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Why Do I Feel Anxious When Nothing Is Wrong? — A 10-Minute Guided Meditation for Anxiety for No Reason | Grounding & Letting Go Why do I feel anxious when nothing is wrong? Everything is fine. Nobody has called with bad news, the house is quiet, and yet there it is: that little knot inside saying something isn't right. This guided meditation is for anxiety for no reason, the frustrating kind where there's nothing you can point to, so your mind goes searching for something to worry about and fills a perfectly ordinary quiet moment with it. For a quiet place to return to whenever this feeling catches you out, download Anchored, Calming Anxiety's free companion app. Get it on the App Store at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchored-panic-anxiety/id6785035669 or on Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.martinhewlett.anchored. Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, this episode doesn't try to find what's wrong. Instead you'll practise what it feels like to stop looking. It starts with simple grounding (one thing you can see, one thing you can hear, one place your body is being held), then moves to noticing your breath without fixing it. Along the way you'll learn why sometimes the feeling comes first and the mind goes looking for an explanation afterwards. Then comes a steadying phrase, "I don't have to know why right now," along with affirmations for unexplained anxiety and three caring tips. Want more support? Download Martin's free Five Things to Try When Anxiety Hits at https://calminganxiety.org/calm. It's five simple things you can reach for when anxiety starts. ⏱️ Time Chapters* 00:00 – Why Do I Feel Anxious When Nothing Is Wrong?* 01:16 – Welcome & Martin's Free Five Things* 02:05 – Practising What It Feels Like to Stop Looking* 02:58 – Grounding: See, Hear, Feel Supported* 03:34 – Noticing the Breath Without Fixing It* 04:08 – When the Feeling Comes First* 05:07 – "I Don't Have to Know Why Right Now"* 05:53 – Softening the Body* 06:20 – Sitting Beside Yourself* 07:04 – Affirmations for Unexplained Anxiety* 08:10 – Floating in the Moment* 08:37 – Three Daily Caring Tips* 09:33 – Coming Back Gently* 09:55 – A Note From Martin
Why do we keep ending up with people who hurt us, even when we swear it won't happen again? I sat down with Dr. Galit Atlas, renowned psychoanalyst, faculty member at NYU's Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and at Columbia University, and author of the international bestseller Emotional Inheritance, to talk about exactly that. Her new book, Come Closer: Childhood Wounds, Adult Love and the Secrets of Emotional Intimacy, releases the same day this episode airs.We get into Freud's concept of repetition compulsion, why the familiar so often gets mistaken for safety, and why changing a pattern can feel like losing your own identity. Dr. Atlas introduces the different "children" that live inside all of us (the frightened child, the guilty child, the invisible child, and more) and how giving each of them a seat at the table is the real path to change. We also talk about self-abandonment, what it actually means to hold two people in mind during conflict, and why over-functioning is so often a defense against vulnerability. This conversation is rich, honest, and full of the kind of insight that makes you see your own patterns differently.Connect with Dr. Galit Atlas:https://www.galitatlas.com/https://www.instagram.com/galit_atlashttps://wildanalysiswithgalitatlas.substack.com/Come Closer Book: https://www.galitatlas.com/home-1-1 WORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"We go to the same place with the fantasy that not only is this time going to be different, this is going to repair everything that ever happened to us." - Dr. Galit Atlas"The familiar is not more safe than the stranger. It's more threatening, but it's not more dangerous." - Dr. Galit Atlas"When I change a pattern, I am not the same person. And what am I going to do without me?" - Dr. Galit Atlas"Why do you need permission to leave a place that is hurtful?" - Dr. Galit Atlas"Rigidity is what makes us fragile." - Dr. Galit Atlasrepetition compulsion, relational patterns, why we choose the same partners, childhood trauma, self abandonment, inner child work, emotional inheritance, come closer book, psychoanalysis, attachment healing, vulnerability, self worth, deep within podcast, Dr Galit Atlas
This polling suggests that 5% of people in Britain believe their accent has cost them a promotion, pay rise or senior role. Those from Birmingham were the most likely to feel this - the figure rose to 13% among people with a Brummie accent.这项民调显示,5%的英国人认为,自己的口音曾导致他们错失晋升、加薪或担任高级职位的机会。来自伯明翰的受访者最有可能持这种看法,因为在有伯明翰地方口音的人群中,这一比例上升至了 13%。More than 3,300 people in England, Scotland and Wales were questioned. People from the West Country were most likely to report being mocked or criticised by colleagues for the way they spoke, at 15%, closely followed by those with a Geordie or Mancunian accent.这项调查访问了英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士的 3300 多名受访者。调查显示,来自英格兰西南部地区的受访者最有可能表示,自己曾因说话方式而遭到同事嘲笑或批评,这一比例为 15%;紧随其后的是有纽卡斯尔地区口音和曼彻斯特地区口音的受访者。Softening an accent is a common occurrence, the study suggests, with 13% of Britons polled admitting to changing the way they spoke in order to sound more professional. This rose to 23% of those with an East London Cockney accent, and 20% of those with a Scottish accent.研究显示,刻意淡化口音是一种较为普遍的现象。13%的英国受访者承认,为了让自己听起来更专业,他们曾有意改变自己的说话方式。在有伦敦东区考克尼口音的受访者中,这一比例升至 23%;在有苏格兰口音的受访者中,这一比例为 20%。
The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 14th, 2026. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
If you've ever felt completely stuck in a decision, ruminating on it for weeks or months, heartbroken and looping and exhausted, this episode is for you. I'm sharing something that has changed my life more than almost anything else I teach: the realization that when we feel that intensely stuck, it's rarely about the thing in front of us. It's about something much older.I tell the story of the night I finally knew my marriage was over, sick with Covid, completely undefended, and how a simple parts work practice cracked open a truth I hadn't let myself see: my stuckness wasn't about my marriage at all. It was a much older fear, one that started long before I ever met my husband. I walk you through the concept, the process, and why understanding this can bring you so much relief the next time you feel trapped in your own mind. You are not broken for feeling this stuck. There is a reason, and it is findable.Join Safe to Connect: https://marinatriner.com/safe-to-connectWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"My stuckness wasn't actually about this relationship. It was a very deep fear." - Marina"When we don't feel safe, we don't go into the body, because that's where all the intense emotion is." - Marina"You're feeling like there's a tiger in the room and the tiger is chasing you, and you've got to make a decision right away." - Marina"This intense emotion is not actually about the present moment. It's actually about the past." - Marina"Once you get to see it and you start to process the grief of it, your body starts to have completely different energy, and you no longer accept that treatment anymore." - Marinadecision paralysis, childhood trauma healing, nervous system regulation, parts work, somatic healing, rumination, emotional healing, inner child healing, trauma and relationships, self trust, deep within podcast, Marina Triner
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Some of the deepest wounds are the ones you can't quite point to. Not a big, dramatic event, just an absence, an emptiness, a loneliness that never fully goes away. I sat down with Morgan Pommells, who specializes in helping adult children of emotionally immature parents, to finally put language to something so many of us have felt but couldn't name.We get into what emotional immaturity actually is (and why it's not the same as narcissism), why this kind of wounding is so easy to dismiss as "not that bad," and how it shows up decades later as a false, performative self, chronic overfunctioning, and a deep fear of asking for support. Morgan also walks through how this pattern replays in romantic relationships, what enmeshment versus true differentiation looks like, and what it actually takes to start seeing yourself through your own eyes instead of your parents'. If you've ever felt like you had "a good enough childhood" but something still feels off, this conversation is going to land.Connect with Morgan:https://www.morganpommells.com/https://www.instagram.com/morganpommells/?hl=enNervous system program opening in the fall: https://artisanal-painter-4513.kit.com/1d0ecb021cWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"It's not just the big things you can easily identify as happening. A lot of this wounding is sneaky, insidious, and it is about what didn't happen." - Morgan Pommells"If my god-like parent cannot survive me feeling, then I can't survive this feeling." - Morgan Pommells"You have to be able to give yourself permission to get it wrong, while staying with yourself." - Morgan Pommells"I am not unworthy of love. Nobody's going to love me are two completely different wounds. One is about who you are, the other is about how the world is going to experience you." - Morgan Pommells"Who I am at my core is good. It's no longer that there's something fundamentally wrong with me." - Morgan Pommellsemotionally immature parents, childhood emotional neglect, relational trauma, inner child healing, self worth, adult children of emotionally immature parents, enmeshment vs differentiation, attunement and mirroring, self trust, codependency, people pleasing, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, deep within podcast, Morgan Pommells
