This podcast episode WILL change your life, period (I feel like an imposter saying "period" like that!). But seriously, give this a listen ASAP because it applies to everyone and the insights are life-changing.

In this powerful episode of the pod, Aimee Rai and I cover: 

• Aimee's dysfunctional childhood (+90% of us didn't receive the love, nurturing and guidance we needed as children)
• Aimee's struggles with addiction, anxiety, depression and self-harm as a teenager
• Toxic shame and low self-esteem as an earmark of trauma
• The importance of "doing the work" as a parent (or before parenthood)
• Why mindset work is flawed and the need for a trauma-informed, body-based approach to trauma
• "There's nothing wrong with you, something happened to you."
• The limitations of 12-step fellowship groups
• Hypervigilance, sympathetic nervous system dominance and seeing yourself through the lens of your nervous system
• Why a holistic, multi-faceted process is critical to trauma healing
• Aimee's issues with body image and working in the cosmetic surgery industry
• Tips for deepening your intuition and connection with yourself
• How to relax into healing

"This journey will be the most exciting and inspiring thing that you've ever done in your life. It's the journey of becoming fully human. There's nothing more magnificent. There's nothing more ecstatic. When we open to the pain, we open to all the joys and wonders of life as well, so as brutal as it sounds, there's really nothing to fear here and there's only wonder waiting on the other side."

"If I learn to regulate my nervous system and deal with the emotional impact of that trauma, everything else will resolve itself. What a relief!"

Find out more about Aimee Rai here: https://www.aimeerai.com/ 

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