Podcasts about Dissociation

On this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Annaliese Oatman, a multi-disciplinary artist and psychedelic somatic therapist, for a conversation about psychedelic-assisted therapy.“I like the idea that self-regulation is not one little practice that we engage in the moment that we're dysregulated, but it's a lifestyle.”  — Annalise OatmanYou're doing the work. You're moving forward, but you feel like something is standing in the way of your progress. You're reaching for something but feel like it's out of your grasp. Your energy feels stuck. Maybe you could benefit by shaking up your nervous system. Throughout the ages, in cultures around the world, spiritual seekers have used psychedelics to enhance their exploration and attain new insights. In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth “Biz” Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Maryland and Delaware, and a soul support for highly sensitive women, welcomes Annalise Oatman, LCSW, a multi-disciplinary artist and a psychedelic-somatic therapist, for a discussion of amplifying the therapeutic process through the use of psychedelics. They talk about psychedelic-assisted therapy and how it is best used, and how highly sensitive women might find it to be a useful tool. You can find the full show notes and resources for all the episodes here.Support the showI hope you enjoyed the show!You can also follow me here:InstagramYouTubeFacebook

In this insightful interview, Nicole Gomez shares her personal journey of healing from narcissistic abuse, complex trauma, and the importance of trauma-informed care. Discover how understanding attachment, dissociation, and nervous system work can transform trauma recovery.Dissociation and its effects on memory and identityThe importance of trauma-informed and nervous system workCultural trauma and societal minimization of emotional woundsPractical steps for trauma recovery and healingChapters00:00 Healing from Narcissistic Abuse05:14 Navigating Current Grief and Loss11:47 Understanding Dissociation and Its Impact16:56 The Roots of Trauma and Narcissistic Relationships21:55 Cultural Perspectives on Parent-Child Relationships27:10 Grief and Acceptance in Family Dynamics30:34 The Healing Journey: Therapy and Self-Discovery39:30 The Importance of True Trauma-Informed Care40:16 Validating Your Experience and Seeking HelpSign up for th Influential Breathwork Coach Certification 2026 Syllabus here:https://influentialbreathwork.com/syllabus  Follow Anna Parker-Napleson Instagram:⁠  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/healingafterthehardstuff⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/annaparkernaples⁠⁠LinkedIn:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaparkernaples⁠⁠Follow Nicole Gomez here:https://nicolerosecoaching.comhttps://www.instagram.com/nicolerosecoachinghttps://facebook.com/nicolerowihabgomezhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-gomez-312136a

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— "No two human beings are exactly the same. We might have similar paths, but everybody is different and needs to be honored in their uniqueness. Therefore, therapeutic approaches that just do a one size fits all just don't work" Valeria interviews  Dr. Claudia Herbert — She is a Clinical Psychologist, PTSD and trauma psychotherapist, and senior executive development facilitator. Dr Claudia Herbert's life has been dedicated to discovering, learning, and facilitating the most effective and powerful inner transformation journeys to help her clients achieve meaningful purpose, healthy growth, inner strength, and alignment in their lives. With over 30 years of experience as a Clinical Psychologist, PTSD and trauma psychotherapist, and senior executive development facilitator, along with more than 25 years as director of The Oxford Development Centre, Claudia has developed a profound palette of therapeutic life-changing processes. These processes enable clients to uncover and transform deeply entrenched, initially adaptive but now restrictive, survival-based coping strategies, including dissociative processes. Her work helps individuals reconnect with nature, life's energy, and their true essence, ultimately guiding them back to their authentic selves. Learn more about Lifting The Veil Of Dissociation with Dr. Claudia Herbert

