From Trauma to Inner Freedom – With Sheerah

Today, I’m joined by Sheerah (Marty Ethier), a trauma expert, consciousness mentor, and founder of Shifts in Perspective. Sheerah is a best-selling author and a trained practitioner with the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. Based in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada, she supports individuals in transforming trauma into self-leadership through somatic awareness, emotional integration, and conscious awakening. In this deeply reflective conversation, we explore why healing is not about escaping pain, but about integrating it — and how trauma, when approached with presence and compassion, becomes a gateway to authentic freedom. Drawing on neuroscience, lived experience, and embodied spirituality, Sheerah offers powerful insights into how reconnecting with the body restores wholeness, clarity, and inner authority. Questions I asked:Many people try to rise above their pain, but you teach integration instead of escape. What does true trauma integration look like, and why is it the doorway to authentic freedom?How do emotions act as signals rather than obstacles, and what happens when we learn to sit with them instead of resisting them?You speak about the illusion of separation as one of the deepest human traumas. How does recognizing this illusion change the way we relate to ourselves and others?How does somatic awareness help reconnect spirituality, leadership, and healing — especially for people who have lived through long-term trauma?What does authentic self-leadership look like when trauma has been integrated rather than suppressed? Website with Social Media Links: https://www.shiftsinperspective.ca/  This episode was brought to you by Josef Schinwald from OMbythebeach.com.