The Pain that Made Me Become a Doctor... Dr Emma Offord's Untold Story
Thu Jan 29 2026
In this episode of The New Mind Podcast, I speak with Dr Emma Offord, clinical psychologist, trauma therapist, sensory practitioner, giftedness profiler, and founder of Divergent Life.
This conversation is deeply personal, beautiful and revealing.
Emma shares her own painful story.
She speaks candidly about the slow, often uncomfortable process of realisation, identity, and change.
This episode explores the personal reckoning behind Emma’s work, and how listening to people’s stories fundamentally reshaped her understanding of care, responsibility, and harm. Emma reflects on the emotional weight of hearing how others had been failed, and how this catalysed a period of deep questioning, dismantling, and reconstruction of everything she thought she knew.
This is The New Mind. Where truth meets the human story… Enjoy!
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In this episode of The New Mind Podcast, I speak with Dr Emma Offord, clinical psychologist, trauma therapist, sensory practitioner, giftedness profiler, and founder of Divergent Life. This conversation is deeply personal, beautiful and revealing. Emma shares her own painful story. She speaks candidly about the slow, often uncomfortable process of realisation, identity, and change. This episode explores the personal reckoning behind Emma’s work, and how listening to people’s stories fundamentally reshaped her understanding of care, responsibility, and harm. Emma reflects on the emotional weight of hearing how others had been failed, and how this catalysed a period of deep questioning, dismantling, and reconstruction of everything she thought she knew. This is The New Mind. Where truth meets the human story… Enjoy! Subscribe to The New Mind podcast for more uplifting and insightful conversations that explore the depths of mental health, personal growth, and inspiring stories of individuals making a difference in the world. Thank you Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellamccrystal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellamccrystalhypno TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ella_mccrystal Web: https://www.ellamccrystal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EllaMcCrystal Connect with Emma: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/divergentlives/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divergent-life-6a4066243/ Web: https://www.divergentlife.co.uk/