Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Women

Why do we compare ourselves to other people? And why can someone else's success sometimes make us question our own worth?

In the first episode of our Envy & Jealousy series, host Julienne Irons sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist Jillian Blank to explore the psychology of comparison, the role of shame, and how our nervous system influences the stories we tell ourselves.

Jillian explains why comparison isn't si...

As part of the summer relaunch of Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman (formerly The Hanged Woman Podcast), host Julienne Irons re-releases this uplifting conversation with happiness coach Aissa Thalia.

Can happiness help us manifest the life we want?

Aissa believes it can, but not because we should pretend everything is perfect or ignore what we are truly feeling. Instead, she explains how happiness can be cultivat...

As part of the summer relaunch of Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman (formerly The Hanged Woman Podcast), host Julienne Irons re-releases this inspiring conversation with transformational coach Raquel Veisaga.

What if happiness isn't something you chase...

What if it's something that's been there all along, hidden beneath the noise?

Raquel introduces the idea of "static"—the fears, stories, survival patterns...

As part of the summer relaunch of Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman (formerly The Hanged Woman Podcast), host Julienne Irons re-releases this fascinating conversation with physician and neuroscience enthusiast Dr. D’Marti Burgos.

Can happiness actually be trained?

According to neuroscience, the answer is yes.

Dr. Burgos explains how happiness isn’t controlled by a single “happy chemical,” ...

As part of the summer relaunch of Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman (formerly The Hanged Woman Podcast), host Julienne Irons re-releases this thought-provoking conversation with spiritual psychology–trained coach Joel Drazner.

What if happiness isn’t something you achieve?

What if peace isn’t waiting at the end of your healing journey?

Joel shares the insight that transformed his life: our feeli...

Host Julienne Irons relaunches the beloved Happiness series on Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman (formerly The Hanged Woman Podcast) with intuitive life coach Mackenzie Stewart of Mindset by Mackenzie. Together, they explore why happiness isn’t something we chase, but something we uncover by reconnecting with our authentic selves.

After spending six years climbing the corporate ladder while battling anxiety...

Host Julienne Irons closes the self-worth and self-confidence series with shadow work and non-duality teacher Gavin Flanagan. Together, they explore why healing may not be about fixing ourselves, but about ending the exhausting job of rejecting parts of who we are.

Gavin shares his journey through long-term meditation, sobriety, a personal breakdown, ayahuasca, holotropic breathwork, and living in his car, experiences that transfor...

Host Julienne Irons continues the self-worth series with art education consultant, curriculum designer, and EFT practitioner Emily Gopaul. Together, they explore identity, belonging, representation, code-switching, and the pressure to fit into predefined roles. Emily shares how culture, family, and representation shape our sense of self and why uncertainty isn’t something to fear, but a natural part of being alive. They discu...

Host Julienne Irons continues the Self-Worth & Confidence series with dignity coach Marielle Fois, exploring the difference between self-worth as a belief and dignity as an embodied experience of inherent worth.

Why do so many of us tie our value to productivity, perfection, achievement, or other people’s approval? Why does self-abandonment often feel safer than honoring our needs? And what happens when we stop treating o...

Host Julienne Irons continues the Self-Worth & Confidence series with somatic life coach and Connecting with SuperKate host, SuperKate. Many of us think confidence looks like being productive, prepared, decisive, and always having the right answer. But what if some of what we’ve been calling confidence is actually anxiety, over-functioning, people-pleasing, or a nervous system working overtime to keep us safe?

In this con...

Host Julienne Irons continues the Self-Worth & Confidence series with public speaking confidence coach Lilach Mendelovich, exploring what confidence actually is, how it differs from self-worth, and why confidence is a skill that can be trained rather than a trait you’re born with.

Drawing from neuroscience, performance psychology, and intuitive self-trust, Lilach explains why confidence grows through evidence and experien...

Host Julienne Irons closes the Love & Relationships arc with psychotherapist and energy healer Juanita Lepage, exploring why letting go can feel so difficult even when we know a relationship is no longer aligned.

Blending Internal Family Systems therapy with energy healing, Juanita explains how emotional attachment lives not just in the mind, but also in the body, nervous system, and energetic field. Together, they unpack the i...

Host Julienne Irons continues the Love & Relationships series with manifestation coach Sridaya Srivatsan, exploring why high-achieving women who thrive professionally can still feel stuck in dating and relationships.

In this episode, they break down what “aligned love” actually means: a relationship where you feel safe, grounded, and fully yourself, with a shared capacity for emotional intimacy rather than performi...

Host Julienne Irons continues the Love & Relationships series with trauma-informed financial wellness coach Katy Chen Mazarra, exploring how money issues in relationships are rarely about numbers and are deeply connected to childhood experiences, nervous system safety, and identity.

In this episode, Katy shares how growing up with conflicting money dynamics shaped her own patterns and explains why couples often argue about what...

Host Julienne Irons continues the Love & Relationships arc through the scientific lens with therapist and author Jessica Fern, exploring how attachment shapes the way we experience love. In this conversation, Jessica breaks down attachment as a biological brain and nervous system process involving safety, reward, and threat detection, and how early caregiving experiences form the templates we carry into adult relationships. &nb...

Host Julienne Irons continues the Love & Relationships arc by exploring how non-monogamy and kink can offer powerful lessons in communication, consent, and boundaries.

In this conversation, therapist Dr. Kat Valentine breaks down the differences between BDSM/kink and ethical non-monogamy, emphasizing that consensual non-monogamy is not cheating, but a relationship structure built on transparency and agreement. 

Together, t...

What does healthy masculinity actually look like in a relationship, and why does safety matter so much in love?

In this episode of Perspective Shifts for Healing with The Hanged Woman, host Julienne Irons sits down with relational guide Mike Elliott, whose work centers on helping men and couples build deeper trust, emotional safety, and real intimacy.

Mike’s approach is rooted in his own lived experience. After navigating ear...

How does the father wound shape your relationship with money?

In this episode of Perspective Shifts for Healing, host Julienne Irons explores the connection between father energy, ancestral patterns, and financial behavior with Vangile Makwakwa, founder of Wealthy Money.

Vangile shares how her background in finance, combined with the lived experience of panic attacks and worsening finances, led her to uncover the deeper roots of an...