In this episode, Kristen sits down with Deb Dana, a clinician, author, and international lecturer, to explore how understanding your nervous system can help you move from anxiety, overwhelm, and shutdown into greater regulation, connection, and healing.

You will learn:

• How to recognize when your nervous system is in fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown mode
• What "neuroception" is and how your body constantly scans for safety or danger
• Simple ways to regulate your nervous system when feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or numb
• Why co-regulation and repair are essential in parenting, relationships, and therapy
• How small "glimmers" of safety and joy can help build resilience and healing over time

Connect with Deb Dana here: rhythmofregulation.com

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In this episode, Kristen is joined by Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith, trained relationship specialists, speakers, and authors, to discuss betrayal trauma, sexual addiction, and the healing journey of rebuilding trust, emotional safety, and true intimacy after betrayal.

You will learn:

• How betrayal trauma affects the brain, body, and sense of safety
• Why secrecy and dishonesty often create deeper wounds than the betrayal itself
• The steps couples can take to rebuild honesty, trust, and intimacy
• How addiction, shame, and unresolved childhood wounds impact relationships
• Why healing requires consistency, vulnerability, accountability, and long-term emotional growth

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When you purchase these books through these Amazon affiliate links, you're helping support the podcast at no extra cost: Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith's book and book recommendations: 1. Building True Intimacy: Creating a Connection That Stands the Test of Time 2. Your Sexually Addicted Spouse: How Partners Can Cope and Heal 3. Finding the Way Through: A Workbook for Sex and Pornography Addiction - Sobriety, Recovery, & Partner Betrayal Sensitivity

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

In this episode, Kristen explores what emotionally intelligent families do differently and how those patterns help shape emotionally safe adults and healthier relationships.

You will learn:

• How family communication shapes emotionally safe adults and future relationships

• The signs of emotionally healthy vs. emotionally unhealthy family systems

• Why emotional safety, vulnerability, and repair are essential for connection

• How childhood emotional patterns impact adult relationships and attachment

• Practical questions to help create deeper emotional connection within families

• Ways to break generational patterns and build healthier emotional habits together

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

In this episode, Kristen shares a powerful conversation with Rachel Hall, LMHC, about working through fear and shame, especially during uncertain and emotionally overwhelming seasons. In this episode, you will learn:

• How fear and shame impact your thoughts, emotions, and relationships
• Why self-compassion is essential for emotional healing and growth
• How to recognize the "shame stories" and patterns that keep you stuck
• Practical tools to regulate your nervous system and work through difficult emotions
• How empathy, boundaries, and emotional awareness create healthier connections

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

In this episode, Kristen sits down with trauma therapist and author Yolanda Renteria to explore the deep connection between attachment and attunement, and how they shape every relationship in your life.

You will learn:

• What attachment and attunement really mean, and why they matter in everyday relationships
• The four attachment styles and how they shape your patterns
• Why you repeat relationship dynamics from childhood, and how to break them
• How disconnection from your body impacts connection with others
• The anxious and avoidant cycle, and how to build emotional capacity to shift it

Connect with Yolanda Renteria HERE.

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Yolanda Renteria's Book:

1. Attuned and Attached: Heal Your Relationship with Yourself and Others to Create Lasting Connections

Yolnada Renteria's Book Recommendations:

1. Healing Your Attachment Wounds: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships

2. The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children

3. The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

In this episode, Kristen dives into how to help your teen or adult child through a breakup and what parents might be missing when it comes to understanding their child's pain, reactions, and healing.

You will learn:

• How breakups impact teens and young adults differently and why no two experiences are the same
• Why it's important for parents to notice their own emotional triggers during their child's breakup
• How to "hold space" so your child feels safe to open up and process their emotions
• The different types of breakups and the wide range of emotions that can come with them
• Why rushing healing or trying to "fix" the pain can actually make things harder
• Healthy ways teens can process a breakup so they don't repeat the same relationship patterns

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

In this episode, Kristen talks with Ben Eckstein, a therapist specializing in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, anxiety, and related disorders, about how worry and rumination work and how to manage them more effectively.

You will learn:

• How to recognize the difference between automatic worry and the choices you make in responding to it
• Why anxiety and rumination feel uncontrollable and how to start gaining a sense of control
• A practical method (SCAMP) to break down and understand your worry patterns
• How compulsions and avoidance behaviors keep anxiety cycles going
• Techniques like exposure and response prevention to retrain your brain
• How to build tolerance for uncertainty and live a fuller, less anxious life

Connect with Ben Eckstein HERE.

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Ben's book:

Worrying Is Optional: Break the Cycle of Anxiety and Rumination That Keeps You Stuck

Book that inspired Ben:

The Happiness Trap (Second Edition): How to Stop Struggling and Start Living

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

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In this encore episode, Kristen sits down with Dr. Judy Ho to break down attachment theory, how it shapes our relationships, and how we can heal insecure attachment at any stage of life.

You will learn:

• How attachment styles are formed in early childhood and why they still impact your adult relationships today
• The key differences between secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment styles
• Why you may be attracted to certain partners (and how attachment patterns drive relationship dynamics)
• What the inner child really is and how unresolved wounds show up in your daily life
• Practical ways to start healing insecure attachment through self-compassion and reparenting
• How to use radical acceptance and self-awareness to break cycles and build healthier relationships

Connect with Dr. Judy Ho HERE.

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Dr. Judy Ho's books:

1. The New Rules of Attachment: How to Heal Your Relationships, Reparent Your Inner Child, and Secure Your Life Vision

1. Stop Self-Sabotage: Six Steps to Unlock Your True Motivation, Harness Your Willpower, and Get Out of Your Own Way

1. I'll Give It to You Straightish: What Your Teen Wants You to Know

Book Recommendation:

The Happiness Trap (Second Edition): How to Stop Struggling and Start Living

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

In this encore episode, Kristen sits down with Dr. Kristin Neff to explore how self-compassion can help you break free from shame, quiet self-criticism, and build a more authentic and grounded relationship with yourself.

You will learn:

• How to define self-compassion and the three core components that make it effective
• The difference between tender self-compassion and fierce self-compassion—and when to use each
• Why shame and self-criticism are so common (and how to break free from them)
• Practical tools and scripts to start speaking to yourself with kindness today
• How self-compassion impacts parenting, relationships, and your ability to set boundaries

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If you'd like to buy any of Dr. Kristin Neff's books, please use the Amazon affiliate links below. Shopping through these links helps support the podcast at no extra cost to you!

1. Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
2. Fierce Self-Compassion: How to Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Your Power, and Thrive

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.

In this episode, Kristen sits down with Dr. Alina Kastner, an expert in narcissistic relationships and author, to dive into how to recognize unhealthy relationship patterns, why they're so hard to leave, and what true healing actually looks like.

You will learn:

• How to recognize the signs of a narcissistic relationship

• Why you may feel unworthy, unlovable, or like something is wrong with you

• Why it's so hard to leave and the fear of being alone

• The steps to begin breaking free from unhealthy relationship patterns

• How to heal, rebuild your confidence, and reconnect with yourself

Connect with Dr. Alina Kastner's HERE.

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1. Break Up with Narcissism: How to Break Free and Stay Free ― The 4-Step Plan for Surviving Narcissistic Abuse
2. My Toxic Breakup A Guided Journal

Dr. Alina Kastner's Book Recommendations:

1. Psychopath Free (Expanded Edition): Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People
2. A Simpler Life: A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity
3. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

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For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.