Element Q Podcast: Empowering LGBTQ+ Voices, One Story at a Time
The Element Q Podcast: Empowering LGBTQ+ Voices, One Story at a Time. Powered by Element Q Healing Center and hosted by TJ Woodward. Each week, TJ interviews authors, thought leaders, therapists, coaches, and healers dedicated to empowering and supporting the LGBTQ+ community. ABOUT ELEMENT Q HEALING CENTER Our mission is to serve each person’s journey by creating space for growth, connection, and renewal. Through identity, gender, and culturally affirming practices and trauma-focused care, we empower LGBTQIA+ community members to not only discover their voice but to embrace the strength and power within it. We honor those who came before us—brave, resilient individuals who fought tirelessly for the rights and recognition the LGBTQ+ community holds today. Their strength laid the foundation for a brighter future built on courage, healing, and transformation. ABOUT THE HOST TJ Woodward is a revolutionary recovery expert, bestselling author, and addiction treatment specialist who has helped countless individuals through his simple yet powerful teachings. He is also the creator of The Conscious Recovery Method, an innovative approach to understanding and treating addiction. With years of experience, TJ specializes in helping the LGBTQ+ community heal from unresolved trauma, spiritual disconnection, and shame.
Episodes
In Season 3, Episode 7 of the Element Q Podcast, TJ Woodward welcomes longtime friend, spiritual teacher, and ordained minister Mark Anthony Lord to explore healing, identity, recovery, spirituality, and the evolving journey of the LGBTQ+ community.
Together, they reflect on Pride, the generations that came before us, and how healing our personal pain can become a gift to the collective. Mark shares his perspective that LGBTQ+ liv...
In Season 3, Episode 6 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with LGBTQ+ advocate, community leader, and San Diego Pride board member Melody Velaruz for a conversation about identity, healing, visibility, and love.
Melody shares her remarkable journey from growing up in a strict Mormon faith tradition to coming out later in life as a queer Latina woman, navigating divorce, embracing her authentic self, and finding a...
In Season 3, Episode 5 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Jessica Hamilton for an honest and compassionate conversation about LGBTQ+ mental health, addiction recovery, adolescent identity development, and the healing power of human connection.
Drawing from her own recovery journey and decades of experience working with marginalized communities, Dr. Hamilton shares deeply per...
In Season 3, Episode 4 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with Bryce Beliveau—Admissions and Outreach Coordinator at No Matter What Recovery and a proud graduate of the program—to explore the raw truth of addiction, identity, and healing within the LGBTQIA+ community.
Bryce shares his powerful journey from growing up as a gay child in a small Midwestern town—feeling isolated, ashamed, and “...
In Season 3, Episode 3 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with Davina Kotulski—a licensed therapist, author, and internationally recognized LGBTQ+ advocate—to explore how we can cultivate inner resilience, healing, and authenticity in a deeply divided world.
Drawing from decades of clinical experience, Davina shares compassionate, practical tools for navigating emotional triggers, political stress, and...
In Season 3, Episode 2 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with Brittany Leach, Marketing Director at Gossip Grill, to explore the transformative journey of healing, sobriety, and self-discovery within the LGBTQ+ community.
Brittany shares her personal story of stepping away from alcohol, confronting suppressed emotions, and rediscovering joy in its most authentic form. What begins as a conversation about nightlife...
In Season 3, Episode 1 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward interviews Heather Hester, speaker, author, advocate, and host of the award-winning More Human. More Kind. podcast—to explore what it truly means to support and love LGBTQ+ children.
Heather shares her personal journey as a parent of two LGBTQ+ kids, opening up about the fear, confusion, and deep transformation that followed her son’s coming out at 16. Wh...
In Season 2, Episode 26 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist Betsy Spier to explore the complex and often hidden impact of internalized homophobia.
Even after coming out, many LGBTQ people carry unconscious shame shaped by cultural messaging, family dynamics, and early life experiences. Betsy shares her personal story of growing up during the feminist movement, navigating ...
In Season 2, Episode 25 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward welcomes Rev. Cindy Edelson, Senior Minister of Centers for Spiritual Living in Salt Lake City. Together, they explore the deeper call for healing within the LGBTQ+ community and the transformative power of compassion, connection, and spiritual awareness.