Women Leaders Psychological Safety: How Kerry Siggins Turned "You're Erratic" Into Her Best Leadership Lesson Last updated: September 3, 2026 Trusted by leaders at Stanford University, Ernst & Young, Autodesk, MGM Grand Resorts, and Farmers Insurance Executive Summary: The word that stung most in StoneAge CEO Kerry Siggins' toughest feedback moment was the word that was true. Here's her litmus test for real feedback, how she builds psychological safety without losing accountability, and how women leaders navigate the double bind. Quick Takeaways: If feedback "stings," there's probably truth in it worth examining Psychological safety and accountability aren't opposites — done right, they build each other The double bind is real: women who are direct risk being called aggressive Influence matters more than being right — and it changes how feedback lands U.S. employee engagement hit a decade-low of 31% in early 2026 Jump to:The Feedback Story · Spotting Valid Feedback ·Safety vs. Accountability · The Double Bind ·Action Plan · FAQ As an executive leadership coach with over 30 years of experience (MA, MFT, PCC) working with Fortune 50–1000 companies, I've watched brilliant women leaders freeze in two different ways: some can't tell which feedback to take seriously and which to release, and others have been burned so badly by being called "too direct" that they've gone quiet. Both patterns erode psychological safety — theirs, and their team's. This is Part Two of my conversation with Kerry Siggins, CEO of StoneAge and author of Talk With Trust: How to Own Feedback, Spark Growth, and Build Stronger Teams. In Part One, we walked through her SHARES framework for difficult conversations. Here, we go deeper into the moment that started it all — the day a trusted colleague told her she was "erratic" — and what she's learned since about telling real feedback from noise, building psychological safety without losing accountability, and the double bind that so many women leaders still navigate every day. The Feedback That Almost Cost Kerry Siggins Her COO — And Changed Her Leadership Kerry had spent a year having what she thought were deep, honest conversations with her COO. Then, in a discussion about his role and growth path, it came out all at once: "You think you're this inspiring CEO who disrupts the industry, but really what you are is erratic, and you're really hard to work for. You're the problem." Kerry's first instinct was to fire him. She paused instead — because, as she told me, "I don't want to react in the moment." That pause is the whole story. Kerry went home, sat with the feedback, and asked herself a simple question: what's true about this? She landed on one word — erratic — and traced it back to something real: her fast pace and love of new ideas could look, from the outside, like constant direction-changing. She decided, in that moment, to become a "cool, calm, and collected, unflappable leader." It changed how she led. It also cost her the relationship — the way the feedback was delivered damaged the trust between them beyond repair, and her COO eventually left the company. Both things were true at once: the feedback was a gift, and the delivery broke something. That tension is exactly why psychological safety matters — not as comfort, but as the structure that lets hard truths get said before they explode. How to Tell Valid Feedback From Noise Kerry's litmus test is disarmingly simple: if it stings, there's probably some truth to it. She described being called "disingenuous" by someone recently and letting it go completely — because it didn't sting. She knows who she is on that dimension. But "erratic" stung, because some part of her recognized it. That sting is data. The follow-up question matters just as much: is this feedback about who I am, or about someone else's perception and unmet need? "Just because something hits your identity," Kerry said, "doesn't mean that person is right or wrong — it just means they're seeing things differently." Her advice for women leaders receiving feedback that challenges their identity: get curious, ask for examples, and then decide. "Do you want to be right, or do you want to be accurate?" Accuracy requires asking questions. Being right just requires defending your position. She also named something every leader has lived: most of what reaches you has already been filtered. The brain can only process a tiny fraction of available information, and the person giving you feedback is filtering it further through their own fear of your reaction. The fix is direct: ask "what are you not saying right now?" and genuinely invite the rest. Psychological Safety vs. Accountability: Why They're Not Opposites Most leaders treat psychological safety and accountability as a tradeoff — soft versus firm, safe versus serious. Kerry rejects that framing entirely. "There can be accountability in how you're addressing any kind of challenge through dialogue," she said. Her practice: after a hard conversation, put recurring check-ins on the calendar — not as a punishment, but as a standing space to talk about progress, struggles, and wins. "My manager really cares about me" and "I'm being held accountable" become the same sentence, not opposite ones. Accountability only becomes destructive to psychological safety when it's used as a weapon instead of a rhythm. This is the same territory I mapped out recently in a LinkedIn post on the three pillars of trust — and two of them apply directly here. Trust isn't built in one big moment. It's built in the small moments people learn they can count on you. — Sabrina Braham, MA, MFT, PCC Authenticity breaks when a leader hides a mistake to protect their image instead of admitting when they're wrong — exactly what Kerry avoided by sitting with "erratic" instead of dismissing it. And reliability breaks when accountability only shows up when something goes wrong instead of on a consistent rhythm — which is precisely why Kerry's recurring check-ins work: the consistency itself is what makes accountability feel like care instead of a threat. The Double Bind: When Direct Reads as Aggressive I asked Kerry directly: women leaders often face a double bind — direct enough to be respected reads as aggressive; warm enough to be liked reads as weak. How do you navigate it? Her answer came from experience: a fellow board member once told her, in front of a long-time customer, that she was "aggressive" and an "overachiever" — framed as a flaw. "There's no way he would have ever said that to a man," she said. This isn't just anecdote. New 2026 research out of INSEAD confirms the bind is still fully intact: promotion-focused language — bold, action-oriented, opportunity-framed — tends to clash with gendered expectations for women leaders, while prevention-focused, risk-aware language can reinforce perceptions of low competence, a tension that gets sharper under crisis or high pressure. Separate research on women serving as corporate board directors found something even more troubling: the constant work of switching between "warmth" tactics and "competence" tactics to avoid backlash is itself a driver of the disproportionate burnout many women in leadership report — the double bind isn't just unfair, it's exhausting in a measurable way. Kerry's shift wasn't to soften herself — it was to change what she was optimizing for. "I changed my perspective: do I want to be right, or do I want to influence?" When someone in a meeting takes her idea and repeats it as their own, she no longer takes it personally. "That's a great idea, let's build on that" gets her further than proving the idea was hers first. Influence, not being right, became her north star — and it's a reframe available to any woman leader caught in the double bind. You don't have to shrink to be trusted. The FREE Leading Before You're Ready Playbook gives you language and a framework for navigating exactly this — leading with directness and building the trust that gets you promoted. GET THE FREE PLAYBOOK Implement This Week: Building Psychological Safety Without Losing Accountability (10 minutes) Recall the last piece of feedback that stung. Write down exactly why it stung — what did it touch that you believe about yourself? (15 minutes) Separate what's accurate from what's someone else's unmet expectation. Ask: is this something I need to work on, or a relationship I need to manage? (5 minutes) Identify one relationship where you suspect you're only getting filtered information. Plan to ask directly: "What are you not telling me?" (20 minutes) Put one recurring check-in on the calendar with a direct report — framed around progress and support, not correction. (This week) Bring one piece of feedback to your own team: "I'm working on X, and I'd love one honest thing I could do better." Modeling receptivity is the fastest way to build a feedback culture. (Ongoing) The next time you're told you're "too direct," ask for a specific example before deciding whether to change anything. Success metric: you leave with clarity, not just a feeling. Common Mistakes Leaders Make With Feedback and Safety Treating every sting as truth. Not all feedback that hurts is accurate — some reflects the other person's ego or fear, not your reality. Examine it before you internalize it. Defending instead of asking. Over-explaining your intentions in the moment shuts down the other person's willingness to keep talking, even if it doesn't feel defensive to you. Using accountability as punishment. If check-ins only happen when something goes wrong, people stop seeing them as safe — and stop bringing you the truth early. Softening yourself to avoid the double bind. Shrinking your directness doesn't resolve the bind — it just trades one cost for another, and the research suggests the constant self-regulation itself carries a burnout cost. Shift toward influence instead of retreat. Reading body language as neutral....
