Meet The Healing Heroes
Meet The Healing Heroes
The 12 Healers who started it all
Every guide you’ll meet here has walked a path back to themselves. That’s not a coincidence. That’s the criteria. Twelve practitioners. Twelve different doorways. Each one chosen not just for their credentials, but for their devotion to this work and the healing Chandler found because of them.
Meet Chandler
We wandered. It’s time to return.
Welcome. I’m Chandler Stroud, founder of The Healing Heroes and corporate marketer turned meaning-maker. After years of looking the part on the outside and losing the plot on the inside, the journey back began before I had a name for it. What unfolded became this work—and what’s coming next is bigger than the podcast where it all began.
The belief underneath everything I do is simple: the woman you’re trying to become isn’t in front of you. She’s behind you, untouched by everything that came after.
If something inside you is whispering that it’s time, it is. You don’t need a crisis to begin. You just need a moment of courage. Stay close. There’s a homecoming on the way.
Astrology • Acupuncture • EMDR & Therapy • Myofascial Release • Spirituality • Energy & Sound Healing • Accountability Coaching • Yoga & Breathwork • Psychic Mediumship • Tarot Cards • Mindset Coaching • Human Design •Astrology • Acupuncture • EMDR & Therapy • Myofascial Release • Spirituality • Energy & Sound Healing • Accountability Coaching • Yoga & Breathwork • Psychic Mediumship • Tarot Cards • Mindset Coaching • Human Design •
The Healing Heroes
The Healing Heroes
12 experts, Each with a unique approach to healing
Nicole
Kim
Yoga, Sound Healing, & Thai Bodywork Practitioner
Dedicated to the art of holistic healing, my journey is centered around the fusion of yoga, Thai massage, and the transformative power of energy and sound healing. With a profound passion for facilitating wellness, I weave together these ancient practices to create a harmonious tapestry of healing experiences. Through the mindful integration of yoga postures, the therapeutic touch of Thai massage, and the resonant frequencies of energy and sound, I aspire to guide individuals on a profound journey of self-discovery and holistic well-being. Fostering a space where both the body and spirit find restoration and balance.
Zach
Carlsen
human design
coach
I have been coaching and educating professionally for the last decade—an adventure in holding space that has brought me all over the world. The core and foundation of this work is Human Design—a modern science containing ancient systems for exploring the nature of being. I hold advanced academic degrees in pedagogy, literature, and French as well as certifications from Gallup, Inc in CliftonStrengths Coaching and SSC in Human Design Coaching. In 2021 I obtained a master coach certification from Elementum Coaching Institute. My primary philosophy, in the words of Ram Dass, is that “we are all just walking one another home”. No one is broken or incomplete or half, but we forget that. In some ways, we must forget that for a time here so that we can grow, expand, evolve, and ultimately remember from a new, elevated space of consciousness. I am here to do that myself and to assist others in the process through holistic, multidimensional support.
Lea
Morgan
psychic medium
Lea Morgan is a psychic medium offering mediumship and intuitive guidance readings. After careers in advertising and interior design, Lea couldn’t shake the pull to fully open up to and understand her intuitive gifts. Turned out, she’d been using them all along in both disciplines. All of her offerings are intended to provide healing, connection, faith, peace, love and hope to her clients. She also hopes to help normalize the perception of psychic work with her down-to-earth manner and by sharing her own journey openly through workshops, interviews and information provided on her website.
Jacques
Depardieu
acupuncturist,
herbalist
Jacques is nationally board certified in acupuncture and traditional Chinese pharmacology and has been practicing for over twenty-five years. He has a masters in oriental medicine and has been a Chi-gong practitioner and teacher for over 30 years.
He’s a self-described advocate of the human spirit, having treated thousands of individuals for a wide array of conditions, he understands the role spirit, creativity and spontaneity play in creating health and recovery.
Jennifer
Baumgold, LCSW
psychotherapist
Jennifer Baumgold, LCSW, is a psychotherapist based in Darien, CT, specializing in the treatment of trauma. Certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), she works with clients to help untangle the knots of trauma and find a path towards healing and resilience.
After graduating with her Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from Hunter College in 2006, Jennifer began her career at the New York City Fire Department Counseling Service Unit where she worked until 2016. During her time there, she provided crucial mental health support to FDNY members and their families.
In addition to her private practice, Jennifer is an active member of the Fairfield County Trauma Response Team (FCTRT), a volunteer alliance of mental health professionals committed to aiding first responders and the local community in healing from trauma, tragedy, and stress.
