Navigating Grief, Trauma, & Sexuality with Edy Nathan on The Healers Café with Manon Bolliger

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, FCAH, RBHT (facilitator and retired naturopath with 30+ years of practice) speaks Edy Nathan, a licensed psychotherapist and certified sex therapist, discusses her work on grief, trauma, and sexuality. She defines grief broadly, including emotional responses to losses beyond death, and introduces the concept of "sexual grief," which encompasses the impact of sexual trauma.

For the transcript and full story go to: https://www.drmanonbolliger.com/edy-nathan      

 

Highlights from today's episode include:

Edie and Manon discuss the connection between trauma and physical health issues, such as arthritis, gut issues, and autoimmune disorders.

Manon thanks Edie for the conversation and emphasizes the importance of addressing the whole being in therapy, including physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects.

Edie describes the five quadrants of the liberation protocol: emotional, physical, social, community, and psyche.

 

ABOUT EDY NATHAN:

Edy Nathan, MA, LCSW, CST, is a licensed psychotherapist, certified sex therapist, and grief expert who guides people through the terrain most avoid—grief, trauma, and sexuality. With master’s degrees from NYU and Fordham, and certification in sex therapy from the University of Michigan, Edy brings clinical depth and grounded compassion to the conversations we’re often too afraid to have.

She believes healing begins in what “the innermost cave”—a place where one meets their greatest obstacles and finds the tools for deep transformation. “Being in the cave means you’re daring to live with your loss,” she says. “It’s where the shadows of grief, mourning, and the traumatic imprint reveal themselves. And given the chance, it will transform you.” This is the heart of her work: not just surviving grief, but partnering with it, dancing with it, and emerging changed.

Edy is the author of It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery through Trauma and Loss, and is currently writing her second book, Dare to Live: The Sexual Grief Effect — Reveal the Shadow Wounds from Loathing to Liberation to Love.

Her message is clear: It’s time. To Dare to Live. You have the power—you’ve had it all along.

Core purpose/passion: I believe healing begins in what I call “the innermost cave”—a place where one meets their greatest obstacles and finds the tools for deep transformation. Being in the cave means you’re daring to live with your loss, It’s where the shadows of grief, mourning, and the traumatic imprint reveal themselves. And given the chance, it will transform you. This is the heart of my work: not just surviving grief, but partnering with it, dancing with it, and emerging changed. 

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ABOUT MANON BOLLIGER, FCAH, RBHT 

As a de-registered (2021) board-certified naturopathic physician & in practice since 1992, I’ve seen an average of 150 patients per week and have helped people ranging from rural farmers in Nova Scotia to stressed out CEOs