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There is a difference between feeling ashamed and living inside shame. One is a passing signal. The other is the background atmosphere of an entire nervous system. In this episode, Jennifer Wallace and Elisabeth Kristof go deep on toxic shame as the next distinguishing characteristic of complex trauma in their CPT series. This is one of the most personal episodes they have recorded. Both hosts share what shame actually sounded like at its loudest in their lives, the specific words, the body states, the loops that ran for years before they had any way to interrupt them. And they are honest about where they still meet it today. Toxic shame in complex trauma is not just a feeling that shows up after a mistake. It is an identity state. It shifts from "I did something wrong" to "I am wrong." It shapes posture, vocal tone, breath, gaze, and the way the body interprets every social interaction as potential exposure or rejection. And because it developed in relationship, specifically in environments where expressing needs or emotions led to punishment, abandonment, or humiliation, it becomes deeply tied to every relational experience that follows. Elisabeth and Jennifer trace the full arc of how shame develops, from the child who cannot afford to see their caregiver as unsafe and so turns the blame inward, to the adult who moves through professional and personal relationships with a chronic bracing for exposure. They cover the neurobiology in depth: what the insula, default mode network, and vagus nerve have to do with chronic shame states, why shame can both amplify and numb internal sensation at the same time, and how shame formation, the physiological pairing of emotional shame states with immune and inflammatory responses, helps explain the health outcomes seen in adverse childhood experience research. The conversation also covers the double bind of shame in complex trauma, the trap of needing connection while also bracing for what connection has always brought. How shame drives substance use and disordered eating as regulation strategies. How systemic and cultural forces layer onto developmental shame in ways that make the pattern larger than any individual. And what post-traumatic growth actually looks like here: not confidence, not the absence of shame, but a little more space between the wave and the response, a little longer staying present in the body before the collapse happens, and gradually, relationships where being imperfect does not mean being abandoned. In This Episode, You Will Learn: Why toxic shame in complex trauma shifts from an emotion into an identity state How shame develops as a survival strategy when caregivers are unsafe and self-blame becomes the only available adaptation Why shame is not just cognitive but embodied, showing up in posture, vocal tone, breath, gaze, and gesture What shame formation is and how chronic shame states are linked to inflammation, immune dysregulation, and the health outcomes in ACE research How the insula, default mode network, and vagus nerve are involved in chronic shame patterning Why shame can simultaneously amplify and numb internal sensation and what that means for healing The double bind of shame: needing connection while bracing against it How systemic and cultural shaming layers onto developmental shame and why the nervous system cannot fully distinguish between them How shame drives substance use and disordered eating as regulation strategies and why the shame-use cycle is so hard to interrupt What post-traumatic growth looks like in relation to shame: not the absence of it, but increased range, flexibility, and capacity to stay present with it How accountability, relational repair, and allowing others to have their own experience gradually shifts the shame pattern   Chapters 0:00 - The Difference Between Feeling Ashamed and Living Inside Shame  0:33 - Welcome: Toxic Shame Through the Lens of Complex PTSD  1:54 - What Shame Actually Is: A Whole Body Physiological Response  2:14 - When Shame Becomes an Identity State  3:01 - Shame in the Body: Posture, Voice, Breath, and Withdrawal  3:34 - Systemic and Cultural Shame: When the Group Itself Is Dysregulated  5:55 - Shame as the Emotion That Represses All Other Emotions  7:15 - How Shame Develops in Complex Trauma: The Child Who Cannot Blame the Caregiver  8:48 - Everything Is My Fault as a State of Being  9:43 - Jennifer and Elisabeth Share What Shame Sounded Like at Its Loudest  11:28 - How Shame Physically Inhibits Expression  12:09 - The Double Bind: Needing Connection While Bracing Against It  14:00 - The Neurobiology: Insula, Freeze, Dissociation, and No Safe Discharge  17:31 - Large Scale Neural Patterning: DMN Loops, Reward Signaling, and Oxytocin  18:36 - What Shame Looks Like Now for Jennifer and Elisabeth  23:51 - Shame Formation: Inflammation, the Vagus Nerve, and ACE Research  26:43 - The Shame and Substance Use Cycle  30:28 - How Both Hosts Used Substances to Regulate Shame  34:15 - Systemic Shame and the Brain's Drive for Belonging  36:10 - What Post-Traumatic Growth Actually Looks Like With Shame  38:51 - Relational Healing: Repair, Accountability, and Letting Someone Love You Imperfectly  41:14 - Allowing Another Person to Have Their Experience Without Collapsing   Resources and Links NSI Foundations Bundle for coaches and practitioners: neurosomaticintelligence.com/foundations Two week Rewire Trial of guided neuro somatic training: rewiretrial.com Learn more about Elisabeth's work at brainbased.com Learn more about Jennifer's work at her YouTube channel: Sacred Synapse https://www.youtube.com/@sacredsynapse-23 Trauma Rewired podcast  is intended to educate and inform but does not constitute medical, psychological or other professional advice or services. 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This episode draws on experimental and review literature on mirror-gazing, strange-face illusions, anomalous self-experience, dissociation, agency, face pareidolia, and face-distortion disorders, especially the work of Giovanni B. Caputo, Caputo/Lynn/Houran, Mash et al., Bregman-Hai and Soffer-Dudek, Derome et al., Palmer and Clifford, and Blom et al. Historical and occult context comes from research on catoptromancy, John Dee's angelic scrying records, the British Museum's “Dr Dee's Magical Mirror,” Campbell et al.'s Antiquity study on the mirror's Mexican/Aztec obsidian origin, and Mesoamerican material on Tezcatlipoca and the “Smoking Mirror.”Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Cash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsCore Scientific Sources: Mirror-Gazing, Strange Faces, and Altered Self-ExperienceCaputo, Giovanni B. “Strange-Face-in-the-Mirror Illusion.” Perception 39, no. 7, 2010, 1007–1008.Key use: This is the main science anchor for the episode. Caputo showed that prolonged mirror-gazing under low illumination can produce strange-face apparitions, including distortions, unknown faces, monstrous faces, animal-like faces, archetypal faces, and faces of relatives or deceased people.Caputo, Giovanni B., Steven Jay Lynn, and James Houran. “Mirror- and Eye-Gazing: An Integrative Review of Induced Altered and Anomalous Experiences.” Imagination, Cognition and Personality 40, no. 4, 2021, 418–457.Key use: This is one of the strongest overview sources. It reviews empirical studies on mirror-gazing, psychomanteum work, and eye-to-eye gazing, especially in relation to altered perception, anomalous experiences, bodily experience, and self-identity.Mash, Joanna, Paul M. Jenkinson, Charlotte E. Dean, and Keith R. Laws. “Strange Face Illusions: A Systematic Review and Quality Analysis.” Consciousness and Cognition 109, 2023, article 103480.Key use: Newer review source. Useful because it supports strange-face illusions as a reliable phenomenon in both mirror-gazing and interpersonal gazing, while also warning that stronger research is still needed on mechanisms and prevalence.Bregman-Hai, Noa, and Nirit Soffer-Dudek. “Mirror-Gazing-Induced Dissociation Impairs Self-Reported and Implicit Sense of Agency: A Causal Investigation of Dissociation and Agency Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions.” PLOS ONE 21, no. 2, 2026, e0341316.Key use: Excellent source for the agency section. This connects mirror-gazing-induced dissociation with weakened sense of agency, which pairs well with mediumship, possession, automatic writing, and the feeling that “something else” is present.Derome, Mélodie, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero, Giovanni Battista Caputo, and Martin Debbané. “A Developmental Study of Mirror-Gazing-Induced Anomalous Self-Experiences and Self-Reported Schizotypy from 7 to 28 Years of Age.” Psychopathology 55, no. 1, 2022, 49–61.Key use: Useful developmental source. It connects mirror-gazing-induced anomalous self-experiences with age, self-perception, and schizotypal traits.Caputo, Giovanni B. “Visual Perception During Mirror-Gazing at One's Own Face in Patients with Depression.” The Scientific World Journal, 2014.Key use: Useful for the emotion/self-face relationship section. Caputo found that strange-face apparitions were reduced in patients with depression compared with healthy controls, including shorter duration, fewer strange faces, weaker intensity, and lower emotional response.Tramacere, Antonella. “Face Yourself: The Social Neuroscience of Mirror Gazing.” Frontiers in Psychology 13, 2022, article 949211.Key use: Strong support for the idea that mirror-gazing is like seeing yourself as another. It connects self-face perception with social neuroscience and the overlap between how we perceive our own face and the faces of others.Chakraborty, Anya C., and Bhismadev Chakrabarti. “Looking at My Own Face: Visual Processing Strategies in Self–Other Face Recognition.” Frontiers in Psychology 9, 2018.Key use: Useful for the self-face recognition section. This study looks at how people process their own face compared with other faces.Conty, Laurence, Nathalie George, and Jari K. Hietanen. “Watching Eyes Effects: When Others Meet the Self.” Consciousness and Cognition 45, 2016, 184–197.Key use: Best support for the gaze/presence section. It argues that direct gaze captures attention and triggers self-referential processing, which helps explain why a mirror can make the viewer feel watched.Face Perception, Pareidolia, and Monstrous DistortionPalmer, Colin J., and Colin W. G. Clifford. “Face Pareidolia Recruits Mechanisms for Detecting Human Social Attention.” Psychological Science 31, no. 8, 2020, 1001–1012.Key use: Best source for the “face-making brain” section. It supports the idea that illusory faces are not treated as meaningless noise; they can recruit mechanisms involved in social attention.Blom, Jan Dirk, Bastiaan C. ter Meulen, Jitze Dool, and Dominic H. ffytche. “A Century of Prosopometamorphopsia Studies.” Cortex 139, 2021, 298–308.Key use: Use carefully as a comparison source, not as a direct explanation for all scrying. Prosopometamorphopsia is a rare condition where faces appear distorted, showing that face-processing systems can produce frightening facial distortions under certain conditions.Psychomanteum, Grief, and Seeing the DeadHastings, Arthur, Michael Hutton, William Braud, et al. “Psychomanteum Research: Experiences and Effects on Bereavement.” OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying 45, no. 3, 2002, 211–228.Key use: Main grief / dead-in-the-mirror source. Use carefully. It does not prove afterlife contact, but it supports the idea that mirror-gazing, darkness, memory, and grief can produce powerful experiences interpreted as contact.Moody, Raymond A. Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones. New York: Villard, 1993.Key use: Main modern popular source for the psychomanteum as a grief-contact chamber. Use as practitioner/popular context, not as the strongest academic evidence.Terhune, Devin B., and Matthew D. Smith. “The Induction of Anomalous Experiences in a Mirror-Gazing Facility: Suggestion, Cognitive Perceptual Personality Traits and Phenomenological State Effects.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 194, no. 6, 2006, 415–421.Key use: Good supporting source for anomalous experiences in a mirror-gazing facility. Pairs well with Hastings and the Caputo review.Kamp, K. S., Evgenia Steffen, Louis A. Kasket, and others. “Sensory and Quasi-Sensory Experiences of the Deceased in Bereavement: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Review.” Schizophrenia Bulletin 46, no. 6, 2020, 1367–1381.Key use: Strong source for the grief section. It supports the point that bereaved people often report sensory or quasi-sensory experiences of the deceased, including feeling a presence, seeing, hearing, smelling, or sensing the dead.Hewson, Helen, and colleagues. “The Impact of Continuing Bonds Following Bereavement: A Systematic Review.” Death Studies, 2024.Key use: Useful for continuing bonds. It helps frame ongoing inner relationships with the dead as part of bereavement rather than automatically pathological.Historical, Religious, and Occult Mirror DivinationJohnston, Sarah Iles. Ancient Greek Divination. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.Key use: Broad academic background for ancient divination systems. Not only mirror scrying, but very useful for framing divination as a serious religious and cultural practice.“Technical Divination and Mechanics of Sacred Space.” In Technologies of the Marvellous in Ancient Greek Religion. Cambridge University Press.Key use: Useful for ancient catoptromancy. This chapter discusses mirror divination as a technical mode of ancient divination involving reflective/catoptric knowledge and assumptions about divine intervention in human knowledge.Lee, Mireille M. “The Gendered Economics of Greek Bronze Mirrors.” Hesperia 86, no. 1, 2017.Key use: Useful for Greek bronze mirrors as social, gendered, material, and possibly magical/divinatory objects.Pitt Rivers Museum. “Mirrors.” Body Arts Collection Resource.Key use: Good museum-level source for folklore around mirrors and catoptromancy. Useful for basic show-note support on the traditional belief that mirrors could reveal the future.John Dee, Black Mirrors, and ObsidianBritish Museum. “Dr Dee's Magical Mirror / Dr Dee's Magical Speculum.” Collection object 1966,1001.1.Key use: Essential object source. The British Museum identifies the object as Dr. Dee's magical mirror or magical speculum, made of obsidian, catalogued as Aztec, and broadly dated to the 14th–16th century.Campbell, Stuart, Elizabeth Healey, Jago Cooper, Naomi Speakman, and others. “The Mirror, the Magus and More: Reflections on John Dee's Obsidian Mirror.” Antiquity 95, 2021.Key use: Essential academic source for Dee's mirror. The study uses geochemical analysis to show that the British Museum obsidian mirrors are Mexican in origin, with Dee's mirror matching the Pachuca obsidian source.Nature. “A ‘Spirit Mirror' Used in Elizabeth I's Court Had Aztec Roots.” 2021.Key use: Short science-news summary of the Antiquity findings. Useful for quickly explaining that Dee's mirror was traced to a source near Pachuca, Mexico.Smithsonian Magazine. “Obsidian ‘Spirit Mirror' Used by Elizabeth I's Court Astrologer Has Aztec Origins.” 2021.Key use: Useful public-facing summary of Dee's mirror, its Aztec/Mexican origin, and its connection to Elizabethan occult culture.Dee, John, and Meric Casaubon, ed. A True & Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many YeaAlso want to remind people about the website, if you're into reading we have tons of information by multiple contributors, and we got t-shirts up on the site if you're interested. Fun fact, the art is all based on the eyeball. A

