My guest for this episode is MaryCatherine McDonald, a research professor and life coach who specializes in the psychology and philosophy of trauma. She has been researching, lecturing, and publishing on the neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience of trauma since completing her PhD in 2016.  While engaging with trauma academically, MaryCatherine experienced the loss of her parents - a significant event that required her to apply her knowledge and insights regarding trauma to herself. In this interview, we talk about the important ways in which MaryCatherine believes we must re-define trauma and our approach for healing it. I (Josephine) share a bit of my immigration trauma story, and MaryCatherine helps me better understand my own healing process. MaryCatherine's new book,  Unbroken: The Trauma Response is Never Wrong has just been published by Sounds True. Please explore her work by going to https://alchemycoaching.life To connect with me (Josephine), visit https://josephinehardman.com or send a note to me@josephinehardman.com To support this content and ensure Inner Work stays on the air, you can contribute any amount that works for you here: https://square.link/u/I4Zt8YSE Thank you for spending this time with me, and please keep doing your inner work! Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2023 All Rights Reserved.     

Inner Work 152: Why the Trauma Response is Never Wrong with MaryCatherine McDonald, PhD

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How comfortable are you with uncertainty, like when you don’t know how something is going to turn out? When you have to wait to find out the outcome of something in your life? Or when you set out on an unknown path, without being able to see where it’s going to lead you? Many of us have a limited tolerance for uncertainty. We might experience uncertainty as a threat, as something we need to fix or avoid at all costs. For me, uncertainty and being in a state of not knowing have often felt deeply uncomfortable (along with some other anxiety patterns I’ve experienced in this lifetime). We’re all on a continuum of how much uncertainty we can tolerate before we start experiencing inner tension, discomfort, and stress. (Along with a strong need to resolve the uncertainty.) If you’re like me, you might have an inner part of you who we might call the “reassurance seeker.” This is the part of us that doesn’t know how to sit with uncertainty, that wants to know everything in advance, that might over-prepare for things and/or seek reassurance or validation from others. This episode of INNER WORK was created for this part of you -- the reassurance seeker. We'll help this part of you feel seen, validated, soothed, and NOT ALONE. You'll walk away with:  an understanding of what fuels reassurance-seeking patterns and behaviors (and what those behaviors often look like) clarity on whether you're currently in a "reassurance-seeking trap" a powerful shift in perspective that will help you get more comfortable with uncertainty ideas for how you can USE uncertainty as a spiritual teacher in your life  The book mentioned in this episode is  Needing to Know for Sure by Martin Seif and Sally Winston. To connect with me, head over to https://josephinehardman.com  To join my email community (and get my free Akashic Records Mini Course): https://josephinehardman.com/akashic-records-intro/ Thank you for being here, and please keep doing your inner work! It matters. Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2024 All Rights Reserved.

Inner Work 184: Increasing Your Tolerance for Uncertainty

This episode of INNER WORK guides you through expert tips on how to deliver genuinely transformative, healing, and powerful Akashic Record readings to your clients... whether you're working as a healer, coach, or spiritual practitioner. These pro tips are based on almost a decade of client experience, plus two decades of working with the Akashic Records in my own life and healing journey. You'll walk away with an understanding of:  the importance of continuing to do YOUR inner work as a healer or Akashic Records practitioner setting your energetic frequency as a healer why it's so important to not over-stuff your readings (and suggestions for how to avoid this) some of the fears that could be fueling a pattern to over-give in your readings or client work why I highly recommend focusing on ONE question or issue at time while in the Records how to make your readings as helpful, memorable, impactful, and transformative as possible  My Akashic Records Certification Program for practitioners is open for enrollment. To explore the program curriculum, go here:  https://josephinehardman.com/work-with-me/akashic-records-certification-program/ You can also reach out to me@josephinehardman.com with any questions or to apply. My online home is https://josephinehardman.com Join my email community and get my free Akashic Records Mini Course: https://josephinehardman.com/akashic-records-intro/ Thank you for spending this time with me! I deeply appreciate your presence here. Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2024 All Rights Reserved.

Inner Work 183: How to deliver transformative Akashic Record readings (with pro tips)

Are you fully owning, claiming, and sharing your gifts with the world... and stepping fully into your DIVINE GREATNESS? This episode of Inner Work is about the life-changing magic of no longer hiding your gifts, and the incredible things that can happen (that you can create!) once you fully align with your Soul's highest purpose and follow the calling of your Higher Self. Without playing small. Without minimizing, discounting, or undervaluing yourself. Without feeling like you need to prove yourself to others. Without shrinking to make others around you feel more "comfortable". Join me for a discussion of:  what might hold you back from fully claiming and sharing your gifts what can happen once you truly open yourself to embody your Divine greatness and brilliance how the Universe steps in to support you when you begin taking BOLD action towards your purpose personal story: the moment I realized it was time to leave my academic career, and how I dealt with the fear and uncertainty that came up how to call for assistance from your Guides and Spirit Team as you become more aligned with your gifts and purpose  Thank you for tuning in and spending this time with me!  If you've been getting some value out of this podcast, I'd be so grateful if you can take a minute to leave a rating or review (or both) on your preferred podcast platform. This truly helps the podcast grow and be discovered by new listeners. To join my email community and get access to my free Akashic Records Mini Course: https://josephinehardman.com/akashic-records-intro/ To visit my online home and connect with me: https://josephinehardman.com Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2024 All Rights Reserved.  

Inner Work 182: The Life-Changing Magic of No Longer Hiding Your Gifts

This episode of INNER WORK is about the spiritual, life-changing practice of reaching for the Higher Truth -- in any situation. This is a practice I teach in many of my programs, because it's so powerful at cutting through the inner and outer noise that we sometimes get bogged down in. Previously on this podcast, I've talked about the LIES and illusions we often buy into as humans. The lies and illusions of the 3D human dimension, which are also sometimes the illusions we inherit through our human family lineage and also through the collective consciousness of this particular planet, and of the society and culture we each grow up in. The practice of reaching for the Higher Truth -- which requires active work on our part -- is about seeing those illusions for what they are, shattering them, and re-aligning ourselves with Divine Knowing. In this episode, I explain how to work with this practice and walk you through a series of potent examples of Higher Truth (while helping you connect fully to that Truth, if it resonates with you). To join my email community, go here: https://josephinehardman.com/akashic-records-intro/ To explore my work or connect in other ways: https://josephinehardman.com Thank you for spending this sacred time with me, and please keep doing your inner work! Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2024 All Rights Reserved.

Inner Work 181: Reaching for the Higher Truth (with spiritual practice)

This episode of INNER WORK is about the many different ways in which we’ve all been indoctrinated into the “not good enough” paradigm… ... and how this can prevent you from living your life authentically, truly being yourself, and shining as brightly as you’re meant to shine and expand. I also talk about how the "not good enough" paradigm can prevent you from fully expressing and living your Soul’s purpose and stepping into your sacred service and work in this lifetime. We'll explore some ways to begin dismantling this paradigm and false belief system in your own life, so you can be FREE to heal and expand to your highest level. To request details for my upcoming 3-Day Akashic Records Intensive, please email me@josephinehardman.com To explore my work, head over to https://josephinehardman.com To join my email community and get my Akashic Records Mini Course, go here: https://josephinehardman.com/akashic-records-intro/ Thank you for spending this time with me, and please keep doing your inner work! It matters. Music & editing by G. Demers Inner Work 2024 All Rights Reserved.

Inner Work 152: Why the Trauma Response is Never Wrong with MaryCatherine McDonald, PhD

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