Podcasts
2026: How to Trust Yourself with Anna Holtzman
2025: Like Mind Like Body with Christie Uipi
2023: Hope for Healing with Dr. John Stracks
2021: Hope for Healing with Dr. John Stracks
“Lara is one of the most thoughtful, courageous voices in mind-body healing. She has become a powerful advocate for expanding—not abandoning—the conversation around mind-body healing.
What I admire most about Lara isn’t just what she says. It’s how she says it: with humility, nuance, and an unwavering commitment to helping more people feel seen.
Because sometimes leadership isn’t about having the loudest voice. It’s about having the courage to offer an honest one.”
— Anna Holtzman
Lara Birk & Anna Holtzman on How to Trust Yourself
“Lara Birk’s journey through years of chronic pain has led her to become a powerful voice in the field of mindbody medicine, particularly for those living with both structural and neuroplastic issues.”
— Curable Health
Christie Uipi & Lara Birk on Like Mind Like Body
Lara’s message in this interview recorded just after her 17th surgery for a structural condition:
Chronic pain is not all structural or all neuroplastic — this is a false binary which mistakenly directs people to either a medical intervention or a mindbody approach.
Reclaim your agency & self trust. Agency is about building self-trust, using your voice, and taking the next step that is right for you, no matter your symptoms.
Healing is a social process. Find people who ‘get' it’ and who can validate and encourage you. Chronic illness often creates social isolation. We can only heal those wounds by healing together.
Lara’s second interview with Dr. John Stracks 2023
Lara’s interview with Dr. John Stracks on Hope for Healing 2021
Lara’s first podcast interview, conducted on Hope for Healing with Dr. John Stracks in 2021. She shares how mind body methods have been helpful to her in spite of her undeniably structural condition. It just looks different. She and Dr. Stracks also talk about the healing power of groups.
