslighting to healing and embodiment—this is Olivia Caggiano’s trauma‑informed recovery story.

Your body remembers everything—even the things your mind tries to forget. Trauma lingers long after the event, and real healing starts when we stop trying to fix and start learning to feel.

In this episode of #RabbitHoleReflections, Olivia shares eight years of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, and systemic dismissal. By listening to the wisdom in her pain, she reclaimed her body and now guides others to do the same.

INSIDE THIS EPISODE • How childhood trauma and abuse shaped her early health struggles
• Medical dismissal and misdiagnosis (fibromyalgia, POTS)
• Eight years of symptoms: fibromyalgia, POTS, thyroid dysfunction, chronic back pain
• Why 80% of fibromyalgia sufferers have a history of trauma
• Reconnecting with her body through yoga philosophy and spiritual practice
• Using Reiki and energy medicine to heal
• Moving from symptom management to somatic awareness
• Becoming pain‑free and guiding others on their path

KEY INSIGHT
“Your body isn’t betraying you—it’s protecting you. Once I understood my chronic pain was my body trying to keep me safe, everything changed.” — Olivia Caggiano

ABOUT THE GUEST
Olivia Caggiano is a trauma‑informed yoga teacher and Reiki practitioner helping women regulate their nervous systems and heal through somatic work.
IG: @betterlifewithlivy | YouTube: Better Life with Liv

STAY CONNECTED WITH LISA
All Links: linktr.ee/RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
Facebook: facebook.com/RabbitHoleReflections
YouTube: @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast

New episodes every Thursday at 7 PM CT

✨ Next Week on Rabbit Hole Reflections:
Lisa returns with another raw solo episode — this time diving into the quiet ways burnout hides, how healing doesn’t always look like growth, and what it really means to reclaim your fire after you've dimmed it just to survive.

#RabbitHoleReflections #SomaticHealing #ChronicPain #TraumaRecovery #MindBodyHealing #YogaForHealing #ReikiPractitioner #HolisticWellness #FibromyalgiaAwareness #ChronicIllnessSupport

Thank you for joining us on another journey down the rabbit hole.
Together, we're creating a world where shared stories of resilience
light the way from darkness to strength.

If this episode moved you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Connect with our community on Instagram and Facebook @RabbitHoleReflections,
and watch full video episodes on YouTube @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast.

Ready to launch your own podcast?
Check out the free workshop linked in the show notes.

And stay tuned — Lisa’s book Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks is coming soon.

From Healthcare Professional to Holistic Healer: A Journey of Radical Authenticity

In this deeply moving and raw episode, multi-passionate entrepreneur and author Kimberly Rush courageously shares her extraordinary journey of transformation—from registered nurse and birth worker to energy healer and empowerment author. With unprecedented vulnerability, Kimberly opens up about her current reality: living in her car for over two years while battling Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) caused by mold poisoning.

You'll hear about:

• 🏥 Her 27-year career serving women in maternal-child health as an RN, IBCLC, childbirth educator, and doula
• 🔬 The shocking discovery of CIRS—a genetic condition affecting 25% of the population that prevents the body from clearing biotoxins
• 🚗 The difficult choice to live in her car as her only safe space after mold poisoning
• 💡 How she developed a "superpower"—the ability to detect unsafe environments through her heightened sensitivity
• 🧠 The connection between mold toxicity and conditions like MS, dementia, Alzheimer's, fibromyalgia, and Parkinson's
• ⚕️ Being gaslit by the medical system and advocating for yourself when providers dismiss your symptoms
• 🧬 The Richie Shoemaker protocol and how genetic expression can be changed through treatment
• 📖 Writing "Dare to be HER" during her darkest season and finding gratitude in the midst of crisis
• 💪 Living authentically while facing chronic illness, homelessness, and financial uncertainty

Kimberly's story powerfully demonstrates how perspective can transform even the most challenging circumstances. She shares practical insights about nervous system regulation, the importance of feeling safe in your body for healing, and how environmental toxins are affecting more people than we realize.

This episode is a masterclass in resilience, self-advocacy, and finding your voice even when the world tries to silence you. Kimberly's journey from healthcare provider to patient activist offers hope and practical wisdom for anyone facing chronic illness, housing insecurity, or the need to completely rebuild their life.