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We read and share from chapters in “Codependent No More”.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer consultation check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Some of the patterns running your life are not personality traits. They're old survival strategies wearing your clothes.   That reaction you keep having? That relationship cycle you keep repeating? That habit you swear you're done with until life presses the right bruise? Yeah. That might be your shadow talking. In this episode of Triggered AF Podcast, Alechia and Dani sit down with Dr. Sanaa Jaman for a powerful conversation about shadow work, breaking patterns, emotional healing, trauma, intuition, and reconnecting with the body. This conversation pulls shadow work out of the spooky corner of the internet and brings it back to where it belongs: the nervous system, the emotions we buried, and the parts of ourselves we learned to silence in order to survive. Because shadow work is not about becoming darker, it's about being honest. Dr. Sanaa breaks down how anger, grief, shame, guilt, jealousy, fear, and even manipulation can become disowned parts of us when we numb, avoid, or tuck them away for too long. But buried does not mean gone, those emotions still speak. They show up in our reactions, habits, relationships, and the quiet ways we disconnect from ourselves.   Alechia, Dani, and Dr. Sanaa also explore the difference between trauma and painful life experiences, why community can transform pain into initiation, and how intuition is not something you think your way into. It is something your body feels before your mind can explain it.   ✨ SPONSORED BY: Just Thrive Now Dinner Series | http://justthrivenow.com   Triggered Truths We Unpack in This Episode: Shadow work isn't bad or scary. It's the process of reconnecting with the parts of yourself you've suppressed, rejected, or avoided. Anger, grief, shame, guilt, jealousy & fear don't disappear when ignored. They show up in your habits, reactions, and relationships. Dissociation from the body disconnects us from intuition, emotional awareness, and our true needs. Emotions are tools filled with information designed to prepare us for life's inevitable storms. If you don't feel it, you can't heal it. Avoidance delays healing. It does not prevent pain. Trauma is not simply a bad experience. It is what happens when painful experiences are not witnessed, held, or supported. Community can transform pain into initiation, growth, and deeper self-understanding. Intuition is felt, not thought. Your body often knows before your mind can explain. Embodiment means learning to trust the signals your body has been sending all along.

#148: On today's episode, Masha Kay, nervous system regulation coach, jumps on the podcast to unpack the deeper psychology behind high achievement and how it's a tool for nervous system regulation. Han shares her Substack (linked here), which opens a conversation into what it actually means to heal beyond just intellectualizing your patterns and explore how many ambitious people use work, achievement, and constant productivity as coping mechanisms to avoid feeling, and how protector parts developed in childhood can continue running our lives long after we no longer need them to survive.The girls get into:productivity as a coping mechanism & form of emotional avoidancewhy high achievers struggle to slow downnervous system regulation, trauma healing, & somatic healingwhat “parts work” actually isprotector parts & how they try to keep us safe from feelings that once weren't safe to experiencewhy intellectualizing your healing is not the same as embodying itdissociation, overwhelm, & constantly needing to stay busyreconnecting to the body & learning how to feel below the neckwhy healing can actually feel unsafe for the nervous systeminner child work, emotional suppression, & survival strategieshow ambition and achievement can become trauma responseswhy awareness alone doesn't always create transformationlearning how to feel instead of avoidthe difference between numbing and true healingLearning to surrender to the process of healing& MORE!This episode is for anyone who feels they may be using productivity and achievement as a form of emotional suppression or avoidance, anyone feeling frustrated in their healing journey despite being “self aware,” anyone pursuing trauma healing and looking into nervous system regulation, or anyone wanting to better understand parts work, protector parts, inner child healing, and what it actually means to feel instead of intellectualize.CONNECT BELOW:follow Masha ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out her program hereCONNECT with HAN:follow Han ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠follow HOW I SEE IT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠follow Han on Substack herewatch HOW I SEE IT on YouTube hereshop the podcast merch ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠work with Han: howhanseesit@gmail.com00:00 – Introduction02:44 – Productivity addiction & high achievers using work to cope03:58 – Achievement as nervous system regulation04:47 – Why ambitious people struggle to be with themselves07:54 – Productivity as emotional avoidance08:41 – Work, avoidance, & disconnecting from feeling09:13 – What are “protector parts”?09:41 – Understanding parts work & internal family systems12:46 – Why healing can feel blocked16:15 – When the “high achiever” part takes over healing18:31 – How protector parts keep us safe20:14 – Awareness, observation, & compassion in healing22:35 – Dissociation & living outside the body27:35 – The inability to stay present with feeling32:40 – Intellectualizing vs actual self awareness36:44 – Anger, discomfort, & emotional control37:58 – Observation creates separation from emotion39:39 – Beginning somatic experiencing41:32 – Reconnecting to the body through orienting52:55 – Why slowing down is harder for high achievers1:00:00 – Numbing vs actual healing1:05:37 – Building ambitious lives to avoid pain

Therapy update: in conversation with the body, grief, and baby whales.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer consultation check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Certaines blessures ne se voient pas… mais continuent de vivre dans le corps, dans les émotions et dans la manière de percevoir le monde.Dans cet épisode des Éclairages d'États Dames, Stéphanie Jary reçoit la Dre Nela Klimcik, psychiatre trauma-informée, pour comprendre ce que vivent les femmes de l'intérieur lorsqu'elles traversent un traumatisme.Hypervigilance, anxiété, dissociation, fatigue chronique, besoin de contrôle, comportements de survie…Pourquoi le cerveau reste-t-il parfois bloqué en mode alerte ?Pourquoi certaines réactions sont-elles encore si incomprises ?Et surtout : pourquoi ces femmes ne sont-elles pas “folles”, mais simplement en train de survivre à des choses qui n'auraient jamais dû être vécues ?Un échange fort, accessible et profondément humain autour du trauma, des violences invisibles et de la santé mentale des femmes.⚠️ Trigger Warning : cet épisode aborde les violences psychologiques, conjugales et sexuelles ainsi que le stress post-traumatique.États Dames — Podcast santé & témoignagesInstagram du Dre Nela Klimcik Un podcast qui explore les parcours de santé des femmes à travers leurs émotions, leurs vécus et leurs réalités.

