The Voice That Spoke Back

A few weeks ago, my friend Hannah Cole of Intenntional Wellness invited me to try something called EVOX therapy.

It’s not talk therapy—it’s voice mapping.

A process that helps uncover emotional blocks not just in what you say, but in how your body carries the sound of your voice.

Hannah’s a big believer in what I do—giving people a voice. And she believed this could help me find mine on a deeper level—

to identify blocks I hadn’t faced by getting to the source of it all.

So I went in.

She told me to come prepared with some questions or themes to focus on.

I jotted down a mix of things—betrayal, anger, pain, finances...different wounds that all felt connected.

She guided the session beautifully.

And as we progressed, betrayal started to come into focus.

That’s when something opened up.

She said, “Joe, I want you to go back to a moment in your childhood when you felt stripped of your self-worth. Rejected.

Like your value had been taken.”

Immediately—I saw him.

The little boy I used to be. The one who had just had his innocence taken. He was sitting there. Quiet. Alone. Changed forever.

And then she said, “Sit with him. Show him his future. Show him his beautiful wife. His daughter. The life he gets to live.”

And I lost it.

Tears just poured—I couldn’t stop them.

Because it was real. And in that moment, something shifted.

All I could think to tell him was:

“It’s going to be okay.”

I didn’t just see my younger self—I stood with him. I didn’t just remember what happened—

I reclaimed who I was before the pain.

I’ve thought about that moment every single day since.

Because it showed me how much I’ve been running from—

The fear of rejection.

The need to prove my worth.

The anger I use to protect myself.

I’ve always said what I went through is part of my story & I’ve owned it.

But now? It’s different.

Now, I get to take my inner child by the hand—

and walk him back through life, knowing he’s not alone anymore.

RP