In today’s episode, my incredible friend, bestie and light worker, Gabby Ortega. A trauma specialist with a background in neuropsychology, Gabby now coaches female entrepreneurs in healing and wellness. With so much practical knowledge and education, I wanted to bring her insight to light and reveal the true secrets of her and her clients’ success.

In our interview, Gabby discusses her experience growing up with trauma in all areas of her life, her battle with PTSD and chronic anxiety, and how she decided to take total control of her own healing by becoming a trained therapist. In light of the frightening inefficiencies and injustices of our current mental health care system, it is her mission to change the world by helping to foster more and more businesses that promote the client’s healing first, instead of simply maximizing their own profits.

“When there is self compassion, there is no room for shame.” - Gabby Ortega

Top Takeaways:

Once you crack open into exactly who you are and find your true alignment, the world opens up to you.

Everyone hits their own rock bottom. Once you do, realize that you now have a choice - You can either end it all or you can finally confront the issue at hand and figure it out. Organize your experience and take charge once and for all.

The world around you will seem as if everyone is successful and happy and you’re the only person who isn’t. This isn’t true! Everyone has their own issues they’re battling as well. No matter what you’re feeling, you’ve never been alone in feeling them.

When you place the focus on healing as opposed to the symptom, such as “weight loss” or “muscle building,” then you’re truly free.

How you cope with your anxiety and trauma has been a mechanism for survival. You’re here, you’re alive, and that was the purpose from the start. Release the guilt.

Your “root” is not who you are. It’s what you’ve done to cope and keep yourself alive. Your body is always moving towards self healing, not destruction. It’s us who confuses what’s actually helpful and what isn’t.

“Trauma” is anything that you consider to be traumatic. It’s always from your own perspective. What might be traumatic to one person may not mean much of anything to another. So don’t judge or degrade your own trauma.

No matter what your trauma is, don’t try to find a quick fix. Recognize you’re strong enough and face exactly what it is head on. Rip it open, stitch it up, and finally move on. Once you do, the only voice that’s left is the voice of your highest self.

Your inner critic doesn’t belong to you. It’s an automatic thought that’s responding to a stimulus, relating back to a past bad experience that’s meant to ultimately save you. This exists within the reptilian brain and it’s completely out of your control.

That inner critic is a monster. Identify it! Physically draw whatever that voice is. Give it a name. Then use that to remind yourself that those voices don’t belong to you, but rather it belongs to that.

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