A podcast about healing trauma and finding meaning. Have you ever wondered what your therapist has figured out about life's big questions? Join psychiatrist Dr. Dirk Winter as he speaks with colleagues, therapists, and other healers about what they have learned from their clinical work about how to heal trauma and build more meaning and purpose into our lives. Developing Meaning is NOT CLINICAL ADVICE and is NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY INSTITUTIONS. It is intended to play with ideas that are emerging, fringe, and outside of the mainstream in order to discover the meaning of life. Produced by Dirk Winter and Violet Chernoff
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast about healing trauma and finding meaning. Have you ever wondered what your therapist has figured out about life's big questions? Join psychiatrist Dr. Dirk Winter as he speaks with colleagues, therapists, and other healers about what they have learned from their clinical work about how to heal trauma and build more meaning and purpose into our lives.
Developing Meaning is hosted by Dirk Winter. The show has published 31 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#30: How Healing Happens Between Us, An IFS Healing Circles Audio Diary" (24 August 2026, 21 minutes), "#29: Chris Burris on Creating Healing Circles, IFS Group Therapy and the Power of Community" (20 August 2026, 72 minutes), and "#28: Inside an IFS Ketamine Retreat with Ted Riskin and Amy Borsky Duffer, A Psychiatrist’s Audio Diary." (23 May 2026, 21 minutes).
Developing Meaning publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 31 episodes.
Booking probability for Developing Meaning is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Developing Meaning requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Developing Meaning's contact route on record: verified email.
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Dirk Winter hosts Developing Meaning, a health show with 31 episodes published.
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Send us Fan Mail This episode is a companion to my conversation with Chris Burris, creator of Healing Circles. After learning about his approach to bringing Internal Family Systems into group therapy, I traveled to...
Episode #29
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with Chris Burris — senior lead IFS trainer, trauma therapist, and creator of Healing Circles — after spending five days at his home in Asheville, North Carolina...
Episode #28
Send us Fan Mail This episode is a companion audio diary to my interview with Ted Riskin, recorded while participating in one of his five-day Internal Family Systems (IFS) ketamine-assisted group retreats in Asheville...
Episode #27
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with Ted Riskin — social worker, IFS expert, and pioneer of group ketamine retreats — after spending a week at his beautiful home in Asheville, North Carolina participating...
Episode #26
Send us Fan Mail Note: This conversation with Dr. Patricia Gerbarg was recorded in August 2025. In this episode, we explore how breathing patterns reshape the emotional brain, restore a sense of safety, and allow...
Episode #25
Send us Fan Mail In this New Year’s episode, I explore the very real consequences of last year’s Past Year Review. Most notably, I decided to retire from a beloved community mental health clinic and launch Park West...
Episode #24
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! It's time to do a meaning inventory in order to set intentions for 2026. Toward that end I am re-posting my meaning inventory from last year. Our next episode will delve into how these...
Episode #23
Send us Fan Mail Mike Mandel is a world-leading hypnotist with over 50 years of professional experience. He's performed nearly 5,000 stage shows, trained over 10,000 students at his Toronto hypnosis academy, and...
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Send us Fan Mail Joanne Twombly, LCSW and author of Trauma Informed Internal Family Systems , has been treating complex trauma and dissociative disorders for over 30 years. In this conversation, she explores how...
Episode #21
Send us Fan Mail What happens when you combine military experience, personal recovery, cutting-edge trauma therapies, and the healing power of nature? Beau Laviolette's remarkable journey answers this question through a...
Episode #20
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I take you inside my experience of learning Internal Family Systems therapy while simultaneously navigating prostate cancer surgery and recovery during the fall and winter of 2023-24...
Episode #19
Send us Fan Mail Margaret Conley, LCSW, Minister, and IFS Assistant Trainer, joins me to explore how trauma is passed down through families, culture, and society —and how we can heal. Drawing from her own powerful...
Episode #18
Send us Fan Mail Can you imagine learning at 35 that you were adopted? In this episode Ridghaus, my friend and Level I IFS Program Assistant, shares how this discovery transformed his sense of identity and led him to...
Episode #17
Send us Fan Mail This episode invites listeners to engage in a meaningful past year review, turning away from traditional resolutions toward a more insightful approach to personal growth. By exploring the themes of...
Episode #16
Send us Fan Mail The Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level I training is an experiential group learning process that teaches us how to identify and heal traumatized parts of ourselves and others. In October 2023 I began...
Episode #15
Send us Fan Mail Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) is a type of therapy that views the normal human mind as an internal family of inner conscious beings. In this episode we unpack the key IFS concepts of 'Exiles,'...
Episode #14
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Bliss Lewis is a child and adult psychiatrist, expert in integrative and alternative treatments, and creator of Mind Body 7, one of the most innovative and successful group psychotherapy practices...
Episode #13
Send us Fan Mail Please enjoy this guided six minute coherent breathing exercise led by Dr. RIchard Brown, co-creator of Breath Body Mind. This is a spontaneous demonstration taken out of our longer Episode 12 Interview...
Episode #12
Send us Fan Mail For thousands of years breathing has been used to heal trauma, optimize health, and build connection. Dr. Richard Brown has spent his life mastering these techniques, and is also an expert in...
Episode #11
Send us Fan Mail Deb Dana is a master healer, teacher, author, and the creator of a unique polyvagal-informed approach to therapy that is based on The Polyvagal Theory of Dr. Stephen Porges. In this episode you will...
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