Episode 001: Real People, Real Stories, Real Healing with Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson

Examine Your Hedman

Welcome to the first episode of Examine your Hedman Podcast, where you will find some courageous folks sharing the truth about their messy lives, diving deep into their stories of pain, loss, love, fear, and more importantly, healing. Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson are sharing in today’s episode who they are, a bit about their stories and struggles, what they do, why they do it, and what the plan is for this podcast for the future.

Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man!

Key Takeaways:

[1:55] Diane and Tara have been friends since their teenage years.

[3:10] Tara shares about the beginning of her own healing journey.

[5:03] Diane shares about herself.

[7:51] Diane talks about an aspect of herself that most people don’t know.

[11:33] Tara shares a bit about her story and her work as the owner of Hedman Wellness.

[15:41] The core of this podcast is authenticity.

[18:16] This is a podcast for hope, a podcast that will let you see real people’s stories and paths because there are so many ways to heal.

[19:17] Moving to a place where there is no fear of pain and joy.

[20:03] Tara talks about her dog and the vet that saved his life who will be one of the guests of this show.

[20:49] Tara also shares about her assistant who will also be part of this show.

[22:19] Diane talks about an aspect of Tara that the audience should know.

[24:17] Tara shares a particular characteristic about Diane that makes her unique.

[25:30] Why are Tara and Diane doing a podcast like this?

[26:18] Diane talks about her childhood.

[28:23] Diane shares how inspiring her friendship with Tara is to her.

[30:36] Tara shares how at 27 years old she began to have flashbacks and didn’t share with anyone for 2 years.

[31:30] Tara opens up about how she felt when realizing her parents didn’t really have her back.

[33:30] Tara talks about her favorite people on this planet.

[36:03] Tara decided to see a therapist for the first time and that changed her life completely.

[38:36] Tara talks about the therapeutic process that has helped her and continues to help her in her process for many years.

[39:30] Tara talks about her experience with long-term treatment at The Meadows.

[40:45] Tara shares how she discovered she was born to be a therapist and coach.

[43:30] There is power in really understanding codependency.

[45:06] Tara shares why now she can love people.

[46:02] Tara shares how she found peace and healing in learning to say ‘no’.

Mentioned in this episode:

Hedman Wellness

Examine Your Hedman Podcast