Triumphing Over Trauma: Maria Teresa Pratico-Swanson on Healing, Spiritual Awakening, and Self-Love

Show Notes:
In this heartfelt episode of The Human Experience, host Jennifer Peterkin sits down with Maria Teresa Pratico-Swanson, a shamanic healer, artist, and speaker whose life story is one of resilience, hope, and transformation.

Maria opens up about her personal journey through trauma, addiction, and domestic violence, sharing how she overcame struggles with self-worth and found her path to healing. Through sobriety, holistic practices, and shamanic wisdom, Maria discovered the importance of self-love, boundaries, and spiritual connection.

Today, she helps others navigate their own healing journeys—using movement, dance, writing, and light language as tools for transformation. Her testimony highlights the power of vulnerability, resilience, and faith in creating a life of authenticity and purpose.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence, addiction, and trauma. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Key Takeaways:
● Maria shares personal stories of trauma, addiction, and recovery.
● Her journey includes experiences with domestic violence, substance abuse, and eating disorders.
● A spiritual awakening led her to embrace holistic and shamanic practices as tools for healing.
● Self-love, healthy boundaries, and resilience were key in her transformation.
● Creative expression—through dance, writing, and spoken word—helped her reclaim her voice.
● Healing is an ongoing process that requires courage, community, and faith.
● Intuition and spiritual connection play an essential role in daily life.
● Maria’s story is a testament to the transformative power of love and vulnerability.

Maria Teresa Pratico-Swanson’s Bio:
Maria Teresa Pratico-Swanson is a woman walking the journey of life guided by the healing power of love. A heart-centered healer, Maria is a practicing master shamanic healer and under her brands Emotional Musings and The Musing Shaman, she works with clients all over the world, both in-person and virtually.

Her poetry and Light language inspire others on their healing journeys and stand as living proof of her motto, “Triumphing over Trauma.” Maria has overcome abuse, addiction to drugs and alcohol, and an eating disorder. She is also a three-time triathlete, a master of movement medicine, and a spoken word artist.

Today, Maria speaks to audiences of all ages as a motivational speaker and healer, helping others strengthen the mind-body-spirit connection and step into higher consciousness and self-love.

Connect with Maria Teresa Pratico-Swanson:
🌐 Website: EmotionalMusings.com
🌐 Website: TheMusingShaman.com
📸 Instagram: @emotionalmusings
📺 YouTube: Maria Teresa – Emotional Musings
🎵 TikTok: @emotionalmusings
🔗 LinkedIn: Maria Teresa – Emotional Musings
🐦 X (Twitter): @pratico_teresa

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