Relational Dynamics in Mold-Affected Homes
Christina P. Kantzavelos Christina P. Kantzavelos

Relational Dynamics in Mold-Affected Homes

Micro Balance Health Products has a conversation with Christina on Relational Dynamics in Mold-Affected Homes.

During the conversation, Christina shared powerful insights, including:

  • Why unresolved environmental stressors—like mold exposure—can influence nervous system responses

  • Practical ways to build internal safety, self‑trust, and emotional regulation

  • How to identify relational loops that keep you stuck and how to gently shift them

  • The role of daily self‑reflection in healing and creating new relational dynamics

She also introduced her Begin Within Today Symptom Journal, a guided tool designed to help you track patterns, regulate your system, and support your healing journey.

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Guest Host Series Christina P. Kantzavelos interviews Howard Schubiner
Christina P. Kantzavelos Christina P. Kantzavelos

Guest Host Series Christina P. Kantzavelos interviews Howard Schubiner

On this episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series, Christina interviews Dr. Howard Schubiner, an internist and the director of the Mind Body Medicine Center at Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan and a Clinical Professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

He has authored more than 100 publications in scientific journals and books, and lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Schubiner is a senior teacher of mindfulness meditation and the author of three books: Unlearn Your Pain, Unlearn Your Anxiety and Depression, and Hidden From View, written with Dr. Allan Abbass. Dr. Schubiner lives in the Detroit area with his wife of thirty-seven years and has two adult children.

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Metacognition, Compassion, Sacred Rage, & Love
Christina P. Kantzavelos Christina P. Kantzavelos

Metacognition, Compassion, Sacred Rage, & Love

The Collective explores Metacognition, Compassion, and transformative power of Sacred Rage in a state of Love with psychotherapist Christina P. Kantzavelos.

Christina P. Kantzavelos, LCSW, is a first-generation licensed psychotherapist, coach, writer, educator, speaker, and chronic illness advocate. She specializes in trauma-informed and somatic approaches, helping individuals worldwide navigate relationships, identity, and personal growth while managing life’s complex health challenges. Christina is the author of Begin Within: A Daily Health and Wellness Journal and the founder of Begin Within Today, a platform that bridges mental health, chronic illness support, and holistic wellness. She strongly believes that we heal in community, and that to fully support the individual, we must look at the collective environment. Much like a flower, we cannot thrive if the soil itself is depleted; we must heal the soil to heal the flower.

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How to Break the Burnout Cycle and Rebuild With Purpose with Christina Kantzavelos
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How to Break the Burnout Cycle and Rebuild With Purpose with Christina Kantzavelos

On Episode 119 of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with Christina Kantzavelos.

Christina explains how survival mode shows up in high-achieving women, including overfunctioning, people pleasing, perfectionism, freezing, and fawning. She also shares why boundaries can feel impossible to hold when the nervous system does not feel safe, and what it really takes to create a business that supports your health instead of depleting it.

Listeners will walk away with practical nervous system tools, a more compassionate lens for burnout recovery, and permission to redefine success in a way that protects their capacity, relationships, and wellbeing.

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Regulate to Receive: How Your Nervous System Shapes Hormones, Cycles + Conception with Christina Kantzavelos
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Regulate to Receive: How Your Nervous System Shapes Hormones, Cycles + Conception with Christina Kantzavelos

In this episode of The Reproductive Rebel Podcast, Adrienne Irizarry and Christina Kantzavelos explore the deeper truth beneath fertility struggles: your nervous system is the gatekeeper of conception.

Because the body doesn’t prioritize reproduction when it feels under threat—whether that threat is physical, emotional, relational, or internal.

This conversation reframes fertility through the lens of regulation, not restriction.

Through receiving, not forcing.

We move beyond symptom management and into the energetic and physiological conditions that allow the body to open.

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The Guest Host Series Christina P. Kantzavelos, LCSW interviews Lauren Auer
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The Guest Host Series Christina P. Kantzavelos, LCSW interviews Lauren Auer

On this episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series, Christina interviews Lauren Auer. Lauren Auer is a Trauma Therapist who has built a community of nearly 200,000 followers by sharing what she's learned from seeing trauma from every possible angle.

Lauren's path into trauma work was unintentional. What started as a graduate school internship at an agency working with both juvenile offenders and abuse victims turned into a career-defining passion.

Lauren is trained in EMDR, certified in Brainspotting, and holds certifications in Somatic Trauma Healing and Compassion Fatigue. Her approach reflects what she learned in her early years from working: every person's trauma looks different, so every person's healing needs to look different too.

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The neuropsychiatric impact of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses
Christina P. Kantzavelos Christina P. Kantzavelos

The neuropsychiatric impact of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses

On this episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series, Christina sits down with Robert C. Bransfield, MD—a board-certified psychiatrist and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association—on the neuropsychiatric impact of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.

In this conversation, we discuss the complex relationship between chronic illness and mental health, including how infections such as Lyme disease can affect mood, cognition, behavior, and nervous system functioning. We also explore the importance of integrative and trauma-informed approaches when supporting individuals living with medically complex conditions.

