Trauma support specialist & holistic life coach Amy Fiedler joins me to talk healing from trauma, self-soothing, coping mechanisms, relationship patterns, identifying triggers, keeping accountable, compassion for yourself, the misery of people-pleasing, her fab podcast "Connect The Dots, B*tch", preventing reactivity, setting & upholding boundaries, self-trust, family dynamics, self-sabotage, self-esteem, gangster films, "Blue City", and the magic of The Brat Pack canon.

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“The Course For Trauma Survivors Setting Boundaries” is Amy’s fabulous new online course,  available now https://amy-fiedler.teachable.com/p/trauma-survivors-setting-boundaries

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