SPECIAL RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• VCS Test (Visual Contrast Sensitivity) - $15 diagnostic test at survivingmold.com
• ERMI Test (Environmental Relative Mold Index) for testing homes
• HLA-DR genetic testing for CIRS susceptibility
• From Triggers to Trust - Nervous System Sanctuary program

CONNECT WITH KIMBERLY RUSH:

🌐 Website: KimberlyRush.com

📚 Book: "Dare to be HER: Unleashing Your Confidence, Power, and Authenticity"

📧 Email: Best contact through website

CONNECT WITH LISA:

🔗 All Links: linktr.ee/RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast

📱 Facebook: facebook.com/rabbitholereflections

▶️ YouTube: @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast

NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY @ 7PM CST

Thank you for joining us on another journey down the rabbit hole.
Together, we're creating a world where shared stories of resilience
light the way from darkness to strength.

If this episode moved you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Connect with our community on Instagram and Facebook @RabbitHoleReflections,
and watch full video episodes on YouTube @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast.

Ready to launch your own podcast?
Check out the free workshop linked in the show notes.

And stay tuned — Lisa’s book Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks is coming soon.

Welcome Back - "What Happens After"

Season 2 opens with Lisa V sharing what happened in the space between. With raw vulnerability, Lisa reveals her journey through ending a relationship that wasn't aligned - one that was soft, familiar, and safe until it stopped being honest.

In the ashes of burning through who she thought she was supposed to be, Lisa discovered her Soul Contract - a compass for what we no longer shrink for.

You'll hear about:

• Leaving love that couldn't expand beyond where they were
• The moment something cracked wide open in that space
• Her Soul Contract - a compass for what we no longer shrink for
• Standing on stage and eating fire to reclaim her voice
• Finding herself in the choice, not the loss
• Why Season 2 isn't about holding space - it's about igniting it

Lisa also shares her international magazine cover, upcoming book "Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks," and a collaboration featuring 111 women's voices. But most importantly - the show is evolving with more raw solo episodes alongside sacred guest conversations.

"You're not behind. You're returning."

This season is for those ready to rebuild on their own terms.

CONNECT WITH LISA:

• All Links: linktr.ee/RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
• Facebook: facebook.com/rabbitholereflections
• YouTube: @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast
• Instagram & TikTok: @TheLisaV

NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY @ 7PM EST

NEXT WEEK: Kimberly Rush, author of "Dare to Be Her"

#SeasonPremiere #SoulContract #RabbitHoleReflections #RebuildingYourself

Thank you for joining us on another journey down the rabbit hole.
Together, we're creating a world where shared stories of resilience
light the way from darkness to strength.

If this episode moved you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Connect with our community on Instagram and Facebook @RabbitHoleReflections,
and watch full video episodes on YouTube @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast.

Ready to launch your own podcast?
Check out the free workshop linked in the show notes.

And stay tuned — Lisa’s book Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks is coming soon.

A Raw Reflection on Transformation

As Season 1 comes to an end, host Lisa V gets vulnerable about her own rabbit hole journey. In this intimate finale, she shares how literally eating fire became the moment everything shifted - from playing small to reclaiming her voice, from a loving relationship that needed to end to meeting herself again after years of hiding.

Lisa reflects on the "quiet detonation" of the first half of 2025 and what it means for the completely different Season 2 ahead.

"Remember, what broke you isn't the end of your story. It's where your reflection begins."

CONNECT WITH LISA:

🔥 Join the FREE "Wired for More" Walking Challenge on Facebook

🔗 @thelisav on all platforms

📱 Facebook: facebook.com/rabbitholereflections

SEASON 2 BEGINS JUNE 5TH 🔥

#PersonalTransformation #FindingYourVoice #RabbitHoleReflections #SeasonFinale

Thank you for joining us on another journey down the rabbit hole.
Together, we're creating a world where shared stories of resilience
light the way from darkness to strength.

If this episode moved you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs to hear it.

Connect with our community on Instagram and Facebook @RabbitHoleReflections,
and watch full video episodes on YouTube @RabbitHoleReflectionsPodcast.

Ready to launch your own podcast?
Check out the free workshop linked in the show notes.

And stay tuned — Lisa’s book Quieted Flames & Silent Sparks is coming soon.