ALL THINGS DVN

ALL THINGS DVN

di ERICKA DONTELLO
Miglioramento personaleMedicina alternativa
Stagione 6
THE LAST ARGUMENT YOU NEVER HAVE
What happens when you stop trying to make people understand what they already had enough information to understand? We are taught that relationships are voluntary until the relationship is family. Then history becomes obligation, blood becomes continued access, and “that's just how they are” becomes an expectation that everyone else should keep adjusting around behavior that one person has never been required to change. In this episode of All Things DVN, I’m talking about no contact, family estrangement, the hidden mechanics of “keeping the peace,” and the exhausting need to prove that what happened to you was serious enough to justify leaving. I also examine something I've had to confront in my own life: the difference between walking away and continuing to prosecute the case from a distance. And then there is karma. What does it actually mean to believe that consequences don't require your participation? Because if you're still waiting to see someone get what they deserve, you may have stopped speaking to them without actually becoming finished with them. Sometimes there is no final confrontation, no admission, no family consensus, and no satisfying verdict. Sometimes the last argument is the one you realize you no longer need to have. ALL THINGS DVN | DVN THEREPE™ Instagram: @dvntherepe Youtube: @dvntherepe - THE DEEP LANTERN OF SOULWELL Substack: @dvntherepe Website: dvntherepe.com
S6 · E2568
1 set 2026
28:59
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
You are functioning. You answer the emails, you cook the dinner, you check the homework, you keep your tone measured and your image intact, and then you lie in bed at night wondering who you are inside any of it. Nothing is wrong, and something is missing, and that combination is more disorienting than an actual crisis would be. In this episode I give that experience a name, because carrying it without one turns it into a personal failure instead of a process you can locate yourself inside. I call it core abandonment, and it is not something someone did to you. It is the gradual leaving of yourself, need by need, in order to keep everything around you intact, and it happens so functionally that most people do not notice until they are already in too deep. We walk the three stages of how this moves through a person. The mask, which is not a flaw and is one of the most intelligent things your system has ever built for you. Erosion, where sustained adaptation begins taking a real biological toll, your window of tolerance narrows, and your ability to feel yourself from the inside starts to dull until numbness arrives before pain does. And the threshold, my favorite of the three, which is the moment your body finally surfaces what your mind has been managing, and which is not a breakdown but the most intelligent signal your psyche can produce. I bring in Winnicott's false self, allostatic load, interoception, and what happens to a prefrontal cortex that has been regulating your presentation for years without relief, and then I bring it back into the body with sixty seconds of return before we close. I also tell you my own to be's, including the one I did not want to say out loud, because this framework did not come out of a textbook. It came out of a life. Mine, and probably yours. The question is not about existence. It is about which version of yourself you are willing to let live. Thank you for taking a seat at my table. Find me on Instagram and TikTok at dvntherepe, and everything lives at dvntherepe.com. The Deep Lantern of Soulwell is on YouTube, and All Things DVN is on every platform, so keep listening. #AllThingsDVN #DVNTHEREPE #ToBeOrNotToBe #CoreAbandonment #TheThreshold #HolisticPsychology #NeurosomaticAwareness #SomaticPsychology #FalseSelf #NervousSystem #Interoception #IdentityWork #WomenWhoFunctionWell #HighFunctioningExhaustion #InnerWork #SelfInquiry #PodcastsForWomen #WomenOfColorPodcasts
S6 · E2567
13 ago 2026
26:30
WHAT MADE YOU SO SURE?