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We read and respond to listener emails.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer consultation check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A Mesmer Mother's Day Special Episode of Open Loops with Greg's Hypnosis/NLP Trainer, Dr. Yvonne Oswald! And since BetterHelp and Talkspace probably aren't sliding into Greg's inbox for a sponsorship anytime soon: “No More Therapists!” indeed. Let's be precise here: this is a pro-mental-health conversation that moves far beyond conventional ideas of psychotherapy. Dr. Yvonne Oswald has spent over 30 years in clinical sessions, trainings, and live demonstrations helping people move through deep trauma, emotional chaos, limiting beliefs, and inner disarray toward peace, power, and freedom in their own minds. She just knows how to do it fast. After a lifetime of teaching hypnosis, NLP, language mastery, emotional release, and mind technology, while continuing to refine and create new methods, Dr. Yvonne has put her work into her new book, No More Therapists: Your Brain Has The Answer, where she teaches readers how to clear negative emotions in minutes, rather than spend years circling the same pain. Greg had the chance to study with her in Niagara Falls, Canada, inside her healing house during her Hypnosis Master Training and Every Word Has Power live coaching experience. Years later, he still considers her breakdown of Mind Magic, emotional release, submodalities, high-vibration language, and unconscious reprogramming some of the clearest, most lucid, and most practical material ever explored on Open Loops. Which says a lot, considering this show has also covered how to have a five-minute conversation with Bigfoot that borders on flirtatious. This episode is different. You will learn. You will shift. You may even experience one of the techniques working on you while you listen. In this unique episode, you'll discover: -Why your brain may already have the answer before your conscious mind knows how to ask the question. -How Dr. Yvonne's Mind Magic process uses breath, gaze, anchoring, and language to interrupt emotional patterns rapidly. -Why “negative emotions” may be less like permanent wounds and more like mislabeled files waiting to be cleared. -How low-energy words can quietly program stress, limitation, and emotional contraction into the nervous system. -Why changing one word can alter the direction of your unconscious “GPS.” -What most hypnotists miss about emotional neutrality, and why neutral may be the real doorway before joy, peace, or manifestation. -How Dr. Yvonne blends grounded NLP structure with spiritual healing, source connection, and higher-consciousness work without losing practical precision. Listen if you're interested in hypnosis, NLP, trauma healing, manifestation, emotional release, language patterns, mind technology, or the strange possibility that your brain has been waiting for better instruction (ie. "Can you use me instead of ChatGPT for once?")   Dr. Yvonne's Links Get Dr. Yvonne Oswald's Safety Box:https://globalwelcome.com/safety-box Sign up now to receive Dr. Yvonne's Safety Box, a free collection of rapid emotional-release techniques designed to help you calm emotional “tsunamis” and return to neutral fast. You'll also be notified when her new book, No More Therapists: Your Brain Has The Answer, comes out next week on May 16th. Dr. Yvonne Oswald's Website:https://globalwelcome.com New Book:No More Therapists: Your Brain Has The Answer Clear negative emotions in minutes, not years. Let Greg know how you like the show. Write your review, soliloquy, Haiku or whatever twisted thoughts you want to share at https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops

What if intimacy isn't primarily about sex — but about safety, presence, vulnerability, and finally feeling at home inside your own body? In this deeply honest episode, Kristin sits down with intimacy practitioner and surrogate partner therapist, Andre Lazarus, for a powerful conversation about touch, nervous system regulation, neurodivergence, masking, dissociation, body image, trauma, and what it actually means to feel emotionally safe with another human being.Andre shares how his work helps people reconnect with themselves through breath, somatic awareness, relational safety, and compassionate presence — especially those navigating late-diagnosed autism, ADHD, trauma histories, body dysmorphia, intimacy challenges, and emotional shutdown. Together they explore:• Why so many neurodivergent people struggle with intimacy and physical connection• The relationship between masking and disconnection from the body• Dissociation, vaginismus, shutdown, and nervous-system protection• Why intimacy is often about vulnerability more than sexuality• The importance of communication over “mind reading” in relationships• Somatic intuition and learning to trust the body's signals• Emotional safety, touch, and relational healing• Why compassion matters more than performanceThis episode is gentle, grounded, emotionally rich, and deeply validating for anyone who has ever felt “too much,” disconnected, guarded, touch-starved, or unsure how to fully let another person in.About Andre Lazarus:Andre Lazarus is an intimacy practitioner, sex educator, and surrogate partner therapist specializing in sacred intimacy, somatic connection, vulnerability, emotional healing, and relational growth. For over a decade, he has worked with individuals and couples navigating intimacy challenges, trauma, body image struggles, neurodivergence, emotional shutdown, and physical connection through a deeply compassionate and human-centered approach.Find Andre at:www.coming-closer.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mental-health-news-radio--3082057/support.

We share the Spring Symposium experience.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer consultation check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Follow Christian Van Linda Here: YouTube: @Hype-r-vigilance Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hype.r.vigilance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586586299466 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@smokingandthinking6 Follow Falcon Here: YouTube: @yyzfalcon TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yyzfalcon The two men explore how social media amplifies psychological warfare, flooding the nervous system with daily outrage designed to distract from the deeper forces reshaping American power, from the surveillance state to the Heritage Foundation to Palantir. The conversation moves into the roots of racism as an unconscious cultural conditioning rather than simple bigotry, drawing on the work of Lee Atwater and the psychological destabilization many white Americans experienced seeing Barack Obama in power. Both men open up about their own narcissistic parents, the invisible trauma of what doesn't happen in childhood, and how shame functions as the engine driving so much dysfunction, from MAGA politics to family estrangement. Hype.R.Vigilence shares his personal story of undiagnosed autism, addiction, a house fire at sixteen, a secret brother, and a restraining order against his own father, tracing how unprocessed feelings spiral into crisis when there is no safe space to feel them. The two dig into IFS and parts work, the pathologizing of human experience under capitalism, and why mental injuries, not mental illness, is the more honest and useful frame. They challenge the destination-based fantasy of healing, arguing that healing and living are the same process. The discussion closes on community, men's work, somatic healing, holding space, the power of being witnessed, and what it means to find genuine pride as a child of a narcissist. SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH HAWK- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mdg650hawk - Hawk's Merch Store: https://hawkmerchstore.com - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdg650hawk7thacct - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hawkeyewhackamole - Connect on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mdg650hawk.bsky.social - Connect on Substack: https://mdg650hawk.substack.com - Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkpodcasts - Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mdg650hawk - Connect on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mdg650hawk ALL HAWK PODCASTS INFO- Additional Content Available Here: https://www.hawkpodcasts.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts- Listen to Hawk Podcasts On Your Favorite Platform:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RWeJfyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/422GDuLYouTube: https://youtube.com/@hawkpodcastsiHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/47vVBdPPandora: https://bit.ly/48COaTB