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Thinking about moving to the UK, Ireland, or Spain? The UK is reconsidering major tax reforms that could dramatically affect American business owners, LLC holders, and law firm partners relocating overseas.In this episode of Gimme Some Truth, Nate Condon, Keith Poniewaz, and Syl Michelin break down the UK's shift away from remittance-based taxation, the new 4-year rule, double taxation risks for US LLC owners, and the return of golden visa programs for high-net-worth investors — plus why US LLCs and trusts often "don't travel" well internationally.If you're a US citizen considering a move abroad, this conversation covers the cross-border tax pitfalls you need to understand before making the leap.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS0:00 – Intro: UK tax changes and why they matter for those moving abroad0:30 – Background: UK's shift from remittance-based taxation2:13 – Real estate and investment slowdown effects in London2:23 – Softening the blow for foreign investors2:59 – Hypothetical changes still under discussion5:57 – How US LLCs are taxed vs. UK corporate taxation6:24 – Wait, four years? Increased double taxation risk9:39 – Cross-border tax complexity for US LLCs and hybrid entities13:23 – Why you need specialized US/UK tax and legal advice15:12 – Real examples of costly assumptions people make17:00 – Trusts don't travel: entity structures across borders19:24 – Finding professionals who understand both US and UK law23:37 – Golden visa programs: how they've changed in the UK26:09 – Golden visas around the world (NZ, Poland, Italy, Portugal, Spain)28:57 – Why understanding your options matters even when laws aren't final32:12 – Wrapping up and looking ahead
What would it feel like to be just 10% more relaxed? In this gentle guided meditation, you'll begin by imagining water washing over you, carrying away some of the tension you've been holding. From there, you'll explore where greater ease might be available, and gently notice anything that arises in resistance. Whether it shows up as tension in the body, a persistent thought, or a situation weighing on you, you'll be invited to meet it with tenderness, imagining a soothing balm that softens what feels tight, heavy, or unsettled. You don't have to release everything. You don't even have to feel completely relaxed. Sometimes 10% more ease is enough to change the way we meet the moment. Want more meditations and early access? Join me on Patreon for exclusive content and bonuses: patreon.com/theoptimisticmeditator. Prefer a one-time way to support? Visit buymeacoffee.com/tammylorraine. Your support means the world.
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What if the food you ate today already decided how much conflict you can handle? I sat down with Luis Mojica, Somatic Educator, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, and author of Food Therapy, to talk about something most of us have never connected: the direct link between what we eat and how safe or threatened our nervous system feels. We get into his framework of food as stimulant, depressant, or balancer, and how understanding that shift can change your relationship to stress entirely.From there, the conversation opens into something even bigger: conflict. Luis shares his own story of growing up in an intersex body and facing years of bullying and harassment, and how that experience shaped his life's work in helping people move through disagreement and division without shutting down or attacking. We talk about "over couplings," the difference between being triggered and actually being unsafe, and practical tools for staying present in conflict, whether it's with a partner, a family member, or someone on the opposite side of a political divide. This is a rich, generous conversation, and one I think a lot of us need right now.Connect with Luis:https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-bookhttps://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/?hl=enPodcast: www.holisticlifenavigation.com/podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@holisticlifenavigationWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"Your food, literally every few hours, gives your body the ability to handle things that normally would overwhelm you, or it will create more overwhelm in your body." - Luis Mojica"You're not responsible for what gets triggered in me. You're responsible for your words. But what gets triggered in my body is mine to tend to." - Luis Mojica"The more capacity you have, the less you'll get triggered. You'll disagree, and you'll have preferences, and you'll be like, I don't like that, but you won't get triggered." - Luis Mojica"It's literally discerning the difference between discomfort and threat." - Luis Mojica"When you get really comfortable with conflict and you have more capacity for it, you're not triggered. You end up doing more." - Luis Mojicafood and nervous system, somatic nutrition, food therapy, conflict transformation, nervous system regulation, trauma and conflict, over couplings, trauma healing, polarization, political conflict, holistic nutrition, somatic healing, trigger vs threat, deep within podcast, Luis Mojica
Has social media and the 24/7 news cycle convinced you that winning an argument is the most important thing—even when talking to your kids, grandkids, or friends about Jesus? Guest teacher Aaron Pierce offers a challenging look at how we communicate our faith. Learn how to move past the debate and foster healthy, spiritual conversations that naturally attract those you care about to the Gospel.ResourcesMessage NotesSpecial OffersConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookYouTubePartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003Guest Speaker BioAaron Pierce is the International Mission Director of Steiger International, a rapidly-growing, worldwide mission organization that is called to reach and disciple the Global Youth Culture for Jesus. Steiger is active in over 100 cities around the world within the regions of Europe, Eurasia, Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, South America, Australasia, and North America.
Lydia T. Blanco reflects on what it means to be a “lover girl” in a deeper, more grounded way, starting with self-love, faith, and emotional honesty. This episode is a personal meditation on softness, discernment, boundaries, and choosing yourself while remaining open to love and connection. She also shares a few books and practices that have helped her rethink what love, reciprocity, and healing look like in real life.Key TakeawaysLydia defines the “lover girl code” as discernment, honesty, faith, and meeting your own needs without abandoning softness.She talks about self-love as a daily practice through prayer, affirmation, meditation, therapy, and honest self-check-ins.The episode explores forgiveness as a key part of softening the heart and moving through life with a healthier love ethic.Lydia reflects on boundaries, especially around touch, rejection, and respecting other people's sensitivity and love styles.She unpacks reciprocity, community, and the loneliness that can come from trying to do everything alone.Hyper-independence comes up as something she no longer sees as a flex, with interdependence positioned as the healthier goal.She shares how friendship and connection are being rebuilt in her life, including a new friendship she found after trying Bumble BFF.Lydia reflects on how childhood, family conflict, and past relationship patterns shaped her fear, armor, and tendency to run.She emphasizes being open to correction, repositioning relationships, and knowing when to lean in versus lean out.The episode closes with books and reflections that support her healing, including poetry and meditations centered on self-worth and choosing yourself.Chapters00:00 - Reintroduction and the heart of the episode: coming home to herself00:30 - Why self-love has to come before romantic longing01:58 - Defining the modern lover girl and the “lover girl code”03:56 - Balancing discernment with softness in love04:29 - Softening through prayer, therapy, honesty, and forgiveness05:48 - Boundaries, touch, and being mindful of energetic exchange07:24 - Reciprocity, community, and the tension of modern relationships09:00 - Building real connection in a digital age, including a new friendship10:00 - Reconstructing relationships instead of quitting too quickly11:26 - Childhood experiences that shaped fear and armor around love12:53 - Learning to accept correction and repair connections14:48 - Remaining open through heartbreak, disappointment, and growth16:30 - Why hyper-independence creates loneliness17:19 - Letting people in, listening better, and speaking honestly18:14 - Therapy, coaching, and finding support instead of doing life alone19:36 - Books and reading that are shaping her self-love journey21:00 Choosing yourself as a daily practice in relationships and life
How often do we preface, "I'm a Catholic, but..." That is a hard heart. We need to soften our hearts to God's Word so we can follow Him completely.
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In the construction world, a "sole plate" is a small but integral piece of wood that sits on top of a foundation. Without it, you simply couldn't build the floors or walls above. Guest teacher Aaron Pierce uses this illustration to reveal a vital, foundational step we often miss when sharing our faith. Discover how this principle helps us connect our lost friends to the anchoring hope of the Gospel.ResourcesMessage NotesSpecial OffersConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookYouTubePartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003Guest Speaker BioAaron Pierce is the International Mission Director of Steiger International, a rapidly-growing, worldwide mission organization that is called to reach and disciple the Global Youth Culture for Jesus. Steiger is active in over 100 cities around the world within the regions of Europe, Eurasia, Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, South America, Australasia, and North America.