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 The power of the mind-body connection with Dani Fagan
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The power of the mind-body connection with Dani Fagan

On this episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series, Christina sits down with Dani Fagan—a certified trauma-informed yoga, breathwork and meditation teacher and recovery coach specialising in helping folks heal chronic conditions rooted in trauma. She healed years of chronic pain, multiple distressing symptoms and anxiety herself and has helped thousands of others using the power of the mind-body connection, nervous system regulation and compassionate self-attunement.

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Mold Toxicity and Mental Health Through the Lens of an Integrative Psychotherapist
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Mold Toxicity and Mental Health Through the Lens of an Integrative Psychotherapist

In this podcast, Christina speaks about mold toxicity and how it can often trigger and prolong mental health symptoms.

Christina Kantzavelos is a neurodivergent, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), life coach, writer, and chronic illness warrior. It is her experience and belief that chronic illnesses are often rooted in trauma(s) that cause a chronic stress/ fight-or-flight response, not allowing the body to prioritize healing.

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Understanding Chronic Illness in Therapy on Between Sessions with Berries
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Understanding Chronic Illness in Therapy on Between Sessions with Berries

Understanding Chronic Illness in Therapy with Christina Kantzavelos on Between Sessions with Berries explores how chronic illness intersects with mental health and clinical practice. This episode examines medical trauma, overlooked impacts of chronic illness in therapy, and practical strategies for supporting clients—particularly neurodivergent individuals—through collaboration, symptom tracking, pacing, and emerging tools like AI to enhance presence and care.

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Healing at the Quantum Level with Claire Hogan
Christina P. Kantzavelos Christina P. Kantzavelos

Healing at the Quantum Level with Claire Hogan

On this episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series, Christina sits down with Claire Hogan — storyteller, energy practitioner, and guide in spiritual transformation—for a conversation on healing at the quantum level. Drawing from Sound Reiki, Theta Healing, and intuitive storytelling, Claire shares how archetype, imagination, and deep listening can open pathways to multidimensional healing, collaboration, and alignment with one’s highest possible reality.

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Unpacking Trauma and Chronic Illness on Meals and Mind with Mimi
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Unpacking Trauma and Chronic Illness on Meals and Mind with Mimi

In this episode of Meals and Mind with Mimi, host Mimi is joined by Christina for a grounded conversation on healing chronic illness from within. They explore how trauma shows up in the body, the deep connection between mental health and chronic illness, and why somatic and integrative approaches support true nervous system regulation and mind-body healing.

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Discussing Chronic Illness and Mental Health symptoms with Destiny Winters
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Discussing Chronic Illness and Mental Health symptoms with Destiny Winters

Christina Kantzavelos interviews Destiny Winters for The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series in a conversation centered on chronic illness, connection, and meaning. Together, they explore how healing relationships play a vital role in living a purposeful, fulfilling life alongside persistent pain, and why relational support is foundational to resilience and trauma recovery.

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A Trauma-Informed Conversation with Charmaine Husum
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A Trauma-Informed Conversation with Charmaine Husum

In this episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series, Christina Kantzavelos sits down with art therapist and somatic practitioner Charmaine Husum to explore trauma healing through creativity, the body, and embodied presence. Drawing from art therapy, integrative body psychotherapy, yoga, and energy work, Charmaine shares how expressive and somatic approaches support nervous system regulation, resilience, and deeper connection in trauma recovery.

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IFS Therapy with Caitlan Siegenthaler
Christina P. Kantzavelos Christina P. Kantzavelos

IFS Therapy with Caitlan Siegenthaler

In this episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series, Christina Kantzavelos interviews IFS therapist and coach Caitlan Siegenthaler about helping individuals access their most authentic selves. The conversation explores the integration of Internal Family Systems and Human Design, trauma-informed self-leadership, and how these approaches support entrepreneurs in healing, growth, and sustainable success.

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Constructed Awareness with Tyler Orr
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Constructed Awareness with Tyler Orr

In this episode of The Trauma Therapist Podcast’s Guest Host Series, Christina Kantzavelos interviews Tyler Orr, LPC/MHSP, LCMHC, and creator of Constructed Awareness. They explore Tyler’s interactive, present-focused approach to counseling, teaching, and consulting, which integrates mindfulness, nonviolence, and process-oriented techniques to support trauma-informed growth, self-awareness, and transformative healing.

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Beyond the Diagnosis with Bria Wannamaker
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Beyond the Diagnosis with Bria Wannamaker

In this episode of Therapy with Bria, Christina joins the conversation to explore the intersections of chronic illness, ADHD, and trauma. Drawing from both her clinical expertise and lived experience, Christina discusses how these often-overlooked challenges impact mental and physical health, and how tools like storytelling, somatic work, and self-awareness can support healing. This episode offers validation, insight, and practical strategies for anyone navigating neurodivergence and chronic illness.

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The CA Orientations on Tyler Orr’s The Constructed Awareness Podcast
Christina P. Kantzavelos Christina P. Kantzavelos

The CA Orientations on Tyler Orr’s The Constructed Awareness Podcast

In this episode of The Constructed Awareness Podcast, Tyler Orr is joined by Christina and Jamie Morehart to explore the CA theory of orientation styles—mental, sensation, and external. Each guest shares personal experiences and clinical insights on how their orientation shapes self-regulation, relationships, and everyday life. From chronic illness to empathy and attachment, this conversation offers a practical and reflective guide to understanding yourself and others more deeply.

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