Close the Chapter Podcast with Kristen Boice

54 minutes 58 seconds

How to Regulate Your Nervous System and Break the Cycle of Anxiety with Lynn Fraser

In this episode, Kristen explores nervous system regulation with Lynn Fraser, examining how trauma and chronic stress affect the body and how somatic mindfulness can help us move out of survival mode and reconnect with ourselves.

You will learn:

How your nervous system responds to stress and trauma and why you may feel stuck in survival mode.
How to recognize the physical signs of anxiety and nervous system dysregulation.
How somatic mindfulness can help you process emotions and reconnect with your body.
How breathwork and body awareness can support nervous system regulation.
How to develop a greater sense of safety within yourself and move toward healing.
Connect with Lynn Fraser: https://lynnfraserstillpoint.com https://insighttimer.com/lynnfraser When you purchase Lynn Fraser's book through this Amazon affiliate link, you're helping support the podcast at no extra cost to you: Friends With Your Mind: How to Stop Torturing Yourself With Your Thoughts (Breathe, Relax, Heal)

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

30 September 2026, 8:00 am

45 minutes 48 seconds

Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Its Impact on Relationships with Dr. Daniel Lobel

In this episode, Kristen is joined by Dr. Daniel Lobel, author and internationally recognized expert on the diagnosis and treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD), to explore how BPD can affect relationships and how loved ones can move beyond walking on eggshells.

You will learn:

What borderline personality disorder (BPD) can look like in close relationships.
Why fear of abandonment can lead to intense emotional reactions.
How black-and-white thinking can affect relationships and self-perception.
How enabling and "walking on eggshells" can reinforce unhealthy patterns.
How setting consistent boundaries and reinforcing healthy behavior can help create healthier relationships.

Connect with Dr, Daniel Lobel: mMysideofthecouch.com

When you purchase Dr. Daniel Lobel's books through these Amazon affiliate links, you're helping support the podcast at no extra cost to you: 1. Adult Children of Borderline Parents 2. When Your Daughter Has BPD: Essential Skills to Help Families Manage Borderline Personality Disorder 3. When Your Mother Has Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Adult Children 4. When a Loved One Has Borderline Personality Disorder: A Compassionate Guide to Building a Healthy and Supportive Relationship 5. Stop Walking on Eggshells for Parents: How to Help Your Child (of Any Age) with Borderline Personality Disorder without Losing Yourself

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

23 September 2026, 8:00 am

42 minutes 28 seconds

Using Breathwork and Meditation to Find Greater Peace with Andrew Keaveney

In this episode, Kristen is joined by meditation and breathwork teacher Andrew Keaveney to explore how breathwork and meditation can quiet the mind, release stored tension, and reconnect you with greater peace and joy.

You will learn:

How breathwork can help quiet an overactive mind
Why fighting your thoughts can make them feel even louder
How stress and past experiences can show up in the breath and body
How meditation and breathwork can support emotional release and regulation
Why stillness and community can play a powerful role in breaking old patterns

Connect with Andrew Keaveney here: artoflivingretreatcenter.org

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

16 September 2026, 8:00 am

41 minutes 18 seconds

Unlocking Creativity to Help You Get Unstuck with Jacob Nordby

In this episode, Kristen sits down with author and creative guide Jacob Nordby to explore how creativity can become a pathway to healing, self-discovery, and greater emotional well-being. Together, they discuss why so many people feel disconnected from their creativity, how shame and fear of judgment can block self-expression, and how practices like journaling can help us reconnect with who we really are.

You will learn:

How creativity can support emotional healing, reduce anxiety, and help you reconnect with yourself.
Why shame, criticism, and fear of rejection can block your creative expression—and how to create safety as you begin opening up again.
A simple three-question journaling practice to help you understand how you feel, identify what you need, and reconnect with what you want to create.
The difference between your ego-driven persona and your authentic self—and why self-discovery must come before true self-expression.
How creativity can help you move beyond simply healing from past wounds and toward greater joy, freedom, wholeness, and connection with who you truly are.

Support the Close the Chapter podcast by checking out Jacob Nordby's powerful books using the Amazon affiliate links below. When you purchase through these links, a small portion goes toward supporting the show—at no extra cost to you:

Books by Jacob Nordby:

1. The Creative Cure: How Finding and Freeing Your Inner Artist Can Heal Your Life https://amzn.to/4heSvjq

2. Blessed Are the Weird: A Manifesto for Creatives https://amzn.to/4bzeIHN 3. The Divine Arsonist: A Tale of Awakening https://amzn.to/43QYPKQ

Jacob Norby's Book Recommendations: 1. Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home 2. A Thousand Mornings: Poem

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

9 September 2026, 8:00 am

55 minutes 22 seconds

Healing Trauma and Phobias in 4 Steps with Dr. Judith Swack

In this episode, Kristen is joined by Dr. Judith Swack, PhD, a master NLP practitioner, mind-body healer, and bestselling author, to explore how trauma and phobias can become stuck in the body, along with her Healing from Body Level Up methodology and four-step process for releasing them.