Send us Fan MailWriting a memoir is never an easy feat—especially when the story being told explores the deeply personal terrain of trauma, healing, and the reclamation of one's agency. In this episode of the "Authors Who Lead" podcast, I sit down with Chelsey Valeri—licensed clinical social worker, trauma therapist, and debut memoirist—as she offers an honest glimpse into how she crafted her book, Healed Enough. Through our conversation, you'll get a multidimensional understanding of complex trauma—from both clinical and lived perspectives—and what it takes to turn such experiences into a story that resonates.Timestamp:00:00 Deciding to write a memoir05:12 Complex PTSD not in DSM07:08 Understanding trauma's impact on mental health10:29 Discussing personal healing journey14:45 Feeling vulnerable but understood19:34 Writing during health challenges21:29 Navigating a patriarchal society26:06 Healing Foundation and trauma care29:12 Editing process for publishing33:12 Discussing book feedback and approach37:18 Writing a clinician's hand guide39:40 Challenges in trauma therapy training43:36 Discussing a valuable trauma bookFull show notesCOMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Send me a DM here (it doesn't let me respond), OR email me: imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.comToday I'm honored to have back on the show for a second time: Ritualistic, religious and child sexual abuse survivor and overcomer, social media whistleblower and content creator, therapist and educator, award winning and renowned fashion designer, founder of Tarese Estelle Couture and Birds With a Feather, plant parent, passionate speaker and writer, and an incredible DID system sharing their story with the intent that others know they aren't alone and that hope is possible: Tarese Estelle & Co Born in Sydney, Australia, and soon swept into the isolated strictures of rural Queensland, Tarese grew up as the eldest of eight siblings in a high-control offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement. Her family believed they were among the chosen 144,000 souls destined for heaven, while the rest of humanity faced damnation. Life was governed by rigid doctrine: no birthdays, no Christmas, no play on the Sabbath, strict veganism with only two meals a day, modest dress codes, and homeschooling that kept them far from the “worldly” outside world.The family lived on a desolate property, hours from the nearest church, deepening their isolation. As her mother battled debilitating illness and slept through much of the day, young Tarese carried the weight of caring for her siblings while enduring a childhood stripped of joy and normal connection. Physical punishments were severe and frequent, and the sounds of her younger siblings' screams burned into her memory, leaving her feeling helpless and terrified. Sexual abuse occurred at home and extended to others over the years. Dissociation became her silent guardian, turning horrors into distant fragments viewed as if through a wooden fence.Yet light pierced the darkness - and that is what we will discussing today and where we left off in Part 1. In 2009, at 18, Tarese stepped through the doors of Destiny Haven in Newcastle - a sanctuary of unconditional love where volunteers poured their hearts into healing broken women. From that foundation, her wings unfolded. She studied fashion design, launching stunning collections that have been featured in iconic magazines, collaborated with renowned artists, dressed cultural icons, and powered poignant campaigns, runway shows, scholarships, and ambassadorships. CONNECT WITH TARESE: Website: https://thehungryaustralien.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thehungryaustralien TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thehungryaustralien Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehungryaustralien Substack (coming soon!): https://substack.com/@tareseestelle Birds with a Feather (sharing stories):YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Birdswithafeather TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@birds.with.a.feather Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birds.with.a.featherCONNECT WITH EMMA:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@imaginationpodcastofficialEMAIL: imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.com OR standbysurvivors@protonmail.comSubstack: https://emmakatherine.substack.com/BUY ME A COFFEE: Support the show

In this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse, Brandon breaks down the biggest themes in Erika's story, including coercive control, early conditioning, financial abuse, sexual coercion, surveillance, dissociation, legal abuse, and post-separation control. Erika's story shows how abuse can spread into nearly every part of a survivor's life: money, parenting, privacy, sex, housing, court, identity, and the ability to trust your own reality. This debrief also looks at how fear, obligation, guilt, and shame kept Erika trapped longer, and how learning the language of abuse helped her begin putting the pieces of her life back together. Click if you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@pm.me Click on the title to read about Coercive Control as Care: Signs & Patterns Sign up to our Domestic Violence Newsletter  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, I felt called to touch on something a lot of people experience: dissociation and the emotions that arise with not remembering parts of your life.We touch on what actually happens when your nervous system experiences a threat, how dissociation shows up in different nervous system states, why not remembering is a form of protection rather than failure, and what this means for your healing journey. I truly hope this lands for whoever it's meant for.

We share the rehearsal of our presentation for the 2026 ISSTD Annual Conference.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer consultation check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode, Dr. David Puder and his talented Cohort deliver a comprehensive exploration of primitive defense mechanisms, which are the earliest, most fundamental ways the mind protects us from overwhelming anxiety, trauma, and threats to the self. Drawing directly from Nancy McWilliams' Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, they break down key primitive defenses.    You'll hear clear definitions, developmental origins, clinical presentations, countertransference implications, literary examples, and real-world clinical vignettes, plus a rich group discussion on when these defenses are adaptive versus maladaptive.   By listening to this episode, you can earn 2.5 Psychiatry CME Credits. Link to blog Link to YouTube video

In this episode, I sit down with respiratory and sleep scientist Martin McPhilimey to take a deep dive into breathing, CO₂ regulation, and how they actually impact performance, stress, and sleep. We get into why respiratory physiology is way more complex than most people think, how his clinical and research background shaped his approach, and why breathwork exploded during COVID with names like Wim Hof and James Nestor. From there, we dig into allostatic load and why piling on high-stress practices—like aggressive hyperventilation or cold exposure—can backfire if you're already running hot. We also talk about the difference between actually relaxing your system versus just dissociating from it. We cover how inspiratory muscle training can improve performance and recovery, why respiratory rate is one of the most sensitive markers of stress, and question some common ideas, such as “CO₂ tolerance.” We also touch on the risks and limited data around inhaled CO₂ therapies and what actually makes sense to apply in the real world. Sponsors: Daily Fitness Insider Newsletter: https://flex-diet.kit.com/bfa1510fa8 Available now: Grab a copy of the Triphasic Training II book I co-wrote with Cal Deitz here. Episode Chapters: 04:22 Why Breathing Is Complex 07:52 Martin's Origin Story 11:20 From Clinics to Online 14:57 Breathwork Goes Mainstream 20:13 Wim Hof Risks and Load 24:06 When Intense Breathwork Fits 29:18 Relaxation vs Dissociation 31:30 Respiratory Muscle Training 35:12 Who Should Train Breathing 36:35 Simple Device Protocol 37:35 Why Teams Ignore Breathing 38:27 Respiratory Rate as Stress 39:52 Feedforward Breathing Control 42:22 Rethinking CO2 Tolerance 46:03 Nasal Breathing Tradeoffs 48:28 Testing Limits and HRV 50:48 Overnight Rate and Calm 54:07 CO2 Inhalation and Risks 56:45 State Encoding and Fear 01:00:35 Wrap Up and Disclaimers Flex Diet Podcasts you may enjoy: Episode 326: Row Hard, Breathe Easy: Boosting Aerobic Capacity with Dr. Kenneth Jay YouTube: https://youtu.be/hpvKokMBRv4 Episode 215: Breathing, Heart Rate, and HRV: An Interview with Dr. Scotty Butcher, The Strength Jedi YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyVEmi7VHbg Connect with Martin: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinmcphilimey/ Website: https://martinmcphilimey.com/ Get In Touch with Dr Mike: Instagram: Drmiketnelson YouTube: @flexdietcert Email: Miketnelson.com/contact-us

We share the rehearsal of our presentation for the 2026 ISSTD Annual Conference.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer consultation check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Real Talk Real Women Breaking the silence about abuse, bonus episodeFrom Silence to Power: Kathleen Flanagan's Journey Through Abuse, Dissociation, and Spiritual AwakeningI'm joined by Kathleen Flanagan as she opens up about an 11-year-old beating, decades of dissociation, and a powerful rise to self-empowerment. She shares how spiritual guidance and practical healing helped her reclaim life and how she now guides others. If you want real steps to heal deep wounds, tune in.What you'll learn• Global collaboration replaces competition in guiding survivors.• Angels, archangels, and inner power lit a healing path.• How decades of dissociation resurfaced as healing began and voice returned.Timestamped overview• Describes resurfacing memories while writing books (00:01:26)• Reveals abuse and mother's inaction triggered trauma (00:01:59)• Remembers bruises and confronting her father (00:02:36)• Describes suicidal feelings and spiritual message (00:03:42)• Sets boundary with father; threats and resilience (00:04:43)• Explains identity tied to perpetrator and risk (00:06:16)• Onstage revelation: no need to suffer in silence (00:07:44)• Discusses reliving childhood upon returning to body (00:09:16)• Healing journey: writing books and spiritual help (00:16:18)• Emphasizes collaboration, trust, and sharing light (00:22:38)• Final takeaway: trust yourself; answers come (00:27:34) Get full access to Gemma's Gem at gemmasgem.substack.com/subscribe