Ophira
Edut
astrologer
Ophira Edut is one of the most sought-after astrologers and intuitive advisors of our times. As the longtime resident astrologer for ELLE and the author of over 20 books, she is a private advisor to a roster of CEOs, celebrities, global leaders and successful entrepreneurs. Ophira has spoken at universities, conferences and events for the past 20 years, delivering keynotes and live interactive workshops. Her productivity training has been presented to entrepreneurs and executives at companies including Nike and Saks Fifth Avenue, and at event spaces such as Luminary NYC, 92Y, Soho House and Barcelona’s Joan Miro Museum.
On television, Ophira has appeared as a guest expert for Bravo, MTV, Good Morning America, and the Today Show, and created the first streaming reality TV dating show based on astrology, Cosmic Love (Amazon Prime Video, 2022).
Ophira’s book, The Astrology Advantage, to be published by Simon and Schuster in August 2024, introduces The AstroTwins’ revolutionary IAM System, which simplifies the birth chart into three archetypes: Innovator, Authority and Maven. Her work on the subject of “spiritual technology” as an essential tool for business success has been featured in Fast Company and at leadership conferences around the world.
Bonnie
Heim
Accountability Coach
Bonnie grew up in Connecticut, is married, and is the mother of 3 sons. She began her career in Los Angeles with Federated Department Stores after graduating from The University of Southern California with a BA in English and a minor in Journalism. She then joined Bullocks Department Stores in their LA and Scottsdale, Arizona locations. Her success in retail marketing and management led Bonnie to hold top managerial positions within Federated Departments Stores flagship brands.
Bonnie additionally shared her leadership and philanthropic talents from the Midwest to the East Coast and served as an Event Site Chair for Nordstrom’s new store openings.
In 2019, Bonnie learned about ALL IN by Teddi Mellencamp and embraced this life-changing program that focuses on accountability, one-on-one personalized coaching, and tools that will inspire a complete and lasting lifestyle shift toward good health and fitness. After personally succeeding with the program, she was asked to continue her involvement with ALL IN, becoming a lifestyle coach. Her goal with clients is to create a lifestyle that will last not only through movement and clean fuel, but to also readjust their mindsets and approach to one of positivity and optimism. She has helped change hundreds of lives along the way and is active in training new coaches while being an outstanding representative and advocate for the ALL IN community with a heartfelt approach to wellness plus personal accountability. As Bonnie always likes to say, “I thrive upon helping others change their lives at any age and at any time ~ one day and with one thoughtful and courageous step forward!
Moylan
Ryan
Somatic Therapist & Certified Rolfer®
Moylan Ryan is a Somatic Therapist originally from Ireland, where he trained as a Somatic Psychotherapist before relocating to the United States over two decades ago to study at the Dr. Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Now based in Tempe, Arizona, Moylan offers a holistic healing approach through Rolfing® Structural Integration, NeuroDynamic Breathwork, and Movement Education, integrating body, mind, and spirit in his private practice.
Deeply rooted in the understanding that true change occurs at the level of psycho-biology, Moylan views Rolfing as a powerful method for reshaping both neural and fascial plasticity—offering clients a path to realignment, resilience, and renewal. In addition to working one-on-one with clients both in person and virtually, he also facilitates group workshops and retreats that blend somatic awareness with embodied practice.
Moylan has taught Somatics and Embodied Movement on the dance faculty at Arizona State University, drawing inspiration from his background in Aikido, the non-violent martial art in which he holds a sixth-degree black belt.
He is currently completing his forthcoming book, Living Aligned, a reflection on over forty years of dedicated exploration into the landscapes of both inner experience and the physical body.
Rev. Lizzie
McManus-Dail
reverend
Lizzie has lived all over the world, with her boots now rooted in Austin, Texas where she is living her dream as the founding planter of Jubilee Episcopal Church. She is passionate about evangelism for a God who makes each of us for joy, which is why you might see her doing silly dances and talking about church history on Instagram & TikTok with her 60k followers.
Lizzie primarily grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and received her First Communion as a devout Catholic in the second grade. Lizzie is a second generation clergywoman and specifically, a clergywoman mama, and she delights in talking about motherhood, pregnancy, and reproductive justice from this lens of faith and leadership in the church.