We say "I just knew" as though it settles the matter, and nobody ever asks the follow up question, so this episode asks it. What happened inside you between the moment you experienced something and the moment you decided what it meant, and why has that translation become so difficult to examine? We go into our Soulwells and look at how a sensation becomes a story, how a story becomes conviction, and how conviction becomes an identity that cannot be questioned without feeling like exposure. We examine why speed gets mistaken for accuracy, why the body reports on itself rather than on the person across from you, why recognition is not the same as knowing, and why wanting something distorts perception just as effectively as fear does and far more discreetly. This is not an episode about trusting your intuition, and it is not an episode about doubting it. It is about what becomes available when you are willing to reopen the one conclusion you have been unwilling to touch. Thank you for taking a seat at my table. Find me on Instagram and TikTok at dvntherepe, and at dvntherepe.com for the deeper work. The Deep Lantern of Soulwell is on YouTube, and All Things DVN is available on every platform, so keep listening. #AllThingsDVN #DVNTHEREPE #WhatMadeYouSoSure #Soulwell #Intuition #Perception #MedicalIntuitive #SomaticAwareness #InnerWork #Discernment #SelfInquiry #PodcastsForWomen
S6 · E2566
10 ago 2026
33:33
THE ALCHEMIST'S LAW I : THE LAWS OF SEEING
Most people are not deceived by the world around them. They are deceived by the picture they assembled of it, and they defend that picture the way people defend things they cannot afford to lose. The confidence that comes from having already decided what is true is one of the most expensive things a person can carry, because it makes looking unnecessary, and looking is the only thing that was ever going to help. DVN THEREPE is governed by ten directives I call the Alchemist's Law, a seal that has been sitting underneath every chamber, every session, and every offering inside the atelier long before anyone outside of it ever saw it named. With the relaunch of dvntherepe.com, that architecture is finally visible, and this is the first time I am walking anyone through it publicly. This is Part I of three. Today we are in the Laws of Seeing, three directives that govern perception before action, hearing before response, and earned wisdom before any of it gets passed to someone else. VIDE asks whether you are seeing what is actually there or a story occupying its place. AUDI asks whether you are listening for confirmation or revelation. SAPIENTIA asks what you have actually survived well enough to call wisdom. These are not principles. They are not affirmations. They are laws, and they hold whether you agree with them or not. dvntherepe.com | @dvntherepe
S6 · E2565
1 lug 2026
20:59
SEASON SIX: LIFE UPDATE AND IMPRINTS
This episode is a life update wrapped in a revelation. I am opening up about where I have really been, the work I paused to take care of my mental health, the website remodel that has consumed my behind the scenes hours, and the honest truth about why my socials went quiet when I needed to be consistent the most. Then I tell you about the moment that shifted everything. A simple Google search, a wrong click, and suddenly my work, my practice, and my name were staring back at me in ways I never expected. That moment cracked open a concept I have been sitting with ever since: imprinting. What it means to leave a mark that outlasts your quiet seasons, and why visibility and value are not the same thing. If you have ever wondered whether your work is landing while you are not watching, this episode is for you. Connect with DVN THEREPE Website: dvntherepe.com Instagram: @dvntherepe YouTube: DVN THEREPE TikTok: @dvntherepe Work With Me Book A Session In The Observatory for a single 30 or 60 minute session, or inquire about a Soul Scan container for sustained transformational work.
S6 · E2564
17 giu 2026
31:15
Stagione 5
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ALKYMĒ™ CODEX
What if the exhaustion you cannot explain has nothing to do with how hard you are working and everything to do with what you have been positioned to carry? In this episode of The Codex, Ericka Dontello introduces the ALKYMĒ™ CODEX — an original clinical framework built at the intersection of holistic psychology, neurosomatic practice, and the labor systems that shape human identity. This is not a personality typing system. It does not tell you who you are. What it does is give you a language for understanding the function a system has relied on you to perform — often without your awareness, almost always without acknowledgment, and consistently without anyone accounting for what it actually cost you. In this episode: — The difference between who you are and what you have been positioned to do — The nine roles of the ALKYMĒ™ CODEX and the four labor families they belong to — The three expressions of every role: Grounded, Fixed, and Saturated — Function Collapse, Labor Collapse, and System Imposition — and what happens when a person becomes the entire system — A personal disclosure from Ericka on what it looks like to live inside collapse and not be able to see it The question this work asks is not what is wrong with you. It is: what role are you being relied on to carry here, and what happens when you stop? The ALKYMĒ™ CODEX book drops in May. Stay close. —— Expand the work: dvntherepe.com Instagram + TikTok: @dvntherepe YouTube: 92Lounge + DVN Therepe
