Element Q Podcast: Empowering LGBTQ+ Voices, One Story at a Time
Element Q Podcast: Empowering LGBTQ+ Voices, One Story at a Time
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The Element Q Podcast: Empowering LGBTQ+ Voices, One Story at a Time.Powered by Element Q Healing Center and hosted by TJ Woodward.Each week, TJ interviews authors, thought leaders, therapists, coaches, and healers dedicated to empowering and supporting the LGBTQ+ community.ABOUT ELEMENT Q HEALING CENTEROur mission is to serve each person’s journey by creating space for growth, connection, and renewal. Through identity, gender, and culturally affirming practices and trauma-focused care, we empower LGBTQIA+ community members to not only discover their voice but to embrace the strength and power within it. We honor those who came before us—brave, resilient individuals who fought tirelessly for the rights and recognition the LGBTQ+ community holds today. Their strength laid the foundation for a brighter future built on courage, healing, and transformation.ABOUT THE HOSTTJ Woodward is a revolutionary recovery expert, bestselling author, and addiction treatment specialist who has helped countless individuals through his simple yet powerful teachings. He is also the creator of The Conscious Recovery Method, an innovative approach to understanding and treating addiction.With years of experience, TJ specializes in helping the LGBTQ+ community heal from unresolved trauma, spiritual disconnection, and shame.
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The podcast explores a range of themes central to the LGBTQ+ community, including healing, trauma recovery, body image issues, and empowerment. Recent episodes have delved into somatic therapy, body shame, and the future of LGBTQ+ empowerment, showcasing expert perspectives from therapists and community advocates aimed at fostering growth and resilience within the community.
The Element Q Podcast: Empowering LGBTQ+ Voices, One Story at a Time.
Powered by Element Q Healing Center and hosted by TJ Woodward.
Each week, TJ interviews authors, thought leaders, therapists, coaches, and healers dedicated to empowering and supporting the LGBTQ+ community.
ABOUT ELEMENT Q HEALING CENTER
Our mission is to serve each person’s journey by creating space for growth, connection, and renewal. Through identity, gender, and culturally affirming practices and trauma-focused care, we empower LGBTQIA+ community members to not only discover their voice but to embrace the strength and power within it.
We honor those who came before us—brave, resilient individuals who fought tirelessly for the rights and recognition the LGBTQ+ community holds today. Their strength laid the foundation for a brighter future built on courage, healing, and transformation.
ABOUT THE HOST
TJ Woodward is a revolutionary recovery expert, bestselling author, and addiction treatment specialist who has helped countless individuals through his simple yet powerful teachings. He is also the creator of The Conscious Recovery Method, an innovative approach to understanding and treating addiction.
With years of experience, TJ specializes in helping the LGBTQ+ community heal from unresolved trauma, spiritual disconnection, and shame.
In Season 2, Episode 23 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward welcomes Roy Sciortino, LMFT, to explore the complex layers of trauma, attachment, and healing within the LGBTQ+ community. Together, they unpack transgenerational trauma—how secrecy, shame, and survival strategies formed in earlier generations continue to shape intimacy, identity, and relationships today. Royce offers moving reflections on queer history, internalized fear, and the ways marginalized communities have learned to protect themselves—often at the cost of authentic connection.
The conversation dives into attachment theory and how early experiences of parental rejection, gender policing, and societal stigma influence adult relationships. Both TJ and Royce vulnerably share personal stories of avoidant and anxious attachment, early sexual experiences marked by secrecy and shame, and the unconscious belief of being “unlovable.” With compassion and clarity, they reframe these patterns not as flaws, but as “brilliant strategies” developed for safety and survival. They also connect trauma and attachment to substance use, highlighting how the search for safety, security, and comfort can drive both relational dynamics and addictive behaviors. This episode is an invitation to lean into authentic attachment, embrace compassion for the strategies that once protected us, and trust that the desire for healing is itself proof of our capacity to transform.
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TJ Woodward: https://www.tjwoodward.com
Roy Sciortino: https://www.roycetherapy.com/
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