You'll Learn:

How trauma can create recurring emotional and physical patterns in the body
How phobias can become interference patterns and affect the body
What Dr. Swack's four-step trauma-healing protocol involves
How muscle testing is used to explore what may be interfering beneath conscious awareness
How tapping and other body-based techniques can be used to address traumatic emotions

Connect with Dr. Judith Swack: www.hblu.org

Dr. Judith Swack's book and book recommendation:

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

2 September 2026, 8:00 am

43 minutes 36 seconds

Rethinking Mental Health Diagnosis and Treatment with Dr. Fred Moss

In this episode, Kristen sits down with Dr. Fred Moss, a recovering psychiatrist, speaker, and author, to explore how mental health diagnoses and medication shape the way we approach healing and the role human connection plays in the healing process. You'll Learn:

Why mental health diagnoses can become part of a person's identity
Dr. Moss's perspective on medication in mental health treatment
The importance of seeing people beyond their mental health diagnosis
How human connection and truly listening can support healing
Approaches to healing that look beyond diagnosis and medication

Connect with Dr. Moss:

whoisdrfred.com

welcometohumanity.net

When you purchase Dr. Fred Moss's books through these Amazon affiliate links, you're helping support the podcast at no extra cost to you

Subscribe HERE and get a free 5-day journal to begin closing the chapter on what doesn't serve you and open the door to the real you.

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

26 August 2026, 8:00 am

35 minutes 59 seconds

3 Ways to Work Through Shame, Anxiety and Guilt

In this episode, Kristen explores three steps to help listeners work through anxiety, guilt, and shame while creating meaningful change through deeper self-awareness and healing.

You'll Learn:

How to process and connect with your core emotions.
Why acknowledging your feelings is essential for healing.
How the PAP method works.
Why jumping into problem-solving can disrupt someone's emotional process.
How self-compassion, vulnerability, and awareness can help you create lasting change.

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

19 August 2026, 8:00 am

39 minutes 42 seconds

How Childhood Trauma Shows Up in Adult Relationships and Parenting with Amber Trejo, LMFT

In this episode, Kristen talks with Amber Trejo, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in complex trauma and CPTSD, about how complex childhood trauma can resurface in adult relationships and parenting, shaping attachment, emotional responses, and the healing journey.

You'll Learn:

How childhood trauma can shape adult relationships and attachment
Why trauma responses can resurface when you get married or become a parent
What spiritual bypassing is and how it can interfere with healing
How reconnecting with your body and internal needs can support healing
Why self-compassion, community, and repair are important in breaking the cycle of trauma

Connect with Amber: www.theintegrativetraumatherapist.com

When you purchase Amber Trejo's recommended books through these Amazon affiliate links, you're helping support the podcast at no extra cost to you: 1. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma: https://amzn.to/4groOgh 2. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma: https://amzn.to/3I0jpjB 3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma: https://amzn.to/47GBu0r 4. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: https://amzn.to/47KHB3V

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

13 August 2026, 1:00 am

33 minutes 59 seconds

Life After a Cult and the Journey to Healing with Chris Shelton, Part 2

In this episode, Kristen continues her conversation with former second-generation cult member and author Chris Shelton as he shares the emotional aftermath of leaving a high-control group, exposing the lasting effects of coercive control, trauma, and the difficult process of rebuilding his life.

You'll Learn:

Why leaving a cult is only the beginning of the healing process.
How coercive control continues long after someone walks away.
The emotional impact of losing relationships after leaving a high-control group.
What Chris discovered after researching the organization he dedicated 25 years of his life to.
Why Chris now speaks out to help prevent others, especially those raised in cults, from experiencing the same manipulation.

Connect with Chris Shelton here: chrissheltonmsc.org

When you purchase Chris Shelton's book through these Amazon affiliate links, you're helping support the podcast at no extra cost to you: 1. Scientology: A to Xenu: An Insider's Guide to What Scientology is All About 2. What Now?: A Practical Guide to Life After a Cult

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This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

5 August 2026, 8:00 am

41 minutes 50 seconds

A Cult, the Psychology of Control with Chris Shelton, Part 1

In this episode, Kristen is joined by Chris Shelton, a former second-generation cult member and author, who shares how he broke free from decades of cult indoctrination, exposing the psychological tactics of coercive control and the long journey to reclaiming critical thinking and personal freedom. You'll learn:

How love bombing and emotional manipulation are used to recruit people into cults.
Why coercive control makes it difficult to question or leave high-control groups.
How isolation and black-and-white thinking reinforce cult indoctrination.
What finally prompted Chris to question Scientology after decades of involvement.
How critical thinking and self-awareness can help people reclaim their freedom

Connect with Chris Shelton here: chrissheltonmsc.org

When you purchase Chris Shelton's book through these Amazon affiliate links, you're helping support the podcast at no extra cost to you: 1. Scientology: A to Xenu: An Insider's Guide to What Scientology is All About 2. What Now?: A Practical Guide to Life After a Cult

Subscribe HERE and get a free 5-day journal to begin closing the chapter on what doesn't serve you and open the door to the real you.

Connect with Kristen:

This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

29 July 2026, 8:00 am

48 minutes 56 seconds

The Connection Between Shame and Anger with Bronwyn Schweigerdt

In this episode, Kristen is joined by returning guest Bronwyn Schweigerdt, therapist and anger specialist, to explore how shame shapes our anger, relationships, and sense of self, and what it takes to break free from unhealthy patterns.

The difference between reactive anger and healthy anger, and how to recognize which one you're experiencing.
How unresolved shame from childhood can impact your relationships and emotional reactions.
Why feeling unheard can trigger deeper wounds and create conflict with partners.
What differentiation means and how it helps you stop seeking approval from others.
How to use anger as a guide for setting healthy boundaries and communicating more effectively.

Connect with Brownwyn here:

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Untamed: Reese's Book Club: https://amzn.to/4lCVk07

Subscribe HERE and get a free 5-day journal to begin closing the chapter on what doesn't serve you and open the door to the real you.

Connect with Kristen:

This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment.

For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

22 July 2026, 8:00 am