Dr Kirk Honda and Dr Michael Drane explain the distinction between dissociative disorders and the problems with DSM. April 22, 2026This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/KIRK to get 10% off your first month.Support us by... Become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOUZWV1DRtHtpP2H48S7iiw/joinBecome a patron: https://www.patreon.com/PsychologyInSeattleContact us/more info... Email: https://www.psychologyinseattle.com/contactAbout Dr. Kirk: https://www.psychologyinseattle.com/about-dr-kirk-hondaWebsite: https://www.psychologyinseattle.comGet stuff... Merch: https://psychologyinseattle-shop.fourthwall.com/KIRKgram (like Cameo): https://www.psychologyinseattle.com/kirkgramThe Psychology In Seattle Podcast ®Trigger Warning: This episode may include topics such as assault, trauma, and discrimination. If necessary, listeners are encouraged to refrain from listening and care for their safety and well-being. Disclaimer: The content provided is for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only. Nothing here constitutes personal or professional consultation, therapy, diagnosis, or creates a counselor-client relationship. Topics discussed may generate differing points of view. If you participate (by being a guest, submitting a question, or commenting) you must do so with the knowledge that we cannot control reactions or responses from others, which may not agree with you or feel unfair. Your participation on this site is at your own risk, accepting full responsibility for any liability or harm that may result. Anything you write here may be used for discussion or endorsement of the podcast. Opinions and views expressed by the host and guest hosts are personal views. Although we take precautions and fact check, they should not be considered facts and the opinions may change. Opinions posted by participants (such as comments) are not those of the hosts. Readers should not rely on any information found here and should perform due diligence before taking any action. For a more extensive description of factors for you to consider, please see www.psychologyinseattle.com

In this episode, Dr. K addresses the chronically undertalked and understudied issue of pornography addiction in women. He reveals that while male addiction is more frequently discussed, approximately 7% of women struggle with this issue—a rate higher than global alcoholism. He breaks down the unique psychological and biological factors that drive this addiction, specifically how it serves as a "safe" refuge for those with a history of trauma. What to expect in this episode: The Hidden Epidemic: Why female porn addiction is often ignored in medicine despite being more common than alcoholism worldwide. The Trauma Connection: A deep dive into the shocking comorbidities of this addiction, including a 57% rate of PTSD and a 42.9% rate of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The Broken "Script" for Intimacy: How early caregiver neglect or abuse creates a contradictory understanding of love, leading individuals to seek "corrective emotional experiences" through fantasy. The Role of Erotica and the "Lemon Scale": Why women often gravitate toward fanfiction and smut as a way to find emotional safety and "tame the beast" of their traumatic pasts. Biological Vulnerability: An analysis of how hyper-sensitive dopamine receptors and a blunted stress response make certain people more prone to using porn for emotional regulation. Dissociation vs. Regulation: Understanding how the brain "walls off" difficult emotions in the basement rather than calming them down, leading to a cycle of compulsive behavior. The Safety of the Screen: Why the modern dating world—filled with harassment and anxiety—makes the predictable nature of pornography feel like the only safe outlet for intimacy. The OCD/ADHD/Addiction Loop: How porn addiction functions as a "triple threat" of intrusive thoughts, impulsivity, and building tolerance. Dr. K's NEW Guide to Love, Sex, & Relationships is coming May 2026! Pre-order now: https://bit.ly/4dO3x0VHG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3SztHG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to News for the Heart with Laurie Huston. Today, Tracy McBurney joins us to discuss the journey of heart healing and the evolution of the "Homoluminous" human.First, we examine how early childhood trauma patterns create survival filters that block the wisdom of the heart. Specifically, Tracy explains how experiences of rejection lead to a "survival brain" that manages pain without providing true heart-centered healing. For example, these patterns often cause individuals to perceive rejection in relationships even when love is present. Consequently, understanding these filters is the first step toward breaking the trauma loop and uncovering your ultimate soul truth.  Next, we look at the path toward trauma resolution by clearing the space around the spiritual heart. Now, we explore how long-term symptoms like brain fog and dissociation are often rooted in internalized self-rejection. By uncovering these hidden memories, you can begin the essential work of cleansing and clearing the heart's energy. Thus, you restore your sage self and allow your inner divinity to process past experiences with balance and grace. Finally, we discuss the exciting concept of human body upgrades and the shift toward becoming homoluminous beings. Following the teachings of Bruce Lipton, Tracy suggests we are currently in a "chrysalis phase" where the physical heart must prepare for higher frequencies. Therefore, we must prepare our cells to carry more divine light through intentional dietary and spiritual changes.  Join us for this powerful NFTH session with Tracy McBurney to discover how to upgrade your consciousness and find peace within the heart. #NFTH 

Have you ever slipped so far into a daydream that you felt detached from reality, your emotions, or your sense of self? Brief moments of dissociation are understandable and can even preserve our mental well-being in times of intense stress. Persistent dissociation, however, is something else entirely. It's a maladaptation that often hints at layers of complex trauma—and that can intimidate therapists.   One clinician invites us to reconnect with the deeply human experience of "spacing out" and remain curious about the mind's capacity to protect and survive before referring our clients to another practitioner. On this episode of Transforming Trauma, host Emily Ruth invites trauma and dissociation specialist Kathy Steele, MN, CS, to share professional observations from her 40+ years of experience working with clients, supervising therapists, and developing treatment guidelines for dissociative disorders and complex PTSD. While Kathy acknowledges that it's unsettling the first time a therapist encounters DID, she reaffirms that clinicians have the basic skills to begin treating those clients. "These are normal defenses that anybody would develop in the face of severe trauma. They just take on a life of their own," she says. "It's just like anything else. You need some practice in working with it." Transforming Trauma is grateful to Kathy for destigmatizing DID and empowering our community to approach dissociative clients with curiosity and understanding.  To read the full show notes and discover more resources, visit https://complextraumatrainingcenter.com/transformingtrauma SPACE: SPACE is an Inner Development Program of Support and Self-Discovery for Therapists on the Personal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Levels offered by the Complex Trauma Training Center. This experiential learning program offers an immersive group experience designed to cultivate space for self-care, community support, and deepening vitality in our professional role as therapists. Learn more about how to join. *** The Complex Trauma Training Center: https://complextraumatrainingcenter.com View upcoming trainings: https://complextraumatrainingcenter.com/schedule/ *** The Complex Trauma Training Center (CTTC) is a professional organization providing clinical training, education, consultation, and mentorship for psychotherapists and mental health professionals working with individuals and communities impacted by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Complex Trauma (C-PTSD). CTTC provides NARM® Therapist and NARM® Master Therapist Training programs, as well as ongoing monthly groups in support of those learning NARM. CTTC offers a depth-oriented professional community for those seeking a supportive network of therapists focused on three levels of shared human experience: personal, interpersonal & transpersonal. The Transforming Trauma podcast embodies the spirit of CTTC – best described by its three keywords: depth, connection, and heart - and offers guidance to those interested in effective, transformational trauma-informed care. We want to connect with you! Facebook @complextraumatrainingcenter Instagram @cttc_training LinkedIn YouTube

Our recap of the 2026 ISSTD Conference.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer consultation check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Our recap of the 2026 ISSTD Conference.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer consultation check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We share some recovery learning.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode of the Psychiatry Podcast, Harvard experts from McLean Hospital: Dr. Melissa Kaufman, Dr. Matthew Robinson, and cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Lauren Lebois. Join Dr. David Puder to deliver the clearest, most evidence-based explanation of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) available today. Discover how DID is a developmental post-traumatic adaptation rooted in repeated childhood maltreatment, explore the neuroscience behind hyperarousal versus shutdown states (including groundbreaking Reinders studies), debunk persistent media myths like Sybil, and navigate long-standing controversies around validity, Freud versus Janet, false memories, and DID versus BPD. Dr. Kaufman shares her own courageous personal journey from living with DID and PTSD to full integration and recovery, offering real hope that this condition is treatable. Whether you're a clinician, someone with lived experience, or simply seeking the truth about dissociation, trauma, and identity fragmentation, this conversation will transform how you understand one of the most misunderstood psychiatric disorders. Presenters' conflicts of interest: Dr. Lauren Lebois reports unpaid membership on the Scientific Committee for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), spousal IP payments from Vanderbilt University for technology licensed to Acadia Pharmaceuticals and spousal private equity in Violet Therapeutics unrelated to the present work. Dr. Melissa Kaufman reports Member, DSM Review Committee, Internalizing Disorders (unpaid); Primary Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health; Board of Directors (unpaid), International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Dr. Matthew Robinson and Dr. David Puder do not have any conflicts to report By listening to this episode, you can earn 1.25 Psychiatry CME Credits. Link to Blog  Link to YouTube video

