In this powerful conversation, Molly sits down with Neha Bhat (ABT, ATR-P), a licensed arts-based sexual trauma psychotherapist, visual artist, entrepreneurial coach, and bestselling author of Unashamed: Notes from the Diary of a Sex Therapist. Neha is also the creator of India’s first Global Sexual Trauma Healer’s Collective.
Together, Molly and Neha explore how sexual trauma, shame, spirituality, and culture intertwine – in the East and the West – and what true healing looks like when we reconnect to our hearts, bodies, and creative life force. They also dive into taboo topics with tenderness and truth: the generational silence around sexuality, the impact of religious and cultural conditioning, the psycho-spiritual dimensions of trauma, and the sacred work of reclaiming the body as our own.
This episode is both a deep dive into embodied healing and a compassionate invitation to slow down, integrate, and honor your becoming.
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In this episode, Molly and Neha explore:
- the intersection of spirituality, intuition, and psychology in healing work.
- cultural shame around sex and its lasting impact on the body and soul.
- community as medicine: why deep work in groups compliments one-on-one therapy.
- how cultural polarization between East and West mirrors the inner split between head and heart.
- healing not as a straight line but a circle – slowing down, tending the body, and reclaiming self-trust
Connect with Neha:
Neha Bhat is an Indian arts-based sexual trauma-focused psychotherapist, bestselling author, and expressive arts practitioner weaving together the clinical and the mystical between India and the US.
- Instagram: @indiansextherapist
- Facebook: @neha.n.bhat
- Website: www.nehabhat.org
- Book: Unashamed: Notes from the Diary of a Sex Therapist – available wherever books are sold.
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