Dive deep into nervous system regulation, trauma healing and emotional expression to root us back into our inherent wholeness
"Start before you're ready.“
Today Marina Triner, the creator of Deep Within with Marina Triner, The Compassionate Somatic Coach shares her story of self-improvement podcast.
► Tell us about you and your podcast
Marina is a renowned somatic coach who has supported thousands in moving through stuckness, unleashing their power, and stepping into unprecedented visionary success in their relationships, careers, and lives through profoundly transformative body-based approaches that address triggers, emotional healing, and nervous system regulation at the root. She has mentored thousands of clients through her coaching, online courses, and live programs.
The Deep Within Podcast dives into nervous system regulation, trauma healing, and emotional expression to root us in our inherent wholeness.
► Why & how did you start this podcast?
The podcast was born from the same place all of my work comes from, my own healing journey. I spent years moving through the depths of complex trauma, childhood emotional neglect, and the kind of pain that lives in the body long after the mind has tried to make sense of it. Somatic coaching changed my life in ways that talk therapy alone never could, and I knew I needed a space to share that, not just as a practitioner, but as a human being who has lived it.
I’ve always been drawn to podcasts because of their intimacy. There’s something about a voice in your ear that feels like being held, like someone is sitting with you in the hard parts. I wanted Deep Within to be that for people. A place where listeners didn’t just learn about nervous system healing and trauma recovery, but actually felt less alone in it.
My initial goal was simple, to create the resource I wished had existed when I was in the depths of my own healing. I wanted to have honest, unfiltered conversations about what it really means to heal. Not the highlight reel, not the packaged transformation story, but the messy, nonlinear, embodied truth of it.
I also wanted to share other people’s journeys. Because healing doesn’t happen in isolation, and there is so much wisdom in hearing someone else say “me too.” Every guest I bring onto the show carries a story that I believe has the power to help someone feel seen, and that matters deeply to me.
Deep Within launched in 2022 and honestly, the first episode took longer than I expected, because I wanted it to feel real, not polished. That’s still the standard I hold the show to today.
► How’d you find the time and funding to do this podcast?
Honestly, the podcast isn’t something I carved time out for, it became a natural extension of the work I was already doing. I record weekly, and what makes that sustainable is that I’m not manufacturing content. I’m sharing what I’m genuinely living, teaching, and moving through. When your work is rooted in authenticity, showing up consistently doesn’t feel like a grind — it feels like an offering.
I’m fortunate to have a team around me who handle the editing and production side, which means I can stay fully in my zone, the conversation, the depth, the connection. Everything that goes out under the Deep Within name is handled in-house, which matters to me. It means nothing gets lost in translation. The intention behind each episode is protected from start to finish.
In terms of investment — yes, I fund this myself, and I do so consciously. It’s a core part of my mission. The resources I put into it reflect that. Every episode is produced with care, and that has a cost, but for me, that cost is absolutely worth it when I think about the person on the other end of that episode who might be hearing something they’ve needed to hear for years.
Episodes typically go from recording to release within 4 weeks and I aim for a weekly cadence because I believe consistency is its own form of integrity.
► What do you gain from podcasting?
What I gain from podcasting is harder to measure than downloads or numbers, though those matter too. What I gain is connection. Every week I get messages from listeners telling me that an episode helped them finally understand why they shut down in relationships, or why their body holds so much tension, or why they’ve spent their whole life taking care of everyone but themselves.
It’s also been part of my own continued healing. There is something profoundly vulnerable about showing up with a microphone and saying, this is what I’ve lived through, this is what I’ve learned, this is what I believe is possible for you. That vulnerability has been a gift.
Until now, Deep Within has grown entirely through our own community and network. We haven’t actively promoted outside of that, and the show has still reached over 29,000 downloads. That tells me something really important about the resonance of this work. We’re only just beginning to bring it to a wider audience, and I genuinely believe the people who need this show haven’t found it yet. That’s what excites me most about this next chapter.
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► How does your podcasting process look like?
My podcasting process is built around two things, ease for my guests and integrity in the final product. Once a guest has been approved, we take care of everything. They simply book a date that works for them and show up. The logistics, the editing, the production, that’s handled by my team so the guest can arrive fully present for the conversation rather than worrying about the technical side.
We record either live via Zoom or async depending on what works best for the guest and the nature of the conversation.
Editing and post-production is handled entirely in-house by my team, which matters to me. Keeping it in-house means the tone, pacing, and emotional integrity of each conversation is protected.
In terms of preparation, I come to every conversation having done genuine research into my guest’s work. I don’t send a rigid list of questions because I find that kills the aliveness of a real conversation. Instead I prepare a loose framework of themes and let the dialogue breathe. The best moments in any Deep Within episode have come from following what’s actually alive in the room rather than sticking to a script.
For finding guests, until now that has happened organically through our own network and community.
► How do you market your show?
Our listeners find us primarily through Instagram, YouTube, and guest sharing, when a guest shares their episode with their own audience it creates a warm, trust-based introduction.
► What advice would you share with aspiring (new) podcasters?
Start before you’re ready. People don’t connect with perfection, they connect with truth, with the moment you say something that makes them feel less alone. Share your real journey, not the polished version where you’ve already figured it all out, and don’t wait for the perfect setup or the perfect moment to begin. Consistency and authenticity will always outlast any technical shortcoming, and the only episode that can’t change someone’s life is the one you never record.
► Where can we learn more about you & your podcasts?
www.marinayt.com
www.instagram.com/marinayt
https://youtube.com/@marinatriner
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