In this episode of Healthy Waves, hosted by Sayan , we explore a simple but radical idea: wellness isn't something you “achieve”—it's a relationship you practice daily, through your body, emotions, and awareness. This conversation is for anyone feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck in “just be positive” advice that doesn't actually help. Kerisma Vere shares how trauma can fragment our inner world, why awareness can feel painful, and how micro-moments of self-compassion can become a steady way back to yourself. About the Guest: Kerisma Vere is a holistic wellness coach and author based in Alder Grove, BC. Her work is grounded in lived experience and trauma-informed care, supporting people in reconnecting with their bodies, emotions, and inner safety. Episode Chapters: 00:11:23 — Emotions don't just live in the mind 00:12:32 — Dissociation and realizing the body was carrying pain 00:14:50 — Why “just be positive” doesn't create real healing 00:18:35 — Trauma as “unfiled” memory: the file-drawer metaphor 00:21:35 — Why many people live on the outside of themselves 00:26:16 — Awareness can hurt: seeing our patterns honestly 00:30:06 — A compassionate daily check-in that changes decisions Key Takeaways: Notice where emotions show up in the body instead of arguing with them mentally. Treat symptoms as signals of protection, not personal failure. Go slowly: healing is more like untangling lights than flipping a switch. Build “micro-moments” of awareness—small check-ins beat big overhauls. Offer yourself one sentence of compassion during hard moments: “I see you. I love you.” Choose vulnerability with discernment, not overgeneralized mistrust. How to Connect With the Guest: https://towardswellness.ca/ Instagram YouTube LinkedIn (Books, coaching, free 30-minute consultation, sliding scale, and accessibility policy mentioned in the episode.)   Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch.

There is a growing conversation happening around trauma, mental health, spiritual warfare and the unseen realm and this episode steps right into it.  Brandon and the Unrefined crew sit down with Dr. Natalie Atwell to explore what happens when human struggle is treated only through a clinical lens and the spiritual dimension is ignored. Dr. Atwell shares from her work as a clinical mental health therapist, educator, and researcher, explaining why some issues that present as mental health struggles may also carry deeper spiritual roots. This conversation covers trauma, epigenetics, attachment, generational patterns, personality disorders, suicide, dissociation, Freemasonry, occult influence, deliverance, inner healing, brain science and the divine council worldview. Rather than reducing everything to demons or dismissing the supernatural entirely, this episode presses into a more integrated biblical framework for healing and freedom. If you've wrestled with depression, spiritual oppression, church trauma, counseling, or the question of how the unseen realm intersects with real life, this episode gives language to a conversation many people have felt but never knew how to articulate.https://mentalwarriorconsulting.com/

This is not a story about something that happened once. This is a story about what the body carries when the mind cannot. In this episode, Aspen Michael shares his lived experience of memory returning in midlife—after decades of success, stability, and a life that, by all appearances, was fully intact. At 52, everything changed. What had been held outside of awareness began to surface through the body, through collapse, through fragments that refused to stay buried. What follows is not a linear narrative, but a reconstruction of self. Aspen speaks to the reality of sexual abuse and institutional harm within the Catholic Church—not as theory, not as commentary, but as something he lived through, survived, and later pursued through legal channels. He describes what it means to have memory come back in pieces, to navigate dissociation, to lose the structure of a life that once made sense, and to rebuild without a clear map. This conversation does not rush to resolution. It moves through what it actually takes to face something the mind once protected you from—the disorientation, the physical toll, the unraveling of identity, and the long, deliberate process of putting yourself back together. There is no performance here. No clean arc. Only a man speaking from the place where healing becomes a daily decision. We talk about the nervous system, about fragmentation, about what it means to reclaim your body after it has held what you could not name. We talk about support, about the difference between surviving and actually healing, and about the quiet, often invisible work required to come back to yourself. And underneath all of it, there is something else: Not redemption. Not resolution. But a refusal to disappear.Aspen Michael is a former Chief Technology Officer turned trauma survivor, advocate, speaker. and healer also focused on his own healing, memory recovery, and nervous system restoration. Today, Aspen shares his lived experience to help others understand complex trauma, dissociation, and the long path back to wholeness. His work centers on the power of daily healing practices, supportive community, and reclaiming personal agency. In addition to his advocacy, Aspen is also a jewelry designer and founder of energyoftribe.com, where he creates handcrafted pieces infused with intention, grounding energy, and symbolic meaning. His designs draw from natural stones, numerology, and personal resonance—offering wearable reminders of presence, strength, and self-connection. You can learn more about his work at:energyoftribe.comaspenmichael.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mental-health-news-radio--3082057/support.

We share about recognizing our own timeline, the support of music, and bookending with islands.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

#407 In this episode, Guy welcomed Gabi Kovalenko to discuss the evolution of consciousness, the human biofield, and humanity's choices between organic autonomy and technology dependence. Gabi described reality as entangled fields (electromagnetic, scalar, plasma) and says current solar activity, CMEs, and biophoton "plasmic" influx can dysregulate those without inner coherence, while supporting awakening, introspection, and integration for others. They contrast seeking external "false light" or comfort with using illumination to metabolize trauma and restore love-based coherence, emphasizing integrity between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Gabi warned of transhumanist "artificial code" as a potential severing from soul/morphogenetic fields, while arguing coherent living can harmonize with higher DNA potential. They touched on felt support beyond the physical, retreats, her book "Falling Up," and her sessions and women's course. About Gabi: Gabi Kovalenko is a transformational thought leader and modern philosopher with a pro-consciousness approach to personal development and mindful living. Gabi integrates principles of noetic science and positive psychology into her philosophy to shed light on the nexus of science and spirituality, revealing the power of consciousness and potentiality within all of life. Her approach revitalizes spiritual concepts by offering a refreshing take on the self-evident truth of universal order that connects people of all ages to their innate wisdom and purpose. Since an early age, she has demonstrated signs of divine wisdom speaking through her and has always been unique, original, and deeply philosophical. She perceives reality through the lens of higher consciousness, even in spite of her young age. These days, individuals like herself are often considered old souls, starseeds, or prodigies, but her humble personality doesn't like to identify with such labels. Gabi's passion lies in inspiring a fresh awareness of life by disarming limiting beliefs with self-awareness and igniting a paradigm shift towards joy, abundance, love, passion, and freedom to help an individual construct the inner world of their choosing and, in doing so, contribute to the formation of a better one for us all. Key Points Discussed:  (00:00) - The Emerging Divide in Humanity and the Return to Organic Intelligence! (00:56) - Podcast Intro and Guest (03:50) - Gen Z and Spirituality (04:10) - What Do You Do (05:37) - Origins and Upbringing (08:30) - Fields and Biofield Basics (11:39) - Solar Flares and Coherence (13:36) - Transhumanism Choice Point (16:25) - Radiation vs Magnetism Balance (20:44) - Integration Over Euphoria (22:46) - True Light vs False Light (28:41) - Mirrors and Coherence Tests (32:44) - Comfort vs Dissociation (36:17) - DNA and Coherence (38:27) - Frequencies and Disease (39:47) - Transhumanism Warning (42:29) - Organic Intelligence Choice (45:27) - Nature and God Spark (47:33) - Angelic Field Support (50:12) - Music and Sacred Sites (52:27) - Community Healing Spaces (53:51) - Quantum Faith Shifts (56:20) - Book and Offerings (59:53) - Women's Work and Sessions (01:01:52) - Final Integration and Farewell How to Contact Gabi Kovalenko:www.gabikovalenko.com   About me:My Instagram: www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence/?hl=en Guy's websites:www.guylawrence.com.au www.liveinflow.co

