In this episode Cath speaks to how hard it may be to just 'feel our feelings'. Many of us have been taught the exact opposite and Cath speaks to some common psychological defence mechanisms to block emotions with examples and anecdotes. Cath talks about interoception and how essential this is and makes reference to Stephen Porges book 'The Polyvagal Theory'. Emotional Flow is a process and improving this is step by step and Cath shares some tips around this and an example from her own life of helping her kids begin to process their emotions. If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it. To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to <a href="https://www.cathcounihan.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.cathcounihan.com</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathcounihan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cathcounihan</a> on Instagram.  Follow Cath on social media here:Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathcounihan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cathcounihan</a>Substack: <a href="https://cathcounihan.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=reader2&utm_source=%2Fsearch%2FNurture.Heal.Grow&utm_medium=reader2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nurture.Heal.Grow</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/psychotherapymum/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cath Counihan</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

In this episode Cath speaks to how hard it may be to just 'feel our feelings'. Many of us have been taught the exact opposite and Cath speaks to some common psychological defence mechanisms to block emotions with examples and anecdotes. Cath talks about interoception and how essential this is and makes reference to Stephen Porges book 'The Polyvagal Theory'. Emotional Flow is a process and improving this is step by step and Cath shares some tips around this and an example from her own life of helping her kids begin to process their emotions. If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it. To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to www.cathcounihan.com or @cathcounihan on Instagram. Follow Cath on social media here: Instagram: @cathcounihan Substack: Nurture.Heal.Grow Facebook: Cath Counihan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Cath speaks to how hard it may be to just 'feel our feelings'. Many of us have been taught the exact opposite and Cath speaks to some common psychological defence mechanisms to block emotions with examples and anecdotes. Cath talks about interoception and how essential this is and makes reference to Stephen Porges book 'The Polyvagal Theory'. Emotional Flow is a process and improving this is step by step and Cath shares some tips around this and an example from her own life of helping her kids begin to process their emotions. If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it. To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cathcounihan.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.cathcounihan.com</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathcounihan/" rel="noopener noreferrer">@cathcounihan</a> on Instagram.&nbsp; Follow Cath on social media here:Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathcounihan/" rel="noopener noreferrer">@cathcounihan</a>Substack: <a href="https://cathcounihan.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=reader2&amp;utm_source=%2Fsearch%2FNurture.Heal.Grow&amp;utm_medium=reader2" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nurture.Heal.Grow</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/psychotherapymum/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cath Counihan</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep 106: Emotional Defence Strategies, Interoception and Emotional Flow

Grow Yourself Up is a podcast to support all of us in our adult lives.&nbsp; Many of us did not get our needs adequately met in&nbsp;childhood. The devastating legacy of&nbsp;childhood&nbsp;trauma, wounding and traumatic stress lives on in our brains, our bodies, our nervous systems and our behaviour/reactions. Which in turn impacts the way we turn up to our lives in many ways. We are going to unpack all of this on Grow Yourself Up. This podcast will be a companion as you travel on your own road of healing and recovery.&nbsp; You will learn you are not alone.&nbsp; Someone has been where you are.&nbsp; There is hope.&nbsp; We will break down shame together and learn to cultivate self compassion.&nbsp; There is always the possibility for change.&nbsp; And regardless of what has happened in our past, as adults we have to take responsibility for our own lives. We have to tend to our pain, our sadness and our dysfunction so that we can live a life we love and shift toxic patterns for our&nbsp;children.&nbsp; If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it. To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to <a href="https://www.cathcounihan.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.cathcounihan.com</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathcounihan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cathcounihan</a> on Instagram.&nbsp; Follow Cath on social media here:Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathcounihan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cathcounihan</a>Substack: <a href="https://cathcounihan.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=reader2&amp;utm_source=%2Fsearch%2FNurture.Heal.Grow&amp;utm_medium=reader2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nurture.Heal.Grow</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/psychotherapymum/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cath Counihan</a>&nbsp; The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theaudiocafe.co.uk/our-services/podcast-production/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">podcast&nbsp;is produced</a> each week by the wonderful Audio Café. Thanks for listening. Cath. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Grow Yourself Up is a podcast to support all of us in our adult lives.  Many of us did not get our needs adequately met in childhood. The devastating legacy of childhood trauma, wounding and traumatic stress lives on in our brains, our bodies, our nervous systems and our behaviour/reactions. Which in turn impacts the way we turn up to our lives in many ways. We are going to unpack all of this on Grow Yourself Up. This podcast will be a companion as you travel on your own road of healing and recovery.  You will learn you are not alone.  Someone has been where you are.  There is hope.  We will break down shame together and learn to cultivate self compassion.  There is always the possibility for change.  And regardless of what has happened in our past, as adults we have to take responsibility for our own lives. We have to tend to our pain, our sadness and our dysfunction so that we can live a life we love and shift toxic patterns for our children.  If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it. To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to www.cathcounihan.com or @cathcounihan on Instagram.  Follow Cath on social media here: Instagram: @cathcounihan Substack: Nurture.Heal.Grow Facebook: Cath Counihan  The podcast is produced each week by the wonderful Audio Café. Thanks for listening. Cath. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grow Yourself Up is a podcast to support all of us in our adult lives.&nbsp; Many of us did not get our needs adequately met in&nbsp;childhood. The devastating legacy of&nbsp;childhood&nbsp;trauma, wounding and traumatic stress lives on in our brains, our bodies, our nervous systems and our behaviour/reactions. Which in turn impacts the way we turn up to our lives in many ways. We are going to unpack all of this on Grow Yourself Up. This podcast will be a companion as you travel on your own road of healing and recovery.&nbsp; You will learn you are not alone.&nbsp; Someone has been where you are.&nbsp; There is hope.&nbsp; We will break down shame together and learn to cultivate self compassion.&nbsp; There is always the possibility for change.&nbsp; And regardless of what has happened in our past, as adults we have to take responsibility for our own lives. We have to tend to our pain, our sadness and our dysfunction so that we can live a life we love and shift toxic patterns for our&nbsp;children.&nbsp; If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it. To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to <a href="https://www.cathcounihan.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.cathcounihan.com</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathcounihan/" rel="noopener noreferrer">@cathcounihan</a> on Instagram.&nbsp; Follow Cath on social media here:Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cathcounihan/" rel="noopener noreferrer">@cathcounihan</a>Substack: <a href="https://cathcounihan.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=reader2&amp;utm_source=%2Fsearch%2FNurture.Heal.Grow&amp;utm_medium=reader2" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nurture.Heal.Grow</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/psychotherapymum/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cath Counihan</a>&nbsp; The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theaudiocafe.co.uk/our-services/podcast-production/" rel="noopener noreferrer">podcast&nbsp;is produced</a> each week by the wonderful Audio Café. Thanks for listening. Cath. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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