WelcomeHello, lovelies. It's Juliette here, and today I'm joined by Josy Frotton, a cosmic weaver, bodyworker, traveller, and host of the Soul Dancers podcast.In this conversation, we explore what it means to soften, receive, and stop abandoning yourself in the name of caring for everyone else.Josy Frotton shares what has been unfolding for her after a powerful Moon Dance ceremony, the deeper layers she has been meeting within her body, and the patterns of overgiving, responsibility, and “selfishness” that so many of us inherit.We speak about mothers and daughters, boundaries, generational conditioning, speaking your truth out loud, and choosing to honour your own path even when someone you love wants something different from you.This episode is an invitation to soften without disappearing.To receive without guilt.And to remember that choosing yourself does not mean you stop loving others.
On the heels of Sony's announcement that the PlayStation 6 won't include a disc drive, Microsoft launched a program that allows you to convert your physical game discs into digital game licenses. However, we suspect this is merely softening the blow of the news that the next Xbox will also not include a disc drive. We discuss the bleak future of next-gen consoles along with the Grand Theft Auto VI leaks, Shift Up's hiring of a DEI specialist, the horrible Halo demake, and plenty more!
Divorce grief can harden you in ways you don't always notice.You brace more.You anticipate more.You hold tighter.You get really good at pushing through.Sometimes that hardness was necessary. It helped you survive what was happening.But eventually, the armor that protected you can start making it harder to feel safe enough to soften again.This week's Cocoon VIP is a gentle yoga practice followed by Yoga Nidra designed around that exact idea: softening what divorce and grief have hardened in you.During the Nidra, you'll work with the image of a rock resting in a flowing river. The water doesn't force the rock to change. It simply keeps moving around it, slowly softening the sharp edges and carrying away what is ready to go.Old stories.Old identities.The weight of past relationships.The ways you learned to protect yourself that may not fit anymore.There's nothing here you need to figure out or fix.You'll move your body, settle your nervous system, and then give yourself space to notice what happens when you stop gripping quite so hard.Grab your mat, a blanket, pillows, warm socks, and anything else that helps your body feel supported.Then come let the river do some of the work.Support the showYou can't think your way into healing
Soteriology 101: Former Calvinistic Professor discusses Doctrines of Salvation
Drew McLeod, of the Provisionist Perspective, join Dr. Leighton Flowers to discuss how some "softer" or "lower" or some may say "inconsistent" Calvinists try to soften or make Calvinism more palatable... JOIN US LIVE! Get your copy of Dr. Flowers new children's book, LOVE CHOOSES, go here: https:// loom.ly/8I1BNFg Or his book, Drawn By Jesus, go here: https://a.co/d/6s767Ey To SUPPORT this broadcast please click here: https://soteriology101.com/support/ Dr. Flowers' book, "The Potter's Promise" and his book, "God's Provision for All" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Leighton-Flowers/e/B06VWXZBXM/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Is Calvinism ALL Leighton talks about? https://soteriology101.com/2017/09/22/is-calvinism-all-you-talk-about/ DOWNLOAD OUR APP:LINK FOR ANDROIDS: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... LINK FOR APPLE: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soterio... To ORDER Dr. Flowers Curriculum "Tiptoeing Through Tulip" please click here: https://soteriology101.com/shop/ To listen to the audio only be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or one of the other podcast players found here: https://soteriology101.com/home/ For more about Traditionalism (or Provisionism) please visit www.soteriology101.com To engage with other believers cordially join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1806702782965265 For updates and news follow us at: www.facebook.com/soteriology101 Or @soteriology101 on Twitter Please SHARE on Facebook and Twitter and help spread the word! To learn more about other ministries and teachings from Dr. Flowers go here: https://soteriology101.com/2017/09/22... Go to www.ridgemax.co for all you software developing needs! Show them some love for their support of Soteriology101. To become a Patreon supporter or make a one time donation: https://soteriology101.com/support/ Thanks for watching. #Leighton Flowers #Predestination #Calvinism #Provisionism #Calvinist #Salvation
In this episode of The Addicted Mind, host Duane Osterlind speaks with orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. David Hanscom about his book, Calm Your Body, Heal Your Mind. They explore the deep physiological connection between chronic pain, anxiety, and addiction, outlining how regulating the nervous system can lead to genuine, lasting healing.Key TakeawaysThe Problem with Chronic Surgery: A vast majority of spine surgeries for non-structural chronic pain fail because they treat a symptom rather than the root cause. Chronic physical pain is frequently driven by an oversensitized nervous system rather than structural spinal flaws.Threat Physiology vs. Psychology: Anxiety and anger are physical, chemical reactions—a "fight-or-flight" survival mechanism—rather than purely psychological issues. Because the unconscious brain processes roughly 1 billion bits of information per second compared to the conscious brain's 20–30 bits, you cannot simply talk or willpower your way out of deep physiological threat states.The Bridge to Addiction: When the body remains trapped in sustained threat physiology, mental and physical pain become unbearable. Without tools to down-regulate the nervous system, individuals often turn to substances or compulsive behaviors as a last-ditch effort to soothe the body's alarm system.Reframing Trauma Work: Continuously discussing and re-analyzing past trauma can sometimes act as a "trauma anchor," reinforcing pain circuits in the brain. Long-term recovery requires shifting focus toward present-moment awareness and neuroplasticity.The 4-Part Framework for HealingThought Separation: Using expressive writing and mindfulness to separate your identity from repetitive, negative thought patterns.Calming the Physiology: Directly toning down fight-or-flight chemistry by engaging the vagus nerve and creating a felt sense of physical safety.Softening the Ego: Cultivating self-awareness to spot cognitive distortions without needing to defend a rigid identity.Neuroplasticity: Constructing new brain pathways by intentionally practicing gratitude, engaging with community, and pursuing purpose.Resources & LinksBook: Calm Your Body, Heal Your Mind by Dr. David HanscomWebsite: Back in ControlGuided Healing Program: The DOC JourneyFollow and Review: We'd love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.Supporting Resources:If you live in California and are looking for counseling or therapy please check out Novus Mindful Life Counseling and Recovery CenterNovusMindfulLife.comWe want to hear from you. Leave us a message or ask us a question: https://www.speakpipe.com/addictedmindDisclaimerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This gentle meditation helps us to soften and relax out bodies and connect to our parts.
Anxiety Relief for Irritability & Overwhelm — I Just Need to Feel Calm Again | Alternate Nostril Breathing Guided Meditation Anxiety relief for those days when everything is getting under your skin. This ten minute guided meditation is for the moment you catch yourself thinking "I just need to feel calm again" — when the noise, the questions, the one more thing have worn your patience thin, your shoulders are tight, your jaw is clenched, and your voice is sharper than you meant it to be. Underneath irritation there is almost always something quieter. You're tired. You're overloaded. You've been holding too much together. Today we use alternate nostril breathing — nadi shodhana, the balancing breath — breathing in for four and out for six, giving your mind one gentle thing to do at a time while your nervous system finds its way back down. Slow, rhythmic breathwork for stress relief, overwhelm and an overstimulated nervous system. Hosted by clinical hypnotherapist and former paramedic Martin Hewlett, Calming Anxiety is a daily ten minute guided meditation for anxiety relief, panic attacks, stress and sleep. You don't have to become a different person today. You don't have to be endlessly patient. You simply need a little more space. ⏱️ Time Chapters * 00:00 – I just need to feel calm again * 00:20 – When the smallest things get under your skin * 00:47 – What's underneath the irritation * 01:13 – Welcome — this is your moment * 01:31 – Finding your quiet place * 01:42 – Alternate nostril breathing (nadi shodhana) explained * 02:23 – Guided breathing — in for four, out for six * 04:24 – Softening the shoulders, forehead and hands * 04:56 – Visualisation — laying the weight down * 05:44 – Today's gentle affirmations * 08:04 – You don't have to become a different person * 08:21 – Three daily caring tips * 09:14 – Returning to the room * 10:05 – Anchored, sharing and closing thoughts
Kicking Flavor: Episode Intro andHeatwave Discussion00:00Nobody Cares: Embracing the Uncomfortable New Normal06:00Avoiding 'Busted' and Debating UnlawfulCarry Laws08:43Overrated Players and Peak CollegeFootball Era11:59Jerry Rice, AB, and the ChangingNFL Defenses17:53Are Modern Players Better? The Unbroken Records24:56New Fans, Fines, and the Softening of Football30:42The Problem with Niche Players in Football39:05Rethinking Policing: Citizens' Arrest andGood Cops42:41Predicting Top Q Bs, RBs, WRs, TEs, and Defenses45:21No Participation Trophies: Fantasy andYouth Football01:04:21Closing Thoughts and Podcast Outro Music01:10:00
Durable program changes have raised the floor for return on equity over the past three years, according to a new Best's Market Segment Report discussed by Helen Andersen, industry research analyst, AM Best.
