The New Normal by Laura Malina Seiler

TRIGGER WARNING:
This episode includes sensitive conversations about childhood trauma and sexual abuse. Please listen with care. You may want to listen to this episode together with someone you trust, or return to it at a time when you feel safe and supported.

There is a part of you that learned very early how to survive.
A part that stayed quiet, adapted, endured and is still waiting to be seen.

In this deeply moving episode of The New Normal, I sit down with actress, activist, and trauma-survivor AnnaLynne McCord for an honest conversation about inner child healing, trauma, and what it truly means to reclaim your life.

We speak about why unhealed trauma doesn’t disappear but gets passed on, how the nervous system holds memories the mind forgets, and why real freedom begins the moment we stop running from our feelings.
Please listen with care — and with compassion for yourself.

In this episode, we explore:
Why trauma lives in the body, not just the mind
How inner child wounds shape our relationships and choices
What EMDR and somatic healing can unlock
Why compassion is more powerful than repression
How personal healing contributes to global change

If this conversation touched you, I invite you to share it with someone who might need it — and to subscribe to The New Normal for weekly conversations about healing, truth, and returning home to yourself.

With love,
Laura

In this episode of The New Normal, I’m joined by neurologist and consciousness researcher Steven Laureys to explore what happens in the brain when we meditate, and why this practice can change far more than our mood. We talk about neuroplasticity, the way thoughts become “highways” in the brain, and why even small daily practices can reshape the nervous system.
Steven also shares the moment that shifted his perspective forever: studying the brain of Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, who had accumulated over 60,000 hours of meditation, and appeared neurologically 10–15 years “younger” than expected.
In this episode, we explore:
What brain scans reveal about meditation (gray matter and connectivity)
How neuroplasticity changes your brain through daily input and repetition
Why thoughts and beliefs strengthen like pathways the more we repeat them
How to meditate in real life, even with a full, busy schedule
What science can (and can’t yet) explain about consciousness
If this episode supports you, you’re so welcome to subscribe and share it. Thank you for being here.
With love,
Laura

When life feels slow, heavy or confusing, it’s easy to believe we’ve taken a wrong turn.But according to Matthew McConaughey, every red light eventually becomes a green light — if we’re willing to look honestly at who we are and who we’re becoming.
In this inspiring conversation, Matthew shares the inner dialogue behind his most difficult moments, how he learned to trust the timing of his life, why discomfort can be a compass, and how small steps can pull us out of the deepest “victim mode”.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
• How to stop chasing the wrong goals for the wrong reasons
• What Matthew learned from returning to his old journals
• How to take one small step out of helplessness and into power
• Why your soul is magnetically drawn to what is meant for you
If this conversation moved you, subscribe and share it with someone who needs a green light today.
With love,
Laura

There are stories that change the way you see life forever.
My conversation with Dr. Edith Eger is one of them.
Edith is a Holocaust survivor, renowned psychologist and bestselling author who has turned unimaginable horror into a living example of freedom, compassion and hope. In this deeply moving episode, she shares how she chose not to remain a victim, why forgiveness is really about setting yourself free, and how we can all learn to live from love instead of hate — even when life feels unbearably hard.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
Why Edith refuses to call herself a “victim”
What forgiveness really means (and what it doesn’t)
How to change your inner dialogue from “yes, but…” to “yes, and…”
How to keep hope alive in a world that keeps breaking your heart
With love,
Laura

There are seasons in life when everything feels heavy, when old fears return, or when your mind keeps replaying the same conversation. In this intimate conversation with my dear friend and author John Strelecky, we explore how to build a life that truly feels meaningful from the inside out.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
Why anger is often a hidden form of fear
How to step out of emotional spirals with awareness and kindness
What changes when you trust your intuition and rewrite old beliefs
Why letting go is sometimes the most loving thing you can do
If this conversation spoke to you, it means a lot if you subscribe, leave a review, or share it with someone who needs a reminder that they are allowed to live life on their own terms.
With love,
Laura