A graduate from Mount Holyoke College, Lizzie brought a passion for intersectional feminism and queer theology to her studies at Duke Divinity School and Seminary of the Southwest. It was her time in both South Hadley, Massachusetts and Durham, NC that brought her into the Episcopal Church, and it was the Episcopal Church that brought Lizzie and her beloved spouse, Jonathan, to Texas. Prior to ordination, she worked in youth & children’s ministry and as a hospice chaplain, all while concurrently teaching art in bars and waiting tables. She was ordained in 2020, and as grateful as she is for her academic formation, she still swears most things she learned about being a priest she learned from 5+ years of working in the service industry and access to the arts in her public high school.
Cait
DeMello
Confidence + Empowerment Coach
Cait DeMello is a Business Empowerment + Embodiment Coach, Energy Healer, and Inner Power Activator on a mission to wake up one badas$ female entrepreneur at a time.
She has a Masters in Counseling and is certified in 20+ coaching modalities including inner child, parts work, and breathwork. She’s deeply invested in her spirituality and swears tarot saved her life by allowing her to go deeper and connect with her own inner voice. She has used tarot for the past 7 years as a way to get clients to go deeper faster and to help them let down their guard, tap into their own intuition, and clear out the blocks holding them back. Her passion today is helping women return home to the power that resides within them and building their business from that place.
Cait knows what it’s like to feel purposeless, lost, and wandering, and had to learn the hard way that the only tether is the self. It isn’t until you change that relationship with yourself that you can truly start creating your life. Cait’s dream is for all female entrepreneurs to activate an unwavering belief in themselves, ignite their unapologetic expression, and find their authentic voices. Through potent processes of embodied clarity, belief-rebuilding, and parts reintegration, Cait creates an electrified container for soul-led women to reclaim their voices, stand unshakable in their worth, and make business decisions from an energetic alignment with their highest selves. When you work with Cait, expect profound shifts in your confidence, boundaries, and purposeful living as a creator of your reality through fearless moves, magnetizing your dream clients, and building wildly successful ventures.
Karen
Remele
MFR therapist
Karen began her journey as a trained modern jazz dancer and instructor until a horrific motorcycle accident changed the course of her life. After the accident, she noticed that simple physical tasks were causing her pain, so she later sought the help of medical professionals to address her migraines, neck, back, and shoulder pain, as well as the loss of grip strength in both hands. Three years of MRIs, x-rays, testing, multiple rounds of PT and OT, as well as prescription medications were of no help as she navigated treatments parenting three young children. It wasn’t until a neurologist diagnosed her with Cervical Myofascial Pain Syndrome that she finally got answers, and prescribed John F. Barnes Myofascial Release therapy with two trained PTs. Karen walked away pain-free just six months later, with a new lease on life.
Karen’s desire to help others live pain-free existences, and educate about the benefits of MFR resulted in her getting both her CT and NY PTA/L licenses, as well as her LMT license, and ultimately she became both a student and expert instructor of the John F. Barnes MFR therapy which she’s now been practicing for over twenty five years.
Her areas of expertise include: Myofascial Release expert level practioner with a background in spinal & joint mobilization, muscle energy, Mulligan techniques for the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, & sacrum, neurologic & orthopedic strain/counterstrain, cranio sacral therapy, vestibular therapy, Kinesiotaping techniques, PNF, Functional NDT (adult & pediatric), manual lymph drainage, interdisciplinary rehabilitation management of neurological dysfunction, aquatic therapy, and applications of home care as appropriate.
Katie
Wee
Mindset Coach
Katie Wee is a Mindset Coach, Speaker, Writer, Actress, Survivor, and the Founder of Happy Camp. Katie’s life has been a journey to empowerment. She believes that there is nothing that cannot be overcome and has a passion for helping others uncover their own inherent greatness so that they may live the lives they truly dream of. She believes wholeheartedly that life is meant to be enjoyed and helps high-performing individuals learn to optimize their mindset for happiness, fulfillment, and personal success through her mindset coaching and speaking.
You may have seen Katie on TV shows such as Modern Family, Hawaii 5-0, New Girl or General Hospital, or have read her writing in Newsweek or the Huffington Post. She believes in the power of storytelling to connect us to one another and is committed to sharing her creative gifts to create positive change in the world. Katie is a spokesperson for RAINN and has been vocal about the need for greater protection of young girls in the dance world and reform within the criminal justice system for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Katie believes that we have the power to overcome anything and has proven that to herself in her own life. She knows that when we learn to navigate our consciousness for our own highest benefit, we allow ourselves to transcend much of our own suffering and liberate our energy to do what it came here to do: create a life we love. At Happy Camp, she teaches others how to love themselves on the deepest level and to use manifestation to create what they want in their lives, all while blissing out in paradise. Katie’s life is about shining brightly and uplifting the collective consciousness on the largest scale possible.
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