Rev. Cindy shares her experience building an LGBTQ+ and allies support group in Utah and how authentic dialogue ...
In Season 2, Episode 24 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward welcomes Brian Nachreiner, a queer man in long-term addiction recovery. They discuss Brian's journey and the podcast's mission to highlight individuals making a difference in the lgbtqia community. This conversation explores gay self-acceptance and strategies for healing shame, fostering shame resilience, and supporting a thriving recovery. and the internalized sham...
In Season 2, Episode 23 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward welcomes Roy Sciortino, LMFT, to explore the complex layers of trauma, attachment, and healing within the LGBTQ+ community. Together, they unpack transgenerational trauma—how secrecy, shame, and survival strategies formed in earlier generations continue to shape intimacy, identity, and relationships today. Royce offers moving reflections on queer history, inte...
In Season 2, Episode 22 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with Reese Clark explore a powerful question: What are we really talking about when we talk about healing? Moving beyond the myth of healing as a finish line, they reframe it as an ongoing return to wholeness. Together, they unpack how shame—particularly within the LGBTQ+ community—can create a false identity of brokenness, and how true transfo...
In Season 2, Episode 21 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with Adrienne Glasser, LCSW, RDMT—psychotherapist, dance movement therapist, and founder of Beyond IFS—to discuss how we approach healing trauma. Adrienne specializes in holistic healing, focusing on unprocessed trauma through parts work and a somatic lens. We explore the powerful impact of somatic healing and body-based therapy in fostering in...
In Season 2, Episode 20 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with Carter Serrett, CEO of Recovery Centers of America and former CEO of Azure Acres Recovery Center, to explore the nuanced intersection of shame, sexuality, and recovery. With a background spanning clinical psychology, counseling, and healthcare leadership, Carter shares his expertise in creating safe, individualized treatment programs for those navigat...
In Season 2, Episode 19 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward sits down with Terry Gatewood, LCSW, CSAT, founder and clinical director of Ridgeback Recovery, to explore the often-misunderstood intersection of shame, trauma, sexuality, and healing. Drawing from nearly two decades of lived recovery and clinical experience working with sex addicts and individuals labeled as sex offenders, Terry and TJ challenge punishment-based a...
In Season 2, Episode 18 of the Element Q Podcast, Host TJ Woodward welcomes Dr. Olivia Ratcliff-Totty —Postdoctoral Psychological Associate, adjunct professor, and primary therapist at Element Q Healing Center—to explore what it truly means to create safety, rebuild trust, and foster healing within the LGBTQ+ community. Drawing on her extensive clinical background in community mental health, crisis care, and carceral sy...
In Season 2, Episode 17 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward welcomes Reverend Carlton Teabout, Agape minister and spiritual teacher, for a deeply moving conversation on healing shame, aging, body image, and inner child wounds within the LGBTQ+ community. Together, they explore what it truly means to mature as gay men, challenge cultural narratives around aging, and reclaim wholeness beyond appearance, productivity, or societ...
Season 2, Episode 16 of the Element Q Podcast features a powerful return conversation with therapist Melissa Stevenson, as host TJ Woodward explores the transformative power of attunement—and how it differs from validation, reassurance, or the impulse to “fix” someone’s feelings. Together, they unpack why emotions aren’t dangerous, how true presence heals more deeply than words, and why so many of us r...
In Season 2, Episode 15 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward is joined by Devin Scott, a holistic and somatic practitioner, for a deeply honest conversation exploring the intersection of shame, secrecy, trauma, and body wisdom. Drawing from Devin’s lived experience of heartbreak and healing, this episode examines how shame thrives in darkness, how generational trauma is carried in the body, and why true transformation o...
Season 2, Episode 14 of the Element Q Podcast features host TJ Woodward in a conversation with Kat Grissetti, LCSW—Chief Clinical Officer for Monima Behavioral Health, Monima Wellness Center, and Element Q Healing Center. Kat brings her background in university counseling, intensive outpatient programming, restorative justice facilitation, and interdisciplinary leadership into a powerful conversation about trauma care and LGB...
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