Two years ago I went through what I can only describe as a dark night of the soul. Divorce, financial loss, estrangement, war in the countries I am from, and the slow drifting of family. And recently — something has shifted. A profound sense of aliveness has returned to me that I had not felt in a very long time. In this episode I want to talk honestly about how I got here, because for those of you with complex trauma and dysfunctional family dynamics, this is not a story of one day everything was fine. It is a story of layers dying, of shame being felt all the way through, of co-regulation, somatic resources, and the moment I decided I would not allow my childhood to rob me of my life. I also share what I have been doing practically — dancing, nature, breath, sound and movement — and why aliveness is not something you can force, but something you come back to through the body. WORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"The point of being alive is to feel aliveness. If I don't feel alive, what is the point of going through everything we go through?" — Marina"I will not allow my childhood dysfunction to rob me of my legacy. I will not allow anything in my life to rob me of my life." — Marina"On the surface, so many overachievers look really good. But on the inside there is very deep pain — and they don't feel like they can just pause and take in life." — Marina"Feeling the pain from a place of safety means you have enough capacity and space in your body to be with painful things — and know it is okay." — Marina"You deserve to feel good. You deserve the lightness. You deserve to feel great on this planet merely because you exist." — Marinasomatic healing, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, complex trauma, dark night of the soul, shame healing, inner child work, emotional regulation, self trust, burnout recovery, survival mode, people pleasing, perfectionism and trauma, aliveness and joy, co-regulation, disconfirming experiences, embodiment, deep within podcast, Marina Triner, somatic coaching
4th Step – On Obedience The Ladder of Divine Ascent was written primarily for monks. However, the words of Saint John Climacus at the beginning of the first chapter indicate that his intention is to address every person who longs for salvation. He says: “The gates of eternal life are open to all. The goal of our life is to follow Christ and to become like Him in His divine love.”
When's the last time you heard yourself say something like, "Typically, our process works this way," or "Usually, this is what I charge"? These words may seem harmless. You may even use them to sound warm, flexible, and easy to work with. However, qualifiers such as typically, usually, generally, and kind of can unintentionally create uncertainty in the mind of your prospective client. Instead of reinforcing your expertise, these small words may diminish your authority and invite questions or negotiations you never intended to create. In this episode of the Sales Maven Show, Nikki explains when qualifiers strengthen a sales conversation, when they weaken your message, and how removing unnecessary qualifiers creates more confidence and clarity for you and your buyer. The Transformation Before listening, you may find yourself: Using words like typically and usually without noticing how often they show up in your sales conversations. Softening statements about your process, pricing, timelines, or expectations because you don't want to sound pushy. Wondering why clients sometimes question or negotiate things you thought were clearly stated. Believing you need to soften your expertise in order to come across as warm and approachable. After listening, you learn how to: Recognize qualifiers that may be diminishing your authority and credibility. Know when a qualifier serves an important purpose and when it creates unnecessary doubt. State your pricing, process, timelines, boundaries, and expectations with greater clarity. Communicate confidence without sacrificing warmth or kindness. Key Takeaways In this episode, Nikki shares: What a qualifier is and how qualifiers subtly change the meaning of your statements. Why typically and usually are useful when you're communicating an exception, but can diminish your authority when you're stating your expertise. Why qualifiers are particularly dangerous when you're stating your price. The early sales lesson Nikki learned from her longtime mentor, Russ Short, to state your price "as if you're saying the time of day." How confidence and kindness work together in relationship-based selling. A simple Authority Test you can use to identify unnecessary qualifiers in your sales conversations. The Qualifier Rule: Exceptions, Not Expertise Nikki offers a simple rule to remember: Qualifiers belong with exceptions, not expertise. When you're talking about your: Process Pricing Timeline Boundaries Expectations Expertise State the fact. You don't need to qualify it. Instead of: "Typically, our projects last six to eight months." Say: "Our projects last six to eight months." Instead of: "Usually, this is how onboarding works." Say: "Here's how onboarding works." This clarity allows you to stand confidently in your expertise while creating a buying environment where your prospect knows what to expect. Removing qualifiers isn't about sounding harsh, rigid, or aggressive. You can communicate with confidence and clarity while still bringing warmth and kindness to the conversation. When Qualifiers Strengthen the Sales Conversation Qualifiers aren't always a problem. They serve an important purpose when you're pointing out an exception or letting someone know you're doing something differently for them. For example: "Typically, we meet every other week. Because of your timeline, we're going to meet weekly." In this situation, typically is useful because you're establishing the standard before explaining the exception. This also makes sure your client recognizes when you're extending a favor or modifying your normal process. The key isn't eliminating every qualifier from your vocabulary. It's becoming intentional about when you use them. Be Especially Careful With Qualifiers Around Pricing One of the most important places to remove unnecessary qualifiers is when you state your price. Compare: "Typically, we charge $5,000 for this service." with: "The investment for this service is $5,000." The first statement suggests there may be room for something different. The second creates clarity. Nikki shares a lesson from her longtime sales mentor, Russ Short: When you state your price, state it as if you're saying the time of day. No apology. No unnecessary explanation. No qualifier. Simply state the investment. When you're intentionally offering an exception or special pricing, a qualifier may be appropriate. Otherwise, your price is your price. The Authority Test Before making an important statement in a sales conversation, ask yourself: "Am I stating a fact, or am I qualifying a fact?" Listen for words and phrases such as: Typically Usually Generally Kind of Just Maybe Normally Then consider whether this qualifier creates clarity or quietly gives away some of your authority. When you're stating a fact about your business, practice stating the fact without softening it. A Quote Worth Remembering "Qualifiers belong with exceptions, not expertise." Try This This Week Review one recent sales conversation. When you use Zoom or another platform that provides transcripts, pull up the transcript and search for: Typically Usually Generally Kind of Just Maybe You can also use AI to identify qualifiers throughout the conversation. For each one, ask: "Is this qualifier creating clarity, or is it quietly giving away my expertise and authority?" Then choose one qualifier you use regularly and practice removing it when you're stating facts about your process, pricing, timeline, boundaries, expectations, or expertise. Notice how this small language shift changes the confidence and clarity of your sales conversations. Who This Episode Is For This episode is especially valuable when you: Want to sound more confident in your sales conversations without coming across as pushy. Find yourself softening statements about your pricing or process. Want prospective clients to recognize your expertise and credibility. Struggle to state your price without explaining or qualifying it. Want to communicate clear boundaries and expectations while maintaining rapport. Keep the Conversation Going Did today's episode make you notice some of the qualifiers showing up in your own sales conversations? Here are a few places to continue learning: Explore the Sales Maven Society: https://yoursalesmaven.com/sales-maven-society/ Discover more relationship-based selling strategies: https://yoursalesmaven.com Listen to more episodes of the Sales Maven Show: https://yoursalesmaven.com/sales-maven-podcast/ Timestamps 00:25 Why qualifiers can diminish your authority and credibility 01:02 The client question that inspired this episode 02:15 What is a qualifier, and why does it matter in sales? 03:32 Comparing statements with and without qualifiers 04:21 When typically and usually are exactly the right words to use 05:47 How qualifiers can create doubt in the mind of your buyer 07:20 Why qualifiers are especially dangerous when stating your price 08:31 The sales lesson Nikki learned from her mentor Russ Short 10:05 How qualifying your price can unintentionally invite negotiation 11:08 Why women often use qualifiers without realizing it 12:21 Confidence and kindness aren't opposites 13:06 The Authority Test: Are you stating a fact or qualifying a fact? 14:02 Real-world examples of removing unnecessary qualifiers 16:19 How to review your own sales conversations for qualifier language 17:39 When qualifiers serve an important purpose 18:31 Final reminder: Qualifiers belong with exceptions, not expertise About Nikki Rausch Nikki Rausch guides service-based women entrepreneurs who aren't yet comfortable with selling to confidently enroll more clients through natural, relationship-based conversations. Through practical strategies and proven frameworks, you learn how to create consistent business growth while staying true to your values. Whether you're building sales confidence, improving client enrollment, or refining your sales communication, Nikki shows you how to create sales that feel natural and results that feel inevitable.
