Why do we focus on the negative experiences in our lives, even when there is so much good happening?

The answer: it’s a biological design in our nervous system to keep us safe. If you think about it, it makes sense that it was evolutionarily advantageous to remember where pain was found, whereas remembering where you encountered joy was less essential for survival.

Nowadays, we fortunately don’t often have to worry about literal survival like our ancestors did, but we still carry threats to our survival ALL the time without even realizing it. 

As entrepreneurs, this has an enormous impact on our businesses! Of course, your mental health and emotional wellness play a huge role in your ability to get things done in your business and your life, while feeling joyful and on purpose. 

​​But one sneaky thing most of us don’t realize is that we tend to overly identify with our businesses and think that we ARE our business, and that our safety comes from our business (newsflash: we aren’t and it doesn’t!). 

Learning how to feel safe in our bodies and heal from past experiences is ESSENTIAL. It’s the root cause of what we need to get unstuck and start taking the steps to follow our dreams, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about today!

My guest today is Dr. Elizabeth Cohen, a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience specializing in the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders. Dr. Cohen has a particular expertise in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and has treated adults, adolescents and children with state-of-the-art CBT treatments. 

The underlying goal of Dr. Cohen’s practice is for clients to achieve synchronicity with the person they truly want to be.  Throughout her practice, Dr. Cohen has witnessed hundreds of clients break away from the fear, worry, and despair that had once defined them. She believes that it is a unique gift to be part of their journey towards a new, healthy and fulfilling definition of who they are.

 

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Big T and Little T trauma and how it affects all of us (even if you don’t think it does!)–including how trauma impacts our businesses
• How to optimize your gratitude practice
• How to better balance your nervous system, and what flight, fight, or freeze looks like in our business lives
• How the known, even when it’s bad, keeps us safe from the unknown
• how healing the trauma IN our bodies (not our minds) can help us feel safe and take the steps we need to follow our dreams
• Practical solutions for healing trauma in the body

 

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Links + Resources Mentioned in this Episode: 

• Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky
• Do you have what it takes to turn your blog into a profitable business? Take our free quiz to find out if you’re ready!
• Patriarchy Stress Disorder by Valerie Rein
• The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
• Get your domain name + hosting starting for just $2.95 with Bluehost when you use our special link!
• The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
• Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
• Follow Dr. Cohen @thedivorcedoctor and check out her website at drelizabethcohen.com
• Follow me on Instagram @katekordsmeier and @rootandrevel

 

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Produced by Danny Ozment at https://emeraldcitypro.com