Today I’d like to have a gentle conversation with you about the emotion of hurt. That quiet ache in your chest when someone hurts you… the sting when trust is broken… the heaviness when you feel unseen or dismissed. It’s tender. It’s real. And it matters.

In this week’s episode of I Love Me The Podcast, we explore the true purpose of hurt — and how, when met with compassion, it can actually guide you back to yourself.  For hurt isn’t here to break you down; it’s here to teach, heal, and transform.

Together, we’ll dive into:

This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt hurt.

You can take a peek at the full episode show notes (and resources I refer to in the show) here:

https://gettingnaked.com.au/2026/03/25/88-hurt-people-hurt-people-until-they-heal/

Resources…

Ep.20 Journaling. The Cheapest Therapy Around. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/06/19/ep-20-journaling-the-cheapest-therapy-around/

Ep.41 Chasing Cars Around Your Head? Let’s Meditate. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/12/11/ep-41-chasing-cars-around-your-head-lets-meditate/

Ep.14 Feelings. Fall In Love With Feeling Yourself. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/05/08/ep-14-feelings-fall-in-love-with-feeling-yourself/

Ep.15 Vulnerability; The Cornerstone Of Self-Love And Deeper Relationships. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/05/15/ep-15-vulnerability-the-cornerstone-of-self-love-and-deeper-relationships/

Remarkable Relationships program https://gettingnaked.com.au/remarkable-relationships/

One-on-One Intensive https://gettingnaked.com.au/intensive/

To explore the purpose of other emotions, listen to these episodes:

Ep.6 Powerless To Powerful: The Gift Of Anger. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/03/13/ep-6-powerless-to-powerful-the-gift-of-anger/

Ep.47 Grief, Love And Letting Go: The Hidden Wisdom Of Sadness. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2025/03/12/ep-47-grief-love-and-letting-go-the-hidden-wisdom-of-sadness/

Ep.39 When Little Miss Fear Drops Round For A Cuppa. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/11/27/ep-39-when-little-miss-fear-drops-round-for-a-cuppa/

Ep.71 Let guilt teach you, not torture you. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2025/09/24/ep-71-let-guilt-teach-you-not-torture-you/

About me…

Hi, I’m Tamra Mercieca, a Self-Love Therapist, Women’s Pelvic Health Guide, and host of I Love Me The Podcast. For 20+ years I’ve been teaching people worldwide how to heal depression and anxiety naturally, strengthen pelvic health, and cultivate radical self-love.

In 2011, I founded Getting Naked, an online school offering resources and programs that help people strip away limiting beliefs and childhood conditioning so they can feel confident, connected, free in their bodies and able to love and accept themselves unconditionally.

Alongside being a mum, wife, tea lover, and drummer, I’m qualified in more than a dozen holistic healing modalities. I’ve written two books, been published worldwide (print, TV, radio, etc), and often share my passion for self-love, mental health and pelvic wellbeing at yoga and spirituality festivals.

My own journey began when I learned how to overcome suicidal depression and anxiety without medication. From that, I created a ten-session self-love therapy program that now helps others do the same.

On the podcast, I share personal stories, tools and science-backed down-to-earth practices for emotional healing, women’s health, and living with more joy and freedom. May you feel more whole and more complete, by simply tuning in!

If you’d like to read my full love story and bio - including all my credentials - head to https://gettingnaked.com.au/tamra/

Contact…

Website: https://gettingnaked.com.au/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gettingnaked/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RelationshipQueen/

Music written by Tamra Mercieca and Grey Milton. Performed by Xani Kolac and Grey Milton.