In this episode I sit down with Colette Fehr, licensed psychotherapist, couples therapist, and author of The Cost of Quiet: How to Have the Hard Conversations That Create Secure, Lasting Love, whose 2025 TEDx talk Secrets of a Couples Therapist was selected as a TED Editors' Pick and whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Oprah Daily, and The Wall Street Journal. Colette makes such a compelling case for why avoiding conflict is not keeping the peace — it is costing us our relationships, our sense of self, and our emotional freedom. We talk about the neurobiological reason hard conversations feel so dangerous, what a healthy apology actually sounds like, how to identify your needs when you have spent years not having any, and how to soothe your inner child before you ever say a word to someone else.This conversation is going to change the way you think about conflict — and I think you are going to feel that shift in your body as you listen.Connect with Colette:www.colettejanefehr.comwww.instgram.com/colettejanefehrBook: www.thecostofquiet.comSubstack: www.colettejanefehr.substack.comPodcast: www.insightsfromthecouch.orgWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"Conflict might just mean someone stepped on an old wound — and now you have the opportunity to heal, to be known more deeply, and to feel more connected." — Colette Fehr"Your voice deserves to be spoken. Your needs matter. We get sick physically and mentally when we are not clear and honest." — Colette Fehr"It is never about the dishes. It is about the old wounds, the insecurities we carry inside. We are all, as human beings, afraid of abandonment and rejection." — Colette Fehr"Vulnerability naturally invites vulnerability. We have mirror neurons — when we come forward this way, people start to open up and be on that same channel without even thinking about it." — Colette Fehr"How you talk to yourself first sets you up for success. You have to tend to your inner child before you communicate with anyone else." — Colette Fehrsomatic healing, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, hard conversations, attachment healing, inner child work, emotional regulation, relational healing, self worth, people pleasing, self abandonment, codependency healing, self compassion, conflict and connection, secure attachment, boundaries, deep within podcast, Colette Fehr, cost of quiet, couples therapy
The meeting focused on strategies for discussing pricing with sellers in a softening real estate market. Ed Lane shared insights and scripts for agents to use when setting seller expectations, emphasizing the importance of understanding current market conditions, such as months of inventory and median home prices. He discussed common seller objections and provided tested responses, including the use of data and silence to help sellers adjust their pricing expectations. The conversation also covered the importance of pricing homes correctly from the start to avoid prolonged days on market and the risks of overpricing. Alyson shared a recent experience with a difficult cooperating agent, and Ed advised on maintaining fiduciary duty and handling aggressive negotiation tactics. The conversation ended with a brief discussion on MLS visibility and the importance of broad listing exposure.
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Sleep Calming and Relaxing ASMR Thunder Rain Podcast for Studying, Meditation and Focus
Welcome back to Rest and Restore. This is your hour, set aside for soft, unhurried peace. There is nothing to chase, nothing to finish, nowhere you need to arrive. You are already here, and here is enough. Through gentle breathing, a slow body scan, and a quiet walk through an imagined wooded grove and wildflower meadow, this hour invites you to release urgency and return to stillness. Clara Berg guides you in a whispered, calm voice through every softening of the jaw, every release of the shoulders, every letting-go of the day's weight. Let this be the hour where you finally, gently, set everything down.Clara Berg is your companion through body, breath, and landscape. She leads you from a slow arrival scan through the crown of the head to the soles of the feet, then into a quiet grove clearing where you rest on an ancient stone, and onward through a wildflower meadow to a wide, soft horizon. Along the way, you are invited to draw in soft golden light with each breath and release what no longer serves you with each exhale. Every chapter is a small homecoming to the body, the moment, and the self.0:00 — Welcome and Arrival3:00 — Softening the Body Scan15:00 — The Peaceful Grove28:00 — The Clearing and the Ancient Stone38:00 — Walking the Wildflower Meadow48:00 — Returning from the Landscape55:00 — Gentle Closing and GratitudeRest well. Restore gently. Return kindly.This episode was created with AI assistance for script writing, voice synthesis, and audio production.DISCLAIMER
Sleep Calming and Relaxing ASMR Thunder Rain Podcast for Studying, Meditation and Focus
Settle in for a full hour of whispered calm with Clara Berg. This is an unhurried meditation for the end of any long day — a soft place to stop carrying, stop solving, stop pushing. Through slow breath, a full body softening, and three quiet images — a cabin by a still lake, a small boat drifting on glassy water, and a sky full of stars — you are gently invited to return to yourself. Nothing here is asked of you. Nothing here needs to be fixed. Just breath. Just body. Just a quiet hour held open for you. Ideal as an evening wind-down, a sleep meditation, or simply a restorative pause. Voice-only, with long pauses between phrases. No music, no sound effects, no interruptions. Pure presence, in a Scandinavian whisper.Chapters:⏱ 00:00 — Arriving and Letting the Day Go⏱ 10:00 — Softening the Body from Forehead to Feet⏱ 20:00 — Letting the Mind Drift Like a Lake⏱ 30:00 — Softening and Restoring the Heart⏱ 40:00 — A Cabin by a Still Lake at the Edge of the Forest⏱ 50:00 — Drifting on the Water, Looking at the Stars⏱ 58:20 — Returning Gently to the Room—This episode was created with AI assistance for script, narration design, and audio assembly. The spoken voice is a synthesized voice crafted for this series. Every word, breath, and pause was shaped to support a genuine moment of rest for the listener. Thank you for giving this quiet hour to yourself.DISCLAIMER
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, GET THE SELF-LED PAUSE STARTER KIT AND THE 25 IFS MEDITATIONS FREE @ EXPLOREIFS.COMThe episode delves into the concept of protectors in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, exploring their roles, impact, and the process of meeting and understanding them. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and acknowledging protectors as a crucial step in the healing journey.TakeawaysUnderstanding the roles and impact of protectors in IFS therapy.The importance of meeting, acknowledging, and softening the grip of protectors for healing.Chapters00:00 Understanding Protectors in IFS04:34 Common Protector Roles06:31 The Cost of Protectors07:28 Meeting and Understanding Protectors08:31 Softening the Grip of Protectors10:38 Noticing and Acknowledging Protectors
Every once in a while you speak to someone whose story just shakes you to the core. Brian Pennie is a former heroin addict turned doctor of neuroscience and psychology, a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, an author, an award-winning TV presenter, and the founder of Change is Possible. He lost 15 years of his life to addiction before a near-death seizure became the moment everything shifted — and what followed was one of the most profound awakenings I have heard anyone describe. In this conversation we talk about surrender, the fear of anxiety versus anxiety itself, breathwork as a daily practice, the paradox of connection, and what it means to find your other self through the greatest challenges of your life.I recorded this intro with an open heart and I think you will feel that as you listen.Connect with Brian:http://www.brianpennie.comhttps://www.instagram.com/brianpennie78/https://www.youtube.com/@brianpenniephd1073WORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"I fundamentally believed I needed drugs to be able to live in the world. Changing that belief — that anxiety is just information, and I have a tool to work with it — changed everything." — Brian Pennie"Surrender is not passive. When you're stuck in the mud, you don't stay stuck. You surrender to the reality of it — and then you ask what you can do about it." — Brian Pennie"Be true to your wonderfully weird self. You'll attract what you need and repel what you don't." — Brian Pennie"Saying no is trading popularity for respect. When I say yes to that thing, I am saying no to something else — and that has been the biggest tool for me." — Brian Pennie"The greatest gift I have ever been given has been the trauma and the addiction — because it gave me the joy, the awareness and the mindset I have today." — Brian Pennietrauma healing, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, addiction recovery, surrender and healing, breathwork, inner child work, emotional regulation, self trust, burnout recovery, survival mode, attachment healing, connection and co-regulation, embodiment, neuroscience and healing, anxiety healing, deep within podcast, Brian Pennie, change is possible, complex trauma
Sleep Calming and Relaxing ASMR Thunder Rain Podcast for Studying, Meditation and Focus
Sleep Calming and Relaxing ASMR Thunder Rain Podcast for Studying, Meditation and Focus