Are you struggling with a panic hangover? If you've survived a sympathetic nervous system surge, you are likely experiencing an adrenaline crash that leaves you feeling "weird," exhausted, and emotionally drained. This is post-panic recovery, and today we clear the brain fog to get your day back on track.In this episode of Calming Anxiety, we use the science-backed 5-4-3-2-1 sensory grounding technique to stop dissociation and anchor you in the present. We also address the physical symptoms of air hunger by balancing your carbon dioxide levels through mindful respiration.Inside this session:The 5-4-3-2-1 Reset: A sensory guide to stop the "weird" feeling and return to the room.Affirmations for Adrenal Health: Rewire your neuro-pathways to move from 'fight or flight' toward peace.The Hormonal Link: Why women aged 20–50 should track PMS and ovulation as triggers for anxiety spikes.Recovery Tips: Why electrolytes and a 20-minute grace period are essential for your prefrontal cortex after a surge.Lower your anxiety threshold today.RESOURCES:Master your panic recovery. Join the Anxiety Circuit Breaker course at:

Considering fascism is quickly taking hold more and more in the U.S. and beyond, I thought it would be a good idea to bring back my friend of the podcast, Beatriz Victoria Albina, to talk about nervous system healing and sexuality, emotional outsourcing and what sexuality has to do with fascism. From the start of the episode, Bea explains what trauma actually is in clear, everyday language without clinical jargon, and then we move into more nuanced topics. Béa is a master certified somatic life coach, UCSF-trained family nurse practitioner, and breath work meditation guide who helps humans socialized as women break free from codependency, perfectionism, and people-pleasing so they can reclaim their joy. A lot of what we cover in today's episode shows up in her brand new book End Emotional Outsourcing.  Here's what you'll hear in today's episode:  Nervous system dysregulation can show up in our sex lives through anxiety, shutdown, performance pressure, and disconnection, while a regulated state supports safety, presence, and genuine pleasure. Developmental trauma and chronic stress shape how we show up sexually, influencing our capacity for trust, intimacy, and embodiment. Fawning can show up in the bedroom when someone prioritizes their partner's needs, desires, or approval over their own authentic experience. Dissociation and emotional outsourcing can even show up during masturbation, pulling us out of presence with our own bodies and pleasure. Reclaiming sexuality often begins when we stop outsourcing our emotional safety to partners and start building that safety within ourselves. The common advice to “stop worrying about what other people think” oversimplifies the deeper nervous system and relational dynamics that shape our behavior. Emotional safety and connection in a relationship often need to be addressed alongside sexual intimacy rather than waiting for one to be “fixed” before the other. Authoritarian cultural systems can shape our relationship to sexuality by policing bodies, pleasure, and autonomy. Many of us internalize these systems in our own bodies—creating self-policing patterns around desire, pleasure, and expression—and healing involves consciously deconstructing those patterns. As a reminder, please join me on my Substack! I'm writing about topics like this, poetry, and everything in between. Resources from this episode:Get my emails so you won't miss the writing program I'm teaching with Shannon Kaiser Connect with me on my Substack, How Very Human of YouBea's previous interview on Make Some NoiseEnd Emotional Outsourcing book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We give a therapy update with some recovery support.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Why do we cling to the behaviors that hurt us most? In this episode, Kati Morton, LMFT, dives into the physiological and emotional complexities of eating disorder recovery, trauma responses, and the "why" behind our most difficult survival mechanisms. We explore the "safety" found in cycles like bulimia or anorexia when living in neglectful environments, and Kati provides actionable tools for those navigating C-PTSD, DID, and intimacy after divorce. The "Freeze" Response: Understanding "bed-locking" and C-PTSD. Complicated Grief: Why you might feel numb when an abuser passes away. The Feelings Wheel: Practical tools for naming emotions when you feel disconnected. Dissociation & DID: Managing treatment while living in an unsafe home. Shopping with our sponsors helps support Ask Kati Anything. Please check out this week's special offers: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code KATI oneskin.co/KATI Zocdoc: find and book top-rated doctors, therapists, or mental health providers near you in minutes zocdoc.com/kati Remi: protect your teeth from grinding with a custom-fit night guard. Go to shopremi.com/KATI and use code KATI at checkout for 50% off Hers: visit forhers.com/kati to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you 00:00 – Intro: Mind-body responses 00:43 – ED cycles in abusive homes & Mandated Reporting 07:02 – Grieving an abuser: Understanding emotional numbness 12:41 – Why we "enjoy" or miss our eating disorders 25:01 – Tools for naming emotions (The Feelings Wheel) 32:27 – Navigating DID treatment in unsafe environments 39:09 – Is "bed-locking" a normal C-PTSD response? 47:09 – Shame and intimacy after divorce 53:03 – When your therapist challenges your recovery YouTube: youtube.com/@Katimorton Books: Why Do I Keep Doing This?, Traumatized, and Are u ok? Online Therapy: Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/kati Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical or mental health advice. Please consult with a qualified professional for diagnosis and treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laura Brown shares with our study group about her book Not the Price of Admission.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We read and respond to chapter 7 of Not the Price of Admission by Laura Brown.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We read and respond to chapter 7 of Not the Price of Admission by Laura Brown.Our website is HERE:  System Speak Podcast.You can submit an email to the podcast HERE.You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  Once you are in, you can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE. Once you are set up, then the website and app work on any device just fine.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, movie groups, social events, and classes.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!Content Note: Content on this website and in the podcasts is assumed to be trauma and/or dissociative related due to the nature of what is being shared here in general.  Content descriptors are generally given in each episode.  Specific trigger warnings are not given due to research reporting this makes triggers worse.  Please use appropriate self-care and your own safety plan while exploring this website and during your listening experience.  Natural pauses due to dissociation have not been edited out of the podcast, and have been left for authenticity.  While some professional material may be referenced for educational purposes, Emma and her system are not your therapist nor offering professional advice.  Any informational material shared or referenced is simply part of our own learning process, and not guaranteed to be the latest research or best method for you.  Please contact your therapist or nearest emergency room in case of any emergency.  This website does not provide any medical, mental health, or social support services. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

When a son discovers that the man who raised him is capable of unimaginable harm, he is forced to become a whistleblower against his own father, risking his family, his identity, and everything he once believed to be true. Today's episode featured Kai Zen Bickle. To find out more about the legislation drafted with Child USA to close jurisdictional loopholes, specifically to ensure that evidence of sexual crimes committed against children on foreign soil can be brought back and used in U.S. courts, preventing perpetrators from escaping accountability by abusing international boundaries, please visit: https://childusa.org/law/ Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock Content/Trigger Warnings: Child sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Statutory rape, Grooming, Drug-facilitated sexual assault, Incest (sexual exploitation by a parent), Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Psychological manipulation, Sexual exploitation, Coercion, Trauma, Dissociation, Moral injury, Whistleblower retaliation, Family betrayal, explicit language Social Media:Instagram: @actuallyhappeningTwitter: @TIAHPodcast Website: thisisactuallyhappening.com Website for Andrew Waits: andrdewwaits.comWebsite for Jason Blalock: jasonblalock.com Support the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happening Wondery Plus: All episodes of the show prior to episode #130 are now part of the Wondery Plus premium service. To access the full catalog of episodes, and get all episodes ad free, sign up for Wondery Plus at wondery.com/plus Shop at the Store: The This Is Actually Happening online store is now officially open. Follow this link: thisisactuallyhappening.com/shop to access branded t-shirts, posters, stickers and more from the shop. Transcripts: Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website, thisisactuallyhappening.com Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott VelasquezMusic Bed: Music To Air (MTA) - Houses ServicesIf you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources: National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.