Healing can be a frustrating, difficult, and discouraging process at times. When you're trying to progress one day but feel like you're regressing the next, self-compassion is often the first thing to slip through the cracks. In this raw and honest conversation, Hero and Accountability Coach Bonnie Heim explores how being kind, caring, and compassionate to yourself is an essential part of the healing journey.

Bonnie opens up about a season of burnout, emotional dysregulation, and the messy process of reconnecting with her nervous system. Together, she and Chandler reflect on the real work of tending to your inner world — not through perfection or performance, but through presence, softness, and truth.

What You Will Learn

• [00:07:15] Why extending compassion to yourself can feel harder than offering it to others
• [00:08:52] How to recognize when you’re dysregulated and what it feels like in the body
• [00:10:35] What it means to “co-regulate” with a safe person and why it matters
• [00:12:47] How to sit with and process difficult emotions instead of suppressing them
• [00:13:59] Why “nervous system regulation” should be a key part of healing work
• [00:14:56] How Bonnie recognizes when her nervous system needs attention
• [00:15:30] The moment Bonnie realized her inner critic was mimicking her fear of being a burden
• [00:17:45] Why trying to “fix” yourself can be a form of avoidance rather than healing

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Bonnie Heim

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Chandler Stroud

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We're wrapping up our Hero Highlight series with none other than psychic medium Lea Morgan. Lea shares powerful insights about intuition, grief, and spiritual communication. She also explains the difference between psychic and mediumship abilities, demystifies the four “clairs,” and explains how she helps people decipher between signs from spirit guides and loved ones.

With compassion and clarity, Lea offers stories of profound healing — especially for those navigating the loss of a loved one — while gently reminding that you're never truly alone in your healing journey.

What You Will Learn

• [00:07:24] How mediumship differs from general psychic ability
• [00:08:50] What the “clairs” are and how they function in intuitive communication
• [00:11:25] Why spirit guides aren’t always deceased loved ones — and what their role is
• [00:13:48] How healing can begin through spirit-led grief readings
• [00:17:15] The difference between your logical mind and intuitive knowing
• [00:19:52] What it means to receive a visitation dream
• [00:24:10] How traits developed in childhood for protection can later hold us back
• [00:28:17] Why intuitive intelligence is often undervalued in Western culture
• [00:31:10] The role your intuition plays in major life decisions
• [00:34:00] Tips for cultivating intuitive awareness and receiving subtle messages

Want to Hear More from Hero Lea? Check Out These Episodes!

• Signs, Synchronicities, and Spirits
• How to Access and Listen to Your Intuitive Mind
• What We Can Learn from Dream Visitations & Metaphysical Experiences
• How Spirit Helps Us Navigate Tendencies & Behaviors

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Lea Morgan

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Chandler Stroud

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Happy 1st Birthday to The Healing Heroes Podcast!!

In this heartfelt solo episode, Host Chandler Stroud reflects on the show's first anniversary by sharing the top five lessons she’s learned from a year of Hero conversations and personal breakthroughs. She recounts the transformative moments that shaped her journey (from leaving a corporate career to navigating profound inner change), and gives a sneak peek of what's to come (more lessons, new voices, and powerful stories).

Whether you’re new to the podcast or you've been embarking on your own healing journey alongside Chandler from the start, this one-year celebration is a reminder that growth isn’t always linear, but it’s always worth it.

What You Will Learn

• [00:07:04] Why self-worth is the foundation of all healing
  [00:08:30] How the body stores unprocessed emotions — and what it’s trying to tell you
  [00:10:00] What it means to surrender
  [00:10:30] Why healing doesn’t happen in isolation, and the power of shared transformation
  [00:11:00] How joy is connected to meaning — and what that has to do with healing messages

Resources Mentioned

• The Awakened Brain by Dr. Lisa Miller (Book)

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Chandler Stroud

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