Welcome to today's quiet hour. A soft arrival means letting the morning meet you without rushing, without deciding, without performing. You are invited to land gently wherever you are, and to let the body settle before the day begins to ask anything of you.This ten-minute meditation is a gentle doorway into your morning. The guidance moves slowly — softening the shoulders, returning to the breath, and offering the body a moment of recognition before the world makes its first request. There is space to notice what you are carrying, to place your hands on the body as an anchor, and to remember that arrival can be kind. As you listen, you are invited to slow the pace of the morning itself, to let the first hour of the day be unhurried, and to choose a small quality — patience, kindness, honest attention — to walk beside you into the hours ahead.Chapters:00:00 Welcome00:30 Softening the body02:30 A memory of soft arrival04:00 The morning is wide06:00 Hands as anchor07:30 Carrying gently into the day09:30 Closing gratitudeA guided morning meditation for stillness, gentle breathing, and a soft start to the day. This episode belongs to the Morning Calm series on Your Quiet Moment — a daily invitation to begin the day with quiet attention, gentle presence, and the breath as a steady companion.This Morning Calm episode was created with AI assistance as part of the daily Morning Calm meditation series on Your Quiet Moment. The voice, script, and pacing are designed to support a soft, unhurried beginning to your morning.DISCLAIMER
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Send us Fan MailYou negotiated at least three times last week. You may not have called it negotiating. You called it asking.And in every one of those moments, your case was strong. But whether it sounded strong helped determine the answer you received.Here is the pattern that costs high-performing women more than almost anything else: the case is usually solid, but the delivery comes apart in two specific, predictable, and fixable ways—softening and overexplaining.In this episode of Communicate to Lead, Kele Belton explains why a strong ask can still receive a soft no and what to do about it in the moment. Following one leader's story from soft no's to a clean, confident ask, Kele lays out a simple three-part structure for making requests well. She also draws an important distinction between being clear and being blunt—the difference that allows you to communicate directly without creating a reputation you did not want.What You Will LearnWhy the strength of your case is not the only factor that determines whether you get a yes.The two delivery habits that quietly weaken even a well-prepared request: softening and overexplaining.A three-part structure for making a request that lands as a clear position rather than a hope.Why the silence after your ask is one of the most powerful—and difficult—parts of the conversation.The difference between softening your position and keeping warmth in your delivery.How to stay in the conversation after an initial no without retreating into overexplaining.The reframe that can change how you approach compensation conversations.Who This Is ForThis episode is for high-performing women in middle and senior management who prepare thoroughly, make a strong case, and still leave conversations with less than they asked for. If you have ever softened an ask until it disappeared or buried a good point under five extra reasons, this episode is for you.Your Action StepTake one ask you have been carrying; the one you keep meaning to make but have not yet made. Write it as three sentences:The ask, stated in one line with a number in it.The reason, framed around business impact or consequence.The word “silence,” to remind you to stop talking after you make the ask.Read it out loud, remove every softener, and schedule the conversation this week.Mentioned in This EpisodeEpisode 188 - The Mid-Year Audit: 4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Q4Common Questions About Negotiating at WorkWhy do I get a soft no even when my case is strong?Usually, the case is not the problem. Softening the ask and overexplaining can signal that the request is optional or uncertain before the other person has even responded. The fix is in how the ask is delivered, not in building an even longer case.Will being more direct make me seem aggressive?Not necessarily. There is a difference between softening your position, which weakens your ask, and keeping warmth in your delivery, which helps the message land. Clear and warm are not opposites.What should I do when the answer is no?Treat the first no as a position, not a verdict. Instead of retreating, ask, “What would need to be true for the answer to change?” That question shifts the conversation from whether to when and can surface conditions that had not been named.How is negotiating compensation different?The structure is similar, with one important rule: frame your reason around market value and contribution, not personal need. When the conversation shifts from what your work is worth to what you need to live, your leverage can weaken.Ready to Go Deeper?Knowing the structure is one thing. Building the actual ask for your situation—the evidence you bring, the number you name, and the way you open the conversation—is easier with someone in your corner who has done this work before.A Leadership Strategy Call is a complimentary 30-minute conversation where you can bring the real ask you are sitting on and build a plan together. Let's talk about where you are, where you want to go, and what it will take to get there.Book your Leadership Strategy CallAbout Your HostKele Belton is a communication and leadership facilitator, coach, and consultant who helps high-performing women in middle and senior management move from essential but invisible to seen, sponsored, and promoted through strategic communication. She is the founder of The Tailored Approach and host of Communicate to Lead.Connect with KeleLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kele-ruth-belton/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetailoredapproach/Website: https://thetailoredapproach.comBook a Leadership Strategy Call: https://calendly.com/kele-thetailoredapproach/leadership-strategy-call
In this episode I sit down with Wendy Behary, one of the world's leading experts on narcissism with over 30 years of experience, founder of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey, and author of the international bestseller Disarming the Narcissist, selected by Oprah Daily as one of the top books on the subject and now in its third edition translated into 18 languages. Wendy cuts through the myths that flood the internet around narcissism, explains the real difference between narcissistic traits and narcissistic personality disorder, and shares what she has learned from three decades of sitting in the room with both narcissists and the people who love them. We talk about when to stay, when to leave, what healing actually looks like for a narcissist, how to build your healthy adult self, and how to regulate your nervous system when you are living in close proximity to someone deeply volatile.This is one of the most clear, grounded, and genuinely rare conversations I have had on this topic,and I learned an enormous amount.Connect with Wendy:https://www.instagram.com/donsanddivashttps://disarmingthenarcissist.com/https://www.schematherapytrainingonline.com/p/empathic-confrontation-wendy-beharyhttps://courses.schematherapytrainingonline.com/p/empathic-confrontation-wendy-beharyWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"It's not your fault that you are the way you are — but it is your responsibility, if you want to be responsible, to work on this." — Wendy Behary"You don't have to be angry all the time to justify your position. The best place we can get ourselves to is solid, steady conviction." — Wendy Behary"Narcissists don't sit there plotting to hurt you. They are acting in defense of their ego — and they will run you over to protect it, but that is a different thing." — Wendy Behary"When you're in your healthy adult mode, what would that part of you say about this? That's always the question I bring people back to." — Wendy Behary"The grandiosity is a masquerade. It is covering the shame. All of it is a compensation for feeling deeply insecure at the core." — Wendy Beharynarcissism, trauma healing, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, narcissistic abuse recovery, attachment healing, schema therapy, inner child work, emotional regulation, relational healing, people pleasing, self abandonment, codependency healing, self worth, healthy adult self, trauma bonding, complex trauma, deep within podcast, Wendy Behary, disarming the narcissist
