The Alternative Flight Plan Podcast

The Alternative Flight Plan Podcast From the Ready Room to the Treatment Room

01/28/2026

Not every healing path requires a substance.
This clip speaks to something many people forget: humans heal best in relationship.
Practices like breathwork, ceremony, and shared intention create conditions where the nervous system can settle and integrate—without adding anything external.
Connection isn’t optional. It’s foundational.
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01/26/2026

We’re taught to chase the “positive” and reject the rest.

But ignoring half of human experience doesn’t lead to health—it leads to imbalance.
This clip speaks to the reality that humans are shaped by conditioning, capable of growth, and born from connection.

Sustainable change starts with understanding what’s been shaping us all along.

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01/23/2026

Many people spend years trying to fix behaviors without ever seeing the story underneath them.
This clip speaks to how early experiences can shape a core belief about love—and how understanding that belief can change everything.
Healing isn’t about erasing the past. It’s about loosening its grip.
And when that happens, the effects can ripple through families in ways we don’t always expect.

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01/21/2026

Not all trauma looks the same.

But inside the nervous system, the impact can be just as real.
This clip speaks to an important truth: healing isn’t about minimizing what happened or comparing pain—it’s about integrating experience so life can expand again.

The real question isn’t what you’ve survived.
It’s who you become once survival is no longer the goal.










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01/19/2026

There’s a kind of stillness that forces honesty.
In this moment, depression wasn’t avoided or reframed—it was acknowledged. And from that place came a clear decision: if life continues, it has to matter.

This is what happens when identity, productivity, and certainty are stripped away—and purpose becomes the only thing left standing.
If someone you know is navigating illness, burnout, or a major life pause, this may resonate.

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01/12/2026

Aligning with Nature for True Healing:

You don’t fight the wind—you learn to fly with it. Healing works the same way when we align with nature.

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01/12/2026

For many, the holidays carry an unspoken tension — expectations of joy layered over exhaustion and disconnection.

Choosing space, reflection, and time in nature can help restore balance before reaching back toward community.

There’s grounding available in honoring where you actually are, not where you’re told you should be.

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01/09/2026

So many people come to healing spaces believing their body has turned against them.

Another way to see it:
Your body is communicating.

When you shift from fighting symptoms to listening for their meaning, healing can begin to unfold organically—often more gently than expected.

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01/07/2026

Self-love isn’t something you invent.
It’s something you learn—through safety, mirroring, and shared regulation.

Our nervous systems crave attunement.
They recalibrate in the presence of someone who can hold steady ground.

Connection isn’t optional.
It’s how healing remembers itself.

Follow for reflective moments supporting your healing path.










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01/05/2026

Healing isn’t something you can rush.

The body doesn’t follow timelines—it follows rhythm.
Like seasons changing. Like bones mending.

This moment from The Alternative Flight Plan Podcast reflects on why integrative healing asks for patience, respect, and readiness for deeper work—not quick fixes.

Sometimes the people who find this path are the ones ready to listen differently.










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12/22/2025

The holidays often bring more than celebration. Old family roles, emotional memories, and unspoken expectations can resurface all at once.

In this episode, Christine Ruch suggests meeting the season with love, consciousness, and acceptance—not as a way to avoid difficulty, but as a way to remain grounded within it.

The conversation explores how presence and nervous system safety can shape the way people move through emotionally charged times.

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11/28/2025

The clinical model can treat symptoms — but it rarely touches the root.

In this episode of The Alternative Flight Plan, Dr. Kristin Barnes and Gary Hess explore what’s often missing in traditional approaches to trauma: the moral and spiritual dimensions of healing.

Guilt says, “I did something bad.”
Shame says, “I am bad.”

When identity and purpose are lost — especially for those who’ve served — recovery requires more than medication. It requires meaning.

By bringing spirituality, community, and even intentional plant medicine into the conversation, Dr. Barnes and Gary open space for a kind of healing the clinical model often overlooks.

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