S5 · E2563
8 apr 2026
32:52
BUILDING A BUSINESS WHEN PEOPLE ALREADY DON'T LIKE YOU
Today we discuss what it looks like to build something meaningful when the people around you have already decided who you are. We talk about why support rarely arrives from the places we expect, how the opinions others form about us can quietly begin to shape the way we move, create, and show up in our own work, and what becomes possible when we stop spending energy trying to earn approval from people who have already closed their minds. We also sit with something that does not get talked about enough: that forward motion and emotional imprint can exist at the same time, and that building through rejection does not mean the rejection did not leave something behind. This episode is about the full truth of that experience. Follow and connect with me here Instagram: @dvntherepe Podcast: ALL THINGS DVN Website: dvntherepe.com RESOURCES THE CLASS 30 DAY FREE TRIAL TO BE MAGNETIC PATHWAY MEMBERSHIP Use code ERICKA8958 for 15% off your monthly and annual memberships! BOOK: THE FAT BLACK UGLY GIRL Available on dvntherepe.com and amazon.com
S5 · E2562
13 mar 2026
26:28
PART 1: MY FRAMEWORK - THE ALKYME FLOW
In this episode, I introduce the ALKYMĒ Flow, the core framework that lives at the center of my work and guides how I understand transformation across mind, body, and lived experience. This is not a conversation about productivity, mindset, or fixing yourself. It is an orientation into how change actually moves through a human life, why so many people feel exhausted or confused during transitions, and how understanding the phase you are in can restore trust in your own process. The ALKYMĒ Flow offers a way to recognize where you are inside transformation without rushing yourself forward or turning uncertainty into failure. It names the natural cycle we all move through, feeling, doing, dissolving, reforming, emerging, being, and returning again, so movement becomes honest instead of forced. This episode is an invitation to listen differently, to locate yourself with compassion, and to stay connected to who you are while change unfolds. Follow and connect with me here Instagram: @dvntherepe Podcast: ALL THINGS DVN Website: dvntherepe.com RESOURCES THE CLASS 30 DAY FREE TRIAL TO BE MAGNETIC PATHWAY MEMBERSHIP Use code ERICKA8958 for 15% off your monthly and annual memberships! BOOK: THE FAT BLACK UGLY GIRL Available on dvntherepe.com and amazon.com
S5 · E2561
6 feb 2026
33:21
TRIVIA NIGHT, GOOD VIBES, AND BAD BEHAVIOR
What starts as a casual trivia night turns into a quiet lesson about power, voice, and what happens when control shows up where collaboration was expected. In this episode, I unpack how dismissiveness hides inside humor, apology, and charm, and how easily good vibes can be used to excuse behavior that doesn’t sit right. We talk about role seizure versus true authority, why confidence and intelligence don’t automatically equal leadership, and how the polite invalidation loop causes people to second guess their own experiences instead of questioning what actually happened. This isn’t about trivia. It’s about who gets to decide, who gets heard, and what it costs to keep the peace at your own expense. If you’ve ever left a social space feeling unsettled but unable to explain why, this episode gives language to what your body already noticed. Follow and connect with me here Instagram: @dvntherepe Podcast: ALL THINGS DVN Website: dvntherepe.com RESOURCES THE CLASS 30 DAY FREE TRIAL TO BE MAGNETIC PATHWAY MEMBERSHIP Use code ERICKA8958 for 15% off your monthly and annual memberships! BOOK: THE FAT BLACK UGLY GIRL Available on dvntherepe.com and amazon.com
S5 · E2560
2 feb 2026
33:45
ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELF IN MEDICAL SPACES
In this episode, I share a deeply personal experience that changed the way I understand advocacy, consent, and care inside medical spaces. What began as a routine dental visit turned into a moment where my body was signaling distress and my voice was repeatedly dismissed, forcing me to confront how often patients are expected to endure pain rather than be listened to. This conversation is not about fear mongering or blame, it's about recognizing when something is wrong, honoring your body’s signals, and understanding that speaking up is not disrespectful, dramatic, or difficult. It is necessary. We explore what it means to advocate for yourself when you are vulnerable, anxious, or afraid, and how power dynamics in medical settings can silence people, especially women and especially Black and brown women. I talk about the difference between rushed care and attentive care, why pain is information, and how walking away can sometimes be the most protective decision you make. This episode is for anyone who has ever left a medical appointment feeling unseen, unheard, or unsettled, and needs reassurance that trusting yourself is not only allowed, it is wise. Follow and connect with me here Instagram: @dvntherepe Podcast: ALL THINGS DVN Website: dvntherepe.com RESOURCES THE CLASS 30 DAY FREE TRIAL TO BE MAGNETIC PATHWAY MEMBERSHIP Use code ERICKA8958 for 15% off your monthly and annual memberships! BOOK: THE FAT BLACK UGLY GIRL Available on dvntherepe.com and amazon.com
S5 · E2559
26 gen 2026
29:46
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