If you've ever sat across from someone you care about and felt your body go on high alert, unsure whether you're in danger or just remembering what danger used to feel like, this conversation is for you. I sat down with Amy Fiedler, Certified Trauma Support Specialist and relationship educator who has helped more than 2,000 clients worldwide understand how past trauma continues to shape their relationships, to talk about hypervigilance: how to recognize it, how to work with it, and how to finally tell the difference between an old wound and a present-day reality.Amy and I get into how relational trauma quietly pulls us toward what's familiar instead of what's good for us, how to identify the values that can actually guide our choices, and what it really takes, beyond a quick "I'm sorry," to repair trust after rupture. This one is honest, practical, and full of permission for anyone who's ever been told they're too much.Connect with Amy:https://amyfiedler.com/https://www.instagram.com/amythelifecoach/https://www.tiktok.com/@amythelifecoachhttps://www.threads.com/@amythelifecoachWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"What's familiar seems safe in our heads, but familiar and safe are not the same thing." - Amy Fiedler"You are never asking for too much. Unless you're asking for something like a hundred thousand dollars a day, in terms of our emotional needs, that's very different." - Amy Fiedler"The minute you catch yourself eliminating the ands, I want more communication, and I'm okay if I don't always get it right, that shows you growth." - Amy Fiedler"We don't fully heal and move on to the next thing. It's a part of you. It's created what you want now. So lean into that." - Amy Fiedler"If they don't know why they did it or said it, there's no chance at them changing it. There's none." - Amy Fiedlerhypervigilance, relational trauma, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, attachment healing, self trust, boundaries, codependency, relationship values, survival mode, somatic healing, inner child healing, self worth, apology and accountability, trust rebuilding, emotional regulation, trauma informed relationships, deep within podcast, Amy Fiedler
In this episode I sit down with Dave Nelson, author of The Tao of Flow and performance coach to C-suite executives at Fortune 500 companies, whose work sits at the intersection of ancient Taoist wisdom, modern neuroscience, and elite performance science. Dave shares his own burnout story — the migraines, the exploding phone, the 2500 staff and the moment his body finally said enough — and we talk about what it actually means to balance the yin and the yang in your life, why most people never experience flow state even once, and how being regulated in the nervous system is the real foundation of high performance. We also get into breathwork, meditation, the magic of doing nothing, and why playfulness is not a luxury but a biological necessity.This one surprised me in the best way — deeply practical, honest, and full of things I needed to hear.Connect with Dave:https://taoofflow.ai/Instagram.com/davenelson.officialWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"High performance is yin and yang. We all think it's all yang — but the mastery of flow, peak performance and longevity is being able to dance between the two." — Dave Nelson"The real secret of flow state is being able to relax in the most tense moment. That is where peak performance actually lives." — Dave Nelson"Most people live rushed and agitated and overthinking. And being stuck in the head — that's the hardest one to fix. Everything else is easy." — Dave Nelson"You want to be flow-ready every day — with a playful, regulated nervous system. That is level one. Being able to stay relaxed when you're triggered is level two." — Dave Nelson"Yin should be our natural state that we navigate through life from — and we enter short periods of yang when needed. Most of us have that completely backwards." — Dave Nelsonburnout recovery, nervous system regulation, flow state, somatic healing, trauma healing, yin and yang, high performance, breathwork, emotional regulation, survival mode, self trust, embodiment, inner child work, Taoism and wellness, stress and the body, regulation and productivity, deep within podcast, Dave Nelson, Tao of Flow, parasympathetic nervous system
In this intimate intuitive flow, Amy Natalie maps out the evolution of her love life—from the people-pleasing "cool girl" to the empowered "worthy woman"—and how she called in her current era of Epic Love.Ditching the illusion of the "fairy tale" relationship, Amy breaks down her signature E.P.I.C. Love Method for the self-aware woman who refuses to settle for status quo partnerships. She shares raw, behind-the-scenes lessons from her marriage, divorce, and anxious attachment loops, revealing the exact somatic and mindset shifts required to stop overthinking romance, regulate the nervous system, and open up to a love that is deeply passionate, safe, and easeful.Themes:Redefining modern romance through Emotional attunement, Passion and pleasure, Intentional partnership, and authentic Connection/communication.Moving away from the illusion of the "ready-made king" and choosing a grounded partner who is simply willing to grow.Releasing the tendency to play small, self-abandon, and choose relationships based on how they look on paper.Reclaiming self-reliance, healing codependency, and exploring solo somatic pleasure after divorce.Moving past basic mental awareness into deep nervous system regulation to break the cycle of chasing emotionally unavailable men.Softening internal armor and soothing relationship anxiety to fully let in an aligned, adoring partner without self-sabotage.❤️
In this episode I sit down with Lauren Ohayon, creator of the Restore Your Core method and a renowned yoga and Pilates instructor with over 25 years of experience who has helped more than 10,000 women reconnect with their pelvic floor and core when nothing else worked. We talk about why the pelvic floor is so much more than what we have been taught, why Kegels are not the answer, what completing a stress cycle actually means and why it matters, and how so many women are empowered and yet completely disconnected from their own pleasure and sensation. Lauren also busts some of the biggest myths around orgasms, vibrators, and what a healthy pelvic floor actually feels like — and shares one of the most grounding personal stories I have heard on this podcast.This one is rich, funny, deeply educational, and long overdue.Connect with Lauren:https://restoreyourcore.com/www.instgram.com/thelaurenohayonWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"You can't be safe anywhere if you're not safe in all of you. All of you needs to be known to you, felt by you, to really have true agency, embodiment and safety." — Lauren Ohayon"The human brain is designed to get us through the day. But the human body needs to complete the stress cycle — and those are two very different things." — Lauren Ohayon"We have raised such empowered women who know everything about sex but know nothing about pleasure. And those are not the same thing." — Lauren Ohayon"A tighter pelvic floor is not what we're after. The idea that tighter means healthier is a myth — and it's doing a lot of harm." — Lauren Ohayon"Embodiment is going that layer in where you're not just performing with your body — you are your body. You've become the object you're working with." — Lauren Ohayonsomatic healing, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, pelvic floor, embodiment, stress cycle, pleasure and sexuality, women's health, inner child work, emotional regulation, attachment healing, self trust, body based healing, sexual trauma healing, burnout recovery, survival mode, deep within podcast, Lauren Ohayon, restore your core, somatic coaching
The Bible clearly teaches that God is good, and there is nothing evil in Him at all (Jas 1:17), so when we come across a passage that seems to suggest He is responsible for hardening a person's heart, we naturally find the idea troubling. It reopens the question of God's character. Is He pure goodness, or does He have a dark side? Could He be responsible for causing a person's stubborn disobedience, or is it our own choices that cause this? We need an answer because these two views of Him actually represent two different Gods. Can I trust that everything He does is good? Can I run to Him with any problem and assume His will is to save and restore? The statement that "He hardens whom He desires" raises this troubling issue. To receive a free copy of Dr. Steve Schell's book Understanding Romans, email us at info@lifelessonspublishing.com and ask for your copy at no charge. The book has all the notes from each sermon in this series. Also check out our website at lifelessonspublishing.com for additional resources for pastors and leaders. We have recorded classes and other materials offered at no charge. And if you would like to receive a copy of Pastor Steve's newest book Study Verse by Verse: Revelation at no charge, we are still giving this book out as well!
The Imaginary Monster Meditation Many of the fears that hold us back aren't dangers in the present—they're protective stories created by the subconscious. In this meditation, you'll learn to recognize these "imaginary monsters," calm your nervous system, and reconnect with the safety, confidence, and freedom that have been within you all along. Connect With Us:
When you operate at a high level, your mind naturally generates a buzzing cloud of mental static, while your body quietly locks down its creative gates. Tonight, or whenever you press play, we deploy a gentle yet profound somatic circuit breaker—our sacred daily affirmation: "I open to the flow of life around me. My nervous system is safe to let go of control." We look back at how early societies understood that human resilience isn't built on constant striving, but on the ability to fluidly adapt to life's rhythms. We also dive into the cutting-edge science of "tissue memory," mapping how chronic over-functioning forces the body into a defensive, muscular bracing pattern that continuously pumps out cortisol. Step out of the exhausting grid of productivity, claim your inner peace, and let your nervous system return to its true, sovereign baseline.
Hello, its Jody, and I'm so glad you're here. If your thoughts feel scattered tonight…imagine them fading into the night sky.Softening… dimming… disappearing. Xo Jody Agard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices