With Host Danie Muniz @daniecmuniz And Guests Amanda Lyn Dietrich And Shameka Chanel
Religious trauma often enters the healing space through subtle patterns rather than direct language. This episode explores what happens when those experiences shape how clients relate to authority, safety, and their own sense of self, and how this shows up in real time within sessions.
The conversation examines how religious conditioning can be held in the nervous system as much as in belief. Panelists discuss how fear-based responses, deference to authority, and difficulty trusting one’s own perception can influence the dynamic between client and practitioner, often without being explicitly named. Rather than approaching this work from theory, the panel focuses on practical awareness.
The discussion highlights how easily practitioners can reinforce hierarchy, certainty, or control when these patterns are not recognised, and what it means to hold space in a way that supports regulation, autonomy, and self-trust. This roundtable invites a grounded and trauma-aware approach to practice, where the role of the practitioner is not to provide answers or direction, but to create an environment where clients can begin to recognise their own responses, rebuild trust in themselves, and engage with the work at a pace that is steady and sustainable.
ABOUT OUR PANELISTS
Amanda Lyn Dietrich
Amanda Lyn Dietrich is a transformation guide and space holder who supports individuals in untangling patterns that affect their sense of self and direction. With a background working with high-risk populations, her work focuses on helping clients recognise both conscious and underlying influences shaping their experience.
She integrates intuitive insight, somatic awareness, and creative expression to support clarity, self-trust, and alignment. Her approach centres personal responsibility, embodiment, and grounded transformation, creating space for individuals to understand where they are and how they move forward.
Shameka Chanel is a Licensed Professional Clinical Supervisor, certified somatic clinician, and founder of Points of Origin Counseling Support & Education Center. She blends narrative psychology, somatic practices, and leadership development to support identity formation, secure attachment, and holistic wellness. As Clinical Director, she works alongside interns, professionals, and program participants through reflective care, education, and community-based practice. Her work extends into District 25 through the Roots to Resilience Initiative and through advocacy, network-building, and educational pathways with the National Association of Black Counselors.
Danie C. Muniz is an Inner Work Alchemist, Intuitive Astrologer, and Akashic Records Practitioner who supports women entrepreneurs in healing relationship wounds, generational patterns, and emotional blocks that keep them playing small. With over 15 years of experience, she blends astrology, somatic breathwork, oracle guidance, and past-life healing within her signature Inner Alchemy Method™.
A former national TV contestant on American Idol and The Voice, Danie’s path has been shaped by both public visibility and deep inner work. Her lived experience through abandonment, betrayal, burnout, and identity reconstruction informs her grounded, compassionate approach to healing, ethics, and embodied transformation.
The Healer Roundtable Series is a free offering from Critical Mass that brings practitioners together in long-form, multi-voice conversations about the real-life challenges of holding space for others. Each episode explores the intersections of healing, integrity, sustainability, and collective responsibility, offering grounded insight for those walking the practitioner path.
