Best Adele Theron and Sam McSorley Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 19 - Rescuer or Disappearing Act - Untangling Codependency and Pathological Accommodation 27:33

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Are you always the one fixing, pleasing, or holding everything together, even when it hurts? In this raw and revealing episode, Adele dives into the hidden psychology of codependency and pathological accommodation - the deep, often unconscious patterns that make us sacrifice our own needs to keep the peace. We explore: 🌀 The difference between heal…

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Episode 18 - Are You Anxious, Avoidant, Fear Attached or Secure - Why Attachment Shapes Every Relationship 30:12

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Your attachment style is running the show, whether you realise it or not. In this episode, Adele unpacks the powerful science of attachment theory and how early experiences wire the way you love, fight, and connect. We dive into: 💞 The three core attachment styles - anxious, avoidant, fear attached and secure - and how they play out in adult relati…

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Episode 17 - Stay or Go: How to Know If Your Relationship is Worth Saving 44:57

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Episode 16 - From Young Mum to Medicine Maven: Sam’s Origin Story 29:52

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This episode is raw, real, and deeply personal. Sam opens up about her journey of becoming a young mum: the challenges, the resilience it demanded, and how those early experiences shaped her into the health professional she is today. We explore: 👶 The struggles and lessons of navigating motherhood at a young age 💡 How those challenges sparked her p…

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Episode 15 - Why You’re Not Healing: The Missing Link Between Trauma, Metabolomics, Cell Danger Response & Chronic Illness 36:43

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What if your body isn’t failing you… but protecting you? In this episode, Adele, Sam are joined by Dr. Karen Baikie as they unpack the science of metabolomics - the study of your body’s real-time chemistry - and how it reveals why so many people with trauma, chronic illness, or burnout can’t heal. Dr. Karen Baikie is a registered Clinical Psycholog…

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Episode 14 - The Healing Block: How My Body Predicted My Diagnosis Before the Doctors Did 50:50

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This episode pulls back the curtain on something rarely shared: a real therapy session where Adele’s body diagnosed an injury before doctors did. Featuring our guest Dr. Karen Baikie on this episode, she talks about using Hakomi, a powerful somatic therapy, where Adele’s child state of consciousness revealed exactly what was happening in her foot, …

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Episode 13 - From Trauma to Treatment - Adele’s Path to Becoming a Trauma Coach 28:31

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Born into pain. Raised in resilience. In this deeply personal episode, Adele shares how a traumatic birth, childhood surgeries, and years of chronic pain shaped her path into trauma therapy, trauma-informed coaching psychology and health psychology. Her story takes you through: 🩺 Surviving congenital hip dysplasia and the medical system’s blind spo…

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Episode 12 - Your Second Brain - How the Microbiome Shapes Mood, Trauma & Stress 25:49

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99% of your DNA isn’t human — and it’s running the show. In this mind-bending episode, Adele and Sam uncover how the trillions of microbes in your gut influence: 🧠 Mood, anxiety & trauma recovery 💡 Neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine & GABA 🔥 Inflammation, cravings & even your body clock We bust outdated myths (goodbye serotonin hypothesis o…

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Episode 11 - Gut Feelings - The IBS-Anxiety Connection 27:30

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When your stomach is talking, your mind should listen. In this eye-opening episode, Adele and Sam pull back the curtain on the powerful gut–brain axis and why IBS isn’t “just in your head,” but deeply connected to your mental health. We dive into: 🧠 Why 90% of your serotonin is made in your gut, not your brain ⚡ How trauma and chronic stress rewire…

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Episode 10 - Sleep, Insomnia & the Truth About Rest 33:39

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Still staring at the ceiling at 2am? It’s time to stop patching and start healing. In this eye-opening episode, Adele and Sam break down: 🧠 Why sleep is your brain’s detox system - and how insomnia messes with memory, mood, and long-term health 💤 The truth about REM vs. non-REM - and how your glymphatic system clears toxins overnight 🚫 Why sleep me…

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Episode 9 - How we Resource ourselves during Trauma Part 2: Growth Resources - Your Toolkit for Long-Term Resilience 35:07

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Episode 9: How we Resource ourselves during Trauma Part 2: Growth Resources — Your Toolkit for Long-Term Resilience Ready to stop stress spirals before they start? This episode is your roadmap. Adele and Sam unpack: 🌱 What growth resources are — and why they’re different from survival coping 🧘‍♀️ How practices like breathwork, movement & meditation…

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Episode 8 - How we Resource ourselves during Trauma Part 1: Survival Mode vs. Real Healing 35:35

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Episode 8: How we Resource Ourselves during Trauma Part 1: Survival Mode vs. Real Healing If you’re coping, not thriving — this one’s for you. In this episode, Adele and Sam unpack: ⚠️ What “survival resources” really are — and why they’re keeping you stuck 🧠 Polyvagal theory explained: how your nervous system drives fight, flight, freeze & fawn 🚩 …

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Episode 7 - Core Beliefs - The Hidden Rules Running Your Life 29:06

