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S1 Ep147: EPISODE 147 - Subconsciously Wanting to be Rescued is a Trauma Response
It is normal and natural to want help, support, love, kindness, and ease. The trouble arises when we want to be "rescued", often subconsciously, from the struggles of life. This can be a response to the trauma of not...
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S1 Ep146: Episode 146 - Tinnitus and Vestibular Disease with Rachelle
Rachelle suffered immensely with the symptoms of dizziness and tinnitus. I hear from many people around the world about their struggles with these life-stopping symptoms, and Rachelle was no different. Her journey was...
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S1 Ep145: Episode 145 - Embracing a Greater Perspective on Life
Today is a bit of a mini-sode. I am about to leave for OMEGA and I didn't want to leave you without a pod this week. It's little, but it's mighty. Listen with your whole heart. The only thing that matters is: How do...
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S1 Ep144: Episode 144 - Severe Back Pain with Joe Tunon
Joe Tunon was my very first truth warrior. His YouTube videos have helped many thousands of people walk this path with confidence, and faith in the process. I'm so thrilled to share his story now with my podcast...
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S1 Ep143: Episode 143 - Grief and Self-Care
When grief hits, no matter how "prepared" you may be, it can feel like an attack to the Nervous System. For me, in these past few weeks following the Surfside, Miami building collapse and the loss of my dear friend...
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S1 Ep142: Episode 142 - Plantar Fasciitis, Chronic Fatigue, and Elimination Diets with Ruthie
Ruthie's story typifies my strongest feeling about this work: Chronic pain is an epidemic of fear. Her foot pain, which started in one localized place, soon ballooned into pain in 11 places in her body. Fear begot...
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S1 Ep141: EPISODE 141 - The Battle Between Self-Regulation and Emotional Expression
From an early age we are stuck in an impossible conflict: Do we express ourselves fully and with reckless abandon, or self-regulate per society's wishes and repress hella emotions in the process. Today on the pod we...
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S1 Ep140: Episode 140 - Childhood Trauma, Highly Sensitive People, and JournalSpeak with Dani
Dani is my best friend and trusted sister, and also - as life would have it - a person who needed JournalSpeak really badly. Born highly sensitive and raised with a great deal of childhood trauma, Dani found herself...
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S1 Ep139: EPISODE 139 - How To Accept Yourself More
So often I am asked about self-love. "How can I love myself, Nicole? It feels so hard." I get it. Self-love can seem so elusive. In my opinion, the route to self-love runs through the river of self-acceptance. There...
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S1 Ep138: Episode 138 - REAL TIME HEAL: Anxiety, OCD, and the Mother Wound with Crystal
Trigger Warning: THIS REAL TIME HEAL WILL DISCUSS CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE. Crystal is an incredible, brave, and insightful soul. When she was five, she suffered abuse at the hand of a friend's father and her life was...
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S1 Ep137: Episode 137 - You Are Not Your Trauma Responses
So often we walk through life reacting and responding to situations, with no idea that it's not just "the way we are". Trauma responses are ways of behaving that are created and informed by the trauma we experienced...
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S1 Ep136: Episode 16 - Pelvic Pain Recovery and Bladder Urgency with Hannah Matluck
I met Hannah Matluck of The V Hive (formerly The Women's Pelvic Pain Podcast) somewhat randomly a couple years ago when she wanted me to speak as an expert on her podcast. Little did either of us know how much that...
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