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Episode 7: Core Beliefs — The Hidden Rules Running Your Life By age 7, your brain wrote a rulebook. The problem? You’re still living by it. In this powerful episode, Adele and Sam explore: 🧠 What core beliefs really are — and how they secretly shape your choices 👶 How childhood experiences wire deep beliefs about safety, love, and worth 📉 How traum…

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Episode 6 - Why Compassion is the Game-Changer in Trauma Coaching 28:01

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Episode 6: Why Compassion is the Game-Changer in Trauma Therapy Forget the “tough it out” approach — real trauma healing starts with compassion. In this heartfelt episode, Adele and Sam explore: 💔 Why trauma survivors carry shame, fear, and self-blame 🧘‍♀️ How compassion-based therapy creates safety and actually works 🌱 The power of mindfulness, lo…

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Episode 5 - PTSD Isn’t What You Think 43:26

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Episode 5: PTSD Isn’t What You Think PTSD isn’t just “mental health” — it’s your brain’s survival system on overdrive. In this raw and real episode, Adele and Sam unpack: 🧠 The difference between PTSD and PTS — and why it matters ⚠️ What trauma actually does to your brain (think amygdala hijack & hippocampus shutdown) 🔥 Why PTSD symptoms feel like …

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Episode 4 - Triaging Stress & Reclaiming Your Health 37:49

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Episode 4: Triaging Stress & Reclaiming Your Health Feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or like your body’s screaming at you? This one’s for you. Adele and Sam break down: 🧠 How chronic stress hijacks your brain, body, and even your genes 📊 The Five Pillars of Health: biochemistry, nutrition, emotional health, environment & epigenetics 💥 Cortisol belly…

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Episode 1 - Introduction to this Podcast 23:51

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5 Things We Said in Episode 1 That Most Therapists Won’t Tell You 👀 Not your average therapist talk. Here’s what we laid down in Episode 1 of Naked Insights: Healing is a learning journey – We don’t just sit back and “hold space.” We believe you need skills, education, and a plan. You deserve to know how you're healing, not just hope that you are. …

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Episode 2 - Good vs. Bad Stress 27:44

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Episode 2: Good Stress vs. Bad Stress Not all stress is bad — but too much of the wrong kind is. In this episode, Adele and Sam unpack: ⚡ The difference between healthy stress and toxic stress 🧠 How your HPA axis and cortisol hijack your sleep, energy, and immunity 🔥 Hans Selye’s 3 stages of stress: Alarm → Resistance → Exhaustion 🌿 Practical ways …

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Episode 3 - Perfectionism, Shame & Stress — The Toxic Trio 40:28

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Episode 3: Perfectionism, Shame & Stress — The Toxic Trio Think perfectionism is about high standards? Think again. In this episode, Adele and Sam expose the real drivers behind perfectionism: 🔁 The shame cycle keeping you stuck 🧠 Cognitive distortions that fuel stress 😣 How perfectionism can become an addiction 💥 The cost: burnout, anxiety, and di…

Adele Theron And Sam McSorley Podcasts

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Naked Insights Podcast - musing all things health, relationships and trauma

Adele Theron and Sam McSorley

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Episode 19 - Rescuer or Disappearing Act - Untangling Codependency and Pathological Accommodation 27:33

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Episode 18 - Are You Anxious, Avoidant, Fear Attached or Secure - Why Attachment Shapes Every Relationship 30:12

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Episode 17 - Stay or Go: How to Know If Your Relationship is Worth Saving 44:57

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Episode 16 - From Young Mum to Medicine Maven: Sam’s Origin Story 29:52

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Episode 15 - Why You’re Not Healing: The Missing Link Between Trauma, Metabolomics, Cell Danger Response & Chronic Illness 36:43

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Episode 14 - The Healing Block: How My Body Predicted My Diagnosis Before the Doctors Did 50:50

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Episode 13 - From Trauma to Treatment - Adele’s Path to Becoming a Trauma Coach 28:31

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Episode 12 - Your Second Brain - How the Microbiome Shapes Mood, Trauma & Stress 25:49

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Episode 11 - Gut Feelings - The IBS-Anxiety Connection 27:30

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Episode 10 - Sleep, Insomnia & the Truth About Rest 33:39

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Episode 9 - How we Resource ourselves during Trauma Part 2: Growth Resources - Your Toolkit for Long-Term Resilience 35:07

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Episode 8 - How we Resource ourselves during Trauma Part 1: Survival Mode vs. Real Healing 35:35

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Episode 7 - Core Beliefs - The Hidden Rules Running Your Life 29:06

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Episode 6 - Why Compassion is the Game-Changer in Trauma Coaching 28:01

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Episode 5 - PTSD Isn’t What You Think 43:26

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Episode 4 - Triaging Stress & Reclaiming Your Health 37:49

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Episode 1 - Introduction to this Podcast 23:51

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Episode 2 - Good vs. Bad Stress 27:44

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Episode 3 - Perfectionism, Shame & Stress — The Toxic Trio 40:28